The Night Shift (2014) s03e12 Episode Script
Emergent
1 Man: So far, the fire has destroyed nine homes [Sighs.]
This fire keeps spreading.
Okay.
Yeah, word from the front is it's only getting worse.
We can expect more burn victims and more smoke-inhalation patients.
A lot more.
Everybody, get your game faces on! Hard to put on your game face when your owner's throwing the game.
Do you have an ETA on our pink slips? Paul: Whoa, whoa.
Nothing's official.
Hobart hasn't bought anything yet, right? That's right.
They haven't.
And I've reached out to other buyers to try and convince them to top Hobart's bid and keep us together.
So until I hear back, let's let's keep the faith, Mollie.
My landlord doesn't take faith at the first of the month, Topher.
Mollie! Heat exhaustion.
Just needs an I.
V.
, couple hours off his feet.
He ain't the only one.
Mollie.
Topher, don't take it personally, okay? Mollie's got three offers from other E.
R.
s.
All of the nurses have options.
I hear some of the doctors, too.
How many do you have now? Three.
[Sighs.]
Including Baltimore.
Gwen wants me to move back, but I'm not biting.
Okay? Neither is anyone else here.
We all know we're never gonna find a work family like this again.
Hey, she needs a head C.
T.
and stitches.
Chopper's refueling, then going back for more patients, but it looks like space is at a premium here.
Well, we'll find more space.
Everybody, stop worrying.
The E.
R.
is not closing.
There's a lot of interest in this place, I'm telling you.
We're gonna stay together.
It's gonna be fine.
Yeah, no, I-I-I agree.
It's all right.
It's all It's all gonna be fine.
Yeah, for you and Scott.
You're surgeons.
Hobart won't drop you.
The rest of us are S.
O.
L.
Woman: 30-year-old female scouting the fire on an ATV when it rolled.
She wound up in the flames.
Second and third-degree burns to her abdominal wall.
Possible internal injuries.
ATV landed right on top of her.
Okay.
Trauma 1.
And you've got more coming in.
What happened? Knucklehead was trying to save his furry friends when the fire broke out.
Trap bit him.
Maybe a little bit of situational awareness might save you some pain next time, you damn hippie.
Okay.
Incoming.
Trauma 2.
My name is Derrick, and it's nothing like the pain those animals feel, you fascist! Topher: Hey, Mac! Last time I saw you, you were laying down fire in Afghanistan.
Last time I saw you, you were running from it.
Hey, Drew.
This is Mac Riley.
He helped T.
C.
and I out last year in Afghanistan.
- Oh.
- Drew Alister, Army doc.
Iraq, Afghanistan.
Still racking up trips can't get enough.
Yeah, you're gonna miss it when you're out.
- Drew! - Oh! Hey, uh, duty calls.
- Good to meet you, man.
- Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Thank you.
- Oh, hey, Doc.
- Yeah.
- Look, before I head back out, I got a favor to ask you.
Thinking about getting back into the contracting field, and, uh, I just need a doc's John Hancock on my physical form.
Yeah, sure.
Come on back.
I'll check you out.
Yeah, I got to get back to my team, Doc.
W-Why don't you just pencil-whip that? Well, I ca I can't just sign it.
Quick physical, you're on your way.
10 minutes tops.
Hey, Natalie? Uh, can we set him up, uh, Trauma 3? - Sure thing.
- Hey, so, where's T.
C.
? He's back overseas.
You can take the boy out of the fight, not the fight out of the boy.
Yeah, tell me about it.
- - [Chatter.]
We've been here a month and the Turks still won't let us cross the border.
You change those dressings twice a day.
- [Speaks foreign language.]
- Thank you.
Your help is much appreciated.
But many more of my people are in need.
Well, there are only two of us, Hamdi, so we're doing the best with what we have.
Do you want this? [Indistinct shouting.]
[Shouting intensifies.]
Get back! [Man shouting angrily in native language.]
Looks like we're gonna need more supplies.
[Shouting continues.]
Excuse me, sir! Sir! We have walked many miles no food, no water! Sir, please.
Many of us are hurt.
- Please help.
- What are you doing? We don't know where these people came from.
We don't know who they are.
We didn't know Hamdi until we knew him, either, okay? Okay, but we are at capacity, and we are running out of drugs.
Sometimes you just got to wing it, okay? We'll we'll make a plan later.
We'll just figure it out.
- Open the gate.
- No, no, no! What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Don't open the gate! Don't open the gate! [Shouting intensifies.]
Hey! Hey! Calm down! Close the gate! Calm down! It's okay! Hey! Hey! Hey! There's water in the tent.
I just feel like you've been really distant this week.
No, I have not been distant.
I'm just there's so much going on here with the possible sale of this place.
I mean, do I go back to Dallas if it happens? - Do I stay? - Dallas? - Well - And here do I fit in there? Well, I don't know.
It's There's my answer.
Look, there's so much going on here tonight.
Can we talk about it later? - Woman: Dr.
Franklin, 3721.
- Sure.
- Yo, Toph.
Hey.
- Dr.
Franklin, 3721.
Hey, we got a problem.
Uh, I just finished inventory on Pyxis, and drugs came up missing.
Uh, a dozen Norco.
Now, the day shift's count was all good, so this is on us.
- You sure? - I triple checked.
