SkyMed (2022) s04e01 Episode Script

1
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Winnipeg
Centre, this is SkyMed 922.
We are coming in fast with no flaps.
[PLANE CRASH LANDS]
- [TREE CRACKING]
- Oh, shit!
Okay, whoa!
[SCREAMING]
[GROANS]
[ENGINE ROARS]
[WHEEZER] Look, I know you don't wanna
put a label on this, but I
still care about you, Hayley
and I don't know if I
can do whatever this is
and not care about you.
[HAYLEY] I don't know if
I'll ever feel complete
until I'm a mom too.
Wheezer, I love you.
I love you too, Hayley.
[HAYLEY] I thought I
needed to have a family,
but it's not who you're
related to. It's who you choose.
[MARIANNE] And you were right,
nursing is different in the North.
I've already put in a word suggesting
you replace me as the new chief nurse.
What happened? What's wrong?
[WHEEZER] It's Jeremy.
I'm so sorry, Crystal.
[CRYSTAL] We were supposed
to be together. I knew that.
I've always known that.
What if Jeremy died not
knowing that I love him?
[HAYLEY] Crystal, he knew. He
knew how you felt about him.
And I think he felt the same.
[STEF] You can never
let the job get personal.
No!
[TEARFULLY] With the
kind of stuff that we see,
if you get attached, it
feels like your whole chest
will just crack open from
having to care so much.
However, I realize now
that sometimes the only way
that you can be there for
someone is to just be there.
[LEXI] I love you, Stef.
[STEF] I'm so proud of you, Lex. Always.
[CHOPPER] No!
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
[CLANGING]
[MARIANNE] There's a new
medevac base being established
on Vancouver Island, and
they've asked me to go set it up.
[CHOPPER] Oh, you're you're leaving.
[MARIANNE] I guess we
never had very good timing.
Did we, Snack Bauer?
[CHOPPER] I want my
next adventure with you.
You make me want to be better,
and I can't let you go without
finding out what this is.
I am coming to SkyMed Pacific with you,
if you'll have me, Marianne.
Go, go, go, go, go!
[EXPLOSION]
[NOWAK] SkyMed has given
me so much, Tris: my dream,
my friends, the love of my life.
And I think it's time to
move on so that someone else
can have those things, too.
[TRISTAN] You getting
your dream job at AC
right when I get a job
offer from Sick Kids?
Gonna be doing different
jobs in Toronto, Nowak.
[NOWAK] This is where we started, Tris.
This isn't where we stop.
[TRISTAN] We'll figure it out together.
[NOWAK] It's standard
for each pilot to receive
their own set of gold
bars, Captain Martine.
And I told Wheezer
you have to have mine.
That way we can fly together,
even when we're apart.
[WHEEZER] Just us now.
We better put some ads in the
paper, get some new recruits up here.
[CRYSTAL] The people
we love never leave us.
Even if we're apart, we'll
always be here for each other.
[HAYLEY] We take care of our own.
[ENGINE ROARING]
[BRIGHT, WHISTLING MUSIC]
Are you sure this thing is safe?
Absolutely. Heavy wall PVC tubing,
reinforced wood supports.
My cousin checked it all
out. He's an engineer.
I thought he didn't finish school?
It's a slide, Jimmy.
As long as it points down,
there isn't much to it.
- [GRUNTS]
- [WATER RUSHES]
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
[CRANK CREAKS OFF]
Come on!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Are you sure that's enough water?
Seems like a lot of friction here.
You kidding? I plugged this
into the municipal line.
We got pressure for days.
[GRUNTS] [WATER RUSHES]
[JIMMY SCREAMS]
[SCREAM ECHOES DOWN TUBE]
- [GRUNTS]
- [LOUD ECHOING CLUNK]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[JIMMY] Vern, I'm stuck!
There's no water! I'm dry!
Hang on!
[QUIRKY MUSIC]
[GRUNTS]
Shit! I might need
some WD-40 for this too.
Wah!
[ECHOING GRUNTS]
[LOUD CRASH]
[VERN] Unh!! You're
right. It is dry in here.
Jimmy? Jimmy?
I'm just saying, keep
your expectations low.
Too late. My expectations
are already super high.
I mean, it's always been good before.
Why would it be any different now?
Even if we both really want it,
it might change things.
We're opening it up. We're
bringing new people in.
Could change our dynamic.
Look, big crew turnovers
never go smoothly.
I know, but I've already gotten a ton
of really great resumes.
I mean, the documentary
raised a lot of interest.
I think we're gonna have
a huge turnout this week.
Chopper, Marianne,
Tristan, Nowak, Bodhi, TJ.
We lost some really special people.
And even with new ones come in
SkyMed might not feel exactly the same.
[HAYLEY] Even with the new
hires and the new aviation
management group, it's
still always gonna be SkyMed.
I still think we could
have told the AMG about
the new staff, though.
No, it is always better
to ask forgiveness
than permission with management.
They've barely paid any attention to us.
They're so busy getting the
Pacific base off the ground.
Yeah, and I want to keep it that way.
Sneak in these new hires
before they remember we exist.
Ohh!!
Oh, another big turnover.
But I guess that's what this place is.
They come here, they
grow up they leave.
- Well, you didn't leave.
- Maybe I haven't grown up yet.
- Hmm.
