Previously on "New Amsterdam"...
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I'm need you to come in to New Amsterdam tomorrow
so we can come up with a plan for treatment.
I don't wanna do any of that.
I got a condition. I gotta make some calls!
Three years sober. Wow, that's impressive.
And the real villain of your life is Mom.
It's not me.
Where are you going?
To get high.
Well, if that's really true, then...
what are we doing?
I don't know.
I can't be who I want to be...
with you.
The key to our appreciation is looking deeply
and asking yourself...
How does it make you feel?
Hmm?
Uh, yeah...
No, nothing.
Tell me about it.
I've been on three of these,
and I haven't hooked up anyone.
No, I'm not here looking for a date.
I'm... no, I'm here... I wanna broaden my horizons, you know?
Find out what I like, what I don't like,
what I connect with, where I belong.
- Shh! - I...
Or I blew up my entire life for no reason.
What feelings does this painting provoke in you?
Uh...
That I've completely and utterly ruined my life.
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Hey, it's Vanessa. Leave a message.
Nessa, I know you're still mad at me,
but I'm worried, okay?
Look, you won't return my texts.
I don't even know where you're staying.
Can you just let me know that you're not dead?
Oh... ha ha ha.
Casey.
Ho-ho-ho!
- You're glowing. - 8,000 feet up, closer to the sun.
I'm dying to see Machu Picchu.
Oh, totally worth the shin splints, even the finger flint.
How many Pisco Sours did you have?
A lot.
Well, well, well, look who deigned us with his presence.
I'm sorry for whatever Bloom's been putting you through.
All right, all right, that's enough.
Back to work.
He's not a member of the Royal family,
and this isn't a red carpet.
- You miss me? - Bay four.
Oh, so you gonna play it like this?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Just say the words.
You missed me.
I didn't even realize you were gone.
And yet you happened to pick up bagels
from my favorite bagel place.
Coincidence. Attention, everyone...
these Monty's Bagels are not in honor of Casey's big return.
They're just any other day bagels that I happened
to pick up for no particular reason whatsoever.
Just get 'em while they're hot.
Just admit you missed me.
- Come on. - Never.
See?
Fun, right?
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You're so fast.
Oh, wow.
Oh...
? Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
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Whoa, look out!
Whoo!
No...
Call an ambulance. Don't move, don't move.
We're doctors. We got you.
You'll be okay.
Client coming through!
Ma'am, I can see that you have suffered
a terrible calamity!
I only hope that you get the proper compensation...
Excuse me. There's no soliciting
on hospital property, all right?
I still have ten feet of public property.
These people were almost killed.
They're in shock. They're in pain.
The last thing they need is some two-bit sleazy lawyer
- preying on them. - Yeah, sleazy two-bit lawyer
who specializes
in that exact intersection that's a death trap.
"Callie 'Get Yo' Crash Cash' Cruz"?
- How can I help? - Don't say that.
Doc, listen. We're on the same side,
and you never know when you have to Cruz for justice!
Thank you.
- Does that hurt? - A little.
Hey, you paged?
Uh, Rafael here thought he could take down a speeding car.
Tough odds, kid.
No bleeding, so bone didn't break the skin.
But I am still worried about a fracture.
Okay, no problem. We'll X-ray to confirm.
But, uh, looks like you definitely will need a cast for that arm.
No, I can't do that.
Liza Stinson's pool party's this weekend.
I can't be the loser that doesn't go in the water.
- Oh... - Doctor, is there anyone
in the hospital suffering as much as poor Rafael?
Grandma...
"Oh, no, this is the worst I've ever seen."
Hey.
Well, you'll still get to stick your legs in the pool.
- It's not the same. - Ah....
All right, well, let's get you up.
We can wait for Rafael upstairs.
Ah... aah!
- Let's get her down. - Grandma? What's going on?
- Is she okay? - Let's get her right here.
Ah...
Let's get her to Trauma One.
Come on, sweetie.
No!
Hey, bud...
- Do the big breaths. - Let's do the thing.
Baby, look at me. Listen to me.
Baby, look at my mouth. Look at my mouth.
Remember?
Remember? Do that.
