St. Denis Medical (2024) s02e01 Episode Script

Superficial burns to the face.
- Vitals stable.
- What happened here?
He rented all this
pyrotechnic equipment,
like rockets and drones and
It was our gender reveal party.
Aw, congratulations.
Uh, sir, quick question.
Don't read anything into this.
Did you have eyebrows this morning?
The leading cause
of injury among dads-to-be
is elaborate gender reveals.
That's not a real statistic,
but it does feel that way.
All this for a baby?
Even for the pope, all they do is
puff out a little white smoke.
Hey, I hope it's a girl, right?
The future is female.
Yep, men are under attack,
which is great.
We don't know yet.
Firework went off
before the flaming arrow
could pierce the balloon display.
I wanted to do cupcakes, but
- In this heat?
- [CHUCKLES] They'd dry up.
You know, the good news
is that Mom and baby are OK.
So when you get home later,
you can find out together
and still have that special moment.
Yeah, I guess that's true.
Hey, guys. Is this yours?
- The EMT said that it might
- [BALLOON POPS]
- Oh!
- [COUGHS] Oh, God.
What's happening?
- Wow, my goodness.
- Hey, girl dad.
- You love to see it.
- Congratulations.
- It's in my mouth.
- Got a little princess.
It's stinging my tongue.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Aloha, everyone.
There she is.
How was the trip?
God, amazing.
I brought gifts.
Um
all right, macadamia nuts
are for everyone.
I got you one of those
little hula girls, Serena.
Hot. Would smash.
Holly, I got you some Kona coffee.
[GASPS] My fave.
They have this at the grocery store.
It's so good.
Did you bring me anything?
Uh, the macadamia nuts
are for everyone.
So last year, I was promoted
to charge nurse,
which almost destroyed me.
It was just hard making space
for myself and my family.
But Tim and I just spent a week
in Hawaii, and
wow, I mean, I was calm.
I was relaxed.
I wasn't getting sucked
into other people's problems.
I have decided to bring
chill Alex home with me.
Hawaii is just a state
of mind, you know?
That's called a shaka.
Yeah, it's, like, a
it's a whole thing there.
Hello, hello.
Dr. Joyce Henderson back on the cam.
And today I am joined by one
of our St. Denis all-stars.
Keith Finger III.
Stop saying your last name.
- Why?
- You know why.
Well, not much has happened
since you were gone.
Psych. Actually, a lot has happened.
We got a generous donation,
and I've been using the past few months
to renovate
our brand-new birthing center.
What kind of themes?
You skipped a line, and now
that doesn't make sense.
Each individual suite has its own theme.
Now, Keith.
- I already said it.
- Oh
What kind of themes?
Well, why don't we jump
right in and take a look?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
[WITH JAMAICAN ACCENT]
Under the sea, mon.
[NORMALLY] Oh, no. No.
Sorry, that accent's
inappropriate. Delete.
[WITH AUSTRALIAN ACCENT] G'day, mate.
Welcome to the outback.
[NORMALLY] See, that's better, right?
That's safer?
Well, it is a work
in progress, but this is it.
This is the future of St. Denis Medical.
If I can launch this
birthing center successfully,
we are on our way to St. Denis 2.0.
It's exciting, isn't it, Keith?
That wasn't in the script.
Just say yes.
Hey.
Oh, hey. What's up?
Just looking for a box
of medium gloves.
We're out in zone B.
Yeah, us too.
So I found out
that Matt had a crush on me.
With most guys, I'd call them out,
hook up with their best friend
for the chaos.
But Matt's a friend.
So I had Alex schedule us
in different zones for a while,
let him get over me.
It's tough 'cause I'm like a drug
and not one of the fun ones.
Me? I've been been great.
Really, um really focusing on myself,
becoming a better nurse.
And I've been getting out more,
you know,
trying to see what Merrick has to offer.
I tried Red Lobster
great hot dog.
I got my library card,
and I went cosmic bowling,
which is
I didn't, uh
I threw up.
So do you go too big with the large
or too tight with the smalls?
I like filling the smalls
like I'm hulking out.
Plus, floppy gloves freak patients out.
This freaks patients out?
You don't want to get sutured
by this guy?