- But you haven't left either.
Yeah, because SkyMed is my family.
SkyMed is your family? Yeah.
Mm-hmm. Okay, there might
be a certain chief pilot
worth hanging around for, too.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[PAGERS BEEPING]
You ready, Chief Nurse Roberts?
Ready, Chief Pilot Heaseman.
I was not ready for this.
Jimmy? Vern? How ya doin' down there?
[VERN] I got some road rash
and my one arm isn't
bent the right way!!
But when I hit Jimmy,
I kinda knocked him out.
Possible head injury.
Could be looking at
spinal injuries, too.
You know, professionals,
they usually build exit panels in these.
[VERN] What's that? What are those for?
Look, I don't think I'm gonna
be able to cut through this.
I think I need to go to the
bottom and try and pull him out.
Okay.
[CURIOUS MUSIC]
Vern, I wanna stabilize Jimmy
before Wheezer pulls you out.
So if I send you down a C-collar,
you think you could use your
good arm to put it on him?
- [VERN] Yeah! Pro'bly!
- Great.
- [VERN] Got it!
- Wrap it under his chin
and use the straps to
stabilize it as best you can.
[VERN] Okay! Hey, I could probably use
the rope to pull myself up!
No, no, don't do
that! It's tied to the
- [CRANK CREAKS]
- [WATER RUSHES]
[HAYLEY SCREAMS]
That doesn't sound good.
[ECHOING SHOUTS]
Whoa! [GROANING]
[ALL COUGHING AND PANTING]
Why is it always naked guys?
See? I was right.
Same old SkyMed.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[PLANE ROARS PAST]
Crystal. Hey, Nurse Crystal?
Could I actually get mine to go?
- It is you!
- Thanks.
I haven't seen you in ages, Crystal.
Hey, Franklin.
Yeah, I've just been really busy.
I start my residency in the ER tomorrow.
Yeah, yeah, I've been super busy too.
Yeah, my band got back
together. I play bass.
Cool. Listen, I really
need to study the six P's
of perfusion for acute
limb ischemia tomorrow.
Um, it's pulse, pallor, paralysis
Sure, maybe I could
take you out sometime?
My band's got some gigs. Yeah.
[PEANUT CLATTERS TO FLOOR]
Pain! Geez, I would love to,
but I'm just slammed with
SkyMed and my residency, so
Sure, sure, but I mean, come on.
It's been a year since
Jeremy and now TJ's gone too.
[GULPS]
[CHOKING]
Franklin, are-are you okay?
Uh-uh.
Okay, I'm gonna do abdominal thrusts.
[SMALL GRUNTS]
Whoa. Let's call an ambulance.
I'll do compressions.
You do jaw thrusts.
I'm sorry, who are you?
Xavier. Zay. No one calls me
Xavier, but my mom's assistant.
Right. I'm
Crystal. I know. I saw the documentary.
Chief Nurse says I'm with you today.
- And three and four and
- [FRANKLIN COUGHS]
- There it is.
- [PEANUT CLATTERS TO FLOOR]
You forgot poikilothermia, by the way.
It's the 6th P of limb ischemia.
30-year-old amateur pickup artist.
Obstructed airway after
a run-in with a peanut.
We removed the obstruction,
but his chances with the girl
DOA.
[HAYLEY] So, you met
Zay. What do you think?
He's cool. Cute. Not my type, but
I meant what do you
think of Zay as a nurse?
Oh! Um I mean, it's too soon to tell.
All I've seen him handle
is a choking rampy.
It's not even a Tuesday
morning around here.
Today's a special Tuesday,
because tomorrow is the big day.
Hayley.
[TENDER MUSIC]
[CRYSTAL CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[CRYSTAL] I'm only technically a doctor.
It won't be official until
I finish my residency.
I still got four years.
Yeah, but you worked hard
for that technical title,
Dr. Highway.
I just wish Jer could see this.
He does.
I'm just glad TCH is letting
you count your SkyMed hours
towards your emergency
medicine residency.
I seriously don't know what
I would do without you, Crys.
I mean, I'm still new
at this chief nurse thing
and with all the new hires coming in
You're gonna be great.
I've never had this big
of a responsibility before,
and I just really wanna
be good at it, Crys.
I mean, SkyMed's my family.
And that's why you'll be great.
[SIGHS]
Okay, so I need to find two new medics
to replace Tristan and Marianne.
I'm gonna fly with all
the applicants personally,
but I would love it if you and
Stef weighed in on them too.
And what about the new pilots?
Wheezer and Lexi have a little bit
of a different approach.
I will trade you the cowboy for Maya.
Maya's only got 300 hours.
You're taking a risk,
Training Captain Lexi.
Yeah, I'll tell you what.
I will take Stiles and Cowboy,
and you can have Johnson.
Not Johnson. He got all
his hours on a rental
beating up the circuit.
Lexi, your dad's RCAF. You know
you gotta take every
advantage you can get.
My dad taught me how to fly.
He didn't pay for me
to joyride in a 172.
Why don't you want Johnson?
Because I want the 500 hours
in a clapped out grooming AG cat cowboy.
You cannot beat farm
kids for work ethic.
I prefer training and discipline,
like former cadet Maya Chang.
Right, top cadet, former top
of her class in flight school,
a mini Lexi, respectfully.
