1. ERCopy !req
2. Previously on ER...Copy !req
3. - Want a bite?
- No, I'll just watch you eat it.Copy !req
4. - Where is that going?
- What do you mean?Copy !req
5. - You and the desk clerk.
- Do you think your grand mother...Copy !req
6. - would consider this clinic idea?
- She'd probably look at it.Copy !req
7. I have to pay my landlord,
the med school bills,Copy !req
8. my phone bill, the gas bill,
that should leave me about four bucks.Copy !req
9. - Oh, yeah, me too.
- You've not worked...Copy !req
10. - with Dr. Romano, have you?
- Rocket Romano?Copy !req
11. Rocket's sponsoring my BTA.Copy !req
12. Damn you people!Copy !req
13. - Hold him down!
- Son of a bitch!Copy !req
14. That's enough!Copy !req
15. Believe me, it won't get any better.Copy !req
16. He belongs in jail.Copy !req
17. I wish it was me who kicked
your white ass!Copy !req
18. "Ground Zero"Copy !req
19. - I hope I didn't wake you.
- No.Copy !req
20. No. I smelled the coffee.Copy !req
21. Well, let me get you a cup.Copy !req
22. Okay.Copy !req
23. You're cheerful this morning.Copy !req
24. Did you talk to the foreman yet?Copy !req
25. Yeah. He gave me
the same old, same old.Copy !req
26. All crewed up.Copy !req
27. But I talked to Tommy Styles.Copy !req
28. Tommy?
I thought he moved to Atlanta.Copy !req
29. Yeah. He's a general manager of
a construction company down there...Copy !req
30. and got some contracts
during the Olympics.Copy !req
31. And things just grew from there.Copy !req
32. They can't get enough guys
to fill their gigs.Copy !req
33. - Good for him.
- Yeah.Copy !req
34. He said...
He said a guy with my skills...Copy !req
35. could make some real good money
the first year out.Copy !req
36. In Atlanta?Copy !req
37. Yeah. I mean, it could be
a chance for a fresh start.Copy !req
38. Better job opportunities.Copy !req
39. Better weather.Copy !req
40. We already know Tommy.
My sister's down there.Copy !req
41. And it's a chocolate city,
so socially-Copy !req
42. - Sounds great.
- But?Copy !req
43. But we're not kids anymore.
We can't just start over.Copy !req
44. Why not? Why can't we
just wipe the slate clean?Copy !req
45. Because we have a mortgage
and I have a job.Copy !req
46. But I don't.Copy !req
47. I'm being frozen out up here.Copy !req
48. And after that fight with Bill,
I can't just hang out...Copy !req
49. watch a football game
with the guys.Copy !req
50. My life is over up here.Copy !req
51. In Atlanta, we wouldn't have
to tell anybody. Nobody would know.Copy !req
52. Hey, how many patients do you
think we see every year?Copy !req
53. Too many.Copy !req
54. Could you be a little more specific?
It's for my grant proposal.Copy !req
55. Tonight's the Carter Family
Foundation night. You nervous?Copy !req
56. No, the worst she'll say is no, and
I'm back to clueless and penniless.Copy !req
57. - Good morning.
- Hey.Copy !req
58. You in a good mood?Copy !req
59. The hospital settled
the Kenny Law malpractice suit.Copy !req
60. No more process servers.
No more depositions.Copy !req
61. And after today, no more work...Copy !req
62. because I've got three days
of vacation time before me.Copy !req
63. Any plans?Copy !req
64. Sleep, sleep and sleep.Copy !req
65. Mark, how many patients do we
see here every year?Copy !req
66. Would that be real patients
or turkeys?Copy !req
67. Forget I asked.Copy !req
68. Your count will be about 95 percent
higher if you count all the wackos.Copy !req
69. It's a little harsh.Copy !req
70. All right, I'll make you a wager.Copy !req
71. A wager on the turkey-to-patient
ratio over the next 12 hours.Copy !req
72. - No, thanks.
- Two-1 odds.Copy !req
73. Can I get a doctor quickly?Copy !req
74. Help, please! Anyone!Copy !req
75. See? Here's a real patient now.
You're already up by one.Copy !req
76. Anna?Copy !req
77. - Anna?
- Hey, Carter.Copy !req
78. I'm running late. Sorry.Copy !req
79. I misread your handwriting.
I thought this said 4D.Copy !req
80. It does.Copy !req
81. Come in.Copy !req
82. I had to get my shower in
before the guy in 4G.Copy !req
83. He stands in there for an hour
listening to Howard Stern.Copy !req
84. Can I get a ride to Journal Club?Copy !req
85. - Sure.
- Thanks.Copy !req
86. Make yourself comfortable.
I'm gonna go get dressed.Copy !req
87. This is a nice place.Copy !req
88. Please, it's a dump.
But you get what you pay for, right?Copy !req
89. What can you do?
Especially on what we're paid.Copy !req
90. Right.Copy !req
91. If you want, there's some
Pop-Tarts on the counter.Copy !req
92. Can I make you one?Copy !req
93. No, it's okay. I like them cold.Copy !req
94. - Me too.
- Really?Copy !req
95. Damn landlord won't fumigate
the place.Copy !req
96. I write letters,
call the management office.Copy !req
97. Bet he doesn't have roaches
around his fat-cat estates.Copy !req
98. Report him to the health department.
Roaches are a health hazard.Copy !req
99. Really? That works?
You tried it?Copy !req
100. Yeah.Copy !req
101. I never would have pegged you for
a guy who knew slumlord politics.Copy !req
102. You seem so milk-fed middle-class.Copy !req
103. You know, my family always
had enough to get by.Copy !req
104. Never went hungry or anything.Copy !req
105. Let's go over this journal
stuff at breakfast.Copy !req
106. I know a place that's got
a $1.99 pancake special.Copy !req
107. - You buying?
- My treat.Copy !req
108. All right. Thanks.Copy !req
109. - Type and cross for 4 units.
