Complications (2015) s01e02 Episode Script
Infection
1 Previously on Complications How long have you been in emergency medicine? Uh, ten years.
My wife's a lawyer and we have a son, Oliver.
We had an eight year old daughter, Becky we lost her last year.
[Screams.]
[Gunshots.]
[Screaming.]
They're coming back, man! How much blood did he lose? If you're asking whether what you did at the scene saved the kid, John, yeah, it did.
Tell me again what happened.
She fell off the porch.
Let's let her answer.
She's been in here six times in a year She is gonna die, and we're just watching it happen.
What if we could help her? If her blood work came back positive for signs of meningitis, we could get her into isolation, away from the boyfriend, maybe save her life.
Why would her doctor do this? You have a phone call Hello? That boy you saved I'm his daddy.
That Mexican gang in the lobby They're going to be coming in to kill my son.
What do you want from me? What do you think I want? I want you to save him.
I need your help.
I need to get Antoine Tyler out of the hospital to someplace safe.
What about the security in surgical recovery? I can't just wheel him out in front of them.
They'll all come down to the ER waiting room if there's a problem.
If we switch Antoine's records with Henry's, you can get him down to transport.
They can get him over to Ansley under Henry's name.
Sam, wake up.
Someone's in the house.
We need to know how the little man's doing.
Antoine? For now he's fine.
There's a number on that phone.
You need something anything You call it.
[Thunder.]
[Sirens.]
Ready to go, baby girl? No, I'm not.
Please, sweetie.
I want to go home.
Please.
Becky, we just want you to get better.
You've been so brave.
I can't.
John, I uh I know, it's okay.
Rebecca Sweetheart, do you remember we talked about this? About how the medicine works? It makes you sick so it can make you better.
And it will make you better.
But it hurts so much.
Yeah, I know it does.
But I'm your dad.
And I will be right there with you.
Punk.
There's my brave girl.
Watch your head.
Oh, you're getting heavy.
Okay.
[Sirens in the distance.]
[Dramatic music.]
[Thunder claps.]
[Police radio.]
Ollie, there's nothing to worry about.
It's over.
Okay? You sure? The police are here.
This is the safest house on the street now.
I promise.
Okay? Go downstairs, tell your mom I'll be right there.
All right? [Suspenseful music.]
[Police talking.]
[Phone beeping.]
[Phone ringing.]
- Hello? - It's John.
(Gretchen) What is it? I thought we were gonna talk tomorrow.
(John) That boy we moved today, Antoine Tyler, what's his status? (Gretchen) He's fine.
He's at Ansley.
I went over like we talked about and told him not to talk anyone.
(Samantha) John, the police need to talk to you.
Doctor? Talk? Yeah, I'll be right there.
What the hell is going on? Some men broke into my house.
Antoine's father sent them.
I needed to see if he was okay before I talk to the police.
You're gonna talk to the police? You cannot do that! Are you listening? They broke into my home.
They murdered two of the men I fought at the hospital and showed me pictures of the bodies.
I have to talk to the police.
Why do you think they showed you those pictures? It's a warning.
We have a plan and this does not change it.
If you want your family safe, you keep your mouth shut.
(John) And then they ran off.
So I checked the house and that's when you guys got here.
(Police office) So you heard a noise from the master bedroom.
You came down the stairs and you said you called out to them.
Do you remember what you said? I, uh There's a number on that phone.
If you need something, anything, you call it.
Sir? Sir? I asked if you spoke to the intruders.
Um, yes, yes.
So I came down the stairs, thought I heard them in that room, so I went in and I said, "who's there," maybe? Something like that.
And they must have come through that room and right out the front door.
Can you tell us anything at all about them? Height? Race? No, no.
I wish I could give you more.
It just happened so fast.
I didn't see anything.
[Metal music blasting on car radio.]
No, you're not listening to me.
I want to talk to the doctor.
I heard you and I will say it again, I am a doctor.
No! No.
I wanna talk to my girlfriend's doctor.
You're not him.
No.
Bring that guy out here.
No! That's not how it works.
And your girlfriend is not down here.
She's in an isolation unit with bacterial meningitis.
Then why didn't she call me? Huh, smart guy? I don't know.
That's a tough one but if you give me a sec, I bet I could come up with a good reason.
Her, right there.
That's that nurse that was with that doctor.
Can I just talk to her for a second? No you can't, no you can't look Don't touch me, man.
[Laughs.]
Whoo, I'm doing my best to walk the walk here but even the lord, he had his limits.
You need to leave.
Right now.
Hey! Gretchen, glad I caught you.
I need to talk to you for a moment.
Talk away, Doctor.
Right.
So the thing is I got the job of looking into John's cases from the night of his incident.
I guess admin is worried about law suits.
Just wanted to ask if there's anything we should know.
Anything like what? Uh, just if John made any questionable choices that night, maybe violated a policy.
You worked on a number of patients with him, so As far as I saw, he was normal.
Well, he attacked a room full of people, so that might be a stretch.
Uh, just let me know if you remember anything, okay? You got it.
Shit.
[Power drill.]
So people break into our house in the middle of the night, the police just check it out, and then leave? [Power drill.]
I'll call the alarm company today.
We'll get a system installed.
Is that really gonna be enough? I mean, you shot a gang member, what What if they were here to hurt us? They're I don't think It'll be all right.
What? Last night, when we were talking to the police, did you really not see anything? I mean, how is that possible? You know what? Forget it.
Hey, hey.
Come here.
Don't worry.
I'll keep this family safe.
What's wrong? Nothing, sweetie.
Mom and Dad were just talking.
Am I going to school? Yes, of course.
I'm so sorry.
Okay, yeah, let's go.
Have a good day at school.
- Okay, buddy? - Okay, bye, Dad.
Bye.
I'll see you later.
I'm sure everything will be fine.
It will be.
Okay, let's go.
(Samantha) You're gonna be late, I'm gonna race you.
[Suspenseful music.]
[Sirens.]
[Hospital staff speaking.]
Gretchen.
Right on time.
Yeah, I almost wasn't.
I had a little trouble finding this What is this place? The last remaining approved smoking area in the hospital.
Oh, well, it's charming.
You got the papers? I need to head over to Ansley.
There you go.
