Krank: Berlin (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Nia?
Nia?
What?
What the
[breathes heavily] Shit.
Nia?
- [whispered] Help me Help me
- What? Go to the front.
There, the front entrance.
- Help me Help me
- Why do these fucking doors
No! Nia! Hey! No, don't pull it out!
[crack]
[phone ringing]
- [gags]
- [distorted] Mama!
[gasps, pants]
[phone ringing]
- Parker.
- [caller] Dr. Parker?
- We need you at the desk. Now.
- Yeah. On my way.
[sighs]
BERLIN ER
- The accident patients are still waiting.
- Okay.
- I'm next!
- [Krause] You're next.
- We've been waiting longer!
- We'll be with you.
Could you please take a seat?
Anyone seen Dr. Weber? Where is he?
[Trixie] Not in yet.
[sirens approaching]
- [phone ringing]
- [chattering]
[phone] We are not available
[Dom] I brought you something
for your succulent collection.
But I want something in return.
I'm finishing up my reports
and I need those three EKGs.
- Want fries with that?
- A cappuccino with oat milk too.
And Trixie? When's my thesis coming?
[Trixie chuckles] On its way, hon.
- Are you on something?
- Amphetamine. Like everyone else
Uh, Dr. Parker?
[sighs] Shit.
- I'm on hold.
- Is it IT again?
- [Zanna] Still.
- Still? Since yesterday?
[Zanna] Yeah!
They said I should fax them my list.
Hasn't the fax been broken since the 90s?
Point 16 on my list.
It's surprisingly calm upstairs.
I could hold on the line for you.
That way,
I wouldn't have to write my reports.
- [parent] Hello? Are you people serious?
- What is it?
All this chatting,
but nobody's taken a look at my daughter!
We're doing what we can.
Pediatrics is packed today. I'm sorry.
Not my problem. Toni is six and in pain.
- I understand
- Dr. Parker?
Yes?
- [Dom] I can take a look at the girl.
- I cannot believe this
And what are you doing holding that plant?
Is anybody listening?
- [parent] A madhouse!
- That way, you can stay on the phone.
[parent] People, please!
Can anyone tell me what's going on?
Dr. Kohn will attend to your daughter.
Okay?
[parent]
Was that so hard?
- Thank you.
- You got it.
[parent] If I hadn't asked,
we'd be here tomorrow.
[Dom] Probably.
We usually chat until [indistinct]
- [gasps]
- [Zanna, muffled] You have patients.
- Same as always.
- [groans]
[sighs]
[radio host] to lay back and watch
a very good film in theatres
This Thursday,
the new movie from Julia Jaeger
You don't like it?
Want something else?
[Olivia] No, I'm not hungry.
[sighs] But you have to eat.
Otherwise you'll collapse on me.
I don't wanna eat!
[over radio] Pelican Neukölln 2611,
male, public restroom, please respond.
Hey, what are you doing? Huh?
- Accepting it. We're right next to it.
- No.
Leave it.
It's just a junkie lying in his own shit.
He has a drug problem, so ignore him?
- It's nothing to do with drugs!
- Then why say he's a shitty junkie?
Because I know those restrooms.
We can go today,
and tomorrow, and the next day
- He has a drug problem. He needs help!
- Sure, they need help.
Who'll help me
when my van stinks for a week?
The van already stinks. Of kebab.
Oh, come on.
[beeps] This is Pelican 2611.
We read you. Status 3.
Okay, you win.
Fear not, people of Berlin.
Salvation's coming.
[engine starts]
[automated voice]
We are busy at the moment.
Your call is important to us.
Please hold the line.
We will be with you shortly.
Excuse me, could you see me first?
- Give me a sec
- I need to get back to work.
- Somebody will be here
- [patient] They said I'd be next.
Please. It's my second job
- I need to Sorry.
- [gasps, groans]
Excuse me! Without it, I'm screwed.
Hey, it's my turn.
- Uh
- Please?
All right, then. Come with me.
Come this way.
- Hey!
- Someone will be right with you. Promise.
- Somebody'll see you.
- [patient] Are you kidding me?
- Now look upward.
- Uh-huh.
Left, left.
- The other left. [chuckles]
- Ah.
- [sighs]
- And there it is. A splinter.
