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MAN [ON RADIO]: Good morning.
It's 6 a.m. on a beautiful morning in Boston.

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These are the top stories:

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Mayor White's assistant has met
with the Redevelopment Authority...

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...over the controversy
on the Town Heights project.

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Saugus: Police have arrested
contractor James McManus...

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...on $23 million graft
and bribery charges...

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...in connection with the Mystic
River extension. Hyannis Port....

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[SIREN WAILING]

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Mrs. Levine is day five
post-cholecystectomy.

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She remains afebrile and her previous
anorexia is gone, draining well.

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An AP chest film is clear.
Her white count is nine-four.

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BUN has stabilized at 40.2,
good output of 1600cc's.

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-Blood cultures?
-No growth times two.

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Well, Harris can't nail us on this one.

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Next case.

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WOMAN 1: It was a long time ago.
WOMAN 2: And is he good?

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WOMAN 3:
Yeah, he can really break it up!

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WOMAN 1:
Billy's weird.

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He gets so tired.

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WOMAN 2:
Do you like this lipstick?

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MAN:
She was terrific.

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It's 32 now and going fast.

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He can't afford to get out.

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I got a thousand shares of that.

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WOMAN: We have to have the AP, lateral
and 10 units done before they can begin.

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It says here, type and cross-match
was done yesterday.

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Just standard workup procedure.

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Well, I don't know.

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MAN:
So it was a clear case of endocarditis.

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NURSE:
We're ready when you are, Dr. Wheeler.

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MAN:
No response to antibiotics.

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SUSAN:
Cut her, okay?

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MAN: Sponge.
SUSAN: Begin to tie off.

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MARK:
It's all politics. Today, for instance...

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...Rudnick says to me, "I hear you're
the new chief resident in surgery."

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-That's great!
-He was testing me.

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Then he says that Harris told him...

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...that Mark Bellows was going to be
the next chief resident.

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-Wonderful, Mark.
-But here's the thing.

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He waited for me to say I knew
about it. That wouldn't look right.

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That would look as if I expected it.
So I said I hadn't heard anything.

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Heh. You've wanted it for two years.

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But there's no point
in saying that, is there?

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I said, uh...

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...I thought it'd be wonderful
if it happened.

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I said Chandler was doing
an excellent job as chief resident.

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[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

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But I said there was a little room
left for improvement.

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Chandler's damn good.

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I really laid it on thick
with old Rudnick.

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I told him I was following his hepatic
research, cited some references.

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He was impressed.

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Procedure went well too.

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So all in all, it was a good day.

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I'm gonna take a shower.
Can you grab me a beer before dinner?

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Hey, Mark.

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Get your own beer.

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-Honey, for chrissakes, come on.
-I want to take a shower.

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MARK: I was on call last night.
-So was I.

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MARK:
I know, but I had two arrests...

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...aortic aneurysm blew at 4 a.m.,
had to be done stat.

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So I didn't get any sleep,
and I'd really like to take a shower.

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[SHOWER RUNNING]

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If you don't mind.

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SUSAN:
I had a hard day too.

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You get in the shower faster
than any person alive.

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SUSAN:
Have a beer. You'll feel better.

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I know what'd make me feel better.

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Goddamn doctors.

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Couldn't have fallen
in love with a nurse.

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Dorothy on the eighth floor.

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She liked me.

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My own apartment.

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[SCOFFS]

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[SIGHS]

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Did you hear about Louis?

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SUSAN:
What about Louis?

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They passed him up
as assistant professor.

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Guy's really paid his dues too.
Now they don't take him.

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Plus his son is waiting
for a kidney transplant.

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Did you start dinner?

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What?

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Did you start dinner?

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-Did you hear anything I said?
-It's in the fridge. Just heat it up.

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-I was telling you about my day.
-I had a hard day too.

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Just go heat it up.

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Why is it, whenever we're about
to fight, you're always undressed?

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What's the big deal?
Just heat up the stew.

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-Why won't you help out?
-Is that the way you see it?

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I make my concessions.
You always take a shower first.

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-I don't.
-You do too, and I'm getting tired of it.

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-Honey, come on.
-Don't call me honey.

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I'm trying to tell you about my day.
Something that happened.

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Your days are always the same.

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What is that supposed to mean?

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Just politics, that's all.

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Who said what to whom.
Who's rising, who's falling.

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Who's made a good move, a bad move.
Politics!

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Somebody has to be interested
in hospital politics.

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You certainly are not.

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I thought you were a surgical
resident, not a political one.

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I like politics.

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They interest me. Just because
you're always looking for-

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You want me to heat up
the dinner, is that it?

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I want some respect.

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Susan, come on. Don't leave again.

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Why can't you share
half the responsibility?

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I share more than
half the responsibility!

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-No need to shout.
-Why are you running off?

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You think I want this?
Let me tell you something.

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I make concessions
for this so-called relationship.

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-I know it's hard on you politically.
MARK: I also want you to—

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Susan, don't go.

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You know what the trouble with you is?

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All you care about
is being chief resident.

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You know what your trouble is?
You don't want a relationship.

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Look at you.
You run away from it.

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This is ridiculous.

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You don't want a lover...

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...you want a goddamn wife!

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[THUNDER RUMBLING]

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[PHONE RINGING]

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Bastard.

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[RINGING STOPS]

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Hmm. I have a bleeder here.

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-I need more suction.
MAN: Clamp.

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He's not di-toxic.
He has advanced ASHD.

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[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

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I just bought some at 43.

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Yeah, I hear they have management
problems. I sold at 37.

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-Hi.
SUSAN: Hi.

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-How are you?
-Mm-hm.

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I'm fine. The case went well.
No problem.

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Good.

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I'm really sorry about last night.

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So am I.

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-You want to have some lunch?
-I have class.

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You don't think this is
more important than the class?

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Mark, that class is the only time
I get out of this damn hospital.

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Can you understand that?
It's important to me!

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You're impossible!

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Seven, eight, step!

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[UP-BEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

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Back. Step.

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Out!

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One, two, down three,
up four and open.

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And one and two,
three and four.

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Stretch.

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Walk two, three, four...

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...and five and six, seven,
eight and back.

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NANCY: You gonna leave Mark?
-I don't know.

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I went home last night.

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Again?

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He's impossible.

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Did you see Dr. Richards?

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-And?
-I don't know.

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Apparently you can tell by looking at
the cervix. It's a different color.

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He did the lab tests and he says
I'm definitely 8 to 10 weeks pregnant.

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So Dr. Richards is doing
a D and C tomorrow.

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-For menstrual irregularity.
-Mm-hm.

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It's simple, isn't it?

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Are you worried?

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I know you do this every day but, sure,
I'm worried. Who wouldn't be?

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It'll be fine, Nancy.
It's routine procedure.

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NURSE 1:
We're going to the Ice Capades.

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-It's real crowded.
COWANS: Patient on call?

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NURSE 1: Coming right down, Dr. Cowans.
NURSE 2: The instruments are autoclaved.

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Let's teach you fellas
some anesthesiology.

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This is your standard anesthesia.

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You've got two main wall lines.
Nitrous oxide on the left and oxygen.

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We got a case today that's a D and C.

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It's one of Dr. Richard's cases.
Actually, it's a TAB.

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That's a therapeutic abortion.
Keep it clean. It's a married patient.

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On the cart here,
we got two manometers...

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...with flow valves here and here
to regulate gas.

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We got emergency oxygen down here...

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...which we checked and that's full.

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During surgery, we'll be recording this
and the vital signs.

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NURSE 1:
Hey, how is Bess?

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NURSE 2:
I don't know.

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In and out.

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Yeah.

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NURSE 1: Boy, she has more rails
than anybody I know.

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NURSE 2:
She's seeing a shrink now.

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One, two, three, up!

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NURSE 1: Anybody we know?
NURSE 2: Mm-mm.

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COWANS: Morning, Nancy. Remember me?
I'm Dr. Cowans.

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Dr. Cowans.

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COWANS: That's right, dear,
and you'll have a nice long sleep.

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Pre-op, she's received a 0.01
of Demerol and 0.4 of atropine...

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...so believe me,
she's pretty relaxed.

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NURSE 1: I'll say she's relaxed!
Come on, Mrs. Greenly, on your back.

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That's it.

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NURSE 2: Gonna meet me for lunch?
NURSE 1: I don't know.

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-I'll let you know, okay?
NURSE 2: Okay.

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-I'll be in the lounge.
NURSE 1: Yeah.

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Henry might be calling,
and if he does, you know....

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NURSE 2: Okay, no problem.
NURSE 1: Yeah, okay.

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-Afternoon, Tom.
-Afternoon, Jim. How's our lady?

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-Just about ready.
-I'm still awake.

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-But not for long, dear.
-You promise?

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I'll induce with sodium Pentothal,
give an IV by syringe.

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Nance, what I want you to do...

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...is start counting from 100
backwards real slow, okay?

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Here we go.

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-A hundred.
-Ninety-nine...

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...ninety-eight...

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...ninety-seven...

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...ninety-six....

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It's quick. Stop the pentothal.

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You see, pentothal isn't
really an anesthetic.

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Any deep pain right now
and she'd wake right up.

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What we need for anesthesia is gas.

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First I'll inject some succinylcholine.

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I want you to watch her chest gauge
because she'll stop breathing.

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She's now experiencing
complete muscular paralysis.

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She's got three minutes
to breathe or she'll suffocate.

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So now we intubate.

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Taking a laryngoscope like so.

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Hold her head
in an extended position.

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Enter laterally, put up
the base of the tongue, up and out...

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...visualizing the trachea.

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There it is, fellas. Take a look.

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You see it?
It's right over there.

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Come on, guys!

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Take our tube and enter here. So.

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In the middle of surgery,
I'll switch over to the telothane.

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NURSE 2: Stirrups up?
NURSE 1: Yeah.

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How is John?

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NURSE 2: His fever broke today.
He'll go back to school tomorrow.

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Now we can check
the pupillary reflexes.

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Though she's unconscious,
the pupils should react to light...

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...and let us know
that the old brain is okay.

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That's it. Anesthesia's the easiest job
in the world until something goes wrong.

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It's 99% boredom
and 1% scared-shitless panic...

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...which we try to avoid.
The patient's yours, Dr. Richards.

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RICHARDS:
If you move in behind me...

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...you'll see what I am going to do
for this young woman.

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00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:07,392
Some music, please.

240
00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:09,891
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

241
00:13:10,058 --> 00:13:14,017
Actually, what I'm going to do
is get her out of a hell of a mess.

242
00:13:14,641 --> 00:13:15,975
She's pregnant.

243
00:13:16,183 --> 00:13:18,559
She doesn't want her husband to know.

244
00:13:19,808 --> 00:13:21,850
It's none of my business.

245
00:13:22,350 --> 00:13:25,309
I'm just her surgeon.
I don't run her life.

246
00:13:27,475 --> 00:13:30,017
So in fact, our task is simplified...

247
00:13:30,225 --> 00:13:32,975
...when the uterus is
anteverted and anteflexed.

248
00:13:33,183 --> 00:13:37,100
This is a function of the muscular
attachments, of which there are five.

249
00:13:37,309 --> 00:13:38,350
You should know them.

250
00:13:39,225 --> 00:13:43,058
They're the broad ligaments,
the round and cardinal ligaments...

251
00:13:43,267 --> 00:13:46,641
...and the endopelvic fascia,
the uterosacral ligaments.

252
00:13:46,850 --> 00:13:49,267
Again, part of the endopelvic fascia.

253
00:13:50,017 --> 00:13:51,434
[MUSIC STOPS]

254
00:13:52,267 --> 00:13:54,392
-Something wrong?
-Yeah.

255
00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,559
She just threw a PVC,
and her blood pressure's falling.

256
00:13:58,225 --> 00:13:59,975
I got 90 over 60.

257
00:14:00,183 --> 00:14:03,267
She's fully oxygenated.
Red as a cherry down here.

258
00:14:03,475 --> 00:14:05,600
Uh, how much longer you got?

259
00:14:07,058 --> 00:14:08,392
RICHARDS:
Just a couple of minutes.

260
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,183
COWANS: I don't like this.
Her blood pressure is still falling.

261
00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,142
[MACHINE BEEPING ERRATICALLY]

262
00:14:13,309 --> 00:14:14,350
Damn!

263
00:14:14,517 --> 00:14:18,267
We should stop. She may be getting
too much vagal stimulation.

264
00:14:18,475 --> 00:14:19,850
RICHARDS:
Jesus Christ.

265
00:14:20,058 --> 00:14:23,350
-What's the matter?
-I don't know. Nothing's the matter!

266
00:14:23,559 --> 00:14:25,766
Something's the matter.
She's going to arrest!

267
00:14:25,975 --> 00:14:27,017
I can't find anything!

268
00:14:28,017 --> 00:14:30,017
[MACHINE BEEPING RAPIDLY]

269
00:14:44,017 --> 00:14:46,808
I get a 100 over 80.
Her pressure's climbing.

270
00:14:47,017 --> 00:14:50,683
Let's finish up. I'd like to get
this mother off the table.

271
00:14:53,183 --> 00:14:54,975
Sponge, please.

272
00:14:58,017 --> 00:15:01,434
One-twenty over 80 and climbing.
She's okay.

273
00:15:03,225 --> 00:15:06,933
RICHARDS: These tissues go to pathology.
COWANS: Can I start bringing her out?

274
00:15:07,142 --> 00:15:08,641
Yeah, bring her out, Jim.

275
00:15:13,641 --> 00:15:16,725
COWANS:
Okay, Mrs. Greenly, it's time to wake up.

276
00:15:17,058 --> 00:15:18,517
Okay, Nancy?

277
00:15:18,683 --> 00:15:21,350
Mrs. Greenly? Wake up.

278
00:15:21,766 --> 00:15:24,517
Nance, can you give me
a cough, please?

279
00:15:25,975 --> 00:15:27,683
Nancy?

280
00:15:39,100 --> 00:15:43,392
Oh, Jesus Christ!
Her pupils are fixed and dilated.

281
00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,975
-What?
-The pupils, they're fixed.

282
00:15:47,559 --> 00:15:49,058
Dilated.

283
00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,267
Oh, my God!

284
00:15:56,142 --> 00:15:59,600
WILSON: Pre-op diagnosis,
acute gastric ulceration.

285
00:15:59,808 --> 00:16:02,183
Post-op diagnosis, the same.

286
00:16:02,683 --> 00:16:05,309
Surgeon, Dr. Wilson.

287
00:16:05,475 --> 00:16:07,517
Anesthesia, general....

288
00:16:07,683 --> 00:16:10,725
-Where's Schwartz? Cholecystectomy?
-Bed three.

289
00:16:13,267 --> 00:16:17,183
-Mr. Schwartz, I'm Dr. Bellows.
SCHWARTZ: You don't got to talk so loud.

290
00:16:17,350 --> 00:16:18,559
-How you feel?
-Ehh.

