St. Elsewhere (1982) s01e20 Episode Script

1
Previously on St. elsewhere.
- Out of the way! We got a full arrest!
- Call a code, somebody!
Dr. Chandler.
I want to thank you for trying.
- We're flattered you've come all the way from Hungary.
- Very proud to meet you.
Family seemed so reasonable when we talked to them.
When people are about to sue you,
they don't telegraph their punches.
It's got my name on it. It's just
valium. I'm under a lot of stress.
[Pager beeping]
Tonight on St. elsewhere.
We've been going over the runneger case.
I must say, this is this is
the classic old "squeeze" suit.
The runneger family wants a lawsuit? Far
as this doctor's concerned, they got one!
We're gonna take this lie and
throw it right back in their faces!
First of the season. They're lovely.
You can tell, can't you? Yep.
It's extraordinary.
You like seeing me like this, don't you?
You idiot! You have no idea about
anything going on around you, do you?
You're blind! You're selfish! You're
Can you believe I'm actually nervous?
I'm never nervous. Think of cows.
Why cows? Because.
They're very dull. They'll relax you completely.
[Laughing] Where did you hear that? My grandfather.
He was a drayman. Do you want to sit down front?
Where I won't miss a word.
Now I'm nervous again. [Laughs]
Hello.
Dr. Chandler.
I'm heading over to the state house right now.
But we're still on for 11:30, right? Uh, yes.
Good. sounds fine.
What about Mrs. fire stone? Who's that?
I told you all about her, Phil. My
nodular thyroid lady Gladys the gland.
Um, can she wait? It'll take 10 minutes, okay?
I don't have time, Victor.
Give me a break. Come on. It's what's the big deal?
It's no big deal. It's, um
I just don't have time, okay?
[Woman on P.A.] Dr. Olivia Hernandez. 1519.
Hi, Phil.
Don't say hello. Our friend is a
little upset about the lawsuit.
For crying out loud. Runneger was old. He was sick.
He could've dropped dead anywhere.
[Crowd speaking various languages]
[Chattering]
[Over microphone] Uh, good morning.
[Man] Good morning.
In my country, sick people make
the pilgrimage to the river Ganges.
In Boston, they crawl to St. eligius.
[Feedback hums, stops]
And one reason is our speaker today.
Please welcome our chief of surgery
Dr. Mark Craig.
It's, uh [feedback hums, stops]
It's a small room, and I have a voice that carries.
Thank you, Dr. Kochar, for that wide-ranging introduction.
Today, I'm going to talk about paroxysmal tachycardia
A condition common not only among heart patients,
but among unafflicted people as well.
- Uh.
- Yeah.
[Speaking foreign language]
- What?
- Oh.
Dr. Pradesh says that, in Calcutta,
his p.A.T. Patients have nearly doubled.
Interesting.
Calcutta?
What was the banana crop like this year?
[Foreign language]
The harvest failed.
I think you should investigate.
The lack of bananas as a dietary staple
May mean a sudden, severe potassium
deficiency in susceptible individuals.
[Crowd murmuring]
Amazing, isn't it?
Uh, not my diagnosis. I mean the heart.
Amazing how much can go wrong and does.
And we have to try to explain it.
But we're human, fallible. We make mistakes.
So we talk about the sinuses of valsalva,
bundle of his, purkinje fibers, tetralogy of fallot.
No wonder the patient goes away impressed.
[Crowd chuckles]
Dr. Anya. I don't understand.
Are you saying that, despite all our knowledge,
there is still a lot we have to learn about the heart?
I'm saying that we must never take the heart for granted.
It will surprise you each and every time.
Thank you, Dr. Craig.
So, the abnormal q.R.S. Complex.
[Sneezes] Bless you.
Uh, thank you. Listen, do you have another tissue?
How about this?
It's better than my sleeve, isn't it?
[Sneezes] Excuse me.
Annie. Good morning.
