Doc (US) (2025) s02e12 Episode Script

(NARRATOR): Previously on Doc.
- You weaponized my memory loss.
- I'm so sorry.
Your license will
most likely be suspended.
My folks are both cops.
I am never kowtowing to you again.
Oh, my God!
(INAUDIBLE)
- That's him?
- That's Hannah's father.
The crime is that our dad is dead,
and we are a long way
from an eye for an eye.
(HANNAH): We killed a kid.
- I know.
- Find somewhere else to go.
Charlie. Charlie, come on.
Look at me. What did you do?
- (TENSE MUSIC)
- (POLICE SIRENS CHIMING)
Resp rates are dropping again.
- You gave him Narcan?
- 15 minutes ago.
We may need to re-dose.
- What else did he take?
- Special K, white powder,
some meth or maybe cocaine.
Pinpoint pupils, so fentanyl, for sure.
- Stacking effect.
- There's not much we can do
- until we get to East side.
- Oh, he's aspirating!
(MEDICAL TOOLS CLANKING)
- Tubing him.
- Okay.
(DRIVER): Dispatch
is routing the Westside.
No, no, Eastside's five minutes out.
(DRIVER): Not an option.
They're on diversion.
Closest open trauma is Westside. Sorry.
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
She's tachy.
AVNRT.
Give me 6 mg adenosine push.
You have an abnormal heartbeat.
That's why you're having the chest pain.
Are you sure this isn't amilodosia?
You mean amyloidosis?
Chest pain, fast
heart rate, trouble breathing
- All of which indicate AVNRT.
- But in the ambulance
(INCREDULOUSLY): Are you
really gonna start
telling me what the paramedic said?
There's a reason
they bring patients here
and don't treat them in a U-Haul.
- I'm sorry, I wasn't
- Did you put into
that little device of yours
that your mother has normal
voltage on her EKG?
No.
Would you like me to treat you
or your daughter and the Internet?
- I'm good either way.
- (MOTHER): I'm sorry.
I'm sure she's just scared
and trying to help.
I don't need help.
- (DISSIPATING FOOTSTEPS)
- (MACHINE BEEPING)
(MACHINE BEEPING)
- (WOMAN): Are you with him now?
- (HANNAH): Yes, he's in the ICU.
Just tell me when
you're gonna be here, Mom.
- (WOMAN): Will he be okay?
- I don't know.
I don't know if he's gonna
be okay. Just take a Xanax
- and get here!
- (WOMAN): Hannah!
- I heard what happened.
- He have a history?
On and off since my father died,
but he's been clean for a while now.
His tolerance must have been so low.
He has diffuse brain edema.
I-I don't know how long
he was unconscious.
We'll keep him sedated the
next 24, 48 hours.
Minimize the risk of herniation.
Then we can try to bring him out.
Obviously, you won't work today.
Thank you.
I'm glad he's here.
- You're family, Hannah.
- We got you.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
She was trying to sabotage me
and she killed a patient.
It's our understanding that Dr. Clark
is in the ICU right now
with her brother?
Overdosed last night, he's
in a medically induced coma.
And you're certain he was the hacker?
The FBI grabbed his
voice off an Instagram post,
compared it with the AI recordings.
It's a clear match.
They'd be arresting him now
if he wasn't unconscious.
But as of yet, there's no
proof Hannah Clark is involved.
You think it's a coincidence
that this all started when she got here?
She walked into my office
pretending to be concerned
about a lethal dose of
lorazepam that supposedly
Amy prescribed, when actually
she was trying to frame her.
But that's not proof.
(INSISTING): Her brother
changed the dosage on my
We don't have it yet.
Not definitively.
Well, you better get it before
we act prematurely.
And we don't want her being perp walked
through internal medicine.
You'll forgive me if that's
not my primary concern.
The FBI is surveilling her
on our security cams.
They're content to wait for now.
And you believe all of this is happening
because you fired her father
and he subsequently killed himself?
HR reports indicate that he quit,
but there was clearly some
kind of conflict between us.
And I have a memory of him
yelling at me in my office
and-and swiping
a photograph off my desk.
We understand there was
a formal complaint by him
against Dr. Larsen a week
before he resigned.
- That's correct.
