02x03 - Three Words

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02x03 - Three Words

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- Previously on The Resident...
- I also know a desperate man.

You've been a locum tenens
for the last months,

hopping from hospital to hospital.

I'm Julian Booth, device rep
for QuoVadis. I was a dancer

until one day, I was hit
by a car. Total hip replacement

gave me my life back
and made me a true believer.

This is a business. It's not a charity.

- How much does he make?
- A million five.

You're gonna have
to learn to work together.

- Nic, I'm trying.
- This was never our problem.

- Then what was?
- Not here, not now.

I got the cue ball curving
while chilling with Irving.

A few more drinks,
and he might start swerving.

Looking like that,
I'm surprised they let us in.

And my rhymes are so sick, but
I don't need your bad medicine.

- Oh!
- That was... was not great.

(CHUCKLES) Well, I don't have
to be good to love hip-hop,

so put that in your pocket and lock it.

Noted. So are we getting back
to the game or what?

- Whose sh*t is it?
- Mine.

I got to be honest. I'm pretty
tired of b*ating you. (GRUNTS)

Ouch. Words hurt, man.

♪ You're looking for Joanie ♪

♪ Was Joanie there? ♪

That's not cool.

No, what's not cool is you guys
hogging the table for two hours.

Yeah, people are waiting.

And if you've been sh**ting
like that, you're cheating.

The rule is, one foot
on the ground at all times.

- I'm pretty sure I did.
- I'm positive you didn't.

IRVING: Why don't you show us

how it's done... whoever you are?

Oh, what a gentleman, giving me the cue

that's loose in the middle,
chipped on top.

Every bar has a crooked cue,
and I'm looking at it.

You're not slick.

I don't... like you.

You make the sh*t, you get the table.

♪ That you surely don't want to find ♪

♪ You're looking for Joanie ♪

♪ Was Joanie there... ♪

- Oh.
- (CHUCKLES)

♪ But if you find Judy... ♪

Deal's a deal.

♪ Better leave it alone ♪

♪ Leave it alone... ♪

- Have a good night.
- You too.

♪ Leave it alone,
you better leave it alone... ♪

See you at Chastain.
We start as interns on Monday.

♪ Leave it alone... ♪

Great, just what we need...

a new batch of arrogant,
know-it-all interns.

(LAUGHS)

♪ Leave it alone, leave it alone ♪

♪ Y'all better leave it alone ♪

JESSICA: Hello?

(ECHOING): Hello?

Nic?

(GIGGLES) Are you with me?

Irving's three-year
Chastain anniversary bash.

Tavern. You're going, right?

Excuse me. Coming through!
(CLEARS THROAT)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Linda?

- I told you, we don't have any.
- Come on.

- I know you have a stash.
- MITCHELL: What about

my patients? They need it
just as much as yours does.

My patient is young, immunosuppressed,

with a history of a liver transplant.

She had a syncopal episode.

BP / , heart rate .

Two days of vomiting and diarrhea.

- She's severely dehydrated.
- She just got married.

Help her.

Excuse me. Coming through.

Oh, miracle workers,
both of you. (SIGHS)

We'll start getting some fluids
in your wife,

and figure out what's going on.

Thank you, Dr. Feldman.

IRVING: Glad you were passing through.
Thanks for helping out.

We're a level- trauma center

and we can't get a bag of salt water.

Things like this happen
in third world countries.

They're not supposed to happen here.

It's gonna continue to happen
until someone in power

decides to fix the problem.

Where you going?

Speak truth to power.

♪ ♪

("THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO:
DUETTINO - SULL'ARIA" PLAYING)

Well, evidently,
my revolving door of assistants

is either charmed by you or asleep
at the desk, which is more likely!

Either way, I-I don't have time
for whatever this is.

The staff is hoarding
and rationing saline.

Patients' lives are at risk,
and if that doesn't get you

to focus, it's lawsuit
waiting to happen.

Yeah, I'm fully aware. I have a
plan in motion. See yourself out.

