1 00:00:12,653 --> 00:00:15,521 - How is Jacob today? - Same as yesterday. 2 00:01:42,543 --> 00:01:44,343 Ava. 3 00:02:54,482 --> 00:02:56,048 How is Jacob today? 4 00:02:56,050 --> 00:02:57,911 That's why I've been looking for you. 5 00:03:09,827 --> 00:03:13,787 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 6 00:03:16,938 --> 00:03:20,573 Well, if it isn't my daily lifesaver. 7 00:03:20,575 --> 00:03:22,741 Ah... oh, don't forget that tomorrow 8 00:03:22,743 --> 00:03:24,431 the daycare is closed until 10:00. 9 00:03:24,433 --> 00:03:25,455 It is? 10 00:03:25,457 --> 00:03:28,316 Uh, how am I... What am I gonna do? 11 00:03:28,317 --> 00:03:29,483 Doesn't Luna have a babysitter? 12 00:03:29,485 --> 00:03:31,819 Uh, you're looking at him. 13 00:03:31,821 --> 00:03:33,587 Friends? 14 00:03:33,589 --> 00:03:34,922 Yeah, you're looking at him. 15 00:03:34,924 --> 00:03:36,857 Sorry, Dr. Goodwin, but tomorrow's 16 00:03:36,859 --> 00:03:38,826 the "Breastfeeding Class for New Moms." 17 00:03:38,828 --> 00:03:40,661 Right... whose idea was that? 18 00:03:40,663 --> 00:03:42,596 - Yours. - Yeah, it was mine. 19 00:03:42,598 --> 00:03:44,632 I knew that. Bye. 20 00:03:52,942 --> 00:03:56,877 - Hello? - Um, hi, this is, uh, 21 00:03:56,879 --> 00:03:58,361 Max Goodwin, not sure if you remember me. 22 00:03:58,363 --> 00:04:00,948 We met in the waiting room at New Amsterdam. 23 00:04:00,950 --> 00:04:03,117 Mm. No, it doesn't ring a bell. 24 00:04:03,119 --> 00:04:06,887 Oh, uh, okay. Sorry, nevermind. 25 00:04:06,889 --> 00:04:08,889 I'm kidding, I'm kidding! 26 00:04:08,891 --> 00:04:10,791 How could I forget the doctor who snuck me in 27 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:11,959 to my kid's surgery? 28 00:04:11,961 --> 00:04:14,128 Yeah. Yeah, right. 29 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:15,629 Um... 30 00:04:15,631 --> 00:04:17,832 So, the reason I'm calling is that 31 00:04:17,834 --> 00:04:21,001 it appears Luna has an opening in her very busy schedule 32 00:04:21,003 --> 00:04:23,471 tomorrow morning and was wondering 33 00:04:23,473 --> 00:04:27,143 if Bobbi would like to play some competitive racquetball. 34 00:04:27,145 --> 00:04:29,810 Oh, wow. Yeah, Bobbi would love that. 35 00:04:29,812 --> 00:04:31,579 She's been working on her backhand. 36 00:04:31,581 --> 00:04:32,662 Good, okay, great. 37 00:04:32,664 --> 00:04:35,015 'Cause Luna has been practicing her topspin, so... 38 00:04:35,017 --> 00:04:37,718 Actually, we have this routine. 39 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:38,958 We've been spending our mornings 40 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,422 in Madison Square Park across from the dog run. 41 00:04:41,424 --> 00:04:43,090 Around 8:00 a.m.? 42 00:04:43,092 --> 00:04:46,393 Uh, yeah... no, 8:00 a.m. is, uh, perfect. 43 00:04:46,395 --> 00:04:49,430 I will see you there... We will see you there. 44 00:04:49,432 --> 00:04:51,233 Okay. 45 00:04:53,906 --> 00:04:54,917 Yeah. 46 00:04:54,919 --> 00:04:57,037 It's not as though I haven't tried to tell him. 47 00:04:57,039 --> 00:04:58,318 It's not that hard. 48 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,841 You just say, "Max, Amy and I are moving to San Francisco." 49 00:05:00,843 --> 00:05:02,510 Boom. Done. 50 00:05:02,512 --> 00:05:04,111 Unless you were dragging your size 12's for a reason. 51 00:05:04,113 --> 00:05:05,746 Woman... 52 00:05:05,748 --> 00:05:07,615 you are way off base. 53 00:05:07,617 --> 00:05:08,982 - Am I? - Yeah. 54 00:05:08,984 --> 00:05:11,785 Maybe you just prefer subway rats and dirty slush 55 00:05:11,787 --> 00:05:14,555 over wine country and winters that feel like spring. 56 00:05:14,557 --> 00:05:16,133 - Ah. - Thank you. 57 00:05:16,692 --> 00:05:18,266 Oh, here we go. 58 00:05:18,268 --> 00:05:20,861 About to show you how bad I wanna go right here, right now. 59 00:05:20,863 --> 00:05:22,029 All right, show me what you got. 60 00:05:22,031 --> 00:05:23,197 All right, look. Yo, Max. 61 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:24,515 Can I talk to you for a second? 62 00:05:24,517 --> 00:05:25,892 Yeah, actually, you're just the man I wanted to see. 63 00:05:25,894 --> 00:05:27,427 Uh, can you cover for me tomorrow 64 00:05:27,429 --> 00:05:29,004 at the, uh, "Pharmacy Formulary Meeting"? 65 00:05:29,006 --> 00:05:30,231 Look before we get into all that... 66 00:05:30,233 --> 00:05:31,338 I know it's boring, 67 00:05:31,340 --> 00:05:33,707 but I've been struggling with this whole 68 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:36,477 single parenting thing, and, um, I have an opportunity 69 00:05:36,479 --> 00:05:38,746 to give Luna a playdate with this other little girl, 70 00:05:38,748 --> 00:05:40,781 and I just feel like I need some time to, you know, 71 00:05:40,783 --> 00:05:42,263 be a dad 72 00:05:42,265 --> 00:05:45,120 and try to give her everything Georgia would've wanted. 73 00:05:46,589 --> 00:05:48,889 - Max, I... - He'll cover for you. 74 00:05:48,891 --> 00:05:51,058 - He will cover for you. - Really? 75 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:52,927 You kidding? Go be a dad. 76 00:05:52,929 --> 00:05:54,332 Yeah? Thank you. 77 00:05:54,334 --> 00:05:55,617 - Mm-hmm. - Amazing. I owe you, buddy. 78 00:05:55,619 --> 00:05:57,299 Big time. Thank you. 79 00:05:58,935 --> 00:06:02,736 Yeah, okay, that was harder than it looked. 80 00:06:02,738 --> 00:06:03,904 You're weak. 81 00:06:06,776 --> 00:06:08,351 Morning. 82 00:06:08,978 --> 00:06:10,744 Yikes. Hey. 83 00:06:10,746 --> 00:06:12,746 Sounds like Ashley's trying to break her own record, huh? 84 00:06:12,748 --> 00:06:15,015 Nonstop screaming for three days takes dedication. 85 00:06:15,017 --> 00:06:16,033 Right. 86 00:06:16,035 --> 00:06:18,519 I think she's determined to make a point. 87 00:06:18,521 --> 00:06:20,654 A thank you from Nelson's family. 88 00:06:20,656 --> 00:06:22,189 - Isn't that so nice? - Aw, yeah. 89 00:06:22,191 --> 00:06:26,594 That is lovely. And out you go. 90 00:06:26,596 --> 00:06:28,629 Okay. 91 00:06:29,165 --> 00:06:30,864 If you'd read the card, you'd know they were for 92 00:06:30,866 --> 00:06:32,499 the whole department. 93 00:06:32,501 --> 00:06:34,101 I'm only making healthy choices now. 94 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:37,771 For Martin, for my kids. Healthy choices, Gladys. 95 00:06:37,773 --> 00:06:38,939 Healthy choices! 96 00:06:40,643 --> 00:06:42,643 Okay, do you know what? Just stop. 97 00:06:42,645 --> 00:06:45,404 Rodney, look at me. This is an emergency room. 98 00:06:45,406 --> 00:06:47,516 Every time you guys update the system this happens, 99 00:06:47,518 --> 00:06:49,216 and it's unacceptable. 100 00:06:49,218 --> 00:06:51,285 I need to be able to update patient files. 101 00:06:51,287 --> 00:06:52,953 I need to be able to check lab results. 