- Hi, sorry, Doc. - Hi.
- Uh, Josh and Chary, Jael. - Hi.
This is why we're here.
That's okay. This is why I'm here.
No!
Uh, Jael was a perfectly happy baby
until about two years ago, and then...
it just keeps getting worse every year.
We know... baby, shh. Hey, it's okay.
Ever since starting school,
he's been spiraling out of control.
- Well, have you tried... - Yeah, no, no.
Look, Doc, we've tried everything...
more sleep, less sleep, no sugar,
uh, no... food coloring.
- The-the... what... - Uh, uh, the calming jars.
Yeah, the calming jars.
We didn't wanna medicate him till absolutely necessary.
Right.
It's clear to us that he needs it.
Okay, okay. Hi, hi.
Hi. Would you like a chair?
Hold on a second. Honey, honey, look.
You gotta look at his mouth, okay?
No, baby, no. You gotta...
Can you do that again? He needs to see your lips.
Jael's deaf? I'm so sorry, my apologies.
I don't know how I missed that on his chart.
Uh, you didn't.
We don't usually mention it
so he's not treated any differently.
I see, okay.
But wouldn't you like an ASL interpreter here,
at least, so that Jael feels more comfortable communicating with me?
No, it won't be necessary.
Jael doesn't know ASL.
Hey, Doc!
Doc!
Come here!
Step into my office.
Hey. I would tell you to sit,
but I've only got this one chair,
and I've got this whole lumbar situation, and...
anyway, what can I do for you?
Well, uh, this is a very nice office.
You don't need walls or electricity or law stuff.
So you're here to bring justice
to the kid and the old broad who got mushed this morning?
Yeah, I wouldn't call her that.
But, um, yeah.
And more people are going to get hurt unless we fix it.
Put your mind at ease.
Be calm.
Come with me.
Now, you see that crosswalk over there?
- No. - Because there isn't one.
My point is that intersection is not up to code,
and the city has never done squat to fix it.
But at the end of the day, that is not an intersection.
That is a slot machine.
And if your old broad needs surgery, well then,
that slot machine is set at all sevens.
I'm talking big payouts! A lot of cash!
Get your crash cash, baby! Get your crash cash!
I-I'm actually not looking for money.
An obvious lie, but okay.
No, no, no. All I am here for...
- Mm-hmm. - Is to get this intersection
fixed, all right? That's it.
Well, you cannot sue a driver to get that.
Well, we're not gonna sue a driver.
We're gonna sue the city of New York.
10 grand up front, and that's a discount.
5, and only if we win.
Let's go crush these bastards.
Obviously, the city of New York takes no joy
in what happened to Ana and Rafael Linares.
But I must point out that in this courtroom,
we have neither the perpetrator of a crime nor a victim.
Where is the driver of this car?
Where are the people who were struck?
This is an irrelevant bystander smelling deep pockets,
and the City moves for this complaint to be dismissed.
Response, Counselor?
Time to make 'em hurt where the sun don't shine.
Yeah, um, Your Honor,
this crosswalk is in a very busy residential neighborhood.
Kids play there. Families work there.
In fact, their hopes and dreams
are played out on this neglected patch of asphalt.
And I'm not asking for money, okay?
All I'm asking is for the city of New York
to protect the lives of its citizens...
which I believe they are obligated to do...
and offer the cost of a new coat of paint.
Now, I believe that is a small price to pay
to protect the lives of the citizens of this shining...
Citation?
Objection.
Sorry. Uh, what?
What city charter regulation are you citing for your complaint?
Well...
Yarborough v. City of New York.
That's the one.
With exception of unsightly construction,
the City is required to paint the intersection.
So ordered. Department of Transportation will restore the intersection.
The... what the... um...
- We just... did we win? - We won.
And that, my friend, is how you Cruz for justice!
God, I'm good.
Wow, I can't believe we won.
I mean, I can't believe that you actually, you know, did it.
I had some doubts about you... maybe you noticed.
But that was incredible. I mean, you knew exactly
what to say, and this feels so good!
I think I should've been a lawyer.
Yeah, I know, right?
