01x11 - Family/Business

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Previously on Good Sam...

- Trauma still chasing you?
- Actually,

the ER will be my home base.

Malcolm?

CALEB: If you can't get serious with me

because you still have feelings for him,

I just need to know.

Casual's just where I am right now.

- I slept with someone else.
- What?

[GASPS] I know what you did.

Stealing my surgery.

I didn't steal your surgery.

When I was a kid,
he was driving, I got hurt,

I had to have surgery.

The reason he didn't
come into the ER that day

is because I wouldn't let him.

I was drunk.

- Dad, I love you.
- I love you, too.

Rob Griffith shouldn't be a part
of this hospital at all.

There's the truth.
You decide whose place

it is to do something about it.

[SIGHS]

New baby, new baby, new hip.

How are there no cards that
just say "congratulations"?

I've never seen so many dangling cats.

It's like a whole
greeting card subgenre.

My dad is getting
his credentials back today.

We cannot give him a dangling cat.

We go from...

cataracts to colonoscopies

to condolences. Nothing we can use.

Oh, I could use condolences

for the death of my relationship.

Joey, I'm sorry.
Have you talked to Tim yet?

[SCOFFS] Does "You're sleeping
on the couch" count?

Distract me. What did a happy
couple do this morning?

Well... we're not really a "couple."

- Exactly.
- Oh, right,

you're "keeping it casual." Yeah.

Right. I mean, labels
just complicate things.

Mm-hmm. So does cheating on someone

right before you agree to marry them.

- Hey, Joey?
- JOEY: Mm-hmm?

CALEB: Hang in there.

SAM: Guys, come on, anything for my dad?

Hey, what about this?
"Wishing you a speedy recovery."

What is he recovering from?

Not being the boss?

Sold.

- Day two in the ER. Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

Looking forward to it?

I like it down there. I just
don't like being the rookie.

- Oh. Oh.
- Oh.

Keep your head down.

Pay your dues. You'll hit your stride.

You're right. Hey, who knows,

maybe I'll graduate
to chicken pox today.

- That's the spirit.
- [CHUCKLES]

- [CELL PHONE BUZZES]
- Oh.

Getting called
to the principal's office.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

Okay, well, I, um...

It's so weird to think I'm not
gonna see you until tonight.

You never know, an acute
myocardial infarction

might bring us together sooner
than you think.

Mm. Keep talking dirty to me.

Bye.

The selection was better with balloons.

My dad's gonna love these.

They aren't for him.

Getting your dad
through this proctorship

was not easy, and you're leaving
the department

better than you found it.

Thanks, Caleb.

Things were really good around here,

- weren't they?
- Yeah, they were.

Well, until I found out that my fiancé

is a cheating, lying snake, anyway.

ISAN: Sucks, doesn't it?

When someone you should be able to trust

turns out to be a backstabbing parasite

who sabotages coworkers
and steals their surgeries.

- Isan, come on.
- What? You're taking his side?

- I'm not taking sides.
- You assigned the surgery to me.

- He stole it.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]

All I did was tell the truth.
Your patient d*ed on the table.

It's a fact. He's the one who threw

a cake tantrum in the worship room.

Would you mind? Okay.

I need to take this.
Will you start rounds

without me, please? And the two of you,

we have a living donor
lung transplant today.

Please put your differences
aside and focus on the patient.

[CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

JOEY: I'll be sending you
the dry cleaning bill

for the cake on my shoes.

He dry-cleans his shoes?

I received your summons.

- Am I in trouble?
- PYNE: On the contrary.

Thank you, Dr. Pyne.

My pleasure, Dr. Katz.

What's this, some kind
of weird foreplay thing

- you got going on because...
- I have been reviewing

the requirements for your
proctorship this morning.

In particular, the surgical steps

that must be performed successfully,

and it's a long list.

I have been doing surgeries,
a lot of them.

Not as primary, but...

Being primary is not
one of the requirements.

What?

It was a surprise to me, too,

but the guidelines are clear.

If you have done the surgery,
you've met the requirement,

whether you were primary or not.

And now that Dr. Pyne

has submitted your recommendation

for return to surgery
without restriction...

It's over? Is that what
you're telling me?

- It's over.
- Congratulations, Doctor.

I'm back in surgery?

As soon as you walk out the door.

Okay.

Okay? That's all you're gonna say?

Your proctorship is over.

