Watson (2024) s02e04 Episode Script

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["HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS" BY THE
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN PLAYING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Step back and watch
the sweet thing ♪
Breaking everything she sees ♪
She can take my darkest feeling ♪
Tear it up till I'm on my knees ♪
INGRID: Song's a
bit on the nose, yeah?
- You found me.
- [TURNS DOWN MUSIC VOLUME]
You always come here
when there's a storm.
What's with you
and bad weather, anyway?
The Sphinx routine. Nice.
I don't owe you an answer
to every question, Dr. Derian.
State your business
or enjoy the moment.
Stephens is downstairs
with the patient.
He ran abdominal scans like you
asked, and the results are
Does it show a large trichobezoar?
It does. The patient
has a giant hair ball.
How'd you know that?
I suspected Rapunzel syndrome
the moment we took the consult.
The patient's been
pulling out her own hair
and eating it for years.
Trichotillomania with a dash
of trichophagia on the side.
We'll bring in psych,
schedule a procedure
- to remove the hair ball.
- Very good, Doctors.
Pull up a chair?
[PHONES BEEPING AND VIBRATING]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Uh, Watson, they think this
storm's gonna become a tornado.
A tornado. Really?
Why do you seem happy?
When psych is done with our patient,
we'll send them up here.
[TURNS UP MUSIC VOLUME]
Look at me enjoying something ♪
That feels like, feels like pain ♪
To my brain. ♪
- [SONG FADES]
- [SIREN WAILING]
WOMAN [OVER P.A.]:
Trauma team to the ER.
Trauma team to the ER.
[BUSY CHATTER]
CARLIN: Have you slept?
[INHALES SHARPLY]
I am plenty chipper.
That's not what I asked.
My girls, they're all
protected by the union.
I have to send them home
so they can rest.
Your girls? I can name six fellas
pulling down shifts
on this floor alone.
Men, women they're all my girls.
It keeps things simple.
You're a student.
You have no rights to speak of,
and no one cares
if you live, die
or see the face of God.
- Yeah, I've noticed this.
- You're a student.
I'm your nurse proctor.
I need to make sure
that you've gotten some rest.
I've managed to steal
a few winks here and there.
This was my first tornado,
Nurse DaCosta.
I don't want to miss a thing.
- Carlin's fine.
- Nurse Carlin, then.
Thanks for checking in.
Seems you've got a need
to get this floor tidied up.
Let me know if you need rest.
I ain't noticed
you taking any time off.
You're-you're a native
of these parts, yeah?
Greenfield, born and raised.
There's something you can do for me.
This word you folks use.
"Yinz."
Half the time I hear it,
it's being used ironically.
So how can I tell who's using it
in quotation marks
and who's using it 'cause
that's the way they really talk?
How to use "yinz"?
That's what you want to know?
"Yinz" is like, um
jazz for Pittsburghers.
If you're listening to jazz
and you got to ask
when the downbeat is,
you need to listen to more jazz.
BEN: Nurse Johnson!
My man!
[LAUGHS]
Nursing student, Ben.
What are you doing back here?
I thought you were discharged.
My mom dragged me back.
My shin looks kind of gnarly.
Help me out. My boy Chris
doesn't believe there's
a nurse named Shinwell here.
Nursing student, Ben.
Uh, Shinwell Johnson at your service.
CHRIS [OVER PHONE]:
He still could be lying, though.
Maybe you lot can help me out.
Do you and your friends
use the word "yinz"?
- Uh-huh.
- "Yinz guys going downtown?"
You did a voice.
Is it a joke word
or is it a real word?
[CHUCKLES] What are you, the Riddler?
Who says it has to be
one or the other?
Still hurts bad, huh?
Can I see?
Yeah.
I took the bandages off, anyway.
They were getting stinky.
That's normal, right? The black stuff?
At least the tornado
messed up the gym and my leg.
Everyone's missing practice,
not just me.
Listen, I understand yinz are busy.
Problem is, I-I cut myself shaving
a few days ago,
and now I'm having issues.
ANDREWS: Are you experiencing
chest pains or difficulty breathing?
My breathing is fine.