- Ew, get away.
- [CHUCKLES]
All right, I gotta go scare Ms. Evans.
See ya.
Hey, you seen the Aquaphor?
Yeah, I just need some for
my arm here, a little tender.
There's one in zone B.
So that's over there, right, in
You don't know where zone B is?
No, I know.
What, this thing?
Oh, it's nothing.
Little fresh ink.
No biggie.
OK, I'll bite.
Couple weeks ago,
I go backpacking in the woods,
you know, just to get away
from the noise.
And somehow I get turned around.
Soon I'm completely lost.
I'm thinking I might be a goner.
Spoiler alert, I find my way
back to civilization.
And that's when this
appears to me like a vision.
I'm sure people are gonna have
a lot of questions about it.
So annoying. [SNORTS]
But it's fine. It's fine.
It's natural. I get it.
You know, people are curious.
Hey, I'm back, baby. Did you miss me?
- Were you gone?
- Ha.
Admit that you missed me,
and you can have a present.
I'm sensing some sort of new attitude.
Is this on purpose,
or should I order a brain scan?
Just trying to keep that
vacay energy going, you know?
Oh, yeah, that first day
back to work is always hard.
Nope. Not for me.
Gonna keep Hawaii going.
- It's in here now.
- Oh, oh, hey.
Look at this.
Triple XL?
This looks like a termite tent.
How how how big do you think I am?
No, it's supposed to be loose.
The whole idea is to, like,
shift your vibe, you know?
Hi, I'm Ron.
On the outside, I'm a blimp.
But on the inside,
I have terrible vibes.
Ron.
You know what?
I am not getting sucked
into your negativity,
'cause I am a no-drama island mama,
and he is already gone, so
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, Val, you like your gift, right?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I grew up on Kauai.
My father's a third-generation
ukulele luthier,
and on my mother's side, we're descended
from Hawaiian royalty.
So this "Here today,
gone to Maui" key chain
really resonated with me.
Ron.
Ron, it's all happening.
Are protein bars just adult candy?
The birthing center is looking great.
It makes me sad
that I'm in active menopause.
Listen, you are the one who pushed me
to do this birthing center.
It is gonna be huge for us,
and I have you to thank.
Oh. Well, you know what?
- I knew it was a great idea.
- [PHONE RINGS]
But I didn't
Oh, shh, shh, shut up,
shut up, shut up.
It's Amelia. It's our benefactor.
Hello. Hey, girlie.
Ma'am, madam, hi.
I was just talking about you.
Uh-huh.
Soy protein isolate.
OK. [CHUCKLES]
She wants to come and do a walk-through
of the birthing center today.
You said it looked good.
No, I said it will look good.
Right now, it looks like
a big old pile of crap.
Now, stop stuffing your face
and come help me move things.
This is an emergency.
Out of my way!
So Matt and I were just
joking around, and it was fine.
Totally not weird.
I think you can start
zoning us together again.
Oh, great. Matt said it was OK?
- What?
- What?
Why would Matt need to say it's OK?
Uh
OK, here's the deal.
Around the time that you asked
to be separated from Matt,
he also asked to be separated from you.
Wait, seriously?
From me?
I know. It's like
[GROWLS] You know?
But it's also like, meh.
So it's chill.
I'm chill. I'm fine.
All right, I'm gonna take you
at your word on that.
Oh, no, I am not getting
sucked into this.
No, I'm just gonna ride those waves.
This playlist is called Island Vibes.
- It's mostly "Moana," but I
- Just to be clear, Matt told you
to keep this a secret from me,
knowing we're best friends?
I mean, he
'Cause that's some
"Real Housewives" [BLEEP].
He's being psychotic.
[GENTLE UKULELE MUSIC PLAYING]
Are you guys just gonna let
her barge in here like that?
This is no longer a sacred space?
So I'm snorkeling through
this school of trigger fish, right?
And all of a sudden, they scatter,
and I'm like, oh, I spooked them.
But then something emerges.
Turtle?
Val, don't
yes, it was a turtle.
That's so cool.
White women love a sea turtle.
I think that all people
love sea turtles, OK?
But I realized I need
to be more like them
just calm, out there
doing their own thing,
not getting sucked into fish drama.
