St. Denis Medical (2024) s03e01 Episode Script

1
Okay, and Brandon, you'll be in zone B.
And that should cover it.
Let's have a good day, okay?
A good day? This may
be a "good day" for us,
but some of these folks are having
the worst day of their lives.
And we have the chance to make that day
just a little bit better.
So let's go. Let's boom it out!
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Yeah, Ron's still out from his surgery.
I try to FaceTime him once a week,
and he just texted me back, "Stop."
So Dr. Highland came down
from North Bend to fill in
and, um
I don't know, you guys.
He's just got this big
performative energy.
You know, he likes
explaining our jobs to us,
and it's just like, yeah, we know.
The whole thing just
seems kind of phony,
like he thinks he's on one
of those medical dramas,
you know, like Noah Wyle.
And don't get me
wrong, I love Noah Wyle.
I would possibly leave
my husband for Noah Wyle.
But this guy,
he ain't Noah Wyle, okay?
All right, let's go heal some people.
You know what?
Just some more food for thought.
No, we don't have time for that.
No? That's it. You
heard the man, people.
We gotta start the day. Let's go!
- Oh, one other thing.
- One other thing.
Never apologize for feeling
something for our patients.
Don't you dare.
[WHISPERING] That's literally
a line from "The Pitt."
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Push! One big push.
[GRUNTING, BABY CRYING]
Yes!
[LAUGHS]
Another one on the board.
We are cranking these things out!
I worked so hard last year,
made a lot of tough sacrifices.
And it all paid off.
The birthing center is thriving!
That is why this means so much to me.
This is where you would
cut to the computer screen.
I was nominated for
Best Hospital Administrator in Oregon.
I've never been nominated
before for anything.
Actually, in high school, I
was nominated for worst smile.
It was part of an underground yearbook.
I I tried to laugh it
off, but people just said,
see, there it is. There it is.
Anyway, this feels a lot different.
[CHUCKLES]
Okay, you should be all set, Mrs. Wald.
If you need anything else,
Nurse Matt here can help you.
He's very capable and very professional.
Thank you, Nurse Serena.
Also, there's a delivery
for you from the lab.
It tested positive for
chai with elevated levels
of oat milk.
I think I'm going to the bathroom.
Uh, yeah. I can help you with that.
Yeah, things with Matt are going great.
It's been really fun. I mean,
we're not trying to go too fast
or put pressure on it, but it's cool.
Ah! You know, I'm just
I'm thinking about my
life, and it's just like
[SCREAMS] You know?
I've never been on a trampoline before,
but I assume that's how this feels.
I'm so jealous.
Tell your boyfriend to
get me a free coffee.
Okay, well, he's not my boyfriend.
Who's not your boyfriend?
- Oh.
- I
I was just explaining how, like
like, how technically
you're not my boyfriend.
Oh, right.
What, I'm not?
Nice and steady.
Good strong core. Yes!
That was hard.
After my bypass, I was
informed that my recovery
could take anywhere from
8 weeks all the way up
to 20 weeks.
Well, wouldn't you know it?
It's gonna take 20 weeks.
I rewatched all of "Cheers,"
and I built a model of
the Great Northern Railway,
and now I speak Italian.
How am I doing?
Molto bene!
- Ronnie!
- [CHOKES]
Celeb sighting.
TMZ. Get in here.
But seriously, is he
challenging himself?
You're hitting your macros?
Oh, you know what, Bruce?
Now that you're here,
I was just leaving.
- Come on, I'll walk you out.
- Oh, I'm good.
Yeah, I'm good.
We're so back.
Okay. So much to catch you up on.
Oh, you'll like this.
The St. Denis couple that
everyone's been rooting for
is finally together.
Yeah, me and Emerson are dating.
What else?
All right, here is that
list of dietary restrictions.
I'm gonna get your prescription.
We'll get you out of here. All right?
Whoa, where's the fire, Mazurkian?
What?
Mrs. G, we got you.
We're gonna walk you through
your lifestyle changes.
You're not alone, okay?
Thank you, Doctor.
I was gonna do that at discharge.
Let's dialogue a sec.
Just wanna remind you of the
importance of making patients
feel seen and understood.
- Yes, I know. I
- These are people.
They're just on the other
end of the stethoscope.
- Mm. Mm-hmm. Got it.
