[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
MAN: Angels, this is unit .
We've got a young boy coming in
with a possible caustic ingestion.
He's having difficulty
breathing. ETA two minutes.
[VEHICLE DOORS CLOSE]
Oh, my God. Please, help!
LEANNE: Don't worry, sweetheart.
We got him. We got him.
- What do you got?
- Doug Kessler, years old,
sister found him
in severe respiratory distress
after ingesting boiling water
through a straw.
- Why would he do that?
- He said he saw it on
the Internet or something.
He's choking on his own secretions.
We need to intubate,
and we need to get him
to center stage now.
Hey, we got him.
What do you see, Dr. Avila? Talk to me.
I-I don't know.
There's too much swelling.
- Okay, well, keep trying.
- What do we got?
We got severe thermal damage
on the esophagus.
Let me see the X-ray.
- How's that intubation going?
- Oh, I'm almost there.
Oxygen sat down %.
I'm almost there.
Give me a second, all right?
He doesn't have a second. Move.
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
Here we go.
Pneumomediastinum.
He ruptured his esophagus.
He needs the OR now.
Where are the parents?
- They are not here yet.
- Let's go.
Move, move, move, move, move, move.
♪
Mother's phone goes
straight to voicemail.
I left a few messages at her office.
- I'll keep trying.
- Where are they taking him?
To the OR. Your brother needs
surgery to repair his throat.
Will they be able to fix it?
I'm staying positive,
and I want you
to stay positive, too, okay?
- Okay. [CRYING]
- Oh, honey. Come here.
- [SNIFFLING]
- [WHISPERS] It's okay.
♪
Hey, Savetti, this is three days in a row
you've been on the rig with us.
What gives?
I gotta have a reason to do my job?
I'm just saying it's been a minute
since you've been on a ridealong.
Will you say something hopeful? Anything.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Purest Tahitian blue,
bright as Egyptian tan,
- cured by a woman's hue.
- Willis.
Aside from the soul of man.
What are you lookin' at?
He got a Realtor. My dad.
For my brother's house.
- You gonna sell?
- No.
It's all he wanted, was a home.
Would've wanted me to finish it.
Then that's what you should do.
MAN ON RADIO: Squad , squad .
Two boat crash
at Beaman's Wharf in San Pedro.
Multiple injuries.
[STATIC CRACKLES] I hate boats.
[TOUCHSCREEN CLICKING]
[WHOOSHES]
[CLICKING CONTINUES]
[WHOOSH]
[CLICKING CONTINUES]
[WHOOSH]
♪
Hi.
Hi.
♪
Um, I have to go to work.
- Okay...
- [DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SIREN WAILING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
All right, let's go.
All right, I'll take the walking wounded.
You take the trawler.
- Which one's the trawler?
- The one on fire.
[GROANS]
- [GRUNTS]
- All right. Hey, hey, hey.
My dad... he needs help. He's on
the charter. He's pinned.
The trawler came in too fast.
- You gotta help him!
- I got it.
[SIRENS WAILING]
[HORNS HONK]
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
[RADIO CHATTER]
- [GROANS]
- Hey, sir? Sir, can you hear me?
Sir?
[RADIO CHATTER, INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[SIREN WAILING]
All right, what is your name, sir?
Lars. Captain Jonathan Larssen.
Good.
Where's my wife?
Okay, we're gonna find her,
but right now, we need
to get you out of here.
I'm gonna need a firefighter over here!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING, SIRENS WAILING]
[HORN HONKS]
[SHOUTING CONTINUES, RADIO CHATTER]
I got one up here!
[GRUNTS]
Shallow pulse.
Help me get him down.
Gotta get him back to Angels.
One, two...
- Aah!
- Here's the good news.
I can take this out without
severing the artery.
You good with that? Not really, but
you're gonna do it anyway, aren't you?
- Okay, bite down on that.
- [GRUNTING]
- [MUFFLED SCREAMING]
- [SQUISH]
Let's go. It's not safe here.
Is anyone else up here?!
[SIREN WHOOPING]
Over here!
MAN: [AMPLIFIED VOICE]
This is the Los Angeles Port...
Hey, guys, there's someone in the water!
All marine craft, please stay
clear of the area.
Willis!
Wait a minute, wait, wait, wait,
where's my mom?
- Your mom was in the boat?
- Yes.
Willis, the boat's leaking fuel!
Wait here. Stay there.