Oh, hello.
[KISSING]
Babe! [GIGGLES]
Oh no, there is only
one Lexi and she is mine.
[LAUGHS]
[STEF] Babe, you want a coffee?
I will pass.
We got a bunch of greenhorns
coming up to compete
for a spot to replace Nowak,
- Chopper, and TJ.
- Nice.
Yeah, we got a little
wager going on to see
who can get the most new
pilots on the final roster.
We're each evaluating
a group of newbies.
And when I win, I get my
choice of first officer.
Well, I think what she meant to say
- was when I win, but
- Huh. Isn't it kind of cruel
to be running a pilot's Hunger Games?
If all I had to do to get
a job out of flight school
was compete with nine
other pilots for a week,
- I would have been ecstatic.
- Uh-huh!
All right, I will keep
Johnson. But I'm gonna need
two first place picks in exchange.
Fine. Pfft, I'll take
Johnson, but I get Maya.
Mini Lexi's yours.
- Cowboy's mine.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
[STEF] Wheezer seems pretty
confident with his picks.
Don't worry. I got the best pilots.
Yeah, you did, Captain Martine.
Fit check, girl, show me the goods.
Okay, so, you know, I
got my dad's headset.
- Mm-hmm.
- And Nowak's four gold bars.
Oh, yeah, let me get that.
I know he gave me these so
we could still fly together,
but I miss him.
Nowak and I have always flown
together since we were 15.
But hey, I know that you miss
your cranky Polish bestie.
But still have me.
You're my sexy girlfriend,
not my nerdy plane friend.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's different.
What about Wheezer?
You two seem to be getting along great,
and he made you training captain.
- Yeah, but he's my boss.
- Yeah.
I just wish Nowak was still here.
[YAWNS]
See? I start talking about
planes and you start yawning.
No, it's babe, it's not that, okay?
This is my third double shift this week.
When was the last time you
took a break? Got some sleep?
Pfft, not until they
hire the new medics.
But if you wanted to take
a break and not sleep,
I know a broom closet.
Hmm. Girl, you know I like
to take my time with you.
Oh, is that so?
[KISSING]
[PAGERS BEEP]
Unh. Always gotta do that.
Definite rain check.
- Okay.
- Okay? Get outta here.
[LEXI] Welcome to SkyMed, Nuggets.
I'm Training Captain Martine.
And what you lucky
little cones have here
is an unprecedented opportunity
to walk into the right seat
of a King Air 200.
Now most pilots go through
years of sweat and training
to get to where you're standing now.
And all you gotta do is make
it through the next week.
And it is my job to
squeeze all those years
of sweat and training into it.
Birke.
Johnson.
Those boots are filthy, recruit.
Hit the polish.
Seriously?
Fix it and try again.
[LEXI] Let's see if we can
find someone who does know
how to put a uniform together.
Where is former recruit Maya Chang?
Present, ma'am.
Maya Chang?
Top Air Cadet, Maya Chang?
Did some of my sparkles fall off?
I don't know what
squadron you came from,
but in mine, we respected the uniform.
No personalizations, or the
only way you'll be flying
is when I kick your ass straight
out the hangar. Understood?
Understood, ma'am!
Exceptional training pilots
will finish this week in a right seat.
But since you greenhorns
don't even know how to dress yourselves,
you'll start under the hood.
Time to learn refueling
and oil checks. Let's go!
[CRYSTAL] Pop quiz, hot shot.
Boat propeller accident.
What injuries can we expect?
Oof, amputations, head
injuries, fractures,
internal bleeding, drowning.
Pop quiz, hot doctor. Are you single?
What?
Who's TJ? That rampy he
said he can ask you out
now that TJ is gone.
That's not and TJ and I were never
Uh TJ is on leave visiting
his niece in Australia.
Um, it's crucial that
the patient is stable
before we get on the
plane. So, how would you
Hook up a life pack, secure
an airway, start an IV.
I mean, no offense, but
this stuff is kind of basic.
And you're a fancy ER resident now.
Aren't you kinda slumming
it, going out into the field?
No. That's why I became a doctor.
It's never slumming it to help people.
[WOMAN GROANING]
[CRYSTAL] Hi, Sonya.
I'm Crystal. This is Zay.
We're from SkyMed.
God, they shouldn't even
allow motorized boats
on this lake. I-I tried
to get away, but
- Let me have a look here.
- [BLOOD SPURTS]
Severe lacerations.
- She's got a bleed. We need a
- Tourniquet. Got it.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[WOMAN GROANS]
- I can hold pressure.
- Okay, good.
I'll start an IV for fluids and meds.
I'm supposed to do a
triathlon next week.
Wh-wh-what's gonna happen to my leg?
Hey, if you're doing a
triathlon, you must know
- about bikes, right?
- Yeah, I like riding
a lot more than swimming right now.
Bet you got a pretty fancy ride, huh?
Yeah, I-I have a carbon frame road bike
- with a Shimano 105 groupset.
- Oh, okay.
[SQUELCHING]
There's a lot of bleed through
even with the tourniquet.
We're still two hours
away from Winnipeg.
We can't wait that
long. She'll bleed out.
If I can find the bleed,
I could suture the vessel,
- but
- [BLOOD SPURTS]
I can't even see where to suture.
What if we try epinephrine?
