Brilliant Minds (2024) s01e11 Episode Script
The Other Woman
1
31-year-old woman found down
at home after likely overdose.
Minimally responsive at the scene.
Okay. Let's get her into the trauma bay.
- You two, with me!
- Is that Dr. Pierce's patient?
Attention. Code Blue, 302.
On my count. One. Two. Three.
Getting her on the monitor.
She's gonna need more access.
Alison, we are taking
care of you. You are safe.
She's tachycardic to the 150s.
- Make sure it's sinus.
- I'll get a 12 lead.
- Should we try Narcan?
- Gave it on the scene. Nothing.
Do you know what she took?
Alison, can you tell us what you took?
She's not protecting her airway!
She needs to be intubated!
Triage, dial 209.
Triage, dial 209, please.
One patient.
In all my years of practice,
I have had one patient die by suicide,
and now it could be two.
And for it to be Alison?
Alison, who I saw because
I wanted to get information
about my husband's infidelity.
[SIGHS]
I think I might have
been envious of her.
For a moment I
think I even hated her.
[SIGHS]
- Did I drive her to this?
- Carol, no.
Alison is unwell. She is sick.
No one is at fault
here, least of all you.
Wolf, I continued to see her
after I knew about her and Morris.
You were concerned about
her immediate well-being,
- which clearly was prescient.
- It's still not okay!
It is the biggest ethical
lapse I've ever made.
And it's something you're gonna
have to make peace with, Carol,
but right now let's be
grateful Alison is still alive.
And let's help her ICU
team in any way we can
to keep it that way.
Wolf
I need her to be okay.
♪♪
I need to have a chance to fix this.
♪♪
My admit and consult lists
keep getting longer and longer.
Me too, man, and it seems
like everyone in this hospital
has a confused patient and
just needs Neuro to weigh in.
Wolf never wants us to stop
following any of our consults.
My friend in medicine spent an
entire pre-call day last week
with no patients to treat.
Could you imagine
getting one glorious day,
even an hour, with
literally nothing to do?
[CHUCKLES] She won the game.
I think I could "win
the game" this week. You?
You know it's not an actual game, right?
Just a phrase doctors use.
Sounds like an excuse. What's wrong?
You You getting enough sleep?
Or are you scared that if you go
up against me directly, you'll lose?
♪♪
You know what?
I think I could discharge my list
[SIGHS]
"win the game."
Alright. So we're on.
- May the best man win.
- May the best man win. [CHUCKLES]
♪♪
The next time you get fired,
c-could you get a gig in Manhattan?
This commute is the worst.
Okay, Ezra. I'll keep that in mind.
Uh, the last time I saw you,
you were seeing a
behavioral psychologist
to help you manage your Tourette's.
How's that been going?
I haven't been back in six months.
I-I learned some good skills,
but they only help so much.
- My girlfriend agreed.
- Girlfriend? That's fantastic.
Where did you two meet?
LSAT prep. Who would
have thought a passion
for international tax law was
the key to landing a woman?
[BOTH LAUGH]
I-I've been eating okay, exercising.
Uh, I take my meds,
but none of them help.
Um, that urge, it's like
an itch I have to scratch.
The more I hold it
in, the worse it gets.
Well, then don't hold it
in. It's part of who you are.
[SIGHS] On that note
I wanted to ask you about something.
I've been reading about this surgery
that could help with my
tics Deep Brain Stimulation.
Yeah, originally for Parkinson's.
Some centers are placing
it for Tourette's, but
I-I'd like to try it.
[CHUCKLES] That's why I'm here.
I need a referral to a neurosurgeon.
Um
I have to say I'm a bit surprised, Ezra.
It's brain surgery. There
are significant risks and
But you're doing so well.
You're right. I get by just fine.
But what if I didn't
have to be just fine?
♪♪
Her labs are good. Tox was negative.
Chest X-ray is clear.
She's doing well on
minimal vent settings.
It looks like she can be extubated soon.
Have you been in touch with any family?
It would be better for her
to wake up with someone here.
We've been calling. No one's replied.
Hey.
- Been here since last night?
- Mm.
I can't bring myself to leave.
How is she?
She's still on the vent,
but she's gonna make it.
Well, maybe I'll just poke my head in.
I don't think that's a good idea, Carol.
You were right. Continuing
to see her was a mistake.
Don't compound it with another.
You could risk your career.
I just can't stop thinking
about how she must have felt.
Scared.
Hopeless.
Alone.
God knows I've been there.
We both have.
And we both know it wasn't our fault.
We just needed someone to lean on.
[SIGHS]
If I was your doctor,
I'd tell you to go home,
rest, even if briefly.
I won't leave this
hospital till you come back.
♪♪
Okay.
I appreciate it.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILING]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Dr. Kinney.
- It's Alison. She just got extubated.
She's awake.
Okay. Uh, now, we'd like to test
your lower-extremity motor strength.
Can you raise your right leg?
Ugh! I told you. I am fine!
[CLEARS THROAT] Except for my throat.
What did you guys do to me?
You may not remember this,
but you were unconscious
when you came in.
You had to be intubated.
Your throat's gonna be sore.
But you're lucky.
Lucky? Okay.
I-I just need to talk to Dr. Pierce.
She's not available right now,
but our on-call psychiatrist
will be happy to see you.
That won't be necessary.
I'll just come back when
she's next available.
Until then, thanks for the intubation.
Uh, Alison, we can't let you leave.
You're on a psychiatric hold here
until we learn more about what happened.
The good news is that your
neuro exam showed no deficits,
so as soon as your
medical issue's resolved,
we can transfer you to a psych bed.
Until then, we'll have
a sitter in the room
to make sure you're safe.
[GROANS]
Alison, do you have
any questions for us?
Is there anything that we need
to know to be able to help you?
Doctors, why don't you
continue your rounds?
Uh, I'll meet you.
You work with Dr. Pierce, don't you?
I do.
She can tell you everything
you need to know about me.
I'm the villain.
I'm the "other woman."
After years of management,
Ezra wants to undergo
deep brain stimulation
for his Tourette's.
That's amazing! To treat
one of those diseases
on the borderline between neurology
and psychiatry with brain surgery.
- You don't seem enthused.
- I'm not.
It's easy to think of
Tourette's as devastating
because it's so visible,
but there are surgeons
and musicians with Tourette's
who say their condition
gives them the concentration,
the creativity, the
resilience to succeed.
Often it's the invisible
disorders, like Alison's,
that are far more debilitating
and less easily understood.
Speaking of, Dr. Dang and Dr. Kinney,
I know the consult list is long,
but I want you to keep
an extra eye on her.
- Of course. We're on it.
- Dr. Markus,
any updates on Mrs. Holland?
I don't think her migraines
are helping her succeed,
but, thankfully, they've resolved,
and I think she can be ready to go home.
Okay. I'll swing by and examine her.