That's her. That's my mom.
No! Let me get her.
- No. No.
- Get off of me!
- Too late. Too late!
- No!
[SIREN WAILING,
HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
[RADIO CHATTER, SIREN WAILING]
Where's my wife?
Is she okay?
We need to worry about you right now.
♪
Hi, Sally.
So Doug is still in surgery,
and we won't know anything
for a little while.
Did you talk to my mom yet?
Not yet.
She can't answer the phone
while she's working.
- Mm-hmm.
- I hope she gets here soon.
I'm sure she will.
♪
Listen, I'm sorry. She's gone.
I gotta go help your father.
Do not tell him about your mother, okay?
- What are you talking about?
- Do you understand what I'm saying?
Willis! Can I get some help over here?!
Not now, okay? Not now.
♪
[SIREN WHOOPING]
[GRUNTING]
No femoral pulse. This winch
is crushing his pelvis.
But he still has circulation
north of his hips.
We're gonna get you out of here, sir.
I... how are you gonna get a
, -pound piece of steel off him?
Get it together, Charlie.
Okay, this mast is still
attached to the other boat.
LAFD is gonna have to cut
the arm and lift it out.
But when they do, all that
circulation's gonna run south,
he's gonna code.
Charlie, make sure your mom's okay.
♪
Just do what I tell ya!
[GRUNTING]
I'm staying here with you.
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]
♪
Okay, start the insertion
at the mid-axillary line.
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
- Dad?
- Emily, don't look at this.
Get back to my office.
Am I supposed to sit there all day?
You have a book. Now go.
Why can't I just call Mom?
I'm not gonna get into this right now.
Can you see that I have a patient?
You always have a patient.
- Oh, my God. How old is he?
- He's .
What's wrong with him?
He b*rned his throat
on a dumb prank. Now go.
Get outta here. Go.
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
- You okay?
- I'm fine. Focus.
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
- Hello?
- Oh. Hi.
I'm... not like some rando.
Dr. Campbell's my father. I'm Emily.
Oh, hi. I'm Ariel.
So you, like, work here?
[CLICKS TONGUE] Why is
everyone surprised by that?
- [LAUGHS] Here.
- Oh. Thank you.
[CHUCKLES] You know, I heard
two guys on the elevator
talking about a guy upstairs
with a cucumber stuck in his butt.
- What?
- [LAUGHS]
- Oh, God.
- So gross.
- Ew!
- [LAUGHS] I know, right?
He was short of breath,
so I asked Marjorie
to drive us here.
Only one at the assisted
living with a license.
I'm very popular.
- You're wheezing.
- COPD.
But it doesn't slow me down,
though, does it, Gloria?
- Harold, you're embarrassing me.
- [HITS LEG]
milligrams of solumedrol
and start him on a nebulizer.
You'll feel better soon.
He had a little fever, too.
I told you I run hot, Gloria.
I'm gonna get him on a CBC,
do a chest X-ray,
and then check his urine.
You getting with that pretty nurse?
Doctor. And no.
Not ever.
[CHUCKLES]
First guy you sent
from the boat crash? DOA.
His sister's here.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE,
RADIO CHATTER]
And I'm so sorry, but I need you
to verify this is your brother.
[SIGHS]
[GASPS] Oh.
Oh, God! [CRYING]
- That's him.
- Okay.
Okay.
[SOBBING]
[GASPING]
[SOBBING]
I think I just need to go sit somewhere.
Is there a...
a chapel?
Yeah. Yeah, I can take you there.
[CRIES]
We have to call
Child Protective Services.
I called the mom's office.
She was fired weeks ago.
She has a gambling problem.
She goes to the casino
for days at a time.
Okay, wait, wait, wait, hold on.
I wanna talk to her first.
I wanna get all the facts.
We'd have to hunt her down first. Right?
- That's not our job.
- She is their mother.
And you're not. We have two
minors here without a guardian.
One is in post-op.
Our job is to protect them.
Make the call... or I will.
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
♪
[BUZZING]
Good.
He's got a thready pulse.
We need more blood.
Fire department says they need
minutes to get this off him.
We don't have minutes.
Charlie, if we can't get this off him,
is there a way to lower the boat?
Charlie! Is there a way
to lower the boat?
I don't know. Uh, yeah.
Yeah. I can reverse the bilge pump.
She'll take on water.
You've been trying to
sink this boat for years.
Not now, Dad.