- X-ray. AP and lateral on that knee.Copy !req
110. - What happened?
- A performance piece-Copy !req
111. I did "William Tell," taking the risk
that the average Philistine wouldn't.Copy !req
112. All this idiot had to do was shoot
the apple from in between my legs.Copy !req
113. - Lucky he didn't aim higher.
- It makes it even edgier.Copy !req
114. - You shed blood for your work.
- Are you Max Prole?Copy !req
115. No. It's just, the blood on the gallery wall
made a bold splatter-Copy !req
116. - Do I look like Jackson Pollock?
- I'm sorry, sir. I just think-Copy !req
117. Carol, let's give him
10 of morphine.Copy !req
118. Wait. The piece can go on and
live and breathe on its own.Copy !req
119. I will be the canvas.Copy !req
120. No morphine.
Experience the sensation.Copy !req
121. You have a bullet hole in your leg.
Now take the drug.Copy !req
122. Sorry, Carol. Score one for me.Copy !req
123. When is Dr. Hicks doing
her 8 a. m. gastroplasty?Copy !req
124. - Did.
- Excuse me?Copy !req
125. She pushed it up to 6.
They should be done by now.Copy !req
126. Hey, what's going on?Copy !req
127. - Finishing up my note.
- Dr. Hicks changed her surgery?Copy !req
128. She made rounds for Dr. Sloman.
You weren't here yet.Copy !req
129. - Why wasn't I called?
- I didn't want to disturb you.Copy !req
130. That was my gastroplasty.Copy !req
131. I know. But you have limited time
with your family, so...Copy !req
132. Is that what you told Dr. Hicks?Copy !req
133. Peter, I thought I was doing you a favor.
If you think I wanted this-Copy !req
134. Hey, did you?Copy !req
135. Look, why don't you take my ischemic
bowel at 11, and we'll call it a trade.Copy !req
136. - Okay, yeah. Why don't we do that.
- Good.Copy !req
137. You smell like talcum powder.
That's so sweet.Copy !req
138. Hey, Jeanie. Your husband called.Copy !req
139. - Did he leave a message?
- Yeah, I wrote it down.Copy !req
140. "Mint juleps, night-blooming jasmine
and warm southern breezes. "Copy !req
141. - That was it?
- Yeah. He sounds like a real romantic.Copy !req
142. Sometimes I wish he wasn't
as much of a romantic.Copy !req
143. You don't like
being swept off your feet?Copy !req
144. - It's the landing that's a problem.
- This Synergix Group...Copy !req
145. Its balanced budget's deeper
in the red than ours.Copy !req
146. - I've made real progress.
- That's laudable.Copy !req
147. - But hear what they have to say.
- What if I don't like it?Copy !req
148. I'd plan on liking it.Copy !req
149. Or you can explain to the board
of directors the ER's massive deficit.Copy !req
150. They're looking for scapegoats.
Don't be one.Copy !req
151. It was a complete accident.
Mr. Prole made me do it.Copy !req
152. - This is your guy.
- A couple of questions.Copy !req
153. I was a bad shot. He wouldn't listen!Copy !req
154. - Gotta love the crackpots.
- Can you cover me for a few hours?Copy !req
155. Anspaugh's sending me
to some dog-and-pony show...Copy !req
156. for these ER management groups.Copy !req
157. - If I have to.
- He just zeroed in on the budget.Copy !req
158. Said we're overstaffed, ordering too
many tests. He wants it turned around.Copy !req
159. - Sounds bad.
- There's no money.Copy !req
160. Resources are stretched as it is.Copy !req
161. He still wants me to lose another 98,000.Copy !req
162. - Something's gotta give.
- Yeah.Copy !req
163. I just don't know what or who.Copy !req
164. Let me know when you're back.Copy !req
165. - What have you got?
- Matthew Lindermulder.Copy !req
166. His spotter at the gym dropped
a free-weight bar on his head.Copy !req
167. Now I know why I let
my gym membership lapse.Copy !req
168. BP's 120/80. Pulse 88.Copy !req
169. - Pupils equal, round and reactive.
- Babinski's down-going.Copy !req
170. He withdraws to pain.Copy !req
171. Okay. Let's get a CBC, cross-table
C- spine, and a non-contrast head CT.Copy !req
172. - Oh, man.
- What's that?Copy !req
173. It's a Klan tattoo.Copy !req
174. Can you hear me?
How long was he seizing?Copy !req
175. His cellmates screamed
for us an hour ago.Copy !req
176. All the way here.
It stopped as we pulled up.Copy !req
177. BP's 100/70. Pulse 100.Copy !req
178. - Has he been here before?
- Don't know.Copy !req
179. - Wet himself in the van on the way.
- Okay.Copy !req
180. - Can you not use those cuffs?
- Okay, but I gotta stay with him.Copy !req
181. He's waking up!Copy !req
182. I hear it ringing.Copy !req
183. - Any history of epilepsy?
- No.Copy !req
184. - I smell rubber.
- How are you feeling there?Copy !req
185. I don't know. I don't know.Copy !req
186. Hang on. Hang on.
That's all right. Hang on.Copy !req
187. He's bit his tongue.Copy !req
188. Get a head CT and a tox screen.
Can I talk to you outside?Copy !req
189. Sure.Copy !req
190. - What do you think?
- Textbook seizure symptoms.Copy !req
191. - A little too textbook.
- A convincing performance.Copy !req
192. I've seen Oscar-winning performances
for a "Get out of Jail Free" card.Copy !req
193. Maybe Mark Greene's rubbing off on us.Copy !req
194. He's seizing again.Copy !req
195. The labs are back
on that weird guy in 1.Copy !req
196. - Anna, weird guy in 1.
- Okay.Copy !req
197. - Thanks again for breakfast.
- Sure.Copy !req
198. - Could you wrap up a patient for me?
