04x17 - Unfinished Business

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04x17 - Unfinished Business

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Previously on "New Amsterdam"...

Half our karaoke party is missing.

Elizabeth.

Mia.

Now Trevor.

Casey.

Ronnie, pull the car over now.

Why is it just those four missing?

It's not just four.

Helen!

Helen.

Hey, hey, Helen! Helen!

Helen!

Helen.

Hey, Helen. Talk to me.

Helen, hey!

Talk to me. Helen, please.

Hey, help! I found her on the floor.

It's, uh, shallow breathing.
A weak pulse.

Get me a finger-stick

blood sugar stat.

Pupils equal round reactive.

DTR's intact bilaterally.

Hi, this is Dr. Bloom
from New Amsterdam Hospital.

I'm trying to track down
a veteran in your system.

Uh, Ronnie Cooper.

Hi, this is Trevor.

You know what to do.

Hi, Trevor, it's me.

Would you please call me
as soon as you get this?

I'm, uh, I'm getting worried over here.

Okay, thank you. Bye-bye.

This is her bike.

Mia! Mia!

All right, let's fan out.

She's out here somewhere.

- Uh, hello?
- Ronnie?

Ronnie Cooper, where are you?

Do you need help?

What a night.

- Is Casey with you?
- Casey?

I don't...

- Who is this?
- Dr. Lauren Bloom.

You were with my friend
Casey Acosta last night

and now we can't find him.

- Is he... is he with you?
- Uh, no, ma'am.

We, uh... we kinda
got into it last night.

And, uh, we almost got into an accident

and he just bounced. Who is this again?

Dr. Lauren Bloom
from New Amsterdam Hospital.

Uh, yeah.

I did... I did see Casey last night.

We, uh, we went for a drive.

- A drive where?
- Well, uh...

- What's wrong?
- Casey's missing.

I'm going out to find him.

Out, like out of the hospital?

Then I'm going with you.

Okay, is there any landmarks?

Tell me where you last were there.

Mia! Mia!

Hey, I got her. I got her.

- Damn it.
- Trauma?

Not that I can see,
but she's hypothermic

and we gotta get her out of here now.

- Oh, my God!
- Oh.

Make sure we're the only ones here.

Uh, Karen, come look at this.

Oh, my God.

Ah-ah, just lie there. Don't move.

I'm calling an ambulance.

- The apartment's all clear.
- Thank you.

Helen.

M... Max.

Hey, easy.

Easy, tiger.

It hurts...

everywhere.

What happened?

We found Thanatophol in your blood.

Happened last night at the bar.

- My drink was spiked?
- Not just yours.

It happened to Wilder,
Trevor, Mia, Casey.

- Oh, my God.
- We're getting the word out

to everybody, but right now
you're my priority,

which means getting you fluids and rest.

Oh, I'd rest a lot easier
if my leg wasn't k*lling me.

Which one?

The left one.

That bad?

We got more of her labs back.

Her D-dimer's high.

So's your protein.

You're at grams per deciliter.

What's... what's my platelet count?

Uh, you're down to , .

I am ripe for severe DIC.

You could have clots everywhere.

You need a body scan now.
Walsh, let's move.

Doing great, babe.

You're almost done.

How's it look?

Max?

Max, what do you see?

Please just... just tell me.

Uh, you have multiple clots.

In multiple arteries.

Where are they?

Renal.

And hepatic.

Two surgeries, that's not too bad.

And gastric.

And ovarian.

And uterine.

So that's three more.

Including a hysterectomy.

Yeah.

Hello?

Trevor, hi. Oh, my God.

Hey, boss.

- Got your messages.
- Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh, where are you?

Baptist Hospital.

I swear to you
I'm not cheating on you, mate.

It's where the paramedics took me.

So I'm sure you know by now

that you were drugged last night.

- Yeah.
- Wasn't just you though.

A bunch of us got dosed unfortunately.

Damn. The last thing I recall

I was on the train home.

Good Samaritans found me
passed out like a real derro.

They called and I'm here.

And are you hurt? Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm fine. I promise.

Thank you for checking up on me.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, of course.

I've been, you know,
I've been really worried.

Uh, mind has been racing.

Can I ask, um...

one thing? Uh.

- Yeah?
- This is gonna sound stupid.