Hey, I'm the one under
a pile of ship here.
I'll say whatever the hell I want.
You should go back to
your fancy bank job.
- Leave this to the men.
- No offense taken.
He was here to foreclose
on the boat. My boat.
It wasn't me. It was the bank.
You work for the bank, don't you?
Yes, but I don't make the decisions.
God, do you ever stop?!
Hey, hey, Charlie, Charlie,
this isn't the time.
I really need your help
with the bilge pump.
Me and Harriet, we were gonna
retire on this boat.
But you didn't have the guts
to tell her yourself!
♪
It'll break her heart when I tell her.
You listening, Charlie?
She'll never speak to you again!
You listening to me?!
Yeah, well, she's never gonna
speak to me again anyway, okay,
'cause she's dead. All right? Mom's dead!
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- Dad?
- He's hemorrhaging!
Dad!
♪
[BUZZING]
Charlie, is there any way to
speed this whole thing up?
I reversed the pump.
She's taking on water.
I don't know what else!
Willis, his pulse is barely there.
God, I shouldn't have told him.
- What's done is done.
- You think this is my fault, don't you?
I didn't say that.
[RADIO CHATTER]
[WHISPERS] You think this is
really gonna work?
It has to.
♪
Stay as long as you like.
I really am sorry.
Could you sit with me for a moment?
Uh, I can get the chaplain,
but I really have to get back.
Please. You don't have to pray, just sit.
Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES]
♪
[SIGHS]
I'm not religious at all.
Me neither.
Why'd you wanna come in?
[VOICE BREAKING]
I don't know where else to go.
Do I go home and what would I do
when I got there?
I mean, do I get the mail?
I mean, what an insult
it would be to my brother
to get the stupid mail the day he d*ed.
♪
I know you have to go.
♪
I really am sorry.
I'll let the chaplain know you're here.
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
Um, excuse me. I'm Pamela Kessler.
I'm looking for my kids, Doug and Sally.
I was told they were here.
We've been trying to reach you.
Yeah, I'm... I'm sorry.
I just got the message.
Is Doug okay?
You're gonna need to speak
with Dr. Rorish.
♪
- Wait. Surgery?
- Yes.
I don't understand.
You said he drank hot water.
Boiling water through a straw.
His esophagus needed
extensive reconstruction.
But he's young, he's healthy,
and hopefully, he'll recover.
Hopefully? And where's... where's Sally?
Where are my kids?
They're here, and they're safe.
But Child Protective Services
is opening an investigation.
Wait. What? You... you called them?
I did. It's standard
in incidents like this.
Wait, hang on, hang on.
I had to work. Okay?
My mother couldn't come... What...
what else was I supposed to do?
Okay, Pamela, we spoke to your boss.
We know you weren't at work.
You don't know me. You don't
know anything about me.
You don't know anything about my kids!
- You weren't there for them.
- I demand to see my kids!
- I'll get security.
- No, no. Please, please.
That's not necessary.
[SIGHS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
Please.
My kids need me.
Please.
- Feel that?
- Yeah.
Is that okay? Oh, here we are.
Phoebe, this is Dr. Leighton,
one of our surgical residents.
Well, thank you for coming.
I need an ex-lap.
[LAUGHS] Okay, hold on
a minute. What's going on?
Abdominal pain, tenderness in
the lower left quadrant.
And what makes you think it's surgical?
I swallowed a bunch of tacks.
Way to bury the lede.
What does the X-ray show?
Well, so far, no perforations.
I'm gonna examine you, Phoebe.
It's okay. Relax. Just relax.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Well, the abdomen
is still soft. That's good.
Your chart here says you've had
several psych evaluations
- over the years.
- Excuse me?
It's a form of OCD. I can't help myself.
- Am I getting the surgery?
- No.
But it hurts. I want the surgery.
And you've got three scars to prove that.
I'm sorry, Phoebe. You're not
having surgery today.
Most likely the tacks
will pass on their own,
but, Dr. Guthrie, let me know
if that changes, okay?
Excuse me, Phoebe.
Dr. Leighton, I need a word with you.
I called you for a surgical
consult, not a psychiatric one.
Or maybe I should've called Dr. Campbell.
Call him. I'm not clogging up
the OR schedule
with an unnecessary surgery.
Let me know if she perfs.
- How we doing, Charlie?
- She dropped about or inches.
Yeah, I could see some space.
We're getting close.
All right, let's get that Stryker ready
and bring me a backboard.