They just float.
They actually swim pretty
hard, like, 20 miles an hour.
OK, well, it's not
a one-to-one metaphor, then.
The point is, I think we could all stand
to be a little bit more
like these turtles.
Like, all old and fugly?
What?
Just sticking to our own business.
That's what I mean.
Alex, I have a huge problem,
and I need your help.
It's kind of my break, Joyce.
Not kind of. It is. It's my break.
And you should take it
but not right now.
Amelia's coming, our golden goose.
She's on her way, and we need
to impress her, so
OK, my lunch is in the microwave.
I'll buy you a new microwave.
I don't need a new microwave.
Alex, please, it's only
gonna take five minutes.
- Come on.
- [SIGHS]
Yes. That is the sigh of a helper.
- Nobody touch the microwave.
- That's right.
It belongs to Alex now.
I don't want the microwave, Joyce.
- Has she had a BMP?
- Yep.
- And a lipid panel?
- Yes.
Does my coat look too tight?
Uh
no, you look, uh, handsome.
Don't say that.
I don't like when you say that.
OK, but for the record,
you do look handsome.
- Stop.
- Doesn't Ron look handsome?
- Yeah, he looks cute.
- Please stop.
OK.
- Hey, new tattoo. Nice.
- Oh, my God.
Oh, this thing? Yeah, I was just, um
pfft, I don't know.
You don't need to hear
the whole story, I guess.
- OK.
- So I'm out in the woods, right?
- Mm.
- Low-fi.
Testing my wits against the
greatest mother of all, nature.
- Patient struck by lightning.
- Aw.
Currently alert and responsive.
- A lightning strike?
- Yeah.
Caught it right in the face.
Hit in the face and you're still OK?
Can we get him hooked up
to an IV, please?
- Yeah, on it.
- Checking pulse and sats.
Yeah, there I was cutting
my way through the brush.
- Bruce, stop talking.
- Uh-huh.
- Do you want a cardiac consult?
- Yes.
All the plastic,
all the empty cardboard boxes,
get rid of them.
This place needs to sparkle.
Oh, great, there's just
a hole in the wall.
We're flashing our holes at Amelia now.
Joyce, this is gonna take
more than five minutes.
Absolutely, it will.
OK, why is Cary Grant
in the outback room?
I mean, I know he was secretly gay.
Was he secretly Australian too?
He's probably supposed to be
in the old Hollywood room.
Well, take him there.
He's a cardboard cutout.
He's not gonna foxtrot
over there on his own, OK?
Oh, get rid of this table saw.
It's an eyesore.
Joyce, that weighs, like, 300 pounds.
So get Brandon to help you.
I'm sure he'd be delighted.
Make it happen. Make it happen.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Be right back.
It's so LOL that she thinks
we're doing any of that.
What?
No, Brandon, we need to do all of it.
I'm on my break.
I'm on my break too, man.
Let me just see [LEI SNAPS]
Oh. [GASPS] Oh, no.
Oh, my God, this kid got destroyed.
He's, like, seven.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Wild, huh?
One day, you're not struck
by lightning, and the next krrk!
Mm-hmm. Man, I've barely
seen you in, like, months, huh?
Uh, yeah, wow.
- Random.
- So weird, right?
It just seems very weird.
Uh, you know, it's a little weird.
Um, I don't know
about very weird, right?
Like, a ghost sighting,
that would be very weird.
So yes, I guess I agree
it is a little weird.
Doesn't it almost feel like
someone's doing it on purpose?
You know, I I'm still
hung up on the ghost thing
that you brought up just now.
Seems like there'd be
a lot of ghosts in here,
you know, 'cause of all
the untimely death.
That's basically how ghosts are made.
They, uh they choose to stay.
Um
I gotta take these to zone A, so bye.
Only two more carloads to go.
[PHONE RINGS]
Amelia, hey.
What's up, milady?
Hey, it's her assistant, Sam.
I'm just confirming
Amelia's 1:00 PM arrival.
Yep, got it, got it.
Oh, while I while I've got you, um,
if the birthing center isn't 100% done,
will that be OK with Amelia?
Oh, yeah, she knows that.
