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-[soft thumping] -[grunts]

Uh, hey. Hey. What-what's going on?

We're out of milk.

How are we out of milk?

Th-Theo. How--

[groans]

What happened?

I was hungry.

You want to go out for breakfast?

[slurping]

Uh, here, here. Why don't you just take mine.

[door opens]

Good morning, Theo, Buck. How we feeling today?

Hey, hey. Theo, say, "Hi, Dr. Murphy."

Uh, sorry, Theo is really into this smoothie.

The-Theo.

It's Brandon. And that's okay.

You can bring your smoothie

with you, Theo.

-Okay. -You relax.

I'll bring him back when we're done.

Come on, Theo. I've got some new art supplies

-I think you'll like. -[slurping]

-[door closes] -[Buck slurping]

["In Too Deep" by Sum 41 playing]

Uh... sorry. [clears throat]

I know change is scary.

-♪ And stalling ♪ -[Theo laughing]

♪ We're running in circles again ♪

[shrieking]

♪ Just as things were looking up ♪

♪ You said it wasn't good enough but still... ♪

It's hard not knowing what you're supposed to do.

Maybe we save the boomerangs for the backyard, okay?

What's the right way to behave.

♪ When really, it's closer than it is too far ♪

But maybe there's no right way.

♪ 'Cause I'm in too deep and I'm trying to keep... ♪

Hey. You have the trampoline? Thank God.

♪ Instead of going under ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm in too deep and I'm trying... ♪

Huh. "Assembly in 30 minutes or less."

We just learn from our mistakes.

[laughs] Okay, okay, come on.

Theo, very funny.

I think they lied.

♪ Seems like each time... ♪

Theo, that's enough.

♪ Because I'm bending over backwards... ♪

[clattering crash]

Okay, yeah, good joke. Let me out.

♪ To complain, but when you're driving me insane... ♪

Why were you trying to climb the fence?

Wanting to escape is normal.

Hi. Hey, did you f-forget something?

You have got to stop sneaking into delivery trucks.

[Theo laughs]

Theo, let me out. Right now.

Especially when we feel like we're not in control.

-[laughs] -Uh, hey, hey. No, not outsi--

[groans]

Theo. [grunts]

So you don't think

we're making any progress?

Are you writing me a prescription?

A referral to a therapist for adults.

♪ 'Cause I'm in too deep. ♪

Hey.

Hey. Didn't see you there.

Well, I am... here.

Know that now.

Uh, you were headed into the kitchen?

Just need a refill.

[mutters, clears throat]

[coffee pouring]

Thank you.

Yeah.

Uh... Uh,

are you gonna put anything in that?

No, just gonna drink it black today.

Okay, then.

Okay, then.

How long are we letting this go on?

You do not want to get involved in that.

Yeah, we should definitely let them

figure this out for themselves.

You guys are taking bets on how long

they're gonna keep fighting, aren't you?

Yep. 20 bucks a box.

Get your pick in before the clock runs out.

[buzzer sounds]

[Jack] Come on.

Don't leave him open.

Right here.

Cutting, cutting, cutting.

Hey, swing it!

Drive it. Take it to the hoop!

How about this: worry less about your hair

and more about the game.

How's that?

[Jack] Come on.

Learn to shoot, man.

Why am I even here?

Go, go, go. Fast break, fast break.

All you.

Oh, my God.

Go, set it, set it, set it, set it, set it!

Go, go, go, go.

Pass the ball. Right here!

-[grunting] -[Jack] Aw...

["Sweet Georgia Brown" playing]

Why can't you catch the ball?

Why can't you throw the ball?

I did.

-Not to me. -Then be where I throw.

I'm the captain.

Who's that guy?

That, my boys, is Mikey Jones.

New kid.

["Level Up" by Konata Small playing]

-Yo, what's up? -What's up, man?

-Why do we need a new kid? -[buzzer sounds]

♪ This that never gonna lose my hunger ♪

♪ Make you wonder, level up ♪

[announcer 1] Newest addition to the Point Sereno team,

Mikey Jones with another steal.

♪ Lose my hunger, make you wonder, level up ♪

[announcer 2] Read that perfectly

and gets the easy score.

♪ And level up, move your feet and level up ♪

♪ This ain't deep just level up ♪

♪ Talk is cheap, man, level up ♪

♪ Hey, crank that heat and level up ♪

[announcer 1] Jones on the break...