- Is he stinky?Copy !req
199. No. A straightforward concussion.
Just makes me uncomfortable.Copy !req
200. You're passing him off because
he makes you feel uncomfortable?Copy !req
201. Dr. Carter? It's the lab.Copy !req
202. - He's a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
- Did he make any remarks?Copy !req
203. No. He's unconscious.
But I noticed he had a KKK tattoo.Copy !req
204. If we all waited for the perfect patient,
the lounge would be standing-room only.Copy !req
205. Any problem, call security. Until then,
try and remember Hippocrates.Copy !req
206. No pupil dilation.Copy !req
207. Oral mucosa's intact.Copy !req
208. Lucky landing.Copy !req
209. Sorry, officer, it doesn't look good.Copy !req
210. Will you prepare the H20-Na
treatment, please?Copy !req
211. Doctor, that's experimental.Copy !req
212. - What doesn't look good?
- Well, it's our only hope.Copy !req
213. Officer, do you have the name
of Mr. Steiff's next of kin?Copy !req
214. Either he'll snap out of it, or he'll
be forced into an irreversible coma.Copy !req
215. Coma?Copy !req
216. Wait a few seconds. If it doesn't
work, call the coma team.Copy !req
217. What? What? Who?Copy !req
218. - Amazing.
- Yeah.Copy !req
219. - Saltwater.
- Where am I?Copy !req
220. Right now, you're in a hospital...Copy !req
221. but you'll soon be on a bus
headed for prison...Copy !req
222. in very wet pants.Copy !req
223. We got your Gram's stain back,
Mr. La Fontaine.Copy !req
224. Please, for you, Vinnie.Copy !req
225. Okay, Vinnie. You have gonorrhea.Copy !req
226. From your chart,
you're familiar with the protocol.Copy !req
227. Occupational hazard.
Price of being a player.Copy !req
228. - You sing?
- No.Copy !req
229. That's a damn shame because...Copy !req
230. I've been in the entertainment industry
for numerous years.Copy !req
231. And with a face like yours,
you could sell a lot of platters.Copy !req
232. This is a single dose
of Floxin and Zithromax.Copy !req
233. They do the same thing as
the antibiotics you're used to.Copy !req
234. I remember when it used to be
an elephant gun...Copy !req
235. of penicillin in the ass.Copy !req
236. Have you been tested recently
for HIV or syphilis?Copy !req
237. Oh, yeah, I get tested at Southside Clinic.
I am clean and pristine.Copy !req
238. - Is the coast clear?
- What?Copy !req
239. Fake seizure kid.
I'd rather Dr. Greene not see him.Copy !req
240. Not a patient I should bring up
to your grandmother, right?Copy !req
241. Oh, jeez! Your clinic proposal.
That's tonight, isn't it?Copy !req
242. Yeah, Oak Park, 7:00.
That's what we said.Copy !req
243. Yeah, we did. I just spaced it.Copy !req
244. I made plans with Anna.
I can change them.Copy !req
245. - Plans with Anna?
- Yeah, Journal Club.Copy !req
246. - So it's a colleague kind of thing?
- So far.Copy !req
247. You got all your facts and figures?
Gamma loves those.Copy !req
248. - Just waiting for census numbers.
- That's cool. You'll do fine.Copy !req
249. Don't talk politics or religion
and you'll stay on her good side.Copy !req
250. Politics, religion.Copy !req
251. Or baseball. She's pissed off
over that inter-league play.Copy !req
252. - Anything else?
- No. You're a natural.Copy !req
253. How long has your wrist hurt?Copy !req
254. About two weeks. Think it might be-Copy !req
255. - I'll take a look.
- Can you hold this?Copy !req
256. - I'll just set it down-
- Consider yourself served.Copy !req
257. - Excuse me?
- If you have questions...Copy !req
258. - ... an attorney's number is inside.
- Too late, bud.Copy !req
259. This case was settled. But I have
a suggestion of where to stick this.Copy !req
260. - Another process server?
- Unbelievable.Copy !req
261. Impersonating a patient.
That's gotta be illegal.Copy !req
262. They should get their story straight.Copy !req
263. Mark, it's not a malpractice summons.
It's a civil suit.Copy !req
264. - What?
- Yeah.Copy !req
265. Chris Law's claiming you violated
his brother's civil rights.Copy !req
266. He's not suing the hospital.
He's suing you.Copy !req
267. So I think the facts speak
for themselves.Copy !req
268. When you partner
with Synergix Physicians' Group...Copy !req
269. we will increase revenues...Copy !req
270. streamline management
and cut costs...Copy !req
271. making your department
a center of excellence.Copy !req
272. I'm sure that some of you
have questions. So- Yes, sir.Copy !req
273. Eric Norris,
director of St. Joseph's ER-Copy !req
274. The principal author on thrombolytics
and pulmonary embolism...Copy !req
275. in the September Annals.
Welcome.Copy !req
276. Yes. What are your billing charges?Copy !req
277. Now, that is the beauty
of the SPG system.Copy !req
278. Collective billing of 125 facilities
enables us to keep billing costs...Copy !req
279. down below 5 percent.Copy !req
280. - Yes?
- I have a few questions. The first-Copy !req
281. I'm sorry. And you are?Copy !req
282. Kerry Weaver, Chief of Emergency
Services at County General.Copy !req
283. Five percent is an impressive number.Copy !req
284. But what's the actual percentage
Synergix retains in management fees?Copy !req
285. We retain the current
physicians' salaries.Copy !req
286. We balance your budget by maximizing
reimbursement and cutting costs.Copy !req
287. I'm sure you've heard of the Pentagon
and the $5,000 hammer-Copy !req
288. Yeah, I'm not talking about hammers.Copy !req
289. And you haven't answered
my question, Mr. West.Copy !req
290. Well, it's Dr. West.
But please call me Ellis.Copy !req
291. The number you're looking for is
dependent upon a multitude of factors.Copy !req
292. Payer mix, daily census, physician
reimbursement, just to name a few.Copy !req
293. But we should talk about this later.Copy !req
294. Right now I'd like to answer a few
more questions, if I may. Yes?Copy !req
295. In the back.Copy !req
296. - Dr. Romano.
