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1. Oh, ooh! My God, it is cold!

2. It must be 20 below with the wind chill.

3. This is no place for a Mexican.

4. I thought you hated to work night shift.

5. I'm filling in for Haleh.

6. I think we're going to see

7. plenty of frostbite tonight.

8. And bumsicles.

9. I hate the smell when they thaw.

10. Oh, place looks dead.

11. Well, this guy certainly is.

12. Randi, you know we got a DB in the hallway?

13. The morgue's slow.

14. I put him next to the door to keep him cool.

15. Ah, good thinking.

16. Is this board right?

17. Yeah. Not a single patient.

18. Yeah, it's too cold to be sick.

19. I guess I'll have some time

20. to work on my curriculum vitae.

21. What's that?

22. That's a fancy word for resume.

23. I've got tenure review this week.

24. You want to join the faculty?

25. It'd be nice.

26. Dr. Greene?

27. Legal sent you this letter

28. and these charts to be signed.

29. They're writing me up for not co-signing charts.

30. Will that hurt your chance for tenure?

31. It won't help.

32. Competition pretty stiff?

33. It's about 5'4", red hair with a limp.

34. Lydia?

35. How'd you like to make an easy 50 bucks?

36. How?

37. I got a grant to study the effect

38. of exercise on the circadian rhythms

39. of night-shift workers.

40. Is that why E. Ray's doing

41. jumping jacks in the suture room?

42. Yes, but we need one more subject.

43. My publishing deadline's in two days

44. so I'm kind of in a bind.

45. Sorry. Not interested.

46. All right, we'll keep looking.

47. Wendy.

48. Mafkariyega keya wakt hoowa-hey?

49. Repeat.

50. Mafkariyega keya wakt hoowa-hey?

51. Mafkariyega keya wakt hoowa-hey?

52. Very good.

53. How much are a dozen bananas?

54. Ek darjan kele kitne ke-hey?

55. Repeat.

56. Ek darjan kel kitne ke-hey?

57. Very good.

58. Thank you.

59. Aren't you supposed to be on a plane

60. in 12 hours, to Karachi?

61. I left the packing till the last minute.

62. I'm going to be here all night.

63. Well, that presents certain opportunities.

64. I have to pack.

65. Please.

66. Why don't you come back at 3:00?

67. I'll set my watch alarm.

68. Dr. Keaton?

69. Hey, have you seen Carter?

70. Someone said he came in here.

71. Doesn't look like it.

72. Oh, sorry.

73. Have a safe trip.

74. Thank you. Bye-bye.

75. Carol?

76. Mary, what's up?

77. Budget just came out.

78. We've got a crisis conference

79. tomorrow morning, first thing.

80. Crisis conference?

81. E.R. nursing's $94,000 over.

82. Well, can't we add to the budget?

83. No, you're gonna have to let two nurses go.

84. But, Mary, I'm understaffed as it is.

85. Name me a department that isn't, Carol.

86. The County's out of money.

87. There's just no way around it.

88. Now, you've got three junior RN's.

89. You've got Maleek... Malik.

90. Malik Mcgrath, Chuny Marquez and Connie...

91. Oligario.

92. You can keep one of them.

93. Well, which two get the axe?

94. That's your decision.

95. Oh, Mary, I don't know.

96. I've never done this before.

97. I have to have an answer by the meeting tomorrow.

98. Are you on tonight?

99. Yeah.

100. Leave it on my e-mail.

101. Make sure I get it by 8:00 in the morning.

102. Okay, if you could choose

103. how to check out, how would you do it?

104. That's morbid.

105. I guess if I could choose how to die, I'd go by OD.

106. A quick stroke would be better.

107. If you survive, then you're an end table.

108. Still no patients, Malik?

109. Nope, but we got takeout... Antonio's.

110. We couldn't find you, so we ordered your usual.

111. Oh, great. How much do I owe you, Chuny?

112. Ah, put it away.

113. No, come on, Connie.

114. No, we've got you covered.

115. Hey. Thanks, guys.

116. Hey, tell me, are my hands cold?

117. Oh, God! Sadist!

118. Listen, I'm sorry about

119. that old surprise Christmas morning.

120. Santa didn't come?

121. I stuck in a tag of Christian goodwill

122. and I opened my door to a homeless street urchin.

123. Actually, Doug, you opened my door.

124. That's right. I opened her door.

125. She stole my mother's silverware.

126. Tell Helen I'll pay for it.

127. She won't accept your money.

128. All right, but I'm not going to offer again.

129. My New Year's resolution

130. is to resist charitable impulses.

131. Mark, Risk Management called,

132. said we're overdue for a safety check.

133. Why tell me?

134. You're the designated safety officer.

135. They want it done tonight. That's the checklist.

136. Wait, look, I've got 50 more charts to do here.

137. Why don't Carol and I take it.

138. Hey, what happened to resisting charitable impulses?

139. Speaking of, anyone want to sign up

140. for our night shift study?