Are you listening?
I-I cut my thigh while I was shaving,
and it is, it is not getting better.
It's, like, grayish black,
and it's oozing pus.
I need to see somebody.
Take a seat, fill out this paperwork.
- We should be with you soon.
- [SIGHS]
This will help with the pain.
You know what else would help?
Scotch.
Three fingers in the bag, huh?
I'll tell my girls. You got that?
If that's one of your girls,
I'm gonna need a bigger dose.
I need to hit the head,
but I've suffered enough
at your hands.
Think your girl
can help me out with that?
I'm gonna miss you when you go home.
Nice sweatshirt.
Right.
Shall we get on with this?
Believe me, nobody's gonna be
happier than me
when I can whiz on my own.
[GROANING SOFTLY]
How's your neck feeling, guv?
PETER: Hurts like hell.
And what's a "guv"?
[P.A. BEEPS]
[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
There may be a problem, ma'am.
We're a hospital system coping
with tornado-based intake
and the aftermath.
- We've got dozens of problems.
- Yeah, I'm sure.
It's just, the kid Ben
who was readmitted,
his shin looks very similar
to the wound on Peter Loggins' neck.
And there's a young lady,
Francine White,
who's still waiting in the ER
Similar? What's similar?
The wounds are all black-like.
I'm short-staffed for 72 hours now.
The nurses I got on
are on golden time,
and some micro penis from Cleveland
is tracking every penny I spend,
and you come to me with this?
"All black-like"?
Respectfully, Nurse Carlin,
how do you know
the gentleman has a micro penis?
He's from Cleveland.
Are you not listening?
You're right, ma'am.
Yinz are busy.
I'll bring it up another time.
[CHUCKLES] "Yinz are busy."
It was a nice try, Shinwell.
I might just fail you on
general principle, but good try.
[SIGHS]
INGRID: That is one giant hair ball.
Can I offer a medical opinion?
That is the most disgusting thing
I have ever seen in my life.
WATSON: Your brother's
still with the patient?
- What?
- Nothing. Looks good on you.
- What looks good?
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
Sorry, guv. Um, not sure
if I should be interrupting.
Not sure I should be
bringing this up at all.
I didn't take a photo
of the young woman's thigh,
but you get the idea.
Are you all seeing what I'm seeing?
SASHA: I'll reach out to every floor.
We should be on the lookout
for more wounds like this.
And I'll follow up
with the patients we know,
start tracking the spread.
INGRID: And I'll schedule
the debridements.
We don't want to lose that leg.
Lose the leg? The kid's 16.
What's going on, guv?
You did the right thing
bringing this here.
This black tissue
around the injuries? It's dead.
If left unchecked, this necrosis
will continue to spread.
You might have just
uncovered an outbreak
of flesh-eating bacteria at UHOP.
♪
Step back
and watch the sweet thing ♪
Breaking everything she sees ♪
SHINWELL [OUT OF BREATH]:
Sorry to interrupt, Dr. Morstan.
Your staff said
I might find you up here.
Oh, it's no problem, Shinwell.
They say more storms are coming.
We might even get another tornado.
That's good news, is it?
You had the hint of a smile
on your face, that's all.
Dr. Watson really needs to see you.
I'll be down in one second.
Talking fast couldn't
tell me something ♪
[TURNS UP MUSIC VOLUME]
I would shed my skin for you. ♪
[SONG ENDS]
WATSON: Necrotizing fasciitis.
Shinwell found three cases
while he was doing rounds.
But we found a fourth patient,
Liliana Ortiz, when we asked
for a hospital-wide report.
The amount of dead tissue
varies from case to case,
but it's spreading,
and all four patients
need debridements.
How much healthy tissue
do we need to take?
That varies, too.
The fellows are with the patients now.
You're going to take
part of my shin?
What does that even mean?
Well, it's hard to say, exactly.
But we need to stop
dead tissue from spreading.
But I can still play, right?
Basketball is who I am.
It's my future. It's my now.
Tell me I can still play ball.
They're scared, from what I'm hearing.
It's hard to blame them.
"Flesh-eating bacteria."
Sounds like something from a movie.