291
00:16:18,766 --> 00:16:19,891
Just "eh"?

292
00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:22,683
You want to get on your side
for me, please?

293
00:16:22,891 --> 00:16:25,600
-On your side.
-Speak up, I can't hear you.

294
00:16:25,808 --> 00:16:28,350
What'd they give you
in that operating room?

295
00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:29,891
Do you have any pain?

296
00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:33,392
If I had any pain,
I would go see a doctor.

297
00:16:33,766 --> 00:16:36,350
Now you want to breathe
for me real easy?

298
00:16:37,975 --> 00:16:39,933
That's it. Slowly.

299
00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:41,850
MAN 1:
She was given 4 milligrams narceine...

300
00:16:42,017 --> 00:16:44,309
...to rule out
idiosyncratic hypersusceptibility...

301
00:16:44,475 --> 00:16:45,891
-...to pre-op narcotic....
-Easy!

302
00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:48,975
MAN 1: Two units without effect,
a few peripheral fasciculations.

303
00:16:49,183 --> 00:16:50,850
MAN 2:
So it's not succinylcholine?

304
00:16:52,725 --> 00:16:55,309
Delayed return of consciousness
of cryptogenic origin.

305
00:16:57,933 --> 00:17:01,392
I see no reason not to transfer her
to the intensive care unit.

306
00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,891
Mr. Schwartz, you're gonna be fine.

307
00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:05,725
That's what you think!

308
00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,600
MAN 2: A grim prognosis, to say the least.
MAN 1: Rather tragic.

309
00:17:12,808 --> 00:17:14,641
Someone should notify Dr. George.

310
00:17:14,850 --> 00:17:17,142
He'll want to review
the anesthetic protocol.

311
00:17:17,350 --> 00:17:19,350
MAN 2:
Right, he's been paged.

312
00:17:19,517 --> 00:17:21,600
Looks like
another anesthetic reaction.

313
00:17:23,725 --> 00:17:26,641
WOMAN 1:
Page Dr. Bendix, 44432.

314
00:17:26,808 --> 00:17:27,850
WOMAN 2:
Check.

315
00:17:28,017 --> 00:17:29,891
George is not here.

316
00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:33,267
WOMAN 1:
No, Dr. Bendix. Bendix!

317
00:17:33,475 --> 00:17:36,142
Maybe he left the hospital.
Try his office.

318
00:17:37,350 --> 00:17:39,725
Could you page Dr. Wheeler, please?

319
00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:43,225
So you see, Jimmy,
your kidneys are sick.

320
00:17:43,434 --> 00:17:44,600
They don't work right.

321
00:17:44,808 --> 00:17:48,350
We need to take out the sick kidneys
and put in a new one.

322
00:17:48,517 --> 00:17:52,517
-Today?
-No, not today. We have to wait until...

323
00:17:52,683 --> 00:17:55,850
-...there's a kidney we can put in.
-Tomorrow?

324
00:17:56,350 --> 00:17:59,392
I don't know when.
But it could be a while.

325
00:17:59,559 --> 00:18:00,850
[BEEPER BEEPING]

326
00:18:01,017 --> 00:18:04,309
WOMAN [ON INTERCOM]:
Dr. Wheeler, call extension 3-5-6.

327
00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:07,475
You can have one of these.
Which color do you like?

328
00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:10,392
Purple.

329
00:18:11,017 --> 00:18:12,017
Take two.

330
00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:14,058
I like purple.

331
00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,641
I can see that.

332
00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:22,933
I like red too.

333
00:18:24,392 --> 00:18:26,058
Dr. Wheeler.

334
00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:28,683
Yes.

335
00:18:31,142 --> 00:18:32,683
Yes.

336
00:18:34,225 --> 00:18:35,683
Yes.

337
00:18:36,434 --> 00:18:37,517
Urn-

338
00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:41,017
Excuse me, I have to go
to intensive care now.

339
00:18:41,225 --> 00:18:43,017
A nurse should be right in.

340
00:18:44,766 --> 00:18:46,600
WOMAN:
Surgical ICU.

341
00:18:54,641 --> 00:18:56,183
What's her status?

342
00:18:56,475 --> 00:18:59,600
Greenly? Complete squash rot.

343
00:18:59,808 --> 00:19:01,475
She's a total Gomer.

344
00:19:02,517 --> 00:19:03,850
It's brain death.

345
00:19:16,683 --> 00:19:20,641
WOMAN: That patient was transferred
to the Jefferson Institute yesterday.

346
00:19:56,766 --> 00:19:58,808
How can this happen?

347
00:19:59,683 --> 00:20:00,975
All this....

348
00:20:09,309 --> 00:20:11,142
Did you do an EEG?

349
00:20:11,683 --> 00:20:12,725
MAN:
Flat.

350
00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:15,267
SUSAN:
Completely flat?

351
00:20:15,683 --> 00:20:17,392
MAN:
Completely flat.

352
00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:19,850
SUSAN:
Did you repeat it?

353
00:20:20,183 --> 00:20:21,559
MAN:
No, not yet.

354
00:20:23,058 --> 00:20:25,100
SUSAN:
What happened during the D and C?

355
00:20:25,309 --> 00:20:26,350
Nothing.

356
00:20:26,517 --> 00:20:29,225
It's an unremarkable case,
according to the notes.

357
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,683
Transient PVCs late in the operation.

358
00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:33,559
Nothing else.

359
00:20:33,891 --> 00:20:35,058
She never woke up?

360
00:20:36,058 --> 00:20:37,350
No.

361
00:20:39,142 --> 00:20:40,850
I want to look at her chart.

362
00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:58,309
If it were my friend,
I don't know if I'd be that cool.

363
00:21:02,350 --> 00:21:04,017
WOMAN:
The potassium was what?

364
00:21:04,392 --> 00:21:06,392
One-eight? Are you sure?

365
00:21:06,641 --> 00:21:08,392
It must be a mistake.

366
00:21:10,267 --> 00:21:11,683
Honey, I'm sorry.

367
00:21:11,891 --> 00:21:13,475
I know you two were really close.

368
00:21:13,641 --> 00:21:15,017
[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

369
00:21:16,850 --> 00:21:18,017
MARK:
Susan?

370
00:21:21,517 --> 00:21:23,017
Well....

371
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,475
There doesn't seem to be
anything unusual in the chart.

372
00:21:27,683 --> 00:21:31,142
Normal 28-year-old patient
in good health for a D and C...

373
00:21:31,350 --> 00:21:34,142
...underwent telothane anesthesia,
comes out in irreversible coma.

374
00:21:34,309 --> 00:21:35,933
Hey. Hey, Susan.

375
00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:39,142
It's well-documented
that telothane causes liver damage...

376
00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:42,766
...and severe side effects in
a small percentage of surgical cases.

377
00:21:42,975 --> 00:21:46,891
-That's just the risk of anesthesia.
-I know you're upset.

378
00:21:47,559 --> 00:21:49,183
I'm not upset.

379
00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:54,183
You think because I'm a woman,
I'm going to be upset. I'm fine, Mark.

380
00:21:55,017 --> 00:21:58,517
I want to understand the variables
as they apply to this patient.

381
00:21:58,725 --> 00:22:01,641
-I'm sure you agree that's indicated.
-"This patient"?

382
00:22:01,850 --> 00:22:04,641
Here we have an ordinary,
uninteresting case...

383
00:22:04,850 --> 00:22:09,475
...of surgical reaction to telothane
anesthesia in a healthy patient.

384
00:22:09,683 --> 00:22:12,517
As far as I can determine,
there are no unusual aspects...

385
00:22:12,683 --> 00:22:15,808
...except that the patient
was tissue-typed.

386
00:22:16,017 --> 00:22:17,225
Tissue-typed for D and C?

387
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,392
There's got to be some mistake.

388
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,392
Here it is. No name on the slip
and no billing number.

389
00:22:24,559 --> 00:22:25,850
WOMAN:
The patient is stable.

390
00:22:26,017 --> 00:22:29,683
That's not the first time the lab
ran a test on the wrong patient.

391
00:22:33,725 --> 00:22:37,017
Let's go home.
I think you're tired.

392
00:22:37,850 --> 00:22:41,017
I think I'd better check
the tissue-typing lab.

393
00:22:42,392 --> 00:22:43,434
Why?

394
00:22:46,975 --> 00:22:50,350
Nancy's problem was not caused
by wrong lab tests.

395
00:22:52,517 --> 00:22:53,600
I know.

396
00:22:53,808 --> 00:22:55,850
Honey, you're grabbing at straws.

397
00:22:57,017 --> 00:22:58,559
Let's go have some dinner.

398
00:22:58,766 --> 00:23:00,808
-I'm not hungry.
-We'll check the lab later.

399
00:23:01,017 --> 00:23:04,017
Stop acting as if
there's something wrong with me...

400
00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:07,058
...or the way I'm thinking!
I'm checking the lab now.

401
00:23:07,267 --> 00:23:09,975
-They're closed.
-I won't just stand here!

402
00:23:10,350 --> 00:23:12,600
Susan, the lab is closed.

403
00:23:12,808 --> 00:23:14,850
It closed at 6:00.

404
00:23:17,933 --> 00:23:18,975
Is she all right?

405
00:23:20,475 --> 00:23:23,100
Yeah, she just, uh....

406
00:23:24,017 --> 00:23:25,891
She likes to do things
her own way.

407
00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:29,100
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO
AND WOMAN MOANING]

408
00:23:34,975 --> 00:23:36,017
[DOOR SLAMS]

409
00:23:36,183 --> 00:23:37,891
Who's that?

410
00:23:38,058 --> 00:23:40,100
SUSAN: Dr. Wheeler.
-Uh, we're closed.

411
00:23:40,267 --> 00:23:41,600
We don't do any determinations...

412
00:23:41,766 --> 00:23:42,808
[PANTS ZIP]

413
00:23:42,975 --> 00:23:44,017
...after 6, doctor.

414
00:23:44,183 --> 00:23:46,017
SUSAN:
I want to look at your requisition book.

415
00:23:46,183 --> 00:23:47,183
Ugh.

416
00:23:47,350 --> 00:23:50,475
SUSAN: What does it mean when there's
no name and number on the slip?

417
00:23:50,850 --> 00:23:52,142
There's....

418
00:23:52,683 --> 00:23:55,725
There's always
a name or a number, doctor.

419
00:23:55,933 --> 00:23:58,933
SUSAN: For example, Nancy Greenly.
You did tissue-typing...

420
00:23:59,142 --> 00:24:01,392
...but there's no physician name
and billing number.

421
00:24:01,683 --> 00:24:03,017
Let me see.

422
00:24:06,683 --> 00:24:09,475
Yes, you see, it's been
printed out by computer.

423
00:24:09,808 --> 00:24:11,434
That's hospital policy.

424
00:24:11,641 --> 00:24:15,641
See, uh, a certain number of these tests
are randomly ordered by computer...

425
00:24:15,891 --> 00:24:17,100
...as a quality check.

426
00:24:17,309 --> 00:24:19,309
We do the tests here,
they're sent out...

427
00:24:19,517 --> 00:24:21,392
...and done again by an outside lab.

428
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,891
The computer ordered
this test on Greenly?

429
00:24:24,766 --> 00:24:26,725
Yeah, central computer.

430
00:24:27,392 --> 00:24:29,100
Why don't you just show me?

431
00:24:29,309 --> 00:24:30,641
-I can't.
-Why not?

432
00:24:31,017 --> 00:24:32,267
I'm not supposed to.

433
00:24:32,475 --> 00:24:33,975
It's really important.

434
00:24:35,725 --> 00:24:38,058
Anyway, that information
isn't coded.

435
00:24:38,267 --> 00:24:40,309
If it isn't coded,
I can't pull it out.

436
00:24:40,891 --> 00:24:42,350
I mean, who would want it?

437
00:24:42,517 --> 00:24:45,766
Well, let's say, um,
I wanted a list of all the patients...

438
00:24:45,975 --> 00:24:47,850
...who had tissue-typing
in the last month.

439
00:24:48,017 --> 00:24:49,142
Same thing. Not coded.

440
00:24:49,309 --> 00:24:52,142
Oh, what do you do?
What good is all this equipment?

441
00:24:52,350 --> 00:24:53,850
I thought you recorded information.

442
00:24:54,017 --> 00:24:58,350
We do, but the truth is, we install
these computers to bill patients.

443
00:24:58,683 --> 00:25:01,517
We code patient name and number,
medical or surgical...

444
00:25:01,683 --> 00:25:05,183
...admission diagnosis,
therapy and discharge diagnosis.

445
00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:07,183
Okay, wait a minute.

446
00:25:07,350 --> 00:25:10,683
Can you give me a list
of all surgical patients...

447
00:25:10,891 --> 00:25:13,058
...with discharge diagnoses of coma?

448
00:25:27,891 --> 00:25:29,891
TECHNICIAN:
Okay, we have...

449
00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,850
...one general category
under "coma"...

450
00:25:33,225 --> 00:25:36,475
...and nine subcategories
under "brain syndromes."

451
00:25:36,641 --> 00:25:37,683
Good.

452
00:25:37,850 --> 00:25:40,725
I want a list
of all surgical patients...

453
00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:43,933
...with general category
of coma in the past year.

454
00:25:44,850 --> 00:25:45,933
Phew.

455
00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:47,183
You're sure you want it?

456
00:25:47,350 --> 00:25:49,350
[PRINTER TYPING]

457
00:25:58,350 --> 00:25:59,808
I had no idea.

458
00:26:00,017 --> 00:26:01,725
It's a big hospital.

459
00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:04,350
Are you married or what?

460
00:26:06,766 --> 00:26:08,267
Thank you.

461
00:26:30,183 --> 00:26:33,058
Surgical ICU. That's right.

462
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,058
Where'd you get this?

463
00:27:07,017 --> 00:27:10,392
It's against the law.
It's illegal to tap a data bank.

464
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:11,933
I don't see why.
I'm a doctor.

465
00:27:12,142 --> 00:27:14,725
-I've got research-
-That's not the point!

466
00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:18,350
Every officer got the lecture.
No access without authorization.

467
00:27:18,517 --> 00:27:20,350
-They can throw you out.
-Never mind that.

468
00:27:20,559 --> 00:27:23,017
-What do you mean "never mind"?
-Mark.

469
00:27:23,434 --> 00:27:24,766
Look at this.

470
00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:26,683
Two hundred and forty names.

471
00:27:26,891 --> 00:27:30,183
Ten are young people
admitted for minor procedures.

472
00:27:30,392 --> 00:27:33,142
Breast biopsy, appendectomy.

473
00:27:33,350 --> 00:27:36,350
They all come out in a coma.
Aren't you surprised?

474
00:27:36,975 --> 00:27:40,850
The risk of surgical anesthesia
is six per 100,000.

475
00:27:41,017 --> 00:27:44,600
In a hospital this size, 10 patients
in a year is not surprising.