- Got it?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- Great.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, can I have everyone's
attention, please?
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, but keep working.
It's not that important.
Anyway, there is a vote happening.
- And Keith, the noise, please.
- Oh.
I have been nominated for
Best Hospital Administrator,
and Holly is all over the place.
Freeze! Everyone, just freeze for a sec.
It's just a vote. Who cares, right?
I certainly don't.
But it does end at 9:00 p.m. tonight,
and it's at oregonhealthstars.com.
Just make your voice heard.
Rock that vote, and
you'll get one of these.
What? Where did you get those?
Oh, we were supposed to be
a polling center last year,
but I forgot.
Looks like Ted Collins
from Medford has the lead.
Isn't he the guy who beat ball cancer?
Technically, he lost one,
so at best, it was a tie.
All right, back to work!
- Hey.
- Oh. Are we okay?
Oh, my God, yes.
The whole boyfriend thing,
it's not because I'm not
having a great time with you. I am.
Yeah, okay. Me too. Cool. Sorry.
I got a little freaked out there.
I just think putting labels
on it adds weird pressure.
Sure. No. Yeah, I mean, I trust you.
But, um, just for my own clarity, uh,
how how do you see us?
I mean, we're hanging out, right?
Perfect, yeah. Um,
I guess just so that I'm thinking
of that the right way,
though, are we hanging out
with other people or
Oh. Um
Why, are you
who else are you hanging out with?
Oh, no one, no one.
My landlady does come
by sometimes unannounced.
And one time she was wearing a nightie.
Yeah. That's okay.
Oh, also, I go to church
with Holly on Sundays,
but that's fine, right?
Holly, from, like, here?
Yeah, is that weird at all?
No, I don't think so.
- It's church.
- Cool.
All right, well, I better get back.
See ya.
Look how perfect Keith stocked this.
We are all one chain.
And thank you for being a link, brother.
[CLAPS]
[SCATTERED CLAPPING]
Not a big Dr. Highland fan, huh?
Ugh, no, I just
I think he's kind of phony, you know?
He doesn't bother me,
but I'm a people person.
Also, he's pretty rude to me, so.
I think he's just giving
back what he's getting.
- What does that mean?
- Whenever he's around, you're like
[LAUGHS]
I do not do that.
You're rude to him.
Serena, am I rude to Dr. Highland?
Oh, yeah. I mean, not out loud.
You just do that Highland face.
Brandon, do Alex when Highland's around.
[LAUGHS]
- It's so good.
- Thank you.
I was just kicked out of a clown class.
Hey, can I ask you guys something?
Do you think it's weird that
Matt goes to church with Holly?
- No.
- Yes.
Oh, come on. It's church.
It's, like, the most harmless
activity I can imagine.
- Yeah.
- We're talking about the place
with the candles and the wine,
where you sit next to
each other, hands grazing,
promising not to do anything bad,
where you kneel and beg for forgiveness?
Okay, I change my answer.
I gotta get back to church.
Okay, I don't understand
the confusion here.
All you have to do is
go to the App Store,
download the Oregon Medical Media app,
select seven-day free trial,
then input your credit card information.
Just don't forget to cancel,
or it's gonna charge you $45 a month.
What is the problem?
Allow access to microphone?
- Yes, Brandon, allow.
- Yep.
Looks like the app is 15
gigs, and I'm all full.
Huh. Sorry, boss.
I'm sure we can find some room.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Pill Time? Okay, you're an adult, Keith.
Enough with the video games.
Pill Time is my medicine reminder.
Whatever you're taking
ain't working, Keith.
Right.
You know Julia, that nurse tech?
- Nope.
- Nasty divorce.
It's a crazy story.
Did you see the Ashley
Madison documentary?
Bruce, I'm gonna stop you right there.
Hey, you're not gonna
go say hi to everyone?
Nothing could be farther from my mind.
Okay. Actually, you know what?
That's probably for the best.
- What does that mean?
- Nothing. No.
It's just your
replacement, Dr. Highland,
he's kind of a big dog, you know.
Well, I'm kind of a big dog.
No, yeah, but you're frail right now,
and he can smell that.
Let's wait till you're stronger.
- Maybe I'll pop down there.
- Yeah?
Yeah, grab my parking pass,
check things out, quick pop.
