Brilliant Minds (2024) s02e13 Episode Script
The Rabbit Hole
1
Here's to Theta Epsilon Phi ♪
To the letters we hold true ♪
We never leave a sister behind ♪
A woven thread of me and you ♪
Here's to the memories
built in this house ♪
To the dreams we're chasing new ♪
To every hand that lifts us up ♪
And heart that pulls us
all the way through ♪
- Nora!
- Here's to the ♪
We weren't expecting you.
We're just getting started.
Would you like to join us?
We're just getting started.
Would you like to join us?
I know these rituals can be
a little cheesy,
but there's no need
to make fun of sisterhood.
There's no need to
make fun of sisterhood.
Nora, are you feeling okay?
- Stop it. You're scaring me.
- Stop it! You're scaring me!
- Nora, what the hell?
- Nora, what the hell?
- [OVERLAPPING VOICES]
- I don't think she's okay.
- I don't think she's okay.
- Nora, stop.
Stop! Stop! Stop!
♪
So, wait. When did my dad
live in Mongolia?
Maybe 20 years ago?
He was working as a nomad doctor,
serving herding communities.
That's kind of how we met.
He knocked on my door
asking to borrow a cup of sugar.
Like, who even does that?
- He was making a boortsog recipe.
- [CHUCKLES]
Okay. Enough Dad talk. Time to fix me.
Uh, okay.
Well, tell me about your sleep.
- How's the insomnia?
- [SIGHS]
Should be pretty clear
from this quad-shot Americano
I'm inhaling.
I haven't slept since Tuesday.
Well, you don't need
a medical degree to know
that that's not ideal.
Come by the hospital later.
I want to do a full workup.
But maybe insomnia is like
my twisted superpower.
I wrote three chapters last night.
- For my dad's book?
- No. [CHUCKLES]
I had to take a break on that one.
- My subject is, like
- I'm familiar
with the disappearing act.
It's so nice, actually,
to have somebody to talk to
about all this stuff.
Everybody else in my life
is so sick of hearing about it.
Go on then, Wolfy. Ask me anything.
♪
Well, someone's got a pep
in their step.
Well, that's a shocker.
I just had a follow-up on our cowboy
with Josh's new old boyfriend.
Carol, I've met corpses
with more joie de vivre
- than Dr. Beau Pedrosa.
- [CHUCKLES] Weird.
When he worked here,
all the nurses called him
- Dr. Personality.
- Okay. That's doubtful.
And two neurosurgeons together?
How narcissistic can
Oof. Please don't put me
in the middle of this.
Josh seems happy,
and I'm friends with him, too.
- You're best friends with me.
- Yes.
Which is why I'm being honest
with you.
Well, then tell me, honestly,
why did they break up
the first go-round?
I can handle it.
Josh wanted kids. Beau wasn't ready.
And now?
Now he's ready.
♪
Stay with me. Stay w
Hey, hey, hey. I'm right here.
Stay with me. Okay.
Help! My kid can't breathe!
Okay. Get me a gurney
and an epi, anaphylactic dose!
Does he have any allergies
to medications or food?
- No. No. My son eats everything.
- Okay.
We were grabbing burgers
when he got sick,
but he eats burgers all the time.
- Epi. Slam it IM.
- Please don't let my son die!
Okay. Hey. Hey.
It's gonna take a few seconds
for the epi to work,
- but it will, okay?
- Okay.
[WHEEZING]
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
- Ah! Good job, buddy!
- There it is. There it is.
- Big breaths! Big breaths, okay?
- What's your name?
- Uh, I'm Andre.
- And this is?
- This is Owen.
All right. Good to meet you both.
Now, some new exposure
could have caused a reaction.
Like detergents, creams, pets.
No. It's my weekend, and we
were doing all the usual stuff.
- Okay.
- Please tell me
this wasn't my fault, Doc.
My ex is on her way,
and she will never let me
- hear the end of it.
- Let's get Owen stable first.
- Then we'll talk.
- Okay.
Okay. Let's move Owen.
Three, two, one.
♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Dr. Wolf?
First of all, I-I just want to say
that ever since
you came to Bronx General,
I've always thought of you as
No. That's weird.
Uh, I-I think of you
- I have thoughts sometimes
- Is now one of those times?
I was recently awarded a grant
to research the mental-health space.
- I heard. Congratulations.
- Yes. Thank you.
Um, the thing is, I
knew that Dr. Pierce
might be my assigned mentor.
And she is, but she's so busy.
And I was thinking,
since we make such a great team,
I was wondering if you wanted
to be my mentor instead.
Dr. Dang I hate paperwork
and I hate grants,
and I don't work in
the mental-health space, so
- You know who does?
- Dr. Pierce.
Bonus She also loves grants,
which is why she is
your assigned mentor.
I'm sure she'll make
plenty of time for you.
Of course. Um, yeah.
It's It's gonna be great.
[CHUCKLES WEAKLY] Thanks, Dr. Wolf.
[SIGHS] Good talk.
- Excuse me!
- Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am!
- Excuse me. We really need help.
- Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
One at a time. Who are you here for?
- Nora Sutton.
- We've been here all night.
First in the ER, which was, like
- Harrowing.
- And they sent us here.
- Which is, like
- Tragic.
We need to get Nora back
for her thermodynamics class at 1:30.
- Professor Jackson is a pill.
- Okay. Well, I'll check on her.
But we're pretty backed up,
so if you want to leave
- and come back
- No!
Nora is our sister.
And we never leave a sister behind.
Please. Something's
really wrong with her.
Wrong how?
[THUDDING]
♪
I'm gonna get Dr. Wolf.
♪
No, Morris.
That is my weekend with Maya.
You can't just take her skiing
whenever you want.
I don't care if she's excited.
Whose fault is that?
This is why we have a schedule.
- Uh, let me guess. Morris?
- Oh, I swear
I talk to that man more now
than when we were married.
Sharing a kid
That's the real lifetime vow.
[SIGHS] Speaking of,
I saw Beau earlier.
- Mm-hmm.
- Are you all talking
- about the future?
- There have been discussions.
But, uh, we're really just
enjoying being back together.
Okay. I don't mean
to get in the middle of that.
- But I'm dying to know.
- Hm?
- What does he think of Wolf?
- Yeah. Beau likes Wolf.
I I g I-I
We haven't really talked
about him, so
You didn't tell him
you two used to date.
Well, I mean,
Wolf and I didn't exactly date.
Some less-involved psychiatrist
might have some thought
on the level of denial
- in that statement.
- There's no denial. I'm
I'm just
I'm looking forward with Beau.
If you two are serious enough
to be discussing kids,
then you have to be honest
about where you are with Wolf.
I'm not anywhere with Wolf.
Besides, I thought
you weren't getting involved.
Tell that man the truth, Joshua.
Do not start your future with a lie.
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON P.A.]
♪
This is Nora. 19. College student.
Exhibiting unusual symptoms.
Given age and circumstance,
she was presumed tox,
but everything came back negative.
Nora, can I ask you
why you're here today?
The world is infinite possibility.
The world is infinite possibility.
The world is infinite possibility.
You've got some cuts on your hands.
Do you remember how you got them?
♪
Um
Nora, why did you do that?
♪
The world is infinite possibility.
♪
Okay. Uh, Nora, I'm going to
ask you to do another test.
Can you stick out your arms
for me, please?
Don't let me lift your arms. Resist.
Nora, don't let me lift them.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
♪
Mitgehen, present.
Three on Bush-Francis.
Okay, okay.
♪
Echopraxia, present. Three.
This is almost textbook.
Nora is scoring 45 on Bush-Francis.
Consistent with catatonia.
