Doc (US) (2025) s02e16 Episode Script

I had a car accident,
lost a lot of my memory.
(RICHARD): Previously, on Doc.
You have Sonya in line
for chief resident.
And I run circles around her.
You will each have your own cases
and you'll critique each other's work.
(DR. ROSE): You certainly can't
maintain a high stress job.
Are you okay?
She has an autoimmune disease
and she's hiding it.
You weaponized my memory loss.
I'm so sorry.
He turned down the Dixon settlement
and demanded his job back.
I suggest you find
a way to work with him,
because he starts tomorrow.
(WOMAN): Jessica, come help
get ready for dinner.
The food's not even here yet.
What the hell is taking so long?
Hey, we don't
speak that way in this house.
Um, Mom totally does.
Where do you think I learned it?
I'm giving this guy two stars
if he doesn't get here
in the next 30 seconds.
Someday you'll have to
get a job, so be nice.
You get that I might seriously
die of starvation, right?
The theatrics, he gets from you.
Finally, he's here! He's rolling up!
(COURIER): I'm very sorry I'm late.
I'm very, very sorry.
(PANTING)
You all right there, pal?
I'm okay. And the food is still warm.
Please, I still need five stars.
(PANTING)
I think you might need a doctor.
I already accepted another order,
but thank you.
Are you sure?
'Cause you don't look too good.
Oh, Jesus! Okay!
Listen, I think we need to call
you an ambulance, okay?
- I'm fine.
- Call an ambulance!
But I have another order.
And I need my bike. It's unlocked!
Okay, I'll get your bike, okay?
- I think you need help.
- (SCREAMING IN PAIN)
(SIGHING)
(EXHALING DEEPLY)
Hey.
Once more unto the breach.
Just show the people
who you really are and
they'll come back to you.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(ELEVATOR CHIMING)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(ELEVATOR CHIMING)
Have fun.
Richard?
You sent all those texts after you left.
How sorry you were,
how everything you did
was out of desperation.
How much you wanted to make it up to me
if I ever gave you the chance.
And then you walked in here
and sold me out.
To get your job back.
(SIGHING)
You never answered any of those texts.
One mistake and I am taking you down.
(PHONE RINGING)
Whoa. What is he doing here?
- Don't you read your emails?
- No.
I almost brought popcorn.
He's back.
Dr. Miller, good morning.
I hope you aren't too discouraged
there was no
welcoming parade or balloons.
(LAUGHING QUIETLY)
I deserve that.
That's gracious of you
to acknowledge as much.
Never thought I'd see
you sitting in that chair.
Or sitting anywhere, really.
Even the restless spirit
occasionally yearns for tranquil waters.
And what's the occasion?
You failed so spectacularly,
they offered me the moon.
I made mistakes.
I'm hoping for the chance
to make up for them.
Actually, you leveraged an
incredibly painful situation
to your advantage, so you'll forgive me
if the humility rings a little false.
But feel free to try it on
with the rest of the staff,
see if it plays.
I've signed all the paperwork with HR.
May I see patients?
Your assignments are
at the Nurses' Station.
Thank you.
- You went into her desk?
- We had no other choice.
And if she needs to keep
syringes in her drawer,
that tells you how acute
her condition must be.
Okay, but hang on.
She did an absolutely brilliant job
with Dante and with Charlie.
The hand tremor was right
after the surgery with Charlie.
And it was bad.
(SIGHING HEAVILY)
I thought Richard coming back
was gonna be the top story today.
She's putting patients at risk, Jake.
All right, yeah. I'll talk to her.
Before she performs another surgery.
Yes, Sonya.
You did the right thing
bringing this to me.
Now just get on with your days
and keep this to yourselves, alright?
Don't let one doctor's
careless mistake ruin your life.
If you suspect you've been the
victim of malpractice,
One Glick for your M.D. fix.
Oh my God, and Amy pulled him?
Oh, you can relax. I requested you.
Because I'm the only one
here who doesn't hate you?
'Cause you're the best,
even with the head injury, so I'm told.
So you and I never had any run-ins?
Well, I tried,
but you always kept it tight.
Morning. Looks like
we're together today.