I have a little bit
of the old brain fog myself

from the uh, you know...

Did, uh...

did anything happen last night?

Happen?

Yeah, happen.

You know,
anything less than professional

between you and I?

Sounds like you got it worse
than me, mate.

Nothing happened.

Nothing?

Some rocking karaoke,

lovely late-night conversation.

That was it. We parted ways.

And, uh, that's it?

That's it.

- Oh, well, that's good.
- Yes.

That's good. That's, uh, great.

I mean, all, you know,
all druggings aside.

Yes.

Okay, well, you rest up and feel better.

And, uh, just let me know
when they release you, okay?

- Right-o.
- Okay.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Hey, babe. What are you...

Sameera has
her parent-teacher conference

- tonight.
- Yeah. Yes, of course.

Yeah, yeah, I, um.

Yeah, I didn't forget.
I just... it's been a crazy day.

I, uh...

Core temp's .

Here, grab the far end
of this warming blanket.

Hook her up to a Level rapid infuser.

She'll need Amp, Gent, and Dranova.

Not Dranova. Chart says she's allergic.

- Severe flushing.
- Well, make it Vancomycin.

Watch it.

All right, she's okay.

All right, look, everyone,

we're gonna have
to be very careful, all right?

Just one bump could stop her heart.

And we won't be able to restart
it until she's warmed up.

Okay?

I'm not having a hysterectomy.

Your uterus could rupture.

Yes, I know.

I know that the clots are a problem

and that I have to do something
about them.

But I wanna try something less invasive.

I'm gonna try and break them up,

so can you put me on a regimen
of Platazel?

Platazel could lead
to uncontrollable bleeding.

As a hematologist,
I am aware of the risk.

Yeah, and this seems like
an unnecessary one.

And surgery would mitigate
a lot of these issues.

Yeah, and it will
permanently change my body

in dozens of ways.

I'm on your side.

I'm on your side.

I know.

A hysterectomy.

That's gonna permanently
change my future.

It's gonna change my personality.

And I can't help but think of the fact

that hysterectomies,

they've been overperformed for decades

on people who look like me.

'Cause if we're talking about risks,

well, that's feeling pretty risky to me.

And none of that is gonna be mitigated.

I hear you.

I do, but we're talking about your case.

Your body had an extreme reaction

to the Thanatophol,
and you wanna add Platazel,

which is long-acting.

And if it doesn't work,
then we're gonna have

to rush you
into an even riskier surgery.

- Max, please.
- And I don't wanna do that.

Please don't be my doctor.

Be my partner.

That should do it.

Thanatophol. Oh, my God.

What is that?

It's like a roofie on steroids.

Someone really wanted
to knock you all on your asses.

- Or k*ll us.
- Who would do this?

I'm calling the police. You rest.

I'm gonna order a CT scan of your head.

Be right back.

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Yes. That's right, officer.

Thank you.

Elizabeth?

You think he's near here?

This is where his idiot
friend said he left him.

Casey!

Okay, uh, let's just look
for any sign of him.

His wallet is like old,
and brown, and crappy,

and his phone is like from .

Lauren, we'll find him, okay?

Yeah, okay.

So talk to me.

What's going on with your visa?

You don't wanna know.

Of course I do.

There was a glitch in my paperwork.

And I never got any of the notices

because I was living in my car.

And in the middle of all that,
my case officer changed.

Bottom line, my refugee status
is being revoked.

And if I don't fight it,
I'll be sent back to Pakistan.

You need to contact
Legal Aid immediately

- and tell them.
- I did.

They're backed up for years.

Pro bono programs?

Same.

With the new laws,

I'm not the only one
this is happening to.

Leyla, you need a lawyer.

I know.

I know, I know, but just...

How much do you need?

$ , .

Just for the retainer.

And then another $ , a month.

I hate to ask you.

I don't know who else.

Is that his UMI ID?

Lauren!

Casey!

Casey, Casey.

Oh, God.

- Oh, my God.
- Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Okay, it looks like
the screwdriver sealed up

- the wound, thank God.
- Pulse is thready.

Feeling like beats a minute.

Okay, that's something.

Casey? Casey, can you hear me?

No, no. Just get away.

No, no, no, no! Damn it, damn it!

Oh, my God.

- He's bleeding out.
- I need a suture.

Anything. Anything to seal up the wound.