I know how bad this looks with you trying to find another buyer for the hospital.
I mean, this could scare them all away.
Don't remind me.
Okay.
Check the logs.
Uh, see who accessed the Pyxis.
This can get sticky, so until we know more, keep it quiet.
Okay.
[Monitor beeping steadily.]
[Groans.]
Everything hurts.
I'm not surprised.
You've got a bad stomach burn and bruises everywhere.
Just try to relax.
I'm Dr.
Rivera, by the way.
Valeska.
Two months on the job and I'm already in the E.
R.
Mom's gonna love this.
She didn't want you to be a firefighter? Oh, she wanted me to remain what I was a drone in a cubicle.
In before sunrise, out after sunset.
I was more vampire than human.
I hated it.
But my mom, she loved it.
Probably seemed safer to her.
Mm, safety had nothing to do with it.
She it was just what was expected.
It was all that was expected.
You know, don't rock the boat.
Don't color outside the lines.
[Moans.]
Maybe she was right.
Okay, level with me, Doc.
Will will I be able to return to the department? We're gonna do everything we can to make that happen.
Uh, it t-took me eight years to work up the courage to leave that job.
If I end up back where I started, it'll be like everything I did in between was all for naught.
Like like it nev never happened.
Like I never left.
I know that feeling.
Valeska, are you feeling short of breath? Mm.
Get me a blood gas kit, and please see if Dr.
Cummings is out of surgery.
[Grunting.]
I'm gonna give you something to help you rest.
I checked the log.
Mollie, Jocelyn, and Heather were the only ones to access the Pyxis tonight.
But Annie shadowed all of them.
Annie.
I forgot she's been shadowing.
- This night just keeps getting better.
- [Scoffs.]
Tell me about it.
Just got a call from my landlord.
The bathroom in my gym leaked into the business below.
$2,500 in water damage and climbing.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know how you do this job and run a business.
Yeah, me neither.
Probably not the best of ideas.
But, look, as far as suspects are concerned, I think Annie's a pretty good place to start.
Come on, man.
You really think that three of our best nurses just up and suddenly decided to start stealing drugs? - No, that's not that's not - Hey, what What are you talking about? Who's stealing drugs? Let let's talk about this Uh, Norco is missing from the Pyxis.
Several nurses used it tonight.
We're just trying to narrow down who.
And you think Annie did it.
- Nobody said that.
- No, but you're thinking it.
Are you thinking it? I'm thinking that you need to be really careful about rushing to judgment on something like that.
That's what I'm thinking.
And, no, she's come way too far to do something like that.
I will go ask her right now myself.
- She won't lie to me.
- Okay, wait.
Hold hold on.
May maybe take a beat, Scott.
Just just let us figure this out.
Yeah, seems like you already have, Topher.
Sc What did I say about this night getting worse? All right.
Talk with the other nurses.
Do not get them riled up.
This cannot blow up right when I'm trying to hold this together! I got you.
103.
2.
I got to get your temperature down.
Down? Feels like I'm freezing.
I haven't felt warm since we left our village three days ago.
- Syrian forces kick you out? - The Caliphate.
They attacked last month.
We tried to hold out for as long as possible, but couldn't.
We walked 30 miles here, to the border, took turns carrying my grandmother for the last three.
That's big of you, stepping up to take care of her like that.
- Squeeze.
- She has done much more for me.
Sahin, you said it hurts.
Can you tell me where? My muscles, my bones.
All over.
[Speaks native language.]
Looks like we're not as popular as we used to be.
It's not you.
It's us.
We're Kurds.
They're Arabs.
Meaning? One group has been robbed of their rights, stripped of their land, had their people killed.
And the other group is Arabs.
I'm sure the Arabs would disagree.
We both know it's not that simple.
Dr.
Callahan, may I speak with you privately, please? [Sighs.]
Every single one of these new refugees, they're nauseous, they're suffering from aches and pains, they're spiking a fever some of them are delirious.
And make no mistake this is not the flu.
Okay, Syd, you need to calm down.
Don't tell me to calm down.
These people probably have malaria, and they are now inside our camp, infecting everybody.
That's what winging it got us.
We already had a humanitarian crisis on our hands.
[Clatter.]
Now you just made it worse.
Okay, how exactly did this happen? Well, as the story goes, I was, you know, in the woods disarming traps, you know, when the fire came.
I had just released this furry little coyote.
So cute.
He looked just like Wile E.
Coyote.
So I just freed him.
He goes off.
And then the next thing I know, like, flames are just all around me.
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, I totally panicked like an idiot.
And then I fell.
The trap snapped back on me, and then, y-you know, here we are.
- Okay.
- [Sighs.]
Man.
Well, you just earned yourself a tetanus shot and probably some nerve damage.
- Are you married? - Uh, no.
So, we're gonna get a surgical consult on this.
And in the meantime, I'm gonna get this thing off your arm, okay? - Oh, okay.
- Sound good? Hey, Vince, can you help me out here? Push down on both sides.
Okay, great.
Let's do this on three, okay? All right.
- One - Yeah.
Two [Screams.]
You said three, Dr.
Alexander! - Yeah.
- Ohh! Oh, man, that's not cool! Deep breaths.
Follow my finger.
Here's Okay, just is all this necessary? We'll see.
We'll see.
Extend your arms, palms up.
Close your eyes.
Okay.