[WHIRRING]
- He's crashing.
- Okay, we're free. We're free!
Come on, let's get him out of here.
- Okay, let's go. Careful.
- All right. On my count.
- One... two... three.
- [MONITOR BEEPING ERRATICALLY]
Let's get him to Angels.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Come on, Charlie. You, too.
- No, no, he doesn't want me here.
- I'm not asking.
- No, no, I can't.
- If he doesn't make it to the hospital,
you're gonna regret not being with him
for the rest of your life.
You understand?
♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Oh, that thing worked like gangbusters.
You did good, Red.
- There's just one other thing.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
You tested positive for gonorrhea.
Crap.
It's easily cured with doxycycline,
but we strongly suggest you
inform your sexual partner.
Yeah. Gloria, come here. I got the clap!
Shh! Keep your voice down.
Who's listenin'?
Which one is the clap? Syphilis?
No. Gonorrhea. It's... way better.
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
[LOWERED VOICE] Hey, uh,
call the nursing home.
There's gonna be a gonorrhea tornado.
- What are you talking about?
- My man here is a player.
- Come on. He's .
- Game recognizes game, Red.
Excuse me. But I just
heard what Harold said.
I think I need to get tested, too.
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
He lost pulse en route. Let's
get him hooked up to a monitor.
- Another amp of epi.
- On it.
♪
Trace pericardial effusion,
poor cardiac activity.
- Where's Charlie?
- Who?
His son. Should be here.
[COMPRESSIONS POUNDING]
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY, PADDLES CHARGE]
Ah, let's do it. Clear.
- Clear.
- [THUMP]
Okay, pulse is back.
Sinus tach. O sats at .
Come on. Come on.
Poor sonographic window. I can't see.
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
Give me an gauge.
The son should be here!
♪
He's gone.
[CLICK, THUD]
♪
- [MONITOR BEEPS]
- Sats improving.
Okay, good. Let's get a chest tube in
him. Get him packed up for the OR.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I feel like I haven't seen you all day.
I've just been busy. That's all.
- Everything okay?
- Fine.
Heard you lost a patient today.
Yeah, I know. I was there.
Day didn't start great either.
What do you mean?
We fought. Don't you remember?
No, whatever it was, it's fine.
- Second time you've said "fine""
- What's wrong with "fine"?
"Good" means good. "Great" means great.
- "Fine" never means fine.
- Just give me a break, okay?
- Come on. Don't...
- My dad d*ed a year ago today.
What?
Why didn't you tell me?
Because... I'm fine.
♪
What's wrong? You have to tell me.
- Whoa. What... Excuse me.
- You can tell me. It's okay.
You're not supposed to have
any contact right now.
Something's wrong with her.
- Something's wrong.
- Let me see.
Her voice. It's strange.
And... and she's hot.
- Get me Dr. Rorish!
- Sally?
Sally, honey, can you tell
Mama the truth?
- Did you do the dare, too?
- It's all my fault. I did it first.
- Doug was just copying me.
- What's the problem?
- She did it, too.
- [CRYING] I'm sorry, Mom.
Sally, can you open your mouth, please?
Okay, she's got blisters on her throat.
She may have perforated
- like her brother.
- Gurney.
- Oh, my God!
- Call Dr. Campbell!
Oh, my God.
What's happening?
What... what is happening?
- [CHOKING]
- I need to assess her.
- You have to save her. Please.
- [CHOKING]
You can't let anything happen to her.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. You need to wait here.
- That's my daughter. Please.
- Security!
Park this woman right
here till we get back.
Sally! Sal...
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Sally's in surgery.
Uh, she has severe burns in her throat.
Um, it'll be a couple hours,
but I promise you
I'll keep you updated, okay?
I never meant for any of this to happen.
♪
They're gonna... take them from me.
[VOICE BREAKING] Aren't they?
I think everybody wants
what's best for Sally and Doug.
I think that's what you want, too.
[SIGHS] I just... I just don't
wanna lose them.
Then you're going to have to change.
You're going to have to
take responsibility.
You're going to have to fight for them.
♪
- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
- [DOOR CLOSES]
[CLATTERING]
What?
You know, Freud says we cast
people around us
to replay the stuff in our lives
we couldn't fix before.
What does that even mean?
Ask Freud.
I'm asking you.
We see a lot of stuff. Horrible things.
What is it about this that's
getting under your skin?
