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[Lane] Previously on The Resident…

Top of your class, followed all the rules,

and you think that puts you
at an advantage? It doesn't.

It just means you have more to unlearn
than guys who weren't paying attention.

I need a new resident. Mine's impossible.

You got Conrad.

Watch and learn.

Start compressions.

[monitor beeps]

I will do whatever it takes
to get you back.

-Hey.
-You're here.

Lily means a lot to all of us.
From now on, she's your patient.

What are my odds?

The next few months will be rough,
but you can beat this.

All we want to do is help our patients,

but what they don't teach us
in medical school

is there are so many ways to do harm.

You got the best hands in the business,

but he's still the most requested surgeon.

Did you hit an artery? On an appendectomy?

Maybe he had a heart attack.

That's exactly right.

You need to consider a change
before you kill any more patients.

How dare you?

[Conrad] Is your pride worth more
than the life of a patient?

You watch yourself, Conrad.

Career day. Exciting, right?

Time for you guys
to think about your future.

And I want you to aim high.

For example, you could be a doctor like…

Dr. Hawkins here,
who diagnosed my heart condition early.

And, God willing, he's gonna be
the man that saved my life.

So… let's give him a warm welcome.

One more time or we're gonna do
a pop quiz on the periodic table.

[whooping, cheering]

All right. You guys are wound up now.

They're all yours. Good luck.

Wow. When I was about your age,
I was driving with my dad.

Guy on a moped swerved in front of us,
right into the path of an oncoming car.

Wham. The impact threw this guy's body
onto the pavement.

He must have slid 50 feet.

And my dad, he just sat there,
pissed at being held up.

But a woman in the car
behind us jumped out,

and she worked on that kid
until the ambulance came.

This incredible woman had the ability
to save a life right in front of me,

and I knew, in that moment,
that I wanted to be a person

who could jump out of the car
to help people.

So that's what I do.

So, has anyone thought
about becoming a doctor?

I've thought about becoming a millionaire.

[chuckles] That's not a career path.

So, do you cut people open
and take them apart?

[panting] That's… a surgeon, Treena.

[breathing heavily]

I'm an internist. Someone has to first
figure out what's wrong.

-Micah?
-Yeah…

-I got you.
-[students gasping]

-Someone call 911.
-No cell phones allowed in class.

[phones dialing]

It's my teacher. Please help.
It's his heart. Sanford High.

The rate's too fast. I got to slow it
to get more blood into your heart.

Grab that funnel
and some tubing, on the counter.

You. Balloon. Go.

Get the nurse.

[strained breathing]

-What are you doing?
-Makeshift stethoscope.

[heart beating]

I hear a friction rub.
Might be an effusion.

Hang on, hang on. Don't worry. We got you.

Pulse is getting weaker. Elevate his legs.
Elevate… elevate his legs.

Blow as hard as you can.

[blows weakly]

Stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with me.

Coming through.

Okay.

Lost his pulse. Back up, back up, back up.

You stay. Stay.

[panting]

[gasps, breathing deeply]

28-year-old pre-transplant patient
with V tach arrest.

Take him to Chastain.

Am I… out of time?

Not yet.

[opening theme music playing]

[Lane] Remember, once we get the signal,
we get into position.

Mitch and I fire first.

Keep the muzzle of your gun pointed up.

Last thing you
want to do is shoot your dog.

Don't mess with Lane.

Oh, I'd never.
She saved my sister-in-law's life.

Breast cancer.

Okay, I'm ready to see some quail now.

[dog barking]

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

[laughing] Wow. That was fun.

-[gunshot]
-[yells]

[Lane] Oh, my God.

Trip shot Mitch.

-Trip?
-It's okay, it's okay.

Mitch, you're gonna be fine. Hold on.

-[Bell] He's pulseless!
-Take a deep breath.

-[Bell] He's had a heart attack!
-Calm down. I'm right here.

[cell phone rings]

I love hearing your voice
first thing in the morning.

[Nic] Conrad, listen.

[Conrad] Breakfast at the cafeteria?

-Hard pass.
-Grits.