All right! Oh, hey, when you see Julia,
don't mention the divorce thing.
I think she's struggling,
and HR's already asked me
to stop telling people about it.
So I go, I don't know
if Medicare covers that,
but I'll check the website.
[LAUGHTER]
Maybe I'm not getting the
best version of Dr. Highland
because he didn't get
the best version of me.
I can do better.
Hey, putting in the
latest lab order, huh?
I think that calls for a boom.
The discovery of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
in a patient is not
really a boom moment.
Oh, of course. Sorry.
Booms are celebratory,
like hugs, like high fives.
- Yeah.
- You understand?
Yeah, got it.
- Okay.
- [CHUCKLES]
Hey, uh, pop quiz. [CLEARS THROAT]
French fries or onion rings?
Sorry?
Just which do you prefer?
Why, you headed down to the caf?
- Um
- I'd take a salad.
Okay, I can get you one
of those, absolutely.
- Okay, great. Hey, guys?
- No.
Alex is doing a caf run.
Get your orders in.
Yes, I'll take a latte.
They don't have lattes at the caf.
Yeah, you have to go
to the coffee place.
There's a new barista,
and she's really mean.
You been getting your paychecks
- the last couple of months?
- Yes, Matt.
- Huh. Weird.
- Hey,
when you go to church, just
curious, what's the vibe?
Like, liturgically?
It's pretty tradish, you
know, some hymns, scripture.
Sometimes Debbie goes ham
on the organ, and it can
get a little KISS-FM, but
[CHUCKLES] Got it.
That's what I thought.
I mean, it's church.
You sing, you pray,
and then you go home.
Yep. We sing, we pray, we
go to brunch, we go home.
Wait.
Who who goes to brunch,
just, like, you and Holly?
No, no, no, no. That would be awkward.
Yeah.
- Her parents join too.
- What?
Gwen and Dave, they're sweet.
They're characters, man.
Oh, and sometimes Nana Alice joins.
And it's like, guard your pancakes!
She's a grabber. [CHUCKLES]
I think it's related to her dementia.
It's gotten worse since Pop Pop died.
[CLEARS THROAT] Ladies and gentlemen,
the return of Dr. Ronald Leonard!
Oh, no, not a lot of people here.
It's probably not the
welcome you'd imagine, huh?
It's a bit underwhelming.
Ron? So good to see you.
Katie, this is Dr. Ron.
He used to work here.
- I still work here.
- Ron was the Dr. Highland of the ER.
I think you mean he's the new Ron
of the ER, the temporary Ron.
Okay, bud, you don't
need to get so defensive.
You're okay.
Well, as much fun as I've had here,
I'm just gonna grab my
parking pass from my desk.
And
what the hell happened to my desk?
Oh, you mean all the pee?
Yes, Bruce, the urine.
Yeah, well, that was Highland's idea.
Staging the samples here
makes lab runs a lot faster,
really streamlines the whole process.
[CHUCKLES] Okay, I see what I did there.
By taking over my desk?
Is that Dr. Ron? What's up?
Good to see ya.
Hey, did you see the new urine station?
I think he's upset about it.
I am not upset.
Fuming at Highland.
I am not!
All righty.
I got you some extra ranch,
or, as I like to call it,
the only dressing. [CHUCKLES]
No, thanks. I take it dry.
You're so good for getting a salad.
Whenever I get a salad, I'm
just like, I'm still hungry.
Where is the real meal? [CHUCKLES]
[PHONE CHIMES]
[SIGHS] Joyce's stupid medical app
keeps sending me all these spam texts.
It's really annoying.
Man, I hate those things.
Same.
Yeah, totally.
It's so Joyce, though.
I mean, you know, I could
tell you some stories.
- Oh, really?
- Oh, like last Juneteenth, right,
she pulls into the parking
lot, car filled with sombreros.
- What? No!
- See?
Yeah, she's the worst.
She's the worst. Yeah.
"Phony" was definitely
too strong a word.
I mean, once you get him
opening up, he's really fun.
And I did get a refund on
those two dressings, so
Alexandra, a word.
- Everything okay?
- Dr. Highland tells me you've been
trashing my name to
everyone in this department.
- You said that?
- You said that, Alex.
The hospital is a battlefield.
Questioning the general
gets us all killed.
- Oh, I love that.
- Do you?