Before med school,
I used to think catatonia
was just someone
staring off into space
like, uh, Cameron in "Ferris Bueller."
Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?
- Never mind.
- Okay.
It's a common misconception
that catatonia is just
extreme hypoactivity perpetuated
by inaccurate media portrayals.
But the behaviors we've seen
from Nora
echopraxia, impulsivity, rigidity
are all features of catatonia.
So none of it's volitional?
Even the bunny hopping?
It's caused by an imbalance
in inhibitory
and excitatory
neurotransmitters, right?
We think so, but like
so much else in the brain,
there's a lot about catatonia
we don't fully understand.
Initially it was thought to present
only in schizophrenic patients.
Now we know there are medical
and psychiatric origins.
So we need to dig deeper.
This could be a first psychotic break
or Nora's body is hiding something.
Correct. Start a broad workup.
And while we wait, begin treatment.
Catatonia looks benign,
but if left untreated,
patients can develop rhabdo
or even renal failure,
so it's important
we break Nora out ASAP.
Does anyone remember
how to treat catatonia?
Benzodiazepines,
which seems counterintuitive,
as they're normally sedating,
but they work.
- I'll start on MRI, LP, labs.
- Great.
And in the meantime, get to know Nora.
If we break her catatonia
without determining
why it happened,
it could happen again.
Guess that means we're gonna
kiki with the co-eds.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
We're hoping to better understand
Nora's recent mental state.
As her closest friends,
Have you noticed any changes?
Anything that might be helpful?
Well
- Well
- Well
Clem's roommate, Chloe, is
hooking up with Ben, Nora's ex.
which is classic Chloe.
Nora broke up with Ben last
semester because he put Emma G.
on top of the Who's Hottest list.
That's only because he thought
Nora was secretly hooking up
with Brett.
Could Nora be upset
about her breakup with Brett?
- You mean Ben?
- Ew. No.
She dumped Ben 'cause he sucks.
As a psych major,
I can assure you Nora's fine.
Sure, she's been partying less lately.
She's an engineering major.
She has a project
for circuit analysis,
- which is infamously a beast.
- Okay.
Do you think I could get
a doctor's note
- to get out of remedial math?
- No sweetie.
♪
Every year on his birthday,
your dad reads up on
whatever element he's turning.
I'm bromine years old.
You don't look a day over zirconium.
Um, okay. Wait a minute.
How old do you think I am?
Never mind. Don't answer that.
Okay. Um
I want to run some blood work
and also get some scans,
but I want to get you back
for a sleep study.
Cool. You can watch me
lie awake and ruminate
over all the exes who told me
I was too much.
Do Do you have a history
of mental-health issues?
Wow. Take their side, why don't you?
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Um
Sorry to interrupt. You got a sec?
Uh, just, yeah. What's up?
How's Benson Bowman doing post-op?
Uh, he's doing well
and recovering nicely.
Dr. Pedrosa did a good job.
Probably the best neurosurgeon
I've ever worked with.
Oh. I'm glad you two
are getting along.
Odd, though,
that Carol referred me to him.
- Don't you think?
- You know, for some reason,
I thought it might get awkward,
a little bit like this.
I'm not being awkward about it at all.
And obviously I have a patient,
so thank you for stopping by.
If I knew they made doctors
who looked like that,
- I'd have come in sooner.
- Oh, no, no, no. Unh-unh.
He's the ex who tells me I'm too much.
And now he's dating
another hot neurosurgeon.
- Barf. Narcissist much?
- [SIGHS]
Okay. That settles it.
We're going out.
Oh. Uh, I wish I could,
but I have too much to do.
Really interesting
catatonia case that
Oh, my God. Not right now, obviously.
God. What did you ever do without me?
♪
Nora's labs and imaging are
normal, cell count unremarkable.
Which means it's unlikely there
is an underlying organic cause.
It could still be
autoimmune encephalitis.
LPs often show up as bland
in those cases.
It could be, but Nora is at the age
where many people experience
their first psychotic break.
Have we gotten any insight
from her family?
Um, left word for Mom.
On business in Asia.
Trying to reach an older sister
in Philly.
Dr. Wolf! The benzos worked.
Nora's talking.
♪
She's responsive, but agitated.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Nora can you tell me
how you're feeling?
♪
That's a really deep
and important question.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You should ask Virginia.
Nora, who's Virginia?
Is she one of your sorority sisters?
Where's Virginia?
Where's Virginia?!
♪
Where is she?
♪
Nora?
[BUTTON CLICKS] Nora.
♪
[BUTTON CLICKS]
♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
MONITOR BEEPING]
The benzos worked for a short time.
We'll keep upping the dosage,
but they may not be enough
on their own.
We should consider ECT.
It's had great evidence in catatonia.
I agree. And we need to move fast.
No signs of autonomic dysfunction yet,
but if Nora stays in this state
too long,
- it can become malignant.
- What about underlying cause?
Healthy college students
don't just become catatonic
out of the blue.
I'm afraid we might
be missing something here.
The key could be this Virginia.
If we can figure out who she is.
Nora's friends think Virginia
is in one of Nora's
engineering classes,
but none of them know her
because she's a GDI?
- A what?
- A Gosh Darn Independent.
When I was in college, my sorors
knew everything about me,
for better or worse.
Even if Virginia is a GDI,
it's strange Nora's sorority
sisters wouldn't have met her.
Silva has Nora's phone.
We'll see what we can find on socials.
Everybody leaves a footprint
these days.
If Virginia is that important
to Nora, we'll find her.
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Hey, boss. You asked to see me?
- Yeah.
Uh, I just wanted to check in,
see how things are going on the floor.
Well, at first,
it was a bureaucratic nightmare.
We hit a few bumps along the way,
but these days,
things are running smoothly.
How's Dr. Wolf doing?
Permission to speak freely.
I'm not his mother.
I'm, uh I just want the truth.
Well, the truth
is that Wolf is strange,
even for a neurologist, but he's good.
And I have to admit, I like him
more than I expected to.
Yeah. He does have his charms
in spite of himself, doesn't he?
At the risk of overstepping,
I heard about your history,
and at first I couldn't imagine
the two of you working.
A Cancer falling for a Gemini? Yeesh.
But I can see it now.
Well, thank you
for that enlightening take.
But, uh,
that's not what this is about.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Besides, I'm seeing someone.
America loves an underdog story.
♪
[SIGHS]
- I owe you for this one.
- No. You owe me for all of them.
What fresh joy awaits me this time?
Feuding parents
who could use years of therapy.
Can you help at least get them through
- their son's medical crisis?
- Divorced, I assume?
Yep. The kind that give us a bad rap.
- Ah.
- One weekend, Andre.
- Don't start. Please!
- One weekend!
- Every single time
- Oh, every
- you do this!
- Hello? Hi.
Hello. I'm Dr. Pierce.
Mind if we settle down for a moment?
I'm a psychiatrist,
and I know how important it is
to have a united front
when dealing with a family crisis.
Can we put the vitriol aside
so Dr. Thorne can help Owen
through this?
Good news Owen can be discharged
in a few hours with an EpiPen
and an allergist appointment.
Due to his sudden-onset symptoms
and their response to the epi,
Owen likely suffers from a new
food allergy, revealing itself
as his developing immune system
evolves.
So certainly nobody's parenting error.
[GASPING]
What is it?
- [WHEEZING]
- Okay. All right.
I need another epi push
in here now for the mom!
- I'll get the epi into her.
- [WHEEZING, GASPING]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Okay, ma'am. We have the syringe in.
♪
I have cross-checked
every Virginia, Ginny,
and Nia in the campus directory,
and so far, none of them know Nora.
Checked her Insta. Found a Finsta.
But no Virginia
in her followers on either.