- I discussed this
with Dr. Larsen at the time,
and she indicated she
was trying to help him,
but wouldn't tell me what the issue was.
I'm not sure why you skew that
with skepticism, Edie.
- (TENSE MUSIC)
- Dr. Larsen doesn't lie.
But you don't remember why you
forced him to quit?
Or if it was defensible.
- (SCOFFS)
- What?
No.
And how about you, Dr. Hamda?
Well, I wasn't working here at the time.
But you were still married
to Dr. Larsen.
There was no discussion of it
- that I can recall.
- What about you, Dr. Ridley?
Never heard the name
Brian Clark until this morning.
I think we have the picture here.
If you wouldn't mind waiting
outside for a few minutes,
we'll need to discuss next steps.
And, Amy.
Under no circumstances are you
to confront Hannah. Understood?
(DOOR OPENING AND SHUTTING)
They kicked me out,
so that's always a good sign.
Okay. What else could they
possibly say to you
except we're so sorry this happened
and we'll take care of it?
They were asking me about Brian,
which I, of course, can't
help them with.
Do you have any insight from that time?
All you told me was that you
had a run in with him, he quit,
and then he died. You
never even said it was suicide.
I must not have wanted
to admit it to you.
Well, he had serious problems.
People don't kill themselves
just because they lose their jobs.
(DOOR OPENING)
They are launching
an internal investigation
- into Brian Clark's departure.
- Wait, what?
The size of this scandal's
going to be enormous.
From a labor relations,
PR and legal point of view,
they need to see if it's fruit
from the poisonous tree.
Okay, what does that even mean?
They're worried about Amy's history.
When the FBI arrests Hannah,
the first thing the press will
ask is, why'd she do it?
Which will boomerang back
on the hospital.
So they're saying if Amy
mistreated the man,
then maybe his daughter was provoked.
Oh, I'm done with these people.
Well, apparently, he's fine with them.
Give me a break, Joan.
If I put my thumb on the scale,
I'll have no credibility.
- Oh, sure!
- So we appease the witch hunt.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
Apparently, the investigator's
- already in the building.
- What?
You won't work today, but
stick around to be questioned.
Well, clearly his hands are tied.
I need to find out what happened.
Myself.
I'm concerned about anoxic brain injury
and cardiac lability.
Meth, coke, fentanyl and ketamine?
Yeah.
(JAKE SIGHING)
He wanted to hurt himself,
that's for sure.
(JAKE): What'd you say to her?
That we're family. She can't know.
Do you think you can manage
your emotions around this?
Yeah, I mean, right now, he's a patient.
Needs to be saved. She's his sister.
Good, because we need to bring him back.
And you need to figure out
whatever you can from her
about why their father resigned.
She trusts you. She looks up to you.
Okay, but why-why do you
Because the Board
is trying to scapegoat Amy
about this whole mess.
We cannot let that happen.
(HOSPITAL DIN)
(DISSIPATING FOOTSTEPS)
Doctor Ridley said she was
assigning you to us.
I don't know what I'll do
if anything happens to him.
- We're here for you, okay?
- We all are.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(HOSPITAL DIN)
Is Julie here?
Uh, no, she just
got called down to admin.
Don't know why.
- Uh, what about TJ?
- Has he started yet?
I don't know.
- I'll do anything for you.
- You know that.
It's not you, actually.
- I need help from your father.
- Like detective work?
It's better if I don't tell you.
(RANDY): Hey, son.
Hey, pops. You know how you always
wish you had some way to pay back Amy?
(RANDY): You think of something?
Yeah. Yeah, sounds like today's the day.
(WHISPERING): Thank you.
- (AMY): Hey, Randy.
- (RANDY): Amy.
Understand that everything we
say here today
will be recorded
but must remain confidential.
This is a formal investigation
sanctioned by the Board
of Westside Hospital
and CMO Michael Hamda with
regard to the recent
hack of Dr. Amy Larsen.
Are you prepared
to answer some questions?
I am, yes.
So this will be regarding
Dr. Larsen's conduct
during her time as
Chief of Internal Medicine.
As I understand that you were
a nurse in that department
for the entire duration of her reign.
I was.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Shall we begin?
Did you start my patient on furosemide?
Yeah. Her O2 sats were dropping.
She has chronic kidney failure.
I checked her lab.
