All language subtitles for ER (1994) - S03E10 - Homeless for the Holidays (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 MONOLITH)_track3_[eng]

Previously on e.R.:

Um, uh, charlie, right?

Yeah, you gave
Me some condoms.

We may have a worker
That's hiv positive.

Say no more.

I feel that if I get
More experience

I'll be better prepared
For the future.

That's not how you
Should look at it.

The best thing you can do
Is to leave me alone.

Well, I'm sorry.

I got to work late.

Well, there's late and...

There's later.

Hating me might feel good,
But it won't change anything.

It doesn't feel good, al.

Nothing about this feels good.

Hi.

Hi. I was starting
To think

You weren't coming.

Dr. Angelo's office
Is really backed up.

What did she say?

The tests no longer detect

Any viral load.

I guess the drug cocktail
Is working.

Jeanie, that is great news.

Yeah. Maybe I don't have
To get a lawyer now.

Maybe the hospital

Will let it go.

No, I-I know.

It's still transmittable.

That doesn't mean the
Hospital can keep you

Shuffling papers for
The rest of your career.

If I still have a career.

I have a meeting with dr. Greene
And dr. Anspaugh in ten minutes

And I, for one,
Think you're too valuable

To rubber-stamp admits

All day long.

Thanks. This is on me.

No matter what happens
In there, jeanie

This is great news.

Rode your sled
To work, dr. Greene?

Uh, no. It's a christmas
Present for my daughter.

Randi:
That's it?

Remember sliding
Down snow-covered bluffs

With the cold wind
Flying through your hair?

We didn't have too many
Snow-covered bluffs in atlanta.

We did in grand rapids.

Coasted right through
Rush-hour traffic

Got hit by a car...

Didn't they have
One of those dollies

That wet itself?

Every toy that I saw
In the store

Had some tie-in to
A tv show or a movie

Or something I've been
Too busy to see.

I mean, I don't know
What duke nukem was

But he looked
Pretty nasty.

You made a good choice
With the sled.

Hey, you look awful.

How long you been on?

Since yesterday morning.

Randi:
E.R.

Weaver:
Mark, you ready?

Uh, yeah. Morning, kerry.

I just got to change.

It's for you, dennis.

Is it benton trying
To reach out and touch me?

It's a lady.

Hey, monique.

You at the airport?

Was it canceled?

Come on. I thought we'd been
Through this already.

You want the two of us
To decide?

I'm sure none of
Us in this room

Would want anyone
On our team

Endangering patients
In any way.

As attendings,
You're closest

To the everyday
Workings of the e.R.

There is no
Hospital-wide policy.

Legal advises we handle it
Department by department.

So if we get sued

It's the individual
Attending's butt on the line?

If we were aware
That there was

An hiv positive
Health care worker here

And the public got wind of it,
Started filing suits

All of our butts
Would be on the line.

Hiv positive workers
Can be fired

Because the hospital
Doesn't want to be sued?

Greene:
No. In illinois

It's forbidden
To fire any employee

Because they're hiv positive.

In theory,
But they're forced to quit.

Nobody's forcing anybody
To quit.

What about restricting duties

So they're not working
Within the job description?

Anspaugh:
I wouldn't presume

To tell you two
How to run your department

But, uh, let me give you an idea
Of the current thinking.

These are the
C.D.C. Findings

Illinois state law
And pending legal cases

And various n.I.H.
And journal reports.

Now, look, I know
You two have had

Your differences
In the past.

Do you think you can work
Together and solve this?

Absolutely.

Sure.

"Merry christmas,
Mom. Love, doug"?

Dennis, what is up
With that shower?

I froze my ass off.

You hear that opera?

Il figaro?
Mrs. Needlebaum.

45 minutes of sing-a-long
With pavarotti

And she uses up all
The hot water in the building.

You get any sleep
Last night?

No. I had 15 admits.

Fifteen? Wow.

Only ten more hours

And then yuletide cheer
With the carter family.

Yeah, I feel bad
Subjecting you

And your girlfriend
To my family.

It's not going
To happen.

Monique isn't coming.

Not at all?

No. She said
She had to stay

In baton rouge-- work.

Aw, damn. I thought
You guys worked it out, too.

It's her loss, you know?

I'll be a little late
With all these new patients.