141. No!

142. Boy, it is dead.

143. Finished all my charts.

144. It's not even 9:00 yet.

145. Want some action?

146. What do you got in mind?

147. Edson's sick.

148. If you're willing to sprint at a moment's notice

149. you can take his place on the code team.

150. Absolutely.

151. Hey, John, he boned me, man.

152. Benton wouldn't let you off, huh?

153. Two days is all I asked for.

154. Son of a bitch.

155. You know, Dennis

156. if Monique is already with this other guy

157. then there's probably nothing you can do about it

158. even if you did fly down there.

159. Well, I'd sure as hell like the chance to try.

160. Hey, you want to go to that place down the street

161. and get some of those home fries with gravy?

162. No, I wish I could. I've got all these charts to do.

163. Okay. I hear you.

164. Look, if Benton asks, I'll be back in an hour.

165. Yeah.

166. I thought you finished the charts.

167. I have been listening to him moan

168. about that girlfriend for two weeks.

169. Tonight is slow enough.

170. So who's our first lucky customer?

171. Lady with a fever.

172. Fell asleep at Doc Magoo's.

173. Waitress brought her in.

174. She's kind of loopy, no I.D.

175. Says her name's Shelly.

176. No needles.

177. I just want to sleep.

178. Temp's 103.

179. And look at this.

180. Photophobia.

181. Shelly, I'm Dr. Greene.

182. I need to examine you.

183. Leave me alone.

184. You have symptoms of meningitis,

185. which is really serious.

186. We need to do a spinal tap, just to be sure.

187. No.

188. At least, let me give you a shot of antibiotics.

189. No. No needles, I said.

190. Shelly, if you do have meningitis

191. and we don't treat you, you could die.

192. Die, cry, let me fry.

193. Do you know where you are?

194. In the hospital...

195. talking to Dr. Greene with a head like a bean.

196. Do you know what day it is?

197. Thursday, January 16.

198. Bing!

199. Correct, Alex Trebek.

200. "Stupid questions" for 200.

201. I'm 90 percent sure it's meningitis,

202. which is probably causing her altered mental status.

203. She won't even let me take blood.

204. She's not competent to make her own decisions.

205. I need a consent override.

206. You've got to run it by Risk Management.

207. No, I don't.

208. Yeah, you do. It just came down.

209. All consent overrides go through legal.

210. Fine. Call them and tell them

211. that I'm doing a spinal tap

212. on a demented woman without her consent.

213. Well, we've got some loose tile here

214. and some crumbling grout.

215. Faulty tile and grout.

216. Yeah, this could be trouble if it fell into an open wound.

217. Trouble, indeed.

218. Good catch.

219. Did you write down those wobbly I.V. stands?

220. Roger that.

221. You know, you've got a real flair for this, Carol.

222. Thank you.

223. You know...

224. This clock looks like it could fall right off the wall.

225. You know, I don't know how you do it.

226. It's well established that night work disrupts circadian rhythms.

227. Yeah, I've heard that.

228. Our study hopes to prove that moderate physical exertion

229. can switch circadian rhythms

230. back into phase.

231. When you say "moderate physical exertion...?"

232. Oh, you know, just a few minutes' exercise,

233. a jog around the block... Nothing strenuous.

234. It's all set up in the suture room.

235. I don't know if I'll be a really good subject.

236. I'm not in really good shape.

237. You look plenty healthy to me.

238. Ow!

239. Whoa!

240. Oh, my God.

241. Kerry, are you all right?

242. What were you doing up there?

243. Safety check. You okay?

244. I'm bleeding.

245. I can stitch it up.

246. Yeah, I prefer Jeanie.

247. Okay.

248. And we were doing so well.

249. Hey, Maggie, you got anything good?

250. Carol Hathaway dropped a clock on Weaver's head.

251. Deliberately?

252. I'm foggy on the details.

253. Hey, kids, we got paramedics pulling up.

254. Now we're talking.

255. Hey, nobody called for a surgical consult.

256. I'm saving you the trouble of having to page me.

257. Found him on the floor of his house in acute distress.

258. Complains of chest and belly pain.

259. Vitals normal. Wouldn't let us start an I.V.

260. Does this hurt?

261. Ow! Looks like a surgical abdomen.

262. I haven't made that assessment.

263. Since I'm here, you don't have to.

264. Should I call for an attending?

265. No. No.

266. Up and over.

267. All right, let's get an I.V. started.

268. I think I hear a rub.

269. I may have a pulsatile mass.

270. Give me a 12-lead and a chest film.

271. Give me a cross-table abdomen.

272. Which one first?

273. Chest.

274. Abdomen. He could have an aneurysm about to blow.

275. I don't want to miss an acute MI.

276. I don't want to miss a triple-A.

277. If it's an MI, he needs TPA right away.

278. An aneurysm needs to go to the O.R.

279. Time is heart muscle.

280. You ever have an aneurysm blow up in your face?

281. Hey, guys.

282. I'm feeling much better.

283. Sir, you need to lie down.

284. You need X rays.

285. No, I'm fine, except for a stuffy nose.

286. Could I have a flu shot?

287. Oh, man. I remember this dude.

288. When he wants a ride to the hospital

289. he calls 911 and plays possum.

