The F Ward (2026) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Welcome to The Pines.
Lights and power
are not guaranteed.
There'll never be enough staff,
time or resources.
Now, I don't need to tell you
all this is your last chance
to complete
your medical internships
and qualify as doctors.
So what are you guys
all in here for?
I threw up in a patient.
[Curtain swishes]
You too?
[Ellie] You know,
it was my first day back
at a hospital in six months
after I killed a patient.
I want her to like me.
I need this internship to work.
Do you want to be a doctor?
Then be a doctor.
[Mick] Just, um, corrugated
iron frisbee'd me in the storm.
[Jimmy] Right, you call
someone to come get you?
You've had an anaesthetic
in your leg.
You definitely can't drive.
- Jimmy.
- [Curtis] Hypertension?
- Hey, hey!
- [Curtis] Cardiomyopathy?
- Hyperglycemia?
- It's nothing, all right?
It just happens sometimes
when I'm stressed.
- [Jimmy] Someone get a defib.
- [Curtis] Trish, please?
[Trish] Uh, yep.
- What happened?
- His patient carked it.
[Gloria moans]
[Intense music]
[Gull squawks]
[Heartbeat thuds]
[Gloria] Hey.
You left early.
[Jimmy breathes deeply]
Yeah.
[Gloria] Uh-huh.
Thought I'd get a swim in
this morning.
[Gloria] I can see.
You look great.
- So do you.
- [Jimmy chuckles]
Oh! Are you gonna get in?
- Maybe.
- [Jimmy chuckles]
- [Gloria chuckles]
- [Anita] Morning!
[Gloria] Hi.
[Jimmy] Hey, Anita.
[Anita] Hey, Jimmy.
- [Gloria] Good day, isn't it?
- [Anita] Oh, it's beautiful.
[Awkward music]
- Oh, that's weird.
- What's that?
I can't seem to see you
on the menu.
[Chuckles]
I like your shoes, by the way.
You can see my shoes from there?
[Ava] I can't see them,
but I imagine they're very nice.
I'm actually barefoot in here.
I like that. Very grounded.
[Ellie] Mushie.
Mushie!
[Ellie] You want a little treat?
Yeah?
[Laughs]
Aww, you're such a good boy!
Yes, you are. No, don't do that.
[Curtain swishes]
Jesus!
Don't you knock?
Um, it's a curtain.
What are you doing?
Um, talking to my dog.
I share him with my ex.
[Jimmy] You feed him treats
like this?
[Ellie] Yeah, well, I can't be
with him 'cause of work, so
Hey, um, are you okay?
Sure. Why?
Um, it's just
Jimmy, I know what it's like
to lose a patient.
So, if you ever
want to talk about it
It's not the same, so
What
It's not the same.
What, you mean 'cause you didn't
make a mistake but I did?
Yeah.
Right.
[Thoughtful percussive music]
[Indistinct chatter]
- [Nicola] You're in?
- [Mia] Yep.
- 20.
- [Nicola] 20?
[Mia] Um, yeah. Just haulin' in.
What's that about?
[Lisa]
Oh, they're taking bets
on which one of us
she kicks out first.
- Seriously?
- Mm.
- What are my odds?
- About even.
You want in?
[Gloria] Good morning, everyone.
We're reviewing the case
of M.C.,
a 30-year-old male who presented
to ED last week.
Dr. Apostolou
is joining us from Cardiology.
Dr. Seufale,
you were treating him.
Can you walk us through
exactly what happened?
I absolutely can.
Mick came in around midday
with an 8cm laceration
on his left thigh
from roofing material.
- Um
- [Ava] So sorry.
Family emergency.
My brother's cat
got hit by an e-bike.
He's a total mess.
Right, go on.
[Jimmy] He was alert, oriented.
Vital signs stable.
Uh, I consulted with my reg.
Plastics were happy he didn't
need a complete washout,
and to suture him in ED,
so I applied a local anaesthetic
and sutured him with 4-0 nylon.
And what was your assessment
of his overall condition?
Very healthy.
[Jimmy] No history,
no allergies, no meds.
Did you do
a cardiac examination?
[Jimmy] I listened to his heart.
[Apostolou] Can you describe
exactly what you heard?
[Jimmy] Regular heart rate
and rhythm.
No murmurs.
Another one of my patients
had run off,
so I was just making sure
that everyone
You were discharging him?
Yeah, I hadn't
got to the paperwork yet.
Dr. Seufale had approval
to discharge the patient.
Instead, he was found
in cardiac arrest
in a hospital bathroom.
Yes.
Resuscitation was attempted.
He was pronounced dead
at 4:23pm.
[Apostolou] Autopsy revealed
an undiagnosed genetic heart
condition,
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,
with severe left ventricular
outflow tract obstruction.