Please tell me your plan
doesn't involve my father.

How is that any concern of yours?

My father invests in companies,
he makes his money,

and then he moves on,
leaving scorched earth behind.

I can handle your father.

Then I guess we'll see.

I got your page. Everything okay?

It is. You've been requested.

Mr. Candelora would like you
on his wife's case.

I pulled up reviews on Chastain.

Dr. Hawkins has five stars, but
Dr. Feldman only has four, so...

Dear, don't you think we should
have discussed this first?

(LAUGHS) What's to discuss, my
love? You deserve the best care.

You're being rude. I need you
to relax, relate, release.

(INHALES DEEPLY) I wish I could,
but my wife passed out

at a coffee shop she made me stop at
on her way to the doctor's office.

It's not constructive to place
blame during intense discussions.

We're having an argument...

just call it an argument.

(WHISPERING): Good luck.

Uh, conflict minimization.

It's a technique Brianna found
to keep the honeymoon alive,

even though we're still newlyweds.

The honeymoon phase is a state of mind.

(WHISPERING): Can we please have Dr.
Hawkins treat you?

IRVING: It's okay. If I ever get
married, I hope to be just as good

at fighting for my wife's health.

Well, you've got some big shoes to fill.

I didn't get my new liver
from just anyone.

John was my donor.

(LAUGHS) I didn't have a choice.

World's better with you in it.

Back at you.

So will you let them look at your cough?

I'm fine. Um, could Brianna
be rejecting the liver?

I'll ultrasound her abdomen,
send off some labs,

see what that tells us.
You sure you're okay?

I will be once we figure out
what's wrong with my wife.

I can't believe you.

- Baby, just...
- Sit down. Sit.

- (WHISPERS): You are stressing.
- I'm not stressing.

- Look at you. You've got tubes in your nose.
- Just breathe.

- (WHISPERING): You're stressing out.
- (INHALING DEEPLY)

- Yeah.
- I love you.

BELL: % of all saline is made
in a factory in Puerto Rico,

which isn't operating...
since the hurricane.

Two other companies
have a monopoly on the rest.

They can't handle the shortage,
and on top of that,

they're using the high demand
to drive up prices.

But I have a plan
that'll solve that problem

and also increase our revenue.

We form a consortium

with other health care providers

and manufacture saline ourselves.

You're talking
about creating a new company.

That's a big undertaking.

Well, the numbers will support the risk.

I'm not worried about the numbers.

You don't have enough experience

- as CEO to pull this off.
- You know, I have

a pretty firm grasp on
what I can and cannot handle.

Well, I don't see it happening,
Dr. Bell.

We're tabling it.

That's... Yeah.

That's a... Didn't realize

we'd dispensed
with Robert's Rules of Order.

MARSHALL: Very well.

All those in favor of letting Dr.
Bell proceed with the consortium?

Great. Let's turn to page two.

You stacked the deck.

Well played.

I'll be joining you today
at the conference

to meet the CEOs you hope
will be our future partners.

I insist we travel together.

In my jet.

Looking forward to it.

MAN: I've been struck by lightning.

DEVON: I don't see any
burns on the skin.

- Have you had any muscle pain?
- Nope.

Strong as an ox.

How about any hearing or vision loss?

Is that a cr*ck at my age, son?

No, sir.

- Any chest pain?
- Yup.

- Bad ticker.
- I see you had

a defibrillator and a pacemaker put in.

- (GRUNTS, GROANS)
- (ALARMS CHIME)

Oh! (GROANS)

See? Struck by lightning.

Your defibrillator is going off.

The pain that you're feeling is
from the electrical shock.

We'll run some tests, and I'll call
the company that made the device

and have them bring in some equipment
to run a diagnostic, okay?

- I got the card right here.
- Great.

Um, I see your surgeon was Dr. Austin.

Didn't he explain
how defibrillators work?

He used big words.

When he started talking,
I stopped listening.