Well, no worries.

Things don't
Get interesting

Till my uncle starts
Downing bourbon.

You got your picks
For the bowl pool?

Right here.
How much is it?
Five bucks?

Twenty, mijo.

20? That's highway robbery.

How much is
In the pot?

Almost 400.

I'm with you
For rose and fiesta

But cotton
And liberty bowls--

You might want
To save your money.

Why is everyone
Standing around?

Hey, I'm on hold
With the florist.

Not anymore,
You're not.

And a merry christmas
Eve to you.

Don't talk to me
About christmas.

At 5:00 a.M., my mother decided
To start the vareniki.

Are those
Little dumplings?

Yeah. She also harassed me

About dressing
For tonight's party.

So you'll be wearing

That sexy ukrainian
Shepherdess outfit?

It was either that
Or endure hours of nagging.

Okay. Snowmobile foot lac
In the suture room

Toddler eating mistletoe
In one...

Watch out for carol.

It's christmas
In the ukraine.

Is her mom making
Those dumplings?

Don't ask.

I heard anspaugh
Is having some kind

Of secret meeting.

Anything we should
Know about?

We have to hammer out
A departmental policy

On hiv positive
Health care workers.

Anybody we know?

Really?

He tried to kill me!

He ain't getting this goose

'cause I stuffed it.

Called my grandmother
In tuscaloosa

To get her marinade recipe.

I sense a good one.

This gentleman...

A female illusionist.

...Got into an argument

With his boyfriend
And he...

She started getting
Chest pains.

Like an elephant sitting
On my chest-- with attitude.

She was diaphoretic.

I never said that!

That means sweaty.

Oh... Yeah.

It nearly ruined my gown.

Pressure 130/95

Resps 25. Slightly tachy...

Tacky? Honey

This is a bob mackie original.

Weaver:
Okay, ready?

One, two, three.

Ohh!

We need a chest x-ray

Cardiac enzymes and an e.K.G.

Okay, miss...

Miss understood

And the mighty morphin
Gender changers.

We're at club cabaret
Every friday and saturday.

Give me the goose

So we can attach an e.K.G.
To your chest.

You want me to give you
My christmas dinner?

Give me the bird.

Where you putting it?

With the rest
Of your belongings.

I don't want to wake up

And see you
Picking your teeth.

Weaver:
Are you on any medications?

Well, not besides the hormones.

Have you had chest pain before?

Well, when I get emotional...
Around that time of the month.

Mm-hmm.

Randi:
I heard it was someone

In this department
That has it.

Who?

Uh, I don't know.

It's just the word
On the street.

A tech on three
Heard it from a night guy

And now weaver
And greene

Get pulled into
Some secret meeting.

That's how rumors
Get started.

Ah. A rumor.
Am I missing a good one?

Attendings got pulled
Into a meeting

But they won't say
What it was about.

It's about someone
With hiv

But you didn't
Hear it from me.

Randi, can you
Do something

With these
Personal effects?

They're perishable.

Oh, good. Jeanie.

Head lac
In exam two.

And, connie, if
You're not too busy...

Some folks are getting
A little too fond

Of the manager part
Of nurse manager.

No kidding.

Carol?
What?

Sorry, but mark assigned me
To triage today.

Aw, come on, guys.

Why do I have to push
All the time?

I'm not your mother.

Uh, excuse me.

I need a doctor.

Okay, if you could go
Back to the waiting room

And fill these out...

No, I'm looking
For dr. Ross.

For a medical problem?

Yeah.

You still need
To fill out these forms.

The waiting room's that way.

Hurt here?

Okay.
Yeah.

Uh, we're going
To need a facial

And a mandibular
Series

75 migs of demerol
And phenergan, I.M.

Try and rustle up
An oral surgeon, too.

Good luck with that.

Oh, and, um...

Give me a gram
Of ancef I.M.

You got it.

Um... Are you allergic
To any meds?

Okay, I think
That your jaw is broken.

The antibiotics
Will keep bacteria

From getting
Into your bloodstream

At the fracture site.

But looking
At your chart here--

I guess you know
The drill, huh?

Uh, "Humerus fracture, 1993,
Nasal fracture, 1993

"Multiple visits
For sutures, 1994

"And your first broken jaw

Was in december 1995."

