01x05 - Samuels and the Kid

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Tonight on st.
Elsewhere. It's over.

- She's dead, man.
- Peter, it's over.

Hey, hey. Now, come
on, pete. It's over!

It didn't k*ll mrs. Perez.

How do you know that? Where
did you go to med school?

Are you gonna start taking
the other kids' lunch money?

Only after you teach
me high-low poker.

Yeah, next thing, you're gonna
want to know how to pick up girls.

That's easy. You tell
them what they wanna hear.

"On our first anniversary.
Love always, wayne."

Thanks a lot. You're welcome.

The outstanding
achievement in heart surgery...

Goes... To dr. Mark
craig of st. Eligius.

I want you to go to mrs.
Rodriguez's apartment now.

Ends our regularly
scheduled broadcast today.

We'll resume our programming at
6:00 a.m. This station operates on...

Why don't you take your
break now? I'll cover for you.

Is there a doctor in the house?

What do ya got for me,
o'connor? Wait, don't tell me.

Bernie, grab a chart.
Write this down.

Uh, we need a
b.a. On an f.i.g...

With a laceration
over his... Left eye?

Right again. Tell
me what I win, monty.

The right to sew him
up before I book him.

I know b.a. Is "blood
alcohol," but what is, uh, f.i.g.?

"Found in gutter." Like
"gomer's" first cousin.

Okay, bernie, let's
move inside. Uh...

Take some blood,
send it up to the lab,

Clean the wound and I'll,
uh... No, you'll stitch it up.

I'm not good at taking blood.

He's not good at taking blood,
he's gonna sew up my face?

What kind of doctor
is he? A new one.

And he might as well
start learning on you.

Take a history, arguello.

I ain't saying nothing
while he's here.

No problem. Did
you frisk him? Yeah!

Do it again.

Okay, uncuff him.

I'll take it from
here. I'll be outside.

I'll scream once if I need you.

All right, sit down.

Okay. Open your eye.
You been here before?

Yeah. Okay, we'll
pull your chart later.

I'm not allergic to
nothin'. I'm not on dr*gs.

I need you to help
me out. That's nice.

Okay, bernie, take his
blood. I'll check his eye.

Uh, take your
jacket off, please.

Pull your sleeve up.

Okay. Just right this
way. Turn your head.

All right. Just
clean that up there.

Keep your head still.

All right, looks like you
won't need any stitches.

I'll close it up with a couple butterflies.
You'll look good at the police station.

Dr. Jay baker to intensive
care. Jay baker to intensive care.

Okay. Right here.

Hold still.

All right, what do you need?

Help me get rid of my clothes.

Nice touch. Thank you.

- What's wrong with
your clothes?
- Not this.

These.

And this.

If I go to jail like this, it
won't be a pretty scene.

Cut 'em off.

I'll take care of this.
You got that right.

Damn.

Call a triple. We
have an arrest.

Pulmonary i.c.u.!

Too bad they don't pay you to stand
around, luther. You'd be a rich man.

Come on. Move it.
Oh, mrs. Skilling...

It's mrs. Perez. Four...

One, two, three, four...
Not to worry, honey.

Everything's gonna be okay.
Close the curtain, luther.

Two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five.

I'm not a big fan of
blind dates, but shuster

Said his wife had a
friend to drool over.

Yeah, and? And I figured it
was my duty to take a sh*t at it.

Your duty. So I show up
at shuster's apartment,

And this dog answers the door.

I'm talking about a real
hound tooth cocktail.

So I'm figuring I should pretend
I'm at the wrong apartment,

When shuster shows up...
Gimme the chart on miss perez.

And introduces
me to his wife, okay?

No wonder the guy works
so hard. And the friend?

Everything that shuster
said. I went the full nine yards.

Whatever that means.

Whoa, down, boy.
I'm sorry I'm late.

Well, I guess you didn't
hear then? Hear? Hear what?

They recalled your
class at berkeley memorial.

Instead of teaching you anatomy,
they gave you a course in home heating.

The bus leaves for the
west coast about 9:00.

Listen, would you bet a horse
named gomer? What do you think?