Shit.
Um We have to operate.
Shit, no way.
Or I can just do it now.
[stammers] Yeah. I mean, just do it.
- Yeah?
- I need to get to work.
Okay, I'll do it.
So
Here.
Eyes open
and look a little bit to your right.
Good.
So, when do you have to be back at work?
I'm already extremely late.
- Have fun. There it is.
- [patient screaming]
- [Zanna] We need the surgery!
- That's it.
Anything else, just come back.
Take that thing off your face.
All the best.
[groaning]
- Looks like compartment syndrome.
- Is my arm okay?
Pressure's building up in your arm muscle.
May-Lee, let Surgery know,
patient for a fasciotomy.
I'll take over.
[groaning, whimpering]
You're going to feel better soon.
[elevator voice]
Sixth floor, Administration.
[groaning continues]
[pager beeps]
- [knocks on door]
- [Steffen] Yep?
[door shuts]
[exhales]
Sciatica. [breathes deeply]
Without this four times a day,
I might as well stay home. [grunts]
Nina Raths' team contacted me.
Nina Raths is the [sighs]
Berlin Senator for Health.
Yes, her team is stressing out
about an incident in the ER.
Yes. I take full responsibility for what
happened with the patient Lena Scholtz
- Easy now, Joan of Arc. [chuckles]
- [phone ringing]
Is Ms. Scholtz the patient
who ran in front of the ambulance?
Yeah?
No, this is about an incident
under your predecessor.
A teacher who died in the ER on May 1st.
Raths' team wants to find out
whoever was responsible.
Okay, but I wasn't even here then.
Okay, but you're here now.
And you'd like me
to interrogate the staff?
Well, you're the boss now.
I'm sure you'll find someone, am I right?
Unless you want me to pick someone myself.
Now my stomach is hurting me.
So now your stomach hurts?
- [parent] Not the throat, sweetie?
- When did all start?
She was at home, playing.
Then she said her throat hurts.
- Then she started crying. Right?
- But I didn't cry.
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Do you mind if I listen to your stomach?
[Jenny] The mother's here.
- Hey, Toni. Are you okay? [kiss]
- [parent] Anna
[Toni]
Hi, Mom.
- Why didn't you call?
- It's under control.
No, you don't.
What happened? What did you do?
- [parent] Her throat hurts.
- [Anna] Toni, did you eat anything?
You didn't eat anything?
You haven't fed her yet?
[parent] I fed her! She had chicken!
[Anna] This morning?
So you neglected her?
I'm doing my best.
Toni, I'm going to take a bit of blood.
Then we'll look
to see if we find anything.
Shall we lift this up?
Should we ask your parents
to wait outside?
- Do you want them to stay?
- [Anna] You can't be serious?
- The child is only six.
- We're staying.
We're staying.
Actually I was asking your child.
[in Turkish]
Afrim, what are you doing here?
[in English] You don't pick up?
I called a thousand times.
[Emina]
I'm busy. I'm working.
- You coming to my party tonight?
- No.
Come on! How long do you plan
on ignoring Mom and Dad?
I have to deal with both of them alone.
You have no idea what they're like.
I have no idea?
I lived there 18 years.
I know exactly what they're like.
- [in Turkish] Still mad at Mom?
- Where are my smokes?
- [in Turkish] It was only an argument.
- There's always an argument, Afrim.
Every day, do you hear me?
I'm fed up. I'm fed up with family.
I want to work.
If you don't like it, do what I did.
Turn 18 and move out.
I'm only turning 17. You know!
I wish you happy birthday, my boy.
Thank you, May-Lee.
I'll think about it, okay?
[Afrim]
You don't have to get me a present.
But I do need a new controller.
I'll give you a new controller.
Go to school! Beat it! Make some friends!
[in Turkish] Go on, go.
[in English] Don't be so nice to him
or he'll come back.
This is done.
He didn't come here for me, you know.
[on car radio] Come to my district ♪
Word on the streets ♪
Joggers, no jeans
Hustlers and freaks, family trees ♪
This is Berlin ♪
Munich and Vienna ♪
Neuperlach, Giesing
Neukölln, Moabit, 21 and 7 ♪
This is so pointless. And this song sucks.
