ER 3x14

1. Knock, knock.

2. Ahh. Who's there?

3. Me.

4. You want some company?

5. Sure.

6. Whoa!

7. Oh, whoa, Nick.

8. Nick, get out of here, Nick.

9. Nick, come on.

10. Sorry.

11. I'll be right back.

12. All right.

13. Nick, get out of here.

14. Please leave a message at the tone.

15. Hey, sweet pea.

16. Out of bed, sleepyhead.

17. Hi.

18. Hi, Polly.

19. Yeah... no, I was just about to call you.

20. Dinner tonight?

21. Yeah, that sounds great.

22. About 8:00?

23. Mark...

24. You ran out of shampoo.

25. Yeah, it's, uh... on the shelf.

26. Okay.

27. I got to go.

28. Yeah, bye-bye.

29. Who was that?

30. That was a doctor.

31. We've got a staff meeting tonight.

32. Oh, but we have basketball tickets.

33. I thought that was tomorrow night.

34. No, it's tonight.

35. Remember?

36. But you know,

37. if you really can't make it...

38. No, I think I can postpone...

39. Morning, Dr. Carter. What have you got?

40. City bus versus drunk pedestrian.

41. Open-book fracture of the pelvis, blunt abdominal trauma.

42. You want to take this?

43. Lavage was positive, so I thought

44. we'd start with an ex-lap.

45. I haven't got your paperwork... Go.

46. Benton told me he'd do it.

47. Hasn't arrived in my office yet.

48. It's on its way.

49. I told you yesterday,

50. you can't begin the new rotation

51. until he's signed off on the last one.

52. What am I supposed to do?

53. Until I get your evaluation, nothing.

54. Dr. Hicks, please...

55. Find Benton,

56. get your paperwork.

57. Until then, you're grounded.

58. Oh, come on, man.

59. Let it go.

60. You was out of control.

61. It was offensive?

62. You charged.

63. Malik, if I'm up in the air,

64. you got to give me room to come down.

65. So what you trying to say? You get up so high

66. that I slide right up under you?

67. That's right.

68. So white men can jump?

69. That's right.

70. They just can't land.

71. That's why we don't do it.

72. Oh, man.

73. Hey, you want me to carry you?

74. Hey, Kerry.

75. Doug, that's not funny.

76. I sprained my ankle playing hoops.

77. We've got a kid choking.

78. On what?

79. I don't know.

80. How long ago?

81. About ten minutes... I drove as fast as I could.

82. He's not breathing.

83. Let's get him in. Go, go, go.

84. Connie.

85. All right, take care of the dad,

86. would you, please?

87. Magill forceps.

88. There you go.

89. Find him a sterile drape.

90. Let me borrow this.

91. He'll be all right.

92. Come on.

93. Move him over.

94. Get him on a monitor.

95. All right, what's in there?

96. Looks like a jacks ball.

97. Pulse ox is 80.

98. He's cyanotic.

99. Can you reach it?

100. No... the ball's wedged in there.

101. He's in V-tach.

102. Give him 15 of lidocaine.

103. I'll shock him.

104. Go.

105. Get some lidocaine on board!

106. Clear. Everybody off.

107. Clear.

108. Still in V-tach.

109. Okay, here we go.

110. Clear.

111. Here we go.

112. Okay, prep for a trach.

113. Give me a 16-gauge needle on a syringe.

114. Trach kit...

115. Hang on, hang on.

116. Just one second.

117. Let me try this.

118. Trach tray.

119. What the hell are you doing?

120. Trying to boost the jack ball up.

121. Oh, man.

122. I can feel it.

123. This kid needs an airway.

124. Okay.

125. Get the forceps.

126. I can feel the ball.

127. It's moving.

128. It's moving.

129. I almost got it.

130. It's... it's moving.

131. Can you get it?

132. I got it.

133. All right, good.

134. All right.

135. Pedes resident's on their way down.

136. Is he breathing?

137. Yep, he's breathing.

138. What on earth made you think to do that?

139. Peter.

140. Yeah, yeah.

141. Hey.

142. Hey, yourself. I've been calling for days.

143. Where you been?

144. I've been busy.

145. Oh, this place is a mess.

146. Yeah. I've been working long hours.

147. You feeling all right?

148. Yeah, I'm just a little tired is all.

149. You look terrible.

150. I saw Carla yesterday.

151. She's put on weight.

152. You noticed?

153. She's pregnant.

154. How could you be so stupid?

155. Are you going to marry her?

156. I don't know.

157. Be a father to your child?

158. What, she's not good enough for you?

159. I didn't say that.

160. So what's the problem here?

161. Don't walk away from me.

162. Hey, look.

163. Hey.

164. Now, you don't have to do this alone.

165. You've got family...

166. People who care for you, Peter.

167. Jackie, I know.

168. I'm... I'm going to handle it, all right?

169. I'll take care of it.

170. How?

171. I don't know.

172. I, uh, I got to get dressed for work.

173. Damn.

174. So when do you get off the cane?

175. About a week.

176. How'd you end up going out

177. with two women on the same night?