Okay. Be right back.

BELL: Dr. Austin,

your billing with the Titian...
non-existent.

I am aware. Good talk.

The Titian's
a two million dollar machine.

Chastain needs to make a return
on its investment.

Well, the former is not my fault,
the latter is not my concern.

Your contract has a billing quota.

Which I exceed consistently.

Okafor, show him the numbers.

- Why would I have those numbers?
- Somewhere, someone's got numbers.

Take a gander. Good talk.

The quota includes robotic surgeries.

Every surgeon has learned

and started billing
with the Titian except you.

Well, I'll tell you what.
You find me a study

that shows that
the robotic approach is better

than the standard CT surgery,
and I will consider it.

Consider this: everyone's replaceable

if they don't play ball, even you.

Good talk.

(WHEEZES)

I can't seem to catch my breath.

I feel like I ran a marathon.

Dr. Hawkins, do you see anything?

Well, I don't see any overt
signs of organ rejection,

but we'll need
to do a more extensive scan,

some blood work, maybe even a biopsy.

(ALARMS CHIMING)

BP / , heart rate .

Tamponade.

Well, how bad is this? Tell me.

Fluid has built up around the heart.

It's keeping the heart from

b*ating normally. We need to drain it.

Let's get her upstairs.

It's gonna be okay.
It's just a bump in the road.

- Team Johnna can handle this.
- You know I prefer "BriaJohn."

(CHUCKLES) I'm good
with whatever you want. (COUGHS)

I, uh... I still don't understand
about the fluid around her heart?

It's probably been there
for weeks and getting worse.

Is this related to her transplant?

Not sure yet, but certain medications

or inflammation can cause
fluid build-up.

We'll send out the fluid
for analysis to figure it out.

JOHN: Uh, Dr. Hawkins, you're,
uh, you're a resident, right?

Shouldn't an attending be
supervising this procedure?

BRIANNA: You strong-armed Dr.
Hawkins into taking my case.

Now he's not qualified to be my doctor?

Hey, don't worry. I've done this
procedure hundreds of times.

NIC: She's in good hands.

I should know. I was there
the first time he did it.

Sounds like a pericardial tamponade.

You're right.
I need an -gauge spinal needle

and a cc syringe to drain the fluid.

Whoa, whoa. You're an intern. You
can't do procedures unsupervised.

Well, while we wait for the
attending to come down,

the patient will die. So, you help me,

or you get out of my way.

Careful, Hawkins. You're
gonna need people like me.

Somebody get me an IV.

♪ ♪

Looks like you just went rogue
to save a patient.

Wouldn't be the first time.

Whenever you're free, I'd like...

Friday at : .
I'll eat pretty much anything.

I hate white tablecloths,
so let's keep it casual.

♪ ♪

JOHN: Thank you.

I've been looking into the three CEOs

you said were interested in starting

a new saline company with Chastain.

Not necessary. I'm handling it.

Sarah?

Sager.

grand a bottle.

So, you're meeting them
at the conference to pitch them.

- Yeah.
- It's a big deal.

- A lot at stake. Nervous?
- You know,

when you've held someone else's
life in your hands

as many times as I have,
you don't get nervous.

To a successful pitch.

You know, we want the same thing
for Chastain.

In one instance,
we temporarily disagree.

Let's move on.

Club soda.

Okafor, I better be here to watch
you build a Barbie Dreamhouse.

You're not. You're here
to learn how to use the Titian.

Did you not understand me earlier?

I'll try using different words.
I operate with these.

- They're better than any robot.
- Yes, I understood you.

Did you understand Bell?

Uh, his mouth was moving,
but I wasn't listening.

Everybody loves a shiny toy.

They'll spend double, triple,
thousands more

for a mindless, metal cyborg.

But the patient's outcome is no better.

This thing is a two
million dollar rip-off.

You pretend to have high-minded motives

for refusing this machine,
but I know the truth.

You can't do this.

I can teach you.

