08x02 - Palpating the Orbital Rim

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Royal Pains". Aired: June 4, 2009 – July 6, 2016.*
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Series follows Hank Lawson, an unfairly discredited but brilliant diagnostic surgeon who winds up moving to the Hamptons with his brother as he works as a concierge to the uber rich and ultra elite.
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08x02 - Palpating the Orbital Rim

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Previously on "Royal Pains"...

Can we get a little help over here?

Jen and Sam!

Sam seems like such a great, happy kid,

I don't want to cause collateral damage.

I don't wanna be my dad.

Sam's actually leaving next week

to spend the summer in
Idaho with his dad.

- Hi. Diana Underhill.
- Hank Lawson. Nice to meet you.

I can't let anyone see me
dealing with a medical problem.

Diana, I'm sorry to tell you,

you may have to consider a hysterectomy.

Can I get it all done at once?

You mean do the
hysterectomy on the spot?

I think I just wanna get it over with

and get back to work.

I have a Senate seat to win.

Excuse me, we're looking for Dr. Sacani.

Are we in the right place?

Jeremiah, those patients over
there are waiting for you.

Those aren't patients.
Those are my parents.

I don't know why they're here,
but I'll ask them to leave.

Hospital server's down.
No one's getting emails.

[CHIMES] I think this tech glitch

is getting worse.

You know that glitch? It's
not a technical problem.

So then what's the issue?

We've been hacked.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Thank you all for convening so quickly.

All right, as department heads,

I just wanna make sure
you're fully informed

about this recent data hack,
and here with an update

is our head of IT, Lewis Nardhoffer.
Lewis?

Right, uh...

so we don't know who did it,

but we're trying to figure it out

using a single packet
IP traceback, only...

see, the router storage intervals

are, like, crazy short,

so cross your fingers
that whoever it was

wasn't configured to forward

their DNS queries though a proxy.

Of course, that's unlikely,

and their source fields are
probably spoofed anyway.

Right. Got that? Cross your fingers.

- Thank you, Lewis.
- Yeah, no problem.

I should have more for you
by the end of the day.

Okay, great. Now...

until we know enough to address
the situation properly,

I don't want anyone discussing it, okay?

With anyone. No one, and that means...

everyone. Okay? Am I clear?

I think not.

Boris! Uh, hello. I
wasn't expecting you.

Yes. [SIGHS]

You appear to have a knack

for not expecting things, Mr. Lawson.

I want a letter drafted immediately

alerting anyone who may have
been affected by this...

our employees, vendors,
patients, etcetera.

Their personal information
has been compromised,

and it is essential that they know that.

The thing is, Boris, we don't know that.

Do we?

That is a syslog FTP analysis question.

Evan, the situation is
dire enough as it is.

Wouldn't you agree?

Concealing it or...

even the appearance of concealing it

can only aggravate it and me further.

Am I clear?

Crystal.

Come on, Rosie, come on.
Get the Frisbee.

So is the coffee okay?

Uh, yes. Absolutely okay.

Oh, there's Divya.

So off we go, and off you go.

Safe travels. Good morning!

Good morning. Can I offer
you some breakfast?

Oh, no, I'm fine. Thank you.

Uh... did you two stay
out here last night?

Sure did. Rosie loves the beach

and with a sweet ride like Bess here,

why bunk in with Jerry?

- Yeah, they call the RV Bess.
- And you Jerry.

Are you sure I can't get
you something to eat?

You look like you're
eating for at least two.

You are kind, but, uh, no.

Jeremiah and I, we've got to get going.

Same with us.

Niagara Falls isn't gonna see itself.

- So soon?
- Divya, we ride to live

and live to ride.

But you just got here last night.

And there is a HankMed barbecue tonight.

I got extra buns.

You know, if they're unopened,
you can return them.

Don't be silly. You're his parents.

You have to stay. Don't they, Jerry?

"They have to" seems
a little imperative.

But...

I guess we could stay another night.

Good! Good. Then we'll
see you at the party.