178. Scheduling mix-up. Any suggestions?

179. Dinner with one, drinks with the other.

180. Yeah, I think they're both expecting the works.

181. Who do you like more?

182. Well, Heather's a lot of fun.

183. Fun is good.

184. Polly, she's... she's very spiritual.

185. Spiritual like what?

186. Like crystals or something?

187. Heather's got Bulls' tickets.

188. Bulls! Say no more.

189. Yeah, you're right.

190. I'll call Polly, make up an excuse

191. and go out with her tomorrow night.

192. You're playing with fire here.

193. I can juggle.

194. I think you'll get burnt.

195. Women can smell deceit.

196. Yeah, you ought to know.

197. Those days are long gone, my friend.

198. So what do you do now?

199. Uh... give advice.

200. The form was very confusing.

201. Evidently.

202. What's going on?

203. Haleh's playing at nurse manager while Carol's away.

204. I ordered 12 emesis basins.

205. She ordered 12 gross.

206. Hey, anybody seen our paychecks?

207. Ask your friendly nurse manager.

208. They always come in by noon.

209. Did you guys see this memo from Dr. Fischer?

210. He wants to swab and culture everyone for resistant staph.

211. What? What's this about?

212. Eight of our patients came down with staph.

213. They think one of us is spreading it.

214. Any idea who?

215. Could be anyone: you, me...

216. Jerry, get these boxes out of here.

217. You still haven't filled this out?

218. It's the evaluation I need to transfer to Hicks's team.

219. Put it in my box.

220. I can't operate until you sign off on it.

221. Leave it in my box.

222. No, do it now.

223. "Satisfactory work"?

224. Thanks for your time.

225. What have you got?

226. 28-year-old female.

227. Multiple stab wounds to the chest, arms.

228. This is my case.

229. Looks surgical to me.

230. Well, I'll page you if I need a consult.

231. There's plenty here for everyone.

232. Superficial lacerations,

233. deep penetrating wounds.

234. I'll get the bloods.

235. Spin a crit.

236. Sounds like a pneumo.

237. Haleh, chest tube tray.

238. Connie, I need a tray over here too, please.

239. Why don't you two work together?

240. Doyle can suture.

241. You first. Connie, give Carter some 4-O nylon.

242. Who's going to put the tube in?

243. I am. I am.

244. Trouble in the sandbox?

245. I'd like to put in a chest tube.

246. I don't know what you're doing.

247. Surgery's always hogging our procedures.

248. I agree.

249. Dr. Doyle, you do it.

250. But, I've got more experience, right?

251. Dr. Benton?

252. Ask Dr. Hicks.

253. Well, you're in luck.

254. The patient has bilateral pneumothoraces.

255. You can each put in your own tube.

256. I'll take this side.

257. Fine.

258. Peter, are you okay?

259. Yeah... yeah.

260. I like to make a subcutaneous tunnel

261. above the rib to avoid an air leak.

262. It's a nice technique... Where'd you learn that?

263. I don't remember.

264. Kerry, you got this?

265. Yeah.

266. Are you sure you're okay?

267. Yeah, it's just a little indigestion.

268. Try to avoid hitting the intercostal bundle.

269. It's a common intern mistake.

270. For surgical interns.

271. Mine's in!

272. How you doing over there, Maggie?

273. This pamphlet says that 40% of all doctors

274. don't wash their hands between patients.

275. Oh, no kidding.

276. Yeah, and medical personnel pick their noses

277. an average of three times an hour.

278. Many interns only bathe twice a week.

279. Wendy, there's a limit to how well informed I want to be.

280. Hey, Doug, we've got a sick kid out front.

281. All right.

282. Nice technique.

283. Perhaps I could interest you in a little detective work.

284. I doubt it.

285. I'm trying to track the culprit

286. that's been spreading staph infection down here.

287. Good luck.

288. Jeanie,

289. please,

290. I could really use your help.

291. Well, it's not a very attractive proposition.

292. We both know where staph comes from.

293. Somebody's not washing their hands

294. after going to the bathroom.

295. How do you propose to flush them out?

296. Carefully.

297. Very carefully.

298. Can't catch his breath... He's got cystic fibrosis.

299. What's his name?

300. Jad Heuston.

301. All right, Jad, hang in there, buddy.

302. Fix you right up.

303. What's your name?

304. Katy Reed.

305. How old is he?

306. He's 19.

307. Has he been here before?

308. No, he hasn't... We live in Racine.

309. Let's go.

310. What are you doing down here?

311. We were just visiting.

312. A kid this sick shouldn't be traveling.

313. Wendy, get a CBC, portable chest

314. and O2 ten liters, please.