Epi is a vasoconstrictor,
but if we give it intravenously
So, we give it topically.
They use it in endoscopic surgery.
It won't stop a bleed this big,
but it might stop enough
for you to be able to see.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- [WOMAN] Will that work?
I've been thinking about
getting a bike for work.
I hear there's some great trails
up here. What do you think?
Will a roadie cut it for both?
You should get two bikes.
Oof, not on my salary.
[PANTING]
Then, for trails, you're
gonna need a hardtail.
[SHARP EXHALE]
For a commuter, you
want to go full rigid,
maybe a cross bike.
Are you willing to go to drop bars?
Oh, I haven't really
thought about drop bars.
[STRAINED CHUCKLE]
The bleeding slowed down.
Good call. I can see where to suture.
You're you're gonna
sew inside my leg?
Hey, tell me about drop
bars. Are they worth it?
[SHARP EXHALES]
They lower your center of gravity.
Make you more aerodynamic.
But you gotta be flexible.
Oh, I can do the splits.
[LAUGHS THROUGH PAIN]
Nice work on these sutures.
Cool trick with the epi.
Let's go, OR 2.
You were good with Sonya.
Guess you have to buy a bike now, huh?
Sonya?
Ohhh! No, I hate bikes.
I just didn't want her to be afraid.
Fear increases oxygen demand,
heart rate, blood flow.
And then my cool epi
trick wouldn't have worked.
I wasn't totally sure it would work,
but that's the whole
point we're up here, right?
When else would a nurse get to
try stuff like this in the field?
Wait, that's why you came up here?
Yeah. I mean, that's why
we're all up here, right?
Well, maybe you can't
remember a patient's name
five minutes after we drop
them off, and maybe you think
it's slumming it going into the field
unless you get to try cool shit,
but these are real people,
and they deserve a lot more
than a medic who thinks he's
too good to take care of 'em.
[WHEEZER] Can I give you some advice?
You've got a lot of resumes
to get through there,
not a lot of time.
A little Hunger Games never hurt anyone.
Look, I know you've been Chief Pilot
a lot longer than I've been Chief Nurse,
but I think I'm gonna handle it my way.
Just one medic at a time, one-on-one.
Okay. I'm just sayin',
a little competition could be good.
Weeds out the non-starters.
You worry about your pilots,
I'll worry about my medics.
[AIRPLANE ROARS]
This patient is stable, but if we needed
to secure an airway,
how would you proceed?
Page an RT.
Oh, in a hospital, yes,
but we don't have respiratory
therapists up here.
We only have what's
on the plane, actually.
- What about blood work?
- Page a lab tech.
Right, but no lab techs either.
- So, what do we have up here?
- Pilots?
Am I supposed to know how to do that?
Whoa! Whoa! I have control.
Not while you're flying, champ.
[CURIOUS MUSIC]
[PEN SCRATCHES]
[PATIENT] You remind me of my
brother's sister-in-law, Missy.
Of course, that's not her real
name. We just call her Missy
because, well, we've been going
to the same hunting camp and
Oh, what's that? Okay. Thanks, Captain.
This is some prophylactic lorazepam.
The captain says it's
going to be a bumpy flight.
[DOZY EXHALE]
If I'd had to listen to that
for the next two hours
[SARCASTIC LAUGH]
Okay, IV's all set. Vitals look good.
Can I get you anything?
- Some water?
- No.
Great. Then all you gotta
do is enjoy the flight
for the next 45 minutes.
Oh, just
[BOWELS GURGLE]
Uh
uh, sorry, where's the uh, the bathroom?
Bathroom?
I have a bit of a nervous tummy.
And, you know, big job interview,
plus lots of coffee this morning.
- [GURGLING INTENSIFIES]
- So the toilet?
There's no facilities
on this aircraft, kid.
You're gonna have to hold
it 'til we get to Winnipeg.
Oh, God.
There must be something?
Um
Is this really happening?!
[WHEEZER] So, your way didn't work.
Yeah, well, neither did yours.
Did you like any of those pilots?
- No.
- That's what I thought.
Look, at this rate, Lexi's gonna
get all her pilots on the roster.
We're taking a risk hiring new
staff before the AMG can notice.
It would help if we could
actually find some good people.
Are you really that worried
about the new management group?
Change is risky.
I'm chief pilot. It's my job to worry.
Not on your own. It's my
job too now as chief nurse.
And at least we still
have one strong new hire.
Everybody likes Zay.
- I don't like Zay.
- [BOTH] What?
Well, what happened? I
thought you liked Zay.
Not as much as Zay likes Zay.
I mean, he's skilled, but he's
not here for the right reasons.
He just wants to hotshot.
Chris, I just went
through a stack of resumes,
and you hated me too at first, remember?
This is different.
Zay doesn't care about his patients.
Oh, great. My first week as chief nurse,
and I can't even staff the planes.
Well, welcome to being the boss, kid.
[PEN SCRATCHES]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Look, I know you're slammed,
but I'm dealing with a
very picky palate here.
If there's even a hint
of ketchup on that burger,
I'm gonna have to come
back and get another one.
And between you and me,
I can't afford the gas.
So, look, I really
don't wanna be a jerk
[BAG CRINKLES]
Thank you!
Sounds like your boyfriend's the jerk.
