1 00:00:04,395 --> 00:00:06,136 - Your shoe laces. Those are gang colors. 2 00:00:06,180 --> 00:00:07,398 - What are you, a cop? 3 00:00:07,442 --> 00:00:09,705 - I used to be. But now I'm a doc. 4 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,141 - Doctor Hammer. 5 00:00:11,185 --> 00:00:12,316 - What brought you back to Chicago? 6 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:13,404 - Home, sweet home. 7 00:00:13,448 --> 00:00:15,450 - What made you stay? - Same. 8 00:00:15,493 --> 00:00:17,017 - And what's up with you and her? 9 00:00:18,627 --> 00:00:20,846 - Let's go. - All right, let's get her CT. 10 00:00:20,890 --> 00:00:22,065 - Dr. Cooper? 11 00:00:22,109 --> 00:00:23,284 What happened with your patient? 12 00:00:23,327 --> 00:00:26,156 Is this due to the cardiac output monitor? 13 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:27,636 - I want to come back to Med. 14 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:30,639 - Dr. Cooper is our biggest booster of the Vas-COM, 15 00:00:30,682 --> 00:00:34,208 and I suspect it's because he's getting kickbacks. 16 00:00:34,251 --> 00:00:35,861 - You're saying you want me to be your spy? 17 00:00:35,905 --> 00:00:37,689 - Are you in... 18 00:00:37,733 --> 00:00:39,039 or out? 19 00:00:41,389 --> 00:00:44,566 - Dr. Halstead. Thank you. 20 00:00:44,609 --> 00:00:46,698 Glad to catch you on your way in. 21 00:00:46,742 --> 00:00:49,788 I did some digging on the Open Payments website. 22 00:00:49,832 --> 00:00:54,402 Turns out, Dr. Cooper has gotten some very fat perks 23 00:00:54,445 --> 00:00:57,231 since he started boosting the Vas-COM. 24 00:00:57,274 --> 00:01:00,060 He has also received more than a few 25 00:01:00,103 --> 00:01:02,845 "consulting fees" from Vasik Labs 26 00:01:02,888 --> 00:01:04,368 and other companies. 27 00:01:04,412 --> 00:01:06,283 - And you think they're hidden bribes 28 00:01:06,327 --> 00:01:08,068 for promoting the device. 29 00:01:08,111 --> 00:01:09,765 - Yeah, illegal kickbacks. 30 00:01:09,808 --> 00:01:13,073 We have to establish that they are bribes 31 00:01:13,116 --> 00:01:14,857 tied to the sale of the device. 32 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:19,296 Look, I can't report Dr. Cooper, ruin his career, 33 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:22,212 unless I know for sure. 34 00:01:22,256 --> 00:01:24,127 - I could stop by the ICU today, 35 00:01:24,171 --> 00:01:26,390 see what the Critical Care docs are saying about the Vas-COM 36 00:01:26,434 --> 00:01:29,219 and why they're using it so frequently. 37 00:01:29,263 --> 00:01:33,049 - See if it's Cooper's doing. I like that. 38 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:37,445 Uh, Dr. Halstead. Be careful. 39 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:43,059 [soft music] 40 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:45,540 ♪ 41 00:01:45,583 --> 00:01:46,976 - Maggie! 42 00:01:47,019 --> 00:01:49,544 - Morning, Dr. Taylor. 43 00:01:49,587 --> 00:01:50,893 - I, um-- 44 00:01:50,936 --> 00:01:53,156 I found this in my locker. Was it you? 45 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,117 - Yeah, I didn't mean to-- - No...thank you. 46 00:01:59,075 --> 00:02:01,295 - Happy birthday. And don't worry. 47 00:02:01,338 --> 00:02:02,600 No one else knows. 48 00:02:02,644 --> 00:02:04,559 - Good, 'cause I don't like to make a fuss. 49 00:02:04,602 --> 00:02:06,038 - And of all the days to come in early. 50 00:02:06,082 --> 00:02:07,388 What are you doing here, anyway? 51 00:02:07,431 --> 00:02:09,520 You shift doesn't start for another two hours! 52 00:02:09,564 --> 00:02:11,174 - Decided to start rounding early. 53 00:02:11,218 --> 00:02:13,872 I want to stay two steps ahead of my competition. 54 00:02:13,916 --> 00:02:15,439 No, actually, I want to crush them... 55 00:02:15,483 --> 00:02:16,658 - [chuckles] - And win some brownie points 56 00:02:16,701 --> 00:02:18,964 with Dr. Archer. - Atta girl. 57 00:02:19,008 --> 00:02:22,359 Oh, and I know that you probably have other plans, 58 00:02:22,403 --> 00:02:25,362 but if you don't, can I take you out for a drink? 59 00:02:26,494 --> 00:02:28,104 - Okay, I might be down for a drink. 60 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:29,497 [laughs softly] I'll let you know. 61 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:31,499 - Okay. 62 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:34,284 - And that's when I realized that standing out 63 00:02:34,328 --> 00:02:36,330 was way better than trying to fit in. 64 00:02:36,373 --> 00:02:38,201 So next time them little girls 65 00:02:38,245 --> 00:02:39,942 start runnin' their little mouths 66 00:02:39,985 --> 00:02:41,422 making fun of your height, 67 00:02:41,465 --> 00:02:43,075 you don't throw hands. 68 00:02:43,119 --> 00:02:45,252 You just look at them and say... 69 00:02:45,295 --> 00:02:47,036 - Don't hate me 'cause you ain't me. 70 00:02:47,079 --> 00:02:48,646 - That's right! [chuckles] 71 00:02:48,690 --> 00:02:50,779 - Thank you, Dr. Scott, really. - Hey, it's my pleasure. 72 00:02:50,822 --> 00:02:52,650 - Okay, just try to calm down, please. 73 00:02:52,694 --> 00:02:55,262 - Y'all take care. - Please, I'm scared. Please. 74 00:02:55,305 --> 00:02:57,655 Oh, my God, are you a doctor? Please help me, please help me. 75 00:02:57,699 --> 00:02:59,004 I don't want to die, please. - It's okay, it's all right. 76 00:02:59,048 --> 00:03:00,571 What happened? - Said she took some pills. 77 00:03:00,615 --> 00:03:03,313 Sleeping pills, I think. Her name is Krista Valdez. 78 00:03:03,357 --> 00:03:04,923 - Hey, Treatment 4. - All right, calm down. 79 00:03:04,967 --> 00:03:06,316 - Sorry, I'm so sorry. - It's all right. 80 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,230 Just slow your breathing. - Okay. 81 00:03:07,274 --> 00:03:08,536 - Okay? 82 00:03:08,579 --> 00:03:09,885 So you say you took some sleeping pills. 83 00:03:09,928 --> 00:03:11,495 You gotta tell me how many and how long ago. 84 00:03:11,539 --> 00:03:13,236 - Uh, I don't know. 12, maybe 14, 85 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,498 about ten minutes ago. 86 00:03:14,542 --> 00:03:15,586 - Grab the activated charcoal. - Got it. 87 00:03:15,630 --> 00:03:16,892 And I'll grab an NG setup. 88 00:03:18,067 --> 00:03:22,506 [dramatic music] 89 00:03:25,944 --> 00:03:28,164 - Oh, God. - You got that charcoal ready? 90 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:29,774 - Right here. - All right. Okay, Krista, 91 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:31,820 I need you to drink that down slow and steady, all right? 92 00:03:31,863 --> 00:03:33,517 It'll help absorb the drugs. 93 00:03:33,561 --> 00:03:38,000 There you go. Uh-huh. 94 00:03:38,043 --> 00:03:39,306 - Oh, God, I can't. 95 00:03:39,349 --> 00:03:40,959 - All right, come on. Give it one more try. 96 00:03:41,003 --> 00:03:43,135 You got it. There you go. 97 00:03:43,962 --> 00:03:45,573 Yup. See? 98 00:03:45,616 --> 00:03:48,619 - [coughing and retching] - NG tube. 99 00:03:49,054 --> 00:03:50,404 - I'm sorry, I can't do it. - It's all right. 100 00:03:50,447 --> 00:03:51,840 It's all right. Listen, I'm gonna 101 00:03:51,883 --> 00:03:53,885 take this tube, I'm gonna stick it down your nose, 102 00:03:53,929 --> 00:03:55,757 and into your stomach, give you the charcoal that way. 103 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,498 - No, just wait-- Am I gonna die? 104 00:03:57,541 --> 00:03:59,674 Because this was a mistake. Okay? I swear. 105 00:03:59,717 --> 00:04:01,763 - Listen, you did the right thing by coming in. 106 00:04:01,806 --> 00:04:04,766 We got you. Now, hang tight. 107 00:04:04,809 --> 00:04:06,028 You're gonna feel this, but it won't last a second. 108 00:04:06,071 --> 00:04:08,030 - Okay. - Page Dr. Charles. 109 00:04:08,073 --> 00:04:10,467 - Mm-hmm. 110 00:04:12,817 --> 00:04:16,604 - Hey, Trish. Orders for L3. 111 00:04:16,647 --> 00:04:18,040 I was wondering, is it me, 112 00:04:18,083 --> 00:04:20,085 or does it seem like we've been seeing the Vas-COM 113 00:04:20,129 --> 00:04:21,957 used a lot more frequently as of late? 114 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,132 - Oh, yeah. 115 00:04:23,175 --> 00:04:24,481 Dr. Cooper can't stop talking about it. 116 00:04:24,525 --> 00:04:26,875 - Really? What's he, uh, saying? 117 00:04:26,918 --> 00:04:27,963 [curtain rattles] - Heard my name. 118 00:04:28,006 --> 00:04:29,747 You looking for me? - Matt, hey. 119 00:04:29,791 --> 00:04:33,838 Yeah, actually. Was, uh, 120 00:04:33,882 --> 00:04:36,363 curious to learn more of the benefits 121 00:04:36,406 --> 00:04:37,625 with the Vas-COM device. 122 00:04:37,668 --> 00:04:39,191 - It's a pretty remarkable product, really. 123 00:04:39,235 --> 00:04:41,063 In fact, since we've started using it, 124 00:04:41,106 --> 00:04:43,631 we've seen an 8% reduction in mortality. 125 00:04:43,674 --> 00:04:45,197 - Phew. 8%? 126 00:04:45,241 --> 00:04:48,766 - Yeah. - Yeah, that's impressive. 