315. Pulse ox is bad: 82.

316. He's coughing up blood.

317. He's got rales, and he's wheezing bilaterally.

318. Want a bronchodilator?

319. Yeah, give me five migs of nebulized albuterol

320. and 200 of aerosolized tobramycin.

321. Pulse ox is down to 78.

322. Heart rate's 130.

323. We're going to have to intubate him.

324. No.

325. We can't wait.

326. He doesn't want to be put on a machine.

327. Does he have a DNR order?

328. I think so... yes, he does, he does.

329. If he's DNR, we can't tube him.

330. You understand he's going to die

331. if we don't tube him.

332. Jad, please.

333. No... no.

334. Please don't leave me.

335. What's his doctor's name?

336. Dobry, I think... Something like that.

337. All right, Lydia, call Dr. Dobry in Racine.

338. Call about the DNR order.

339. Find out now... now, please.

340. One, two, three.

341. Mr. Papillon?

342. One... yes, three.

343. One, two, three.

344. I'm Dr. Greene.

345. What seems to be the problem?

346. Busy.

347. Paged psych?

348. On the way.

349. One, two, three. One, two...

350. Mr. Papillon, would you like me to give you something to relax?

351. No... two, three.

352. Got any other ideas?

353. I'm thinking.

354. Hey, Archie.

355. Hi.

356. Psych consult?

357. You stopped taking your medication, didn't you?

358. Yeah... two, three.

359. Nina Pomerantz.

360. Mark Greene.

361. He's one of our regulars.

362. Archie! Snap it.

363. Thanks.

364. That's amazing.

365. Basic behavior therapy.

366. You think it'd work on my seven-year-old daughter?

367. What's her problem?

368. She started sucking her thumb again

369. when my wife and I got divorced.

370. My six-year-old started to wet the bed when I got divorced.

371. Did you use behavioral therapy?

372. No... electroshock.

373. Works like a charm.

374. Kidding.

375. I'm just kidding.

376. I hate to interrupt...

377. Oh, yeah... gosh, Archie.

378. Come on, let's go upstairs and talk.

379. Nice meeting you.

380. You, too. See you around.

381. We're losing him.

382. Any word on the DNR?

383. Not yet.

384. I found a pipe

385. and some weed in his socks.

386. He's smoking dope with CF?

387. Must be a death wish.

388. They're paging Dr. Dobry.

389. Guess what? He's a pediatrician.

390. How old is he?

391. I told you, he's 19.

392. 19-year-olds don't go to a pediatrician.

393. How old is he?

394. He's 17.

395. Eight ET Tube!

396. He's crashing!

397. Should we restrain him?

398. Yeah, give him sux and pav.

399. I'm tubing him.

400. Hold his head.

401. I'm sorry, Jad.

402. Yeah, it hit me suddenly,

403. so I have to cancel.

404. Bless you.

405. He's not sick.

406. He's blowing off a date.

407. Oh, yeah?

408. So yeah, I'm going to get to bed early.

409. So I'll call you tomorrow.

410. Okay, bye, Pol.

411. What's wrong with Polly?

412. Don't start.

413. He had to make room for Heather.

414. So you got two on the line.

415. Hi, Mark.

416. I forgot Mr. Papillon's chart.

417. Oh, well, that's a coincidence, because I have it right here.

418. A Freudian might say I forgot it on purpose.

419. Oh?

420. Actually, you know, I was supposed to

421. have dinner tonight with a colleague, and they canceled.

422. I was wondering, are you free?

423. I'd love to, but I'm all jammed up.

424. Oh.

425. But I'd really like to.

426. Well, it's just an impulse.

427. Probably another time.

428. No, no, no, no.

429. It's a great impulse.

430. I got to have dinner with a friend...

431. My accountant, Roy... But we could do drinks.

432. Are you sure?

433. Yeah... meet down here at 6:00?

434. Okay, I'll see you then.

435. All right, good.

436. Jerry, can we lose these boxes?

437. Busy boy.

438. Pulse ox is up to 94.

439. Prep for an extubation.

440. Okay... his mother's out front.

441. Said she would have been here sooner,

442. but her car was stolen... The one that's outside.

443. You want to fill me in?

444. We were going to Mexico.

445. We were going to get a place on the beach

446. and be together till the end.

447. The doctors gave him three months.

448. Why can't you be together here?

449. His mom wants to put him back

450. in the hospital.

451. Is he all right?

452. He's fine, his airway was blocked,

453. but we got it cleared.