She looked like she could
handle a gentle diuresis.
She's already on an ace inhibitor.
You just doubled down on renal risk.
Which is why I started
her on vasopressin.
That raised her blood pressure,
but didn't address her heart failure
or low ejection fraction.
So what did she need?
Dr. Clark,
do you have any idea what you're doing?
An inotrope.
Now I have to explain to her daughter
why she has a tube jammed
down her trachea
when she was turning
a corner this morning.
Lucy! Seven ETT Etomidate
and sucks. Stat.
This is the big leagues, Brian.
If you're gonna bring
your double A game,
the least you could do is consult me
when you're covering one of my patients.
As I understand it, there was
a pattern of behavior
which rankled colleagues,
patients, and their families.
She could be tough.
Was that the case with Alex Diaz?
- (GUNSHOT)
- (SCREAMING)
You're gonna blame that on her?
Well, it's been indicated to me
that her negative
interactions with Mr. Diaz
were the primary motivation for
taking hostages, including you.
Six years ago, you talked us
out of the transplant!
He was trying to save his daughter.
But he blamed Dr. Larsen
for how his daughter's care was managed.
He did, and
he was wrong.
What can you tell me about
Dr. Brian Clark?
I understand you were on
duty the day he resigned.
I was.
There seems to be a question
about whether
Dr. Larsen actually
forced him to resign.
He swiped everything off
her desk in anger.
You don't do that
and get to keep your job.
Yeah, but you didn't hear
what was said in that office.
- No.
- So it's just as likely
that he swiped her desk
after she fired him,
which would indicate that he'd
been treated unfairly?
There were troubling stories about him
from some of the other nurses.
Well, unfortunately,
rumors don't help me much.
But I do appreciate
your taking the time.
Now, if you would please sign this.
It's just, uh, an NDA.
(TENSE MUSIC)
And did he ask you about Brian Clark?
How do you know that?
Hannah and her brother
- are the ones coming after me.
- What?
I think they blame me
for their father's death.
This investigator is trying to say
you brought this all on yourself.
What did he say to you?
I told him I saw Dr. Clark
sweep everything off your desk
the day he resigned.
But as soon as I mentioned
anything negative about him,
- the guy shut down the interview.
- (EXHALING SHARPLY)
Even when I told him there
were stories from other nurses,
he didn't ask who or what they were.
- What stories?
- Apparently, Dr. Clark
walked out in the middle of a procedure.
He disappeared for like, an hour.
Which nurse told you that?
- I don't know.
- I heard it thirdhand.
What was the name of the patient?
Do you want me to ask around?
No, you've done enough.
I think there's another
way I can find out.
(LIZ): Yes, that's me and Dr. Clark.
So do you remember this moment?
Based on the body language?
I know. You think I have
it in for Dr. Larsen,
but I wasn't trying to
get her into trouble.
Just tell us what happened, Liz.
(INHALING DEEPLY)
Okay. Dr. Clark noticed that
I was confused
about this dosage Dr. Larsen
prescribed, and
I need to talk to
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
Can I speak to you outside?
Excuse me.
- What was that?
- You know I can't discuss it.
Well, apparently, Brian Clark
walked out in the middle of
a procedure four years ago.
That must be part of the reason
that I asked him to resign.
I need to find out how far back
our security footage goes.
Six months on our hard drives,
and it's not archived anywhere.
Then I need to see the procedure notes
from the last year he was here.
You're the subject of the investigation.
Well, I'm not just gonna sit here
and let them take me down.
Did you really think
I was just gonna roll over?
Tell me what you think
you're gonna find,
- and I'll look for it.
- Will you?
Because I didn't see
you standing up for me much
earlier in the conference room.
If it helps get at the truth,
it's my responsibility. So, yes.
(EQUIPMENT BEEPING)
- This has gotta be
- really hard on you,
you know, after
what happened to your dad.
What do you mean?
Did someone say something
to you about how he died?
No. No, I'm sorry.
- Where's Dr. Larsen?
- Does she know about this?
You know, I'm not really sure.
- (ALARMING BEEPING)
- Charlie!
Okay, Hannah, just stay back.
I saw the wide complex
tachycardia on the monitor.
- Pulse is strong. BP's holding.
- It's a good start.