290. But I'm on Social Security.

291. I can't afford a cab. And it's too cold for the bus.

292. You came in for a flu shot?

293. If it wouldn't be too much trouble.

294. He's all yours.

295. Gee, thanks.

296. I'm just saying, there's no point in me

297. going back to general surgery.

298. You've learned all there is to know?

299. I want to do another pediatric rotation.

300. Why?

301. I want to be a pediatric surgeon.

302. Without Dr. Keaton's recommendation

303. that's not very likely.

304. Look, Dr. Keaton and I had stylistic differences.

305. She herself said that my technique was excellent.

306. Who would you work under?

307. Kenner.

308. Well, you're in luck.

309. He's doing a jejunal atresia tonight. Talk to him.

310. If he'll take you, you're back in Pediatric.

311. Okay. Would it be possible for me to cover Pedes SICU?

312. That way, I can get an opportunity

313. to work with Kenner.

314. Anything else?

315. No, thank you.

316. Chuny, you got that LP tray?

317. By the door.

318. Lydia, why don't you give us a hand.

319. We may need to muscle her.

320. Uh, Mark...

321. Why won't you tell me your address?

322. Excuse me. Who are you?

323. Dr. Greene?

324. Pat Guinet, Associate Hospital Counsel.

325. You want to do a spinal tap on this patient?

326. That's right.

327. She's not too keen on the idea.

328. Well, I've assessed her as mentally incompetent.

329. We just had a fairly coherent conversation.

330. Is that a medical diagnosis?

331. Look, Doctor, she's clearly a borderline case.

332. We have been sued by these patients in the past.

333. I'm trying to save her life

334. and you're talking legal exposure.

335. Yeah. That's what I'm paid to do.

336. Well, I'm paid to help sick people get better.

337. Listen, I'm not going to wrestle with you, Doctor,

338. but I'm writing on the chart you're advised against

339. doing any procedure on this woman

340. without her consent

341. and you and anyone

342. who assists you will be putting

343. your jobs in jeopardy.

344. Get a Psych consult.

345. If they agree she's incompetent

346. put her on a hold and proceed.

347. Until then, don't touch her.

348. Just one more stitch.

349. So, have you given any more thought

350. to participating in my study?

351. I've got a lot of paperwork I need to catch up on.

352. It won't take much time...

353. It's just 15 minutes every couple of hours.

354. If we get busy, that could be a problem.

355. It's been slow so far.

356. My being HIV-positive won't skew the results?

357. Won't make a bit of difference.

358. Tonight's my last night to collect data

359. and if I... ow!

360. My findings will be incom... well, worthless, really

361. but if you're too busy

362. I respect your decision...

363. Just as I've always respected and supported your decisions.

364. What would I have to do?

365. He scores!

366. Ah, we finally get a bona fide patient?

367. Yeah, but we're not allowed to touch her.

368. She asked for another blanket and a snack.

369. Oh, so we're not a hospital... We're a bed-and-breakfast.

370. Did Psych come down?

371. No, not yet.

372. Try again. I'll be in the lounge.

373. You call missing persons?

374. Yeah, but so far, no one's missed her.

375. We got a wheelchair with no brakes

376. and three I.V. stands are wobbling.

377. What are we supposed to do with them all?

378. Hey!

379. Ugly...

380. Well, if it isn't

381. my favorite thief.

382. Hey, you got your wallet back.

383. What about my mother's silverware?

384. I didn't take it, I swear.

385. Charlie, do I have to call security

386. or you going to leave by yourself?

387. No. Listen, man, I need some bread.

388. No, I'm serious.

389. There's this dude trying to pimp me,

390. and I don't want to...

391. He says I got to pay him 100 bucks

392. or he's going to kill me.

393. Well, maybe we should tell the cops.

394. No, man. I don't deal with cops.

395. And I don't deal with liars

396. who take advantage of people who try to help them.

397. You're a creep, you know that?

398. Yep.

399. A creep and a pervert!

400. That's right!

401. This doctor made me go down on him!

402. He gave me VD!

403. He got me pregnant

404. and now he wants me to pay for the abortion!

405. Child molester!

406. Lovely girl.

407. Dr. Kenner, I'm Peter Benton.

408. I wanted to talk to you

409. about doing a pediatric surgical rotation.