[Edwards] There it is, there it is!

[announcer 1] two defenders on him...

[announcer 2] Behind the back to Ryan

with the slam!

[announcer 1] Jones is just playing with his food now.

♪ I'm in whole nother plane ♪

♪ Up, up and away ♪

♪ I could show you what it takes ♪

♪ Blood sweat on the J's, yeah, uh... ♪

[Edwards] There's my guy.

♪ A gunner, man, I run a hundred laps bringing the thunder ♪

♪ Like you don't want none of that ♪

♪ Ah, you know I come ♪

♪ With a lot, I got that ambition... ♪

-Who even is this kid? -[Edwards] You're the man,

-Mikey! -[announcer 1] Jones, all alone.

Scores from the top of the key!

Making 'em look like little kids out there.

♪ Hey, level up, level up, move your feet ♪

♪ And level up, this ain't deep, just level up ♪

♪ Talk is cheap, man, level up ♪

♪ Hey, crank that heat and level up... ♪

[Edwards] It's all you, Mikey.

[announcer 2] With Mikey Jones, looks like

Point Sereno High could go all the way this year.

[Edwards] Who's my favorite player?!

♪ I'm on a whole nother level ♪

♪ Trust me, I never settle ♪

♪ I want more than a medal ♪

-♪ Level up, never go settle ♪ -[grunts]

♪ It's time to go out and go get it, I mean it ♪

♪ It's time to go finish the mission... ♪

It's like he's staging a damn coup.

♪ I'm gonna shoot for the sky... ♪

He's really brought 'em all together.

United the factions.

Beautiful sight, ain't it?

♪ Let's just embrace, level up... ♪

Is everybody here going insane?

[chanting] Mikey! Mikey!

Mikey! Mikey! Mikey! Mikey!

♪ This that never gonna lose my hunger ♪

♪ Make you wonder, level up ♪

♪ This that never gonna lose my hunger ♪

♪ Make you wonder, level up ♪

♪ Aw, man, level up ♪

♪ Aw, yeah, we level up, we level up ♪

♪ We can level up, move your feet and level up ♪

♪ This ain't deep, just level up ♪

♪ Talk is cheap, man, level up ♪

♪ Crank that heat and level up ♪

♪ Move your feet and level up ♪

♪ We level up. ♪

♪

[distorted heartbeat]

[groans]

[buzzer sounds]

Mikey? Mikey? Mikey? Give him room!

Looks like Mikey Jones is down.

This could be bad for Point Sereno.

Can you tell us what happened?

Up by ten, about to be 12,

Mikey is the centerpiece right now,

a slam dunk for the season,

second one this year.

[Hen] Sir, we don't need a play-by-play.

-Okay, sorry. -Make way, make way, make way.

-Coming through. Make way. -[gasping, groaning]

[Coach Edwards] Um, he just

caught the ball, grabbed his chest and collapsed.

All right. Hen, take a look.

Harry, Ravi, prep the gurney.

Hey, if anything happens to him,

you're gonna have to save me, okay?

We've never got this close to the championship.

-Then let us do our work. -Okay.

Mikey, can you tell me what you're feeling?

H-Heart attack. Oh. Cardiac arrest.

-It has to be. -If that were true, son,

you wouldn't be able to pull enough air

-to tell us that. -Mikey, I'm Hen.

This is Eddie, all right?

A heart attack at your age is extremely unlikely.

Okay? We're probably looking at a panic attack.

Mikey doesn't panic. He's a hero.

[Hen] All right, sat's 91 and dropping.

Panic doesn't do that.

-Asthma? -Lungs are clear.

Mikey, are you on

any substances that we need to know about?

-Absolutely not. -No. Nothing.

-See, what'd I tell you? -[Buck] Allergic reaction?

I found this in his bag.

Mentholated rub.

Soothes sore muscles,

minor sprains and arthritis pain.

The boy plays basketball, football and track.

Okay? He's allowed a little tennis elbow.

Which, by the way, he also plays.

No swelling, no hives.

Blood pressure low.

He's tachycardic.

Clot.

I mean, that's one in a thousand.

More like one in a hundred thousand at his age.

If it's a clot, then that means blood thinners.

And he doesn't have time for me to be wrong.

[Mikey gasping]

Mikey, blood thinners

could make things a whole lot worse.