Be careful. (SIGHS)

Let me introduce myself.

I am Dr. AJ Austin,

triple board certified,

named top CT surgeon

by U.S. News & World Report four times.

Chastain has given me
the nickname "The Raptor."

I don't know who came up
with it, but I like it.

The raptor is a bird of prey,

ruthless, intelligent, king of the sky,

sl*ve to none.

So...

let's not forget who's the
teacher and who's the student.

Lesson for today:
never underestimate The Raptor.

Irving said you haven't RSVP'd
to the party at the Tavern.

Oh, sorry. I must have forgotten.

BRIANNA: Somebody help!

(JOHN WHEEZING)

- What's happening?
- CONRAD: He's wheezing.

We need to get your husband to the ER.

Coming in with oxygen.

Let's get him up.

Okay. All right.

- (GASPS)
- CONRAD: Here you go.

NIC: There we go.

I want to be with him.

No, no. It's better if you stay here.

- You take him. I'll stay with Brianna.
- Okay.

Thank you.

They've stabilized him,
and he's being admitted.

(SIGHS)

- So, what now?
- Well,

since John's experiencing
the same pulmonary issues

as you, I'm wondering

if you caught the same infection.

You said you got married recently.

- Where did you honeymoon?
- The Big Island, Hawaii.

Spent most of the time in the hotel.

I feel so selfish...

not making him see a doctor.

I had no idea he was this sick.

John loves you.

I'm sure he was just trying to show
you that by putting you first.

He feels guilty.

He cheated on me when we were dating,

and I left him.

We weren't together anymore when I
was diagnosed with liver disease.

And yet he still volunteered
to be your organ donor?

It was the worst time in my life.

I don't know where I'd be
if he hadn't been there.

(DOOR OPENS)

New Year's party started early.

- Sorry.
- No, it's not your fault.

You've been amazing.

Conrad, I have everything
I need. I'm okay.

You don't have to stay here all night.

I'm not going anywhere.

Wish there was more I could do.

I felt off yesterday.

Conrad, I'm so sorry.

Please, don't.

I should have gone to see my doctor.
(SNIFFLES)

The miscarriage is not your fault.

There is nothing anyone could have done.

These things... they just happen,

and no one knows why.

(NIC SIGHS)

What would you have wanted to do?

We will get through this.

DEVON: Mr. Yokum,

this is Julian Booth,
device rep from QuoVadis,

the company that made your
dual pacemaker and ICD device.

She's here to check it and, if
necessary, help us fix it, okay?

- Yes, sir.
- Nice to meet you, Mr. Yokum.

Hi, sweetheart.

You're about to unbreak
my metal heart. (CHUCKLES)

- You call me Hugh.
- (LAUGHS) Okay, Hugh.

- May I?
- Yes, ma'am. Thank you, thank you.

This will be quick
and painless, I promise.

I can wirelessly pull information
from the defibrillator's hard drive.

The defibrillator is misfiring.

It'll need to be replaced.
Was this implanted at Chastain?

Dr. Austin put it in. Big guy.

Rude. Took my hat away.

Dude tried to wear
a cowboy hat in the OR.

(CHUCKLES) I'll get
started on pre-op labs.

Good. We will schedule
surgery as soon as they come back.

- Do you have a replacement?
- Ready to go.

All right. Alert me
if there are any complications.

I was with Hugh
when the defibrillator went off.

It seemed extreme to me.

Are there cases when an ICD device

misfired so badly that the shock
k*lled the patient?

I've never heard of that happening.

But it is possible, isn't it?

There's a phenomenon known as
"the cure is the cause."

When the treatment results
in more problems

than the disease itself. That's
not what's happening here.

I think you're overreacting.

All right.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I really don't understand
your problem with the Titian.

It's capable of steady
and precise movements.

Oh, yuck. Look who's toeing
the company line.

- Ooh!
- I don't want him to fire you.

Do what Bell wants. Human hands,
robotic hands, cutting is cutting.