Okay, Malcolm Akers, 11 years old, admitted to Ansley Surgical Center.
Thoracic trauma of unknown origin? Is this a fake medical record? Uh, yeah.
If you want him in the system at Ansley Surgical Center, this is the way to do it.
Anyway, you have much bigger things to worry about.
What? Bridget is asking about your cases from the other night, including a certain meningitis patient who's up in isolation without any actual bugs in her spinal fluid.
Hillary Farmer, right.
Yeah.
- I'll talk to her.
- No, no No, I can do it.
You sure? You just get over to Ansley with that, okay? I gotta go.
Good luck.
[Chortles.]
[Sighs.]
When it gets to this type of consistency, I'm gonna add a cup of wine.
(Voice on TV) It's gonna help it set.
Be careful when you're doing it I'm Nurse Polk.
We met a few days ago in the ER.
Yeah, I remember.
Do you know why you're in isolation? They say I got meningitis.
Well, you don't.
You have fractured clavicle that your boyfriend gave you.
The meningitis diagnosis was to get you here.
What do you want? A doctor's gonna come by and ask you some questions.
You need to tell her that you felt nauseous, with a stiff neck, and a headache when you came in.
I wrote them down here for you, okay? You want me to lie? Seriously? What is that supposed to mean? I've seen your medical records.
You've lied about every injury you've had for, like, two years.
I am trying to help you.
I didn't ask for your help.
No, you just needed it.
Hillary, if you want to stay here, you have to I don't have to do anything.
I get it.
You don't like me.
That's just fine because I don't like you much either.
But I do know what you're going through.
You're overwhelmed.
You're not sure what to do.
You don't anything about me.
Get out of here.
Get out! Everything okay in here? Yes.
She was just leaving.
[Dramatic percussive music.]
[Intercom chatter.]
[Phone rings.]
Hi, can I help you? Hi.
Yeah, I'm from Samaritan Hospital.
I'm checking on a patient.
Oh, the charts are over there.
Thanks.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You gotta sign in.
Right.
[Intercom chatter.]
Excuse me.
What's up? The patient I'm looking for, he's and African-American male, 11 years old.
Oh, the Doe? Yeah, he's in room 219.
Is he scheduled for any procedures today? Or any tests? No.
Why do you ask? Oh, I just wanted to talk to him about his, um Physical therapy.
Are you sure he couldn't have gone out for He's in his room.
All day, all night.
How's that cart coming? I'm coming down there, mama, easy.
Look, I gotta check the kid's fluids in about a half hour or so.
You can meet me in the room if you'd like.
But he's pretty sedated.
Ramon.
I gotta go.
[Dramatic music.]
[Monitor beeping.]
(Becky) I want to go home.
It hurts so much.
Punk.
I'm your dad and I'll be right there with you.
(Becky's doctor) After completing this last round of chemo, the test results came in, and I'm afraid the cancer's progress hasn't slowed.
Oh, god.
That isn't You said the regimen was effective.
And it is, in about 85% of cases.
(John) But we had a plan here.
(Becky's doctor) Even the best treatment plan can fail.
(John) So that's it? Chalk it up to bad luck? My little girl becomes one of the unlucky few, in a very, very effective treatment protocol? We have our answer, it didn't work.
That's not good enough.
I know but it's not Dr.
Kelly's fault I don't accept that.
There's nothing we can do.
No! Please.
Oh, god, please.
So you still wanna split the zoning initiatives by NPU's? Yeah, it'll be quicker.
We just need to make sure it doesn't all look like high density development.
(Anne) Okay, well, we can push Wilton's people to finish the public park proposal by Monday.
Maybe you could take the lead on that? [Car horn honks.]
Sam? Hmm? Are you all right? Yeah, you know, I'm so sorry, I just remembered that I've got some business across town so I'm gonna meet you back at the office, okay? All right.
I'll see you later.
Okay, bye.
[Phone beeping.]
[Phone ringing.]
(Kyle) Sam? Hi.
It's good to hear from you.
How are you doing? Um, not great, actually.
I'm down at city hall and I thought maybe you might have a minute to get coffee? (Kyle) Yeah, just tell me where.
Hey.
Hello, gorgeous.
I love what you're doing with your hair.
You got the tangle and the little highlight.
Shut up and let me in.
[Buzzing.]
Yes, Nurse, those files should be right here.
Hydro? Oh, nice.
Cancer patient tanked in the er.
He doesn't need them anymore.
What do you want? I need you to change the attending physician on a patient record.
That's a new one.
Is this for the kid I made the records for? No, something else.
Jesus, Gretchen, you're asking for a lot of favors this week.
It's a favor when you do it for free.
You do it for 250 milligrams of hydrocodone, it's a job.
Yes or no? Yeah.
All right.
Who's the patient? Hillary Farmer.
She came in on Tuesday night.
Yeah.
She's one of Dr.
Elison's.
How did you know that? You know that one doctor? Kind of, like, bitchy-hot one? Dr.
O'Neill? Yeah, she pulled the file about an hour ago.
Along with a bunch of his other cases.
Shit.
I mean, I can still do it, if you want.
Forget it, it's too late.
Gretchen, what about the hydro Can I? Whatever, you'll owe me.
Okay.
Nurse, hey! I want to talk to you.
I said I want to talk to you.
I liked that little stunt you pulled in the er, it was charming.
I'm here to see my girlfriend.
Where's Hillary? She's in isolation with an infectious disease.
Okay? She's sick.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
There was nothing wrong with her when I brought her in.
You sure about that? 'Cause if I remember correctly, she had a fractured clavicle and a shit ton of bruises.
Okay.
I'm gonna make this really simple for you.
I want you to take me to her, and I want you to take me to her, right now.
Max.
Hey, Max.
You heading to the Ed? Let me help you there.
My name's Matt.
Oh yeah, that's what I said.
Keep walking.
[Phone rings.]
Yeah? It's me.
We have a problem.
(Gretchen) What? It's Antoine.
He is not here.
What are you talking about? He's not where? (John) Anywhere.
His chart says he's supposed to be in bed, sedated.
But he's not.
Okay, are you sure? Could he be in Radiology, or Gretchen, Gretchen, I just spent the last half-hour checking the procedure rooms.
I am telling you, something is wrong.
Okay, okay.
