Doc (US) (2025) s02e06 Episode Script

1
Previously on Doc.
I had a car accident.
Lost a lot of my memory.
I want my daughter's heart back!
- I'd better give them a call.
- Best ask for Michael Hamda.
UNOS agreed to send the heart.
Does the board know what you just did?
You put our accreditation at risk.
It doesn't matter how drawn I
am to you, this can't happen again.
I'm not looking for anything serious.
The only thing you care about is Danny.
He's gone and that's still
all that matters.
I keep flashing on that damn snow globe.
Memory seizures? I've read about that.
Your father filed an HR
complaint against Dr. Larsen
and a week later, he was gone.
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
(CROWD CHATTING)
Talking won't change anything.
Perhaps not, but
your silence won't either, will it?
You have cancer. You could die.
What do you want from me?
I'm just trying to get through the day.
Ah. Stoicism.
(CHUCKLING)
A highly overrated virtue.
Vulnerability.
Now that's a lovely kind of courage.
Besides, you can't expect your wife
to carry all the pain
for the both of you.
(EXHALING SADLY)
I see the strength in you.
But there's also something else.
(SHAKY BREATHING)
I'm scared.
Surgery's scary.
Cancer more so.
I don't know how to do this.
You don't have to do it alone.
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
Hey. I'm here.
(INHALING SHARPLY)
(SOBBING)
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC SWELLING)
(ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC)
(PHONE RINGING)
- Hey.
- You back there again?
Yeah?
Anything new on your mystery man?
No. It's the right place, but, yeah.
Nothing new on the man in the crowd.
Well, it may not even be about him.
What do you mean?
Katie called this morning.
She knows you've been
going there every day.
She also knows why that
snow globe is so triggering.
Okay, uh, do you wanna tell me why?
She doesn't wanna talk about it.
But she's worried
and doesn't want you to keep
going there, chasing your tail.
Okay, why would she lie to me about it?
And why is she
communicating through you?
You've been pretty distracted
since all this came up.
I think she's afraid you're
slipping into old patterns.
Well, I'm not.
And I will deal with her directly.
(CLEARING THROAT)
Well, I guess I better
get home.
Another night like this and
I'll be the one sleepwalking.
We can help you with that.
Actually, there's a band
I'd like to check out tonight.
I can change my flight again.
Zero pressure, Doc.
Yeah, yeah. Sure.
Why not. Sounds like fun.
Hi, Hannah. How are you?
Fine thanks.
Everything okay?
(SNOW GLOBE CLINKING)
Daughter drama.
She's a teenager.
It's a bit more than that.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC SWELLING)
Okay, interns.
Dr. Heller is on a later call today,
and Dr. Ridley's out
at a medical conference,
so I've been assigned to wrangle you.
I want to review all
of your patient exams.
Flag every abnormal lab.
And impeccable charting today.
(CLAPPING AND CHEERING)
Looking great today.
All right, all right.
All right, all right,
all right, I appreciate it.
I should get shot more often.
I thought you weren't
back till next week. Hi.
No way I'm sitting on the sidelines
while Dr. Ridley plays
Hunger Games with my career.
- Man of the hour.
- Please don't.
Let's get to it.
We have a Code Orange
arriving momentarily.
The inmate has a possible poisoning.
He's a convicted felon
with a violent history.
Armed robbery, aggravated
assault, gang affiliations.
He'll be treated and guarded
in the lockdown room.
No one enters without clearing
security protocols
with his corrections officers.
- I'll take him.
- (SHOUTING NEARBY)
My folks are both cops, I know
how to deal with these guys.
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
Take it easy, now.
Don't just stand there!
Come on! Help me!
Lockdown room for you then.
(COUGHING NEARBY)
Are you short of breath?
At my age, I'm short on a lotta things.
My boxing days are long gone.
(GROANING)
Take a breath.
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
You're not moving much air.
- How long have you had this rash?
- A few months.
Pressure's up.
Got any pain in your chest?
Here and there.
If I'm being honest,
I'd say more here lately.
I am afraid you have
advanced vasculitis.
I was hoping the tears
of blood were a sign from God.