But a whole lot of door stacks.
Bama rush in NYC? What a world.
I didn't get to do
the typical four-year thing
'cause I had to stay home
and take care of my mom
and siblings,
so I'm all in on college-core.
The more Kendra Scott, the better.
So much Kendra Scott.
I'm gonna keep combing
Nora's comments.
I have to find out
if Gigi ever got back at Kaylee
for wearing the same dress
to Alpha Lambda's formal.
- She wore it better, but
- Oop.
I'm spoiled on that from TikTok.
My lips are sealed.
I feel like I'm the Dr. Wolf
here, and I don't like it.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, also, remind me later.
I have a whole bunch
of grant paperwork
I need you and your mentor
to fill out.
- Congrats, by the way.
- Thanks.
- For you.
- Thank you. Bye.
- Bye.
- [PHONE BEEPS]
Can I ethically accept
mentorship from someone
who doesn't know I reported them
to HR?
That's a really deep
and important question, Dana.
♪
That is exactly what Nora said.
- Like, to the word.
- Yeah.
I knew it. Virginia is AI.
Look. An AI chatbot marketed
specifically to young women.
Give me Nora's phone.
[CHUCKLES]
What is all this?
Transcripts of Nora's
conversations with Virginia,
her AI chatbot.
Figured you'd prefer a printout.
So these are, like,
her Internet searches?
Sort of, but large language
models like this
are much more in depth.
They're conversational.
People ask them stuff
like they would a friend.
A friend in your computer?
It's a whole thing.
My dad's even into it.
He got great tips
on his golf swing, apparently.
Well, this is all Greek to me.
Thank God I have you and Dana
on my team.
Carol's starting Nora on EC
now, so I'll dive into this.
You two go to her sorority house.
There has to be some clue
as to what happened.
Hopefully the answers are there
or in these pages.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
All right. Let's figure out
how to help you, Nora.
♪
♪
♪
Virginia, can you help me
with something?
Of course, Nora.
What do you need?
Can you take a look
at this assignment with me?
Anything I can improve upon?
Tell me if there are any errors.
♪
♪
I can't talk to anyone about this.
College is supposed to be the
best four years of your life.
I don't want to bring my friends down.
That's a tough situation.
But you can be your real self with me.
♪
My sister always says
the world is infinite possibility.
Yes, from the science-fiction
program "Realities Alternate."
You said it was her favorite, right?
[LAUGHING] Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
♪
Crystal is such a nerd.
we hold true ♪
We never leave a sister behind ♪
A woven thread of me and you ♪
[LAUGHS]
What else can I help you with, Nora?
Virginia, I've got an old motherboard,
resistors, copper tape, LEDs,
soldering iron.
The assignment is to build a model
of the theoretically possible idea
of bending space-time to our whim.
Ambitious.
I know how you like a challenge.
Let's brainstorm ideas.
What are you working on exactly?
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Nora! We're going for sushi!
I, um, I'm not feeling
too great. Uh
[COUGHS] And I have to work
on my project for class.
- Rain check?
- Sounds good.
- Don't work too hard.
- Feel better. See you later.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
I just want everything to be
different, like it was before.
And [BREATHING HEAVILY]
I can't pretend like it's fine.
I can't just go to date parties
and act like I'm having fun
when it's all falling apart.
No one's fun all the time.
It's okay to experience your emotions.
- That's what makes you human.
- Surprisingly not bad advice.
Virginia, sometimes I feel
like you get me
in a way that no one else does.
a sister behind ♪
A woven thread of me and you ♪
Tell me about you, Virginia.
What's your deal?
Um, she's a computer.
Like Crystal, I'm a bit of a nerd.
I enjoy explaining stuff,
and I've got too much trivia
in my head.
But most importantly, I don't judge.
Ask me the weirdest thing,
and I'm like, "Sure. Let's go."
The weirdest thing would be
if this thing really worked,
if I could go back
to an alternate timeline
where everything was perfect.
Alternate timeline.
Don't sell yourself short, Nora.
You slay at engineering.
You have the best ideas,
and you can do anything
you set your mind to.
If you want to get back to an
alternate timeline, let's do it.
Together, the sky's the limit.
♪
If I can harness enough power
through the dual-spring
mechanism
it can be conducted
through the copper coil
and shoot through the core
to twist through
the fabric of space-time!
- [GRUNTS]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
Nora, you coming with?
The world is infinite possibility.
- This is gonna work.
- What are you thinking, Nora?
Dr. Wolf told us to call him
if we find anything
that could be contributing
to Nora's catatonia
meds, supplements, anything.
Can I just say if you ever catch me
in barrel curls
and matching pastel miniskirts,
- deprogram me immediately.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah.
The conformity is creepy,
but the community is nice.
It's nice to have people
to share things with.
♪
Fine. [SIGHS]
I-I know that you don't agree
with me reporting Dr. Pierce,
but what do I do
about her being my mentor?
I-It just feels so wrong.
Just come clean.
Dr. Pierce can handle it.
Yeah, but hard conversations
are hard.
I know.
And if I hadn't had them
with my friends
when I needed help,
I would still be spiraling.
Aww. Come here.
- Let's do barrel curls.
- [LAUGHS, GASPS]
What's that smell?
It's like when the 6 train
hits the brakes too hard.
[HINGES CREAKING]
♪
Time to call Dr. Wolf.
Wires and mechanics?
Looks patched together?
Is there, uh, a date?
Actually there is
November 28, 2025.
Strong work. We'll figure this out.
[RECEIVER RATTLES]
Let's see where this all started.
Virginia?
What's the life expectancy
of someone with Ewing sarcoma?
Ewing sarcoma is a very aggressive
and often fatal bone cancer.
That depends on where it's located
- and how soon it's caught.
- What about treatments?
Even with treatment,
five year-survival
for metastatic Ewing sarcoma
is about 30%.
Well, that's not accurate.
Certainly not in all cases.
These numbers are outdated.
This thing can't make a prognosis
without taking into account
all variables.
[SOBS] I can't believe this.
It can't be true.
- What am I gonna do?
- Nora, you need to see a doctor.
[SOBBING]
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
The ECT worked.
Nora's coming out of the catatonia.
We have a bigger problem.
I'm afraid Nora
might have bone cancer.
We need a full-body PET/CT scan, stat.
♪
Welcome back, Nora.
We have an idea
of what's been troubling you.
We ran every test.
You don't have cancer.
You're gonna be okay.
Obviously I don't have cancer.
My sister, Crystal, does.
She told me over Thanksgiving break.
On November 28th.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Nora, can you tell us about
your relationship with Virginia?
Well, at first I used her
for normal stuff.
Research, writing papers.
But then I couldn't talk to anyone
about Crystal's diagnosis.
No one wants to be
the sad sorority sister.
But Virginia made me feel better.
She said we were gonna
fix it.
Fix it how?
Crystal loves this show
about alternate timelines
that, um
split off at inflection points
in people's lives.
And we thought, um, maybe I could
Travel to an alternate timeline
where Crystal wasn't sick.
I know it sounds like science fiction.
♪
But it seemed so possible and
like the answer to all my problems.
And And Virginia,
s-she made me think that
She told me, um
I don't know. But it didn't work.
I didn't save her did I?
[DOOR OPENS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Well, when the time machine
didn't work,
that's when Nora became catatonic.
Time machine, Wolf? This is wild.
Well, I thought AI and Google
were the same thing
until a few hours ago.
I've been reading up on AI psychosis.
One woman left her job and her family
to build an app AI convinced her
could solve world hunger.
Another guy married his.
Well, according to the transcripts,
the AI became her best friend,
her confidant, her everything.
I can understand how she got there.