Sounds like a migraine pattern.
Yeah, but it's unusual for
it to present so late in life.
Maybe just the weight
from a guilty conscience.
Uh-oh, looks like we got a hater.
Well, he's not wrong.
Your job is pretty stressful.
I keep a pretty good lid on it.
Spend a week every quarter
at my timeshare in The Keys.
A daily regimen of CBD gummies
and a soak at the naturopathic
spa next door keeps me hummin'.
Okay, well, we are gonna treat
the symptoms of your headache,
and I'm gonna order a C
and an MRI, just to be sure.
One Glick for your M.D. fix.
(CHUCKLING)
No, he said he would be there.
He works from home.
Call the number I gave you
and he'll give it to you.
(HUFFING)
- Everything okay?
- It's my cousin.
He's looking for my e-bike.
I had to leave it
when the ambulance came.
Pretty cold to be out riding last night.
I deliver food. It's how I make money.
If I don't have that bike,
I have nothing.
(PORTER): Dr. Miller?
- Looks like we're up.
- Okay.
(RICHARD): Your blood test indicates
you have chronic kidney failure.
This ultrasound will help us
figure out the problem
and we'll go from there, okay?
Okay.
(RICHARD SIGHING)
How often do you urinate
on an average day?
I, uh try not to.
Uh what do you mean?
I don't understand.
Most restaurants won't
let us use their bathrooms,
even though we're making
half their business.
I have to go out of my way to find one,
and that means money out of my pocket.
So, you don't drink
anything while you're working?
Not water? Nothing?
I drink a little, but
I try not to take any breaks.
I already got a public urination
ticket for $500,
so now I do not risk it.
I understand that, but
I barely make enough
to live here as it is,
and everything else,
I send to my country
to bring over my family.
My wife and son.
Hmm. Beautiful.
I'm a father, too.
So, I understand what we
have to do for our families,
but something has to change.
You are dehydrating your body,
and the urine you are making
is pooling in your kidneys
because you're not relieving yourself.
- So, we are going to need to
- (PHONE RINGING)
Did you get it?
Okay, good! Good.
Bring it here!
- No, I need it tonight, Amou!
- Abe.
- Then have Mahad bring it!
- Abe!
Hold on.
Forget about your bike for a second.
You are very sick!
And if you continue this way,
you're going to kill yourself.
Um, uh Matt Damon's best friend.
- He just played Batman!
- Ah, Ben Affleck!
- Yup!
- Yeah!
(LAUGHING)
Uh, Michael, oh my God.
This could only be you.
Okay, it's Danny's favourite
cartoon character.
Uh, they're always looking around
There's a
- Oh! Uh Dora the Explorer!
- Yes!
(AMY LAUGHING PROUDLY)
Time, time, time!
(ALL LAUGHING)
Nice!
Dora the Explorer is not a celebrity!
No one more famous in our house.
How many was that? Was it nine?
- I counted eight.
- Nine!
Nine!
- (PHONE RINGING)
- Ouch, you're killing us.
(CHUCKLING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Uh-oh. The hospital.
I feel like there's some kind of
telepathy going on over there.
We never should have put
the two most competitive
people on a team together.
We're not winning by that much.
Oh yeah, we're winning
by a lot, actually.
Sorry to host and run,
but I gotta head in.
Mooney's got pleuritic pain
and shortness of breath.
He's my patient. I'll go.
No, no, no. You did a double
yesterday, and I'm on call.
What, are you running for office?
Just an incredibly generous guy.
I'll update you once I'm there.
Well, now, maybe
the rest of us have a chance.
- Finally.
- New teams!
- New teams.
- Let's go.
Hey, buddy.
Oh.
Did you forget that we had
one of our sessions scheduled?
Morning's just getting away from me.
Nora's mom was gonna take Simon today,
but she's under the weather,
so we won't be alone.
I can forgive the intrusion,
as long as you hand me
this handsome little man
right this instant.
(GASPING)
Hey there, you sweet thing!
I assume Amy told you
about the big revelation.
About Nora? Of course.
You're not ready to string me up?
Come on, Michael. I know what
life was like in that house.
Explains it. Doesn't excuse it.