102 00:06:52,955 --> 00:06:55,222 I need computers that recognize the letter "H". 103 00:06:55,224 --> 00:06:57,024 I fixed the "H" thing. 104 00:06:57,026 --> 00:06:58,892 - Rodney. - Just give me another minute. 105 00:06:58,894 --> 00:07:00,961 I put Louise Galena in Bay 28. 106 00:07:00,963 --> 00:07:03,631 She definitely has cellulitis and a severe fungal infection. 107 00:07:03,633 --> 00:07:05,132 Okay, we're gonna need a Hematology consult. 108 00:07:05,134 --> 00:07:06,399 Let's page Sharpe. 109 00:07:06,401 --> 00:07:08,535 Oh, uh, I wouldn't. It's all connected. 110 00:07:08,537 --> 00:07:09,603 Just to be safe. 111 00:07:09,605 --> 00:07:11,305 Go and find Sharpe in person 112 00:07:11,307 --> 00:07:13,807 and drag her down here yourself, and you... yeah. 113 00:07:13,809 --> 00:07:15,042 Almost got it! 114 00:07:15,978 --> 00:07:17,211 Thank you. 115 00:07:17,213 --> 00:07:18,879 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 116 00:07:18,881 --> 00:07:20,013 It's very exciting. 117 00:07:20,015 --> 00:07:22,456 It is a Phase Two trial of a vascular endothelial 118 00:07:22,457 --> 00:07:24,054 growth factor receptor antagonist. 119 00:07:24,056 --> 00:07:25,558 How many patients do you anticipate enrolling? 120 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:26,892 Funding covers up to 40. 121 00:07:26,894 --> 00:07:29,061 And are there any demographic parameters? 122 00:07:29,063 --> 00:07:31,664 Yes, I am looking for men and women age 40 to 65 123 00:07:31,666 --> 00:07:33,069 with naive tumors. 124 00:07:33,071 --> 00:07:35,522 Do any of you have patients fitting that criteria? 125 00:07:35,970 --> 00:07:37,470 Fabulous. Forward me their files, 126 00:07:37,472 --> 00:07:39,638 and we will get started on this bad boy. 127 00:07:40,642 --> 00:07:42,528 Okay, now we have a lot to cover 128 00:07:42,530 --> 00:07:46,579 so let's start on page one. Using objective market and... 129 00:07:48,649 --> 00:07:50,386 Louise, hi. I'm Dr. Sharpe. 130 00:07:50,388 --> 00:07:52,651 - Hi. - May I take a look at your arm? 131 00:07:52,653 --> 00:07:54,587 - Mm-hmm. - Now that's pretty. 132 00:07:54,589 --> 00:07:56,822 - Is it a daisy? - Daylily. 133 00:07:56,824 --> 00:07:58,390 I like to grow them. 134 00:07:59,827 --> 00:08:01,694 There's fabric around the infection sites. 135 00:08:01,696 --> 00:08:03,596 Do you know what it is? 136 00:08:03,598 --> 00:08:05,698 Pantyhose. 137 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:08,367 Sometimes I try to hide my extra skin 138 00:08:08,369 --> 00:08:10,936 by wrapping them up. 139 00:08:10,938 --> 00:08:15,007 When I wear the right blouse, people don't stare so much. 140 00:08:15,009 --> 00:08:17,009 They make compression sleeves for that 141 00:08:17,011 --> 00:08:20,045 - that won't abrade your skin. - I can't afford those. 142 00:08:20,047 --> 00:08:23,015 I tried to leave it looser this time. 143 00:08:23,017 --> 00:08:25,851 - So this has happened before? - Yeah. 144 00:08:26,787 --> 00:08:29,121 Okay, we're going to get you started on some anti-fungals. 145 00:08:29,123 --> 00:08:30,923 Have you feeling better straight away. 146 00:08:30,925 --> 00:08:33,692 Know what would actually make me feel better? 147 00:08:33,694 --> 00:08:37,963 Taking my garden shears and slicing these things clean off. 148 00:08:42,637 --> 00:08:45,175 We're gonna do everything that we can. 149 00:08:47,594 --> 00:08:48,641 Lauren. 150 00:08:48,643 --> 00:08:50,576 Louise Galena just mentioned self-harm. 151 00:08:52,108 --> 00:08:53,259 Minister Reid. 152 00:08:53,261 --> 00:08:55,714 Brand new T-shirts, I see? Very bright. 153 00:08:55,716 --> 00:08:57,483 Helps if people know why we're here, Max. 154 00:08:57,485 --> 00:08:59,084 Yeah, didn't realize it was our turn again so soon. 155 00:08:59,086 --> 00:09:01,086 You can always check our website to see our route. 156 00:09:01,088 --> 00:09:02,922 - Good to know. - What do you say? 157 00:09:02,924 --> 00:09:04,924 Have a little interfaith prayer with us today? 158 00:09:04,926 --> 00:09:06,725 - We could use your help. - I think I'll, uh, 159 00:09:06,727 --> 00:09:08,561 stick to helping people the old fashioned way. 160 00:09:08,563 --> 00:09:10,162 I think prayer's been around longer than medicine, 161 00:09:10,164 --> 00:09:11,534 my friend. 162 00:09:12,133 --> 00:09:13,766 - Dr. Goodwin. - Yeah? 163 00:09:13,768 --> 00:09:15,467 You want me to clear these folks out of here? 164 00:09:15,469 --> 00:09:17,069 Aw, no, it's fine, Joe. They're not hurting anybody. 165 00:09:17,071 --> 00:09:19,805 You got that right. I heard after they showed up, 166 00:09:19,807 --> 00:09:22,641 some guy who was in a coma 14 years woke up. 167 00:09:25,479 --> 00:09:28,013 I knew this day would come. 168 00:09:28,015 --> 00:09:30,950 After all these years, his eyes are finally open. 169 00:09:30,952 --> 00:09:33,052 And he's looking at me! 170 00:09:34,855 --> 00:09:37,923 He's squeezing my hand. I can feel him! 171 00:09:37,925 --> 00:09:40,593 Those are reflexive actions of his brainstem. 172 00:09:40,595 --> 00:09:43,596 I have been coming here for 14 years, 173 00:09:43,598 --> 00:09:45,197 sitting by his side, 174 00:09:45,199 --> 00:09:47,766 waiting for him to look at me. 175 00:09:48,446 --> 00:09:49,468 And he is. 176 00:09:55,009 --> 00:09:57,977 People have been known to wake up from comas, yes, 177 00:09:58,540 --> 00:10:00,145 but that's not Jacob. 178 00:10:00,147 --> 00:10:03,420 He remains in a persistent vegetative state. 179 00:10:04,118 --> 00:10:07,219 - He's not in there, Annie. - How can you say that? 180 00:10:07,221 --> 00:10:09,788 I mean, how can you know? 181 00:10:09,790 --> 00:10:11,428 Truly? 182 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:14,994 This is the miracle I've been waiting for. 183 00:10:15,535 --> 00:10:17,234 My husband's back. 184 00:10:19,367 --> 00:10:22,439 And now you have to make him whole again. 185 00:10:25,871 --> 00:10:27,738 Oh, keep the change. Thank you. 186 00:10:29,041 --> 00:10:30,040 Hello. 187 00:10:30,042 --> 00:10:32,690 So I see your prayer buddies have returned. 188 00:10:32,715 --> 00:10:34,849 It does feel like they're here more often, doesn't it? 189 00:10:34,851 --> 00:10:36,410 Why? What's that smile? 190 00:10:36,412 --> 00:10:37,448 - What this thing? - Yeah. 191 00:10:37,450 --> 00:10:39,644 - It's nothing. - They irk you, and I find it funny. 192 00:10:39,645 --> 00:10:41,638 No, I think it's great they wanna help the sick, 193 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,623 I just don't know how they're gonna do that from the lobby. 194 00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:46,149 Although, I gotta say, right after they showed up 195 00:10:46,151 --> 00:10:47,483 my patient Ashley 196 00:10:47,485 --> 00:10:49,352 who's been screaming at the top of her lungs for three days 197 00:10:49,354 --> 00:10:51,153 - miraculously stopped. - You don't seriously think 198 00:10:51,155 --> 00:10:53,322 - it's from the praying, do you? - I don't ask questions. 