If you were expecting a happy dance,

I'm sorry to disappoint you.
I should get to work.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

♪ Whoa! ♪

♪ I feel good ♪

♪ I knew that I would, now ♪

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

♪ I feel good ♪

♪ I knew that I would, now ♪

♪ So good, so good ♪

♪ I got you ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

Hey.

What was so important

- that you wanted to talk in person?
- [DOOR CLOSES]

- ETOH.
- What?

Uh, medical shorthand for ethyl alcohol.

No, I-I know what it is. Why are you...

Uh, paramedics use it in their
field reports to describe

intoxicated subjects.

Look, my mom found

a field report from the accident
when you were a kid.

It says your dad was drunk that night.

That he was...

ETOH. I know.

You do?

Yeah.

My mom took the report.

She's been hiding it.
Not well, apparently.

- How long have you known?
- Couple of weeks.

This is the personal thing

that I told you he's been dealing with.

Sounds like you've been
dealing with it, too.

Look, I...

- I wish I would've known.
- It's okay.

But...

I actually thought we were
starting to put this behind us.

My mom's not gonna let that happen.

Hey, you came back.

- You didn't think I would?
- Oh, I thought maybe

all the scut work and night shifts

might make you reconsider leaving CT.

I don't scare that easily.

Good, 'cause you're about to do
your first shift

with the big boss man.

Vega? Okay, what can y'all
tell me about him?

Don't ask him how his weekend was.

- He doesn't like small talk.
- Okay.

Or feelings.

He doesn't like feelings?

He doesn't like talking
about his feelings.

He considers them a distraction.

- He does not like distraction.
- Or drama.

Okay, no distractions, no drama,
no small talk. Got it.

Anything else I should know about

the great and powerful Nicholas Vega?

Just that he's right behind you.

Tell radiology to repeat
this MRA, would you?

And have Dr. Lieberman call us
about the Lyme disease case.

- Dr. Vega, Lex Trulie.
- What's she doing?

- Introducing herself.
- Why?

Well, it's a custom when two people

who don't know each other first meet.

[SIREN WAILING]

VEGA: You're joining my department?

Yes. I was a medic in the Air...

Better stop talking and start moving

if you're gonna keep up in here.

Johnny Dean, . Blunt facial trauma

secondary to mechanical fall.

There's severe edema
surrounding the eyeball.

Johnny, how are you?
My name is Dr. Vega.

- Do you mind if I take a look?
- No, it's okay.

Ouch. Look straight ahead.

Can you close your eyes?

IOP's at least . We need
to relieve this pressure.

On it.

Lido, two percent
with topical tetracaine.

Thank you.

Little sting. Stay still.

Forming a lateral canthotomy to get

the blood flow back to the eye.

Uh, shouldn't we check
for pupil irregularity

- or a prolapsed iris?
- I already did that when I assessed

his intraocular pressure.
If this ER moved at your pace,

this man may have
already lost his vision.

Just breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.

SAM: Have you heard from Tina Kingsley?

- GRIFF: What?
- She has the accident report.

What if she uses it to block
your reinstatement?

She's been looking for a reason

to get rid of me since she got here.

Well, we gave her one.

I'll talk to her.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[LAUGHTER]

Hi, Chloe.

Hi, Sam. Hey, Griff.

Hey.

So, how are you feeling, Chloe?

Finally getting a lung transplant,

or a lobe, anyway.

It's the best day of my life.

You've been waiting
a long time for this.

- Mm-hmm.
- CHLOE: I'd still be waiting

if it wasn't for Yolanda.

- SAM: Okay.
- GRIFF: So...

Let's check vitals and order pre-op labs

on both patients, please.

So, you two, uh, grew up together?

Uh, yeah. We were next-door neighbors.

Our bedroom windows faced each other.

CHLOE: As my cystic fibrosis got worse,

I couldn't do normal things,

like school, parties.

Mm-hmm. If I ever felt lonely,

I just looked out my window,

and Yoli was always there.

YOLANDA: When I realized
how bad her lungs had gotten,

I told her, "If I'm a match,
we're doing this."

CALEB: And here you are.

How soon can we do it?

I'd... say that depends.

On what?

On whatever's causing Yolanda's fever.

- [THERMOMETER BEEPS]
- It's . .

[GRUNTS]

I haven't been feeling great,

but I thought it was just nerves.

Yolanda, we can't take you
into the OR with a fever,

so we're gonna need to run some tests...

You're saying the surgery's
not gonna happen.