Will you sign the paper now? Mac, your left arm has what we call pronator drift.
It could be a symptom of a brain abnormality.
Or it could be an old high-school football injury? Oh, or the bullet I took for you.
Okay, well, let's run a C.
T.
scan to be safe.
Come on.
After everything I did for you last year in Afghanistan, just sign the damn paper.
Why is it so important to go back? You've done your part.
You're home now.
You've got Team Rubicon.
It's just not the same.
Look, overseas, I kicked doors, flew in helicopters, rolled up bad guys.
Over there, I had a purpose.
Back here, I'm just well, I'm on an island.
I got to get off.
Hey, listen, I get it.
I get it, brother.
But this is about due diligence.
I'll tell you what.
I'm gonna jump the line.
I'll get you a C.
T.
scan ASAP.
Just sit tight.
Drew: I can't even believe you seen that.
- [Laughs.]
- It was way too scary.
I can't wait for tomorrow.
I'm finally gonna be your daughter.
You already are in my eyes.
Know that.
I can't wait for the party, either.
I pretty much invited everyone from the hospital.
What did you do? Those are the crosses right there.
- Where? - What do you mean you invited everyone? Yeah, everybody from the E.
R.
, ICU, surgical department.
[Chuckles.]
Oh, you did, did you? I'll get Rick to pick up more pizzas.
- Papa Drew.
- Yo okay.
All right.
I got to go, kiddo.
- Okay.
- Mwah! - Hey, Mollie.
- Yes? Can you get this, uh, little inmate back to her cell? - She escaped again.
- Of course I will.
- All right.
- Come on, escapee.
Bye.
[Chuckles.]
[Refugees coughing, chatter.]
We were fine before the Kurds arrived.
Now we are weak and ill.
Two of my people are dead.
And we lost many more.
You know, let's focus on saving those we still can.
You know what? We stayed, and we fought.
Perhaps if your people did the same thing instead of running like cowards Okay, okay.
Hey.
That's enough.
Why don't you go outside, feed your people? Let us do our job.
All right? You do the same.
Feed your people.
I don't know what's gonna kill these people first this outbreak or their own hatred.
You can't judge until you've walked a mile in their shoes.
[Scoffs.]
Like you have? I'm not judging, I'm just trying to help these people.
And they're more interested in killing one another than they are in healing.
- So you're judging.
- [Scoffs.]
Now I'm starting to understand why Drew hit you.
You got something you want to say to me? Yeah.
You're so lucky.
If I could spare the help, you'd be on the first thing smoking back to the States.
- But you can't.
- Just finish the test.
Already did.
Good news not malaria.
Bad news we still don't know what's killing these people.
And we better figure it out before the body count rises.
[Coughing continues.]
All right.
What do we got? Sats are holding, but B.
P.
is down.
Yeah, certainly took a beating.
Multiple contusions to her head and chest.
I'm more worried about her abdomen.
Full thickness burns to the entire abdominal wall.
She needs surgical decompression.
Whoa.
Slow down.
Let's finish your evaluation before we reach for the knife, all right? I had a patient like this in med school.
Swelling from the burn strangled his intestinal organs and he died.
Quickly.
All right, well, this is not med school, Shannon.
You don't want to make an impulsive decision with this patient based on a bad outcome with another.
We need to be thorough here, okay? I am not being impulsive.
I'm using my judgment.
And I asked for a consult, not a lecture.
And you got one.
I think you're confusing activity with action.
And sometimes the best course of action is none.
I won't risk cutting someone open who may not need it.
Now, I'm heading to surgery on someone who does.
You do a full trauma work-up and then get back to me.
We don't want to miss anything, all right? Hey.
- Hey.
- Got a sec? Uh, yeah.
For you, of course.
Hey, you ready for the party tomorrow? Drew the court date for Brianna isn't gonna happen tomorrow.
- What? Why? - Honestly, no idea.
- I'm trying to find out now.
- Is it the arrest? - The the bar fight with T.
C.
? - No.
That was all cleared up.
I'm still digging.
I mean, it could just be that the judge's schedule is too full.
Let's just see what it is first, okay? And let's not tell Brianna until we know more.
Find out as soon as you can, okay? Yeah.
Will do.
- Hey.
- Yeah? Hey, Doc.
Hey, Topher said he's gonna get me out of here quick, but he keeps shining me on.
Look, I-I just need a doc's signature on this stupid physical form.
Well, if he hasn't signed it, it's probably for good reason.
- What'd he have you do? - Some dumb pronator test.
I can tell you why I messed it up.
Where'd you get that? Ask your buddy Topher.
Look, can you help me push this through? All right, he's been out forever.
He doesn't get guys like us.
You're still in.
You do.
Help me get this damn thing signed.
He owes me.
I'll talk to him.
All right.
Thanks.
Do you think I took them? No.
Of course I don't.
And I told them that you wouldn't.
But those drugs are missing, and you were shadowing those nurses.
So everybody else thinks I did.
Look, I'm gonna ask you this once, as the Chief of Surgery, for them, just to put the whole thing to bed.
Did you take those drugs, Annie? - No! - Good.
- I swear.
- I believe you.
- I did not.
- I know.
And I'm sorry I even had to ask.
- Okay? Don't worry.
- Hey.
Jordan needs you in Trauma 2.
Her patient just took a turn for the worse.
