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[Lea] Previously on
The Good Doctor...

You go going
to the club or work?

Yeah, these early calls
are gonna take
some getting used to.

[Shaun] Browne retractor.

No Browne retractor.

[Jared] I thought I put it on
your tray from the supply room.

[Dr. Andrews] Dr. Kalu
is not your peer.

He's your employee,
and you are his boss.

I do not plan to give Jared
special treatment.

And if I see it, it won't
be good for either of you.

I'm not expecting
special treatment, Shaun,

but I don't appreciate being
treated like an intern either.

Dr. Andrews said
he is judging my performance
off of your performance,

and your performance
is not good.

[Jordan] You come in
with your fancy car
and your old tricks and think,

"Ta-da, I'm a surgeon,"
but you're not.

I just want to prove
that I belong here.

When I checked
on Yara post-operatively,

I noticed you only used
eight sutures when you closed,

and she had a small bleed.
You should have used ten.

Dr. Glassman
closed the galea and skin.

-Dr. Glassman
skipped two sutures?
-Guess so.

[tense music playing]

[elevator chimes]

At what time did you wake up
yesterday morning?

The usual, 5:30. Why?

At lunch,
you had a Cobb salad
with balsamic vinaigrette,

so that's
450 calories ingested,
assuming you kept it down.

Yes, I kept it down.

Did you use a sauna,
engage in rigorous exercise,
and/or experience diarrhea?

No, I didn't do
any of those things.

What's with the questions,
Shaun?

You made an error
in yesterday's craniotomy.

I'm trying to evaluate
various factors

that would negatively
impact focus.

I made an error?

You closed
with only eight sutures.

The size of the wound
required ten.

We need to figure out why.

Why do we need
to figure out why?

Two sutures, it's a blip.
It's not a thing.

It could be part
of a more troubling pattern
needing attention.

-Shaun, the surgery
was a success, right?
-Yes.

The patient had
a great outcome.

There is no pattern.

Goodbye.

[upbeat rhythmic music playing]

[softly] I'm a surgeon,
and I belong here.

I'm a surgeon,
and I belong here.

[sighs]

[exhales sharply]

You are a surgeon,
and you belong here.

-[exhales sharply]
-[laughter]

I just keep imagining you
in the mirror

like, "You have the hair
of Tracee Ellis Ross
and the swag of Beyonce."

Do not shame my self-care.

[chuckles]

Affirmations are backed
by research.

fMRI evidence
shows a correlation

with positive changes
in the brain.

I've just put
the finishing touches
on a surprise.

Drum roll please.

Or not.

Well, get your song lists ready

because you are all
officially invited to...

-[phone whooshes]
-[phones chime]

Star Karaoke, 7:00 p.m.
until question mark,
question mark.

You know it's gonna be a party
when there's double punctuation
involved.

Yeah, just the chance
to unwind and get to know
you all a little better.

Sounds fun.
Thanks for the invite.

Prepare to be destroyed.
My "Someone Like You" slays.

Need a surgical consult
for a clinic patient
with a dislocated patella.

-[phone buzzes]
-Mm, sorry, ER.

[quirky music playing]

You two are it. Room one.

When did the chest pain start?

I first noticed it
Tuesday morning

along with shortness of breath.

[Asher] Are you taking
any medications?

I started with one,
then switched a few times.

These are used to treat ADHD.

And brain fog.

I'm a COVID long-hauler.

Um, and I just
started guanfacine
and N-acetylcysteine,

which may actually be
helping finally.

-When was
your initial infection?
-Eight months ago.

It just felt like a mild flu,
but then it got worse,

like someone poured molasses
on my brain.

I've done cognitive therapy,

memory exercises,

still am,

whatever I can do
to get back in the field.

-Which one?
-Clover.

I'm an evolutionary biologist.

-Oh.
-Wow.

I have been studying
how white clover adapts
to environmental changes...

[breathing shakily]
And I'm on indefinite leave.

Please stop talking now.

Bluish skin, low O2 levels,
rapid heart rate.