So, you made it. Did you get your car fixed?
No, not yet. It's still in the shop.
How'd you get here? It was a toss-up.
Between taking the "t" and walking?
No. Between staying in bed and coming to work.
I guess I picked up a a cold.
Probably right here at the hospital. Here I go again.
Cover your mouth. [Sneezes]
Take some acetaminophen. Yeah, I will.
Listen, I'll see you in the cafeteria
for lunch. And drink lots of water.
Excuse me. Does my head feel hot to you?
[Moans]
Three more days in america. Alas. Then back to debrecen?
No. I'm presently living in Budapest.
Almost 11:30, Vera. Aren't you assisting
Dr. Thorpe on that triple bypass?
This man runs me off my feet.
So nice to have seen you all. Our pleasure.
So so, where are you going now?
Grand rounds and then departmental chiefs' meeting.
I sometimes wonder, Mark Do you ever slow down?
Me? You're the one with the very high metabolic rate.
Well, that's in my bloodlines.
Enjoy the operation. Oh, that sounds so gruesome.
See you in my office at 3:00.
Helen. How are you doing? Great.
You're sounding very chipper today.
How's it going? Fine.
I meant the therapy sessions at the breast clinic.
You know, that's been very helpful, Mark.
There is comfort in numbers. Finding
out you're not the only woman
Who's had to face having a
mastectomy has been very good for me.
Oh, I'm glad to hear that. Thanks.
By the way, word is you wowed the foreign physicians.
I've been hearing nothing but "Craig," "Craig," "Craig."
No, no, no. They're very bright people.
Nice tie, ehrlich.
[Woman on P.A.] Security to E.R.
Security to E.R.
Is he feeling all right?
Come on. Come ow. Oh.
Ow. Jack.
What? Hey, Peter.
This stuff is murder. Do me a favor, will you?
What? Call my wife.
And? And see if anybody else answers the phone.
Tim potts or anybody. Peter, can't you give it a rest?
She's my wife. Yeah, but she
doesn't spy on you and Jill Roberts.
Myra's got no right to do this, not
with Megan and Timothy in the house.
Nothing is gonna happen to your kids.
Why don't you let Myra live her own life? No!
I can't help it.
I go to bed at night and I lie awake
Just thinking about them in bed, maybe keeping Megan awake.
Or maybe he put her to bed and
told her a story or somethin'.
No, Peter. For cryin' out loud
Jack. Dr. Pinning's on the phone for you.
What does he want? I don't know. He says it's urgent.
Okay. I'll let's talk later.
All right. At lunch? Jack.
Okay. 1:00. Is that good for you? Good. Yeah.
[Woman on P.A.] Inhalation therapy to n.I.C.U.
Inhalation therapy to n.I.C.U.
[Knocking] That's the wrong file.
Can I have the right file? Right over here.
Sorry I'm late. Not to worry.
Plenty of paperwork, as you
can see. Have a seat, Dr. Chandler.
[Man exclaims]
Dr. Chandler, I'd like you to meet
crandall, Langdon from my office.
We've been going over the runneger case, of course.
I must say, this is the this is
the classic old "squeeze" suit.
Squeeze suit? The family's lawyer will try his damnedest
To squeeze a case out of the most trivial facts.
If they don't have a case, why are they bothering to sue?
Chandler, husbands and wives go to court
Over who gets the dog and the porch furniture.
And 3.2 million ain't chump change.
$3.2 million?
Yeah, well, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it yet.
Because I think St. eligius will come out on top.
You do? Yes, because, way down deep,
people on a jury want to trust a doctor.
And when you take that stand
A nice young physician, black, Yale graduate
You're gonna look good, Dr. Chandler.
And that's all in our favor.
But the runnegers could put
another doctor on the stand against me?
Sure, sure. But very few will testify against a colleague,
because, someday, the tables might be turned on them.
So, if I'm a convincing witness We'll do all right.