Great. I'll bring a cheese ball.

- I'll bring her.
- Ha ha ha!

[LAUGHTER]

All right, bye.

Bye-bye.

Come on, Rosie. Get the Frisbee.

Rose!

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

But I want to go.

Because the HankMed cookout
sounds so fun to you?

No, because pie.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean
to cause a problem,

but it's totally casual, and you
guys are more than welcome.

Please, Mom?

Okay. Because pie.

Great. Nice running into you,

and I'll see you later.

Pro tip... show up early if
you want more than one slice.

- Can we go with Hank?
- No, he has to go to work.

- You have to go to camp.
- Hey, you wanna trade?

I'll go canoeing and you
can make house calls?

- Nah.
- Smart move.

Today looks like it's
gonna be pretty boring.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

Aah!

Drop to the ground and
roll to put out the...

Or... yeah... that.

Okay. You're not on fire anymore.

Oh... I hope they got the sh*t.

That looked real, right?

Yeah, I'd say a little too real.

Are you... are you okay?

Yeah. Mostly.

♪ ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I'm a doctor. Your finger's dislocated.

What I need to do is... that.

- It happens all the time.
- Pain amuses her.

Should have seen the
face-plant she took last week.

Life of a stuntwoman.

- You're making a movie?
- Yeah, we're trying.

Uh, sorry to freak you out.

I'm Rachel Kepler. This
is my brother Doug

and our friend Scott.

- Hey.
- You're filming on a phone?

On a phone with an anamorphic lens,

a Steadicam and Filmic Pro, yeah.

Please don't ask him any more
about lenses, I beg you.

So that's really how
it's being done now.

You ever hear of a movie called

- "Curse of Shelter Island"?
- They made that on a phone?

No, they never made it.

Our dad wrote it in 1970,
and he turned 70 this year,

so we're making it as a gift for him.

That's awesome.

Rachel! Are you hurt? Are you okay?

I'm fine, Bree.

[SIGHS] Okay. Good.

Also, I'm okay.

Yeah, what's not okay

is you went a little early, Rach.

If I didn't have to wear
those stupid contacts...

Well, you do, I'm sorry.
You guys have to match.

We're gonna have to light you up again.

Hope there's enough protective gel.

- You hope?
- Come on, Bree.

So how long have you
been a stunt person?

Professionally, the last five years,

but really, my whole life.

I'm a dedicated adrenaline junkie.

I'm familiar with the impulse.
I used to be an ER doctor.

Oh, yeah? What happened?

I settled down and became
a concierge doctor.

- Now I make house calls.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.

Oh, no, don't be. I'm
much happier this way.

Guess that would never be me.

I like to skate as close
to the edge as I can get.

Uh, you guys don't happen to have

any medical support
staff on this, do you?

We have a dermatologist
friend who lets us text him.

Good news, Rach. Got
enough gel for one more.

Oh, okay, great.

Uh, listen, I hope we
don't need to meet again,

- but just in case.
- Okay, thanks.

Yeah.

So, uh... three things, actually.

First, here's a draft of
the letter you asked for

disclosing the data hack.

Second, Lewis tells me the
hackers were in our system

for about three hours.

He thinks it could be state-sponsored,

in which case we'd have
to bring in the FBI.

Unless you'd like to do that now.

And the third thing?

The third thing is an apology.

I let you down.

More importantly, I let
the hospital down.

So, uh... I'm sorry.

But I'm here to make it right.

You're offering to resign.

[LAUGHS] What? No, I... no.

I mean, I... wasn't, unless... I am.

Is that what you're saying I should do?

- Absolutely not.
- Oh! Well... [LAUGHS]

Wow. Thank you. Great, I mean, I...

Volunteering for the guillotine

is a craven gesture.

If your head needs to roll,

I will be the one to drop the blade.

Got it.

You sure you're okay to drive?

I'm pregnant, not drunk!

Hormones can also impair one's judgment.

But you seem fine.

So... why don't you want
your parents to stay?