Dr. Nash, anything to report?
Mr. Chau is doing great.
Walking on his own.
Mrs. Garcia's LP was
negative for meningitis,
so they should both be
ready for discharge today.
I'm sorry. What's the rush, Dr. Nash?
Is there something I'm missing?
No. No. No, sir.
I'm just maximizing my productivity.
♪♪
[LAUGHTER]
What? What?
- [GIGGLING]
- What?! What?
- That's not mine. Watch out.
- Okay.
'Cause I'm on vacation. I'm hungry now.
- Yeah, apparently.
- I wanna eat now.
- Move, move, move, move.
- Go ahead. Go ahead.
- Oh, my.
- Oh, that smells so good!
- Think it needs thyme.
- Yeah.
- Mmm-mmm-mmm.
- It looks good.
[LAUGHTER]
I got your gift.
- You gave my baby gold?
- Pyrite.
One of the first tools
used to create fire.
Just think of the fires
Maya will start someday.
You are such a nerd. [CHUCKLES]
You're sweet, but you're a nerd.
How are you doing?
Um, everything is great.
Just soaking up the oxytocin.
You know, I was really
beginning to wonder
if this would ever happen for us,
and now that she's here
it was all worth it.
Carol, you know it's normal
to have a tough time after giving birth.
Your hormones alone
Did Morris call you?
Well, he said you're not sleeping.
[CHUCKLES]
Like you said, it's normal.
He's overreacting.
Ooh. Okay. Okay.
Wolf
speaking of not sleeping, I gotta go.
- Okay. Bye.
- Okay. Okay. Bye. Okay.
[BABY CRYING]
Mom? Hi! We're making dinner.
- Yes. Let me get you a plate.
- No, I'm not hungry.
Maya, sweetheart, I need to
talk to your dad alone.
Thank you, baby.
Uh, what's up?
Alison is at Bronx General.
She attempted suicide last night.
Oh, my God. Um
Is she Is she
Is she gonna be okay?
Medically, yes.
But if I'd found her any later
Well, hold on. You found her?
Morris. [SIGHS]
We both deserve the
truth from each other.
She's been a patient of
mine for the last two months.
After I found out who she was,
I continued to treat her
but then quickly came to my
senses and ended our sessions.
She didn't take that too well.
W-what were you thinking
by continuing to see her?
I think I had
convinced myself that
if I could heal her
then maybe I could heal us.
And a part of me wanted answers.
I wanted to see if I could figure out
why you wanted her
instead of me.
You always did have a type.
Don't do that.
It wasn't like that.
Sometimes it just felt like
wanting you wasn't an option.
At some point, you started looking at me
like I was just the source
of all your disappointment.
She looked at me like I was
the source of all her happiness.
She could have been anyone.
Alison?
Um, I have to get back to the hospital.
No. D-Don't go.
She's not just "anyone."
She's my patient.
She doesn't deserve to be
a casualty of our marriage.
♪♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey, Mike.
- [COUGHS]
- Just checking in.
[GRAVELLY] As much as I
appreciate the check-in,
how am I looking for a check-out?
Hey, Mike, you feeling okay?
Your voice sounds different.
Probably caught something just
walking into this hospital.
All the more reason to get
me out of here, am I right?
Anyways, I'm always sick,
and it kinda just stays in my voice.
Time is money, Dr. Nash.
I'll get you out of here in no time.
Let me just check up on that final lab.
I would drill two tiny holes
in the skull here and here
then implant electrodes that
will block the nerve signals
that cause your tics.
It's a relatively small procedure,
- as far as brain surgery goes.
- [LAUGHS] I'm sorry.
It's just the phrase "small
brain surgery" is an oxymoron.
The success rate is quite high.
Now, your tics won't be gone entirely,
but you can expect vocal
tics to be cut in half.
Motor tics, nearly the same.
That's a big improvement.
When we say "improvement"
we're assuming that all tics are bad,
which I would argue is a bit myopic
and hardly worth assuming
the risk of brain surgery.
What exactly are the risks?
Bleeding, stroke, infection
are the primary ones.
Unlikely but real.
Ezra, this is your choice.
And I agree with Dr. Wolf.
There's nothing wrong with tics.
There's also nothing wrong
with wanting to make a change.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILS]
It was a total accident.
I didn't mean to go all, you know
I'm good now. Better than ever, really.
I'm happy to hear.
I'm gonna change when I get home,
journal, do yoga, meditate.
The universe gave me a second chance,
and I am going to embrace that.
Unfortunately, discharge isn't my call.
But I'll make a note.
Well, as soon as my doctor gets here,
I'm sure she'll discharge me.
Maybe give me an actual
goddamn pen to write with.
I'm sorry. For patients in your
I'm okay now! Can't you see that?
Alison. You're not okay.
You are not going
anywhere and neither am I.
♪♪
May I please have a proper butter knife?
We take every precaution
with patients who've attempted suicide.
Everything that's happening
is because we're worried about you.
They do know that I'm
in medical school, right?
They don't need to treat me like I'm
A psych patient?
Alison
I wish things were different, too.
But here we are.
So
you wanted to see me.
What did you want to talk about?
I did wanna see you.
I needed to tell you that Morris was
insatiable.
The man wanted sex all the time.
How long did you deprive the poor guy?
I mean, don't get me wrong. The
conversation was scintillating.
But the sex was
The sex was wild!
Hello?
Are you listening?
Yes.
I was thinking about how scary it is
to be in the hospital alone
how scary it is to want
something from someone
who can't give it to you
and how that need can turn into anger.
Must be nice to be you, Dr. Pierce.
Poised. Unflappable.
The picture of mental health.
♪♪
I could ruin your career, you know
tell everyone what you did.
You're not as perfect as you look.
♪♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[BABY COOS]
How are my best girls?
Mnh. Don't do that.
Don't come in here smiling
like you didn't tell Wolf
to call and check on me.
[SIGHS] I'm worried about you, baby.
Just come out and say it.
You think I'm depressed.
You think I have postpartum depression.
I'm not trying to diagnose you.
Can you just come talk to me?
No. Not now.
If I leave even the
tiniest trace of bacteria,
Maya could get sick,
and these stupid brushes
don't get all the way in the grooves,
and I can't sanitize it by boiling it
'cause I don't wanna
burn her by accident.
[BABY GURGLING]
Oh. Did you hear that?
Did you hear that?
Carol, it's a it's a gurgle.
Babies gurgle. It's normal.
How do you know?!
You haven't slept in days.
Okay? Just go get some
rest. I'll take Maya.
I'm telling you. There
is something wrong!
Okay. We can take her to the hospital.
If it will give you peace
of mind, we can go right now.
I'm not going out there.
It's not safe out there.
Nothing is safe!
[BABY CRYING]
It's okay. It's okay. Mommy's here.
♪♪
Thanks for seeing me
again on short notice.