127 00:04:48,810 --> 00:04:50,942 But, uh, how exactly do you draw 128 00:04:50,986 --> 00:04:52,727 a correlation to the device? 129 00:04:52,770 --> 00:04:54,163 - Oh, it's pretty simple math, really. 130 00:04:54,206 --> 00:04:56,165 So when you're monitoring flow, your patient is, 131 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:58,123 more often than not, in the correct fluid balance, 132 00:04:58,167 --> 00:05:00,256 and so that alone has dramatically reduced 133 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,171 ICU acute kidney injury rates, 134 00:05:02,214 --> 00:05:05,261 which we know is directly correlated to prognosis. 135 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:06,871 It's not a perfect science. 136 00:05:06,915 --> 00:05:08,743 But the Vas-COM's the only new variable 137 00:05:08,786 --> 00:05:10,310 we've introduced, so... 138 00:05:10,353 --> 00:05:12,834 - Pretty straight line. - Yeah, yeah. 139 00:05:12,877 --> 00:05:14,662 And the other devices on the market 140 00:05:14,705 --> 00:05:17,317 can't even hold a candle. 141 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,796 Vas-COM is a bit more pricey. 142 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:20,102 - Oh, yeah? - Sure, of course. 143 00:05:20,145 --> 00:05:23,018 But, I mean, cost/benefit, am I right? 144 00:05:23,061 --> 00:05:25,194 Oh, listen. Sorry, I gotta run. 145 00:05:25,237 --> 00:05:27,109 I can send you more info if you're interested. 146 00:05:27,152 --> 00:05:28,153 - Yeah, please do! 147 00:05:30,242 --> 00:05:32,810 - Hey, Nancy, have you seen Dr. Halstead? 148 00:05:32,854 --> 00:05:35,291 - Uh, not for a while, no. - Okay. 149 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:36,684 Oh! Dr. Marcel. 150 00:05:36,727 --> 00:05:38,207 - Hey, morning, Ms. Goodwin. 151 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:40,078 - I've been meaning to touch base with you 152 00:05:40,122 --> 00:05:42,559 about a new program the hospital is setting up. 153 00:05:42,603 --> 00:05:44,909 - Uh-huh. - Totally voluntary, 154 00:05:44,953 --> 00:05:48,217 but attendings can sign up as advisors to residents. 155 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:49,610 - Advisors? 156 00:05:49,653 --> 00:05:52,003 - You know, meet regularly, offer counsel 157 00:05:52,047 --> 00:05:53,875 if they have any questions or concerns. 158 00:05:53,918 --> 00:05:57,052 Just, you know, see them through their residency. 159 00:05:57,618 --> 00:05:59,576 - Oh, uh, well, listen. 160 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:01,622 That sounds like a great program. 161 00:06:01,665 --> 00:06:03,014 I just, uh--you know, 162 00:06:03,058 --> 00:06:04,973 I wouldn't want to leave anyone hanging, you know? 163 00:06:05,016 --> 00:06:09,499 - Leave anyone hanging how? You planning on leaving Med? 164 00:06:09,543 --> 00:06:12,197 - No, no. Nothing like that. 165 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:14,809 Just, uh, like to keep my dance card open, is all. 166 00:06:14,852 --> 00:06:17,377 - Mm. - But, hey, 167 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:19,030 let me think about it. 168 00:06:19,074 --> 00:06:21,032 - You know, you're the fifth 169 00:06:21,076 --> 00:06:24,035 "Let me think about it" this week. 170 00:06:24,079 --> 00:06:25,472 Thank you. 171 00:06:25,515 --> 00:06:27,604 - Hey! Hey, you okay? 172 00:06:27,648 --> 00:06:30,738 - Um, uh, just a little light-headed. 173 00:06:30,781 --> 00:06:32,130 - Come on, let's sit down. 174 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:38,180 - You know, I've got this, uh, this gadget, let's-- 175 00:06:38,223 --> 00:06:39,399 [monitor beeps] 176 00:06:39,964 --> 00:06:42,097 - Oh, blood sugar's a bit high. 177 00:06:42,140 --> 00:06:44,229 - Yeah, it's been like that all week. 178 00:06:45,230 --> 00:06:47,842 Maybe I'll stop by Endocrinology, 179 00:06:47,885 --> 00:06:50,322 see if Dr. Yang can squeeze me in. 180 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:52,194 - Okay, just as a precaution. You know? 181 00:06:52,237 --> 00:06:54,065 - Yeah, yeah. - Hey, you gonna be okay? 182 00:06:54,109 --> 00:06:55,806 - I'm gonna be fine, thank you. 183 00:06:59,462 --> 00:07:01,029 Hey. - I didn't get far. 184 00:07:01,072 --> 00:07:03,988 Cooper caught me off-guard. Gave me his hard sales pitch. 185 00:07:04,032 --> 00:07:05,555 I gotta say, this guy's good. 186 00:07:05,599 --> 00:07:07,339 - So if he's ever confronted, 187 00:07:07,383 --> 00:07:11,213 he can defend everything he's doing as legit. 188 00:07:11,256 --> 00:07:13,650 Do you think he suspected anything? 189 00:07:13,694 --> 00:07:16,392 - No, but if he is who you say he is, 190 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:18,089 confession's gonna be tough. 191 00:07:18,133 --> 00:07:20,091 - Incoming! Who's free? 192 00:07:20,135 --> 00:07:22,616 - Oh, go, go. And swing by later? 193 00:07:22,659 --> 00:07:24,487 - Yeah. 194 00:07:24,531 --> 00:07:27,359 I'm on it. - I got this. 195 00:07:27,403 --> 00:07:29,710 - More the merrier, I guess. - After you. 196 00:07:29,753 --> 00:07:31,146 - What do we got? 197 00:07:31,189 --> 00:07:33,409 - 17 year-old male, passed out at a skate park. 198 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:37,369 BP 100/20, heart rate 70. Blood sugar was 200. 199 00:07:37,413 --> 00:07:39,850 Gave a liter of normal saline in the ambo. 200 00:07:39,894 --> 00:07:41,809 - What's your name? - Brandon. 201 00:07:41,852 --> 00:07:43,637 - Brandon, I'm Dr. Hammer. 202 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,421 - I'm Dr. Halstead. 203 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:46,988 You got a history of diabetes? 204 00:07:47,031 --> 00:07:48,729 - No, uh, no, I don't. 205 00:07:48,772 --> 00:07:49,991 Did someone call my mom? 206 00:07:50,034 --> 00:07:51,688 - Oh, cops called her. She's en route. 207 00:07:51,732 --> 00:07:52,820 - Brandon, you feel stable enough 208 00:07:52,863 --> 00:07:54,212 to switch beds yourself? 209 00:07:54,256 --> 00:07:55,736 - Uh yeah, yeah I'm fine. - Brandon? 210 00:07:55,779 --> 00:07:57,520 Oh, my God. Are you okay, honey? 211 00:07:57,564 --> 00:07:59,000 - I'm fine, Mom, really. 212 00:07:59,043 --> 00:08:00,741 - What were you doing at the skate park? 213 00:08:00,784 --> 00:08:02,525 You were supposed to be studying. 214 00:08:02,569 --> 00:08:03,787 - I know. - It is not good 215 00:08:03,831 --> 00:08:06,921 to exert yourself like that. The stress. 216 00:08:06,964 --> 00:08:09,663 He has Addison's disease. Was this another crisis? 217 00:08:09,706 --> 00:08:11,012 - No, it's his blood sugar. 218 00:08:11,055 --> 00:08:13,318 But is he on steroids as a part of his regimen? 219 00:08:13,362 --> 00:08:14,450 - Yes, Prednisone. 220 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:15,973 - Prednisone can cause high blood sugar 221 00:08:16,017 --> 00:08:17,279 if he's getting too much. - He's not. 222 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:19,499 I manage all of Brandon's medications. 223 00:08:19,542 --> 00:08:21,109 I take care of everything. 224 00:08:21,152 --> 00:08:24,112 What he eats, steps per day. We're very careful. 225 00:08:24,155 --> 00:08:25,635 Are you sure you're all right? 226 00:08:25,679 --> 00:08:27,550 - Yes, Mom, I'm fine. 227 00:08:27,594 --> 00:08:30,379 - Well, if we're sure medication isn't the cause, 228 00:08:30,422 --> 00:08:32,337 let's get an A1c test. 229 00:08:32,381 --> 00:08:33,948 That'll give us an idea of his blood sugar levels 230 00:08:33,991 --> 00:08:35,863 over a period of time. - It'll help us determine 231 00:08:35,906 --> 00:08:37,995 whether his body's making insulin. 232 00:08:38,039 --> 00:08:40,041 There's a chance that he could have developed diabetes. 233 00:08:40,084 --> 00:08:43,174 - Oh, God. No. 234 00:08:43,218 --> 00:08:46,308 Brandon's supposed to be part of an Addison clinical trial 235 00:08:46,351 --> 00:08:47,831 for a subcutaneous medication device. 236 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:49,224 - Mom, please. 237 00:08:49,267 --> 00:08:51,182 Diabetes is an exclusionary factor. 238 00:08:51,226 --> 00:08:54,751 - It's okay, Mom. There's gonna be other trials. 239 00:08:54,795 --> 00:08:56,231 - Let's not jump the gun just yet. 240 00:08:56,274 --> 00:08:58,407 There may be another explanation. 241 00:08:58,450 --> 00:09:00,627 - We'll circle back around as soon as we have something. 242 00:09:00,670 --> 00:09:02,193 We're gonna figure this out. 243 00:09:04,935 --> 00:09:06,546 - So, Krista, Dr. Scott's telling me 244 00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:09,113 that this is the first time that you find yourself 245 00:09:09,157 --> 00:09:10,898 in a situation like this. Is that right? 246 00:09:10,941 --> 00:09:12,595 - Oh, my God. Yes. 247 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:15,511 It was such a stupid mistake. 248 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,600 I had been drinking, so I wasn't in my right mind, 249 00:09:17,644 --> 00:09:20,081 and as soon as I took the pills, I regretted it. 250 00:09:20,821 --> 00:09:22,736 - When you say that you weren't in your right mind, 251 00:09:22,779 --> 00:09:24,868 what do you mean by that, exactly? 