Okay.
Hang in there.
I'll see you in a bit.
I didn't take them.
Okay.
Let's get him on high-flow oxygen.
Hey.
What's going on? I thought this guy just had a soft-tissue injury.
It was, but after I removed his trap, his sats plummeted and he lost consciousness.
Any ideas? Maybe there was something on the trap? Could be poison, animal feces, urine? Anyway, he's having trouble breathing, so Maybe he actually got bit.
No, I checked.
No bites.
Hey, give me a hand.
Thank you.
Yeah, diminished breath sounds.
- Okay, where's the trap? - It's right there on the table.
[Alarm ringing.]
Hey, there's pieces of this thing broken off.
If one of these broke off inside him, it would go straight to the lung.
All right.
I'll call the O.
R.
- and let them know we're on our way.
- Okay.
[Monitor beeping rapidly.]
Damn it.
There's no time for that now.
He's crashing.
We got to open him up right here.
Let's get him down.
Get me a thoracotomy tray.
Let's prep to open.
- He's been down for two minutes.
- I know.
- I'm aware of that, Jordan.
- He doesn't have much Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I got it.
I got it.
- Gotcha.
- Wow.
You little bastard.
That thing is huge.
7-0 chromic.
Removing cross clamps.
[Monitor beeps.]
His heart's beating again.
Good job.
Send a blood gas.
We're gonna get closed up here.
Can I talk to you about something? - Just between us? - Yeah.
You know about the missing Norco? I do.
Everybody thinks that Annie took it.
But I know that she didn't take it, and it's really pissing me off that nobody believes her.
Scott, come on.
You can't blame people for being suspicious.
- She's an addict.
- Yeah, I know she's an addict.
I'm an addict, too, but you trust me, don't you? - Yeah, I trust you.
- Okay.
But you are not her.
She didn't do it.
I'm telling you she didn't do it.
I asked her point-blank.
And I know we've had our issues lately, but she wouldn't lie to me.
So I could really use your support on this, is what I'm asking for.
Okay.
Thank you.
That means a lot.
I appreciate it.
Yes.
- Hey.
Topher.
- Hey.
So, I spoke with Annie about those missing drugs, and she says she didn't do it.
And you should know that Jordan is standing behind her, as well.
- Jordan is? - Yes.
She is, because she trusts me.
Which is a courtesy that I really wish you were extending to me, as well.
Listen, Scott, I want to believe that.
I really do.
But somebody stole those drugs.
Okay, look.
I told you I would talk to her.
I did.
She said she didn't do it, so that's it.
Period.
End of story.
So stop the witch hunt and search everybody.
That could have gone better.
Yeah.
Hey, uh, not to bug you, but any news on the new bidder? No, I'm still waiting to hear.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Everything's crossed.
I'll catch you later.
Yo, Paul, got a minute? Uh, yeah, sure.
What's up? - Uh, I wanted to ask you - Toph.
What's with this Mac thing? I saw his pronator issue.
That drift could be from nerve damage caused by that bullet wound in his arm.
He pay you to come bug me? We're a bit backed up, and I'm waiting on the results.
I just think he really wants to get back in the fight, and we shouldn't be the ones to stop him.
It's about more than medicine.
See, I think he wants back because he's afraid.
Home is foreign and awkward.
War is familiar and comforting.
He's delaying the inevitable.
He needs to face it if he ever wants to resume a normal life.
It's easier for you.
You're a doctor.
You got family.
That helped your transition.
Mac's got none of that.
He was a door-kicker.
Those skills don't transfer over to civilian life.
Toph, you got to change your identity.
So you got to consider what happens to a man when he loses his.
T.
C.
: We have to keep testing till we find out what's killing everyone.
Test them! They are the ones who brought disease into this camp.
Maybe you should go back! Go back where, huh? [Indistinct shouting.]
T.
C.
: Stop! Stop! Sahin, keep your head down.
Keep your head down.
[Explosion.]
[Shouting quiets.]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Listen to me! Listen to me.
If you don't stop fighting and let us do our jobs, more of you are gonna die, all right? This infection doesn't care where you're from or who you are.
You, you, you, me it doesn't matter.
So you can either swallow your pride and let us figure it out, or you can keep fighting, and none of us will leave this camp alive.
Now, I don't want to die.
Do you want to die? - No.
- No.
So let us do our job.
All right? [Speaks native language.]
Let's get you inside.
Thank you.
Okay, let's get you checked out.
Drew.
Hey, I, uh I found out what the holdup is.
What? Brianna's birth father has come back into the picture.
He says he wants full custody.
No.
What he can't he can't do that.
He gave up his parental rights.
Yeah.
Not technically, okay? He claims that the birth mother never told him about Brianna, that he just found out about her six months ago, and he has been looking for her ever since.
She's 14 years old.
I mean, he can't he can't stake a claim on her after all these years, can he? He can't It's up to the court, Drew.
But he can keep you from getting her now.
And he's on his way here.
I'm so sorry.
I really appreciate this, man.
I-I wouldn't ask for this loan if it wasn't important, man.
I-I just can't lose my business.
Yeah, it's fine.
It's just sitting in my savings account anyway.
Not like I'm making anything off the interest.
I'll pay you back as soon as I can.
I swear.
Yeah, don't don't even worry about it.