199 00:10:53,324 --> 00:10:55,191 I just enjoy the silence. 200 00:10:55,193 --> 00:10:57,727 Which has allowed me, actually, to jot down a bunch of ideas 201 00:10:57,729 --> 00:10:59,935 for our Pharmacy Formulary meeting tomorrow. 202 00:10:59,937 --> 00:11:01,928 Spoiler alert: they're some winners. 203 00:11:01,930 --> 00:11:03,199 Well, you'll be sharing them with Reynolds 204 00:11:03,201 --> 00:11:06,135 because I have a, um, playdate. 205 00:11:06,137 --> 00:11:07,403 You have a playdate? 206 00:11:07,405 --> 00:11:09,238 Luna and her new friend have a playdate. 207 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,540 Her mother and I will just be there for supervision. 208 00:11:11,542 --> 00:11:13,342 You know, make sure nobody falls off a... 209 00:11:13,344 --> 00:11:15,759 Yes, Max Goodwin, I fully support this next step for you. 210 00:11:15,761 --> 00:11:16,986 - This is good. - Not a step, not a step. 211 00:11:16,988 --> 00:11:19,307 Not stepping, just a playdate. 212 00:11:19,332 --> 00:11:20,818 Yeah, but it's got the word "date" baked right into it. 213 00:11:20,820 --> 00:11:22,486 I know, but play is the first word, 214 00:11:22,488 --> 00:11:23,758 - so I don't think it's a date. - Semantics. 215 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,220 - I don't think it's a date. - It's a date, it's a date. 216 00:11:25,222 --> 00:11:26,885 - I think it's just playing. - Boy, you do not stay 217 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:29,198 - in one place for long, do you? - Could've just paged me. 218 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,862 It's not really an option. We just admitted a 13-year-old 219 00:11:31,864 --> 00:11:33,631 who's presenting with symptoms of a heart attack. 220 00:11:33,633 --> 00:11:35,700 He checks all the CDC boxes, and you wanted to know if... 221 00:11:35,702 --> 00:11:37,168 When New Amsterdam got our first case. 222 00:11:37,170 --> 00:11:38,569 Yeah, and Reynolds is with him right now. 223 00:11:38,571 --> 00:11:40,205 Okay, thanks. 224 00:11:40,207 --> 00:11:42,740 Jackson has extensive damage to both of his lungs. 225 00:11:42,742 --> 00:11:44,194 I'm going to have to perform 226 00:11:44,196 --> 00:11:45,843 what is called a "Bronchial-Alveolar Lavage" 227 00:11:45,845 --> 00:11:47,545 to determine the extent of his injuries. 228 00:11:47,547 --> 00:11:49,513 So it's not a heart attack? 229 00:11:50,416 --> 00:11:52,516 No, CDC is calling it "EVALI." 230 00:11:52,518 --> 00:11:53,826 I've never heard of that. 231 00:11:53,828 --> 00:11:55,586 That's because the disease is only a few months old. 232 00:11:55,588 --> 00:11:58,660 It stands for E-cigarette or Vaping Lung Injury. 233 00:11:58,925 --> 00:12:00,758 Vaping? 234 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,861 He's an honor student. He's in all AP courses. 235 00:12:03,863 --> 00:12:06,063 - Have you seen him smoking? - No, never. 236 00:12:06,065 --> 00:12:08,866 Well, kids have become really good at hiding these things 237 00:12:08,868 --> 00:12:12,837 sometimes in, uh, plain sight. It's an epidemic. 238 00:12:12,839 --> 00:12:14,638 Jack? 239 00:12:16,548 --> 00:12:18,181 Will he be all right? 240 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:22,847 This is an unknown world, Mrs. Lowe. 241 00:12:23,616 --> 00:12:26,117 Even now, your son is one of only hundreds of cases. 242 00:12:26,119 --> 00:12:29,420 But we are gonna do everything that we can. 243 00:12:32,458 --> 00:12:36,380 Um, hi, Alice, this message is for Bobbi, actually. 244 00:12:36,382 --> 00:12:37,462 Unfortunately, 245 00:12:37,464 --> 00:12:39,597 Luna had something very important come up, 246 00:12:39,599 --> 00:12:43,496 and she can no longer make it to the playdate tomorrow, so... 247 00:12:43,498 --> 00:12:46,604 Uh, sorry for the short notice, I'm just... um, sorry. 248 00:12:46,606 --> 00:12:49,707 Looks like you could use some positive vibes aimed your way. 249 00:12:51,210 --> 00:12:52,943 I have no problem with you guys being here, 250 00:12:52,945 --> 00:12:54,645 but I also have a 13-year-old patient 251 00:12:54,647 --> 00:12:56,147 with a disease that has no known cure. 252 00:12:56,149 --> 00:12:57,882 So if you and your group really wanted to help out, 253 00:12:57,884 --> 00:12:59,617 you could try donating blood or volunteering. 254 00:12:59,619 --> 00:13:01,218 Max, these people are donating. 255 00:13:01,220 --> 00:13:02,753 You know what I mean. 256 00:13:02,755 --> 00:13:05,089 But I don't think you know what I mean, hmm? 257 00:13:05,091 --> 00:13:09,093 I love science, medicine. I believe in them, 258 00:13:09,095 --> 00:13:13,164 but they can't explain what I appreciate most in this world. 259 00:13:13,166 --> 00:13:16,567 Love, music, heroism. 260 00:13:16,569 --> 00:13:21,772 So we throw our anchor past the senses into a deeper truth. 261 00:13:21,774 --> 00:13:23,140 The intangible. 262 00:13:24,277 --> 00:13:25,776 Yeah, well, I guess when lives are at stake, 263 00:13:25,778 --> 00:13:27,511 I'm just more interested in the tangible. 264 00:13:27,513 --> 00:13:30,481 - Hey, Dr. G, did you hear? - Hear what? 265 00:13:30,483 --> 00:13:32,116 They just told me I was in remission. 266 00:13:32,118 --> 00:13:34,752 What are the odds, huh? 267 00:13:37,256 --> 00:13:40,257 - Big Mike, that's amazing. - Give me some. 268 00:13:42,261 --> 00:13:45,696 - You mind if I sit in? - No, man, please. 269 00:13:46,999 --> 00:13:48,866 This is ridiculous. 270 00:13:48,868 --> 00:13:50,134 Unbelievable. 271 00:13:59,779 --> 00:14:01,545 Okay, okay, listen up. 272 00:14:01,547 --> 00:14:03,214 I mean, we have already cut screens 273 00:14:03,216 --> 00:14:04,682 from patient interactions. 274 00:14:04,684 --> 00:14:06,117 We don't need computers. 275 00:14:06,119 --> 00:14:09,153 All we need is our wits 276 00:14:09,155 --> 00:14:12,549 and some paper. 277 00:14:12,551 --> 00:14:14,058 All right, come on. 278 00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:15,838 Let's do this. 279 00:14:16,090 --> 00:14:18,295 Since I can't email prescriptions to the pharmacy, 280 00:14:18,297 --> 00:14:20,297 how are discharged patients gonna get their meds? 281 00:14:20,299 --> 00:14:23,834 You'll write them down. Maybe here on this pad. 282 00:14:23,836 --> 00:14:25,669 And what shall we call this amazing invention? 283 00:14:25,671 --> 00:14:27,567 This pad on which we write prescriptions? 284 00:14:29,809 --> 00:14:31,742 Um, he's got abdominal pain. 285 00:14:31,744 --> 00:14:33,244 And? 286 00:14:33,246 --> 00:14:35,212 Usually the computer tells me what comes next 287 00:14:35,214 --> 00:14:37,047 after I type in the symptom. 