GLENN: This is not
a normal job.
Everybody's
got their stories,
their weirdest call.
I must have bugged
Rabbit for six months
before he told me his.
Of course
he blew me off,
he dodged me.
And then, one day,
out of the blue,
he just blurted it out.
It was back
when he and Nancy
were riding together.
Multiple g*nsh*t victims
in North Beach.
A real bloodbath.
Rabbit's favorite
kind of call.
Hey! Hey, douche lord!
[SIREN WAILING]
Come on!
[HONKING]
There's an ambulance
behind you.
That's right.
That's what the
lights and sirens are.
Come on.
Move the hell over.
Thank you,
douche lord.
Rabbit.
Sorry.
Emperor-ess.
Hey, don't take Grant.
What?
It's too narrow.
You'll get stuck.
Come on.
We got to.
If we take Romolo,
it's too steep,
and we'll be lugging
a dude up it, which means
I'm lugging a dude up it.
Take Vallejo.
All right.
But you're not
always right.
I am this time.
You got it?
Yeah.
Hey, Rabbit, Nancy.
Remember it's a crime scene.
Don't touch anything
but the guy
that's breathing.
All right.
Get ready to walk
into a movie.
Yeah?
You're Italian,
right, Rabbit?
Uh, not Italian, Ray.
GLENN: And yep,
Ray was right, straight
out of a Coppola flick.
Red wine mixed with blood
on the floor,
a trio of goombahs
face down in their
Ziti Bolognese.
And one still breathing.
Okay.
Let's get him
on the ground.
Got him?
Got him.
Watch your step.
GLENN: sh*t
four different times,
once through the neck.
This was one
tough bastard.
RABBIT: All right.
Pulse is down.
Airway?
Stopped breathing.
E.T. Tube, preoxygenate.
This is yours.
Got it.
RABBIT: Ray was
not kidding.
I didn't know
this kind of stuff happened
in San Francisco anymore.
Yeah,
obviously it does.
All right,
they're out.
Need a hand?
No.
Airway's clear.
Ventilate.
Nice.
Just load the patient,
Rabbit.
RAY: We'll want
to talk to him.
Yeah, well, right now
he's got a tube
down his throat
and an appointment
with surgery.
You'll have to
catch him at City
in a few.
All right, will do.
Oops.
Drive safe, Rabbit.
Why start now?
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Seriously, Rabbit?
Oh, all right.
Only for you, though.
I got to tell you,
this reckless road thing
you have going on...
Yeah?
It's not working.
Come on,
it's totally working.
Not even slightly.
This guy is a fighter.
Okay, fighter...
Whoa, whoa,
okay, careful.
Whoa.
Okay, hold on.
Yeah.
Okay, go.
[SCREAMS]
RABBIT: Get down! Whoa!
[PEOPLE EXCLAIMING]
You all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Are you okay?
GLENN: And it wasn't
the b*ll*ts flying
that got to Rabbit.
The thing that he said
pissed him off,
that still gets to him,
is that
it was a save
Thank you, guys.
MAN: Great job.
Thanks.
Wow, man,
hell of a story.
Yeah.
Restaurant just
up the way, right?
Yeah.
And you were there?
No.
It was before my time.
But my partner was.
Her and the guy
she used to ride with.
Wow, man,
a job like that
would mess you up.
Yeah, I know,
tell me about it.
But you know, man,
that was really good.
You need to come
back next week.
GLENN: Really?
Absolutely.
Yeah, well,
I got work.
I kind of never know
what's going to fall
in my lap, but...
All good.
Hey, thank you.
You got it, man.
Take care, man.
Thank you so much.
[CHUCKLES]
You need a hand?
Here.
I'm sorry.
[ENGINE STARTING]
Miss! Hey!
[BABY CRYING]
sh*t.
[BABY CRYING]
I didn't know whether
to get blue or pink?
Okay,
I don't think it matters,
but it is a girl.
Here we go, sweetheart.
NANCY: She's tachypneic
and not responding
to stimuli.
We got to
get her to City.
Well,
they're waiting for you.
Okay, let's go.
Here we go.
Got her?
I'll go fire up the rig.
Work with me, Tyler?
Hell, yeah.
Got you.
Here we go.
All right, let's do it.
