Chicago Med (2015) s11e18 Episode Script
Things Left Unsaid
1
What's going on there?
- She has a boyfriend.
- Really?
There's been a lot
of bad timing between us.
I just found Daniel unconscious.
I think he may be having a stroke.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Best damn hospital in the Midwest.
I understand that you don't
want the world to know
about your prion diagnosis,
but that doesn't mean
you can blow off
your follow-up appointments.
Did they find a cure?
It's a mistake not to deal with this.
My mistake was getting tested at Gaffney
because I didn't know
you would be sent the results.
Oh.
Ma, this is beautiful.
Well, I have found myself
with time on my hands
for the first time in years.
Wait, is this my Janet Jackson T-shirt?
[LAUGHS] It is.
There's something from every
member of the family on there
so you can take us with you when you go.
Ma, now, we talked about this.
Indianapolis is just
three hours away by car.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Oh. Are you expecting someone?
No.
Surprise!
- Great to see you, man.
- David!
We thought you weren't coming.
[DOOR SHUTS]
I thought I couldn't,
and then I had a Chicago
client who needed a visit.
- Oh!
- And so two birds.
- [LAUGHS]
- Well, thanks for coming.
[CHUCKLES]
Even if you had to come up
with a work excuse.
Hey, I'm here.
- Yes, you're here.
- Give me your coat.
[DOOR SHUTS]
Ooh. Good morning.
How are you so perky after last night?
I don't seem to remember you complaining.
I think around 2:00,
I might have started.
Listen, there's this dive bar
I wanna go to tonight.
It's in Canaryville.
It's a biker bar.
Oh, I was thinking more like
a bowl of popcorn
and some "Office" reruns.
I feel like life is meant to be lived.
Yeah, it's the it's the
living that's killing me.
It's getting a little bit out of control.
Oh, well, I think control
is a little bit overrated.
Who even are you?
Oh, you don't remember.
- Huh. Let me show you.
- Okay, okay.
Get dressed.
Overnight was slammed
with a gas explosion.
We're short surgeons.
All right.
It'll just have to wait
till the biker bar.
There is something else happening.
Connie is pregnant.
She's
wow.
Oh, that's wonderful.
[LAUGHS] Well, it would even be more
wonderful if I ever met her.
- No, no, I know. I know.
- You will soon.
Um, it's just that she she
carries a marker for Tay-Sachs,
which isn't a worry if I'm in the clear.
But the genetic test was inconclusive,
so I need a family medical history.
Okay.
I see.
I was hoping to get in touch
with my biological father if
if you knew.
You know, I
I have an address, but
that's been years, baby.
I mean, I could get another genetic test,
but the doctors, they say that
You should have a full family history.
Yeah.
Yeah.
♪
- You called me?
- Yeah.
Cody Metivier, 17, collapsed at camp.
Apparently, he had a full-on seizure.
- Sorry to hear that.
- Cody, I'm Dr. Howard.
What were you doing before
the seizure happened?
- We were at practice.
- I got tackled.
Um, he was seen here
two weeks ago for a concussion.
Yeah. I'm thinking post-concussive
syndrome, second one.
Yeah, I agree.
Doris has contacted your parents.
But in the meantime, let's get
you into a gown, okay?
- I have to go.
- Hey, it's gonna be okay.
No, I have to get back.
- Cody?
- Oh.
He's seizing again!
Let's get him on his side.
Get him 2 of Ativan,
4 of Zofran, all right?
[TENSE MUSIC]
We got a major MVC,
three critical coming in.
All hands on deck.
Dr. Ripley, you're up.
Trauma 1!
We got a minivan versus a flatbed truck
full of rebar, head on.
Eight-year-old male with
restrained right arm fracture,
impalement, degloved on the right leg.
Tourniquet was applied
for pulsatile bleeding.
- Gonna need a surgeon.
- You've got one.
Let's give 1 gram Ancef,
and we've gotta get
that tourniquet off and save his leg.
Tourniquet's been on for over an hour.
Well, I don't start
worrying until at least six.
Dr. Howard, you're with me.
Dr. Ripley, on to the next.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Trauma 2!
- 13-year-old female.
- Her feet were up on the dash.
Deformity of bilateral tib fibs.
- Heart rate 112.
- BP 109/62.
Okay, I'll help.
- All fractures closed.
- Let's get some labs
Sarah!
And then off to CT for pan scan.
- Sarah!
- Mom!
Mom!
Trauma 3.
- Sarah! Sarah!
- Female, late 30s.
Impalements to the neck and abdomen.
- I can see that.
- How is she conscious?
She keeps calling out for her kids.
Gave 50 of fentanyl en route.
Heart rate 115. BP 100/60.
I guess we're waiting
for the driver of the truck?
No, he walked away from it.
Yeah, lucky him.
All right, hang two units
packed cells, please.
I am sorry if this is uncomfortable.
[SCREAMING]
All right.
- [YELLING]
- She's got peritonitis.
We need X-rays fast.
And let's get her to the OR, please.
We don't have one. Lenox
took the last OR upstairs.
Oh, well, then just
cancel elective surgeries
- Already did.
- It's all the gas explosion.
All right, then we'll just do it here.
Uh, okay, I'll get set up.
- Come on.
- Colin! Sarah!
Please, please, my children.
[CRYING]
♪
Hey, Dr. Charles.
Dr. Mitch Ripley.
Welcome back.
Thank you, buddy.
Didn't you have another week in rehab?
I opted for outpatient.
You know, I was just going crazy.
Wanted to get back to work.
I missed you guys.
Back in charge.
Well, not officially.
I still got a couple of those,
you know, boilerplate
cognitive tests to pass.
Well, whatever the case,
just glad to have you back.
And, uh, Dr. Rabari
has a very different style.
Really?
Yeah.
Anyway, let's catch up later.
- I got a patient.
- Okay.
Go forth. Heal, young man.
- Welcome back.
- Theo.
Am I wrong, or are you
are you back a little early?
Maybe a bit, but it's
the craziest thing, man.
I just feel like a million bucks.
I mean, Sam and Dean,
that that cranial bypass?
It's incredible.
I'm thrilled to see you.
And listen, I also appreciate
you filling in, really.
But I promise you,
I'm ready and raring to go.
Well, hopefully you can tolerate a little
power sharing agreement.
- I look forward to it.
- All right.
Excuse me, gentlemen.
I need a signature to discharge
this schizophrenic hot dog.
- Welcome back.
- Thank you.
So Cody, you were here two weeks ago,
and you saw Dr. Rabari,
who diagnosed you
with a probable concussion
and did not clear you to play.
Yeah, I my dad
took us to our family doctor,
and he cleared me.
Was that a family doctor, or did you just
find one that would clear you?
You don't understand.
I have to do this camp.
All the college scouts are there,
and I have to get a scholarship,
or I have to, uh
- Okay.
- [CRYING]
Hey, hey, hey, Cody.
It's all right.
Breathe for me, all right?
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Look, here's what we can do.