It's your immune system
attacking your blood vessels.
I'll start steroids to calm it,
but I want to be honest with you.
Every organ in your body is under fire.
It's hard to cure and
the treatment will feel
worse than the disease.
If this is God's path for me, I guess
I'll have to see where it leads.
Well, I'll be leading you today.
He's fully restrained
so if you need to unshackle him
for any part of the exam,
I'll come in.
I'm also watching from out here.
Any concerns at all,
just give me a signal.
Is he dangerous?
He likes to fight in the yard,
but never attacked any C.O. or civilian.
He was poisoned, though,
so someone's unhappy
about something he did.
You're good to go.
Hi, Malcolm. I'm Dr. Coleman.
Did the oral lidocaine
help with your pain?
(COUGHING VIOLENTLY)
Yeah. Pain's gone.
It's been like that for how long?
Two hours.
And it ain't the only end
it's coming out of.
Mind if I examine you?
Go ahead, man. I don't bite.
Open up.
Hmm. Any idea what they gave you?
Nah. Somebody must've
spiked my breakfast.
(INHALING SHARPLY)
You looked away from your tray?
Hey, man, they got all kinds
of tricks on the inside.
Last year, a guy got killed with
crushed asthma inhaler powder.
Two weeks into his stretch.
I need to know what's going on
inside your stomach.
Means a camera down
your throat to take a look.
But first,
I need to check your back end.
You can't just take my word for it?
Afraid not.
(SIGHING)
So? How's it going so far?
Uh, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Well, Dr. Ridley's email said
to give you a wide berth today,
so I think that's her way
of saying you're a serious contender.
Oh. What do you think?
Uh, doesn't matter what I think.
What matters is why
you want the responsibility.
Well, I
I have interns to corral.
Can you give Chaplain O'Leary
a gram of methylprednisolone?
He's in for a hard fight.
I would not have gotten
through my divorce without him.
Talked me out of first-degree
murder. Twice.
He was one of the first people
to visit me after my accident.
Morning.
Heard you admitted Eamon.
That's a shame.
It is.
Something wrong?
Obviously, you can do what you want,
but the sister of a patient?
It's pretty public. Pretty fast.
- Amy, listen
- Don't bother.
I'm a grown-up.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
(TYPING AT KEYBOARD)
(COMPUTER DINGING)
I can't access an organ
and I can't list my patient.
It's not just you.
It's the entire hospital.
UNOS has suspended
our transplant program.
Okay, well, that can't be a coincidence.
We lied to them during
the hostage crisis.
(PHONE BEEPING)
I heard this morning, Michael.
We have a formal review with
the organ oversight committee
today at 6:00.
I thought we were in the clear.
Apparently not. You have
any transplants scheduled?
Dr. Heller has one to list,
and so far,
three other potential candidates
looking to be ready
by the end of the week.
Well, I set a Board meeting
for this afternoon,
we can formalize our response
before the review.
Be prepared with a narrative.
(PHONE DIAL TONE)
- What do we do now?
- You don't do anything.
You'll be called as a witness
since you handled the organ.
You say you were following my orders.
They're gonna make you
the fall guy for this.
I guess we'll see.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
You spoke beautifully.
I don't even know what I said.
That he was a happy child
and deeply loved.
Look,
I know you've never been to our chapel,
but when you get back to work,
if you need a quiet place,
somewhere to think,
find hope, reach out,
it's there.
So am I.
Thank you. It means a lot
to us that everyone was here.
- Are you stalking me?
- No, but we need to talk.
Not about this. Not today.
I don't even know what this is!
Sorry, I gotta get to class.
Katie. No. This is
obviously upsetting you,
and pushing it down
is only going to make it worse.
You'll come to the hospital after school
and we will work it through.
Fine.
What up, Sis?
Charlie, be serious! I work here!
You're the one blowin' up my phone
after I haven't heard
from you in months.
It took you four days to get back to me,
and now you show up here?
It's about Dad.
He didn't resign. He was fired.
Wow. Come again?
This doctor I work with
used to be his chief.
She was a nightmare to work for.
Dad even complained about her to HR.