[SIREN WAILING]
Heart rate's 57.
It's borderline
and it's not rising.
Right. Okay,
come on, little girl.
Come on.
Okay, hold CPR.
Okay, the rate's 68.
All right, 62.
It's dropping.
NANCY: Right.
She's what, seven pounds?
TYLER: If that.
Okay, let's be on
the safe side.
Injecting
five mills D-ten.
Injecting. Pushing.
TYLER: Okay.
Okay.
Okay, hold CPR.
[COUGHING]
Yes!
Yes.
Okay, got it.
[LAUGHING] Good.
Yes.
[CRYING]
Good work, little girl.
MARISA: Rabbit, please.
Come on.
It's a question.
It's a dumb question.
It's not
a dumb question.
Rabbit, please stop
bugging me, okay?
If I miss a step,
I have to start over.
You know,
I'm asking you
because I want to know.
You want to know
what normal people do
in a relationship?
No, I want to know what,
you know, people do
in a normal relationship.
It's the same thing.
Well, not exactly.
I mean, with
Nancy and I,
it's always been
about the work
and the bedroom.
I like both,
but now it's different,
you know?
It's all grown up.
And I don't have
a great track record for
that kind of thing, so...
Okay, and what makes
you think I do?
You're about the
most well-adjusted
person I know.
Ha!
Well, then you don't
know me that well.
Come on.
Okay.
Uh, normal, normal...
Dinner.
Huh?
Yes, dinner.
You eat, you talk,
it's normal.
You make her dinner.
Oh, dinner.
Okay. I can do that.
Yeah, I don't think
she can be more
than two days old.
Tough way to start out,
but at least she gets
a start, right?
Right.
Any word
on the mother?
No. She just
dropped and ran.
Okay.
You. It's a pleasure
saving lives with you,
Nancy.
Nice work.
You, too.
Did you miss me?
Not exactly.
How about some props, man?
The baby lives. Huh?
You should celebrate.
That was a save, okay?
But I try not to get
my drink on at work
before noon.
Yeah? No, seriously,
what you doing tonight?
My dad's in town.
We're going to the Hidden
Cove. You should come.
What?
He flew in to visit?
Yeah. Cool, right?
Wow, okay.
Are you going to
seize the opportunity?
Seize the opportunity
for what exactly?
You came out
to me and my family.
You can't come out
to your dad?
I really want to know
why it's such
a big deal to you.
You know what?
Don't even answer that
because I'm not
having this conversation
with you right now.
It'll make you feel better.
You know what?
Sometimes I think
I would feel better
if I just
punch you in the face,
but I don't do that, huh?
Logic.
How's baby Jane Doe?
She's off to NICU.
I was freaked
when that girl
handed me that bag.
That's a heavy call.
Yes, Glenn.
GLENN: So, would you
say that was your
weirdest call?
I thought the book
was on hold.
Yeah, well,
it kind of came back.
The longer I do this,
the more I see writing
about it helps.
Yeah, I get it.
Okay, Glenn,
you want to
hear the story?
Are you kidding me?
Yeah, I'll put it down
as soon as we get
back to the station.
I'll put it in the book.
No. Okay, this is not
for public consumption.
No notebook,
no using this,
I'm trusting you here.
This is between you and me
because when you hear it,
you'll get it.
Okay.
Promise me?
I'm not joking.
I promise.
Well,
it was a while ago,
before you turned up,
so I didn't have
a regular partner.
I was pulling
mystery meat EMTs.
This one day,
I pulled a guy
named Kino.
Strong back, weak mind.
Not much of a talker.
We get a call for a 5150,
some whack job
tearing apart a fleabag
apartment in the TL.
Nothing new there,
but...
[MAN SCREAMING]
Whoa, sounds like
domestic v*olence, huh?
Yeah, except he's
in there alone.
Is he hurt?
No way of knowing.
I think he's got a couch
or something
barricading the door.
Don't have a name,
we can't even get
a hold of the landlord.
We've been trying to
get him to open up
for 20 minutes.
You mind if I have a go?
Please.
Sir?
Sir, can you hear me?
[SCREAMING] No!
Sir! I just
want to help you.
I just want to see
if you're hurt.
I'm a medic.
I'm not a cop.