And increasingly
labored breathing.

Possible pulmonary embolism.

Order a chest CTA and echo,
stat.

I have to go.

[printer whirring]

Oh.

You will need this.

I sent one half
of a high volume order
to your printer.

These are
Glassman's op reports?

For the last three months.
January to March.

October to December is printing
in Park's and my office.

So you sent reports
for, like, 100 surgeries
to my printer?

No, 176 surgeries.

473 pages.

I've emailed Operations
to replace your toner.

Many elements are in color.

And why, exactly,
do you need all of this?

To find out
if his mistake was a blip.

[printer continues whirring]

[opening theme music playing]

Second time
I've dislocated my knee.

Uh, first was
a few months ago, I think.

-That was the sprained ankle.
-Ah.

The dislocation was last year.

Your MRI shows
no associated damage
to bones or ligaments.

She's also been complaining
about dizziness,

swollen ankles,
maybe menopause-related.

Dr. Reznick is looking
to get her on
hormone replacement therapy.

Orion insisted I come in
and get everything checked out

before she leaves
and moves 6,000 miles away

to live alone.

I'm moving to Prague
next week for a new job,

and you can come visit me
anytime you want, Mom.

[scoffs] Not with
a busted knee.

To move forward with HRT,

I need to confirm
all the medications

you've used
over the last five years.

Oh, uh, there was
a purple triangle one,

but they took me off that
last year

and an orange-shaped one.

I'll review it with you.

We need to see
how your knee is moving.

Lay back, please.

Go ahead
with the exam, Dr. Kalu.

I thought I'd observe.

It's a knee exam,

not a multi-ligament
reconstruction.

You told me last time
not to assume
I know everything.

This is just making me
do your job.

[snoring]

[gasping]

That sounded like
an apneic spell.
Check her tonsils.

Ms. Garcia.

[snores]

[clears throat]

Mm?

Oh, did I fall asleep again?

Yes.

Can I take a quick look
in your mouth?

Mm-hmm.

[rhythmic music playing]

Kissing tonsils.

They're so enlarged,
they're touching

and obstructing your airway,
causing severe apnea.

You need a tonsillectomy
right away.

No pulmonary embolism,
but multiple cardiac issues.

Severe narrowing
of the pulmonic valve,

hypertrophied right ventricle

and opening between
the lower chambers.

This set of defects
almost looks like

-tetralogy of Fallot, but--
-It is.

She has
the fourth malformation,

overriding aorta.

I've never seen tet
in an adult before.

[soft dramatic music playing]

How is she still alive?

Hang on a sec.

I have to write
everything down now.

[Dr. Lim] Tet is almost always
diagnosed in infancy.

Doctors somehow missed it
in your case.

[Shaun] Oh, you have
a rare presentation.

The right ventricle obstruction
has been balanced

by an increased flow
into the left ventricle.

Damage from COVID
disrupted the balance.

The virus may have
saved your life.

Very few undiagnosed
tet patients

survive past childhood.

A mere 2% make it to 40.

You're saying

I would have just dropped dead
at some point?

It's very likely.

We can remove that risk
with two separate procedures.

First, we'll close
the extra vessels

that have formed to compensate
for your heart defects.

Then we'll do a surgery
to repair those defects.

Is it possible
the tet is connected

to my long COVID symptoms?

Could fixing my heart
clear up my head,

the brain?

No. I'm sorry.

[tender music playing]

You snagged our table.

Beat Hawks and Nunez to it.

You're a champion.

One Splenda,
half Sugar in the Raw,
light almond milk.

Now who's the champion?

Mm.

I have something for you.

-Really?
-Mm-hmm.

[chuckles]

An agreement acknowledging
a consensual relationship.

I, Marcus Andrews,
would like to take you,

Dalisay Villanueva, on a date.

And as hospital president,
you know, I already signed it.

[chuckles]

This is so romantic.

Give me the pen.

[chuckles]

-Dinner this weekend?
-Let me see.