Remember how squirrelly
he was when he stepped down?
It was because he didn't want
to admit he was forced out.
For standing up to her.
We need to find out
exactly what happened.
Do you think you could get
into Dad's old emails?
Oh, I tried after he died.
His personal one didn't
have jack about this.
I couldn't get into
his hospital one either
'cause they shut that down too.
What about that friend of yours? Z?
Hospitals got, like,
firewalls on top of firewalls.
You need to get into her computer.
How would I do that?
Any side effects from the meds?
Seems I've been getting
my money's worth.
The Lord only gives us
what we can handle.
Right.
I'm sorry. That was insensitive.
Old habit from an old preacher.
Spouting aphorisms
to my imaginary flock.
You've done a lot more than that.
You've helped a lot of people
over a lot of years.
Wish I could've helped you
during your dark days.
I'm sure you tried.
Indeed, I did.
By all accounts, I was impenetrable.
Must be like purgatory for you now.
Missing that part
of your life's journey.
You could say that.
(WHEEZING)
(VITAL SIGN MONITOR BEEPING)
Your oxygen level is dropping.
You're bleeding into your lungs.
That doesn't sound good.
I was hoping the steroids
would be enough,
but I'm gonna start you
on an immunosuppressant.
And it is gonna be more
dangerous for your body.
I have faith in you, as always.
Malcom's tox screens came back negative,
and biopsy showed liquefactive necrosis
from hydrochloric acid exposure.
Dr. Franco said it's
probably toilet bowl cleaner.
So someone did try to kill him.
She said the taste is too strong.
No way to slip it into somebody's drink
without them noticing.
- So he did this to himself?
- Looks like.
- We have to tell the C.O.
- Well, hold on.
We haven't even talked to the man.
He lied to us.
I know, but even prisoners
have a limited right to
confidentiality, especially
around mental health.
Unless they pose a clear
and present danger.
We don't know that yet.
He could be trying to escape, TJ
He's not Houdini.
He's chained to the bed.
I'm glad you're so confident.
Any other patient,
we'd call for a psych consult.
Fine, let's call Dr. Walker.
Well, I am not putting her
in a room with him
until I talk to him myself.
I'm coming with you.
Malcolm, this is
my supervising resident,
Dr. Maitra.
Nice to meet you.
You want to tell us why
you drank toilet bowl cleaner?
Like you give a damn.
If you're afraid of what
you might do to yourself,
or if you're doing this to get
away from someone on the inside,
we can talk to the warden about
protective custody, therapy.
Therapy?
I live in crazy 24-7.
Malcom, we've done
what we can medically.
You are ready to go back unless
there's some reason to keep you.
You just can't wait
to get rid of me, huh?
This is a waste of time.
Have a nice trip back to Stillwater.
Wait, wait.
I was trying to get here.
To Westside.
Why?
My mom. She's got cancer,
but she's down in Oncology
and it don't look too good.
So, what, you think we're gonna
organize a meeting for you?
(EXHALING LOUDLY)
My mom's got a lotta
reasons to be mad at me.
I only know she's here from my cousin.
I just want a chance to make
things right before she dies.
If you're lying to us,
I'll report all of this to your Warden.
I'm not lying.
(SIGHING)
You were right.
It is quiet here.
It's pretty quiet up there, too.
The Lord is a good listener.
Not much of a conversationalist.
Neither am I, apparently.
My daughter. I-I know she
(SIGHING)
she wants more from me, and I just
I don't know what to say.
I didn't see her at the funeral.
She didn't go.
(SIGHING)
My husband wasn't happy about it,
but I wasn't-I wasn't gonna force her.
I didn't even want to go.
It's just
To see my son like that.
You can visit his grave with her.
Tomorrow, next week, a year from now.
Whenever you're ready.
I don't think I'll ever be
ready to go back there.
Oh, did you get out of school early?
No, I have a free period after lunch.
I just wanna get this over with.
Well, that's not
how I wanted to do this.
But, here, let's sit.
Okay.
Here goes. Um
I lost my brother and I needed you.
But you were so caught up,
you couldn't be there for me.
And then you moved out.