And how are things with Nora now?
Over.
Is that what you want?
From the moment Amy looked at me
after her accident,
I think it was inevitable.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
And now she's with Jake.
Isn't she?
- Well, Joan's forbidden it.
- Come on.
I saw them at the funeral.
You know, Wendy's out of town.
I'm free for dinner.
Maybe after you give this little
guy back to his mama?
Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great.
Thought the pain meds were
supposed to kick in by now.
His head's pounding and he's burning up.
I'm thinking it's a raging infection.
We should start ceftriaxone
and vancomycin.
- After a spinal tap.
- A spinal tap?
I'm concerned that you may
have bacterial meningitis.
Yeah, but a tap
could go seriously wrong.
Anything can go seriously wrong.
But we don't have to be so thorough.
For sure, we could be more risk-averse,
if it'd make you feel more comfortable.
Okay, I see your point.
(SIGHING) All right. Do the tap.
Sonya!
What do you want, Dr. Miller?
A fair shot at doing my job,
with some measure of collegiality.
Look, I know it must be brutal
walking back in here,
but you are radioactive
and I have ambitions of my own.
So, if you wouldn't mind.
Right. And that that was when?
Okay.
- Yes, I need to be on that.
-
And give me a text.
Hey, um I might need to schedule
a patient for surgery later.
I was wondering if
Dr. Ridley was available.
She's not on the board.
Do you want me to book her? Or ask her?
Um no, no.
I can do it if it comes to that.
Can you just let me know
if anything changes?
(SIGHING)
I was wondering
how you feel you're lining up
against Dr. Larsen.
In terms of the Chief Resident position?
No, in terms of your taste in lingerie.
Right, sorry.
I had to leave early the day
you were going to evaluate each other.
Yeah, um, honestly
Oh, whenever anybody says "honestly,"
it makes me wonder if they
haven't been honest before.
(SOFT LAUGH)
We both did very well that day,
and it's always difficult
judging an apple versus an orange.
And subsequently?
- Well, you've been out.
- At conferences.
Right.
So I wasn't aware you wanted us
to continue evaluating
each other's work.
Oh, I thought that was understood.
I guess I'll have to
talk to Dr. Larsen as well.
I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
Well, that should go without saying.
In the meantime,
I see you still haven't completed
all your vascular access
for ultrafiltration procedures.
Not yet, no.
I haven't had the opportunity.
Well, it's gonna be
a busy day for you then.
Dr. Miller will oversee.
We can't always like
everyone we work with.
Thanks.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(PHONE DINGS)
All hail the chief.
You spoken to him yet?
We had words this morning.
Don't plan to make it a habit.
I snubbed him.
(CHUCKLING)
I appreciate your loyalty,
but he is an attending
and you're a resident,
you're still gonna
have to work under him.
So, no short sheeting the beds
next time he's on call?
The tube runs from the
patient's vascular access point
and connects to the pump here.
Okay, got it.
This is a pump without valves.
Exactly, yes.
I studied chemical
engineering in my country.
We use something similar to
handle chemicals like these.
And let me guess, your
engineering degree isn't valid here?
I had an okay life when I was by myself,
but now that I have a son,
I want him to have a future.
More than me.
You don't appreciate what you
have in this country.
Well, I'm sure that's true, but if
you want to take care of your family,
you need to be healthy.
- You ready?
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
(RICHARD): Okay.
(ABE GRUNTING)
The local anesthetic should
have taken effect by now.
Can you feel it if I pinch you here?
No, it's numb.
Okay, I'm gonna insert
the needle into your vein now.
Okay.
(ABE GASPING)
What's happening?
(RICHARD): I think we may
have a complication.
Just try and stay calm, okay?
O2 stats are dropping. Lung collapsed.
We need a chest tube set up.
Abe, it's gonna be okay.
We're gonna fix this.
(RICHARD): All right.
And how would you
rate your pain level
on a scale from one to ten?
- Oh, probably a six.
- Okay.
It's nothing compared to what
Sylvia's been going through.
- I'm sorry, who's Sylvia?
- Oh, that's my wife.
She's at home with the shingles.
Dr. Larsen!