Just tell them
to take a light hand, okay?
I'm using my neck.
I don't really have
any extra to donate.
I'll pass that along.
You hurt yourself in a car accident?
Yeah, I got side-swiped
during the storm.
The debridements should be
underway soon.
Blood cultures are pending.
The surgeons will take tissue samples
so we can try to identify
what bacteria is causing this.
We've started everyone
on systemic antibiotics.
How did this happen?
Where did it start?
I don't understand.
I-I cut myself shaving,
and now I need some kind of operation?
It's a debridement.
We can do it bedside in your case,
if the wound hasn't gotten worse.
Do you mind if I take a look?
Your chart says
that you're on infliximab
- for Crohn's disease.
- Mm-hmm.
Leaves you immunosuppressed.
Puts you in greater risk
for infection.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Do you need to get that?
FRANKIE: Oh. [SIGHS]
No, it's okay.
It's my husband Eric.
He's in Texas for
a church leadership conference.
I didn't even tell him I was here.
Well, I just, I don't want Eric
to be distracted, so
Okay, do you want us to list
another emergency contact?
Someone should know
that you've been admitted.
Uh, y-you could put down Sean Dalton.
He's a friend of ours.
He's a deacon,
and he's a really good guy.
I'll get his number.
This is all just so silly. [CHUCKLES]
I just cut myself shaving.
Is this a UHOP thing?
Did the outbreak start here?
We don't know. Not yet.
All four patients were treated
in our ER after the storm.
Maybe a staff member is
spreading the bacteria.
Maybe maybe they brought it
in from outside.
But, Mary, this kind of thing
happens at every hospital.
If this started at UHOP,
I promise you, we'll figure out where.
We do know one staffer who's had
contact with all four patients.
Ah
You don't need to say, "Ah."
Sorry, mum. Habit.
We'll test these against samples
from our four patients.
From there, we should be able to tell
if you're a carrier for the
bacteria causing the fasciitis.
He's already the world's
oldest nursing student.
Only makes sense that
he's spreading death and decay
- everywhere he goes.
- Nurse Carlin
is a harsh mistress.
I do find her to be
a fair one, though.
You'll be off patient care
while we wait for the results.
Sorry for the inconvenience, Shinwell.
No problem, Dr. Morstan.
Yinz guys can't be too careful.
She's hitting patients now.
You're a student.
Plus, I went to Catholic school.
I'm just doing what comes natural.
Hey, do us a favor.
Stop talking so much.
You're contaminating the air.
ADAM: No, no, no. I am into it.
But also, I trust your taste.
You have impeccable taste
when it comes to tasting cakes.
If you just want to go ahead
without me, that
Nighttime cake tasting. I'm into it.
See you at home.
[SIGHS]
Lauren is great.
She's really great. You know this.
I'm excited to be married.
I am not excited to get married.
Cake tasting.
Sounds like something
that could get you beheaded.
They had a whole revolution
about it and everything.
Eggs, flour, sugar.
How much different can one cake
be from another cake?
Now you're asking
the really important questions.
Is there a blindfold involved?
'Cause if there's not,
are you really being fair
to the different cakes?
[LAUGHS]
We just rounded
on Liliana Ortiz again.
The necrosis is still spreading.
She needs further debridement.
INGRID: That's four patients, four
additional procedures necessary,
in case you're keeping score.
The antibiotics aren't working.
They have to cut more?
That kid's leg
STEPHENS: We tested
everyone we could run down.
Everyone's cultures
came back negative.
The outbreak didn't start at UHOP.
Just got off the phone
with Van Kirk Memorial.
They had two cases there.
Someone just died at AGH
- an hour ago.
- Where are you going?
- Scene of the crime.
- Is there a crime?
Figure of speech, Dr. Lubbock.
ADAM: I'll drive you.
Wherever you're going,
please let me drive you.
Cake. He's avoiding cake.
ADAM: Okay, so Peter Loggins
had a car accident
at this intersection.
- WATSON: Correct.
- [PHONE VIBRATING AND RINGING]
ADAM: Ben Gillespie
plays varsity basketball
- a mile down that road.