I wanted my family back.
I wanted my brother back.
And then you gave me
a snow globe at Christmas
and you expected me
to be excited about it.
And?
- We fought?
- I fought you.
Okay, um, so, you found
this five days ago.
You said it was just
at the bottom of a closet
and before that you told me
you had no idea
what I was talking about.
So it seems like
are you avoiding something?
No, Mom, don't overthink! I
I'm done blaming you.
I just I don't wanna go back there.
That's all it is.
And I have to go to school.
So, just let it go. Please.
No, I won't let it go.
We'll talk more about it later.
I'd like you to be home
when I get home from work.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
Linda has stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
She's near the end.
A few hours now, maybe a day at most.
Can we speak with her?
We have her pretty sedated
most of the time. Why?
Her son is here
and he really wants to see her.
- Son?
- He's been in prison.
But he's upstairs now.
He's a patient too.
I know it's a big ask,
but can you hold off
on Linda's next morphine dose?
Just for a little while,
while we talk to her?
This is her last chance to see him.
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
Your kidneys are shutting down.
It's a toxic reaction to the medication.
So what's next?
I'm still weighing our options.
Uh, one is too hard on your liver.
The other one puts your heart at risk.
And now you doubt yourself.
We all have doubts.
It won't scare me if you admit it.
I'm not quite the doctor
that I was before the accident.
That must be difficult to accept.
Well, there's nothing to do about it
except keep charging forward.
Medicine is a science,
but it's also an art.
- Who told you that?
- You did.
(SCOFFING)
Many years ago.
The artist is still inside you.
Something will come.
Well, it better
because I'm not giving up on you.
(ECHOING): Mrs. Ellison?
Mrs. Ellison?
Can you hear me?
I'm Dr. Coleman. This is Dr. Maitra.
Can we speak with you?
Your son is here.
Can't be. He's locked up.
He poisoned himself
to get out of prison.
So he could see you.
He knows you're angry.
He just wants a chance to apologize.
Apologize?
If there's a chance we could arrange it,
would you talk to him?
No. I'm done with him.
Miss Ellison, he went through a lot
I said no.
Tell him the last thing
I want in this world
is to see his face right before I die.
That's enough. This was a mistake.
You're right. We'll go.
We're sorry we upset you, Linda.
You were gonna keep pushing her?
He's my patient.
You have no idea what he did to her.
And when a woman says no, it means no.
Right.
I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking
about it like that.
It's fine.
I can't tell Malcom what she just said.
You think he came here looking for lies?
He came here looking for peace.
Maybe that's what we should give him.
Dr. Maitra, the Chaplain's spiralling.
Pulmonary hemorrhage,
acute renal failure,
systemic inflammation.
You added Cyclophosphamide?
He wasn't responding to the steroids.
It's an acceptable escalation.
And aggressive and risky as you can see.
Hey. You're not going
in there without me.
I have to check the telemetry,
I'll find you in a few.
Authoritative.
Dr. Ridley put me
in charge of you today.
I'm responsible for these patients
and I want to know your plan
before it happens.
Naturally.
So, what do you want to do next?
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.
- That's incredibly invasive.
Line complications, bleeding, infection.
Well, if you have
a better idea, I'm all ears.
Okay. Try it, but watch his numbers.
I'll write the order.
And prepare him for the worst.
You don't need to tell me that.
Why haven't you discharged Mr. Pitney?
Um, I was about to
You were supposed to do it
after his last dressing change.
Julie said you didn't show?
I'm sorry, I was tied up
with our post-op consults.
No excuse. Get it done!
(TENSE MUSIC)
- You're still here?
- Writing up the discharge.
The man's been waiting four hours.
Go and explain to him
what is taking so long!
Sorry. Going now.
(SIGHING)
Heavy is the head, huh?
Being in a position of leadership
always has its challenges,
but in this case, I trusted
Dr. Larsen's hypothesis
that Rosie Cruz had an abscess,
which would make the transplant viable.
Why is Dr. Walker
being dragged into this?
Because she was next to you
in the Command Post
when all these decisions were made.
Thank you for coming Dr. Walker.
We'll get to you in a moment.