Oh, any time. I take
it you've been thinking
about your consult with Dr. Nichols?
I-I thought I was ready to
move ahead with the surgery,
but now I'm on the fence.
Do you really think it's the wrong move?
I understand your desire to
be free from your tics. I do.
It took me decades to learn
how to move through the world
with my prosopagnosia.
It wasn't easy. I'll
admit it. But I did it.
I think you can, too.
What can I get you?
Oh, um, just a coffee with milk, please.
And your friend?
Uh, you could just ask him.
It's fine. Just a black coffee.
- [GRUNTING]
- Whoa!
What is wrong with you?!
[STAMMERING]
I'm so sorry. I
Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry.
In fact, let me buy your coffee.
Oh, no, thank you. It It's my bad.
No. Seriously. I shouldn't have snapped.
I wanna make it up to you.
Let's just call it good. Please?
Okay.
Oh. Thank you.
It happens more than you'd think.
People feel bad or they they see me
more as as a way to
feel good about themselves.
I just wanna be able to get a coffee
without without it
being a whole thing.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
[LAUGHTER]
Okay, well, um, if
y'all would excuse me,
I gotta go discharge another patient.
[CHUCKLES]
Dr. Markus, you'd better put those Crocs
in sport mode if you wanna keep up.
♪♪
Catch you later, Kinney.
♪♪
So? How's your day going?
I know I said I was cool with
us keeping it casual, and I am.
You should know that I like you, Ericka,
and I really care about you.
Jacob I mean, all he
cares about is winning.
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
How did your walk go with Ezra?
Not great. I really feel for him.
The judgment, the
pandering, it's intolerable.
I'm glad you finally see
where he's coming from.
Yeah, it was very enlightening.
Why do I get the feeling we're
not seeing the same thing here?
Well, what is there not to see?
Ezra's not the problem.
The world is the problem.
I get where you're coming from.
In a perfect world, Ezra wouldn't
even need to consider the surgery.
- Exactly.
- But we don't live in a perfect world,
and even if we did, what about
tics that get in his own way?
If there were a simple procedure
that could cure your face blindness,
wouldn't you consider it?
Change the way I see the
world? Definitely not.
It's easy to say when
it's not an option,
but if it were there in front of you?
We have an opportunity to make
Ezra's life a little bit easier.
Isn't that a chance worth taking?
- [CELLPHONE DINGING]
- Uh
Emergency in the ICU. It's Alison.
Alison? Alison? You have to calm down.
I don't feel right!
She became tremulous, and
her pressure and heart rate
spiked 15 minutes ago.
Pupils are dilated.
I thought she could
be withdrawing, but
Check for clonus.
Alison, I'm just gonna
try one more thing, okay?
Looks like serotonin syndrome.
Write her for cyproheptadine
and Ativan. Order it, stat!
♪♪
The Ativan worked.
It was serotonin syndrome
from a combination of the meds
she overdosed on.
Luckily, we caught it quickly.
The right amount of
serotonin makes us feel good.
But too much of it can be deadly.
I feel like there's a metaphor here.
[CHUCKLES]
Our brains crave excess.
Our bodies can't always handle it.
That's a bit like Alison's
relational pattern.
She attaches so hard to people
that she eventually drives them away.
It's why she's alone.
She's not alone
because you're here.
♪♪
Can I leave now?
You are a free man.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
There's that same clumsiness
that got me in here
in the first place. [CHUCKLES]
Hey, Mike, one sec.
Look towards me.
So? Am I good?
Your voice.
It's not as raspy as it was before.
Yeah, it comes and goes when
I talk too much, sometimes.
Do me a favor hang
tight for a minute?
I got to go grab some ice.
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHS]
Oh!
That Leibman's pastrami hits different.
- Mmm.
- I figured you could use
something more than
PB cups and rice today.
Ma'am, I'm supposed to
be taking care of you,
not the other way around.
[SIREN WAILING]
- Can I ask you a question, Mom?
- Mm-hmm.
Did Dad cheat?
[SIGHS]
He did.
But, honey, when issues
arise in a marriage,
it's never just one person's fault.
- Mom.
- Relationships are a two way street.
- [SIGHS]
- Two people.
Two sets of needs. Expectations.
Your father and I'll just have
to work together to fix things.
But you didn't make him cheat.
- It's not your fault.
- I know, honey.
And it's not up to you to
fix everything, all the time.
♪♪
Hey.
Hey, come on. Let go.
Let me help. Carol, let me help.
Let me help. It's okay. It's okay.
- [BABY CRIES]
- No. No. No. No.
Give her back. Give her back.
No, she's she's okay. She's good.
She's with Daddy.
She's okay. She's with Daddy.
Look at her. She's okay.
See?
She's okay.
But you're not.
- You need some sleep.
- [SIGHS]
You need some help.
I swear
I'll never hurt you.
♪♪
It's okay.
Hey, why is Ezra on the surgery board?
He chose to get the surgery.
He didn't want to tell you.
He told me he didn't
want to let you down.
It'd mean a lot to him
to have your blessing.
I-I can't give it. I thought about it.
I don't support it.
What's the real problem here, Wolf?
That your patient
chose to make a change,
that you couldn't help him
the way he wanted, or
that I'm the one helping him?
That has absolutely
nothing to do with it.
No, no, no, no, admit it.
You don't think I can help
patients as much as you can.
Well, that's insecurity talking,
and it's really not a great look, Josh.
Stop. It's not insecurity.
It's that you don't fully value me.
I do value you.
But you don't see me as your equal.
Neurosurgeons and neurologists
see things differently.
Always have. It's part of the job.
Yeah. So, where does that leave us?
♪♪
Just like I told you.
Maybe you guys want
to tell me what's up?
Your doctor made a tough diagnosis.
Jacob, why don't you tell him?
Well, I think you have something
called myasthenia gravis.
It's an autoimmune disease
that stops communication
between your nerves and your muscles.
That's why your voice gets a
little funny when you use it a lot.
That's why you fell down earlier
and why your eyelid drooped.
Untreated, it can be
extremely dangerous.
But now we know, and we can treat you.
You're gonna be totally fine.
Dr. Nash might have saved your life.
Thank you.
Um, my wife is supposed to pick me up.
- Should I
- Call your wife.
You're staying here.
So, you didn't win the game?
They called it that when
I was an intern, too.
[CHUCKLES]
It's good to see you're
paying more attention
to your patients than your paperwork.
Nicely done.
[SIGHS] Did you hear?
Dana won the game.
Yeah, she signed off on
like 10 consults today.
Hey, I could have won, you know.
I chose not to because
it was right for the patient.
Look, man. [SIGHS]
I know what you're doing.
You like Ericka.
But the fact is she picked me.
♪♪
Oh, by the way, um
thanks for the ice cream.
♪♪
Hey, Dr. Wolf. I wasn't
sure if I'd see you.