We'll do all right, and you
might even come out of this a hero.
That's great.
- What if we lose?
- Then the state board reviews your competency
And your career's shot to hell.
There are a thousand ifs.
But with three million plus on the craps table,
we had damn well better win.
[People chattering]
[Fiscus] You know what they found? A fish bone.
[Laughing] The guy sued and won.
How did he get a fish bone in his foot?
I don't know. Got room for one more?
Mmm. Sure.
Fiscus is regaling us with malpractice horror stories.
And they're all true. Yeah.
How come, in all these stories, the hospital never wins?
Those are the dull ones. Here's one for you, Shirley.
There's this 14-year-old girl alcoholic.
She's farmed out to the state hospital.
This patient there a male
nympho um, "scrutinized" her.
Her parents sued the hospital for
not exercising preventive measures.
[Laughing] Why is that one for me?
Listen, be grateful. You missed the gory ones.
[Shirley] Remember old Dr. Goldstone's malpractice suit?
Left his forceps in Mrs. Schmidt's patella.
- The O.R. was in stitches for a week.
- Yeah.
Last year at Boston general, they had
seven patients all on the same floor
Die all at the same night.
Good Friday. Yeah, right.
And all the catholic orderlies
thought there was gonna be
A mass resurrection on easter Sunday. [Laughing]
See, Phil? You're in illustrious company. Hey!
Look, um, I don't wanna hear any more of this, okay?
I mean, especially from you, Daniels.
Phil. Phil, come back.
I gotta go talk to Hendricks.
Who? It's the lawyer.
[Sneezes] Oh.
Ben, I don't want to feel your head.
Come on. Nobody's gonna mistake it
As a spontaneous gesture of affection.
Please. Feel my head.
Please. All right. All right.
Oh.
I'm burning up, right? A little warm.
A little? I'm on fire.
Call your mother, Ben.
I'm sure she has loads of
medicines, cures, spells. [Sneezing]
The acetaminophen didn't help? I didn't take it.
I can't I can't, uh, swallow pills.
What did you do when you
were a kid live in an Incubator?
A germ-free adolescence?
Don't make fun. Come on. I'm a sick man. Aw.
Besides, my my mother used to, uh,
mash up my pills in my jell-o or my chocolate pudding.
[Coughing]
Look, I think you should get rid of this tray,
go home and stay in bed.
And wait for you, right?
You may be the patient, but I am not the cure.
Liquids and rest.
You're right, Annie. Thank you.
- For the free advice?
- No. For covering for me this afternoon.
- "Who invented the salk vaccine?"
- Dr. Jonas salk.
No. Mae west. Jack, you're winning.
Well, there you are. I, uh, sort of gave up on you.
I had to make a phone call. Why don't we go sit
We're in the middle of the game. Peter and I need to talk.
That's okay. I'll just sit right there.
It's your turn too. Come on.
[Sighs]
[Clears throat] Oh, boy. "Entertainment."
Entertainment. Oh, good.
[Chortles, clears throat]
"Recite the last line from the 1933 film, king Kong."
Oh, I know that one. Fine. Then
keep it to yourself, Jacqueline.
Victor, this is not the world chess championship.
Something about, uh, beauty.
"Something about beauty." Is that your answer? Oh!
Nice move, Peter. Victor will say you planned it.
Don't worry. I remember where everything was.
Um, that's my milk, Peter.
My throat's dry. I took an aspirin.
Whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Peter? What are you doing?
Excuse me.
Orange aspirin. That's a new one.
He finishes my milk, and then
he completely trashes my board.
I'm not saying a word. What a mess.
Now that should have been the last line in king Kong.
[Anya] You look about 12 years old.
So handsome.
Ah. Look at this. [Laughs]
- And here.
- Army medical corps.
Oh, you look so good in a uniform.
Who's this? Oh, that's just family.
Oh! What happened here?