Pancakes. Sausage. Just like old times.

-That's not why I'm calling.
-I don't care

why you're calling.
Just that you're calling.

I have your heart.

Always.

Your patient's heart.

You know

That the heart feels better
When the beat goes on

The beat goes on, the beat goes on

Where have you been?
No one's telling me anything.

I'm dying of suspense, literally.

[laughs]

We heard from UNOS.

This time it's a perfect match.

[laughs]

Walk home alone

Oh.

When-when can we do a transplant?

[Conrad] As soon as the heart gets here.

There's a short window
when a donated heart is viable.

[Conrad] Transplant team
has been called in.

I will be with you every step of the way.

-Okay.
-[Nic] Recovery from this kind of surgery

can take months.
You sure you're up for it, Micah?

With me and my God,
there's nothing we can't handle.

Dance

[laughs] New heart. New heart.

New heart.

[sighs] Thanks.

-Trauma One?
-[nurse] Right, straight into one.

Witnessed arrest outside of
the hospital, now unconscious

with a thready pulse. He's critical.
Page cardiology.

-Here I am.
-[Lane] Second patient.

Gunshot wound to the buttocks.

Get surgery here for Trauma Two.

[groaning]

It's okay, Mitch.

You're gonna be all right.

[nurse] Have two liters of O neg
standing by-- is that enough?

[nurse 2] Check glucose and blood.

[Bell] Must have had
a heart attack in the field.

-[Peterson] Is that Congressman Dunlap?
-Yep.

-How long was he down?
-Two minutes.

Witnessed, we achieved ROSC in the field.

Any medical history we should know?

Well, hypertension, high cholesterol.
Not sure of anything else.

EKG showed Q waves, which means

there was an MI in the past, as well.

Well, I'm surprised
he survived another one.

Yeah. We'll do a… echo and a cardiac cath,

-figure out what's going on.
-[nurse] ST depression.

-What's going on?
-Not sure yet.

I just heard it was some kind of accident.
Dr. Hunter and Bell were there.

Victim must be a VIP.

That's the head of publicity
for the hospital. Clean up on aisle nine.

How is Congressman Dunlap?

[Lane] Medics stabilized him
in the ambulance.

Peterson's gonna run a bedside echo,
and we'll know more soon.

Mitch's wounds are superficial.

Hey, how you doing? Dr. Hawkins.

-Hi, Doctor.
-Nice to meet you. Brody, how we feeling?

I'm just gonna lift up your shirt here,
check things out.

This is a PR disaster.

We take a congressman
and our lobbyist out hunting,

and they both end up in our ER.

Well, we can still change the narrative

if we can save 'em.

Did you hear what happened?

Yeah. Remind me
not to go hunting with you.

Dr. Hunter, so pleased to meet you.

I'm Dr. Devon Pravesh,
and I just read your paper

on aggressive treatment
of stage IV bladder cancer.

Are you done sucking up yet?

Nope. A five-year survival was higher
with platinum-based therapy.

It's incredible.

[Conrad] Oh, man. My new intern.

-He's a real gunner.
-Cancer is fascinating to me.

And you are the top oncologist in Georgia,

so… maybe if you have some time someday…

Absolutely. I'd love to help.

Sucking up works for me.

I think Dr. Feldman could
use some help in Trauma Two.

It was good to meet you.

Roughly 200 bird shot evenly distributed
across the buttocks.

He's sedated and prepped for you
to start removing the pellets, Dr. Okafor.

These are superficial wounds.

You don't need a surgeon.
Any fool could do this.

[removes glove]

-[pager beeps]
-Got to go.

The OR just paged me.

Dr. Pravesh.

Just the man. Divide and conquer.

You take the right cheek,
I'll take the left.

Conrad. Micah's heart's arriving
earlier than expected.

-The medevac's five minutes out.
-Don't leave. I need you.

Sorry. Got a situation here.
Devon, come with me.

Seriously? Seriously?

I've got a case that's gonna
take my full attention.

I know you'll be crushed
to hear you're on your own.

It's Independence Day.

What's Independence Day?

Your first day as a doctor
without my help.