288 00:14:37,049 --> 00:14:39,683 Are you seriously telling me that one of my residents 289 00:14:39,685 --> 00:14:41,628 doesn't know what to do about a tummy ache? 290 00:14:47,860 --> 00:14:49,226 Okay, this is ridiculous. 291 00:14:49,228 --> 00:14:50,861 How is there not a single working pen 292 00:14:50,863 --> 00:14:53,097 - in this entire building? - Here, try this one. 293 00:14:53,099 --> 00:14:54,865 Incoming! 294 00:14:54,867 --> 00:14:56,066 All right, now we're in business. 295 00:14:56,068 --> 00:14:57,868 Watch and learn. 296 00:14:57,870 --> 00:14:59,036 All right, fellas, what do we got? 297 00:14:59,038 --> 00:15:00,398 53-year-old male 298 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,173 complaining of crushing substernal chest pain. 299 00:15:02,175 --> 00:15:03,941 Okay, what's your name, sir? 300 00:15:03,943 --> 00:15:08,712 Ikaika Namakaokealohahaunele. 301 00:15:09,949 --> 00:15:13,050 With an "A" or an "E"? 302 00:15:13,052 --> 00:15:16,053 Ever since I was a kid, I was big. 303 00:15:16,055 --> 00:15:21,225 By the time I was 20, I was about 375 pounds. 304 00:15:21,227 --> 00:15:23,227 I could barely walk. 305 00:15:23,229 --> 00:15:25,596 That must've been frustrating. 306 00:15:25,598 --> 00:15:28,732 People'd say I wasn't trying hard enough to lose the weight. 307 00:15:28,734 --> 00:15:30,901 That it was my fault I was so fat. 308 00:15:30,903 --> 00:15:32,603 That's... 309 00:15:32,605 --> 00:15:34,738 Obesity is not a willpower issue. 310 00:15:34,740 --> 00:15:36,140 - It's not. - Mm-hmm. 311 00:15:36,142 --> 00:15:40,744 I've, um, you know... I've been there. 312 00:15:40,746 --> 00:15:41,946 So you know. 313 00:15:43,049 --> 00:15:47,718 Then one of my doctors told me obesity was a disease. 314 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,620 - Yeah. - And like any other disease, 315 00:15:49,622 --> 00:15:51,388 - it could be treated. - Yeah, that's correct. 316 00:15:51,390 --> 00:15:53,891 Well, I was ready to try damn near anything. 317 00:15:53,893 --> 00:15:56,927 So I started taking this medication, 318 00:15:56,929 --> 00:16:00,231 and I started losing weight, and I felt healthier. 319 00:16:00,233 --> 00:16:06,637 I really did, but they never told me about these skin flaps. 320 00:16:06,639 --> 00:16:08,239 Wasn't like I loved my body before, 321 00:16:08,241 --> 00:16:10,107 but at least it was my body. 322 00:16:10,109 --> 00:16:14,311 This makes me feel like I'm wearing an extra coat. 323 00:16:15,448 --> 00:16:18,849 People stare at me more now than they did when I was fat. 324 00:16:22,788 --> 00:16:25,356 Louise, do you ever think about hurting yourself? 325 00:16:29,695 --> 00:16:31,662 Hey, there are... There are surgeries. 326 00:16:31,664 --> 00:16:34,197 You know that right? Where they remove the excess skin... 327 00:16:34,199 --> 00:16:37,334 It's all I think about, but it costs a fortune, 328 00:16:37,336 --> 00:16:42,306 and my insurance won't pay for it, so this is my life now. 329 00:16:42,308 --> 00:16:44,808 No, no, that is not the case. I'm not giving up on you. 330 00:16:44,810 --> 00:16:48,012 Okay? Don't you either. 331 00:16:51,317 --> 00:16:53,317 - Helen, hey. - Hi. 332 00:16:53,319 --> 00:16:54,818 Did any of your patients 333 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:56,320 get into Dr. Castro's Stage Two trial? 334 00:16:56,322 --> 00:16:57,988 - Only one. - Hm. 335 00:16:57,990 --> 00:17:00,291 Not a single one of my eligible patients got in. 336 00:17:00,293 --> 00:17:02,726 - None? - None of Dr. Shoji's either. 337 00:17:02,728 --> 00:17:04,795 Now if Dr. Castro's gotten government funding 338 00:17:04,797 --> 00:17:07,464 for 40 patients, where are they coming from? 339 00:17:13,706 --> 00:17:16,740 I flew all the way from Chicago for this? 340 00:17:16,742 --> 00:17:18,342 - Sam, come on. - Sorry, it's just... 341 00:17:18,344 --> 00:17:21,412 Your father's still in there trying to talk to us. 342 00:17:21,414 --> 00:17:24,277 - Trying to communicate with us. - But he's not. 343 00:17:25,184 --> 00:17:27,518 I mean, why can't you see that? He's gone. 344 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:32,189 Mom, we know how badly you want Dad to still be here. 345 00:17:32,191 --> 00:17:37,261 We miss him too, but these are just involuntary movements. 346 00:17:37,665 --> 00:17:38,862 I mean, at this point 347 00:17:38,864 --> 00:17:40,030 we're all doing involuntary movements. 348 00:17:40,032 --> 00:17:41,198 You haven't been here. 349 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,867 Neither of you have been here enough 350 00:17:43,869 --> 00:17:45,798 to see that these are different. 351 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,346 Are these different? 352 00:17:51,115 --> 00:17:52,281 No. 353 00:17:53,389 --> 00:17:57,214 Does our father show any signs of... what is it? 354 00:17:57,216 --> 00:17:58,978 Higher brain function? 355 00:17:59,854 --> 00:18:01,272 No. 356 00:18:01,754 --> 00:18:03,354 And you told us 14 years ago 357 00:18:03,356 --> 00:18:05,055 that it takes more than a beating heart 358 00:18:05,057 --> 00:18:09,026 to declare someone alive, so is my father alive? 359 00:18:09,028 --> 00:18:11,528 He has no cerebral cortical function, 360 00:18:11,530 --> 00:18:13,964 so I would have to say no. 361 00:18:15,401 --> 00:18:17,368 You listen to him, Mom? Please? 362 00:18:17,370 --> 00:18:21,038 He told us this 14 years ago. He just said it again. 363 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:22,406 How much longer do we have to be stuck 364 00:18:22,408 --> 00:18:25,242 at this never-ending wake? 365 00:18:28,481 --> 00:18:30,510 Sam's right, Mom. 366 00:18:31,969 --> 00:18:33,917 It looked so real. 367 00:18:35,287 --> 00:18:39,256 We all want it to be real; it just isn't. 368 00:18:42,813 --> 00:18:48,432 What would happen if we were to, uh... 369 00:18:52,571 --> 00:18:54,492 ...To let him go? 370 00:18:54,974 --> 00:18:58,287 If we were to remove his, uh, feeding tube, 371 00:18:59,539 --> 00:19:01,512 his body would be deprived of nutrients, 372 00:19:01,514 --> 00:19:05,582 and within a few days his organs would start to fail, 373 00:19:05,584 --> 00:19:10,120 but I assure you that he would not experience 374 00:19:10,122 --> 00:19:11,955 any pain or suffering. 375 00:19:27,473 --> 00:19:29,274 ...90. 376 00:19:29,276 --> 00:19:31,844 50 mils normal saline at 24 degrees standing by. 377 00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:34,616 Initial BAL results show lipid laden macrophages 378 00:19:34,618 --> 00:19:36,452 consistent with hot chemical burns. 379 00:19:36,454 --> 00:19:39,121 Basically the same as chemical warfare. 380 00:19:39,123 --> 00:19:41,730 - Any ideas? - Not off the top of my head. 381 00:19:41,732 --> 00:19:43,492 So let's see what the CDC recommends. 382 00:19:43,494 --> 00:19:45,160 When's the last time you had to look up 383 00:19:45,162 --> 00:19:46,762 a treatment guideline? 