Oh, this is just a stop-off
on their park tour.

They're not really here to see me.

Of course they are.

And... you ought to
spend time with them.

- Before they're gone.
- Oh, that's years away.

Barring accidents.

You meant gone on their park tour.

- I did.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

We've never really been close,

even when I was little.

That's why they have dogs.

I'm sorry, I-I don't follow.

Well, growing up, I found...

hugging and touching overwhelming.

I-I knew they wanted that from me,

but, um, I couldn't give it to them,

so when I turned five,
they got their first dog.

Buddy. Part Lab, part Shepherd.
Very affectionate.

Probably the best available solution.

Jeremiah, I'm sure that's not true.

Why?

American businesswoman

and political candidate Diana Underhill

is the latest high-profile
victim of a hacking incident,

this one at a New York area hospital.

The news of her
endometriosis was revealed

after an unknown perpetrator

was able to gain access
to hospital computers.

[KNOCKING] - Yes?

Mr. Lawson.

Thank you. So kind of you to visit.

Uh, yes, I wish it were just for that.

Uh, Ms. Underhill, I
just wanted to apologize

to you personally for
this hacking incident.

I assure you we're doing
everything we can

to seal the leak and repair the damage,

and I just wanted you
to hear it from me.

Well, I appreciate that. I do,

but as you can see, the
damage has been done.

Safely from her diagnosis...

Well, this is just one show, right?

- This once proud...
- Political hopeful Diana...

- Well, that...
- New York Senate candidate...

Again, I am so... so sorry.

[CHUCKLES]

On the bright side, Mr. Lawson,

now I have a few more campaign issues

to which I intend to speak personally

like privacy, cyber security,

how our health care
system is being run by

marginally competent bureaucrats.

That doesn't include me, right?

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

I need to address this, Mr. Lawson,

and you and your hospital
need to be held accountable.

Right, but... can you address it

in general terms, like...

without the human sacrifice?

I could.

But you know, America
loves a good story.

Especially one with a
hero and a villain.

And in this one, Mr. Lawson,

I'm afraid you are the villain.

Huh.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

First Boris tears you a new one,

then Diana Underhill.

It's a good thing you
work in a hospital.

Yeah. Maybe I can find
you an empathy donor.

[CHUCKLES] Hey, you hear from Dad?

Nope. You?

Nope. Not me, not you, not Newberg.

Not even his book editor.

I can't even comprehend it.

How does a guy just walk
out on people like that?

Practice.

- This is different, though.
- How?

Because I genuinely
thought he'd changed.

Like... I don't even
wanna find him, Henry.

I feel like I'm done with him.

And I feel like that's
easier said than done.

So what's with Boris
threatening to fire you?

It's not like you hacked
into the hospital computers

and stole everyone's information.

Could you keep it down
just a little bit? Thanks.

I don't know... it happened on my watch.

It's on me. What am I gonna do?

Wallow in a Barcalounger

watching "Jerry Springer"
reruns all day?

Kinda like you back in
Brooklyn, actually.

Yeah, I remember.

I tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna talk to Boris
about this for you.

What are... no, you won't.

I'm not seven, Henry.

This is not a school playground.

I can battle a cybercriminal,
a billionaire,

- and a Senator on my own.
- Okay, simmer down, "Avengers."

- I'm just trying to help.
- Well, I don't want your help.

- I'm an adult.
- Oh, well excuse me for caring.

Well, maybe try caring less.

You know, at the moment, I'm
not sure I could care less.

Oh, that's... [LAUGHS] That's real good.

It's rich. Real rich.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

- See you at the barbecue.
- Yeah, can't wait.

And don't forget to bring chips!

This is my floor... no, no...

♪ ♪

So... now we are not only married,

but we have my daughter and his twins,

and another boy or girl on the way.

Which, of course, is the perfect time

for me to be starting medical school.

[LAUGHING]

I am so sorry.

I don't know why I just
told you all of that.

Oh, I have that effect on people...
it's my gift.