Start by handling sign out.

Doctors at the end of their shifts

must debrief you on all their patients.

You write down every single word
since you know

absolutely nothing about these cases.

You'll be covering 20 patients solo.

-No backup.
-Poor bastard.

What do you mean, "no backup"?

You'll have Nic. Page me if there's
a serious problem, but remember,

that's a sign of weakness.
Don't let him kill anyone.

I'll do my best.

How many surgical residents
did you beat out

to scrub in on a heart transplant?

[Mina] All of them.

You excited?

Don't I look it?

No.

I am excited. For Micah.

I want him fixed.

-Me too.
-[elevator bell dings]

Oh, my God.

Um… uh, my name is Dr. Devon Pravesh,

and I'm handling sign out today.

-[all clamoring]
-Dr. Pravesh.

I've never done this before,
so please, uh, speak slowly,

uh, one at a time, and-and be-be patient.

First patient is Leona Bates,
62-year-old female,

status is post appendectomy in 1991.

-This is her EKG from admission.
-Slow down.

And then from ten minutes later,

-and then from an hour after that.
-Okay.

-[all clamoring]
-Uh…

-All right, go ahead.
-39-year-old male with a history

of diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis

due to increased triglycerides presented

with abnormal LFTs
and a heterogeneous liver mass.

Lucinda Cooley's blood glucose
level is in the 50s.

She was getting way too much insulin
[echoing] because the nurse was telling me

-that she'd been hypoglycemic…
-Due to acute illness.

…which super pisses me off.
That's Nurse Raymond.

Watch out for him, okay?
He's a total dick.

All right.

Olivia Coffin, 76-year-old female.
She's a mess.

-Also a whiner.
-And a talker.

-[overlapping chatter]
-On the pain-in-the-ass scale, she's ten.

-Probably about a ten.
-Super complicated…

[man] Micah Stevens' heart, Doc.

[heart beating]

Hey.

Mitch. I-Is Mitch all right?

He'll be fine. Don't worry.

[Peterson] We have the results
of the cardiac catheterization.

There's good news and bad news.

You had a very serious heart attack,

and the only reason
you're still with us at all

is because you were with these two.

-What's the good news?
-That is the good news.

The bad news is,
your heart was badly damaged.

The ejection fraction is severely reduced.

[Bell] What that means, Trip,

is… you're gonna need a transplant.

Oh, good Lord.

We'll contact UNOS immediately.

You'll be status 1A.

So that'll put you at the top
of the organ donor list.

You'll be top priority for a new heart.

Well, how long is it
gonna take to find one?

Unfortunately, finding the right match
can take weeks, sometimes months.

Well, maybe.

We do have a new heart
at Chastain. It just flew in.

That organ is already allocated.

Well, let's just wait,
see if it's a match.

And if it is, we will un-allocate it.

Right?

[Conrad] Ready?

-Here we go.
-[laughs] Yeah.

Gonna get you back to your class.

Got to teach those students, right?

-They need you.
-Yeah.

[Conrad] Yeah? Okay.

-Let's do this.
-Sorry, Micah. I need Dr. Hawkins

-for just a moment.
-Okay.

[Conrad] Is everything all right?

-Micah's surgery was canceled.
-Why?

His heart was reallocated
to Congressman Dunlap.

They can't do that.

Yes, they can. The hospital
went through proper channels.

-They got the okay from UNOS.
-You mean they pulled strings.

Look, I'm pissed, too,
but they didn't break any rules.

Dunlap has higher priority
than Micah because he's sicker.

There's nothing you can do.

Says who?

[Lane] I called Dunlap's wife.
Turns out they're separated.

The daughter's coming.
Flying in from California.

Divorce blowback.
You get sick, you're all alone.

Yeah, could happen to us, too.

How many exes have we got between us?

Four, last time I counted.

-Unless, of course, you've been busy.
-No. But I still haven't given up hope.

Me, I'm off the romance track permanently.

From here on in, I'm married to my work.

Never say never.

There's Conrad.

He's the resident
in charge of Micah's care.

Don't I know it.

Go easy on him.