- Lizzie, just the person I wanted to see.Copy !req
297. Someone will be limping for a while.Copy !req
298. Some wacky artist got shot.
Completely imploded his cartilage.Copy !req
299. There's a cylindrical defect
to the femoral condyle.Copy !req
300. You called it.
Perfect candidate for your research.Copy !req
301. He's all yours if you got the time.Copy !req
302. I have, but we'd need to get his
consent, look for a donor femur.Copy !req
303. Consent's taken care of.
And I trolled the morgue.Copy !req
304. Found a femur that matches. All you
need to do is grow culture cells.Copy !req
305. An osteochondral allograft.Copy !req
306. I didn't think I'd ever get to do one.
I'll start the cultures right away.Copy !req
307. - Thank you so much.
- Who looks out for you, huh?Copy !req
308. I talked to Ivan Sheldon.
Remember him?Copy !req
309. A night court judge from Evanston
with a 6 handicap.Copy !req
310. He gave me the name of a good attorney.
He defended the civil-rights case...Copy !req
311. against the Kallenback
Meatpacking Company.Copy !req
312. You're discussing my legal problems
with golfing buddies?Copy !req
313. Sheldon is a judge.Copy !req
314. I didn't ask you to save my ass,
or whatever it is you're trying to do.Copy !req
315. I'm trying to be your friend,
which is tougher to do these days.Copy !req
316. Mark, that environmental-allergy
woman is waiting.Copy !req
317. And why is that?Copy !req
318. You've been in a bad mood.
I don't know how to talk to you.Copy !req
319. - Then don't.
- Okay.Copy !req
320. What's the statute of limitations
on posttraumatic stress?Copy !req
321. Cut him some slack.Copy !req
322. We've all cut him plenty.
He needs some help.Copy !req
323. He needs friends who are supportive.Copy !req
324. He's not gonna have any friends
if he keeps this up.Copy !req
325. - Your guy is back from CT.
- The grand wizard.Copy !req
326. He's regained consciousness.
Needs a scalp and shoulder suture.Copy !req
327. - He'll be cross-burning in no time.
- I hate to say it, but...Copy !req
328. he's actually very polite.Copy !req
329. You're gonna need sutures.Copy !req
330. Now you're gonna make me look like
Frankenstein's monster, huh?Copy !req
331. First your shoulder.
Please lower your gown.Copy !req
332. Could the nurse do them? That little
blond lady who was in here before?Copy !req
333. It's not her job.
You'll have to settle for me.Copy !req
334. It's no offense. It's just...Copy !req
335. Go ahead.Copy !req
336. - I gotta hand it to you people.
- "You people"?Copy !req
337. Paramedics, nurses,
physicians' assistants.Copy !req
338. A dumb ox like me gets a barbell
dropped on his head...Copy !req
339. and I get the best care on Earth.Copy !req
340. Well, we treat everybody here.Copy !req
341. - Have you been saved, Miss...?
- Boulet.Copy !req
342. Do you walk with the Lord?Copy !req
343. What's that tattoo have to do
with the Lord?Copy !req
344. I'm sorry you had to see it.Copy !req
345. That's why I asked for the nurse.
It's a reminder of what I left behind.Copy !req
346. Intolerance, ignorance, hate.Copy !req
347. I was reborn through
the love of Jesus Christ.Copy !req
348. I've built a new life.Copy !req
349. You don't believe that's possible, do you?Copy !req
350. Sure I do.Copy !req
351. We didn't finish our discussion.Copy !req
352. I think I heard everything
I need to hear.Copy !req
353. But I haven't.Copy !req
354. Listen, Kerry, I'm surrounded
by number-crunchers all day long.Copy !req
355. When an intelligent and
attractive woman walks in...Copy !req
356. - ... I must ask her to lunch.
- Yeah. I have to get back to work.Copy !req
357. I'll tell Chicago not to get sick
for an hour.Copy !req
358. We'll go to the Oak Room, and I'll tell
you my dirty management secrets.Copy !req
359. - and the Japanese strain of staph is
resistant to the most powerful antibiotics.Copy !req
360. - Scary stuff.
- Yeah.Copy !req
361. Hi. I'm Dr. Greene.Copy !req
362. - What are you doing?
- There are germs, doctor.Copy !req
363. You can put that away now.Copy !req
364. Dr. Greene is very sanitary.
Don't worry.Copy !req
365. - I'll be the judge of that.
- Take off the mask.Copy !req
366. This is a charcoal-filter mask. 20 percent
of people get sicker in the hospital.Copy !req
367. I don't wanna become
another statistic.Copy !req
368. You're complaining of fatigue,
dry mouth, shortness of breath.Copy !req
369. Heart rate's 130. Resps 32.Copy !req
370. You've been here before
for anxiety attacks.Copy !req
371. This is not an anxiety attack.
I'm allergic to my apartment building.Copy !req
372. - Why don't you move?
- Is that your medical opinion, doctor?Copy !req
373. I have environmentally based
allergies!Copy !req
374. Or you're looking
for a little attention.Copy !req
375. Mark.Copy !req
376. Why don't you get a blood gas
and call me with the results.Copy !req
377. I see Dr. Corday handed you off
one nasty ileum.Copy !req
378. I'm just helping her out.Copy !req
379. I'm glad that you two
have some camaraderie.Copy !req
380. - It will come in handy with Dr. Romano.
- Excuse me?Copy !req
381. He's looking for another surgeon
for his team and...Copy !req
382. I recommended you.Copy !req
383. Well, thank you. But- Stapler.Copy !req
384. Thanks but what?Copy !req
385. I'm more interested in working with
surgeons who challenge my skills...Copy !req
386. - ... than dazzle me with technology.