Mr. Mooney. Good to see you.
You can't play Celebrity
with five people.
O2 sats and blood pressure dropping.
I just ordered a CT angio.
Yeah, absolutely.
We gotta get you home to Sylvia.
Ray, can you get him to Radiology?
Yeah, of course.
Somehow I knew you were gonna come in.
Oh, I wouldn't have
been able to sleep anyway.
You might want to take a look at that.
- You think I care too much?
- I'm not sure that's a thing.
But maybe too hard on yourself.
That's my fuel, baby.
As long as you don't blow yourself up.
(SOFT MUSIC TURNS TENSE)
It's okay, you've got this.
(ABE BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SONYA BREATHING SHAKILY)
(SONYA): Okay, I know you're scared,
but we're gonna take care of this.
Now I'm gonna count to three
and I want you to give me
a deep breath, okay?
One, two, three.
(GASPING)
Oh, I can barely move my neck now!
I thought you were supposed
to be doing something.
We are. What we're doing
just is not working yet.
You probably get off
seeing me like this.
(AMY): No, we don't, Donnie.
We want to make sick people better.
Even people who are hostile to us.
Okay, well, did you get the
results of my spinal tap yet?
Yes, it's clean.
Which rules out bacterial,
viral, and parasitic meningitis.
Okay, so now what?
My best guess is autoimmune meningitis.
What do you mean, "best guess?"
After all your years
trying malpractice cases,
you must know that medicine
is more probability
and instinct than widgets.
Okay, so let's say this is what I have.
- How do you treat it?
- It's autoimmune, which means
A heavy dose of steroids.
That's right, but we're
gonna need your permission
to proceed with that course of action.
Well, what are the downsides?
Could raise your blood pressure,
heart palpitations are quite possible.
Hyperglycemia, hypokalemia,
less likely, but have been reported.
Swelling in the hands and feet,
weight gain,
mood alterations are all on the docket.
And in rare cases,
seizures and psychosis.
So, it's up to you
if you want to risk it.
This can't really
be your bedside manner.
We think it's important that
give you all the information.
Psychosis is pretty rare.
- Okay. Gimme the steroids.
- I'll go get them.
(ABE GRUNTING)
I thought I had a private room.
Your PPO only gets you a two banger.
We spend a lot on malpractice insurance.
It just bumps the rates up
on everything.
(SCOFFING)
(ABE GROANING IN PAIN)
Okay. Easy, Abe.
Let's see.
Leaking aneurysm in his kidneys.
Probably his renal artery,
damaged from urine backup.
Is this because of what happened before?
No, no, it has nothing to do with that.
Hey, what happened before?
Call Dr. Ridley,
tell her to prep the OR.
(ABE GROANING)
What are you waiting for? Call her!
Okay, easy does it.
(ABE GROANING)
- Oh, hey, um
- Hey.
Do you have a second?
You know, I just got called
in to emergency surgery,
so make it quick.
Yeah, it's about that, actually.
So I already talked to Swanson
to see if he was available
to take it instead.
You mind telling me why?
Um
Yeah, so
I'm afraid that you might be sick.
And what would
possibly make you say that?
People have seen some troubling things.
- What people? What things?
- It's not important.
Well, it might be to me
if my Chief Resident
is going to throw around
these kinds of accusations.
Not an accusation. Just a concern.
You think I would be a danger
to my patients after what you
have seen from me recently?
I'm sorry.
But I think that if you
were in my shoes,
you'd be taking the same precautions.
Well, I happen to have
a full plate today anyway.
So, if Swanson wants it,
he can be my guest.
- Okay, thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
Oh, no!
Pulmonary embolism.
I don't think he could
survive a thrombectomy.
You disagree?
Well, what would you do?
Bomb him with Heparin?
And serial ultrasounds to monitor.
If the clot hasn't resolved in 12 hours,
we reassess?
I'd probably be
more aggressive than that,
but it's a coin toss.
It's your call.
Finally starting to feel
like my old self again.
Dr. Larsen has pretty good instincts.
You are responding well to the steroids.
Your inflammation's down
and your temperature's levelling off.
Hey, too bad things didn't work
out so well for my roommate.