There was also evidence
of a recent stress response,
elevated catecholamine levels.
[Gloria] Did you consider
how trauma
can unmask an underlying
heart condition?
A cardiac exam
was not indicated here.
Liam?
Our triage protocols
rely on the doctor's judgement
for the extent of physical exam.
[Curtis] That's right. In ED we
need to rely on judgement calls.
[Jimmy] There was a storm,
all right?
Things were hectic that day.
Can we not all agree on that?
[Lisa] Yeah.
The power went out.
I was caught in the rain.
You want to tell
the family that?
Anchoring bias.
Do not fix on the most
obvious cause of complaint.
[Tense percussive music]
I saw a male patient
with a simple laceration
and didn't continue
to a complete workup.
Exactly.
Okay, well, thank you,
Doctor, for your time.
- We're all incredibly grateful.
- [Apostolou] Always a pleasure.
[Gloria] Thank you very much,
ladies and gentlemen.
[Apostolou] All right,
so we'll get together
and we'll have a chat about the
statistics a little bit later.
- [Jimmy] Excuse me, Dr. Wall.
- [Gloria] Yeah. Yes?
[Jimmy] Can we have
a chat outside?
Um, yes, in a minute,
Jimmy, thank you.
- Sorry.
- [Apostolou] No, that's okay.
- I was just Got a
- [Gloria] So, yeah.
- [Sighs heavily]
- [Indistinct chatter]
- [Gloria] Monday or something?
- [Apostolou] Yeah, sure.
[Gloria] All right,
thank you so much, Doctor.
- Yes, Jimmy?
- Okay, what the fuck was that?
It was a Mortality
and Morbidity meeting.
It's standard process
after any unexpected lapse.
It's how we learn
from our mistakes
and identify systemic gaps.
Yeah, I know that. I meant
you went pretty hard on me.
Well, you might have
missed something critical.
You won't miss it again.
[Nicola] Dr. Wall,
we're in theatre 2.
I'm not gonna play favourites,
you know that.
[Distant siren wails]
[Luke] Yeah, and then I woke up.
Just everything was just
a bit blurry, you know?
Like the lights are too bright
or something.
Not even a bloody hangover
this time.
Uh, has anything like this
ever happened before?
No, no.
Look, it's it's actually
a lot better now,
so I probably shouldn't
be bothering you guys.
The wife bullied me into it,
so
It's good you listened to her.
Men routinely delay presentation
for treatment
and, as a result,
face a higher rate
of disease progression
at diagnosis,
which correlates to
increased mortality rates.
Uh, not that I'm suggesting
a mortality issue.
Right. Oh, that's good, yeah.
Are you new, are you?
- Yes.
- [Luke] Ah.
[Ellie] Uh, do you still have
that headache?
No, no. Nuh, I'm all right.
[Ellie] Any other
unusual symptoms?
Uh, d-dizziness?
Feeling off-balance? Seizures?
[Clicks tongue] No.
No, nothing like that.
Jeez, am I gonna die
or something?
Is that your normal doctor face?
Uh Um, I'm just
gonna check your eyes.
Can you just look at my nose
for me?
[Luke] Sure.
[Indistinct P.A. announcement]
- And nose.
- Right.
- Good?
- [Ellie] Yeah.
[Luke] Right. [Sighs]
Um, I've just got to be
somewhere at 3 o'clock today,
so just thought I'd give you
a bit of a heads-up
'cause I know these things can
drag on a little bit, you know?
Uh, we just need to make sure
that everything's okay first.
Yeah, sure. No, I understand.
That's all right.
- [Curtain swishes]
- [Ellie] Curtis?
Um, there's nothing
obviously wrong with his eyes,
but I want a head C
to check for
subarachnoid haemorrhage
and a CTA
in case it's an aneurysm.
Very good. I'll escalate.
Do you want a coffee?
[Ava] I'd take a turmeric latte.
Oat, obviously.
Thanks, boss.
[Indistinct P.A. announcement]
[Phone rings nearby]
[Yosef] Uh, Jacqui?
- Yep. Hey.
- Hi, I'm Dr. Perera. Yosef.
- [Jacqui] Mm-hm.
- What have you done here?
[Jacqui]
Have you ever done parkour?
Neither had I. I was trying
to do it with my son.
And I jumped over our fence
and landed on a tin planter box.
- Yikes.
- [Jacqui] Mm.
Do you want to
take a look at it?
[Wound squelches]
Just a moment.
All right, this is official.
It's crunch time.
We've got to get you
on the apps.
Oh, God, I don't wanna be
on the apps.
You're a recent divorcée.
Fresh meat.
- Got to get you on the apps.
- [Sighs] I'm al
I'm already seeing someone, actually.
- Oh, really?
- [Gloria] Mm-hm.
Breaking news.