410. You were with Dr. Keaton.

411. Yeah. She's leaving...

412. This isn't a good time.

413. I'll find you later.

414. Okay, well, I'll be in Pedes SICU all night.

415. You were looking for me?

416. Yeah, you're on SICU with me tonight.

417. I thought Zeidenberg was on SICU.

418. Order everyone's labs

419. and advance the drain on bed three.

420. Here's one for you:

421. "Longing for your embrace.

422. "Financial Officer seeks life of adventure

423. with very special lady."

424. Forget it.

425. Sounds like money, honey.

426. What are we gonna talk about, Dow averages?

427. Keep going.

428. "Sensual MD, 35, 6'1."

429. I like tall.

430. "Makes up in passion

431. what he lacks in hair."

432. Not me.

433. I'm not so desperate

434. that I have to use personals.

435. You calling me desperate?

436. No, no, no. That's not what I meant.

437. So where do you find all your dates?

438. Actually, I haven't had one in a while.

439. See?

440. Don't knock it

441. till you try it.

442. Dr. Greene, Psych's here

443. on that lady.

444. Who is it? McDonald?

445. No. It's some intern.

446. I didn't realize we were coming down this hallway.

447. Neither did I.

448. Hey, which room was it, anyway?

449. I don't know.

450. Either this door or this one.

451. No, Doug, it's this one.

452. Oh, you're right.

453. A lot of stolen moments in there, huh?

454. Yes, there were.

455. So should we?

456. What?

457. Open the door.

458. Yeah, sure. Why not?

459. Come on.

460. You got it?

461. Mm-hmm.

462. Oh. Did it always smell like this?

463. I think it did.

464. Now, if I remember

465. I bet we've still got some candles.

466. What?

467. Yep. Look at this.

468. Got a match?

469. Oh, my God.

470. Shelly, I'll ask you to commit three things to memory:

471. A fire engine, a mobile home

472. and, um, a pen.

473. Why?

474. Just try to remember them.

475. Now, can you tell me the date?

476. Get away!

477. Temp's up to 103.5.

478. We're running out of time.

479. Shelly, the date?

480. I already told Dr. Green Bean.

481. Was she oriented to time?

482. More or less.

483. Oriented to time.

484. Shelly, can you spell "world" backwards?

485. U-o-y-w-e-r-c-s.

486. Screw you...

487. Backwards.

488. Right.

489. Good concentration.

490. Now, can you remember the things I told you earlier?

491. Yes.

492. What are they?

493. Fire engine, a pen, a mobile home.

494. Now, leave me alone, Cornpone.

495. She's oriented to person, time and place

496. and her mental status exam is normal.

497. She's uncooperative, she speaks in rhyme

498. and she's indifferent to the fact

499. that she could die without treatment.

500. There are specific criteria to define incompetence.

501. She doesn't meet them.

502. We're talking about a woman with no I.D.

503. found passed out in a restaurant.

504. She still doesn't meet the criteria.

505. Do you realize that your decision could kill her?

506. You know, that kind of hyperbole isn't very helpful.

507. The fact is, patients have a right to make bad decisions.

508. Not when they're demented.

509. That's where we disagree.

510. Get McDonald down here.

511. Tell him it's life or death.

512. Dr. Benton? Yeah.

513. The Serena kid's in second-degree heart block.

514. Where's his chart?

515. This is Kenner's patient?

516. Yeah, but Kenner's back in surgery.

517. Where're the labs?

518. On the chart.

519. The calcium's not here.

520. Well, it must not have been picked up.

521. Give him 30 of Lasix, I.V. push

522. and run a liter of saline.

523. We've got to diurese him.

524. Where the hell is Gant?

525. I don't know.

526. Damn!

527. Dr. Fogg at Cambridge

528. did a similar study with rodents

529. and found he could double serum-cortisol

530. with five minutes on the treadmill.

531. How many more minutes do I have?

532. Fifteen.

533. Dr. Weaver, I'm getting a reading of 500 lux.

534. Put the goggles on her.

535. Goggles?

536. The lights in here approximate daylight.

537. We want to make sure your body thinks it's night.

538. Aha. What else do I have to do, Kerry?

539. One more exertion test

540. heart and lung readings, and that's it.

541. Yeah, Wendy, let's take the RPM's up to 90.

542. No.

543. Okay.

544. You know, I met the guy once, last summer.

545. Some type of mortgage broker.

546. Mm-hmm.

547. I just don't know when she started seeing him.

548. Gant, what are you doing down here

549. when there's a kid up in the SICU

550. dying of hypercalcemia?

551. Kenner's patient.

552. You were supposed to monitor his calcium.

553. I sent the labs in.

554. What good is sending the labs in

555. if you don't check them?

556. They said it was going to take an hour.

557. Gant, look at this.

558. 13.5.

559. The kid went into a Brady arrhythmia.

560. I was about to go get them.

561. You know, Gant, that's the kind of excuse that kills patients.

562. Now, look, if you can't do the job,

563. or don't want to the job

564. then you don't need to be here.