Pay attention, Okafor.

Robots literally and figuratively

stand in between me and the patient.

So, no, all cutting is not the same.

Not to me.

And it shouldn't be to you.
And trust me,

Bell is not gonna fire me.
I am too valuable,

- and he knows it.
- Yeah.

His ego is as big,
if not bigger, than yours.

f*ring you may not be the smart thing,

but he'll do it just to prove a point.

- And that point would be what?
- That he

is the most powerful person in the room.

So if you don't sacrifice
your beliefs, the next stop

on your locum tenens journey
will be Who Cares, New Jersey.

So, what you got against Jersey?

We compared your X-rays and other tests.

You both have significant
pulmonary damage.

We believe it's because of an infection,

but we don't know what caused it.

So we'll look at your travel
history, see if anything sticks out.

Even though Brianna
has a compromised immune system

due to the dr*gs she takes
to avoid organ rejection,

John's lungs are in a worse shape.

NIC: Which may mean that John
got the infection first.

Something you want to share
with the class?

I have a crazy itch down there.

All right, let me see.

You have a rash.

Since we seem to share all our
symptoms, why don't I have a rash?

Maybe John got his
doing something without you.

We were on our honeymoon,
we did everything together.

Didn't we?

You didn't sneak out of our
hotel room while I was asleep?

That's not an STD, is it?

Let's not jump to any conclusions.

- Who is she?
- Keep your oxygen mask on.

BRIANNA: What, the waitress from our
hotel? The guide from our tour?

- (GASPING)
- (MONITORS BEEPING)

John. John?

NIC: We need to intubate.

of roc, of etomidate.

John! What's going on?

CONRAD: He can't breathe.
We need to do it for him.

John.

I am thrilled you've agreed,
in principle,

to partner with Chastain.
We'll produce our own saline,

get out from under monopoly,
help our patients,

and make a few dollars along the way.

- Cheers.
- Hear, hear.

So sorry to intrude on the celebration.

Everyone, this is Marshall Winthrop.

He is the chairman of the board
at Chastain Park Memorial.

- These three amazing CEOs...
- Oh, I know who they are.

Apparently better than you do, Randolph.

Dr. Curtis, does your board know

that you're being investigated
for massive tax evasion?

Mr. Price, you have quite the résumé.

BA from Harvard. MBA from Wharton.

Tell me, how is the weather in Arizona,

where you actually went to college?

And Kevin Finnerman,
you have driven your hospital

to the brink of bankruptcy

with administration overhead

that crushes what you spend
in patient care.

You don't have the coin
to partner with anyone.

Stick to what you know

and leave the business of business

to the big boys.

John's getting a chest CT
and a little test for STDs.

Syphilis or chlamydia
could explain his symptoms.

Yeah. If he passed something on to
Brianna, it'll explain hers, too.

You okay?

She was holding on to a honeymoon,

when maybe there never
should've been a marriage.

John says he's changed. Let's give
him the benefit of the doubt.

They went through so much.
Things changed.

I'm not sure that people can.

Are we still talking about the patient?

We broke up because we had
issues, and then Lily d*ed,

and your dad came back, I got arrested.

If those things didn't happen, do
you think we'd be back together?

Uh, yes.

Of course.

Don't you?

I don't know.

I'll let you know
when John's results come in.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you so much. Thank you.

I'm honored to be here among
the tribe I value most:

doctors, health care professionals,

dedicated to making their
patients' lives better.

We make decisions when a life
hangs in the balance.

We treat and cure, all while
risking unfounded blame

and lawsuits.

But I'm here today not to list
our challenges and virtues

but to issue a clarion call

to this group that I consider heroes.

It's time for us to suit up

and take on a new fight,
and we need to do it together.

Because bad things
are happening in our world,

and we can't fix them
because we've lost control.

We've surrendered our power to
the medical industrial complex,

and it is time to show those
who would stand in the way

of the common good that we will
no longer surrender.