454. Oh, thank God.

455. Sweetheart, I was so worried.

456. Katy, I knew you'd be here.

457. What are you trying to do... kill him?

458. He'd rather be dead than be with you.

459. Katy, would you give us a minute, please?

460. Sure.

461. He wants me to stay.

462. Can we, uh, talk over here?

463. Yes, absolutely.

464. I was in the process of taking the tube out.

465. Already?

466. Well, his lungs are fairly clear,

467. and, uh... he wanted it out.

468. When I first brought him in here

469. he didn't want to be intubated.

470. He said that he had

471. a "Do not resuscitate" order.

472. He lied.

473. Look, he has this...

474. romantic notion about dying.

475. Well, I just needed to know

476. that if he stops breathing again...

477. Intubate him.

478. Okay.

479. All right, Jad.

480. We'll get this tube out for you.

481. Now, why don't you do me a favor?

482. I want you to take a real deep breath,

483. as deep as you can... Now blow hard.

484. Blow, blow. Okay.

485. You okay?

486. Hmm?

487. Don't ever...

488. tube me again.

489. Why are you taking our picture?

490. It's the best way to keep track of the suspects.

491. Two swabs?

492. Nasal and rectal.

493. We need them back by 3:00.

494. God, I feel like a convict.

495. The number matches your lab slip.

496. I hope the doctors get the same treatment.

497. Oh, yeah, they have to swab, too.

498. Staphylococcus does not discriminate.

499. Smile, Wendy.

500. Give me the bullet!

501. Give me the bullet.

502. 23-year-old I.V. drug user,

503. multiple GSW's,

504. BP 80 palp, pulse 140.

505. Lost at least a liter at the scene.

506. His buddy says he's got AIDS.

507. Okay, let's have him cross-matched for six.

508. And get some O-neg down here.

509. All taken care of.

510. I can run this one.

511. So can I.

512. I'll run it.

513. We'll start with the ABCs.

514. He's bleeding from his mouth.

515. Pressure's falling, 60 palp.

516. I got the O-neg.

517. Run it through the transfuser.

518. Intubation tray.

519. He may have a hemopneumo... Chest tube tray?

520. You need help, Dr. Doyle?

521. No, thank you.

522. I got the film.

523. Clamp.

524. Don't touch it, Carter!

525. The bullet. What?

526. Where you're about to stick your finger.

527. This guy has AIDS.

528. So?

529. It's a black talon... the edges

530. are like razors.

531. Okay... I'm never going to find this thing.

532. Oh, I don't believe it, I don't believe it.

533. It's right there.

534. Yeah, I got it. I got it.

535. He's arrested.

536. Let's crack him.

537. Want to do the honors?

538. Second unit's in.

539. Has anyone seen the damn nursing schedule?

540. I thought you were in charge of it.

541. I better have this weekend off.

542. I've got National Guard duty.

543. Oh, God help us.

544. Anybody seen the ultrasound?

545. Everything's a little disorganized here

546. without Carol.

547. I would try Exam 2.

548. When's she coming back?

549. We just hope she is coming back.

550. One unit plasma.

551. Suction!

552. She can't see a thing in here.

553. Bullet must have nicked an artery.

554. All right, Statinski.

555. Intracardiac epi ready.

556. What the hell? This thing is jammed.

557. I can't use this.

558. I'll find another one.

559. Doyle, put pressure on the lung.

560. Carter, do compressions.

561. I'm squeezing.

562. No, it's me.

563. Oh, I got it, I got it.

564. Good job, you two... Now, can you hold on

565. while we take him upstairs?

566. Yeah.

567. Sure.

568. Can I assist?

569. Is your paperwork done?

570. Signed and in your box.

571. Okay, let's get him to the OR, people.

572. Come on, let's go!

573. What's the ultrasound doing in there?

574. I don't know,

575. but that CF kid wants to talk to an attending.

576. All right, I'll be right there.

577. Peter?

578. What are you doing?

579. Nothing.

580. It must be something.

581. When did the pain start?

582. Last night.

583. Location?

584. Mid-epigastric.

585. Shifted to the right lower quadrant this morning.

586. Fever?

587. 100.2.

588. Lie down, Peter.

589. You know what, Kerry, it's probably just a virus.

590. Lie down.

591. Lydia, can you assist?

592. Dr. Benton?

593. Just relax, Peter.

594. Sorry.

595. Alert the OR.

596. Dr. Benton has

597. a hot appendix.

598. So? ¿Oistes lo de Mark Greene

599. y las tres chavas?

600. ¿ Tu crees?

601. Ya parece un doctor don juan.

602. ¿Estas celosa?

603. No, nosotros tuvimos algo, tu sabes,

604. un little fling, pero...

605. Is it true what they say about los calvitos?

606. Girl, ese es bien apasionado.

607. Todo lo que quiere hacer es sexo, sexo, sexo.

608. No!

609. Hey, uh, you guys seen Doug?

610. Uh... try the admit desk.

611. What?

612. N... nothing.

613. Hey, Doug, you busy?

614. What's the recommended antibiotics

615. for end-stage cystic fibrosis?

