[PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
♪
- Max, snow day!
- Yeah.
Heck yeah, snow day.
I mean, technically it's snow evening,
but that kinda
lacks poetry don't you think?
- Sure.
- There's nothing quite like
the sheer magic of the words, "snow day."
- Yeah.
- Say it with me.
Yeah, maybe later,
'cause right now I gotta get
this hospital ready for
the worst storm that we've seen
in I don't know how many years.
years. Yeah, it's a long time.
But, uh, you know,
we had comparable snowfalls
back in and but this
one's gonna be a lot more like
- the great blizzard of .
- Why do you know all this?
Well, you know,
I have a passion for weather.
Check this out. Look.
I put an anemometer on the roof
seven years ago and
it remains the best decision
I ever made in my life.
Look. I mean, look at the
fluctuations in the storm.
We can track it by its
geolocation, you know?
Oh, God. She is all over the place.
Yeah, well, that explains
why half the hospitals
in this city have shut down.
Uh, can y'all take those...
go to oncology.
- Thank you.
- Private hospitals are wimps.
Public hospitals don't get snow days.
Laura, can we turn the heat up
two degrees? Two degrees.
Thank you. I stocked up
on food, meds, supplies.
I discharged every patient
I safely could,
and I pared down to a skeleton crew.
Well, what about you?
You going home to Georgia?
I convinced her to go
to her parents' house,
where she'll be enduring
a much more judgmental
- type of storm.
- Oh yeah, I get ya.
Yeah.
Looks like you got this amigo.
Oh, you know, this isn't so bad.
This is nothing.
The great white out of ,
they had to shut down Maine.
Literally closed it
like it was a Denny's.
Safety first.
Well, people still d*ed that day.
[WIND WHISTLING]
But we will be fine.
Move it!
Snow day, Dora!
Snow day! Look it!
No, I hear you.
Look, I've got this cool weather app.
♪
[WIND WHISTLING]
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Lauren, a patient overdosed in her room.
Doctor Thomas got caught in the storm.
What? Is she breathing or responsive?
Respiratory rate's low
but she's oxygenating okay.
- BP?
- / , heart rate's .
♪
Okay, well, if she's oxygenating okay
then she'll be fine until morning.
Can't you help her?
You're a doctor.
♪
I'm here because I'm not allowed
to be a doctor, remember?
She is better off waiting
for Doctor Thomas.
♪
One perfect Manhattan with a twist
- or one Paloma with Mezcal?
- Both.
How about one at a time?
Snow's not going anywhere.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[PHONE RINGING]
- No.
- I didn't even ask anything yet.
- But I know what you were gonna ask.
- No, that's impossible.
Go on, then. Ask.
- I need you to come in.
- No, see, I knew. No.
But it wasn't actually a question.
This blizzard is gonna be bad and I need
my Deputy Medical Director here.
[SIGHS] But she only just left.
And she's about to get legless.
Legless?
Hammered. Sloshed. Sozzled.
Great, so then I caught you just in time.
I hate you.
What?
Hello?
Hey? Sharpe?
Max?
[SCOFFS] How did you know?
I could tell. You have to go back in?
Unfortunately. I am his deputy.
♪
[WESTERN OUTLAW VOICE]
Turn in your badge, Deputy,
and be an outlaw with me.
♪
But he is my boss.
Mm-hmm.
And your friend.
♪
Isn't it hard for him to see you
as his doctor?
You play so many other roles.
[SCOFFS]
Max is very respectful of my role
as his doctor, thank you.
I apologize. I would never question
your effectiveness as a doctor.
I just wondered if the, um,
the thing you guys have
made it difficult.
[LAUGHS]
Excuse me, Max and I don't have a thing.
The vibe?
What are you talking about?
There is no vibe.
♪
Then how did I know
it was him on the phone?
♪
[SCOFFS]
Maybe you're psychic.
♪
Just use my phone to call the kids.