384 00:19:46,764 --> 00:19:49,098 I don't know. Not since I was an intern. 385 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,499 All right, the, uh, CDC 386 00:19:50,501 --> 00:19:52,668 recommends this week, let's see here... 387 00:19:52,670 --> 00:19:54,803 "vent settings with low tidal volumes and high P.E.E.P." 388 00:19:54,805 --> 00:19:56,505 That's temporizing, at best. 389 00:19:56,507 --> 00:19:58,507 Well, we're all flying blind here. 390 00:19:58,509 --> 00:20:01,643 Let me try to locate a, uh, PCSK9 modulator. 391 00:20:01,645 --> 00:20:03,712 A dose or two might knock down some of the inflammation. 392 00:20:03,714 --> 00:20:08,283 - Based on what evidence? - Like I said, flying blind. 393 00:20:12,723 --> 00:20:14,690 He could hear us. 394 00:20:14,692 --> 00:20:17,726 He knew what we were talking about. 395 00:20:17,728 --> 00:20:21,230 - He was begging for us to stop... - Mom, please. 396 00:20:21,232 --> 00:20:24,700 Annie, that was an expulsion of air over his vocal cords. 397 00:20:24,702 --> 00:20:27,536 Just a reflex, like his eye movements. 398 00:20:27,538 --> 00:20:33,108 I can't believe I almost made the biggest mistake of my life. 399 00:20:33,711 --> 00:20:35,544 Dr. Kapoor, 400 00:20:35,546 --> 00:20:38,714 how long could he live if she kept the feeding tube in? 401 00:20:38,716 --> 00:20:40,681 Conservative guess? 402 00:20:41,811 --> 00:20:43,311 Another 20 years. 403 00:20:46,724 --> 00:20:49,491 I can't do this another 20 years. 404 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:52,728 I can't. 405 00:20:52,730 --> 00:20:54,763 - Goodbye, Mom. - You're leaving? 406 00:20:54,765 --> 00:20:56,598 I don't... I don't know what else to do. 407 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,400 He's my husband! 408 00:20:59,436 --> 00:21:02,604 He was. He was your husband. 409 00:21:02,606 --> 00:21:04,406 And he was my father. 410 00:21:04,914 --> 00:21:06,842 I swear it's like you both died that day. 411 00:21:06,844 --> 00:21:08,243 Sam, your mother has... 412 00:21:08,245 --> 00:21:09,378 She's tethered herself to this bed. 413 00:21:09,380 --> 00:21:10,746 Never leaving the borough. 414 00:21:10,748 --> 00:21:12,281 Never getting to know her grandchildren. 415 00:21:12,283 --> 00:21:13,882 14 years wasted and for what? 416 00:21:13,884 --> 00:21:17,186 I'm not removing his feeding tube. 417 00:21:20,391 --> 00:21:23,182 Yeah. Well... 418 00:21:31,368 --> 00:21:33,869 Well, despite the chest pains and labored breathing, 419 00:21:33,871 --> 00:21:35,437 your EKG came back normal. 420 00:21:35,439 --> 00:21:36,905 So maybe there's an environmental cause? 421 00:21:36,907 --> 00:21:40,542 What do you do for a living? 422 00:21:40,544 --> 00:21:42,644 I work the L Train expansion. 423 00:21:42,646 --> 00:21:44,313 Oh, so we're both in the Dark Ages. 424 00:21:45,390 --> 00:21:46,819 You wear a mask in the tunnels? 425 00:21:46,821 --> 00:21:48,784 Nah, I don't like the smell of my own breath. 426 00:21:48,786 --> 00:21:51,820 - You exercise? - Only if you count smoking. 427 00:21:52,473 --> 00:21:53,884 All right, deep breath for me. 428 00:21:55,726 --> 00:21:58,882 All right, this could be pulmonary edema. 429 00:21:58,884 --> 00:22:00,295 We're gonna get you on lasix, 430 00:22:00,297 --> 00:22:02,664 and then back to making questionable health choices in no time. 431 00:22:02,666 --> 00:22:04,499 Hey, doc, just remember, 432 00:22:04,501 --> 00:22:06,802 if I drop dead, the L Train's only gonna take longer. 433 00:22:07,297 --> 00:22:09,063 Duly noted. 434 00:22:13,677 --> 00:22:16,694 - Where's his chart? - Whose chart? 435 00:22:16,696 --> 00:22:18,708 Who's got Ikaika's chart? 436 00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:20,916 Sorry, I was putting notes on it. 437 00:22:20,918 --> 00:22:24,653 - Is that a coffee stain? - ...while getting coffee. 438 00:22:25,462 --> 00:22:27,356 Okay, new rule, people. 439 00:22:27,358 --> 00:22:31,293 The charts don't come with you. You come to the charts, okay? 440 00:22:31,295 --> 00:22:33,228 Give me that. 441 00:22:34,865 --> 00:22:36,932 Valentina! 442 00:22:36,934 --> 00:22:39,468 I've, uh, I've been meaning to ask, 443 00:22:39,470 --> 00:22:41,670 how's enrollment going on your trial? 444 00:22:41,672 --> 00:22:42,938 Great. Thanks. 445 00:22:42,940 --> 00:22:44,706 You filled all 40 slots? 446 00:22:44,708 --> 00:22:46,541 I'm only enrolling 15. 447 00:22:46,543 --> 00:22:48,877 Isn't it our goal to help as many people as we can? 448 00:22:48,879 --> 00:22:51,380 My goal is not to help 40 people right now, 449 00:22:51,382 --> 00:22:54,216 but to help millions later when we bring a new drug to market. 450 00:22:54,218 --> 00:22:56,351 I just see people who are suffering now, 451 00:22:56,353 --> 00:22:58,520 and you can help them. That's why I brought you here. 452 00:22:58,522 --> 00:23:02,391 Helen, you did not bring me here. 453 00:23:02,393 --> 00:23:04,099 And I don't appreciate your tone. 454 00:23:04,101 --> 00:23:06,662 In fact, now that I'm chair, 455 00:23:06,664 --> 00:23:09,498 I don't even have to have this conversation. 456 00:23:16,373 --> 00:23:18,373 No. 457 00:23:18,375 --> 00:23:21,410 Was not the answer I was hoping to hear. 458 00:23:21,412 --> 00:23:23,512 We don't cover brachioplasties. 459 00:23:23,514 --> 00:23:24,846 They're cosmetic. 460 00:23:26,317 --> 00:23:27,382 No. No, no, no. 461 00:23:27,384 --> 00:23:29,551 This, uh, this is not cosmetic. 462 00:23:29,553 --> 00:23:32,321 I mean, yes, technically it is cosmetic. 463 00:23:32,323 --> 00:23:34,056 You busted me, but, uh, Louise... 464 00:23:34,058 --> 00:23:36,491 Her skin leaves her with a whole host 465 00:23:36,493 --> 00:23:39,328 of very real psychological and physical problems. 466 00:23:39,330 --> 00:23:41,363 Sorry. Her claim is rejected. 467 00:23:42,666 --> 00:23:45,033 Hardball. I heard about you. 468 00:23:45,035 --> 00:23:47,736 I can play that game. May I? 469 00:23:48,494 --> 00:23:51,039 Why don't I reword Louise's diagnosis? 470 00:23:51,041 --> 00:23:56,945 "Louise Galena has Body Dysmorphic Disorder." 471 00:23:57,545 --> 00:24:01,283 And that one is in the DSM. 472 00:24:01,285 --> 00:24:02,551 So what do you say? 473 00:24:02,553 --> 00:24:04,953 You wanna try this dance one more time? 474 00:24:04,955 --> 00:24:07,389 Mental illness is not justifiable reason 475 00:24:07,391 --> 00:24:08,924 for cosmetic surgery. 476 00:24:09,849 --> 00:24:12,427 If it were, they'd have to cover every sad person 477 00:24:12,429 --> 00:24:14,796 who thought a face lift could cure their depression. 478 00:24:14,798 --> 00:24:18,600 Brachioplasties are coded in the system as cosmetic, 479 00:24:18,602 --> 00:24:21,036 and there are no enhancements or modifiers 480 00:24:21,038 --> 00:24:22,409 that will ever change that. 481 00:24:22,411 --> 00:24:25,073 But this is... this is a life or death situation, Larkin. 482 00:24:25,075 --> 00:24:27,609 It is. Louise is depressed. 