Oh, yeah. I'd just fallen into the schuylkill river.
Swimming? No. Uh, crew team. I was the coxie.
You know. Stroke.
Stroke! Stroke! And oop. [Laughing]
After that race, I took up boxing.
Not a very pretty river, is it?
Now, the danube [Speaking Hungarian]
What does that mean dirty? [Laughs] No.
That's "beautiful."
"The most beautiful." Well, that's you too.
[Softly] Flatterer.
I'll bet you could whip up a superb rigo jancsi.
[Laughing] Rigo jancsi?
Lots of semi-sweet chocolate. I use bitter-sweet.
I have an idea. Why don't you
let me buy you dinner tonight?
Oh, what's today? Oh, Friday. I'm
Oh. They're driving me to
worcester another lecture tonight.
Oh. worcester. How about tomorrow night?
I could pick you up. We could dine right at your hotel.
- That would be nice.
- [Knocking]
- What do you want, ehrlich?
- Oh, I'm sorry. Hi, Dr. Anya.
- I didn't know you were occupied.
- That's all right. Come in.
- No, no. I'll come back later.
- I won't be here later. Talk.
Um, well, I heard Dr. Anspaugh's gonna be performing
A pulmonary atresia on Thursday,
and I was hoping I could get a crack at assisting him.
- Sure, ehrlich. No problem.
- Thank you. Thanks.
- What are those?
- Oh.
Have you ever seen a picture of Dr. Craig soaking wet?
Um, no.
[Laughing] Look.
Go ahead.
Look.
Did you ever read the code of hammurabi?
No. Can't say I have. Should I?
Well, if a doctor treated an abscessed eye with a lancet
And the eye was lost,
the doctor's hands were lopped off immediately.
Lucky for you, that was 3,700 years ago.
But I thought you said they didn't have a case.
Well, take a look at this.
It's the affidavit from the runnegers' family lawyer.
[Bell dings] This is incredible.
Yeah, I thought you'd like it.
"Insufficient precautions." "Delay
in operating." "Wrongful death."
This is a joke. No. This is a legal document.
Last year in the U.S. alone, 1,200
people died in hospital elevators.
Well, why are you telling me all this?
Well, so you don't panic.
This family is clutching at straws.
The last thing they want to do is see a jury.
What you're saying is that this is all a
big act before they ask for a settlement,
that they could really care less about a trial?
Bingo.
Well, I sure as hell care.
I've been taking a lot of guff around here lately.
Poor old Phil. So smooth, so cool, so contained.
So smooth with the patients.
Oops. Killed a guy, huh, Phil?
Yeah, sloppy job.
[Exhales] Well, I'm not gonna let it slide.
I'm not gonna let it slide. I'm right.
And for once, this crazy hospital is right.
They want a lawsuit? The runneger family wants a lawsuit?
Fine. As far as this doctor's concerned, they got one.
We're gonna take this lie and
throw it right back in their faces!
You know what a jury is, Dr. Chandler?
Twelve people chosen to say who has the better lawyer.
I'm damn good.
But I couldn't do much without a damn good defendant.
What what do you mean?
What I mean is this. We may not
see a jury for a very long time.
So don't waste all that passion yelling at me.
Save it for them, hmm?
I'm seeing Dr. Westphall, then
heading home, if you need me.
Have a nice weekend.
Hey, are you okay?
[Sighs]
I've been huntin' around for you. Well, you found me.
Tag I'm it.
That was quite a show in the cafeteria.
I broke a glass. Big deal. Let me see your hands.
Look at that. I wouldn't let you within
10 feet of a patient, let alone a scalpel.
Let go of me. You're really enjoying this, aren't you?
Stumbling around, goin' up and down on those pills.
Why don't you stop lecturing me? Peter, face it.
You're very, very sick. Don't you say that to me.
You're in trouble. You better
snap out of it before it's too late.
Shut up. Shut up! You hear me? Shut up!