476
00:27:45,350 --> 00:27:46,725
So what are you doing?

477
00:27:46,933 --> 00:27:50,267
You missed your rounds.
You didn't scrub in at the gastrectomy.

478
00:27:50,475 --> 00:27:51,808
I had to do something.

479
00:27:52,017 --> 00:27:53,434
Why don't you do your job?

480
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,350
NURSE:
Surgical ICU.

481
00:27:57,641 --> 00:27:59,975
Mr. Murphy is a 35-year-old
in good health...

482
00:28:00,183 --> 00:28:03,475
...admitted for a meniscectomy.
He's scheduled for this morning.

483
00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:05,850
Promises, promises.
They keep telling me...

484
00:28:06,058 --> 00:28:07,850
...there's a delay, another half-hour.

485
00:28:08,017 --> 00:28:10,309
Well, the suspense
is really killing me.

486
00:28:10,517 --> 00:28:12,517
I thought you doctors
liked to operate.

487
00:28:12,683 --> 00:28:15,183
-We'll get to you.
-Oh, I'd hate to be left out.

488
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:16,808
How did you get your injury?

489
00:28:17,225 --> 00:28:18,517
Playing touch football.

490
00:28:18,683 --> 00:28:21,183
You know, with the guys,
horsing around.

491
00:28:22,517 --> 00:28:24,559
WOMAN [ON INTERCOM]:
Dr. Wheeler, see Dr. Harris.

492
00:28:24,766 --> 00:28:26,475
See Dr. Harris in his office.

493
00:28:26,683 --> 00:28:28,850
DOCTOR:
The chief of surgery himself.

494
00:28:29,309 --> 00:28:31,350
Playing touch football, huh?

495
00:28:31,559 --> 00:28:35,517
MURPHY:
Yeah. So I come in, and all that happens--

496
00:28:39,225 --> 00:28:40,850
HARRIS:
Thanks very much, Herb.

497
00:28:41,058 --> 00:28:42,891
We'll get together on it later.

498
00:28:44,183 --> 00:28:45,183
Would you come in?

499
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:50,641
Excuse me.

500
00:29:02,766 --> 00:29:04,392
Sit down, Sue.

501
00:29:08,683 --> 00:29:10,267
[INTERCOM BUZZES]

502
00:29:11,309 --> 00:29:12,350
Yes.

503
00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:14,517
SECRETARY:
Dr. Harris, it's Senator Brooke's office.

504
00:29:14,725 --> 00:29:17,434
He wonders if you can
change the meeting to 4.

505
00:29:17,641 --> 00:29:19,600
Yes, 4 is fine. Notify Henry.

506
00:29:19,808 --> 00:29:21,058
Yes, sir.

507
00:29:25,850 --> 00:29:27,267
Sue.

508
00:29:29,683 --> 00:29:34,100
I like to think that Boston Memorial
is the best hospital in the city...

509
00:29:34,309 --> 00:29:36,100
...perhaps in the country.

510
00:29:36,725 --> 00:29:38,517
I'm committed to it...

511
00:29:38,891 --> 00:29:42,017
...to the house staff we have here,
and to you.

512
00:29:42,225 --> 00:29:43,850
I think you know that.

513
00:29:44,267 --> 00:29:47,142
But we have certain constraints
imposed on us.

514
00:29:47,683 --> 00:29:52,434
One is the state law concerning
privacy in computer data access.

515
00:29:53,517 --> 00:29:55,517
An unauthorized entry was made
last night.

516
00:29:55,725 --> 00:29:58,350
We put the young man on probation.

517
00:30:00,350 --> 00:30:04,517
But he told us he made
the illegal entry on your behalf.

518
00:30:04,683 --> 00:30:05,725
That's true, sir.

519
00:30:06,017 --> 00:30:09,850
All the discharge diagnoses
of coma over a 12-month period?

520
00:30:10,058 --> 00:30:13,683
-I wanted it because I had an idea-
-Well, forgive me.

521
00:30:13,975 --> 00:30:17,517
But it isn't a question
of why you wanted it...

522
00:30:17,808 --> 00:30:19,517
...it's how you got it.

523
00:30:20,350 --> 00:30:23,850
I understand you have personal reasons
for being under stress...

524
00:30:24,058 --> 00:30:26,600
...for not acting as carefully
as you might.

525
00:30:27,183 --> 00:30:31,142
And I'm sympathetic to the way
you must feel about the, uh...

526
00:30:31,725 --> 00:30:33,517
...uh, Greely case.

527
00:30:33,725 --> 00:30:35,434
Greenly. Nancy Greenly.

528
00:30:35,641 --> 00:30:38,641
Greenly. Yes, Nancy Greenly case.

529
00:30:42,017 --> 00:30:45,142
I certainly don't want to lose
a good surgical resident.

530
00:30:49,392 --> 00:30:50,850
Well....

531
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,850
I think we can handle this, Sue.

532
00:30:54,017 --> 00:30:56,975
I'll keep the, uh, evidence...

533
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,309
...and we'll forget
it ever happened, all right?

534
00:31:03,434 --> 00:31:06,183
But I'd like you to see someone.

535
00:31:06,683 --> 00:31:08,559
I was thinking of Dick Morelind.

536
00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:11,434
Dr. Harris, I'm fine.
I don't need a shrink.

537
00:31:11,641 --> 00:31:13,058
No, no, I know you don't.

538
00:31:13,267 --> 00:31:16,641
But it's important to have
on record a talk with Dick Morelind.

539
00:31:16,850 --> 00:31:18,641
-I don't see why.
-Actually...

540
00:31:18,850 --> 00:31:22,350
...it's a precondition to
your continuing on here at Memorial.

541
00:31:23,142 --> 00:31:24,766
Okay?

542
00:31:26,517 --> 00:31:27,559
I understand.

543
00:31:27,891 --> 00:31:30,683
I think it's unfair.
Everybody's on my back.

544
00:31:30,850 --> 00:31:33,808
Mark's whining about
how I can't make a commitment...

545
00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:36,309
...and I'm cold,
and I'm afraid of intimacy.

546
00:31:36,517 --> 00:31:38,350
Then this happens to Nancy...

547
00:31:38,517 --> 00:31:41,350
...and she's my best friend
since boarding school.

548
00:31:41,517 --> 00:31:44,183
Everyone jumps on my back,
acts like I'm neurotic...

549
00:31:44,392 --> 00:31:46,350
...and I'm not doing my job!

550
00:31:46,933 --> 00:31:48,683
There's concern about
breaking the law.

551
00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:51,559
I wanted to do something.
Do you understand?

552
00:31:51,766 --> 00:31:53,475
Do something right away.

553
00:31:53,683 --> 00:31:57,058
I just couldn't sit there
and watch Nancy and....

554
00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:59,683
How do you feel about
what happened?

555
00:32:02,975 --> 00:32:04,309
Confused...

556
00:32:04,725 --> 00:32:06,017
...that's all.

557
00:32:06,183 --> 00:32:08,017
Just confused.

558
00:32:08,225 --> 00:32:09,975
It's very...

559
00:32:10,183 --> 00:32:11,808
...confusing.

560
00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:15,808
I wanted to understand
what happened to her.

561
00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:18,683
Nobody else here seems to care.

562
00:32:18,891 --> 00:32:21,309
-Nobody else cares?
-Listen.

563
00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:25,267
There have been 10 cases
of unexplained coma...

564
00:32:25,475 --> 00:32:29,017
...in young, healthy patients
in the last year.

565
00:32:29,183 --> 00:32:31,350
-Now, don't you find that surprising?
-No.

566
00:32:33,850 --> 00:32:35,058
You don't.

567
00:32:35,891 --> 00:32:40,309
Susan, this hospital does
30,000 operations a year.

568
00:32:40,517 --> 00:32:45,017
I'm not surprised a few turn out
with serious unexplained side effects.

569
00:32:45,183 --> 00:32:46,933
Medicine isn't perfect.

570
00:32:47,142 --> 00:32:48,267
We all accept that.

571
00:32:49,392 --> 00:32:50,725
Don't we?

572
00:32:52,517 --> 00:32:54,517
There's a crisis
in her personal life.

573
00:32:54,683 --> 00:32:56,808
-She's involved with a resident.
-I know.

574
00:32:57,017 --> 00:32:59,350
It's led her to overreact
to this situation...

575
00:32:59,517 --> 00:33:01,808
...which she has not
consciously faced.

576
00:33:02,017 --> 00:33:04,475
She's under stress
and a little paranoid.

577
00:33:04,641 --> 00:33:07,975
Mm. Think we'll have
any more trouble with her?

578
00:33:08,183 --> 00:33:09,683
I don't think so.

579
00:33:09,850 --> 00:33:11,267
I hope you're right.

580
00:33:11,559 --> 00:33:14,725
I hate to admit it. I think I was
really upset about Nancy.

581
00:33:14,891 --> 00:33:16,225
Yeah.

582
00:33:16,392 --> 00:33:17,975
-You on call tonight?
-Mm-hm.

583
00:33:18,183 --> 00:33:19,350
So am I.

584
00:33:19,517 --> 00:33:21,267
Why don't we have
a terrific dinner...

585
00:33:21,475 --> 00:33:23,891
...just the two of us
in the hospital cafeteria?

586
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:25,808
-Sounds great!
-About 11 ?

587
00:33:26,017 --> 00:33:27,058
You got a date.

588
00:33:27,267 --> 00:33:29,392
Maybe afterwards,
we can go to our favorite room...

589
00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:31,100
-...on the eighth floor.
-Mm.

590
00:33:31,517 --> 00:33:33,183
Nobody will be there after midnight.

591
00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:36,058
MAN 1:
I think we're looking at cortical anoxia.

592
00:33:36,267 --> 00:33:38,350
-I'll check the Babinski.
MAN 2: How old is he?

593
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:39,641
MAN 1:
Thirty-five.

594
00:33:39,850 --> 00:33:42,142
When did you administer
the additional dosage?

595
00:33:42,350 --> 00:33:45,850
At the onset of cardiac irritability.
The surgeon said he was light.

596
00:33:46,058 --> 00:33:49,100
Surgeons know nothing about anesthesia.
What'd you give?

597
00:33:49,309 --> 00:33:50,392
Two cc's push.

598
00:33:50,683 --> 00:33:52,766
There was no reason
there'd be a problem.

599
00:33:53,434 --> 00:33:54,975
Just seemed a little light.

600
00:33:55,183 --> 00:33:57,350
Some PVC in runs,
transient hypotension...

601
00:33:57,559 --> 00:33:59,392
...but no sign of hypoxia.

602
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,766
Skin color and blood
were all red and fully oxygenated.

603
00:34:03,142 --> 00:34:06,600
The pupils are fixed and dilated,
I must presume brain death.

604
00:34:07,017 --> 00:34:08,683
Any relation to your other case?

605
00:34:08,850 --> 00:34:12,975
Completely different. Different staffs,
different anesthetic agents.

606
00:34:13,183 --> 00:34:16,350
-He better be trached.
MAN 1: Do we need a pulmonary consult?

607
00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:19,683
Request the consult,
but go ahead with the tracheotomy.

608
00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:22,183
This is a long-term
management problem.

609
00:34:22,350 --> 00:34:24,225
-Come on.
-It happened again.

610
00:34:24,434 --> 00:34:28,017
That's Dr. George, chief of anesthesia.
He's got it under control.

611
00:34:28,434 --> 00:34:31,100
GEORGE: Is there a research protocol
this case would fit?

612
00:34:31,309 --> 00:34:34,225
He's a good research case.
Excellent teaching material.

613
00:34:34,434 --> 00:34:37,058
It's true, Mr. Murphy
presents challenges...

614
00:34:37,267 --> 00:34:39,808
...electrolyte balance IV,
caloric maintenance...

615
00:34:40,017 --> 00:34:42,392
...possible pseudomonas infection.

616
00:34:43,058 --> 00:34:46,100
There may be additional
risk of staph osteomyelitis.

617
00:34:46,309 --> 00:34:49,975
But I think you'll be
agreeably surprised, Dr. George.

618
00:34:50,183 --> 00:34:52,225
We can keep him alive...

619
00:34:52,683 --> 00:34:55,683
...in stable vital signs, a year...

620
00:34:55,850 --> 00:34:58,475
...two years, indefinitely.

621
00:34:58,683 --> 00:35:00,683
You can't just look the other way.

622
00:35:00,891 --> 00:35:02,641
Nobody's looking the other way.

623
00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:06,017
Mark, twice in two days.
It's not normal.

624
00:35:06,225 --> 00:35:09,100
-In certain cases, patients always-
-You told me that.

625
00:35:09,683 --> 00:35:11,183
Two in two days.

626
00:35:11,392 --> 00:35:13,309
You're just sensitized to it.

627
00:35:13,517 --> 00:35:16,975
It just happened to a friend
and now you're looking for it.

628
00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:20,683
Twice in two days
is just our lousy luck.

629
00:35:21,183 --> 00:35:22,183
Hmm.

630
00:35:22,350 --> 00:35:24,142
-Did Harris take the readout?
-Yes.

631
00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:26,017
All right, then forget it.

632
00:35:26,183 --> 00:35:28,434
The hospital has
review boards and committees.

633
00:35:28,641 --> 00:35:30,058
They'll look into it.

634
00:35:30,267 --> 00:35:33,600
Now, you got a job to do,
so forget about this.

635
00:35:38,350 --> 00:35:40,850
You're right. You're right.

636
00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:44,600
I'll see you at dinner?

637
00:35:44,808 --> 00:35:46,475
Mm-hm.

638
00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:58,309
WOMAN [ON INTERCOM]:
Dr. Williams, Dr. Peter Williams, 1174.

639
00:36:07,350 --> 00:36:09,183
SUSAN:
This is Dr. Wheeler.

640
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:14,766
I know about the conference
but I'm tied up with a patient now.

641
00:36:15,850 --> 00:36:18,517
Well, I'm afraid I can't
make it there in time.

642
00:36:19,891 --> 00:36:21,183
Where am I?

643
00:36:21,891 --> 00:36:23,891
I'm in the emergency ward.

644
00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:26,142
Yes, it is important.

645
00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:27,641
Will you hold on?

646
00:36:28,309 --> 00:36:31,309
Well, that's funny,
but all these charts you wanted...

647
00:36:31,517 --> 00:36:35,267
...they're all signed out to Dr. George,
the chief of anesthesiology.

648
00:36:35,434 --> 00:36:36,891
[DOOR CLOSES]

649
00:36:37,058 --> 00:36:38,475
ALL:
Good afternoon, Dr. George.

650
00:36:38,975 --> 00:36:40,641
Good afternoon, staff.

651
00:36:42,183 --> 00:36:44,100
We have a happy lab here.

652
00:36:44,309 --> 00:36:46,850
It's precise.
There's nothing left to chance.

653
00:36:47,058 --> 00:36:49,017
There are no mistakes.

654
00:36:49,766 --> 00:36:52,142
The charts are right here.
There's no mystery.