Why do you need yours?
You know that they won't pick up now
and then when you leave
I won't have a phone
in case they call back.
I will leave mine with you.
What if they wanna talk to you?
Chrissy, our Airbnb
is five full blocks away,
I am exhausted.
And it's snowing cats, dogs,
and reindeer out there.
It's good you got in
from Vermont when you did.
See?
No, sorry, I meant,
because we need to start
Chrissy on an immune checkpoint
inhibitor tonight.
It will make her glioblastoma
respond better to her clinical trial.
That sounds like something
I should probably
tell the kids.
Tell them.
You sound exactly like me and my wife.
Always arguing about silly things.
I'm going back to our Airbnb
so I can get a few hours sleep.
I will bring you your phone
in the morning.
Shouldn't having cancer mean
I get to win every argument?
Ugh.
Hey, there's my deputy.
Wait, where's your hat?
[HUFFS]
Oh, I forgot it because, you know,
I was forced out of the warmth
quite suddenly.
Yeah, but, uh, not wearing a hat
in this weather is a little insane.
Yeah, I'm your doctor, Max.
It's not the other way around.
Hey, are you okay?
Um.
[INDISTINCT INTERCOM CHATTER]
I'm fine, I just, um...
I just had to walk four blocks
in a blizzard because
my cab couldn't get past
this big accident
- that's happened up the street...
- Where?
th and st but there's no
casualties, just, uh,
people thought they could drive in this.
Wait, what is it?
That's right in front of Station .
[TENSE MUSIC]
I was just coming to find you.
When's the last time
you got an ambulance in here?
minutes ago.
♪
This is Max Goodwin at New Amsterdam.
I need to talk to
EMS Division Chief Molinari.
- I'm on.
- What's going on out there?
There's a huge pileup on th.
Snow plows can't get through
to Murray Hill or Kips Bay.
Are calls coming in?
Many, but without snow plows
our vehicles can't get to them.
♪
Chief, send me a log of all
your incoming calls
- and keep them coming.
- Copy that.
If people can't get to this hospital,
then we need to bring
this hospital to them.
♪
I know being stuck in
the hospital during a blizzard
sucks but do you know what's worse?
Needing in a blizzard
and being told that no one is coming.
So I have here a list of calls
within a half mile of New Amsterdam.
Ambulances can't get to them: We can.
And yes, conditions are bad out
there, but we have got parkas,
and we have got emergency packs,
and we have got chutzpah.
Everybody is gonna pair up for safety
and we're gonna give you a GPS
locator so we can track you
from right here in the hospital.
And to be clear, nobody has to go.
But we're their only sh*t, so...
Any volunteers?
♪
[SIGHS]
Sweet. I've missed field medicine.
I'll go with you.
Casey and Flores, yes.
You guys have a doorman
who's arm was sliced
by a snow blower.
East rd street.
Nottingham, Moreland,
you've got a college kid
who OD'd. nd and st.
Let's make sure we have Naloxone.
Great, Levy Park we have
a man who has fallen down,
can't move, may be unconscious.
- On it.
- Thank you.
- I'll go with you.
- And calls keep pouring in
so just find your patient,
treat them, and get back here
so we can send you
right back out to treat the next person.
And guys, let's be careful out there.
Always wanted to say that.
[CHILDREN SCREAMING]
Hi, everybody. I'm here.
Okay, hey. Raise your hand if you
find the storm scary right now.
Big kids, I know it's not cool
to be scared
but I bet the younger kids will
feel a lot better knowing
they're not the only ones
who are spooked right now.
So hands up. I got mine up.
I'm scared.
But guess what, guys. I have good news.
We got games. We got games galore.
We got hot cocoa and we got Gladys.
How bad could it be
if we got Gladys, right?
Everyone follow me. Come on.
I'm gonna take you into the fun room.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And even though it's scary out there...