- WATSON: Also correct.
ADAM: And Liliana Ortiz's
house is two blocks that away.
Still don't know
what we're looking for.
WATSON: Tell you as soon as I know.
[PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING
AND RINGING]
ADAM: What, you just gonna
ignore your phone like that?
What if it's Laila?
Laila's stuck in Austin.
She left town before the storm hit.
That could still be her.
Laila's safe in a hotel.
Her son is with his father.
Beyond that, it can wait.
Laila respects your boundaries.
That's nice.
No, don't do that.
Don't make yourself a victim.
If you can't set boundaries
with your fiancée,
how's she supposed to know
where they are?
Yes, sensei. [CHUCKLES]
ADAM: Watson? What is it?
Turns out we're looking
for the carrion beetles.
ADAM: Carrion beetles?
Aren't those almost extinct?
WATSON: The sexton
beetles. They eat dead stuff.
They're massing
right here.
- MARY: John?
- WATSON [OVER PHONE]: Mary.
We need to change the treatment.
Change the treatment?
I'm in the OR
with Ben Gillespie right now
for more debridement.
His necrosis is spreading up his leg.
No, no, don't let them amputate.
We had the wrong diagnosis, okay?
This isn't a UHOP problem.
The tornado did this.
Keep the kid's leg.
We can control the spread.
We can save them all.
We assumed the infection
was bacterial,
but it's actually fungal.
Our patients don't have
necrotizing fasciitis.
Our patients have necrotizing
cutaneous mucormycosis.
- Where did the fungus come from?
- From the ground.
Of course.
Mold spores can be stirred up
from the soil
during natural disasters.
Earthquakes
- BOTH: Tornadoes.
- So we'll do cultures
- and a tissue biopsy to confirm that.
- [PHONE CHIMES]
But we need to start all four patients
on amphotericin B
and monitor their wounds hourly.
Get the word out
to all other hospitals.
- MARY: John.
- WATSON: If we're lucky,
we can stop the necrosis
before the patients
lose some more tissue.
- MARY: John.
- Yeah?
The surgeon just rounded
on Ben post-op.
Despite doing extensive debridement,
the necrosis is continuing
to spread past Ben's knee.
That kid has basketball scholarships
- from five different schools.
- MARY: I'm sorry.
The others, we can intervene.
We can save Ben's life,
but he's going to lose his leg.
I'm sorry.
- Hey.
- Hey.
It's me, needy litigator girl.
- You okay?
- I'm good.
I'm glowing.
I'm sorry about the tasting thing.
I was trying
to engineer a moment. [SIGHS]
But it turns out, I am a lawyer,
not an engineer.
[CHUCKLES]
Are you gonna look at the cake,
or do you need more hints?
[CHUCKLES] Surprise.
Wow.
You're positive about this?
Uh completely positive.
I-I know that this was not the plan.
I definitely didn't want
a shotgun wedding,
but here we are.
Wow.
Wow. [SIGHS]
Can you please say something
besides "wow"?
Are you happy?
Are you kidding?
Of course I'm happy. I'm thrilled.
LAUREN: Okay. Good. Good.
WATSON: I'm sorry.
Ben, I'm I'm so sorry.
You're sorry?
I've been playing basketball
since I was four.
Who am I supposed to be
if I only have one leg?
You're Ben Gillespie.
You'll still be Ben Gillespie.
BEN: No, I won't. I won't be.
You know, I don't let just anyone
see me in these glasses.
CARLIN: Shut up for a second.
Your patient needs you.
The lad's gonna lose his leg.
CARLIN: That's right.
He's all of 16 years old. What
What am I gonna say to the boy?
I don't know. Say anything.
Say nothing.
But if you're half the man
I hope you are
you'll figure it out.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
STEPHENS: It's 10:53 in
the morning. I don't want cake.
I can't give it to anyone else.
You're the only one who knows.
Just says "reg."
You don't think Watson wouldn't
be able to figure out "pregnant"
from that? Ingrid? Sasha?
Did you call Mom and Stan?
We're waiting until
Lauren hits 12 weeks.
We're doing it the traditional way.
Adam. You're gonna be a dad.