Take your hands off me. You
like seeing me like this, don't you?
Geez! You idiot! You have no idea about
anything going on around you, do you?
You're blind! You're selfish! You're
What's the matter with you?
Now, look, fellas, I don't give a damn who started this.
- It's personal.
- [Knocking]
Donald. Be with you in a second, Mark.
I want you both to know I think this kind of behavior
Is absolutely unprofessional, let alone stupid.
You two wanna beat each other's brains out, that's
fine with me. But you're not gonna do it here.
Clean up and go home. Better yet, clean up at home.
What happened to them? I wish I knew.
You look beat, Donald. Yeah, I am a little.
Thank god it's Friday. Oh, this is
gonna be a wonderful weekend.
You and Ellen have something special planned?
Well, no. Actually, Ellen is visiting her
mother in New Hampshire peterborough.
And what about you?
I'm going to be showing Dr. Anya around Boston.
You know what she told me? The damnedest thing.
In her part of Hungary, they
have this special festival bread.
I mean, it takes months of fermenting and baking.
And then they preserve it with spices
So they can use it at country dances and weddings.
Isn't that a marvelous tradition?
I'd love to try that bread.
I'll bet you it is out of this world.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone
carry on like that about bread.
You can tell, can't you? Yep.
Don't get me wrong, Donald. I I love Ellen.
My god. Thirty years.
It's a very solid marriage. I know.
You know, it's funny.
When you're 20, you figure anything can happen.
I could run for president, make a million bucks,
fall head over heels in love.
Then you're 30, and you try to narrow your scope
And get settled.
Forty.
But when you turn 50, you figure it's
I just thought it would never happen again.
Not to me. [Chuckles]
It's extraordinary.
Well, just be careful, my friend.
Oh, that's my salient trait.
Besides, Vera's flying back to Budapest on Monday.
I don't think anything'll happen.
Well, I don't know. Maybe it will.
What do you think? It won't if you don't want it to.
I gotta get goin'.
Have a good weekend.
Hey.
Thanks for the heart conference. See you, pal.
♪[Background: Pop] [Chattering]
Okay. No, it's fine.
Man, I needed that walk.
You know, sometimes I feel like I've spent
My entire adult life inside St. eligius.
I know. Day after day The same cardboard coffee,
the same endless walls closing in.
Well, why do we do it? We're nuts.
We're nuts. [Both laughing]
Was your father a doctor?
No. He's a businessman.
Real "up by the bootstraps" type, you know?
My older brother, Russ He wanted to be a doctor.
Where's his practice?
He died killed in Vietnam. Oh, I'm sorry.
It's all right. I was only 15 at the time.
[Laughs] My old man he had his heart
set on his eldest son being a doctor.
And there I was. Bang eldest son.
Dad promised to put me through medical school.
I switched from history to biochemistry at Yale. Here I am.
How about another? No. No, I gotta get out of here.
Got a date. Huh?
Does that come as such a shock? I didn't mean that at all.
I just meant that, uh, you know, I
never associated you with anyone.
I always think of you as Phillip Chandler. Period.
Would you like to come and meet her? Now?
Yeah, sure. We're goin' down to
the rivoli. All-night fellini festival.
Come on. Join us. Boy. That
sounds, um that sounds long, Phil.
No. I really I have my heart set on
sleeping in a bed tonight, not a chair.
The only fellini I've ever seen is 8 1/2.
Marcello mastroianni with his whip in the harem.
All the voluptuous women.
Wait. That's sounding kind of good.
No. No, I can't. Really. Well,
you seeing anyone this weekend?
Just Gladys fire stone. Who?
My thyroid patient. Remember?
Oh. Oh, yeah. Um, look, I'll look in on her tomorrow, okay?
Good. Thanks. I promise.
Don't drink too much. Okay.
Could I get another, please?
[Westphall] Ah. Good news, gentlemen.
Better be good to get us here on a Saturday morning.