SAM: No. No, Chloe.

I'm just saying it's not
gonna happen today.

Hang in there.

Hey.

What you doing up here?

[SIGHS] Trying to get out
of a hole I dug for myself

with my new boss. You?

Uh, wishing Tina Kingsley
would fall into a hole.

She's still coming for you?

Come here.

[SIGHS]

- You completed your proctorship today.
- Mm-hmm.

- That's huge.
- Right.

You should celebrate. Don't
let her rain on your parade.

You're right, you're right. Thank you.

So, what'd you do to get down in a hole?

Vega thinks I'm too big for my britches.

- Nicholas Vega?
- Mm-hmm.

Isn't that the pot calling the kettle...

- a pot.
- [CHUCKLES]

He's right, actually.

I overstepped. Forgot I was the new kid.

I know there's a pecking order.

Yeah. He'll be the head pecker,
all right.

[LAUGHS]

Trash-talking me to another patient?

Running bloodwork, actually,

which you should know

because Sam wants all of us on this one.

I'll get on when you get off.

I'm not getting off.

Well, I'm not working with you

until you answer for what you did.

Sam's not gonna come to your rescue

on this one because,
deep down, she knows

you shouldn't have gotten
that surgery in the first place.

I did her a favor by taking it.

Oh, so you admit you stole it.

[SIGHS] The patient changed her mind.

Because you poisoned her against me.

I'm not gonna lose
any more surgeries to you.

Everyone's looking for an edge.

Well, then step up your game
instead of sabotaging me.

I didn't sabotage you. I told the truth.

If you don't like people to know
that you're k*lling patients,

try not k*lling your patients.

I didn't k*ll anyone!

- All right, don't...
- Hey. Hey!

Stop it! Stop it!

What is the matter with you?
There are patients

around the corner.

The two of you should

- be working together.
- No, not with him.

You got to pick one of us.

It's him or me.

I have already lost Lex to Trauma.

I am not going to be understaffed

on a complex surgery

because the two of you have issues.

You're both on the lung transplant.

Get it together and get to work.

- Beautiful.
- Uh, can we talk?

Uh, yeah, if you talk fast.
I'm headed to a meeting.

All right, look,
whatever our differences,

or whatever I've done
to incur your wrath,

going public with this report,

dragging my reputation through the mud,

won't solve anything.

I don't want to go public.

- You don't?
- No. I just want you out.

Step down, Griff, once and for all,

and I'll forget I ever saw that report.

- If I don't?
- Well, this will end you.

Not just here, but wherever
you sought work,

and that's assuming you aren't stripped

of your credentials along the way.

Doing this quietly is
so much better for you.

Okay, and why is it better for you?

The last thing I need is a scandal.

Might interfere with the sale.

What do you mean Tina Kingsley's
not taking the report public?

She still wants me to leave.

She just wants me to leave quietly.

- Why does that matter?
- Because of them.

This is all Brazilian acacia,
by the way.

It's a private equity firm.

What are they doing?

Shopping.

She's selling the hospital.

St. Mary's says to fax

employment inquiries to this number.

Donna, do you know how to send a fax?

I do.

CALEB: Just because
the hospital's for sale,

there's no need to panic.

Yeah, if they don't tear the place down,
and build condos.

Apparently, this equity firm
is known for cost cutting.

Another word for layoffs.

Good luck finding a job

somewhere else with your track record.

Okay, everyone.
I know you have questions,

and I am sure the administration

will have answers
about this potential sale soon,

but right now that's all it is.

It's potential.

And what's very real are
the patients entrusted

to our care today, so let's
put our focus on them, hmm?

Wait, Donna, is this your résumé?

They come for the nurses first.

- Donna.
- [PAGER BEEPING]

[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]

Arterial oxygen's at .

- Acute hypoxemia.
- [WHEEZING]: I can't breathe.

I know. Don't worry.
We're gonna help you.

- Oxygen stats still plummeting.
- We're gonna have to intubate.

- No. No.
- It's gonna keep you alive.

When people like me go on those things,

they don't come off.

Most people like you

don't have a lung donor
in the next room.

Did you... did you figure out
what's wrong with Yolanda?

ISAN: It's gonna be okay, Chloe.

[CHLOE CRYING]

[THERMOMETER BEEPS]

Has my fever come down?

Yes. Now it's too far down.

. .

She's hypothermic.

Let's get a Bair Hugger
and warm IV fluids right away.