He should be stronger... Charlie.
You don't even know him.
I know a son should
be there for his father.
Who are we talking about right now?
I don't know. Who are you
talking about right now?
Freud.
♪
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
So let me get this straight...
did he try to kiss or not?
I mean, I think so.
I couldn't really tell.
He either did this...
[KISSES] Or he didn't.
It was, like, in more, like, slow motion.
You have to take charge.
- Me?
- Yeah, why not?
Why do they get to make all the choices?
You ever kissed a boy before?
Yeah, totally.
Me, too.
I'm totally lying. [LAUGHS]
[GIGGLES] Me, too.
Wait, so you haven't?
I have spina bifida, remember?
- So what?
- So boys aren't into that.
Boys are stupid.
Hey.
[BOTH GIGGLING]
Doxycycline, milligrams,
two times a day.
You English whore.
- Whoa.
- He liked me first,
but you had to go and get
your hooks into him.
Okay, ladies, please.
Why do women always att*ck each other?
It's on him, too. I mean,
girl power, right?
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
We're best friends.
How could you do this to me?
I'm sorry.
But it had been so long, and he...
he made me feel young again.
- He has a gift.
- [CLEARS THROAT] Okay. Um...
I hate to pour gasoline on this fire,
but have either one of you had
any other sexual partners?
- Hell, no!
- Watch your mouth.
What about Harold?
♪
So she's a friend of yours?
Yeah, I mean, we just met,
but she's really cool so...
Did I freak you out this morning?
♪
[GASPS]
Wait. Uh, w-was that okay?
I'm not like a...
like a slut or anything?
Oh, no! No, that was great. Of course.
Um... how was it for you?
'Cause...
I feel like... I can do better.
Um, me, too.
♪
- Max?
- Dad, what are you doing here?
I said I'd be right back.
Who's this?
This is Ariel.
She's a candy striper and my friend.
Girlfriend.
[WHISPERS] Girlfriend?
Well, nice to meet you, Ariel.
Do you mind if I speak
to my son in private?
Sure, I gotta go to work anyway, so...
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
I was looking for you.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
Told me I needed some head scan.
- Where's my dad?
- He's in surgery.
Well, how is he?
That's all the information
I have right now.
We have nothing in common.
That's not true.
You both loved your mom.
Now she's gone.
Which means the two of you
are all you have left.
♪
[COINS DROPPING]
Excuse me, Dr. Rorish.
I'm Owen Edwards, Max's father.
Oh! Hi. It's really nice to meet...
I just found Ariel kissing my son.
Well, surely Max was also kissing Ariel.
My son is a patient here,
and Ariel is an employee.
I find that relationship
highly inappropriate.
Okay, well, I really don't
think that you need to...
Max has pulmonary
adenocarcinoma in sit...
We have been on the lung
transplant waiting list
for over a year.
He needs to focus on his health.
I understand that this is
very difficult for you.
She's preying on a sick kid.
Now as a doctor and a mother,
it's your responsibility.
Keep her away from my son.
- Are we clear?
- Crystal.
♪
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
Don't hit him. Hit me.
I just helped tear two kids
away from their mother.
- I got reamed by Max's father.
- [WRAPPER RUSTLING]
And my case worker says I'm a bad mother.
You're bad at a lot of things.
Mothering isn't one of them.
Oh, yeah? What am I bad at?
- Okay. I got a list right here.
- [PAPER CRINKLES]
Wait, wait. Oh, don't read
number seven! Please!
Now I need you to listen to me, Phoebe.
Your bowel has ruptured.
And these people are gonna
take you up to sur...
What the hell is going on here?
I just heard Dr. Sistulli was
paged for a perfed bowel.
That's right. You're not the
only surgeon in this hospital.
- She is my patient.
- No, she's not. Remember?
You didn't want her.
So I got somebody else.
Now if you'll excuse me,
Dr. Leighton. Let's go.
♪
Where did you get gonorrhea?
'Cause it wasn't from either of us.
I have no idea. But listen,
I'm old as dirt,
and you ain't much younger.
So now do we really wanna spend
any more time fighting?
Or do we wanna have some fun?
[SIGHS]
♪
[SIGHS]
We've shared a lot of things
over the years.
♪
I can live with it if you can.
Share him?
Deal.
But not at the same time.
I'm not into that.
[LAUGHS]
[LOWERED VOICE]
Harold is my spirit animal.
For sure.