Sound of the police ♪
Dance to sirens like on a beat
They'll never catch us ♪
Na, na, na, we're not running away ♪
Throw out your kebab.
I'm right behind you, colleague.
- Hey! No, no, no, no. Come here.
- I'm burning!
- Yeah, sure. Come right here!
- [man shouts]
Come on, now! Stop! Stay put!
- [shouting]
- Stay put, will you? Easy now!
Stop it!
Calm down!
Come with me, now!
Come on, come on, come on. Let's go.
[Zanna] And what if I want to see
whose shift it was on a certain day?
[computer beeps]
[typing]
Could you pull up the rotation
for May 1st, please?
[May-Lee] Yeah, no problem.
[Zanna] Great.
- All good?
- Yes.
[Zanna] Yeah? Do you have a moment?
[Trixie] Yeah. Sure. Can I prepare
a nebulizer at the same time?
Hundred percent. [chuckles]
- How far along are you?
- 32nd week. [sighs]
And you're still working?
[laughs] If I leave on maternity now,
my work goes on top of everyone else's.
- Do you have kids?
- No.
Just nieces and nephews.
- [Trixie] Ah.
- Yeah.
Okay.
[chuckles] What's up with that?
- We don't have enough nebulizers.
- Okay.
So we autoclave them, but
[sniffs] then they start to leak.
- I will add that to my list.
- Thanks.
Sure.
I heard about May 1st.
That really must have been horrible.
Excuse me.
Yeah In here?
Careful.
Thank you.
[nebulizer hissing]
[Zanna] So what happened?
We had, like, 280 patients, I think.
It was absolute chaos.
We were all overwhelmed.
[Zanna] Hmm.
I ended up with a blister as big
as an orange that I got to enjoy for days.
Yeah, I bet.
And what about that teacher?
What happened to her?
We left her down the hallway
Uh, Trixie? Please prep a chest tube.
The patient wants a female nurse.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Now, please.
Yeah. I'm coming.
- We'll do this later.
- Okay.
Thanks.
We'll be right with you.
[sighs]
[smack]
- Now?
- Yeah, now.
What's up?
[scoffs] Now she's asking everyone
what happened on May 1st. I don't get it.
[sighs] New boss. Same bullshit.
No, it's not
It's not okay. It's just not okay.
[groans] Don't get so worked up.
Your blood pressure.
Huh? My blood pressure?
I'll show you my blood pressure.
[Jenny, Ben panting]
- Yeah.
- [panting]
[both moaning]
- Hey!
- [mutters] Sorry.
- Nah.
- Wait, wait.
- [grunts, huffs]
- [Ben breathes heavily]
[sighs] Seriously, come on.
I think Parker's just
messing up my head with this shit.
Hey, I'll fuck you, but
Seriously, I'm not your therapist.
[sighs]
Trust me, it's gonna stink for weeks now!
I'll never get rid of it.
It's like I'm working with morons!
I got it, okay?
So now I'm a freakin' taxi and a toilet.
It smells like shit!
[Olivia] So give me the stupid blanket!
- [Olaf] That smell!
- [Olivia] I know, I got it!
- [Olaf] You go do the hand over now.
- [Olivia] Where did he go?
[Olaf] What do I know?
He's your patient, so deal with it!
And then you clean up here.
I'm Karl.
[indistinct chatter]
My skin is too hot.
Flames will burst out of me!
Who does he belong to?
Me! Sorry, sorry! He's really fast.
Uh, that's That's normal
with drug-induced psychoses.
- I I
- I definitely won't miss that smell.
No! Sit!
You're leaving?
I have an interview in exactly two hours.
Oh I would wish you good luck,
but I wouldn't mean it.
I'll go take care of that.
Hey! Come with me. Please, yes
[Emina sighs]
Dr. Ertan. Got time for a chat?
- Nope.
- Maybe later.
Ben!
- Ben!
- Yes?
[grunts] Can I just quickly
A woman just came in.
30 weeks pregnant with twins.
Abdominal pain. She fell off her bike.
She's in a panic.
I have no idea
when obstetrics can see her.
- They're snowed under.
- It's not my specialty.
Gynecology's bursting at the seams.
I could also ask Dr. Parker
- Okay, I'll take a look. In here?