It is up to us,
not ignorant businessmen,

to fight that good fight.

I suggest we can do it
by solving a simple problem.

Hospitals cannot get ahold
of one of the cheapest

and most effective treatments
ON EARTH: saline solution.

There's a handful of companies

that control the market.

They hold us all hostage.

We need to change that.

Dr. Conrad Hawkins. I got your page.

The Raptor is here to help.

Let's just say
I'm embracing the nickname.

Our patient has acute

- respiratory failure.
- I'm aware.

Listen, as someone who has gone
toe-to-toe with Bell and won,

I need your advice
on how to handle a situation.

He wants me to start billing
with the Titian.

It's a machine I loathe
as if it were a real person.

I agree.

But if I don't use it,
he says he'll fire me.

Well, then you got a choice
to make. You do what Bell says

and save your job, or stand up for your
principles and risk getting fired.


Okay, that's not the answer
I was looking for.

That's all I got.

Whoa. Looks like your man John
needs a bronchoscopy, stat.

Look at those lungs.

Most of it looks chronic.

This means John's health was
impaired before his honeymoon.

Oh, long before, brother.

Based on this scan, I'd say his lungs

have been taking a b*ating for years.

But why did John and Brianna's
symptoms only develop

after they got back from the honeymoon?

Well, I don't know, but the Raptor
does not envy you right now.

John's organs are shutting down.
First his lungs, now his kidneys.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Did you get Hugh's pre-op labs back?

Um... any second.

I'm sorry if I was
a little short earlier.

I love my work.

- I get defensive.
- Understandable.

Admirable, too.

I hear you have a wedding coming up.

You studying up to do a Bollywood dance

- at the reception?
- (LAUGHS) Yeah.

My fiancée, Priya, insists.

I don't want to disappoint her, but I...

- I have two left feet.
- (LAUGHS)

Well, maybe I can help.

- I was a dancer, remember?
- (ALARM BLARES)

Page Dr. Austin.

His heart rate's dropping.

Get the pacer pads.

His device has completely failed.

Start pacing at .

- (ELECTRICITY THUMPS)
- Can we sedate him?

His pressure's too low.

- It's not capturing.
- Pravesh, talk to me.

- His device isn't working.
- He needs a transvenous pacer.

Well, in my infinite wisdom,
I ordered these on the way down.

Pravesh, suit up.

I'll talk you through it.

Come on, let's go.

Now, access the right internal

jugular vein with the finder needle.

Good. Now advance the guidewire.

Okay, and guide the
catheter over the wire.

- Remove the wire.
- (MONITOR BEEPING)

Stay cool, Pravesh.
Don't look at the monitor.

Listen to me.

Now insert the wire
and inflate the balloon.

Grab the pacer generator.
Set the heartbeat to ,

and the output at ten milliamps.

Slowly advance, Pravesh.

Keep going.

Keep going...

There.

(MONITOR BEEPS)

Blood pressure's back to normal.

Deflate the balloon.
Dial back on the output.

All right, let's get this guy
up to ICU and change his device.

But for now, you saved his life.

Well done.

You're a natural.

I'm ready to leave the ICU?

Yes, but we're still gonna
keep a close eye on you.

I feel bad for leaving him.

I should be doing something.

The best thing to do is help figure
out what you've both been exposed to.

John's lungs were severely damaged
long before your honeymoon.

But your symptoms didn't start
until after you returned home.

- We're missing something.
- I told you everything

I can remember about
our medical history.

All right. Well, then,
let's trace backwards.

When was the last time you were sick?

Uh, we both had a cold
around the holidays

and a bout of food poisoning
a month ago.

- From what?
- Undercooked chicken.

John took it off the stove too soon

because it was smoking out the kitchen.

I lived with him in that house
for two years,

and every time he cooks
something with oil,

the whole place smells like smoke again,

which makes John's cough even worse.

You've mentioned his cough before.
Has he had it for a while?

Yes. It's been on and off since he
bought the house three years ago.