Now imagine how even better you'd feel
if they were actually gonna paint that thing.
Yeah, but the judge just said they have to.
So they're going to...
This is actually the third time
I've won a city case about that intersection,
and they ain't never painted it yet.
That'll be 5 grand.
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You doing okay?
- Yeah, fine. - Yeah?
- Yeah. - Hmm.
That's the fourth time you came in here to check on your phone.
Are you spying on me?
Well, I've known you long enough to know when you're upset.
I'm fine, Casey.
Ah, she says as she evades.
She says while working,
which is what you should be doing too.
Oh, and, um, I'm sorry to bruise your sensitive ego,
but I had things totally under control while you were gone.
Oh.
Kai.
Kai, you okay?
I don't feel so...
Okay, okay. Let's get you sat down.
Here you go.
Oh, my God.
Can you take Bay two?
Uh, Casey, can you go see if the...
- I gotta go. - No...
There you go. Now, let me know if your fingers go numb.
All right.
Is that about my grandma?
No.
Is Nana okay?
"Your grandmother's injuries
"were more severe than we expected.
"She cracked one of the vertebrae
in her spinal column."
Oh.
She's gonna be fine though, right?
I mean, you guys saw her. She was walking.
She's gonna be fine.
"Well, at her age, it's dangerous.
"But the good news is that we can treat it.
"First option is minimally invasive, but it means
"your grandmother wears a back brace
"for the rest of her life.
"Second option is open spinal surgery.
It does offer greater upside, but it's risky."
Okay, um, which one is she gonna choose?
"Your grandmother is unconscious.
"So it's up to her healthcare proxy to choose.
That's you, Rafael."
Me?
"It's in her medical records.
She chose you to make these decisions for her."
What?
What if I make the wrong decision?
I... no, no. You choose.
We can't.
Your grandmother trusted you enough to make you her proxy.
And now you just gotta trust yourself enough to make a decision.
Um...
I say...
I say do the surgery.
At 12 months, Jael was just starting to talk
when he got sick,
and then he lost his hearing.
And...
we assumed that he needed to learn ASL, but...
His pediatrician told us it wasn't necessary...
that if we taught him to sign, he would never learn to speak.
He would rely on sign language instead of reading lips.
The audiologist and the speech therapist,
they told us the same thing.
If we wanted to give him his best shot
at navigating the world,
we had to motivate him.
His doctors said
that sign language would limit him.
It would shrink his world to a small bubble of peers
who could sign.
It would isolate him.
We didn't wanna relegate our son to some dark corner
to be treated like a second class citizen.
Well, is it working?
The therapy, the exercises, are they working?
Can you hold a conversation with him?
How many words is he able to speak?
78.
Okay. That's, um...
The average that a two-year-old knows
is around 150, just to put it in perspective.
The behavior that Jael is showing is consistent
with language deprivation syndrome.
The brain has a critical window in which it forms language,
and if that window is missed, it can cause a whole range
of issues. Some are behavioral,
some mental. If that window is closed,
it makes acquiring language much more difficult.
If this is true, how come no one's ever told us this before?
Because unfortunately, medicine... our world...
is still very much filtered
through an able-bodied perspective.
That's why.
You two need to make a decision... now.
To give Jael a language of his own,
even if it's one that you don't understand,
because his window is closing.
If you're willing to get your hands dirty
to get that intersection fixed,
this is where the magic happens.
Great, and by magic, do you mean making bodies disappear?
Oh, give me your phone. I gotta send a text.
- My phone? - Yeah, things are just louder
when they come from an unknown number.
You know what? I'm not gonna ask questions.
- Good. - Great.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Curt!
Callie! You crazy bitch.
You scared the crap out of me.
Mwah! Come here.
C-c-c-c-come. Hey, Dr. Max Goodwin.
This is Curt Waldichuck, Deputy Commissioner
for Roadway Repair and Maintenance
for the city of New York.
Great. Well, I'll just assume
this is a totally normal and professional way to meet
- and dive right in. - Sure.
So we received a judicial order to have your department
repaint an intersection... very dangerous.
So I guess we're here, because we wanna know
what we have to do to actually make that happen.