565. You make another stupid, lazy mistake like that

566. man, you won't be.

567. Hey. Hey, you okay?

568. Uh... oh, it's a code.

569. I'm on the code team.

570. Listen, we'll talk, all right?

571. We'll talk when I get back.

572. It's weird being down here again.

573. Makes me realize how unhappy I was then.

574. When you were with me?

575. Yeah. I mean, it wasn't your fault.

576. I just didn't think much of myself.

577. I'm sure I didn't help.

578. Well, a lot of stuff didn't help.

579. But it's just different now, you know?

580. I actually feel good.

581. So, what's different, besides us not being together?

582. Well, you know, I used to think I couldn't do things.

583. Now I'm taking a pre-med course.

584. Well, I trust you did well on your midterms.

585. B-plus.

586. Clearly, you're not trying hard enough.

587. Yeah.

588. I guess it's about feeling in control, you know?

589. I guess.

590. And then, of course, there's things you can't control.

591. Such as?

592. Administration's making me fire two nurses.

593. Really?

594. Yeah, but don't tell anyone.

595. None of them know

596. and I don't know who it's gonna be.

597. I'm not going to say a thing.

598. You know what's really depressing?

599. What?

600. Being here right now.

601. It makes me realize

602. how much happier I was back then.

603. God, you're pathetic.

604. Yes.

605. You're on the code team?

606. I was going to ask you the same thing.

607. Well, where is A-360?

608. I was just going to ask that, too.

609. Hey, you know where A-360 is?

610. Somebody's having a heart attack.

611. Sorry. Have you seen the men's room?

612. Got a report of a toilet overflowing.

613. Nope, can't help you.

614. 290, 310...

615. that's 320...

616. 330...

617. It must be this way.

618. I'll do central line, you intubate.

619. I'll do the central line.

620. Ever run the code before?

621. I've run more codes than you have.

622. Well, here's the toilet.

623. Code team? Yeah.

624. You're a little late.

625. Oh, no.

626. All right, I'll take over.

627. I got it.

628. He's got a rhythm.

629. Yeah, I got a pulse.

630. Oh, thank God.

631. CPR course finally paid off.

632. Now, if I could just find that john.

633. Dr. Carter will show you.

634. You know why I hate going to a shrink?

635. Why?

636. Because you have to talk about yourself all the time.

637. That's kind of the point, Doug.

638. No, it's embarrassing.

639. I tell her about my patients.

640. She lets you do that?

641. Sometimes.

642. She says I prefer talking about them

643. 'cause solving their problems is easier than solving my own.

644. That's probably true.

645. Sometimes yeah, sometimes no.

646. You thinking about Charlie?

647. No. It's... I was tough on her today.

648. Well, no, you gave her a chance.

649. Several.

650. There's a certain point

651. you just got to say, "no, it's over."

652. Hmm.

653. Why do those words sound familiar to me?

654. Hey, Mark.

655. Connie and I wrote a personal ad for you.

656. Want to hear it?

657. Sure.

658. Okay, "Sensitive doctor, tall, white and handsome..."

659. Handsome? Really?

660. Sure. Why not?

661. "Loves the Cubs and Kawasakis..."

662. Wait, wait. Hold on. I own a bike.

663. I don't know if I love it.

664. Say it anyway. Chicks love guys with bikes.

665. That reminds me, I got mine in the garage.

666. Your bike?

667. Yeah, the attendant let me keep it here

668. for the winter, but I haven't run it in awhile.

669. Your battery is gonna die.

670. I know. I've got to start it up.

671. Don't mention the bike thing.

672. I mean, I don't want to attract motorcycle chicks.

673. You mean someone like me?

674. No, I didn't mean...

675. Mark, Shelly's not in her room, and her clothes are gone too.

676. Check the rest rooms.

677. I did that already.

678. Randi, Randi, did you see a female patient leave here?

679. Brown hair and red hat? Yeah.

680. Yeah, she just left.

681. I'll get security.

682. Can you grab my coat?

683. Yeah.

684. Shelly.

685. Shelly?

686. Shelly, you need to come back inside.

687. I want the bus.

688. Shelly, listen to me.

689. You're very sick.

690. We need to treat you, okay?

691. Right away.

692. Go away.

693. Shelly, come on.

694. Hey. Hey, hey!

695. Put me down! Help! Help!

696. I want to go on the bus!

697. Hey!

698. Put me down!

699. Help! Help!

700. Help!

701. Why are you hurting me?

702. Grab her legs.

703. Chuny, take her shoulders.

704. Malik, bring her knees

705. up to her chest.