252 00:09:24,912 --> 00:09:26,914 - Um... 253 00:09:26,957 --> 00:09:29,090 I got into an argument with my mom, 254 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:33,094 and I just sort of... lost it. 255 00:09:33,137 --> 00:09:34,399 I don't even know why I called her in the first place. 256 00:09:34,443 --> 00:09:36,097 We don't even have a relationship, so... 257 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:38,534 - I'm sorry to hear that. 258 00:09:40,318 --> 00:09:43,147 - Yeah, I totally overreacted. [laughs] 259 00:09:43,191 --> 00:09:45,149 So how much longer do I need to be here? 260 00:09:45,193 --> 00:09:46,847 I just--I have a work trip next week. 261 00:09:46,890 --> 00:09:48,109 I'm headed to the Congo, 262 00:09:48,152 --> 00:09:50,024 and I just have so much to take care of. 263 00:09:50,067 --> 00:09:54,071 - The Congo, wow. What kind of work do you do? 264 00:09:54,115 --> 00:09:57,074 - I work for UNICEF. I'm a human rights attorney. 265 00:09:57,118 --> 00:10:00,512 I act as a negotiator, helping to free child soldiers. 266 00:10:00,556 --> 00:10:03,733 - Wow. That's impressive. 267 00:10:03,777 --> 00:10:06,257 - You know what? That is truly admirable. 268 00:10:06,301 --> 00:10:07,345 Really. 269 00:10:07,389 --> 00:10:09,478 I imagine, pretty stressful, too. 270 00:10:09,521 --> 00:10:11,872 - No, I have it-- I have it really easy. 271 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:15,876 These kids, the things that they're forced to see, 272 00:10:15,919 --> 00:10:17,617 forced to do-- 273 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:19,662 Some of them are as young as five years old. 274 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:21,098 Trust me, we all live 275 00:10:21,142 --> 00:10:23,187 really charmed lives in comparison. 276 00:10:26,103 --> 00:10:27,801 Just--listen, I would really like to be discharged 277 00:10:27,844 --> 00:10:30,325 as soon as possible, so... 278 00:10:30,368 --> 00:10:32,066 do you have any more tests to run or-- 279 00:10:32,109 --> 00:10:33,371 how much longer do I need to be here? 280 00:10:33,415 --> 00:10:35,852 - I want to give you another liter of fluid, 281 00:10:35,896 --> 00:10:37,506 you know, make sure you're hydrated. 282 00:10:37,549 --> 00:10:38,942 We'll talk after that. 283 00:10:38,986 --> 00:10:43,773 - You should rest a bit, and uh, we'll be back. 284 00:10:43,817 --> 00:10:45,079 Nice to meet you, Krista. 285 00:10:45,122 --> 00:10:48,082 [dramatic music] 286 00:10:48,125 --> 00:10:50,867 ♪ 287 00:10:50,911 --> 00:10:53,870 - Oof. Child soldiers? 288 00:10:53,914 --> 00:10:55,132 She's seen some horrible things. 289 00:10:55,176 --> 00:10:56,699 - Oh, yeah. No doubt. 290 00:10:56,743 --> 00:11:00,181 I mean, I think we're looking at a mix of PTSD, 291 00:11:00,224 --> 00:11:02,923 chronic depression, just general burnout, you know? 292 00:11:02,966 --> 00:11:05,708 - Yeah, she seems genuinely regretful, though. 293 00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:07,188 You think this is the wakeup call she needed? 294 00:11:07,231 --> 00:11:08,406 Ending up in the hospital like this? 295 00:11:08,450 --> 00:11:09,712 - I think she wants to believe that. 296 00:11:09,756 --> 00:11:11,018 I'm not remotely sold. 297 00:11:11,061 --> 00:11:13,237 Without--without an outlet, 298 00:11:13,281 --> 00:11:16,284 she's very likely to self-harm again. 299 00:11:16,327 --> 00:11:18,373 - We can't just let her walk out of here then. 300 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:20,070 - You know, hopefully Krista will admit herself 301 00:11:20,114 --> 00:11:21,245 to in-patient psych, 302 00:11:21,289 --> 00:11:23,378 but we gotta get her there. 303 00:11:23,421 --> 00:11:25,554 - A bag of saline will buy us an hour. 304 00:11:25,597 --> 00:11:27,382 - [sighs] 305 00:11:30,864 --> 00:11:32,474 - Stevie. 306 00:11:32,517 --> 00:11:34,302 - Brandon's A1c results? - Yep. 307 00:11:34,345 --> 00:11:36,652 Blood sugar's been normal. 308 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,828 - So no diabetes. 309 00:11:39,568 --> 00:11:41,265 I guess he could be hyperthyroid? 310 00:11:41,309 --> 00:11:42,527 - Yeah, I thought about that, 311 00:11:42,571 --> 00:11:44,051 but all of his thyroid labs are normal. 312 00:11:45,313 --> 00:11:47,532 - What about pancreatitis? - He's got no pain. 313 00:11:47,576 --> 00:11:49,404 His amylase and lipase are normal too. 314 00:11:49,447 --> 00:11:52,233 I think the obvious answer is right in front of us. 315 00:11:52,276 --> 00:11:53,843 - You mean his medicine. 316 00:11:53,887 --> 00:11:55,627 - Yeah. 317 00:11:56,324 --> 00:11:58,587 - You think this is Munchausen's by proxy. 318 00:11:58,630 --> 00:12:00,110 - Maybe she's giving him a little extra 319 00:12:00,154 --> 00:12:01,633 to keep him sick. 320 00:12:02,330 --> 00:12:04,114 - I don't know. Feels like a reach. 321 00:12:04,158 --> 00:12:06,203 - Is it? You said so yourself. 322 00:12:06,247 --> 00:12:07,335 She's incredibly involved. 323 00:12:07,378 --> 00:12:09,250 A bit too involved, don't you think? 324 00:12:09,293 --> 00:12:11,034 I mean, 17's a little old 325 00:12:11,078 --> 00:12:13,297 for Mom to be doling out your pills, no? 326 00:12:13,341 --> 00:12:14,908 - Teens aren't exactly the most reliable 327 00:12:14,951 --> 00:12:16,083 when it comes to taking their meds. 328 00:12:16,126 --> 00:12:19,086 - Yeah, but Marie does fit the profile. 329 00:12:19,129 --> 00:12:20,740 Hovering, overly concerned-- 330 00:12:20,783 --> 00:12:23,090 - She cares about her kid! 331 00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:25,309 - Look, if you have another explanation... 332 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,399 We owe it to Brandon to get to the bottom of this. 333 00:12:28,443 --> 00:12:30,184 Without a competing theory, 334 00:12:30,227 --> 00:12:32,142 we at least have to explore the possibility. 335 00:12:36,538 --> 00:12:37,974 [PA alert] 336 00:12:38,018 --> 00:12:39,846 - Dr. Archer, Dr. Marcel. 337 00:12:39,889 --> 00:12:41,456 MVC with a motorcycle incoming. 338 00:12:41,499 --> 00:12:43,937 - We're out of beds. - Hybrid OR. 339 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:46,026 - [sighs] Taylor, with me. 340 00:12:46,069 --> 00:12:47,157 - Second victim's right behind us. 341 00:12:47,201 --> 00:12:49,464 - I got this. 342 00:12:49,507 --> 00:12:51,771 - Sean Ritner, a 26 year-old male, 343 00:12:51,814 --> 00:12:54,077 motorcycle creamed by a car at the intersection. 344 00:12:54,121 --> 00:12:55,557 Intubated in the field. 345 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,690 - GCS 3 - T, BP 190/60, heart rate 130. 346 00:12:58,734 --> 00:13:00,954 Significant blood loss in the field. 347 00:13:00,997 --> 00:13:03,565 Placed a tourniquet and put him in a cardboard splint, 348 00:13:03,608 --> 00:13:05,306 but his limb's pretty mangled, and he's shocky. 349 00:13:05,349 --> 00:13:07,351 - Trigger MTP. On my count. 350 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:09,005 - We're going to Hybrid OR. What have we got? 351 00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:10,572 - Oh, my God. - 38 year-old female. 352 00:13:10,615 --> 00:13:12,008 Unrestrained driver. Struck a motorcycle 353 00:13:12,052 --> 00:13:12,966 while crossing the intersection. 354 00:13:13,009 --> 00:13:14,532 Couple scrapes and bruises, 355 00:13:14,576 --> 00:13:16,099 but no focal complaints other than some minor back pain. 356 00:13:16,143 --> 00:13:17,884 - I didn't see him! I tried to swerve, 357 00:13:17,927 --> 00:13:19,059 but he came out of nowhere. 358 00:13:19,102 --> 00:13:20,147 - Okay, don't worry. 359 00:13:20,190 --> 00:13:21,148 We're gonna take good care of you. 360 00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:23,585 John, let me get a bed in here. 361 00:13:23,628 --> 00:13:25,065 Nice and easy. 362 00:13:25,108 --> 00:13:27,154 Here we go. Line it up right here. 363 00:13:27,197 --> 00:13:30,635 There it is. All right, guys, on me. 364 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:31,854 One, two, three. 365 00:13:31,898 --> 00:13:33,987 - [whimpers] 366 00:13:34,030 --> 00:13:35,162 - I want you to breathe for me now. 367 00:13:35,205 --> 00:13:36,990 - Okay. - Deep breaths. 368 00:13:37,033 --> 00:13:38,600 There you go. 369 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:42,822 Okay, clear breath sounds bilaterally. 370 00:13:42,865 --> 00:13:45,346 - Is he gonna be all right? He's not moving. 371 00:13:45,389 --> 00:13:46,956 - Dr. Archer's gonna take good care of him. 372 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,479 Let's just focus on you, okay? 373 00:13:48,523 --> 00:13:51,265 - I suffer from anxiety. I--I need my medication. 374 00:13:51,308 --> 00:13:52,309 - Okay, we're gonna get you a little something 375 00:13:52,353 --> 00:13:53,528 to help you relax. 376 00:13:53,571 --> 00:13:55,356 Half a milligram of Ativan, please. 