- Technology is the new technique.Copy !req
387. And if you don't master it,
somebody else will.Copy !req
388. When I saw how the flaws
in the system trickled down...Copy !req
389. and affected the day-to-day
operations of an ER...Copy !req
390. - ... I knew I should be in management.
- Then you got your MBA.Copy !req
391. And then up the corporate ladder.
Blah, blah, blah.Copy !req
392. I didn't kidnap you
out of that conference...Copy !req
393. to tell you my life story.Copy !req
394. I wanna find out more about you.Copy !req
395. Pick your brain a little bit.Copy !req
396. Grapevine says you're doing
great things.Copy !req
397. I don't know about great.Copy !req
398. My spies tell me about your
waste-reduction program.Copy !req
399. Yeah, well, saving a syringe
and some gauze...Copy !req
400. is not the dent
my bosses are looking for.Copy !req
401. Sounds serious.
You wanna bend my ear?Copy !req
402. Maybe I can help.Copy !req
403. The board is convening
at the end of the week.Copy !req
404. - That's tomorrow.
- Don't remind me.Copy !req
405. They need to cut 10 percent of
the budget. We're already to the bone.Copy !req
406. Are they making suggestions
or handing you the ax?Copy !req
407. They figure I can chop 8 percent by firing
half of the physicians' assistants.Copy !req
408. - That's not a bad idea.
- On paper maybe.Copy !req
409. Not so great if you have to
fire a friend.Copy !req
410. So this is about more than
just the bottom line.Copy !req
411. Well, it's never easy
letting people go, Kerry.Copy !req
412. But there are ways
to make it less painful...Copy !req
413. and sometimes less permanent.Copy !req
414. Shall we get some coffee?Copy !req
415. Sure.Copy !req
416. With what I have waiting for me,
I'm in no rush to get back.Copy !req
417. Do you think people are capable of
change? Starting their lives over?Copy !req
418. - Yeah, sure. Why not?
- I did.Copy !req
419. I used to have deadbeat jobs
and go out with loser guys.Copy !req
420. Now look at me.Copy !req
421. Did the blood gas come up
on that germ lady?Copy !req
422. Yeah. In Curtain 2.Copy !req
423. Dr. Greene, she seemed a little
upset when she left.Copy !req
424. Wanted to get out of here.Copy !req
425. - She left before the test results?
- Yeah.Copy !req
426. She made a quick call, sprayed the phone
with disinfectant and walked out.Copy !req
427. - She left AMA.
- Why would she do that?Copy !req
428. Maybe because Mark was rude,
dismissive and patronizing.Copy !req
429. I'm sure that's not true.Copy !req
430. Not my job to be
their best friend.Copy !req
431. No. Just their caregiver.Copy !req
432. What's all the brouha?Copy !req
433. Dr. Romano and Dr. Corday are doing
an osteochondral allograft.Copy !req
434. Well, hot damn.
That's our first ever here at County.Copy !req
435. Even Channel Five News is here
covering it for the sci-tech segment.Copy !req
436. See what I mean, Peter?Copy !req
437. The future is now.Copy !req
438. Excuse me.Copy !req
439. - Excuse me.
- Oh, sorry.Copy !req
440. Excuse me.Copy !req
441. Vincent Scarletti, 82,
found in his bathroom.Copy !req
442. He was in full arrest.
We shocked him twice...Copy !req
443. got a rhythm and a pulse.Copy !req
444. How long between the time
you found your husband...Copy !req
445. - ... and the paramedics arrived?
- What?Copy !req
446. - She's hard of hearing.
- How long was he unconscious?Copy !req
447. Oh, I don't know.
Ten minutes, 15 maybe.Copy !req
448. He was here two weeks ago.
They said he was fine.Copy !req
449. We'll do everything we can.
On my count. One. Two. Three.Copy !req
450. BP's 80/50.Copy !req
451. - Pulse ox 90. Pulse is 48.
- All right.Copy !req
452. Start dopamine, titrate
to a systolic of 100.Copy !req
453. Atropine 0.5 mgs.Copy !req
454. His pupils are fixed and dilated.
No deep tendon reflexes.Copy !req
455. Carol, get a CBC, Chem-7, EKG,
blood gas and a portable chest.Copy !req
456. Call Respiratory.
Have them set up a vent.Copy !req
457. - What's wrong with my Vincenzo?
- It's okay. Please stand back.Copy !req
458. He's a good man. We have six children,
11 grandchildren.Copy !req
459. Mrs. Scarletti,
you need to wait outside.Copy !req
460. - I need to what?
- Carol, can I get an assist?Copy !req
461. Mrs. Scarletti, come on.
Let's go wait in the hall.Copy !req
462. Carol.Copy !req
463. Come on. We need to let
the doctor do his job. Come on.Copy !req
464. Come with me.Copy !req
465. - Where's Anspaugh? He's late.
- He's doing a Triple-A.Copy !req
466. Those can slog on.
You got something juicy?Copy !req
467. Yeah. Hernia repair.Copy !req
468. Mine's a hot appendix.
They can't all be newsworthy, eh?Copy !req
469. Unlike your osteochondral allograft
this afternoon, huh?Copy !req
470. You intentionally sidelined me
for that.Copy !req
471. What?Copy !req
472. Handing me off to Anspaugh
so you could be with Romano.Copy !req
473. That's the silliest thing
I've ever heard.Copy !req
474. He called me in to consult.
Not the other way around.Copy !req
475. If you say so.Copy !req
476. No. It's not just what I say.
That's the way it was.Copy !req
477. When did Anspaugh start the Triple-A?Copy !req
478. An hour ago.Copy !req
479. My patient's prepped.
I hate to get backed up.Copy !req
480. Yeah. You are busy today.Copy !req
481. Anspaugh wouldn't mind if
I just started, would he?Copy !req
482. It's painting by numbers.Copy !req
483. I haven't seen him mind yet.Copy !req
484. So you're okay finding another ride?Copy !req
485. - I can still take you home.