♪
You're gonna be fine. Okay?
Okay, just breathe.
Look at me. Look at me.
- Oh, God.
- [WHEEZING]
- Get help.
- [GASPING]
- What happened?
- He started having trouble breathing.
- I counted breaths per minute.
- Good job, Ariel.
All right, I need you girls
to stay back there.
Max, you stay with me, buddy.
Stay with me.
Clear the way!
[GASPING AND WHEEZING]
He's not moving any air at all.
We're here for you.
Okay, let's get him on a
continuous nebulizer treatment,
- milligrams albuterol.
- Right away.
- He needs a continuous treatment.
- We're doing that right now.
- [GASPS]
- Okay, here we go.
- Okay? That's good.
- Want a bipap now?
Not yet. Have it standing by
just in case.
- [GASPING]
- Not yet.
[WHEEZING]
Oh, God.
[WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[MAX GRUNTING]
[WHEEZING AND GRUNTING CONTINUE]
Ariel, it's okay. This happens.
This isn't your fault.
- It's not your fault.
- Okay.
[GASPING]
[BEEPING]
Sats are improving.
- He's gonna be all right.
- [GASPS]
He's stable.
We're gonna take him into Sides.
Incoming!
- What happened?
- Charlie was in the CT scanner.
Started to seize.
Gave him of ativan five minutes ago.
Give him more, give him
milligrams of dilantin.
CT show anything?
Starting seizing before
they could finish the scan.
Need that CT. Okay, keep loading
him up on the anti-epileptics.
We gotta stop these seizures.
[MONITOR BEEPING ERRATICALLY]
It's the second kid today.
Second kid, same woman's negligence.
Sutures are holding.
Let's get ready to close her up.
[MONITOR BEEPING ERRATICALLY]
Heart rate's . Pressure's dropping.
- Did you hit a vessel?
- No, there's no blood.
- Heart rate's .
- [MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
No bleeding, no air embolus.
What is it, Dr. Leighton?
- Reaction to the anesthesia?
- No. She's in a hypokalemic rhythm
from too much vomiting.
- Crash cart now.
- She's going to arrest.
Still not responding to the meds.
- We need to paralyze and intubate him.
- Not yet.
We're risking permanent brain
damage if this goes on any longer.
It's time to induce a coma.
Need more milligrams
- of ativan, of keppra.
- Wait, what?
You're playing the odds
with a man's brain.
- Charlie will die if we don't act now.
- Shut up!
[MONITOR BEEPING ERRATICALLY]
Willis, I am pushing propofol.
His brain can't take it anymore.
You do not touch this patient.
You once told me there was a difference
between being a cowboy
and being reckless.
Which one are you right now,
huh? He is going to die.
[BEEPS]
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
How did you know?
Sometimes you just have your gut.
All right, let's get him up to CT,
make sure there isn't a bleed.
And what I said was there's a difference
between being a cowboy and an idiot.
I'm an attending physician.
You're a resident.
Don't ever contradict me in here again.
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
No organized cardiac activity.
Ready to shock.
[RAPID BEEPING CONTINUES]
[THUMP]
[MONITOR BEEPING ERRATICALLY]
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Pulse is back.
- It worked.
- [PADDLES THUD]
You don't seem happy.
♪
Just close her up.
[DOOR OPENS]
[GARBAGE CAN CLANKS]
She's gonna be okay.
I want her mother to see her.
Before you say anything,
she came back when it mattered the most.
Yes, protecting those kids is our job.
Punishing their mother is not.
Will, trust me.
You start being punitive,
and it's a very difficult hole
to climb out of.
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
My dad d*ed because he took
terrible care of himself.
There was no higher
or lower power at play.
Isn't a higher power kind of
part of the step deal?
Yeah, it just seems crazy.
What's God gonna say to me?
Maybe it isn't about hearing God.
Maybe it's just about being in a place
where you can listen to yourself.
♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
- I feel stupid.
- We're the only ones here.
[SIGHS]
Mr. Savetti, it's Noa.
I'm sleeping with your son.
Hey, Dad.
I, uh...
I wish things had been better with us.
I wish we had had more time.
♪
Maybe we could've figured it out.
I miss you.
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
- Whoa, whoa, easy.
- [EXHALES DEEPLY]
You still have anesthesia in you.
[EXHALES DEEPLY] Where's my boy?
Where's Charlie?
He's right there.
He had a seizure. But he's gonna be fine.