Who's the lucky guy?
None of your business.
[Curtis] Mm.
No, it's not gonna work anyway.
Of course it's not gonna work.
That's the whole point.
You gotta get on the apps.
I'll write your profile for you.
- You're gonna write my profile?
- Yeah.
- Okay, what would you say?
- All right.
- Mildly
- Don't be mean.
Won't be mean.
Let's be realistic.
Mildly attractive,
recently divorced, 40s
Very late 30s something.
Uh, Pom, unfortunately.
Surgeon, never gonna work.
Uh, is into old-man music.
No, I like the Beach Boys.
Looking for, uh What are
you looking for, Gloria?
[P.A.] Attention, trauma team.
Incoming level 1. ETA
Oh, shit, here we go.
[Gloria] What do you mean,
"mildly attractive"?
[Curtis] Incredibly
mildly attractive.
[Gloria] Right.
Seven.
- I'm at least a seven.
- All right.
Or 7.2 in heels.
Curtis, I was being modest.
- Hey.
- Uh, BP's at 65 over 42.
Heart rate's at 135.
We've got him on oxygen.
Large-bore IV established.
[Jimmy] Injury sites?
[Paramedic] Uh, abdomen, back.
Both internal.
No obvious head injury,
but he's unconscious.
[Beeping]
- [Equipment beeps]
- [Phone rings]
[Tense music]
[Sniffs]
Poor fella.
How long's he been down?
Uh, unknown.
Some kids found him
north end of the beach,
in the dunes.
- What, by himself?
- [Paramedic] Yeah.
Apparently kids have
been fighting each other
and filming it
for their socials.
Jesus Christ.
Parents been notified?
Uh, not yet. No ID.
- [Curtis] Vitals?
- [Paramedic] Airway's patent.
Sats 94%. BP 65 on 42.
- Heart rate 135. GCS 12.
- [Curtis] Thank you very much.
Okay, get some lines in
and we'll get some fluids going.
[Jimmy] Yeah.
[Curtis] Jimmy,
get his bloods done, please.
[Jimmy] Holy shit.
[Curtis]
Where's the trauma team?
[Nurse] They're on their way.
[Curtis] I'll do an eFAST.
- [Tense music]
- [Device beeps]
- Okay.
- [Heart monitor beeps]
[Curtis] Coming in here.
Okay, looks like
we've got internal bleeding.
[Mia] Oxygen sats dropping.
[Alarm beeps rapidly]
[Curtis] Okay,
that's a major haemorrhage.
[Monitors beep]
Let's activate MTP
and call Gloria.
No CT. Let's get him
straight to theatre.
[Monitor drones]
[Tense music]
- [Gloria] Kush, ready?
- [Kush] Yeah, ready, let's go.
[Kush] Can you pull off
the gas for the arterial line?
[Intense music]
[Gloria] Retractors.
- [Flesh squelches]
- [Gloria grunts softly]
Hold. Pull, pull. Suction.
[Suction hisses]
[Kush] How many units of O-neg
have we given?
[Flesh squelches]
[Kush speaks indistinctly]
[Gloria] Okay,
spleen's completely torn.
- Prep for a splenectomy.
- [Alison] Yep.
[Gloria] Okay, clamp.
[Kush] We're gonna need
cell salvage.
[Gloria grunts]
[Flesh squelches]
[Gloria sighs]
Bleeding's slowed. Kush?
[Kush] Yeah, yeah, pressure's
stabilising slightly.
[Gloria] Scissors.
[Kush] Let me know when you've
controlled the bleeding, please.
[Tense music continues]
[Suction hisses]
[Gloria] Spleen is out.
More suction. Pack.
Sorry, Dr. Wall, can I help?
[Gloria] You can try and
get an ID. Notify the parents.
[Jimmy] Yep.
[Gloria] Right, there's
contusions on the liver.
Clamp.
[Suction hisses]
[Door thuds]
[Gloria] Bit worried
about the bowel.
Okay, tie it off, close him up.
Let him stabilise
and we'll get a new CT scan.
[Softly] I think that it's okay
and you don't need stitches
- [Lisa] Yosef?
- because the
I
I can't go back in there.
I can't do it.
[Lisa] You can't do what, honey?
[Yosef] Well, the woman
needs stitches in her leg.
[Lisa] Yeah, this is
the Emergency Department,
so you'd think she'd come
to the right place.
I I can't do stitches.
[Lisa] How the fuck
did you get through med school?
[Yosef]
Well, it's surprisingly easy,
if you're strategic about it,
to avoid hands-on stuff.
[Stammers]
Group projects, sick days,
and job swaps, even.
[Lisa] Oh, mate, you're
in the wrong line of work.
[Yosef] Lisa.
Okay.
Okay, come with me. Come on.
[Yosef stammers] Where
I-I-I don't do lifts.