- No problem.Copy !req
486. I just totally spaced it.Copy !req
487. I agreed to have dinner with
my grandmother tonight.Copy !req
488. So this is just an appetizer?Copy !req
489. - Well, her cooking's not exactly-
- Carter, Anna, over here!Copy !req
490. Help me.Copy !req
491. - I can't breathe.
- Just relax. Hang on.Copy !req
492. - I'm taking this off.
- No! It's for my allergies.Copy !req
493. - I told the other doctor!
- What other doctor?Copy !req
494. Let's get a gurney.Copy !req
495. - Is that Mr. Scarletti?
- Yup.Copy !req
496. - Advanced lung cancer.
- Did you pull his records?Copy !req
497. He was in two weeks ago.
They told him the cancer's inoperable.Copy !req
498. - He never told his wife.
- Apparently not.Copy !req
499. What's her name?Copy !req
500. Margaret Scarletti.
Do you want me to go talk to her?Copy !req
501. I'll do it.Copy !req
502. Mark, I apologize for being late.
I had lunch with a rep from Synergix.Copy !req
503. - He had interesting ideas.
- We're slammed here-Copy !req
504. - That crackhead in 3 is screaming-
- Wait.Copy !req
505. I'd like to discuss the staffing
situation since it affects us both.Copy !req
506. I don't know what you're talking about.
Write it down in a memo.Copy !req
507. This woman collapsed outside.
She said she saw you.Copy !req
508. Probably anaphylactic shock.
I'll be there.Copy !req
509. - I'll get it.
- The back pain wants more Demerol.Copy !req
510. - In a minute.
- Can you sign off on this for me?Copy !req
511. - No.
- We could use the beds.Copy !req
512. - What should I do about the back pain?
- Ask Doyle.Copy !req
513. - It's the hospital's insurance attorney.
- Take a message.Copy !req
514. - Mrs. Scarletti, could you come with me?
- My husband, will he be okay?Copy !req
515. Will he live? How is he?Copy !req
516. I don't think we should
discuss this here.Copy !req
517. - What did you say? Will he live?
- We need to find a place to talk.Copy !req
518. I'm worried about Vincenzo.
Please, can I go see him?Copy !req
519. No. No, no, no. Not now.Copy !req
520. - I just wanna see him.
- Mrs. Scarletti...Copy !req
521. your husband has no chance
for a meaningful recovery.Copy !req
522. - He'll recover okay? Oh, thank you-
- No, no, no.Copy !req
523. I said, your husband has no chance
for a meaningful recovery.Copy !req
524. I don't understand.
What are you saying?Copy !req
525. I'm saying that your husband lied
to you about his condition!Copy !req
526. He's going to die!Copy !req
527. Jeanie, can you explain it to her?Copy !req
528. Mark, come on.
Let's talk for a second.Copy !req
529. Come here.Copy !req
530. Shouldn't somebody go after him?Copy !req
531. Dr. Corday.Copy !req
532. Heard you were elbow-deep
in a rather dicey Triple-A.Copy !req
533. I heard you were doing the appy.Copy !req
534. All finished. Twenty minutes and done.Copy !req
535. You operated without
an Attending present?Copy !req
536. Just an appendicectomy.
There weren't complications.Copy !req
537. The complication is that
you disregarded hospital policy.Copy !req
538. With something as basic as this,
I assumed there was leeway.Copy !req
539. You've been here several months.Copy !req
540. Have you seen any surgery
performed without an Attending?Copy !req
541. No.Copy !req
542. I apologize. In Britain we do minor
surgery without supervision.Copy !req
543. I was led to believe the same
standards applied here.Copy !req
544. By whom?Copy !req
545. I was mistaken. That's all.Copy !req
546. It won't happen again.Copy !req
547. - Is it true he just walked out?
- Cynthia hot on his heels.Copy !req
548. He seemed like such a sensitive guy.Copy !req
549. He is. Doesn't everybody
have some work to do?Copy !req
550. Can't do anything until
he does something for himself.Copy !req
551. I'm not gonna make it home
to change.Copy !req
552. Big plans?Copy !req
553. I'm asking this foundation
for a lot of money.Copy !req
554. - I don't have anything to wear.
- I have a jacket you can borrow.Copy !req
555. It's from Goodwill, but it's decent.Copy !req
556. - Thanks, that'd be great.
- Sure.Copy !req
557. From what Carter says,
his grandma's tough.Copy !req
558. - Carter, meaning John Carter?
- Yeah.Copy !req
559. It's called the Carter Family
Foundation...Copy !req
560. but she holds the purse strings
with an iron claw.Copy !req
561. - The Carter Family Foundation?
- Yeah, they're loaded.Copy !req
562. Carter's real blue blood. It's this
whole Upstairs, Downstairs thing.Copy !req
563. It might help you to take a doctor
along with you to make your case.Copy !req
564. I wrote some Pedes clinic
grants at CHOP.Copy !req
565. - You sure?
- I'd love to come along.Copy !req
566. Okay.Copy !req
567. It's like I can't breathe.Copy !req
568. It's like something inside of my head
pushing, trying to get out. And I...Copy !req
569. Every time I think I have things
under control, it just goes south.Copy !req
570. - I'm babbling.
- If you don't wanna talk about it-Copy !req
571. A few months ago, I was attacked
in the men's room in the ER...Copy !req
572. by this gangbanger who blames me for
his brother dying of a gunshot wound.Copy !req
573. Oh, my God!
That's the creep who's suing you?Copy !req
574. They settled the malpractice suit
for three million dollars.Copy !req
575. And now the bastard's suing me
for violating his brother's civil rights.Copy !req
576. I mean, figure that one out.Copy !req
577. I can't believe it.Copy !req
578. He attacked me from behind.
I tried to fight back, but I-Copy !req
579. He could've had a gun
or been on drugs or-Copy !req
580. I didn't even think about that.
My adrenaline was pumping so hard.Copy !req
581. You're right.
People on PCP, they...Copy !req
582. He could've killed you.Copy !req
583. Mark...Copy !req
584. you're so used to handling
everyone else's problems that...Copy !req
585. you're not used to
asking for help.Copy !req
586. - Jeanie.
