Do No Harm s01e02 Episode Script
Don't Answer The Phone
1 Previously on Do No Harm My name is Jason.
I live with an alternate personality.
He comes at 8:25 P.
M.
And leaves at 8:25 A.
M.
His name is Ian Price.
I like you, don't I? You don't remember pushing me against the wall? Did I hurt you? No, I pushed you away.
He's going to come for you, Olivia.
I'm living with someone now.
He doesn't know about you, and I don't want him to.
I'll give him back his life, I'll let him think that he's free, and then I'll kill him.
There has to be one of their guys between you and the goalie.
And what happens if there's not? Then you're offsides.
So what if you're offsides? Then you broke the rules.
Rules were made to be broken.
You play soccer with your friends, Cole? - I don't have any friends.
- That's okay.
I don't really have any friends either.
You play soccer with your daddy? I don't have a daddy.
That's not true, Cole.
Everyone has a daddy.
Good morning.
It's 7:00 A.
M.
-- time for your top-of-the-hour traffic report from the WPBX eye in the sky team.
We're in store for a sunny one today, but traffic isn't looking so pretty if you're coming in over Walt Whitman.
An accident-- Cole? Cole, who were you talking to? Who were you talking to? Nobody.
Cole, you were talking to somebody.
Who was it? A man.
A man? What man? I don't know.
Okay, listen If he comes back, you run inside right away.
You promise me? - Okay.
- Okay.
You cannot talk to strangers, Cole.
We have an important rule about that.
But rules were meant to be broken.
Hi, Jason.
Boy, this whole doctor thing we got going-- it's really hard work.
I'm exhausted.
So I called the hospital, took a few personal days.
Whoop, look at the time.
Better hurry.
We got big plans.
[Cell phone chimes.]
[Plane engine roaring.]
[Inhales sharply.]
Excuse me.
Uh, where are we going? Vegas.
- Are you serious? - Are you? Good morning, Jason.
I've decided to give you a treat.
Come on, you work hard.
You got a lot of cash.
If you're not going to spend it, I will.
Good morning, Jason.
It's a brand-new day in lovely Philadelphia, but let me get this straight.
You're willing to throw away a $6,000 dream suite in Vegas without ever setting foot in the place? Well, you must be feeling pretty unlucky.
Okay, fine.
So we stay local.
What do you think of our yacht? Good morning.
Um, please tell me I didn't buy this boat.
No, Dr.
Cole.
It's just rented for the summer.
Wake up, sleepyhead.
I did some shopping.
So now you can say good-bye to your horrible Brooks brothers' button-downs, say good-bye to your perfect little ties, say good-bye to your pathetic, boring existence.
I'm back now.
It's a new day.
You can thank me later.
Hey, guess what.
You're done.
You hear me? That's it-- no more cash, no more credit cards.
From now on, you make your own money, okay? I'm not going to let you hijack my bank account.
I'm not going to let you hijack my life.
[Car horn blaring, tires squealing.]
Listen, Jason, I ran out of time, but I got your message loud and clear.
Enjoy the car and your new best friends.
But under no circumstances, whatever you do, don't answer the phone.
- Dr.
Cole? - Hi.
Good morning.
Josh, how the hell does this happen? I thought you froze all of my bank accounts.
We did.
Well, then how did I buy this car? Is this a trick question? Oh.
All right, check the VIN number.
Maybe it's not even mine.
Wait.
So now you didn't buy it? Also, call the pound about this dog, maybe someone reported it missing, and--and most importantly, get rid of this doll.
- She looks expensive.
- Josh.
- Got it.
- Hey.
This is crazy.
I know.
So, if you have any questions, now's the time to ask.
I'd rather not know.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Where were you? I have no idea.
That's the problem.
Please tell me you've gotten somewhere with the saliva profiles.
Yeah.
Check it out.
Cortisol, D.
H.
E.
A.
, lysozyme, kallikrein-- all detected in marginally different levels in Ian's mouth and in yours.
I mean, if we-- Are you any closer to a kill drug? I have to identify a target molecule, create an antagonist-- Ruben, when? Best-case scenario, a few months.
Months? I don't have months.
Ian just spent $200,000 of my money in the last three days.
Holy crap.
Did you get anything cool? Hey, this is my life.
This is not a joke.
I'm sorry, man.
These assays take time.
- Work nights, work weekends.
- Yo, yo.
Do what you got to do.
Thank you.
So you prefer stereotactic radiosurgery to resection.
Well, in cases like this one, yes.
Data suggests low reoccurrence rate with less risk and recovery time.
Hi.
- Hello.
- Sorry.
Jordan was just presenting your acoustic neuroma case.
Great, thanks.
- Sorry--sorry I'm late.
- Don't worry about it, man.
You got a lot going on, what with your new dog and the new car.
Oh, you heard about the car, huh? [Chuckles.]
Jason, everybody's heard about the car.
[Laughter.]
All right, thanks, everyone.
Next time it'll be vascular lesions.
Bring in your best cases for review.
[Door opens.]
Lena.
Lena, listen, I know you don't want to talk to me, and I get it, but, please, for the sake of our patients, we should probably figure this out.
Oh, please, are you actually going to stand here and lecture me about professionalism? Because your behavior the other night wasn't exactly conducive to a healthy working relationship.
I know.
I know it wasn't.
Please, please, just stop.
Please, let me say this, okay? I get it.
I blew it.
I don't expect you to understand or to forgive me.
My behavior was inexcusable.
All I'm asking is that we figure out a way to work together.
Our work here is important.
You know, I keep replaying that night in my head.
It's like you were two completely different people.
Believe me, I know.
Well, then how the hell do you expect me to pretend it never happened? I don't.
I don't expect that.
All I ask is you give me a chance to repair the damage that I've done.
Please.
I'm on my way to a pre-op visit with Ruby Taylor.
Me too.
Well, come on.
What's up, Ms.
Ruby? - You're late.
- I am.
I'm going to catch up in the O.
R.
Don't rush.
And don't accidentally cut anything you're not supposed to cut.
I won't.
That's a good tip.
I promise.
Do you know what Dr.
Cole's going to be doing today? He's going to cut a worm out of my brain.
Mm-hmm.
It's called an echinococcal cyst.
- A worm.
- A worm.
- Yeah, it's a worm.
- [Chuckles.]
I still can't believe this is actually happening.
I should've never taken her to Japan.
No, Japan's cool.
Traveling with your dad-- that's awesome, even if you left with an inconvenient souvenir.
Excuse me.
Can I borrow these two for a minute? Excuse us.
There's a cop pinned under a car in northern liberties.
He's altered, looks like an intracranial bleed.