- [SIGHS]
- Congratulations.
You're gonna be an uncle.
You don't even like kids.
Ah, I'll make an exception
for my nephew.
Nephew? You know something I don't?
How am I supposed to react here?
Give me a script.
I know I'm supposed
to be happy, and
I am happy, but most of the time
I just feel so overwhelmed
and terrified I'm gonna screw this up.
Lie. That's your script.
Say you're happy. Show you're happy.
Lauren is scared, too. I guarantee it.
And she's watching you.
You two are connected forever now.
The other stuff, the fear, I get it.
That's what I'm for.
Come to me with all of it.
I'm glad you didn't die.
Yeah. I love you, too.
[QUIET CHATTER]
Ben's lucky to have you.
[SIGHS] I don't want to do this.
WATSON: I know. He's
still lucky to have you.
I'll be here the whole time.
[SIGHS]
Hey, did you hear
we're gonna get more storms?
There's a tornado warning.
I heard.
INGRID: You're imagining things.
SASHA: I'm not imagining things.
I'm trying to give you a compliment.
- I did not dye my hair.
- [LAUGHS] "A," I'm a woman.
"B," I'm from the South.
And "C," I've been trained
under John Watson
for more than a year now.
Watson doesn't even have hair.
I've been trained to know a lie
when I see one.
Now, maybe you're just shy about it,
or maybe you just like
messing with me.
Either way, looks good on you.
What looks good on me?
- SASHA: Mr. Wright?
- SEAN: Uh, Mr. Dalton.
Sean Dalton.
I-I'm not Frankie's husband.
I'm her, uh, her friend.
Her-her emergency contact.
Uh, Pastor Eric's on his way
back from Galveston.
We saw that Frankie spiked a fever.
Has she been awake at all
since you've been here?
[SIGHS] No. Is she okay?
- She's not responding to her new medications.
- Yet.
INGRID: The good
news is, it's been effective
with the other patients.
We just want to monitor
your friend's progress.
SASHA: Oh, she's febrile.
She's really sweating.
Wait, do you know
where those scratches came from?
- No.
- SASHA: Mrs. Wright.
Frankie?
Hmm? [PANTS]
Where am I?
SASHA: You're at
UHOP. We're your doctors.
- I have to go to work. I have to go.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- You need to stay.
- You're disoriented, Frankie.
Sean.
You came.
[RETCHING]
- Okay, easy.
- [MONITOR BEEPING]
- Lie back down.
- Step back, sir.
- She's going into shock.
- We need to get her on her side.
- Secure the bed.
- Flip her over.
- Careful. Watch her hands.
- Suction, please.
Three out of our four patients
are improving.
Frankie Wright is the only one
that's getting worse.
Yesterday, she had the best prognosis.
Today, she has the worst.
Why?
- What?
- Oh, come on.
Can y'all not see
the subtle differences
- in Ingrid's hair color?
- Yeah, I mean,
- I guess it looks a little different.
- Oh, yeah. I guess.
- Yeah, I can see that.
- SASHA: Dr. Derian
is conducting an experiment on me.
She left here at lunchtime
and changed her hair, again.
Can we focus on what's important?
Frankie Wright is a 29-year-old woman
taking infliximab for Crohn's disease,
so we already know
she's immunocompromised.
But I don't think that explains it.
Frankie's necrosis stabilized
once we gave her
the antifungal medication.
Then she had a fever, rash,
and appears
that she's going into septic shock.
That's a generous definition
of "stable."
I can't disagree with you there,
Dr. Croft.
Aren't there usually two of you?
Um, Adam is with Lauren.
It's an appointment.
So, have we confirmed
Frankie's medical history?
What about potential exposures?
Contacted the husband.
He confirmed they don't have any pets.
Neither of them have been sick lately
nor traveled outside the country,
and they also haven't been
around anybody sick either.
Someone tell me what I'm thinking.
There are two issues.
Frankie has mucormycosis,
like the three other patients,
but she also has something else.
WATSON: Very good, Dr. Derian.
- And what might that be?
- INGRID: I mean,
seems like that's
the question of the hour.