If there's anything that you have not told me about--

drug use, steroids, STD-- I'm gonna need that right now.

[Mikey] Well, maybe there's one thing I haven't told you.

I-I'm...

thirty-three.

-[crowd gasps] -You're what now?

Five! I'm 35.

I knew it! Imposter.

I-I told you. All of you.

You get held back?

No, I came back. To high school.

This guy is sus as hell.

Sweet gosh, I-- Hold on.

-[Chimney] Harry, Ravi! -[crowd exclaiming]

[Ravi] Maybe try putting your head between your knees.

I'm not that flexible. I--

We're gonna forfeit every game we won this year.

I'm sorry, Coach. I'm sorry, everybody.

I'm sorry I let you down.

Have you had any work done

to look so young... ish?

Uh, Botox and filler.

Fillers from where?

Some guy.

Any chance they were illicit fillers?

Uh, I don't know.

S-Seemed licit.

Uh, off-market fillers use silicone, not hyaluronic acid.

[Hen] Then no thinners.

If that's silicone in his blood, then the thinners will just

make his lungs bleed out.

It's a silicone embolism.

[Eddie] High-flow O2, keep the fluids wide open.

He needs a pulmonologist

before he has respiratory failure. Let's go.

Get him on the gurney.

Don't feel too bad, Coach.

Could have fooled me, too. Kids are looking

-real old these days. -Yeah.

[groans]

I guess I just peaked in high school.

When you're up that high--

when you're seen--

you're loved.

Why would you want to climb back down?

♪

All right, let's get him transported.

-We still love you, Mikey! -What?

[crowd cheering]

No.

[Chimney] Presbyterian, 118 inbound.

[chanting] Mikey! Mikey! Mikey! Mikey!

-Mikey! Mikey! -I love you guys.

What are you doing? Don't feel bad for him.

Mikey! Mikey! Mikey!

He's a millennial.

♪

[mouthing]

[mouthing]

[mouthing]

Uh, hey.

Did you guys hear that Mikey got arrested?

For what?

Pretending to be a high school student.

That's a crime?

It's apparently more than one.

My mom said he's done it before. In two states.

Yeah, criminal impersonation and trespassing.

What adult wants to go back to high school,

much less three times?

What do you mean? High school was great.

[scoffs] No responsibility.

Never accountable for anyone but yourself.

Sounds right up your alley.

Least I got to experience the joy of being a kid,

instead of thinking life was

nothing but a series of rules

and regulations to follow.

I'd settle for you learning just how to follow one.

Okay, well why don't you try breaking one?

You might be a less miserable person.

Oh, because you seem so thrilled with your life.

-You know what-- -[dispatcher] Engine 118,

we have a multi-vehicle accident at Kosciuszko

and Flower. Please respond.

-[siren wailing] -Dispatch, this is Captain 118.

We are so on the way. You hear that,

everyone? Going to an accident.

Can't wait.

[indistinct chatter]

All right, dispatch, we've got five... six vehicles.

We need every ambulance you've got in the area

and a second alarm. Buck,

walk the cars, make 'em safe.

Harry, Ravi, you go with him.

Eddie, Hen, divide and conquer.

Everyone else, let's shut these roads down.

Come on, let's move, let's move!

Sir?

Sir, hold on. I got you.

What the hell? Hang on, buddy.

This is gonna hurt a little bit, okay?

[grunts]

Eddie, how are we looking?

Someone tried to tourniquet it below the wound.

Feeding it, not stopping it.

All right, let's get him to transport

and get some fluids here.

Hey, let's get a gurney over here.

Hey. Hey!

Stop! You could be

paralyzing her right now.

Please leave that to my team.

I need a c-collar

and a backboard over here. Potential spinal.

Sorry. Some guy told us to take it off.

Unless it's fire or immediate danger to life,

it's better to wait for the paramedics.

[Buck] Hey, Cap, I don't like the look of this one.

Yeah, coming to you.

Let's go, guys, I need a medic over here.

They're on the way. I got you. Go.

-Keep her head stable. -Yeah.

What do we got?

Uh, compound fracture.

His buddy said somebody tried

to set it, pushed the bone right through the skin.

I think he's in shock but he's got a distal pulse.

Copy that.

Ramirez, we need immediate transport

at the blue sedan. Compound fracture.