377 00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:57,097 You feeling any pain anywhere? 378 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:59,360 Okay. Chest x-ray, stat. 379 00:14:00,578 --> 00:14:01,884 Look at me. What's your name? 380 00:14:01,928 --> 00:14:03,538 - Mya. - Mya, okay. 381 00:14:03,581 --> 00:14:05,105 My name is Dr. Marcel. I'm gonna take care of you, 382 00:14:05,148 --> 00:14:06,584 okay? - Okay. 383 00:14:09,674 --> 00:14:12,590 [dramatic music] 384 00:14:21,034 --> 00:14:22,513 - All right, pelvis looks good. 385 00:14:22,557 --> 00:14:23,993 I gotta check his arm. 386 00:14:25,952 --> 00:14:30,521 No active bleeding, and I don't feel a pulse. 387 00:14:30,565 --> 00:14:32,654 I'll need a CT angiogram to confirm, 388 00:14:32,697 --> 00:14:34,961 but I'm guessing he needs a completion amputation. 389 00:14:35,004 --> 00:14:37,572 - Amputation? 390 00:14:37,615 --> 00:14:38,747 - Yeah, that's what I said. 391 00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:41,054 Unless you have a better idea. 392 00:14:41,097 --> 00:14:43,578 - If the brachial artery is out, which I suspect it is, 393 00:14:43,621 --> 00:14:45,797 can't we try to revascularize the arm 394 00:14:45,841 --> 00:14:47,538 with a reverse saphenous vein graft? 395 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:50,324 - All right, we do that and the repair goes down, 396 00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:51,629 then what happens? 397 00:14:51,673 --> 00:14:53,327 The arm dies, now he's septic, 398 00:14:53,370 --> 00:14:54,676 now he might die. 399 00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:56,112 - Right. Forget it. Dumb idea. 400 00:14:56,156 --> 00:14:58,462 - No, not a dumb idea. 401 00:14:58,506 --> 00:15:00,029 Good decisions come from experience, 402 00:15:00,073 --> 00:15:02,597 and experience comes from bad decisions. 403 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,688 Actually, you might want to scrub in for this, 404 00:15:06,731 --> 00:15:07,950 if you've got the stomach for it. 405 00:15:09,256 --> 00:15:10,779 - That'd be incredible. Thank you, Dr. Archer. 406 00:15:10,822 --> 00:15:12,520 - All right. I'll come grab you 407 00:15:12,563 --> 00:15:13,738 once the patient's prepped. 408 00:15:20,876 --> 00:15:23,183 - Thank God. So it isn't diabetes. 409 00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:25,359 Then he can do the trial! 410 00:15:25,402 --> 00:15:27,709 But then... what's going on? 411 00:15:27,752 --> 00:15:29,711 - Well, we haven't quite figured that out yet. 412 00:15:29,754 --> 00:15:32,583 But the most obvious answer is usually the right one, 413 00:15:32,627 --> 00:15:35,021 which brings us back to Brandon's medication. 414 00:15:35,064 --> 00:15:36,979 - I already told you, though, I manage his medication, 415 00:15:37,023 --> 00:15:38,894 so I know he's getting the right dosage. 416 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,635 - Are you giving him any other supplements? 417 00:15:40,678 --> 00:15:43,638 - No, nothing. Just his prescriptions. 418 00:15:43,681 --> 00:15:45,466 - All right, well, we're gonna send over 419 00:15:45,509 --> 00:15:47,424 a social worker to speak with you. 420 00:15:47,468 --> 00:15:48,643 - A social worker? Why? 421 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:50,558 [ominous music] 422 00:15:50,601 --> 00:15:52,473 Wait, what's going on? 423 00:15:52,516 --> 00:15:55,084 - We'd like to get a better picture of Brandon's regimen. 424 00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:57,304 - Do you not believe me? - No, it's not that. 425 00:15:57,347 --> 00:15:59,175 - It's just that we've ruled out any other causes. 426 00:15:59,219 --> 00:16:02,135 - I cannot believe this! You think I'm lying, 427 00:16:02,178 --> 00:16:04,572 that I'm one of those people 428 00:16:04,615 --> 00:16:07,053 that would deliberately make their kid sick? 429 00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:11,144 I would never hurt my son! - Mom? 430 00:16:11,187 --> 00:16:13,015 What's going on? 431 00:16:13,059 --> 00:16:15,931 They think I'm messing with your medication, 432 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:19,456 giving you too much. - What? Okay, no. 433 00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:20,762 She's not. 434 00:16:20,805 --> 00:16:22,024 She would never do something like that. 435 00:16:22,068 --> 00:16:25,027 - Look, we're sorry that we upset you. 436 00:16:25,071 --> 00:16:26,594 We should go. 437 00:16:26,637 --> 00:16:28,465 - We're only trying to help, Brandon. 438 00:16:28,509 --> 00:16:29,553 Figure out what caused the episode. 439 00:16:29,597 --> 00:16:31,642 - But you can't, can you? 440 00:16:31,686 --> 00:16:33,035 That's why you're blaming me, 441 00:16:33,079 --> 00:16:34,906 because of your own ineptitude. - Mom, please-- 442 00:16:34,950 --> 00:16:37,474 - No, that is it. I have had it. 443 00:16:37,518 --> 00:16:38,736 I want to speak to your supervisor. 444 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:39,955 I'm gonna report you both. 445 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,478 - Mom, stop! It was me, okay? 446 00:16:41,522 --> 00:16:42,740 I did it. 447 00:16:42,784 --> 00:16:46,092 [dramatic music] 448 00:16:46,135 --> 00:16:47,745 - What? 449 00:16:49,747 --> 00:16:52,011 - It was--it was me. 450 00:16:56,841 --> 00:16:59,105 I've been giving myself the extra drugs. 451 00:17:09,506 --> 00:17:11,204 - Hey, looks like this thing's about done. 452 00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:13,684 So do I need to sign paperwork, or-- 453 00:17:13,728 --> 00:17:16,296 - We'll let the nurses know about that in just a sec. 454 00:17:16,339 --> 00:17:17,819 - Uh, Krista. 455 00:17:17,862 --> 00:17:20,430 What you told us earlier about your work-- 456 00:17:20,474 --> 00:17:22,954 it really spoke to me. 457 00:17:22,998 --> 00:17:24,608 Before I became a doctor, I was actually a cop 458 00:17:24,652 --> 00:17:26,567 for, like, ten years. 459 00:17:26,610 --> 00:17:28,177 - Really? - Yeah. 460 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:33,574 Saw a lot of awful things. 461 00:17:34,183 --> 00:17:36,620 - I bet. 462 00:17:36,664 --> 00:17:39,014 - I had a run at one point, where, like, 463 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:42,583 I was racking up loss after loss, 464 00:17:42,626 --> 00:17:43,714 started to feel like what I was doing 465 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:45,325 wasn't even making a difference. 466 00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:47,544 - [sighs] 467 00:17:47,588 --> 00:17:48,589 - One of my superiors-- he encouraged me 468 00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:49,851 to talk to somebody. 469 00:17:49,894 --> 00:17:53,028 I didn't want to do it at first, but... 470 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:56,162 once I finally decided to sit in that seat 471 00:17:56,205 --> 00:17:59,861 and started just letting it all come out, 472 00:17:59,904 --> 00:18:01,863 it was like a weight came off my shoulders. 473 00:18:05,345 --> 00:18:10,045 - As gratifying as a career helping other people is, 474 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:12,743 there can be a real emotional cost there. 475 00:18:12,787 --> 00:18:14,049 You know, me? 476 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:16,878 I see a psychiatrist regularly. 477 00:18:16,921 --> 00:18:17,835 You know? And those sessions 478 00:18:17,879 --> 00:18:19,185 are a lifeline for me. 479 00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:22,492 I can't imagine doing this work without them. 480 00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:24,407 - Okay, look. 481 00:18:24,451 --> 00:18:28,411 I do not have time to indulge in therapy, okay? 482 00:18:28,455 --> 00:18:30,544 These kids--they need someone to fight for them. 483 00:18:30,587 --> 00:18:32,154 I--no, I don't have time to sit around 484 00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:33,286 and to lick my wounds. 485 00:18:33,329 --> 00:18:35,070 - You know, you characterize self-care 486 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:37,594 as some kind of selfish act. Right? 487 00:18:37,638 --> 00:18:40,554 But truthfully, Krista, if you don't address this stuff, 488 00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:42,208 next time you hit a low, 489 00:18:42,251 --> 00:18:44,906 it might not turn out the way it did today. 490 00:18:44,949 --> 00:18:48,344 - And all those kids that you've dedicated your life to-- 491 00:18:48,388 --> 00:18:50,564 they won't have you around to fight for them. 492 00:18:50,607 --> 00:18:53,219 - No, but I cannot let them down! 493 00:18:53,262 --> 00:18:54,481 And it gets really hard. 494 00:18:54,524 --> 00:18:57,353 It's really, really hard to just keep going. 