"Gomer"? You mean, uh, "get
out of my emergency room"?

I'd rather play a
horse named "leukemia."

What is this? You been rummaging
around in pat boone's closet?

- What? What's wrong with them?
- This is a hospital, ehrlich,

Not a fraternity mixer.
Good morning, dr. Samuels.

Good morning,
dr. Auschlander. Dr. Ehrlich, sir.

Dr. Ehrlich. Spiffy shoes.

Never thought that
style would come back.

Auschlander looks good.
Yeah, I wish I had a dollar...

For every metastasized cell in
his liver. How long you give him?

Six months. A year
on the outside.

Nah. Twenty bucks says he
won't make it past may day.

You're on. Hey, why
don't we start a pool?

That's disgusting. You ought to
be ashamed of yourself, ehrlich.

What?

Oh, that's fabulous. That's...

Not afraid of a pesky case
of herpes, dr. Armstrong?

I'll ignore that.
Jack's wife's pregnant!

Ancient history, my dear.

Hey, jack, you find
out who the father is?

Mmm, not yet. Do you have to
take a cheap sh*t at everything?

Now, now, don't get nasty just because
you chose a career rather than a family.

What's that supposed
to mean? Well,

According to the biological
clock on the wall, dr. Armstrong,

At your age you have till
about, oh, 8:15 to get pregnant.

Of course, finding a suitable donor
on such short notice is a problem.

But... You talked me into
it. Your place or mine?

Don't you ever stop?

After about three, four hours.

Dr. Chandler, we lost one
of your patients last night.

Yeah. Mrs. Perez.

Nice lady too.

- Who was on i.c.u. Last night?
- Skilling.

Again? She called the code.

Where is she?

I guess she's changing.
Her shift just ended.

Morning, robby.
How did you sleep?

Not so good. No?

Why do they wake you at
6:00 a.m. To take your pulse?

That's a good question.
How does your ankle feel?

It's throbbing. Well, the
swelling's starting to go down.

You know, after the operation,
this is gonna be as good as new.

Yeah? Yep. A couple
of weeks in a cast,

You'll be off the injured reserve list,
ready to run back punts for the patriots.

Oh, come on.

That is not a compliment. My
sister could play for the patriots.

Oh. But then again,
she has great hands.

I like them. Yeah?

It so happens I have an extra ticket
for the jet game a week from sunday.

Oh, that's great. Yeah?

No. I don't think my
parents will let me go.

I'll talk to them. Okay?
It'll be all right. Oh, great.

You think you're gonna be
able to climb all those steps...

At schaeffer
stadium on crutches?

Oh, come on. I mean, we're
talking 35th row here.

You wanna race?
Hey, I'm an athlete.

I'm tough. Dr. Samuels...

Yeah? My mom brought me this.

- Would you like to try?
- Be serious, will ya?

I mean, with this
ivy league mind,

These surgeon's hands...

I'd be done with
this in about a week.

I thought you said
you were an athlete.

I've got sick people to see, robby.
See you later. Bye, dr. Samuels.

Anybody home...
That's breathing?

Is that you,
wayne? Yeah, it's me.

Hi. I'm in here.
Well, why there?

Wait, don't tell me. You know,
I saw a twilight zone once...

Where a little girl rolls
under her bed, through a wall,

Into another dimension
of space and time.

Would you like to
come in? Not voluntarily.

I'll be out in a second.
Make yourself comfortable.

Well, it's hard to be
comfortable in a room...

Where everybody
else is so stiff.

All right, uh, who's
got the sports page?

Oh, here it is. You
finished with this?

Thanks. Oh, got it.

Hi, wayne. I was just
thinking about you.

Yeah? All I've been doing
is thinking about you too.

I saw your signature on
this death certificate. Yeah?

Oh, the d.o.a. From
last night's car wreck.

Uh, fractured skull,
cerebral hemorrhage.

If this guy had worn
a seat belt, he might've

Had breakfast with
his family this morning.

Yeah. It's a shame.

So, you coming over
after work tonight?

I've said yes twice today,
wayne. Well, I was just checking.

Hope I'm not disturbing
anything. Where do you want him?