The hell is going on here?

[Hen] Hey, Cap?

Go for Chim.

Come take a look at this.

-You good? -Yeah, I got it.

All right.

[Harry] Hey, Cap, some bystanders

just got injured trying to pry open

a car door. Airbags went off.

Let me guess-- someone told them to.

-Yeah, how'd you know? -Just a hunch.

All right, listen up,

I need every single bystander in this intersection gone.

You hear me? Right now.

[Hen] Cap! Over here!

She lost a lot of blood.

You see that shard of glass right there?

It was a hairline

from her iliac artery.

Someone pulled it out.

Who would remove that?

[Cora] The guy did it.

Said he was gonna stop it at the source.

The guy? What guy?

The doctor. He was right over there.

Must have left when help arrived.

Did you say doctor?

-Yeah. Doctor of what? -[Maddie] So,

-he wasn't a doctor? -[Athena] Uh, well,

we haven't identified him yet, so we can't be sure, but

according to your husband,

everything the man did was medically incorrect.

So you think he might have hurt these people on purpose?

Well, I need to rule that out as a possibility.

I was told that

he called in just a little after 11:00.

Yeah. Yeah. I... I mean,

that's when we talked, but he wasn't the one that called.

911. What's your emergency?

[Cora] There's a car accident.

Kosciuszko and Flower.

It's bad, really bad.

I've got units on the way. How many people are hurt?

I don't know.

Uh, let me ask the doctor.

Uh, wai-- Oh, hold on, there's a doctor on the scene?

Let me talk to him.

Who's this? Hello?

Hi, this is Maddie at 911 dispatch.

-Who am I speaking with? -I'm Jerry.

I understand you have medical training.

Yeah, inside an O.R.,

not out here on the asphalt.

I don't even have my kit with me.

No, that's okay, Jerry. We're gonna work together.

Just walk me through what you're seeing.

I have a man here. He's, uh,

-bleeding from his bicep. -[Maddie] Is there

anything around you to make a tourniquet?

Uh, yeah, yeah, I've got just the thing.

Now, this is gonna hurt.

-I'm gonna lift this up, okay? -[man shouts]

I'm sorry. I know, I know. Deep breath.

-[shouts] -I know. Keep some pressure on that.

-I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. -[grunting]

Okay, pressure's holding. 130 over 85.

He's fighting. That's good.

Hang in there, sir. Can I get

some help over here, please?

I've got a rider down, not moving.

[Maddie] Are they breathing?

I don't know.

Be very careful, get that off her.

Try to pry that door open.

Yes, now, please.

Okay.

I've got a man here.

-It's my arm. -Looks like we got

a broken arm.

Uh, I would let the paramedics

-take that one. -I'm just gonna--

[screaming]

Oh, wow. Got another

driver down.

Excuse me, everybody. Let me through, please.

There's a lot of blood coming from her abdomen.

It's okay, just stop it at the source.

[gasping]

[Jerry] Okay. Okay, just...

You're gonna have to keep pressure on that, okay?

-You're doing great. -[sirens approaching]

Jerry, backup

is arriving now.

Thanks for the assist.

No, thank you, Maddie.

I missed all the signs.

He said that he didn't have a kit,

and then, a minute later, he was giving me

a blood pressure reading.

You need a cuff,

the equipment that he said he didn't have. I...

I should have caught that.

I will get a copy of the audio

and a transcript for you to take with you.

Thanks, Sue.

Why would someone lie about being a doctor?

My guess?

Nobody questions a doctor.

Same reason nobody questions a badge.

You put on authority, and people hand you their trust

before you even earned it.

So what do you think this is, some sort of sadist?

I don't have a word for whatever he is just yet.

But we might have something better.

Oh, Maddie, this is Detective Jace Newell.

We're working the case together.

[Jace] I pulled traffic cam images.

There's our guy.

The back of someone's head not gonna get us very far.

It won't.

But a plate might.

That, right there, is his car.

Looks like we're making a house call.

You see one of these guys stranded, you plug it in.

It's not like your phone. Can't let this drop to ten percent.

Well, my phone's always 60 or above.

Checks out.

Is this the student who stocked the PPE cart?

Dr. Fortner, this is May Grant.

You've seen her around.

The gloves are in the top drawer.

Yes, I figured the PPE we use the most should go there.

Easy access and it shaves time off.