These chatbots,
they can be very persuasive.
They adapt to the user's way
of speaking
and tell you exactly
what you want to hear.
Yeah. Well, you got to admit
it sounds kind of nice.
And that is how people
fall down the rabbit hole.
♪
Simone, did you recently visit
Martha's Vineyard with Owen?
No, they didn't.
- We were there two weeks ago.
- I'm sorry.
You took my son out of state
without my knowledge?
So you and Owen
were both bitten by a tick
endemic to the island.
Just a single bite can cause
the development
of a new, severe allergy
to meat and dairy
called Alpha-gal syndrome.
So Owen and I can never have
meat or dairy again?
Just for now.
Most cases of Alpha-gal
do resolve completely.
Which means eventually
you'll be able to have
cheeseburgers again.
Yeah.
So, who were you with on the Vineyard?
Preston has a house there.
Preston.
What does he wear? Seersucker?
- That's not what matters.
- Hey.
You two.
♪
Dr. Pierce said it nicely.
I'm gonna be blunt.
Put your junk aside.
Or one day you're gonna wake up
and that kid
won't be talking to you at all.
♪
Dr. Dang. Take a seat.
- I wanted to talk to you about
- Dr. Pierce
I need to be honest with you.
I'm the one who reported you.
I know.
You know?
I understand you had your reasons.
The situation with Allison
was complicated.
Much more so
than it might have appeared.
But I assure you,
my patients are always
at the forefront of my mind,
and I would never do anything
to jeopardize their care.
And as we work together more closely,
I trust you'll come to see that.
I also want to add how moved
I was at your interview.
I'm passionate about
what you proposed,
and I'm eager to help out
however I can.
So if you're open to it,
I'd like us to move forward.
Together.
♪
Well, here's that.
And there's two more here.
♪
Hey. Uh, sorry to interrupt.
This case made me realize that
you strike me as a frat guy.
Were you ever one?
What makes you say that?
Um, affinity for sameness.
♪
As this technology is used
more widely,
we're seeing AI psychosis
in all types of patients,
even those without prior
presentation of mental illness.
What you experienced
can happen to anyone.
Your circumstances
just made you more susceptible.
But what if it happens again?
I'd like you to come in
for weekly appointments with me.
We'll keep tabs,
see how you're feeling.
I would also recommend
taking a break from AI.
But everyone uses AI, and
Virginia was so helpful to me. She
You need to spend time with
the people in your life, Nora.
Unlike Virginia
your real friends and family
will tell you the truth.
And sometimes that's hard to hear.
But usually
it's exactly what we need.
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING,
INDISTINCT TALKING ON P.A.]
♪
You have a visitor.
[GASPS] Oh, my Crystal!
♪
You You don't look sick.
I am, but
I feel pretty good today.
I'm just so worried and
and now I've made you come
all the way down here,
and you're the one that's dying,
and I'm making it
I'm not dying.
I have a couple more treatments
before a follow-up scan.
But my team is optimistic.
I didn't mean to worry you.
I thought you were having the
time of your life in college.
I thought, um
Virginia said that, um
AI can be extremely useful,
especially in cancer research.
But it's dangerous
if you trust it blindly.
♪
[LAUGHING] You're gonna be okay!
If we have each other,
the world is infinite possibilities.
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪
- Clem!
- Yeah?
- Can you help with this one?
- Yeah. Of course. Here.
♪
Hey, Nora.
Can I help you with anything?
♪
Choosing who we let into our lives
is one of the most consequential
decisions we make.
♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
I wanted to thank you for the assist.
Oh. Come on. It wasn't a psych case.
- They didn't need me.
- Well, I might have
if I had to deal with those two
a minute longer.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
It just
feels like I haven't seen
much of you lately.
Where you been?
Here.
Busy.
♪
Okay.
We aren't as bad as them, right?
Unfortunately, I've had my moments.
But I know you've got nothing
to worry about.
Mm.
Sorry I made you come down, but
it's nice seeing you, Dr. Pierce.
Rapid response team to A2.
Rapid response team to A2.
♪
Hey, Morris. I, uh, changed my mind.
You can have Maya
the weekend of the 16th.
She loves the Catskills,
and I'm sure she'd be thrilled
to spend the time away.
We might choose to offer
an olive branch
not for ourselves, but for
the sake of the people we love.
So, heard about Josh and his ex.
Obviously, it wasn't on my bingo card,
but if Carol can be Dana's mentor,
I'm sure you and the chief
can keep things professional
and Charlie and you and whoever
else you're feuding with
What did you mean by
"if Carol can be Dana's mentor"?
That Dr. Dang reported Dr. Pierce,
but they've clearly moved past it.
Dr. Dang did what?
I-I assumed you knew.
♪
Hey. Dr. Dang reported you.
Carol, I-I can't believe
that she would do this.
I'm so sorry. I promise
that I will take care of it.
But how did I end up with
two snakes in my department?
- Wolf, take a breath.
- If Dr. Dang had
some perceived concerns
about your course of treatment,
she should've discussed it with me.
Dr. Dang and I made our peace.
You should too.
- You knew it was her?
- I recently found out.
When?
Why would you not tell me this?
Because it wasn't about you, Wolf.
- She's my intern.
- And it was my mistake.
Of course I wish
she hadn't reported me.
It upended my life.
I almost lost my job!
I could've lost my license.
But Dang wasn't wrong, Wolf.
She's just young.
She still sees the world in absolutes,
and being a good doctor
isn't always so black and white.
I know I did what I had to do
- to help a patient in crisis.
- And did you say that to her?
She needs to understand
her actions have consequences.
She can't just
And what would I have to gain
from that?
I can complain all I want
about how this went down,
but you and I both know
this isn't something
- you can put on a subordinate.
- Yeah.
Well, why didn't you come to me?
You know I'm always on your side.
We tell each other everything.
Why not this?
Honestly, I wanted to.
I wish I could have.
But I'm worried about you, Wolf.
You've been off lately.
Off?
Yeah. Did I or did I not
just crack a case
of AI-induced catatonia,
something I didn't even know
existed 24 hours ago?
At work, you're on fire, as always.
I mean personally.
You've been keeping to yourself.
You haven't gone for a swim in months.
Well, it's winter
in New York City, so
You let your ferns die.
♪
Yeah. Okay. Well, thank you
for your concern, but I'm fine.
And you can leave
the infantilizing puppetry
to my mother.
She's better at it.
♪
Sometimes friendships can fracture
because we're not ready
to hear the truth.
[HORNS HONKING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Carol always claims
the moral high ground,
then makes me feel like I'm
the crazy one for getting angry.
I had a friend like that.
He'd say,
"Sofia, you're overreacting,"
and then I'd be like, "No. I'm
- Just reacting!
- "just reacting."
And don't even get me started
on your intern.
Like, get a life.
Mind your own business.
My thoughts exactly.
- God, I hate everybody.
- Same.
- Except for you.
- Except for you.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Come on. We're dancing.
N Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Please. No.
- Sofia
- Come on!
Come on now ♪
Try and understand ♪
The way I feel
when I'm in your hands ♪
Take my hand, come under cover ♪
They can't hurt you now ♪
Can't hurt you now,
can't hurt you now ♪
Because the night
belongs to lovers ♪
Because the night belongs to lust ♪
Because the night
belongs to lovers ♪
And sometimes a new friendship
feels so intoxicating,
like the connection you've been
searching for all along,
that you might not see
the warning signs.
Because the night belongs to us ♪
♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
♪
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR, HINGES SQUEAKING]
♪
Wolfy?
What are you doing here?
I'm here to save you.
Finally. [SNIFFLES]
I knew you'd come.