483 00:24:27,611 --> 00:24:29,811 She's angry. She's struggling. 484 00:24:29,813 --> 00:24:32,748 She came to us for help, and we only cured her halfway. 485 00:24:32,750 --> 00:24:35,650 We left he with rolls of loose skin that chafe 486 00:24:35,652 --> 00:24:37,886 and give her necrotic infections. 487 00:24:37,888 --> 00:24:39,654 And you're telling me with all your knowhow, 488 00:24:39,656 --> 00:24:41,590 there's nothing we can do for her? 489 00:24:42,659 --> 00:24:44,993 We can cover meds for the rashes. 490 00:24:48,832 --> 00:24:52,349 Dr. Kapoor. Something's wrong with Jacob. 491 00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:58,640 I only had my eyes closed for a moment. 492 00:24:58,642 --> 00:25:00,842 And when I woke he was like this. 493 00:25:00,844 --> 00:25:02,644 You have to do something. You have to bring him back. 494 00:25:02,646 --> 00:25:04,679 Annie, there is nothing I can do. 495 00:25:04,681 --> 00:25:08,650 Surely there's something... He was improving! 496 00:25:08,652 --> 00:25:09,951 He wasn't. 497 00:25:10,534 --> 00:25:12,354 Whether his eyes are closed or open, 498 00:25:12,356 --> 00:25:14,623 whether he's squeezing your hand or sleeping, 499 00:25:14,625 --> 00:25:17,993 Jacob is not here. He never was. 500 00:25:20,497 --> 00:25:22,497 He's all I have left. 501 00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:29,604 Uh, got the modulator. Almost to you. 502 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:31,506 Jackson popped a lung. 503 00:25:31,508 --> 00:25:32,974 The ventilator was supposed to keep him stabilized! 504 00:25:32,976 --> 00:25:35,510 He was stable, and then he just crashed. 505 00:25:35,512 --> 00:25:37,145 I can't figure out what the hell changed. 506 00:25:41,852 --> 00:25:44,619 Hey, uh, what happened to the prayer group? 507 00:25:44,621 --> 00:25:46,621 They left, like, five minutes ago. 508 00:25:59,137 --> 00:26:00,737 Oh, there you are. 509 00:26:00,739 --> 00:26:01,972 I'm on my way out. Can it wait? 510 00:26:01,974 --> 00:26:03,273 It's about Castro's clinical trial. 511 00:26:03,275 --> 00:26:04,847 - I have some concerns. - So I've heard. 512 00:26:04,849 --> 00:26:06,007 What do you mean? 513 00:26:06,009 --> 00:26:07,565 Uh, Castro already came to me. 514 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:09,079 Apparently she has some concerns with you. 515 00:26:09,081 --> 00:26:10,766 She has concerns with me? 516 00:26:10,768 --> 00:26:12,883 Well, that you're having trouble accepting your new role 517 00:26:12,885 --> 00:26:14,818 in the department, and that you're overstepping her trial. 518 00:26:14,820 --> 00:26:16,820 That's... all I did was point out 519 00:26:16,822 --> 00:26:19,222 that she's leaving 25 patient slots unfilled. 520 00:26:19,224 --> 00:26:21,324 That's 25 patients we could be helping, but we're not. 521 00:26:21,326 --> 00:26:23,293 Well, I hear you, and I agree. 522 00:26:23,295 --> 00:26:26,062 - I should jolly well hope so. - But NIH is funding the trial. 523 00:26:26,064 --> 00:26:28,498 They're paying us, and Castro is in the driver's seat. 524 00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:32,169 Okay, so we just stand by and watch her cherry-pick patients? 525 00:26:32,171 --> 00:26:33,481 No, we stand by 526 00:26:33,483 --> 00:26:35,105 and let Castro run the trial the way she wants 527 00:26:35,107 --> 00:26:37,908 because those are the rules. 528 00:26:38,382 --> 00:26:39,506 I'm certainly glad to know 529 00:26:39,508 --> 00:26:41,144 that we're all about following rules these days. 530 00:26:41,146 --> 00:26:43,079 Helen, that's not what... 531 00:26:55,420 --> 00:26:56,619 May I? 532 00:27:06,567 --> 00:27:09,306 Your mother loves you very much. 533 00:27:09,308 --> 00:27:12,573 She barely knows me. Or my kids. 534 00:27:13,699 --> 00:27:16,179 She gave up everything after Dad's accident. 535 00:27:21,887 --> 00:27:23,954 My wife died several years ago... 536 00:27:26,325 --> 00:27:29,326 And I would have done anything to bring her back. 537 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:32,963 I cannot imagine if she was still breathing 538 00:27:32,965 --> 00:27:35,398 in front of my very eyes. 539 00:27:36,138 --> 00:27:39,102 As a neurologist, I know your father is dead. 540 00:27:40,476 --> 00:27:42,311 His soul is gone. 541 00:27:43,314 --> 00:27:46,282 But even I would find it difficult to say good-bye. 542 00:27:48,492 --> 00:27:50,625 Your mother sees that... 543 00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:55,282 And she's trapped between life and death. 544 00:27:56,742 --> 00:27:58,786 She wants to move on. 545 00:27:59,391 --> 00:28:02,192 She wants to let go. 546 00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:04,500 So why can't she? 547 00:28:07,699 --> 00:28:10,567 Because she has pushed you both away. 548 00:28:11,436 --> 00:28:14,051 If she lets your father go, 549 00:28:14,885 --> 00:28:16,506 once and for all, 550 00:28:16,804 --> 00:28:19,342 she believes she will be truly alone. 551 00:28:34,026 --> 00:28:35,925 We've reached a crossroads, Rodney. 552 00:28:35,927 --> 00:28:37,594 Look, closing in. No, like, for real this time. 553 00:28:37,596 --> 00:28:39,797 - How close are we talking? - Four keystrokes. 554 00:28:39,799 --> 00:28:42,032 Just gotta pop in my ADMIN password, and we're home. 555 00:28:42,034 --> 00:28:43,566 Oh. 556 00:28:43,568 --> 00:28:45,402 Oh, you are so lucky 557 00:28:45,404 --> 00:28:47,237 you're in an emergency room right now, Rodney. 558 00:28:47,239 --> 00:28:50,073 Hey, help! I need help! 559 00:28:50,075 --> 00:28:52,542 - What is it? - I can't see. 560 00:28:52,544 --> 00:28:54,550 It's my right eye. I can't see anything! 561 00:28:54,552 --> 00:28:55,983 Okay, okay, okay. 562 00:28:55,985 --> 00:28:58,581 Uh, we're gonna need a CT with contrast, and let's page... 563 00:28:58,583 --> 00:29:01,084 No, no, run and find ophthalmology. 564 00:29:02,614 --> 00:29:04,214 Mr. and Mrs. Lowe? 565 00:29:05,490 --> 00:29:07,187 So... 566 00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:10,226 your son's lungs have failed, 567 00:29:10,607 --> 00:29:14,064 and we had to put Jackson on heart-lung bypass. 568 00:29:14,066 --> 00:29:17,100 Will he be okay? 569 00:29:17,102 --> 00:29:19,069 Will he get... 570 00:29:19,071 --> 00:29:21,604 We just don't know enough about the disease yet 571 00:29:21,606 --> 00:29:23,106 to make any kind of prediction. 572 00:29:23,108 --> 00:29:24,441 Vaping's been around for years. 573 00:29:24,443 --> 00:29:26,009 How can you guys still not know? 574 00:29:26,011 --> 00:29:27,644 The products are always changing. 575 00:29:27,646 --> 00:29:31,247 And they're not being tested; they're not being regulated. 576 00:29:31,249 --> 00:29:32,857 I mean, we're still learning 577 00:29:32,859 --> 00:29:36,086 what the chemicals are doing to his body and to his lungs. 