I need both of you on the scene, fast.
[Rock music.]
- This is insane.
- Completely, I know.
What possessed you to buy this? Uh, I'm not sure, but I know I was possessed.
[Indistinct chatter.]
I'm Dr.
Cole.
This is Dr.
Solis.
What do you got? Guy robbed a liquor store in Jersey.
Cop pursued him for 17 miles until he went off road.
His name's Wally.
At first, he was talking.
He seemed okay.
But then he got disoriented, started throwing up.
Classic pattern for an epidural bleed.
- Give us some room, guys.
- He intubated? Yeah, we got a good tube.
We got a good line in the right.
Okay, Wally, we're just going to take a look.
Right pupil's dilated and sluggish.
Let's set up for a burr hole.
I need a ten blade and the Betadine.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
Okay.
Hold that.
Cutting.
Ah! He's seizing.
Okay, Diazepam, 10 migs, now.
Come on, move, move, move.
Diazepam! Come on, Wally.
Start a C.
T.
I don't know where the blood's coming from.
I don't know where to drill the hole.
Okay, okay.
Here.
All right, there's a diastasis along the temporal bone, right where the middle meningeal artery runs.
- So, if that's where it tore - The blood would be Right.
Bull's-eye.
Nice catch.
So they're taking him to Drexel? Yeah, it's closer, I guess.
They can do the follow-up there.
I know this is weird to say, but that was kind of awesome.
- Yeah, it was, wasn't it? - Yeah.
Hey, I got a little secret for you.
I don't think you're gonna like it very much.
My job's a lot cooler than your job.
- Oh, really? - Yeah, come on Cutting, slicing, drilling.
That beats pushing pills any day.
That is not all neurologists do.
Yeah, I know.
You're right.
That's true.
You also order tests.
That's really cool.
[Cell phone ringing.]
That's not me.
Is it you? No, it's not me.
It sounds like it's coming from your trunk.
Yeah, I, uh-- I think it is.
- Are you gonna get it? - Uh, yeah.
[Ringing continues.]
[Rock music.]
[Ringing continues.]
- Hello? - You are a dead man.
Wait a second, I can explain.
- Here's my plan.
- Let me explain.
You keep joyriding in my car with my money-- I got guys all over the city looking for a silver Ferrari.
And when we find you-- and we will find you-- I'm gonna fillet you open like a fish, slowly, and let you bleed.
Uh, Lena, I'm really sorry.
- Who was it? - I don't know.
But you got to get out of the car right now.
- What? - It's not safe.
The car's not safe, so I need you to get out, please.
Why--why is the car-- Lena, get out of the car right now! - What the hell is going on? - I'm sorry, okay? I know that this is crazy.
Maybe you can hitch a ride home with the guys, all right? - Are you kidding me? - No.
I'm sorry.
- I've got to go.
- You're leaving me here? On the side of the road? I'll send someone back for you.
[Engine revving.]
So I got this Ferrari and a bag full of cash from some kind of drug deal and a crazy person calling me every three minutes, threatening to kill me.
My alter stole a pickup once.
She's way too young to drive.
Come on, I'm being serious.
- What do you want me to do? - I don't know.
Help me! Hide the car at one of your sites or in a garage or something.
The car that people are looking for? - Yeah.
- The one that, if found, will lead to the death of the person in possession of it? [Cell phone rings, beeps.]
What am I gonna do? Well, you have a problem.
We'll figure it out.
No, that's the thing.
This isn't my problem.
This is Ian's problem.
And I have to fix it? Why do you keep doing that? Why do you keep insisting that you and Ian are separate? We are separate.
- We're biochemically - Oh, come-- constitutionally, and fundamentally separate.
- We're different people.
- I'm not a scientist, Jason.
I'm just a guy who's helped scores of people learn how to deal Coming through.
With multiple personalities.
And the fundamental lesson-- the one that you refuse to hear is this-- you and Ian are part of a whole.
You need to work together if you're ever gonna peacefully coexist.
How can I do that? I don't know anything about stolen cars and drug money.
Yes, you do.
Youdo.
And when you embrace that-- when you embrace the Ian in you, you will know how to fix this.
[Pager beeping.]
I got to go.
I got to go be a doctor, which is all I know how to do, by the way.
[Cell phone ringing.]
- Ruby.
- Oh, nice of you to show up.
Sorry.
Things got a little complicated in the field.
Hi.
Dr.
Cole, you're rushing again.
Yeah, I am.
- You're always rushing.
- Hang on a second.
You know what? You're right.
And I'm really sorry.
I'm gonna stop rushing right now, okay? You have my full attention.
Guys, two minutes till we lose our O.
R.
spot.
I'm here, and I'm yours.
Got it? - Promise? - Promise.
You ready? - Yeah.
- Okay.
All right, let's go.
More irrigation, please.
You and I have a mutual friend in town Forceps.
Mark Gower, from Minneapolis.
Damn it, the cyst is wrapped around the optic nerve.
Check evoked potentials.
Apparently you and he worked at the same lab-- Can we concentrate on Ruby here? Optic nerve intact.
Okay, here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna dissect the nidus 1 millimeter at a time while you check the optic nerve function, make sure she preserves her full visual field.
[Monitor alarm dinging.]
- Pressure's dropping! - Sat's down to 82.
Benadryl and epi, now.
She's anaphylaxing.
- To what? - The cyst content.
The fluid's leaking, causing a massive inflammatory response.
- Systolic's only 57.
- She's getting hard to bag.
Pulmonary edema.
Look, it's only gonna get worse unless we get that cyst out of there.
- Check the optic nerve again.
- Forget the optic nerve.
Pull the cyst out, or she'll code.
I can't do it.
What do you mean you can't do it? Her pressure's dropping, her sats are in the 70s.
Pull out the cyst, or she'll arrest.
If I do that, she'll go blind.
Well, blind is better than dead, Jason.
No.
Give her 30 of prednisone, start epinephrine and then dopa infusions.
We attack the anaphylaxis.
Once she's stable, we will come back in, and we'll do this properly.
I promised Ruby I wouldn't rush.
Rec forms for a new electrophoresis for the lab.
Runs gels in half the time, will give us a jump on our priority projects.
Jason needs to sign here and here.
[Door creaks.]
- What is that? - Oh, that's nothing.
Did Jason make you kill someone for him? Because you really should charge extra for that.
No way! Uh, it was a gift an unwanted gift from a patient.
I'm getting rid of it.
Getting rid of it? You can't.
This is a Sakura Unistar hottrix.
I mean, internal heating action--come on.
If Jason doesn't want it, I'm taking it.
I don't know if you want to do that.