Hating on nature's perfect condiment.
Hmm. No boyfriend.
Well, then your girlfriend's the jerk.
No girlfriend either.
Well, great.
So then I can buy you a drink.
Sorry, cowboy. Gotta
get that burger home.
And I I absolutely respect
that, but when the prettiest
ketchup-hating girl I ever
did see crosses my path,
I gotta give it my all.
So, what is your poison?
Okay. Yeah, you can buy me a drink.
If you can ride that thing.
[MAN WHOOPS]
Oh! Wee!
You are on, partner.
Just a word to the wise,
you're dealing with
a certified pro here.
If it's got wheels, I can drive it.
If it's got wings, I can fly it.
And if it's got fur
[CLICKS TONGUE] I can ride it.
[PAINED EXHALE AND WHISTLE]
In my defense, real bulls
don't move like that.
Looks like you're in for
a bit of a wait, cowboy.
It's Wyatt. Thanks for driving me.
It's probably just a sprain.
You'll need to ice it when you get home,
- wrap it up for a few days, okay?
- Are you a doctor or something?
No more bull riding. No heavy lifting.
Oh, crap. I'm trying out
for a new job this week.
Of course this happens.
- I have terrible luck.
- Hmm.
You probably wouldn't have guessed it,
but I grew up on a small
ranch in Saskatchewan.
- I might have guessed.
- [CHUCKLES]
I don't usually get to
hit on much of anything,
outside of winging
gophers off the back porch
with a slingshot, and
I certainly don't get
to hit on girls as pretty as you.
So, if you don't mind
me asking, how did I do?
- Points for creativity.
- Uh-huh.
But my life isn't exactly
normal right now, cowboy,
and I can't get distracted.
So take it easy on that wrist, okay?
Whoa, hey, wait.
Thompson's a small town. Maybe
I get lucky and I see ya again?
Might be luckier for you if you don't.
[WINCES]
- [LEXI] Pull it off.
- [ENGINE ROARS]
Pull it off.
Keep holding off.
[YOKE RATTLING]
[ALARM SOUNDING]
[ENGINE HUMS]
[LOUD THUMPING]
Flat forward on the controls.
I have control.
[ENGINE ROARS, ALARM STOPS]
You have to break the stall
first, add power, then level up.
It's about getting
familiar with the aircraft.
With more practice,
it'll come naturally.
Chang, you're up!
Ah!
[SEATBELT CLICKS]
What did I just say about the uniforms?
My uniform isn't
personalized. My headset is.
I read SkyMed regulations.
Headsets aren't considered
part of the uniform.
Pilots are responsible
for providing their own,
and the only requirement is that
they be in safe working order.
Your headset's
personalized. Who's Marti?
[WOMAN ANNOUNCING OVER PA]
[DEEP INHALE AND EXHALE]
Dr. Highway, thought you'd want to know,
the boat propeller triathlete,
Winnipeg salvaged her leg.
Now, she's got a long recovery,
but her prognosis is good,
thanks to you suturing the vessels.
Smart move with the epinephrine.
It doesn't bother you that
we tried something untested?
You knew epi wouldn't hurt the patient,
and she has a better prognosis
than she would have otherwise.
In emergency medicine, that's a win.
Good choice hiring Zay, by
the way. He was a smart hire.
We were gonna pass on him,
actually. He cares more about
cool medicine than helping patients.
Crystal, you know who
his family are, right?
No, why would that matter?
65-year-old woman
with facial lacerations
after a fall down the stairs.
Don't you worry, Edna. Crystal
will take good care of you.
And I'll be back to check on you
later today, just like I promised, okay?
[WHEELCHAIR RATTLES]
I didn't have time to get groceries,
so you're gonna have to get
yourself something to eat.
And no junk food. Oh, shoot,
I'm late. Okay, how do I look?
Desperate.
Finn, it's a perfect gig.
Flexible hours, decent pay.
Yeah, in the ass end of nowhere.
Yeah, I know, it's not home,
but it's a fresh start, right?
We need this, kid.
You're gonna rock it, kid.
This is my last 20. Your dinner
better have at least one
green thing on it. Got it?
Hey! Pickles don't count.
[DOOR SHUTS]
Hey "no ketchup".
- Oh God, you're a pilot.
- Uh-huh.
I thought you said if it had
wheels, you could drive it.
Well, I can, but the damn
thing keeps breaking down.
- [HOOD SLAMS DOWN]
- [GROANS]
Son of a bitch!
Didn't I tell you to wrap this
wrist so it actually heals?
Yeah, well, I can't have
anyone know I sprained it.
I need this job. I can't give
them any reason not to hire me.
Well, if you're not gonna
wrap it, then you need
to take it easy on this. It's fragile.
So you're a nurse, huh?
Do I finally get to know your name
or should I check the manifest?
- [HAYLEY] Piper Adler?
- Yes, that's me.
Chief Nurse Roberts. We just
got a page for a pediatric fall.
- Your PALS is up to date, right?
- [PIPER] Mm-hmm.
- [WHEEZER] You're up, cowboy.
- [BAG THUMPS]
Make me look good up there, okay, kid?
Gotta get at least one
pilot on the roster, eh?
Yeah.
[PAINED EXHALE]
[BOY] It was like a hundred feet deep.