Okay, we can get you a CT scan,
and then we can talk about it.
That's a whole lot that you're
taking on, though, buddy.
♪
Dr. Asher! Dr. Ripley!
- What happened?
- I'm here.
She crashed in Imaging.
She became unresponsive,
hypotensive, and tachy.
They had to intubate.
Okay, did they get any images in CT?
They got part of it done.
Tech said that she's got
free fluid in her abdomen,
but they don't know
where it's coming from.
She's bleeding into her belly.
We need a trauma surgeon and an OR.
And we've got neither.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Hey!
Trying to do surgery here.
So are we.
We'll need your help.
♪
More suction, please.
I need to see the field.
Over here, please.
Sorry, I'm not a surgical nurse.
Yeah, just suck better.
How's it going over there?
Got six laps in the space of Retzius.
Still suctioning quite a bit.
Dean, her pressure's better,
but there's still a lot of
serosanguineous fluid in the field.
Likely a bladder injury.
Use methylene blue to find the tear.
- Okay.
- Forceps.
Okay, yep, found it.
- Okay.
- 3-0 Vicryl, please.
That side controlled.
No further bleeding.
I think we are good to remove.
Here we go.
[ALARM BEEPING]
- BP's still dropping.
- Hold it. Damn it.
I'm missing something here. Give me
Okay, almost done.
Closing the daughter's bladder.
No, no, no, just hold it a minute.
Mom's still unstable,
but nothing's bleeding
intra-abdominally here.
How deep was the rebar?
Looks like it went through
the cervical cuff.
Okay, well, she's likely
bleeding vaginally,
so grab a balloon catheter
and put it in her pelvis.
Good thought. Thank you.
[ALARM BEEPING]
She's hemorrhaging. Unpack spleen, liver.
I don't see anything glaring.
Gotta be retroperitoneal.
What are we missing?
Dean, what are we missing?
One second. Coming over.
Okay, mobilize the ascending
colon up to the liver
along the white line of Toldt.
Okay, found it.
The bleeding's coming
deep under the liver.
We're on our fourth MTP pack.
Need to start her on Levophed.
Mitch, put a REBOA in.
Okay. Give me a REBOA, please.
Bradycardic and hypertensive.
I'm not feeling a femoral pulse.
Okay, we need more blood stat.
Starting compressions.
Should we do a shunt?
No, no, no, no, don't. Never works.
See if she stabilizes after the REBOA.
Giving 1 of epi.
[PANTING]
Come on.
Come on!
I can't get arterial access.
♪
Come on. We got you.
It's a vena cava injury
she's lost too much blood.
Hannah.
Hannah!
[PANTING]
[SIGHS]
Time of death, 11:43.
♪
The father is here.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
Mr. Bennett.
Yes.
What is happening? Uh
I I just know there was an accident
with a truck and but
what is happening?
I'm Dr. Asher. This is Dr. Ripley.
Your wife, your son, and your daughter
were brought in this morning.
Your daughter initially
presented with broken legs, but
But
But
she was later discovered to have
severe internal bleeding.
We attempted to repair her injuries,
but we weren't able to do so.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
And she died.
♪
I am so sorry.
♪
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
♪
I
I was supposed to be
the one driving today.
I was supposed to be there.
Should have been me.
[CRYING] Should have
Our trauma surgeon, Dr. Archer,
has stabilized your wife,
and he's currently working
on repairing the injuries.
Your son is still in the OR,
and Madeline here can take you upstairs.
We can go up whenever
you're ready, Mr. Bennett.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHING]
♪
Hey, do we have imaging
back on Cody Metivier,
the football player in 4?
- Hello?
- Oh.
What's going on?
Oh, you haven't heard who came in.
Who?
Dr. Howard's boyfriend.
- Naomi's?
- Yeah.
He's a rock climbing instructor.
And a marathoner.
That's great. What's he in for?
Falling off a rock?
He gashed his arm with a circular saw.
He needs stitches, but we
don't have a doc available.
In his spare time,
he builds houses for orphans.
That's that's great.
You know, I've got a minute.
Maybe I can stitch him up.
Mr. Bennett.
Yes.
Dr. Archer.
I've been working on your wife.
We successfully repaired the injuries
to her neck and abdomen.
She's not completely
out of the woods yet,
but she's stable and is looking
fairly good at the moment.
[SIGHS] Oh, God.
[CRYING] Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
- Of course.
- [SIGHS]
Oh, we, uh we fought.
[SIGHS] Last words I said,
they were in anger.
I have so much that I need to say.
No, I understand. I understand.
And if things continue to go well,
you'll get that chance to say it.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
So Sam, you're thinking the
seizures are not neurological?
There's no brain bleed.
There's no acute or chronic subdural.
Doesn't rule out a concussion
or a post-concussion syndrome,
which is primarily physiological,
but there's nothing neurological.
It could be second impact syndrome,
which would not show up on Cody's CT.
An fMRI could determine which
area of the brain is affected,
and then we can treat it accordingly.
What are you thinking, John?
My gut is something else
is going on here.
The kid was sobbing during his intake.
Mm-hmm.
Well, emotional lability
is a symptom of concussion
and post-concussion syndrome.
You notice any emotionality
when he came in a couple of weeks ago?
Just what is consistent with
a concussion, Dr. Charles,
as I noted in the chart.
The seizures are new this time
and not a common PCS symptom.
I know.
I just feel like there's something here
beyond the physical.
Why don't I have a chat?
I'll go talk to the kid, the parents,
and see see what I can dig up.
Yeah, would you talk to him?
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Have a chat.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Pretty impressive gash here.
Circular saw you said, right?
Those things are dangerous.
It's true.
It was a volunteer at the job site.
And we get volunteers, they mean well,
but this guy let the saw
get away from him.
I had to jump down from the second floor
and stop that thing
from hurting somebody.
Jumped down two stories
to save someone from a saw?
Wow, that's
[CLEARS THROAT] That's intense.
You know, we get
pretty hardcore around here,
too, to be honest.
Had this girl in here a while back
- severe anaphylaxis.
- Mm.
Just hornet stings all over her face,
and I had to go
uh, find her bunny in her treehouse.
This kid had a crush on her.
It was a thing.
Oh, that's amazing.
- Going the extra mile.
- Yeah.
So I gotta ask, um,
why'd you come all the way
into Gaffney to get sewn up?
My girlfriend works here.
Maybe you know her Dr. Naomi Howard?
Yeah, Naomi.
She's great.
You're dating a
surgeon, though. That's
that's brave.
- Brave?
- Wow.
I mean, just so you know,
surgical residents,
they really have, like,
zero time for a personal life.
And surgeons in general, they just
they seem to have a tougher time
keeping relationships down.
This one doctor that I work with
three ex-wives.
Wait, Dr. Frost.
Naomi's told me about you.
You're the child actor.
Yep. Yeah, that's me.
She really likes you.
It's great to meet you.
You too.
Cody!
That's Caleb, Cody's brother.
He was in the café.
Coach Strain brought
him over from the camp
when they didn't let him
ride along in the ambulance.