Sometimes my burden, but...

it's my calling and it
gives my life purpose.

- Oh, so you're a...
- Hairdresser.

[CHUCKLES]

You and your son

could not be more different.

I know.

Well...

that quiet distance he keeps...

Chuck made his peace with it long ago,

long before we even knew
that there was a...

spectrum that, uh, Jerry might be on.

But, you know, they
can always talk about

the weather or...

a ballgame or traffic even.

You know men. [CHUCKLES]

But a mother needs a little bit more,

needs to know she's... needed.

Needs to know she's loved.

Needs to know she might have done

something right.

But, uh, you know, I...

I've never gotten that from Jerry,

and I don't imagine that I ever will.

He may be more capable than you think.

When we were roommates...

Roommates?

Well, I'm finding more
about his life from you

than I ever have from him. [LAUGHS]

I know... that it can
be hard to connect.

But you can't give up.

Oh, I won't, I won't. I just...

What?

I don't know, maybe I have
given up a little bit.

Maybe I need to make my peace with it.

You do not strike me as
a surrendering type.

I'm not.

But you know, after all these years...

I'm a little defeated.

[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Rehearsing!

[INHALES SHARPLY]

It's bad, isn't it?

Well, it's not good, but it's...

I knew it! First Rachel, now me.

You know what this is, don't you?

- I actu...
- It's the curse

of "The Curse of Shelter Island."

It's the what of the what now?

Rachel and Doug didn't tell you,

but the reason their dad's
movie never got made

is because it was cursed.

The director disappeared.

The lead actor was in some
mysterious car accident.

And the business manager for the agent

who represented the actress
who played my role

- d*ed of scabies.
- Scabies isn't fatal.

That's how bad the curse is.
It was disaster upon disaster

until the studio had to shut it down.

So what do I have?

Hepatitis? Meningitis? Leprosy?

No. Just a slight case of
self-fulfilling prophecy.

What?

Stress weakens your immune system.

A weak immune system can allow

a dormant chicken pox virus to reawaken.

I think your stress about the
curse is what caused this.

This being shingles. You have shingles.

So... I'm sick

because I was stressing
about being sick?

Hence my diagnosis of
self-fulfilling prophecy,

which also isn't fatal.

So there's no curse.

No curse.

You're sure it's just shingles?

Positive. But you can text
your dermatologist friend

if you like, or I can just go ahead

and prescribe you some
Valtrex, which is...

I know what it is. Show business.

Right.

Whoa!

That was really good.

That wasn't supposed to happen.

Rachel!

Rachel!

Rachel, hey, are you okay?

[GASPS, COUGHS]

I don't know.

I think I passed out for a second.

Did you pass out during
that fire stunt too?

Is that maybe why you went early?

Maybe.

Okay, listen to me.

Skating close to the edge is one thing,

but passing out twice for
no reason is another.

I'm taking you to the hospital.

Still think there's no curse?

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Looks normal.

Well, your EEG looks normal.

So what's going on then?

Can't say for sure until
your blood work's back,

but I'm concerned about seizures.

Although you say this hasn't happened

- outside these two instances.
- No. Never.

Okay.

What about that face-plant
your brother mentioned?

That was different.

I remember that whole thing
from start to finish.

Right. All right, I want
to do an ambulatory EEG.

So you'll keep the cap on,

but I'll attach it to a portable monitor

you'll carry with you for 24 hours.

Okay, that's fine,

but I can't do it till
after the last stunt.

Rachel, listen to me.
Sometimes your body

has ways of telling you
it's time to ease up

on the adrenaline.

And sometimes that's a
story you tell yourself

to justify your circumstances.

[LAUGHS] You talking about me?

Look, adrenaline junkies don't
just settle down, Hank.

That crazy rush we get from wondering

"Am I gonna make it through this?"

That's what makes us feel alive.

Isn't there a part of
you that misses that?

Sure, sure, sometimes,

but let's deal with you first.
You can't do the stunt.

And you can say that, but
I'm doing the stunt.