Oh. I've got a full house.

Um, leave him in the
hall. Here, I'll show you.

If we move mrs. Perez over here,

Then you can put him
against the wall right here.

You got it. Great.

There. Now there's
room for everybody.

So, I'll see you
at 7:00. At 7:00.

Great. See you, guys.
You're gonna love it here.

The chart says the
code was called at 12:35.

Right. Well... Wayne.

What happened to the 40 milliequivalent
drip I ordered? What? I never saw it.

Well, it's right here on the
chart, written in at, uh, 11:15.

I made a mistake. I'm sorry.

Sorry? Nurse, this is not the
first time. It didn't k*ll mrs. Perez.

How do you know that? Where
did you go to med school?

I've been here a long time,
dr. Chandler. I know more than you think.

Well, it does not seem to
reflect in your work, nurse.

Make your point. It's
been a long night, doctor.

I don't think you're
cutting it, nurse skilling.

If you have a problem
with the way I do my job,

I suggest you take it up
with rosenthal and westphall.

Fine. That's my next step.

My, my. The monsters
our children have become.

Remember your
roots, dr. Chandler.

It was not too long ago the cotton you
were picking wasn't from an aspirin bottle.

I don't need this. I've got
enough of a morale problem...

Without dr. Chandler
browbeating my nurses.

Nurse skilling is incompetent. You
had no right yelling at her in public.

- You did what?
- I got angry.

It was unnecessary and
disrespectful. Disrespectful?

Two of my patients d*ed... One after nurse
skilling is late with a medication order.

That didn't k*ll mrs.
Perez. No, it didn't.

Pneumonia did. Same thing that
k*lled miss rothlein this morning.

Let's chalk that up to
contamination during intubation.

Look, you cannot prove nurse
skilling had anything to do with that.

I don't have to. The
evaluation speaks for itself.

Helen, her performance
is deteriorating.

What do you think?

It's a lot harder working here.

She's older. Well,
aren't we all?

What do you think we
should do? Let her go.

Just a minute.

Eleanor skilling has been a productive
part of this hospital for 20 years.

You don't throw trained
personnel like her away.

Besides, we're
shorthanded as it is.

We'll just end up hiring her back
through some private registry...

For more money than
we're paying her now.

- Okay. Let's transfer her
to another floor.
- Thanks.

Dr. Ed tyler to fifth
floor operating.

Dr. Ed tyler, fifth
floor operating.

So, I o-open the refrigerator
to the blood bank...

To check on a.b.-Negative,
I find one pint,

Two yogurts and a six-pack.

Have you tried the red cross?
There's a city-wide shortage.

We're not exactly on the
top of their priority list.

You got any ideas?
Not since breakfast.

I'll call the red cross again.
Maybe I'll have better luck. Gotcha.

Hi, andy. Hi, doc.

The cops could have done a
cleaner job digging out the b*llet.

You're early, mrs. Rodriguez.
It's what is known as false labor.

Well, I thought it was time,
but it's only my first baby.

It's hard to be sure. Well,
you're anxious. It happens.

Berto... False labor.

Berto is late for work.

And he's afraid if he's late
again, he's gonna get fired.

There are so many
people for these jobs.

He says that you'll give me
the voucher for the bus home.

Sure. While he's at work,

Is there anyone
staying with you?

Yeah. Mrs. Dejesus. She
comes over every afternoon.

Hey, she's pregnant too. She's
already got four girls and one boy.

And her husband, of
course, wants a son this time.

Six children, and I
worry about having one.

My husband says I talk too much.

Call me when the contractions
start up again, okay?

Okay. This time I'll be sure.

She over-sliced the
french bread a little,

You know, and got
scared... All the blood. Yeah.

Know how she stopped
the bleeding? Surprise me.

A jar of coffee. You
had to see it to believe it.

A gash filled with instant.

I just started my surgical tour,
and I got called in to observe.

There's this girl lying on the
table, and all she's wearing is her tan.

Lot of jokes, right? Oh,
yeah. They were going crazy.

That bother you?

That's not the problem.
I can handle that okay.