578 00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:40,190 I'm sorry, I wish I had better news. 579 00:29:40,888 --> 00:29:42,359 What are you saying? 580 00:29:42,361 --> 00:29:45,528 I'm gonna do everything in my power to help your boy, 581 00:29:46,226 --> 00:29:49,146 but you need to be prepared for... 582 00:29:50,862 --> 00:29:52,328 No. 583 00:29:54,039 --> 00:29:55,605 - It's... - No! 584 00:30:04,411 --> 00:30:06,116 Hey, uh, Mr. Reid. 585 00:30:06,118 --> 00:30:08,284 Uh, I checked the website. You're right, very thorough. 586 00:30:08,286 --> 00:30:10,220 Max, what are you doing here? 587 00:30:10,222 --> 00:30:11,688 Um, do you remember the teenager 588 00:30:11,690 --> 00:30:14,391 that I was telling you about? He's, uh... 589 00:30:14,393 --> 00:30:17,360 Let's say his situation has exceeded the limits 590 00:30:17,362 --> 00:30:21,731 of, uh, modern medicine, and he's just a kid. 591 00:30:21,733 --> 00:30:23,400 Uh, he made an honest mistake, 592 00:30:23,402 --> 00:30:27,570 and, uh, he's running out of time, so I thought... 593 00:30:29,174 --> 00:30:32,542 I thought maybe you guys could... 594 00:30:32,937 --> 00:30:34,703 Pray for him? 595 00:30:35,405 --> 00:30:38,707 Put him in your minds, or whatever it is that you... 596 00:30:40,252 --> 00:30:43,486 Um, his name is Jackson Lowe, 597 00:30:43,488 --> 00:30:46,156 - and he could really use... - A miracle. 598 00:30:47,832 --> 00:30:49,832 If you have one to spare. 599 00:30:51,082 --> 00:30:54,350 Max. Doesn't work that way. 600 00:30:55,460 --> 00:30:57,393 Then why do you do it? 601 00:30:58,423 --> 00:30:59,740 I mean, why else do you come in my hospital? 602 00:30:59,742 --> 00:31:00,933 Why do you come here? 603 00:31:00,935 --> 00:31:02,672 You know what miracles are? 604 00:31:02,674 --> 00:31:04,507 They're the word for the shoreline 605 00:31:04,509 --> 00:31:07,444 between what we understand and what we can't. 606 00:31:07,849 --> 00:31:09,712 Then what is praying 607 00:31:10,102 --> 00:31:13,249 if not asking for some higher power to do something helpful, 608 00:31:13,251 --> 00:31:14,542 something useful? 609 00:31:14,544 --> 00:31:17,554 When we do it right, prayer changes us. 610 00:31:17,556 --> 00:31:19,456 Not the other way around. 611 00:31:19,458 --> 00:31:22,459 Whether we're praying for forgiveness, or gratitude, 612 00:31:22,461 --> 00:31:24,761 or guidance, we're not looking out, Max. 613 00:31:24,763 --> 00:31:26,809 We're looking in. 614 00:31:26,811 --> 00:31:29,532 And if you can find that shoreline within yourself, 615 00:31:29,534 --> 00:31:32,469 I mean really find it, 616 00:31:32,471 --> 00:31:36,539 that's when you got a shot at one of your miracles. 617 00:31:54,059 --> 00:31:57,666 Hey. Hi. 618 00:31:58,163 --> 00:32:00,163 Sorry, I'm... 619 00:32:00,165 --> 00:32:03,233 I usually save my violent outbursts 620 00:32:03,235 --> 00:32:04,667 for somewhere a little more private. 621 00:32:04,669 --> 00:32:06,503 Hey, believe me, there are way worse things 622 00:32:06,505 --> 00:32:08,271 you can do alone in a stairwell. 623 00:32:08,273 --> 00:32:11,174 All I was trying to do was help more people, 624 00:32:11,176 --> 00:32:13,343 and I'm the one who gets clobbered for it? 625 00:32:13,345 --> 00:32:15,678 You get clobbered... I'm sorry, by who? 626 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,514 Oh... 627 00:32:17,516 --> 00:32:20,316 By the relentlessly unfair and stupid system we all live in. 628 00:32:20,318 --> 00:32:23,186 Ah, that. 629 00:32:23,188 --> 00:32:25,421 Yes, I'm very familiar with its work. 630 00:32:25,423 --> 00:32:29,042 Do you, um... do you remember the patient you referred to me? 631 00:32:29,044 --> 00:32:31,528 - Yeah, Louise Galena. - Galena, yeah. 632 00:32:31,530 --> 00:32:33,830 So despite substantial 633 00:32:33,832 --> 00:32:35,465 physical and emotional suffering, 634 00:32:35,467 --> 00:32:37,300 insurance, in their infinite wisdom, 635 00:32:37,302 --> 00:32:40,203 has decided not to cover her skin removal surgery. 636 00:32:40,205 --> 00:32:42,472 They're calling it cosmetic. 637 00:32:42,474 --> 00:32:44,507 Cosmetic... It's just, like... 638 00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:47,544 If you had a breast cancer patient 639 00:32:47,546 --> 00:32:49,646 who needed a mastectomy, insurance would cover that 640 00:32:49,648 --> 00:32:51,381 plus the reconstructive surgery after it, yes? 641 00:32:51,383 --> 00:32:53,216 - Mm-hmm. - Yeah! 642 00:32:53,218 --> 00:32:55,451 Because with cancer, insurance pays to finish the job. 643 00:32:55,453 --> 00:32:57,854 But Louise has been just abandoned 644 00:32:57,856 --> 00:32:59,242 halfway through a treatment 645 00:32:59,244 --> 00:33:01,324 because even though obesity is a disease, 646 00:33:01,326 --> 00:33:03,161 it still isn't treated like one. 647 00:33:04,896 --> 00:33:06,462 Then let's give her cancer. 648 00:33:07,326 --> 00:33:08,331 What? 649 00:33:33,644 --> 00:33:35,010 Hello? 650 00:33:36,340 --> 00:33:38,040 Up there? 651 00:33:39,918 --> 00:33:43,653 I'm not really into this whole praying thing, but, uh... 652 00:33:45,589 --> 00:33:48,457 My parents did a lot of it when my sister was sick, and... 653 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:52,389 Didn't do a lot of good, 654 00:33:53,631 --> 00:33:54,975 but... 655 00:33:57,007 --> 00:34:00,355 I could really use a miracle down here. 656 00:34:01,672 --> 00:34:03,739 And I know that's not how it works. 657 00:34:03,764 --> 00:34:05,497 Believe me. 658 00:34:06,697 --> 00:34:08,196 But of all the... 659 00:34:09,947 --> 00:34:11,747 chaos in the world, 660 00:34:12,409 --> 00:34:14,727 all the unfathomable, unspeakable things 661 00:34:14,729 --> 00:34:16,288 that happen to people... 662 00:34:19,623 --> 00:34:21,543 Can't one of them be good? 663 00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:25,338 I don't have anything to, um, 664 00:34:26,530 --> 00:34:31,467 bargain with, or offer except maybe this... 665 00:34:32,697 --> 00:34:34,723 Empty part of me that... 666 00:34:35,773 --> 00:34:38,974 I'm willing to fill up with something. 667 00:34:41,045 --> 00:34:42,678 New. 668 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:47,235 Yeah, anyways. 669 00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:51,239 Jackson could really use your help. 670 00:34:51,522 --> 00:34:54,993 We're in OR 7 if you need specifics. 671 00:35:02,199 --> 00:35:04,867 There you go. Hang in there. 672 00:35:08,445 --> 00:35:09,945 What are we missing? 673 00:35:09,970 --> 00:35:11,936 Who has Ikaika's chart? 674 00:35:11,961 --> 00:35:14,002 - Something useful to add? - No. 675 00:35:14,027 --> 00:35:16,474 But he had some dizziness when I took him to the bathroom. 676 00:35:16,499 --> 00:35:18,111 Whew, how about his pee, right? 677 00:35:18,148 --> 00:35:19,598 - What? - It stank. 