How are you feeling?
Dr. Nichols said it went well.
It's weird.
I'm not used to my body being so quiet.
Well, the tics were part of you.
And they still are, just less so.
Maybe now there's room
for you to discover
something new about yourself.
Thanks for sticking with me, Doc.
I know you weren't totally
on board with the surgery.
I'm on board with you, no matter what.
Really, I should be thanking you, Ezra.
For what?
For reminding me that there's
nothing wrong with wanting to change.
♪♪
If you need help with that, I
know a guy with a killer signature.
Alright, big shot.
I'm gonna give you a solid
30 seconds of gloating
for nailing that
myasthenia gravis diagnosis.
No gloating here.
I'm just happy to be doing my job.
I'm glad someone like you
appreciates good medicine.
Someone like me?
Someone I admire.
I'm out here playing catch
up with you, you know that.
Jacob, you don't need me to
tell you you're a great doctor.
Though, you could have done
without that stupid game
you started with Van.
[CHUCKLES] Okay, well, that's over.
No more games.
But I will say Van is a worthy opponent.
In fact, it's a wonder he
has time for all his patients
with him being a dad and all.
- What?
- Van has a kid.
I thought he might have told you.
♪♪
What are you playing at?
[CHUCKLES] What do you mean?
I don't know what this stuff
between you and Van is about,
but it feels like it's about
me, and I don't like it.
Do you want to be with me? Is that it?
Ericka, I
well, I just think that maybe
[LAUGHS] You can't even say it.
But even if you could,
it wouldn't matter,
because I am not here for this.
I am here to be a doctor.
That is my priority.
Boys. I'm surrounded by boys.
- Do you have a kid?
- What?!
Whoa. Whoa.
Like, a human kid?
Do you mind? Can you give us a minute?
Fine.
But I'm gonna need to be
filled in at some point.
I-I can't believe Jacob told you that.
Actually, no, you know what?
I can believe he told you that.
- Why did he know and I didn't?
- I'm sorry.
Okay? I-I-I meant to tell you.
Maybe we should go back
to the way things were
with us, as friends.
Like, friends who don't sleep together?
It's less complicated that way.
Yeah, but come on.
We I mean, we've been having fun.
- It's been fun, right?
- This isn't fun for me anymore.
♪♪
The devil's in the
basement in my home ♪
A flight of stairs is way too close ♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
I can take it from here.
♪♪
I'm not allowed to have those.
Is there a reason I
can't trust you with them?
Not anymore.
Thank you.
♪♪
[SIGHS]
I'm sorry
for everything.
I know it's hard to believe me,
but I never set out to hurt you.
If anything, I wanted to be you.
I came here because
I wanted to meet you
the other woman
or, so I thought.
Until I realized the other woman was me.
I can understand why you feel that way.
But, Alison, nobody is the
other woman in their own life.
I'm not so sure.
I think in our sessions
I told you that I was an only child.
That wasn't entirely true.
When I was 10, my father
left my mom for someone else.
They started a new family
together, had four kids.
When I would go see
them on the weekends,
everyone was nice, but it
wasn't really my family.
They didn't want me around.
How did things get so hard?
You know, there are infinite
factors that make us who we are.
I never gave you a diagnosis.
Maybe, had we kept seeing each other
under normal circumstances,
I would have by now.
Would you like to know
what I've been thinking?
Based on our previous sessions
and everything I know about you
your fear of being alone,
your feelings of emptiness,
your mercurial moods
in my professional opinion,
I think you have borderline
personality disorder,
which I'm sure you've learned
about in your psych classes.
- Mm-hmm.
- The challenge with a condition like this
is that people don't realize they
need help until things get bad.
But through focused work,
you don't have to feel this way forever.
Though that work will have to happen
in a different therapeutic setting.
So, I am medium crazy, not psychotic.
Borderline.
I can work with that.
I just still wish
Oh, I wish you could fix me.
Yeah.
I wish it were that easy.
But maybe it isn't about fixing,
but instead making change.
So, when you sign this form,
you'll be admitting
yourself to the psych unit.
Do you understand?
I do.
Don't make me sign in crayon.
[CHUCKLES]
You know, I always wanted
to be on the other side
of a conversation like this.
Maybe you will be if you still want it.
It seems like Dr. Pierce really
went out on a limb for you.
There's something you
should know about her.
♪♪
She's one of a kind.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Yeah.
♪♪
Two sugars and a splash of oat milk,
just the way you like it.
Ooh, I knew I kept you
around for something.
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
Am I a dick?
Are you trying to bribe
me so that I'll say no?
Well, Josh called me out on something,
and he's probably right,
even though I don't want him to be.
[SIGHS]
Can people ever really change?
I sure as hell hope so.
Remember when you asked me what
I wanted my last memory to be?
And my answer was me, Morris, Maya,
Italian food, and good laughs.
I wanted so badly to get back to
that family we were in the early days.
And what do you want right now?
I know I don't want to be angry anymore.
Will I ever breathe again? ♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey.
[SIGHS]
Uh, how are you doing?
I'm okay.
I want a divorce.
I need to say I need to say again,
I'm so sorry about Alison.
I'm glad she's okay.
But you you must see
how difficult that sh
It's not just about Alison.
You said yourself she
could have been anyone.
♪♪
You broke your promise.
You said you would never hurt us.
♪♪
I love you.
But I can't forgive you.
♪♪
[SIGHS]
♪♪
Can I sit?
♪♪
For as long as I knew
him when I was a kid,
my dad was ill.
He was bipolar with severe
manic and depressive episodes.
Wolf, I I'm so sorry.
You know, my dad's
shame weighed him down,
and I often thought if the
world was more accepting,
maybe he would still be alive today.
But lately I've been thinking,
if I could have lifted his
condition out of his life,
and if he wanted it
I would have done it in a heartbeat.
- [SIGHS]
- You're right.
Sometimes I can fall into the fallacy
that my way of treating
a patient is the only one.
I'm sorry.
But you were wrong about this.
I do see you as my equal, Josh.
Otherwise, I wouldn't
bother arguing with you.
[CHUCKLES]
♪♪
[ELEVATOR CLATTERS] [CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
[ELEVATOR HUMS]
- [ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]
- [THUD]
Oh, heck no.
Yeah, this happens sometimes.
Super keeps saying he's
gonna fix it, but
[ALARM RINGS]
[ELEVATOR RUMBLES]
[GASPS]
For those of you just tuning in,
we're bringing you
footage from the Bronx,
where it appears an apartment building
has partially collapsed.
First responders are arriving
- on the scene
- What's going on?
A building collapsed
a few miles from here.
First responders are
arriving on the scene.
Now early reports suggest some residents
were able to evacuate.
We don't know how many people
are still trapped inside
or how many casualties there might be.
For more on the ground, we go to
Prep your interns. I'll be in the ER.