Can you just stick to being
a patient for 10 minutes?
I don't know, man. He said something
was wrong and then those docs,
they got all squirrelly about it.
Uh, Dr. Coleman?
You guys going into cover-up mode?
It's not nice to keep secrets!
(MONITOR BEEPING)
This has nothing to do
with the collapsed lung.
And everyone's bungled a central line.
- Everyone.
- I know that.
Okay, then stop blaming yourself.
(RICHARD SIGHING)
You weren't there a few weeks ago.
I was sharing a patient with Amy.
We fought about what to do.
She was right, and I refused to listen.
It killed him.
He was 17.
Well, she's not always right.
And when we make a mistake,
there's only one thing we can do.
Lie about it and cover it up?
(SIGHING)
Get back on the horse.
Fight another day.
Your patient's cousin's outside.
He wants to talk to you.
What's happening? Will Abe be okay?
He's in the operating room now.
Surgeons are fixing an aneurysm
in one of the arteries that
feeds blood to his kidneys.
Dr. Maitra?
I checked your patient's chart.
You collapsed his lung placing
his ultrafiltration access?
So, Dr. Ridley got to you.
What? What are you talking about?
We're in a steel-cage death
match for Chief Resident,
now you're looking
at my patient's files?
No, I'm here because my patient
is a malpractice lawyer
and he somehow got wind of your mistake.
And you're here to
To protect you and the hospital.
And Richard will throw you
under the bus.
So, tell me what happened.
(MONITOR BEEPING)
Damn it, there goes the ureter.
(MACHINES BEEPING)
Urine's flooding the field.
I need suction now.
What do you want to do?
Well, the field's contaminated.
I can't risk an infection
with the synthetic graft.
(MAHAD): I brought his bike here.
When do you think he can
start working again?
(DR. SWANSON): Dr. Miller.
Uh, give me a minute.
We had some complications.
There's an issue with the surgery.
(RICHARD SIGHING)
I secured the aneurysm.
He's stable for now.
You can't just place the graft
and pump him full of antibiotics?
I told you, it makes more sense
to leave the complex reconstruction
until he's cooled down.
- For how long?
- A couple weeks.
No! He can't
be out of work that long.
I leave for vacation tomorrow,
so it'll have to be someone else
if you want it done any sooner.
So that's why you're punting
the hard part?
I stepped in at the last minute here.
It was supposed to be Ridley.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm gonna go close him up.
It's your call how you want
to handle it from here.
Yeah.
Is there a problem?
Abe is stable, okay?
There was a complication.
And we are still trying
to work out the next steps.
So if you could just wait over there
and just give us a moment
to talk this through, okay?
Thanks, Mahad.
Why did he say Dr. Ridley
was supposed to do the surgery?
I had nothing to do with that change.
And Swanson is usually pretty reliable.
No, I'm not blaming you,
I'm just trying to
figure out what happened.
That malpractice
lawyer is sniffing around.
He knows a mistake was made earlier,
and now we have this to deal with.
Okay, well look, that could
have happened to anyone.
And I was the one supervising
so no matter what happens,
I've got your back.
All right, down we go.
(KNOCKING, DOOR OPENS)
Oh, I didn't know you had company.
Oh, finally got him down.
But you don't need to whisper,
we want him to get used to voices.
Do you remember how quiet
we tried to be with Katie?
We practically turned her
into a Faberge egg.
Small kids, small problems, huh?
Uh, I wanted to give you the heads-up
there is a potential perfect
storm brewing downstairs.
- Oh?
- Donnie Glick
was admitted this morning.
Oh, God. Don't tell me
we misdiagnosed him.
No. We're treating him
for autoimmune meningitis,
and he's stable, but his
roommate's had some missteps
and I'm afraid Donnie's
going to be sniffing around.
I didn't want you to get blindsided.
He's got Max on speed dial,
so I appreciate the heads-up.
Richard will give you the
complete record
when he's out of surgery.
It's certainly good to have him back.
How's that going?
I told him that I would
nail him to the wall
the first mistake he makes.
Perfect. I mean, that's the
kind of camaraderie
I've been trying to foster here.
(BABY GURGLING)
What was that? 90 seconds?