- That's a throw pillow.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Alex, in my office now.
Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin,
Jared from Subway,
what do they all have in common?
- Listen, Joyce
- They are not the worst
because apparently, I, Joyce Henderson,
am the worst.
Really, Alex? I'm worse
than my aunt Sarah?
I don't know her.
Well, that's nice for
you, living in your own
Aunt Sarah-free bubble.
Believe me, you talk to
that woman for five minutes,
you'll be begging for Jared from Subway.
Listen, Joyce, I am really sorry.
And on the day of my election.
I wasn't saying that
you, Joyce, are the worst.
I was just trying to bond
with Highland, you know.
I was just like, ah, the
boss, what a piece of work.
- You know how people say that.
- Right.
And and who are these people?
Like, everybody.
Everybody?
Huh.
Thank you all for coming.
I just wanted to have a
quick chat because I've just
been informed that everyone
- talked [BLEEP] about me behind my back.
- [PEOPLE MURMURING]
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
I don't know why I let you
talk me into coming back here.
I'm supposed to be avoiding stress.
All right, Ronnie, we
can move the pee station.
I mean, it is convenient,
but, no, we'll move it.
You know what? I'm
gonna get out of here.
Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait. That's Highland.
Now, as much as I respect
him, I have your back
- if things get physical.
- It's not gonna get
Actually, I don't wanna take sides.
Mm. Yeah, I'll hang back.
Hey!
Good to meet you.
I hear you've been holding it down.
And I just wanted to say thank you.
That's very nice, sir.
- What room are you in?
- No. No, no.
I'm not a patient. I'm a doctor.
Actually, this is all my department.
Right. Okay. So you're a doctor.
Come on, don't do that.
I'm wearing these clothes because I just
came back from PT.
And that's juice. That's not drool.
Oh, okay.
So you spilt your little juice box,
and we need to get you another.
Could someone get this gentleman
a juice box, a cold one?
Val, Val, tell him who I am.
I've never seen this
man before in my life.
Val!
Sir, you're screaming.
[SIGHS]
- Come on. I can walk you to your
- Man.
Not to confirm that we
talk behind your back,
- but who told you?
- Doesn't matter.
Did they show you the group chat?
- What group chat?
- There is no group chat.
Look, I'm not mad, okay?
I welcome criticism.
That's what makes me potentially
the best hospital
administrator in Oregon.
So let's just open up the
fire hydrant and blast me.
Go, go, go. Yeah.
You wear too much beige.
You look like a walnut.
Huh. Okay, well, heard and appreciated.
- Yes.
- No one believes
you used to be friends
with Queen Latifah.
- Received.
- Your lipstick's for the wrong ethnicity.
Okay, let's close the
fire hydrant once again.
But you see how nice that was.
Wow, I feel good.
Now, if my graciousness and humility
has forced you to think, hey,
Joyce is pretty darn cool,
maybe I will vote for her
- I already voted for you, Joyce.
- You did?
Well, I mean, I couldn't vote because
my phone only makes outgoing calls.
But Holly said she
voted for the both of us.
You two! [CHUCKLES]
I voted for you too.
I didn't like the
other gentlemen's names.
Of course I voted for you, Joyce.
- Women support women.
- Shh.
Dakota, other people are talking.
Had the whole family vote for you, boss.
And now none of us know
when to take our pills.
Wow!
Just wow. Well, what are we doing here?
Alex, they don't hate me at all.
- You told her that?
- It was you?
Oh, uh, I just said
sometimes we complain
- about her a little bit.
- [ANGRY CHATTER]
I'm gonna sneak out.
I wanna check the polls,
and it looks like you've
- got it all under control.
- I don't. I don't.
- Bye.
- Okay.
All right guys, I'm
gonna give you context.
Context. Context.
Context!
Ronnie, come on. It's not a big deal.
I told him who you were
before psych got there.
You know, this morning,
my life was stress-free.
I was watching documentaries
of rock climbers
fall to their death, and I was at peace.
And then I come here, and
I'm treated like an imbecile!
No, no, listen, I
I bet we're all gonna
laugh about this soon.
Well, maybe we won't 'cause
maybe I just won't be here.
You guys seem perfectly fine without me,
so maybe I just won't come back.
Come on. You don't mean that.
Enjoy Dr. Highland
and my pee desk.