Okay, he's hemodynamically
stable. Rhythm's regular
and monomorphic.
We don't need to shock him.
Let's just start him
on a procainamide drip.
Electricity's faster,
and we need a sinus rhythm now.
- But med's will buy us time.
- And risk V-FIB? No.
It could be something simple
like hyperkalemia.
Which we will know as soon
as I shock him, Hannah.
And you are not to weigh in on this.
Charging 100.
(EQUIPMENT SURGES)
Clear.
This is the big leagues, Brian.
If you're gonna bring
your double A game,
the least you could do is consult me
when you're covering one of my patients.
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(HOSPITAL DIN)
I'll get him up to speed
and we'll talk about discharge
Richard?
Michael.
- Hey, how you been?
- Fine. Good.
- I miss you guys.
- I know. It's been too long.
I've asked Amy about the four of us
- getting together for dinner.
- Yeah, she's
She's still having a hard time.
I know. I'm sorry.
Listen, I just saw her having a conflict
- with one of the other doctors.
- Which one?
Uh, yeah, I don't know his name.
Well, unfortunately,
she's been having conflicts
with almost everyone these days.
Yeah, I was wondering if
that was par for the course.
She's changing, Michael.
She needs help.
- I heard Dr. Ridley was here.
- Have you seen her?
She may be the one person
who could get through to her.
Come on.
- (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- Blood pressure's cratering.
- And look at his chest!
- His lungs can take it.
We need to keep
his ventilation rate going
to get oxygen to his brain.
His heart rate's all over the place.
Did you see his hands?
How swollen they are?
Yeah, it's the fentanyl.
It's the only explanation
for the swelling and the ICP.
Okay, look, I try to avoid cutting,
but I really think we gotta
operate to relieve the pressure.
We're not going into his brain
until we finish this round
of hyperventilation.
And then bomb him with mannitol
and hypertonic saline.
But I'll put him on portable
monitors and a ventilator
after we finish this course.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Were you able to get anything
out of her? About her father?
No. She keeps asking about Amy,
wondering why she hasn't
checked in on her.
Well, let her wonder. I'm not
putting them in a room together.
- Also, Sonya texted me.
- Mmh?
Apparently, the investigator
called her in.
This will be her chance to
stick it to Amy
once and for all, then.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Doctor Maitra. Thank you for coming by
on your day off.
CMO says come, I come.
I don't suppose he mentioned to
you what we'll be discussing?
No, but I'd imagine it has
something to do
with our security issues.
I've been told a patient
died as a result.
Wake up! Can you please just wake up!
Honey, wake up. Come on!
There was a test
that got lost in the system.
It arrived too late.
Now, you're aware that Dr. Larsen
has been the specific target?
- I am, yes.
- Any thoughts about that?
I'm not sure I follow you.
Well, when you were a medical student,
she told you in a punitive moment
to pursue a different line of work.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Seems to be the stuff of Westside lore.
When somebody is
this blatantly negligent,
it usually means they're trying to fail.
Yes, she did say that.
And I also know that you were
one of the hostages
held at gunpoint by
a disgruntled patient of hers.
Yes.
And I'm told that you blame Dr. Larsen
for what happened that day.
By who?
One of your colleagues.
(EXHALING SHARPLY)
And what did this colleague say exactly?
That you felt Dr. Larsen's
bedside manner was provocative.
That patients and other doctors
often felt bullied by her.
You are petty and vindictive
and, frankly,
- an inferior doctor!
- (JAKE): Woah, woah, woah!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
I don't recall saying that.
I found two potential incidents.
The first was an upper endoscopy.
Notes indicate the procedure
started at 10:46 AM.
But didn't conclude until 1:47 PM.
Three hours with no complications?
It should have been in and out in 90.
Who was the nurse on that procedure?
Uh, Lucy Yen.
Now, here's the other one.
A bronchoscopy that lasted four hours.
There was a small hemorrhage, but
No. That would add, like, 20 minutes.
That's what I thought.
I'll give these both
to the investigator,
ask him to dig into them.
He's not going to do that, Michael.
What makes you say that?
I talked to one
of the people he interviewed.
You're not supposed to be
talking to anyone.
They told him about Brian's problems,
and he did everything he could
to avoid getting information about it.
Joan was right.