Oh, great. Great.
[CHUCKLES]
Yeah, that's why she's coming,
to pitch some design ideas.
Oh, cool.
Cool. Well, what kind of ideas?
Um, I'm not sure.
She just likes being
involved in that part.
Awesome.
Awesome, because we are a blank canvas,
so she really can make her mark.
OK, bye.
So should I take these
back to your car?
Yes, Keith.
'Cause now I'm thinking
you might not want
to go so hard on the themes.
Yeah, I'm starting
to think that myself.
Same brain as big boss.
Matt needs to be locked up,
literally put in a cage.
OK, just to say it, you might be
being a tiny bit hypocritical.
Uh
I'm just saying, I think he meant well
and you should go easy on him.
Go easy on that sociopath?
I don't know, man. I'm just hungry.
Stop everything.
Amelia wants the slate blank.
We gotta strip the birthing
center, no more themes.
OK, come on, giddy-up, kids.
Wait, sorry, no, I gotta draw
a line somewhere, Joyce, OK?
We can't keep leaving
to rest age the birthing center.
OK, I only want you to fix the things
that you personally changed, OK?
- Joyce.
- Oh, you know what?
Put that table saw back out there.
That really says work in progress.
OK, Amelia's 30 minutes out.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
[SIGHS]
Mainland problems getting you down?
It's fine.
Five more minutes
and I can take my break.
I'm still very relaxed.
Oh, yes.
The Hawaii tourism board
should snap a pic of you
for their brochures.
- Are you coming to help me or not?
- I have a patient.
Then I'm being lowered
down into a river as a dam.
You know, the Rock is
probably a triple XL, Ron.
It's only an insult
if you want it to be.
That sounds scary.
Did you black out at all?
No, everything went white.
[GASPS] Maybe you died for a second.
Did anyone grab my shoes?
They got blown right off my feet.
By the lightning?
Your shoes got blown off?
Not that big a deal.
I heard when the current
runs through you,
it can be stimulating?
- That's what I heard.
- Yeah.
You know what? Let's stop, please.
You're pestering this poor
gentleman and for no reason.
People almost die every day
from lightning,
from being lost in the woods.
Yeah, but being struck by lightning
is, like, one in a million.
[MUMBLES MOCKINGLY] Wrong.
It's literally 1 in 15,000.
Why do you know that?
Because I looked it up recently, OK?
The point is, it's not rare, all right?
We all know someone who's been
hit by lightning, right?
Are we counting this guy?
No, the doctor's actually right.
OK, thank you.
I remember reading this statistic
after I got struck the first time.
- Come on.
- The first time?
- You've been struck before?
- It came back to finish the job.
Wouldn't last a day in the woods.
Look, at some point
and I don't want to victim blame here,
but if you're getting hit
twice by lightning,
I mean, what's up with you?
[TENSE MUSIC]
[GRUNTING]
Ha.
Matt, Serena, can you guys
help me out, please?
You should check with Matt to make sure
I'm allowed to be near him.
I don't want to trigger him.
- I'm sorry. Did I do something?
- Guys.
You asked to be scheduled away from me
and then lied to my face about it.
- Alex told me.
- What? You told her?
- I just need some help, OK?
- There you are.
Hey, you can't be on break all day, Al.
Come on, we really gotta move
this lightning guy.
He's he's pulling focus
from the whole floor.
I am clearly busy, all right?
Hey!
Is that my lunch?
Are you eating my [BLEEP] lunch?
- I I
- [GLASS SHATTERS]
Thanks for your help, everybody.
Thank you so much.
OK, so lightning guy-wise,
where'd we land on that?
Alex, Alley Cat,
I need you out there, sister.
- We are
- I just I really
- I need a minute.
- OK, totally.
But can you take that minute while we're
walking to the birthing suite?
No. Joyce, no.
- Not now.
- Car crash. Hemothorax.
- Patient's diaphoretic.
- 104 is open.
OK, let's get him over.
- Get him on the monitors.
- Copy that.
All right, he's hypoxic.
- HFNC now.
- One, two, three.
- Yeah, I'm on it.
- All right.
- Watch out.
- Running leads.
- Starting second line.
- He's up.
Let's get him back.