No, the pee's not for us to enjoy!
It's a convenience thing.
I don't think he gets it.
You guys! You guys, listen.
This whole thing is actually
Dr. Highland's fault.
- Babe, you gotta stop.
- No. Don't you guys see?
He's always talking about
how we're we're down
in the trenches
together, and then he goes
- and tattles on me to Joyce?
- Sorry.
I thought you tattled to Joyce.
After he did.
He's trying to cut me down, okay,
because he knows that I
can see through his BS,
all the condescending speeches
and the performative booms.
- Like
- I enjoy booms.
I think they're additive.
Yeah!
This morning he called me brother.
And I've never been called that
by a person of color before.
It felt healing.
Okay. So you all love Highland,
and I'm just completely alone in this.
Is that it?
Fine. It doesn't matter.
Because in a few weeks,
Ron is gonna be back, so
Oof. I hope you're right.
But I'm not sure Ronnie is coming back.
What? What are you talking about?
Well, I just with him.
We had a perfectly nice afternoon,
and he stormed off and
said he was done here,
so I think Highland
might be here to stay.
What, are we out of
Monk Fruit in the Raw?
Oh, is that what this meeting's about?
Hey, Holly, they're
asking for you in 112.
- Oh, it's empty.
- Take it up with them. They want you there. Hurry!
- Okay.
- Act fast.
So just a quick update for you.
I changed my mind. You are my boyfriend.
So no more church with Holly. Cool?
Uh, yeah, yeah, cool. Is there
No follow-up questions.
Oh, yeah. All right, got it.
You know, just to say, I kind
of like this jealous side of you.
I'm not jealous.
Wait, have you been
thinking about this all day?
Oh, my God, shut up, Matt!
[LAUGHS] You can't tell
your boyfriend to shut up.
Boyfriend?
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah, no big deal that Matt's not coming
to church with me anymore.
He and Serena are so cute together.
I mean, I did say that
thing about liking Matt,
and Serena was there when I said it.
But it's okay.
It's no biggie.
I'm just super happy for them.
Hey, Ron!
What the hell, man?
- What?
- What?
First of all, you come over
here and you don't even say hi?
- Uh
- No. Secondly,
you respond to all of my
FaceTimes with a text?
Also no, okay? Third
- How many of these are there?
- You tell Bruce that you're quitting?
No, you're not. Sorry.
You're not quitting.
You're upset. Let's just take a beat.
You have so many bad qualities.
- Okay. No beat.
- Do you know that?
A, you're stubborn, B, inconsiderate.
- So it's letters now?
- You just say
whatever thought comes into your head,
and you don't care if it's
offensive or discouraging.
And you know what?
I like all that stuff.
I do. I miss it.
And it's real, and I need that.
And I need you, and you can't leave.
Okay, I'll come back.
What?
You said you need me,
and I said I'll come back.
- I'll see you next week.
- Wait.
- No, no, we don't need
- Shh.
Okay. All right.
Winning Best Hospital
Administrator in Oregon
is quite an honor.
But it's not my honor.
It's ours.
A hospital is about operations,
but it's also about co-operation.
That's pretty good.
We do this as a team.
Seeing my people work
together to provide care
not only for our patients,
but for each other?
That's the real reward.
And that is why I do what I do,
is what I would have said
if I had won, but I lost.
- So
- [SHREDDER WHIRRING]
Sorry for not having ball cancer.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, man, about earlier today,
I just wanted you to
know no hard feelings.
And it looks like I'm
coming back next week.
And I wanna thank you for
watching over my department.
Oh, that's quite a grip you got there.
Really?
That's like my 50% grip right there.
- Why, am I hurting you?
- Nah.
But it looks like
you're straining, though.
No, I stopped squeezing a long time ago.
This is what I call
my no-grip grip grip.
Really? Oh, yeah. Me too.
Yeah, me too.
- [GROANING]
- Okay. [CHUCKLES]
You know, I had to go
take care of some patients.
I let go 'cause I think I got an itch.
Yeah.
Well, it's official.
I just told Joyce I'm
coming back next week.
That's great! Joyce, huh?
Was it was it awkward?
[LAUGHTER] Did you bring up the thing?
What thing?
You know, the thing
you said after surgery.
Where's my
where's my Joyce?
Do not show this to anyone.
[BELL CLANGS]