Nothin'.
Judge's order puts it right onto our action list.
We'll get to it ASAP.
ASAP. Curt.
Oh, you beautiful weasel, you.
We both know that's gonna take decades
to get to my client's intersection.
Unless, of course, some friendly encouragement
might bump my client sort of to the top of the list.
- I'm listenin'. - Yeah, I'm also listening.
Sounds like... hey, hi.
Sounds like you were asking us to bribe a city official?
Whoa.
Bribery, Doc?
No way.
For... God, no.
I'm just reminding my ferrety friend of a little dalliance
he enjoyed with a lady of the night.
- Oh, you wouldn't dare. - That's not bribery. That's extortion.
Oh, but you'd be surprised how well it works.
You think I don't got the goods on you, Callie?
- All right, hey... - What do ya got?
Why don't we just all just take it down a notch,
all right? Your consensual sex life
is, uh, you know, your business,
and I'm sure it's going great. I think we should go.
Whoa, whoa, one second.
W-w-wait, Doctor, wait.
You are walking away from a win.
Do you want the intersection fixed or not?
Not like this. I'm not gonna bribe
a city official just to get them to do their job, all right?
I'd rather do things my way.
Next time, money up front. Let's go.
Yeah.
Guys, uh, tests came back...
Bacillus Cereus.
Which means it's my fault.
I guess it must've been the schmear.
Are you trying to off us? Is that what happened to Leyla?
Leyla got a better job at Baptist.
But thank you for bringing that up.
I guess the cream cheese must've been left out for too long.
Then why aren't you sick?
Oh, I had the vegan cream cheese.
- What about Walsh? - I also ate the vegan one...
by accident... nearly made me throw up
for an entirely different reason.
35-year-old ice cream vendor.
- His stand got rear ended. - Aaah!
- And this is? - How they serve the ice cream.
- It's my tricking stick. - He's hypotensive and tachy.
All right, let's get him to Trauma One. Let's go.
BP's dropping. Heart rate's slow.
FAST is negative.
This thing is tickling his vagus nerve.
Okay, we gotta get it out of him.
He's lost a ton of blood.
Okay, let's clear the puncture.
Easy...
Oh...
Easy, come on.
I can see why they call it a tricking stick.
Okay. Lap pad.
- Suction. - Got it.
- He's crashing. - Okay, let's push fluids.
I'm gonna try and suture him up right here.
Inject epi!
You want some help?
Just get back to your bay!
What? I've got this.
Can someone please silence that?
It's your sister.
Why is your drugged-out sister calling you?
Can you just get back to your bay?
Let's hang a bag of O-Neg!
Hey, buddy.
Can you read my lips?
Are you hungry?
You hungry?
Yeah?
I'll get you a burger.
Hang on.
- Yeah. - Yeah?
Okay, the kid likes burgers.
Get right on that.
Hey, Jael, do you wanna learn a funny sign?
Yeah? Kay, ready?
Burger King.
Booger.
King.
Yup.
Yeah.
You're the booger king?
You're the... I'm the booger king?
Mm-hmm, all right.
Good to be the king of something.
Oh, boy, I can't imagine how hard the last few years
have been with everybody wearing a mask
all the time.
And you're not understanding the language the entire world
was speaking.
Would you like to learn sign language?
Sign language?
Can I show you something?
Wanna come with me?
Yeah? Kay, come on. Let's go.
Yeah, yeah, come on. Come with me.
You too, Mom and Dad. Come on, let's go.
Field trip.
- How's she doing? - Vitals are stable.
That's Dr. Wilder.
She is the chair of this entire department.
She's our top oncologist.
She runs this whole thing. And guess what.
She's deaf...
like you.
It's cool, right?
Yeah, sign language is a key that unlocked the world.
Suction.
- Alice. - Vitals are stable.
- What, Dad. - You're busy.
I get it.
Dr. Reynolds! You're a man on the go.
- Where are you calling from? - I'm a man on the go too.
I'm making moves myself. But I need 100 bucks.
For what?
Before you say no, hear a brother out.
I'm making... I've got...
Pops, where are you?
Get out of my way!