- [SLAPPING]
- [SCREAMING]
Avi, that's not helpful.
No, actually, it is kind of helpful, Avi.
Thank you. Because, that freaked me out.
Right? My heart jumped out of my chest.
But now that I know it was just Avi,
I don't have to be scared anymore. Right?
Because the more you understand things,
the less scary they are.
Which brings me
to the star of this evening,
the world's most comprehensive
and cool weather app.
Look at this thing.
We're gonna learn all about the storm
through the majesty of satellite.
Oh, skimbleshanks.
My anemometer's not transmitting.
Okay, uh... Okay, listen, Gladys,
why don't you go in there,
break out le cocoa.
Everybody, make me a mug, okay?
Extra marshmallows for me,
and I will be right back.
I promise.
I'll be right back.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Candelario, what you got?
♪
EMS just got a call.
A man on East st street heard a crash
in the adjacent apartment.
Older woman lives there alone.
There's been knocking but no answer.
- No, no, I'll go.
- No, I think I should go.
No, stay here,
track everyone in the field,
and manage them when they get back.
♪
Whoa. Hang on, I thought
that you were staying here.
Uh, older woman,
unresponsive, needs a doctor.
Max, as your doctor I cannot let you
traipse through a storm.
Then come with me.
Everyone needs a partner, be my partner.
♪
What?
You have a compromised immune
system and you shouldn't...
I'm not abandoning her.
♪
Mrs. Calloway suffered a massive MI.
She's in cardiogenic shock.
I will page Doctor Reynolds.
There's nothing you can do.
I'd be surprised if she lasts the night.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
I'm very sorry.
♪
Please tell me you're kidding.
My patient is dying,
her husband needs to know
what's happening.
But can't you call him?
His phone is here and he's
not answering her phone.
Okay, but it's negative ten outside
plus with the wind chill...
Vijay, you're not young.
I don't want Chrissy
and Connor's last few words
to be about some silly argument
about a cell phone.
Okay, but, here. Take this.
So I can keep track of you.
[DETERMINED MUSIC]
♪
[TENSE MUSIC]
Mrs. Gallagher?
- [THUMPING]
- There she is.
♪
- I can't feel a pulse.
- I got you.
Starting compressions.
♪
Clear.
♪
I don't feel a pulse. Going again.
Clear.
♪
I got a pulse.
She's back.
♪
Have you seen our guy?
I can barely see you!
♪
What's that?
♪
Oh, God. That's him!
♪
Sir, can you hear me?
♪
Equal round, reactive to light.
His heart rate's around .
Cold weather really slowed him down.
- I can't move.
- It's okay.
You fell and hit your head.
- What's your name?
- Hugh.
[COUGHING] Torone.
I'm Doctor Reynolds, this is Doctor Jessup.
We're from New Amsterdam.
We're here to help you.
Go help my husband.
- Your husband?
- [COUGHING]
I was running home from the pharmacy
when I slipped and fell.
His glucose
was monitoring when I left.
♪
Mr. Torone, where do you live?
Oh, just a few blocks from here on th.
.
Apartment .
Okay, and the prescription?
Oh, it's in my left pocket.
Got it.
Run! th, . Apartment .
- Okay.
- Don't worry, I got you, all right?
You're gonna be all right.
[COUGHING, GURGLING]
[HACKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
♪
Jessup!
♪
Jessup!
♪
You really shouldn't
have come all this way.
Unfortunately, Marlene,
no ambulances can get through
the snow right now.
Please, don't waste your time with me.
Her blood pressure is dropping.
We're gonna need Levophed.
- That's back at the hospital.
- Yeah.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Um, I'll go.
- No, I will.
- No, I got it.
- I'll be really fast.
- You're not supposed
to be fast, you're supposed
to be taking it slowly!
I came to keep an eye on you
but it doesn't matter
because the only doctor
you ever listen to is yourself.
I am going to the hospital,
you are staying here,
end of story. Excuse me, please.