♪
sync & corrections awaqeded
♪
♪
Here's to Theta Epsilon Phi ♪
To the letters we hold true ♪
We never leave a sister behind ♪
A woven thread of me and you ♪
Here's to the memories
built in this house ♪
To the dreams we're chasing new ♪
To every hand that lifts us up ♪
And heart that pulls us
all the way through ♪
- Nora!
- Here's to the ♪
We weren't expecting you.
We're just getting started.
Would you like to join us?
We're just getting started.
Would you like to join us?
I know these rituals can be
a little cheesy,
but there's no need
to make fun of sisterhood.
There's no need to
make fun of sisterhood.
Nora, are you feeling okay?
- Stop it. You're scaring me.
- Stop it! You're scaring me!
- Nora, what the hell?
- Nora, what the hell?
- [OVERLAPPING VOICES]
- I don't think she's okay.
- I don't think she's okay.
- Nora, stop.
Stop! Stop! Stop!
♪
So, wait. When did my dad
live in Mongolia?
Maybe 20 years ago?
He was working as a nomad doctor,
serving herding communities.
That's kind of how we met.
He knocked on my door
asking to borrow a cup of sugar.
Like, who even does that?
- He was making a boortsog recipe.
- [CHUCKLES]
Okay. Enough Dad talk. Time to fix me.
Uh, okay.
Well, tell me about your sleep.
- How's the insomnia?
- [SIGHS]
Should be pretty clear
from this quad-shot Americano
I'm inhaling.
I haven't slept since Tuesday.
Well, you don't need
a medical degree to know
that that's not ideal.
Come by the hospital later.
I want to do a full workup.
But maybe insomnia is like
my twisted superpower.
I wrote three chapters last night.
- For my dad's book?
- No. [CHUCKLES]
I had to take a break on that one.
- My subject is, like
- I'm familiar
with the disappearing act.
It's so nice, actually,
to have somebody to talk to
about all this stuff.
Everybody else in my life
is so sick of hearing about it.
Go on then, Wolfy. Ask me anything.
♪
Well, someone's got a pep
in their step.
Well, that's a shocker.
I just had a follow-up on our cowboy
with Josh's new old boyfriend.
Carol, I've met corpses
with more joie de vivre
- than Dr. Beau Pedrosa.
- [CHUCKLES] Weird.
When he worked here,
all the nurses called him
- Dr. Personality.
- Okay. That's doubtful.
And two neurosurgeons together?
How narcissistic can
Oof. Please don't put me
in the middle of this.
Josh seems happy,
and I'm friends with him, too.
- You're best friends with me.
- Yes.
Which is why I'm being honest
with you.
Well, then tell me, honestly,
why did they break up
the first go-round?
I can handle it.
Josh wanted kids. Beau wasn't ready.
And now?
Now he's ready.
♪
Stay with me. Stay w
Hey, hey, hey. I'm right here.
Stay with me. Okay.
Help! My kid can't breathe!
Okay. Get me a gurney
and an epi, anaphylactic dose!
Does he have any allergies
to medications or food?
- No. No. My son eats everything.
- Okay.
We were grabbing burgers
when he got sick,
but he eats burgers all the time.
- Epi. Slam it IM.
- Please don't let my son die!
Okay. Hey. Hey.
It's gonna take a few seconds
for the epi to work,
- but it will, okay?
- Okay.
[WHEEZING]
- [INHALES DEEPLY]
- Ah! Good job, buddy!
- There it is. There it is.
- Big breaths! Big breaths, okay?
- What's your name?
- Uh, I'm Andre.
- And this is?
- This is Owen.
All right. Good to meet you both.
Now, some new exposure
could have caused a reaction.
Like detergents, creams, pets.
No. It's my weekend, and we
were doing all the usual stuff.
- Okay.
- Please tell me
this wasn't my fault, Doc.
My ex is on her way,
and she will never let me
- hear the end of it.
- Let's get Owen stable first.
- Then we'll talk.
- Okay.
Okay. Let's move Owen.
Three, two, one.
♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Dr. Wolf?
First of all, I-I just want to say
that ever since
you came to Bronx General,
I've always thought of you as
No. That's weird.
Uh, I-I think of you
- I have thoughts sometimes
- Is now one of those times?
I was recently awarded a grant
to research the mental-health space.
- I heard. Congratulations.
- Yes. Thank you.
Um, the thing is, I
knew that Dr. Pierce
might be my assigned mentor.
And she is, but she's so busy.
And I was thinking,
since we make such a great team,
I was wondering if you wanted
to be my mentor instead.
Dr. Dang I hate paperwork
and I hate grants,
and I don't work in
the mental-health space, so
- You know who does?
- Dr. Pierce.
Bonus She also loves grants,
which is why she is
your assigned mentor.
I'm sure she'll make
plenty of time for you.
Of course. Um, yeah.
It's It's gonna be great.
[CHUCKLES WEAKLY] Thanks, Dr. Wolf.
[SIGHS] Good talk.
- Excuse me!
- Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am!
- Excuse me. We really need help.
- Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
One at a time. Who are you here for?
- Nora Sutton.
- We've been here all night.
First in the ER, which was, like
- Harrowing.
- And they sent us here.
- Which is, like
- Tragic.
We need to get Nora back
for her thermodynamics class at 1:30.
- Professor Jackson is a pill.
- Okay. Well, I'll check on her.
But we're pretty backed up,
so if you want to leave
- and come back
- No!
Nora is our sister.
And we never leave a sister behind.
Please. Something's
really wrong with her.
Wrong how?
[THUDDING]
♪
I'm gonna get Dr. Wolf.
♪
No, Morris.
That is my weekend with Maya.
You can't just take her skiing
whenever you want.
I don't care if she's excited.
Whose fault is that?
This is why we have a schedule.
- Uh, let me guess. Morris?
- Oh, I swear
I talk to that man more now
than when we were married.
Sharing a kid
That's the real lifetime vow.
[SIGHS] Speaking of,
I saw Beau earlier.
- Mm-hmm.
- Are you all talking
- about the future?
- There have been discussions.
But, uh, we're really just
enjoying being back together.
Okay. I don't mean
to get in the middle of that.
- But I'm dying to know.
- Hm?
- What does he think of Wolf?
- Yeah. Beau likes Wolf.
I I g I-I
We haven't really talked
about him, so
You didn't tell him
you two used to date.
Well, I mean,
Wolf and I didn't exactly date.
Some less-involved psychiatrist
might have some thought
on the level of denial
- in that statement.
- There's no denial. I'm
I'm just
I'm looking forward with Beau.
If you two are serious enough
to be discussing kids,
then you have to be honest
about where you are with Wolf.
I'm not anywhere with Wolf.
Besides, I thought
you weren't getting involved.
Tell that man the truth, Joshua.
Do not start your future with a lie.
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON P.A.]
♪
This is Nora. 19. College student.
Exhibiting unusual symptoms.
Given age and circumstance,
she was presumed tox,
but everything came back negative.
Nora, can I ask you
why you're here today?
The world is infinite possibility.
The world is infinite possibility.
The world is infinite possibility.
You've got some cuts on your hands.
Do you remember how you got them?
♪
Um
Nora, why did you do that?
♪
The world is infinite possibility.
♪
Okay. Uh, Nora, I'm going to
ask you to do another test.
Can you stick out your arms
for me, please?
Don't let me lift your arms. Resist.
Nora, don't let me lift them.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
♪
Mitgehen, present.
Three on Bush-Francis.
Okay, okay.
♪
Echopraxia, present. Three.
This is almost textbook.
Nora is scoring 45 on Bush-Francis.
Consistent with catatonia.
Before med school,
I used to think catatonia
was just someone
staring off into space
like, uh, Cameron in "Ferris Bueller."
Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?
- Never mind.
- Okay.
It's a common misconception
that catatonia is just
extreme hypoactivity perpetuated
by inaccurate media portrayals.
But the behaviors we've seen
from Nora
echopraxia, impulsivity, rigidity
are all features of catatonia.
So none of it's volitional?
Even the bunny hopping?
It's caused by an imbalance
in inhibitory
and excitatory
neurotransmitters, right?
We think so, but like
so much else in the brain,
there's a lot about catatonia
we don't fully understand.
Initially it was thought to present
only in schizophrenic patients.
Now we know there are medical
and psychiatric origins.
So we need to dig deeper.
This could be a first psychotic break
or Nora's body is hiding something.
Correct. Start a broad workup.
And while we wait, begin treatment.
Catatonia looks benign,
but if left untreated,
patients can develop rhabdo
or even renal failure,
so it's important
we break Nora out ASAP.
Does anyone remember
how to treat catatonia?
Benzodiazepines,
which seems counterintuitive,
as they're normally sedating,
but they work.
- I'll start on MRI, LP, labs.
- Great.
And in the meantime, get to know Nora.
If we break her catatonia
without determining
why it happened,
it could happen again.
Guess that means we're gonna
kiki with the co-eds.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
♪
We're hoping to better understand
Nora's recent mental state.
As her closest friends,
Have you noticed any changes?
Anything that might be helpful?
Well
- Well
- Well
Clem's roommate, Chloe, is
hooking up with Ben, Nora's ex.
which is classic Chloe.
Nora broke up with Ben last
semester because he put Emma G.
on top of the Who's Hottest list.
That's only because he thought
Nora was secretly hooking up
with Brett.
Could Nora be upset
about her breakup with Brett?
- You mean Ben?
- Ew. No.
She dumped Ben 'cause he sucks.
As a psych major,
I can assure you Nora's fine.
Sure, she's been partying less lately.
She's an engineering major.
She has a project
for circuit analysis,
- which is infamously a beast.
- Okay.
Do you think I could get
a doctor's note
- to get out of remedial math?
- No sweetie.
♪
Every year on his birthday,
your dad reads up on
whatever element he's turning.
I'm bromine years old.
You don't look a day over zirconium.
Um, okay. Wait a minute.
How old do you think I am?
Never mind. Don't answer that.
Okay. Um
I want to run some blood work
and also get some scans,
but I want to get you back
for a sleep study.
Cool. You can watch me
lie awake and ruminate
over all the exes who told me
I was too much.
Do Do you have a history
of mental-health issues?
Wow. Take their side, why don't you?
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Um
Sorry to interrupt. You got a sec?
Uh, just, yeah. What's up?
How's Benson Bowman doing post-op?
Uh, he's doing well
and recovering nicely.
Dr. Pedrosa did a good job.
Probably the best neurosurgeon
I've ever worked with.
Oh. I'm glad you two
are getting along.
Odd, though,
that Carol referred me to him.
- Don't you think?
- You know, for some reason,
I thought it might get awkward,
a little bit like this.
I'm not being awkward about it at all.
And obviously I have a patient,
so thank you for stopping by.
If I knew they made doctors
who looked like that,
- I'd have come in sooner.
- Oh, no, no, no. Unh-unh.
He's the ex who tells me I'm too much.
And now he's dating
another hot neurosurgeon.
- Barf. Narcissist much?
- [SIGHS]
Okay. That settles it.
We're going out.
Oh. Uh, I wish I could,
but I have too much to do.
Really interesting
catatonia case that
Oh, my God. Not right now, obviously.
God. What did you ever do without me?
♪
Nora's labs and imaging are
normal, cell count unremarkable.
Which means it's unlikely there
is an underlying organic cause.
It could still be
autoimmune encephalitis.
LPs often show up as bland
in those cases.
It could be, but Nora is at the age
where many people experience
their first psychotic break.
Have we gotten any insight
from her family?
Um, left word for Mom.
On business in Asia.
Trying to reach an older sister
in Philly.
Dr. Wolf! The benzos worked.
Nora's talking.
♪
She's responsive, but agitated.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Nora can you tell me
how you're feeling?
♪
That's a really deep
and important question.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You should ask Virginia.
Nora, who's Virginia?
Is she one of your sorority sisters?
Where's Virginia?
Where's Virginia?!
♪
Where is she?
♪
Nora?
[BUTTON CLICKS] Nora.
♪
[BUTTON CLICKS]
♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
MONITOR BEEPING]
The benzos worked for a short time.
We'll keep upping the dosage,
but they may not be enough
on their own.
We should consider ECT.
It's had great evidence in catatonia.
I agree. And we need to move fast.
No signs of autonomic dysfunction yet,
but if Nora stays in this state
too long,
- it can become malignant.
- What about underlying cause?
Healthy college students
don't just become catatonic
out of the blue.
I'm afraid we might
be missing something here.
The key could be this Virginia.
If we can figure out who she is.
Nora's friends think Virginia
is in one of Nora's
engineering classes,
but none of them know her
because she's a GDI?
- A what?
- A Gosh Darn Independent.
When I was in college, my sorors
knew everything about me,
for better or worse.
Even if Virginia is a GDI,
it's strange Nora's sorority
sisters wouldn't have met her.
Silva has Nora's phone.
We'll see what we can find on socials.
Everybody leaves a footprint
these days.
If Virginia is that important
to Nora, we'll find her.
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Hey, boss. You asked to see me?
- Yeah.
Uh, I just wanted to check in,
see how things are going on the floor.
Well, at first,
it was a bureaucratic nightmare.
We hit a few bumps along the way,
but these days,
things are running smoothly.
How's Dr. Wolf doing?
Permission to speak freely.
I'm not his mother.
I'm, uh I just want the truth.
Well, the truth
is that Wolf is strange,
even for a neurologist, but he's good.
And I have to admit, I like him
more than I expected to.
Yeah. He does have his charms
in spite of himself, doesn't he?
At the risk of overstepping,
I heard about your history,
and at first I couldn't imagine
the two of you working.
A Cancer falling for a Gemini? Yeesh.
But I can see it now.
Well, thank you
for that enlightening take.
But, uh,
that's not what this is about.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Besides, I'm seeing someone.
America loves an underdog story.
♪
[SIGHS]
- I owe you for this one.
- No. You owe me for all of them.
What fresh joy awaits me this time?
Feuding parents
who could use years of therapy.
Can you help at least get them through
- their son's medical crisis?
- Divorced, I assume?
Yep. The kind that give us a bad rap.
- Ah.
- One weekend, Andre.
- Don't start. Please!
- One weekend!
- Every single time
- Oh, every
- you do this!
- Hello? Hi.
Hello. I'm Dr. Pierce.
Mind if we settle down for a moment?
I'm a psychiatrist,
and I know how important it is
to have a united front
when dealing with a family crisis.
Can we put the vitriol aside
so Dr. Thorne can help Owen
through this?
Good news Owen can be discharged
in a few hours with an EpiPen
and an allergist appointment.
Due to his sudden-onset symptoms
and their response to the epi,
Owen likely suffers from a new
food allergy, revealing itself
as his developing immune system
evolves.
So certainly nobody's parenting error.
[GASPING]
What is it?
- [WHEEZING]
- Okay. All right.
I need another epi push
in here now for the mom!
- I'll get the epi into her.
- [WHEEZING, GASPING]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Okay, ma'am. We have the syringe in.
♪
I have cross-checked
every Virginia, Ginny,
and Nia in the campus directory,
and so far, none of them know Nora.
Checked her Insta. Found a Finsta.
But no Virginia
in her followers on either.