655
00:36:52,350 --> 00:36:54,350
They're right here.
What is it you wanted?

656
00:36:54,517 --> 00:36:56,225
I'd like to look at them.

657
00:36:56,975 --> 00:36:58,183
For what reason?

658
00:36:58,350 --> 00:37:01,725
I'm interested in unexplained coma
following routine surgery.

659
00:37:01,933 --> 00:37:03,475
-You're interested?
-Yes.

660
00:37:04,517 --> 00:37:06,017
Young lady, I'm more than interested.

661
00:37:06,183 --> 00:37:08,683
My anesthesiology staff
is more than interested.

662
00:37:08,891 --> 00:37:10,475
We're deeply, intensely concerned.

663
00:37:11,142 --> 00:37:14,058
-I understand your feelings.
-I'm not sure you do.

664
00:37:15,475 --> 00:37:17,183
Perhaps something was missed?

665
00:37:17,517 --> 00:37:18,808
Missed?

666
00:37:19,475 --> 00:37:22,058
Every professor of anesthesia,
most of our staff...

667
00:37:22,267 --> 00:37:25,017
...more than 40 experts
have gone over these charts.

668
00:37:25,183 --> 00:37:27,392
You think something was missed?

669
00:37:27,683 --> 00:37:29,766
But if anything
links them together-

670
00:37:29,975 --> 00:37:31,808
If anything linked them,
we'd know it.

671
00:37:32,058 --> 00:37:34,725
Here they are, 10 cases.
There are now 12.

672
00:37:35,434 --> 00:37:38,808
Different ages and sexes.
Different surgeons and anesthetists.

673
00:37:39,017 --> 00:37:41,017
Different methods of induction.

674
00:37:41,183 --> 00:37:46,017
They share nothing in common except
they all emerged with unexplained coma.

675
00:37:46,392 --> 00:37:48,725
We're certainly not neglecting
that problem.

676
00:37:49,309 --> 00:37:51,183
I didn't say you were.

677
00:37:51,683 --> 00:37:53,309
Do you mind if I have a look?

678
00:37:55,975 --> 00:37:58,017
I'm afraid I do mind.

679
00:38:05,559 --> 00:38:08,058
Thank you for your interest,
however misplaced, Dr. Wheeler.

680
00:38:08,267 --> 00:38:09,350
Good afternoon.

681
00:38:12,017 --> 00:38:14,017
[DOGS BARKING]

682
00:38:23,517 --> 00:38:26,017
Oh, my God, you did—
How could you do that?

683
00:38:27,559 --> 00:38:29,017
Susan....

684
00:38:29,183 --> 00:38:31,100
Dr. George is a past president...

685
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:33,766
...of the American Society
of Anesthesiologists.

686
00:38:33,975 --> 00:38:37,350
He's a member of the AAAS.
He's on the board of the NIH...

687
00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:39,309
...and you tell him
he's doing his job wrong.

688
00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:43,100
-I just wanted to see the charts.
-That's not your area.

689
00:38:43,309 --> 00:38:46,309
That's not your responsibility.
You're way off base.

690
00:38:48,183 --> 00:38:49,891
You know who his wife is?

691
00:38:50,142 --> 00:38:52,434
-I don't care.
-Well, you should.

692
00:38:52,641 --> 00:38:55,683
His wife is Amy Cabot.
She's related to Godfrey Lowell.

693
00:38:55,891 --> 00:38:57,559
I don't care about Boston society.

694
00:38:57,766 --> 00:38:59,100
Dr. George's wife...

695
00:38:59,309 --> 00:39:03,392
...is worth somewhere between
50 and 100 million dollars.

696
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,683
When she dies,
that money will go somewhere.

697
00:39:06,058 --> 00:39:07,100
So what?

698
00:39:07,559 --> 00:39:10,891
So he has a lot of muscle here.
He's the wrong man to cross.

699
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:13,350
You afraid to be seen with me?

700
00:39:16,350 --> 00:39:19,017
BILL: Come in.
-Hi, Bill.

701
00:39:19,183 --> 00:39:20,350
-How are you, Mark?
-Good.

702
00:39:21,434 --> 00:39:22,850
Sit down.

703
00:39:27,517 --> 00:39:28,850
You know, Mark...

704
00:39:29,017 --> 00:39:33,225
...I always thought that you'd have
this job when I leave next year.

705
00:39:33,434 --> 00:39:34,641
Everybody thinks so.

706
00:39:34,850 --> 00:39:36,850
You're the logical choice.
You're a good surgeon.

707
00:39:37,142 --> 00:39:39,517
You're well-organized.
You run a good service.

708
00:39:39,683 --> 00:39:41,725
Well, thank you very much, Bill.

709
00:39:41,933 --> 00:39:44,933
I'd hate to see anything
stand in your way.

710
00:39:45,142 --> 00:39:46,683
You know what I mean.

711
00:39:47,850 --> 00:39:49,850
She has the chiefs of service
in an uproar.

712
00:39:50,058 --> 00:39:53,434
-She's under a lot of pressure.
-And so are we.

713
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:57,850
They're talking about releasing her
from her position here at the Mem.

714
00:39:58,142 --> 00:40:00,350
But nobody really wants
that kind of...

715
00:40:00,559 --> 00:40:03,350
...adverse publicity, that commotion.

716
00:40:03,517 --> 00:40:04,975
Of course not.

717
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:07,434
You have influence with her?

718
00:40:09,309 --> 00:40:10,891
I don't know. She's paranoid.

719
00:40:11,559 --> 00:40:13,725
She thinks there's a conspiracy.

720
00:40:13,933 --> 00:40:16,766
George keeping the charts
from her did not help.

721
00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,434
Does she think, uh, you're involved?

722
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:24,350
No. No, I don't think so.

723
00:40:25,183 --> 00:40:29,517
Let's hope not, Mark. What happens
to Susan may depend on you.

724
00:40:29,725 --> 00:40:31,808
I understand that, Bill.

725
00:40:32,641 --> 00:40:34,600
You know, a good chief resident...

726
00:40:34,808 --> 00:40:38,267
...handles problems
like this every day.

727
00:40:38,975 --> 00:40:42,891
I think if you're able to exert
some influence over her...

728
00:40:43,309 --> 00:40:44,975
...people would be appreciative.

729
00:40:46,850 --> 00:40:48,183
Well, I'll try.

730
00:40:49,517 --> 00:40:50,808
Good man.

731
00:41:04,309 --> 00:41:06,309
[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

732
00:41:08,559 --> 00:41:09,600
Where's Greenly?

733
00:41:09,808 --> 00:41:13,891
That coma case? She was to be
transferred to the Jefferson Institute.

734
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:15,309
I guess she went there.

735
00:41:15,517 --> 00:41:17,683
Liz, did Greenly go to Jefferson?

736
00:41:17,891 --> 00:41:20,267
No, she arrested at 6 this morning.

737
00:41:20,475 --> 00:41:22,641
-She's down in pathology.
-In pathology?

738
00:41:22,891 --> 00:41:24,850
LIZ: Yeah, they're probably doing
the autopsy now.

739
00:41:25,017 --> 00:41:26,058
[PHONE RINGS]

740
00:41:26,225 --> 00:41:28,392
NURSE:
Surgical ICU.

741
00:41:28,683 --> 00:41:30,392
MAN:
There's a wrinkled appearance.

742
00:41:30,559 --> 00:41:33,183
The interior edge of the organ
can be bent without tearing...

743
00:41:33,350 --> 00:41:35,808
...as evidence of its structure.

744
00:41:35,975 --> 00:41:39,309
The gross appearance is consistent
with acute yellow necrosis of the liver.

745
00:41:39,475 --> 00:41:42,517
Presumably secondary to
fatal viral hepatitis.

746
00:41:42,683 --> 00:41:44,641
Do you have a patient
named Greenly?

747
00:41:44,850 --> 00:41:48,434
I don't know. Check in there.
I can't keep track of names.

748
00:41:50,517 --> 00:41:53,183
In microscopic section,
we may expect evidence...

749
00:41:53,350 --> 00:41:55,517
...of fatty degeneration in necrotic cells...

750
00:41:55,725 --> 00:41:58,392
...with polymorphs and histiocytes
around them.

751
00:42:02,517 --> 00:42:04,600
Okay, incise the kidney there.

752
00:42:04,850 --> 00:42:06,267
STUDENT:
Looks normal.

753
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,017
-Okay, remove it.
-Greenly?

754
00:42:09,225 --> 00:42:11,600
This is Howard.
Greenly's over there.

755
00:42:15,850 --> 00:42:18,100
-Hi, Jim.
-Hi, Sue.

756
00:42:18,267 --> 00:42:20,058
What brings you here?
Interested in this case?

757
00:42:20,350 --> 00:42:22,559
-That's right.
JIM: Hell of a puzzler.

758
00:42:22,725 --> 00:42:24,350
Young girl, good health...

759
00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:27,933
...in for a therapeutic AB,
comes out comatose.

760
00:42:28,392 --> 00:42:31,641
-Found anything?
-Naturally, we started with the brain.

761
00:42:31,850 --> 00:42:35,392
Grossly, it was normal.
I'm doing a section. Want to see?

762
00:42:36,017 --> 00:42:39,309
Ordinarily, these coma cases
get shipped to Jefferson.

763
00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:41,600
SUSAN: What's Jefferson?
JIM: Jefferson Institute.

764
00:42:41,808 --> 00:42:44,350
A chronic-care facility.
Government thing.

765
00:42:44,641 --> 00:42:46,434
They take care of the vegetables.

766
00:42:46,641 --> 00:42:50,017
Sometimes they die before
they get there, like this one.

767
00:42:50,225 --> 00:42:52,225
More work for us.

768
00:42:53,350 --> 00:42:54,766
Huh.

769
00:42:55,434 --> 00:42:56,600
Now we'll get an idea.

770
00:42:57,683 --> 00:43:01,517
We're looking for anything.
Micro-infarcts, staph loci...

771
00:43:02,766 --> 00:43:06,058
...gross hemorrhagic areas,
congenital defects....

772
00:43:06,766 --> 00:43:10,017
Nothing. Just like the
other cases, we come up cold.

773
00:43:10,267 --> 00:43:11,641
SUSAN:
I know it sounds silly...

774
00:43:11,808 --> 00:43:16,058
...but, um, if you wanted to put people
in a coma, what would you do?

775
00:43:16,517 --> 00:43:19,309
-On purpose?
-Diethyl para-amino tannadol.

776
00:43:19,517 --> 00:43:21,183
No, it leaves a serum trace.

777
00:43:21,392 --> 00:43:23,850
-If you look for it.
JIM: It also peaks alk phos.

778
00:43:24,017 --> 00:43:26,392
A real giveaway.
Besides, who can get tannadol?

779
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,808
-Use paradine.
JIM: It has a taste.

780
00:43:29,267 --> 00:43:32,933
We'd make great murderers.
Who knows more than a pathologist?

781
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:34,933
Heh. It keeps my wife in line.

782
00:43:35,183 --> 00:43:38,142
Hell of a lot of crimes
slip through our fingers.

783
00:43:38,517 --> 00:43:41,183
But in this case, a coma.

784
00:43:42,058 --> 00:43:43,766
First rule of crime:

785
00:43:44,808 --> 00:43:46,309
Keep it simple.

786
00:43:46,808 --> 00:43:48,350
What's simple?

787
00:43:48,891 --> 00:43:51,183
-Carbon monoxide.
MAN: Boring.

788
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:55,183
-Carbon monoxide?
-Sure, it's perfect.

789
00:43:55,350 --> 00:43:58,559
Anesthetist uses carbon monoxide
instead of oxygen.

790
00:43:58,766 --> 00:44:02,891
It's colorless and makes the blood red
so the surgeon doesn't notice.

791
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:07,808
But the brain dies from lack of oxygen.
The patient doesn't wake up.

792
00:44:07,975 --> 00:44:10,392
-No other effects?
-Sure other effects.

793
00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:12,683
-Cardiac irritability.
-Which this case had.

794
00:44:13,017 --> 00:44:16,225
It'd be better to block
the neuro-muscular junction...

795
00:44:16,434 --> 00:44:18,309
...with succinylcholine.
That's a nice murder.

796
00:44:18,517 --> 00:44:21,933
JIM: Who's gonna do it?
MAN: Who'll feed your carbon monoxide?

797
00:44:22,309 --> 00:44:23,434
JIM:
That's the problem.

798
00:44:23,641 --> 00:44:26,100
Been 12 coma cases
here in the last year.

799
00:44:26,309 --> 00:44:27,683
They're always different.

800
00:44:27,891 --> 00:44:31,517
Different case, different anesthetist,
different operation.

801
00:44:31,725 --> 00:44:33,850
Hard to imagine it's murder.

802
00:44:34,683 --> 00:44:35,766
Are you sure?

803
00:44:36,350 --> 00:44:41,142
What do you think? There's a conspiracy
at the Boston Memorial Hospital...

804
00:44:41,350 --> 00:44:42,975
...involving all the anesthetists?

805
00:44:44,475 --> 00:44:48,850
HARRIS: I've had a rather hysterical call
from Dr. George in anesthesiology.

806
00:44:49,058 --> 00:44:53,434
Dr. George is a powerful person here,
not only because of his position.

807
00:44:53,641 --> 00:44:56,559
-There are other reasons.
SUSAN: I gather.

808
00:44:58,058 --> 00:44:59,100
What does that mean?

809
00:44:59,517 --> 00:45:01,933
Just because somebody has a rich wife,
he shouldn't be able...

810
00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,267
-...to throw his weight around.
-Oh.

811
00:45:04,434 --> 00:45:06,641
You're looking for truth and justice, huh?

812
00:45:07,017 --> 00:45:08,350
I'm looking for fairness.

813
00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:12,225
In fairness, you've challenged
the professional competence...

814
00:45:12,434 --> 00:45:14,559
...of a chief of service
at this hospital.

815
00:45:14,766 --> 00:45:17,641
And he didn't take it well.
No reason he should.

816
00:45:17,850 --> 00:45:20,559
-Now he's out for blood.
SUSAN: I've noticed.

817
00:45:21,183 --> 00:45:23,933
Sue, believe me, I'm on your side...

818
00:45:24,142 --> 00:45:26,100
...for all kinds of reasons.

819
00:45:26,475 --> 00:45:29,559
I don't want to let
another chief of service...

820
00:45:29,766 --> 00:45:32,142
...get one of
my house officers fired.

821
00:45:32,434 --> 00:45:35,600
Dr. Harris, I just wanted
to look at his charts.

822
00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:38,641
Sue, right now, I can protect you...

823
00:45:38,850 --> 00:45:42,392
...because you're good.
And frankly, because you're a woman.

824
00:45:42,683 --> 00:45:44,017
I don't want concessions.

825
00:45:44,309 --> 00:45:47,350
At the moment, you'd better
take any you can get.