Ugh...
Okay...
♪
She's, um...
very good at what she does.
She's, uh... uh,
Doctor Sharpe will be right back.
Thank you, but it really doesn't matter.
You're gonna be fine.
No, I won't. I'm a clairvoyant.
I've seen the future.
Today's the day I'm going to die.
[STORM RUMBLING]
Oh...
[WIND WHIPPING]
All right, come on.
I can do this.
Wisconsin Strong. Let's go, Iggy.
There you go.
♪
Oh! [YELLING]
♪
[GASPING, PANTING]
[CREAKING]
[SLAMMING]
♪
[KNOCKING]
♪
Hey! Hello?
♪
Heart rate's down to and weak.
I can barely feel it.
She stopped breathing on her own.
O- sat down to %.
Grab the Ambu bag.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
O- sats still in the 's.
I'm gonna tilt her head back
to get a better seal.
She's going to aspirate.
[CHOKING]
Move.
Turn her on her side.
Keep working the bag.
One,
two,
three.
♪
Okay.
♪
Just give it a minute.
♪
[HACKING]
There you go.
♪
Get a message to Doctor Thomas.
She's gonna need to bring charcoal.
Got it. Thank you, Lauren.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Mr. Torone, you need to stay
absolutely still.
Can't you just pull me off of it?
No, not without risking
injury to other organs.
I gotta find a way to get you
to the hospital
without removing you from the spike.
How do you know it didn't hit my heart?
Because we wouldn't be having
this conversation, Mr. Torone.
Feels like you're about to become
an important person in my life.
Just call me Hugh.
All right, Hugh.
Right now I'm just trying to
figure out exactly how
this spike is penetrating you.
Well, it definitely
doesn't feel like missionary.
[LAUGHING] Oh, God.
Apologies.
Eric says I should know people
a little better
before I make those kinds of jokes.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Lift up a little.
Oh, thank you.
I'm not cold.
[EERIE MUSIC]
You're not?
♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GASPS]
Oh.
Hey.
You were asleep. You feel okay?
Oh.
I thought maybe I was dead.
No, Marlene. You are not gonna die today.
Not on my watch. Let's sit you up.
What do you know?
You're a doctor, you believe in science.
Facts.
The known.
Well, yeah. Me and, uh,
most other people.
I believe in the hidden.
I believe there's a deeper
spiritual reality
that extends beyond pure reason.
Mm, and while that's fascinating,
it doesn't have to k*ll you.
[CHUCKLES]
Why don't we ask the cards?
Split the deck.
And show me the top card
of the bottom half.
Uh...
Yeah, okay. Okay.
Ask the cards.
Here we go, split these.
What do you... what do you see?
- King of swords.
- Mm.
Reversed.
A very powerful card.
But one to be wary of.
Hm. You help people,
sometimes at a detriment to yourself.
Yes, because I'm a doctor.
I see a woman.
But there have been some bumps recently.
Okay, that's true but, uh...
That's every marriage.
You try to meet her needs,
but sometimes it's just not enough.
You're going to lose her.
Yeah, okay. Um...
Why don't you try
to get some rest, Marlene?
Look, uh...
My wife and I have, uh...
been through a lot this year,
but we're good.
Now. So...
I'm not gonna lose her.
I'm not talking about your wife.
You and your wife are fine.
There's someone else.
Someone you care for deeply.
And you are going to lose her.
[DOOR OPENING]
[EXHALES]
[GRUNTS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪
Hang in there, Hugh.
How you holding up?
You know, stabbed.
[LAUGHS]
Found it!
[GRUNTS]
There's a screw attached to the spike.
If I could just loosen it
I could remove you
and the spike together.
Oh, like a couple.
Oh, sorry. Even with pain K*llers
you're gonna feel some stuff.
Oh, stop!
[WHIMPERING]
Nope.
No, no. I'm sorry.
Keep going, keep going.