-[phone chimes]
-Oh, I'm needed on the ward.

Sorry. Lock it down later?

Sure.

Iced coffee?

I'm good.

How about a hot coffee?

In honor of Daphne's
successful tonsillectomy,

I got a few options.

Is that a latte?

Mm.

It was a routine tonsillectomy.

Those were
unusually large tonsils.

A good thing her daughter
brought her in.

You think Daphne was
better off not breathing?

I don't think
it's a daughter's job

to make sure
Mom goes to the doctor.

[phones chime]

It's Daphne.

[dramatic music playing]

Heart rate spiked.
She's hypoxic.

Turn up oxygen to max flow.

Loud murmur from
the right ventricle and atrium.

Chronic damage from apnea
could have increased

the pressure in her lungs,
causing right heart failure.

-[machine beeping]
-BP's dropping.

We need to get her
to the cath lab.

[Dr. Lim] Positioning
coiling system.

[Perez] Two vessels
left to close.

[monitor beeping steadily]

[Dr. Lim] Deploying the coil.

O2 sats are dropping.

Her infundibular muscle
is clamping down.

-She is having a tet spell.
-[machine beeping urgently]

Give phenylephrine
and 100% oxygen.

I have never seen one
in-person before.

We need to move blood
up to the lungs.

Give her a bolus
and up the opiates.

[tense music playing]

If we don't stop the spasm,

she could have
permanent brain damage.

[beeping stops]

[sighs]

[Shaun] The chance
of a future infundibular spasm
is very high.

Her tet repair surgery
will be much more risky.

[soft dramatic music playing]

Pressure in Daphne's lungs
is still critically high.

Not a routine
tonsillectomy at all.

Puncturing the atrial septum.

[machine beeping softly]

Right heart is decompressing.

Give nitric oxide to relax
and dilate the vasculature.

Her apnea really did a number
on her pulmonary vessels.

No wonder
she's clumsy and forgetful.

She's been sleep-
and oxygen-deprived
for decades.

It still doesn't make her
her daughter's responsibility.

Would you want Kellan
to put his life on hold
to take care of you?

Not his whole life, no,

but I don't think
being overly devoted
is the worst quality in a kid.

Remove the catheters.

I was one of six growing up,
only girl.

Mom and dad worked a lot,

so I was basically
second mom since kindergarten.

I love my brothers, but...

there's a lot you miss out on

if you're all about taking care
of someone else.

[beeping continues]

She's throwing a lot of PVCs.

Maybe an electrolyte issue.

[machine beeping urgently]

BP's dropping. Heart rate 172.

We're barely getting a pulse.
She's in V-tach. Defib pads.

[tense music playing]

[defibrillator hums sharply]

[defibrillator beeps, thumps]

[beeping steadily]

[sighs]

BP and heart rate stabilizing.

Get a new chemistry,
chest X-ray, EKG.

We need to figure out what else
is going on with her heart.

Oh, please don't disturb
my materials.

Which are what, exactly?

Dr. Glassman made
an uncharacteristic
surgical error.

I am determining
if it was an anomaly

or part of a pattern.

Glassman must be
really pleased about that.

He is not.

You are being sarcastic.

Performance review
is a standard practice

and benefits both doctors
and patients.

I have identified
three additional errors
made in the last four months.

I don't see a pattern.

A dural tear on scarred tissue,

closing with a running nylon
instead of Monocryl--

Is that even a mistake?

Dr. Glassman has always used
subcutaneous Monocryl.

These are variations,
minor missteps.

You pore through four months
of any surgeon's op reports,

and you'll find discrepancies
like this.

-No.
-Yes.

Not in mine.

That's probably true.

Eh, if you're not finding
a pattern,

maybe it's because
there isn't one.

[phone buzzes]

My patient is awake.

Does this mean you can't move
forward with the tet repair?

There's a medication
called propranolol

that will
significantly reduce the risk

of having another spasm
during surgery,

but because of your long COVID,

you're at risk for some
very rare side effects.

-Are they serious?
-Yes.