Okay.

I need you to stay still, buddy.

Okay?

Okay.

- You find anything?
- Not yet!

What the hell happened to you?

Mugged.

Okay, you know there are easier ways

to get a day off, right?

Found something.

- Good.
- Cardboard.

Egg crate foam, and...

A caulking g*n?

It works on tiles.

What the hell?

Here goes nothing.

Okay.

Releasing in one, two, three.

Okay.

Okay, I just need to get in that hole.

Got it.

Well, the bleeding's stopped.

For now. Call .

Okay.

You're gonna be okay.

Come on. Stay with me, buddy.

Come on.

Mr. Higbee says, "If you're
not early, you're late."

Oh, Mr. Higbee sounds like
a real stickler.

We'll make it in time, hon. Don't worry.

Hey, nothing happened. Okay?

Uh, our daughter is ten feet
in front of us.

I know.

I'm just saying that whatever
you think you overheard

back there, it was not
what it sounded like, okay?

- No?
- No, no, no.

'Cause it sounded like you hired Trevor,

the guy who hit on you
during his interview,

the guy we both agreed
you shouldn't hire.

Okay, yeah.

That... that part is exactly
what it sounded like.

- But the rest of it...
- Stop. Just stop.

- Honey, please...
- No, no, I am not gonna have

a conversation with you
about your infidelity

out on the street between here
and PS , so just park it.

If not for me, then for our daughter.

Hurry up, you slowpokes.

Hey, coming, hon.

- Hey.
- Hey.

We should talk.

Yeah.

Uh.

Whew.

Where to begin?

I don't know.

I just found out.

I've been spinning and I...

Look, since the baby's mine,

then I think it's only right

that you and I raise the child together.

Claude can take the job in Denver

and, you know, we can stay together.

Floyd...

I'm not leaving Claude.

Right.

I mean...

is there any way

the three of us
could raise the baby together?

And what, I move to Denver?

Would we go to church together?

Thanksgivings?

That does sound...

Yeah, crazy.

Yeah.

I mean,

Claude and I could
raise the baby without...

No, no, mm-mm. Definitely not.

Yeah, I didn't think so.

I just, you know, I had to...

- I had to...
- Any other options?

I mean, I could, um...

I could terminate the pregnancy.

Then there would be nothing
tying us together.

Do you want that?

No.

This baby is a miracle.

Then where do we go from here?

So I just spoke to Dr. Malvo,
who told me

that the clot busting is working.

Yeah.

Yeah. You don't seem, uh, elated.

It's just
this isn't quite how I imagined

our first ultrasound as a couple.

Yeah.

Totally thought
it would be your gallbladder.

Look, I know
that we haven't discussed this,

and I don't mean
to just spring it on you...

I wanna have a baby with you.

I mean, who even knows if it's possible.

Frozen eggs. Your cancer.

- Let's not go there right now.
- My...

Let's just live in the possibility.

Luna would love it.

Big sister, are you kidding?

And we already have like
a million baby clothes.

Yeah, and a crib. Got that.

The baby practically pays for itself.

Yeah, and this baby would be
a little mini-you,

so, you know, freaking adorable.

I had a whole plan.

I had a whole plan to propose to you.

- Excuse me?
- Mm-hmm.

Nice reservations
at this fancy restaurant

and a walk through New York City

in the moonlight and everything.

You know, I even got a ring.

- Max?
- But...

Screw it.

Maybe this place is as good as any.

Will you make me the happiest man

in this whole ICU?

Will you marry me?

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

Oh, my God.

Wait, you... you got a ring?

Yeah, I got a ring. I got a ring.

It's nice. Should I get it?

- Yeah.
- I should?

- I should go get it, okay.
- Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, okay. I'm gonna get it.

I'm getting the ring.

Yeah.

Okay, so somehow this is now my fault?

I'm not... no, I didn't.
I'm not saying that.

Okay, and look, surprise.

- Say that.
- He has once again steered

the fight away
from the real issue at hand.

- The real issue?
- Yeah.

No, the real issue, as I see it,

is that you have
a ton of hot gay friends

- and I have never once...
- What?

Insinuated that you might be
sleeping with one of them.

But that's exactly
where you went with me.

That's the first place your mind went.

My friends' hotness isn't a secret.

You and I talk about
how guys look all the time.