So, Dr. Hamda,
you informed the transplant network
you had a test confirming the abscess.
We all know I stuck my neck out.
But three of my people were being held
with guns to their heads,
and the abscess was ultimately confirmed
when Dr. Larsen drained it in the ICU.
You also lied to the Eastside
donor unit in writing!
We did what we had to do.
We know that that's
what you think, Dr. Heller.
As I understand it, you were
the courier for the heart
and part of the fabrication at Eastside.
I was in charge.
He was following my orders.
Dr. Heller,
is it true that you and Dr. Larsen
have been in a consensual relationship?
At that time, no.
But that must've
influenced your decision
to deceive Eastside.
Dr. Walker, based on
your professional opinion,
would you say Dr. Hamda's
judgment was compromised?
In my professional opinion,
I think it's pretty easy
to Monday morning-quarterback
three weeks later.
But what would you all
have done if you were there?
I'd like to think we would've
been more forthright
and trusting of our partners.
The point is, none of us were informed
until all of the key
decisions were made.
If this is an exercise in CYA
then maybe you ought
to be thanking Dr. Hamda
for keeping you out of it.
I'm not denying anything
that occurred that day,
so I don't know why Dr. Heller
and Dr. Walker are even here.
Especially since it's clear you've
already made your decision.
We hoped you would have
given us some ammunition
to fight this.
We could smooth things
over with Eastside,
but UNOS wants their pound of flesh
and you're leaving us
with our hands tied, Michael.
Well
our patients need organs.
So, if throwing me under the bus
will secure our accreditation,
obviously, you need to do what's
in the best interest of the hospital.
- We appreciate that.
- Okay, this is a witch hunt.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
You'll have my letter of resignation
by the end of the day.
I was happy to get your page.
It's been a few weeks since we spoke.
Not for me. I have a patient
that needs spiritual counsel.
Of course.
Room 617.
I've missed our conversations.
I'm always here for you, you know?
Well, when I want to talk about
how the death of my son
is God's divine plan,
I'll come find you.
(GASPING)
Ventricular tachycardia.
He's in heart failure.
It's myocarditis. Get a stat echo.
He needs amiodarone.
(WHEEZING)
Hold on, Eamon.
(WHEEZING)
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
Eamon, I've stabilized you.
It was your heart this time.
Seems like I'm living the Book of Job.
(CHUCKLING)
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
I don't know how much more
of this your body can take.
We spoke to your mother.
Really, yeah? Can I get in to see her?
I'm sorry, but she's
too sick to see anyone.
And, honestly, with your
restrictions, I'm not even sure
- we could pull that off.
- What'd she say then?
We told her what you had
to do to get yourself here,
- and she really appreciated that.
- Yeah?
It was hard for her to talk,
but she wanted me to tell you
that she knows you love her
and she loves you, too.
I know when I'm being lied to, Doc.
No. She wanted you both to let
go of what happened in the past.
You didn't even talk to her, did you?
We did talk to her.
We pulled her out of a peaceful rest,
to give her more pain,
to upset her in her
final moments of her life,
to advocate for you.
- What'd she really say?
- She didn't want to see you.
Which really makes me want
to ask, what did you do to her?
That's none of your business.
You asked us to get you
in a room with her.
Dr. Maitra.
Look, we're done here,
all right? Get out!
(TENSE MUSIC SWELLING)
Was that really necessary?
He's not ready to be helped,
and why are you so invested in him?
I don't know. Some people,
you can just feel the world
working against them.
I know, but he lied
to get himself here and, worse,
he's lying to himself.
Can't you see that?
I mean, your parents are cops?
Yeah. And they always told me
everyone is someone's child.
Find me when his final hemoglobin's in
and we'll discharge him.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SIGHING)
He doesn't deserve to lose his job.
He stuck his neck out
way further than I did.
That was his decision.
What?
When I went to Eastside
that day, to get the heart,
the nurse saw the wound on my face,
and she-she knew something was off.
And she went to call
the transplant department
to confirm my story and I
told her to ask for Michael.
It forced him to lie
to Eastside in writing.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah, so half of this is on me.