I'll write you a check after work, all right? Um, but, hey, I got to I got to go.
All right? Hey, how were the test results for your patient? Exactly what I expected.
She's still awake, but her respiratory rate is up.
She's probably acidotic - from intestinal ischemia.
- Hey, hey, slow down, all right? You're trying to make your original diagnosis fit.
There could be multiple causes for rapid breathing, okay? This woman doesn't have time for possible or probable, Paul.
I-I just drew an ABG to see for sure! Why are you so upset? You asked for my help, and I made a medical call based on my experience.
And you completely ignored mine.
I just know more.
Look look, I-I understand, with the pending hospital sale, that you're scared, okay? Do you understand that, Paul? Do you understand living in a trailer until they take you away because you haven't eaten for days? Watching all your friends drop out or die? People laughing at you because you dare to dream of something more?! Shannon, I-I want to understand.
I do.
I-I know that you had a terrible upbringing Upbringing? See?! You can't understand.
Listen to how you speak! We are two very different people from two very different worlds.
And if this hospital shuts down, I go back to mine.
- It's it's not gonna close, okay? - Stop saying that! You don't know that! Just because everything works out for you doesn't mean it will for me.
That's not what I mean, okay? There there - there are things happening - You know what? My gut told me I never should have started anything with you, and it was right.
What does that mean? It means we're through.
So let's just focus on Valeska and get through the rest of the shift, okay? [Refugees coughing.]
T.
C.
: That's nine dead.
Two more in the last hour.
[Sighs.]
How's Sahin? [Sighs.]
I can't get her fever down.
B.
P.
is holding, but her heart rate is dropping.
That's strange.
It should be elevated with a fever.
Take a look at this rash.
You thinking what I'm thinking? Typhus.
- Yep.
- Has to be.
Yeah.
Right.
Typhus is bacterial.
Spread by mites, fleas, and ticks, with an incubation period of 10 days.
The Kurds just arrived today, so they couldn't have infected the camp.
They must have contracted it elsewhere.
This entire region could be infected.
Shoot.
Typhus? Typhus, it is it is worse than malaria? Yes.
We were prepared for malaria.
We don't have enough meds for a typhus outbreak.
[Monitor beeping steadily.]
Hey, man.
Welcome back.
[Chuckles.]
So, you got a piece of that trap stuck in your lung and we got it out just in time.
You're gonna be fine.
[Straining.]
When can I get back out there? - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [Groans.]
Easy.
Easy, easy, easy.
You just had open-chest surgery.
You're gonna have to relax for a while.
The animals will have to wait a few weeks.
Oh, but they can't, though.
If I'm not out there doing my part, who will? You guys are doctors, right? Mm-hmm.
Like, what if someone told you to relax, saving lives could wait? - Huh? - Look.
- I admire your passion.
- Yeah.
- But you - No, you think I'm a joke.
- No.
- No.
- Yeah, a little bit.
- No, I don't.
Derrick, you believe in something, all right, and you fight for it.
I admire that in a person.
That's very sweet of you.
Look, Derrick, if you go out there right now, you'd die.
And like you just said, if you're not out there doing your work, who's gonna? Best thing you can do right now is rest and heal up.
Okay? [Sighs.]
Man.
Okay.
Is everybody accounted for? Hey, I'm out of here, all right? - The flames jumped the fire break.
- Hold on.
I'm not gonna sit here while you're jerking me around if you're not gonna sign this damn form.
Okay, hold on.
I'm just waiting to get your C.
T.
scan results.
Nah, I don't have time for that, all right? My team's shorthanded.
They need me.
- I'll see you, Doc.
- Wait.
Fine.
I'll check your scan and I'll I'll e-mail you the signed form.
You got to promise to come right back if it's abnormal.
Yeah, deal.
H-Hey, anybody getting off soon? They're setting up a triage area outside the fire to deal with patients.
We could use a doc or two.
I can't leave tonight, not until I hand the shift off to the Day Chief.
- I can go.
- You sure? Yeah, I could use a change of pace.
I'm off call in 20 minutes, so I can go, too.
Can always use another surgeon out there.
Sounds good to me.
Topher? - Okay, just be careful.
- All right.
Grab your gear.
- Let's go.
- All right.
Scott.
Do you have to go? Like, I feel like you're the only person here who believes me.
Well, yeah, I do.
I have to go.
- They need me out there.
- With Jordan? Annie, we're working triage at a fire, not doing dinner and a movie.
I'll see you when I get back.
He's a stranger.
I-I don't want to meet him.
I know.
But you have to.
But I'm not gonna live with him, right? I'm gonna be, uh, with you and Rick, because because that's what you guys said.
You guys said that you would adopt me, and and I'm not gonna have to live with him.
Don't I have any say in this? Yes, you have a say in this.
You can tell the judge exactly what you want.
But, in the end, it's it's just not up to you.
What? Wh I'm I'm so stupid.
[Sniffles.]
I actually I actually believed you guys.
Hey.
Why did you lie to me? Any pressure in your abdomen? [Straining.]
Maybe.
It just feels tight.
Like, har harder to breathe.
Paged me? Look, her ABG just came back.
Her pH is way down.
She's got acid in her blood.
I told you.
[Gasps.]
I can't breathe.
She's crashing.
All right.
She needs surgery.
Swelling will suffocate her organs.
- I'll page Scott.