If we don't want Frankie to die here
at UHOP, we should probably
figure that out.
And how do we do that?
INGRID: Stephens can sequence
the DNA from the tissue samples
from our four other
potential mucormycosis patients.
See if it's the same strain.
It's usually better when
he's interacting with equipment
- instead of people.
- I'm doing better with people.
People are fine.
People should try to do better,
if I'm being completely honest.
I'll go with, uh, the other
doctor here,
check out Frankie's place,
see if there are any exposures
we haven't thought of.
- WATSON: The other doctor?
- INGRID: You can keep tabs
on Frankie and moon over storms,
or whatever.
SASHA: Hey.
- I see you.
- I see you.
Shinwell.
You all right?
[SIGHS, GRUNTS]
Sorry, guv, I didn't want to intrude.
Ben lost his leg.
After everything.
It-it just moved so fast.
Yeah, I know.
Definitely not the result
any of us were hoping for,
- that's for sure.
- Is it my fault?
No. Why would it be your fault?
You were the reason why we found
the patients as early as we did.
Yeah, but it could have been earlier.
See, I saw Ben first,
and I felt something was wrong,
- but I didn't say anything.
- No, you spoke up
when you truly knew
that there was a larger problem.
And then you made sure
we paid attention.
There's nothing else
you could've done.
I didn't think about this when I
was deciding to become a nurse.
Hmm. Yeah, well, not many of us
in this field do, Shinwell.
I mean, we think about
all the people that we save,
all the families that we support,
the breakthroughs that we discover.
The heartbreaks are harder
to contend with.
How do you do it John?
How do you deal with it all?
I just remember that
for every sad outcome,
there's dozens of good ones, like Ben.
Ben has a heartbreaking outcome,
but it's also a good one
because Ben's alive.
But if you hadn't have spoken up
when you did,
this would be
a very different conversation.
[CHUCKLES WRYLY]
Right.
- Thanks, guv.
- Yeah.
Do appreciate the, uh, pep talk.
And, you know, spending a little time
on the roof, watching the rain
doesn't hurt.
SASHA: Are you trying to gaslight me?
I mean, I don't think
I have Capgras syndrome,
but maybe I'm wrong.
Capgras syndrome?
Oh. So, you don't know everything.
CAPGRAS SYNDROME: the belief
that someone in your life
has been replaced by an impostor.
You don't have Capgras syndrome.
You're just annoying.
You dyed your hair, twice.
I'd see a man in Jericho
before I admit different.
You'd see a man in Jericho?
You dyed your hair, twice.
This was fun and all, but
I'm gonna get back to work now.
[SIGHS] I'm not messing with you.
I mean, I am now,
but at first,
I hoped nobody would notice.
[CHUCKLES] Call me crazy.
I forgot I work with
Miss Texas Congeniality.
I just, I don't know.
I hoped I could slip
into something else,
some other version of me.
- And who would that be?
- I don't know.
It's a certain combination
of ingredients, colors.
It's not that far from
who I am right now,
and it's a lot closer
to who I want to be.
I guess
maybe
if I tweak things just right,
when I see her in the mirror,
I'll recognize who she is.
Ants.
Ants?
Are ants important?
No idea, but there were
carrion beetles
at the scene of the car
accident. There are ants here.
I say we let Watson sort this one out.
[CAMERA CLICKS]
WATSON: Ants?
ERIC: Five pastors? I
would hardly call that
an overwhelming swell of endorsement.
Look, I have the support of Phil,
and if Brian knows
what's good for him,
he'll come around, too.
Those pictures of his kid?
That is a big bong, you know.
I know it's 2025,
but that is a big bong.
Oh.
Are you one of Frankie's doctors?
- I am.
- Ah. I'll call you back, Duncan.
Pastor Eric.
- I'm Frankie's husband.
- John Watson.
Ah. Sorry about all that.
Sometimes you have to break
a few eggs to make a
you know, a congregation.
- No problem. Excuse me.
- Oh.
Yeah.
Uh, she's resting, Pastor.
I have to get back to relief detail.
- Sorry, did you say Dr. Watson?
- Yes.
I'm Sean Dalton.