That was nice of the coach.
Nice of the coach to come
to the hospital too.
Yeah, we've known him forever.
He was Cody's coach in Youth League too.
They seem really close.
They're inseparable.
Caleb was at the camp too?
He was just watching.
He's Cody's biggest fan.
How's Cody feeling about
the camp, do you think?
I mean, is he still passionate
about playing football,
as excited about it as he's always been?
More than ever. Football's his life.
Well, the concussion
slowed him down a bit.
You mean the first one, two weeks ago?
Matter of fact, you know, my colleague,
Dr. Rabari, who examined him,
didn't actually clear him to play
He just had his bell rung. No big deal.
Anyway, Ellen, you mentioned
that you thought that
the concussion had
slowed him down a little bit.
What did what did you mean by that?
Well, I just worry that
She didn't mean anything.
Okay.
'Cause it's just that, you know,
concussions can cause a little
emotional dysregulation, you know?
And that's not something that you
What are you even talking about?
What I'm talking about is that Dr. Frost,
who did the intake this time,
he thought that he detected
a little anxiety on Cody's part
about continuing
to play football, which,
frankly, it makes sense to me,
given that it looks like
he's had his second concussion
in two weeks.
Was there something you wanted to add?
There is one thing.
Cody
he started wetting the bed
again, and so
Ellen, are you out of your mind?
[ALARM BEEPING]
- Cody.
- Cody?
[TENSE MUSIC]
BP and heart rate are spiking.
- Okay, let's turn him.
- Yeah.
Two more Ativan, gram of Keppra IV.
- Copy.
- We love you, Cody.
It's all right, Cody. We got you.
♪
[GASPING]
Hey, Mom.
Hey.
What happened? Was he there?
He was.
He still lives there with his wife.
Their son opened the door.
That was weird.
We could be twins.
Hmm.
And did he agree to fill out
the medical history questionnaire?
He did.
So that's good.
But something happened.
No, nothing happened.
I can see it all over your face.
He told me to never contact him again.
As far as he was concerned,
I wasn't his son.
[SIGHS] Wow.
I'm sorry, David.
I explained to him the
questionnaire was for the baby,
but he shrugged it off
his own grandchild.
He walked away from us,
and we're both better for it.
Yeah.
You know, son, it's the people
who love us who shape who we are.
Thanks, Mom.
Colin is alive.
The rebar has been removed,
but there's a mismatch right now
between the graft
and the artery in his leg,
which means there's not
sufficient blood flow
to his foot, and he is at
risk of losing his right leg.
So I'd like to go back in
and do a bypass.
Okay, but, um, is that risky?
Well, he is a child,
and it means more surgeries.
And there is always risk.
But if this works, we will save his leg.
If it works.
Well, I believe it will work.
Alternatively,
we could amputate now with less risk.
Well, yeah, then that.
No more risk.
Mr. Bennett,
I understand why you say that,
but please consider
if you're making this decision
for you, not for him.
I'm sorry excuse me?
He's an eight-year-old boy.
He might want his leg
the rest of his life.
But
You want more time with him, of course.
But nobody knows how much time they have.
So it's about the life
we live while we have it.
And saving his leg
will give him the best chance
at his best life.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Okay.
Okay.
♪
- Hey.
- No time for fun.
I gotta go save a leg.
Yeah, about that,
the father doesn't want that.
He just wants his son to live.
And he will, with both legs.
You don't know that.
You are taking an unnecessary risk.
No, I'm taking a necessary risk.
No, you're being reckless.
Look, you are all impulse
these days, all id.
And and maybe it's fun
at the bar or in bed,
but you are letting your life
mess with your work.
That's really more your thing.
You need to amputate and save his life.
And is that your opinion as a surgeon?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Cody, I'm Dr. Charles,
and I work with Dr. Frost
I'm fine!
I don't need
I'm fine.
[SIGHS] Tough day, huh?
Yeah, I just didn't need
to be cleaned up like a baby.
I get it.
Do you mind if I if I sit for a bit?
Sure.
Hospitals can be a
challenging environment, right?
All the poking and prodding,
people getting up in your grill.
Yeah, tell me about it.
Yeah.
And you've also just
you've had a really
[SCOFFS] You've had a hell
of a couple of weeks.
I mean, first a concussion
before this big camp,
you know, and all that
all that pressure.
Camp's not really that much pressure.
I'm one of the best players there.
Oh. I'm glad to hear that.
And how about this
latest bump on the head?
How you doing? You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Look, the thing about concussions, Cody,
is that sometimes they can really
stretch our emotional resilience,
you know, make us
extremely sensitive, right?
And all of a sudden,
these big, huge feelings
can just come up out of nowhere,
even maybe feelings
we haven't felt in a while.
And the seizures can be part
of post-concussion syndrome, right?
But they can also be a symptom of PTSD.
And we call those functional seizures
or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
[CHUCKLES] And the way
we tell the difference
is that with the first kind of seizure,
a person's eyes are usually open.
But with the psychogenic seizures,
the ones that are sometimes
a symptom of PTSD,
the person's eyes
are almost always closed.
And I couldn't help noticing
that during this last seizure
you just had, that your eyes were closed.
Uh-huh.
And so if you don't mind, I just
I really wouldn't be doing
my job if I didn't ask you,
is something
troubling you from your past
that's been coming up lately?
Something maybe
involving your dad?
It's not my dad.
Okay.
But it's someone.
Coach Coach Strain gave him a ride.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Gave who a ride?
Caleb.
He was at camp with me, watching me play,
but they wouldn't take him
in the ambulance,
so Coach Strain gave him
a ride to the hospital.
That was really upsetting to you.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I can handle that stuff, but
if something were to happen to Caleb
[CRYING]
Coach Strain, he was your
youth coach, too, right?
Back when you were younger.
He used to keep me after practice
in the locker room.
He took me to his house
when I was 11 and 12.
♪
He called me his
special boy.
♪
I never thought I would
have to see him again.
[SIGHS]
Cody, I am so sorry
that you had to go through that.
♪
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Come in.
[DOOR SHUTS] Oh.
Spencer Cook.
You know, you could have given me
a heads up that you were
sending your son to my home.
I didn't send David.
David's a grown man
who had some medical questions
for his biological father.
My wife was home, my son.
And so your family are unaware
that you had a child 46 years ago?
[SIGHS]
Oh, I see.
That's why you treated David so poorly.
No, that that questionnaire
was just an excuse
to knock on my front door.
He wanted something from me
that I can't give him.
You know, I think all David
was really looking for
is a little compassion.
I think he wanted to look you in the eye
and see if he could find just
a little piece of him in you.
There wasn't any.
No surprise to me, but he had
to see that for himself.
Coming here was a bad idea.
Mm.
You know,
my son is a beautiful soul.
[SIGHS]
It's a shame you can't see that.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Let today be the last time
I see either one of you.
I already have a family.
You told me you didn't want one.
No, I just didn't want one with you.
Ah.