616. Oh, I'm sorry.

617. So I took your advice,

618. and I canceled with Polly.

619. Good.

620. And then I met Nina.

621. So now it's drinks with Nina

622. and basketball with Heather.

623. Great.

624. Listen, do you think

625. I should call up Heather,

626. and have her meet me at the stadium?

627. Then I could spend a little more time with Nina.

628. Mark, I'm a little busy here with a sick kid.

629. Can we just talk about this later?

630. Oh, yeah, sure.

631. Catch you later.

632. Hi.

633. Hi, Mark.

634. That's a tough case.

635. You know, that kid with end-stage CF.

636. Yeah, if he had a jacks ball caught in his throat

637. maybe I could fix him.

638. You know, he wants to be made DNR.

639. You talked to him?

640. Yes.

641. He's my patient.

642. Well, he spoke to me,

643. maybe because you haven't been listening to him.

644. He's 17 years old... It's his mother's decision.

645. He'll be 18 in three weeks.

646. So?

647. So maybe we should consider his feelings.

648. He's a teenager.

649. He's mixed up... He ran away from home.

650. He's also terminally ill

651. and doesn't want to be on a respirator.

652. You know, I can't go along

653. with letting him die... Can't do it.

654. Whose problem is this, his or yours?

655. Oh, my God. It's true.

656. I thought the nurses were just kidding.

657. Look, Dr. Hicks, I don't want

658. any residents operating on me, okay?

659. Don't worry, Peter.

660. It's just your average run-of-the-mill appendectomy.

661. All right, so you'll do it, right?

662. I'll be there.

663. Okay.

664. I'd better go scrub.

665. I need you to sign this consent form.

666. If you have any questions, Dr. Hicks will answer them.

667. That won't be necessary.

668. All right.

669. Come on, let's, uh...

670. let's get this thing over with.

671. Okay, time to prep.

672. Raise your gown.

673. It's a mystery.

674. Doesn't add up.

675. Here are the patients with resistant staph.

676. But none of them were treated by the same doctor or nurse.

677. Where's the missing link?

678. Well, we could put cameras in the bathrooms

679. to see who doesn't wash their hands.

680. Wait a minute.

681. What?

682. All these charts

683. have the same handwriting on top.

684. You recognize it?

685. Uh-huh.

686. Yeah, fine.

687. Hey, Jeanie, Dr. Fischer.

688. Can I offer you guys a homemade brownie?

689. No, thanks.

690. What, something wrong?

691. Hey.

692. What are you doing?

693. Scrubbing in.

694. Dr. Hicks said I could help out on that thoracotomy.

695. Oh, you're interested in surgery?

696. Yeah, you know,

697. I'm thinking about doing an elective.

698. Hey, I want to thank you again

699. for warning me about that bullet.

700. My dad's a cop.

701. We talk ammo at the dinner table.

702. Seriously?

703. Yeah, you should see my gun collection.

704. I got a Beretta 687, a Winchester Golden Quail,

705. and I got a Tommy gun that belonged to Dillinger.

706. Wow.

707. Change in plans.

708. Simon's got the gunshot, we're doing the Appy.

709. The Appy?

710. Disappointed?

711. Yeah... yeah, they're kind of boring.

712. You haven't seen the patient yet.

713. Ho...

714. Oh... there is a God.

715. What are my chances of getting out of here?

716. I can't say.

717. Don't give me that crap.

718. You still have some time.

719. Three months, max.

720. You could spend that time with Katy.

721. Great.

722. She can suction the snot out of my lungs

723. while I stare at the ceiling.

724. I've been in hospitals my whole life.

725. I watched two friends die on a respirator slowly...

726. wasting away.

727. No, thanks.

728. It's not your decision.

729. Oh, please.

730. I'll be 18 in three weeks.

731. I can't do it.

732. Screw you!

733. What about me?

734. It's up to your mom.

735. She's been telling me

736. what to do my whole life.

737. For once, let me do what I want.

738. No.

739. She's afraid of losing you.

740. She's going to lose me anyway.

741. Talk to her.

742. Tell her to let me go.

743. Hey, look who it is.

744. Hi.

745. What are you doing here?

746. Came to pick up my paycheck.

747. Not here yet.

748. Thanks for taking our side against management.

749. I guess you're paying for it.

750. Yeah.

751. What are all these boxes doing here?

752. Procurement screwed up.

753. Oh, some fool ordered by the gross, huh?

754. Here's my paycheck.

755. Any idea when you're coming back?

756. No...

757. The hearing's in a couple of weeks, though, so...

758. We've missed you.

759. Thanks.

760. Well, I'm off to Pottery Barn.

761. Going to go buy some candles.

762. See you.

763. Someone order some hypodermics?

764. Ah, this is ridiculous.

765. I do not need hand-washing lessons.

766. Scrub hard, Jerry, to scrape off the bacteria.

767. The most important thing is to wash your hands

768. after you go to the bathroom.