- Rachel, I'm telling you...
- Look...

this is really important to me

and my dad and my brother.

So unless you put me
in a straitjacket...

which actually wouldn't work,

'cause I know how to get out of one...

I'm doing the stunt.

All right. Then I'm coming with you.

♪ ♪

[POP MUSIC IN BACKGROUND]

Oh, good.

Hi.

♪ ♪

So if you press the tip
of your middle finger

to the tip of your thumb,

that fleshy area right under your thumb

is what medium-rare feels like.

- Yeah.
- And that one's yours now,

- right?
- Ha. Right. Yes.

Leave it to a doctor

to make grilling a teachable moment.

What can I say? Science is everywhere.

Hey, you wanna practice
your curve ball tomorrow?

Can't. I'm going to
visit my dad, remember?

Ah, right. Idaho.

I'm gonna get another soda.

- Okay.
- Um...

How's your curve ball?

It's not so good.

Which is actually why I was thinking

more along the lines of, um... dinner.

Maybe like a real grown-up dinner?

Grown-up, huh? Does that mean

we couldn't get crayons
to color on our menus?

Oh, no, we would get crayons.

- Okay, I'm in.
- Okay.

I am so glad you like
my cheese ball, Divya.

Like it? I cannot stop eating it.

- [LAUGHS]
- Jeremiah.

Did your mom always cook like this?

Yes, food was often molded into shapes.

Balls, rings, bars.

Logs. Loaves. Squares.

Cups. Domes. Triangles.

Towers.

A tower's a structure, not a shape.

Wedges. Hey, Jeremiah,

um... why don't you tell your parents

what you're working on.

Oh, I-it's rather technical.

Try us. We might surprise you.

Well, there are these
things called virusomes.

which are... unilamellar
phospholipid vesicles

incorporating virus-derived
but non-infectious proteins

that facilitate the delivery
of a drug or a vaccine.

I'm attempting to engineer
a new kind of virosome.

Well...

that's very interesting.

I hear it's supposed to rain next week.

Uh, Dr. Lawson?

Hi. Hi.

What in the name of
sweet Jesus are these?

They're chips, per your demand.

They are tortilla chips.

They are generic tortilla chips.

They are so generic, Henry,

they don't even list ingredients...
nothing!

It's mean. Paige thinks
so too, by the way.

Oh, she's on now because of the chips?

- That's ridiculous.
- He says you're ridiculous.

No, I did not. I said you're ridiculous.

Why would you buy generic chips?

- Everyone's happy...
- They're tortilla chips!

- Hey, hey, guys, easy.
- Oh, my God.

Save it for Thanksgiving.

I have mustards to organize.

[SCOFFS] Oh... what is it with families?

I know... you try to help,
and they get all insulted.

You try to help,

and you might as well be invisible.

Whose family are you talking about?

Well, Jeremiah's.

They want to connect so badly,
but they don't know how.

I'm trying to facilitate,
but it's not going so well.

Well, be careful. Families
can be like magnets.

The more you try to push them together,

the more they slide apart.

Unless you turn them around.

Hmm.

Hi. I'm Barb. I'm Jerry's mom.

How do you do?

Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz.

Hey, there. Chuck Sacani.

Sacani Motors? What do you drive?

I, uh... don't.

Boris, what a nice surprise.

- Excuse us.
- Pleasure.

This thing over...

- Yeah. Evan.
- Ah.

- Oh.
- For you, gentlemen.

Oh, nice.

"1982 Calon Suger."

Ségur. Yes.

It... risks overwhelming
the hamburger sandwiches,

but it will be worth it.

I'm just glad it's not a
giant metaphorical axe.

No. I was... overly
severe with you earlier.

- My apologies.
- Thank you, Boris.

You were upset and with good reason.

Yeah, multiple reasons.

Some pertaining to my
pharmaceutical company,

but primarily because I was
forced to delay my trip

to see Marisa and Carlos.

Totally understood. Happy you came.

I'm gonna go pop this guy open.

Good.