Why don't you tell me about Eric?
What's he like?
We've been married for six years.
Together since .
Eric is smart and funny.
Oh yeah?
♪
So loving.
He's also the world's best
procrastinator.
He promised he would refill his insulin
two days ago.
I should have just done it for him.
Look where that literally landed me.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, my mom forgets to do things.
Simple things, you know?
Like I told her before the storm hit
to go to my sister's and she forgot.
But she's old, you know.
It's not her fault.
I still get mad at her.
I don't even know why.
Maybe you're scared
that she's starting to decline.
I don't know, I never really
talked to anyone about it.
♪
No!
Damn thing broke.
♪
You have to leave me now, don't you?
♪
No.
You're coming with me.
♪
I thought that wasn't an option.
Now it's our only option.
If you pull me off, won't I die?
♪
If we stay here, you definitely will.
♪
Hey!
Hey!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hello! Hello!
I fully recognize
that I'm probably yelling
at nobody right now,
but if you can hear me,
I'm up on the roof
and I would rather not die of exposure.
Thank you!
♪
Whoa, hey, hey.
Don't let that door shut.
Don't let the door shut!
- [SLAMMING]
- Damnit.
♪
Avi?
Avi!
Avi!
Hey, Avi!
Avi!
♪
Okay, Marlene, this should
be making you feel better.
It doesn't, but that's
because I'm gonna be dead.
Marlene, what did we say about that?
- Mm.
- Hey, can I, uh...
- Can I talk to you for a second?
- Sure.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Look, I know that we can't leave her,
but Candelario really needs us
back at the hospital.
Hang on. Um...
I know that I haven't always been, um...
You've been so, uh...
you've always, uh...
[CHUCKLES]
Never mind. I forgot.
Yeah, it's fine. Don't worry about it.
Yeah, no, sorry. I forgot. It's just, um,
chemo brain strikes again, so, yeah.
I know that we need to get back
to the hospital
but we really need to monitor Marlene.
Mm. Um, yeah.
Telemetry.
Uh, we could get the equipment
from New Amsterdam
and monitor her from here.
Telemetry. Helen, you are the best.
Hm.
I think that's kinda what
I was trying to...
tell you.
Um,
Marlene, Doctor Sharpe has saved the day.
We are going to monitor you
remotely from New Amsterdam.
I will be right back. No, no, no.
No, no, no. You look
wiped out from your last trip.
You stay, I'm gonna get
the equipment this time,
but I am gonna go slow,
and I will take care of myself.
Because I love my doctor.
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Have the two of you been working together
for a long time?
No. Why?
I just sense a very strong vibe.
Okay.
Honey, I'm sorry,
but it's never gonna work out
between you and Max.
[SCOFFS] [LAUGHS]
I don't need it to work out
between me and Max.
Max is married, I have a boyfriend.
And most importantly, I am his doctor.
How you doing, Avi?
I don't want to talk about it.
[WIND WHISTLING]
Storms, man.
It's just pressure and precipitation
but, man, they make
us feel stuff, don't they?
Riddled with the feels right now.
What about you?
How's the storm make you feel?
[WIND WHISTLING]
- I don't know.
- Yeah, you do.
Why'd you kick that door earlier?
Let's start there.
I was just being stupid.
No, no, no. I mean,
it wasn't nice but, stupid?
Nah, I don't think so.
In fact, I think it may have
gotten you exactly what
you needed, am I right?
Come on, level with me.
What were you thinking
when you kicked the door?
[WIND RUSHING]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
That no one cared that I was there, okay?
That's a tough way to feel, no doubt.
So what were you thinking?
Why'd you come up here?
What was this all about?
Everyone was just playing games
and watching movies, you know.
And I was...
I just left the classroom
to see if anyone would notice
and be, like, you know, "Where is Avi?"
But, you know, no one did.
So I just kept going
and waiting for someone
to freakin' notice that I wasn't there.