When they cut her across
the abdomen, i... I got sick.

Damn it. It... It just
made me so angry,

Like I wasn't tough
enough or something.

Sometimes I feel like I
just don't belong here.

I'm afraid medicine
is still a man's world.

It's a lot better than
when I first came here.

There were two surgical dressing
rooms... Doctors and nurses.

What did you do? Well,
I knew I wasn't a nurse.

I really shook
things up in there.

I'm out of here. I've
got 36 hours of r&r.

Lucky you. Where are you
going? Driving to pittsfield.

Who's the lucky guy? Guys.

My father and brother.
Haven't seen them in months.

Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah. I'm fine.

What about you, fiscus?
How are you checking out?

I'm not dying. It's not
in the program. Right.

Personally, I intend
to tattoo "d.n.r."...

Right across my chest
in red, white and blue.

"Do not resuscitate."

And I plan to have a
massive coronary...

Right after a steak, a bottle
of lafite rothschild 1961,

And bang... Right
before the check.

Where are you going? Milk
and cookies for peter white.

I didn't know you
guys were an item.

We're splitting coverage.
He gets the first sleep.

I got to bribe him to get him
up. Oh, the rack monster calls.

Like circe to odysseus.

Circe to who?

Are you done with that, doll?

No, I meant the fruit salad.

Thank you. I hate to waste.

Montana fades back. He
scrambles to his right. Come on.

He spots clark in the end
zone, fires... Touchdown!

W-wait a minute. Where
are the flags? No flags.

What do you mean...
Ah, nuts. All right.

The 49ers lead the
bengals 14-nothing.

Will ya stop yakking
and just kick off.

Grouchy, isn't he,
sports fans? Come on.

Okay. Montana back in the
pocket. He sees robby durant...

Wide open on a post
pattern, fires... Touchdown!

No! I cannot catch a break!

Saved by the g*n. And here's
the halftime show, folks.

Where are the cheerleaders?

Oh, we left them in the hall.

- What's going on?
- This?

This is a machine,
measures your heartbeat.

And this good-lookin'
woman here, nurse rosenthal,

Is gonna take just a
little bit of your blood.

Oh... J... It's okay. It's okay.

It's standard pre-operating
procedure. All right?

They're doing all the
work. What are you doing?

- I'm watching.
- Yeah, cushy job.

- Let's get back to the game.
- Hey, hey, hey.

Sweetie, like back.
It's okay. It's okay.

You gotta lie still
for just a second.

Okay, then explain what "b*ating
the spread" means. You promised.

What, are you gonna start
taking the other kids' lunch money?

Only after you teach
me high-low poker.

Yeah, next thing, you're gonna
want to know how to pick up girls.

That's easy. You tell
them what they wanna hear.

I didn't teach him that.
I swear. It's intuitive.

Come on, white. Get up.

It's my turn.

I'll give you five
dollars to cover for me.

You haven't got five dollars.

Here. Come on. Come on.
Compliments of room service.

All right, all right. All right.

All right.

Oh.

Welcome to the land
of walking cadavers.

You know, morrison, I wake up
to you more than I do to my wife.

And I bet she doesn't
give you breakfast in bed.

Not since the honeymoon.

Hey, I hear you're
gonna have a kid.

A center fielder
for the red sox.

Good luck.

It ain't easy.

Ah, but babies are so cute.

Believe me. The
worst is yet to come.

First, nina's gonna wanna quit
her job to be a full-time mother,

And that's less money
coming in, more mouths to feed.

Then the two-door isn't big enough. She's
gonna want a wood-paneled station wagon.

And you're bustin' your tail off to
pay off a 30-year mortgage in newton.

Sounds good to me.

Plus, you never see the kids. I
mean, they're awake, you're here.

As a matter of fact,
they're asleep, you're here.

Look on the bright side,
peter. No doctor bills.

Code blue. Damn it! Lookit.

You're on call, nothing happened.
I'm awake, all hell breaks loose.

That's not fair. Doesn't
anybody get better around here?

Get the light on the
way out, will you?

It's not fair.

Fair.

All right. One, two,
three, four, five.

- Come on, b*at.
- She's dead, man.