May I?
- Oh, sure.
- Hi.
(BABY GURGLING)
Here, for the germs.
(BABY BABBLING)
Still got the touch.
(KNOCKING)
- Yeah.
- Emil Franklin returned.
Your 4 PM will be able to meet you here.
Oh, great. Thanks, Paul.
Emil Franklin, the head hunter?
You know how rocky things have been.
Just keeping my options open.
Yeah, I mean, can't blame you
if you're not happy here.
But I don't think the hospital
could stand losing you right now.
I appreciate that.
(PHONE RINGING)
I think he's gonna
need some more rocking.
(CRYING)
Hey buddy.
Hey, what's going on?
(TJ): Donnie Glick just had a seizure.
Okay. I will be right there.
(TJ): We're missing something.
What if a sinus infection
broke through to his brain?
That would've shown on the spinal tap.
Not if the bacteria
hadn't reached his brain yet.
You said his nose bled when he seized?
It's possible that the steroid treatment
weakened his immune system and
And then the bacteria broke through.
It could be staph, it could be strep,
it could be H Flu.
You know, he is a regular
at a naturopathic spa.
Could be Naegleria Fowleri.
A brain-eating amoeba?
You know, sometimes when
there's hoof beats,
it's actually a zebra.
Don't tell me I taught you that.
We should find out
how they treat their water.
Yes, it was the issue
with his blood clot.
We did everything we could.
I'm
I'm so sorry, Sylvia.
Okay, we'll be waiting
for you when you get here.
(SIGHING)
I never should have come in tonight.
No,
a thrombectomy could have killed him.
Well, you thought he could handle it.
Well, maybe I was wrong.
If one more clot was enough
to tip him over,
then he was he was so close to the edge.
You're just saying that, Richard.
(SOFT MUSIC)
It was a 50-50 call,
and they were two bad choices.
Sometimes we flip a coin and we lose.
You know that.
(RICHARD SIGHING)
It doesn't get any easier.
We just get stronger.
Get back on the horse.
Fight another day.
(AMY SIGHING)
We called that spa,
and it turns out they don't
use chlorine in their pools,
which means that they
can become a Petri dish
for bacteria and parasites.
Who doesn't use chlorine in 2025?
They called it a "proprietary
blend of natural cleansers"?
So, because they rely on
sunshine and rainbows
for their sanitation,
I might have a parasite in my brain?
Something in that water
is infecting your brain.
It might be bacterial or an amoeba.
An amoeba?
The nosebleed is why
we think it's an amoeba.
Look, if we're right,
the steroids sped up
what the amoeba would have
done on its own,
but it may have saved your life
because it exposed it to us.
Okay. And if you're wrong?
We have two choices.
We assume it's bacterial
and start a very strong
regimen of antibiotics,
or we can induce hypothermia
to control the inflammation
in your brain
and kill the amoeba.
You want to freeze me?
Most doctors wouldn't
even give you this option,
they'd be so afraid of litigation.
It is a risk, Donnie.
For you and for us.
But our instincts say, "This is it."
93.2 and holding.
Starting another chilled
bag of saline now.
(MONITOR BEEPING)
92.8.
92.6.
EEG is suppressed.
91.6. He's within range.
I'm really sorry, Abe
but there was a complication.
And so we weren't able
to complete the surgery.
What does that mean?
You're going to have to wear a urine bag
until we can remove the urostomy stent
and place a synthetic graft
and that will complete the procedure.
When will that be?
I need to get back to work.
You brought my bike, yeah?
I brought it. It's outside the hospital.
Okay, so when can they fix me?
We have to do this right away.
We understand that, Abe.
But the surgeon who
started it can't finish
so, just give us some time
to find another solution.
This is happening because of the problem
with my lung from before.
No.
(SONYA): These other problems
are a separate issue,
but unfortunately,
many things have gone wrong today.
Uh, sir?
Ranjeet Reddy is here to see you.
Oh, damn it. Uh one sec.
(SNIFFLING)
(GROANS)
(CLEARING THROAT)
Okay, send him in.
Ranjeet!
- Hey.
- It's great to see you again.
How's life treating you in Rochester?