826
00:45:55,933 --> 00:45:58,183
You know what happened to Greenly?

827
00:45:59,434 --> 00:46:00,683
Yes.

828
00:46:02,142 --> 00:46:03,267
What happened?

829
00:46:05,850 --> 00:46:07,267
She died.

830
00:46:09,017 --> 00:46:10,641
How do you feel about that?

831
00:46:11,850 --> 00:46:13,142
How do I feel?

832
00:46:14,183 --> 00:46:15,475
I feel....

833
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,683
She was my best friend.

834
00:46:22,183 --> 00:46:24,100
She understood me.

835
00:46:26,434 --> 00:46:27,641
She understood me.

836
00:46:27,850 --> 00:46:29,850
[CRYING]

837
00:46:40,267 --> 00:46:41,850
It's not fair.

838
00:46:42,183 --> 00:46:44,183
None of this is fair.

839
00:46:46,267 --> 00:46:47,350
Here.

840
00:46:49,850 --> 00:46:51,683
Nobody understands.

841
00:46:51,891 --> 00:46:54,058
-No one.
-I know, I know.

842
00:46:54,517 --> 00:46:56,183
[INTERCOM BUZZING]

843
00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:00,058
HARRIS:
Yes.

844
00:47:00,225 --> 00:47:04,683
SECRETARY: Dr. Harris, the secretary
of HEW is on the phone from Washington.

845
00:47:04,850 --> 00:47:05,891
Call back.

846
00:47:15,017 --> 00:47:18,225
Too many of us shut ourselves off
from our feelings.

847
00:47:18,434 --> 00:47:20,434
We don't explore them.

848
00:47:20,891 --> 00:47:22,975
We don't understand them.

849
00:47:23,183 --> 00:47:25,683
We don't understand ourselves.

850
00:47:26,517 --> 00:47:29,559
It's the toughest thing
about our profession.

851
00:47:30,225 --> 00:47:32,850
-Dr. Harris-
-I'll take care of the politics.

852
00:47:33,017 --> 00:47:35,350
You just look out for yourself.

853
00:47:36,641 --> 00:47:38,766
Take the weekend off, Sue.

854
00:47:39,309 --> 00:47:42,350
Go walk on the beach.
Get away from the hospital.

855
00:47:45,350 --> 00:47:47,017
-I'm so embarrassed by this.
-No.

856
00:47:47,225 --> 00:47:49,517
Don't be. Don't be.

857
00:47:50,225 --> 00:47:53,058
Our emotions are what make us human.

858
00:47:54,350 --> 00:47:55,725
Come on.

859
00:47:57,142 --> 00:47:58,850
Come and see me next week, all right?

860
00:47:59,183 --> 00:48:00,683
SUSAN: Right.
HARRIS: Good.

861
00:48:02,766 --> 00:48:05,517
-Have a good weekend.
-Thank you, sir.

862
00:48:13,017 --> 00:48:14,683
[SIGHS]

863
00:48:17,225 --> 00:48:18,267
Women!

864
00:48:19,559 --> 00:48:20,683
Christ!

865
00:48:21,267 --> 00:48:22,891
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

866
00:48:51,267 --> 00:48:52,350
God!

867
00:49:54,350 --> 00:49:56,434
SUSAN:
Just say you don't believe me.

868
00:49:57,017 --> 00:50:00,100
A man fixed your car
so it wouldn't start...

869
00:50:00,309 --> 00:50:02,517
...then followed you
into the MTA station.

870
00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,475
Well, it's true.

871
00:50:04,641 --> 00:50:06,933
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
ON TV]

872
00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:09,017
ANNOUNCER:
They're gonna wave him in.

873
00:50:10,392 --> 00:50:12,559
MARK:
Your car is always breaking down.

874
00:50:12,975 --> 00:50:14,850
I just think you're tired.

875
00:50:15,517 --> 00:50:18,850
-I'm not tired.
-Why don't we go away for the weekend?

876
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:23,600
Go up the coast, have some fun
and just forget the hospital.

877
00:50:24,350 --> 00:50:25,683
Mark....

878
00:50:25,891 --> 00:50:28,683
There are 12 coma cases.

879
00:50:29,017 --> 00:50:32,683
Nobody thinks they're linked,
but I've seen charts for two of them:

880
00:50:33,434 --> 00:50:36,017
Nancy, and now this new guy, Murphy.

881
00:50:36,350 --> 00:50:37,475
And?

882
00:50:38,309 --> 00:50:39,975
And both occurred in O.R. 8.

883
00:50:41,100 --> 00:50:42,142
O.R. 8?

884
00:50:44,017 --> 00:50:45,641
What if...?

885
00:50:47,100 --> 00:50:50,725
What if carbon monoxide
were being pumped in O.R. 8?

886
00:50:50,933 --> 00:50:52,766
What if that were true?

887
00:50:59,392 --> 00:51:01,267
-Get your coat on.
-Why?

888
00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:04,225
We're going to take a look.

889
00:51:04,517 --> 00:51:07,183
Right now. O.R. 8.

890
00:51:12,267 --> 00:51:13,350
MARK:
Well?

891
00:51:15,100 --> 00:51:16,517
Well....

892
00:51:21,683 --> 00:51:23,350
Looks okay.

893
00:51:27,267 --> 00:51:30,392
-How many operations you done in here?
-A lot.

894
00:51:31,225 --> 00:51:33,683
-You ever had any problems?
-No.

895
00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:36,100
Well, I already checked.

896
00:51:37,350 --> 00:51:42,183
The day Nancy had her problem,
there were five other operations.

897
00:51:43,392 --> 00:51:46,017
Four before and one after.

898
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:50,142
The day Sean Murphy had his,
there were six others.

899
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:52,142
Two before...

900
00:51:52,350 --> 00:51:53,850
...and four after.

901
00:51:55,183 --> 00:51:57,017
They were all normal.

902
00:52:03,434 --> 00:52:05,142
Let's get out of here.

903
00:52:23,142 --> 00:52:25,142
[BOTH LAUGHING]

904
00:52:29,475 --> 00:52:31,933
This is what you call
really working for it.

905
00:52:38,766 --> 00:52:39,933
No fair.

906
00:52:42,183 --> 00:52:43,392
Fair.

907
00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:24,559
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

908
00:54:16,017 --> 00:54:18,183
I thought we were
taking the weekend off?

909
00:54:18,392 --> 00:54:21,434
Come on. Just a quick look.

910
00:54:22,225 --> 00:54:23,309
Please?

911
00:54:24,350 --> 00:54:25,641
For me?

912
00:54:28,100 --> 00:54:29,725
I don't know.

913
00:55:19,267 --> 00:55:21,641
There doesn't seem
to be anybody around.

914
00:55:22,183 --> 00:55:24,850
-You want to go in?
-Not really, no.

915
00:55:25,309 --> 00:55:26,392
I do.

916
00:56:36,891 --> 00:56:37,933
Can I help you?

917
00:56:38,267 --> 00:56:39,933
I'm Dr. Wheeler.

918
00:56:40,641 --> 00:56:43,600
-You're early, aren't you, doctor?
-Early?

919
00:56:44,434 --> 00:56:47,975
You're supposed to come on Tuesday,
day after tomorrow...

920
00:56:48,183 --> 00:56:49,559
...when the tour is scheduled.

921
00:56:50,517 --> 00:56:54,183
-The tour?
-Yes, it's every Tuesday at 11.

922
00:56:54,434 --> 00:56:56,142
The regular tour for physicians.

923
00:56:57,891 --> 00:56:59,975
Could I, uh, see it now?

924
00:57:01,058 --> 00:57:02,891
I'm afraid that's impossible.

925
00:57:03,891 --> 00:57:05,766
I just thought
as long as I'm here....

926
00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:08,142
We're simply not set up for it.

927
00:57:10,142 --> 00:57:12,267
May I speak with
the senior physician in charge?

928
00:57:13,475 --> 00:57:15,475
There is no physician in charge.

929
00:57:15,683 --> 00:57:17,683
Well, then, your supervisor.

930
00:57:17,850 --> 00:57:19,933
I have no supervisor.

931
00:57:20,434 --> 00:57:23,683
-Who runs the staff?
-There is no staff.

932
00:57:24,808 --> 00:57:26,267
You're here alone?

933
00:57:26,683 --> 00:57:30,350
Of course not. There are
technicians, security people....

934
00:57:31,142 --> 00:57:35,559
I'm sure when you've taken the tour
Tuesday, it will all be clear to you.

935
00:57:36,183 --> 00:57:38,142
What did you say your name was?

936
00:57:38,475 --> 00:57:40,850
Dr. Wheeler. Susan Wheeler.

937
00:57:41,392 --> 00:57:45,475
We look forward to seeing you
at 11 on Tuesday. Goodbye.

938
00:58:17,350 --> 00:58:19,350
[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

939
00:58:32,808 --> 00:58:35,641
I heard what you said
to Dr. George...

940
00:58:35,850 --> 00:58:37,392
...in the lab.

941
00:58:38,975 --> 00:58:40,975
I heard what you said to him.

942
00:58:41,183 --> 00:58:42,683
You're right.

943
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:44,975
Right about what?

944
00:58:46,350 --> 00:58:48,475
I've seen how they do it.

945
00:58:51,183 --> 00:58:53,517
I know how it works.

946
00:58:54,100 --> 00:58:56,850
-How what works?
BILL: Susan. Uh....

947
00:58:57,641 --> 00:59:01,517
Do you want to, uh, scrub in
on an aortic valve replacement?

948
00:59:01,683 --> 00:59:03,975
Harvey's doing one in room 16
in 10 minutes.

949
00:59:04,142 --> 00:59:05,183
-Sure.
-Great!

950
00:59:05,350 --> 00:59:08,641
Tom was going to scrub in,
but, uh, his case is running late.

951
00:59:11,850 --> 00:59:13,434
-I checked them out.
-Mm-hm.

952
00:59:13,641 --> 00:59:16,517
You come down to maintenance tonight.
I'll show it to you.

953
00:59:16,683 --> 00:59:17,725
HARRIS:
Hello, Sue.

954
00:59:18,683 --> 00:59:20,267
SUSAN:
Good morning, sir.

955
00:59:20,559 --> 00:59:23,267
-Did you have a good weekend?
-Yes, I did. Thank you.

956
00:59:25,350 --> 00:59:27,267
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

957
00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:49,600
[MACHINERY HUMMING]

958
00:59:57,891 --> 00:59:59,142
Evening.

959
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:01,350
Good evening.

960
01:00:09,017 --> 01:00:10,350
You just gonna stare at me?

961
01:00:11,517 --> 01:00:12,850
No.

962
01:00:17,766 --> 01:00:19,350
What'd you do that for?

963
01:00:19,517 --> 01:00:21,725
They said make it look
like an accident.

964
01:00:21,891 --> 01:00:24,017
[YELLING]

965
01:00:32,517 --> 01:00:34,225
[SCREAMS]

966
01:00:40,350 --> 01:00:43,225
-What's happening?
-Emergency generator will kick in.

967
01:00:46,808 --> 01:00:48,017
SUSAN:
Kelly?

968
01:00:50,808 --> 01:00:51,975
Kelly?

969
01:01:05,392 --> 01:01:06,975
[YELLS]

970
01:01:08,683 --> 01:01:11,225
[SCREAMING]

971
01:01:18,850 --> 01:01:20,392
MAN 1:
What do you got now?

972
01:01:20,975 --> 01:01:22,017
MAN 2:
Nothing.

973
01:01:23,350 --> 01:01:24,850
MAN 1:
Try the connector cable.

974
01:01:25,225 --> 01:01:28,309
I think that does it for me.
You got anything else?

975
01:01:28,517 --> 01:01:30,392
No, I don't need anything else.

976
01:01:30,766 --> 01:01:33,850
-If we need you again-
-You can reach me at the hospital.

977
01:01:35,392 --> 01:01:38,017
MAN 1:
Must be a short in the junction box...

978
01:01:38,183 --> 01:01:40,100
...or the step-down panel.

979
01:01:41,350 --> 01:01:43,559
It should read 14 point something.

980
01:01:44,017 --> 01:01:45,683
MAN 2:
14.3.

981
01:01:46,183 --> 01:01:48,725
MAN 1:
Okay, now we should have 11.9.

982
01:01:49,267 --> 01:01:50,725
MAN 2:
Eleven-nine.

983
01:01:51,517 --> 01:01:53,017
MAN 1:
And now there's-

984
01:01:53,891 --> 01:01:55,225
MAN 2:
Fourteen-three.

985
01:01:55,850 --> 01:01:57,933
Good. Nothing's shorted so far.

986
01:01:58,142 --> 01:02:00,017
We got lucky.

987
01:02:00,309 --> 01:02:01,683
MAN 2:
Poor Kelly.

988
01:02:02,142 --> 01:02:03,975
MAN 1:
Poor Kelly? Heh.

989
01:02:04,933 --> 01:02:06,434
He got sloppy.

990
01:02:06,641 --> 01:02:09,017
You know what it is?
That drinking at lunch.

991
01:02:09,225 --> 01:02:11,850
I said, "Stop drinking.
You'll get into trouble."

992
01:06:47,058 --> 01:06:48,850
ANNOUNCER [ON RADIO]:
Two and two's the count.

993
01:06:49,017 --> 01:06:50,225
Can't get much more than that.

994
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:57,100
-What did you leave in here?
-Just some charts.

995
01:06:57,475 --> 01:06:59,766
I'll call Dr. George
and tell him I let you in.

996
01:06:59,933 --> 01:07:01,559
It's all right.
I have to call him anyway.

997
01:07:01,725 --> 01:07:02,766
[CHEERING ON RADIO]

998
01:07:02,933 --> 01:07:04,350
Well, okay.

999
01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:07,350
-Boston ahead by one.
-That's great.

1000
01:07:07,517 --> 01:07:10,058
I've got 20 bucks on this game.

1001
01:07:52,017 --> 01:07:53,475
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

1002
01:07:54,683 --> 01:07:56,058
What is it?

1003
01:07:56,267 --> 01:07:58,641
MAN:
Hospital security, doctor.

1004
01:08:08,183 --> 01:08:11,725
SUSAN: What's the score?
MAN: Just a routine check, doctor.

1005
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:14,142
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

1006
01:08:21,309 --> 01:08:22,641
Easy, kids.

1007
01:08:22,808 --> 01:08:24,350
[DOG GROWLING]

1008
01:08:46,434 --> 01:08:47,850
Jerry?

1009
01:08:48,142 --> 01:08:51,559
-What's going on?
-Jerry, I'm so happy to see you.

1010
01:08:51,766 --> 01:08:54,850
That's the nicest thing
anybody's said to me all day.

1011
01:08:55,933 --> 01:08:57,142
Is something wrong?

1012
01:08:57,350 --> 01:09:00,350
You see, there's this guy.

1013
01:09:00,517 --> 01:09:02,850
-He said he was hospital security.
-Yeah.