Well, some of them are not,
like nausea, vomiting,

muscle aches, and dizziness,
but others,

such as hypoglycemia
or visual changes--

We'll start you
on the propranolol.

There's a good chance
you won't experience
the rare side effects,

but we'll need to keep
a close eye on you.

And are those patients
ahead of her

also seniors with diabetes?

Do not hang up on me, Phillip,

or I'll head down
to do this in person.

I'll wait.

[whispering] Hey.

There is a great new
Portuguese spot I read about.

I can make reservations for us
Friday or Saturday at 7:00?

Uh, I'm working a double
both days.

It's been a nonstop scramble
since Baker and Linh left.

Well, you have
two new travelers
starting on Monday.

We need staff nurses.

These nurses
are highly skilled. We--

It doesn't matter
how skilled they are.

Travel nurses disrupt workflow,

don't build
long-term relationships.

Right now, we just
don't have the resources
for permanent replacements.

You just hired a new
full-time surgical resident

to replace someone
who left way more recently.

That was Lim's department. I--

Yes, great.
I'm sending her down.

Sorry. We'll talk later?

Of course.

So you're watching
to see if I throw up?

Or faint, seize,
or have muscle spasms.

You know, before COVID,
my brain was--

I did evolutionary patterns,

genetic, uh...

how genes go together.

The sequence.

Now my brain can't handle
the sequence
of brushing my teeth.

My focus, my working memory,
all of the...

[sighs]

The executive function.

[sighs]

It's not always happening.

[soft dramatic music playing]

Please page
Dr. Wolke to monitor her
and stay until he comes.

Push your hand against mine.

The pattern is errors
in executive function.

Shaun, I'm in the middle
of doing something.

Your brain cancer
may have returned.

-All errors are tied
to executive function.
-Shaun--

Specifically to working
and procedural memory governed

by the dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex,

a common site
for a recurrent glioma,

which strongly suggests
your cancer has returned.

My last scan came back
completely clear. I'm fine.

Your last scan
was six months ago.

These errors all took place
in the last four months.

So you need another scan.

The evidence
is very compelling.

No, it's really not.

I perform complex surgeries,
Shaun,

more so than any other doctor
on this staff, by the way.

So yeah,
the percentages would dictate

that I might make more minor
and irrelevant missteps,

if that's what you want
to call them, and--

And the rate of errors
has increased.

Yeah, because I take on
the tougher cases,

the ones no one else will.

No, you need another MRI now.

Shaun, what I need
is to get back to my patient.

And you need to knock first
next time.

[soft dramatic music playing]

It's the greening of the--

My turn.

I'm trying to get some
of my cognitive exercises in.

What are you memorizing?

It's a poem from
The Carrying,Ada Limon.

[Dr. Lim] Hmm.

The collection
is mostly about...

not having the life
you thought you'd have,
I guess.

The one I was just reading,
it's about spring coming,

Instructions on Not Giving Up.

-Sounds useful.
-Yeah.

Too bad I can't read it
all at once.

I've just graduated
from haikus.

I never even thought to look
at a poem before I got sick.

Didn't have the patience
for it at the time,

but it's basically
all I read now.

I started writing, too.

It's kind of
a creative therapy.

[Dr. Lim] Mm.

There was a kind of poetry

to the genetic variations
in white clover too.

[gentle music playing]

I'd give anything to...

[sighs]

Your blood pressure
is going down,

and your heart rate's climbing.

I feel kind of dizzy.

Let me check your glucose.

She's having a seizure.
Crash cart now!

[tense music playing]

[Jared] We thought
something else was going on
with your heart,

but it's a kidney issue.

You have a narrowing
of your renal arteries,

which was exacerbated
by the pulmonary hypertension,

causing your kidneys to fail.

And this is
because of my sleep apnea?

We believe so, yeah.

Uh, can she get a transplant?

I can do a test,
see if I'm a match.

Unfortunately,
your other health concerns
rule out a transplant,

but a renal artery bypass
would allow your kidneys
to heal on their own.