Well, both David and I
thank you for that.
Close the door on your way out.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, SHUTS]
Mr. Bennett?
Uh, Dr. Lenox is still finishing up,
but I wanted to come let you know
your son came through well.
[EXHALES]
She did it?
Yes.
Yeah, she and the team
saved your son's leg.
He should regain full use of it.
[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]
She really did it.
Yeah.
She's a damn good surgeon.
Dr. Lenox.
Uh, Mr. Bennett, your son is
being moved to recovery now,
although he will have to stay in our PICU
for the next few weeks.
And your wife is in the ICU.
I imagine she will wake soon.
And you can talk to her
when she's been extubated.
[CHUCKLING]
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you so
[SIGHS] Thank you so much.
[SIGHS]
You told him how hard
it was to be in a relationship
with a surgeon and you know
doctors with four ex-wives?
No, I think I said three ex
it was a bad attempt at small talk.
All right? I
No, I know exactly what
you're doing, and it's not fair.
You had an opening,
and you didn't take it.
And I'm sorry, but time moves
along, and life goes with it.
Naomi,
I made a mistake, okay?
I made a huge mistake.
And it sucks
because I can be really bad at this.
I can be really awkward,
and I don't know how
to say the things people
are supposed to say all the time.
John
I get that I'm not him.
"All right, I'm not 6'2"
and jacked and annoyingly nice
to everyone,
right, or build homes for orphans,
though it's gotta be said, though,
apparently not that well because I did
put eight stitches in him
besides the point. I'm
doing it again. Look.
[CHUCKLES]
I get why you're with him.
And it is selfish of me,
and I am sorry, but
I wish that you weren't.
Well, I'm I'm sorry, John.
[SIGHS]
Okay.
I'm sorry. Is it all right if I
Yeah, absolutely. Of course.
Yeah, she should be awake soon.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
[EXHALES]
Oh, baby.
Baby, I'm so sorry.
Sarah's gone.
[SOFT MUSIC]
But Colin,
Colin, he made it.
And we're gonna get
through this together.
I'm gonna quit my job,
and I'm gonna be the best dad
and husband I can be
from now on.
[ALARM BEEPING] Uh
[TENSE MUSIC]
She's hemorrhaging from her abdomen.
Wait, what's happening?
I need a laparotomy tray in here!
Sir, I'm so sorry,
but could you step back?
All right.
I'm not losing you today.
Bradycardic and hypotensive.
♪
Yeah, need some blood.
[SUSTAINED TONE]
Asystole.
Bag her.
[SIGHS]
Okay, one of epi.
♪
Epi's in.
Still asystolic.
Laparotomy tray is here.
Do you wanna open her up?
[SIGHS]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
No, no, no.
She's too coagulopathic,
there's nothing we can do.
[SOBBING]
Time of death, 18:03.
God, no.
[SOBBING]
♪
This is happening really fast.
Yeah.
Cody, really important
to me that you understand
that Dr. Frost and I are what's
called mandated reporters.
Okay, that means that we are required
by law to report abuse.
They've got Coach Strain in custody.
Okay, he'll never be able
to hurt anyone ever again.
I guess I'm done playing
football for good, right?
Why do you say that?
I can't play without having a seizure.
I'm broken.
Look, I totally get that that's what
it feels like right now, okay?
But, buddy, you're suffering from PTSD.
And PTSD is treatable.
Look, we gotta find somebody
that you're comfortable talking to.
And then you just gotta
be patient, all right?
'Cause it takes a while.
But I guarantee you,
if you stick with it,
you're gonna get better.
You can play football as long as you
still love the game, Cody.
And you are absolutely
going to have a life
on the other side of this.
I promise you that.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I don't know.
I do.
You do?
Cody, I know that.
Okay? Trust me on that.
♪
Thank you.
Cody!
[CHUCKLES]
I'll get you a list of resources, okay?
Yeah.
♪
They're all alone now.
You okay?
No.
- You?
- No.
I will be.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
How do you bring a child into a world
where things like this happen?
[BREATHES IN] I do not know.
It's a leap of faith, I guess.
He's a single father now.
What does he say to his son?
Where does he even begin?
Well, hopefully, he says all the things
he left unsaid
and the things he couldn't say.
♪
[SIGHS]
Michael, I'm making your quilt next.
Watch out.
She'll probably put in
something embarrassing
like your Boyz II Men T-shirt.
Oh, I'm not embarrassed by that at all.
- Hey, Mom.
- No?
- Yeah, no.
- Oh, look who came after all.
Hey.
Connie flew in to surprise me.
- Hi, I'm Connie.
- Oh, yeah.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Oh, it's so good to meet you at last.
[LAUGHS]
Aw.
Oh, what's this?
It's not my party.
Open it.
It's your granddaughter.
[LAUGHTER]
David.
Congratulations, bro.
My granddaughter.
[SOFT MUSIC]
How do you walk away from that?
By not seeing past yourself.
Hi. Can you say hi?
- Hi.
- Hi.
Connie and I have decided
to name her after you.
Oh.
Come on, you can name her anything.
You sure you wanna
saddle her with Sharon?
It's a strong name that will honor
the strongest person I know.
♪
Then I approve.
Thank you, son.
♪
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Beer.
I haven't seen you around here before.
[SIGHS]
Yeah, I'm, uh,
new in town.
A pretty boy like you
in a place like this?
You got a pair on you.
Well, maybe you'd like to find out.
Are you saying you think I'm easy?
I don't know. Are you?
Hey, buddy.
Why don't you back off?
Oh, uh, no, it's not like that.
We're good.
This guy bothering you, lady?
You know, what if he was?
Well, I'd take care of it for you.
- What?
- [CHUCKLES]
You'd do that for me?
There's nothing to take care of.
- That is so nice of you.
- You wanna go?
- Thank you so
- No, I don't.
You don't have to do that.
Take your hands off of me.
Oh, no.
No!
We gotta go. [LAUGHS]
- We gotta go!
- What's wrong with you?
[LAUGHS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Um, I forgot something.
What?
That.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Wow, um
♪
What happened to, you know,
super-handsome,
"builds houses for orphans" guy?
Uh, we broke up.
Really?
How'd he take it?
Really well.
He likes you.
He thinks you're great
and wishes us well.
[LAUGHS]
Of course he does.
♪
No, no, no.
Mm-mm. Mitch, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
See, this is my apartment,
and it's not even midnight yet.
It's actually almost 1:00.
Okay, well,
here, then.
After you.
I think I'm actually gonna head home.
Oh.
You know, legally, you can't do that,
because you defended my honor,
and now you have to claim your prize.
Caitlin
I don't know what's going on
with you, but it's something.
This has gone from fun
to a little terrifying, actually.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
It's like you're I don't know
dancing faster and faster,
afraid the music's gonna stop, you know?
What's going on with you?
What are you what are you afraid of?
♪
I just don't wanna be boring right now.
Don't be boring.
[SIGHS] Yeah, okay.
Good night.
Come on!
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
♪
What's going on there?