I guess hubby thought

He'd go out with a bang

This year,
Too, huh?

It was an accident.

Yeah.

Your face got in the way
Of his fist.

So, what if we change
The disclosure form

To include that people
Might be treated

By an hiv positive
Health care worker?

And start a witch hunt?

We have to inform
The patients.

It's the law.

I take it you haven't
Read this.

Americans with
Disability act?

I don't know.
What? Proposals, addendums?

Read this.

It states that you can't
Disclose one risk

Without disclosing
Equal risks.

Meaning?

Meaning that the patient

Doesn't have a choice

Of whether they're
Treated by someone

With the flu
Or a hangover

A doc who had a fight
With his spouse

An intern who's
Been on for days...

Someone with hiv

Illinois law says
Not only can we not

Prevent people from knowing
That they've been put at risk

But we have to tell them.

So you'd rather follow
The illinois law

Than the federal statute.

Because I'm concerned
Doesn't mean

I'm a bigot.

Your concern can't prevent her

From earning a living.

Nobody's talking
About firing her

But we do have a responsibility
To our patients.

What about our responsibility
To jeanie?

She's using
Universal
Precautions.

Are you frightened here, mark?
Is that it?

I'm trying to keep us all
From being sued.

Think I want to get sued?

But opening up jeanie's
Personal tragedy

To public scrutiny will invite

Frivolous lawsuits
And mass hysteria.

So we break the law.

If we have to, yes.

I care about jeanie, kerry

But there is

A larger issue here
Than your personal loyalty

To a friend.

Uh, sorry to interrupt,
But we're swamped.

We're done now.

Mark, we haven't
Even made a dent.

Would you rather jeopardize
Patient care further

By sitting here
With a traffic jam in triage?

Who's next?
Ho-ho-ho.

Santa claus?

No, that's who's next,
Three hookers--

One with downstairs
Discharge

And two with frostbite.

The next thing I know,
He's the got the ribbon

Hanging out of his mouth.

All I could get
Was the leaves.

How many berries
Were on the stalk?

Maybe four?

And he wasn't vomiting?

No.

This mistletoe's good stuff,
But we got to get it out.

He's been asking
For juice.

I didn't give him any
Until you said it was okay.

Lily, why don't you
Make a bottle

Half juice,
Half activated charcoal.

Coming right up.

( crying )

Uh, mrs. Romero, we're going
To give him a bottle

To absorb some of the toxins

Okay?

All right, excuse me.

There you are, ahmed.

I've been looking for
You at the shelter.

Come here.

How is he?

I changed his diaper

And there was blood in it.

In his stool
Or the urine?

I'm pretty sure

It was in the pee.

I got to get him
Back home

Before his mom gets back.

If she finds out
I brought him here

She'll kick me out.

You need to get
His mother here now.

Can't you
Just hook him up

With some pills
Or something?

No, I can't just hook him up
With some pills.

Get his mother here,
All right?

Marquez:
Geez, what happened
To him?

Guy's name is john collins.

He was drunk and sleeping
It off in grant park.

Some kids thought
It'd be fun

To pour lighter fluid
On him

And play yule log.

( sobbing )

Collins:
Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

( dog barking )

Greene:
Who is this?

Paramedic:
The guy's dog.

Barked at a mounted cop

Till he came
To check it out.

Randi, can you take care
Of this dog?

You take care
Of my nick now.

You take care
Of my nicky.

Greene:
Take it easy,
Mr. Collins.

We'll put him
In a nice kennel

Till you're back
On your feet.

No! No kennel.
He's all I got.

No I.V.,
No b.P. Either.

He needs
Massive fluids.

You got to promise me, doc.

You promise me now.

We're going to take care
Of your dog.

Just be quiet for now.

On my count, everyone.

I'll need
A cut-down tray.

One, two, three.

All right, chuny,
Get me a blood-gas

With a c.O. Level.

Get a c.B.C., chem 20

Portable chest for openers.

( crying )

Mm-hmm.

Is he okay?

He's got a mass
In his abdomen.

Once I get inside,
I'll know how bad it is.

Inside? Is it bad?

Yeah.

Ultrasound's ready.

Did you get a hold
Of the mother?

She isn't home.

Any other adult relatives?