- [Lisa] Okay, okay.
- Stairs.
[Lisa] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don't you think there'd be
bruises on his face
if it was kids fighting?
Maybe there's a no-headshot
rule in Teen Fight Club.
You right, Jimmy?
Look, Mick's death
was not your fault, you know.
You gotta talk about
these things, mate.
If you keep pressing them down
and soldiering on,
these things have a habit
of bursting back at you
when you least expect it.
[Jimmy] Look, I'm fine.
We all spoke about it
this morning
in forensic detail.
All right.
Just letting you know I'm here, okay?
- I gotta go ID this kid.
- Sure.
[Laughter and shouting on video]
[Jimmy] Uh, no, no,
I need to speak to
whoever's in charge
of missing persons.
- Yes, yes.
- [Mia] It's room 205
- Thank you. Yeah, I'll wait.
- [Mia] Hey, Jimmy?
Uh, some kids in the waiting
room want to talk to you.
To me?
Yeah, uh, "To the doctor
who saw the bashed kid
from the beach, brah."
Okay, thank you.
[P.A.] Security to room 13.
Security to room 13.
[Jimmy] Boys.
Hey.
I'm Jimmy. I'm a doctor here.
You know something about
the kid the ambos brought in?
Uh, yeah, we, uh we found him.
Have there been fights
at the dunes?
Look, you can't tell me
his name?
Doesn't have an ID.
I'm just trying to
find his mum or dad.
I mean, yeah,
there's been fights,
but, uh, not this kid.
Do you guys have a rule
about not hitting in the face
or something?
[Boys laugh and splutter]
Oh, we didn't do it, brah.
We found him up there.
I mean, it looked
pretty fucked up.
Mm. You know him?
Not really.
Just play basketball sometimes.
Do you know his name?
Uh, Toby.
Surname? Anything about him,
school, address, anything?
Oh, he goes to Albany College.
I think he's in Year 7.
Cool.
Thanks, boys.
[Fysh] Is he gonna be all right?
[Door opens]
Not too sure.
I thought you were in the F Ward
for vomiting in a patient?
Come on, no shame.
I forged my boss's signature
on a rural placement
that I didn't do. [Laughs]
She just fucked up
by having kids.
[Lisa] Yeah,
that's not that wrong, actually.
[Josh] So, come on,
what did you do?
Hm! Thanks, Mum.
I was stitching up a patient,
a kitchen knife laceration
on her forearm
and I nicked the radial artery.
Ooh!
It was like the tiniest
millimetre too deep,
but I couldn't control
the bleeding and
It was like a sprinkler hose.
And she just had
this look on her face
like she'd trusted me
and then she was scared of me.
And so I spewed.
On her.
[Both laugh]
- Screw you guys.
- [Josh] Whoa.
[Lisa chuckles]
Sorry, Yosef. Sorry, I'm sorry.
[Yosef] Every time I've tried
to do stitches since,
I just freak out.
So my reg failed my first
internship on core competencies.
Oh. What do you know?
The system works.
But I've seen you do blood draws
and catheters
and wound irrigation.
It's just stitches.
Well, luckily for you,
Dr. Wilson here is
weirdly gifted at stitches.
I come from a long line
of seamstresses. [Chuckles]
You just need to practise.
- He'll give you a lesson.
- Will you?
I'm not going to
give you a lesson.
- What?
- [Josh] Mm-mm.
Dr. Wall's post-ops.
Urinary catheter insertion.
I'll trade you.
Okay, yeah.
Um, I'll I'll owe you.
No, I doubt it.
She's a belligerent dowager
with a prolapse.
Her shit is messed up.
[Josh slurps]
Uh, what
Fuck!
[Phone chimes]
[Indistinct P.A. announcement]
- [Oscar] So good to see
- [Ellie] Oscar?
[Camera whirrs]
[Oscar on phone] El?
[Ellie] Look down.
I'm in the bowl.
I'm watching you.
What are you doing at my place?
[Oscar] Um, I'm taking Mush.
It's not your day.
I want him to live with me
full-time.
Okay, but that's not
what we agreed on.
You can't just abduct my dog.
[Oscar] Uh-oh. Our dog.
I was gonna leave a note.
What?
[Oscar] You're at work
all the time now
and it's not fair on Mush!
[Ellie] No. No, no, no!
You know he doesn't like
to be alone.
[Ellie] You can't do this!
That's why I got the camera.
- Mushie?!
- He needs attention.
I love him!
[Oscar] Look, you can have him
on your days off.
- I don't have days off!
- [Oscar] Exactly.
- [Ellie] No, no!
- Bye, Ellie. Bye-bye!
No! Mushie?
[Ellie] My ex just stole my dog.
[Jimmy clicks tongue]
[Ellie] Do I call the cops?