So you've been missing your family.

Yeah. Very much so.

Particularly because...

Carlos is about to receive
his first treatment

of our new pediatric drug protocol.

Pediatric drug... for what?

[SIGHS] My family's disease.

He has the marker too, Hank.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hey, man, sorry it's taking so long,

but I finally have some news.

Good or bad?

Uh... both?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hi.

We need to talk.

My attorneys will be
glad to speak with you.

You leaked your own medical record.

What?

I just found out that none of
our patients' medical records

were copied or even
opened, for that matter.

Yet somehow, right after you
found out about the hack,

your information was mysteriously...

everywhere.

Because you...

wanted it that way.

- That's absurd.
- [CHUCKLES]

Is it, though?

You're on every channel.

You've got three new issues

to which you can now speak personally,

including an illness

that makes people feel
sympathy towards you.

[SIGHS]

It was a shrewd move, Ms. Underhill.

It was... [LAUGHS] It was very shrewd.

What do you want, Mr. Lawson?

Well, you know, Ms. Underhill,

America loves a good story,

especially one with a
hero and a villain,

but you know what I think
they're gonna love even more?

A story with... two heroes.

Oh...

Thank you for trusting
us with your care.

I already said good-bye to them once

and then again at the cookout.

It doesn't make sense
to say it a third time.

It's your family. It's not
supposed to make sense.

It's just what you do.

They're not home.

This is their car. They
have to be somewhere close.

Hello! Somebody! Anybody!

- Hello?
- Mom?

Oh, Jerry, hi! Oh, good, come quick.

Come quick. Something's
wrong with Rosie.

She started to throw up,
and now she won't move.

I'm not a vet.

"First do no harm." I know the rules.

We own every episode of
"DIAGNOSIS: m*rder!"

[CALM MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hello, I'm Dr. Sacani.

I'm gonna palpate your abdomen now.

Your dog isn't sick. She's in labor.

That's impossible. She
was fixed at the shelter

before we even got her. We paid a fee!

Then you should get a refund.

Is she gonna be okay?

I don't know. Maybe an
ultrasound would help.

Okay, I'll run and get it from the car.

How far are you parked?

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SIGHS] She's okay to do this, right?

Oh, I'd rather she didn't,

but I haven't been able
to convince her not to.

And medically, she does check out.

So what's gonna happen here?

Car's gonna come screaming
down the driveway,

across the lawn, down the ramp,

into the water, burst into flames.

Why does it burst into flames

if it's in the water?

Because the possessed
can telekinetically

manipulate things on a molecular level.

- Ah. Okay.
- It's set up in act one.

Speaking of the possessed,
got the contacts in?

Nice. I wanna go to you
as soon as we get this.

No matter how many times
I see those things,

they still creep me out.

That's the idea.

Rachel hates them. She's
fine blowing herself up,

but touch her eyeball, she freaks out.

Huh. Can I see one of those?

- Sure.
- Thanks.

Okay, let's roll.

These are hard lenses.

Does Rachel put these in right
before she does a stunt?

As last-minute as she can.

When I said, "Let's roll," I
didn't mean it literally.

Why is she going so slow?

Because of these. Rachel!

Rachel!

Rachel, are you okay?

I can't feel a pulse.

She's severely bradycardic.
Her pulse is so low,

it's barely even there.
She needs Atropine.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

She's not responding.

I'm gonna externally pace her.

♪ ♪

I'm afraid this is going
to hurt quite a bit.

Well, pain amuses her, remember?

Yeah, well, lucky her.

[BEEPS] [LOW WHINE]

[GRUNTS]

Ah!

[BREATHING HARD]

It happened again. Why?

First, let's get these out.

Okay.

Now, any pain

here... here...

Ow! Yeah, that's from my
face-plant last week.

Okay. So is all your fainting.

What?

That face-plant resulted in a fracture

that trapped your trigeminal nerve,

so now when you put
pressure on your eyeball,

it's creating an oculocardiac reflex,

dropping your heart rate.