Do you have a way to get ahold of the gang? Are you insane? I can't call them.
What the hell else are you gonna do? If they came and took him, you need to know that.
Do you understand who I'm dealing with? They kill people.
(Gretchen) Doctor, I get it.
They'll be pissed if they find out he's gone.
But think about how pissed they'll be if he's gone and you don't tell them.
Gretchen, uh, a little help here.
It's your call.
You're the MD.
Make a decision.
[Phone rings.]
Hello? (Darius) What you need? Who is this? (Darius) This is the man you called.
Okay, uh, I need to know something.
Is there a way to, um, reach Antoine's family? (Darius) The only family Toine's got's in prison.
Okay, well, maybe a social worker, or a teacher? (Darius) Ain't no one like that.
Why you asking? I, uh Why don't I call you back? (Darius) I said why are you asking me? I'm at Ansley Surgical Center and I've had some trouble locating him.
(Darius) You saying you lost him? No.
I just wanted to check to see if someone picked up him.
Someone who was looking out for him.
(Darius) Doc, you was the one looking out for him.
Don't go nowhere.
[Voice on hospital intercom.]
[Suspenseful music.]
Excuse me, sir? We spoke earlier, what's your name? Ramon.
Yeah, you're here for the kid in 219, right? Yeah.
Yeah, I was just headed down there.
Actually, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.
I was just in 219 and he's not there.
Really? Really.
Nah, that doesn't make any sense.
The kid's snowed on lorazepam.
Yeah, listen to me.
I think he may have been taken from the hospital.
By people who mean him harm.
Jesus, are you serious? Yeah.
So is there a security here or someone we could talk to? Yeah, yeah.
There's an office on the first floor.
Okay, we need to go there.
Now.
Okay.
So the police, they have no idea who these intruders were? No, I'm not sure they care much.
They filed a report and left.
But you think it has something to do with what John did.
Yeah, I mean, how could it not? John's telling me not to worry about it, but he killed a gang member, attacked a bunch more, and then this happens? Kyle, I hate to ask you this, but with your connections in the DA's office, is there anything you can do? Like, is there witness protection for something like this, or Ah.
I can ask, but it's set up for informants in drug cases.
Honestly, I just think it would put you in more danger.
Oh.
Well, it was worth a thought.
Look, I'll do what I can.
I know the deputy chief of police pretty well.
Thank you.
Hey, Sam.
It's really good to see you.
I've really missed you.
Kyle, I can't.
I just It was unfair of me to come to you.
I should go.
(Quentin) And where did they find this one at again? Outside a library at Georgia tech.
Now, who gets this wasted and then goes to a library? EMTs said she was in a flowerbed.
Could've been there for the flowers.
Hey, Lisa? Are you with us? Look.
It's pretty.
Yes it is.
Yes it is.
Lisa, listen, can you tell me what you took this morning? [Cracks up.]
Up here, Lisa.
Listen to me, okay? What did you take? Was it pills? What do you think? I think we could probably smoke this and have a fun few hours.
Let's get the tox screen.
It's probably the safer way to find out.
Gretchen, a patient's asking for you up in isolation.
Farmer? That's the one with the boyfriend in the waiting room this morning.
You know, he was asking about you.
Oh? I don't remember him.
Really? Guy was hard to forget.
I thought he was gonna take a swing at me.
It was a little scary.
But hey, the righteous got nothing to fear, right? Amen.
[Laughs.]
You wanted to talk? Well, I'm supposed to be down in the ED, so if you want to Ten grand.
Excuse me? You and that doctor lied.
You want me to cover for you? Ten grand.
Are you being serious? You're a nurse.
He's a doctor.
It's not that much money.
You're actually trying to blackmail me.
Call it what you want.
But you'll lose your job if I tell them.
We were trying to help you.
You have been in and out of the hospital half a dozen times.
I don't care.
I need the money.
You want to screw over the one person who actually gives a shit about you? Go for it.
Because I'm not giving you anything.
Check the drive.
We're looking for an 11-year-old African-American male, about 4' 5".
Check for the last hour and a half.
Okay, we need to get all his information and there's a form that you gotta fill out.
A form? Come on, man.
We gotta find him.
Okay, just give me a second.
I got a kid his age.
Mateo.
Something like this, it's your worst nightmare.
You got any kids? Yeah, I have a son and a, um A daughter.
There.
Just check his charts, get everything you can.
Okay.
This is crazy.
I mean, you're just living your life and you forget that stuff like this can happen, you know? (CJ) Yo, what you mean he's not here? I'm sorry, sir.
He's not in the system.
Hey, uh, I gotta go make a call but I'll be right up, all right? You got it, man.
[Suspenseful music.]
Let's take a walk.
You didn't need to come.
I'm handling it.
Well, that ain't how it works.
[Phone buzzes.]
You got something more important to do? No.
Where are we going? Right here.
Hey, Doc, here's a little advice.
The man inside? Tell him the truth.
So what's the word? I'm sorry, who are you? Name's Darius.
I run things for easy.
That's Antoine's daddy.
We're still figuring out exactly what happened to Antoine.
Figuring out what happened? Man, you know what neighborhood this is? We half a mile from rock Springs! Locos own all that shit.
The same locos that put a bullet in Toine's chest.
You rolled that boy into the goddamn lion's den.
Hey! I killed a man to protect Antoine.
I risked my job, my reputation, and my life.
All of it all of it! To keep him safe.
So don't Damn, CJ, he's spicy.
So what's the situation now? We're reviewing the security footage.
We can contact the police.
Cops? What good is that gonna do us? If he gone, he gone.
All that's left is to find out who took him and make the guns clap.
Yo, you was talking to that Mexican dude inside.
No, no, no, he's just a nurse who works at the hospital.
Just saying, he could've talked to a loco.
Shit, maybe he's one of 'em.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Just wait.
That guy, he doesn't know anything.
He's just a guy doing his job.
He was helping me look for Antoine.
Come on.
Doesn't make sense.
I'll tell you what don't make sense.
Going back to Toine's pops empty-handed.
But all right.
You like this nurse so much, you go get him.
Bring him out.
We'll have a conversation here.
Hey, I've been going over his chart.
Last time I check on him, he was in his bed and sedated.
I should've been watching him, man.