- Scott's in the field, and the day-shift doctor's on his way.
I'll do it.
Let's go.
T.
C.
: 27 doses of Cipro.
We're gonna need 10 times that amount to treat the typhus in camp.
Okay, well, there's more coming with the resupply.
But until then, we have to decide who gets the medication.
If you and I get sick, we can't treat anybody, so we got to be top priority.
There's four aside for us.
Okay, and there's two for Hamdi, Besam, and Sahin.
I don't think Sahin should get any.
[Sighs.]
She's in bad shape, T.
C.
I know.
But I think, at this point, the medication won't do her any good.
And even if she does get better, she's not likely to make it all the way to Germany.
What, so basically we're saying that all the sacrifices she made to come this far don't matter.
You're pulling a family apart.
No.
A family divided is better than no family at all.
You didn't even want to let them into the camp in the first place.
Well, they're here now.
We can't turn our back on them.
Look, when resupply comes at the end of the day, Sahin can get the meds.
If she's still here to get them.
Hopefully she will be.
[Coughing.]
It's gonna get worse before it gets better.
Can you call Topher and have him send in some more supplies? Fire took out the cellphone tower.
We got no reception.
I'll find you a walkie.
Mac, Mac, can you help, please? - Hey, come over here! - Yeah.
- It's not me, man.
It's Rene.
- Rene? Rocks came loose.
She fell off a ledge.
I think she broke her leg.
She can't move.
I tried to help her.
- Okay.
Do you know where is she? - I tried to help her, man.
Where is she? She's like a mile off off the trail that way.
I can show you.
No, no, no, no.
You're not going anywhere.
- [Coughing.]
- We need oxygen.
- Let's go.
Oxygen! - Okay.
I can carry her, but if her leg is broken - Okay, I'm coming.
- Come on.
Move.
Hey.
Then I'm coming, too.
Let's go.
Double time.
Sun's up in an hour, and the winds will pick up with it.
[Monitor beeping.]
Paul: Okay.
This is the last of it.
Rest of the intestine looks viable.
All right.
Clamp, please.
Her O2 levels are dropping.
That doesn't make any sense.
- Is she still bleeding? - Uh, no.
No.
No.
No breath sounds on the right side.
It's pneumothorax.
She has a punctured lung.
Hand me an 18-gauge angiocath to needle her chest.
You didn't see this on the X-ray? No, I If you put even a small pneumo on a vent, it can kill the patient.
[Air hissing.]
[Monitor beeping.]
O2 levels are back up.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see that.
That's why we trust the people we consult with.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Probably not the only one you made tonight, Doctor.
I can close her by myself.
You can go now.
[Cellphone rings.]
[Sighs.]
Damn it.
Hey, Moss.
Hey, not a good time.
Hey, hey, take it easy.
I'm talking about work-wise here.
Okay? No, I'm I'm not trying to disrespect you.
Listen Listen.
Listen, I got I got your 5 grand.
Yeah.
Yeah, tomorrow.
Hey.
Hey.
Drink.
You need the fluids.
[Sighs.]
You okay? Yeah, I'm just a little light-headed.
I might need some air.
What what's this? It's nothing.
It's nothing.
You gave her your pills, didn't you? - She needed the medicine, T.
C.
- Are you kidding me? You give me a lecture about being reckless, and you pull this crap? I made a decision, okay? Yeah, the wrong one.
How could you be so selfish? I couldn't sit around and watch that man lose his grandmother.
Okay, you may be all right with tearing a family apart, but I'm not.
And what happens when you get too sick to help these other people? I will be able to hold out until the resupply comes.
Sahin wouldn't have been able to.
Let me do my job, and you do yours.
Haven't been able to get ahold of what are you doing? - What do you think? - You can't do this.
Yes, I can.
No, no.
I-I mean you can't do this.
Yes, I can.
Look, people aren't jumping ship so we can be together, man, because we're a family.
Searching and going through people's lockers, man, that ain't family.
But the fact is somebody committed a felony.
Somebody took these pills.
We're responsible.
Try getting a new job with that on your record! I thought you said there's still another chance.
Still another buyer out there, right? Well, yeah.
There is.
I'm Toph, no.
We have to believe in the family we created or what's the point, man? Yeah, you're right.
We'll use security.
If they deny us, we know something is up.
All right.
[Door closes.]
- So, you and T.
C.
a thing? - What? The jacket.
It says "Callahan.
" That's T.
C.
, right? Figured you two were dating or something.
Nah, I just forgot my field jacket today, so I borrowed one from his locker.
It's getting pretty hairy up here, Mac.
- If we don't find her soon - No, no, no.
We're not leaving without her.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Fine.
Topher, here.
I know everybody thinks it's me, so I took a drug test.
- Jocelyn witnessed it.
- I did.
- Okay, look, Annie - And I will pass it.
You know what? Let's deal with this tomorrow.
Right now, I think the best thing is for you to go home.
Fine.
I'll go.
But you listen to me.
Scott and T.
C.
won't be happy.
And there's gonna be hell to pay.
Annie.
[Cellphone rings.]
[Sighs.]
[Ringing continues.]
Hey.
This the call? Our last chance and savior? This is it, brother.
[Cellphone beeps.]
Hello? Yeah.
No, but, you you said the numbers look good.
[Scoffs.]