RAY: Listen to you,
the psycho whisperer.
Sir?
Can you open the door?
I just want to help you.
Would you mind
opening the door?
Nancy?
Rabbit?
How'd you find me?
What are you doing here?
We were called.
Someone...
Hey, Ray.
Are you hurt?
Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah,
I'm... I'm great.
Can I come in?
Sure. Come on.
Okay.
Why not?
Grab a seat.
What's going on, Rabbit?
RABBIT: I don't know.
I don't know.
Pizza's under the bed
[CHUCKLES] if you're hungry.
NANCY: You... This is
how you've been...
Now here's what
I don't understand.
What did you
save me for?
What?
I'm supposed to be dead.
Rotor's dead.
Everybody's dead.
Oh, no.
I'm supposed to be dead.
It's okay.
No, it's not okay!
Hey, take it easy!
[GRUNTS]
I don't need to be saved!
Stop trying to save me,
okay?
NANCY: It took two cops
and two sh*ts of Diazepam
to finally subdue him.
He spent 72 hours
at City Psych.
But Kino never
pressed charges.
I think he was
kind of embarrassed that
Rabbit knocked him out.
[CHUCKLING]
I bet.
Yeah, so now you see
why I don't want you
broadcasting that one.
And you know,
the weirdest thing
about it is,
that mad man
trashing that fleabag
apartment, that 5150 call,
today he's my boyfriend.
MARISA ON RADIO: Dispatch,
this is Angel Rescue 2
en route to City.
I got a 32-year-old
male MVA victim,
possible spinal injury.
Hey, Marisa.
Working, Rabbit.
Check this out.
DISPATCH ON RADIO: Copy that,
Angel Rescue 2.
Whoa.
Oh, nice.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Not out of the woods yet,
bud, but it's a good sign.
We'll be at the hospital
in about five minutes.
Hmm. Try two.
Correction, two minutes.
Hey,
I got the dinner
all hooked up, though,
doing Coq au Vin,
braised leeks, it's going
to be awesome.
I got it out of
this French cookbook.
Wow. I'm impressed.
Me, too.
Yeah, it's exciting.
All right,
he's got sensation and
movement in his extremities.
Thank you very much.
That's good news.
Uh-huh.
All right, take care.
Yeah.
Good luck with dinner.
Thanks. Glenn,
where's Nancy?
I don't know.
She's kind of been
disappearing lately.
Hmm. I'll find her.
Thanks.
MARISA ON RADIO:
We're moving out, Rabbit.
Patient transfer to Stanford.
Hey, tell her
I'll see her tonight.
Yeah, will do.
Thanks.
Hey, got GSW!
He's coding!
Okay, let's take him
to three.
Here you go.
MAN: You got it.
[SIGHS]
You are a bloody mess.
What happened?
So says Captain Hemorrhage.
Look at you.
Where? Here?
Yeah,
just all over in here.
[LAUGHS] Hey, I got
those spare uniforms.
All right.
CAMERON: All right.
No, you save
the pickle juice and
put cucumbers in it...
What's up, guys?
Hey, here he comes.
What?
Well, I don't know.
What? What?
No, I was...
Yes, Glenn, I am.
Wait a minute, man.
How are you gonna
come out to this guy
and you can't even
say it to your dad?
Shut up.
GLENN: No. That's not
what I'm talking about.
Listen, Tyler,
I know you worked different
cities and all that,
I was just wondering
if I could hit you up
for your weirdest call.
Yeah,
I'm hell-a curious,
you know,
because we've been
on a lot of strange ones,
me myself, you know?
Yeah, well, wasn't here
or New York or Chicago.
It was Louisiana,
even before Katrina.
I was just out of school,
working a private
ambulance company just
outside of Jeanerette.
You know where
Jeanerette is?
Uh-uh.
Oh, well,
it's right next door
to nowhere.
[LAUGHS]
Well, anyway,
my partner Beau
and me...
Beau?
Yes, that's his name,
and yes, he was from the
shallow end of the gene pool.
So, we get a call
out at the swamp.
If you don't know about
the swamp, you're about
to hear about it.
FISHERMAN: Oh,
I think he dead, yeah.
Oh, yeah, he dead.