Dr. Hawkins, I know
you're upset. I would be, too.

This is against all protocol,
and you know it.

Micah's waited two years for a heart.

You can't just cut in line for a VIP
who hasn't waited two minutes.

Well, they both need a heart.

There was only one.
It was a tough decision.

My patient is 28,
with his whole life ahead of him.

That heart could give him 50 more years.

Trip Dunlap is 63 and a smoker.

His body's far more likely
to reject the heart.

And even if the transplant
takes, what does it buy him,

-ten more years?
-Look, Dunlap is critical.

He could die tonight.
And Micah, he's waited this long.

-He can safely wait a bit longer.
-His quality of life is zero.

He was an athlete. He's a science teacher.

Loved by his students. I know him.

We all do, because he's been
in and out of here so often.

Three times we thought we had a heart.
Three times he was sent home.

Zero complaining or self-pity, ever.

This guy, he's golden.

You want to tell Dunlap's daughter

her father is less deserving?

Why? Because he's a VIP
who can help out Chastain.

You really speak your mind.
It's just, it's a juvenile habit.

The decision was made
for medical reasons alone.

I think we both know that's not the truth.

I'm gonna cut you some slack
because you're upset.

Chief of surgery, resident.

Try to remember that.

[Devon] All good news, Mr. Ramirez.
Your EKG looks normal,

and you should be out of here tomorrow.

Thank you.

[quietly] You forgot to listen
to his heart, Doctor.

I don't need to listen to his heart.
I looked at his EKG.

Why didn't the murmur show up on his EKG?

Occasionally, you can get a normal reading

in patients
with significant heart disease.

Always use your stethoscope.
If you don't, Conrad will ream you.

-Do you have to tell him?
-No, because I know you're never

gonna skip listening
to a patient's heart again.

Devon, I want you to call the OPO
every 15 minutes.

We need to find another heart.

Can you get a physician's assistant
to do it? I'm handling 20 patients.

Most people take a few hours
to fail Independence Day.

You just broke the record.
What has it been, 40 minutes?

[man] I smell carbs!

Chad, you have surgery scheduled today
to remove that foot. You can't eat.

[Devon] No pizza. Take it back.

How 'bout chocolate pudding?

Four or five cups should slay the beast.

You can aspirate food under anesthesia
and die. Even chocolate pudding.

-I told him that.
-Well, I didn't believe him.

Is he a real doctor?

[beeping]

Tachycardia 5918.

Doobie's heart rate's spiking.

[Conrad] I want you to call the OPO
every 15 minutes.

And don't page me about a patient
unless it's an emergency.

[both] It's a sign of weakness.

What's going on, Doobie?

Nothing.

His heart rate's falling.

Are you all right?

[grunts]

[woman on phone] Are you ready
for your injection?

I don't care if you are.
You're getting it.

"Naughty Nurses"? Really?

-[woman grunts]
-When in Rome?

You are recovering
from major heart surgery.

Get the mittens.

Mittens?

[laughing]

[woman on phone]
Do you like it? Do you like that?

-Do you like it? Yeah! Yeah!
-[laughing] Oh…

[monitor beeping steadily]

[farts]

[sighs]

Where have you been?
I paged you three times.

I'm already on your cheek.

-Nic is really good.
-You just noticed?

Why didn't she want to be a doctor?

[Irving] Because she's smart.

Nurses get to spend time with patients.
We don't.

They have a strong union,
earn overtime, make good money.

For all of residency, if you
figure the hours we're working,

interns and residents make minimum wage.

[Mitch coughing]

I still think she'd make a good doctor.

She's working on her doctorate.
Doctor of Nursing.

[coughing]

How long has he been coughing?

[Irving] A while.
His heart rate's over 100.

O2 saturation 93.

He's been immobile for several hours.

[Devon] I'm hearing
some abnormal breath sounds.

Pleuritis?

I think it's a possible
pulmonary embolism.

Let's get him to CT, stat.

[singers] When other helpers fail

And comforts flee

Help of the helpless

O abide with me.

[sighs]

[Nic] I take it you haven't told him yet.