Make as much space as you
can for the wave of patients
we're about to treat.
Anyone seen Ericka?
That's Ericka's building.
Attention, external triage.
Attention, external triage.
♪♪
31-year-old woman found down
at home after likely overdose.
Minimally responsive at the scene.
Okay. Let's get her into the trauma bay.
- You two, with me!
- Is that Dr. Pierce's patient?
Attention. Code Blue, 302.
On my count. One. Two. Three.
Getting her on the monitor.
She's gonna need more access.
Alison, we are taking
care of you. You are safe.
She's tachycardic to the 150s.
- Make sure it's sinus.
- I'll get a 12 lead.
- Should we try Narcan?
- Gave it on the scene. Nothing.
Do you know what she took?
Alison, can you tell us what you took?
She's not protecting her airway!
She needs to be intubated!
Triage, dial 209.
Triage, dial 209, please.
One patient.
In all my years of practice,
I have had one patient die by suicide,
and now it could be two.
And for it to be Alison?
Alison, who I saw because
I wanted to get information
about my husband's infidelity.
[SIGHS]
I think I might have
been envious of her.
For a moment I
think I even hated her.
[SIGHS]
- Did I drive her to this?
- Carol, no.
Alison is unwell. She is sick.
No one is at fault
here, least of all you.
Wolf, I continued to see her
after I knew about her and Morris.
You were concerned about
her immediate well-being,
- which clearly was prescient.
- It's still not okay!
It is the biggest ethical
lapse I've ever made.
And it's something you're gonna
have to make peace with, Carol,
but right now let's be
grateful Alison is still alive.
And let's help her ICU
team in any way we can
to keep it that way.
Wolf
I need her to be okay.
♪♪
I need to have a chance to fix this.
♪♪
My admit and consult lists
keep getting longer and longer.
Me too, man, and it seems
like everyone in this hospital
has a confused patient and
just needs Neuro to weigh in.
Wolf never wants us to stop
following any of our consults.
My friend in medicine spent an
entire pre-call day last week
with no patients to treat.
Could you imagine
getting one glorious day,
even an hour, with
literally nothing to do?
[CHUCKLES] She won the game.
I think I could "win
the game" this week. You?
You know it's not an actual game, right?
Just a phrase doctors use.
Sounds like an excuse. What's wrong?
You You getting enough sleep?
Or are you scared that if you go
up against me directly, you'll lose?
♪♪
You know what?
I think I could discharge my list
[SIGHS]
"win the game."
Alright. So we're on.
- May the best man win.
- May the best man win. [CHUCKLES]
♪♪
The next time you get fired,
c-could you get a gig in Manhattan?
This commute is the worst.
Okay, Ezra. I'll keep that in mind.
Uh, the last time I saw you,
you were seeing a
behavioral psychologist
to help you manage your Tourette's.
How's that been going?
I haven't been back in six months.
I-I learned some good skills,
but they only help so much.
- My girlfriend agreed.
- Girlfriend? That's fantastic.
Where did you two meet?
LSAT prep. Who would
have thought a passion
for international tax law was
the key to landing a woman?
[BOTH LAUGH]
I-I've been eating okay, exercising.
Uh, I take my meds,
but none of them help.
Um, that urge, it's like
an itch I have to scratch.
The more I hold it
in, the worse it gets.
Well, then don't hold it
in. It's part of who you are.
[SIGHS] On that note
I wanted to ask you about something.
I've been reading about this surgery
that could help with my
tics Deep Brain Stimulation.
Yeah, originally for Parkinson's.
Some centers are placing
it for Tourette's, but
I-I'd like to try it.
[CHUCKLES] That's why I'm here.
I need a referral to a neurosurgeon.
Um
I have to say I'm a bit surprised, Ezra.
It's brain surgery. There
are significant risks and
But you're doing so well.
You're right. I get by just fine.
But what if I didn't
have to be just fine?
♪♪
Her labs are good. Tox was negative.
Chest X-ray is clear.
She's doing well on
minimal vent settings.
It looks like she can be extubated soon.
Have you been in touch with any family?
It would be better for her
to wake up with someone here.
We've been calling. No one's replied.
Hey.
- Been here since last night?
- Mm.
I can't bring myself to leave.
How is she?
She's still on the vent,
but she's gonna make it.
Well, maybe I'll just poke my head in.
I don't think that's a good idea, Carol.
You were right. Continuing
to see her was a mistake.
Don't compound it with another.
You could risk your career.
I just can't stop thinking
about how she must have felt.
Scared.
Hopeless.
Alone.
God knows I've been there.
We both have.
And we both know it wasn't our fault.
We just needed someone to lean on.
[SIGHS]
If I was your doctor,
I'd tell you to go home,
rest, even if briefly.
I won't leave this
hospital till you come back.
♪♪
Okay.
I appreciate it.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILING]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Dr. Kinney.
- It's Alison. She just got extubated.
She's awake.
Okay. Uh, now, we'd like to test
your lower-extremity motor strength.
Can you raise your right leg?
Ugh! I told you. I am fine!
[CLEARS THROAT] Except for my throat.
What did you guys do to me?
You may not remember this,
but you were unconscious
when you came in.
You had to be intubated.
Your throat's gonna be sore.
But you're lucky.
Lucky? Okay.
I-I just need to talk to Dr. Pierce.
She's not available right now,
but our on-call psychiatrist
will be happy to see you.
That won't be necessary.
I'll just come back when
she's next available.
Until then, thanks for the intubation.
Uh, Alison, we can't let you leave.
You're on a psychiatric hold here
until we learn more about what happened.
The good news is that your
neuro exam showed no deficits,
so as soon as your
medical issue's resolved,
we can transfer you to a psych bed.
Until then, we'll have
a sitter in the room
to make sure you're safe.
[GROANS]
Alison, do you have
any questions for us?
Is there anything that we need
to know to be able to help you?
Doctors, why don't you
continue your rounds?
Uh, I'll meet you.
You work with Dr. Pierce, don't you?
I do.
She can tell you everything
you need to know about me.
I'm the villain.
I'm the "other woman."
After years of management,
Ezra wants to undergo
deep brain stimulation
for his Tourette's.
That's amazing! To treat
one of those diseases
on the borderline between neurology
and psychiatry with brain surgery.
- You don't seem enthused.
- I'm not.
It's easy to think of
Tourette's as devastating
because it's so visible,
but there are surgeons
and musicians with Tourette's
who say their condition
gives them the concentration,
the creativity, the
resilience to succeed.
Often it's the invisible
disorders, like Alison's,
that are far more debilitating
and less easily understood.
Speaking of, Dr. Dang and Dr. Kinney,
I know the consult list is long,
but I want you to keep
an extra eye on her.
- Of course. We're on it.
- Dr. Markus,
any updates on Mrs. Holland?
I don't think her migraines
are helping her succeed,
but, thankfully, they've resolved,
and I think she can be ready to go home.