495 00:18:57,397 --> 00:18:58,615 [sighs] 496 00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:06,188 Look, this wasn't the first time, okay? 497 00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:07,842 It's not the first time. 498 00:19:07,885 --> 00:19:10,932 [melancholy music] 499 00:19:10,975 --> 00:19:13,630 - I thought that that might be the case, 500 00:19:13,674 --> 00:19:16,024 which is why what I would really like to do 501 00:19:16,067 --> 00:19:18,722 is get you checked into our in-patient psych clinic, 502 00:19:18,766 --> 00:19:20,637 just for a few days. 503 00:19:20,681 --> 00:19:21,812 Help you get your bearings, 504 00:19:21,856 --> 00:19:24,772 start to talk about some strategies 505 00:19:24,815 --> 00:19:27,688 to help you out with this stuff going forward. 506 00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:29,168 What do you say? Just a few days. 507 00:19:31,648 --> 00:19:33,868 We all need a break sometimes. 508 00:19:33,911 --> 00:19:35,696 You know? You just-- 509 00:19:35,739 --> 00:19:37,828 you can't give what you don't have. 510 00:19:39,569 --> 00:19:43,747 - Okay. [sighs heavily] 511 00:19:43,791 --> 00:19:45,836 - So you took the pills to hike your blood sugar 512 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,100 because you knew diabetes was an exclusionary factor. 513 00:19:49,144 --> 00:19:50,841 - You don't want to join the trial. 514 00:19:50,885 --> 00:19:52,626 - Brandon, what were you thinking? 515 00:19:52,669 --> 00:19:53,801 You could have seriously hurt yourself. 516 00:19:53,844 --> 00:19:56,369 - I'm sorry, Mom. It's just that... 517 00:19:56,412 --> 00:19:57,805 I knew you weren't going to budge on this. 518 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,591 I've spent my whole life 519 00:20:01,635 --> 00:20:04,899 being careful, being monitored. 520 00:20:04,942 --> 00:20:07,989 I have missed out on so much. 521 00:20:08,032 --> 00:20:09,991 And if I start another trial, 522 00:20:10,034 --> 00:20:12,559 I'm not gonna be able to go to college in London. 523 00:20:12,602 --> 00:20:14,561 - Brandon, I think that your mom is just concerned 524 00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:17,128 that you'll have another crisis. 525 00:20:17,172 --> 00:20:18,739 - I--I get that. 526 00:20:18,782 --> 00:20:22,351 But I know my body better than anybody, 527 00:20:22,395 --> 00:20:24,223 and I know I can handle it on my own. 528 00:20:26,312 --> 00:20:29,750 - I know you may not understand this now, 529 00:20:29,793 --> 00:20:33,493 but I am only doing what is best for you. 530 00:20:33,536 --> 00:20:35,886 I'm sorry, honey. 531 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:38,889 London's gonna have to wait. You are doing the trial. 532 00:20:41,152 --> 00:20:43,329 - We'll go get your discharge paperwork ready. 533 00:20:43,372 --> 00:20:44,460 - Thank you. 534 00:20:50,727 --> 00:20:53,730 - I feel for that kid. 535 00:20:53,774 --> 00:20:56,037 This really should be his decision. 536 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,604 - Pulling a stunt like that doesn't instill 537 00:20:57,647 --> 00:21:00,433 a ton of confidence in his ability to look after himself. 538 00:21:00,476 --> 00:21:01,956 - It's a separate issue. You heard him. 539 00:21:01,999 --> 00:21:03,349 He felt desperate. 540 00:21:03,392 --> 00:21:05,307 - But this clinical trial device 541 00:21:05,351 --> 00:21:07,396 could be life-changing for Brandon. 542 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:08,615 It'll administer his doses 543 00:21:08,658 --> 00:21:11,095 so that he doesn't have to monitor himself. 544 00:21:11,139 --> 00:21:13,141 Marie's giving him more freedom in the long run. 545 00:21:13,184 --> 00:21:15,709 - I think she's trying to keep him at home. 546 00:21:15,752 --> 00:21:17,885 - Yeah, well, agree or disagree, 547 00:21:17,928 --> 00:21:19,103 it's not our call, is it? 548 00:21:21,192 --> 00:21:24,283 [suspenseful electronic music] 549 00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:31,290 ♪ 550 00:21:38,601 --> 00:21:41,082 - Your mom's just signing your discharge paperwork. 551 00:21:44,781 --> 00:21:45,956 How you doing? 552 00:21:48,132 --> 00:21:49,569 - This is crazy. I'm gonna be 18 553 00:21:49,612 --> 00:21:51,310 in less than six months. 554 00:21:52,615 --> 00:21:54,400 My mom is-- 555 00:21:55,966 --> 00:21:57,141 She just doesn't get it. 556 00:22:00,014 --> 00:22:01,320 - I hear you. 557 00:22:02,756 --> 00:22:04,453 - What can I do? What can I do? 558 00:22:04,497 --> 00:22:06,063 [sighs] 559 00:22:10,459 --> 00:22:11,417 - There is one thing. 560 00:22:18,424 --> 00:22:19,468 - Hey, Dr. Marcel. 561 00:22:19,512 --> 00:22:20,991 - Hey, Dr. Taylor. How's it going? 562 00:22:21,035 --> 00:22:24,038 - Uh, it's going. - Yeah? 563 00:22:24,081 --> 00:22:25,561 Actually, no, it's not. 564 00:22:25,605 --> 00:22:27,389 Listen, you overheard my conversation with Dr. Archer 565 00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:30,392 in regard to Sean the motorcyclist's care? 566 00:22:30,436 --> 00:22:34,048 - Ah, yeah. I caught some stuff, I think. 567 00:22:34,091 --> 00:22:35,702 - I just--I can't shake this feeling 568 00:22:35,745 --> 00:22:38,400 that we still might be able to save Sean's arm. 569 00:22:38,444 --> 00:22:40,446 - Huh. - But Archer is probably right, 570 00:22:40,489 --> 00:22:41,969 right? 571 00:22:42,012 --> 00:22:44,145 - Well, there's an argument for either side, honestly, 572 00:22:44,188 --> 00:22:46,103 but for my money, I would have gone 573 00:22:46,147 --> 00:22:48,323 with what you suggested. 574 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:50,456 - You would have. - Yeah. 575 00:22:50,499 --> 00:22:52,980 There's nothing dumb about your idea. 576 00:22:53,023 --> 00:22:55,330 But I have a feeling you already know that. 577 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,767 We have to go upstairs? Great. 578 00:22:58,551 --> 00:23:00,988 - I just--look, I didn't want to ruffle any feathers. 579 00:23:01,031 --> 00:23:02,293 Archer's the chief of E.D. 580 00:23:02,337 --> 00:23:03,773 and I'm, like, barely a doctor. 581 00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:06,123 - No, actually, you are a doctor, 582 00:23:06,167 --> 00:23:07,386 and a very sharp one at that. 583 00:23:08,865 --> 00:23:11,390 Look, I understand work politics and power hierarchies, 584 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:12,695 all of that, 585 00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:14,044 but the next time you're feeling passionately 586 00:23:14,088 --> 00:23:16,482 about something, don't be afraid to stand by it. 587 00:23:16,525 --> 00:23:18,309 I learned early on, sometimes you gotta choose 588 00:23:18,353 --> 00:23:21,574 between being respected and being liked. 589 00:23:31,627 --> 00:23:33,977 - What do you mean you don't have a bed? 590 00:23:34,021 --> 00:23:35,544 Well, then why does my tablet say you have two? 591 00:23:35,588 --> 00:23:36,763 You know what? 592 00:23:36,806 --> 00:23:37,894 That's not good enough, all right? 593 00:23:37,938 --> 00:23:39,505 I just got a patient to admit herself, 594 00:23:39,548 --> 00:23:41,115 to this hospital, to my care. 595 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:45,467 [phone clatters] 596 00:23:45,511 --> 00:23:47,338 - Scott! Scott, come here. 597 00:23:47,382 --> 00:23:51,212 Ah, system is showing that your patient, Krista Valdez, 598 00:23:51,255 --> 00:23:54,433 has been occupying that room for almost four hours now. 599 00:23:54,476 --> 00:23:55,825 You said you were going to be transferring her 600 00:23:55,869 --> 00:23:57,523 to in-patient psych? 601 00:23:57,566 --> 00:23:58,828 - We were, but they don't have any beds. 602 00:23:58,872 --> 00:24:00,308 - Listen, you need to start looking around 603 00:24:00,351 --> 00:24:02,876 at neighboring hospitals, and make it snappy, please. 604 00:24:02,919 --> 00:24:06,009 We've got more patients with more problems, you know. 605 00:24:06,053 --> 00:24:08,142 Can't turn the ED into a bed and breakfast, now can we? 606 00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:15,062 Ah, there she is. My prize pupil. 607 00:24:15,105 --> 00:24:17,543 I went over your chartings, very meticulous work. 608 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:19,153 You round early today too? 609 00:24:19,196 --> 00:24:20,546 I did, yes. I wanted to get a head start. 610 00:24:20,589 --> 00:24:22,025 - I tell ya, 611 00:24:22,069 --> 00:24:25,159 my other residents could learn a thing or two from you. 612 00:24:25,202 --> 00:24:26,769 All right, we're about due up in the OR. 613 00:24:26,813 --> 00:24:28,467 Ready to head up? - Uh, Dr. Archer, about that. 614 00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:29,555 - Yeah. - I'm sorry, 615 00:24:29,598 --> 00:24:30,599 I should have said something sooner, 616 00:24:30,643 --> 00:24:31,992 but I still think it's worth trying 617 00:24:32,035 --> 00:24:33,384 a less aggressive approach first, 618 00:24:33,428 --> 00:24:35,865 if there's any chance to salvage Sean's arm. 619 00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:38,477 - Well, uh, I appreciate your honesty, 620 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:39,695 but the OR's booked, 621 00:24:39,739 --> 00:24:41,523 and Sean's family has signed off, 622 00:24:41,567 --> 00:24:42,872 so, uh, let's hit it. 623 00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:45,701 But you did only present one option to his family. 