That we're sending him home
for a fourth time? Not yet.

Do I have to?

Yeah.

[Conrad sighs]

This isn't like you.

How's my shadow doing?

If you mean Dr. Pravesh, quite well.

-Don't change the subject.
-I want to change the subject.

Let's talk about anything else.

-It's not your fault.
-It feels like it is.

I come up against Bell-- he's like a wall.

I look for a work-around, a side door,
a window-- there's none.

You'll find one.

You always do.

[kisses] God, I love it
when you believe in me.

I never stopped believing in you.

[inhales deeply]

-[sighs]
-[door closes]

[monitor beeping]

[radiologist] This the lobbyist
who got shot?

Yes.

Filling defect
in the right pulmonary artery, suggesting…

Massive lung clot.

Nice catch.

Particularly impressive for an intern.

-[alarm beeping]
-His pressure just dropped.

Let's get him out of there. Mitch?

Hey, Mitch.

Mitch? He's unconscious.

He needs thrombolysis.

Activate the interventional team.

No. His pressure's 70/30. Page surgery.

Why? I can do the thrombolysis
with a local catheter now.

It won't work with this patient.
We have to crack his chest open,

remove the clot, and save
whatever lung can be saved.

That's extreme and way too big
a call for you to make without backup.

Page Conrad.

-I'll page him.
-No. I know exactly what to do.

We've got IV access. Let's give him
a stat IV direct thrombin inhibitor.

Tell the OR we're coming.

-On my call. One, two, three. [grunts]
-Two…

[weakly] What's happening?

You've got a blood clot
in an artery in your lung.

We're taking you to emergency surgery.

Am I going to die?

No. You're gonna be fine, Mitch.

You better hope you made the right call.

Happy birthday to you…

Yes, I'll pass on the information.
Thank you.

…to you

Happy birthday, dear…

Hey. You finally get through to OPO?

I did.

And they have a heart
that's a match for Micah.

That's great news.

Why do you look
like you're going to a funeral?

It's Chloe.

[monitor beeping steadily]

My first medical error.

You told me to stop CPR,
and I didn't do it.

Rule one, do what I tell you to do,

-no questions asked.
-Conrad, ease up.

She's brain-dead. Neuro confirmed.

They did a full workup.

That's no longer a human being--
that's an organ farm.

-What's the problem here?
-Her mom called the OPO

about donating her organs,
and then she backed off.

[Conrad] Why?

She can't accept the diagnosis.

Is there any chance that
something good can come of this?

Yes, so many people could
receive her other organs, too.

If the family can be made
to face the truth.

Want me to speak to them?

-No.
-No.

-Then you speak to them.
-I can't.

Not anymore. No doctor whose patient

could benefit from an organ donation
can make the case

to a family to withdraw life support.

It's a hard and fast rule, and a good one.

The hospital, on the other hand,
could step in.

Ugh.

[Conrad] Before you say anything,
I'm not here to argue.

-I have a solution.
-[sighs]

You have one minute. Go.

There's a brain-dead patient
in the ICU. Chloe Gellar.

Her heart could save Micah's life,

and you are the only person I can think of

who can convince the mother
to withdraw life support.

So… so your solution is to have me walk in

and ask a grieving mother
to unplug her child?

Her child is gone.

-The answer's no.
-No one is better

at communicating than you.

Thanks for the compliment, but no.

Chloe's organs would save so many lives.

You know, humanitarian
considerations aside,

to force a mother's hand
would risk a lawsuit.

So Chloe stays on life support
in our ICU indefinitely?

If her family can
handle it financially, yes.

In other words,
it's all about the bottom line.

You would gladly step in

if Chastain weren't making
100 grand a week

on Chloe's gold-plated insurance.

The whole world is about the bottom line.

Your white blood cell
count is improving, Lily,

but still a bit lower
than we'd like to see.

I think you need
to stay here a little longer.

No, please, Dr. Pravesh.
I just want to go home.

Dr. Hunter already said that I could.

I'm not sure she's seen
your most recent numbers.

Your immune system is still
badly compromised, Lily.