So when I put my contacts in,

it slowed my heart down?

Yeah. And this time, it
almost didn't speed up again.

Can you untrap the nerve?

In the hospital, yeah.

It's actually a pretty simple procedure.

So we can finish the movie?

Yeah, but not today.

We'll get back to it once you're fixed.

You're like our good luck charm.

Well, I don't know about that,

but I do think you guys

ought to put this whole
curse business to bed.

There is no such thing.

That's on me. Didn't put it in park.

She's having trouble
delivering the initial puppy

because of its abnormal presentation...
it's tail first.

It's called dystocia.

She should go to a vet.

Or maybe you can manipulate
the puppies digitally.

Everything's digital now.

She means using my fingers.
But I would need you

to kneel down and hold the ultrasound,

which seems unlikely, in light of...

your girth.

I-I'm totally capable of bending over.

Okay, fine. It's not happening.

It's all right. I got it.

- I can do it.
- Uh...

I can do this. Give it to me.

- All right, um...
- Give it to me.

Hold that right against the abdomen.

- Okay.
- That's it.

What's that stuff for?

It's to help guide the puppy
out of the vaginal vault.

Oh, my.

I just need to open the amniotic sack

and cut the umbilical cord.

It's a miracle!

It's really more biology.

No.

I mean you.

- Okay.
- Oh, look at that.

Just look at that.

- Aw...
- Ha ha!

Here, let me have him.

[PUPPY WHIMPERS]

Ah, there you go, little guy.

Hey.

Oh. Here we go.

Oh, another one!

- Look at us.
- [GIGGLES]

- Out to dinner.
- I know, right?

God, it feels like
this has been building

since I don't know when.

End of last summer. Not
that I'm counting.

[LAUGHS] Well, I'm sure it
will be worth the wait.

Definitely.

And, hey, you know what
else is worth the wait?

The grilled artichokes
with the lemon aioli.

Mmm! Yeah...

Oh. You... you're not a fan.

It's just all that work to
scrape a bunch of green goo

onto the backs of your teeth...
not for me!

Okay!

- But you should get it.
- No!

- We can get something else.
- But you want it.

Yeah, but I wouldn't be able
to finish it on my own.

Go on, get it. Don't listen to me.

I... no, listen, I don't need it.

We'll do something else.

- Okay.
- Okay.

So Sam's in Idaho.

Yeah! Yeah, he loves it there.

The hunting, the fishing,
horses, rallies.

- Rallies?
- Yeah, like road rallies.

ATVs, four-by-fours, that kinda thing.

Oh, oh.

Whew! [LAUGHS]

Why, what kind of rallies
were you thinking?

Well... it is Idaho.

So you thought I sent Sam

to some kind of separatist compound?

No. No, of course not.

Okay. Good.

Yeah, no. Never.

But, you know... Idaho.

Let's just not talk about Sam or Idaho.

Right. Of course. New topic.

To us.

It's bad luck to toast with water.

Yeah, I know, but you
don't really believe...

Okay.

So, um...

You gonna get the artichoke?

I think I am, yeah.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You really still don't want to know.

You're the one who didn't want to know.

I know. I didn't want to know.

But I want to know what you want,

independent of what I want.

The truth is, I hadn't
looked at it that way.

I was just, uh...

deferring to you, I guess.

Raj...

I love how comforting and
supportive you've been

about everything,

but for two people
who've known each other

a lifetime, we've somehow ended up

in a whirlwind romance.

Falling in love, getting engaged,

getting married,

and getting pregnant, all in a year.

Mm. Ha ha.

We've made some big decisions, right?

Decisions that would scare most people.

But I guess what's kept
them from scaring me

is knowing that we've been
making them together.

Okay. I do want to know.

- Really?
- I just can't win!

Please, God, let it be a boy.

[LAUGHS]

Ms. Katdare?

- The doctor's ready for you.
- All right.

Come on, honey.

Furthermore, I would like to commend

the excellent care

that I have received
here from the doctors

and the nurses and the staff
at Hamptons Heritage.