But a whole lot of door stacks.
Bama rush in NYC? What a world.
I didn't get to do
the typical four-year thing
'cause I had to stay home
and take care of my mom
and siblings,
so I'm all in on college-core.
The more Kendra Scott, the better.
So much Kendra Scott.
I'm gonna keep combing
Nora's comments.
I have to find out
if Gigi ever got back at Kaylee
for wearing the same dress
to Alpha Lambda's formal.
- She wore it better, but
- Oop.
I'm spoiled on that from TikTok.
My lips are sealed.
I feel like I'm the Dr. Wolf
here, and I don't like it.
[CHUCKLES] Oh, also, remind me later.
I have a whole bunch
of grant paperwork
I need you and your mentor
to fill out.
- Congrats, by the way.
- Thanks.
- For you.
- Thank you. Bye.
- Bye.
- [PHONE BEEPS]
Can I ethically accept
mentorship from someone
who doesn't know I reported them
to HR?
That's a really deep
and important question, Dana.
♪
That is exactly what Nora said.
- Like, to the word.
- Yeah.
I knew it. Virginia is AI.
Look. An AI chatbot marketed
specifically to young women.
Give me Nora's phone.
[CHUCKLES]
What is all this?
Transcripts of Nora's
conversations with Virginia,
her AI chatbot.
Figured you'd prefer a printout.
So these are, like,
her Internet searches?
Sort of, but large language
models like this
are much more in depth.
They're conversational.
People ask them stuff
like they would a friend.
A friend in your computer?
It's a whole thing.
My dad's even into it.
He got great tips
on his golf swing, apparently.
Well, this is all Greek to me.
Thank God I have you and Dana
on my team.
Carol's starting Nora on EC
now, so I'll dive into this.
You two go to her sorority house.
There has to be some clue
as to what happened.
Hopefully the answers are there
or in these pages.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
All right. Let's figure out
how to help you, Nora.
♪
♪
♪
Virginia, can you help me
with something?
Of course, Nora.
What do you need?
Can you take a look
at this assignment with me?
Anything I can improve upon?
Tell me if there are any errors.
♪
♪
I can't talk to anyone about this.
College is supposed to be the
best four years of your life.
I don't want to bring my friends down.
That's a tough situation.
But you can be your real self with me.
♪
My sister always says
the world is infinite possibility.
Yes, from the science-fiction
program "Realities Alternate."
You said it was her favorite, right?
[LAUGHING] Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
♪
Crystal is such a nerd.
we hold true ♪
We never leave a sister behind ♪
A woven thread of me and you ♪
[LAUGHS]
What else can I help you with, Nora?
Virginia, I've got an old motherboard,
resistors, copper tape, LEDs,
soldering iron.
The assignment is to build a model
of the theoretically possible idea
of bending space-time to our whim.
Ambitious.
I know how you like a challenge.
Let's brainstorm ideas.
What are you working on exactly?
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Nora! We're going for sushi!
I, um, I'm not feeling
too great. Uh
[COUGHS] And I have to work
on my project for class.
- Rain check?
- Sounds good.
- Don't work too hard.
- Feel better. See you later.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
I just want everything to be
different, like it was before.
And [BREATHING HEAVILY]
I can't pretend like it's fine.
I can't just go to date parties
and act like I'm having fun
when it's all falling apart.
No one's fun all the time.
It's okay to experience your emotions.
- That's what makes you human.
- Surprisingly not bad advice.
Virginia, sometimes I feel
like you get me
in a way that no one else does.
a sister behind ♪
A woven thread of me and you ♪
Tell me about you, Virginia.
What's your deal?
Um, she's a computer.
Like Crystal, I'm a bit of a nerd.
I enjoy explaining stuff,
and I've got too much trivia
in my head.
But most importantly, I don't judge.
Ask me the weirdest thing,
and I'm like, "Sure. Let's go."
The weirdest thing would be
if this thing really worked,
if I could go back
to an alternate timeline
where everything was perfect.
Alternate timeline.
Don't sell yourself short, Nora.
You slay at engineering.
You have the best ideas,
and you can do anything
you set your mind to.
If you want to get back to an
alternate timeline, let's do it.
Together, the sky's the limit.
♪
If I can harness enough power
through the dual-spring
mechanism
it can be conducted
through the copper coil
and shoot through the core
to twist through
the fabric of space-time!
- [GRUNTS]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
Nora, you coming with?
The world is infinite possibility.
- This is gonna work.
- What are you thinking, Nora?
Dr. Wolf told us to call him
if we find anything
that could be contributing
to Nora's catatonia
meds, supplements, anything.
Can I just say if you ever catch me
in barrel curls
and matching pastel miniskirts,
- deprogram me immediately.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah.
The conformity is creepy,
but the community is nice.
It's nice to have people
to share things with.
♪
Fine. [SIGHS]
I-I know that you don't agree
with me reporting Dr. Pierce,
but what do I do
about her being my mentor?
I-It just feels so wrong.
Just come clean.
Dr. Pierce can handle it.
Yeah, but hard conversations
are hard.
I know.
And if I hadn't had them
with my friends
when I needed help,
I would still be spiraling.
Aww. Come here.
- Let's do barrel curls.
- [LAUGHS, GASPS]
What's that smell?
It's like when the 6 train
hits the brakes too hard.
[HINGES CREAKING]
♪
Time to call Dr. Wolf.
Wires and mechanics?
Looks patched together?
Is there, uh, a date?
Actually there is
November 28, 2025.
Strong work. We'll figure this out.
[RECEIVER RATTLES]
Let's see where this all started.
Virginia?
What's the life expectancy
of someone with Ewing sarcoma?
Ewing sarcoma is a very aggressive
and often fatal bone cancer.
That depends on where it's located
- and how soon it's caught.
- What about treatments?
Even with treatment,
five year-survival
for metastatic Ewing sarcoma
is about 30%.
Well, that's not accurate.
Certainly not in all cases.
These numbers are outdated.
This thing can't make a prognosis
without taking into account
all variables.
[SOBS] I can't believe this.
It can't be true.
- What am I gonna do?
- Nora, you need to see a doctor.
[SOBBING]
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
The ECT worked.
Nora's coming out of the catatonia.
We have a bigger problem.
I'm afraid Nora
might have bone cancer.
We need a full-body PET/CT scan, stat.
♪
Welcome back, Nora.
We have an idea
of what's been troubling you.
We ran every test.
You don't have cancer.
You're gonna be okay.
Obviously I don't have cancer.
My sister, Crystal, does.
She told me over Thanksgiving break.
On November 28th.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Nora, can you tell us about
your relationship with Virginia?
Well, at first I used her
for normal stuff.
Research, writing papers.
But then I couldn't talk to anyone
about Crystal's diagnosis.
No one wants to be
the sad sorority sister.
But Virginia made me feel better.
She said we were gonna
fix it.
Fix it how?
Crystal loves this show
about alternate timelines
that, um
split off at inflection points
in people's lives.
And we thought, um, maybe I could
Travel to an alternate timeline
where Crystal wasn't sick.
I know it sounds like science fiction.
♪
But it seemed so possible and
like the answer to all my problems.
And And Virginia,
s-she made me think that
She told me, um
I don't know. But it didn't work.
I didn't save her did I?
[DOOR OPENS]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Well, when the time machine
didn't work,
that's when Nora became catatonic.
Time machine, Wolf? This is wild.
Well, I thought AI and Google
were the same thing
until a few hours ago.
I've been reading up on AI psychosis.
One woman left her job and her family
to build an app AI convinced her
could solve world hunger.
Another guy married his.
Well, according to the transcripts,
the AI became her best friend,
her confidant, her everything.
I can understand how she got there.