You could easily get another infection

-and end up back in the ER again.
-[Devon] And that's a huge risk

with leukemia
and what brought you to the ER

-in the first place.
-How we doing in here?

Dr. Hunter, hi!

How you feeling, darling?

Better. Really, so much better.

Well, no fever.

She did have one this morning.

Exactly. That's why I'm trying
to get her out of here.

Lily's more likely to get another
infection here than she would be at home.

One in seven patients end up
with a hospital-based infection.

People on chemo are most at risk
for everything from the flu to MRSA.

That's why I get my chemo
at Dr. Hunter's clinic.

Makes sense.

-[pager beeping]
-It does, doesn't it?

Excuse me.

I haven't had the chance to thank you
for taking such good care of my patient.

-Of course.
-[Lily] Wow. That's high praise.

She doesn't trust anyone but Conrad.

Well, now I can trust Dr. Pravesh, too.

[chuckles]

[Bell] And back in the day,

of course, we had no way
to retract skin flaps

without holding your arms

in an extremely uncomfortable
position for hours at a time

until I invented…
this automatic retractor,

which the company named the "Bell."

[all laugh]

Out of modesty, of course,
I demurred, but they insisted.

Dr. Bell, can I speak with you a moment?

Of course. How is Congressman Dunlap?

Well, there was a complication
with his pre-op tests.

-That's concerning.
-And it appears when he fell,

he fractured a rib, lacerated his spleen.

We can still do the transplant,

but he'll need a splenectomy first.

And your outcomes after splenectomy
set the national standard.

Can we count on you to scrub in
with the transplant team?

I'd love to.

All right. Thank you.

Well, when I was your age,

we did not have this technology
to practice on.

[Bell chuckles]

I used to practice
making stitches with my hands

jammed inside a tin can,
just to simulate that tight body cavity.

Could you back up?

Your cologne.

I came to offer you an opportunity.

I'm doing a splenectomy prior
to Dunlap's heart transplant,

and I'll need to be quick

with zero pancreatic injury
to keep his outcome in line

with my past successes,

and you are welcome to observe

and possibly even assist.

You blackmailed me.

You wouldn't help me get my visa

unless I did the robotic surgery
you were supposed to do.

-[sighs]
-Then… you took all the credit.

I'm never saving your ass again.

[laughs]

How's Mitch doing?

He's not dead yet.

Wait. What do you mean?

Were there complications in surgery?

The clot was extensive.
I'm monitoring his vitals.

I'll give him another
arterial blood gas in an hour

and adjust his ventilator,
but he's not out of the woods yet.

[monitor beeping]

I couldn't discharge him, Conrad.
He's getting steadily worse.

I can barely feel his pulse.

His hands and feet are cold.

[gasping] I can't… lie down.

When I do…

-it feels like I'm drowning.
-Your lungs are

building up with fluid, because your heart
is struggling to pump efficiently.

[groans] I'm scared.

Oh, you got to hold onto that faith
of yours, Micah.

-You got to stay strong.
-I don't know…

if I can.

Where's my miracle, Dr. Hawkins?

I'll find one.

[air pumping]

-[beeps]
-[sighs]

[Nic sighs] There you are.
We're running out of time.

They're prepping Dunlap
for surgery in an hour.

I know.

-What are you doing?
-Nothing you need to know about.

Who's Samuel Poole?

Whatever you're doing, don't do it.

[Conrad sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, Noni.

You are looking lovely today, as always.

Pretty lovely yourself.

What is it? What…

[laughs]

Those are cute earrings.

-So, um, I need a favor.
-Name it.

Can you get me two blood samples?

I have to verify they weren't hemolyzed
in case that messed with the analysis,

and I'd consider it a special favor
if you'd do it for me while I wait?

Anything for you, Conrad.

Trip Dunlap, the congressman?

-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
-And Samuel Poole.

Okay.

[sighs]

[distant chatter]

All good, Noni.

-Thanks.
-Mm-hmm.

These aren't consistent with
Trip's blood tests you ran earlier today.

[Peterson] No, the incompatibility
is a rare one

that didn't show up the first time.