- Mm-hmm.
- [woman] He likes Meike for our girl.
- [Ben] Mm-hmm.
But then the twins
would be Mark and Meike.
And I'm Monika.
Sounds like we're in a cult.
- I think it's cute.
- Of course you think it's cute.
How do you feel about
Mark, Meike and Monika?
- Uh. Me? It's quite cute.
- Awesome.
Awesome. Yeah.
We're also three Bs. Ben, Berni and Beate.
- Really? [chuckles]
- [chuckles]
- Dad, could you help me for a sec?
- Yeah.
All right Thank you.
From the sex shop next door.
A lot faster than from the supplier.
Hold my hand.
[heartbeat on monitor]
[ultrasound beeps]
[sighs]
What's wrong?
One of the babies
is a little smaller than the other.
Um
Doesn't mean anything yet.
But at the last ultrasound,
everything was okay.
I'd like to get someone from obstetrics
to come right away, and
have them take another look at it, okay?
Okay.
Excuse me.
- [Toni] I can't see.
- [Dom] You can't see?
Her tongue's turned black,
now she's saying she can't see.
[Anna] Who are you?
- Dr. Parker.
- Dr. Parker's the head physician.
Her pupils are normal and reactive.
- [Anna] What's happening?
- Just let these people do their job
- [Anna] Don't talk to me
- [Zanna] You both, let me do my job.
[parent] Sorry.
What's your name?
- Toni.
- Toni, I'm Dr. Parker.
Can you do me a favor
and open your mouth, please?
Chin up. Very good.
- Your tongue
- [Anna] What is that?
- Please, Anna Let them work.
- What, "please, please"? Florian!
- [Zanna] Please! Enough.
- [chuckles]
Tell me, Toni,
mind waiting here for a little bit
while we talk to your parents outside?
Is that okay?
- Yes?
- What?
Okay.
[Florian]
Can't wait to hear the explanation.
- [Anna mutters]
- Stay here, okay?
[Florian] That's rich. The kid's in pain
and you say she's faking?
She has a black tongue!
Yeah. And I saw this too.
I think it's why her tongue is black.
- Where'd you get that?
- It was on the floor.
[Anna] It's mine.
[Dom] Mm-hmm.
[Florian] You're accusing me
of not looking after our child?
[Anna] Of course I am.
Isn't that what you're accusing me of?
- It was my fault, right?
- [Florian] I never said that.
[phone dialing]
[Florian continues speaking, indistinct]
[dialing continues]
- [Zanna's father] Hey, kiddo.
- Hi.
- How's it going?
- I'm fine. How are you?
We're fine.
- Yeah?
- We miss you.
Is Mom there?
She's here.
I just think she needs a little more time.
No, you know what?
Just, um, say hi to her.
Yeah.
But you're good?
Are you sure everything is okay?
Yeah, everything is fine.
It's going really well.
Listen, um
I don't want to keep you, um
So, just, you know
Glad you're okay.
Thanks, Dad.
Okay.
I love you. Bye.
[sighs]
[breathes deeply]
The riots on May 1st
were absolutely crazy.
Berlin went nuts.
All the departments were understaffed
and completely swamped.
[sighs]
All the patients
were stuck with us downstairs.
What happened to that teacher?
I don't want to bad-mouth my colleagues.
And I understand that.
Still, something like this
can never happen again.
You should talk to Ben about it.
He asked me not to say anything.
Okay.
- I have a job interview in a minute.
- Ah. What's the position?
Mmm.
I was done anyways.
Unless you'd like to tell me
what happened on May 1st?
You wanna know if I have
the teacher on my conscience?
Do you?
[sighs] You're not making this easy.
You're the fifth boss we've had here
in a matter of months.
I'll be just as nice to number six.
I'll close the door, okay?
[Emina] Very sweet.
Mr. Weber
[nurse] Emergency!
It's Mrs. Mertens again.
- What happened?
She's coughing up blood!
[Ben] Come to the trauma bay.
Come with us, please.
[Florian] Where's the trauma bay?
- Straight ahead.
- It's gonna be okay.
[Anna sobbing]
Everything will be all right, okay?
[interviewer] And in your own words,
how has your current job
prepared you for neurosurgery?