There's risk of complications,
some quite serious.

But in success, you could live
a full, independent life.

But-- oh, but serious,

as in I could die?

Some complications
can be fatal.

But the risk is relatively low.

Are there other options?

Well, there's dialysis,

but you'd need
multiple sessions a week
for the rest of your life.

Um, that's less risky, but I--

I don't think I could handle
all that on my own.

Mom, Mom, if you want
to choose the dialysis,
I'll stay in San Jose.

I'm sorry.

I don't want to keep you.

No, you have nothing
to be sorry for.

All this time you've been sick
and struggling, and I--

I judged you.

But your new job.

It's just a job.

So the medication you gave me

to make my surgery safer

will actually make it
more risky?

That's right.

But without that medication,

I'm much more likely
to have another tet spell.

Yes, and possibly more severe
than the last time.

The brain fog,
all my deficits...

could get worse,

for possibly forever?

Yes.

[tender music playing]

But if we don't do
the tet repair,

your heart will stop
at some point.

I've already been through

losing my thoughts,
my whole self.

I can't do that again.

Find another way
to fix my heart.

All right, new idea.

We go back to the old idea
and just do the surgery.

It's a non-starter.

We need to present a way
to help her tet
without triggering her tet.

A percutaneous valve
and VSD closure
could help with blood flow.

That involves catheters
in the heart,

which would cause
the muscle to spasm.

All right.
It's time for some WWSMD.

Whatever you and Jerome do
on your own time is--

It's "what would
Shaun Murphy do?"

[spirited
orchestral music playing]

[poppy guitar chord playing]

[orchestra music resumes]

[heart beating]

[upbeat pop music playing]

[birds chirping]

♪ If a party is what you need ♪

♪ They're dancing ♪

[Perez] What about a shunt?

It would improve blood flow,
buy a few months

to continue
her cognitive recovery.

Once she feels better
about where her brain's at,

maybe she lets us
fix her heart.

Her tet will likely kill her
before that,

but placing a shunt
won't trigger a spell,

making it something
she'd actually accept.

[sighs] I'll take it to her.

I can stay only 45 minutes.

I have to review
Dr. Glassman's OR videos.

Didn't you already review them?

Not for symptoms
of glioma recurrence.

New evidence will convince
Dr. Glassman to get a scan.

Okay, you binged months
of data in one day.

You'll have a clearer head
in the morning.

Until then,
here we are, karaoke rager.

-Yay.
-It is yay.

We have song lists.
Plus Jared's our friend.

He just moved back.
Celebration is in order.

I will review the videos
in the morning.

Yay!

It sounds pretty wild in there.

♪ Because maybe ♪

♪ You're gonna be the one
That saves me ♪

♪ And after-- ♪

["Wonderwall" playing]

[music stops]

[clears throat]
I was just warming up.

-Where is everyone?
-There is a lot of food.

Yeah, I had it catered.
You're the first to arrive.

And so far,
last-minute rain checks

from Morgan, Park,
Asher, Danny.

[phone chimes]

Oh, and Jerome.

So it's just us four?

Which means
that all these snacks

and song binders are for us.

Oh. Yes.

The low turnout
is the perfect opportunity
to discuss symptoms.

[quirky music playing]

In your recent surgeries
with Dr. Glassman,

do you recall observing
any balance issues,

tremors, or motor weakness?

That sounds like
the perfect option.

How soon can you do
the shunt procedure?

I'll try to schedule it
for tomorrow.

I've had a strange year myself.

Eleven months ago,

I was attacked

and paralyzed
from the waist down.

I thought it was permanent.
Almost everyone did.

At first, all I wanted
was to walk again.

I was ready to risk my life
to get back to the old me.

But as time went on,

I started to appreciate
my new life, my new self.

[tender music playing]

I started a new relationship

that wouldn't
have happened otherwise.

In many ways, my life improved.

You recognize you walked in
to tell me this story?

[chuckles]

I only agreed to do the surgery

once I knew
my life wasn't at risk.