- She has a boyfriend.
- Really?
There's been a lot
of bad timing between us.
I just found Daniel unconscious.
I think he may be having a stroke.
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Best damn hospital in the Midwest.
I understand that you don't
want the world to know
about your prion diagnosis,
but that doesn't mean
you can blow off
your follow-up appointments.
Did they find a cure?
It's a mistake not to deal with this.
My mistake was getting tested at Gaffney
because I didn't know
you would be sent the results.
Oh.
Ma, this is beautiful.
Well, I have found myself
with time on my hands
for the first time in years.
Wait, is this my Janet Jackson T-shirt?
[LAUGHS] It is.
There's something from every
member of the family on there
so you can take us with you when you go.
Ma, now, we talked about this.
Indianapolis is just
three hours away by car.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Oh. Are you expecting someone?
No.
Surprise!
- Great to see you, man.
- David!
We thought you weren't coming.
[DOOR SHUTS]
I thought I couldn't,
and then I had a Chicago
client who needed a visit.
- Oh!
- And so two birds.
- [LAUGHS]
- Well, thanks for coming.
[CHUCKLES]
Even if you had to come up
with a work excuse.
Hey, I'm here.
- Yes, you're here.
- Give me your coat.
[DOOR SHUTS]
Ooh. Good morning.
How are you so perky after last night?
I don't seem to remember you complaining.
I think around 2:00,
I might have started.
Listen, there's this dive bar
I wanna go to tonight.
It's in Canaryville.
It's a biker bar.
Oh, I was thinking more like
a bowl of popcorn
and some "Office" reruns.
I feel like life is meant to be lived.
Yeah, it's the it's the
living that's killing me.
It's getting a little bit out of control.
Oh, well, I think control
is a little bit overrated.
Who even are you?
Oh, you don't remember.
- Huh. Let me show you.
- Okay, okay.
Get dressed.
Overnight was slammed
with a gas explosion.
We're short surgeons.
All right.
It'll just have to wait
till the biker bar.
There is something else happening.
Connie is pregnant.
She's
wow.
Oh, that's wonderful.
[LAUGHS] Well, it would even be more
wonderful if I ever met her.
- No, no, I know. I know.
- You will soon.
Um, it's just that she she
carries a marker for Tay-Sachs,
which isn't a worry if I'm in the clear.
But the genetic test was inconclusive,
so I need a family medical history.
Okay.
I see.
I was hoping to get in touch
with my biological father if
if you knew.
You know, I
I have an address, but
that's been years, baby.
I mean, I could get another genetic test,
but the doctors, they say that
You should have a full family history.
Yeah.
Yeah.
♪
- You called me?
- Yeah.
Cody Metivier, 17, collapsed at camp.
Apparently, he had a full-on seizure.
- Sorry to hear that.
- Cody, I'm Dr. Howard.
What were you doing before
the seizure happened?
- We were at practice.
- I got tackled.
Um, he was seen here
two weeks ago for a concussion.
Yeah. I'm thinking post-concussive
syndrome, second one.
Yeah, I agree.
Doris has contacted your parents.
But in the meantime, let's get
you into a gown, okay?
- I have to go.
- Hey, it's gonna be okay.
No, I have to get back.
- Cody?
- Oh.
He's seizing again!
Let's get him on his side.
Get him 2 of Ativan,
4 of Zofran, all right?
[TENSE MUSIC]
We got a major MVC,
three critical coming in.
All hands on deck.
Dr. Ripley, you're up.
Trauma 1!
We got a minivan versus a flatbed truck
full of rebar, head on.
Eight-year-old male with
restrained right arm fracture,
impalement, degloved on the right leg.
Tourniquet was applied
for pulsatile bleeding.
- Gonna need a surgeon.
- You've got one.
Let's give 1 gram Ancef,
and we've gotta get
that tourniquet off and save his leg.
Tourniquet's been on for over an hour.
Well, I don't start
worrying until at least six.
Dr. Howard, you're with me.
Dr. Ripley, on to the next.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Trauma 2!
- 13-year-old female.
- Her feet were up on the dash.
Deformity of bilateral tib fibs.
- Heart rate 112.
- BP 109/62.
Okay, I'll help.
- All fractures closed.
- Let's get some labs
Sarah!
And then off to CT for pan scan.
- Sarah!
- Mom!
Mom!
Trauma 3.
- Sarah! Sarah!
- Female, late 30s.
Impalements to the neck and abdomen.
- I can see that.
- How is she conscious?
She keeps calling out for her kids.
Gave 50 of fentanyl en route.
Heart rate 115. BP 100/60.
I guess we're waiting
for the driver of the truck?
No, he walked away from it.
Yeah, lucky him.
All right, hang two units
packed cells, please.
I am sorry if this is uncomfortable.
[SCREAMING]
All right.
- [YELLING]
- She's got peritonitis.
We need X-rays fast.
And let's get her to the OR, please.
We don't have one. Lenox
took the last OR upstairs.
Oh, well, then just
cancel elective surgeries
- Already did.
- It's all the gas explosion.
All right, then we'll just do it here.
Uh, okay, I'll get set up.
- Come on.
- Colin! Sarah!
Please, please, my children.
[CRYING]
♪
Hey, Dr. Charles.
Dr. Mitch Ripley.
Welcome back.
Thank you, buddy.
Didn't you have another week in rehab?
I opted for outpatient.
You know, I was just going crazy.
Wanted to get back to work.
I missed you guys.
Back in charge.
Well, not officially.
I still got a couple of those,
you know, boilerplate
cognitive tests to pass.
Well, whatever the case,
just glad to have you back.
And, uh, Dr. Rabari
has a very different style.
Really?
Yeah.
Anyway, let's catch up later.
- I got a patient.
- Okay.
Go forth. Heal, young man.
- Welcome back.
- Theo.
Am I wrong, or are you
are you back a little early?
Maybe a bit, but it's
the craziest thing, man.
I just feel like a million bucks.
I mean, Sam and Dean,
that that cranial bypass?
It's incredible.
I'm thrilled to see you.
And listen, I also appreciate
you filling in, really.
But I promise you,
I'm ready and raring to go.
Well, hopefully you can tolerate a little
power sharing agreement.
- I look forward to it.
- All right.
Excuse me, gentlemen.
I need a signature to discharge
this schizophrenic hot dog.
- Welcome back.
- Thank you.
So Cody, you were here two weeks ago,
and you saw Dr. Rabari,
who diagnosed you
with a probable concussion
and did not clear you to play.
Yeah, I my dad
took us to our family doctor,
and he cleared me.
Was that a family doctor, or did you just
find one that would clear you?
You don't understand.
I have to do this camp.
All the college scouts are there,
and I have to get a scholarship,
or I have to, uh
- Okay.
- [CRYING]
Hey, hey, hey, Cody.
It's all right.
Breathe for me, all right?
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Look, here's what we can do.
Okay, we can get you a CT scan,
and then we can talk about it.
That's a whole lot that you're
taking on, though, buddy.