There aren't any.

I take care of him

When gloria's
Not around.

Ross:
Okay. Hang on.

( crying continues )

Well, there it is.

He's hemorrhaging

Into his kidney.

Let's get lytes, c.B.C.

A c.T. Of the abdomen,
Get a chest film

For metz.

And, haleh,
Page the o.R., too.

What does it say?

Ahmed's got something
Called a wilm's tumor.

You see that area
Right there?

That fluid?

The light gray?

Yeah. That's blood.

The tumor's invading
His kidney.

That's why you saw blood.

I should have brought
Him in before, huh?

I got to operate on him.

I knew he was sick.

( sighs )

Is he going to die?

You did a good thing, charlie.

Should I retract
The tumor laterally?

Yep. Very gently.

That's it.

You say that the baby-sitter
Brought the child in?

Yeah. Mother was
Nowhere to be found.

Dr. Ross knows the girl
That brought him in.

Now retract
The tumor laterally.

Right.

And tie off
The renal vein...

And artery and ureter
And transect it.

Slowly now.

Avoid the left
Renal vessels.

Good.

Now, free up the kidney
And we'll take it out.

Okay.

All the pretty twinkly lights.

And that's why
You were dancing

With the elves
At marshall field's.

I'd like some
Sherry now.

What's your name, ma'am?

I'm blitzen

The most overlooked
Of all the reindeer.

Blitzen.

It's your
Lucky day, beth.

You only have
A fractured cheekbone.

What does that mean?

It means you can go home...

Unless you don't want to.

There's a shelter
Called hope house.

It's for women
And children...
I don't have kids.

That's okay.

You can go there alone.

He'll find me.

They have reciprocal agreements

With shelters
All over the country.

You could...

Sweetheart, are you okay?

I knew I should have
Fixed that top step.

I've just been so busy.

You forgive me?

Can you forgive
Me, honey?

I love you.

That's my girl.

Is she going to be

All right?

We're actually not done,
Mr. Lang.

We still need
To do a head c.T.

Facial tomograms,
I.V. Antibiotics.

Will that take long?

We'll do the best we can
With the holidays.

Anyway, family

Isn't allowed
In the exam area.

Malik, could you show
Mr. Lang to chairs?

Sure.

I'll be right
Outside, honey.

So you want to hear some more
About those shelters?

No good?

No, and I've tried
P.B. And j.

Cookies, fruitcake.

Nobody likes
Fruitcake.

I thought dogs
Ate everything.

Take him to
The morgue

And have him beg
For table scraps.

( beeping )

That's mr. Collins.

Maybe he knows
What you eat, huh?

( barks )

I think
He likes you.

How you doing?

What's going on?

We were moving him
To the burn unit

And he had
Shortness of breath.

B.P.'s 80 palp,
Tachycardiac at 140.

Give me 40 mig I.V.
Bolus of lasix.

We need to intubate 7.5.

He's bradying down.

Rate's 40, no pulse.

Aw, damn it.

Give me a mig of atropine.

Start c.P.R.

Asystole!

All right. Let's give
Him an amp of epi.

Come on, mr. Collins.

Come on, come on.

I don't care
If psych is backed up.

She thinks she's a reindeer.

Well, dangerous?

You know,
She bruised an elf.

Excuse me, miss.

Who's the rocket scientist

That parked a bentley
In the ambulance bay?

The bentley's mine.

Actually,
My employer's.

I'm looking for
A missing person.

Line starts
In the waiting room.

The woman I'm looking
For has a hand puppet.

Did you say puppet?

Hey, you found him
Something to munch on.

He found it himself.

No kidding?

Mm-hmm.

Are dogs supposed to eat
Chicken bones?

Is that a chicken?

Charlie, hey.

Ahmed's out of surgery.

He's going to be okay.

I can take him home now?

No. It'll take him some time
To recover from surgery.

Gloria's going
To be pissed.

I'm going
To call d.C.F.S.

To narc her out?

No. That little boy's
Been sick.

The mother should have
Seen that weeks ago.

Gloria didn't know.

She just found out.

She sounds worried.

Come on, or she'll
Throw me out.

So you live with her?

So you lied to me
About the shelter.

Come on, please.

All right,
I'll give her a chance

But I'm not
Promising you anything.