706. What are you doing?

707. I'm going give you a shot to numb the skin.

708. No! No needles, please!

709. No!

710. I don't see a Psych hold.

711. Help me.

712. I got tired of waiting.

713. Help... Help...

714. Hold still. Help me!

715. I want the names of everyone here.

716. Chuny Marquez.

717. Lydia Wright.

718. Malik McGrath.

719. No, please.

720. No.

721. No.

722. I got fluid.

723. Nope. It's just that there I was

724. baring my soul in a way I never really have before

725. and all of a sudden, I hear snoring.

726. I'm sorry. I'm so tired.

727. Oh, God, and I've got 5½ hours

728. to make my big staff decision.

729. What am I gonna do?

730. I'm sorry. I wasn't listening. What?

731. Oh, you're hilarious.

732. Oh, my God.

733. Charlie?

734. Connie, get a gurney!

735. Let's go!

736. What happened? Let me see.

737. He found me.

738. The pimp?

739. Get the gurney, Connie!

740. Hey.

741. Benton was out of line.

742. Was he?

743. Way out of line.

744. I felt like punching out the bastard.

745. That would be unwise.

746. I suppose I could tell Anspaugh.

747. Then again, I don't know.

748. I think Benton's right, you know?

749. Lately, I been one step behind

750. five minutes too late.

751. See you.

752. I thought you were covering the E.R.

753. It's dead.

754. What I wouldn't give

755. for a good five-car pileup.

756. It's 3:00.

757. Time for the Charlie Chan mystery movie.

758. And what's the point of this, exactly?

759. We want to compare your Cortisol levels

760. after indoor and outdoor exertion.

761. That's it, right, Kerry?

762. No more sweating after this.

763. Get your knees up, like a drum major.

764. That's it. There you go.

765. Go. Go. Go.

766. Okay, sweetheart, now squeeze this hand.

767. Good. All right.

768. Now squeeze this hand.

769. Ow!

770. That's okay.

771. That's all right.

772. Okay, she's got a broken right ulna.

773. Ears are clear.

774. All right. Can you move your jaw for me?

775. Side to side.

776. It hurts.

777. It's okay. You're going to be fine.

778. Let's get a Panorex.

779. I think she's got a broken jaw.

780. Let's get a film of the chest, right arm, orbits.

781. Doug?

782. She has bruising around her groin.

783. She may have been raped.

784. Okay.

785. All right, kiddo.

786. It's okay.

787. So you got an idea

788. that's gonna make you a millionaire?

789. Yeah. Money in the bank.

790. All right. Let's hear it.

791. Flypaper in a can...

792. Say what?

793. It's like aerosol.

794. You spray it on your car so bugs will stick to it.

795. Then you peel off one big sheet, then boom, your car is clean.

796. You're kidding, right?

797. No. I'll call it "bug-off."

798. That's the dumbest idea I ever heard.

799. Yeah. Why not just clean it with a hose?

800. Okay, I got another one. Stethoscope condoms.

801. I don't even want to know.

802. Take my advice: Don't quit your day job.

803. How's it going?

804. Oh, Dr. Kenner.

805. We had a bit of a scare with this one.

806. His calcium went up to 13.5,

807. which sent him into second-degree heart block.

808. I had to diurese him

809. but we got him back to a normal sinus.

810. Well, looks fine now.

811. Good work.

812. Thank you.

813. Oh, uh, Dr. Kenner...

814. I'd like to do another pediatric rotation

815. and I'd like to do it with you.

816. Uh... correct me if I'm wrong.

817. I understood that Dr. Keaton isn't recommending you.

818. Hmm. She told you that.

819. Well, it is a pretty small club.

820. We do talk occasionally.

821. Dr. Kenner, I learned a lot from Dr. Keaton

822. but, um...

823. our styles were very different.

824. We didn't quite... mesh.

825. Why don't you talk to her and, uh...

826. tell her your perspective about not meshing and so on

827. and maybe she'll reconsider.

828. And if she did?

829. Then we could talk.

830. But, um...

831. without a recommendation, I really can't help you.

832. Where am I going?

833. To Radiology.

834. We're going to take some X rays

835. and then we're gonna use a machine called a CAT scan,

836. make sure your head's okay.

837. I'm scared.

838. It's okay.

839. I'll come with you.

840. Doug?

841. Hang on.

842. You want me to get a rape kit?

843. I'm gonna talk to her,

844. see if I can find out what happened.

845. Okay.

846. Which bone would you choose?

847. I don't know, maybe a finger.

848. No. If I had to choose which bone to break

849. I'd choose a clavicle.

850. Oh, that's good, no surgical intervention.

851. Personally, I'd go with a skull fracture.

852. Oh, you would.

853. Hey, Carol.

854. "Venture to Karachi on the rugged

855. "Grand Trunk road, which, while breathtaking

856. "is prone to landslides and occasional firefights

857. by warring sectarian factions."