I don't know where this thing's been.
I'll throw her down in the autoclave down in the lab-- she'll be good as new.
- Where is he? - Huh? Where's Jason? Uh, um, O.
R.
Two.
Commitment, perseverance-- these things count for something.
Honey, trust me.
I know what I'm talking about.
You drop out of the program, you will absolutely regret it.
Yeah.
Love you.
Bye.
Oh, that's my daughter, Abby, threatening to leave her fulbright.
It seems some Swiss biotech company is trying to recruit her over to the dark side.
Well, that's what happens when you're good at your job, right? She'll make the right decision.
She's a grown-up.
You need something? Yes.
A YAG laser.
- We have one.
- Not with a short wavelength.
I've got a little girl with a cyst on her optic nerve, and I can't even get close to it without potentially blinding her.
However, in Germany, they're experimenting with a low-frequency laser.
I think it could be perfect.
Too bad we're not in Germany.
Well, we can get compassionate-use approval and bring it over.
Even with emergency approval, to buy this and get it over here, that's $100,000.
What if it was your daughter? - You really went there? - I did.
- I'll see what I can do.
- Thank you.
[Cell phone ringing.]
No! [Line trilling.]
Hi, it's Lena.
Leave a message.
Lena, it's Jason.
I know that you're angry and that none of this makes any sense.
But if you have the car, you got to call me, okay? You got to call me right now, please! [Cell phone ringing.]
[Phone beeps.]
You want your money and your car? I've got 'em.
Here's what you're gonna do.
Get in.
Hey, you know what sucks? What's that? It sucks when people that are supposed to be your friend steal from you.
Kyle's crushed, man.
He liked you, trusted you.
He'll get his money.
Yeah, well, we hear that a lot, usually from people that don't have his money.
Well, it's showtime, buddy.
All right, all right, all right, hey, take it easy.
Take it easy.
[Grunting.]
[Laughs.]
[Groans.]
Damn it! My wedding ring.
Oh, you got married.
That's great.
Congratulations.
Where's my money, Ian? Where's my car? I'm asking myself the same thing.
If I had it, you'd have it! You know that! No, here's what I know.
I know that you disappeared for five years, and then suddenly you show up again, and it's all, "Hey, Kyle, remember your old pal Ian? How I used to do this, that, and every other thing for you?" Yeah, I remember making you a lot of money.
- That's what I remember.
- I fronted you, Ian.
Counter to my usual business practices, I fronted you product.
I loaned you my car.
And how'd you thank me? You disappeared.
Poof! Oh, hold on a second.
What is that, a tire iron? I sold the product, and the money's in the car.
- This is not a problem.
- Then why did you call me, tell me to meet you here, saying that you have it, and then not have it? I called you? I called you because I know the score.
If I don't find the money, then we are both screwed.
I know exactly what to do, and I know exactly who to speak to.
I just need you to give me 12 hours.
[Laughs.]
You got 12 hours [Groans.]
Not a minute more.
Hang on.
You gonna untie me? That wasn't very helpful, Jason.
Sure, you can hurt me, but I will always find ways to hurt you that are much, much worse.
When I had a young heart I got a late start I was too afraid to love afraid of my body Remember that mad-scientist mixer we had with the tri-delts? Ugh! Croslow made us wear diapers and force-fed us tequila through a 60cc syringe.
Did you ever imagine we'd both end up as neurosurgeons back then? - Yes, I did.
- [Chuckles.]
I did.
I always wanted this as long as I can remember.
So how's work going? Ah, usual departmental B.
S.
But overall, no complaints.
You know, I worked with a guy who did a spinal fellowship there a few years ago.
Jason Cole.
You know him? Of course I know him.
Everybody did.
The guy was a star.
So why'd he leave? Nobody ever got the full story.
Hmm.
Well, there must have been rumors.
[Chuckles.]
Sure, it was something about his research.
Apparently he was channeling grant money into an unauthorized project of some kind.
Why the hell are we talking about Jason Cole when we got all these women in here tonight, huh? [Laughs.]
I'm just me I'm just me Naughty girl.
I'm just me Dr.
Young, Jason told me you were getting approval for the shortwave laser.
The board debated it for an hour and said no.
Did you tell 'em that we could save the patient's vision if they would just give us the opportunity? You know, there are stories like this on every floor of this hospital.
Cards wants to try out some new kind of valve on a young dad.
Oncology has an Olympic runner who's in need of an experimental stem-cell transplant.
This all costs money-- money we don't have.
I'm sorry.
The answer's no For your patient, for all of them.
What do you mean it's complicated? The approval and the funding-- these things take time.
So it's just money.
My daughter's going to lose her sight because you can't get money for her surgery? No, Mr.
Taylor, no one is giving up on your daughter's vision.
And as soon as she is stable and responding to command-- "Responding to commands"? This morning she was doing algebra.
Listen, I know how scary this is.
Is there somebody you would like me to call? I'm doing this alone.
Ruby's all I got.
She's a tough girl.
She's gonna make a full recovery from the anaphylaxis, and I promise you Dr.
Cole will do everything in his power to remove that cyst and save her vision.
Dr.
Cole hasn't even stepped foot in here since the surgery.
I'll make sure he comes by first thing.
Hey, Blanca, can you do me a favor and check on Mr.
Taylor tonight? I think he's having a tough time.
You got it, Dr.
Solis.
You the neuro on call this evening? - [Sighs.]
Yep.
Lucky me.
- Hmm.
[Elevator bell dings.]
Good night, Dr.
Solis.
- Last one out of here.
- Good night.
[Elevator bell dings.]
[Knock on door.]
Hello? [Knock on door.]
Who is it? [Knock on door.]
What the hell are you doing here? You have something I want.
What's with you? I'm really gonna need the keys, Lena.
It's like you have some kind of insanity switch that just flips whenever I'm around.
I'm really sorry that you see me that way.
Now, where is my car? Is it drugs drinking, gambling? What is it? You owe me an explanation at the very least.
Is that what you want? Yeah.
An explanation? I don't think so.
I think that you stole my car And you took my keys so that I would come up here - and find you all by yourself - That's ridiculous.
Late at night, - when no one is watching.
- That's ridiculous.
What is wrong with you? If that's what you wanted, all you had to do was ask.
You're sick.
Am I? Maybe you're sick.
- Get off me.
- Where's my car, Lena? [Knock on door.]
Back off! Dr.
Solis, we need you on the floor.
It's Ruby.
Her father's trying to take her to another hospital.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Dad, stop, please.
We're done, baby.
We're out of here.
- What's going on? - What's going on? The nurses are coming in here every two hours, - sticking her with needles.
- Okay.