1014
01:09:03,017 --> 01:09:06,600
Well, I happen to know that he-

1015
01:09:07,933 --> 01:09:10,559
ANNOUNCER [ON RADIO]:
It's a high fly ball and...

1016
01:09:11,392 --> 01:09:12,850
...he's out!

1017
01:09:13,058 --> 01:09:16,350
-You were saying?
-I guess I have an overactive imagination.

1018
01:09:16,517 --> 01:09:20,850
Heh. Be like me. Everybody says
I have no imagination at all.

1019
01:09:21,017 --> 01:09:22,225
[CHUCKLES]

1020
01:09:23,225 --> 01:09:25,850
I'm going over to
the medical school library.

1021
01:09:26,017 --> 01:09:27,766
I'll go with you.

1022
01:09:31,850 --> 01:09:36,559
The tubular filtration gradient may be
more than 500 milliequivalents.

1023
01:09:36,766 --> 01:09:40,350
That means there's an active
transport with phosphorylated ATP.

1024
01:09:40,891 --> 01:09:45,683
But if you trace radioisotopes,
densities don't look right.

1025
01:09:46,183 --> 01:09:48,725
It's a breakthrough
in understanding the kidney.

1026
01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:52,641
Remember that yellow cadaver
skin under your fingernails?

1027
01:09:52,850 --> 01:09:54,517
Nobody could eat lunch.

1028
01:09:54,683 --> 01:09:56,683
It seems like a long time ago.

1029
01:09:56,891 --> 01:09:59,475
Back in the days
when we couldn't eat lunch.

1030
01:10:00,850 --> 01:10:02,267
[BEEPER BEEPING]

1031
01:10:02,434 --> 01:10:03,891
Wouldn't you know?

1032
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:09,017
Dr. Marcus.

1033
01:10:09,933 --> 01:10:11,225
Yes.

1034
01:10:11,517 --> 01:10:13,434
Well, if he's complaining of pain.

1035
01:10:13,975 --> 01:10:16,434
Try another five cc's I.M.

1036
01:10:18,850 --> 01:10:21,891
I see.
Well, then, uh, MS 10 milligrams.

1037
01:10:23,350 --> 01:10:26,808
Yes, morphine sulphate.
He's not in respiratory difficulty.

1038
01:10:28,559 --> 01:10:31,600
You can put him on
respiratory arrest with morphine.

1039
01:10:31,808 --> 01:10:34,267
Particularly if he's on wall 0-2.

1040
01:10:37,350 --> 01:10:39,891
You'll have to check
and see what he's on.

1041
01:10:41,559 --> 01:10:45,183
Air is fine, but oxygen....

1042
01:10:46,725 --> 01:10:50,434
If he's on wall oxygen,
tell me how many liters of flow.

1043
01:10:51,392 --> 01:10:54,183
Six liters!
You can't put him on MS.

1044
01:10:54,350 --> 01:10:56,683
You'll have to stay with Talwin.

1045
01:10:59,850 --> 01:11:02,350
Give him five cc's of water.
Say it's morphine.

1046
01:11:02,517 --> 01:11:04,933
He won't know.
He's a pain in the ass anyway.

1047
01:11:46,225 --> 01:11:47,641
[DOOR OPENS]

1048
01:13:30,183 --> 01:13:31,641
[GROANING]

1049
01:13:37,517 --> 01:13:38,600
[GRUNTS]

1050
01:16:08,350 --> 01:16:09,975
[GRUNTING]

1051
01:16:12,309 --> 01:16:13,891
Aah! Unh!

1052
01:16:21,725 --> 01:16:23,559
[SUSAN YELLING]

1053
01:16:35,183 --> 01:16:36,183
Agh!

1054
01:16:37,267 --> 01:16:39,808
Mark, it's so awful!
It's so terrible.

1055
01:16:40,600 --> 01:16:42,183
Take it easy.
Honey, slow down.

1056
01:16:42,350 --> 01:16:45,183
He was trying to kill me.
And I had to keep going.

1057
01:16:45,392 --> 01:16:48,766
-And all the bodies. It's horrible!
-Easy. Easy, honey.

1058
01:16:48,975 --> 01:16:50,267
Take it easy. Slow down.

1059
01:16:50,475 --> 01:16:53,641
Mark, it's all happening.
It's really happening.

1060
01:16:53,850 --> 01:16:57,183
Somebody's putting people into comas.
They're murdering them.

1061
01:16:57,350 --> 01:17:00,683
-I know, I know.
-No, no, really.

1062
01:17:00,891 --> 01:17:05,017
Kelly's dead. I was down there.
I found the gas line.

1063
01:17:05,683 --> 01:17:09,683
It starts in the basement
and it goes up the main tunnel...

1064
01:17:09,891 --> 01:17:14,142
...then plugs into the oxygen line
in the ceiling that goes to O.R. 8.

1065
01:17:14,350 --> 01:17:16,225
-Honey, slow down.
-They're killing people...

1066
01:17:16,434 --> 01:17:18,641
...with carbon monoxide in O.R. 8.

1067
01:17:18,850 --> 01:17:23,100
-They have a radio to turn the valve.
-I believe you. I do, I believe you.

1068
01:17:23,309 --> 01:17:25,183
All the cases happened in O.R. 8.

1069
01:17:25,350 --> 01:17:28,808
And they all went
to the Jefferson Institute.

1070
01:17:30,183 --> 01:17:35,142
And this guy, he chased me all over.
And there were so many bodies.

1071
01:17:35,350 --> 01:17:37,725
It's all right. It's okay.

1072
01:17:38,142 --> 01:17:40,891
And this is real. Call the police.

1073
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:44,891
We have to do something!
This is real, Mark.

1074
01:17:45,058 --> 01:17:47,225
-Shh, shh.
-I can prove it.

1075
01:17:47,434 --> 01:17:49,309
Sure, you can. You can.

1076
01:17:49,517 --> 01:17:51,350
-Just lie down.
-This is real.

1077
01:17:51,559 --> 01:17:54,017
I know you can.
Now one thing at a time.

1078
01:17:54,683 --> 01:17:56,683
-I want to give you a Valium and—
-No.

1079
01:17:56,850 --> 01:17:58,350
Okay.

1080
01:17:58,683 --> 01:18:01,475
How about a cup of tea
to settle you down?

1081
01:18:01,683 --> 01:18:03,517
-A cup of hot tea?
-Okay.

1082
01:18:04,475 --> 01:18:07,017
Then we're gonna talk
after you settle down.

1083
01:18:07,183 --> 01:18:09,100
-Okay.
-All right.

1084
01:18:09,267 --> 01:18:12,350
So you just rest right here. Okay?

1085
01:18:12,517 --> 01:18:15,350
You just stay right here
on the bed?

1086
01:18:15,517 --> 01:18:18,267
Thattagirl. That's it. You just relax.

1087
01:18:18,475 --> 01:18:23,350
-I can't-
-That's it. Just relax. Close your eyes.

1088
01:18:23,559 --> 01:18:27,600
That's it. Okay, thattagirl.

1089
01:18:27,808 --> 01:18:31,933
-Now, I'll get you a cup of tea.
-You're so great, Mark.

1090
01:18:32,267 --> 01:18:34,725
Stay here, honey. Just stay right here.

1091
01:18:43,975 --> 01:18:46,517
That's a hell of a story, Susan.

1092
01:18:48,267 --> 01:18:50,600
You really had
a lot of people worried.

1093
01:18:53,183 --> 01:18:55,891
Don't worry.
Everything's gonna be okay now.

1094
01:18:56,641 --> 01:18:58,641
[PHONE DIALING]

1095
01:19:09,850 --> 01:19:12,891
[WHISPERING]
She came back. Yeah.

1096
01:19:13,517 --> 01:19:15,267
No, she's here now.

1097
01:19:16,434 --> 01:19:19,392
Of course. No, I can manage that.

1098
01:19:21,058 --> 01:19:22,100
I'll keep her here.

1099
01:19:23,225 --> 01:19:24,850
Look, I'd better go.

1100
01:19:25,017 --> 01:19:27,017
[KETTLE WHISTLING]

1101
01:19:28,350 --> 01:19:30,683
[IN NORMAL VOICE]
Susan, you want some honey with your tea?

1102
01:19:33,392 --> 01:19:34,933
Susan?

1103
01:19:38,058 --> 01:19:39,392
Su--?

1104
01:19:39,891 --> 01:19:42,267
[KETTLE WHISTLING LOUDLY]

1105
01:19:54,392 --> 01:19:56,017
Susan!

1106
01:19:56,850 --> 01:19:58,475
Susan!

1107
01:20:00,517 --> 01:20:01,933
[GASPS]

1108
01:20:38,850 --> 01:20:41,017
WOMAN [ON PHONE]:
Memorial Hospital residents' exchange.

1109
01:20:41,309 --> 01:20:43,850
SUSAN: This is Dr. Wheeler.
Are there any messages for me?

1110
01:20:44,183 --> 01:20:47,600
WOMAN: Oh, yes, doctor.
Quite a few. Just a minute, please.

1111
01:20:51,517 --> 01:20:53,975
I'm sorry.
I'll have to call you back.

1112
01:20:54,183 --> 01:20:56,434
What number can you be reached at?

1113
01:20:59,641 --> 01:21:03,725
Dr. Wheeler, are you there?
What number can we reach you at?

1114
01:21:06,683 --> 01:21:09,142
EMERSON:
We are dealing in an area of uncertainty.

1115
01:21:09,517 --> 01:21:12,850
An area where there are no rules,
contradictory laws...

1116
01:21:13,058 --> 01:21:16,850
... and no clear social consensus
as to what should be done.

1117
01:21:17,058 --> 01:21:21,267
And the cost of care for the chronic
patient has become prohibitive.

1118
01:21:21,475 --> 01:21:25,683
This is particularly the case
with the long-term comatose patient.

1119
01:21:25,891 --> 01:21:30,350
The Jefferson Institute is a government-
sponsored experimental facility...

1120
01:21:30,517 --> 01:21:34,725
...designed to provide quality
life support to the comatose patient.

1121
01:21:35,350 --> 01:21:36,808
I wish to emphasize...

1122
01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:40,600
...no moral or ethical position
is being taken here.

1123
01:21:40,891 --> 01:21:44,891
We do not participate in the debate
over whether these patients...

1124
01:21:45,100 --> 01:21:46,267
...are alive or dead...

1125
01:21:46,850 --> 01:21:50,183
...or whether their care should
be continued or terminated.

1126
01:21:50,392 --> 01:21:54,517
Society will decide if there will
be more of these facilities or not.

1127
01:21:55,142 --> 01:22:00,017
In the meantime, we merely provide
care as inexpensively as possible.

1128
01:22:00,225 --> 01:22:02,683
Now, if you will
please come this way....

1129
01:22:03,517 --> 01:22:05,309
This is our visiting room...

1130
01:22:05,517 --> 01:22:08,683
...where relatives can see patients
who are stored here.

1131
01:22:08,850 --> 01:22:10,850
You see, it all looks quite normal.

1132
01:22:11,350 --> 01:22:13,350
We've found it is inadvisable...

1133
01:22:13,559 --> 01:22:17,766
...for relatives to know the actual
circumstances of patient care.

1134
01:22:17,975 --> 01:22:21,017
It's too much of a shock.
So we bring the patient here.

1135
01:22:21,225 --> 01:22:24,766
After the visit, we return them
to the main care facility.

1136
01:22:24,975 --> 01:22:28,309
If you will put on your glasses,
we'll go there now.

1137
01:22:29,017 --> 01:22:31,725
This is our main care facility.

1138
01:22:31,933 --> 01:22:34,850
Temperature here is
94.7 degrees Fahrenheit...

1139
01:22:35,058 --> 01:22:37,267
...humidity 82 percent.

1140
01:22:37,475 --> 01:22:40,517
This stability reduces
patient heat loss...

1141
01:22:40,683 --> 01:22:42,725
...and caloric requirements.

1142
01:22:42,933 --> 01:22:47,058
There's a low-level ultraviolet
bacteriostatic flux...

1143
01:22:47,267 --> 01:22:49,017
...and to prevent bedsores...

1144
01:22:49,225 --> 01:22:52,350
...patients are suspended
by wires through long bones.

1145
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:56,309
MAN: How do you get to them up there?
EMERSON: There's no need for contact.

1146
01:22:56,517 --> 01:23:00,350
Every one of our patients is
individually monitored by the computer.

1147
01:23:00,850 --> 01:23:04,766
Indwelling telemetry records weight,
fluid balance...

1148
01:23:04,975 --> 01:23:08,725
...blood pressure, blood gases,
temperature, metabolic balance.

1149
01:23:09,017 --> 01:23:13,683
Our computer makes an immediate
adjustment for any change in condition.

1150
01:23:13,850 --> 01:23:15,058
For example...

1151
01:23:15,850 --> 01:23:20,683
...we simulate hypotension by direct
compression of the telemetry unit.

1152
01:23:20,850 --> 01:23:24,766
The computer will sense this
and make an immediate adjustment.

1153
01:23:30,309 --> 01:23:32,475
Well, almost immediate.

1154
01:23:34,808 --> 01:23:36,891
Sometimes there's a-

1155
01:23:37,350 --> 01:23:39,058
There we are.

1156
01:23:39,517 --> 01:23:42,517
Sometimes there is a short delay,
but as you can see...

1157
01:23:42,683 --> 01:23:45,517
...the computer put the patient
in the Trendelenburg position...

1158
01:23:45,725 --> 01:23:48,017
...and administered a vasoconstrictor.

1159
01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:52,559
We have very few crises here.
With the assistance of technology...

1160
01:23:52,766 --> 01:23:55,350
...these patients
are maintained beautifully.

1161
01:23:55,517 --> 01:23:58,766
Without it,
they would have died long ago.

1162
01:23:58,975 --> 01:24:03,058
But the law says they must be
maintained, and this is one solution.

1163
01:24:03,683 --> 01:24:05,559
How large is your staff?

1164
01:24:05,933 --> 01:24:07,683
One nurse, a physician on call...

1165
01:24:07,891 --> 01:24:11,475
...two computer technicians and
a small security staff. That's all.

1166
01:24:11,683 --> 01:24:13,058
And the rest of the building?

1167
01:24:13,267 --> 01:24:16,766
It's of no interest. Just mechanical
and technical facilities.

1168
01:24:17,017 --> 01:24:21,309
-What's the cost?
-For each patient, about $60 a day.

1169
01:24:21,517 --> 01:24:26,225
But we can store 1,000 patients
and then the cost will go down.

1170
01:24:26,434 --> 01:24:30,517
We expect to maintain patients
for about $5 a day.

1171
01:24:30,683 --> 01:24:34,100
Less than it costs to hire
a baby-sitter for a few hours.

1172
01:24:34,350 --> 01:24:36,434
If there are
no further questions...

1173
01:24:36,641 --> 01:24:39,933
...this concludes our tour
of the Jefferson Institute.