The hunt is on, and I'm the witch.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
And you were in the ICU that day?
- Yes.
- And what did you witness?
Dr. Larsen yelling at Dr. Clark.
Did he leave in the middle of it?
This is four years ago.
I understand. But you'd remember
if a doctor walked out of a procedure.
This might have happened
with someone else.
But it wasn't this procedure,
and it wasn't with me.
Well, there were a lot
of rumors back then about it.
Do you remember which nurse was
there when it happened?
I'm sorry. I really don't want
to get involved in any of this.
You were just in there with him,
so you're already involved. Just
(INHALING DEEPLY)
I mean, what did he ask you?
Dr. Larsen
Lucy, they're coming after me.
Please.
There was a time a few years ago,
you yelled at Dr. Clark in front
of everyone in the ICU.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
Yelled at him about what?
I don't remember exactly.
But you said he didn't know
what he was doing
and to stay away from your
patients and things like that.
And this was right before he resigned?
No. This was a year before.
You weren't even Chief yet.
So we were just equal colleagues?
So what are they trying to say?
I mean, that
That isn't even a power dynamic.
I only know they were asking
how you treated him.
I had to tell him exactly what I saw.
There was just too
many other people there.
I understand.
I wouldn't ask you to lie for me.
I should get back to work now.
- (INTRIGUING MUSIC)
- (SIGHING)
(ELEVATOR DINGING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(LAWYER): Good afternoon.
(MR. CRAWFORD): Thanks for
coming, please have a seat.
(RICHARD): Thank you.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(COINS CLINKING)
You told Brian he's in
the minor leagues.
In front of how many people?
He almost killed my patient.
Did he tell you
how many people saw that?
So that's how it is now?
Humiliate everyone
on your way to the top?
Your feelings can't really still be hurt
from the other day.
What's happening to you, Amy?
Ever since Danny died?
Is this really who you want to become?
Because this is not who you are.
No. And who am I?
You're in pain,
and you're acting out
on everyone because of it.
(HOSPITAL DIN)
Do you believe Bryan Clark
was an inferior doctor?
No, I do not.
And yet, shortly after
Dr. Larsen became Chief,
he was gone.
You think she fired him?
Well, it's clear she asked him to leave,
but because of her memory issues,
she can't tell us why.
Well, at the time, she said that he quit
because of COVID burnout.
And you didn't believe that?
He had a son in college
and a daughter in med school.
So, no, it didn't sound plausible.
And did he ever talk to you
about what happened between them?
At this point, I'm going
to advise my client
to withhold any more information until
you can be clear about the
nature of this investigation.
But I already told you,
this has nothing to do
with the pending Dixon lawsuit.
Nonetheless, we're here as a courtesy,
and that courtesy has limits.
(SIGHING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
We are trying to determine
if Dr. Clark was dismissed unfairly.
And why now,
when he's been dead for years?
That I can't say.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
Are you asking if Dr. Larsen
was vindictive?
Was she?
Brian sent me an email
a few weeks before he died.
I'm assuming you'd like to see it.
Laura, I think we probably
knew each other.
- But you don't remember.
- No.
I was in Internal
Medicine a couple years.
Oh.
Transferred out of the
department because of you.
- Okay, uh
- Yeah, I get it.
You don't remember, so you've
got no responsibility for it.
What can I do for you?
There was a bronchoscopy in 2020.
The patient's name was Karl Harris,
and the doctor was Brian Clark.
Uh-huh. I knew him.
The procedure went on for four hours,
- but the notes don't indicate
- He bolted.
- He did?
- Left right after sedation.
Disappeared for over an hour.
Almost botched it when he got back,
- he was so out of it.
- Out of it how?
- Was he on drugs
- No idea.
But I came to you about it
because he was a good man
and he needed help.
Instead, you fired him
and then he killed himself.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
(SCOFFING): You didn't even
come to the funeral.
But that's who you were.
Well, I can't speak to that, Laura,
but this has to come out.
The man is gone and resting in peace.
We never had this conversation.
And I'm not saying I'm word
about this to anyone.
Please.
(SIGHING)
- Oh, my God!
- (MACHINERY BEEPING)
Oh, my God! What's happening to him?
- It's okay, Mom.
- They're gonna figure this out.