I need to tell you something.
There are some men outside and they want to know what happened here.
What do you mean? What do you mean? Who's outside? Just listen.
I need you to think.
Did anyone talk about the boy in this room, or take a special interest in him, maybe? Special interest? Yeah, everybody did.
The kid had no visitors.
Not a single one, man.
Look, whatever happened to him before he got here Must've been bad.
I mean, he was scared.
He tried to fight everybody off when he woke up.
Fight everybody off? I thought you said he was sedated.
Well, that's why he was sedated.
He tore is wound open when he was thrashing around.
That's why they snowed him.
What? What is it? I think I think he might've woken up.
No way, man.
He was on enough lorazepam to knock me out.
Yeah, except most of it never made it into his arm.
Look, there's a break in the line.
Jesus.
You think he's If he did wake up, he would've been scared, and he would've tried to hide.
He might still be here.
[Phone rings.]
(John) You've reached the voice-mail of Dr.
John Ellison.
Really? Gretchen, hey.
Hey! I need some help with one of the patients you worked on with John.
Girl came in with a fractured clavicle.
Somehow wound up in isolation for meningitis? Yeah, came in with a break and the infection just showed up.
Well, the doctors upstairs re-ran the CSF and it didn't show any signs of infection.
Hmm.
False negative, maybe? Or maybe John screwed up.
I'm going to talk to the patient.
I want you to verify her story's the same as when she came in.
I was thinking we'd do this now, Gretchen.
Of course.
(Bridget) This won't take long.
I just want to clear up some things about your visit to the emergency department.
What about it? Well, it's just that your triage note lists shoulder pain as your only complaint.
So? Well, it's unusual to have fracture with an unrelated infection this severe.
Did you tell your doctor about any other symptoms? Miss? Yeah.
A sore neck.
Fever.
Headache.
All right, any reason you told Dr.
Elison but not the nurse at the front desk? I don't know.
I don't like nurses much.
Okay then.
I'll let you rest.
(Gretchen) I'll be right down with her chart.
(Bridget) Thank you.
I really could've used that ten grand.
I hope you're happy 'cause you were right.
I don't know what to do.
Hillary, you cannot go back to your boyfriend.
I know that, I just He's been my whole life for five years.
I got no money, no place to go, he's got my car, my stuff.
I'm just so screwed.
Hillary, tell me where you live.
I'll get your stuff.
Check that room.
I'll check the other one.
All right.
[Suspenseful music.]
Are there any other rooms we haven't checked? Any other places that's everything.
No, no, no.
It can't be.
Where does that go? That's the loading dock.
It's used by the cleaning crew.
They keep it locked.
Antoine? See that right there? Yeah.
Oh no.
No.
Antoine? (Ramon) Oh no! Jesus! Set? Yeah.
Toine, can you hear me? He has a pulse.
He's breathing.
You're gonna be okay, kid.
Let's get him upstairs.
Just hold still.
Try not to roll over on that, okay, buddy? Hey, while your pops is gone, it's my job to look out for you.
You know that, right? So you gotta do is rest up and stay here.
I wanna go home.
You'll be back on the block real soon.
You see that man right there? He's a doctor.
He's got your back.
He's gonna make sure you're safe.
So no more running off, a'ight? Okay.
And if anybody asks, your name is Malcolm.
And you're from Kirkwood.
And that's all you say.
We good? Hey, Nurse.
You make sure he got what he needs.
Yeah, of course.
Hey, can we talk? Talk then.
Privately.
I can't do this.
What's that supposed to mean? It means I'm done.
I can't be involved anymore.
You're done, huh? Yeah.
Antoine's stable now.
I mean, he opened up that wound pretty bad, but he You know what happened when word of all this shit today hit the streets? Couple of my young bangers got carried away.
They wanted to show Antoine's pops that they got his back.
They capped a loco.
You want out? [Chortles.]
Hell, we all do.
Tell you what.
There's a Sunny's Diner at Marietta and 8th.
Be there tomorrow at 11:00 A.
M.
, we'll talk about it.
I can't.
Maybe that sounded like I was asking.
I wasn't.
See you tomorrow, Doc.
[Car engine starts.]
[Ominous music.]
[Sirens.]
(Hospital worker) See you tomorrow.
Have a good one.
So? It's handled.
You sure? Yeah, I still have to help her get her stuff from her ex, but she will not be a problem for us at the hospital.
How'd it go over at Ansley? We found Antoine.
He's gonna be all right.
You don't look very happy about that.
There was another gang shooting.
Someone died all because, for just a few hours, I couldn't find Antoine.
That's not your fault.
Oh, well, that's a comfort.
Doctor, seriously, you're not responsible.
One way or another, that was gonna happen anyway.
What do you think my job is, Gretchen? Everything I do is to stop something that was going to happen anyway.
Everything.
I'm a doctor.
I'm the one who stands in the way of nature taking its damn course and stops it.
If it's not my responsibility, then whose is it? [Ominous music.]
The police officer outside, does he have his gun? Well, I think they carry those with them everywhere.
So probably, yeah.
Would he shoot someone if they came to our house? I think the idea is that with him there, nobody will come.
Mmm.
Yum.
Banana pancakes.
I mashed up the bananas.
Oh, my own personal chefs.
You see our new friend stationed outside? Yeah and I feel safer already.
I'm surprised.
I asked the police when they were here but Oh friend in the DA's office pulled some strings.
Oh, that's a nice friend to have.
Anyone I know? Kyle Hawkins.
I met him in the counseling group last year.
He heard what happened and reached out to the deputy police chief.
Huh.
Well, we should thank him.
Maybe get him a bottle of wine or something.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
I'll stop by the store and pick something up.
Hey, I know we don't normally do this, but can we just Yeah.
Lord, we ask that you bless this food and this family.
We've had some hard times lately.
We know you send us only the challenges that we can handle.
And we know that you send us these challenges, Lord, to make us stronger and better able to serve you.
Amen.
(John and Oliver) Amen.
[Phone vibrates.]
Work? Yup.
Sorry.
I'll be right back.
Okay.
What's going on? (Gretchen) Where are you? Home.
Why? (Gretchen) I went over to Hillary's boyfriend's place to get her things and And what? Something happened.
And you're not gonna like it.