We need to monitor her blood loss and electrolytes - for two more days.
- Days? Every hour she stays in here, she seems to get worse.
I'm taking her to university, Drexel, someplace where they actually help people.
Ruby came in here a happy, smiling kid.
Now look at her.
I can't just stand by while you all-- [glass shatters.]
Well, boo-hoo.
Didn't work out as planned.
Well, guess what.
Plans go south.
What, do you think she wants to be here late at night? You think I want to be here right now? None of us want to be here right now, and yet, here we are.
So here's what you should do.
You should take this vase, and you should smash it against that counter.
You'll feel better.
Trust me.
Huh? Whatever you have to do, whatever it costs, just fix her.
Now, how could you possibly know that would work? Well, it works for me.
Now, where are my keys? Roof of the parking structure.
[Number pad beeping.]
[Device beeps.]
What the hell are you doing here? That's funny.
That's exactly the same question I have for you.
I'm working.
Oh Well, I've taken a sudden interest in your research.
How exciting for me.
Maybe you could sort of run down a list of the things you've been working on? Come to lab conference on Wednesday.
You'll get an update on everything I do here.
Well, I'm interested in the projects you don't mention at lab conference.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I think you do.
You always work here in the middle of the night? [Sighs.]
Good night, Dr.
Marcado.
I'll see you around.
[Door opens.]
This little arrangement was maybe gonna work out well for us.
But now I don't think so.
What, you're the only one with plans, huh? You don't think I want a life? See, I was gonna fix this.
But then you had to go and involve yourself in my business.
So, fine, Jason.
That's the way you want it, tomorrow you're gonna wake up in front of a warehouse with a bag full of money and guys inside ready to kill you.
Think you can handle this better than I can? All right, now's your shot, tough guy.
Prove it.
[Exhaling sharply.]
It's all there.
You don't even have to count it.
Looks good.
Okay, well, pleasure doing business with you fellas.
- Whoa.
Whoa.
- Oh, come on, man.
Come on.
We're not finished here.
You got your money.
What do you want? Did you think that I was just gonna forget about the fact that you tried to screw me out of $200,000? This business is based on dependability, Ian, on trust.
Sorry to say, you've lost mine.
So the church here is gonna shoot you in the head.
I hope you understand.
Please.
Please.
You know, Ian, this is the first time I've seen you scared.
It's, uh-- it's not fear, actually.
It's--what is it? It's mild disappointment.
Yeah, yeah, I can't believe how stupid you're being right now.
Come on, you're not gonna kill me.
- I'm not? - No, you're not.
I'm much more valuable to you alive than I am dead.
I just opened a whole new market for you-- hospital workers.
They're well paid, forced to work long hours.
They are the perfect customer for the wonder drug that is cocaine.
Thank you for the tip.
Well, see, here's the thing.
They'll only go through me.
I've already earned their trust.
I won't rat them out.
You-- Come on, look at you.
Hospital security would throw your ass to the curb before you even open your mouth.
So here's what I think is gonna happen.
I don't think you're gonna kill me.
I think you're gonna front me two more kilos of cocaine, so I can make us some money.
- Yeah, right.
- Yeah.
Right.
I do all the work, and I take all the risk, yet you get paid.
What is there to think about? Come back tomorrow Noon.
Oh, I don't have a ride, so I'm taking your car.
[Exhales sharply.]
- Show me how - To understand understand, what makes a good man? - can you tell me now - Tell me now - and walk the line - Walk the line and understand understand, what makes a good man? - tell me now - Tell me now - and show me how - Show me how to understand understand, what makes a good man? Okay, Ruby Tuesday Taylor, part two.
Here we go.
Hey, kiddo, how you doing? - Okay.
- Good.
Well, you sleep tight, all right? - I'll see you when you wake up.
- Okay.
But Will I see you? Of course you will.
I promise.
Okay, Ruby, I need you to count backwards for me.
Ten Nine, eight, seven How did you get the board to reconsider the laser? I didn't.
Someone sold a certain Italian sports car, made a donation with the proceeds.
No.
Amazing what money can do, isn't it? The scolex of the worm has these tiny hooks embedded in the optic chiasm.
This low wavelength should knock the little sucker off without damaging any of the surrounding structures.
Let's, uh--let's increase the amplification slightly.
A little more irrigation.
Good.
Okay, suction And forceps.
Got ya.
All this for one little parasite? Well, a parasite can do a lot of damage.
Evoked potentials look good.
Scolex out.
Vision is intact.
That's very nice work, everybody.
Let's irrigate, close her up.
I'm so glad you came in for a second opinion.
There can be so many therapeutic options.
- It can be overwhelming.
- Oh, completely.
Well, let's sit down, and I'll take you through everything.
Great.
That is not mine.
- I will, right away, doctor.
- Thank you.
Abby? What are you doing here? [Scoffs.]
I'm sorry, mom.
Rehab is just not for me.
[Scoffs, sniffs.]
What is your favorite flavor ice cream? - Mint chip.
- Mint chip.
We happen to have mint chip.
What, you didn't know about the post-surgery ice-cream-eating protocol? - No.
- Oh, it's very advanced.
It's very cutting-edge stuff.
It says you have to eat ice cream every day - for a week after surgery.
- Really? Oh, yeah.
I'm not messing around.
And don't fight me on this either, okay? Or your dad.
It's very important for your recovery.
- Hey, Ms.
Ruby.
- Hi, Dr.
Solis.
You did great in there.
The worm is gone.
And I like your dress, which means I can see.
- Get it? - I do.
Thank you.
I get to eat the ice cream protocol.
- The what? - The ice cream protocol.
That's right.
What's your flavor again? - Mint chip.
- Mint chip.
I'm on it.
- I'll get it to you soon, okay? - Okay.
I'll see you later, Ruby.
- Um - No, let's--let's not.
Let's just say that she's very lucky to have you as her surgeon and leave it at that, okay? I am proud of you.
[Scoffs.]
Really? For what-- almost getting myself killed? No, for-- You found the Ian in you.
You're in charge.
You're dominant.
That's important, Jason.
Okay, what's the problem? No, nothing.
I'm just I don't know.
It's too easy, you know To think like him, be like him, put myself in his shoes.
What does that say about me? You're making progress.
That's what it says to me.
Hey, I never thanked you for getting rid of the Ferrari so fast.
No worries.
Turns out Philadelphia's full of men in the throes of a midlife crisis.
[Laughs.]
Hey, what ever happened to that dog? The dog? I'm confused.
Yeah, the dog.
Did you find the owner? Dr.
Cole, I gave him to you Last night, remember? Oh, yeah.
Right.
Sorry.