Nothing you can do about that now.
Did you ever read about
Our Lady of Akita?
It's a statue of Mary in Akita, Japan.
Wooden.
And on over 100 occasions,
it was seen to be crying
what people thought were tears of blood.
The belief was she was taking
on our collective suffering.
Whose suffering are you taking on?
Maybe yours.
Oh, I hope not.
Perhaps that's why God
put us together today.
So I could heal you,
instead of the other way around.
I was put on this earth to help people.
If I'm dying, you may
be the last chance I have
to fulfill my life's purpose.
And if there's one thing I know,
it's when people are trying
to hide their pain.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
It's my daughter.
I failed her
in the years after Danny's death.
We used to speak about this quite often.
And I wonder, without your memory,
that you're missing
what you need to help her now.
I'm sure that much is true.
She didn't go to Danny's funeral.
- Did you know that?
- What?
She was afraid,
and you were trying to protect her.
But those rituals exist for a reason.
Katie never had the chance
to mourn her brother that way.
And I don't think you knew
how to grieve either.
It's still so hard to think about him.
Because I don't wanna make it real.
Grief can be a lifelong process.
Which means it's never too late.
I've been praying for you.
Save it for someone else.
(ELEVATOR DINGING)
Eamon's latest labs are back.
Auto-antibodies are zero. PLEX worked.
So the organ damage was too advanced,
which is why he's still getting worse.
Or when PLEX filtered out
the harmful antibodies,
it also removed some of
the protective immunoglobulins.
I-I'm not following.
The bad antibodies
were attacking his organs,
but the body also had healing factors
that were trying to fix the damage.
PLEX removed both.
So we just have to give him
back what he needs.
- How?
- IV Immunoglobulin therapy.
It's a Hail Mary,
but I'm sure he's a big fan.
Okay, well, if it doesn't
work, you'll kill him.
It will work.
Okay.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Right hand.
Time to go.
Your labs are normal.
The prison infirmary
can take it from here.
Malcolm, I'm very sorry.
We just found out
your mother passed away.
She didn't suffer.
She wasn't in pain. She just
fell asleep and didn't wake up.
It's true.
We just spoke to her doctor,
and she was at peace in the end.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(EXHALING DEEPLY)
When I was 17, I started
running with the local set.
You know, it was just petty
stuff at first,
but before you know it,
you're in the life.
But I never brought that home with me.
Because of my mom
and my little sister, Nahla.
She was a smart kid.
Kind,
one of the best laughs you ever heard.
One night, I took her to her
favorite pizza spot.
And on our way home
somebody tried to take me out.
They killed her instead.
After that, I was lost.
I just went down a path of darkness
and I just kept doing wrong,
you know, until
(SIGHING)
Well, you know where I ended up.
It should've been me
that died that night.
And I live with that every day.
I just wanted my mom to know that.
I'm sorry all that happened to you.
And I don't know what you believe,
but maybe there's a chance
your mother and sister
are looking down on you.
You still have a life ahead of you.
In prison, and at some point,
in the world.
So, how do you want to spend it?
You wanna keep punishing yourself,
or whoever else, for your mistakes?
Or do you want to be the kind of person
your mom could be proud of?
Who your sister could look up to?
(SOMBER MUSIC)
For what it's worth,
the guy I met today,
who went through all this stuff
to make things right for his mother,
he's already on the path he needs to be.
You just got to believe that.
All right, Malcolm.
Let's get you back. Okay?
Yeah, Boss.
(SOMBER MUSIC SWELLS)
Eamon!
We did it. You turned a corner.
You'll be back in the chapel in no time.
Good.
'Cause I wasn't ready to meet Him yet.
No. I think we need you around
here a little bit longer.
(LAUGHS)
Eamon said you worked a miracle.
He would.
So, I got something
important I got to tell you.
There's a lung path report in there
for the UNOS meeting today.
They're coming after Michael.
Want him to resign.
This is going on Rosie's
chart to protect him.
You faked a test?
I just wanted to tell
you in case anyone asks.
But what if they ask why you
didn't mention it earlier?
I got hit in the head, remember?