1174
01:24:40,142 --> 01:24:43,683
Before you go, we have some literature
we'd like you to take.

1175
01:24:43,891 --> 01:24:47,891
It explains some of the background
and details of our work here.

1176
01:24:48,100 --> 01:24:50,100
We hope the tour has been informative.

1177
01:24:50,309 --> 01:24:54,183
And if you have any questions
about the Jefferson Institute...

1178
01:24:54,392 --> 01:24:56,017
...don't hesitate to call.

1179
01:24:56,183 --> 01:24:57,725
It shouldn't be about money.

1180
01:24:57,933 --> 01:25:00,933
Maybe your patients don't
complain about their bills.

1181
01:25:01,142 --> 01:25:02,683
Thank you for your interest.

1182
01:25:02,850 --> 01:25:03,975
Goodbye.

1183
01:26:11,559 --> 01:26:13,267
GUARD 1:
Do you know what I wanted?

1184
01:26:13,475 --> 01:26:15,683
I wanted corned beef on rye...

1185
01:26:15,891 --> 01:26:19,434
...or else a roast beef with Russian.
And what do you bring me?

1186
01:26:19,641 --> 01:26:21,100
Ham and cheese.

1187
01:26:21,309 --> 01:26:23,142
Well, that's all they had.

1188
01:26:23,350 --> 01:26:26,808
You mean to tell me they didn't have
any corned beef? No corned beef?

1189
01:26:27,017 --> 01:26:28,766
GUARD 2:
That's what the man said.

1190
01:26:28,975 --> 01:26:32,434
GUARD 1: No corned beef.
The guy must have been putting you on.

1191
01:26:35,683 --> 01:26:39,600
George says we're having an electrical
inspection tomorrow morning.

1192
01:26:39,808 --> 01:26:41,350
Are we set for that?

1193
01:26:41,559 --> 01:26:42,766
Norman!

1194
01:26:42,975 --> 01:26:44,475
Yes, we should be.

1195
01:26:44,683 --> 01:26:47,766
-Do you want the bidding program now?
-In a moment.

1196
01:26:50,058 --> 01:26:52,933
MAN 1: Did you see the game last night?
Two out, Bumbry's up.

1197
01:26:53,142 --> 01:26:55,058
He hits a ball to left field.

1198
01:26:55,267 --> 01:26:58,475
White misses it and goes for a triple.

1199
01:26:59,142 --> 01:27:01,100
Lungs, 1100 grams.

1200
01:27:01,850 --> 01:27:04,309
Kidneys, 780, 620.

1201
01:27:04,891 --> 01:27:07,350
MAN 2:
Eighty and six-twenty.

1202
01:27:08,183 --> 01:27:09,850
What about the heart?

1203
01:27:10,725 --> 01:27:13,434
MAN 1: I wrote it down someplace.
MAN 2: What's the temperature?

1204
01:27:13,850 --> 01:27:15,975
MAN 1:
Right now, 12 degrees centigrade...

1205
01:27:16,183 --> 01:27:18,683
...and all the rest at 14.

1206
01:27:20,183 --> 01:27:22,017
Bottom of the ninth.

1207
01:27:29,933 --> 01:27:31,933
[SHOWER RUNNING]

1208
01:27:38,058 --> 01:27:40,559
MAN 1: Hey.
MAN 2: What?

1209
01:27:40,766 --> 01:27:42,683
MAN 1: Where's that heart going?
MAN 2: Urn....

1210
01:27:42,850 --> 01:27:44,309
[TOILET FLUSHES]

1211
01:27:44,475 --> 01:27:45,766
San Francisco.

1212
01:27:45,975 --> 01:27:48,267
I think they're getting
$75,000 for it.

1213
01:27:48,475 --> 01:27:51,641
MAN 1: Is that all?
MAN 2: It was a bad match on tissue-typing.

1214
01:27:51,850 --> 01:27:54,350
Only two out of four.
But it's a rush order.

1215
01:27:54,559 --> 01:27:57,559
MAN 1: The kidney's a four-tissue match
and in perfect condition.

1216
01:27:57,766 --> 01:27:59,891
MAN 2:
They'll get 200 grand for that.

1217
01:28:00,100 --> 01:28:02,517
It's going to Texas.
A millionaire's son.

1218
01:28:02,725 --> 01:28:04,808
Good old George has the connections.

1219
01:28:05,017 --> 01:28:08,225
MAN 1: So far, George is doing fine.
What about the other kidney?

1220
01:28:08,434 --> 01:28:11,350
MAN 2: They're putting it up for bids.
They'll get 100 for it.

1221
01:28:11,559 --> 01:28:14,475
EMERSON: We have a left kidney,
two hours old, ready to ship.

1222
01:28:14,683 --> 01:28:17,559
It's a 4367. A 31-year-old male.

1223
01:28:17,766 --> 01:28:19,850
The bidding now stands
at forty-two five.

1224
01:28:20,017 --> 01:28:21,017
[PHONE BUZZES]

1225
01:28:21,183 --> 01:28:22,766
Thank you.

1226
01:28:22,975 --> 01:28:24,100
Forty-five.

1227
01:28:24,309 --> 01:28:25,559
Hello? It's at 45.

1228
01:28:25,808 --> 01:28:27,808
Well, it could be in Zurich in....

1229
01:28:28,058 --> 01:28:31,641
NORMAN: The fastest routing
is New York-Rome. It'll arrive local time...

1230
01:28:31,850 --> 01:28:35,434
...1300 hours, which means
elapsed time is 23 hours.

1231
01:28:35,641 --> 01:28:40,267
Twenty-three hours elapsed time,
which would make it 1 p.m. your time.

1232
01:28:40,850 --> 01:28:41,975
That's the best we can do.

1233
01:28:42,142 --> 01:28:43,183
[PHONE BUZZES]

1234
01:28:43,350 --> 01:28:44,475
Thank you.

1235
01:28:44,641 --> 01:28:45,683
Hello.

1236
01:28:51,850 --> 01:28:52,850
What's that?

1237
01:28:54,183 --> 01:28:56,017
Look at monitor four.

1238
01:28:59,309 --> 01:29:00,350
All units!

1239
01:29:00,517 --> 01:29:01,641
All units!

1240
01:29:01,850 --> 01:29:03,891
There is an unauthorized woman
in the building.

1241
01:29:04,058 --> 01:29:07,017
-Contain this person maintaining....
-Let's take her alive.

1242
01:29:07,183 --> 01:29:08,891
Don't shoot.

1243
01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:12,683
GUARD 1 [OVER RADIO]:
Visiting room, clear. Over.

1244
01:29:13,225 --> 01:29:16,142
GUARD 2:
Second floor lobby, clear.

1245
01:29:16,517 --> 01:29:19,434
GUARD 1: Has anyone checked
the main care facility? Over.

1246
01:29:19,641 --> 01:29:22,225
We have no reports from that sector.

1247
01:29:35,683 --> 01:29:38,517
Now on the second floor corridor.

1248
01:29:56,683 --> 01:29:58,850
[GUARD 1 SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO]

1249
01:30:11,183 --> 01:30:12,225
System's all clear. Repeat.

1250
01:30:15,017 --> 01:30:16,975
GUARD 2:
Don't you have a key to this place?

1251
01:30:20,183 --> 01:30:22,434
[GLASS SHATTERING]

1252
01:30:22,600 --> 01:30:24,683
GUARD 3:
No intruders on sub-basement one.

1253
01:30:24,850 --> 01:30:28,267
Repeat: No intruders
on sub-basement one.

1254
01:30:28,475 --> 01:30:31,933
Unit one, she's out on the ledge.
It's too far for her to jump.

1255
01:30:36,850 --> 01:30:38,100
I don't see her.

1256
01:30:38,309 --> 01:30:41,641
She's out there.
She won't get far. We got her now.

1257
01:30:41,850 --> 01:30:45,600
EMERSON: Have the dogs start
on the north side and circle the building.

1258
01:30:45,808 --> 01:30:48,850
I want security at all exits.
Notify them by radio.

1259
01:30:49,017 --> 01:30:53,309
Search the labs and the roof.
I've had enough of this inefficiency.

1260
01:30:53,808 --> 01:30:55,683
GUARD [OVER RADIO]:
Perimeter dog team, come in.

1261
01:30:55,850 --> 01:30:56,850
Repeat. Come in!

1262
01:31:42,058 --> 01:31:45,517
Main control, any readings
from outside? Where are the dogs?

1263
01:32:08,309 --> 01:32:10,517
GUARD 2:
/ don't know where the hell she is.

1264
01:32:10,725 --> 01:32:13,142
GUARD 3:
She's got to be around here somewhere.

1265
01:32:25,683 --> 01:32:27,392
There, there.

1266
01:32:28,517 --> 01:32:30,933
It's going to be all right.

1267
01:32:32,183 --> 01:32:35,058
It's going to be all right.

1268
01:32:47,641 --> 01:32:49,641
[SIREN APPROACHING]

1269
01:33:00,350 --> 01:33:02,683
GUARD 1:
First floor lobby, check in.

1270
01:33:03,142 --> 01:33:05,475
First floor lobby, please respond.

1271
01:33:06,017 --> 01:33:07,683
GUARD 2:
No, she's not here.

1272
01:33:08,100 --> 01:33:10,142
Of course I've been notified.

1273
01:33:11,058 --> 01:33:12,933
I'm keeping an eye out for her.

1274
01:33:13,225 --> 01:33:17,517
If she comes here, we'll get her.
There's no way she can escape.

1275
01:33:35,641 --> 01:33:37,017
[LOCK CLICKING]

1276
01:33:38,766 --> 01:33:40,725
Let's get this loaded quick.

1277
01:33:41,017 --> 01:33:44,058
I got to make it in time
for the Dallas flight.

1278
01:33:44,267 --> 01:33:46,350
And we got rush-hour traffic.

1279
01:33:46,517 --> 01:33:49,392
Even with the siren,
I gotta get through the tunnel.

1280
01:33:50,100 --> 01:33:52,850
Life gets tougher all the time.

1281
01:33:53,850 --> 01:33:55,267
I see you got the dogs out.

1282
01:33:55,475 --> 01:33:58,850
-We got a little security problem.
-We all got problems.

1283
01:33:59,058 --> 01:34:01,058
World's full of problems.

1284
01:34:05,309 --> 01:34:06,683
Take it away!

1285
01:34:07,517 --> 01:34:09,517
[SIREN WAILING]

1286
01:34:39,017 --> 01:34:40,600
[ELEVATOR DINGS]

1287
01:34:43,017 --> 01:34:45,392
WOMAN [ON INTERCOM]:
Dr. Rogers, 2204.

1288
01:34:45,559 --> 01:34:49,017
Dr. Earl Rogers, 2204.

1289
01:34:53,225 --> 01:34:55,309
[ELEVATOR DINGS]

1290
01:35:05,517 --> 01:35:06,641
Do me a favor, will you?

1291
01:35:07,517 --> 01:35:09,683
Don't say anything to upset her.

1292
01:35:09,850 --> 01:35:11,309
WOMAN:
I wouldn't say anything.

1293
01:35:11,517 --> 01:35:13,850
MAN:
She's an old woman. She's sick.

1294
01:35:14,058 --> 01:35:16,309
-She may die.
WOMAN: Did the doctor say that?

1295
01:35:16,517 --> 01:35:19,725
-I don't know.
-You don't know what the doctor said?

1296
01:35:20,267 --> 01:35:23,850
-I'll believe what the doctor says.
MAN: Just don't upset her.

1297
01:35:24,766 --> 01:35:26,058
This could be it.

1298
01:35:26,475 --> 01:35:27,683
This could be the end.

1299
01:35:32,142 --> 01:35:33,766
It's incredible.

1300
01:35:35,517 --> 01:35:38,933
Well, I could use a drink.
How about you? Scotch?

1301
01:35:40,309 --> 01:35:41,766
Whatever you're having.

1302
01:35:41,975 --> 01:35:44,517
I like a woman who drinks Scotch.

1303
01:35:48,017 --> 01:35:49,766
You've done a remarkable thing, Sue.

1304
01:35:50,641 --> 01:35:52,267
Your dedication...

1305
01:35:52,475 --> 01:35:54,392
...your concern...

1306
01:35:55,100 --> 01:35:57,559
...your pursuit of this problem.

1307
01:35:58,475 --> 01:36:00,808
It's all extremely impressive.

1308
01:36:01,975 --> 01:36:03,267
And I'm very grateful.

1309
01:36:04,017 --> 01:36:06,183
-Thank you.
-Cheers.

1310
01:36:10,891 --> 01:36:13,350
In fact, I'm more than grateful.

1311
01:36:14,100 --> 01:36:16,017
I'm deeply in your debt.

1312
01:36:18,017 --> 01:36:20,142
The question is,
how do we handle this?

1313
01:36:20,517 --> 01:36:21,850
You arrest Dr. George.

1314
01:36:22,017 --> 01:36:23,517
[INTERCOM BUZZES]

1315
01:36:25,766 --> 01:36:26,808
Yes.

1316
01:36:26,975 --> 01:36:29,309
SECRETARY:
Sorry, Dr. Harris. It's Landis in Washington.

1317
01:36:29,683 --> 01:36:30,808
Put him on.

1318
01:36:31,100 --> 01:36:32,641
Excuse me.

1319
01:36:35,559 --> 01:36:36,933
Hello, Tom. How are you?

1320
01:36:38,017 --> 01:36:40,309
Fine, fine, just fine.

1321
01:36:41,475 --> 01:36:43,600
Sure, I'd be delighted to testify.

1322
01:36:43,808 --> 01:36:46,350
You know how strongly I feel
about the matter.

1323
01:36:46,517 --> 01:36:48,808
But have you consulted
the president?

1324
01:36:49,100 --> 01:36:50,392
Uh-huh.

1325
01:36:50,559 --> 01:36:51,600
I see.

1326
01:36:52,725 --> 01:36:53,933
This won't take long.

1327
01:37:02,100 --> 01:37:03,475
Uh-huh.

1328
01:37:17,517 --> 01:37:20,891
Good. Thanks for calling, Tom. Bye.

1329
01:37:26,350 --> 01:37:29,725
You've put me in a difficult position, Sue.

1330
01:37:31,267 --> 01:37:32,933
It seems you know everything.

1331
01:37:38,475 --> 01:37:39,766
You're George.

1332
01:37:40,017 --> 01:37:42,683
I wonder if you can understand...

1333
01:37:43,559 --> 01:37:46,766
...if you can take the long view...

1334
01:37:48,142 --> 01:37:51,683
...the view of a person in my position.

1335
01:37:56,309 --> 01:37:57,559
You did it?

1336
01:37:57,766 --> 01:38:00,600
No decision is easy, Sue.

1337
01:38:00,891 --> 01:38:03,683
It only looks that way
when you're young.

1338
01:38:04,683 --> 01:38:06,434
When you're older...