Airways blocked by a mucous plug.
- Okay, pupil's dilated.
- Unresponsive to light.
- It's a subdural hematoma.
- Hannah, what does that mean?
It means his brain
is swollen and compressed.
They got to do something to
relieve the pressure.
- OR now.
- Let's go.
It's going to be you, right?
You're going to operate?
Of course.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(WATER RUNNING)
I hear Brian Clark's wife is downstairs.
Any chance I can get a crack at her?
- Her son's in surgery.
- I think that would be unseemly.
Oh
Here's the email.
Brian Clark to Richard Miller.
It's pretty incriminating.
(SIGHING)
Were you able to find
a pattern of behavior?
Oh, absolutely.
And one overt instance of
Dr. Larsen bullying him
in very public fashion.
Apparently, Dr. Hamda
was there when it happened.
And Dr. Ridley was aware of it as well.
Unbelievable.
Am I questioning them, or is
this a stone you want unturned?
Because otherwise why
would that investigator be here?
I was just looking for an update.
Hannah's brother's in surgery right now
with Dr. Ridley. He's got
a subdural hematoma.
And did you find anything out?
Apparently, I publicly humiliated Brian
before he resigned or I fired him
or whatever the hell happened.
Do we have any idea
what Richard told him?
Richard? He was here?
- Amy saw him.
- They didn't tell me that.
Well, I doubt they're telling
you much of anything, Michael.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(NUMEROFF): Let me assure you
that whatever can be done
- You asked to see me?
- Ms. Nelson has some concerns
regarding her mother's care.
- And they are?
- She was doing fine yesterday,
and then I come back and she's
got a tube down her throat.
When I ask what happened,
I heard there was an argument.
Guess somebody made a big mistake.
The course of treatment can change
in a case as complicated
as your mother's.
Now you're not so cocky, are you?
I understand it's
disturbing to see her intubated,
but I am confident that she
is going to come through this.
Well, I'm glad.
Because if she doesn't, I'll
be suing you for malpractice.
(SIGHING)
I'm told the argument was
between you and Dr. Clark,
who was covering for you.
He made what I felt was a mistake,
and I raised my voice,
but it was a judgment call.
It certainly wasn't malpractice.
Do I need to initiate a formal review?
Absolutely not. She's my patient.
The buck stops with me.
Very good.
She had a chance to
throw Dr. Clark under the bus,
and she didn't.
At that moment there,
that was when I decided
to throw my full support
behind her to succeed me.
Because that is
leadership and character.
Mr. Crawford,
would you mind if we had a word?
I think we're done here. Dr. Numeroff.
Appreciate your time.
You gonna turn that off?
Was there something
you don't want on the record?
You realize Richard Miller is
an entirely unreliable witness?
That he was terminated because
he accidentally killed a patient
and then tried to blame
it on Dr. Larsen.
Yeah, I'm aware of the history.
And there are questions of credibility
about anyone I speak with,
but Dr. Miller was a close
friend of Bryan Clark,
so it would have been irresponsible
not to interview him, particularly while
you're still in the middle
of settling the Dixon lawsuit.
And what did Dr. Miller have to say?
(INHALING DEEPLY): Well,
it wasn't what he said,
which I naturally take
with a grain of salt, but
what he had in writing.
It doesn't look
favorably upon Dr. Larsen.
You know, as long as we're
on the subject,
I'd like to ask if
you have any information
yourself about the conflict
between her and Dr. Clark.
Well, I know it was before your time,
but you know a lot of the
players and people talk to you.
Like you said, it was before my time.
But you were there when she abused him
in front of a half dozen
colleagues and patients.
I'm sorry. I don't know
what you're talking about.
Uh, October 14, 2019,
in the ICU.
She told him he wasn't good enough
to be in the big leagues?
Three other people
remember you being there.
This is the big leagues, Brian.
If you're gonna bring
your double A game,
the least you could do is consult me
when you're covering one of my patients.
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
Yes.
I was there.
And did you find
her behavior appropriate?
So what did she need?
No,
- I didn't.
- And at that time,
you also brought the incident
to Dr. Ridley's attention
because she also neglected
to inform us of this.
(TENSE MUSIC)
- (MACHINERY BEEPING)
- (DRILLING)
(SIGHING)
I can't believe this is where we are.