And even then, I had doubts.

I liked who I'd become.

I wanted to hold on to her.

I'm not...

losing my mind...

all over again.

You don't strike me
as someone who's lost her mind.

[upbeat music playing]

That covers the thrombectomy.

In February,
you assisted on a--

Okay, I'm playing
the pregnant lady card.

We're going, Shaun.

Okay.

Thank you. Goodbye.

I should head out, too.

-Early morning.
-Yeah.

Maybe focus on being
a first-year resident

before adding party planner
to your resume.

[chuckles]

The catering may have been
a bridge too far.

Yeah.

I bounced around growing up.

Different schools,
cities, countries.

But, um, wherever we were,
my parents had a big house,

and I knew
how to throw a party.

Closest I'd get
to feeling like I fit.

Old habits die hard, I guess.

Fitting in takes time.

But I never have, anywhere.

[soft dramatic music playing]

Maybe not everyone

finds their place.

[phone chimes]

Daphne is getting septic.
We have to go.

[sighs] Morning.

Hello.

Mm.

You should not have that.

I'm permitted 12 ounces a day.
Experts agree.

Yes, but that was brewed
when I woke up at 3:30 a.m.

[quirky music playing]

You make it through the videos?

Yes, and integrated
the observations

Doctors Kalu and Allen
made last night

regarding possible
glioma symptoms.

[exhales deeply]

I am now ready
to present Dr. Glassman
with the revised evidence,

which is very compelling.

[Lea] Mm.

Thankfully, your infection
is responding
to the antibiotics.

The infection started
around your dialysis port.

That could easily happen again.

The renal artery bypass
is still an option.

It's too risky.

So is sepsis.

Thank you, Doctor,
but I'll settle
for being alive.

You shouldn't.

You deserve more than that.

I know you've had a whole life
of feeling sick

and stuck and repeating
the same old, bad patterns,

but your past does not
have to tell your future
where to go.

You can choose a different path

and who you're gonna be on it.

[tender music playing]

And let your daughter
do the same.

Prague is beautiful
in the spring.

[upbeat acoustic music playing]

We've scheduled
the shunt placement
for this afternoon.

And that whole speech
last night?

I stand by it,
but it's your decision.

I've been waiting
for the old me
to come back, and...

[tender music playing]

That person
may not exist anymore.

And...

maybe I should be okay
with that.

Do the tet repair.

[Dr. Park] Releasing
the proximal clamp.

What made Daphne
change her mind?

Dr. Allen has a way
of getting through to people.

Blood flow looks obstructed.

There's a kink in the graft.

We can undo it,
but most likely,
it happens again.

[soft tense music playing]

We could anchor the bypass
off of the aorta instead.

At that angle,
less chance of a kink.

Could work.

[Jared chuckles]

-[Dr. Lim] Extending
the incision.
-[Asher] Sternal saw.

[Dr. Lim]
Starting the sternotomy.

[machine beeping urgently]

[Perez] O2 dropped to 78.

-65.
-She's having a tet spell.

Give her 500 cc fluid bolus
and 100% oxygen.

Giving a mini bolus
to increase pulmonary flow.

[dramatic music playing]

[Shaun] O2 sats are 50. 45.

Come on, come on.

Give her more oxygen
and up the opiates.

[Shaun] It has
stopped registering.

[beeping continues]

[tense music playing]

[urgent beeping stops]

[Asher] O2's rising.

Heart rate's stabilizing.

She was in
prolonged gross hypoxia.

[Shaun] That could extend
cognitive deficits...

or worse.

[Dr. Lim] We won't know
until she wakes.

Let's get her on bypass
before she has another one.

-Okay.
-Mm-hmm.

To a successful
renal artery bypass.

Cheers.
Facilitated by moving speech

from a wise
and persuasive surgeon.

Mm, with a great
surgical save by a guy

who's about to have
some life-changing tacos.

Okay.

Mm! Oh, my God.

Okay, these are amaz--
you're amazing!

Told you. Blue corn tortillas.