But the gloves in the top drawer bumps the booties to the bottom.

I've worked in this ER for two decades.

The booties are never on the bottom.

Imagine a trauma patient

hemorrhaging in my bay,

blood pooling on the floor. I reach for a bootie.

The bootie is not forthcoming.

Oh, that means it takes an extra two seconds

for me to find that bootie.

Then what happens?

You have blood on your shoes,

which are very nice, by the way.

I get blood on my shoes, then I may slip.

Then we have two traumas. Or

I track it into another bay, now we have

a hepatitis outbreak. Do you understand

-what I'm saying, Grant? -Yes,

loud and clear.

Um, thank you for your feedback.

-It's extremely helpful. -Fix it.

Fortner's a persnickety bastard on three hours sleep.

He came up bullied by his attendings, you know?

Now he thinks he has to punch down in order

to toughen you up. It's the culture.

But I should have stocked the cart the old way.

Correct.

Also, don't say

"Thank you for the feedback."

What are you, a customer service rep?

I was being nice.

ER docs don't have time for nice.

They just need you to do your job.

Oh, thank God.

I thought nobody was gonna show up

to take the report.

Excuse me?

You're here because I wanted to report

my husband being missing?

What kind of accident?

Multi-car collision.

Oh, God.

Please tell me Jerry's okay.

He wasn't directly involved, though he was there.

Was it his fault?

Why would you ask that?

Well, I just assumed he started drinking again.

Your husband's in recovery?

He's almost 14 months sober.

You said that he wasn't directly involved.

What does that mean?

It appears he stopped

and, uh, tried to render aid.

I don't understand.

Where is my husband?

We don't know. We're looking for him too.

But we do know that he was at the scene.

[Jace] Mrs. Thomas,

what does your husband do for a living?

He's a tax accountant.

Can you think of a reason why

he would represent himself as a doctor?

No.

Uh...

Well, he comes from a family of doctors.

Both his siblings.

His mother is a retired pediatrician.

His father was a surgeon. [chuckles]

He used to joke that he was the first in his family not

to go to medical school.

He bitter about that at all?

No. Well...

Well, I know

he feels like he disappointed them.

Especially his father.

So you wouldn't say that your husband's the type of man

that would be inclined to

deliberately hurt people?

God, no.

Jerry doesn't have a mean bone in his body.

You said yourself that he stopped to render aid.

He didn't do so good.

[children squealing and laughing]

Okay, Theo, time to go home.

-Ten more minutes. -No.

We already had ten more minutes.

-Five more minutes. -No more minutes.

Come on. Come grab your backpack.

-I don't want to go! -Theo.

So, I said, "Miss Shapiro, in our household, no means no."

She doesn't want to turn off the TV, we don't force it.

-We let her keep watching. -[child] Hey, Mama.

It's called gentle parenting. For confidence.

-[Theo screaming] -[Buck] Theo, come here.

No! No!

-Come on, come on. -Put me down!

Help! Help! He's taking me!

-[Theo screaming] -Oh, my God.

Hey, Theo, cut it out.

Theo.

[engine starts]

Theo, I said that's enough. Come on.

[police siren chirps]

[Buck] Wha...

[sighs]

Uh, hey, hey, Officer.

Is there a problem? [chuckles]

License and registration, please.

I-I just turned on the car.

License and registration.

Can I ask what this is about?

We got a few calls from concerned citizens

about some commotion in the park.

[Buck] Huh.

Uh... right, yeah.

The-the kid-- he wouldn't come with me

when I told him, but we're good now.

So, your kid?

[chuckles] Y-Yeah. I mean, yeah, yeah.

You sound unsure.

-Well, it's, um... -[siren wailing]

it's complicated.

Sir, does this child belong to you or not?

[siren chirps]

Look, I'm, uh...

Look, I'm his father.

Son, is this man your daddy?

-Theo-- -Sir.

Let him answer.

Hey, buddy, you can tell me.

No. He's not my dad.

[Crisp] You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say

can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

[scoffs] Hey, is-is anyone back there?

Come on, this is crazy.

Hey.

[door opens]

Deidra.

Thanks for coming. Okay, where's Theo? They won't

tell me anything. Yes.

Please, get me out of these.

They deputized him, set him up in the captain's office,

cartoons and snacks.

Okay, well, great. We have cartoons at home.