We tested it for mold
but didn't find anything.

I have the same cough, but we figured
it was just some sort of allergy.

We don't normally do house calls,

but do you mind if we go have a look?

BELL: You're late.

I had a few last-minute deals
to shore up.

So, just for your information,

after my speech, six new CEOs
expressed interest in starting

- our own saline factory.
- We won't need them.

I just bought a manufacturing company

to produce our own saline,
and I'm working

on getting fast track approval
from the FDA.

So you bought a factory...

threw away a much larger opportunity
just to keep me from having a win.

I got into a business
with a proven track record.

It's not all about you, Bell.

That's something you seem to
have a hard time understanding.

Club soda.

NIC: No weird smells. No animals.

I don't see anything hazardous.

John's STD test came back.

Negative.

(SIGHS) Brianna will be relieved.

Maybe he did change.

Testing negative does not mean
that he didn't cheat,

but we'll give him the benefit
of the doubt.

Still, it can't be easy for her;
she never forgot

how their relationship ended
the first time.

Kind of like you never forgot
what happened at the Tavern.

Wish I could.

Seriously, none of them?

- None.
- Not even the first three.

- I don't like lightsabers.
- Ugh.

Okay, what about Battlestar...

the concept of girl Starbuck,

boy Starbuck...
that means nothing to you?

What?

Wow. How has this never come up?

I wish it hadn't.

Okay. Clear your Saturday
and your Sunday.

Movie marathon. Me and you.
It's happening.

(LAUGHS)

- You and me.
- Uh, all right.

I'm gonna need more beer for that.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Pick your franchise.

Hey! What the hell are you doing?

Hey, hey. Whoa, whoa, whoa, Conrad.

(GRUNTS)

Conrad, stop. Open the door.

(GRUNTING)

Do exactly what I tell you to do.

You go out there
and you apologize to the lady.

- Unlock the door.
- NIC: Conrad!

I'm really, really sorry.

Stop it.

He put his hands on you.
What do you expect me to do?

Don't you pretend this has
anything to do with me.

It's not the first time
I've seen you lose it like that.

What are we doing?
Let's get out of here.

- I'm fine.
- No, you are not fine!

Nic, okay, I overreacted, but you...

you're doing the same thing right now.

You know, Conrad, the way that
you handle things scares me.

- That's not fair.
- Whether it's Afghanistan,

losing the baby...

- Don't.
- No, you need to hear it.

'Cause that's the truth.

You bottle everything up inside.

I never know what you're thinking,

I never know what you're
feeling, and now this?

Dragging some guy into a bathroom

because some b*mb goes off in
you, and I can't see it coming?

This is not normal.

I'm sorry, Conrad. I can't...

I can't do this anymore.

CONRAD: I'm not the same
guy I was back then.

And I want to believe that.

- I hope it'll be different.
- It will be.

Because I'll be different.

Do the work, get the help.

You make me want to be a better person.

That's one of the reasons
why I love you.

I know you love me, and I know

that you believe
everything you just said.

But if this is gonna work,
you need to believe it, too.

Yeah.

Sorry, I just realized there's pottery

all over the place.

And I think they make it themselves.

Maybe somewhere in the house.

Only one place left to look.

CONRAD: You developed a condition
called chronic silicosis,

scarring of the lungs
caused by inhaling silica.

A mineral found in clay used
for pottery.

You and John have been inhaling
harmful levels for years

due to poor ventilation
in your workshop.

John moved into the house first,

so he was exposed for a longer period.

And that's why he got sicker faster?

But why didn't we get sick
until after our honeymoon?

Volcanic ash is a trigger
for acute silicosis,

which you inhaled
while you were in Hawaii.

NIC: It can take a few weeks
for symptoms to show up.

And the rash?

The bronch on his lungs revealed
an infection called nocardia.

NIC: You both got it in Bali,

but it's more common for men
to develop a rash than women.

CONRAD: Silicosis and
nocardia... they're treatable.