858. Abby, don't go.

859. Put the book down.

860. Dr. Keaton?

861. Did you lock the door?

862. I thought you did.

863. No, I...

864. Dr. Keaton, I...

865. Peter, could you wait outside, please?

866. Anything?

867. Just doing the ink stain now.

868. I admire you, Dr. Greene.

869. That took guts.

870. Well, thank you for your support.

871. And don't worry about that lawyer

872. 'cause I'm going to take full responsibility.

873. They can't fire all of us.

874. Yeah.

875. Sorry if I offended you earlier

876. with that motorcycle crack.

877. Takes a lot to offend me.

878. Yeah, but seriously

879. I'd be lucky to find someone like you.

880. Want to get the lights?

881. Oh, yeah.

882. Is it meningitis?

883. Cryptococcus.

884. You were right.

885. Randi, have you seen a big, black binder?

886. The nursing budget?

887. Yeah.

888. Uh, it fell out of the cubby.

889. So, I sort of started looking at it.

890. Well, where is it?

891. Bad news for some people, huh?

892. You shouldn't have been looking at it.

893. I was curious.

894. I took an accounting course

895. for my fashion line, you know.

896. Well, that's no excuse.

897. It's the overtime that's killing you.

898. What?

899. ER nurses work 12-hour shifts

900. and after eight hours, they get overtime.

901. That's what's screwing with your budget.

902. Well, I don't know what else we can do.

903. Put everybody on eight-hour shifts.

904. You'd save 100 grand a year.

905. I know how these teacher/intern relationships

906. can undermine reputations...

907. The innuendo and rumors.

908. I need to know if you're going to be discreet about this.

909. Dr. Keaton, I came by

910. to see if you would reconsider writing me

911. a recommendation.

912. Oh.

913. I mean, you've always complimented my surgical skills.

914. A recommendation on that basis

915. I could get another pediatric rotation.

916. And if I don't?

917. What do you mean, if you don't?

918. Will you report my relationship with Dr. Carter?

919. You think I'm threatening you?

920. Are you?

921. Dr. Keaton, if your recommendation

922. isn't based on my abilities as a doctor

923. I don't want it.

924. I can't do that, Peter.

925. You've got the makings of an excellent surgeon

926. but not a pediatric surgeon.

927. Dr. Greene, another letter from Legal.

928. Ah, what do you know?

929. I've been written up again.

930. Wow. Twice in one night.

931. They CC'd Anspaugh.

932. That was very thoughtful.

933. Jerks.

934. Why don't I just get some 8 x 11 frames

935. and I can just put these right up on the wall.

936. You should do it.

937. Dr. Greene, this is George Dunleavy.

938. Hi. What can I do for you?

939. The police said that you may have found my sister, Shelly.

940. She called a couple of days ago

941. and said she was sick.

942. I told her to go see a doctor.

943. Haven't heard from her since.

944. Does your sister have any psychiatric problems?

945. No.

946. She was pretty incoherent.

947. Meningitis can cause

948. temporary dementia.

949. Will she be all right?

950. Take a day or two, but she should be fine.

951. Thank you, doctor.

952. Sure.

953. Dr. Benton, I just want to let you know

954. that Dr. Keaton and I

955. never talked about you, never said anything about you

956. remotely negative ever.

957. Carter, it never occurred to me that you had.

958. Dr. Benton, we were just talking about you.

959. Dr. Gant feels

960. that you've treated him inappropriately

961. by publicly upbraiding him.

962. Calling him lazy and stupid,

963. I understand?

964. No, no, no. I said what he did was lazy and stupid.

965. I don't think that was inappropriate

966. due to the fact that his inattention almost killed a child.

967. That's not true.

968. You neglected your duties.

969. If you feel that way, then you come speak to me...

970. You don't yell at me...

971. All right.

972. Settle down.

973. Carter...

974. You were there, weren't you?

975. Mm-hmm.

976. Do you feel

977. Dr. Benton's reaction was inappropriate?

978. Well, his language was strong,

979. and I can certainly understand how Dennis feels.

980. But given the circumstances

981. I'm not sure I'd call it inappropriate.

982. Sounds like you

983. have to develop thicker skin, Dr. Gant

984. and if similar issues arise in the future

985. I suggest you

986. take them up with Dr. Benton directly

987. before you come crying to me.

988. The hard truth is, we don't have any more money.

989. Word came down that they want me to let people go.

990. So who gets fired?

991. Nobody.

992. I just sent up a proposal

993. that will solve our budget problems

994. without anyone losing their jobs.

995. You're cutting back hours?

996. No. But instead of working three 12-hour shifts a week

997. everyone will work five eight-hour shifts.

998. For the same money?

999. A little less.

1000. But we have to work four hours more a week.

1001. That sucks.

1002. Guys, the alternative is that two of you are history.

1003. I don't buy that. They got the money.

1004. I'm not giving up my OT, I'll tell you that.

1005. None of us are.

1006. We've got a contract negotiation coming up.

1007. If management pulls this

1008. we walk.