769. What, every time?

770. You have the Roux retractor?

771. Yes, Peter, and the Army-navies

772. and the Kocher.

773. Okay, listen, listen.

774. Make sure you put an "X" on my right side,

775. because I don't want you taking out my left kidney, okay?

776. I'm putting you to sleep now.

777. Where's Dr. Hicks?

778. Oh, there's been a last-minute substitution.

779. Carter?

780. Don't worry, Dr. Benton.

781. I'm going to take very good care of you.

782. He hates me.

783. I know he loves me, but he also hates me.

784. Is he an only child?

785. After he was diagnosed,

786. we decided not to risk passing it on.

787. So I spoke to Jad,

788. and he wants you to sign his DNR papers.

789. Of course he does.

790. And he's got a pretty convincing argument.

791. Just wants to hurt me.

792. I don't... I don't think that's true.

793. Shouldn't you give him a chance

794. to, you know, make this decision?

795. He's almost 18 years old.

796. He was a beautiful baby, Dr. Ross.

797. When the doctors told us that he had cystic fibrosis,

798. it was like somebody plunged a knife into my heart.

799. And now he's grown up

800. and he wants to take control of his life

801. and he doesn't want to die hooked up to a respirator.

802. And you agree with him?

803. It doesn't...

804. He doesn't have much time left.

805. It seems a shame to-to spend it...

806. you know, fighting with your son.

807. I don't know what to do.

808. Well, he does.

809. Jerry, how we doing on the board?

810. Actually, there's a psychotic wrestler in 2.

811. Would you like me to page a certain psych consult?

812. That's an excellent idea.

813. Hey, sweet pea.

814. Oh, you poor thing,

815. having to work while you're sick.

816. Polly, I-I-I can't talk.

817. I got laryngitis.

818. This is Elderberry extract. It's homeopathic.

819. Cleared my flu right up.

820. Thank you, but excuse me.

821. Cancel that page.

822. Look, you should go.

823. I don't want you to catch this.

824. Mm-mm.

825. Not until I make you an herbal steam

826. of lavender for your throat.

827. Yeah... uh, Jerry, we'll be in the lounge.

828. Shirley?

829. Yes, sir.

830. Would you put on my special music, please?

831. Certainly, Dr. Carter, sir.

832. Scalpel.

833. Hold it, Dr. Carter.

834. Shirley.

835. Come here... let's get this one.

836. Let's get one with Dr. Hicks and Dr. Doyle.

837. What's your approach?

838. I'm going to make a minimal Rocky-Davis incision

839. in the right lower quadrant at McBurney's point.

840. Proceed.

841. Inhale.

842. The steam won't work unless you breathe it in.

843. Uh, excuse me, Dr. Greene.

844. Um, your psychiatrist is at the desk.

845. Oh, uh, I'll be right back.

846. Thought I told you to cancel.

847. The page went through.

848. Sorry.

849. Hi.

850. Did you page me, Mark?

851. Uh, yeah.

852. We have a patient in 2 who needs evaluating.

853. Okay, I'm looking forward to this evening.

854. Me, too.

855. Uh, Dr. Greene to the front desk, please.

856. Emergency at the front desk, Dr. Greene.

857. I'll see you at 7:00.

858. 6:00.

859. Right.

860. Mark, my brother got us court-side seats.

861. I was so excited, I had to come by.

862. That's terrific.

863. We could get a bite before the game.

864. I've got that meeting at 6:00.

865. Safety committee?

866. Yeah, I was hoping I could meet you at the stadium.

867. Okay, how about dinner afterwards?

868. You know, we should talk, but I'm really swamped.

869. Well, that's okay, I'll just have a seat.

870. Uh, Dr. Greene.

871. You know what?

872. You don't really want to sit in there.

873. There's this rampant staph infection

874. that's going around the ER.

875. So why don't you just sit over here?

876. Here?

877. Yeah, yeah, this is fine.

878. I'll be right back.

879. Mark, you really shouldn't be on your feet.

880. You know, Polly, why don't you go back

881. and keep that lavender steaming? Okay?

882. Thanks.

883. That is a very interesting case, Mark.

884. He says he's diagnosed

885. with multiple personality disorder.

886. Really?

887. Are you okay? Yeah.

888. Nina?

889. Polly?

890. Oh! I haven't seen you in a blue moon.

891. I thought you practiced at Northwestern.

892. I used to.

893. Are you still at the gallery?

894. I sure am.

895. Mark, this is Polly McKenzie.

896. My old friend Polly, Mark Greene.

897. I know.

898. Mark and I are seeing each other.

899. We were supposed to have

900. dinner tonight,

901. but he came down with the flu,

902. poor baby.