Um, the KRANK has given me the opportunity
to carry out a range of operations
I never could have in another hospital.
For example, elective endoprosthetics.
- Arthroscopies, as well as
- [crashing sound]
reconstructive surgeries
And that is, obviously,
very specific to this particular
- [man stammers]
- But these skills, in general, are
Don't do this. Just a second, please!
- Get out!
- I'm going up in flames.
- I don't give a shit.
- I can feel it!
Go up in flames somewhere else!
Dr. Ertan? Hello?
No! No!
- You fucking shit!
- What's going on there?
[door slams]
Dr. Ertan?
[sighs] So sorry, he came out of nowhere.
Where was I? So, as I was telling you
- [Zanna] Morphine's working.
- She swallowed a battery.
- Weber, in trauma bay
- What's wrong?
- What's wrong?
- I can't believe it
Listen, your daughter
swallowed a coin cell battery
- It's a coin cell battery.
- [parents arguing]
The surgeons are all operating.
Can you do the endoscopy?
- Hmm. No, only Emina can. I'll get her.
- [Zanna] Okay.
[Anna] Shut the hell up!
You don't get to tell me to calm down!
[parents shouting]
[Emina] I was able to learn a lot.
They are
Emina, we have an active GI hemorrhage.
She's six years old. Swallowed a battery.
The pediatric endoscope is being set up.
Your specialty.
We need you. Please, Emina. Come.
[sighs] I'm sorry. I'll be right back.
I'm here.
- Endoscope is ready.
- [Emina] Thank you.
[machine beeping]
[Kian] She's sufficiently sedated.
Sats are good.
[sighs] So All right.
Lights, please.
- Roger that.
- [Emina] Thank you.
Okay. Esophagus.
Suction the mouth please, Bruno.
- Need some more light?
- [Emina] Yes, thanks.
[Emina] Okay. There we go.
Flushing.
Passing the cardia.
Flush.
Flush.
[Ben] Hmm.
[Emina] Hemorrhage in the fundus.
Where are we, Bruno?
- 40 cm.
- [Emina] Thanks.
[Emina] Hemorrhage at 40 centimeters.
There it is. Extend the net, please.
Suction the mouth again, please.
[machine suctioning]
It's coming.
- [Emina] Where's the net?
- Can't you see it?
- [Emina] There it is. I got it.
- Yeah?
Wait, it's a bit stuck.
[Emina] And pull back.
[Ben] Mm-hmm.
- [Ben] All right.
- [Emina] Got it.
There you are, you fucker.
There we go.
A little bit more. And round the corner.
[machine buzzing]
[breathes deeply]
Hey. Don't blame yourself.
There was no way to know
she had a real issue.
You're doing a good job.
Thanks.
Oh, Dr. Parker? One tiny thing.
Could you maybe sign my rotation slip,
if you don't mind?
Your predecessor, Dr. Aumüller,
wanted to sign it, but
Then suddenly he was gone. [chuckles]
Mm-hmm.
Um. Yes, but
Hmm. Okay, but you didn't do
the six months in the ER with us, right?
Counseling-wise, I did.
You've seen how often I'm here.
Dr. Aumüller said it would be enough
to qualify for a rotation in the ER.
- I'll come down to help
- Dom, honestly?
I would prefer if you'd actually did
the six months with us.
I
I need doctors like you down here.
- Okay?
- Uh
I'll clear it with Internal.
It won't be a problem. And
Yeah, good job today with the kid.
Thanks.
Yes, I understand that,
but please give me
the chance to give you
[engine starts]
Should I have let the kid bleed to death?
- [addict shouting]
- Sorry. That was a bit harsh.
It's just very, very important to me.
[sirens wailing]
- It's important
- Excuse me!
- I beg you, my qualifications
- I'm burning! Burning to death!
The flames will burst out of me!
Don't you smell it? Smell it!
It's all so
[Emina mumbles]
- [addict] Here, look!
- Never mind.
All right, my friend.
- Arms up, mouth shut.
- [grunting]
Great! Super!
You're doing great.
Wonderful.
And now the feet.
Done!
[panting]
The flames are out.
Yes, the flames are out.
No, my friend. Don't even think about it.
[grunts]
Way to go.
[Zanna] Dr. Weber, everyone mentions
your name regarding May 1st.