What? What are you talking about? [Heavy breathing.]
How soon can you get here?
My wife's a lawyer and we have a son, Oliver.
We had an eight year old daughter, Becky we lost her last year.
[Screams.]
[Gunshots.]
[Screaming.]
They're coming back, man! How much blood did he lose? If you're asking whether what you did at the scene saved the kid, John, yeah, it did.
Tell me again what happened.
She fell off the porch.
Let's let her answer.
She's been in here six times in a year She is gonna die, and we're just watching it happen.
What if we could help her? If her blood work came back positive for signs of meningitis, we could get her into isolation, away from the boyfriend, maybe save her life.
Why would her doctor do this? You have a phone call Hello? That boy you saved I'm his daddy.
That Mexican gang in the lobby They're going to be coming in to kill my son.
What do you want from me? What do you think I want? I want you to save him.
I need your help.
I need to get Antoine Tyler out of the hospital to someplace safe.
What about the security in surgical recovery? I can't just wheel him out in front of them.
They'll all come down to the ER waiting room if there's a problem.
If we switch Antoine's records with Henry's, you can get him down to transport.
They can get him over to Ansley under Henry's name.
Sam, wake up.
Someone's in the house.
We need to know how the little man's doing.
Antoine? For now he's fine.
There's a number on that phone.
You need something anything You call it.
[Thunder.]
[Sirens.]
Ready to go, baby girl? No, I'm not.
Please, sweetie.
I want to go home.
Please.
Becky, we just want you to get better.
You've been so brave.
I can't.
John, I uh I know, it's okay.
Rebecca Sweetheart, do you remember we talked about this? About how the medicine works? It makes you sick so it can make you better.
And it will make you better.
But it hurts so much.
Yeah, I know it does.
But I'm your dad.
And I will be right there with you.
Punk.
There's my brave girl.
Watch your head.
Oh, you're getting heavy.
Okay.
[Sirens in the distance.]
[Dramatic music.]
[Thunder claps.]
[Police radio.]
Ollie, there's nothing to worry about.
It's over.
Okay? You sure? The police are here.
This is the safest house on the street now.
I promise.
Okay? Go downstairs, tell your mom I'll be right there.
All right? [Suspenseful music.]
[Police talking.]
[Phone beeping.]
[Phone ringing.]
- Hello? - It's John.
(Gretchen) What is it? I thought we were gonna talk tomorrow.
(John) That boy we moved today, Antoine Tyler, what's his status? (Gretchen) He's fine.
He's at Ansley.
I went over like we talked about and told him not to talk anyone.
(Samantha) John, the police need to talk to you.
Doctor? Talk? Yeah, I'll be right there.
What the hell is going on? Some men broke into my house.
Antoine's father sent them.
I needed to see if he was okay before I talk to the police.
You're gonna talk to the police? You cannot do that! Are you listening? They broke into my home.
They murdered two of the men I fought at the hospital and showed me pictures of the bodies.
I have to talk to the police.
Why do you think they showed you those pictures? It's a warning.
We have a plan and this does not change it.
If you want your family safe, you keep your mouth shut.
(John) And then they ran off.
So I checked the house and that's when you guys got here.
(Police office) So you heard a noise from the master bedroom.
You came down the stairs and you said you called out to them.
Do you remember what you said? I, uh There's a number on that phone.
If you need something, anything, you call it.
Sir? Sir? I asked if you spoke to the intruders.
Um, yes, yes.
So I came down the stairs, thought I heard them in that room, so I went in and I said, "who's there," maybe? Something like that.
And they must have come through that room and right out the front door.
Can you tell us anything at all about them? Height? Race? No, no.
I wish I could give you more.
It just happened so fast.
I didn't see anything.
[Metal music blasting on car radio.]
No, you're not listening to me.
I want to talk to the doctor.
I heard you and I will say it again, I am a doctor.
No! No.
I wanna talk to my girlfriend's doctor.
You're not him.
No.
Bring that guy out here.
No! That's not how it works.
And your girlfriend is not down here.
She's in an isolation unit with bacterial meningitis.
Then why didn't she call me? Huh, smart guy? I don't know.
That's a tough one but if you give me a sec, I bet I could come up with a good reason.
Her, right there.
That's that nurse that was with that doctor.
Can I just talk to her for a second? No you can't, no you can't look Don't touch me, man.
[Laughs.]
Whoo, I'm doing my best to walk the walk here but even the lord, he had his limits.
You need to leave.
Right now.
Hey! Gretchen, glad I caught you.
I need to talk to you for a moment.
Talk away, Doctor.
Right.
So the thing is I got the job of looking into John's cases from the night of his incident.
I guess admin is worried about law suits.
Just wanted to ask if there's anything we should know.
Anything like what? Uh, just if John made any questionable choices that night, maybe violated a policy.
You worked on a number of patients with him, so As far as I saw, he was normal.
Well, he attacked a room full of people, so that might be a stretch.
Uh, just let me know if you remember anything, okay? You got it.
Shit.
[Power drill.]
So people break into our house in the middle of the night, the police just check it out, and then leave? [Power drill.]
I'll call the alarm company today.
We'll get a system installed.
Is that really gonna be enough? I mean, you shot a gang member, what What if they were here to hurt us? They're I don't think It'll be all right.
What? Last night, when we were talking to the police, did you really not see anything? I mean, how is that possible? You know what? Forget it.
Hey, hey.
Come here.
Don't worry.
I'll keep this family safe.
What's wrong? Nothing, sweetie.
Mom and Dad were just talking.
Am I going to school? Yes, of course.
I'm so sorry.
Okay, yeah, let's go.
Have a good day at school.
- Okay, buddy? - Okay, bye, Dad.
Bye.
I'll see you later.
I'm sure everything will be fine.
It will be.
Okay, let's go.
(Samantha) You're gonna be late, I'm gonna race you.
[Suspenseful music.]
[Sirens.]
[Hospital staff speaking.]
Gretchen.
Right on time.
Yeah, I almost wasn't.
I had a little trouble finding this What is this place? The last remaining approved smoking area in the hospital.
Oh, well, it's charming.
You got the papers? I need to head over to Ansley.
There you go.
Okay, Malcolm Akers, 11 years old, admitted to Ansley Surgical Center.