[MOM] Well, it wasn't
that deep. Maybe nine feet.
They were swimming at a friend's house,
and when they came home, they decided
to make a diving board off
an old freezer in the garage.
Can you make a fist for me, Zack?
It really hurts.
Yeah, I bet. I got something for that.
- [WET COUGH]
- Oh, Bo.
We'll get popsicles when
Zack's getting X-rays.
[WET COUGH]
You know, when my brother and
I were little, we used to see
who could hold our breath
underwater the longest.
We did that too. Bo
was under a long time.
[WET COUGH CONTINUES]
Did he cough a lot when he came up?
Do you mind if I have a listen?
Oh, go ahead.
Ready?
He's got a crackle.
Lethargy, coughing, wet lungs.
You're thinking secondary drowning?
What's that?
It's a delayed reaction
from inhaling water.
The lungs get inflamed
and restrict breathing.
It's more common in children.
Starting oxygen.
Six-year-old boy, wet lungs,
lethargy following
inhalation of cool water.
Ten-year-old boy,
possible ulnar fracture
- following six-foot fall.
- Thank you.
Hey, I'm not supposed
to make any job offers
until the end of the week,
- but how soon can you start?
- I got the job?
And if you move into the
crew house today, you can have
your choice of room before
Wheezer's pilots grab them.
Oh, and I'm making a SkyMed
family dinner on Friday,
so make sure you're free for that.
Is the crew house mandatory?
It's just um
my parents died last
year in a car accident.
My brother's only 15, so
it's just the two of us now.
Oh my God, I'm so sorry.
That's really hard. I lost
my mom when I was young, too.
I just want to give him
some stability, you know?
Of course. Yeah, um
look, just wherever you live,
make sure you can get to the hangar
within 10 minutes of a page, okay?
Yeah, okay.
After I lost my mom,
I struggled for a really
long time to find a place
that felt like home.
And then SkyMed became my family.
So, maybe it can help be
some family for you, too.
I'll make sure we find a
place close to the airport.
Thank you.
[CRYSTAL] You're not Mr. Miller.
Oh, yeah. Sorry, I just,
I needed a quiet place
to catch up on some charting.
Oh, Greg, the brittle diabetic,
do you remember if he was discharged?
You didn't drop him off to me.
Really? I thought that was you.
No, I was the 65-year-old
facial laceration.
Oh, right, Edna. Wow.
What is with this brain fog?
Have you been getting any sleep?
Nah, I'm pulling doubles 'til
Hayley can make the new hires.
Shoot, I told Greg I'd check on him.
I have to swing by after I finish this.
Have you been following
up with all your patients?
Try to. Makes it easier to do the job,
knowing what happens to
people after I drop 'em off.
Okay, well, just don't
spread yourself too thin.
Working doubles and doing
extracurriculars is a lot.
I don't want to find you in
one of these bays for real.
[HALF-LAUGH]
Dr. Highway?
[MONITOR BEEPING]
[UNDULATING MUSIC]
[PAGER BEEPS, MUSIC STOPS]
[EXHALES]
This is bullshit. All we've
done is practice stalls
and refuel planes.
I mean, we're all pilots here,
right? We all know how to fly?
I didn't come all the way
up here to have some hormonal
bush pilot grabbing my controls.
Captain Martine.
[TENSE MUSIC]
You know how to fly small
planes in perfect conditions.
The reality up here's different.
Bad weather, bad strips, bad gear.
So, up here, you have
to know your SOP's cold,
so you don't have to think about it when
you have an engine failure
in the middle of an ice storm
while your patient's bleeding
out in the cabin behind you.
Or you have to divert on min fuel
and your patient has 15
minutes to get to a hospital.
That is why I make you practice stalls.
So we don't have to think about it
when the real thing
happens at the worst time.
And that uniform does not belong to you.
It belongs to SkyMed.
It represents our responsibility
to our patients and our crew.
So, if I can't trust you
to have attention to detail
with your boots, how can I trust
you to have attention to detail
with a $5 million aircraft?
[JOHNSON SCOFFS]
Since you need the practice,
hit the apron Johnson.
Check the fleet's oil.
The whole fleet? By myself?
Since you know more
than all of us, show me.
I want every plane
refueled and oil checked
before you leave tonight.
[HUFFS]
[FOOTSTEPS STOMP AWAY]
Any other questions?
Check in time, 0700 hours tomorrow.
[CALL RINGING]
[DAD] Calling me, huh?
Guess Nowak's not around.
[CHUCKLES]
He's busy being a big
deal at Air Canada.
And I always call you, Dad.
[DAD] I know, Goose. What's up?
Wheezer's trusting me
to be a training captain.
But Dad, these nuggets are a mess.
[DAD] That's why you're there,
Lex. To get them up to scratch.
What if I can't?
Look, I'm trying to train
them how you trained me.
But when I was learning,
I followed orders
and showed respect.
These kids they're not
like how I was when I came up.
[DAD] Everyone always says
that. It's about standards, Lex.
Yours are high, which is good,
as long as you maintain your standards.
They'll either come up to your
level or fall off and go away.
But you have what it takes.
I just
I miss flying with you, Dad.
- And Nowak.
- [DAD] Give it time.
You'll find someone else there
you like flying with too.
Thanks, Dad.