Who asked you?
Come on. Take over.

All right. Give me an
amp of intracardiac epi.

- Still nothin'.
- How long since
she had any rhythm?

- Too long.
- All right, get out of there.

All right, pete.
That's it. It's over.

Peter, it's over. Hey, hey.

Now, come on, pete.
It's over! Easy now.

She's the second lady today.

Mmm. This is good.

You like that? Mm-hmm.

Another glass of
bubbly, my dear?

Please. Champagne and
caviar makes a perfect meal.

High on bubbles,
high on protein.

You look so
handsome, wayne. Great.

I was going for the, uh,
william powell, cary grant look,

But I think I'm caught somewhere
between tony curtis and a maître d'.

Wayne, what are we celebrating?

Well, I guess this is as
good a time as any. Uh...

Here. For me?

Open it.

Neat. A cuticle cleaner.

It's what every
pathologist needs.

It helps get at those
hard-to-reach tissues.

Thanks a lot. You're welcome.

Wayne, what's really going on?

Okay, this is the real reason.

Here.

Shreve, crump and
low? Only the best.

Wayne... Open it.

Oh, a heart.

Oh, wayne, it's beautiful.

I was looking for a 14-karat
kidney or a sterling silver liver.

But they only carry hearts.

It's pretty silly, huh? There's
an inscription on the other side.

Oh, it's hard to read.
Well, I had a lot to say.

"To cathy on our
first anniversary.

Love always, wayne."

A-and there's the date.

First anniversary? Yeah,
w-we met a month ago today,

Except that was a monday
and now it's a wednesday, but...

I can't accept this.

You have to. You're
the only cathy I know.

Try it on. Wayne...
Here. Just turn around.

Move your hair.

You are nuts. You
know it? Mm-hmm.

It looks great.

I don't know what to say.

Don't say anything.

But, personally, I would appreciate it if
you would keep the conversation moving...

'Cause I just sh*t off all
my amm*nit*on. Oh, wayne...

That'll do.

This is the nicest thing anybody's
done to me in a long time, but i...

It's okay, cathy. I understand.

No, you don't. That's
just it. Yes, I do, really.

I really do. Hit it, mel!

♪♪

Oh, wayne.

I took his appendix
out a year ago.

He owes me one. Nice touch, huh?

Dr. Fiscus, you are terrific.

I told them not to
schedule me this morning!

I'm sorry, dr. Craig.
Nobody told me.

Good morning, helen. Hi, donald.

The lab just finished the workup on
the thompson girl. Oh, good. Thanks.

Hmm. Got yourself real
good this morning, donald.

Not a real confidence builder for the
patient when the doctor cuts himself.

Time to change the blade. I did, but
my daughter decided to surprise me...

By shaving her legs first.

These days, be thankful it
wasn't your son shaving his legs.

Great looking suit, mark.
Well, today's the big day.

The annual cushing left anterior
descending arteries society luncheon.

Surgeon of the year.
Congratulations.

I know some people think
this sort of thing is amusing,

But I'm proud of my work.

This award is important
to me. Well, we're all proud.

It has meaning for everyone
connected to st. Eligius.

Thank you, donald. It's important for me
to get positive feedback from my peers.

Sometimes I feel I'm not
too well liked around here.

Oh, now, now,
donald. It's all right.

I'm not out to win any
popularity contest.

The work's what's important, not
the recognition. Absolutely right.

Even though I
should've won last year.

Now, I managed to make
it to the butterfly finals.

So believe me, the
pressure's really on.

I mean, I win, dartmouth
wins the title. Right? Right.

All right. On one side of
me is a guy from princeton,

Who could be a close
relative of flipper.

And on the other
side, in this last lane,

Is a guy from syracuse, looks like he
could swim the atlantic underwater.

I am so psyched, I
shaved my entire body.

Why? You know, streamlined
for less resistance.

What happened? Are
you ready for this?

Two false starts. Disqualified.

I guess I was a
little too psyched.

Yeah. You shaved your head too?

Could not get a
date for six weeks.

Would you like to accompany
me to the craig luncheon?