I think it's time we go there.

Not so fast.

You want to tell me what happened?

It was a misunderstanding.

Including the part about you resisting arrest?

They accused me of kidnapping my own kid.

Uh, foster kid.

Yeah. Well, witnesses said

that he was screaming that you weren't his father.

Yeah, he was screaming that I was stealing him.

No wonder everyone thought I was a kidnapper.

[chuckles]

Well, my son shouted

that I wasn't his mother in the middle of a water park

and then disappeared down a lazy river.

O-Okay, so, what did you do?

I considered leaving him there.

And then I remembered the 12 hours

I spent birthing that ungrateful young man,

and then I flagged down a security guard.

And-and the guard just believed you

when you said you were his mother?

Didn't even ask.

All these months...

...and he still sees me as a stranger,

not a parent.

If that's what you want to be to him,

you just need to give it time.

It's harder to earn that title

after someone else has already held it.

-Right. -Right.

You're not a kidnapper, Buck.

You're just new.

So it looks like Jee's last day of school is the 25th.

Yeah. Nash's day care closes on the 24th.

Well, Hen says she can do that day.

-I'm off on Wednesday. -Which means,

barring any stomach bugs or pink eye outbreaks,

we just need a babysitter for the 27th.

Yeah, what if we didn't?

You mean, set 'em up with Bluey and let 'em fend for themselves?

No, that's not what I'm saying.

What if... I stayed home with them and got a part-time job?

Okay, that just became a bigger conversation.

What's going on? You're not happy at work?

No, I'm-I'm happy being back on the phones,

but maybe that's the problem.

You know, when you get comfortable,

you start letting things fall through the cracks.

Does this have anything to do

with that guy at the car accident?

Maddie, he fooled everybody.

Yeah, but he shouldn't have fooled me.

Okay? I always trust my gut on these things.

Sometimes a gut is wrong. Remember when I said,

"Sour cream's supposed to taste like that"?

When I was in charge, I couldn't shake the feeling

that I didn't belong there.

Like I was a fraud. And all I wanted to do

was just get back to the phones.

And now that I'm back on the phones,

it's like... I'm missing something.

Some confidence, maybe,

but definitely not skill.

Yeah.

-[toy car wheels whirring] -[Theo mumbles]

Whee. Whee, whee.

Crash!

Uh, hey, hey. Oh.

Oh, no. It's an emergency.

Someone call... 911.

[imitates siren wailing]

[whispers] Aah!

No!

Oh. Hey, hey, uh,

Th-Theo.

-[jazz plays quietly] -So... no medical training

-whatsoever. -[scoffs]

He was in no way,

shape or form a doctor.

Of any kind.

I mean, you could probably tell from the mess

he made at the scene.

I mean, honestly, I just thought he was a bad doctor.

Well, he probably knew just enough to be dangerous.

You know, his wife said

that he comes from a long line of doctors.

His father, his sister, his brother.

Jerry was the first one not to.

-Mm. -Yeah, a family like that--

that's a lot to live up to.

A bottle is a lot easier to live inside of.

How long had he been sober?

Fourteen months.

I know he had been working all the steps.

You know, trying to make amends.

-And... -Maybe he still is.

What? You think

that's what he was doing out in that intersection--

-working his ninth step? -Maybe.

I mean, everything that man did out there was wrong.

But it was earnestly wrong.

And he comforted all the victims.

I think... I think maybe he really was trying to help.

Well, maybe next time,

try not to help with a quart of vodka in you.

Hmm.

You don't think so?

I mean, you listened to the call, Athena.

Did the man sound drunk?

Girl, I don't know

what Jerry Thomas sounds like on a good day.

But...

no, he didn't sound particularly drunk.

Though, there was more than one witness

that said his hands were trembling noticeably

the whole time.

Fourteen months sober, you said?

Mm-hmm. Sponsor, all that.

Well, shaky hands after that long off the bottle--

I mean, that's not withdrawals.

Withdrawals is long gone.

And if he were drinking again, then

it would more likely steady them.

I don't think this is a relapse, Athena.

I think this is something neurological.

Such as?

Korsakoff syndrome.

Oh, well, I'm gonna need more than a name.

It's a serious memory disorder.

It's caused by a deficiency in thiamine, vitamin B1.

But it is most often associated

with long-term alcohol use.