I ruined Chloe's surgery.

You didn't ruin anything.

We are gonna get your core temp up

and go from there.

- There we go.
- [SHUDDERING]

Um...

Look, I-I was just about to send
the financial reports

over to your office.

I haven't seen you
around Lakeshore since...

You told me you don't need me
here bossing you around.

I assumed you weren't speaking to me.

Thought the same thing.

I guess we can thank this sale
for clearing that up for us.

You have any idea why
these buyers are so motivated?

Maybe they see a big profit upside.

I don't see how.

Not without a massive restructure.

Well, they want to close it fast.

They've waived every
contingency, except for one.

Let me see that.

- [SIGHS]
- [DOOR OPENS]

Mystery solved.
I know why Tina wants me out.

Your propensity for ruining
private moments?

Cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr. Jack Hendricks.

And who is cardiothoracic
surgeon Dr. Jack Hendricks?

Exactly.

According to Byron,
this whole sale hinges

on this nobody being instated

as head of Lakeshore's CT department.

Why would Tina want
to replace you with an unknown?

Because she's my nemesis.

You know, Griff, most people
don't have a nemesis.

It's usually a little more
nuanced than that.

Is it possible you have a part
to play in this conflict?

Don't shrink me right now, Pyne.
You're off the clock.

He is, which is why we were
enjoying a rare moment

of each other's company in the
peace and quiet of his office.

Great. I'll use yours.

I got to dig up as much dirt
on this quack as I can.

Is that hummus?

That's very, very good.

Little too much lemon, maybe.

[DOOR OPENS]

And you're just gonna let him
keep doing this?

[DOOR CLOSES]

Yolanda Harris's core body
temperature is back up.

- Ah.
- That's a good sign.

Yeah, but fever followed by hypotension

could be an indicator of septic shock.

There have to be risk factors

that we're not taking into account.

I want to talk to her.

Hmm.

You have something else
you want to tell me?

[CHUCKLES] So, you know how
some of the residents

- are sending out their résumés?
- Uh-huh.

You, too?

No, but...

my friend in Boston
caught wind of the sale

and had a recruiter from Harbor
Memorial Hospital reach out.

Harbor Memorial. Wow.

In Boston.

But, you know, they're just
asking the question.

Well, they're one of the best,

so I'm not surprised they called you.

Must be nice to be wanted.

Uh, Sam. Hey.

I've been looking for you. Got a sec?

We're in the middle
of a personal conversation.

- I'll talk to you later.
- Okay.

How's Chloe?

She is fighting as hard as you are.

Yolanda, have you traveled
anywhere unusual lately?

Your temperature fluctuations
could be caused by an infection.

If we can narrow down to where
you might've picked it up...

- I haven't been anywhere.
- What about crowds?

Concerts, weddings?

Anywhere where you might've been
exposed to someone who was sick?

When I found out that
I was a match for Chloe,

my roommates threw a party for me.

I ended up making out

with some guy that I didn't know.

Maybe it was him?

It could be.

I didn't mean to jeopardize everything.

I never wanted to let Chloe d...

SAM: I-I know. Oh.

[MONITORS BEEPING RAPIDLY]

- Whoa, okay, all right.
- Okay.

We need two milligrams of IV lorazepam

in here now.

All right, all right, all right.

The ophthalmologist says

that your emergency lateral
canthotomy was impeccable.

You should make a full recovery.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

You're most welcome.

Vega made you fill out the
discharge paperwork, didn't he?

Yep, but to be fair, his hands

are busy patting himself on the back.

Hey.

What are you doing down here, Joey?

Oh, I'm just here to wish
one of my dearest friends

- a happy first day.
- It's my second day,

we're not that dear,

and you're down here
looking for your fiancé.

Have you seen him? Has he been around?

Yeah. Working.

Oh.

Okay.

I heard the wedding's off.

- Did you hear why?
- Yes.

How am I supposed to trust
anything he says?

You know, this morning,
he went out for a jog.

I snuck out and followed him
on an electric scooter.

I almost d*ed in a collision
with a garden gnome.

Okay, obsessing over his whereabouts

isn't good for you, Joey,

- or the garden gnome.
- [SIREN WAILS, TIRES SCREECH]

SUSAN: Somebody help!

Johnny! Johnny!

We were just going to the car.

The ambulance came. I turned around,

- and he'd collapsed. Johnny.
- Mr. Dean, are you okay?

I... Back up, back up.