You'll have to brave it
alone. I found a new doctor.

- Who?
- Me. And I'm feeling
better already.

"Doctor, heal thyself."

You know, donald, the hardest
thing for me to do when I was younger...

Was to find time to take off.

It seemed to me a doctor's
work was never done.

There was always another
problem, another patient.

When was the last time you were
away from here for more than a week?

You got me. I can't
remember. My honeymoon?

You want some words of
wisdom, donald? From you, always.

There never is a right time to travel.
You got to make the time to go and explore,

Because when you come back,
nothing will have changed.

The same hospital, the same
patients... Some better, some not.

St. Eligius will
outlive us both.

All right. I'll try
and keep that in mind.

I wish I had realized
that before I got cancer.

But now I'm into other therapies,
something besides radiation,

Something to improve
the quality of my life.

The wife and I are
planning a trip to mexico.

- Laetrile?
- No, cabo san lucas.

The best marlin
fishing in the world.

Good idea. I'll see
you later, daniel.

Ah, dr. Westphall. Hello,
ben. Who's your friend?

Robby durant, meet
dr. Westphall. He's the boss.

I thought you said
springsteen was the boss.

Well, he is. This is the
boss of the hospital.

Hi, doc. Hi, robby.

What happened? I was running a
hitch pattern in double zone coverage,

And I got my cleats
caught on the turf.

Got it?

Dr. Westphall used to play
football in a leather helmet.

And no face mask. See,
in my day single wing

To the right was a
very complicated play.

And no face mask? You could
bust your nose doing that.

I did. Robby's a future
all-pro wide receiver.

He wants to know what
I'm going to do to him.

I'm gonna introduce him to
dr. Dembones. The best in his field.

See ya later, pal. Thank you.

Is that dr. Dembones?

Ah, not yet. Where is he?

Right here behind
door number one.

Robby durant, meet dr. Dembones.

Shake hands with
the doctor, robby.

What happened to
him? Hospital food.

Can i, uh, show you
something in a loafer?

Okay, you see this? This
bone is called the tibia.

Now, your break is right here.

Now, after I clean the dirt, the grass and
the rest of the 30 yard line out of here,

What I'm gonna do is
put in a couple of pins...

That will connect "a" to "b."

That way it's gonna
be real strong, huh?

It'll heal properly, and it'll
give you the mobility to do this.

So where's the pin?

Well, would you
hold my friend, please?

Right here.

Oh. When you said pin, I thought
you meant a needle-and-thread pin.

Look, we're talking bones. You know,
you need something really strong.

Is this gonna hurt?
Nah. Piece of cake.

We'll prick you with a needle,
you'll be asleep for about 45 minutes.

What'll it feel like?

Like a trip to disneyland,
all expenses paid.

You scared?

No. Yeah.

Look, even pros get the
pregame jitters, right?

I guess that's what it is.

I'll be able to move
my foot like this?

I could never do that before.

Yeah, well, I don't wonder.

So, fiscus, how's the
affair to remember?

I don't know what you're talking
about. Between you and cathy martin.

I can't talk about it. Come
on, fiscus. You can tell me.

It's too personal. Personal?

Everyone knows what's going on.

Rumor has it you two have been
everywhere except dr. Auschlander's office.

Really?

Really? Really.

I don't... I don't believe
this place. I got no privacy.

So, are we talking
engagement ring and blood test,

Or are you two just pinned?
You'll be the first to know, daniels.

No privacy.

Some people wear their
hearts on their sleeves.

I hear yours is around cathy martin's
neck, compliments shreve, crump and low.

Very nice. Okay, I give
up, daniels. You win.

You wanna know the whole
truth? And nothing but.

Okay, here it is. I think
I'm in love with her.

You're kidding. I wish I was.

Well, then I think giving her the
necklace was a wonderful thing to do.

You do? Yeah.

But the accordion
was a little schmaltzy.

I can't believe this place.

St. Eligius emergency.

What kept you so
long? Traffic. Sorry.

I guess that's what's
keeping the others, huh?

Hello, donald. Ellen.

How're the kids? Growing.

You guys haven't found
a cure for that yet?