The runneger family has offered to settle out of court.
I'm not surprised. Runneger was over 70.
They could hardly make out a case for loss of income.
Exactly. And now we have to look
at the pros and cons of settling
In lieu of a trial.
I don't know. Settlements have
always struck me as being morally gray.
You know what I mean?
They're half-hearted admissions of guilt.
Believe me, I know a lot of doctors who are convinced
That settlements simply encourage more lawsuits.
Look at the other side of the
coin. If we go to trial and lose,
St. eligius will have severe insurance problems.
So, what's it going to be out of court or in?
Not so fast. This is something the hospital
board of directors has got to decide.
I'll try to set up a meeting early in
the week. The sooner I know, the better.
I'm booked for the Caribbean on Wednesday.
And if we go to trial, I'll have to postpone.
Fiat justitia.
Good day.
Well, now I know where he got his tan.
[Knocking] [Anya] Come in.
♪[Background: Classical]
Vera? I'm in here.
I'll wait in the hall. Don't be silly. Sit.
I've never known a woman to be ready for a date on time.
Is that so? How many have you known?
Oh, not not that, uh
That's a long way from a white lab coat.
It's just a robe.
This is how east European doctors look like
Underneath those daunting exteriors.
I never found you daunting.
Don't try to fool me.
You were expecting to see a
woman that was built like a tank.
Oh, well, uh, considerably less roundish.
[Both chuckling]
Oh.
You look very dashing.
Here. First of the season.
Pipacs. what?
Poppies. Oh, yeah.
Oh. They're lovely.
Oh, and, uh
Aha. More surprises. [Laughs]
Oh, my.
Oh, my.
Palinka. Hungarian Brandy. Ah!
Oh. Glasses. Uh, try the bathroom.
Did you know you have a bathtub full of hot water in there?
Yes, I know. I haven't taken my bath yet.
There we go.
A toast.
How about, uh,
to the friendship between the United States and Hungary?
What are we, diplomats?
No.
To us.
To life.
Are we late? No problem.
I'll just call down and tell them to hold the table.
I'll do it. All right.
Dining room, please.
Yes, um, Dr. Craig has a table reserved for two at 6:30.
Yes, that's right.
We'd like to make it a little later.
Oh. Yes.
9:00 would be fine. Thank you so much.
More Brandy.
♪[Background: Blues] No, no. No.
It's just a little, uh, fever blister a cold sore.
Yes, I'm nice and warm. [Sneezes]
[Knocking] It's open.
Well, I have to get up every so often
Because of, uh, you know, all these fluids and things.
Listen, why don't I call you tomorrow?
That is, if I can manage to make it through the night.
[Coughing]
Yes, I know I've lost my sense of humor
As well as my health.
No, not to worry.
Uh, yes. Yes.
No. Mom?
Good night. [Sneezes]
[Laughing] Why? Why did I call her?
This place is disgusting.
You must be the angel of mercy. Yeah, I must be.
If I were human, I'd turn around and leave.
You make $80,000 a year, Ben.
You this place looks like you rent by the hour.
What is that? Is that for me? It smells wonderful.
Hot from the deli chicken soup.
Jewish penicillin. My mother would be so proud of you.
[Sniffs]
- What is that?
- Liquid aspirin.
That'll make the chocolate pudding taste awful.
You should be in bed.
I know, but I couldn't make it up the stairs.
Ah! First.
Annie, come on. I don't need you to take my temperature.
Ben, don't be a baby. I'm not a baby.
I I'm a grown man with a fever,
and my sinuses are pounding and my
teeth are chattering by themselves,
and I want my soup.
You're just gonna have to wait.
Now shut up. Open your mouth.
[Ellen] Mark?
Is that you?
Oh, hi. I thought you'd never get home.
Must have been a wild night at the hospital.
What are you doing here?
I live here. Well, what I meant was, uh, you're here.