I'm Frankie's emergency contact.
Thank you for helping.
They really love you
around this place.
[PHONE VIBRATING]
Sorry. I have to, um
Let me know how I can help.
Hi, Brian. What is it?
No, I'm with my wife.
Yes, Frankie.
INGRID: Maybe we should
investigate Frankie's side piece.
Mr. "Emergency Contact"
is clearly Mr. "Source of Sex
While Pastor Eric Is Away."
I definitely wouldn't rule out
that diagnosis.
That man needs to get off
the phone and pay attention
to his wife.
Where do things stand with Frankie?
Uh, we sent a CBC and blood cultures.
White count's high. That could
just be the fungal infection.
Blood cultures are still pending.
CRP and ESR are mildly elevated,
but nothing dramatic to suggest, uh,
an acute worsening
of the Crohn's disease.
The ultrasound
of her abdomen was negative.
What about this rash?
STEPHENS: Frankie doesn't
know where it came from.
She woke up itchy a couple
of days before the tornado.
- Frankie and her husband have any pets?
- ADAM: None.
- We asked twice.
- WATSON: Those are flea bites.
She had to have been around
an animal somewhere.
You haven't even mentioned
the ants yet.
WATSON: That's
because they're just ants.
They don't matter.
But congratulations, Dr. Derian.
Cute picture. Someone text me
Sean Dalton's address.
- Sean Dalton?
- Mr. Emergency Contact.
Hey, you changed your hair.
It looks good.
Welcome to the party, Adam.
♪
WATSON: Those are flea bites.
She had to have been around
an animal somewhere.
SEAN: Dr. Watson?
Oh, hey, Sean. Hey.
[CHUCKLES]
Sorry to show up unannounced.
- Did something happen to Frankie?
- No, she's holding steady.
These guinea pigs, are they your pets?
Oh. They were my niece's.
Her mom hated them,
so I built that enclosure
and took 'em in.
My Great Aunt Maxine, she was
the nicest lady I ever knew.
She called guinea pigs
"God's only mistake."
I'm sorry. Why-why do you care
about my guinea pigs?
Well, because I think
they might explain
what's happening to Frankie.
And I think I can treat her,
and if I'm right,
she'll make a full recovery.
What? That's amazing.
Yeah, it's just
one thing, though, Sean.
It's all gonna come out.
You. Frankie.
The affair.
Now, I can treat her,
but I'm not sure
I can keep that a secret.
Yeah, that's right,
order an MRI for Frankie
and book an OR right away.
I'll explain soon as I get back.
Great, thanks.
If I was off the clock,
I would take you up on that.
That's cool.
I'll drink 'em both myself.
[SIGHS] It wasn't really
an affair, per se.
Look, I don't want to pry.
Okay? But I just
think Frankie's husband
would have questions.
He won't.
Pastor Eric knows everything.
Frankie and the pastor,
they were gonna have kids.
They had genetic tests done,
and I guess there were problems.
There's this new thing, um,
you take DNA from three people
and make a kid.
Overcomes problems like that.
Mitochondrial replacement
therapy. I'm very familiar.
Yeah. So Frankie and the pastor,
they asked me to be their third.
I said, "Yes," of course.
You know, it was an honor.
The IVF didn't work,
but along the way, I
I kind of became their third anyway.
We're, like
all together.
A "throuple" is what
they say on the Internet.
We can't say anything.
The church. The scandal.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Yeah, no. I get it. I get it.
And, as my Aunt Maxine would say,
"God doesn't make mistakes."
Except for guinea pigs.
Except for guinea pigs. [LAUGHS]
Ah, yeah, she hated guinea pigs.
[LAUGHS]
[THUNDER CRACKS]
STEPHENS: Watson's on his way back.
He wants to meet us all in the OR.
I lied.
To Lauren.
I, um, faked it, just like you said.
Did a pretty good job.
I don't think I want this, Stephens.
Isn't that horrible?
I might actually be a bad person.
You are not a bad person.
You and Lauren are engaged.
Didn't you talk about having kids?
We did.
I said I wanted them.
I wasn't even lying.
Or it didn't feel like I was lying.