- Hi.Copy !req
587. These horse pills are
the hardest to swallow.Copy !req
588. We should talk.Copy !req
589. I know, today's been insane.
Heard from Mark?Copy !req
590. I've talked to Dr. Anspaugh
about the ER budget.Copy !req
591. He's very concerned about our deficit.Copy !req
592. The overages can be contained
with structural changes...Copy !req
593. if we pursue industrial contracts-Copy !req
594. Kerry, wait. What are you saying?Copy !req
595. I have to lay off some of the staff
including two PAs.Copy !req
596. The fairest way to do that is to give
preference to those with seniority.Copy !req
597. Are you firing me?Copy !req
598. Jeanie, I'm sorry.
I don't have a choice.Copy !req
599. You were the last one hired.Copy !req
600. You can work to the end of the month.
COBRA insurance will cover your meds.Copy !req
601. I've talked to Physical Therapy.Copy !req
602. They'll have an opening
in the next few months.Copy !req
603. Except it pays about
a third less than here.Copy !req
604. I want this to be short-term.
We're pursuing contracts.Copy !req
605. When the new system is up,
I want you back.Copy !req
606. So I'm supposed to wait
by the phone?Copy !req
607. Jeanie, you know I value you
professionally and as a friend.Copy !req
608. And I'm going to try to work this out.Copy !req
609. No, please don't go to
any more trouble.Copy !req
610. Do I look okay?Copy !req
611. You look great.Copy !req
612. Miss Hathaway and...?Copy !req
613. - Dr. Del Amico. Anna.
- Mrs. Carter will be a few moments.Copy !req
614. But she insists you have a cocktail.
What may I bring you?Copy !req
615. - Spring water would be fine.
- Yes. And you, ma'am?Copy !req
616. What kind of beer do you have?Copy !req
617. - Heineken, Grolsch, Amstel Light-
- Just make that another spring water.Copy !req
618. Certainly. Will you follow me
to the music room?Copy !req
619. Please.Copy !req
620. Oh, my God.Copy !req
621. That's Mr. Carter in 1985.Copy !req
622. He and Marigold took home blue ribbons
at Tempel Farms that year.Copy !req
623. Marigold?Copy !req
624. His thoroughbred.Copy !req
625. Please, make yourself comfortable.Copy !req
626. Hey, Carol.
Did you find the place okay?Copy !req
627. Hey, Carter.Copy !req
628. Nice place you have here.Copy !req
629. - ER.
- Any word from Mark?Copy !req
630. No, but everybody else keeps calling.Copy !req
631. - ER.
- Could you sign off on this?Copy !req
632. - Mark never got to it.
- Some day, huh?Copy !req
633. Yeah. Some day.Copy !req
634. This is a horrible job.
When is that temp clerk coming?Copy !req
635. - ER. What do you want?
- I am out of here.Copy !req
636. Oh, Doug. It's for you.Copy !req
637. - Tell them I already left.
- It's long-distance, collect.Copy !req
638. Hello. This is Doug Ross.Copy !req
639. Yeah. Okay.Copy !req
640. Yeah.Copy !req
641. When?Copy !req
642. Okay. Are you sure?
Is it-? Okay.Copy !req
643. Yeah. Hang on. Could you...?Copy !req
644. Okay.Copy !req
645. Thank you.Copy !req
646. - Is everything okay?
- Everything is fine.Copy !req
647. No. I mean, I've seen it.Copy !req
648. I've seen what she's talking about.Copy !req
649. An ER is about emergent cases.
It's about speed.Copy !req
650. Patients that need continuity
of care tend to...Copy !req
651. fall through the cracks.
I had a diabetic-Copy !req
652. I'm sure your diabetic is fascinating.
But I'd like to speak to the lady.Copy !req
653. Sure, of course. I'm sorry.Copy !req
654. Alone.Copy !req
655. - Right.
- Me too?Copy !req
656. - Give her a tour of the grounds.
- Okay.Copy !req
657. Excuse me.Copy !req
658. Dr. Corday, I'm changing.Copy !req
659. - Shedding your skin, Dr. Snake?
- I beg your pardon.Copy !req
660. You knew I wasn't permitted
to perform that appy.Copy !req
661. But you let me walk
right in there anyway.Copy !req
662. Like you knew I should have been
notified this morning, right?Copy !req
663. You were home. Hicks wanted to go.
Somebody needed to step in.Copy !req
664. Like you needed someone to step into
the ischemic bowel...Copy !req
665. so you'd be with Romano.Copy !req
666. How dare you accuse me
of manipulation!Copy !req
667. I deserve better than that!
Besides, if I had really wanted to...Copy !req
668. you wouldn't even
have been aware of it.Copy !req
669. All right. I suppose
I could've called you.Copy !req
670. But with your being at home and my-Copy !req
671. You are not the only one
who likes to cut.Copy !req
672. But if I'm the only one here,
then I won't be ashamed of doing it.Copy !req
673. Then I'll make sure you're
not in that position again.Copy !req
674. Why, thank you, Dr. Benton.Copy !req
675. - Dr. Romano. Do you have a minute?