Okay?

You're eating
Hospital food?

You're that desperate?

Come on.
Let's get some lunch.

Boo.

You scared me.

I thought the surgery

Went really well.

Yeah, it did.

My 3:00 hernia
Was canceled

So I am free tonight.

So I figured, if you
Hadn't made plans

I could make

My traditional christmas
Call to pizza ring.

I actually
Got a family thing

And I already asked
A friend to go with me.

Well, the...
I understand.

It was last minute, anyway.

Christmas eve.

I'll just stay home

And rent a movie.

That's what
I usually do.

No. You know what?

Let me talk to my buddy

Because he was
Tired earlier.

He may prefer
To go home and crash.

So, um... Yeah.

Yeah, let's do
Something later.

Pizza sounds great.

Gingerbread reminds me
Of christmas at home.

You ever do that?

You ever make
Gingerbread at home?

You know, in a civilized society

People acknowledge each other
When they speak, charlie.

Want to talk about christmas
At my home?

Sure. Where is it?

Home is where my mom
Got bombed

Out of her mind
And brought home

Some fat, smelly
Trucker after closing.

Then she'd pass out

Giving him
The idea to sleep with me.

All right,
We know why you left.

How far did you run?

From cleveland.

Did you call her lately?

She's probably
Moved on by now.

She never stays anywhere
For very long.

All right, both of these
Plus the three danish

The two packets of cocoa
And the two dinner rolls

She's got in her pocket.

Great. Thanks.

Hey.

Hey, man.

I have now officially
Changed every drain

And lanced every boil.

34 hours, man.

I'm ready
For some of that, uh...

What's that jell-o thing
You said your cook makes?

Aspic.

Yeah. Some aspic.

That's what I want
To talk to you about.

Say no more.

I have an aunt
Who makes chitlins.

You don't want to know
What that's about.

Uh... Okay.

There's a chance

That I may not be able
To make the party.

Oh. You working?

No. No.

There's this girl.

Oh, that's cool.

You know. I understand.

You sure?

Who wants to hang
With his homeys

When he could be
With a honey, right?

You going to be...?

I'll be fine.

This gives you a chance
To get more sleep.

You don't have
To hang on me, man.

Tomorrow night, let's go out
And get a couple beers.

I'm on

Tomorrow night.

I know universal
Precautions

But what does
This refer to?

You're going
Overboard with these.

Well, what about
Employee x's

Participation
In bloody trauma?

I don't see
Anything wrong.

Maybe that's the deal
With dr. Lewis.

Susan, hiv positive?

I don't think so.

Look, susan is fine.

That's what I said.

Lydia's been
Sick a lot.

Oh, shut your mouth.

I expected more
From you two

Than gossiping about
A co-worker's hiv status.

Kerry and I
Have been hammering out

A policy, but this
Shouldn't be grist for

The rumor mill.

Is there a reason

To have
Hiv positive employees

In the e.R. At all?

Well, according
To current law

Employee or employees x,
We'll call them

Cannot be fired
Because of their hiv status.

But they can handle
A bloody trauma?

Why not if
They're gloved?

Someone got it
From a needle stick?

What difference
Does it make?

These are the issues
That we've been discussing.

Should employee x
Be restricted

To noninvasive
Procedures?

Or continue with
Their duties...?

Won't universal precautions
Prevent transmission?

That's what they tell us
When we work on them.

Greene:
The real question
Isn't in law and policies.

It's do our patients
Have the right to know.

This in no way
Has any reflection

Upon my opinion
On employee x's work.

Chuny:
Is there an actual
Employee x?

Weaver:
We're talking policy
Here, people.

Employee x could be

Any one of us.

Excuse me.

Would everyone stop calling me
Employee x?

I am hiv positive.

The risks are
A million to one

Jeanie will bleed
Into an open wound.

I'm just setting boundaries
Where she can work.

At triage and answering
The phone-- that's not her job.

She'll perform her duties
Within limits.

Dispensing medication--
That's fine

But some things aren't.

For example...
It says here...

"Deep, penetrating,
Poorly visualized cavities."

Okay? That's from the c.D.C.

I think that should be
Off limits.

I wouldn't feel comfortable

Doing that anyway.

Okay. See? Progress.

Since I found out,
I have been more careful.