One of its hallmark problems is gaps in memory.

Big gaps.

The brain hates holes,

so it-it'll fill those holes

with invented or distorted details.

Conceive full alternate histories

without deliberately lying.

Like...

...maybe thinking instead of coming from

a long line of doctors...

That he actually is one.

[Jerry] Good afternoon,

Mrs. Peterson.

Hmm.

No.

No, I don't like the look of that at all.

Don't worry, Mrs. Peterson.

We're gonna take very good care of you.

Uh, this is 911 emergency services dispatch.

Is anyone there?

Hello?

If you can hear me, please say something. Anything?

If someone is there and can't speak, make a noise.

Press a button on the phone, anything. Just--

[beep]

Okay.

I've got you. Do you need help?

[beep]

Great. I'm sending help to you now.

You're on a landline, so I already have your address.

Is someone there with you?

I'm gonna take that as a no.

Are you having chest pain

or pain anywhere in your upper body?

What about a headache? Uh...

Have you noticed one side of your face drooping?

Any unsteadiness or muscle weakness?

Do you have allergies or asthma?

[beep]

Okay, asthma.

Could you be having an asthma attack?

Are you struggling to breathe?

Blurred vision?

Nausea or vomiting?

Do you have a history of migraines?

Have you ever had a stroke?

Are you still with me?

[beep]

It sounds like you're experiencing

expressive aphasia with no other obvious symptoms.

You might be having a stroke.

Paramedics are on the way.

Just stay where you are.

Actually, does your house have a furnace?

[beep]

Did you turn on the heat recently,

-maybe for the first time in a while? -[beep]

This could be carbon monoxide poisoning.

That can sometimes mimic

the symptoms of a stroke, which would explain

why you can't speak.

Captain 157, be advised

there's likely a carbon monoxide leak

-inside the residence. -[Captain 157] Copy, dispatch.

-We're pulling up now. -[firefighter] LAFD.

-We're here to help. -[boards clattering]

Fan out and check the bedrooms.

Captain 157, did you find the patient?

[Captain 157] Got her, dispatch.

Vitals are a little elevated, but she's alert and on O2.

-That's great news. -And confirmed CO leak.

My crew's barely through the front door,

and it's reading over 600 ppm.

A few more minutes, and it'd be a very different story.

Thanks, Captain.

[Jace] BOLO's out.

Every PCP clinic,

specialist and hospital

from here to Mojave.

And there's 2,300 med spas.

You can lose those.

Jerry Thomas wants to make amends.

He will go where he thinks he can help.

So just 15,000 targets?

Well, more, if you count urgent cares.

Or he stumbles on another car accident.

You know, you just got to ask yourself,

if you believed that you were a doctor, where would you go?

Golf course.

His father was a doctor, right?

Yeah, he was a general surgeon.

He, uh, was well-regarded.

Specialized in

cholecystectomies and appendectomies.

I wonder if he practiced out of any particular hospital

when Jerry was growing up.

He sure did.

Excuse me, nurse.

Student nurse. I'm May Grant.

You'll do. Come with me.

Have you assisted in the O.R.?

I haven't done my surgical rotation yet,

but I'm hoping to soon.

Well, it's your lucky day.

Oh. Oh, my gosh. Well,

thank you so much for the opportunity, Doctor...

-Thomas. -Before we go in, I should let my preceptor know.

Do it later. This woman's appendix is about to rupture.

Oh. Yes, sir.

You gonna swipe us in?

Me? Of-of course.

[door opens]

LAPD. We need to speak to an administrator.

I got it. I'm Nurse Bradley, charge nurse.

-How can I help? -Ian Bradley?

-Yeah. -This is Detective Newell, I'm Detective Grant.

-May's mom? -Yes, that's right.

-Let me page her for you. -No. That's not why we're here.

We're looking for a suspect

that may currently be in your hospital.

Um, sure. Can you give me the patient's name?

He's not a patient, he's a doctor.

Or at least he thinks he is.

Does this face ring a bell?

Is the scrub team still on their way?

-Scrub team? -I can page them, if you want.

Uh, they'll just slow us down.

Now, get me gloves, please.

What size?

Uh, large.

Is that, like, a size nine?

If I stop for your questions, we lose this patient.

-Are you okay, Doctor? -Just fine.

You glove up, too.

And gowns for us both.