♪
Dr. Asher! Dr. Ripley!
- What happened?
- I'm here.
She crashed in Imaging.
She became unresponsive,
hypotensive, and tachy.
They had to intubate.
Okay, did they get any images in CT?
They got part of it done.
Tech said that she's got
free fluid in her abdomen,
but they don't know
where it's coming from.
She's bleeding into her belly.
We need a trauma surgeon and an OR.
And we've got neither.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[MONITOR BEEPING]
Hey!
Trying to do surgery here.
So are we.
We'll need your help.
♪
More suction, please.
I need to see the field.
Over here, please.
Sorry, I'm not a surgical nurse.
Yeah, just suck better.
How's it going over there?
Got six laps in the space of Retzius.
Still suctioning quite a bit.
Dean, her pressure's better,
but there's still a lot of
serosanguineous fluid in the field.
Likely a bladder injury.
Use methylene blue to find the tear.
- Okay.
- Forceps.
Okay, yep, found it.
- Okay.
- 3-0 Vicryl, please.
That side controlled.
No further bleeding.
I think we are good to remove.
Here we go.
[ALARM BEEPING]
- BP's still dropping.
- Hold it. Damn it.
I'm missing something here. Give me
Okay, almost done.
Closing the daughter's bladder.
No, no, no, just hold it a minute.
Mom's still unstable,
but nothing's bleeding
intra-abdominally here.
How deep was the rebar?
Looks like it went through
the cervical cuff.
Okay, well, she's likely
bleeding vaginally,
so grab a balloon catheter
and put it in her pelvis.
Good thought. Thank you.
[ALARM BEEPING]
She's hemorrhaging. Unpack spleen, liver.
I don't see anything glaring.
Gotta be retroperitoneal.
What are we missing?
Dean, what are we missing?
One second. Coming over.
Okay, mobilize the ascending
colon up to the liver
along the white line of Toldt.
Okay, found it.
The bleeding's coming
deep under the liver.
We're on our fourth MTP pack.
Need to start her on Levophed.
Mitch, put a REBOA in.
Okay. Give me a REBOA, please.
Bradycardic and hypertensive.
I'm not feeling a femoral pulse.
Okay, we need more blood stat.
Starting compressions.
Should we do a shunt?
No, no, no, no, don't. Never works.
See if she stabilizes after the REBOA.
Giving 1 of epi.
[PANTING]
Come on.
Come on!
I can't get arterial access.
♪
Come on. We got you.
It's a vena cava injury
she's lost too much blood.
Hannah.
Hannah!
[PANTING]
[SIGHS]
Time of death, 11:43.
♪
The father is here.
[SIGHS HEAVILY]
Mr. Bennett.
Yes.
What is happening? Uh
I I just know there was an accident
with a truck and but
what is happening?
I'm Dr. Asher. This is Dr. Ripley.
Your wife, your son, and your daughter
were brought in this morning.
Your daughter initially
presented with broken legs, but
But
But
she was later discovered to have
severe internal bleeding.
We attempted to repair her injuries,
but we weren't able to do so.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
And she died.
♪
I am so sorry.
♪
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
♪
I
I was supposed to be
the one driving today.
I was supposed to be there.
Should have been me.
[CRYING] Should have
Our trauma surgeon, Dr. Archer,
has stabilized your wife,
and he's currently working
on repairing the injuries.
Your son is still in the OR,
and Madeline here can take you upstairs.
We can go up whenever
you're ready, Mr. Bennett.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHING]
♪
Hey, do we have imaging
back on Cody Metivier,
the football player in 4?
- Hello?
- Oh.
What's going on?
Oh, you haven't heard who came in.
Who?
Dr. Howard's boyfriend.
- Naomi's?
- Yeah.
He's a rock climbing instructor.
And a marathoner.
That's great. What's he in for?
Falling off a rock?
He gashed his arm with a circular saw.
He needs stitches, but we
don't have a doc available.
In his spare time,
he builds houses for orphans.
That's that's great.
You know, I've got a minute.
Maybe I can stitch him up.
Mr. Bennett.
Yes.
Dr. Archer.
I've been working on your wife.
We successfully repaired the injuries
to her neck and abdomen.
She's not completely
out of the woods yet,
but she's stable and is looking
fairly good at the moment.
[SIGHS] Oh, God.
[CRYING] Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
- Of course.
- [SIGHS]
Oh, we, uh we fought.
[SIGHS] Last words I said,
they were in anger.
I have so much that I need to say.
No, I understand. I understand.
And if things continue to go well,
you'll get that chance to say it.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
So Sam, you're thinking the
seizures are not neurological?
There's no brain bleed.
There's no acute or chronic subdural.
Doesn't rule out a concussion
or a post-concussion syndrome,
which is primarily physiological,
but there's nothing neurological.
It could be second impact syndrome,
which would not show up on Cody's CT.
An fMRI could determine which
area of the brain is affected,
and then we can treat it accordingly.
What are you thinking, John?
My gut is something else
is going on here.
The kid was sobbing during his intake.
Mm-hmm.
Well, emotional lability
is a symptom of concussion
and post-concussion syndrome.
You notice any emotionality
when he came in a couple of weeks ago?
Just what is consistent with
a concussion, Dr. Charles,
as I noted in the chart.
The seizures are new this time
and not a common PCS symptom.
I know.
I just feel like there's something here
beyond the physical.
Why don't I have a chat?
I'll go talk to the kid, the parents,
and see see what I can dig up.
Yeah, would you talk to him?
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Have a chat.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Pretty impressive gash here.
Circular saw you said, right?
Those things are dangerous.
It's true.
It was a volunteer at the job site.
And we get volunteers, they mean well,
but this guy let the saw
get away from him.
I had to jump down from the second floor
and stop that thing
from hurting somebody.
Jumped down two stories
to save someone from a saw?
Wow, that's
[CLEARS THROAT] That's intense.
You know, we get
pretty hardcore around here,
too, to be honest.
Had this girl in here a while back
- severe anaphylaxis.
- Mm.
Just hornet stings all over her face,
and I had to go
uh, find her bunny in her treehouse.
This kid had a crush on her.
It was a thing.
Oh, that's amazing.
- Going the extra mile.
- Yeah.
So I gotta ask, um,
why'd you come all the way
into Gaffney to get sewn up?
My girlfriend works here.
Maybe you know her Dr. Naomi Howard?
Yeah, Naomi.
She's great.
You're dating a
surgeon, though. That's
that's brave.
- Brave?
- Wow.
I mean, just so you know,
surgical residents,
they really have, like,
zero time for a personal life.
And surgeons in general, they just
they seem to have a tougher time
keeping relationships down.
This one doctor that I work with
three ex-wives.
Wait, Dr. Frost.
Naomi's told me about you.
You're the child actor.
Yep. Yeah, that's me.
She really likes you.
It's great to meet you.
You too.
Cody!
That's Caleb, Cody's brother.
He was in the café.
Coach Strain brought
him over from the camp
when they didn't let him
ride along in the ambulance.