Okay. I'll swing by and examine her.
Dr. Nash, anything to report?
Mr. Chau is doing great.
Walking on his own.
Mrs. Garcia's LP was
negative for meningitis,
so they should both be
ready for discharge today.
I'm sorry. What's the rush, Dr. Nash?
Is there something I'm missing?
No. No. No, sir.
I'm just maximizing my productivity.
♪♪
[LAUGHTER]
What? What?
- [GIGGLING]
- What?! What?
- That's not mine. Watch out.
- Okay.
'Cause I'm on vacation. I'm hungry now.
- Yeah, apparently.
- I wanna eat now.
- Move, move, move, move.
- Go ahead. Go ahead.
- Oh, my.
- Oh, that smells so good!
- Think it needs thyme.
- Yeah.
- Mmm-mmm-mmm.
- It looks good.
[LAUGHTER]
I got your gift.
- You gave my baby gold?
- Pyrite.
One of the first tools
used to create fire.
Just think of the fires
Maya will start someday.
You are such a nerd. [CHUCKLES]
You're sweet, but you're a nerd.
How are you doing?
Um, everything is great.
Just soaking up the oxytocin.
You know, I was really
beginning to wonder
if this would ever happen for us,
and now that she's here
it was all worth it.
Carol, you know it's normal
to have a tough time after giving birth.
Your hormones alone
Did Morris call you?
Well, he said you're not sleeping.
[CHUCKLES]
Like you said, it's normal.
He's overreacting.
Ooh. Okay. Okay.
Wolf
speaking of not sleeping, I gotta go.
- Okay. Bye.
- Okay. Okay. Bye. Okay.
[BABY CRYING]
Mom? Hi! We're making dinner.
- Yes. Let me get you a plate.
- No, I'm not hungry.
Maya, sweetheart, I need to
talk to your dad alone.
Thank you, baby.
Uh, what's up?
Alison is at Bronx General.
She attempted suicide last night.
Oh, my God. Um
Is she Is she
Is she gonna be okay?
Medically, yes.
But if I'd found her any later
Well, hold on. You found her?
Morris. [SIGHS]
We both deserve the
truth from each other.
She's been a patient of
mine for the last two months.
After I found out who she was,
I continued to treat her
but then quickly came to my
senses and ended our sessions.
She didn't take that too well.
W-what were you thinking
by continuing to see her?
I think I had
convinced myself that
if I could heal her
then maybe I could heal us.
And a part of me wanted answers.
I wanted to see if I could figure out
why you wanted her
instead of me.
You always did have a type.
Don't do that.
It wasn't like that.
Sometimes it just felt like
wanting you wasn't an option.
At some point, you started looking at me
like I was just the source
of all your disappointment.
She looked at me like I was
the source of all her happiness.
She could have been anyone.
Alison?
Um, I have to get back to the hospital.
No. D-Don't go.
She's not just "anyone."
She's my patient.
She doesn't deserve to be
a casualty of our marriage.
♪♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Hey, Mike.
- [COUGHS]
- Just checking in.
[GRAVELLY] As much as I
appreciate the check-in,
how am I looking for a check-out?
Hey, Mike, you feeling okay?
Your voice sounds different.
Probably caught something just
walking into this hospital.
All the more reason to get
me out of here, am I right?
Anyways, I'm always sick,
and it kinda just stays in my voice.
Time is money, Dr. Nash.
I'll get you out of here in no time.
Let me just check up on that final lab.
I would drill two tiny holes
in the skull here and here
then implant electrodes that
will block the nerve signals
that cause your tics.
It's a relatively small procedure,
- as far as brain surgery goes.
- [LAUGHS] I'm sorry.
It's just the phrase "small
brain surgery" is an oxymoron.
The success rate is quite high.
Now, your tics won't be gone entirely,
but you can expect vocal
tics to be cut in half.
Motor tics, nearly the same.
That's a big improvement.
When we say "improvement"
we're assuming that all tics are bad,
which I would argue is a bit myopic
and hardly worth assuming
the risk of brain surgery.
What exactly are the risks?
Bleeding, stroke, infection
are the primary ones.
Unlikely but real.
Ezra, this is your choice.
And I agree with Dr. Wolf.
There's nothing wrong with tics.
There's also nothing wrong
with wanting to make a change.
♪♪
[SIREN WAILS]
It was a total accident.
I didn't mean to go all, you know
I'm good now. Better than ever, really.
I'm happy to hear.
I'm gonna change when I get home,
journal, do yoga, meditate.
The universe gave me a second chance,
and I am going to embrace that.
Unfortunately, discharge isn't my call.
But I'll make a note.
Well, as soon as my doctor gets here,
I'm sure she'll discharge me.
Maybe give me an actual
goddamn pen to write with.
I'm sorry. For patients in your
I'm okay now! Can't you see that?
Alison. You're not okay.
You are not going
anywhere and neither am I.
♪♪
May I please have a proper butter knife?
We take every precaution
with patients who've attempted suicide.
Everything that's happening
is because we're worried about you.
They do know that I'm
in medical school, right?
They don't need to treat me like I'm
A psych patient?
Alison
I wish things were different, too.
But here we are.
So
you wanted to see me.
What did you want to talk about?
I did wanna see you.
I needed to tell you that Morris was
insatiable.
The man wanted sex all the time.
How long did you deprive the poor guy?
I mean, don't get me wrong. The
conversation was scintillating.
But the sex was
The sex was wild!
Hello?
Are you listening?
Yes.
I was thinking about how scary it is
to be in the hospital alone
how scary it is to want
something from someone
who can't give it to you
and how that need can turn into anger.
Must be nice to be you, Dr. Pierce.
Poised. Unflappable.
The picture of mental health.
♪♪
I could ruin your career, you know
tell everyone what you did.
You're not as perfect as you look.
♪♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[BABY COOS]
How are my best girls?
Mnh. Don't do that.
Don't come in here smiling
like you didn't tell Wolf
to call and check on me.
[SIGHS] I'm worried about you, baby.
Just come out and say it.
You think I'm depressed.
You think I have postpartum depression.
I'm not trying to diagnose you.
Can you just come talk to me?
No. Not now.
If I leave even the
tiniest trace of bacteria,
Maya could get sick,
and these stupid brushes
don't get all the way in the grooves,
and I can't sanitize it by boiling it
'cause I don't wanna
burn her by accident.
[BABY GURGLING]
Oh. Did you hear that?
Did you hear that?
Carol, it's a it's a gurgle.
Babies gurgle. It's normal.
How do you know?!
You haven't slept in days.
Okay? Just go get some
rest. I'll take Maya.
I'm telling you. There
is something wrong!
Okay. We can take her to the hospital.
If it will give you peace
of mind, we can go right now.
I'm not going out there.
It's not safe out there.
Nothing is safe!