And now for the moment
we've all been waiting for.

Honoring the
surgeon of the year...

Is a proud moment
for this society.

So without any further ado,
the outstanding achievement...

In heart surgery for 1982...

Goes to dr. Mark
craig of st. Eligius.

Here you are, mark. In
honor of your hard work,

A plaster cast of
your own hands.

Congratulations.
Thank you very much.

Okay.

Uh, lucky for me I'm not being
honored for m*llitary valor,

Otherwise they'd have
to pin these to my chest.

But, uh, seriously,

I'm very proud to
be associated with...

A hardworking,
dedicated group like this.

You know, the human heart...

Is a marvelously
simple, efficient organ,

b*ating over 80,000 times
every single day of our lives,

75 Million times a year,

Eight billion times
over 72 years.

Amazing.

Through it, passes
our life's blood,

And if the poets
are to be believed,

All of life's joys and sorrows.

Is something wrong?
You stiffed me.

Stiffed you? No, I
didn't. I left a tip.

Anything less
than 10% is an insult.

The check was the only part of
the meal I didn't have to wait for.

Where's the pay
phone? In the landing.

This is dr. Cavanero.

Gimme your number.

Did you call an
ambulance? Thanks.

Listen, do you have any change?

Sorry, I just closed the
register. But this is an emergency.

I'm sorry. I just
closed the register.

Wh-what's going on? I'm a
doctor. I've got to deliver a baby.

Over the phone? I said
it was an emergency.

He won't open the register.
Do you have any change?

Uh...

Now, since it's taken me a
long time to get up here,

I'd like to take a few minutes
to thank some of the people...

Who made this moment possible.

First,

To my parents,
william and elizabeth,

Who guided me through my
childhood with wisdom and love.

Do you mind if I have one? No.

I only wish they could be here to
share this special moment with me.

Mrs. Rodriguez? Hi,
it's me, dr. Cavanero.

No, don't worry.
Everything's gonna be okay.

How close are the contractions?

It sounds like it's time.

Did you call your
neighbor, mrs. Dejesus?

Okay. Give me the number, and I'll
call her, and I'll call you right back.

I'd also like to tip my
hat to wilfred sloan,

My organic chemistry
professor at penn,

An inspired educator,
and a humanist,

Who instilled in me the
desire for excellence,

And who is, I'm happy to say,

Alive and well,

88 Years old in philadelphia.

Next... Is mrs. Dejesus there?

She isn't?

You're the only one
home? What's your name?

Hi, juan. This is dr. Cavanero,
mrs. Rodriguez's doctor.

Yeah, that's right.
That mrs. Rodriguez.

Look, how old are
you? That's old enough.

I want you to go to mrs.
Rodriguez's apartment now.

She's going to have a baby,
and she needs your help.

Of course you can.
I do it all the time.

Look, i-i'll talk you
through it. Please.

Great! Now, I'll call you there.

Hurry.

Oh, god.

Hello?

I want you to ask mrs. Rodriguez
where she keeps her scissors and string.

Mrs. Rodriguez, you
got scissors, string?

In the... Kitchen in a drawer.

Go, paco! Go!

- Which drawer?
- I don't remember!

I can't find it.
I can't find it.

Wait. I found it.

Okay. We found it.

It's beginning to sound
like a scavenger hunt.

Shouldn't she be boiling
water, stuff like that?

Conditions are not
aseptic. It's not necessary.

Not sterile. Oh.

Oh, wow! There's
the head! Oh, wow!

I gotta get outta here.

Wait. Where you goin'?

I gotta get outta here. Paco!

Paco!

♪♪

Looks good. Yep.

Bo derek's got
nothing on that tibia.

Okay, let's close.

Okay, v.j.? Mm-hmm.

Suture.

What a cute boy.

It's against the law in the
state of massachusetts, louise.

A fantasy is not a
felony, doctor. Ooh.

Hard to argue with that.

So, where you going on
your honeymoon, louise?

Niagara falls. Wanna come along?

Sounds romantic. Wanna cut?

All that rushing water.

It makes me want to take a whiz.

Really? Yeah.