I know.
Is this all because
what happened to your father?
Or is it something I did?
I tried to be there for you.
You didn't do this, Mom.
I did this.
What do you mean?
Hannah, what are you talking about?
Nothing. Just
It's not your fault.
(RANDY): Hannah and Charlie
found their father
three years ago.
Gassed himself in his car.
Oh, God.
Charlie. Kicked out of community college
for drug possession and dealing.
Arrested for wire fraud
and identity theft
last year. Pled out of that.
Three months rehab
at St. John's in 2023.
Sounds like that didn't take.
No known address, no registered vehicle,
expired driver's license.
What about Hannah?
120,000 school loan debt,
stint at the Roseville.
The psychiatric facility?
53 days.
Tells me was voluntary.
Guess her HIPAA protections
meant the hospital
didn't know when they hired her.
No, she would have had
to lie about that.
As for the father, pretty big
money problems when he died.
Liquidated retirement accounts,
defaulted on his second home mortgage,
maxed out four credit
cards with no payment.
So he was drowning.
He drowned, and the family fell apart.
Looks like mom moved to Sacramento.
She's working as a waitress.
Left the kids to fend for themselves.
Dr. Larsen.
It looks like it's my turn
in the firing squad.
None of this came from me. Okay?
Yeah.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(DRILLING)
Jewelers forceps.
Cushion reflex. You need to go quick.
(MACHINERY BEEPING)
(METALLIC DING)
(EXHALES)
Suction.
(SUCTIONING)
How'd it go?
You could have scrubbed in
on the surgery
like we talked about.
Hannah asked me to come in
and see what's going on now.
We relieve the cranial pressure,
but we won't know his cognitive
level until he wakes up.
If he wakes up.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
Uh, it's adrenaline.
(LAUGHING): Right.
- Bit of carpal tunnel.
- Sure.
I'm gonna brief Hannah.
(MACHINERY BEEPING)
"You know how Amy is now.
She smelled competition,
so she's coming after all
contenders for her throne.
Watch your back, my friend."
It goes on to say you coerced
him into resigning
and he left fearing retribution
and that you undercut him
when other potential employers
sought a recommendation.
Well, you've got me cornered
'cause, you know,
I can't remember,
but it sounds to me like a guy
who's trying to save face to a friend.
Those words don't make facts.
I'm wondering if you've been told about
what seems to be a legendary incident
where you dressed down Dr. Clark
in front of a room full of people.
I have heard about it, yes.
Dr. Hamda?
- Uh, no.
- Because he was there
and he attested to the fact
that your behavior was abusive.
(TENSE MUSIC)
This morning. He was trying to get
to the bottom of
Hannah Clark's behavior.
Have you spent any time
at all looking into that?
Well, that's not my purview.
I'm only here to determine
if Brian Clark
was wrongfully terminated
as context for his
daughter's recent actions.
Okay, well, I can tell you
that Brian had problems.
He left a patient on the table
in the middle of a procedure.
And if he killed himself three
months after leaving here,
you have to ask yourself, why.
Were there drug problems,
money problems?
Sounds like you know something
you're not saying.
He was nearly bankrupt,
defaulted on his mortgages,
creditors chasing him
Where'd you get this information?
I can't say.
But if you were
doing your job, you would
So you're going to continue
to impugn the man
when you don't
even remember what happened,
and then you're gonna sling
unsubstantiated rumors at him
when his 23 year old son
is downstairs in a coma?
I gotta tell you, Dr. Larsen,
this behavior of yours right now,
it doesn't reflect very
well on how you acted back then.
Not at all.
Unfortunately, there's not
much you've said
that can help your cause.
Because I'm not as credible
as Dr. Miller,
who's basically a pathological liar?
Bring me something in writing
or a witness who isn't
biased in your favor.
Well, at least I got my day in court.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Amy.
I know what you did, Hannah.
- I don't know
- My daughter.
You poisoned my daughter
with your filthy lies.
- Amy.
- Hannah, what's going on?
- Tell her, Hannah.
- Go on. Make your mother proud.
You got your revenge.
How does that feel?
Is this-is this where you
wanted to be right now?
What did you do?
I ruined my life.
And he destroyed his.
They think that I fired
your husband for no reason.