Just was picturing
another version of myself.
One not too far away from
who I am now,
but not me, either.
That Adam, he's a grown-up.
He wants the things
that grown-ups want.
That's not me, though.
I don't want this. It's coming
anyway, but I don't want it.
I don't want kids.
What do I do?
♪
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
- Things in there will kill you.
- [KEYPAD BEEPING]
[VENDING MACHINE WHIRRING]
Might say the same about your coffee.
Speaking of which,
isn't it a bit late for that?
It's never too late for coffee.
But if you must know,
I'm covering a shift.
You look after your girls,
but who takes care of you? [SIGHS]
Wouldn't you like to know?
Shouldn't you be home by now?
Always more work to be done.
Wanted to stick around in case
Ben wanted to talk some more.
I knew you'd figure out what to say.
I put some words together, yeah.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
I told him I know what it's like
to have to rethink
everything about yourself.
I know what I've been through
is completely different,
but yeah, mm.
You did good.
That was a compliment.
- From you.
- [LAUGHS]
Being serious.
You'll make a great nurse
when you grow up.
[SIGHS] I don't know who you
were before, Shinwell, but
I'm glad I get to know
who you are now.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SIGHS]
SASHA: Sexually transmitted
flesh-eating fungus?
That's what Frankie has?
That's one of the things Frankie has.
Sean Dalton lives in a tornado zone.
He had fungus on his hand.
It got into the cut on Frankie's leg
when the two of them
got down to business.
Ah. So, like I said,
sexually transmitted
flesh-eating fungus.
Well, Sean's guinea pigs
also have fleas,
and they carry Bartonella rochalimae.
They bit Frankie,
and in patients
with healthy immune systems,
it wouldn't cause any issues.
- But Frankie is immunosuppressed.
- WATSON: Exactly.
In patients like Frankie,
it can cause
osteomyelitis of the spine.
The MRI confirmed a bone infection.
- That's what the washout's for.
- WATSON: Yeah, so we'll
start her on some
specialized antibiotics,
and she'll be on her way
to a full recovery.
Fungus. Fleas.
They should really get
a hotel room next time.
A throuple. Wild.
You know what they say:
two Crofts are better than one.
- That is absolutely disgusting.
- They do not say that. -ADAM: Ugh.
Retract that statement.
Well, I can see
you guys have got this.
If anyone needs me,
I'll be on the roof.
On the roof?
There's a tornado warning.
Don't ask.
You have to respect them.
Storms. You really do.
They're like a gift.
A reminder to think about
what really matters.
You can make all the plans you want.
You can plot it down to a T.
Then something bigger comes along
and just blows it
straight out of the water.
It could be a storm.
It could be a bacteria
that crawls into your body
without an invite.
But the way you react when you
see how small you really are
that's how you know yourself.
That's the only way you know yourself.
And that moment's different
for all of us.
It could be getting some news
that you weren't ready for.
Or maybe a fear you never
expected to come true.
Or a chance that you
never imagined you'd take.
Could be a woman or a man,
or it could be whatever.
But you will never know
what your own storm is.
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Not until it starts raining.
MARY: That was fun.
Last night. That was fun.
I haven't had a first date that
felt like it meant something
in a long time.
Why don't we do it again sometime?
What's wrong with right now?
The Jesus and Mary Chain?
- Never heard of them.
- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
The news says a tornado is coming.
Yeah, I know.
Why don't you press play.
Let's, uh, see what happens.
["HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS" BY THE
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN PLAYING]
Step back and watch
the sweet thing ♪
Breaking everything she sees ♪
She can take my darkest feeling ♪
Tear it up till I'm on my knees ♪
Plug into her electric cool ♪
Where things bend and break
and shake to the rule ♪
Talking fast
couldn't tell me something ♪
I would shed my skin for you ♪
Don't know why, don't know why ♪
Things vaporize
and rise to the sky ♪
And we tried so hard ♪
And we looked so good ♪
And we lived our lives in black ♪
But something about you
felt like pain ♪
You were my sunny day rain ♪
And I'm happy now ♪
Oh, I'm happy when it rains. ♪
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