- Yeah.Copy !req
676. Absolutely.Copy !req
677. I was wondering if you were
still looking for...Copy !req
678. an extra set of hands.Copy !req
679. Would those be Benton hands?Copy !req
680. Yes.Copy !req
681. You're thinking you like the looks
of the 21 st century, is that it?Copy !req
682. He simply wants to keep an eye on me.
Don't you, Dr. Benton?Copy !req
683. Someone needs to.Copy !req
684. I'll give it some thought.
We'll talk more.Copy !req
685. You remember Weebles?Copy !req
686. Those little egg-looking things?Copy !req
687. "Weebles wobble,
but they don't fall down"?Copy !req
688. Gamma used to hate it.Copy !req
689. I'd take the Fabergé eggs, and I'd
put them with my Weeble family...Copy !req
690. as pets.Copy !req
691. All right. I'm sorry.
I should've said something.Copy !req
692. But you were so anti-rich people.Copy !req
693. I'm even more anti-liars.Copy !req
694. I wanted you to get to know me first.Copy !req
695. Okay. And meanwhile, I take you
to my favorite thrift store...Copy !req
696. give you a tour of
Roach Manor this morning...Copy !req
697. and you must have been laughing
your head off.Copy !req
698. - Not at all. I love that stuff.
- A little slumming, is that it?Copy !req
699. Before you knew all this, you saw me
for what I am, a regular guy.Copy !req
700. "A regular guy" doesn't
patronize people.Copy !req
701. You made me look like an idiot.Copy !req
702. Anna, I'm sorry.Copy !req
703. Forget it, Carter.Copy !req
704. So that's it?Copy !req
705. My family has a few bucks
and everything changes?Copy !req
706. - A few bucks? That's what it is to you?
- It's a figure of speech.Copy !req
707. That's exactly what
I'm talking about.Copy !req
708. To you, this is all a figure of speech.Copy !req
709. To me...Copy !req
710. I'm just gonna go wait outside
until Carol gets done.Copy !req
711. Mark? It's Doug.Copy !req
712. Hi.Copy !req
713. Cynthia, I'm looking for Mark.Copy !req
714. He might be asleep. But I'll check.Copy !req
715. - Who is it?
- Come on in.Copy !req
716. - Hey.
- Hi.Copy !req
717. What's going on?Copy !req
718. Might be a bad time.Copy !req
719. Yeah, yeah, kind of.Copy !req
720. - You okay?
- Yeah.Copy !req
721. I just wanted to make sure
you were okay.Copy !req
722. I'm fine.Copy !req
723. We're all a little worried about you.Copy !req
724. I'm okay.Copy !req
725. Okay.Copy !req
726. I'll be taking a few days off.Copy !req
727. I got a call from California.
My dad died.Copy !req
728. What? What happened?Copy !req
729. It was a car wreck or something.
They weren't clear on the details.Copy !req
730. But I gotta go claim the body...Copy !req
731. and stuff like that. So...Copy !req
732. I'm sorry.Copy !req
733. - I'll talk to you later.
- No. Come on in.Copy !req
734. That's okay. No, no, no.Copy !req
735. Come on in. I'll make some coffee.
Come on.Copy !req
736. All right.Copy !req
737. I looked him dead in the eye,
and I said...Copy !req
738. "That might fly with your Hollywood
chippies, Mr. President...Copy !req
739. but I am a lady. "Copy !req
740. What did he do?Copy !req
741. He took his hand off my rear
and apologized.Copy !req
742. And that was it?Copy !req
743. Then I slept with him.Copy !req
744. May I freshen you up?Copy !req
745. - No, thank you. I have to drive.
- And it's getting late.Copy !req
746. Time for the fat lady to sing.Copy !req
747. I like you, Carol.Copy !req
748. You remind me of me.Copy !req
749. Thank you.Copy !req
750. I think you might just possess...Copy !req
751. the extreme bullheaded
stubbornness...Copy !req
752. to make this clinic thing work.Copy !req
753. How would you like some seed money
to start you off?Copy !req
754. $75,000?
You haven't even read my proposal.Copy !req
755. It's my foundation.
Just don't tell my grandson.Copy !req
756. I have a stern, unapproachable image
to keep up.Copy !req
757. Well, then, this meeting
was hell from beginning to end.Copy !req
758. - Exactly.
- Thank you so much.Copy !req
759. Good, good. You're not too late.Copy !req
760. I wanted to get
the celebration rolling.Copy !req
761. Celebration?Copy !req
762. I got a supersaver ticket to Atlanta.Copy !req
763. Tommy's introducing me to some people.
And his sister-in-law...Copy !req
764. is a realtor.Copy !req
765. - So you had a good day.
- No. Not just me.Copy !req
766. Tommy knows some doctors
at the county hospital.Copy !req
767. Sounds too good to be true.Copy !req
768. We can make this happen.
We can make this work.Copy !req
769. Hey...Copy !req
770. what's wrong?Copy !req
771. Hi, Kerry.Copy !req
772. Ellis.Copy !req
773. I know this is strange.
We just met...Copy !req
774. and here I am calling you up
to come have a drink.Copy !req
775. - I hope you don't misunderstand.
- Oh, no.Copy !req
776. You saved me from having
to watch the local news.Copy !req
777. I don't usually do this kind of thing.Copy !req
778. Sure. That's what they all say.Copy !req
779. What's on your mind?Copy !req
780. I had to lay off a pretty close friend
this afternoon...Copy !req
781. and she didn't appreciate my
suggestions for getting through this.Copy !req
782. She just felt fired.Copy !req
783. Which is exactly what she was.Copy !req
784. That's right.Copy !req
785. When you try to get her job back,
she won't appreciate that, either.Copy !req
786. Welcome to the wonderful world
of management.Copy !req
787. Get you another drink?Copy !req
788. That'd be great. Thanks.Copy !req
789. - I wish you'd wait and leave tomorrow.
- I just want to get on with it.Copy !req
790. - Let me take you to the airport.
- I'll just leave it in Parking.Copy !req
791. - Pick Mark up too.
- I'm glad he's going with you.Copy !req
792. It's a good idea for him
to get out of town for a while.Copy !req
793. I'm gonna miss you.Copy !req
794. I love you, Carol.Copy !req
795. I love you too.Copy !req