903. That's funny... I thought we were having drinks.

904. Gee...

905. was that drinks before or after

906. the basketball game?

907. You're not sick.

908. Uh, no, but I'm starting

909. to feel a little nauseous.

910. Did he spike a fever?

911. Five minutes ago.

912. Get blood cultures times three.

913. I'll get the intubation tray.

914. No, no...

915. His mother signed a DNR order.

916. How you doing, buddy?

917. Remember, Dr. Ross...

918. Put an O2 mask on him, please.

919. You're sure?

920. Yes.

921. Where's his mom?

922. She's in the cafeteria.

923. Get her now, will you? Go!

924. Shirley, could you turn that down?

925. Just a bit.

926. I am ready to close.

927. Nice work, Carter.

928. Thanks.

929. Maybe I'll staple my name into his belly.

930. All right, let's irrigate one more time.

931. We don't want to give Dr. Benton an abscess.

932. Dr. Doyle, you want to suction out Dr. Benton?

933. Can I have O-PDS on a CT-3?

934. I will close out with a running stitch.

935. You ever done a one-handed tie?

936. No.

937. I often practice on pigs' feet,

938. but since Dr. Benton is available...

939. Hold the suture

940. in your left hand, and don't let go.

941. And you take it between your thumb and your forefinger...

942. All right...

943. Around...

944. and through.

945. Pretty nifty.

946. Yeah... yeah.

947. Would it be all right if Dr. Doyle tried one?

948. I don't think Dr. Benton would mind.

949. After all, we are a teaching hospital.

950. Thanks for all your help today.

951. Yeah, sure.

952. You know, we make a good team.

953. Maybe we should go out again sometime.

954. No, I don't think so.

955. It could be fun.

956. I don't think it's a good idea.

957. Come on, Jeanie, dinner.

958. Let's just keep it professional, okay?

959. His pulse ox is falling, 83.

960. What happened?

961. He's in respiratory failure.

962. I'm here, sweetheart.

963. Sweetie.

964. He stopped breathing.

965. Oh, my God.

966. Oh, God. I can't watch this.

967. Intubate him.

968. Yeah, please.

969. No, we promised.

970. No, no.

971. Mrs. Heuston. Do it!

972. No, no.

973. Mrs. Heuston, no.

974. You signed the paper.

975. Well, then, rip up the paper!

976. Just do it!

977. I said do it!

978. I'm sorry.

979. Intubation tray.

980. Hold him down.

981. 50 Of sux.

982. We'll have to paralyze him.

983. Hold him down.

984. Number eight ET Tube

985. Please.

986. I'm in.

987. There you go... bag him.

988. He's tubed.

989. I feel like such a klutz.

990. Lots of people fall off step ladders.

991. I fell over one... I was hanging a picture

992. took three steps back and landed on my ass.

993. You're lucky.

994. I guess.

995. I bet you don't remember me, do you?

996. Should I?

997. I was in here about a year ago.

998. I weighed 40 pounds less.

999. I had pneumonia and almost died.

1000. You took care of me.

1001. You have AIDS.

1002. Yeah.

1003. I was all set to die.

1004. I said good-bye to everyone.

1005. I got rid of my stuff,

1006. even cashed in my life insurance.

1007. Then everything changed.

1008. Really?

1009. You've heard of the cocktail.

1010. Mm-hmm.

1011. My doctor put me on it.

1012. I haven't felt this good in a long time.

1013. That's great.

1014. It's weird.

1015. It's like I was on death row

1016. and the governor called.

1017. Takes a little getting used to.

1018. But it is a hell of a lot better than dying.

1019. Peter?

1020. Peter, I'm pregnant.

1021. What?

1022. I'm pregnant.

1023. No.

1024. Dr. Benton.

1025. I'm pregnant.

1026. Dr. Benton?

1027. Dr. Benton?

1028. Dr. Benton?

1029. There we go.

1030. The surgery was a complete success.

1031. You had an acute suppurative appendicitis

1032. with no complications.

1033. Here's your appendix.

1034. What?

1035. Shh, don't try and talk.

1036. You're just coming out of the anesthesia.

1037. I really screwed up.

1038. I really did.

1039. You did?

1040. I never gave the kid a chance.

1041. And Carla...

1042. I'm so sorry.

1043. I don't... I don't know what to do.

1044. No, it's... it's me... Carter.

1045. What's going on?

1046. Uh, you're in the recovery room.

1047. I just took out your appendix.

1048. You want me to call Carla?

1049. What?

1050. You were asking about her.

1051. What else did I say?

1052. Uh, that you screwed up.

1053. That... you regret treating me so badly.

1054. That... if you could

1055. change things, if you could do it over again...