1009. That's right.

1010. I didn't think you'd really go to Anspaugh.

1011. Look, I'm sorry.

1012. Don't worry about it.

1013. I didn't know what to say.

1014. With Benton standing right there...

1015. John, John, it's okay.

1016. I didn't mean to put you on the spot.

1017. So we're cool?

1018. Yeah, we're cool.

1019. I better get back to the ER.

1020. I'll see you later.

1021. It's like an x-ray of your head.

1022. There's nothing to be afraid of.

1023. Will you stay with me?

1024. I'll be in the next room.

1025. Charlie, were you raped?

1026. Promise you won't tell the cops or the social worker?

1027. I'm not going to tell anybody.

1028. Okay.

1029. You're going to be okay.

1030. Here we go.

1031. Hey, Mark!

1032. Mark!

1033. Mark!

1034. Hey, you forgot your curriculum vitae.

1035. Oh, thanks.

1036. But after tonight, I figure my chances

1037. for making tenure are about nil.

1038. But hey, I did my job

1039. and I can do my job somewhere

1040. tenure or no tenure.

1041. Same here.

1042. They're trying to mess with our overtime.

1043. I say screw them. I'll go someplace else.

1044. That's the spirit.

1045. Well, got to go.

1046. Hey, Chuny, you hungry? You want to grab some breakfast with me?

1047. Sure.

1048. Okay, first, I got to take the bike for a spin

1049. around the garage just to charge the battery.

1050. Why don't I charge it up with you?

1051. Sure. Hop on.

1052. You want me to get inside this box?

1053. This box is a body plethysmograph.

1054. It's the most accurate method

1055. for measuring lung capacity.

1056. And why is that important?

1057. I need accurate specifications

1058. on all my research subjects

1059. or I can't correlate the data.

1060. I'm sorry, Kerry. I get claustrophobic.

1061. Jeanie, look at all the windows. You can look out.

1062. I'm sorry, I can't.

1063. Jeanie, if you don't get in the box

1064. I have to throw out the entire study. That's two months work.

1065. I'm not getting in the box.

1066. You're getting paid $50.

1067. Shut up, Wendy.

1068. Jeanie, please.

1069. I'm sorry. I can't.

1070. Well, how about that?

1071. Wendy...

1072. What?

1073. Get in the box.

1074. First, we'll test your lung volume

1075. and then you're getting on the bike.

1076. But it's almost daylight.

1077. Wear the goggles.

1078. You won't know the difference.

1079. How is she?

1080. She's got a broken arm.

1081. A lot of bruises, concussion.

1082. She was raped.

1083. I'll get the rape kit and call the police.

1084. What time does that social worker get here?

1085. They should be on now.

1086. You want me to call?

1087. No. I'll do it.

1088. Hey, the eggs are burning.

1089. Oh, well.

1090. I'll just have to make some more.

1091. Mm.

1092. I don't remember calling for a surgeon.

1093. Well, this one's surgical.

1094. Finally got a good one.

1095. Some guy got hit by the El.

1096. What you got?

1097. We got a mess. Take a look.

1098. Yuck.

1099. Which end is up?

1100. Jumped or fell in front of a train.

1101. Open skull fracture, multiple extremity fractures,

1102. flailed chest.

1103. Any signs of life?

1104. He's got a weak pulse.

1105. Now all he needs is a face.

1106. BP's 60/40.

1107. He ain't going to last.

1108. All right, grab hold, on my count.

1109. One, two, three.

1110. What is this?

1111. Man versus moving El train.

1112. Suicide?

1113. One guy said he jumped, the other guy said he tripped.

1114. Just lost the pulse.

1115. Put O-neg on a rapid infuser, set up a central line.

1116. Somebody page Gant he's supposed to cover the ER.

1117. I'll do it.

1118. Carter, how are his eyes?

1119. He's lost one.

1120. The other one is swollen shut.

1121. Grey matter in the hair.

1122. Decreased breath sounds on the right.

1123. I'll put in a chest tube. I'll do it.

1124. No. I'll do it. It's a surgical procedure.

1125. Whose beeper?

1126. It's coming from the patient.

1127. Lydia, what number did you page Gant to?

1128. This room. 3376.

1129. That's the number

1130. on this pager.

1131. Oh, my God.

1132. What?

1133. The patient.

1134. It's Gant.

1135. Dennis?

1136. Oh, sweet Jesus!

1137. Carter, put the tube in!

1138. Oh, God!

1139. Set up a thorasceal!

1140. Flatline.

1141. Give an amp of epi and atropine.

1142. Hang another two units. Let's go, Carter!

1143. I'm trying! I'm trying!

1144. Come on Carter! Get it in!

1145. Come on, Gant.

1146. Come on.

1147. Come on.

1148. Come on.