Do you think
I want

To do something that may

Harm a patient?

No, I don't,
But unfortunately

The hospital administration
Has left it up to kerry and I

To create a policy that the
State and federal governments

Can't make up
Their minds about.

I've agonized over this.

I have considered
Quitting, but I believe

My life can still have value--
I can still help people.

I'm sure you can.

What else are you

Worried about?

Dementia.

You're fine now,
But what if you decline?

Dementia may be the first sign
Of full-blown aids.

I've heard that
There are some hospitals

That have instituted
A physician monitor

To keep tabs
On the person's health.

I could do that.

Okay.

So, that's one thing.

What else?

Hi.

So was it a
Needle stick?

I guess so.
You don't think that she...?

Oh, hi, jeanie.

Hi.

Hey, jeanie.

Hey.

I wish I
Had known.

Why? Would it have made
The two of us friends?

That's not fair.

Nothing is.

Well?

Oh, mr. Lang. Hi.

Is beth okay?

I been sitting
Here for hours.

Your wife's fall was worse
Than we initially thought.

She might have to stay
Overnight for observation.

Oh, god.

Anyway, the coroner's
Going to have my butt

If we don't get
This guy over there.

So why don't you
Just wait?

( whistling )

Hey, buddy?

This patient's going
To the bus station.

A stiff?

Miraculous
Recovery.

Uh, here you go--

For your bus ticket
And some burgers.

Oh, I...
I can't take this from you.

You got a 3:15
To abilene.

I don't know

Where abilene is.

Hopefully,
Neither does he.

Malik:
Bye.

Uh, you won the pool.

Congratulations.

That was the football
Pool money?

Yeah. I thought
She was a better bet.

All right. "Alternators,
Amusements, ammunition..."

There's no animal shelters.

Sometimes they list them
Under humane societies.

You can't
Give him away.

You promised
Mr. Collins.

That was before I
Shelled out 50 bucks

To a drag queen for
A free-range goose.

You know what happens
When they can't

Find them homes?

What am I going to do
With a dog?

Dogs are great.

They're good company.

They watch your stuff.

Your daughter will love him.

You think?

Yeah. My dad got me a dog--
Skippy-- when I was six.

Best present I ever got.

The two of us were like
Peanut butter and jelly.

Ay, mi perrito!

No me puedes
Hacer eso, ah?!

Yo soy su madre!

Yo tengo derecho!

I'll get you
For kidnapping!

He was sick!

Gloria:
Don't tell me
How to raise...

I'm dr. Ross.

Can I help you?

You can give me
Back my baby

Is what you
Can do for me.

Your son had surgery.

I'll call the cops.

Are you high, gloria?

I'm clean.

Children and family services
Will decide.

You promised
Not to narc!

I said I'd give her a chance.

She's just scared.

You're messed up
On god knows what

You don't ask about
Your critically ill son

So have a seat...

You think you can mess with me
Because I'm a latina?!

Well, I'll call
A lawyer

And sue all you all!

You're just like
The rest of them.

Gloria, wait up!

What's that?

( clears throat )

This homeless guy's dog.

The dog saved his life.

I told him that I'd
Watch out for him

And next thing I know

The guy up
And dies on me.

So now you're
The proud owner of...

His name's nick.

Given the season,
You should call him st. Nick.

Yeah, well, rachel can call him
Whatever she wants.

Rachel?

I thought I'd give her a puppy.

Mark, in case
You hadn't noticed

That dog is, like,
Eight years old.

It's ready
For a mid-life crisis.

It's ready for
A fur replacement.

With a wash, a bow
Around his neck

He's not going to look
A day over... Five.

What do you know
About giving dogs a bath?

What's to know?
Could you hold him?

For 20 bucks.

That's a little steep.

I lost my wallet.
I need a loan.

Deal.

Okay.

Hang on.

You got him?

Hold on.

Ho!

Come here, come here...

Whoa! Ah!

Oh, damn it!

Take care
Of your head.

I'll get the dog.

( groans )

Can I get some help?

Yeah.

Ouch. That looks
Pretty deep.

Yeah. Dog trauma.

He was giving doug
A run for his money.

Looks like it
Could use stitches

Don't you think?

You want me
To call someone?

No. I want you to do it.