Eh, I can't complain.
You know, I was surprised you
wanted to take this meeting
here, but now I see why.
Yeah, Nora had a full plate
so I ended up with Simon today.
Yeah. I heard you two separated.
Right. Yeah.
- Still working that out.
- Yeah.
So you're interested in
joining the Mayo.
Well, I'd at least like
to hear about the opening.
To be honest, Michael,
I don't know if it would be a good fit.
If that's the case,
I'm sorry to drag you out here.
No, I wanted to tell you myself.
Well, I appreciate that.
Is it the issues with UNOS? Or
Obviously, that relationship
is very important for us, but
it's not just that.
You've had the hostage crisis,
the cyber-attacks,
Dixon lawsuit
Yeah, had some bad breaks.
That's one way to look at it.
So, you're saying
I'm likely to run into
this issue wherever I go?
Well, I don't know what your
level of urgency for change is.
Well, it's pretty high, Ranjeet.
I mean, you know what Max is like.
Yeah, well, suits are suits.
Can't say our guy's much better.
I get that, but I think a fresh start
Look, Michael,
what I'm trying to say is,
I think you should lay low for a while.
Give people a chance to put
all this drama in the rearview.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Sure. Makes sense.
Thanks for the advice.
(ANESTHESIOLOGIST):
He's stable. Respiration 18.
(NURSE): We're getting consistent flow.
(JOAN): Thanks for coming.
I didn't want you to
hear it from anyone else.
I thought we had an understanding here.
Dr. Swanson just tanked a surgery
I could've done with my eyes closed.
And that got me thinking,
"Who is this resident
walking into my office
with these accusations?"
They're not accusations
Oh, they most certainly
were accusations, Dr. Heller.
Rumours and accusations
from people who don't have the courage
to step out of the shadows.
Our only concern, Joan, is the patients.
It's Dr. Ridley.
And may I remind you,
I have been far more generous
with my colleagues than you were today.
Remember? Remember that
illegal shot from Mexico?
And then the ensuing cover-up
between you and your paramour?
You think I haven't seen you
arriving every morning
in perfect formation, 10 minutes apart?
Okay, so what, you've just been waiting
for the chance to play that card?
It's not a card. It's not a game.
You make her happy.
Everyone can see that
and she's my friend,
but it is a bit rich.
You walking in here and thinking
you know what's ethical
and what's right.
So I will leave you with this,
I would never endanger a patient,
and my surgeries
don't have complications.
(TENSE MUSIC SWELLS)
(JOAN SIGHS WITH EXHAUSTION)
Dacron graft is in place.
Ureter is fully repaired.
Still looking at about two weeks
before he can be active,
but no urine bag.
Great work. Thank you, Dr. Ridley.
I read his report.
Sounds like you
botched the central line,
never even got to ultrafiltration.
His lung collapsed, but
But the point is how she recovered.
She immediately recognized the problem,
kept the patient calm,
and placed the chest tube flawlessly.
And he was my procedure,
so if you need to put it
on someone, put it on me.
No need to martyr yourself
for points, Dr. Miller.
(SONYA SIGHING)
That's just her style. I wouldn't worry.
It's not that.
What the hell happened?
She pulled rank. She did her own thing.
She basically dared me to go
to Dr. Hamda or the board.
Sounds like that's what's called for.
And drag you and TJ into this?
No way. I'm not gonna do that.
And I'm not letting either one
of you do that behind my back,
so just don't even think about it.
I mean, she did operate
on my patient today
and did a good job.
Again.
So maybe we were wrong
and we should wait.
I don't I don't know.
I don't know right now.
Just get it out of your heads
and let me deal with it.
That doesn't feel good, man.
Hey, Liz, can you, uh
just give us a minute?
Hey, look, you did
everything you could do.
All right? I mean it.
Well, sorry we got you into this.
No, you did the right thing.
Just let it go.
Feeling better?
(EXHALING LOUDLY)
My head still hurts,
but nothing compared to before.
- Did you get it?
- We got it.
Your brain is intact.
(EXHALING WITH RELIEF)
So, listen, I know I'm not the guy
you wanted to stick your neck out for,
and you think I'm kind of a scumbag,
so I should probably tell you,
uh, this is the second time
I've almost died in a hospital.