It's been a crazy couple of days.
[Mumbling.]
I love you.
I live with an alternate personality.
He comes at 8:25 P.
M.
And leaves at 8:25 A.
M.
His name is Ian Price.
I like you, don't I? You don't remember pushing me against the wall? Did I hurt you? No, I pushed you away.
He's going to come for you, Olivia.
I'm living with someone now.
He doesn't know about you, and I don't want him to.
I'll give him back his life, I'll let him think that he's free, and then I'll kill him.
There has to be one of their guys between you and the goalie.
And what happens if there's not? Then you're offsides.
So what if you're offsides? Then you broke the rules.
Rules were made to be broken.
You play soccer with your friends, Cole? - I don't have any friends.
- That's okay.
I don't really have any friends either.
You play soccer with your daddy? I don't have a daddy.
That's not true, Cole.
Everyone has a daddy.
Good morning.
It's 7:00 A.
M.
-- time for your top-of-the-hour traffic report from the WPBX eye in the sky team.
We're in store for a sunny one today, but traffic isn't looking so pretty if you're coming in over Walt Whitman.
An accident-- Cole? Cole, who were you talking to? Who were you talking to? Nobody.
Cole, you were talking to somebody.
Who was it? A man.
A man? What man? I don't know.
Okay, listen If he comes back, you run inside right away.
You promise me? - Okay.
- Okay.
You cannot talk to strangers, Cole.
We have an important rule about that.
But rules were meant to be broken.
Hi, Jason.
Boy, this whole doctor thing we got going-- it's really hard work.
I'm exhausted.
So I called the hospital, took a few personal days.
Whoop, look at the time.
Better hurry.
We got big plans.
[Cell phone chimes.]
[Plane engine roaring.]
[Inhales sharply.]
Excuse me.
Uh, where are we going? Vegas.
- Are you serious? - Are you? Good morning, Jason.
I've decided to give you a treat.
Come on, you work hard.
You got a lot of cash.
If you're not going to spend it, I will.
Good morning, Jason.
It's a brand-new day in lovely Philadelphia, but let me get this straight.
You're willing to throw away a $6,000 dream suite in Vegas without ever setting foot in the place? Well, you must be feeling pretty unlucky.
Okay, fine.
So we stay local.
What do you think of our yacht? Good morning.
Um, please tell me I didn't buy this boat.
No, Dr.
Cole.
It's just rented for the summer.
Wake up, sleepyhead.
I did some shopping.
So now you can say good-bye to your horrible Brooks brothers' button-downs, say good-bye to your perfect little ties, say good-bye to your pathetic, boring existence.
I'm back now.
It's a new day.
You can thank me later.
Hey, guess what.
You're done.
You hear me? That's it-- no more cash, no more credit cards.
From now on, you make your own money, okay? I'm not going to let you hijack my bank account.
I'm not going to let you hijack my life.
[Car horn blaring, tires squealing.]
Listen, Jason, I ran out of time, but I got your message loud and clear.
Enjoy the car and your new best friends.
But under no circumstances, whatever you do, don't answer the phone.
- Dr.
Cole? - Hi.
Good morning.
Josh, how the hell does this happen? I thought you froze all of my bank accounts.
We did.
Well, then how did I buy this car? Is this a trick question? Oh.
All right, check the VIN number.
Maybe it's not even mine.
Wait.
So now you didn't buy it? Also, call the pound about this dog, maybe someone reported it missing, and--and most importantly, get rid of this doll.
- She looks expensive.
- Josh.
- Got it.
- Hey.
This is crazy.
I know.
So, if you have any questions, now's the time to ask.
I'd rather not know.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Where were you? I have no idea.
That's the problem.
Please tell me you've gotten somewhere with the saliva profiles.
Yeah.
Check it out.
Cortisol, D.
H.
E.
A.
, lysozyme, kallikrein-- all detected in marginally different levels in Ian's mouth and in yours.
I mean, if we-- Are you any closer to a kill drug? I have to identify a target molecule, create an antagonist-- Ruben, when? Best-case scenario, a few months.
Months? I don't have months.
Ian just spent $200,000 of my money in the last three days.
Holy crap.
Did you get anything cool? Hey, this is my life.
This is not a joke.
I'm sorry, man.
These assays take time.
- Work nights, work weekends.
- Yo, yo.
Do what you got to do.
Thank you.
So you prefer stereotactic radiosurgery to resection.
Well, in cases like this one, yes.
Data suggests low reoccurrence rate with less risk and recovery time.
Hi.
- Hello.
- Sorry.
Jordan was just presenting your acoustic neuroma case.
Great, thanks.
- Sorry--sorry I'm late.
- Don't worry about it, man.
You got a lot going on, what with your new dog and the new car.
Oh, you heard about the car, huh? [Chuckles.]
Jason, everybody's heard about the car.
[Laughter.]
All right, thanks, everyone.
Next time it'll be vascular lesions.
Bring in your best cases for review.
[Door opens.]
Lena.
Lena, listen, I know you don't want to talk to me, and I get it, but, please, for the sake of our patients, we should probably figure this out.
Oh, please, are you actually going to stand here and lecture me about professionalism? Because your behavior the other night wasn't exactly conducive to a healthy working relationship.
I know.
I know it wasn't.
Please, please, just stop.
Please, let me say this, okay? I get it.
I blew it.
I don't expect you to understand or to forgive me.
My behavior was inexcusable.
All I'm asking is that we figure out a way to work together.
Our work here is important.
You know, I keep replaying that night in my head.
It's like you were two completely different people.
Believe me, I know.
Well, then how the hell do you expect me to pretend it never happened? I don't.
I don't expect that.
All I ask is you give me a chance to repair the damage that I've done.
Please.
I'm on my way to a pre-op visit with Ruby Taylor.
Me too.
Well, come on.
What's up, Ms.
Ruby? - You're late.
- I am.
I'm going to catch up in the O.
R.
Don't rush.
And don't accidentally cut anything you're not supposed to cut.
I won't.
That's a good tip.
I promise.
Do you know what Dr.
Cole's going to be doing today? He's going to cut a worm out of my brain.
Mm-hmm.
It's called an echinococcal cyst.
- A worm.
- A worm.
- Yeah, it's a worm.
- [Chuckles.]
I still can't believe this is actually happening.
I should've never taken her to Japan.
No, Japan's cool.
Traveling with your dad-- that's awesome, even if you left with an inconvenient souvenir.
Excuse me.
Can I borrow these two for a minute? Excuse us.
There's a cop pinned under a car in northern liberties.
He's altered, looks like an intracranial bleed.
I need both of you on the scene, fast.
[Rock music.]