Thoracic trauma of unknown origin? Is this a fake medical record? Uh, yeah.
If you want him in the system at Ansley Surgical Center, this is the way to do it.
Anyway, you have much bigger things to worry about.
What? Bridget is asking about your cases from the other night, including a certain meningitis patient who's up in isolation without any actual bugs in her spinal fluid.
Hillary Farmer, right.
Yeah.
- I'll talk to her.
- No, no No, I can do it.
You sure? You just get over to Ansley with that, okay? I gotta go.
Good luck.
[Chortles.]
[Sighs.]
When it gets to this type of consistency, I'm gonna add a cup of wine.
(Voice on TV) It's gonna help it set.
Be careful when you're doing it I'm Nurse Polk.
We met a few days ago in the ER.
Yeah, I remember.
Do you know why you're in isolation? They say I got meningitis.
Well, you don't.
You have fractured clavicle that your boyfriend gave you.
The meningitis diagnosis was to get you here.
What do you want? A doctor's gonna come by and ask you some questions.
You need to tell her that you felt nauseous, with a stiff neck, and a headache when you came in.
I wrote them down here for you, okay? You want me to lie? Seriously? What is that supposed to mean? I've seen your medical records.
You've lied about every injury you've had for, like, two years.
I am trying to help you.
I didn't ask for your help.
No, you just needed it.
Hillary, if you want to stay here, you have to I don't have to do anything.
I get it.
You don't like me.
That's just fine because I don't like you much either.
But I do know what you're going through.
You're overwhelmed.
You're not sure what to do.
You don't anything about me.
Get out of here.
Get out! Everything okay in here? Yes.
She was just leaving.
[Dramatic percussive music.]
[Intercom chatter.]
[Phone rings.]
Hi, can I help you? Hi.
Yeah, I'm from Samaritan Hospital.
I'm checking on a patient.
Oh, the charts are over there.
Thanks.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
You gotta sign in.
Right.
[Intercom chatter.]
Excuse me.
What's up? The patient I'm looking for, he's and African-American male, 11 years old.
Oh, the Doe? Yeah, he's in room 219.
Is he scheduled for any procedures today? Or any tests? No.
Why do you ask? Oh, I just wanted to talk to him about his, um Physical therapy.
Are you sure he couldn't have gone out for He's in his room.
All day, all night.
How's that cart coming? I'm coming down there, mama, easy.
Look, I gotta check the kid's fluids in about a half hour or so.
You can meet me in the room if you'd like.
But he's pretty sedated.
Ramon.
I gotta go.
[Dramatic music.]
[Monitor beeping.]
(Becky) I want to go home.
It hurts so much.
Punk.
I'm your dad and I'll be right there with you.
(Becky's doctor) After completing this last round of chemo, the test results came in, and I'm afraid the cancer's progress hasn't slowed.
Oh, god.
That isn't You said the regimen was effective.
And it is, in about 85% of cases.
(John) But we had a plan here.
(Becky's doctor) Even the best treatment plan can fail.
(John) So that's it? Chalk it up to bad luck? My little girl becomes one of the unlucky few, in a very, very effective treatment protocol? We have our answer, it didn't work.
That's not good enough.
I know but it's not Dr.
Kelly's fault I don't accept that.
There's nothing we can do.
No! Please.
Oh, god, please.
So you still wanna split the zoning initiatives by NPU's? Yeah, it'll be quicker.
We just need to make sure it doesn't all look like high density development.
(Anne) Okay, well, we can push Wilton's people to finish the public park proposal by Monday.
Maybe you could take the lead on that? [Car horn honks.]
Sam? Hmm? Are you all right? Yeah, you know, I'm so sorry, I just remembered that I've got some business across town so I'm gonna meet you back at the office, okay? All right.
I'll see you later.
Okay, bye.
[Phone beeping.]
[Phone ringing.]
(Kyle) Sam? Hi.
It's good to hear from you.
How are you doing? Um, not great, actually.
I'm down at city hall and I thought maybe you might have a minute to get coffee? (Kyle) Yeah, just tell me where.
Hey.
Hello, gorgeous.
I love what you're doing with your hair.
You got the tangle and the little highlight.
Shut up and let me in.
[Buzzing.]
Yes, Nurse, those files should be right here.
Hydro? Oh, nice.
Cancer patient tanked in the er.
He doesn't need them anymore.
What do you want? I need you to change the attending physician on a patient record.
That's a new one.
Is this for the kid I made the records for? No, something else.
Jesus, Gretchen, you're asking for a lot of favors this week.
It's a favor when you do it for free.
You do it for 250 milligrams of hydrocodone, it's a job.
Yes or no? Yeah.
All right.
Who's the patient? Hillary Farmer.
She came in on Tuesday night.
Yeah.
She's one of Dr.
Elison's.
How did you know that? You know that one doctor? Kind of, like, bitchy-hot one? Dr.
O'Neill? Yeah, she pulled the file about an hour ago.
Along with a bunch of his other cases.
Shit.
I mean, I can still do it, if you want.
Forget it, it's too late.
Gretchen, what about the hydro Can I? Whatever, you'll owe me.
Okay.
Nurse, hey! I want to talk to you.
I said I want to talk to you.
I liked that little stunt you pulled in the er, it was charming.
I'm here to see my girlfriend.
Where's Hillary? She's in isolation with an infectious disease.
Okay? She's sick.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
There was nothing wrong with her when I brought her in.
You sure about that? 'Cause if I remember correctly, she had a fractured clavicle and a shit ton of bruises.
Okay.
I'm gonna make this really simple for you.
I want you to take me to her, and I want you to take me to her, right now.
Max.
Hey, Max.
You heading to the Ed? Let me help you there.
My name's Matt.
Oh yeah, that's what I said.
Keep walking.
[Phone rings.]
Yeah? It's me.
We have a problem.
(Gretchen) What? It's Antoine.
He is not here.
What are you talking about? He's not where? (John) Anywhere.
His chart says he's supposed to be in bed, sedated.
But he's not.
Okay, are you sure? Could he be in Radiology, or Gretchen, Gretchen, I just spent the last half-hour checking the procedure rooms.
I am telling you, something is wrong.
Okay, okay.
Do you have a way to get ahold of the gang? Are you insane? I can't call them.