What, so that that's it? Can't you talk to the board? I don't know.
Take another look.
Yeah.
Oh, I get it.
Fine.
Forget it.
[Cellphone beeps.]
Damn it! Mother What was what was that all about? All our jobs going out the door.
There she is! Rene! Sleeping on the job again, eh, Rene? I'm just tired from pulling your weight.
That's why I brought backup takes two to replace you.
How you feeling? I've been better.
Rene.
I'm Dr.
Alexander.
This is Dr.
Clemmens.
Hey.
Sorry, but we're gonna have to move your leg.
- All right.
- Okay, you tell me when you're ready.
- Yeah, I'm good.
- You good? Mm-hmm.
[Coughs.]
[Grunting.]
- Aah! - There you go.
You got it.
[Moans.]
Can you tell me how this happened? Stupid rocks came out from under me.
I went tumbling like Humpty Dumpty and I I can't walk on my leg.
How's the pain? Feels like pins and needles, but I-I can take it.
No distal pulse.
And her compartments feel tense.
What does that mean? The swelling from the fracture is cutting off blood flow.
- Can you fix it? - Not here.
We need to get her back down to triage so we can do surgery.
Let's get her up and get her the hell out of here.
It's called a colostomy bag.
I'm sorry.
It was part of the injury.
You'll have to go to the bathroom in it for the rest of your life.
That sucks.
[Scoffs.]
But, hey, a few hours ago, it was quitting the department or even dying, so I'll take poop in a bag any day.
- You are one cool, tough chick.
- So are you.
Thanks again for everything.
Just remember, I love you.
[Sighs.]
All right.
- Watch me start unraveling - Drew, this is Brianna's father.
Hi.
Justin.
Nice to meet you.
- Right when I stop listening - Dr.
Alister.
I've been taking care of Brianna for the past couple months.
Here.
By her side.
- Saying these things I don't mean - You? Where have you been? - Drew.
- Look, I'm I'm not some deadbeat dad who ran out on her.
I never knew I had a daughter.
Her mother never contacted me.
I-I just found out about Brianna a few months ago, and I'm here now.
So you're doing this more out of curiosity than No, no.
I'm her father, and I want her in my life.
This is crazy.
We don't know if he's really her father.
- Relax.
- I'll take a DNA test.
Whatever it takes.
I just want to meet my daughter.
- Wasted my time wandering - Please.
Of course.
Right this way.
- When you were there in front of me - If you hurt her even a little bit Both sick of living in betweens So I heard your White Knight didn't come through, huh? No, it did not.
Uh, maybe that wasn't your best play? Paul, I'm really not in the mood for Monday morning quarterbacking, okay? It's easy to sit here and judge, seeing how you and Scott are gonna be fine.
Sorry.
I-I came out here to tell you, I spoke to my dad about a week ago, when all this started happening.
My family is part of a huge fund that buys hospitals.
What? How come you didn't say anything before? I didn't want to get yours or anyone else's hopes up.
But it's a big group.
They bought St.
John's in in Denver.
And another in Phoenix and Chicago.
And my dad is on a plane.
He'll be here in about an hour.
- Are you serious?! - Yeah.
But you will have to sell him on it.
You know, make him see why we need to keep this place open.
I don't know what to say, Paul! Thank thank you! Yeah.
Okay.
Hey.
Syd, hey.
You shouldn't be out here.
These people need help.
I can handle it for now.
[Airplane approaches.]
It's our it's our supplies.
[Sighs.]
Perfect timing.
Look, now you will please go in and lie down? - I'm I'm fine.
I'm fine.
- Please? I got this.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Syd! Syd: That's not good.
Hey, Doctor, is this our medicine? - Yeah.
- How will we get it now?! - They won't let us cross the border! - I'll go take care of it.
I'll take care of it.
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
I'm an aid worker.
I need to get across.
I need to get our resupply.
- Get back.
- No, you have to open the gate for me.
- Get back! - Our supplies are over there.
Now! [Shouts indistinctly.]
- We have to get our supplies, okay?! - All of you! [Shouts indistinctly.]
- My new warning is get back - I'm an aid worker.
Or we will shoot.
[Gunshot.]
[All screaming.]
Okay! Okay! Okay! [Automatic gunfire.]
Okay, go.
We got to go inside.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Hang in there, Rene.
You doing good? Good as a 30-year Scotch and a rib eye.
Once we're out of this, I got just the place.
Hey, whoa.
[Fire crackling.]
Damn it, the wind shifted.
[Grunts.]
- What's going on? - The trail's cut off up ahead.
Well, we'll just double back.
Nothing behind us but more fire.
We're blocked in on east and west.
Well, what's the plan, Mac? Deploy the fire shelters and wait.
Wait for what? For it to pass over us.
Mac's right.
We've got to do it.
Look, it's our only choice, all right? We're out of time.
- Let's go.
- Okay.
We get the tent sealed to the ground.
Get your face down there.
The air is cooler.
Okay.
I got you, Rene.
I know you do.
All right, come on! Come on, let's go! Come on.
Hurry up! Move it! We only got a few seconds! Stay low.
Don't come out until I tell you.
Scott, if we don't make it, I really want you to No, we will, Jordan, I promise you.
But if we don't, I want you to know Here we go! Hang on! [Fire roaring.]
This fire keeps spreading.
Okay.