- Yes.
- Yet this guy has been

in your life for months,

yet you've never mentioned him once.

Because... it wasn't important.

And yet you go out with him
one night and the next morning

you're worried something
might've happened

- between the two of you.
- Because...

The roofies didn't put you
in that situation.

- You did that all on your own.
- How can you...

And that's infidelity, Iggy.

Emotional infidelity.

Stop using that word.

I... it's banter.


It's banter, Martin.

Over coffee.

That's the extent of our relationship.

All right?

I don't even know the guy's last name.

Does it bring me pleasure
that this handsome guy

flirts with me?
Yeah, sure, I'm a human being.

- But it's harmless.
- But it isn't harmless!

Lower your voice.

You're gonna scare the kids.

Jesus.

You've been different
these past few weeks.

I've noticed it.
The kids have noticed it.

- No.
- You've been happier.

And I just assumed
it was you getting back

in the saddle again.

Finding joy in this amazing life

that we've built together.

I even thought...

maybe it was me.

No, but the thing
that's been bringing you

all this joy these past few weeks

is flirting with another man at work

and then lying about it.

Martin.

That's...

Come on.

If you still think that's nothing,

you're not just lying to me.

Excuse me. Someone's gotta start dinner.

You're gonna be okay.

Don't do that.

You know why you're gonna be okay?

Because I wore
a freaking taco hat for you

and that can't be
the last humiliating thing

that you make me do, okay?

It makes me really happy
to see you and Leyla together.

Yeah, I mean, she's talking to me again.

Voluntarily, so...

yeah, I feel pretty good about it.

Wow.

If I die, you're gonna feel
really bad about lying to me.

You are not gonna die.

My BP is / .

I've lost one and a half units of blood

and the only thing that's keeping me

from completely bleeding out is...

Plumber's caulk.

If I was some random patient
that got wheeled into your ED,

I don't think you'd be so sure
about how this is gonna go.

Is that right?

Just level with me here.

Leyla's immigration status is in trouble

and she has asked me for money.

Mm-hmm.

Like a lot.

The good news is you have a lot of it.

If I give it to her,
then she'll get to stay.

But then our entire
relationship is transactional

and eventually,
she's gonna resent me for it.

And if you don't?

Well, then she's gonna have
to leave the country.

And I'm never gonna see her again.

Guess money doesn't solve every problem.

That would appear to be the case.

- How many?
- Four times.

Clear.

Four, five, six, seven.

- Okay, we're going again.
- Eight.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Her body temp's . Still too cold.

Look, her heart is not going to restart

until we get her to a normal body temp.

- That's what we've been doing.
- Well, we need fast acting.

Five, six, seven.

Let's get the point ready.

Give her ccs of Dranova. IV push.

Wait. No, wait. No, no.

It... she's allergic to Dranova.

An allergic reaction
will raise her body temp.

- Yeah, or it'll k*ll her.
- So will arguing with me.

Just do it.

Your call, chief.

Six, seven, eight, nine.

Hey.

Doc from last night, what can I get you?

Why?

Why what?

Hey!

Lady, what the hell?

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Look, look, look.

I don't know what you're saying,

but you gotta get out of here.

Hey.

- Stop! Stop!
- What?

- Sto...
- Why?

Okay, you wanna know why?

Yeah.

You doctors.

Everybody says you're heroes.

You're no hero, okay?

I got COVID, and it was nothing
but a bad cold.

But you doctors,
you exaggerated everything.

You scared people.
You shut down businesses.

I was outta work for months!

Because of you.

You didn't lose your job, did you?

You know what it's like to owe
a year of back rent, huh?

Huh?

Elizabeth?

Yeah. Yeah, I did it. I drugged you

and I hope you suffer
the same way I suffered!

Stop right there. Stop right there.

Back off.

He did it!

He...

Elizabeth? Elizabeth!

- Elizabeth.
- Call an ambulance.

Give me a tidal volume ,
respiratory rate .

- Lyn, what happened?
- And five PEEP.

One of the clots broke free
and is lodged in her lung.

We need to do an embolectomy
now or she's going to die.

All right, it's working.

Body temp's at . .

She's in full anaphylactic
shock, Dr. Reynolds.

We need to reverse
the allergic reaction now.

She's not warm enough for us
to shock her heart yet.