You get out of my way, old man!
- Why are you in the street? - You get outta my way!
- Go! Go! - Are you in the street?
I got... I got plans.
What the hell are you doing?
I'm working it. I got everything under control.
What's going on?
Pops? Pops!
Hi, excuse me. How's it going?
Just a second of your time.
How would you feel about saving some children's lives?
Sorry, bud. Don't got any cash.
Oh, no, no. It's not that kind of donation.
See, there is a dangerous intersection nearby.
I see a lot of people get hurt there,
and how would you feel about
stopping by after your shift and touching it up?
I mean, you'd be improving the city,
and you'd be keeping people safe,
and all it's gonna cost you is some paint.
- So... - So...
- Right? - What do you say?
- We'd love to. - Great!
I knew it! Finally.
- Thank you. - We can't, though.
Can't... can't?
- Why? - We don't just paint
wherever the hell. We got a schedule.
Yeah, see? There's a schedule.
The city inventories every gallon of paint.
Yeah, 'cause it's the city.
Plus, our boss flips out if we aren't on his schedule
- to a T, so sorry, guy. - Um, yeah.
But I'm actually a boss myself. So maybe, you know...
- Yeah, but Max, we gotta... - Right, but maybe
- just one bucket... - We gotta move on.
- Couple blocks. - Gotta move on, okay?
You tried, all right?
You took a few swings, and you missed a few balls.
But you played the game. Now, now it's time to move on.
It's unbelievable. You know, my friend
could've died this morning...
or Rafael or his grandmother or my daughter could be playing
by a street, and all it would take is one speeding car
to see her one second too late.
You're gonna have an aneurism.
People are getting hurt!
And it would be so easy to just fix it.
And all anyone keeps telling me is why they can't.
Can we just get something done?
How can running the largest public hospital in America
be easier than just fixing an intersection?
I'm gonna Venmo your 5 grand, all right?
And thanks for your help.
"Stabilization complete.
"Let's lighten the anesthesia and see if there's any damage
- to the spinal cord." - Lightening.
"Ana, if you can hear me,
raise your index finger on your right hand."
"Great, you're doing great."
"Now wiggle your toes."
"Ana, can you wiggle your toes for me?"
"You're doing great."
So guys, there is some good news.
There is an emerging program
that will help make up for all the lost time.
Jael will learn ASL much quicker
in an environment like this
as opposed to a mainstream school.
Yeah, check it out.
It's a high-quality deaf education.
They use a bilingual approach, which means that Jael
will continue to receive speech therapy
as well lip-reading instruction
and all the while, he'll be learning to sign
while building up a very strong foundation of language.
This is amazing. Where is it?
The school itself is in Framingham, Massachusetts.
That's a four-hour drive.
How many times a week do we have to sign him up for?
Because of how late it is in his development,
they recommend that we enroll Jael in their residential program,
which means that he will be living there,
fully immersed in the language.
Oh, you just said that he is acting out
because he can't communicate his needs,
and now you want us to send our five-year-old
to live in another state with strangers?
- He'll be lost. - Well, he's lost now.
He's on his own now.
Do you wanna go?
Yeah.
Go ahead. Take a look around.
Yeah.
Walsh, let's get him up to Post-Op.
They can continue to take care of him up there.
Chart room, now.
Hospital maintenance needed on 4-3.
Sent you a message. Let's hear it.
Would you just stop? It's private.
From a sister you've been actively avoiding
- since I've known you? - Yeah, what do you want me to say?
What happened when I was gone?
I was lying earlier, okay?
Yeah, no kidding.
I missed the hell out of you when you were gone.
I mean, I turned to talk to you, like, a million times.
But you were on top of a mountain
where I couldn't even call you.
You're my touchstone.
You're my best friend, and if you would've been here,
I would never have been so stupid as to try to save her.
Does your sponsor know that she's in your life again?
She's my sister.
Just tell me something.
What part about putting the oxygen mask on yourself first
did you forget?
She's like this because of me.
I can't just abandon her...
again.
I can't.
You got the hundred?
I walked the whole way, so I hope you got it.
Okay, um, you've been drinking?