What the hell else are you gonna do? If they came and took him, you need to know that.
Do you understand who I'm dealing with? They kill people.
(Gretchen) Doctor, I get it.
They'll be pissed if they find out he's gone.
But think about how pissed they'll be if he's gone and you don't tell them.
Gretchen, uh, a little help here.
It's your call.
You're the MD.
Make a decision.
[Phone rings.]
Hello? (Darius) What you need? Who is this? (Darius) This is the man you called.
Okay, uh, I need to know something.
Is there a way to, um, reach Antoine's family? (Darius) The only family Toine's got's in prison.
Okay, well, maybe a social worker, or a teacher? (Darius) Ain't no one like that.
Why you asking? I, uh Why don't I call you back? (Darius) I said why are you asking me? I'm at Ansley Surgical Center and I've had some trouble locating him.
(Darius) You saying you lost him? No.
I just wanted to check to see if someone picked up him.
Someone who was looking out for him.
(Darius) Doc, you was the one looking out for him.
Don't go nowhere.
[Voice on hospital intercom.]
[Suspenseful music.]
Excuse me, sir? We spoke earlier, what's your name? Ramon.
Yeah, you're here for the kid in 219, right? Yeah.
Yeah, I was just headed down there.
Actually, that's what I wanted to talk to you about.
I was just in 219 and he's not there.
Really? Really.
Nah, that doesn't make any sense.
The kid's snowed on lorazepam.
Yeah, listen to me.
I think he may have been taken from the hospital.
By people who mean him harm.
Jesus, are you serious? Yeah.
So is there a security here or someone we could talk to? Yeah, yeah.
There's an office on the first floor.
Okay, we need to go there.
Now.
Okay.
So the police, they have no idea who these intruders were? No, I'm not sure they care much.
They filed a report and left.
But you think it has something to do with what John did.
Yeah, I mean, how could it not? John's telling me not to worry about it, but he killed a gang member, attacked a bunch more, and then this happens? Kyle, I hate to ask you this, but with your connections in the DA's office, is there anything you can do? Like, is there witness protection for something like this, or Ah.
I can ask, but it's set up for informants in drug cases.
Honestly, I just think it would put you in more danger.
Oh.
Well, it was worth a thought.
Look, I'll do what I can.
I know the deputy chief of police pretty well.
Thank you.
Hey, Sam.
It's really good to see you.
I've really missed you.
Kyle, I can't.
I just It was unfair of me to come to you.
I should go.
(Quentin) And where did they find this one at again? Outside a library at Georgia tech.
Now, who gets this wasted and then goes to a library? EMTs said she was in a flowerbed.
Could've been there for the flowers.
Hey, Lisa? Are you with us? Look.
It's pretty.
Yes it is.
Yes it is.
Lisa, listen, can you tell me what you took this morning? [Cracks up.]
Up here, Lisa.
Listen to me, okay? What did you take? Was it pills? What do you think? I think we could probably smoke this and have a fun few hours.
Let's get the tox screen.
It's probably the safer way to find out.
Gretchen, a patient's asking for you up in isolation.
Farmer? That's the one with the boyfriend in the waiting room this morning.
You know, he was asking about you.
Oh? I don't remember him.
Really? Guy was hard to forget.
I thought he was gonna take a swing at me.
It was a little scary.
But hey, the righteous got nothing to fear, right? Amen.
[Laughs.]
You wanted to talk? Well, I'm supposed to be down in the ED, so if you want to Ten grand.
Excuse me? You and that doctor lied.
You want me to cover for you? Ten grand.
Are you being serious? You're a nurse.
He's a doctor.
It's not that much money.
You're actually trying to blackmail me.
Call it what you want.
But you'll lose your job if I tell them.
We were trying to help you.
You have been in and out of the hospital half a dozen times.
I don't care.
I need the money.
You want to screw over the one person who actually gives a shit about you? Go for it.
Because I'm not giving you anything.
Check the drive.
We're looking for an 11-year-old African-American male, about 4' 5".
Check for the last hour and a half.
Okay, we need to get all his information and there's a form that you gotta fill out.
A form? Come on, man.
We gotta find him.
Okay, just give me a second.
I got a kid his age.
Mateo.
Something like this, it's your worst nightmare.
You got any kids? Yeah, I have a son and a, um A daughter.
There.
Just check his charts, get everything you can.
Okay.
This is crazy.
I mean, you're just living your life and you forget that stuff like this can happen, you know? (CJ) Yo, what you mean he's not here? I'm sorry, sir.
He's not in the system.
Hey, uh, I gotta go make a call but I'll be right up, all right? You got it, man.
[Suspenseful music.]
Let's take a walk.
You didn't need to come.
I'm handling it.
Well, that ain't how it works.
[Phone buzzes.]
You got something more important to do? No.
Where are we going? Right here.
Hey, Doc, here's a little advice.
The man inside? Tell him the truth.
So what's the word? I'm sorry, who are you? Name's Darius.
I run things for easy.
That's Antoine's daddy.
We're still figuring out exactly what happened to Antoine.
Figuring out what happened? Man, you know what neighborhood this is? We half a mile from rock Springs! Locos own all that shit.
The same locos that put a bullet in Toine's chest.
You rolled that boy into the goddamn lion's den.
Hey! I killed a man to protect Antoine.
I risked my job, my reputation, and my life.
All of it all of it! To keep him safe.
So don't Damn, CJ, he's spicy.
So what's the situation now? We're reviewing the security footage.
We can contact the police.
Cops? What good is that gonna do us? If he gone, he gone.
All that's left is to find out who took him and make the guns clap.
Yo, you was talking to that Mexican dude inside.
No, no, no, he's just a nurse who works at the hospital.
Just saying, he could've talked to a loco.
Shit, maybe he's one of 'em.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Just wait.
That guy, he doesn't know anything.
He's just a guy doing his job.
He was helping me look for Antoine.
Come on.
Doesn't make sense.
I'll tell you what don't make sense.
Going back to Toine's pops empty-handed.
But all right.
You like this nurse so much, you go get him.
Bring him out.
We'll have a conversation here.
Hey, I've been going over his chart.
Last time I check on him, he was in his bed and sedated.
I should've been watching him, man.
I need to tell you something.
There are some men outside and they want to know what happened here.