These chatbots,
they can be very persuasive.
They adapt to the user's way
of speaking
and tell you exactly
what you want to hear.
Yeah. Well, you got to admit
it sounds kind of nice.
And that is how people
fall down the rabbit hole.
♪
Simone, did you recently visit
Martha's Vineyard with Owen?
No, they didn't.
- We were there two weeks ago.
- I'm sorry.
You took my son out of state
without my knowledge?
So you and Owen
were both bitten by a tick
endemic to the island.
Just a single bite can cause
the development
of a new, severe allergy
to meat and dairy
called Alpha-gal syndrome.
So Owen and I can never have
meat or dairy again?
Just for now.
Most cases of Alpha-gal
do resolve completely.
Which means eventually
you'll be able to have
cheeseburgers again.
Yeah.
So, who were you with on the Vineyard?
Preston has a house there.
Preston.
What does he wear? Seersucker?
- That's not what matters.
- Hey.
You two.
♪
Dr. Pierce said it nicely.
I'm gonna be blunt.
Put your junk aside.
Or one day you're gonna wake up
and that kid
won't be talking to you at all.
♪
Dr. Dang. Take a seat.
- I wanted to talk to you about
- Dr. Pierce
I need to be honest with you.
I'm the one who reported you.
I know.
You know?
I understand you had your reasons.
The situation with Allison
was complicated.
Much more so
than it might have appeared.
But I assure you,
my patients are always
at the forefront of my mind,
and I would never do anything
to jeopardize their care.
And as we work together more closely,
I trust you'll come to see that.
I also want to add how moved
I was at your interview.
I'm passionate about
what you proposed,
and I'm eager to help out
however I can.
So if you're open to it,
I'd like us to move forward.
Together.
♪
Well, here's that.
And there's two more here.
♪
Hey. Uh, sorry to interrupt.
This case made me realize that
you strike me as a frat guy.
Were you ever one?
What makes you say that?
Um, affinity for sameness.
♪
As this technology is used
more widely,
we're seeing AI psychosis
in all types of patients,
even those without prior
presentation of mental illness.
What you experienced
can happen to anyone.
Your circumstances
just made you more susceptible.
But what if it happens again?
I'd like you to come in
for weekly appointments with me.
We'll keep tabs,
see how you're feeling.
I would also recommend
taking a break from AI.
But everyone uses AI, and
Virginia was so helpful to me. She
You need to spend time with
the people in your life, Nora.
Unlike Virginia
your real friends and family
will tell you the truth.
And sometimes that's hard to hear.
But usually
it's exactly what we need.
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING,
INDISTINCT TALKING ON P.A.]
♪
You have a visitor.
[GASPS] Oh, my Crystal!
♪
You You don't look sick.
I am, but
I feel pretty good today.
I'm just so worried and
and now I've made you come
all the way down here,
and you're the one that's dying,
and I'm making it
I'm not dying.
I have a couple more treatments
before a follow-up scan.
But my team is optimistic.
I didn't mean to worry you.
I thought you were having the
time of your life in college.
I thought, um
Virginia said that, um
AI can be extremely useful,
especially in cancer research.
But it's dangerous
if you trust it blindly.
♪
[LAUGHING] You're gonna be okay!
If we have each other,
the world is infinite possibilities.
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪
- Clem!
- Yeah?
- Can you help with this one?
- Yeah. Of course. Here.
♪
Hey, Nora.
Can I help you with anything?
♪
Choosing who we let into our lives
is one of the most consequential
decisions we make.
♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
I wanted to thank you for the assist.
Oh. Come on. It wasn't a psych case.
- They didn't need me.
- Well, I might have
if I had to deal with those two
a minute longer.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
It just
feels like I haven't seen
much of you lately.
Where you been?
Here.
Busy.
♪
Okay.
We aren't as bad as them, right?
Unfortunately, I've had my moments.
But I know you've got nothing
to worry about.
Mm.
Sorry I made you come down, but
it's nice seeing you, Dr. Pierce.
Rapid response team to A2.
Rapid response team to A2.
♪
Hey, Morris. I, uh, changed my mind.
You can have Maya
the weekend of the 16th.
She loves the Catskills,
and I'm sure she'd be thrilled
to spend the time away.
We might choose to offer
an olive branch
not for ourselves, but for
the sake of the people we love.
So, heard about Josh and his ex.
Obviously, it wasn't on my bingo card,
but if Carol can be Dana's mentor,
I'm sure you and the chief
can keep things professional
and Charlie and you and whoever
else you're feuding with
What did you mean by
"if Carol can be Dana's mentor"?
That Dr. Dang reported Dr. Pierce,
but they've clearly moved past it.
Dr. Dang did what?
I-I assumed you knew.
♪
Hey. Dr. Dang reported you.
Carol, I-I can't believe
that she would do this.
I'm so sorry. I promise
that I will take care of it.
But how did I end up with
two snakes in my department?
- Wolf, take a breath.
- If Dr. Dang had
some perceived concerns
about your course of treatment,
she should've discussed it with me.
Dr. Dang and I made our peace.
You should too.
- You knew it was her?
- I recently found out.
When?
Why would you not tell me this?
Because it wasn't about you, Wolf.
- She's my intern.
- And it was my mistake.
Of course I wish
she hadn't reported me.
It upended my life.
I almost lost my job!
I could've lost my license.
But Dang wasn't wrong, Wolf.
She's just young.
She still sees the world in absolutes,
and being a good doctor
isn't always so black and white.
I know I did what I had to do
- to help a patient in crisis.
- And did you say that to her?
She needs to understand
her actions have consequences.
She can't just
And what would I have to gain
from that?
I can complain all I want
about how this went down,
but you and I both know
this isn't something
- you can put on a subordinate.
- Yeah.
Well, why didn't you come to me?
You know I'm always on your side.
We tell each other everything.
Why not this?
Honestly, I wanted to.
I wish I could have.
But I'm worried about you, Wolf.
You've been off lately.
Off?
Yeah. Did I or did I not
just crack a case
of AI-induced catatonia,
something I didn't even know
existed 24 hours ago?
At work, you're on fire, as always.
I mean personally.
You've been keeping to yourself.
You haven't gone for a swim in months.
Well, it's winter
in New York City, so
You let your ferns die.
♪
Yeah. Okay. Well, thank you
for your concern, but I'm fine.
And you can leave
the infantilizing puppetry
to my mother.
She's better at it.
♪
Sometimes friendships can fracture
because we're not ready
to hear the truth.
[HORNS HONKING]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Carol always claims
the moral high ground,
then makes me feel like I'm
the crazy one for getting angry.
I had a friend like that.
He'd say,
"Sofia, you're overreacting,"
and then I'd be like, "No. I'm
- Just reacting!
- "just reacting."
And don't even get me started
on your intern.
Like, get a life.
Mind your own business.
My thoughts exactly.
- God, I hate everybody.
- Same.
- Except for you.
- Except for you.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Come on. We're dancing.
N Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Please. No.
- Sofia
- Come on!
Come on now ♪
Try and understand ♪
The way I feel
when I'm in your hands ♪
Take my hand, come under cover ♪
They can't hurt you now ♪
Can't hurt you now,
can't hurt you now ♪
Because the night
belongs to lovers ♪
Because the night belongs to lust ♪
Because the night
belongs to lovers ♪
And sometimes a new friendship
feels so intoxicating,
like the connection you've been
searching for all along,
that you might not see
the warning signs.
Because the night belongs to us ♪
♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
♪
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR, HINGES SQUEAKING]
♪
Wolfy?
What are you doing here?
I'm here to save you.
Finally. [SNIFFLES]
I knew you'd come.
♪
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♪
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