TYLER: Yeah,
Beau was a man
of few words.
He was ready
to call the guy
right there.
Now, I may have
been green,
but I was at least
going to pull him
out of the water.
[GRUNTS]
Codeine cough syrup,
which is what we used
to call "bayou bourbon,"
Call me crazy,
but I don't think
our boy here
was using it
to treat a cough.
All right,
no breath sounds,
no pulse.
They call that dead.
Why don't you get
the gurney, Beau?
TYLER: I figure
I'm gonna keep
working on him
until a doctor or at least
someone smarter than Beau
says he's dead.
I'm telling you,
he dead.
Got to tell you, Beau,
God help me,
I'm beginning to
agree with you.
He dead?
Uh-huh. He dead.
We declared him,
but a doctor
should pronounce.
Take him down
to the morgue.
I ain't going.
I swear to God
I'm working with
the Forrest Gump
of paramedics.
[IMITATING BEAU]
"He dead. He dead.
Oh, he dead."
You're going to be dead.
This must be the morgue.
Where the hell is he?
[SCREAMING]
He's not dead!
He's alive!
He's not dead!
TYLER: You see,
the bayou bourbon
shut our boy down,
but it didn't k*ll him.
Now, what that codeine
does is slow down your
respiratory function,
like that David Blaine
type stuff, right?
Which probably saved
his life being face down
in the water like that.
I mean, that cheap-ass rig
we was on
didn't have a monitor.
I couldn't get a pulse.
Until them dr*gs kicked in
on the way to the morgue,
I mean, whoo!
That scared the fool
out of me, yeah.
Mmm! Why are you
talking like that?
You got your story,
and you know what? We're off
the box, so you can relax.
And hey, you publish,
I get royalties.
Of course.
Yeah.
I can't believe
you thought a live guy
was dead.
No. My idiot partner
thought the live guy
was dead.
I withheld judgment.
Hey, Nancy,
where you at?
We got to
get back to the station.
It's getting busy.
NANCY ON RADIO: All right.
I will be there in a bit.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
RECORDED VOICE:
Hey, it's Nancy.
Leave me a message.
Hey, Nancy,
it's me calling again.
And wondering
what time you're
going to get home
'cause I got
a little surprise
for you.
It's not a weird surprise.
It's a nice, normal surprise.
So, if you're
going to be late,
just let me know, okay?
NANCY: Thank you.
Come here.
Hello.
Shh.
CAMERON: Oh, yeah,
"He dead," huh?
[LAUGHING] "He dead."
You remember Beau.
MR. BRIGGS: I do. Lucky me,
I've heard that one before.
So, this fellow
you work with,
is he writing
all these stories down?
Yeah, he's putting them
in a book or a blog
or something.
What's that? A blog?
I never heard of that.
It's a web log.
Like on the computer,
Dad.
I'm a dinosaur.
Help me out.
No, you're not, Daddy.
You know what?
I'm very happy
that you came
to visit me.
And without Mom.
Have you ever
done that before?
No.
And that's why I figured
it was about time.
Hey, you reckon
they got pickled pigs'
feet over there?
I'm going to
check it out.
I highly doubt...
Nobody eats pickled
pigs' feet.
He's a sweet guy, man.
What happened to you?
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
Oh, it's so sad
when you try to
be funny, Boone.
Hey, man,
you got to tell him.
Yeah, I'm tired of
hearing you tell me that,
but you're right.
Well, he looked at me
like I got a screw loose
and gave me a pretzel.
All right.
Sela's blowing me up,
and I got to go home.
Sir,
it was a pleasure
to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Hey, thanks for
taking care of
my boy out there.
Well, the truth is,
nowadays I don't know
who's taking care of who.
I'll see you soon.
All right.
I hope so.
He seems like
a nice guy.
You just
don't know him
well enough yet.
Give it time.
[CHUCKLES]
I'm kidding.
He is a good guy.
Puts up with me,
doesn't he?
No, no,
I'm just good
with soda pop.
Okay, now,
now I'm worried.
What, are you on the wagon?
You run off on Mom?
No. If I did that,
I'd be drinking again.
Or picking buckshot
out of my ass.
[LAUGHS] You actually
would be picking buckshot
out of your ass.
It's true.
Dad, you know, I...