624 00:24:45,745 --> 00:24:47,268 I also consulted Dr. Marcel. 625 00:24:47,311 --> 00:24:49,096 - Did you? Huh. 626 00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:54,710 You go ahead and present your option to the family. 627 00:24:54,754 --> 00:24:56,799 Be sure to inform them of risks, 628 00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:59,062 and if they sign off, 629 00:24:59,106 --> 00:25:00,673 then I'd be happy to pass the case onto you 630 00:25:00,716 --> 00:25:01,935 and Dr. Marcel, 631 00:25:01,978 --> 00:25:04,111 seeing as you two have already consulted. 632 00:25:06,548 --> 00:25:09,464 Oh, and you can deliver any potential outcomes 633 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:11,422 together as well, good or bad. 634 00:25:11,466 --> 00:25:14,469 [moody music] 635 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:18,517 ♪ 636 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,912 - Everything okay? - Yeah. 637 00:25:22,956 --> 00:25:25,088 Dr. Marcel advised me to stand by my opinion 638 00:25:25,132 --> 00:25:27,264 on a case, and he's right, I should. 639 00:25:27,308 --> 00:25:28,918 I'm just-- 640 00:25:28,962 --> 00:25:30,354 I don't know, I'm hoping things break my way. 641 00:25:34,228 --> 00:25:36,752 - What? What does he mean? 642 00:25:36,796 --> 00:25:38,275 - Calm down, Mom. Just let me explain. 643 00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:39,189 - Mrs. Davis, please-- 644 00:25:39,233 --> 00:25:40,713 - Don't tell me to calm down. 645 00:25:40,756 --> 00:25:42,279 - Mom. - You told him to do this, 646 00:25:42,323 --> 00:25:43,716 didn't you? 647 00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:45,761 You have been after me from the minute I got here. 648 00:25:45,805 --> 00:25:47,241 - Whoa! What's going on? 649 00:25:47,850 --> 00:25:49,460 - Tell her. 650 00:25:49,504 --> 00:25:52,507 - Brandon has decided to seek counsel to become emancipated 651 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,161 so he doesn't have to join the clinical trial. 652 00:25:54,204 --> 00:25:56,642 - What? - How could you do this? 653 00:25:56,685 --> 00:25:58,513 How could you even consider this? 654 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:01,951 - I'm sorry, Mom. I'm sorry, but... 655 00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:05,346 I can't do the trial. I didn't know what else to do. 656 00:26:05,389 --> 00:26:07,087 - Excuse us. I need to talk to you. 657 00:26:13,354 --> 00:26:15,312 - I can't believe you. 658 00:26:15,356 --> 00:26:17,967 You are still just like you were in med school, 659 00:26:18,011 --> 00:26:19,621 always getting in other people's business. 660 00:26:19,665 --> 00:26:20,970 - Excuse me? 661 00:26:21,014 --> 00:26:22,319 - Why couldn't you just leave it alone? 662 00:26:22,363 --> 00:26:24,234 - I'm trying to help our patient. 663 00:26:24,278 --> 00:26:25,584 - How? 664 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:27,673 By tearing his family apart? 665 00:26:27,716 --> 00:26:29,457 You planted the idea in his head, didn't you? 666 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:31,067 He was distraught. I told him his options. 667 00:26:31,111 --> 00:26:33,069 - At his mother's expense. 668 00:26:33,113 --> 00:26:34,984 You've been judging Marie since she walked in here. 669 00:26:35,028 --> 00:26:36,682 - And you've been defending her. 670 00:26:36,725 --> 00:26:40,163 - Because I don't like seeing that poor woman being attacked. 671 00:26:40,207 --> 00:26:41,904 - Why are you making this personal? 672 00:26:41,948 --> 00:26:43,863 - I just think she deserves someone in her corner. 673 00:26:43,906 --> 00:26:45,778 - Well, news flash, Stevie, she's not our patient. 674 00:26:45,821 --> 00:26:47,214 Brandon is. 675 00:26:47,257 --> 00:26:48,650 And if he wants my help, I'm gonna advocate for him, 676 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,913 because that is my job. 677 00:26:50,957 --> 00:26:52,915 Yours too, though you seem to have forgotten it. 678 00:26:58,399 --> 00:27:00,357 - Not a single bed? 679 00:27:00,401 --> 00:27:01,968 Not even any discharges scheduled 680 00:27:02,011 --> 00:27:04,710 for the end of the day? 681 00:27:04,753 --> 00:27:07,364 No, I get it. I appreciate you checking. 682 00:27:07,408 --> 00:27:08,844 Thank you. 683 00:27:08,888 --> 00:27:10,454 - Any luck finding Krista a transfer? 684 00:27:10,498 --> 00:27:12,543 - I've called every hospital with a decent psych ward 685 00:27:12,587 --> 00:27:13,632 in a 50-mile radius. 686 00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:14,894 They're all full to capacity. 687 00:27:14,937 --> 00:27:16,373 System's messed up. 688 00:27:16,417 --> 00:27:18,375 Medical interventions are given precedence 689 00:27:18,419 --> 00:27:20,639 over psychiatric ones. 690 00:27:20,682 --> 00:27:22,292 - What about relatives? 691 00:27:22,336 --> 00:27:23,729 Is there a world where we could release her 692 00:27:23,772 --> 00:27:25,208 under family care for the night, 693 00:27:25,252 --> 00:27:26,601 bring her back in for an appointment tomorrow? 694 00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:28,342 - Thought about that too, but her dad's deceased, 695 00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,736 and she's estranged from her mom, you know? 696 00:27:30,779 --> 00:27:33,652 She's pretty damn isolated. It's just her and her work. 697 00:27:33,695 --> 00:27:35,610 - All right, fellas. 698 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:39,092 You find another hospital to transfer Ms. Valdez to? 699 00:27:39,135 --> 00:27:41,050 I need this room free now. 700 00:27:41,094 --> 00:27:42,748 - We're working on it, we're not there yet, all right? 701 00:27:42,791 --> 00:27:44,793 Every psych ward in the area is full. 702 00:27:44,837 --> 00:27:46,360 - All right, well, you know what to do. 703 00:27:46,403 --> 00:27:48,928 All right, arrange for a transfer to Bachmann Medical. 704 00:27:48,971 --> 00:27:51,757 - The state hospital? - Whoa, Dean, Dean, Dean-- 705 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,237 Patient is extremely fragile. 706 00:27:54,281 --> 00:27:56,413 Bachmann is the wrong environment, trust me. 707 00:27:56,457 --> 00:27:58,111 - The way they transfer patients there, 708 00:27:58,154 --> 00:28:00,026 with police, in cuffs--like, 709 00:28:00,069 --> 00:28:02,506 the whole thing is humiliating, traumatizing. 710 00:28:02,550 --> 00:28:04,291 They treat people like perps for seeking help. 711 00:28:04,334 --> 00:28:06,075 - I get it, I get it. I do, but-- 712 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,078 - Do you get it? Do you? 713 00:28:09,122 --> 00:28:10,427 Because you've been running this joint 714 00:28:10,471 --> 00:28:13,169 like a drive-through car wash since I got here. 715 00:28:13,866 --> 00:28:15,998 We're supposed to be helping people. 716 00:28:16,042 --> 00:28:17,826 What the hell are we doing here any-- 717 00:28:17,870 --> 00:28:25,007 ♪ 718 00:28:32,536 --> 00:28:34,408 Sorry. 719 00:28:34,451 --> 00:28:35,931 I should have kept my cool back there. 720 00:28:35,975 --> 00:28:37,803 - Don't gotta apologize to me. 721 00:28:37,846 --> 00:28:39,718 A crappy situation. 722 00:28:39,761 --> 00:28:42,329 - Just when you think you're making in-roads, you know? 723 00:28:42,372 --> 00:28:45,114 Helping somebody. 724 00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:48,988 Run into red tape or lack of resources. 725 00:28:49,031 --> 00:28:50,293 It's so damn frustrating. 726 00:28:52,339 --> 00:28:54,776 - You had a fair amount of experience with bureaucracy 727 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:56,517 at your old job. 728 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,172 - Grew up in the same community I was policing. 729 00:28:59,215 --> 00:29:01,914 South Side, hundreds. 730 00:29:01,957 --> 00:29:03,916 Too many times, I felt like I had to betray 731 00:29:03,959 --> 00:29:05,613 the people I was supposed to be protecting. 732 00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:09,704 - Hmm. Why you left? 733 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:11,837 - Part of the reason. 734 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,926 You're not trying to shrink me? 735 00:29:13,969 --> 00:29:16,537 - No, not trying to shrink you, man. 736 00:29:19,453 --> 00:29:21,803 - Some years ago, my partner and I-- 737 00:29:21,847 --> 00:29:23,370 we responded to a call. 738 00:29:25,198 --> 00:29:28,201 Stray bullet from a drive-by hit a 14 year-old boy. 739 00:29:30,072 --> 00:29:32,118 Kid was bleeding out, shot through the thigh. 740 00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:36,513 By some miracle, I was able to hold pressure 741 00:29:36,557 --> 00:29:39,690 long enough on the wound for the paramedics to respond. 