That was nice of the coach.
Nice of the coach to come
to the hospital too.
Yeah, we've known him forever.
He was Cody's coach in Youth League too.
They seem really close.
They're inseparable.
Caleb was at the camp too?
He was just watching.
He's Cody's biggest fan.
How's Cody feeling about
the camp, do you think?
I mean, is he still passionate
about playing football,
as excited about it as he's always been?
More than ever. Football's his life.
Well, the concussion
slowed him down a bit.
You mean the first one, two weeks ago?
Matter of fact, you know, my colleague,
Dr. Rabari, who examined him,
didn't actually clear him to play
He just had his bell rung. No big deal.
Anyway, Ellen, you mentioned
that you thought that
the concussion had
slowed him down a little bit.
What did what did you mean by that?
Well, I just worry that
She didn't mean anything.
Okay.
'Cause it's just that, you know,
concussions can cause a little
emotional dysregulation, you know?
And that's not something that you
What are you even talking about?
What I'm talking about is that Dr. Frost,
who did the intake this time,
he thought that he detected
a little anxiety on Cody's part
about continuing
to play football, which,
frankly, it makes sense to me,
given that it looks like
he's had his second concussion
in two weeks.
Was there something you wanted to add?
There is one thing.
Cody
he started wetting the bed
again, and so
Ellen, are you out of your mind?
[ALARM BEEPING]
- Cody.
- Cody?
[TENSE MUSIC]
BP and heart rate are spiking.
- Okay, let's turn him.
- Yeah.
Two more Ativan, gram of Keppra IV.
- Copy.
- We love you, Cody.
It's all right, Cody. We got you.
♪
[GASPING]
Hey, Mom.
Hey.
What happened? Was he there?
He was.
He still lives there with his wife.
Their son opened the door.
That was weird.
We could be twins.
Hmm.
And did he agree to fill out
the medical history questionnaire?
He did.
So that's good.
But something happened.
No, nothing happened.
I can see it all over your face.
He told me to never contact him again.
As far as he was concerned,
I wasn't his son.
[SIGHS] Wow.
I'm sorry, David.
I explained to him the
questionnaire was for the baby,
but he shrugged it off
his own grandchild.
He walked away from us,
and we're both better for it.
Yeah.
You know, son, it's the people
who love us who shape who we are.
Thanks, Mom.
Colin is alive.
The rebar has been removed,
but there's a mismatch right now
between the graft
and the artery in his leg,
which means there's not
sufficient blood flow
to his foot, and he is at
risk of losing his right leg.
So I'd like to go back in
and do a bypass.
Okay, but, um, is that risky?
Well, he is a child,
and it means more surgeries.
And there is always risk.
But if this works, we will save his leg.
If it works.
Well, I believe it will work.
Alternatively,
we could amputate now with less risk.
Well, yeah, then that.
No more risk.
Mr. Bennett,
I understand why you say that,
but please consider
if you're making this decision
for you, not for him.
I'm sorry excuse me?
He's an eight-year-old boy.
He might want his leg
the rest of his life.
But
You want more time with him, of course.
But nobody knows how much time they have.
So it's about the life
we live while we have it.
And saving his leg
will give him the best chance
at his best life.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Okay.
Okay.
♪
- Hey.
- No time for fun.
I gotta go save a leg.
Yeah, about that,
the father doesn't want that.
He just wants his son to live.
And he will, with both legs.
You don't know that.
You are taking an unnecessary risk.
No, I'm taking a necessary risk.
No, you're being reckless.
Look, you are all impulse
these days, all id.
And and maybe it's fun
at the bar or in bed,
but you are letting your life
mess with your work.
That's really more your thing.
You need to amputate and save his life.
And is that your opinion as a surgeon?
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Cody, I'm Dr. Charles,
and I work with Dr. Frost
I'm fine!
I don't need
I'm fine.
[SIGHS] Tough day, huh?
Yeah, I just didn't need
to be cleaned up like a baby.
I get it.
Do you mind if I if I sit for a bit?
Sure.
Hospitals can be a
challenging environment, right?
All the poking and prodding,
people getting up in your grill.
Yeah, tell me about it.
Yeah.
And you've also just
you've had a really
[SCOFFS] You've had a hell
of a couple of weeks.
I mean, first a concussion
before this big camp,
you know, and all that
all that pressure.
Camp's not really that much pressure.
I'm one of the best players there.
Oh. I'm glad to hear that.
And how about this
latest bump on the head?
How you doing? You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Look, the thing about concussions, Cody,
is that sometimes they can really
stretch our emotional resilience,
you know, make us
extremely sensitive, right?
And all of a sudden,
these big, huge feelings
can just come up out of nowhere,
even maybe feelings
we haven't felt in a while.
And the seizures can be part
of post-concussion syndrome, right?
But they can also be a symptom of PTSD.
And we call those functional seizures
or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
[CHUCKLES] And the way
we tell the difference
is that with the first kind of seizure,
a person's eyes are usually open.
But with the psychogenic seizures,
the ones that are sometimes
a symptom of PTSD,
the person's eyes
are almost always closed.
And I couldn't help noticing
that during this last seizure
you just had, that your eyes were closed.
Uh-huh.
And so if you don't mind, I just
I really wouldn't be doing
my job if I didn't ask you,
is something
troubling you from your past
that's been coming up lately?
Something maybe
involving your dad?
It's not my dad.
Okay.
But it's someone.
Coach Coach Strain gave him a ride.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Gave who a ride?
Caleb.
He was at camp with me, watching me play,
but they wouldn't take him
in the ambulance,
so Coach Strain gave him
a ride to the hospital.
That was really upsetting to you.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I can handle that stuff, but
if something were to happen to Caleb
[CRYING]
Coach Strain, he was your
youth coach, too, right?
Back when you were younger.
He used to keep me after practice
in the locker room.
He took me to his house
when I was 11 and 12.
♪
He called me his
special boy.
♪
I never thought I would
have to see him again.
[SIGHS]
Cody, I am so sorry
that you had to go through that.
♪
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- Come in.
[DOOR SHUTS] Oh.
Spencer Cook.
You know, you could have given me
a heads up that you were
sending your son to my home.
I didn't send David.
David's a grown man
who had some medical questions
for his biological father.
My wife was home, my son.
And so your family are unaware
that you had a child 46 years ago?
[SIGHS]
Oh, I see.
That's why you treated David so poorly.
No, that that questionnaire
was just an excuse
to knock on my front door.
He wanted something from me
that I can't give him.
You know, I think all David
was really looking for
is a little compassion.
I think he wanted to look you in the eye
and see if he could find just
a little piece of him in you.
There wasn't any.
No surprise to me, but he had
to see that for himself.
Coming here was a bad idea.
Mm.
You know,
my son is a beautiful soul.
[SIGHS]
It's a shame you can't see that.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Let today be the last time
I see either one of you.
I already have a family.
You told me you didn't want one.
No, I just didn't want one with you.
Ah.
Well, both David and I
thank you for that.