Randolph, this HLA result means that…

Oh, he'd have a life-threatening

immune reaction if exposed
to this particular donor heart.

[Peterson] The heart would be
destroyed in the process.

We both know this heart
won't work for Dunlap,

but can, however,
still work for Micah Stevens,

the patient who was supposed
to get it in the first place.

And Stevens doesn't have
the same HLA issue?

-No, he doesn't.
-Hmm.

This is quite a save.
What inspired you to run the test again?

Well, I can't take the credit.
Conrad Hawkins asked me to do it

as a precaution, which leaves us
with a pretty big problem.

The press is outside waiting
to report on Dunlap's surgery.

He's in critical condition.

Who's going to go out and tell them

we don't have a heart for him anymore?

Nobody.

[Bell] To me, the people who…

He could talk a dog off a meat truck.

…will see the gift.

He's finally helping us
do the right thing.

For all the wrong reasons.

[Conrad] I hear Chloe's mother agreed to
donate her organs. That's nice work, Bell.

[Bell] No, I believe
the credit's all yours.

You found a patient
with an HLA incompatibility

and the same blood type as Dunlap's,
you switched the samples,

and then you told Peterson
to run the test again.

Mm. Prove it.

I'll have them check the vials
for fingerprints

-and then I'll run the DNA.
-Go for it.

-Micah will already have his heart.
-And you

will never practice medicine again.

Two patients are getting organs,
two lives saved.

If you want to dirty this win
with a scandal, be my guest.

[Bell scoffs]

I don't.

I'll do nothing.

If I get what I want in return.

-Hi.
-Hi.

-[man] Good luck, Micah.
-[woman] Good luck, Micah.

[panting]

-Mina?
-What's up?

I have to scrub in for Micah's surgery.

I want you to take Bell's offer instead.

Don't let him screw up
the congressman's splenectomy.

Why would you, of all people,
want me to help HODAD,

-the hands of death and destruction?
-It's not about helping him.

I'm thinking about the best way
to advance your career.

Bell's still the most requested
surgeon at Chastain.

He gets the most interesting cases,

and he trusts you to operate beside him.
You need the practice. Win-win situation.

Congressman Dunlap,

he doesn't deserve to be harmed
by a botched splenectomy.

You could potentially save a life.

Isn't that what we're here to do?

You had me at "advance my career."

[sighs]

Seconds

Ticking off the clock

Counting

Down to when I walk

It's easier to go than to stay

Just watch me take that flicker

To flame

Sometimes…

Dr. Okafor. Now, my approach
to this complex procedure

will die with me if it isn't passed on

to the next generation.
We are a teaching hospital.

See one, do one, teach one.
It's our tradition.

Don't be nervous.
I'll talk you through it.

Careful not to avulse the spleen.

[monitor beeping]

Standing in the smoke

Fading into ruin

Nowhere left to go

Hanging on a feeling

Losing all control

Cannot find the healing

Done it all before

[Bell] Avoid injury to the splenic vein.

[monitor beeping]

I can't help

You see that? That pulsing little worm?

That's an extra abnormal artery.

And if you don't ligate it,
the field will get bloody fast,

and you won't be able to see
what you're doing.

Than I can count

All the bridges

I have found

I can't help burning them down

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I can't help burning them down

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I can't help burning them down.

Where's Lily Kendall?

She went home.

Nic?

Dr. Hunter. I just want to make sure
you're aware

that Lily's absolute neutrophil
cell count…

Was much better.

Really? 'Cause I saw the numbers,
and, I mean, I just glanced at it,

-but I'm pretty sure…
-I did another draw late today.

Her count improved substantially.

Oh. That's terrific.

Please don't question me
in front of the staff, Nic.

Oh, I'm-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

I know you didn't.
And I know you won't let it happen again.

Thanks.

[sighs]

[monitor beeping]

[knocking on door]

So they let you keep the foot?

Yeah. Not ready to part with it.

Is that weird?

Well, I hope you like pepperoni.

Not with pineapple.

[Devon] All right.

Give it to the nurses, then.