I-I don't know. I don't know.

Eric, let's bring him inside.

- Yep.
- Oh, God. Johnny.

- Here we go. I got you.
- Johnny.

You discharged him.

This is on you.

Happy second day.

VEGA: Let's do a pronator drift test.

Can you tell me again
how you hurt your eye?

H-He fell. The grandkids were over,

and I assumed he tripped
over one of the baby's toys.

You stand up suddenly?

I really don't remember. Um, honey?

- I-I didn't see it.
- KACE: You know, transient ischemia

- could explain it.
- LEX: And his blood pressure's

been borderline.
Hypotension could be to blame.

Yeah, a lot of things could be to blame.

LEX: Wait, look at this.

- Swelling around the ankles.
- That could be from the fall.

Yeah, but it could also be
a symptom of heart disease.

Let's do an MRI to confirm.

Confirm what? I-I thought he tripped.

KACE: When it comes to falls,

the-the cause
is a diagnosis of exclusion.

We got to rule out everything
that didn't happen first.

Let's get him to imaging.

Excuse me.

[EXHALES]

Yolanda's blood pressure is dropping,

and her heart rate is frenetic.

Her white blood cell count
suggests an infection, but what kind?

She said she made out
with a guy at a party.

Mono is common among college kids.

- And so is MRSA.
- But her oropharynx

was clear
and her lymph nodes were normal.

Have we spoken to her partner?
Is he exhibiting any symptoms?

No, she didn't get his number.

And are we sure they just kissed?

It could be chlamydia,
gonorrhea, syphilis.

Can never be too careful
who you trust in your bed.

Let's order an STI panel.

What about meningitis?

Could be a possibility. We'll do
a lumbar puncture to confirm.

- I'm on it.
- Okay.

Meningitis was my idea. I'll do it.

Well, I think Sam
just made her decision.

I can't get through a differential

without the two of you going at it?

We have a patient on a ventilator.

It is too late for her
to get another donor,

so if we do not figure out
what's going on with Yolanda,

Chloe will never come off that vent.

I want new labs run on her
by the time we finish the LP.

Everybody move.

- My God.
- Are you really okay with what he did?

No, I'm not. But I don't
have time to get into it

because we are working
and there is a lot going on.

Yeah, like all of us getting fired?

- What?
- The rumor that the new owners

are gonna replace Griff
and cut the residency program?

Is it true? Because I don't look great

on paper right now,
and if I'm losing this job, I...

Isan, it's just a rumor.

I know you can't tell me officially,

but I'm asking you as a friend.

Is this Jack Hendricks guy
taking over the department?

I've never heard of Jack Hendricks.

So they're not talking
about hiring a new chief?

Not that I know of.

Everything's gonna be okay.

[SIGHS]

- They're on edge.
- Yeah.

- And I can't get them off it.
- Mm-hmm.

Well, it's this sale.
Everyone's on edge.

It's not just the sale.

It's Jack Hendricks.

Dad told me all about him.

I mean, can the new owners
really just make him chief?

I think they can do whatever they want.

What do we even know about this guy?

We've been doing a deep dive.

He's never practiced in Michigan,

but your father tracked down
his records from Arizona,

where he runs a department

a third of the size of Lakeshore's.

What?

Why would anybody want this guy
in such an important position?

Because he's the son of Simon Hendricks

and Eleanor Ponsonby.

- As in Ponsonby Capital.
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah. He is the nephew
of one of the senior partners

of the equity firm
that wants to buy this hospital.

Okay, so they're getting the hospital

and giving some relative

- a promotion?
- Mm-hmm.

Do you think
that Malcolm knows about this?

This is gonna help us figure
out why you keep falling.

We're gonna get you in and out, okay?

- Okay.
- All right.

- [EXHALES]
- [DOOR CLOSES]

You sure you don't want to
give him a neck massage first?

- Waste another ten minutes?
- [MACHINE WHIRRING]

It's cold in there.
If he starts shivering,

the motion artifacts
will render the images useless,

and we'd have to start the MRI
all over again.

I saved us time.

KACE: I have a weighted blanket at home

that I find very comforting.
It puts me right to sleep.

- You agree with the blanket?
- I do.

So do you.

- I do?
- Yeah. But you're also concerned

that Dr. Trulie
is taking too many liberties

given that she's so new, but she
totally respects the hierarchy,

and she is just trying to help, so...

Start the test.