- This is insane.
- Completely, I know.
What possessed you to buy this? Uh, I'm not sure, but I know I was possessed.
[Indistinct chatter.]
I'm Dr.
Cole.
This is Dr.
Solis.
What do you got? Guy robbed a liquor store in Jersey.
Cop pursued him for 17 miles until he went off road.
His name's Wally.
At first, he was talking.
He seemed okay.
But then he got disoriented, started throwing up.
Classic pattern for an epidural bleed.
- Give us some room, guys.
- He intubated? Yeah, we got a good tube.
We got a good line in the right.
Okay, Wally, we're just going to take a look.
Right pupil's dilated and sluggish.
Let's set up for a burr hole.
I need a ten blade and the Betadine.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
Okay.
Hold that.
Cutting.
Ah! He's seizing.
Okay, Diazepam, 10 migs, now.
Come on, move, move, move.
Diazepam! Come on, Wally.
Start a C.
T.
I don't know where the blood's coming from.
I don't know where to drill the hole.
Okay, okay.
Here.
All right, there's a diastasis along the temporal bone, right where the middle meningeal artery runs.
- So, if that's where it tore - The blood would be Right.
Bull's-eye.
Nice catch.
So they're taking him to Drexel? Yeah, it's closer, I guess.
They can do the follow-up there.
I know this is weird to say, but that was kind of awesome.
- Yeah, it was, wasn't it? - Yeah.
Hey, I got a little secret for you.
I don't think you're gonna like it very much.
My job's a lot cooler than your job.
- Oh, really? - Yeah, come on Cutting, slicing, drilling.
That beats pushing pills any day.
That is not all neurologists do.
Yeah, I know.
You're right.
That's true.
You also order tests.
That's really cool.
[Cell phone ringing.]
That's not me.
Is it you? No, it's not me.
It sounds like it's coming from your trunk.
Yeah, I, uh-- I think it is.
- Are you gonna get it? - Uh, yeah.
[Ringing continues.]
[Rock music.]
[Ringing continues.]
- Hello? - You are a dead man.
Wait a second, I can explain.
- Here's my plan.
- Let me explain.
You keep joyriding in my car with my money-- I got guys all over the city looking for a silver Ferrari.
And when we find you-- and we will find you-- I'm gonna fillet you open like a fish, slowly, and let you bleed.
Uh, Lena, I'm really sorry.
- Who was it? - I don't know.
But you got to get out of the car right now.
- What? - It's not safe.
The car's not safe, so I need you to get out, please.
Why--why is the car-- Lena, get out of the car right now! - What the hell is going on? - I'm sorry, okay? I know that this is crazy.
Maybe you can hitch a ride home with the guys, all right? - Are you kidding me? - No.
I'm sorry.
- I've got to go.
- You're leaving me here? On the side of the road? I'll send someone back for you.
[Engine revving.]
So I got this Ferrari and a bag full of cash from some kind of drug deal and a crazy person calling me every three minutes, threatening to kill me.
My alter stole a pickup once.
She's way too young to drive.
Come on, I'm being serious.
- What do you want me to do? - I don't know.
Help me! Hide the car at one of your sites or in a garage or something.
The car that people are looking for? - Yeah.
- The one that, if found, will lead to the death of the person in possession of it? [Cell phone rings, beeps.]
What am I gonna do? Well, you have a problem.
We'll figure it out.
No, that's the thing.
This isn't my problem.
This is Ian's problem.
And I have to fix it? Why do you keep doing that? Why do you keep insisting that you and Ian are separate? We are separate.
- We're biochemically - Oh, come-- constitutionally, and fundamentally separate.
- We're different people.
- I'm not a scientist, Jason.
I'm just a guy who's helped scores of people learn how to deal Coming through.
With multiple personalities.
And the fundamental lesson-- the one that you refuse to hear is this-- you and Ian are part of a whole.
You need to work together if you're ever gonna peacefully coexist.
How can I do that? I don't know anything about stolen cars and drug money.
Yes, you do.
Youdo.
And when you embrace that-- when you embrace the Ian in you, you will know how to fix this.
[Pager beeping.]
I got to go.
I got to go be a doctor, which is all I know how to do, by the way.
[Cell phone ringing.]
- Ruby.
- Oh, nice of you to show up.
Sorry.
Things got a little complicated in the field.
Hi.
Dr.
Cole, you're rushing again.
Yeah, I am.
- You're always rushing.
- Hang on a second.
You know what? You're right.
And I'm really sorry.
I'm gonna stop rushing right now, okay? You have my full attention.
Guys, two minutes till we lose our O.
R.
spot.
I'm here, and I'm yours.
Got it? - Promise? - Promise.
You ready? - Yeah.
- Okay.
All right, let's go.
More irrigation, please.
You and I have a mutual friend in town Forceps.
Mark Gower, from Minneapolis.
Damn it, the cyst is wrapped around the optic nerve.
Check evoked potentials.
Apparently you and he worked at the same lab-- Can we concentrate on Ruby here? Optic nerve intact.
Okay, here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna dissect the nidus 1 millimeter at a time while you check the optic nerve function, make sure she preserves her full visual field.
[Monitor alarm dinging.]
- Pressure's dropping! - Sat's down to 82.
Benadryl and epi, now.
She's anaphylaxing.
- To what? - The cyst content.
The fluid's leaking, causing a massive inflammatory response.
- Systolic's only 57.
- She's getting hard to bag.
Pulmonary edema.
Look, it's only gonna get worse unless we get that cyst out of there.
- Check the optic nerve again.
- Forget the optic nerve.
Pull the cyst out, or she'll code.
I can't do it.
What do you mean you can't do it? Her pressure's dropping, her sats are in the 70s.
Pull out the cyst, or she'll arrest.
If I do that, she'll go blind.
Well, blind is better than dead, Jason.
No.
Give her 30 of prednisone, start epinephrine and then dopa infusions.
We attack the anaphylaxis.
Once she's stable, we will come back in, and we'll do this properly.
I promised Ruby I wouldn't rush.
Rec forms for a new electrophoresis for the lab.
Runs gels in half the time, will give us a jump on our priority projects.
Jason needs to sign here and here.
[Door creaks.]
- What is that? - Oh, that's nothing.
Did Jason make you kill someone for him? Because you really should charge extra for that.
No way! Uh, it was a gift an unwanted gift from a patient.
I'm getting rid of it.
Getting rid of it? You can't.
This is a Sakura Unistar hottrix.
I mean, internal heating action--come on.
If Jason doesn't want it, I'm taking it.
I don't know if you want to do that.
I don't know where this thing's been.
I'll throw her down in the autoclave down in the lab-- she'll be good as new.