Um
What, are you on his side?
[Jimmy] No.
Kind of on the dog's side.
Mushie is how I survived
the last six months.
I need him.
[Indistinct P.A. announcement]
- [Woman] I got you this one.
- [Luke] I know, I know.
- It's okay.
- Hi!
Uh, Luke's wife?
Yeah, Melissa. Hi.
[Ellie] They'll be ready
for you soon.
Great!
Uh, what's this brain scan
actually looking for?
Uh, any abnormalities
that we should worry about.
Cancer, tumours
[Ellie] Strokes, brain bleeds,
aneurysms, oedema, fractures,
abscesses, encephalitis.
[Luke mutters indistinctly]
Most of those
have a low index of suspicion.
Ah, that's great.
Is that your kids?
Oh, yeah, our fur kids.
- Uh, Flemish rabbits.
- Oh, my God!
They're so cute!
Big shitters.
[Ellie] Do they require
much attention?
No, they don't like
being touched
and they completely ignore us,
don't they, sweetheart?
[Ellie] That sounds unrewarding.
Well, it's not your pet's job
to make you feel good.
[Pager beeps]
[Ellie] They're ready for you.
- We'll get you in a gown.
- Right, okay. Let's go.
[Luke] Oh!
Oh, wheelchair and everything.
Great.
Here we go.
- [Melissa] Can I wheel you?
- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Might as well have
a bit of fun while you're here.
[Intriguing percussive music]
Ava.
Hey, I was just changing.
Got piss all over my scrubs
from an incontinent patient.
Did you talk Ms. Greenwood
through her aftercare
before you discharged her?
- Absolutely.
- [Nicola] It's not in her notes.
Really?
That's weird.
So sorry. I must have
forgotten to document.
Got pulled straight onto
the pisser.
I'll update her notes
right now.
- [Jimmy sighs]
- [Indistinct P.A. announcement]
We got him into surgery
as fast as possible.
Our lead surgeon, Dr. Wall,
removed his torn spleen
and controlled
the internal bleeding.
He's in intensive care.
Is he gonna die? [Sobs]
Look, he's not out of trouble
but his condition
is a bit more stable now.
[Celia breathes shakily]
What about brain damage?
[Jimmy] We'll know more
when he wakes up.
At the moment,
it's too early to tell.
[Sober music]
Um
the school said that kids
have been having fights
and filming it.
Did he say who did it?
I'm sorry, he wasn't conscious.
[Indistinct P.A. announcement]
[Sober music continues]
[Jimmy] I'll let ICU know
that you're here.
[Celia sobs]
This one's on the basilar tip.
Looks like it's blistering.
And this one's
hugging the brain stem.
The walls are paper-thin there.
And you think
it's a sentinel bleed?
Perhaps.
[Ellie] But the CT's clean.
[Curtis] We might have missed it
if it was more than
12 hours ago.
- Do we need a lumbar puncture?
- No.
Straight to Neuro.
They're gonna want to operate.
Wait, but he could
Yeah, I know.
I'll talk to him.
[Tense music]
Well, an aneurysm's a weak spot
in a blood vessel,
and over time,
the pressure builds up
and it can stretch
and it can burst.
Right, okay.
Doesn't sound ideal.
- [Curtis] No.
- So what does it mean?
One of them is near
the part of your brain
which controls your breathing
and heartbeat.
The other is
also extremely dangerous.
Okay, so what do we do?
[Curtis] Well, we're gonna
refer you to Neurosurgery
and they'll take you through
your options.
Surgery is the only option.
The risk of a rupture
is extremely high.
[Melissa] Okay, well,
what does surgery involve?
Well, what they'll do is they'll
try and clip the aneurysm
or they'll block it up
from the inside
with tiny little coils.
But because of where they are,
right near the brain stem,
there's quite a considerable
risk with the procedure.
What does that mean?
- Well
- It means you could die.
Thank you, Ellie.
[Luke] Right. Shit.
Right, um, okay.
What do I do?
Wh what would you do
if it was you?
Well, in my experience, Luke,
nobody knows what they're gonna
do until it happens to them.
You have to make an informed
decision by yourself.
Mate, you're about to give me
another aneurysm.
- You got any actual advice?
- I'd go straight to surgery.
Okay. Thanks, Ellie.
[Luke sighs]
- We doing this?
- [Melissa exhales]
- Yeah.
- [Luke] Yeah?
Yeah, we're fine. [Sniffles]
- [Melissa] Yeah.
- [Luke] Okay.
All right, let's do it.
Wait.
We need to have sex first.
Excuse me?
We've been trying to
have a baby for three years.
We've been getting
fertility treatment.
My LH levels
spiked this morning.
If we don't do it today,
we're gonna miss the window.
[Luke] Yeah.