Oh, come on, Jake.
Look, I was part of
the deception that day.
Something I did
put Michael in a bad spot.
I'm not gonna let him
take the hit for that.
Paperwork's in order.
Just make sure to cc the Warden.
That tough love you gave Malcolm
was exactly what he needed.
He got the truth.
Well, maybe the truth'll set him free.
You're a great doctor, TJ.
And you have genuine compassion.
If it wasn't for that,
we wouldn't have gotten
where we did with Malcolm today.
But every resident needs to learn
that one of the most
important parts of our job
is navigating hard truths
with our patients.
Telling them things they need to hear
even if they might hate us for it.
Thank you for your help today.
Chief.
You're welcome.
Go rest that leg. Please? Okay.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Before you go in there,
this is the results
from Rosie's lung biopsy.
Turns out, it came in right before
you made that call to UNOS.
I guess in the chaos of that
day, it just got misfiled.
Well, this definitely helps our cause.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
Let's repeat the renal panel.
Anything changes with
her kidney function,
I need to know sooner than later.
- Will do.
- Dr. Heller. A word?
Uh, yeah.
That was kind of an ambush.
Waiting for us
outside the conference room.
I didn't wanna give you a
chance to argue with me about it.
Well, you shouldn't have done
it, but I appreciate it.
You can list your patient.
We got our privileges back.
Cleared us on the organ misallocation
and issued a letter of warning
over the lie to Eastside.
It's not a slap on the wrist,
but if we're fully compliant
moving forward, we'll be fine.
I'm glad it worked out.
That was a pretty
big risk you took. For me.
You ever watch war movies?
Never leave a man behind.
Plus, I'm just not in the mood for
any more changes in leadership.
Oh, my God.
Hey! So, how'd your day go?
Up and down, but I think I survived.
Harder than it looks, isn't it?
Well, if you have some
advice, I'll take it.
There's no right way to lead.
Everybody's got their own style.
Just bring your personality to it.
Well, I think I'm still
searching for my style.
Just do what you think's right.
Do it with conviction.
The chips fall where they fall.
I think that'll fit for me.
(PHONE DINGING)
Okay, well, I am running late.
Uh, for Mia?
No. Actually, uh,
I have a date.
- Oh, wow!
- Yeah.
Hey. You're getting back on that horse.
Yeah, I'm trying.
Uh, well, have fun.
Yeah, you, uh, you have a good night.
(DOOR OPENING)
(SOFT MUSIC)
I know I wasn't there for you
when your brother died,
but I am gonna be there for you now.
Even when you say you don't need it.
You can't undo what was done.
No one can.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)
When I think about
the mistakes that I made
during that time,
it seems to me that
it was all because I was afraid
to face my pain.
And if you learned that from me
then that's something that
we're gonna work on together.
I said something to you.
Something awful.
Well, you're already forgiven.
But you probably should still tell me.
Get it off your chest.
I said, all you cared about was Danny.
In a pretty cruel way.
You were angry,
you were a kid.
And I probably had it coming.
(SIGHS)
You need to forgive yourself.
Have you ever been to the cemetery?
Once.
But not until his 11th birthday.
With Dad.
I should've made you go to the funeral.
It was wrong to let you hide
just because I wanted to.
Would you go with me now?
(SEE IT NOW BY KATIE HARGROVE)
(GASPS)
(SIGHS)
I see a house ♪
Upon a hill ♪
(SOBBING)
Through every star ♪
Standing still ♪
You see it now ♪
It's there for you ♪
(GASPS)
Where can it all ♪
(SOBBING)
(SOBBING)
(BOTH SOBBING)
See it now ♪
(SOBBING)
See it now ♪
(CROWD CHATTING)
I'm starting to figure it here.
(GIGGLES)
(PHONE DINGING)
See it now ♪
Everything okay?
Yeah, um, sorry, it's work. I'm on call.
Oh. You have to go.
Yeah.
Um, I'll be a while.
But, listen, this was a lot of fun
It was.
Goodbye, Jake.
Yeah.
Have a safe flight.
See it now ♪
See it now ♪
See it now ♪
(THEME MUSIC)