742 00:29:39,734 --> 00:29:40,822 - He make it? 743 00:29:40,866 --> 00:29:43,085 - Yeah, he survived. 744 00:29:46,872 --> 00:29:49,309 It's from the slug that hit him. 745 00:29:51,050 --> 00:29:55,010 Man, it was the most alive, the most useful 746 00:29:55,054 --> 00:29:56,969 I felt on the force, you know? 747 00:29:57,012 --> 00:29:59,885 It's what drew me to medicine. 748 00:29:59,928 --> 00:30:03,062 But days like today... 749 00:30:03,105 --> 00:30:04,498 - Don't I know it. 750 00:30:04,541 --> 00:30:07,980 I know it feels like we failed her. 751 00:30:08,023 --> 00:30:10,199 But the reality is, it's not safe 752 00:30:10,243 --> 00:30:11,897 for Krista to be alone right now. 753 00:30:14,377 --> 00:30:16,075 Given where we are, I think 754 00:30:16,118 --> 00:30:18,077 I don't really have a choice. 755 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,209 I gotta call the admitting room at State. 756 00:30:22,429 --> 00:30:24,561 Now look, some good doctors there. 757 00:30:24,605 --> 00:30:25,824 I know a couple of them. 758 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:29,044 I'll call them up, get her on their radar. 759 00:30:29,088 --> 00:30:30,741 You still got a couple of buddies on the force? 760 00:30:30,785 --> 00:30:34,049 Maybe we can get them to handle the transfer? 761 00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:37,574 - Yeah, yeah, I could do that. - All right. 762 00:30:37,618 --> 00:30:41,143 What do you say we go, uh-- we go make her safe? 763 00:30:41,187 --> 00:30:43,754 - Yeah. - All right. 764 00:30:43,798 --> 00:30:46,192 - [exhales heavily] 765 00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:52,502 - Crockett, can I talk to you for a sec? 766 00:30:52,546 --> 00:30:53,764 - Sure. 767 00:30:53,808 --> 00:30:56,115 We gotta make it quick, though, sorry. 768 00:30:56,158 --> 00:30:58,204 I'm due in the OR in a sec. 769 00:30:58,247 --> 00:31:00,815 - Yeah, that's actually what I wanted to talk to you about. 770 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,862 You advised Dr. Taylor to push back against Archer today 771 00:31:03,905 --> 00:31:06,386 after a treatment plan had already been put in place. 772 00:31:06,429 --> 00:31:07,996 - Uh, no, not exactly. 773 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,303 Dr. Taylor asked me for my advice, 774 00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,000 and I told her-- - You told her 775 00:31:12,044 --> 00:31:13,654 to stick her neck out 776 00:31:13,697 --> 00:31:15,395 and make an enemy of the chief of the ED. 777 00:31:15,438 --> 00:31:16,396 You think that was sound advice? 778 00:31:16,439 --> 00:31:18,180 - Oh, hold on, Maggie. 779 00:31:18,224 --> 00:31:20,922 Dr. Taylor went to Archer of her own accord. 780 00:31:20,966 --> 00:31:23,969 And I gotta say, I admire her for advocating for her patient. 781 00:31:24,795 --> 00:31:26,667 Where's this coming from? 782 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:29,365 - As a person in a position of influence, 783 00:31:29,409 --> 00:31:30,323 I think you should be more mindful 784 00:31:30,366 --> 00:31:31,541 of the things that you say. 785 00:31:33,369 --> 00:31:35,632 Your two cents-- it has consequences. 786 00:31:35,676 --> 00:31:36,851 Remember that. 787 00:31:45,686 --> 00:31:48,167 - Mrs. Davis? Can I join you? 788 00:31:56,088 --> 00:31:59,047 - I swear I only want what's best for Brandon. 789 00:31:59,613 --> 00:32:01,832 - I know it probably feels 790 00:32:01,876 --> 00:32:04,270 like everyone's judging you right now, but... 791 00:32:04,313 --> 00:32:06,402 not me. 792 00:32:06,446 --> 00:32:07,969 I see how deeply you love Brandon, 793 00:32:08,013 --> 00:32:10,058 and I admire that more than you know. 794 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,845 - Brandon suffered his first crisis 795 00:32:14,889 --> 00:32:17,761 right after his father died. 796 00:32:17,805 --> 00:32:19,763 My husband was killed in a head-on collision 797 00:32:19,807 --> 00:32:22,114 by a drunk driver. - I'm so sorry. 798 00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:28,207 - A few weeks after the funeral, 799 00:32:28,250 --> 00:32:31,514 Brandon started vomiting out of nowhere. 800 00:32:33,299 --> 00:32:36,998 He could barely move. He wasn't making any sense. 801 00:32:37,042 --> 00:32:38,521 We don't have any family nearby, 802 00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:41,350 I didn't know who to call, I had just lost my husband, 803 00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:43,004 and I was so scared that-- 804 00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:44,788 - You were gonna lose Brandon, too. 805 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,706 I can see why you're so determined to protect him. 806 00:32:51,491 --> 00:32:52,709 - It's just-- 807 00:32:52,753 --> 00:32:56,496 the thought of him being so far away. 808 00:32:56,539 --> 00:32:58,498 If anything were to happen to him, 809 00:32:58,541 --> 00:32:59,542 and I wasn't there-- 810 00:32:59,586 --> 00:33:01,501 - Mrs. Davis. 811 00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:03,503 I know that the prospect of letting him go 812 00:33:03,546 --> 00:33:05,461 must be terrifying. 813 00:33:06,593 --> 00:33:08,899 But you've taken such good care of Brandon all these years, 814 00:33:08,943 --> 00:33:10,553 I think that you can trust that you've shown him 815 00:33:10,597 --> 00:33:12,033 how to take care of himself. 816 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:16,820 - He really is a good kid. 817 00:33:20,389 --> 00:33:24,785 You must have kids of your own. - No, no kids. 818 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,658 But I was always the little girl 819 00:33:28,702 --> 00:33:30,573 that wished that she had a mom like you. 820 00:33:37,145 --> 00:33:39,191 [machines beeping] 821 00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:42,063 - Okay, repair's done. 822 00:33:42,107 --> 00:33:44,413 Removing the vascular clamp from the artery. 823 00:33:44,457 --> 00:33:45,762 Hand me the Doppler. 824 00:33:54,075 --> 00:33:56,904 - Not hearing a signal. Just static. 825 00:33:58,949 --> 00:34:00,951 There's no flow to the wrist. 826 00:34:00,995 --> 00:34:03,215 All right, we're not sunk yet. 827 00:34:03,258 --> 00:34:04,912 If I can pull out the clot, there's a chance 828 00:34:04,955 --> 00:34:07,610 we can still restore blood flow. 829 00:34:07,958 --> 00:34:09,177 Let's open up the repair, 830 00:34:09,221 --> 00:34:11,832 stick down a balloon, and thrombectomize. 831 00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:13,094 - Putting another quarter in the machine. 832 00:34:16,271 --> 00:34:19,318 - Wait, what do you mean you don't have a bed for me? 833 00:34:19,361 --> 00:34:21,537 - I am so sorry that we can't accommodate you here. 834 00:34:21,581 --> 00:34:22,886 Really, I am. 835 00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:25,063 But we have found a bed for you at Bachmann. 836 00:34:26,412 --> 00:34:28,501 - Bachmann? No. 837 00:34:28,544 --> 00:34:29,850 No, no, no. There's no way. 838 00:34:29,893 --> 00:34:31,982 That is for people with really serious issues. 839 00:34:32,026 --> 00:34:33,288 That's... 840 00:34:33,332 --> 00:34:34,637 Oh, my God. That's like lockdown. 841 00:34:34,681 --> 00:34:36,291 No, if I cannot stay here, 842 00:34:36,335 --> 00:34:38,424 then I would like to go home now, please. 843 00:34:38,467 --> 00:34:41,122 - Krista, I'm really very worried about you. 844 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:44,125 So I'm afraid that discharge is just not an option. 845 00:34:44,169 --> 00:34:45,692 You know, it's my opinion that you are still 846 00:34:45,735 --> 00:34:48,129 a danger to yourself, and I really think 847 00:34:48,173 --> 00:34:51,785 you need to be somewhere safe. - I don't--I don't-- 848 00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:53,308 You know what? You made it seem 849 00:34:53,352 --> 00:34:54,788 like this was my choice. - And you made the right choice 850 00:34:54,831 --> 00:34:57,443 - No, what you both did was lie to me. 851 00:34:57,486 --> 00:34:58,966 You were always going to commit me, weren't you? 852 00:34:59,009 --> 00:35:00,010 - Krista-- - You told me 853 00:35:00,054 --> 00:35:01,403 that I can stay here, 854 00:35:01,447 --> 00:35:02,709 and that we were gonna figure this out together. 855 00:35:02,752 --> 00:35:03,797 You know what? Screw you guys. 856 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:04,972 I'm out of here. 857 00:35:05,015 --> 00:35:05,929 Get this out of me. - Whoa, Krista-- 858 00:35:05,973 --> 00:35:07,279 - No, do not touch me! 859 00:35:07,322 --> 00:35:08,628 - Hold still Krista, you're gonna hurt yourself. 860 00:35:08,671 --> 00:35:09,629 - Let me go, please! - Restraints! 861 00:35:09,672 --> 00:35:10,804 - No! - Whoa, Krista-- 862 00:35:10,847 --> 00:35:12,066 - Restraints, please? - No, please! 863 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:15,287 [sobbing] No, please! No I don't want to! 864 00:35:15,330 --> 00:35:16,636 No! - Calm down. 865 00:35:16,679 --> 00:35:18,159 No, please leave me alone. 