[BABY CRYING]
It's okay. It's okay. Mommy's here.
♪♪
Thanks for seeing me
again on short notice.
Oh, any time. I take
it you've been thinking
about your consult with Dr. Nichols?
I-I thought I was ready to
move ahead with the surgery,
but now I'm on the fence.
Do you really think it's the wrong move?
I understand your desire to
be free from your tics. I do.
It took me decades to learn
how to move through the world
with my prosopagnosia.
It wasn't easy. I'll
admit it. But I did it.
I think you can, too.
What can I get you?
Oh, um, just a coffee with milk, please.
And your friend?
Uh, you could just ask him.
It's fine. Just a black coffee.
- [GRUNTING]
- Whoa!
What is wrong with you?!
[STAMMERING]
I'm so sorry. I
Oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry.
In fact, let me buy your coffee.
Oh, no, thank you. It It's my bad.
No. Seriously. I shouldn't have snapped.
I wanna make it up to you.
Let's just call it good. Please?
Okay.
Oh. Thank you.
It happens more than you'd think.
People feel bad or they they see me
more as as a way to
feel good about themselves.
I just wanna be able to get a coffee
without without it
being a whole thing.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
[LAUGHTER]
Okay, well, um, if
y'all would excuse me,
I gotta go discharge another patient.
[CHUCKLES]
Dr. Markus, you'd better put those Crocs
in sport mode if you wanna keep up.
♪♪
Catch you later, Kinney.
♪♪
So? How's your day going?
I know I said I was cool with
us keeping it casual, and I am.
You should know that I like you, Ericka,
and I really care about you.
Jacob I mean, all he
cares about is winning.
♪♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
How did your walk go with Ezra?
Not great. I really feel for him.
The judgment, the
pandering, it's intolerable.
I'm glad you finally see
where he's coming from.
Yeah, it was very enlightening.
Why do I get the feeling we're
not seeing the same thing here?
Well, what is there not to see?
Ezra's not the problem.
The world is the problem.
I get where you're coming from.
In a perfect world, Ezra wouldn't
even need to consider the surgery.
- Exactly.
- But we don't live in a perfect world,
and even if we did, what about
tics that get in his own way?
If there were a simple procedure
that could cure your face blindness,
wouldn't you consider it?
Change the way I see the
world? Definitely not.
It's easy to say when
it's not an option,
but if it were there in front of you?
We have an opportunity to make
Ezra's life a little bit easier.
Isn't that a chance worth taking?
- [CELLPHONE DINGING]
- Uh
Emergency in the ICU. It's Alison.
Alison? Alison? You have to calm down.
I don't feel right!
She became tremulous, and
her pressure and heart rate
spiked 15 minutes ago.
Pupils are dilated.
I thought she could
be withdrawing, but
Check for clonus.
Alison, I'm just gonna
try one more thing, okay?
Looks like serotonin syndrome.
Write her for cyproheptadine
and Ativan. Order it, stat!
♪♪
The Ativan worked.
It was serotonin syndrome
from a combination of the meds
she overdosed on.
Luckily, we caught it quickly.
The right amount of
serotonin makes us feel good.
But too much of it can be deadly.
I feel like there's a metaphor here.
[CHUCKLES]
Our brains crave excess.
Our bodies can't always handle it.
That's a bit like Alison's
relational pattern.
She attaches so hard to people
that she eventually drives them away.
It's why she's alone.
She's not alone
because you're here.
♪♪
Can I leave now?
You are a free man.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
There's that same clumsiness
that got me in here
in the first place. [CHUCKLES]
Hey, Mike, one sec.
Look towards me.
So? Am I good?
Your voice.
It's not as raspy as it was before.
Yeah, it comes and goes when
I talk too much, sometimes.
Do me a favor hang
tight for a minute?
I got to go grab some ice.
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHS]
Oh!
That Leibman's pastrami hits different.
- Mmm.
- I figured you could use
something more than
PB cups and rice today.
Ma'am, I'm supposed to
be taking care of you,
not the other way around.
[SIREN WAILING]
- Can I ask you a question, Mom?
- Mm-hmm.
Did Dad cheat?
[SIGHS]
He did.
But, honey, when issues
arise in a marriage,
it's never just one person's fault.
- Mom.
- Relationships are a two way street.
- [SIGHS]
- Two people.
Two sets of needs. Expectations.
Your father and I'll just have
to work together to fix things.
But you didn't make him cheat.
- It's not your fault.
- I know, honey.
And it's not up to you to
fix everything, all the time.
♪♪
Hey.
Hey, come on. Let go.
Let me help. Carol, let me help.
Let me help. It's okay. It's okay.
- [BABY CRIES]
- No. No. No. No.
Give her back. Give her back.
No, she's she's okay. She's good.
She's with Daddy.
She's okay. She's with Daddy.
Look at her. She's okay.
See?
She's okay.
But you're not.
- You need some sleep.
- [SIGHS]
You need some help.
I swear
I'll never hurt you.
♪♪
It's okay.
Hey, why is Ezra on the surgery board?
He chose to get the surgery.
He didn't want to tell you.
He told me he didn't
want to let you down.
It'd mean a lot to him
to have your blessing.
I-I can't give it. I thought about it.
I don't support it.
What's the real problem here, Wolf?
That your patient
chose to make a change,
that you couldn't help him
the way he wanted, or
that I'm the one helping him?
That has absolutely
nothing to do with it.
No, no, no, no, admit it.
You don't think I can help
patients as much as you can.
Well, that's insecurity talking,
and it's really not a great look, Josh.
Stop. It's not insecurity.
It's that you don't fully value me.
I do value you.
But you don't see me as your equal.
Neurosurgeons and neurologists
see things differently.
Always have. It's part of the job.
Yeah. So, where does that leave us?
♪♪
Just like I told you.
Maybe you guys want
to tell me what's up?
Your doctor made a tough diagnosis.
Jacob, why don't you tell him?
Well, I think you have something
called myasthenia gravis.
It's an autoimmune disease
that stops communication
between your nerves and your muscles.
That's why your voice gets a
little funny when you use it a lot.
That's why you fell down earlier
and why your eyelid drooped.
Untreated, it can be
extremely dangerous.
But now we know, and we can treat you.
You're gonna be totally fine.
Dr. Nash might have saved your life.
Thank you.
Um, my wife is supposed to pick me up.
- Should I
- Call your wife.
You're staying here.
So, you didn't win the game?
They called it that when
I was an intern, too.
[CHUCKLES]
It's good to see you're
paying more attention
to your patients than your paperwork.
Nicely done.
[SIGHS] Did you hear?
Dana won the game.
Yeah, she signed off on
like 10 consults today.
Hey, I could have won, you know.
I chose not to because
it was right for the patient.
Look, man. [SIGHS]
I know what you're doing.
You like Ericka.
But the fact is she picked me.