1056. Carter, Carter.

1057. Just...

1058. Oh, I was just coming up to see you.

1059. Really?

1060. Did you settle things with Polly,

1061. and was it Heather?

1062. I want to apologize.

1063. I was a real jerk today.

1064. Uh-huh.

1065. I-I-I was hoping I could make it up to you somehow.

1066. Are you free Tuesday night?

1067. Sure.

1068. Great... that's the night

1069. of my sex addicts and compulsive liars therapy group.

1070. Nina, I've never acted like this before.

1071. I'm really sorry about what happened.

1072. Maybe we could, uh...

1073. maybe we could have lunch.

1074. Maybe.

1075. In the meantime, whenever you have an urge

1076. to date three women at once...

1077. Snap it.

1078. Hey... Hope I'm not

1079. disturbing you.

1080. No, no.

1081. What's on your mind?

1082. I thought I'd take you up on your offer.

1083. For dinner?

1084. Yeah.

1085. How about tonight?

1086. That sounds good.

1087. Do you, uh... like zabaglione?

1088. Should I?

1089. I know a great Italian place.

1090. Okay.

1091. Transfer papers on the Heuston boy.

1092. I see you got a bed.

1093. Yeah, they're moving him now.

1094. Thank you, Dr. Ross.

1095. Thanks.

1096. Okay.

1097. I'm sorry.

1098. Chuny, I need a couple vials of lidocaine.

1099. You still here?

1100. I thought you had a date.

1101. Canceled.

1102. They busted you.

1103. They busted me.

1104. Men are so stupid.

1105. How many women were you dating

1106. when you were with me?

1107. Just you.

1108. Really?

1109. Yeah, you know, except for that night

1110. that my neighbor the ballerina broke up with her boyfriend.

1111. You know, I had to comfort her.

1112. So that was like a public service?

1113. Yeah, yeah... other than that,

1114. I was totally faithful.

1115. Oh, I feel blessed.

1116. You know, I still have dinner reservations.

1117. Where?

1118. La Soiree.

1119. How come you never took me to La Soiree?

1120. Just an oversight which I'd like to correct.

1121. Well... I'll have to take a look at my calendar.

1122. Hey, what are you doing?

1123. Practicing one-handed sutures.

1124. What is that?

1125. An eggplant.

1126. What, did they run out of pigs' feet?

1127. No, I'm a vegetarian.

1128. Ah...

1129. So, uh...

1130. You doing anything later?

1131. Um, actually, I, uh... I got plans.

1132. Okay.

1133. Well, maybe some other time.

1134. If you want, you can come with me.

1135. I'd love... yeah, I'd love to.

1136. Where?

1137. How could you forget to send in our time cards?

1138. I didn't forget to send in the time cards.

1139. Then how come we didn't get our paychecks?

1140. I don't know.

1141. Someone in administration must have screwed up.

1142. I distinctly remember collecting all the time cards,

1143. wrapping them in a rubber band,

1144. and then stuffing them in my purse...

1145. Mm-hmm.

1146. Pretty good, except you're

1147. supposed to hit your own target.

1148. You might want

1149. to keep your eyes open this time.

1150. Let me show you.

1151. Okay, now relax.

1152. The trick is...

1153. to caress the butt,

1154. and squeeze the trigger slowly.

1155. Oh, my God. What?

1156. Uh... over there. Where?

1157. Don't look... maybe she won't see us. Who?

1158. That woman in the red sweater.

1159. The tall one?

1160. Don't look.

1161. Why?

1162. That's-that's my ex-girlfriend

1163. Amy Elliot.

1164. Girlfriend.

1165. Cop.

1166. I broke up with her two months ago.

1167. She's jealous as hell.

1168. Here.

1169. Would you like some more champagne?

1170. Are you trying to get me drunk?

1171. Yeah, I need the company.

1172. So you lost all three, right?

1173. Yes!

1174. I told you.

1175. How was your day?

1176. I don't want to talk about it.

1177. All right.

1178. So what do you want to do after dinner?

1179. See a movie?

1180. Mmm.

1181. Go bowling?

1182. I forgot.

1183. Let's just, uh... get another bottle of champagne.

1184. I like that idea a lot.

1185. I had a really nice time.

1186. I hope it is the first of many.

1187. So there's my car.

1188. Want to get some coffee?

1189. I know a great little place a couple blocks from here.

1190. You know what? It's getting late,

1191. and I got to work early tomorrow.

1192. Are you sure that's the reason?

1193. Well, I'm afraid.

1194. Of what?

1195. Of liking you too much.

1196. What's wrong?

1197. Nobody's done that in a really long time.

1198. Aren't you afraid?