- Where is he? - Huh? Where's Jason? Uh, um, O.
R.
Two.
Commitment, perseverance-- these things count for something.
Honey, trust me.
I know what I'm talking about.
You drop out of the program, you will absolutely regret it.
Yeah.
Love you.
Bye.
Oh, that's my daughter, Abby, threatening to leave her fulbright.
It seems some Swiss biotech company is trying to recruit her over to the dark side.
Well, that's what happens when you're good at your job, right? She'll make the right decision.
She's a grown-up.
You need something? Yes.
A YAG laser.
- We have one.
- Not with a short wavelength.
I've got a little girl with a cyst on her optic nerve, and I can't even get close to it without potentially blinding her.
However, in Germany, they're experimenting with a low-frequency laser.
I think it could be perfect.
Too bad we're not in Germany.
Well, we can get compassionate-use approval and bring it over.
Even with emergency approval, to buy this and get it over here, that's $100,000.
What if it was your daughter? - You really went there? - I did.
- I'll see what I can do.
- Thank you.
[Cell phone ringing.]
No! [Line trilling.]
Hi, it's Lena.
Leave a message.
Lena, it's Jason.
I know that you're angry and that none of this makes any sense.
But if you have the car, you got to call me, okay? You got to call me right now, please! [Cell phone ringing.]
[Phone beeps.]
You want your money and your car? I've got 'em.
Here's what you're gonna do.
Get in.
Hey, you know what sucks? What's that? It sucks when people that are supposed to be your friend steal from you.
Kyle's crushed, man.
He liked you, trusted you.
He'll get his money.
Yeah, well, we hear that a lot, usually from people that don't have his money.
Well, it's showtime, buddy.
All right, all right, all right, hey, take it easy.
Take it easy.
[Grunting.]
[Laughs.]
[Groans.]
Damn it! My wedding ring.
Oh, you got married.
That's great.
Congratulations.
Where's my money, Ian? Where's my car? I'm asking myself the same thing.
If I had it, you'd have it! You know that! No, here's what I know.
I know that you disappeared for five years, and then suddenly you show up again, and it's all, "Hey, Kyle, remember your old pal Ian? How I used to do this, that, and every other thing for you?" Yeah, I remember making you a lot of money.
- That's what I remember.
- I fronted you, Ian.
Counter to my usual business practices, I fronted you product.
I loaned you my car.
And how'd you thank me? You disappeared.
Poof! Oh, hold on a second.
What is that, a tire iron? I sold the product, and the money's in the car.
- This is not a problem.
- Then why did you call me, tell me to meet you here, saying that you have it, and then not have it? I called you? I called you because I know the score.
If I don't find the money, then we are both screwed.
I know exactly what to do, and I know exactly who to speak to.
I just need you to give me 12 hours.
[Laughs.]
You got 12 hours [Groans.]
Not a minute more.
Hang on.
You gonna untie me? That wasn't very helpful, Jason.
Sure, you can hurt me, but I will always find ways to hurt you that are much, much worse.
When I had a young heart I got a late start I was too afraid to love afraid of my body Remember that mad-scientist mixer we had with the tri-delts? Ugh! Croslow made us wear diapers and force-fed us tequila through a 60cc syringe.
Did you ever imagine we'd both end up as neurosurgeons back then? - Yes, I did.
- [Chuckles.]
I did.
I always wanted this as long as I can remember.
So how's work going? Ah, usual departmental B.
S.
But overall, no complaints.
You know, I worked with a guy who did a spinal fellowship there a few years ago.
Jason Cole.
You know him? Of course I know him.
Everybody did.
The guy was a star.
So why'd he leave? Nobody ever got the full story.
Hmm.
Well, there must have been rumors.
[Chuckles.]
Sure, it was something about his research.
Apparently he was channeling grant money into an unauthorized project of some kind.
Why the hell are we talking about Jason Cole when we got all these women in here tonight, huh? [Laughs.]
I'm just me I'm just me Naughty girl.
I'm just me Dr.
Young, Jason told me you were getting approval for the shortwave laser.
The board debated it for an hour and said no.
Did you tell 'em that we could save the patient's vision if they would just give us the opportunity? You know, there are stories like this on every floor of this hospital.
Cards wants to try out some new kind of valve on a young dad.
Oncology has an Olympic runner who's in need of an experimental stem-cell transplant.
This all costs money-- money we don't have.
I'm sorry.
The answer's no For your patient, for all of them.
What do you mean it's complicated? The approval and the funding-- these things take time.
So it's just money.
My daughter's going to lose her sight because you can't get money for her surgery? No, Mr.
Taylor, no one is giving up on your daughter's vision.
And as soon as she is stable and responding to command-- "Responding to commands"? This morning she was doing algebra.
Listen, I know how scary this is.
Is there somebody you would like me to call? I'm doing this alone.
Ruby's all I got.
She's a tough girl.
She's gonna make a full recovery from the anaphylaxis, and I promise you Dr.
Cole will do everything in his power to remove that cyst and save her vision.
Dr.
Cole hasn't even stepped foot in here since the surgery.
I'll make sure he comes by first thing.
Hey, Blanca, can you do me a favor and check on Mr.
Taylor tonight? I think he's having a tough time.
You got it, Dr.
Solis.
You the neuro on call this evening? - [Sighs.]
Yep.
Lucky me.
- Hmm.
[Elevator bell dings.]
Good night, Dr.
Solis.
- Last one out of here.
- Good night.
[Elevator bell dings.]
[Knock on door.]
Hello? [Knock on door.]
Who is it? [Knock on door.]
What the hell are you doing here? You have something I want.
What's with you? I'm really gonna need the keys, Lena.
It's like you have some kind of insanity switch that just flips whenever I'm around.
I'm really sorry that you see me that way.
Now, where is my car? Is it drugs drinking, gambling? What is it? You owe me an explanation at the very least.
Is that what you want? Yeah.
An explanation? I don't think so.
I think that you stole my car And you took my keys so that I would come up here - and find you all by yourself - That's ridiculous.
Late at night, - when no one is watching.
- That's ridiculous.
What is wrong with you? If that's what you wanted, all you had to do was ask.
You're sick.
Am I? Maybe you're sick.
- Get off me.
- Where's my car, Lena? [Knock on door.]
Back off! Dr.
Solis, we need you on the floor.
It's Ruby.
Her father's trying to take her to another hospital.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Dad, stop, please.
We're done, baby.
We're out of here.
- What's going on? - What's going on? The nurses are coming in here every two hours, - sticking her with needles.
- Okay.
We need to monitor her blood loss and electrolytes - for two more days.