Okay.

Oh, wow. Wow.

Very william powell.

Aren't they great?

Silk.

Try it on.

( knocking )

Benton:
Dr. Keaton?

Yes. Dr. Benton?

Is this a bad time?

No, no, no.

I was just reviewing
Some anatomy.

May I come in?

Sure.

Uh... First of all,
I wanted to thank you

For, uh, letting me
Take such a large role

In the lopez
Nephrectomy today.

You did a great job.

Thank you.
That's actually why I'm here.

I'd like to do another
Pediatric surgery rotation.

Uh, well, you know,
As you know

I won't be here
For the next rotation.

I know. Uh, I was hoping

That you could leave
Your recommendation for me

With your
Replacement.

Um...

Well, you're
A very good surgeon, uh, peter

But that's not enough
For pedes.

You've got to live and breathe
For children.

You took this rotation
Just to challenge yourself

And I applaud that

But I can't,
In good conscience

Give up a space that
Could possibly be filled

By a future
Pediatric surgeon.

I'd be happy to talk

To dr. Anspaugh or morgenstern

And I hear
That don's doing

Some really interesting
Stuff in thoracics.

No, no. No, thank you.

I, uh...

I wouldn't want to waste
Any more of your time.

Hmm...

You've got an old scar.

Looks like you've
Done this before.

I played rugby in high school
For a few weeks

To impress a girl

But after ending up
On the bottom of a few scrums

I decided to rethink
The relationship.

Jeanie, you're a great p.A.

You're an asset
To the e.R.

But...?

But nothing.

I think you should stay.

And do my job;
Not do clerical work?

Yeah.

Within the limits
That we set earlier.

But you still wouldn't want me
Suturing your daughter.

I don't know. I...

Okay.

Good as new.

All right. When I finally
Caught up with him

He'd already been made mascot
Of the children's ward.

Watch him.

Thank you.

Good catch.

All right.
Now, I am on my way home

For a beautiful holiday

With mu shu pork,
Channel 11 yule log

And my easy chair.

How's your forehead?

Jeanie fixed me right up.

Yeah. She's a great p.A.

All right. My work
Here is done.

Merry christmas.

I'm sorry I lied to you, mark.

Good night.

Good night.

What happened here?

Long story.

I swallowed a bunch of pills
A few years ago.

When I got back
To work

People either smothered me
With kindness

Or treated me
Like I was invisible.

If we aren't friends,
Maybe we should be.

Well. I have a house full of
Crazy relatives waiting for me.

Merry christmas, carol.

Merry christmas.

( coughing )

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing?

What...?

How did you find out
Where I lived?

I thought I lost this.

You did--
At the cafeteria.

And the 50 some-odd bucks
That was in here?

I needed cab fare.

50 bucks' worth?

What are you doing here?

Gloria's pissed,
And she blames it on me.

I can't stay there
Anymore.

And?

And I thought
I could crash with you.

You're 14 years old,
You stole my wallet

You've been
A pain in the ass.

You want me to stay
On the streets?

In a shelter.

A shelter on christmas eve?

Sounds like fun.

Hey.

Hi.

How'd you find me?

Dr. Weaver told me
You were taking a break.

I, uh...

( clears throat )

I got a lot
Of christmas cards

Forwarded to me

Addressed to
Mr. And mrs. Al boulet.

I thought you might like
To look at them, too.

You can sit down, al.

I don't bite.

Aunt nonni.

I wonder what
Get-rich-quick scheme

She's looking
For partners in this year.

Southwestern
Land development.

Beats the envelope-stuffing
Scheme.

And the roller disco.

( both chuckling )

Uh... I also thought...

You might like to have this.

Where did you find this?

I finally got a chance

To go through some of the boxes
From the house.

I found my socket set, too.

Remember that ridiculous tree
In the old apartment?

There was nothing ridiculous
About that baby.

That was a...
A prime piece of pine.

Except it was
About six feet too tall

For a studio apartment

And you refused
To cut the top off.

Would've been sacrilege.

There's still
Stucco scratches.

Like you didn't eat
All the popcorn

Before I could string it.

Well, that's different.

How?

'cause you know how I feel
About popcorn.

Hey, dennis.

( whispers ):
Dennis?

You were sleeping.