1339
01:38:06,891 --> 01:38:09,559
...everything is complicated.

1340
01:38:10,267 --> 01:38:12,600
There is no black and white.

1341
01:38:12,808 --> 01:38:14,475
Only gray.

1342
01:38:16,267 --> 01:38:19,142
But our society faces
momentous decisions.

1343
01:38:20,267 --> 01:38:22,850
Decisions about the right to die...

1344
01:38:23,225 --> 01:38:26,100
...about abortion,
about terminal illness...

1345
01:38:26,309 --> 01:38:29,183
...prolonged coma, transplantation.

1346
01:38:29,350 --> 01:38:32,225
Decisions about life and death.

1347
01:38:32,434 --> 01:38:34,683
But society isn't deciding.

1348
01:38:35,017 --> 01:38:37,766
Congress isn't deciding.
The courts aren't deciding.

1349
01:38:37,975 --> 01:38:40,142
Religion isn't deciding. Why?

1350
01:38:40,517 --> 01:38:44,517
Because society is leaving it
up to us, the experts.

1351
01:38:44,683 --> 01:38:45,850
The doctors.

1352
01:38:48,017 --> 01:38:49,017
You're crazy.

1353
01:38:49,225 --> 01:38:53,142
Americans spend $125 billion
a year on health.

1354
01:38:53,350 --> 01:38:54,641
More than defense.

1355
01:38:55,225 --> 01:38:58,017
Because Americans believe
in medical care.

1356
01:38:58,183 --> 01:39:02,891
These great hospital complexes
are the cathedrals of our age.

1357
01:39:03,100 --> 01:39:06,600
Billions of dollars,
thousands of beds...

1358
01:39:07,392 --> 01:39:10,766
...a whole nation of sick people
turning to us for help.

1359
01:39:10,933 --> 01:39:12,600
[GIGGLING]

1360
01:39:16,309 --> 01:39:17,766
You....

1361
01:39:18,350 --> 01:39:20,350
You ought to see somebody.

1362
01:39:20,517 --> 01:39:23,017
-They're children, Sue.
-Ha-ha-ha.

1363
01:39:23,183 --> 01:39:24,683
They trust us.

1364
01:39:26,183 --> 01:39:28,183
We can't tell them everything.

1365
01:39:29,100 --> 01:39:33,683
Our job is to make things easier
for them. I'm sure you agree.

1366
01:39:35,017 --> 01:39:36,517
You're killing people.

1367
01:39:37,100 --> 01:39:40,475
We must always take the long view...

1368
01:39:41,058 --> 01:39:45,183
...not of the individual,
but of society as a whole...

1369
01:39:45,350 --> 01:39:49,725
...because medicine is now
a great social force.

1370
01:39:50,350 --> 01:39:53,475
The individual is too small.

1371
01:40:03,017 --> 01:40:04,434
That's the drug.

1372
01:40:05,058 --> 01:40:09,392
It produces abdominal spasm
and peritoneal symptoms.

1373
01:40:10,392 --> 01:40:12,100
It must be very painful.

1374
01:40:14,475 --> 01:40:15,725
It's too bad.

1375
01:40:17,517 --> 01:40:20,517
But look at it from
the practical standpoint.

1376
01:40:20,891 --> 01:40:25,309
Somebody has to make these decisions.
We can't wait around forever.

1377
01:40:25,641 --> 01:40:27,850
If society won't decide,
we'll decide.

1378
01:40:28,017 --> 01:40:29,808
We'll make the hard decisions.

1379
01:40:37,475 --> 01:40:39,058
This is Dr. Harris.

1380
01:40:39,267 --> 01:40:43,100
Schedule an emergency
appendectomy in O.R. 8.

1381
01:40:43,850 --> 01:40:45,891
It's a member of the house staff,
Dr. Wheeler.

1382
01:40:46,142 --> 01:40:48,850
I've examined her.
She requires immediate surgery.

1383
01:40:49,058 --> 01:40:50,559
Okay, honey, now just sit up.

1384
01:40:50,766 --> 01:40:53,267
Come on, that's it. That's good.

1385
01:40:54,641 --> 01:40:56,725
Yes. Here we go.

1386
01:40:57,641 --> 01:40:58,683
It's...

1387
01:40:59,017 --> 01:41:00,058
...the drug.

1388
01:41:00,225 --> 01:41:02,267
Yes, yes, it's gonna be just fine.

1389
01:41:02,434 --> 01:41:04,017
Doctors make the worst patients.

1390
01:41:04,183 --> 01:41:06,183
They know too much, I guess.

1391
01:41:11,559 --> 01:41:14,183
WOMAN [ON INTERCOM]:
Dr. Edwards, 1011.

1392
01:41:14,350 --> 01:41:16,392
Dr. Edwards, 1011.

1393
01:41:16,559 --> 01:41:19,559
Susan. Susan.

1394
01:41:20,683 --> 01:41:22,350
Why'd you run away?

1395
01:41:22,933 --> 01:41:25,517
I was just talking to your mother.
She was worried about you.

1396
01:41:25,683 --> 01:41:28,600
-Mark. Mark.
-Everybody's been worried about you.

1397
01:41:31,100 --> 01:41:32,725
Mark.

1398
01:41:33,100 --> 01:41:34,683
Honey, I love you.

1399
01:41:35,517 --> 01:41:37,017
You're gonna be just fine.

1400
01:41:37,225 --> 01:41:38,975
No, Mark, listen.

1401
01:41:39,309 --> 01:41:41,017
You have to stop this.

1402
01:41:41,225 --> 01:41:43,850
I'm fine. I am.

1403
01:41:44,017 --> 01:41:45,058
[CHUCKLES]

1404
01:41:45,225 --> 01:41:47,392
-But your appendix is not fine.
-No, Mark.

1405
01:41:47,683 --> 01:41:50,392
You've got plus-four peritonitis,
guarding and spasm, honey.

1406
01:41:50,559 --> 01:41:53,017
-No.
-Susan, you do.

1407
01:41:53,225 --> 01:41:54,683
No, I don't.

1408
01:41:55,100 --> 01:41:56,350
[GROANS]

1409
01:41:56,683 --> 01:41:58,475
There's no question about it.

1410
01:42:01,225 --> 01:42:05,683
Mark. Check my white count
and sed. rate. It's normal.

1411
01:42:06,350 --> 01:42:07,808
Please.

1412
01:42:14,808 --> 01:42:15,891
Huh.

1413
01:42:16,058 --> 01:42:18,350
-The tests aren't here.
-Unh.

1414
01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:23,100
But with these physical signs,
it has to be appendicitis.

1415
01:42:23,350 --> 01:42:24,350
Please!

1416
01:42:24,517 --> 01:42:26,766
It's better to be safe
and have the operation.

1417
01:42:26,933 --> 01:42:29,017
-Unh.
-Besides, you're in the best of hands.

1418
01:42:29,225 --> 01:42:32,600
Dr. Harris himself will do
the procedure, huh? How about that?

1419
01:42:32,933 --> 01:42:34,850
The chief of surgery
is taking your case.

1420
01:42:35,017 --> 01:42:36,267
SUSAN:
I don't want him.

1421
01:42:36,475 --> 01:42:40,017
-Well, how's our patient doing?
-Fine. Just slightly delirious.

1422
01:42:40,225 --> 01:42:42,850
That's normal with appendicitis.

1423
01:42:43,058 --> 01:42:45,975
Besides, we all know doctors
make the worst patients.

1424
01:42:46,309 --> 01:42:47,517
You gonna scrub in?

1425
01:42:47,725 --> 01:42:51,142
Dr. Harris, we have O.R. 7
ready for your case.

1426
01:42:51,350 --> 01:42:53,100
I wanted O.R. 8.

1427
01:42:53,309 --> 01:42:54,933
NURSE:
It isn't ready yet.

1428
01:42:55,142 --> 01:42:59,641
HARRIS: I specifically requested O.R. 8.
NURSE: It'll take a couple of minutes.

1429
01:42:59,850 --> 01:43:02,850
HARRIS: Well, hurry it up.
Our patient can't wait all night, can she?

1430
01:43:03,017 --> 01:43:04,808
[BEEPING]

1431
01:43:04,975 --> 01:43:06,017
HARRIS:
You scrubbing in?

1432
01:43:06,891 --> 01:43:09,850
Uh, excuse me.
Let me just answer this page, sir.

1433
01:43:15,808 --> 01:43:17,392
Yeah, this is Dr. Bellows.

1434
01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:18,641
WOMAN:
Yes, Dr. Bellows.

1435
01:43:18,850 --> 01:43:19,850
It's that serious, huh?

1436
01:43:20,309 --> 01:43:22,183
WOMAN:
Is what that serious?

1437
01:43:22,392 --> 01:43:23,891
All right, I'll be right there.

1438
01:43:24,100 --> 01:43:25,683
WOMAN:
Dr. Bellows?

1439
01:43:28,517 --> 01:43:30,267
We're ready in O.R. 8, Dr. Harris.

1440
01:43:30,475 --> 01:43:31,933
We'll start at once.

1441
01:43:32,183 --> 01:43:33,267
Bellows?

1442
01:43:33,517 --> 01:43:35,683
Patient on surgical two's
got convulsions.

1443
01:43:35,850 --> 01:43:37,891
-Join me as soon as you can.
-Yes, sir.

1444
01:43:38,183 --> 01:43:39,891
You can take her in.

1445
01:43:40,600 --> 01:43:44,350
You certainly are lucky
with Dr. Harris doing the operation.

1446
01:43:44,683 --> 01:43:47,017
MAN:
Couldn't ask for a better man, huh?

1447
01:43:47,225 --> 01:43:49,017
-I want-
-Now, now, just lie back.

1448
01:43:49,183 --> 01:43:52,017
You're going to have a nice sleep.
Just relax.

1449
01:43:52,392 --> 01:43:54,183
Easy, we'll take good care of you.

1450
01:43:55,225 --> 01:43:58,559
SUSAN: I found the oxygen line.
It starts in the basement...

1451
01:43:58,766 --> 01:44:00,641
...and it goes up the main tunnel...

1452
01:44:00,850 --> 01:44:04,350
...and then it plugs in the ceiling
that goes to O.R. 8.

1453
01:44:09,350 --> 01:44:10,933
NURSE:
Do we have enough sponges?

1454
01:44:11,142 --> 01:44:14,850
We better order some more
4-0 Chromex. We're almost out.

1455
01:44:16,683 --> 01:44:18,350
[NURSE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

1456
01:44:18,517 --> 01:44:20,142
[DOOR OPENS]

1457
01:44:35,683 --> 01:44:38,017
We have to do this one right.

1458
01:44:38,641 --> 01:44:43,475
House officers deserve the very best
of care in their own hospital.

1459
01:44:48,517 --> 01:44:52,142
I'm giving you Pentothal.
Take some good, deep breaths, dear.

1460
01:44:54,142 --> 01:44:55,808
-In and out.
-Unh.

1461
01:45:16,891 --> 01:45:18,392
The patient's film, Dr. Harris.

1462
01:45:19,183 --> 01:45:20,766
They look normal, don't they?

1463
01:45:21,100 --> 01:45:25,392
Pity acute appendicitis doesn't
show up more clearly in the x-rays.

1464
01:45:33,017 --> 01:45:34,434
NURSE:
She has an inny.

1465
01:45:34,641 --> 01:45:35,850
HARRIS:
A what?

1466
01:45:36,058 --> 01:45:38,517
NURSE:
An inny. The bellybutton.

1467
01:45:38,850 --> 01:45:41,475
Some are innies, some are outties.
Hers is an inny.

1468
01:45:59,766 --> 01:46:02,225
HARRIS:
Let me know when she's fully under.

1469
01:46:07,475 --> 01:46:09,267
MAN:
She's ready for you.

1470
01:46:09,850 --> 01:46:10,891
Scalpel, please.

1471
01:46:47,350 --> 01:46:49,350
[BEEPING]

1472
01:46:56,517 --> 01:46:57,725
[BEEPING INCREASES]

1473
01:46:57,891 --> 01:47:00,600
-What's that?
-It's a PVC.

1474
01:47:02,225 --> 01:47:03,267
There's another one.

1475
01:47:03,891 --> 01:47:05,017
Too light?

1476
01:47:05,392 --> 01:47:06,683
MAN:
I don't think so, sir.

1477
01:47:07,434 --> 01:47:09,183
Maybe you'd better deepen anesthesia.

1478
01:47:19,933 --> 01:47:22,475
MAN: Blood pressure's dropping.
I don't understand.

1479
01:47:23,350 --> 01:47:26,058
HARRIS: Want me to stop?
-No.

1480
01:47:26,725 --> 01:47:27,766
It'll be all right, sir.

1481
01:47:28,350 --> 01:47:32,392
-I'll be happy to stop a moment.
-It's okay, Dr. Harris.

1482
01:47:32,808 --> 01:47:34,142
You recommend I go on?

1483
01:47:45,683 --> 01:47:46,725
Son of a....

1484
01:47:50,309 --> 01:47:52,683
Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch!

1485
01:47:52,850 --> 01:47:54,766
Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch!

1486
01:47:55,058 --> 01:47:56,517
Here it is.

1487
01:47:57,641 --> 01:47:59,017
Hmm.

1488
01:47:59,475 --> 01:48:01,891
Looks normal.
Never know it from her symptoms.

1489
01:48:02,183 --> 01:48:05,058
It's nice to see the chief
get caught sometimes.

1490
01:48:05,891 --> 01:48:07,434
Happens to the best of us.

1491
01:48:08,559 --> 01:48:10,517
Okay.

1492
01:48:24,267 --> 01:48:25,309
All right.

1493
01:48:26,975 --> 01:48:28,891
-You can bring her out now.
-Right, sir.

1494
01:48:35,933 --> 01:48:38,350
-Uh-oh, Dr. Harris.
-Yes?

1495
01:48:38,517 --> 01:48:40,434
She's not coming around.

1496
01:48:40,600 --> 01:48:43,850
Just give her a minute.
I'm sure she'll be just fine.

1497
01:48:44,017 --> 01:48:45,017
I don't know, sir.

1498
01:48:50,975 --> 01:48:52,808
[SUSAN GASPING]

1499
01:48:54,142 --> 01:48:56,058
[COUGHING]

1500
01:48:56,683 --> 01:48:58,142
MAN:
She's okay, sir.

1501
01:48:58,725 --> 01:49:00,850
She's just fine, Dr. Harris.

1502
01:49:01,225 --> 01:49:02,725
NURSE:
Nice case, Dr. Harris.

1503
01:49:43,392 --> 01:49:46,600
Mark. Mark.

1504
01:49:47,683 --> 01:49:50,392
-Don't let him do the operation.
-I know, baby.

1505
01:49:51,100 --> 01:49:52,517
I know.

1506
01:50:08,267 --> 01:50:10,725
MAN:
We're waiting for you, Dr. Harris.

1507
01:52:47,975 --> 01:52:49,975
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