First time I was 26, back in law school.
I went in for a routine
abdominal procedure.
Doctor nicked an artery,
sewed me right up.
For the next three days,
I had so much stomach pain,
I thought I was gonna faint.
They gave me pain meds,
anti-nausea meds,
kept telling me it was normal,
even after I started
throwing up like crazy.
They made all kinds of excuses.
Day four, I was in sepsis
in the ICU.
The whole nine yards.
My parents were there,
thinking they're going to lose me.
The hospital never took responsibility.
I didn't have any money
to hire a lawyer so that was that.
No justice.
No consequences for the doctors.
Everything just swept under the rug.
So
that's why I do what I do.
You don't tell that story
in your commercials.
I don't trade on my trauma.
But this is personal for me.
I'm sorry that happened to you.
And I understand that
what you do is necessary.
But maybe you could look
a little more closely
at who you go after.
I'll leave Dr. Maitra
alone as a gesture.
You wouldn't win that one, Donnie.
It would just be frivolous
and good people would get hurt,
that's my point.
Well, I'll think about that.
But you answer me this.
You know any doctors who've gotten away
with stuff they shouldn't have?
- We will figure something out.
- But what?
I understand how hard it is to
be separated from your family,
but you need to find a way to
take care of your health.
I'm sorry to interrupt,
but I might be able to help.
What would you say to
joining Westside Hospital
as a porter?
What is that?
All these people that you see
doing things like making beds,
delivering meals,
moving patients around.
They're porters.
And they would hire me? Just like that?
I just got off the phone with
the head of the department.
If you want it,
the job's yours
as soon as you're recovered.
They've got a union, benefits.
And maybe once you get
your family over here,
you can go to night school
and get that degree
in chemical engineering.
I bet you'd do it in half the time,
since you already studied
in your home country.
I don't know what to say, Doctor Miller.
Thank you so much.
I'll have someone come by
with the paperwork
in the next day or two.
Yes!
Hey.
That was pretty amazing,
what you just did.
Sadly, it was pretty easy.
He just had to end up here
and come across somebody
in a position to help.
I also appreciate what you did
for me today with Joan.
I just hope you did it
for the right reasons.
(SIGHING SOFTLY)
(ELEVATOR CHIMING)
(RICHARD SIGHING)
I can catch the next one.
It's fine.
(SOFT MUSIC)
I heard you've been getting
some of your memories back.
I really do hope you get them all.
(SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ELEVATOR CHIMES)
(SIGHING)
So Richard's back? That's new.
Please, don't get me started.
It kind of seems like Max isn't valuing
your opinion much these days.
Oh, ya think?
Well, I mean, at least you get
to take your paternity leave
- at the office now.
- One of the perks
of being abandoned by your wife
and disenfranchised by your boss,
plenty of nap time.
I gotta say
he is really cute, though.
I mean, it's almost enough
to make a girl think twice
about her life choices.
Come on. Really?
I mean, that'd be a long shot,
but it was really nice
seeing you back in that mode.
It always suited you.
(SIGHING)
I don't know.
What?
It's something Amy said yesterday.
She thinks I've changed,
but I don't want to admit it.
- Of course you've changed.
- I mean for the worse.
I think you've become more vigilant.
And operating more from a place of fear.
But that's to be expected,
given everything you've been through.
Well, I don't want that anymore.
Is that why you had
the guy from the Mayo
- in your office today?
- You heard about that?
With everything you've got going on,
Katie going off to school,
I'm pretty sure you're staring
a midlife crisis
squarely in the face right about now.
Okay, maybe not a Porsche,
but feels like it's gonna be time
for a bachelor pad and a fresh start.
Maybe I'll get back to my roots,
start tending bar again.
(LAUGHING)
You'd have the ladies
lining up to tell you their problems.
- That's all I need.
- Oh, Dr. Hamda!
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
Listen, I say let it rip.
The chips will fall where they may.
To letting it rip.
Mmm, and a Porsche.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Are you staking out my doorway?
We have to talk about Joan.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(THEME MUSIC)