I got to tell you something.
Well, I got something
I want to talk to you
about, too.
Okay. You first.
What, uh...
What I came to
San Francisco for is
to have some tests done.
Kind of a second opinion out
at the oncology department
of the university here.
Oncology?
What do you mean?
Dr. Vonner back home
says it's lymphoma.
But the university
is going to run
some tests,
we'll come up with
the best treatment plan,
and I'm gonna be fine.
Tyler, look at me.
I'm not going to
let this k*ll me.
You hear me?
Okay,
I'm going to b*at this.
You understand?
So much for the heavy.
What was it
you wanted to tell me?
Uh...
I don't even remember.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, it's me again.
I'm worried.
Where are you?
Because I'm
about to go home,
and I was just trying
to... I don't know.
I don't know
what I was trying
to do, so...
[WHISTLES SOFTLY]
Oh, I know.
[GURGLES]
I know.
Oh, my God.
Damn.
RECORDED VOICE:
This is Rabbit.
Leave a message.
Hi, it's me.
I just got home
and I just saw
what you did.
And I'm so sorry.
Listen,
let's talk about this
tomorrow, okay?
TYLER: Dispatch,
this is Medic 78.
Do you have anything?
A stubbed toe,
drunk fall down,
kids playing
space monkey,
something.
DISPATCH ON RADIO: Nothing,
Medic 78. Please keep
the airwaves clear.
Big bad city, huh?
Lame.
CAMERON: Yeah.
Hey, sorry about
your dad.
But I got a feeling
that everything is going
to end up just fine.
You got
a good feeling?
I don't know.
It's a catch 22.
He's sick,
so I can't tell him.
You know, and if
something happens to him
and I never said anything,
I don't think I can
live with that, man.
Right now, he still
thinks I'm his rocking
little boy and...
I don't know.
DISPATCH: 78,
please respond.
Code Three to
Sinai Retirement Home
for chest pains
and shortness of breath.
Here we go.
Dispatch,
this is Medic 78,
and we are so on it.
MARISA: Wow.
Am I really seeing this?
Yeah, well, it's slow,
so I'm helping out.
Don't read too much
into it, okay?
Ah, dinner last night
sucked, huh?
Not talking about it.
Let me guess,
you're not that good
at being normal.
I could have
told you that.
Actually, I was fine.
Gotcha.
GLENN: Hey, guys!
Hey, Marisa.
Oy, here it comes.
What's up, Rabbit?
Hey.
Oh, you seen
Nancy around?
Not yet. She said
she was gonna
stop by the hospital.
Spending a lot of
time there lately.
Uh, Marisa...
Let me guess.
You know, you know, huh?
Mmm-hmm.
You want my best story.
Yes.
It was when
I got back from
my first tour.
I was living
in the Mission.
MARISA: Now Baghdad is
a pain in the ass.
So is the
Mission district,
but La Mission is
my pain in the ass.
It was good to be
out of uniform.
It was good
to be home.
Bye.
[WOMAN MOANING]
You son of a bitch!
Oh, my God!
Baby...
No. Do not
call me "baby."
You told me that
you guys broke up!
Baby, I can explain.
Oh, you can?
You can explain?
Who the hell are you?
Who the hell
is this ho, huh?
Who is she?
Get out of my house!
Woman, run!
I'm giving you
three seconds!
Three, two...
What the hell, man?
[GRUNTS]
MARISA: And I
thought, "Great,
"not only is my man
doing some white chick,
"but now she's dead
at the bottom of my stairs,"
Hey. Hey,
can you hear me?
What the hell?
Mari, what the hell
did you do?
Mari, get inside!
Leave her there!
Will you call 911
before I kick your ass?
Get inside!
She's not breathing.
MARISA: Of course
I worked on her,
probably even saved her.
She ended up with
a broken hip and
a few broken ribs.
Wow.
What happened
to the boyfriend?
That bastard
wasn't a boyfriend.
He was my husband.
Oh, I'll catch you later.
Wait, Marisa.
GLENN: Why didn't you
ever tell anybody
you had a husband?
You need to go?
No.
You get my message?
Uh, no.
Dinner,
that was really sweet.
Well, you know,
we don't get to do
that kind of stuff,
so I was
just trying to do
something different.