Close the door on your way out.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, SHUTS]
Mr. Bennett?
Uh, Dr. Lenox is still finishing up,
but I wanted to come let you know
your son came through well.
[EXHALES]
She did it?
Yes.
Yeah, she and the team
saved your son's leg.
He should regain full use of it.
[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]
She really did it.
Yeah.
She's a damn good surgeon.
Dr. Lenox.
Uh, Mr. Bennett, your son is
being moved to recovery now,
although he will have to stay in our PICU
for the next few weeks.
And your wife is in the ICU.
I imagine she will wake soon.
And you can talk to her
when she's been extubated.
[CHUCKLING]
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you so
[SIGHS] Thank you so much.
[SIGHS]
You told him how hard
it was to be in a relationship
with a surgeon and you know
doctors with four ex-wives?
No, I think I said three ex
it was a bad attempt at small talk.
All right? I
No, I know exactly what
you're doing, and it's not fair.
You had an opening,
and you didn't take it.
And I'm sorry, but time moves
along, and life goes with it.
Naomi,
I made a mistake, okay?
I made a huge mistake.
And it sucks
because I can be really bad at this.
I can be really awkward,
and I don't know how
to say the things people
are supposed to say all the time.
John
I get that I'm not him.
"All right, I'm not 6'2"
and jacked and annoyingly nice
to everyone,
right, or build homes for orphans,
though it's gotta be said, though,
apparently not that well because I did
put eight stitches in him
besides the point. I'm
doing it again. Look.
[CHUCKLES]
I get why you're with him.
And it is selfish of me,
and I am sorry, but
I wish that you weren't.
Well, I'm I'm sorry, John.
[SIGHS]
Okay.
I'm sorry. Is it all right if I
Yeah, absolutely. Of course.
Yeah, she should be awake soon.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
[EXHALES]
Oh, baby.
Baby, I'm so sorry.
Sarah's gone.
[SOFT MUSIC]
But Colin,
Colin, he made it.
And we're gonna get
through this together.
I'm gonna quit my job,
and I'm gonna be the best dad
and husband I can be
from now on.
[ALARM BEEPING] Uh
[TENSE MUSIC]
She's hemorrhaging from her abdomen.
Wait, what's happening?
I need a laparotomy tray in here!
Sir, I'm so sorry,
but could you step back?
All right.
I'm not losing you today.
Bradycardic and hypotensive.
♪
Yeah, need some blood.
[SUSTAINED TONE]
Asystole.
Bag her.
[SIGHS]
Okay, one of epi.
♪
Epi's in.
Still asystolic.
Laparotomy tray is here.
Do you wanna open her up?
[SIGHS]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
No, no, no.
She's too coagulopathic,
there's nothing we can do.
[SOBBING]
Time of death, 18:03.
God, no.
[SOBBING]
♪
This is happening really fast.
Yeah.
Cody, really important
to me that you understand
that Dr. Frost and I are what's
called mandated reporters.
Okay, that means that we are required
by law to report abuse.
They've got Coach Strain in custody.
Okay, he'll never be able
to hurt anyone ever again.
I guess I'm done playing
football for good, right?
Why do you say that?
I can't play without having a seizure.
I'm broken.
Look, I totally get that that's what
it feels like right now, okay?
But, buddy, you're suffering from PTSD.
And PTSD is treatable.
Look, we gotta find somebody
that you're comfortable talking to.
And then you just gotta
be patient, all right?
'Cause it takes a while.
But I guarantee you,
if you stick with it,
you're gonna get better.
You can play football as long as you
still love the game, Cody.
And you are absolutely
going to have a life
on the other side of this.
I promise you that.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
I don't know.
I do.
You do?
Cody, I know that.
Okay? Trust me on that.
♪
Thank you.
Cody!
[CHUCKLES]
I'll get you a list of resources, okay?
Yeah.
♪
They're all alone now.
You okay?
No.
- You?
- No.
I will be.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
How do you bring a child into a world
where things like this happen?
[BREATHES IN] I do not know.
It's a leap of faith, I guess.
He's a single father now.
What does he say to his son?
Where does he even begin?
Well, hopefully, he says all the things
he left unsaid
and the things he couldn't say.
♪
[SIGHS]
Michael, I'm making your quilt next.
Watch out.
She'll probably put in
something embarrassing
like your Boyz II Men T-shirt.
Oh, I'm not embarrassed by that at all.
- Hey, Mom.
- No?
- Yeah, no.
- Oh, look who came after all.
Hey.
Connie flew in to surprise me.
- Hi, I'm Connie.
- Oh, yeah.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Oh, it's so good to meet you at last.
[LAUGHS]
Aw.
Oh, what's this?
It's not my party.
Open it.
It's your granddaughter.
[LAUGHTER]
David.
Congratulations, bro.
My granddaughter.
[SOFT MUSIC]
How do you walk away from that?
By not seeing past yourself.
Hi. Can you say hi?
- Hi.
- Hi.
Connie and I have decided
to name her after you.
Oh.
Come on, you can name her anything.
You sure you wanna
saddle her with Sharon?
It's a strong name that will honor
the strongest person I know.
♪
Then I approve.
Thank you, son.
♪
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
Beer.
I haven't seen you around here before.
[SIGHS]
Yeah, I'm, uh,
new in town.
A pretty boy like you
in a place like this?
You got a pair on you.
Well, maybe you'd like to find out.
Are you saying you think I'm easy?
I don't know. Are you?
Hey, buddy.
Why don't you back off?
Oh, uh, no, it's not like that.
We're good.
This guy bothering you, lady?
You know, what if he was?
Well, I'd take care of it for you.
- What?
- [CHUCKLES]
You'd do that for me?
There's nothing to take care of.
- That is so nice of you.
- You wanna go?
- Thank you so
- No, I don't.
You don't have to do that.
Take your hands off of me.
Oh, no.
No!
We gotta go. [LAUGHS]
- We gotta go!
- What's wrong with you?
[LAUGHS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Um, I forgot something.
What?
That.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Wow, um
♪
What happened to, you know,
super-handsome,
"builds houses for orphans" guy?
Uh, we broke up.
Really?
How'd he take it?
Really well.
He likes you.
He thinks you're great
and wishes us well.
[LAUGHS]
Of course he does.
♪
No, no, no.
Mm-mm. Mitch, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
See, this is my apartment,
and it's not even midnight yet.
It's actually almost 1:00.
Okay, well,
here, then.
After you.
I think I'm actually gonna head home.
Oh.
You know, legally, you can't do that,
because you defended my honor,
and now you have to claim your prize.
Caitlin
I don't know what's going on
with you, but it's something.
This has gone from fun
to a little terrifying, actually.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
It's like you're I don't know
dancing faster and faster,
afraid the music's gonna stop, you know?
What's going on with you?
What are you what are you afraid of?
♪
I just don't wanna be boring right now.
Don't be boring.
[SIGHS] Yeah, okay.
Good night.
Come on!
[CAR DOOR SHUTS]
[ENGINE TURNS OVER]
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