678 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,773 - How'd you not notice that? - Glass houses, my friend. 679 00:35:21,775 --> 00:35:23,324 Psh, no, my pee smells great. 680 00:35:23,326 --> 00:35:26,188 No, I mean you didn't notice how swollen his neck was? 681 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:28,804 I read your notes. You skipped right by it. 682 00:35:28,806 --> 00:35:31,026 How would you even fit that in the notes? 683 00:35:31,028 --> 00:35:33,662 It isn't a computer. You can write on the side. 684 00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:35,116 He's an elephant. 685 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:39,902 Let's get Ikaika on dialysis. It's nephrotic syndrome. 686 00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:42,237 I think I speak for a few of us here when I ask, 687 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:43,764 how is he an elephant? 688 00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:45,912 Well, a bunch of blind people touching an elephant 689 00:35:45,914 --> 00:35:48,174 when asked, will all say it's something different. 690 00:35:48,176 --> 00:35:49,867 The person at the trunk will say it's a snake, 691 00:35:49,869 --> 00:35:52,019 the person at the leg will say it's a tree. 692 00:35:52,021 --> 00:35:54,249 Only by combining all of these observations 693 00:35:54,251 --> 00:35:55,504 do we see it's an elephant. 694 00:35:55,506 --> 00:35:57,853 Numb feet, swollen neck, foul-smelling urine. 695 00:35:57,855 --> 00:35:59,288 - It's nephrotic syndrome. - Huh. 696 00:36:00,847 --> 00:36:03,225 You had better get the L Train done on time, okay? 697 00:36:04,484 --> 00:36:06,261 Okay, Dr. Bloom. 698 00:36:06,263 --> 00:36:07,930 That's it. Just gotta reboot the system 699 00:36:07,932 --> 00:36:09,231 and this whole place will be back online. 700 00:36:14,972 --> 00:36:18,273 You know what? Take your time. 701 00:36:20,044 --> 00:36:22,978 Oh, yeah, that definitely looks like 702 00:36:22,980 --> 00:36:26,815 a dysplastic nevi to me. And there's one. 703 00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:29,251 Yup, yup, that one's gonna work. 704 00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:30,953 Ooh, that dot looks super cancery. 705 00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:32,821 Maybe leave this bit to the oncologist. 706 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:33,956 Right. 707 00:36:33,958 --> 00:36:35,891 Is this really gonna work? 708 00:36:35,893 --> 00:36:38,594 Louise, patients with more than 100 moles 709 00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:41,229 are at far greater risk of developing severe melanoma. 710 00:36:41,231 --> 00:36:43,932 At this point, let's just say I've lost count. 711 00:36:43,934 --> 00:36:46,735 So I'm going to suggest we skip the biopsy entirely 712 00:36:46,737 --> 00:36:48,170 and have all of the skin removed. 713 00:36:48,172 --> 00:36:50,072 Just to be safe. 714 00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:52,307 And there's definitely an insurance code for that. 715 00:36:53,844 --> 00:36:55,492 Does that mean...? 716 00:36:55,494 --> 00:36:57,597 Your procedure will be covered fully? 717 00:36:57,599 --> 00:36:58,914 Yeah. 718 00:37:00,250 --> 00:37:03,652 I don't know what to say! 719 00:37:03,654 --> 00:37:04,936 Thank you! 720 00:37:04,938 --> 00:37:07,289 Ooh, thank you so much! 721 00:37:14,331 --> 00:37:15,764 Annie? 722 00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:20,969 Tell her. It's okay. 723 00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:25,841 We want you to be a part of our life. 724 00:37:26,504 --> 00:37:27,870 Your life. 725 00:37:29,146 --> 00:37:31,139 We just want our mom back. 726 00:38:24,334 --> 00:38:28,123 There are times when even we find ourselves surprised. 727 00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:30,423 How did this happen? 728 00:38:30,425 --> 00:38:32,340 Could be the experimental agent we used 729 00:38:32,342 --> 00:38:34,042 to reduce the inflammation. 730 00:38:34,044 --> 00:38:38,413 It could be his own body fighting back the damage. 731 00:38:38,415 --> 00:38:40,636 The CDC is still searching for treatments, 732 00:38:40,638 --> 00:38:43,485 and there are kids Jackson's age who haven't been so lucky. 733 00:38:44,589 --> 00:38:46,949 We may never know what helped your son turn the corner today, 734 00:38:46,974 --> 00:38:50,916 but sometimes you just take the win. 735 00:38:51,028 --> 00:38:52,522 Right, Max? 736 00:38:54,124 --> 00:38:55,567 Amen to that. 737 00:38:59,650 --> 00:39:02,117 - Uh, hey. - Hey. 738 00:39:02,142 --> 00:39:03,878 - Uh, sorry about earlier. - It's fine. 739 00:39:03,903 --> 00:39:05,765 No, it's not, so I made up for it. 740 00:39:05,809 --> 00:39:07,876 Well, I seem to have missed the making up for it part. 741 00:39:07,878 --> 00:39:09,754 Yeah, well, I got a call from our Insurance Liaison 742 00:39:09,756 --> 00:39:12,214 about a patient who had 107 perfectly spaced, 743 00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:14,104 atypical moles spanning both arms, 744 00:39:14,106 --> 00:39:16,011 requiring reconstructive surgery. 745 00:39:16,013 --> 00:39:18,420 She thought that sounded a little suspect. 746 00:39:19,309 --> 00:39:20,942 Did you approve it? 747 00:39:21,899 --> 00:39:23,232 Sure did. 748 00:39:23,257 --> 00:39:26,124 Told her today was full of miracles. 749 00:39:30,374 --> 00:39:32,407 I hear you're taking the morning off. 750 00:39:32,432 --> 00:39:35,440 - No, I canceled my thing. - What thing? 751 00:39:35,465 --> 00:39:37,965 I accidentally accepted a date with a woman, 752 00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:39,289 and I am... 753 00:39:39,314 --> 00:39:40,814 Not ready for that. 754 00:39:40,839 --> 00:39:42,205 Someone asked you on a date? 755 00:39:42,230 --> 00:39:43,763 Yeah, well, she called it a playdate. 756 00:39:43,788 --> 00:39:45,054 It was for the baby. She's a mom. 757 00:39:45,079 --> 00:39:46,311 Oh. 758 00:39:46,336 --> 00:39:48,103 Where was this supposed to take place? 759 00:39:48,128 --> 00:39:49,227 Park. 760 00:39:49,252 --> 00:39:50,851 - What time? - 8:00 a.m. 761 00:39:50,876 --> 00:39:52,776 Well, that doesn't really sound like a date. 762 00:39:52,801 --> 00:39:55,368 To be fair, she didn't explicitly say it's not a date. 763 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:57,160 Then why did you think it was a date? 764 00:39:57,194 --> 00:40:01,029 Because I have no idea what I'm doing. 765 00:40:04,268 --> 00:40:08,170 Max, doesn't Luna deserve to have a new friend? 766 00:40:10,507 --> 00:40:12,174 And don't you? 767 00:40:26,490 --> 00:40:29,191 Hi. 768 00:40:34,364 --> 00:40:37,899 Oh, look who's here. It's Luna. 769 00:40:37,901 --> 00:40:40,135 Hi. Hi, Bobbi. 770 00:40:40,137 --> 00:40:41,970 - Hey. - Hi...