- Days? Every hour she stays in here, she seems to get worse.
I'm taking her to university, Drexel, someplace where they actually help people.
Ruby came in here a happy, smiling kid.
Now look at her.
I can't just stand by while you all-- [glass shatters.]
Well, boo-hoo.
Didn't work out as planned.
Well, guess what.
Plans go south.
What, do you think she wants to be here late at night? You think I want to be here right now? None of us want to be here right now, and yet, here we are.
So here's what you should do.
You should take this vase, and you should smash it against that counter.
You'll feel better.
Trust me.
Huh? Whatever you have to do, whatever it costs, just fix her.
Now, how could you possibly know that would work? Well, it works for me.
Now, where are my keys? Roof of the parking structure.
[Number pad beeping.]
[Device beeps.]
What the hell are you doing here? That's funny.
That's exactly the same question I have for you.
I'm working.
Oh Well, I've taken a sudden interest in your research.
How exciting for me.
Maybe you could sort of run down a list of the things you've been working on? Come to lab conference on Wednesday.
You'll get an update on everything I do here.
Well, I'm interested in the projects you don't mention at lab conference.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I think you do.
You always work here in the middle of the night? [Sighs.]
Good night, Dr.
Marcado.
I'll see you around.
[Door opens.]
This little arrangement was maybe gonna work out well for us.
But now I don't think so.
What, you're the only one with plans, huh? You don't think I want a life? See, I was gonna fix this.
But then you had to go and involve yourself in my business.
So, fine, Jason.
That's the way you want it, tomorrow you're gonna wake up in front of a warehouse with a bag full of money and guys inside ready to kill you.
Think you can handle this better than I can? All right, now's your shot, tough guy.
Prove it.
[Exhaling sharply.]
It's all there.
You don't even have to count it.
Looks good.
Okay, well, pleasure doing business with you fellas.
- Whoa.
Whoa.
- Oh, come on, man.
Come on.
We're not finished here.
You got your money.
What do you want? Did you think that I was just gonna forget about the fact that you tried to screw me out of $200,000? This business is based on dependability, Ian, on trust.
Sorry to say, you've lost mine.
So the church here is gonna shoot you in the head.
I hope you understand.
Please.
Please.
You know, Ian, this is the first time I've seen you scared.
It's, uh-- it's not fear, actually.
It's--what is it? It's mild disappointment.
Yeah, yeah, I can't believe how stupid you're being right now.
Come on, you're not gonna kill me.
- I'm not? - No, you're not.
I'm much more valuable to you alive than I am dead.
I just opened a whole new market for you-- hospital workers.
They're well paid, forced to work long hours.
They are the perfect customer for the wonder drug that is cocaine.
Thank you for the tip.
Well, see, here's the thing.
They'll only go through me.
I've already earned their trust.
I won't rat them out.
You-- Come on, look at you.
Hospital security would throw your ass to the curb before you even open your mouth.
So here's what I think is gonna happen.
I don't think you're gonna kill me.
I think you're gonna front me two more kilos of cocaine, so I can make us some money.
- Yeah, right.
- Yeah.
Right.
I do all the work, and I take all the risk, yet you get paid.
What is there to think about? Come back tomorrow Noon.
Oh, I don't have a ride, so I'm taking your car.
[Exhales sharply.]
- Show me how - To understand understand, what makes a good man? - can you tell me now - Tell me now - and walk the line - Walk the line and understand understand, what makes a good man? - tell me now - Tell me now - and show me how - Show me how to understand understand, what makes a good man? Okay, Ruby Tuesday Taylor, part two.
Here we go.
Hey, kiddo, how you doing? - Okay.
- Good.
Well, you sleep tight, all right? - I'll see you when you wake up.
- Okay.
But Will I see you? Of course you will.
I promise.
Okay, Ruby, I need you to count backwards for me.
Ten Nine, eight, seven How did you get the board to reconsider the laser? I didn't.
Someone sold a certain Italian sports car, made a donation with the proceeds.
No.
Amazing what money can do, isn't it? The scolex of the worm has these tiny hooks embedded in the optic chiasm.
This low wavelength should knock the little sucker off without damaging any of the surrounding structures.
Let's, uh--let's increase the amplification slightly.
A little more irrigation.
Good.
Okay, suction And forceps.
Got ya.
All this for one little parasite? Well, a parasite can do a lot of damage.
Evoked potentials look good.
Scolex out.
Vision is intact.
That's very nice work, everybody.
Let's irrigate, close her up.
I'm so glad you came in for a second opinion.
There can be so many therapeutic options.
- It can be overwhelming.
- Oh, completely.
Well, let's sit down, and I'll take you through everything.
Great.
That is not mine.
- I will, right away, doctor.
- Thank you.
Abby? What are you doing here? [Scoffs.]
I'm sorry, mom.
Rehab is just not for me.
[Scoffs, sniffs.]
What is your favorite flavor ice cream? - Mint chip.
- Mint chip.
We happen to have mint chip.
What, you didn't know about the post-surgery ice-cream-eating protocol? - No.
- Oh, it's very advanced.
It's very cutting-edge stuff.
It says you have to eat ice cream every day - for a week after surgery.
- Really? Oh, yeah.
I'm not messing around.
And don't fight me on this either, okay? Or your dad.
It's very important for your recovery.
- Hey, Ms.
Ruby.
- Hi, Dr.
Solis.
You did great in there.
The worm is gone.
And I like your dress, which means I can see.
- Get it? - I do.
Thank you.
I get to eat the ice cream protocol.
- The what? - The ice cream protocol.
That's right.
What's your flavor again? - Mint chip.
- Mint chip.
I'm on it.
- I'll get it to you soon, okay? - Okay.
I'll see you later, Ruby.
- Um - No, let's--let's not.
Let's just say that she's very lucky to have you as her surgeon and leave it at that, okay? I am proud of you.
[Scoffs.]
Really? For what-- almost getting myself killed? No, for-- You found the Ian in you.
You're in charge.
You're dominant.
That's important, Jason.
Okay, what's the problem? No, nothing.
I'm just I don't know.
It's too easy, you know To think like him, be like him, put myself in his shoes.
What does that say about me? You're making progress.
That's what it says to me.
Hey, I never thanked you for getting rid of the Ferrari so fast.
No worries.
Turns out Philadelphia's full of men in the throes of a midlife crisis.
[Laughs.]
Hey, what ever happened to that dog? The dog? I'm confused.
Yeah, the dog.
Did you find the owner? Dr.
Cole, I gave him to you Last night, remember? Oh, yeah.
Right.
Sorry.
It's been a crazy couple of days.
[Mumbling.]
I love you.