[WHEEZER] Normally, I
wouldn't bring a training pilot
into the field, but I got a bad back,
and you are young and strong.
You'll bounce right back if
a naked patient falls on ya.
Why would they be naked?
Oh, trust me, they're always naked.
You know, I didn't realize
pilots assisted medics.
Relax. We're mostly
here just to carry stuff.
Just don't drop a
patient, you'll be fine.
Uh, where, where is the patient?
[STEF] Over here. Some
hikers called it in.
[PAINED EXHALE]
[PARACHUTE FLUTTERING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. That's a broken line.
It could still be live.
Uh, this is Dan. Today's
his 60th birthday.
- Well, happy birthday, Dan.
- Thanks, man.
He went skydiving to
celebrate, but he got
blown off course on his
way to the landing site.
The carabiner on my
harness hit the power wire.
It arced right through me. Hurt like
a son of a bitch until I dropped.
The chairlift lines, they
carry a lot of voltage.
[DAN] There's a cutaway
release. I managed to get it
unlocked, but unh
I can't hit the release.
Don't, don't move, Dan, okay?
If you make contact again,
you could get electrocuted.
He's already been hit once.
By this broken line?
It could arc. So stay
back until the power's off.
I'm gonna call the ski hill
and get them to turn it off,
- all right?
- Okay.
Wh-what, what about me? How do I help?
Just don't get in the way.
How you doing up there, Dan?
Not so good. It's my
chest. I have a pacemaker.
Is that bad?
It could be, if the
voltage fried his pacemaker.
All right, the power's off.
We still need the fire
department's boom truck
to get him down, and
they're a couple hours out.
No, the patient could be in arrhythmia.
He might not have that
long. The power's off.
We've got to find a way to get him down.
I know I'm s-supposed
to catch naked people,
but I've had a lot of
run-ins with electric fences
that were supposed to be off.
There's a trick to
check just hold up.
Every tornado season,
try to move cattle past
knocked down hydro lines.
I needed a way to check
if they were live or not.
So I figured out that high voltages
interfere with radio signals.
Ah.
Yes, perfect.
So, if you tune a radio at AM,
off frequency, and you get
[WINCES, TAPE ZIPS]
real close. Ah, come on.
[GRUNTING]
You can actually hear
the electricity.
[RADIO WARBLES]
Ah, shit, it's still
alive. I'll call the ski hill.
- Ah, my wrist!
- [ELECTRICITY SIZZLES]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Dan? Dan!
We need to get him down, but
he's stuck in that harness.
Well, how do we, how do we
hit the release from here?
H-h-have you got
anything stretchy, like a,
like a rubber band or something?
- [STEF] The tourniquet.
- Oh, man.
Oh! Oh! Yes. Yeah.
- Hey, this?
- Yes!
See what I mean about farm kids?
You cannot beat their ingenuity.
Yeah, but Wheezer, even
if he does hit the release,
the patient's unconscious,
we can't just let him fall.
- Catch him in this?
- Yeah.
All right.
[TENSE MUSIC BUILDING]
- [SLINGSHOT SNAPS]
- [RELEASE PINGS OPEN]
[DAN WHOOSHES INTO BLANKET]
[STEF] Sixty-year-old
male, cardiac arrest.
Electrical burns following
a high voltage electrocution.
Um, patient has a pacemaker and a
[INTENSE MUSIC RESONATING]
[VOICES MUDDLED]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[INDISTINCT HOSPITAL PA]
Uh, hey, that patient I just
brought in, the electrocution.
He just went into
surgery ten minutes ago.
Ten minutes?
Is that his belongings?
Uh, yeah. I guess I forgot
to leave them with him.
Must've gone on autopilot
for a minute there.
Okay, so you check the landing gear.
Make sure the tires
aren't worn or damaged.
Who wants to do the oil check?
I already topped it up.
I thought I told you to check
the fleet's oil last night?
I did. Just wanted to double
check it again this morning.
Chang, right seat, you're up first.
Yes, ma'am!
[HAND THUMPS ON WING]
[ENGINE ROARS]
Once we get up past 10,000 feet,
we'll set up for the stall.
Left engine oil pressure's dropping.
- Reduce power?
- [CRANK CLUNKING]
- [PROPELLER POWERS DOWN]
- We have a bad leak.
- I have control.
- You have control.
Get on the radio, call
a PAN-PAN. Tell Thompson
we'll be landing single engine.
PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN, Thompson
radio, SkyMed 923
- What do we do?
- You do nothing.
This isn't a training flight
anymore. It's an emergency.
I'll land, single pilot, one engine.
Left engine shutdown sequence.
Confirm left engine position lever?
- Confirmed. Cut off.
- Confirm cut off.
[ENGINE RUMBLING]
Oh, man.
That looks bad.
[HATCH CREAKS OPEN]
There's no oil cap here.
You forgot to secure the
goddamn oil cap, Johnson!
Don't blame this on me.
Chang was the one flying.
Excuse me?
You forgot to secure the oil cap.
You were rushing to do this morning
what I ordered you to do last night.
The unsecured oil cap
- wouldn't cause a leak.
- Yes, it would!
And you would know that
if you were listening
when I was trying to teach
you how to do oil checks.
You almost just torched
a million dollar engine.
If Maya and I didn't
know how to handle it,
we could all be dead right now.
This isn't personal.