But John's chest CT
revealed an empyema...

pus and dead tissue in the lung.

He needs surgery.

You have my consent.

Go help my husband.

BELL: I hear you're doing Mr.
Candelora's empyema.

We're heading to the OR now.

I assume you're using the Titian.

Well, you know what they say
about assumptions.

Dr. Austin, I was crystal clear.

Yes. You were.

And I made a medical decision
based on personal principles.

I will forever do the best job I can

using the finest tools available.

Now, I assume that a surgeon like you

would understand that. But, if not...

fire me.

I keep my bags packed at all times.

I think that's wise.

This might be our last dance, Okafor.

(CHUCKLES)
If Bell was going to fire you,

it would've just happened.

So, not our last dance.

CONRAD: How was the conference?

Oh, inspiring. Educational.

Your father's approach to just about
everything is an acquired taste.

(LAUGHS) I'm gonna guess
he insinuated himself

into whatever your plans were
for the saline shortage.

Oh, Marshall, on his own,

wrote a check, bought
a company... just like that...

to manufacture clean,
safe saline for Chastain.

We'll never be short again.

And now he'll sell the surplus
and make a k*lling.

You know, you better open your eyes.

He's certainly here to scorch the earth,

but trust me, he'll be sticking around

to make a mint off
the carbon he creates.

CONRAD: Long day?

Yeah, it's not over.

Got a couple more phone calls
to make, a few e-mails.

- You can do it tomorrow.
- Not my style.

Chastain isn't like other
companies you've taken over.

I think I can handle anything
this hospital throws my way.

Like a saline shortage?

You might not believe this,
but I have no ill intent

in starting the saline factory.

I believe you.

Well, I want to take the olive branch,

but I'm curious where it came from.

If I want people to believe
I've changed,

I need to consider
that maybe you have, too.

I, uh...

hope you can see now that...

you're a lot more like me
than you realize.

Good night... son.

Good night... Dad.

♪ ♪

(DEVON CHUCKLES)

Is slow dancing a part of Bollywood?

JULIAN: I just want to see how you move.
Get the nerves out.

We'll start with something you know.

Okay. Sounds good.

Uh, let me just apologize in advance

for stepping on your feet.

That's not gonna happen.

Okay.

♪ ♪

♪ I can feel it ♪

Mm-hmm.

♪ Coming on ♪

♪ I think I want to change the ♪

♪ Whole world ♪

♪ Can you see... ♪

I've been thinking about
creating my own medical device.

Watching what you do gave me the idea.

You know, there's a secret to this.

People who dance well,
their lips don't move.

♪ Coming on ♪

♪ I think I want to change the ♪

♪ Whole world ♪

Well, I just want to say one last thing.

I think you're leading.

That's why it's working.

♪ It's all good, it's okay ♪

(BOTH LAUGH)

DEVON: Come on.

(LAUGHS) Look how good you're doing.

♪ I'll be there ♪

♪ Through the night ♪

♪ I can feel it ♪

♪ Coming on... ♪

You're here.

I'm not going anywhere.

Me neither.

♪ Phenomenon ♪

♪ Been living on a prayer ♪

♪ All along ♪

♪ All along, all along. ♪

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

♪ I want you to move me ♪

♪ Like we're in Babylon tonight ♪

♪ I want you to hear me ♪

- Hey.
- Hey.

You're here.

I'm here.

I love you, too.

♪ Yeah, I said, yeah ♪

And I do think
it'll be different this time.

♪ Angels and demons ♪

♪ I have fallen ♪

♪ Kicked from heaven ♪

♪ Good-bye ♪

♪ My only sin was ♪

♪ To want you... ♪

Are you ready to go down in defeat?

People may change,

but I'm not sure
your pool game can be saved.

(CHUCKLES) Those are fighting words.

I'll let my -game lead do the talking.

All right. Watch this.

- ball, corner pocket.
- Difficult sh*t.

I seem to remember
you missing that one a lot.
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