You're gonna open her up with me.

Yeah. I thought he looked familiar.

I hadn't seen him before today.

What's he doing?

It looks like he's doing his rounds.

Is that kind of high?

I thought the McBurney's point was lower.

The appendix is always higher than you think.

Now, hand me the, uh, cu-cutty thing.

The scalpel?

The scalpel, yes.

Dr. Thomas,

I don't think that I can help you with this.

I thought you wanted to be a nurse.

Well, yes, but I'm still new, and I've never

heard of a surgery like this without a team.

It-it seems like a high-stakes surgery--

Because it is. Which is why you need to stop babbling and...

and hand me the scalpel.

Scalpel.

Did she move?

It-It's just a twitch, it's... it's normal.

No. Doctor, she's-she's waking up.

Get her more sedative if you're so worried about it.

Shouldn't there be an anesthesiologist here?

Talk, talk, talk. I need to focus.

Doctor, do you know what you're doing?

I'm saving a life, and

it seems you're doing everything in your power to end it.

Then I shouldn't be here.

Where the hell are you going? I can't finish this alone.

-I'll find you someone else. -Listen to me, young woman.

If you walk through this door, your career is over.

[panting]

And if I lose that patient,

that will be on your head.

Do you understand?

-I understand. -Now, sedate the patient.

That hall he's going down-- where's it lead?

To the trauma O.R.

O.R. is right through here.

Don't worry, Mrs. Peterson.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

It's that one.

-LAPD! -Hands up!

[screams, gasps]

May!

Hey, Mom.

You sedated him?

You told me to stop being so nice.

How's he doing?

With every bag of that stuff,

I get a little more of my Jerry back.

The doctors said his brain swelling dropped 20%.

Oh. And all it took was

a thiamine drip.

You're very lucky, Jerry. You could have died.

Kind of wish I had.

[Shirley] Sweetheart, don't say that.

Can't believe everything I put those people through.

Put you through.

After you've already been through so much with me.

You're a good man.

You always have been.

So what's next?

I'm going to jail, aren't I?

I can't answer that.

But all those people from the accident--

they're going to recover.

And so are you.

We will take it one day at a time,

like we always do.

Even at your sickest,

your instinct was to help people.

I believe that says something about you.

Hopefully, the judge will, too.

Well, it's my dad's influence.

He was a hero to all his patients.

But I couldn't do that.

And he never let me forget it.

He loved you, Jer.

[Jerry] In his way.

He's been gone so long, I...

I think I thought I was over it.

Some things...

we don't get over.

We just find a way to carry them.

I'm just so grateful that nursing student was there.

[Shirley] She saved your life.

[Jerry] Yeah. Not just mine.

If you see her, will you tell her thank you

for...

giving me another chance?

I'll make sure she knows.

Maddie, you have a visitor.

Hi. I'm Kerry.

You saved my life.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I don't recognize your voice.

It's because you never heard it.

Oh, the-the carbon monoxide call.

How are you feeling?

Just a little tired. But other than that,

just grateful to be standing here.

Hospital ran some tests,

-and everything came back clear. -That's great.

I made you some cookies. I used my sister's kitchen.

Electric, not gas.

Glad that you're feeling well and baking.

It's because of you.

I don't know how you did it, but

you saved my life

without ever hearing me say a single word.

It's because Maddie is the real deal.

Thank you.

[phone ringing]

[click]

911. What's your emergency?

So, in summary, you were right.

I just wasn't ready to hear it.

-Sorry, what was that? -[soft chuckle]

No, no, no, I overstepped.

Uh, you didn't ask for my opinion.

I shouldn't have given it.

Just, I-I really thought I was doing the right thing.

No one in his family was willing to step up.

I didn't want to see him go into a group home.

I figured, why not me?

A stupid impulse.

It wasn't. He's your kid.

No, he's not.

He's Connor and Kameron's kid.

I'm just the guy who took him away from them.

What are you talking about?

The last time Theo saw his parents,

I was carrying him away.

Okay, but Theo doesn't think that you stole him from them.

Doesn't he? I mean, he keeps on trying to run away from me.

He-he loses his mind anytime I try and pick him up.

He literally kicked me upside my head,

and I still didn't see it.

See what?

Theo's right.

I am a kidnapper.

-Buck... -I can't parent

a kid I traumatized.

I can't be Theo's dad.