866 00:35:18,203 --> 00:35:20,814 - Just let her help you! - Leave me alone! 867 00:35:20,857 --> 00:35:23,295 Please leave me alone! - Please, calm down. 868 00:35:23,338 --> 00:35:24,774 - Please. [sobs] 869 00:35:27,821 --> 00:35:29,039 Liars! 870 00:35:33,043 --> 00:35:36,917 [laughing] 871 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,745 - Going to London! 872 00:35:38,788 --> 00:35:40,660 - Good luck at school. - Thank you! 873 00:35:41,965 --> 00:35:42,879 - Aw, man. 874 00:35:46,187 --> 00:35:48,711 Marie agreed to let Brandon skip the trial. 875 00:35:48,755 --> 00:35:50,409 She said you spoke to her. 876 00:35:52,454 --> 00:35:54,804 Come on. What, you're not gonna tell me? 877 00:35:57,503 --> 00:35:58,852 What'd you say? 878 00:35:58,895 --> 00:36:00,941 - There you go, sticking your nose in again. 879 00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:07,687 Seriously, though, I'm sorry that I was hard on you today. 880 00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:10,516 You know I can hit below the belt sometimes. 881 00:36:11,299 --> 00:36:13,432 But it's always followed by a healthy dose of guilt, 882 00:36:13,475 --> 00:36:15,303 if that's any consolation. - Oh, it is. 883 00:36:15,347 --> 00:36:17,827 - [laughs] 884 00:36:17,871 --> 00:36:20,308 - Dr. Hammer? Your paycheck. - Thank you. 885 00:36:20,352 --> 00:36:21,962 - Don't spend it all at one place. 886 00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:23,659 - Yeah, right. 887 00:36:23,703 --> 00:36:26,053 Least I'll be able to make rent this month. 888 00:36:26,096 --> 00:36:27,750 - Always was your thing. 889 00:36:27,794 --> 00:36:29,622 Always loved to cry broke. 890 00:36:29,665 --> 00:36:32,277 - Well, some of us didn't get a full ride to med school. 891 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,453 - Well, maybe if you spent a little less time on your hair 892 00:36:34,496 --> 00:36:36,237 and a little more time in the books... 893 00:36:36,281 --> 00:36:37,804 [giggles] 894 00:36:45,725 --> 00:36:47,379 - Hey! How'd it go? 895 00:36:47,422 --> 00:36:49,250 - Hey! We were able to get a pulse. 896 00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:50,512 - [exhales] 897 00:36:50,556 --> 00:36:51,513 - Looks like Sean's gonna keep his arm. 898 00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:53,211 - Really? - Yeah, thanks to you. 899 00:36:53,254 --> 00:36:55,038 [laughing] 900 00:36:55,082 --> 00:36:56,083 - This is amazing. 901 00:36:56,126 --> 00:36:57,432 - Well, let's go share 902 00:36:57,476 --> 00:36:58,694 the good news with the family, yeah? 903 00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:03,090 Um, listen. I also need to apologize. 904 00:37:03,133 --> 00:37:04,787 You know, when I weighed in this morning, 905 00:37:04,831 --> 00:37:08,008 I didn't mean to, you know, throw you into the lion's den. 906 00:37:08,051 --> 00:37:10,706 Maggie said I-- - Wait, Maggie? 907 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:12,969 - Yeah, she pointed out that I may have 908 00:37:13,013 --> 00:37:15,058 put you in a bad spot with Archer. 909 00:37:15,102 --> 00:37:16,582 Maybe I did, but I-- - No, please, 910 00:37:16,625 --> 00:37:17,713 if you hadn't said something, 911 00:37:17,757 --> 00:37:19,411 it would have haunted me forever. 912 00:37:20,499 --> 00:37:23,589 I am so, so thankful for your advice. 913 00:37:23,632 --> 00:37:25,939 - Okay. - As a matter of fact, 914 00:37:25,982 --> 00:37:28,115 they're doing this program with the residents. 915 00:37:28,158 --> 00:37:29,899 - Yeah, I heard of it. 916 00:37:29,943 --> 00:37:32,424 - Well, they haven't paired me up with anyone yet. 917 00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:34,687 Any chance you'd want to be my advisor? 918 00:37:35,731 --> 00:37:38,299 - Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that. 919 00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:39,866 - Great! 920 00:37:39,909 --> 00:37:41,215 - Come on. - Okay. 921 00:37:42,782 --> 00:37:44,871 - I really appreciate your making time 922 00:37:44,914 --> 00:37:46,394 to check me out, Dr. Yang. 923 00:37:46,438 --> 00:37:47,743 - It's no problem. 924 00:37:47,787 --> 00:37:50,485 I'm actually glad you checked in when you did. 925 00:37:50,529 --> 00:37:52,400 - I don't like the sound of that. 926 00:37:52,444 --> 00:37:53,880 What's up? 927 00:37:53,923 --> 00:37:56,926 - Your labs show your blood sugar 928 00:37:56,970 --> 00:37:59,842 has been climbing over the last month or so. 929 00:37:59,886 --> 00:38:01,453 - Well, I haven't changed anything. 930 00:38:01,496 --> 00:38:03,716 I'm still eating healthy, exercising, 931 00:38:03,759 --> 00:38:06,153 adhering to my insulin regimen. 932 00:38:06,196 --> 00:38:07,937 - Well, as you know, sometimes the disease 933 00:38:07,981 --> 00:38:10,462 can progress despite a healthy lifestyle. 934 00:38:11,419 --> 00:38:13,813 But no need to worry. We'll adjust your meds, 935 00:38:13,856 --> 00:38:16,816 add an oral that will reduce your resistance to insulin. 936 00:38:18,165 --> 00:38:20,167 Also, stress can definitely play a part. 937 00:38:20,210 --> 00:38:22,778 Are you dealing with anything particularly taxing right now? 938 00:38:22,822 --> 00:38:25,564 [knock at door] - Uh, come in? 939 00:38:25,607 --> 00:38:27,827 Just the usual work stuff. 940 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:31,004 - Sorry to interrupt. - No, no. 941 00:38:31,047 --> 00:38:33,485 - I was just leaving. I'll call in a prescription. 942 00:38:33,528 --> 00:38:34,834 - Thank you. 943 00:38:38,664 --> 00:38:40,753 - Everything okay? 944 00:38:40,796 --> 00:38:42,189 - Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. 945 00:38:44,191 --> 00:38:45,410 - Ms. Goodwin, I think we've taken 946 00:38:45,453 --> 00:38:47,629 the wrong approach with Matt Cooper, 947 00:38:47,673 --> 00:38:49,805 coming at him headlong, hoping eventually 948 00:38:49,849 --> 00:38:51,329 he'll slip up, say something. 949 00:38:51,372 --> 00:38:52,852 - Okay? 950 00:38:52,895 --> 00:38:54,636 - If he's really on the take, 951 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,377 the more devices the hospital buys, 952 00:38:56,421 --> 00:38:58,727 the bigger his kickbacks, right? 953 00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:01,034 So he's gonna want as many departments as he can get 954 00:39:01,077 --> 00:39:03,819 to start using the thing. - Right. 955 00:39:03,863 --> 00:39:05,995 And he needs docs not to just use the device, 956 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,564 but to shill for it. Corruptible docs. 957 00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:13,307 So I make myself the perfect target. 958 00:39:14,221 --> 00:39:15,483 - And how do you do that? 959 00:39:15,527 --> 00:39:17,746 - Cry broke. 960 00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:19,879 Make him think I'd do anything for money. 961 00:39:19,922 --> 00:39:21,881 - Let Cooper hook you in. 962 00:39:24,884 --> 00:39:26,755 I knew you were the right man for this job. 963 00:39:32,631 --> 00:39:35,285 - Okay, gotta go. 964 00:39:35,329 --> 00:39:36,896 - Dr. Taylor. 965 00:39:38,941 --> 00:39:40,247 Hey! 966 00:39:43,816 --> 00:39:48,690 Vanessa. Vanessa. 967 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:51,737 Are you leaving now? What about the drink? 968 00:39:51,780 --> 00:39:53,260 - When I confided in you earlier, 969 00:39:53,303 --> 00:39:54,348 I was silly enough to think 970 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:55,915 that it was gonna stay between us. 971 00:39:55,958 --> 00:39:58,657 But you continue to prove you can't stay in your lane. 972 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:00,485 - Vanessa, look. I'm sorry-- 973 00:40:00,528 --> 00:40:01,921 - No. 974 00:40:01,964 --> 00:40:03,792 I just want you to treat me like everyone else. 975 00:40:03,836 --> 00:40:05,359 That's all I want. 976 00:40:09,885 --> 00:40:13,672 - Hey, Willie, no cuffs, all right? 977 00:40:13,715 --> 00:40:16,152 I know it's protocol, but do me a solid. 978 00:40:16,196 --> 00:40:17,806 - You got it. 979 00:40:27,163 --> 00:40:29,383 - [sighs] 980 00:40:30,471 --> 00:40:32,212 - How long you been doing this? 981 00:40:34,823 --> 00:40:37,391 - 35 years, I don't know. Something like that. 982 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:39,219 - How? 983 00:40:39,262 --> 00:40:42,091 - You gotta hang on to those-- those good days. 984 00:40:42,135 --> 00:40:44,267 You know, hang on to the wins. 985 00:40:44,311 --> 00:40:46,792 That's why you got that bullet around your neck, right? 986 00:40:48,358 --> 00:40:49,795 There you go. 987 00:40:50,970 --> 00:40:52,667 Really important, buddy. 988 00:40:52,711 --> 00:40:54,756 I mean for me, anyway. 989 00:40:56,541 --> 00:40:59,674 Gotta hang on to those wins. 990 00:40:59,718 --> 00:41:02,590 [dramatic music] 991 00:41:02,634 --> 00:41:09,815 ♪ 992 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,076 [wolf howls]