You leave with that pizza,

and I'll put one of your feet in a jar.

Sit down.

Grab a slice, Doctor.

Better not be one of them
cauliflower crusts, either.

[laughs]

-Good night, Nic.
-Good night.

[sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

All my life I've been searching…

Nic wants a greyhound.

-Uh, no, I don't.
-Yes, you do.

Beer. Whatever's on tap.

She's being difficult.
She wants a greyhound.

[Mina] Great day.

New hearts beating in new chests.

Outlook for both patients,
highly optimistic.

And I hear Devon crushed Independence Day?

Day's not over yet.

Hmm. Be right back.

[Conrad] Something's wrong.

What is it?

[sighs]

Dr. Hunter discharged Lily today.

But her white blood cell count
was still really low.

She said it had recovered,
but I went to check Lily's files,

and… they were missing.

Dr. Hunter keeps
her patients' records separate

on her own server at her clinics,
not at the hospital.

Why would she do that?

Most of her people are in clinical trials,

and the drug protocols
and combinations are patent-pending.

-So she owns them?
-Yeah.

And stands to profit from them?

Absolutely. Anyone who discovers
a new weapon against cancer

deserves a reward, don't you think?

Can I buy you a drink?

Sure.

Bubbly water for me.

Don't tell me. You're in AA.

[chuckles] No, nothing like that.
I'm on call.

Oh. You're a doctor?

Oh.

Cameron.

Irving. Nice to meet you.

Hey. I'm Kyle.

Mina.

You work around here?

Yes, at the hospital.

So you're a nurse?

No. I'm a surgeon.

I swear I'll be true

I love only you.

[man] Everybody's having a good time?

-Thank you.
-[ballad intro playing]

Isn't that our song?

We don't have a song.

Well, let's make it this one.

I

May not be

All…

[Conrad] Thank you for today.

Every day, actually.

That's worth more than gold

That's it? No second chances with you?
One strike and I'm out?

Oh, you whiffed the ball
a number of times.

-How?
-No sense in talking about it.

-Oh, come on, Nic.
-[chuckles]

If I don't know what I did,
how can I fix it?

You can't.

It's who you are.

And I'm not ashamed to say

That I'm gonna love this girl…

-You took a big risk today.
-And it paid off.

Yeah, well, what if
Chloe's mom hadn't agreed

to donate her organs-- what then?

Micah would have lived,
and Dunlap probably would have died.

We just got to

You don't have the right
to play God, Conrad.

Whoa…

I'm bad.

I'm so bad.

-[laughs] Exactly.
-Oh, come on.

You know I'm right.

-Uh, incoming.
-[Devon] In the ER,

I caught Mitch's PE, which Irving missed,

and then I handed off
30 patients to the next shift

with no issues, and I did the whole thing
without asking you one question.

Mm. Okay, well,
are you looking for an attaboy?

'Cause you won't get one.

You should have asked a question

before you sent Mitch
for an unnecessary thoracotomy.

Did you even see a thoracotomy
in med school?

It's when they cut someone open
in the middle of their chest laterally

all the way to their back,
and then they peel back the skin

and literally crack open their ribs
to get to the pleural cavity.

And poor Mitch could have had
a noninvasive femoral cath

and been home in a few days,

but now he's gonna be in
the hospital for at least a week

-enduring a hellishly painful recovery.
-Wrong.

You didn't check Mitch's records. I did.

And it turns out he has
a hereditary platelet dysfunction,

which means a femoral cath
would have caused him massive bleeding,

and he would have died.

So I made a fast call,
and it was the right call,

that may have saved his life.

-And you know how I know that?
-Hmm?

He's doing great in recovery right now.

Look at this guy.
He forgot rule number one.

[Devon] I didn't forget it.

I broke it.

And I will again.

Because you are not always right.

No one is.

That's why this job is so difficult.

And when you're wrong,
I will be the first one to tell you.

And if you don't like that…

cut me.

Right now, right here.

I don't care. End my career.

Because I am not your slave,
your shadow, or your echo.

Devon!

Congratulations, you just
passed Independence Day.

[closing theme music playing]