It's about standards.
And you aren't up to them.
[HUFFS]
Hit the showers.
The final roster will
be posted in an hour.
Chang.
- Yeah?
- [SIGHS]
Thanks for having my back up there.
How did you know the SOPs
for the shutdown sequence?
You said we needed to
know the plane cold,
so I studied until I did.
There was a moment up there
when the pressure dropped, and
I thought I was gonna barf,
but then I knew what to do.
You were right.
Thanks, Captain Martine.
[CLAPS]
- Goddamn!
- Ha, ha!
Woo! Woo!
Looks like you made the cut. Congrats.
Yeah, yeah, maybe my
luck's changing, hey?
- [PIPER CHUCKLES]
- Can I take you for that drink
now to celebrate? I convinced an
AME to take a look at my truck.
It might even make it the
whole way to the Whiskey Hatch.
The only thing I'm doing
at the Whiskey Hatch
is picking up a takeout order
as soon as I hit the shower.
Well, maybe, maybe, maybe
if you change your mind,
I-I can hold a burger
for ya. No ketchup.
Yes!
[CURTAIN RASPS ON ROAD]
- [CRYSTAL] Hi, Frieda.
- Hey!
Oh, sorry to keep you waiting.
What is this?
Well, you've been so busy
with school, the community
didn't want to tell you until
we knew it was happening, but
[CRYSTAL] The Jeremy Wood Clinic?
North House needs more
access to health care,
and it felt like a good
way to honor Jeremy.
It's a beautiful way to honor him.
We're close to raising the money, Cuz.
And we want you to run it.
The clinic would run in
cooperation with an ER in Winnipeg.
You'd have all the support you needed,
and it would go towards your residency.
I I'd have to leave SkyMed.
We're submitting the proposal this week.
If we get the funding,
we're hoping to open this spring.
[MOTOR RUMBLING]
[WHEEZER] 911 needs to be cleaned.
And guys, let's get these pallets
stored away properly, please!
How many times I gotta tell ya?
Wow. You're really
rolling out the red carpet
- for our picnic.
- [GRUMBLES]
I just got word the
Aviation Management Group rep
is on the way up here for inspection.
Wait, the AMG rep is coming
up now and you didn't tell me?
Wheezer, I'm the chief
nurse. I need to be here too.
Damn it, I'm not even in my uniform.
Oh shit, I am so sorry,
Hayley. I wasn't thinking.
Why are they coming up?
Is it, is it the new hires?
Well, it was risky sneaking
them in, but I can't exactly
fix 933's engine without telling them.
There's no way an AMG is
gonna get a bill that high
and not come up here.
But hey, look, I am so sorry.
I screwed up keeping you in the loop.
We got this. As long as
we're a unified front,
that's all that matters.
[MAN] Captain Heaseman, she's here.
[KNOWING PLAYFUL MUSIC]
Oh, shit!
Opie!
You two know each other?
Well, yeah, we used to be engaged.
Yep.
[CRYSTAL] Oh my God,
Hayley, I just got your text.
Wheezer was engaged to someone
else before he married Lynn?
You didn't know either, huh?
Who is she? What's the deal?
I don't know. There wasn't
exactly time to get into it,
because Captain Riley
wanted to inspect the fleet.
And Wheezer.
So, my first SkyMed family dinner
isn't exactly going great.
My boyfriend has an
ex-fiancée I didn't know about,
and I can't hire enough medics
to keep the planes in the air.
Ugh, Crys, am I the worst
chief nurse SkyMed has ever had?
No.
I might have been too hard on Zay.
It's not like he hurt the patient,
and he does know his
stuff annoyingly.
I know it's really hard
to find staff up here,
especially with people
leaving all the time,
and you can't turn down
a good medic just because
I didn't love his attitude.
Thank you.
Crys, ugh
even with all of the stuff
with Wheezer and Riley
and the new hires,
I'm so glad I have you.
Seriously, you are my family
and you are the best medic on my team.
Hayley, I I need
to tell you something.
[PIPER] 25-year-old male hit
by a car into Gog Ridge Road.
Likely concussion, broken
ribs, decreased LOC.
Piper? Wyatt?
His truck must have broken down again.
He must have been working on it.
And there's this blind
curve on the road.
There's a lot of
accidents in that stretch.
We were both headed
to the Whiskey Hatch.
I was just a few minutes behind him.
Did I get hit by a bull?
[CRYSTAL] Bay 2 have
imaging standby for a CT.
Hey, hey, are you okay?
Should we call the police?
I-I only called an ambulance.
I was just so focused on
getting him help that I
It's okay, I'll handle
it. But if the driver
already fled the scene
by the time you got there,
the police aren't likely
to find whoever hit him.
Hey, hey, he's gonna be okay.
He's lucky you found him when you did.
[NERVOUS BREATHING]
[SIREN WAILING]
[PHONE RINGS]
- Hello?
- [FINN] Where are you?
You said you'd be home an hour ago.
You weren't answering.
Uh I'm sorry, Finn. Um
[KEYS JINGLE]
I got delayed.
[FINN] But you're coming home, right?
When you didn't answer, I thought
Piper, you weren't answering.
Finn, it's okay.
I'm coming home.
I won't leave you alone.
I promise.
[DOOR SHUTS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[THEME MUSIC]