You know, I gotta say, it is
private hospitals like this

that set an example of just
what can be accomplished

without government
mandates and interference.

Thank you all so very much.
I gotta get going.

Sorry, but I didn't want to interrupt.

But then I thought I should.
But then I... well...

- Evan.
- Yeah.

- Get on with it.
- Right.

So, uh, Lewis finished his
investigation into the hack.

Yeah? And?

How many were affected?

Well, that's the thing.

He says it was not a massive data grab

like we assumed, but
they were clearly after

only one patient record.

- Yeah?
- Yours.

I see.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I don't know what we would
have done without you.

You would have taken her to a vet.

Bang-up job, Jerry.

Especially for a guy
who doesn't like dogs.

We learned that when
we got Buddy for him

when he was five.

Uh, you got Buddy for you, not for me.

What are you talking?

Why would we get a dog for us?

Because... the dog is capable of giving

physical affection, and I wasn't.

No, Jerry, we got Buddy for you

so you wouldn't be alone.

But I wasn't alone. I had you.

Yeah, sure, but you didn't have...
you know,

other kids.

Y-you got Buddy so that I would have...
a friend?

Yeah. We thought it would help.

I just... I... didn't realize.

all this time, I got it backward

and blamed the entire canine species.

Well, one of these puppies
could be yours if you want.

- Which one?
- Whichever.

You know...

if you are gonna take
one of the puppies,

you'll have to come up with a name.

Mandelbrot.

No, no, not just any name.

You want a name for a dog.

Yes. Mandelbrot.

[LAUGHS]

It's beautiful.

I thought you'd given up on me.

No, Jerry.

Not then.

Not ever.

[HAPPY MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Way to go, Doc.

♪ ♪

Yeah, I figured it was a long sh*t,

but you are his daughter.

So don't be surprised if he
suddenly shows up on campus.

Okay. Do your homework.

Don't leave those term
papers to the last min...

Okay. I'll shut up now.

Bye, Emma.

[WHISTLING]

♪ ♪

Hello!

- Hey.
- Hi!

What are you doing here?

Uh, nothing, just some, you know, files

and HankMed stuff. What
are you doing here?

- I live here.
- That's a fair point.

How was your date?

It had its high points,

which were sadly close
to its low points.

Oh. Sorry to hear that.

Yeah. We put off getting
to know each other

for so long... first
because of her issues,

then because of mine...

that I assumed those would
be our only issues.

Only... they weren't.

- Hmm.
- Hey, there's some

leftover artichokes if you want...
they're really good.

Sure. Yeah. Who doesn't
love leftover artichokes?

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

Don't worry about your date.

Onward and upward, right?

Yeah, yeah. Onward and upward.

Hey, listen...

I didn't mean to treat you
like a kid yesterday.

It's just with Dad suddenly
disappearing the way he did,

I don't know... maybe it was reflex

because no matter how old you get,

I think there will
always be a part of me

that needs to protect my little brother.

Full disclosure?

Part of me doesn't always mind that.

Especially with a dad as
undependable as ours.

Right.

Is that... your laundry?

We don't have a washer or dryer yet.

So you've been sneaking it in here?

Well, you found me, so technically,

it's not really sneaking anymore.

- Boris.
- Gentlemen.

Evan, I thought you'd
be at the hospital.

I was, and I... and I will be.

- Just, uh...
- He's just doing laundry.

- Yeah.
- Ah.

How... modern.

So I'll just get to it then.

- All right, see you later.
- Okay. See you later.

Hank...

Boris, I don't mean to pry,

but Carlos... what treatment
is he undergoing,

and under whose supervision
and for how long?

All good questions,

best answered in person, perhaps?

I'm off to see him in the morning.

If you were able to join me, I...

Yeah, of course. Consider it done.

Yeah? Excellent. Thank you.

Perhaps at the same
time I can also address

this recent hacking incident.

Yeah. So...

Where is Carlos?

Hong Kong.
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