-Mm-hmm.
I can get used to this.
-[chuckles]

[snorts]

-You have some lettuce there.
-Oh.

-No, no, no, mirror image.
-Mm.

-Now?
-[laughs]

-No.
-No laughing.

No, right, right, right. Very--

[clears throat]
Very serious matter.

[both laugh]

Here. Um, yeah.

Oh.

Just a little bit more.

[tender music playing]

-We should go.
-Mm.

-Yeah.
-Um, we need to get back early
for Daphne's post-op.

Yeah, right. Um, let's go.

[soft dramatic music playing]

The bypass went smoothly,
and post-op labs look good.

We expect a full recovery.

How are you feeling, Mom?

I'm...

[breathes deeply] Breathing.

Kind of feels like
the first time in my life.

The post-op swelling
from the tonsillectomy
has gone down.

You're finally breathing
without any obstruction.

You'll need to stay
on top of your medications
and follow-up visits,

observe some
dietary guidelines,

but the discharge plan
lays it all out.

I'll be there to help, Mom.

No.

You won't.

[tender music playing]

You need to live your own life.

But I... I will accept
FaceTime calls.

And once I recover,

I'll come visit.

I hear that Prague
is beautiful in the spring.

[laughs]

That sounds like a plan.

Mm, things not go well
with Glassy?

He returned the files
with a note saying

he did not look at them
and does not intend to.

I'm sorry. He probably--

It was a mistake
to leave them for him
to read on his own.

Once I reorder the files,
I will go to his office
to review with him in person.

He made it pretty clear
he doesn't want to see them.

But he doesn't know
about the new evidence.

Maybe he doesn't want to know.

Cancer survivors
have to live with
that uncertainty that--

Knowing is better
than not knowing.

If he's not ready
to look at this,

you can't force him.

Maybe he's scared, Shaun.

And I think
maybe you're scared, too.

We're about to have a baby,

you're about to be a dad,

and I think you're worried
about family,

and Glassman is a part of that.

But if you keep pushing,
you risk damaging

one of the most important
relationships in your life.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey.

-Hey.
-Hey.

I've been thinking,

and I need a break
from our coffees.

Dalisay--

I don't think dinner's
a good idea either.

So we have
a different point of view
about hospital business.

That doesn't change
the way I feel about you.

On or off the clock,
I'm the same person.

To me, if you don't value
what the nurses do

enough to treat us
like a resource to invest in,

not a line item to be cut,

how much can you care about me?

And to be honest,

if that is
your point of view...

it undercuts
the respect I have for you.

Harper Louise Decrane,

March 30, 1994.

And do you know
why you're here?

For my heart issues.

[sighs]

I had another tet spell,
didn't I?

We'll need
to conduct more tests,

but your speech
and memory seem intact.

And with regard to your heart,
we expect a full recovery.

And with time,
you may recover your full
cognitive abilities as well.

Maybe.

But for now,
I'll just focus on being here.

[gentle music playing]

"It's the greening of the trees

That really gets to me

When all the shock
of white and taffy

Leave the pavement strewn
With the confetti of aftermath

The leaves come

Patient, plodding

A green skin growing over
Whatever winter did to us

A return to the strange idea
Of continuous living

Despite the mess of us

The hurt, the empty..."

Shaun, what?

Lea thinks that because
I'm going to be a dad,

I am worried about my family.

Okay.

She also thinks you are scared.

I'm not scared, Shaun.
I'm fine.

She says if you don't want
to do the scan,
I should let it go.

She...

is right.

Good. Thank you.

I am scared.

Dr. Glassman...

I am asking you to do the scan

because...

the data and the evidence
are sound...

and because...

it would be hard
to lose my father

just as I am about
to become one.

[breathes shakily]

Do the scan for me.

[chuckles]

Shaun, I'll do the scan.

[sighs softly]

"'Fine then, I'll take it'
The tree seems to say

A new slick leaf unfurling
Like a fist to an open palm

'I'll take it all'"

[closing theme music playing]