- That was a good talk.
- [MACHINE BUZZING]

[JOHNNY BREATHING HEAVILY]

[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]

His heart rate is skyrocketing.

Johnny, are you okay?

Johnny.

He just passed out.

[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]

Yolanda.

You just had a seizure.
You need to be in bed.

I let her down.

She says I was always there
for her, but I wasn't.

I was out partying.

Doing dr*gs, making out with randos.

What kind of dr*gs?

- Ecstasy.
- ISAN: Which wouldn't show up

on normal tox screens.

Why didn't you tell
us about this sooner?

I didn't think it was relevant.

It's not like you can get
meningitis from ecstasy.

- C-Can you?
- SAM: No.

No, no. But MDMA withdrawal

can cause severe fluctuations
in body temperature.

It wasn't an infection
causing your fever,

which is why the antibiotics
didn't reduce it.

Antibiotics do reduce
the seizure threshold.

High fever.

Fluctuations in your blood pressure

and your heart rate. All these are signs

of nervous system irritability.

And this constellation of symptoms

in the setting of MDMA
usage makes me think...

- Serotonin syndrome.
- Serotonin syndrome.

- Is it treatable?
- SAM: Very. But we have to

run some tests to confirm,
and if we're right,

we can start treatment right away.

So we can still do Chloe's surgery?

If we're right.

[TINA HUMMING, VOCALIZING SOFTLY]

[DOOR OPENS]

MALCOLM: You're in a good mood.

- Money has that effect on me.
- Mm.

I see.

Why didn't you tell me you were
planning on selling this place?

I wanted to get the offer first.

And, by the way, have you seen it?

- It's very aggressive.
- It is.

It's also a conflict
of interest, isn't it?

Uh, the candidate being a relative

of one of the partners
at the equity firm?

So you did your homework.

Uh, actually, Sam did.

I thought that story was over.

From what I can tell, she's moved on

to someone else already.

- Don't change the subject.
- Okay.

The conflict of interest clause

applies to the hospital's board members,

not the buying entity.

So it's not a deal breaker
for the board.

Hmm. And what about you?

I mean, you-you spend

so much time being worried
about Griff running the department.

Now you're just gonna hand it
over to somebody's nephew?

The offer was already
in the works anyway.

But throwing the nephew a bone
sweetened the deal considerably.

Sometimes concessions must be made.

Right, but these concessions

could impact a lot of people here.

I mean, do you really think
it's fair to them?

There's no such thing as fair.

There's either
you have the power or you don't.

Your father taught me that.

You know he's not gonna let this happen.

He's not gonna have a choice.

I spent way too much time
being overruled

by him, silenced by him.

And-and the terms he set
for the divorce?

It was all I could do
to hold on to my own board seat.

And then I wasn't allowed
to attend the meetings.

He left me with no money, Malcolm.

No voice.

And finally,

I'm evening the scales.

What does that mean?

It means this deal is so good,
the board has to take it.

And your father will know

what it feels like to be overruled.

So this is all about revenge.

Y-You're doing all of this

just to stick it to Dad?

- Malcolm, it's what...
- No, no, no, no, no, no.

You said... You-you said you wanted

to fix things with us.
You said the reason

- that you were here...
- It is one of the reasons.

- But this is business, Malcolm.
- This is not business.

What-Whatever this is,

I want no part of it.

Hey.

- Can I help you?
- Yeah, I was just looking for Sam,

- and...
- Right.

Everything okay, bud?

You know, we're not cool,
all right? You and me.

You get that, right?

We're not friends.

- You talked to your mom?
- Yeah.

What happened?

I trusted the wrong parent.

That's what happened.

Look, she doesn't care
about this hospital,

and she never did.

She says my dad stiffed her
in the divorce settlement

and that she's selling
this place to get back at him.

Wait, what?

Yes. Look,
she's-she's had her own agenda

this whole time.

She says this deal is just business,

but revenge for a bad divorce settlement

seems pretty damn personal to me.

Do you think she's telling the truth?

What, about the settlement?
I-I have no idea.

Why?

Revenge is one thing,
but it's hard to believe

there isn't something in this
for her financially.

So, you're thinking
she's getting kickbacks

for brokering the sale?

I think if she's not sitting

on a pile of money from their divorce,

she has to get it from somewhere.

Which is a conflict of interest
that the board cannot look past.

- If we can prove it.
- Well,

I mean, if she's cashed a check,

then there's a record
of that transaction.