I'm sorry, you'll have to wait
until after the surgery.
Yeah, that kind of exertion,
that could rupture an aneurysm.
You could consider freezing
the sperm after the surgery.
No, it'll be too late.
It's not safe.
It could kill you.
[Luke] But you said the surgery
could kill me, right?
So it's surgery
or sex with my wife.
If I've got to go,
it's not a tough choice.
Look, to be honest, Luke,
with the meds that you're on,
you may not even be able
to make it happen,
you know what I'm saying?
Well, then, you could just
give me something, couldn't you?
We we can't facilitate that.
I'll I'll get
the referral happening.
- Yeah, very good.
- No, no. Just wait, Ellie.
Just take me home, Mel.
We'll take our chances. Thanks.
- Luke, I think we should
- You heard what they said.
- Luke, mate
- No, no, you can't.
- It's too dangerous.
- [Luke] Thanks very much.
- Appreciate your help. Let's go.
- Wait, wait, wait.
[Quirky percussive music]
[Softly] Come back.
Hey, Mr. Van Reyk,
how you feeling?
[Quirky percussive music]
[Ava sighs]
What a donkey.
[Ellie] It's insane.
Even the most gentle
ejaculation could be fatal.
I could think of
worse ways to go.
That's not even an argument.
And even if they did conceive,
he might not live
to meet the baby.
They know that.
Well, I can't support it.
We're supposed to be
protecting people.
It's not gonna be
your responsibility.
He's my patient.
How am I not meant to
feel responsible if he dies?
Well, if we said no, they're
gonna go home and do it anyway.
This way, they're here and
we can help if things go south.
Oopsy-daisy.
And it's his decision.
[Ellie] Are you actually gonna
write him a prescription?
What, for the little blue pill?
Absolutely not.
[Cabinet thuds]
[Whistles]
- Oh, my God.
- [Curtis] Samples.
[Whispers] Let's get out of here
before they catch us.
[Gulls squawk]
[Jimmy] Hey. [Clears throat]
Hi.
I'm so sorry to ask you this.
We've just got a form
that we need you to fill out.
- What is it?
- Just a consent form.
Authority to release
medical records.
[Lewis] What do you need
that for?
[Jimmy] We just need
relevant history.
Check for underlying conditions.
Well, we already told you,
he doesn't have any.
[Jimmy] Yeah, I understand that.
We've just got to be thorough.
[Lewis] Have they found
the little shits who did this?
We've reported Toby's case
to the police.
[Jimmy] All right?
Would you guys like a tea
or a coffee or anything?
[Lewis scoffs]
You do it.
[Heart monitor beeps]
Let me know
if you need anything.
- [Oppressive music]
- [Pen scratches]
I'm after the records
of a Toby Hammond.
Date of birth, 19/10/2014.
What?
Come on,
can't you just email it to me?
Ookay, just give me
a second. Thank you.
Uh, Theo?
Do we have a fax machine?
Right there.
[Clears throat] Hello? Hi.
Yep, just getting them now.
Thank you very much. Bye.
Whew.
[Unsettling music]
[Exhales]
Ah, it's the honeymoon suite,
darlin'.
Well, it's not exactly
champagne and candles,
but it's private.
Please, sit down.
Now, as you've never had these
before, I have to tell you,
these things
will make you run forever,
but the finishing line
gets further and further away.
You feel like
you're just on the brink,
but you just can't
quite get there.
It's like the race is over,
everyone's gone home
and you're still running.
But we don't want that.
Now, Melissa, he's gonna need
your very, very special help.
Your task is for Luke
to reach ejaculation
with a minimum
of physical exertion.
Mm. Doctor's orders, darling.
Just the least amount
of physical effort possible.
- Yes, thank you.
- Okay.
- Just to get the job done.
- I got it, Doc.
Okay, we'll be outside,
in case there's any problems.
Do you want some music?
- No.
- No, it's all right.
Oh, that's good.
There's no signal here anyway.
Could bring me saxophone.
That's all right, mate. Thanks.
Thank you.
No worries. Good luck.
[Luke] Thanks, mate.
[Abstract jazz music]
Uh, II couldn't find
those extra compression
bandages that you asked for.
Look at her. She knows.
[Anita] We just had a patient
die in a bathroom
and now you're trying
to kill another one?
You should know better.
How did you know?
[Anita] I see everything.
Nurses are snitches.
Nurses are doing
the right thing.
And you're a dickhead.
[Anita] If something goes wrong,
this will be so damaging
for the hospital.
They were gonna go home
and do it,
so by my calculations,
it's far less damaging
than sending him home and dying.
And by the way,
there's no paper trail.
Oh, my God,
don't even tell me that.
As soon as possible,
get him over to Neuro.
In future,
ignore everything he says.
She's gonna throw me out.