I'm sorry I wasn't there.
Okay, look,
if I get into
where I was
and what I was doing,
it's just going to
open up a can of worms,
and I can't deal
with that right now,
and I don't think
you can either.
Really?
Well, why don't
you try me?
Just trust me, okay?
I trust you. I do.
Maybe you could trust me
to be able to handle this.
I feel like I've been
working my stuff out
and...
Maybe it's time for me
to work mine out.
DISPATCH ON RADIO:
Angel Rescue 2,
respond to
a patient transfer
at SFU.
Okay. Copy that.
We're on our way.
All right.
Dinner looked great.
Tasted even better.
Rain check?
Maybe.
MARISA: You ready?
MARISA: So,
I won the Warriors bet.
Oh, hey, no.
Uh-uh.
We're going to talk
about the husband.
You can't drop a b*mb
like that and go
running off. Come on.
Well, what can I tell you?
Jerry was a scumbag.
He cheated on me
when I was overseas,
cheated on me
when I came back,
so I got rid of Jerry
and went on a second
tour of the sandbox.
End of story.
I got to tell you, though,
normal ain't all
it's cracked up to be.
RABBIT: I need to
ask a few questions
so I know you're with us.
Name.
Jonas.
Where are you?
San Francisco.
Year?
All right,
got a girlfriend?
Do you ever cook her dinner?
PATIENT: What the hell?
You, my friend,
are alert and oriented
and on your way
to City Hospital.
Control, this is
Angel Rescue 2
departing scene
and we are
en route to City.
All right,
Marisa, meet Jonas.
He's got a head injury,
A and O times three,
but I do not like the way
those eyes are drifting.
He's got to get
himself a CAT scan.
Copy that.
RABBIT: Hey, hey, hey,
Jonas, wakey, wakey.
Don't be falling
asleep, bud.
Talk to me. Talk to me.
Stay awake here.
Now, just tell me,
you ever been married?
Rabbit.
What? I got to
keep him talking,
it's therapeutic.
Oh, really? For who?
No. No. Never married.
But if you were married
and it was like
a bad marriage,
would you run off
and join the Army?
Go overseas,
get sh*t at to
deal with it?
Rabbit.
Huh?
Look,
there's no right answer.
It's an emotional response.
It's kind of like,
hey, do you remember the
beginning of Blade Runner,
you know, "If you find
a turtle on its back,
what do you do?"
Is he okay?
He's actually a lot better
than he used to be,
if you can believe that.
[RABBIT LAUGHING]
Hey, we got
a broken distal radius.
Oriented, but the guy's
more scared than anything.
And the other driver's...
Oh, possible
subdural hematoma.
He's in CT now.
Rabbit already
brought him in.
Yes, I did.
Oh.
Making the world
a safer place for
careless people since 1997.
Is it me,
or is this guy
getting weird again?
I heard that.
See that?
[CHUCKLING]
Have you guys seen Glenn?
No. He wasn't
on that call.
Boone's dodging him.
Your boy's hitting
everybody up
for their weirdest call.
The book?
The book.
Right.
Diana's cool.
Glenn's a lucky man.
Have you seen Glenn?
Diana is the lucky one.
MAN: Here's your
gurney, guys.
Thanks.
So, how's your dad?
He's going to
the doctor tomorrow.
I'm going to
go with him,
and no,
I don't know if I'm
going to tell him or not.
I didn't even ask.
You didn't have to.
Okay, see?
You need to let it go.
It's your own
guilty conscience.
Hey, there ain't
nothing guilty about
my conscience. Nada.
You need to calm down
and you need to realize
that you're driving.
Oh, no, no, no.
I drove on the call.
Well, I drove to the call.
Exactly.
Calls don't count.
You can't change
the rules like that.
What you
talking about?
I just did.
I'll talk to you in there.
Hey, girls.
What do we got?
Just some drunk guy.
I got him hooked up
to charcoal and fluids
back there.
They don't need
a doctor for that.
Good. For once
I'm glad not to
be needed.
You seen Boone?
Tyler? Have they
come through here?
I need to ask
them something.
The book?
Yeah, the book.
The book.
[CHUCKLES]
You got to hear
Marisa's story.
That was a good one.