Wanna cut?

All right.

Wanna get the
cast on, dr. Ehrlich?

Start bringing him round, v.j.

Guys, he's good.

Nice work.

What do ya say, sport?

Oh... Oh, my god!

It's out! Oh, my god!

- What do I do now?
- Don't let the baby slip.

- Are there any loops
around the baby's head?
- Yeah.

There's one... No, two loops.

Okay, now. Carefully slip
them over the baby's head.

Now, I want you to take the string
and tie it around the umbilical cord...

About four inches
away from the baby.

Now, take another
piece of string...

And tie that one
about three inches...

Away from that one
toward the mother.

Now, take the scissors and
cut in between the two strings.

We did it. We did it!

It's done!

Hi, ben. Anspaugh.

How's life in the fast lane?

Still looking for the
perfect tax shelter.

A penny saved is one
the i.r.s. Can't find.

Mark. Ben.

How about you?

I spend it so fast, I don't have
time to think about hiding it.

I got a real estate deal you
can write off four to one.

Save it, anspaugh.
The celtics win?

Yeah. 123-120.

Damn! They didn't cover.

Maybe you should meet my tax man.
Maybe you should meet my bookie.

Ehrlich, I should've
listened to you.

Look at this. Bird scores 40 points, the
celts still can't win by more than five.

The bench is just
not delivering.

The cast set properly?

What?

He threw a fat embolus in
recovery. He went into full arrest.

What?

He d*ed, ben. Just like that.

♪♪

So where do you go to school?

How did you know?
What, are you kidding?

Everybody in
boston is in college.

B.u. I'm a theater arts
major. Ah, the stage.

It's a very honorable
profession. My wife was an actress.

You're married.

Was. A long time ago.

I was in dartmouth, and
cynthia was at holyoke.

And we fell in love
and got married.

Cynthia always thought
that I did it to b*at the draft.

Did you?

No. I went to med
school to b*at the draft.

Ucla.

See, cynthia wanted
to be an actress.

So we moved to los angeles.

And, uh,

I went to the university
of chad everett.

It's a hell of a place.

Bartender!

How did you get back to boston?

I took the red-eye. It's a
stoli on the rocks with a twist.

I remember. And, please,

Remember to make it a double.

And, uh, another one
of those for the lady.

Anyway, I'm, uh,

Working my tail
off in med school,

And cynthia found someone
more artistic than me.

She thought the
karma was better.

A lot of karma
going around in 1970.

Do you think, uh...

Do you think directing
television is artistic?

Do you wanna see her picture?

Sure.

It's, uh... It's a little
on the old side.

She's pretty. Mm-hmm.

Is that your son?

William.

Billy. Named after my dad.

Cynthia was leaning
towards, uh, "eugene."

You know, as in mccarthy.
Or "freedom," as in america.

But I figured, why give that
kid a reason for a fistfight...

Every day for
the rest of his life.

What a sweet baby.

Does he live with his mother?

Well, cynthia got very
paranoid living in l.a.

It does that to you.

Um... I don't know.
Manson was on the loose.

She bought a .44 magnum. You
know, kept it in her bedside table.

Must have been a clint
eastwood fan, right?

And, uh, billy found
it one day and...

Blew a hole the size of
a softball in his chest.

It's a very... Stupid way
for a little boy to die.

I'm sorry.

Cynthia thought it happened
because I didn't go to vietnam and die.

She began to get very weird.

I mean, that's the
bottom line, isn't it?

I mean, whether it's cancer or
napalm or a safe fallin' on you,

We're all... Out here
alone, dodging the b*ll*ts.

Except for billy-boy, who
didn't know enough to duck.

A toast... To robby durant...

Another poor soul that
never knew what hit him.

Who's robby durant?

A friend.

Well, drink up, lass.

Bartender! Another round.

I think you've had enough. I'm
going to have to cut you off.

Then I guess it's
time to go home.

And don't think about
driving. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You...

Could you do me a favor?

What did you say
your name was? Diane.

Diane.

Lady di.

You know, you
look like her a little.

You have such smooth skin.

Listen, i... C-could
you call me a cab?

Please.