Why is that?
Come on, now. You know what happened.
Please help me prevent shit like this
from happening again.
You're a doctor too.
Yeah, I'm a doctor.
But I'm not the kind of doctor who rats
But it's not about that.
Yes, of course it is!
The man's been here a while
and he really is one of the good ones.
[Zanna] I need your help.
Please.
[sighs]
Uh Volker.
Okay. Volker who?
No, this is shitty.
[grunts] Forget it.
Mr. Weber.
Please.
Racho.
Racho.
Okay?
Where do I find him?
Hello?
[object clanking]
[all laughing]
[laughing continues]
[Zanna] You think you're really funny,
don't you?
[Emina laughing]
[Ben] I thought it was an appropriate
response to your witch hunt.
- [sighs] Somebody died.
- Yes.
And you think one of us
is responsible, right?
[pagers chiming]
- [Emina] Ben?
- Yeah, I got it.
- [Trixie] She's in labor.
- [Ben] Why is Mrs. Dubois here?
[Trixie] They didn't send anyone down.
- It's twins.
- Right.
- [patient groaning]
- Hello, I'm Dr. Parker.
I have to take a quick look, okay?
Okay. Cervix fully dilated.
I see the fontanel.
Come on! We need obstetrics, please!
Your babies are coming.
- I can't do this here.
- Up we go.
- No
- Yes, we can.
- We can do this.
- No
Yes, you can.
- We can do it together.
- [groaning]
I need a pad, please. A pad.
- [groaning]
- [shouting]
- Okay, now I need you to push. Hard!
- [screaming]
You're doing great.
- Very good. Keep pushing. Again.
- [Ben] Keep pushing.
Okay. Very good. Keep breathing. Breathe.
[groaning, crying]
- Okay, Monika?
- [Ben] Push.
- Push hard, okay?
- [Monika] Okay.
- [Ben] Here we go.
- And now!
[screaming]
[sobbing]
You're doing great, Monika.
Very good.
[Monika moaning, panting]
- Let's cut the cord.
- Yes.
Yes.
- Trixie, please.
- [Zanna] Great. Keep breathing.
- That's it.
- Trixie, hurry, please.
[Zanna] Keep breathing.
We're almost there. Very good.
- [Ben] Yes.
- [Monika groaning]
[Zanna] You're so brave.
[Ben] Pediatricians? Pediatricians!
Here, here! I'm here.
- Oxygen running.
- [Ben] Come on!
[Zanna] We still have the second baby.
It's coming.
[Ben] Come on
[Zanna] Second baby's coming!
Ventilation, please!
Come on Suction, please.
- Lights!
- [Monika groaning]
- [Zanna] Push!
- [Monika screaming]
Mask. Mask, please.
[pediatrician] Mask coming.
- [Ben] Okay.
- [Monika screaming]
[Zanna] Very good. And breathe
Very good. And pause.
[Monika screaming]
- Come on
- [Zanna] Push, Monika! Push!
[Monika screaming]
- [Zanna] I got it!
- [baby crying]
Come on, little guy.
- [Zanna] You did it!
- [Monika crying]
[ventilator blowing]
[Monika sobbing]
[sobbing continues]
[distorted hospital sounds]
[water trickling]
[breathing heavily]
- Dr. Amini?
- Yeah?
Can I ask you something?
Yes, but only if you call me Kian.
- Zanna.
- Nice to meet you.
- You too.
- [chuckles]
[Kian] What's wrong?
Do you know if Lena Scholtz
has been discharged?
[Kian] No, not yet. But she's been moved.
Can she keep her child?
[Kian] Not for now, no.
Thanks.
They took him because she threw herself
in front of an ambulance.
You know that, right?
Yes.
[object thudding]
[thudding continues]
[Steffen]
Do you have a name for me, Dr. Parker?
Racho.
Volker Racho.
Yes, he's been working here for a while.
Yeah, I know the guy.
Not very talkative, right?
Okay.
Okay, I'll pass on that
you brought this thorough investigation
to a successful end.
Thank you, Dr. Parker.
I'd like to make some changes downstairs.
[Steffen] It's your department.
Do as you like. As long as
As long as I make your life easier. Yeah.
Thanks.