How was Nancy's?
Promised I wouldn't tell.
Well, Boone and Tyler
left a few minutes ago.
All right.
If you see Boone,
just let him know
that I'm looking...
How come you've
asked everyone else
their weirdest call
but not me?
Uh...
You're not a paramedic.
Okay, but then you're
limiting yourself, right?
Do you have a story?
I got time.
sh**t.
Let me hear it.
Okay.
Like you said,
I'm not a paramedic,
and I haven't been
here that long,
so is it okay
if it's not
the weirdest call?
Yeah, it doesn't
have to be weird.
Let's just call it
the most memorable.
Does that work?
Yeah, that works.
It was my first week.
BP was normal,
but we can't be sure
until we get the CBC back,
and so I didn't know
if I should come get you
or if I...
Slow down,
Dr. Van Dine,
is it?
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
New on the rotation?
Second week.
You get two more weeks to
come get me on silly calls.
After that, I get mean.
Okay?
Okay.
Okay, what do we have?
Sixty-seven-year-old male,
hypertensive, was complaining
of abdominal pain...
Hey! We need
help over here.
Dr. Joe! Dr. Joe!
Bay two. Come on.
JOE: Good God,
how's he still moving?
Tell me about it.
I was afraid to
sedate him.
GSW? How many?
He's been sh*t 14 times.
Sir, we're going to
do everything
we possibly can.
You've just got to
calm down, all right?
[PANTING]
JOE: Get the bag on him.
Son,
you're going to be
all right. I promise.
And the kid
was sh*t more times
than he was years old.
That's the
most memorable call
you've had?
Well, no, it actually...
It wasn't the victim
that made it memorable,
it was the medic
who brought him in.
I remember that call.
Good.
[CHUCKLES]
That was...
And you're not
using it in the book.
You sure?
All right.
I remember you.
You brought her in.
Yeah.
Volunteering for
holding hours?
Yeah, when I can.
Someone's got to
look out for her, right?
A lot of us are.
Oh, I know. I just...
I mean, a little girl
like this, left to
fend for herself.
Who takes care
of her?
All these people.
I mean
beyond the basics.
Miss...
Carnahan.
Nancy Carnahan.
Nancy.
Jane isn't a puppy.
It's not finders, keepers.
Yeah, I know.
It just got me
thinking, you know,
about foster care,
guardianship,
being state raised.
A lot of those people
end up in my ambulance
at both ends
of their life, you know?
I do.
But, Nancy,
it's pretty unlikely
Jane here will ever
see foster care.
You know that, right?
There are 10 families
waiting to adopt her
right now.
That's great.
It's time.
Bye, baby Jane.
You got her?
I got her.
Bye. See you soon.
Thanks.
For everything
you've done for her.
You, too.
Still don't know why
you came out here
for a second opinion.
You been to
Baton Rouge General
lately?
[SIGHS] Dad,
BRG is a major cancer
research center.
[STAMMERS]
Look at me.
Does Mama know?
Daddy, you...
I should have known
something was up.
Okay. Amazing.
It is some burdensome news.
That's why I started with you.
You're the strong one.
I'm the strong one?
Why does she even think
you're out here?
[DOOR CLOSING]
So, I've spoken
with Dr. Vonner
back in Louisiana.
I concur
with his course
of chemotherapy.
And honestly,
I think we have reason
to be optimistic.
We're in early
and you're in good hands.
I would however
recommend you take
your treatment at BRG.
That's home for you,
isn't it?
So, what are my chances?
I'm sure
your doctor told you.
At your age
this type of lymphoma has
an 80% survival rate.
If all goes well,
you'll live long enough
to see your grandchildren.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah, well.
That could have been
a hell of a lot worse.
You're telling Mom.
It's going to be
a lot easier now
after that.
I mean, you heard
what he said.
I'm going to get to see
my children's children.
[SIGHS]
Daddy,
you know I'm gay, right?
Yeah.
I kind of figured.
I always wondered
why you never told me.
I guess the same reason why
you didn't tell Mom
about the cancer.
It's burdensome news,
I guess.
Son, I may be from
a different generation,
and there's
a whole lot of people
that would say
a man loving a man
is like some sort
of disease.
But I don't
feel that way.
Okay?