But we both know that
he had it coming, don't we?
This is not how to do this.
(ALARMING BEEPING)
(MOTHER): Oh, my God. Charlie!
- Gonna start another IV.
- 75 grams of Mannitol!
(MOTHER): But I thought he was okay!
I thought-I thought
the surgery went well!
(HANNAH): Charlie.
Charlie!
Stop. Look at his hands.
That's not from the brain bleed.
The weak arms, the head
trauma, the swollen hands.
You thought it was
from the fentanyl, right?
It's not. It's SIADH.
She's right. Stop the fluids.
15 milligrams Tolvaptan. Do it, stat.
I'm so sorry, Amy.
I am so sorry.
(TENSE SOMBER MUSIC)
- I can't believe it.
- I mean, I just.
I can't believe it.
(APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS)
(ELEVATOR DINGING)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(WHIMPERING)
(SIGHING)
Would you mind?
(TENDER MUSIC)
(SNIFFLING)
Charlie's conscious now.
He'd be gone if it wasn't for you.
I was just doing my job.
So don't thank me.
She didn't come here to hurt you.
How do you know?
She didn't even know Brian
and you had any conflict
until she got here.
And then Charlie
oh, he pushed her so far beyond
anything else I can imagine
That's really supposed to be
some kind of consolation for me?
(SCOFFS)
I'm a doctor.
And they're gonna take that away from me
because I wasn't nice to your husband.
And I fired him
because he had problems
that nobody will admit.
(STEADYING EXHALE)
- Mmm
- (SOMBER MUSIC)
He had problems.
And I will tell that
to anyone who will listen.
You saved Charlie.
After everything they did to you.
So what did happen?
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
It was gambling.
But none of us knew it.
He kept it a secret for so long,
and then all of a sudden,
everything just started
crashing down around us.
But he admitted to me
the night he disappeared
that Dr. Larsen had tried to help him.
She told him to take a leave of absence
and that she would cover for him
as long as he got treatment.
I never told Hannah and Charlie
any of this.
If I had, none of
this would have happened.
(SIGHING): I just heard.
I think you, me, and TJ
are the only people who did not
- go into that box today.
- Yeah. You know,
I guess he just didn't want
to hear from her fan club.
(CHUCKLING)
It's been a long day.
Shouldn't you two go get a room?
Whoa, Gina, is that you officially
endorsing this relationship?
(SCOFFING)
Separate cars, people.
These walls have ears.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(GRUNTING)
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(GASPS)
I just wanted to thank you.
You were really in my corner today.
Always am.
I heard you had the chance
to sell me down the river.
Jake wasn't supposed to tell you that.
He just cares about us both.
And he is sick of us fighting.
Frankly, so am I.
But I'm still inferior.
That was a bad moment.
(DOOR OPENING)
You knew Crawford was gonna
ask me about that incident
with Amy and let him ambush me.
And you knew what you'd seen
and told us nothing.
I didn't even know it was Brian Clark.
But you remembered the moment.
Because it was awful.
It was an awful time.
Whatever you want to say about her
Dr. Ridley was in the hospital that day.
She also knew and said nothing.
You got this from Dr. Miller!
We were trying to protect the hospital.
By bringing down our best doctor?
By removing our most problematic one!
All while you and Joan
were engaged in a cover up.
Now Dr. Ridley and I are the witches?
Her feelings were clear from
the opening bell
and obviously you've
always been compromised.
So, should I expect you to
bring in some weasel
to stop start sniffing around about us?
I haven't decided yet,
but we'll let you know.
(DOOR SHUTTING)
I would have paid to see Max
squirming all day today.
And their faces when
we walk back in with this.
So you agree
- we have a play here?
- Oh, absolutely.
Then call them.
I want to go in tomorrow.
No, we have a meeting next Thursday
to settle of the Dixon lawsuit.
We hit them then
when they least expect it.
- (PHONE BUZZING)
- Oh.
Hello?
(TENSE MUSIC)
I heard you did
the right thing with Brian.
And you think I did it because
of something you said?
I didn't know.
This job's hard enough
without somebody
stabbing you in the back.
Say what you want about me,
but if I'm coming for you,
you will see me coming.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(DISHES CLANKING)
(SIGHING LOUDLY)
(PENSIVE MUSIC)