I know a real good money guy.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

KACE: So, your MRI doesn't
show any evidence of a stroke.

- That's good news, right?
- LEX: It is.

But unfortunately,

it still doesn't tell us why
you're having these symptoms.

So, what do we do? We just go home?

You guys aren't going anywhere.

- We have a lot more tests to run.
- [BABY CRYING]

And a few more questions to ask
about your medical history

- to see if you...
- [MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]

- His heart rate is sh**ting up again.
- Johnny!

Whoa! Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- [MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]
- Hey. Hey.

- You're okay. You're okay.
- [EXHALES] Wh-What happened?

Just lean back. You just blacked out.

LEX: Wait. The first time he fell,

you said there was a baby there?

Our granddaughter.

LEX: Okay. And when he fell outside,

- there was an ambulance siren.
- Let's hear it.

His episodes happen around loud sounds.

They could be triggering severe vertigo.

KACE: Which is causing him to vagal.

Which makes it appear cardiac.

And it has nothing
to do with your heart.

The problem is in his ear.

[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]

ISAN: Yolanda came
through for her friend after all.

SAM: Looks like it.

I am placing the vascular clamp distal

to the middle lobe artery.

Dr. Tucker,

I have a lung lobe

with Chloe Mitchell's name on it.

Look at that.

Dr. Shah and I will close.

Needle driver.

GRIFF: I'm starting the
bronchial anastomosis.

And I like what I'm seeing here.

JOEY: Glad I saw the fever when I did.

ISAN: Subtle. You want a round of
applause, for taking her temperature?

JOEY: Well, it's more than what you did.

- ISAN: Don't even talk about...
- SAM: Stop it!

You're both wrong.

Dr. Costa,

we all lose patients,
and for you to weaponize

that tragic event against another doctor

is inexcusable.

Dr. Shah, you are far too comfortable

playing the victim.

You care too much about
what other people think of you.

Get over it.

If you both cannot get past this,
you have no place

in my OR, and you are free to go.

Now.

JOEY: Sorry.

ISAN: Sorry.

JOEY: I hope I make a better impression

on the new chief, whoever that is.

GRIFF: The new chief will be me.

- JOEY: What about the sale?
- GRIFF: Not gonna happen.

And that Dr. Hendricks

was way out of his league.

ISAN: Hendricks.

So the rumor was true?

You said there was no other chief. I...

I asked you as a friend.

- SAM: And I was...
- [ISAN GRUNTS]

Isan.

- Dr. Shah.
- ISAN: No. No.

Suction, Dr. Tucker.

Unbelievable.

Your mother's gotten so many
consulting fees from that firm,

they should have put her on payroll.

Calling them kickbacks would've
made them easier to find.

- How did you find these?
- She's been running

the payments through the foundation.

Now, I have access
to most of the accounts,

but I've had no cause to look at them.

Impressive.

[EXHALES] It's the least I can do.

What do you mean?

Look, you tried to warn me.

I thought I knew better,
but you were right.

She saw a weakness, she took
advantage, and now I'm...

Hope is not a weakness, son.

I-I just...

I feel like I let you down.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

You wanted to believe she could change

'cause you're a good man
who sees the good in others.

You didn't let me down.

You made me proud.

You think you can stop her?

I'm gonna try.

I'm sure Isan's around somewhere.

You just got to talk to him.

- And say what?
- [FAUCET RUNNING]

- I lied to him.
- [FAUCET TURNS OFF]

And that's not gonna change.

I'm gonna have to keep lying.

Even if we stop the sale,

my dad's secret is still there.

And now it's my secret, too.

Lying is my new normal.

I'm more like him than I thought.

You can't k*ll this deal because
of a few bank statements.

BYRON: We're k*lling it
because of your conflict of interest.

TINA: It's not a conflict.

I told you, my financial relationship

with the firm is aboveboard.

Then why didn't you disclose it?

I motion to decline this purchase offer.

I second.

BYRON: All in favor.

Disciplinary action

for the misconduct of
our fellow board member

will be determined at a later date.

[DOOR OPENS]

This is a closed meeting, Dr. Griffith.

BYRON: It's all right.

We were just about to adjourn.

Before you do, if I may?

You all know that Tina had reasons

to push this deal forward,
but you don't know

how she was able to put it
in motion in the first place.

She convinced the buyer

that by the time the deal went through,

I would be gone

and they would be free
to appoint their guy

as chief of my department.

She knew I would agree to it

because she knows my secret.