She's not gonna throw you out.
Unless he dies.
[Abstract jazz music]
- Gloria.
- [Gloria] Yeah, hey.
Look at this.
Royal North Shore, December.
Spiral arm break.
Northern Beaches Private,
last September.
Fractured rib.
Macquarie Hospital, last June.
- Yeah.
- Fractured collarbone.
- Always different hospitals.
- Slow down.
- It's not kids in the dunes.
- [Gloria] Slow Yeah.
- It's him, it's the dad.
- [Gloria] Jimmy, slow down.
It's mandatory for child abuse
to be reported
and that's been done.
- Okay. Okay, so what now?
- The police will investigate.
Investigate? No, he doesn't
need to be investigated.
[Gloria]
Child Services will investigate.
- He needs to be arrested.
- Look at this. See this code?
That's every single time
it's been reported.
What the fuck?
- Yeah.
- And it keeps happening?
Yeah?
- [Alison] Gloria?
- Yeah.
[Alison] Toby Hammond's
test results.
[Gloria] CT shows
a portion of the small intestine
was weakened
during the initial trauma.
Oh, fuck. The bowel wall
has since ruptured.
We're gonna have to
open him up again.
- I'll re-sterilise the trays.
- Again?
Yeah. Can you, um,
get Kush on the line?
- That poor kid.
- [Alison] Yeah.
[Intense music]
Looks like we were lucky.
How are you feeling?
Still standing, mate.
Melissa, how about you?
[Ellie] We'll transfer you
to Neuro in about half an hour.
[Luke] Okay.
[Luke] I know you think we're
crazy, Ellie, but thank you.
It's just not a risk
I would have taken.
Well, hopefully,
you'll never have to.
[Curtis] Let me get this
off you.
[Velcro rips]
- [Monitor beeps regularly]
- [Respirator hisses]
[Instrument clicks]
[Gloria] So we're gonna remove
the damaged section
of the bowel,
reconnect the healthy ends
[Voice echoes]
and then clean it up
and remove the infected
material.
- [Heartbeat thuds]
- [Intense music builds]
[Voice echoes] Jimmy?
[Music intensifies]
[Gloria] Jimmy. Hey.
[Jimmy] Yeah?
Yeah, clean it out.
[Clears throat] Yeah.
[Gloria] Okay, all right.
Retractor.
- Okay.
- [Jimmy] Yeah.
[Gloria] And start at the top
end, keep it clean, and
[Jimmy] Yeah.
[Kush] Hey, Ellie.
I don't think
you've noticed, but I've, um,
I've actually been ignoring you.
Uh, no, I haven't, sorry.
I'm too busy dealing with
life-threatening erections!
Oh.
[Mouths silently]
Well, there is no safe way
for me to reply to that.
- So [Chuckles]
- That's right. [Chuckles]
There isn't.
[Sighs]
[Sniffs forcefully]
[Jimmy] Hey, mate,
can you come in here for a sec?
Yep.
[Gloria] Just give me a minute.
[Lewis] Oh! What are you doing?
You almost killed your fuckin'
kid, you piece of shit!
Touch Toby again I'll personally
make sure you don't
- Jimmy, stop!
- use your hands again!
- Do you understand me?
- Jimmy, get off him!
- Let him go.
- Stop it. Stop it!
You don't deserve to be
a father, you piece of shit.
He assaulted me!
This is completely unacceptable.
[Gloria] I will deal with it.
Out now! Out!
[Lewis] You're gonna lose
your job, mate!
You'll be hearing
from my lawyer.
Bring it on, asshole.
I'm so sorry about this.
Jimmy? Jimmy!
He beat his kid
nearly to death, Gloria.
Yes, listen, it's not our job
to punish the guilty!
- Losing a patient is traumatic.
- It's not about that.
[Gloria] It takes time
to process.
Sometimes
Sometimes we see terrible things
and some people can't handle it.
But if you can't
control your emotions,
then you're no use to us here.
- So, what, we do nothing?
- No, we don't do nothing.
We do our jobs, and our jobs
is much more than doing nothing.
[Jimmy sighs]
[Waves boom]
You get a few punches in?
Just joking.
It's tough. It is.
My dad was a good guy.
He was kind.
Always helped people.
You know, the older I get,
the more I come to
the conclusion
that trying to be kind is the
best thing a man
can try to be.
He died of a heart attack
at a family barbecue.
He was 41.
I was 11.
I'm sorry to hear that, mate.
Do you think it was
a genetic heart condition?
I've got a friend
who's a cardio specialist.
I'll get you in to see him.
Come on,
we've got another M&M meeting.
- What?
- It's a special one.
[Curtis grunts]
Gloria's on the warpath.
[Softly] Fuck.
[Nicola] She's paying short
odds, but she's a dead cert.