Okay.
You tell your mom.
It'd be good
for both of you.
I love you, Son.
I love you, Daddy.
I told you. I told you
you'll feel better.
Yes. It feels better,
but you know what
feels absolutely best
about it?
The freedom of honesty?
No. I feel great
because you will
stop bugging the crap
out of me about it.
[LAUGHING]
Hey.
Hey, speaking of bugging.
I got everyone else
on the list
except for you.
I'm not letting you
get away.
Please let me hear
this story, man.
All right, Glenn.
Thank you.
[ALL LAUGHING]
All right, this is
a weird one though.
You got a lot
of competition on
the weirdness front.
Tyler's story was
ridiculously weird.
No, I mean
like creepy weird.
I grew up out here.
And every once in a while,
maybe about 10 years or so,
a fog will roll in
like you've never
seen before.
As a matter of fact,
it gets so thick that
they say that
it will fill your house
if you leave
the windows open.
FIREMAN 1: We're in.
Hey, I got them.
Dad?
CAMERON: The injuries
told a creepy story,
crushed neck,
not breathing,
ligature marks.
Then something
touched my leg.
[GASPS]
What is it?
Something just
touched my leg.
Whoa, it just touched me.
CAMERON: At this point,
it is all getting
way too freaky for me.
I'm not playing
in this spooky house
full of fog
with a strangled guy
and things creeping
up on me. Uh-uh.
So, we get outside
and get him ready to go,
and I'm telling the cops...
Somebody strangled him.
Damn it!
CAMERON: His daughter
flips out and heads inside.
I'm wondering,
what's up with this chick?
And she comes out
with this monster
freaking snake.
Larry got out.
CAMERON: Two things always
got me about that one.
Why didn't the snake
finish the guy off?
And why did he
keep the snake after
it tried to k*ll him?
Come on.
Same answer for both.
It's love.
[SCOFFS] I don't believe it.
You got to believe
in love, Glenn.
All right, we're out.
You're driving.
No, I'm not.
Yeah, you are.
You just lied to Glenn.
I did not lie to Glenn.
Yes, you did.
DOUGLAS: Well, she's
your baby Jane now.
[WOMAN LAUGHING SOFTLY]
You're a beautiful family.
GLENN:
My weirdest call so far,
Baby Jane hands down,
but not because
of why you'd think.
What got me
wasn't a newborn
abandoned at a fire station.
What sticks out
and what I cannot
stop thinking about
is just how much
that little orphan
affected my partner.
A woman I had seen
literally wade through death
and face unimaginable loss
was stopped
in her tracks,
maybe even derailed by
a baby girl named Jane.
I never expected to see
that someone so small
could take down
someone so tough.
RABBIT: Hey.
Nance.
Come on, what's up?
Quite a lot, actually.
Did you not hear
our man of letters
in there?
Yeah, but I'm...
Look, I'm confused.
What did he do wrong?
He told everybody.
He told you.
What's so wrong with
you taking care of a baby?
Come on,
it's a normal thing.
And what makes you think
that you can't talk to me
about something like that?
No, really, I mean,
it's what people do,
you know?
Talk to each other, right?
Talk about things.
It's just
regular conversation.
Regular conversation with
regular everyday people.
Yes. Yeah. That's what
I'm trying for here.
Okay, Rabbit,
but everyday people
work 40 hours a week.
They get married,
they have kids,
they go out for dinner,
they get babysitters.
You know,
is that what you want?
Uh...
I mean, is that
even what I want?
I don't know.
What am I
supposed to do?
I'm supposed to
go to work for 16 hours,
come home covered in blood,
and give my baby a bottle?
Is that it?
You know what,
I'm 31 years old.
You're older than that.
Did you even hear
those stories Glenn
was saying in there?
Yeah. I did. I did.
And it never even
dawned on you that
maybe we've missed
the opportunity to
be normal people?
I mean,
help me here, Rabbit.
Where are we
supposed to go
from here?
How the hell
are we supposed
to make this work?
Uh...
Hey, hey, whoa, hey.
GLENN: And that's
when it hit me,
all the stories
that we all carry around,
I had them backwards.
It's not the calls
that are out of the pale.
It's the people
who take them.
Thanks.
Thanks, guys.