But...
No one did and when I got
all the way out the door,
that's when I started thinking,
would anyone notice if I was...
♪
[HUFFS]
There are people
that wouldn't just notice
if you were gone, Avi.
There are people
that will be heartbroken.
You're talking to one of them right now.
We are not alone.
Avi.
Even when it feels that way
the most, I promise you,
we are not alone.
I'm really cold.
- I know. I know you are.
- I'm cold.
Here, here, here.
Okay?
[SOFT MUSIC]
♪
Loaded you up with morphine.
The hospital is about six blocks away.
Here's what we're going to do.
We're gonna go on three.
All right?
Wait, wait a minute.
If I don't make it, you...
You tell Eric it isn't his fault.
I would have ventured out
into a million storms for him.
Okay?
All right. You stay with me.
Just look at me, okay?
All right, I got you.
All right, here we go.
One...
two...
- three.
- [PAINED GROANING]
Ahh!
[STRAINING]
- [GRUNTS]
- [PAINED GRUNTS]
Okay.
Marlene, we're going to be
monitoring you remotely,
so if anything happens we'll
be able to get you quickly.
Yeah. And as soon as the roads are clear
we're gonna send an ambulance for you.
Marlene?
Marlene, are you feeling okay?
I... I'm fine.
See? What did we tell you?
But I really thought
I was going to die today.
Well, we're very sorry to disappoint you.
It's okay, but I should
probably tell you both,
since I was wrong about dying,
maybe I was wrong
about my other predictions.
I guess time will tell.
Uh, the roads will be clear soon.
Get me a gurney!
- We've got a bleeder.
- Let's go.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Get me to the OR!
♪
[WIND WHISTLING]
Doctor Frome!
Gladys! Hi!
Oh, God!
I assumed you were doing
something important
then of course I realized
you just had to fix
your ridiculous gizmo.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
Let's get you boys some cocoa.
Think I might need something
a little stronger than that.
Oh, boy.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
Just be with her.
♪
Tell her what she means to you.
♪
Chrissy...
[SNIFFLING] I'm here.
I'm here, sweetie.
Chrissy, my love.
My love.
I'm here.
Lauren?
[SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES]
♪
Did you take any?
No, but I really, really wanted to.
I'm never gonna be a doctor again.
♪
I can counsel people.
I can support them,
but the one thing that
I can't do for anyone is make
them want to get better.
And the only way you get better
is if you really, truly, want it.
I know you want it.
♪
[SNIFFLES]
I do.
I really do.
[LABORED BREATHING]
Oh, man.
[COUGHS]
Sorry, I can't.
You were right.
I am tired.
Okay. It's okay.
That's why I'm here.
Maybe...
Maybe I should listen to you more often.
Okay, just lean on me.
Come on.
♪
Vijay, my friend.
Hey.
Heard about what you did. That was, um...
They were fighting.
It made me think of the night
my wife passed.
She had made...
bhindi sabzi for dinner.
We were about to watch her
favorite soap opera.
Instead we fought because...
Rohan had not come back home
and she was worried.
I told her not to be because
Rohan was a...
lost cause.
We both went to bed...
angry.
And then she didn't wake up.
All these years, I thought that
I was hurting because I didn't
get to tell her I'm...
I'm sorry.
But now I know it's because
I didn't get to tell her that...
I loved her smile.
Her mischief.
Her heart.
Let's get you upstairs
so you can lie down.
Yeah.
It'll be...
Right here's fine.
Max?
Are you feeling okay?
Yeah, I'm just...
Just tired.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Yeah.
Well, it's almost midnight.
The witching hour. [CHUCKLES]
Do you believe in
all that stuff?
[SCOFFS]
I don't know.
Do you?
Um...
I don't know either.
♪
Max?
We need to talk.
About us.
Okay.
This thing between us...
[ECHOING THUD]
Get this jacket off of me.
♪