[Theo] Put me down.
- What are my odds?
- Long.
I figured someone who's
given up as much as you have
to be here
probably wouldn't duck early.
I'll put 20 on me staying.
Oh, my God, she's actually
gonna chuck somebody out.
[Lisa] Probably.
My money's on the intern
who assaulted
the patient's father.
[Josh laughs obnoxiously]
[Gloria] Right.
Okay, good afternoon,
everybody. Quiet, please.
[Attendee coughs]
Right. Here we have
some textbook suturing.
Very impressive needlework,
Dr. Perera.
Actually, Dr. Wall,
it wasn't me.
[Gloria] Mm?
Nope,
it's your name on the notes.
- Yes, I-I took
- [Gloria] Um, can you
Sit down, Yosef. Go on.
Uh, I took
the initial history, but, uh,
Josh, Dr. Wilson,
treated the patient.
[Gloria] Right.
Okay, and you
What did you do?
I swapped jobs?
I did a catheter insertion
for your patient, Mrs. Aaronson.
Mm.
It was no problem?
She was nice.
[Suspenseful music]
[Mouths words]
It's good work, Yosef.
Well done.
Um
Right, next.
Um
[Suspenseful music]
- Ava.
- [Ava] Yes, Dr. Wall?
Last week you treated
Vinh Leong, 68 years old.
That's right.
[Gloria] Came in for
a routine hernia repair.
You were on post-op
and discharge, correct?
Yeah.
Discharged per protocol
on Friday.
Right,
and you provided aftercare?
- Yep.
- [Gloria] Okay.
Can you explain exactly
to everybody
how you educated our patient on
the use of a spirometer, please?
I demonstrated proper technique,
had him practise several cycles,
reviewed the warning signs
of inadequate lung expansion.
Twice, in fact.
Yeah, and he understood?
Yeah, he did it himself
in front of me.
Right.
Well, when I spoke to Nicola
and Nicola spoke to him,
he said otherwise.
Probably confused.
Post-operative patients
can have memory issues
with medications and stress.
He returned today
with bilateral pneumonia
and he's currently in ICU.
I reviewed personally,
and there is no documentation
on spirometer education
in the nurses' records either.
[Ava] But the nurses were busy.
I handled it directly
with the patient
during evening rounds.
They probably didn't
document it properly.
Fuck this bullshit.
She's a third-rate surgeon
in a fourth-rate hospital.
What would she know?
Anyway, I've got an offer
for a big pharma sales gig with,
like, bonuses and commission.
So, uh, she can stick
I got it.
her shitty little
70-grand bullshit internship
up her tiny little
lasered arsehole.
I'm out.
Well, she took that well, huh?
[Laughs]
[Josh continues laughing]
[Gloria] Tight.
- [Gloria] Hi.
- [Curtis] Hello, Jet.
[Jet replies indistinctly]
Dr. Wall?
Drinkie?
[Gloria chuckles] Plans.
Plans?
Yes, I've got plans.
I have got a life.
[Curtis] Plans? Come on,
come and have a drink with me.
Otherwise you know all
too well I'll just go home,
microdose mushrooms
and play with my Osgiliath LEGO.
That a Star Wars thing?
- Lord of the Rings.
- [Laughs] Oh, my God!
Oh, yeah. Okay.
Well, give me a call if
your date doesn't work out, uh?
Yeah, will do that, yeah.
[Message whooshes]
[Ellie sighs]
You can take his treats
and his toys and his blankie,
but you're leaving the keys.
Okay.
[Ellie] I'm never gonna
forgive you for taking him.
Can I please have
a moment alone with my dog?
Sure.
[Sighs] I'm so sorry.
[Mushu pants and whines]
[Ellie] You are the best dog
in the whole wide world.
I'm gonna miss you so much.
[Chuckles sadly]
[Ellie sobs]
Hey, Ellie.
I didn't realise
you were still here.
Yeah, I, um
- [Phone buzzes]
- just forgot my phone.
[Ellie cries]
My dog. I let my ex take him.
[Jimmy sighs]
You were right.
Right about what?
[Ellie sniffles]
It's not the same.
You came back the next day.
When it happened to me, I
I couldn't keep going.
I couldn't face trying so hard
to be a doctor anymore.
So I quit. I disappeared. I
I didn't call anyone.
I didn't call you.
[Scoffs]
I couldn't do it. [Sobs]
But you're here now, yeah?
And you're doing it.
[Sniffles]
It's just that, um
[Clears throat]
I know what it feels like
to lose a dog.
[Ellie laughs]
And if you ever need
someone to talk to
[Laughs] Very funny.
- [Sniffles]
- Kind of funny.
[Ellie chuckles]
[Gentle music]
Goodnight, Jimmy.
[Animated percussive music]
[Animated percussive music
continues]