Oh, yeah. Mom's much better, so I came home.
Oh, by the way, Steven called to find out how she was,
and he said to tell you that he's heard from St. eligius
About his observership.
He's very excited about it.
Are you all right?
Why do you ask?
You have the same look you had
after the dowlings' Christmas party.
Maybe I don't feel too well.
[Yawns] Did you have dinner? Yes. At the ritz.
Oh. All dressed up and everything.
Who was she?
I had dinner with Dr. Anya.
Ah. Official wining and dining.
What kind of doctor is he?
A heart surgeon from Hungary.
Is he a bright one? Very.
Hungary, huh?
You know something, Mark? We
really ought to go there sometime.
Larysa and Regis went there last summer,
and she has never stopped raving about it.
Would you mind getting the light, please?
She says that some of those
little villages are just gorgeous
And the food's good too.
Ellen, I've said before,
I refuse to spend good American
dollars in a communist country.
You'll just have to be satisfied
with Switzerland, like everybody else.
[Chattering on police radio]
You all right, sir? Yeah, I'm all right.
Let me see your license and registration, please.
It's not my fault. The tree
walked out right in front of me.
License and registration, please.
Where's your registration? It's
in the glove compartment, I guess.
Would you get it for me, please?
It's registered in the name of Jill Roberts.
Who's Jill Roberts? It's none of your business.
Step out of the car for me, please.
Why don't you just give me a push?
All I gotta do is get back to Boston. There's no rush.
Myra's waitin' for me! It's okay.
What time do you think it is,
Mr. White? I don't know what time it is!
I'm a doctor. I just got off work, all right?
Yeah, I know. Why don't you come
with me to the patrol car, please.
Just come with me.
Mr. White, I don't think you're in any condition to drive.
I'd like to give you a ride over to a local police station.
Come on.
[Desk sergeant] All righty, what have we got here now?
You want to fill out this form?
Just fill out the form. Don't
talk back. [Chatter continues]
How was your cell? Just me and two other guys.
They were blasted out of their minds or high on something.
Blood all over the place. It was a nightmare.
It sounds like you fit right in.
I bailed you out. Thanks.
I thought you never wanted to see me again.
[Laughing] I didn't have anybody else to call.
What about Jill? No.
No, she'd be pretty upset about her car.
The sergeant said they found some ritalin on you.
I had a prescription. Geez, Peter!
[Sighs] That's stuff's the next thing to speed.
What about Myra? Did you call her? Yeah, I called Myra.
I woke her up and told her you were here.
Did she say anything?
What'd you expect her to say?
I'm bushed. Let's get on back to Boston.
You owe me a hundred dollars
for the bail and a new right eye.
I'll pay you back as soon as I can, all right?
Look, Peter.
I'm not sayin' I'm glad you cracked up a car.
But maybe it shook you up.
You need to get help, Peter.
Look, Jack, I appreciate your
coming down here and bailing me out.
And, honest to god, I'm sorry I hit you.
But I'll make it on my own, okay?
What are you doing way out here anyway?
This is the middle of no place.
I wanted to watch the sunrise.
[Fiscus] The red sox won last night.
[Chuckles] Who cares? I hate the Red Sox.
Is there any more cannoli?
Oh, I think I ate the last one. It's too fattening anyway.
You're not fat, Shirley. You're just don't say it.
Tell me that this is not the Sunday brunch of your dreams.
This is not the Sunday brunch of my dreams.
Oh, come on. You love Italian pastry
And pastrami and bagels and lox
Yeah, but not all together. It could've been worse.
- I could've jammed it all in my food processor.
- Enough.
I don't get it. It's a beautiful spring morning.
The birds are chirping, we're off the clock,
and you've been acting like lady Macbeth.
It's no fun reading about yourself in the morning paper.
"Family sues St. eligius. Cite wrongful death."
You're just upset because they
spelled your name wrong. I am not.