No, I was just
Resting my eyes.

What are you
Still doing here?

I've got all
These charts.

They can wait.

No. I want
To finish them up.

You are going to go home
And get some sleep?

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm good.

All right, man.

( sighs )

( knocking )

Hey.

I hope I'm not interrupting
Anything.

Well, actually,
I was just seducing

This fat man
In a fly red suit, you know.

He came down the chimney.

But other than that...

Um, here.

I brought you
This poinsettia.

Who knew the zippy mart
Was still open on christmas eve?

Busted, huh?

I just didn't want

To show up here
Empty-handed, that's all.

Thank you...

For the poinsettia.

Yeah, uh...

You're welcome.

Are you going
To come in

Or are you just going to let
All this cold air in here?

You forgot
The extra chair.

Mom, I already borrowed
Folding chairs

From the guy next door.

The extra chair
Is for the unexpected guest

A tradition much older
Than you or me

Or the guy next door.

Okay, well, there
Isn't enough room.

And as much as
I'd like to sit
On uncle myko's lap...

Fine, fine.
Have it your way.

First we have to have
Sviata vechera

On american christmas eve.

Then it's like pulling teeth
To get you to help me cook.

Now one last tradition

I ask you
To assist me with and...

( knocking )

An unexpected guest maybe?

Maybe.

Hey.

Don't say a word.

I thought you were planning
A quiet evening

With the channel nine
Yule log.

Yeah, well,
The plans changed.

You're kidding me.

She just showed up
At my place.

I can't have her
Sleeping there.

It wouldn't look

Very good, so...

Oh, no. No way, doug.

It's bad enough I've got
Eight drunken sword dancers

Re-enacting
The purge inside.

It's christmas, carol.

Doug, I am painfully
Aware of that.

Come on.

Come on, nick.

Nick, let's get out of here.

( barking )

Come on, buddy.

Come on.

Mark.

I uh,
I didn't hear you

Ring the bell.

Jennifer,
Guess who's here?

You won't believe what he's got

With him either.

It's just funny
Because I got rachel

A couple of labrador puppies
For christmas

And here you are with a...

What is he,
Some kind of a setter?

Mixed breed, actually.

Daddy!

Daddy!

Hi, sweetheart.

Mark, we weren't expecting you
Until tomorrow.

Yeah, well...

Daddy

You bought me a doggie.

Great minds think alike.

Actually, I, uh...

He's my dog,
And I just wanted you

To meet...

Ow!

Oh, I'm sorry.

You all right?

You okay?

Bad dog!

The doggie

Didn't mean it.

No, of course
He didn't.

Let me take a look.

Has he had his shots yet?

Craig, let mark
Take a look at it.

He's a doctor.

Come on in, mark.

Okay. Let's go.

Good doggie.

If I had known
It was this easy
To get my mother

Off my back,
I would have had

You bring her by
A long time ago.

So she can stay?

No, I do not think
That's a good idea.

Check it out--
It's a christmas egg.

You should make one.

I don't know, charlie.

I'm no picasso.

You chicken?

Yeah, you a chicken?

Yeah, I'm a chicken.

Get over there.

I'll paint it.

Okay, one night.

All right.

Just one-- tonight.

So long as we have hands
To clasp

Christmas day will always be

Just as long as we have...

Welcome, christmas...

Oh, I am never going
To get sick of that one.

Do you think they have
Dr. Seuss in pakistan?

Oh, I don't think
It's a priority.

Will you be safe?

I don't think you can
Guarantee safety anywhere.

Oh, I feel safe here.

I remember my father
Used to read

The christmas story
Every christmas eve.

I'm so tired, I don't
Even think I remember it.

Um, "'twas the night
Before christmas...

"And all through
The house

"Not a creature
Was stirring...

Not even a mouse."

I'm going to miss you.

That's not the next line.

I'm really going to miss you.

What are you looking at?

This tree.

It's missing something,
You know?

Yeah.

Well, pedes did a good job

With this construction
Paper chain, huh?

Yeah.

That was a real gutsy thing
You did today.

Thanks.

You know, I have
Just the thing.

That looks good.

Where did
You get it?

My ex-husband brought it by.

It came off
Our first christmas tree.

It's an heirloom.

You should put it

On your family tree.

I just did.