A seizure? Why... why a seizure?
He had a traumatic brain injury.
But the good news is the CT
doesn't show any bleed.
Is he gonna be okay?
Yeah. He's gonna have to be
in the hospital for a few days,
but he should be fine.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
I'll tell you what he does need.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
What?
His father.
He has his father. He knows that.
Does he?
[SIGHS] Fine.
So I don't hug him all the time
or tell him I love him
twice a day like his mom does.
Boo-freakin'-hoo. He knows.
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
♪
He knows I love him.
♪
CHARLIE: Dad.
♪
Hey, pal. How you feelin'?
[SIGHS] Should ask you the same question.
I'm tough. So are you.
♪
Sorry about Mom.
♪
Yeah.
Me, too.
What are we gonna do?
[SIGHS]
We're gonna get through it.
♪
Together.
♪
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
[GLOVES SNAP]
I hear the surgery went well.
Hmm.
She'll be dining on nails in no time.
Look, why didn't you call me?
Medicine is not just
a science, son. It's an art.
It's about collaboration.
We collaborate with our patients,
the same way we collaborate
with each other.
I get it. I didn't listen to you.
No, you didn't hear me.
It's different.
You know, I've been doing this
for a long time.
I know the percentages as well as you do,
and I knew that that woman
didn't need surgery right away.
That's not it.
Campbell's been teaching me
to own my decisions,
to be more assertive, like him.
[CHUCKLES]
Son, if your goal is to become
Will Campbell, good luck.
[SCOFFS] Thanks.
'Cause that's never gonna happen.
But if your goal is
to become a great doctor,
you have got to blaze your own trail.
Remember who you are, young squire.
It's the only way you're going to become
who you're truly meant to be.
♪
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
Almost there. Ooh!
Ooh. What you got? What you...
Go fish.
You just hustling me, huh, buddy?
They come by it honestly.
- Mommy!
- Hey, Mom.
Go ahead.
[CHUCKLES]
I missed you so much.
You know, I should've been here.
I should've been here.
I was just...
[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
You can do this.
[SNIFFLES]
Okay.
[EXHALES SHARPLY, CLEARS THROAT]
You guys deserve
the best mommy in the world.
And right now...
I'm just not her.
What happened to you guys...
It was my fault.
[SIGHS]
And I am so sorry.
♪
[WEAKLY] Do we get to go home with you?
♪
I've spoken to your mommy's case worker,
and if she's willing to get treatment...
♪
...then yes.
You do get to go home with her.
[SNIFFLES]
♪
You know I love you so much.
- Sliders for the lady.
- [SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[SIGHS] Wow.
Whole day stuck in your office,
and now you're buying me
dinner from a truck?
Mm. I heard you weren't actually
in my office all day.
And you were in center stage.
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING IN DISTANCE]
I heard you were a big help with Max.
Is... he okay?
Yes, thanks to you and Ariel.
I just went to get help. [CHUCKLES]
I'm glad you were there.
Proud of you.
♪
Mom! [LAUGHS]
- Oh! I missed you.
- How are you?
- I am so good.
- [CHUCKLES]
♪
- Look at you.
- [GASPS]
♪
Thank you, Will.
It's just, um, eat your food.
Thank you, Daddy.
So what's for dinner?
[LAUGHS]
Sweetie?
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Time to go home.
Can we have, like, five
more minutes, please?
Okay. I'll be waiting over here.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
Oh, hi.
We were just about to leave.
Um...
I think we got off on the wrong foot.
I'm sorry.
They like each other.
[SIGHS]
♪
[TELEPHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE]
[RADIO CHATTER]
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES]
♪
Ethan. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Tell me something hopeful.
Please. Anything.
That poem that your brother wrote.
Will you tell me that?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
♪
- What are you staring at?
- Huh?
- What are you staring at?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
- I was just wondering how they're doing,
- Larssen and his son.
- They're talking.
Who knows how long it'll last?
Apple fell pretty far from the tree.
But it still came from the tree.
Who are we talkin' about now?
Freud.
- [SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
- [CHUCKLES]
[MOTOR REVVING]
♪
♪
03x08 - Home Stays Home
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"Code Black" takes place in an overcrowded and understaffed LA County Hospital emergency room, where the staff treat patients under difficult circumstances.
"Code Black" takes place in an overcrowded and understaffed LA County Hospital emergency room, where the staff treat patients under difficult circumstances.