Yes, you are, "shriley." Wayne, lay off. I'm serious.
I know you are, because whenever
you're serious you call me Wayne.
Listen up, shriley Shirley.
Whatever. Just don't take out your anger on me.
I'm not. [Sighs] Baloney.
Ever since this news broke,
you've been impossible to be with.
Look, I didn't do anything wrong in that elevator.
I know that, and so does everyone else.
- Not Chandler. He's treating me like dirt.
- Well, then tell him.
Okay, I will. Okay.
And let's make a pact.
From now on, we keep our private
lives separate from the hospital.
Deal. Okay.
What do you want to talk about?
You think the Red Sox are gonna win today?
[Laughing]
[Shrieks] You
[Knocking] Yeah?
Come on in.
What's up?
Peter white had a, uh, car accident Saturday night.
He was driving out near
leominster, and he sideswiped a tree.
- Is he okay?
- Well, he wasn't hurt, but it was a close shave.
Apparently, he missed an oncoming car by a hair.
Dr. Westphall, I may be out of line here,
but Peter could've killed himself this weekend.
I mean, he's so strung out about
his wife seeing someone else,
popping all those pills.
I don't know. I think he's on the edge of a
Would you talk to him? I mean,
you can probably do a lot more than I can.
I'm too close to him. Jack, I'm not a guidance counselor.
I'm sorry if that sounds brutal, but you and
I both know that Peter white needs more
Than a nice little fatherly chat.
The fella needs professional help.
- You'll never get him to go see a psychiatrist.
- It won't be his choice.
[Chattering]
Phil. I want to talk to you.
Listen, the runneger case is going to trial.
That's very nice. Nice? This is our chance
I'm glad you're excited, but you've been
walking around with a chip on your shoulder.
What do you mean? You think everybody
else thinks you've done something wrong.
But I didn't do anything wrong. Well, neither did I.
So stop making me feel like I did.
Well, at least now we're gonna get our day in court.
I don't need a day in court.
What I don't understand is why you've
put us on opposite sides of the fence.
You weren't the only one in that elevator.
I was working as hard as you
trying to keep that old man alive,
but you've completely ignored that.
You're right. I know.
I apologize.
Thank you.
Out of curiosity, Mark,
why did you ask the driver to come around
the side rather than meet me in front?
So I could do this.
Think I want a hundred orderlies and nurses
And everybody else in St. eligius staring at us?
Your pulse is going like mad.
[Sniffling] Excitement stimulates the adrenaline.
Any student knows that.
I can feel your heart beating.
That's what you're being paid for, doctor.
[Horn honks]
He's here. Yeah.
Tell him to avoid the southeast expressway.
[Riffling paper money]
Traffic's murder this time of day.
No expressway.
My treat. No, please. You've done
Please.
In debrecen, we go halves.
Very ancient custom.
Ah. Like the bread.
Even more ancient.
[Sniffling]
Well I'll remember our dinner,
the poppies,
you.
And you.
Remember what I said about the danube?
[Speaks Hungarian] "The most beautiful."
Yes.
[Speaking Hungarian]
This week really was.
So, uh, how are you feeling?
Oh, fine. It was just a 24-hour virus, I guess.
Cured with a little chicken soup and t.L.C.
"Tender loving cavanero."
Yeah. I haven't seen her.
No. She's home sick. Would you believe?
That girl just never had any resistance.
Helen. Yeah?
Can you get me the cardiac cath
results on the new mitral stenosis case?
Uh, Mr. Amendola.
Yeah, that's the name.
Morning, Dr. Craig.
Did Dr. Anya get off all right?
Ehrlich, don't you ever look in the mirror?
Uh, why? That's the same tie that you had on Friday.
Now, somewhere in your closet
full of stupid flowered shirts,
another tie must be lurking.
Did I say anything? What did I say?
Hello, Dr. Craig. Pick that up.
This is a hospital, not a pigsty.
[Mews]