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Oh, by the way, um
thanks for the ice cream.
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Hey, Dr. Wolf. I wasn't
sure if I'd see you.
How are you feeling?
Dr. Nichols said it went well.
It's weird.
I'm not used to my body being so quiet.
Well, the tics were part of you.
And they still are, just less so.
Maybe now there's room
for you to discover
something new about yourself.
Thanks for sticking with me, Doc.
I know you weren't totally
on board with the surgery.
I'm on board with you, no matter what.
Really, I should be thanking you, Ezra.
For what?
For reminding me that there's
nothing wrong with wanting to change.
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If you need help with that, I
know a guy with a killer signature.
Alright, big shot.
I'm gonna give you a solid
30 seconds of gloating
for nailing that
myasthenia gravis diagnosis.
No gloating here.
I'm just happy to be doing my job.
I'm glad someone like you
appreciates good medicine.
Someone like me?
Someone I admire.
I'm out here playing catch
up with you, you know that.
Jacob, you don't need me to
tell you you're a great doctor.
Though, you could have done
without that stupid game
you started with Van.
[CHUCKLES] Okay, well, that's over.
No more games.
But I will say Van is a worthy opponent.
In fact, it's a wonder he
has time for all his patients
with him being a dad and all.
- What?
- Van has a kid.
I thought he might have told you.
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What are you playing at?
[CHUCKLES] What do you mean?
I don't know what this stuff
between you and Van is about,
but it feels like it's about
me, and I don't like it.
Do you want to be with me? Is that it?
Ericka, I
well, I just think that maybe
[LAUGHS] You can't even say it.
But even if you could,
it wouldn't matter,
because I am not here for this.
I am here to be a doctor.
That is my priority.
Boys. I'm surrounded by boys.
- Do you have a kid?
- What?!
Whoa. Whoa.
Like, a human kid?
Do you mind? Can you give us a minute?
Fine.
But I'm gonna need to be
filled in at some point.
I-I can't believe Jacob told you that.
Actually, no, you know what?
I can believe he told you that.
- Why did he know and I didn't?
- I'm sorry.
Okay? I-I-I meant to tell you.
Maybe we should go back
to the way things were
with us, as friends.
Like, friends who don't sleep together?
It's less complicated that way.
Yeah, but come on.
We I mean, we've been having fun.
- It's been fun, right?
- This isn't fun for me anymore.
♪♪
The devil's in the
basement in my home ♪
A flight of stairs is way too close ♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
I can take it from here.
♪♪
I'm not allowed to have those.
Is there a reason I
can't trust you with them?
Not anymore.
Thank you.
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[SIGHS]
I'm sorry
for everything.
I know it's hard to believe me,
but I never set out to hurt you.
If anything, I wanted to be you.
I came here because
I wanted to meet you
the other woman
or, so I thought.
Until I realized the other woman was me.
I can understand why you feel that way.
But, Alison, nobody is the
other woman in their own life.
I'm not so sure.
I think in our sessions
I told you that I was an only child.
That wasn't entirely true.
When I was 10, my father
left my mom for someone else.
They started a new family
together, had four kids.
When I would go see
them on the weekends,
everyone was nice, but it
wasn't really my family.
They didn't want me around.
How did things get so hard?
You know, there are infinite
factors that make us who we are.
I never gave you a diagnosis.
Maybe, had we kept seeing each other
under normal circumstances,
I would have by now.
Would you like to know
what I've been thinking?
Based on our previous sessions
and everything I know about you
your fear of being alone,
your feelings of emptiness,
your mercurial moods
in my professional opinion,
I think you have borderline
personality disorder,
which I'm sure you've learned
about in your psych classes.
- Mm-hmm.
- The challenge with a condition like this
is that people don't realize they
need help until things get bad.
But through focused work,
you don't have to feel this way forever.
Though that work will have to happen
in a different therapeutic setting.
So, I am medium crazy, not psychotic.
Borderline.
I can work with that.
I just still wish
Oh, I wish you could fix me.
Yeah.
I wish it were that easy.
But maybe it isn't about fixing,
but instead making change.
So, when you sign this form,
you'll be admitting
yourself to the psych unit.
Do you understand?
I do.
Don't make me sign in crayon.
[CHUCKLES]
You know, I always wanted
to be on the other side
of a conversation like this.
Maybe you will be if you still want it.
It seems like Dr. Pierce really
went out on a limb for you.
There's something you
should know about her.
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She's one of a kind.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Yeah.
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Two sugars and a splash of oat milk,
just the way you like it.
Ooh, I knew I kept you
around for something.
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
Am I a dick?
Are you trying to bribe
me so that I'll say no?
Well, Josh called me out on something,
and he's probably right,
even though I don't want him to be.
[SIGHS]
Can people ever really change?
I sure as hell hope so.
Remember when you asked me what
I wanted my last memory to be?
And my answer was me, Morris, Maya,
Italian food, and good laughs.
I wanted so badly to get back to
that family we were in the early days.
And what do you want right now?
I know I don't want to be angry anymore.
Will I ever breathe again? ♪
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey.
[SIGHS]
Uh, how are you doing?
I'm okay.
I want a divorce.
I need to say I need to say again,
I'm so sorry about Alison.
I'm glad she's okay.
But you you must see
how difficult that sh
It's not just about Alison.
You said yourself she
could have been anyone.
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You broke your promise.
You said you would never hurt us.
♪♪
I love you.
But I can't forgive you.
♪♪
[SIGHS]
♪♪
Can I sit?
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For as long as I knew
him when I was a kid,
my dad was ill.
He was bipolar with severe
manic and depressive episodes.
Wolf, I I'm so sorry.
You know, my dad's
shame weighed him down,
and I often thought if the
world was more accepting,
maybe he would still be alive today.
But lately I've been thinking,
if I could have lifted his
condition out of his life,
and if he wanted it
I would have done it in a heartbeat.
- [SIGHS]
- You're right.
Sometimes I can fall into the fallacy
that my way of treating
a patient is the only one.
I'm sorry.
But you were wrong about this.
I do see you as my equal, Josh.
Otherwise, I wouldn't
bother arguing with you.
[CHUCKLES]
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- [THUD]
Oh, heck no.
Yeah, this happens sometimes.
Super keeps saying he's
gonna fix it, but
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For those of you just tuning in,
we're bringing you
footage from the Bronx,
where it appears an apartment building
has partially collapsed.
First responders are arriving
- on the scene
- What's going on?
A building collapsed
a few miles from here.
First responders are
arriving on the scene.
Now early reports suggest some residents
were able to evacuate.
We don't know how many people
are still trapped inside
or how many casualties there might be.
For more on the ground, we go to
Prep your interns. I'll be in the ER.
Make as much space as you
can for the wave of patients
we're about to treat.
Anyone seen Ericka?
That's Ericka's building.
Attention, external triage.
Attention, external triage.
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