It's a secret I have
kept for a long time

in order to protect
my reputation, my career.

My family.

But it is, in fact, hurting them.

So now you need to know the truth.

Deal is dead, Griff. It's over.

Not for me.

Not till you hear this.

I can't believe he's doing this.

They've already stopped the sale.

[EXHALES]

It's not about the sale.

He's doing this for us.

[EXHALES]

Brazilian acacia.

I bet you didn't know
I picked out the wood.

The stain, too.

I didn't.

But then again, there's a
lot I don't know about you.

Is it gonna be another years
before I see

this face?

This is goodbye for now.

That's all I know.

This didn't go how I'd planned.

Oh, no, you didn't
plan this well at all.

Two wrongs

don't make a right.

- That's what you used to say.
- Did I?

That's not very original, is it?

I take your point.

I hope you do, Mom.

For your sake.

It's called superior canal
dehiscence syndrome.

[CHUCKLES]: I'll take your word for it.

The bone flap in your ear canal?

It's eroded.

Huh.

This makes you vulnerable to loud sounds

like babies and sirens.

They overwhelm your system,
and cause a shutdown.

Yeah, it's like a power blink.

That's why you've been falling.

LEX: We have an ENT surgeon on the way.

She's gonna fix you right up

and get you back to your normal routine.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

Anytime.

[EXHALES]

VEGA: When I was an intern,

my attending told me if I needed praise,

I should go teach kindergarten.

That sounds like something
Griff would say.

It was Griff.

He was never happy with anything I did,

but he raved about you.

Me?

Called to recommend you.

If you're half as good as he says...

...you might make it down here.

You know Griff called Vega about me?

It's a good thing, isn't it?

Yeah.

I'm still gonna k*ll him.

Isan.

[SIGHS] I've never seen you
walk out of an OR.

And I know it may not seem
like it right now,

but we are on the same team.

What about us?

Please tell me we can get past this.

[EXHALES]

I can't.

I'm not ready to.

Then I'll wait.

I'll be here when you are ready.

- You did great today.
- [EXHALES]

I hate admitting when I need help,

but I needed it today, so...

thanks for helping me through it all.

Yeah, anytime.

You know, I actually could use, uh,

- just a little bit of help myself.
- LEX: Mm-hmm.

[EXHALES]

I feel really awful

about this whole Tim thing.

Who knew a hookup

on a lark would turn into such a mess.

Tim?

It was you?

WOMAN: Doctor?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Board officially passed on the offer.

And my mom left.

Again.

- I'm sorry.
- Ah, no, Sam.

This is a good day.

My mom may not have changed,

but your dad stepped up today.

You know?
Telling the board the truth like that?

It's a win.

Hmm.

And here I thought I was
coming to cheer you up.

No, but you did.

[CHUCKLES]

Look, I could've felt
really alone today,

and I didn't.

So thank you.

Caleb.

Hey.

Forget about the recruiter.

That sale's off.

That's great.

Yeah. Nobody has to go anywhere.

Right, but let's say I did.

Would you have any opinion
about where I go?

S... What do you mean?

Harbor Memorial is a great hospital.

It's also in Boston.

You barely reacted to the idea

of me moving halfway across the country.

I just wonder if any part of you

is hoping I'd keep a job search local.

[SIGHS]

If you're asking me to weigh
in on your future plans...

No, I'm just asking the question.

I asked you that question once.

You weren't ready to answer it then.

You know I'm not ready now.

- Don't put this on me.
- I wasn't planning to,

but then things happened today
that-that...

But they're not happening.

We don't have to worry about this.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Good night.

♪

♪

Lakeshore lives

to fight another day.

Remains to be seen if I do.

- Oh.
- But...

whatever the board decides,

it had to be done.

Yeah.

To freedom.

["BRING IT ON HOME TO ME"
BY SAM COOKE PLAYING]

- [EXHALES]
- And to you.

- [SCOFFS]
- Yeah.

Today, you were...

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

You were the man I married.

- Mm.
- Not the man I divorced.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, here's hoping
my key card works tomorrow.

♪ Leaving me behind... ♪

Let's, um...

Let's worry about tomorrow... tomorrow.

♪ Bring it on home to me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I know I laughed ♪

♪ When you left ♪

♪ But now I know ♪

♪ I only hurt myself ♪

♪ Bring it to me ♪

♪ Bring your sweet loving ♪

♪ Bring it on home to me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah. ♪