Hell no.
I just got a plan. That's all.
I'm gon' make everything good again.
You watch and see.
I'm getting the garage back.
Bam!
Floyd's?
- With $100? - Yes, sir.
I should never have sold it.
Everything was beautiful then.
I had it all... your mom, all you kids,
- my own shop. - Yeah.
- It was beautiful. - Okay, yeah, I know.
Let's go inside. We can figure it out.
Oh, no time. Just give me the money, son!
Pops, you gotta let me help you.
Help me?
You can help me. Just give me the hundred, son.
I'ma get you help.
It's a 51/50. Just a temporary psych old.
What's going on?
This the 9.58?
- What'd you do, son? - Just take it easy, sir.
- I... I'm your father. - This is just temporary.
You're my son!
- Listen to 'em, Pops. - Please, Floyd, please.
- Please, Floyd! - Take it easy.
Please, Floyd, please.
Please, Floyd! Floyd!
Please, Floyd!
Now that you ask me...
I'm so high. Pass it here.
I want another bump.
Stop hogging! So greedy and selfish!
I actually am not. You're so wasted.
You're just literally babbling.
I'm gonna get more vodka from Leo's downstairs.
How you doin'?
Don't beat yourself up.
There's no way you could've known it'd end up this way.
She took care of me when no one else did.
And now...
I don't know how to take care of her.
And it's all because of that stupid decision.
How did you come to that decision?
I didn't. You forced me.
Look, I forced you to say something.
But you could've chosen the less risky procedure.
My grandma goes for it.
I mean,
that's just who she is.
So I chose what I thought she would want me to do.
There you go.
Then you made the right decision.
What if she doesn't see it that way?
Well, you go in there,
and if she needs to be mad at you,
let her be mad.
You're not just in charge of her medical decisions,
'cause accepting the consequences...
that's a decision too.
Grandma.
Come here, baby.
Come here.
- Hi, hi, sorry. - Hey.
Is everything okay?
Yeah, man, welcome.
How in the world did I miss this?
You wanna give it a go?
Uh, oh, that? No.
No, thank you.
Not in my wheelhouse.
Not mine either...
till I got hit by a truck and had to rebuild
my entire body from scratch.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- You did that. - Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, no, no, no, no.
I have a bad back and bad arms,
bad legs, bad everything, so...
Well, this will help. It did for me.
What do you got to lose?
Well, I would say my dignity,
but, uh, that sucker left the building ages ago.
- So what the heck? - All right, my man.
- Give it a go. - Okay, so over here,
we got a deadlift.
That's not helping.
Okay, so hip's-width stance.
Hands just outside the hips.
- Right. - Kay.
Your shoulders slightly in front of the bar, right?
- Yeah. - And then your hips
and shoulders are gonna rise
- at the same time. - Right, okay.
Just grab the bar and lift.
Grab the bar and lift, he says.
- Yeah, man. - Here we go.
Just lift the thing.
Just...
just pick it up. Here we go.
Aah!
All right!
All right. You feel that?
You feel that?
Oh, I felt it.
I felt something.
Yeah?
N.A.?
The meeting's upstairs.
Hey, Doc! Thanks for comin'.
Will you hustle up? Come on!
Get out of the street... for obvious reasons.
Did the, um, Venmo not go through?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
While you were nobly flailing today,
I was thinking to myself, if you actually fixed this intersection,
then you would ruin my entire business plan.
Well, it's New York, so I'm sure you can find
another dangerous intersection somewhere.
Well, my thoughts exactly!
So I took your money.
And I bought this.
- You got paint. - I got paint.
- Are we-are we doing this? - You are so doing it.
- Oh, I'm doing this? - And I'm so overseeing it.
Great, where's the brush?
Mary, you're here! Take this.
I'll just share with him, okay?
Oh, my God, you guys are so great!
Take this. Take this.
- You're gonna want that. - Yeah.
What about the guys? Who else is here?
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You can help...
there.
- Shall we? - _
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Yeah, yeah, for sure.
Yeah, but, uh, don't worry,
because I have a, uh, good lawyer.
This side is looking fantastic over here.
*CREDITS*