Let's get him down. Watch out, guys.
- That tube's loose.
- Oh!
I I got it.
Uh, let's close that hole.
- It didn't rip out. We're OK.
- Good save.
Can somebody give Alex a hemostat
- so she can get her hands back?
- Right away.
And let's get a new
drainage system in here.
- Yes, Doctor.
- I was wrong.
Hawaii's not a state of mind.
It's a state.
And I am not there anymore.
So
[SIGHS]
I'll get it.
Hey.
How'd it go with Amelia?
Oh, uh, she texted me to tell me
she was not gonna be able
to make it out here after all
but that she
"trusts my judgment," which
OK.
I mean, aside from the deep
inner anger that causes me,
that that seems good, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's great.
Great.
Uh
- well, I'm gonna head back, but if
- Is anybody gonna come to this?
[SIGHS]
What, to the birthing center?
Yeah, I feel like
for the past four months,
I've been decorating my house
for a birthday party
that no one's gonna show up to.
- Oh.
- Like when I was 9.
Also 10 through 12.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Kinda my fault.
I grew tall early and just started
beating kids up for fun. [CHUCKLES]
- OK.
- Did it just 'cause I could.
Um, I I get it, 'cause this
is a big swing, you know?
Yeah. Huge, huge.
I've been running this place
for six years.
And before, when there was
a problem, I could just say,
hey, it's not my fault.
I inherited this mess.
But this was my idea.
So if it fails, I fail.
OK, Joyce, listen.
Um
people are gonna come, all right?
People are always gonna have babies,
and and you've made this
a really nice place to do that.
It's it's beautiful, I promise.
- It is?
- Yeah.
But what if it becomes, like,
a "Children of Men" situation?
No babies on Earth.
I don't think we need
to worry about that.
- You're right.
- Yeah.
That would be everyone's problem.
Mm.
Seahorses, huh?
God was having a real laugh
when he came up with those guys.
Look, can we just put it all out there?
I know.
What are you talking about?
I know that you have a crush on me, OK?
There, it's out there now,
and you can just deal with it.
Respond.
I don't know what to say.
It's fine.
It doesn't have to be weird.
We can just be normal.
Yeah, no, I mean,
that's that's great.
That's that's what I want too.
I just, um
for the record, I don't even
have a crush on you, so
[SIGHS] Matt.
No, I mean I I don't anymore.
I I knew you didn't
feel the same way,
so I took some space
to get over it, and it worked.
I'm I'm over you.
Oh.
But I'm sorry I made
everything so weird.
That's my fault.
Well, I forgive you.
And thanks for bringing it up.
I actually feel lighter now.
Yeah. Me too.
It's good. It worked out perfectly.
I get my friend back,
and there's no weirdness
'cause he's completely over me,
which is good.
It turns out,
Keith was eating his own lunch,
so I should apologize.
- Aloha.
- Oh, Ron.
- I like it.
- Ah.
It's got a nice swish to it.
Plus, I got blood on my other shirt.
Anyway, thanks.
You're welcome.
It's good to have you back.
You were missed.
You mean you missed me?
He missed me.
OK, guys, I'm gonna take off.
Bruce is loose, all right?
Unless anybody has anything
they want to ask before I, uh
anything at all?
OK.
- Tell me about the tattoo, Bruce.
- So I'm lost in the woods.
I can hear the parking lot,
but I can't see the parking lot.
Now, I know, without
fresh water, I'm a goner.
It's only a matter of time before I have
to drink my own urine.
So I get started straightaway.
Listen, I don't know what I'm doing.
I mean, you go on vacation, and you feel
like it unlocks something,
but then you come back,
and you're still you.
Maybe I just need to be kinder
to who I actually am.
You know, I get sucked in,
and the people here
are complicated and needy,
and I love them.
And that's when I hear it,
the unmistakable sound of grizzlies.
- Where were you?
- I get lucky.
Turns out to be a family
of Dutch tourists.
I bet that sea turtle's
also a lot happier
when he's surrounded
by his turtle friends.
Famously solitary creatures.
Just let me have this, all right, Val?
[LIGHT UKULELE MUSIC]
[SIGHS]
[BELL CLANGS]