Her airways are closing.

Here, I'm reversing it.

No, she's at . , all right?

She's getting there, Walsh.

All right, she's getting there.

O sats are tanking.

- .
- This is k*lling her.

Come on. Come on, Mia.

- .
- Now!

Paddles. Clear.

I'm going again.

Clear.

Got a pulse.

EpiPen.

Give her the EpiPen!
What are you waiting on?

Airways clearing.

O sats are rising.

She's gonna make it.

How 'bout you?

Caulk?

Yeah, seemed better than
a hammer and nails.

Jeez, no one in this department

got a sense of humor?

And looks like
the carotid artery's intact.

That's a relief.

I'm so sorry.

I swear I'm not trying to take
advantage of your feelings or...

I would never think that about you.

Things between us are complicated.

Over.

But I'm in awe of you.

Starting out in a new country.

Never backing down.

Even when faced with obstacles
that would probably break me.

I love you.

And not just in the way that
I know that I need to get over.

I love you as a person.

And I wanna do whatever I can
to help you be that person.

I'll give you whatever money you need.

Thank you, Lauren.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Advancing the embolectomy catheter

through the subclavian artery.

Headed for the right atrium.

Oxygenation's falling.

You gotta get the clot out of her lungs.

And smoothly through
the tricuspid valve.

Careful, careful.
You're touching the wall

- of the right ventricle.
- I'm pulling back.

No, push through.

The only way to get
to that clot is to push through

- the heart.
- If I advance any further,

she could have a cardiac arrest.

If you don't get that clot out,
she's not gonna make it.

If her heart stops, I'll restart it.

You'll only have a few seconds.

I know. I'm ready.
I'm not gonna lose her.

Advancing catheter.

It's all right.

Just a few irregular beats.

You got it.

Made it.

I'm at the clot.

Activating embolectomy.

Okay, got it.

Oxygenation is stabilizing. That's...

that's great, Lyn.

Now comes the hard part.

The catheter's gotta go out
the way it came.

- Ready?
- Yeah.

Out of the lung.

Approaching the heart.

And through the pulmonic valve.

V-fib arrest.

Normal pulse.

Good rhythm.

And the catheter?

It's out.

That was close.

She made it.

- She's gonna be okay.
- Thank you, Lyn.

Mm.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Surgeon says you're gonna be fine.

Be out of here in no time.

But, uh, going back
and confronting the bartender

all by yourself...

is not one of your best ideas.

When did everything change?

What?

Do you remember the... the parades?

Celebrating healthcare workers.

Spontaneous applause throughout
the city every night.

- And now.
- And now.

The hospital is full
of unvaccinated people

who hate us.

We've become the enemy.

- For trying.
- For trying to help.

I know.

I used to wear my scrubs home from work.

Now before I walk home,

I put on regular clothes.

I don't want people to know
that I'm a doctor.

Because...

Because I'm afraid
that I will be att*cked.

How can I...

How can I... can I have hope

in a world like this?

I'm sorry, kid.

But you're the hope.

It's just you.

That's all you got.

I heard you saved Helen's life.

I heard you saved Mia's.

You know, my, uh...

dad wasn't around much.

My mom raised me and...

Believe me,

she's a force, but...

somehow it was my dad
who made me who I am

through his absence.

You know?

And because of that,

I so want to be a father.

A good father.

I mean, it's shaped...

everything I am.

Everything I've done.

So there's no way I could
abandon my own child.

But if that child had you and Claude...

I wouldn't be abandoning
that child at all.

'Cause they would have
a wonderful mother.

And a wonderful father.

And be raised in a home
filled with joy and love.

- Floyd, are you saying...
- I just ask

that when the time is right...

I get to tell our child who I am.

I get to be in their life.

'Cause I just...
I just want them to know

that we were united in love.

Trying to make something
bigger and better

than our parents did.

It didn't work out for us.

But look what did work.

A little miracle.

Just like you said.

There she is.

Hey.

They got the clots.

They got all of them.

Now that that is out of the way,

I, um...

I got you this.

I had it made just for you.

Mm.

Hm.

What?

- Hm.
- What is it?

S-s-s-speak.

C-c-c-can't...

C-c-c...

C-c-can't...

Hey.

It's okay.

It's okay, it's okay.

Hey!
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