What do you mean? What do you mean? Who's outside? Just listen.
I need you to think.
Did anyone talk about the boy in this room, or take a special interest in him, maybe? Special interest? Yeah, everybody did.
The kid had no visitors.
Not a single one, man.
Look, whatever happened to him before he got here Must've been bad.
I mean, he was scared.
He tried to fight everybody off when he woke up.
Fight everybody off? I thought you said he was sedated.
Well, that's why he was sedated.
He tore is wound open when he was thrashing around.
That's why they snowed him.
What? What is it? I think I think he might've woken up.
No way, man.
He was on enough lorazepam to knock me out.
Yeah, except most of it never made it into his arm.
Look, there's a break in the line.
Jesus.
You think he's If he did wake up, he would've been scared, and he would've tried to hide.
He might still be here.
[Phone rings.]
(John) You've reached the voice-mail of Dr.
John Ellison.
Really? Gretchen, hey.
Hey! I need some help with one of the patients you worked on with John.
Girl came in with a fractured clavicle.
Somehow wound up in isolation for meningitis? Yeah, came in with a break and the infection just showed up.
Well, the doctors upstairs re-ran the CSF and it didn't show any signs of infection.
Hmm.
False negative, maybe? Or maybe John screwed up.
I'm going to talk to the patient.
I want you to verify her story's the same as when she came in.
I was thinking we'd do this now, Gretchen.
Of course.
(Bridget) This won't take long.
I just want to clear up some things about your visit to the emergency department.
What about it? Well, it's just that your triage note lists shoulder pain as your only complaint.
So? Well, it's unusual to have fracture with an unrelated infection this severe.
Did you tell your doctor about any other symptoms? Miss? Yeah.
A sore neck.
Fever.
Headache.
All right, any reason you told Dr.
Elison but not the nurse at the front desk? I don't know.
I don't like nurses much.
Okay then.
I'll let you rest.
(Gretchen) I'll be right down with her chart.
(Bridget) Thank you.
I really could've used that ten grand.
I hope you're happy 'cause you were right.
I don't know what to do.
Hillary, you cannot go back to your boyfriend.
I know that, I just He's been my whole life for five years.
I got no money, no place to go, he's got my car, my stuff.
I'm just so screwed.
Hillary, tell me where you live.
I'll get your stuff.
Check that room.
I'll check the other one.
All right.
[Suspenseful music.]
Are there any other rooms we haven't checked? Any other places that's everything.
No, no, no.
It can't be.
Where does that go? That's the loading dock.
It's used by the cleaning crew.
They keep it locked.
Antoine? See that right there? Yeah.
Oh no.
No.
Antoine? (Ramon) Oh no! Jesus! Set? Yeah.
Toine, can you hear me? He has a pulse.
He's breathing.
You're gonna be okay, kid.
Let's get him upstairs.
Just hold still.
Try not to roll over on that, okay, buddy? Hey, while your pops is gone, it's my job to look out for you.
You know that, right? So you gotta do is rest up and stay here.
I wanna go home.
You'll be back on the block real soon.
You see that man right there? He's a doctor.
He's got your back.
He's gonna make sure you're safe.
So no more running off, a'ight? Okay.
And if anybody asks, your name is Malcolm.
And you're from Kirkwood.
And that's all you say.
We good? Hey, Nurse.
You make sure he got what he needs.
Yeah, of course.
Hey, can we talk? Talk then.
Privately.
I can't do this.
What's that supposed to mean? It means I'm done.
I can't be involved anymore.
You're done, huh? Yeah.
Antoine's stable now.
I mean, he opened up that wound pretty bad, but he You know what happened when word of all this shit today hit the streets? Couple of my young bangers got carried away.
They wanted to show Antoine's pops that they got his back.
They capped a loco.
You want out? [Chortles.]
Hell, we all do.
Tell you what.
There's a Sunny's Diner at Marietta and 8th.
Be there tomorrow at 11:00 A.
M.
, we'll talk about it.
I can't.
Maybe that sounded like I was asking.
I wasn't.
See you tomorrow, Doc.
[Car engine starts.]
[Ominous music.]
[Sirens.]
(Hospital worker) See you tomorrow.
Have a good one.
So? It's handled.
You sure? Yeah, I still have to help her get her stuff from her ex, but she will not be a problem for us at the hospital.
How'd it go over at Ansley? We found Antoine.
He's gonna be all right.
You don't look very happy about that.
There was another gang shooting.
Someone died all because, for just a few hours, I couldn't find Antoine.
That's not your fault.
Oh, well, that's a comfort.
Doctor, seriously, you're not responsible.
One way or another, that was gonna happen anyway.
What do you think my job is, Gretchen? Everything I do is to stop something that was going to happen anyway.
Everything.
I'm a doctor.
I'm the one who stands in the way of nature taking its damn course and stops it.
If it's not my responsibility, then whose is it? [Ominous music.]
The police officer outside, does he have his gun? Well, I think they carry those with them everywhere.
So probably, yeah.
Would he shoot someone if they came to our house? I think the idea is that with him there, nobody will come.
Mmm.
Yum.
Banana pancakes.
I mashed up the bananas.
Oh, my own personal chefs.
You see our new friend stationed outside? Yeah and I feel safer already.
I'm surprised.
I asked the police when they were here but Oh friend in the DA's office pulled some strings.
Oh, that's a nice friend to have.
Anyone I know? Kyle Hawkins.
I met him in the counseling group last year.
He heard what happened and reached out to the deputy police chief.
Huh.
Well, we should thank him.
Maybe get him a bottle of wine or something.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
I'll stop by the store and pick something up.
Hey, I know we don't normally do this, but can we just Yeah.
Lord, we ask that you bless this food and this family.
We've had some hard times lately.
We know you send us only the challenges that we can handle.
And we know that you send us these challenges, Lord, to make us stronger and better able to serve you.
Amen.
(John and Oliver) Amen.
[Phone vibrates.]
Work? Yup.
Sorry.
I'll be right back.
Okay.
What's going on? (Gretchen) Where are you? Home.
Why? (Gretchen) I went over to Hillary's boyfriend's place to get her things and And what? Something happened.
And you're not gonna like it.
What? What are you talking about? [Heavy breathing.]
How soon can you get here?