Yeah, word from the front is it's only getting worse.
We can expect more burn victims and more smoke-inhalation patients.
A lot more.
Everybody, get your game faces on! Hard to put on your game face when your owner's throwing the game.
Do you have an ETA on our pink slips? Paul: Whoa, whoa.
Nothing's official.
Hobart hasn't bought anything yet, right? That's right.
They haven't.
And I've reached out to other buyers to try and convince them to top Hobart's bid and keep us together.
So until I hear back, let's let's keep the faith, Mollie.
My landlord doesn't take faith at the first of the month, Topher.
Mollie! Heat exhaustion.
Just needs an I.
V.
, couple hours off his feet.
He ain't the only one.
Mollie.
Topher, don't take it personally, okay? Mollie's got three offers from other E.
R.
s.
All of the nurses have options.
I hear some of the doctors, too.
How many do you have now? Three.
[Sighs.]
Including Baltimore.
Gwen wants me to move back, but I'm not biting.
Okay? Neither is anyone else here.
We all know we're never gonna find a work family like this again.
Hey, she needs a head C.
T.
and stitches.
Chopper's refueling, then going back for more patients, but it looks like space is at a premium here.
Well, we'll find more space.
Everybody, stop worrying.
The E.
R.
is not closing.
There's a lot of interest in this place, I'm telling you.
We're gonna stay together.
It's gonna be fine.
Yeah, no, I-I-I agree.
It's all right.
It's all It's all gonna be fine.
Yeah, for you and Scott.
You're surgeons.
Hobart won't drop you.
The rest of us are S.
O.
L.
Woman: 30-year-old female scouting the fire on an ATV when it rolled.
She wound up in the flames.
Second and third-degree burns to her abdominal wall.
Possible internal injuries.
ATV landed right on top of her.
Okay.
Trauma 1.
And you've got more coming in.
What happened? Knucklehead was trying to save his furry friends when the fire broke out.
Trap bit him.
Maybe a little bit of situational awareness might save you some pain next time, you damn hippie.
Okay.
Incoming.
Trauma 2.
My name is Derrick, and it's nothing like the pain those animals feel, you fascist! Topher: Hey, Mac! Last time I saw you, you were laying down fire in Afghanistan.
Last time I saw you, you were running from it.
Hey, Drew.
This is Mac Riley.
He helped T.
C.
and I out last year in Afghanistan.
- Oh.
- Drew Alister, Army doc.
Iraq, Afghanistan.
Still racking up trips can't get enough.
Yeah, you're gonna miss it when you're out.
- Drew! - Oh! Hey, uh, duty calls.
- Good to meet you, man.
- Yeah, nice to meet you.
- Thank you.
- Oh, hey, Doc.
- Yeah.
- Look, before I head back out, I got a favor to ask you.
Thinking about getting back into the contracting field, and, uh, I just need a doc's John Hancock on my physical form.
Yeah, sure.
Come on back.
I'll check you out.
Yeah, I got to get back to my team, Doc.
W-Why don't you just pencil-whip that? Well, I ca I can't just sign it.
Quick physical, you're on your way.
10 minutes tops.
Hey, Natalie? Uh, can we set him up, uh, Trauma 3? - Sure thing.
- Hey, so, where's T.
C.
? He's back overseas.
You can take the boy out of the fight, not the fight out of the boy.
Yeah, tell me about it.
- - [Chatter.]
We've been here a month and the Turks still won't let us cross the border.
You change those dressings twice a day.
- [Speaks foreign language.]
- Thank you.
Your help is much appreciated.
But many more of my people are in need.
Well, there are only two of us, Hamdi, so we're doing the best with what we have.
Do you want this? [Indistinct shouting.]
[Shouting intensifies.]
Get back! [Man shouting angrily in native language.]
Looks like we're gonna need more supplies.
[Shouting continues.]
Excuse me, sir! Sir! We have walked many miles no food, no water! Sir, please.
Many of us are hurt.
- Please help.
- What are you doing? We don't know where these people came from.
We don't know who they are.
We didn't know Hamdi until we knew him, either, okay? Okay, but we are at capacity, and we are running out of drugs.
Sometimes you just got to wing it, okay? We'll we'll make a plan later.
We'll just figure it out.
- Open the gate.
- No, no, no! What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Don't open the gate! Don't open the gate! [Shouting intensifies.]
Hey! Hey! Calm down! Close the gate! Calm down! It's okay! Hey! Hey! Hey! There's water in the tent.
I just feel like you've been really distant this week.
No, I have not been distant.
I'm just there's so much going on here with the possible sale of this place.
I mean, do I go back to Dallas if it happens? - Do I stay? - Dallas? - Well - And here do I fit in there? Well, I don't know.
It's There's my answer.
Look, there's so much going on here tonight.
Can we talk about it later? - Woman: Dr.
Franklin, 3721.
- Sure.
- Yo, Toph.
Hey.
- Dr.
Franklin, 3721.
Hey, we got a problem.
Uh, I just finished inventory on Pyxis, and drugs came up missing.
Uh, a dozen Norco.
Now, the day shift's count was all good, so this is on us.
- You sure? - I triple checked.
I know how bad this looks with you trying to find another buyer for the hospital.
I mean, this could scare them all away.
Don't remind me.
Okay.
Check the logs.
Uh, see who accessed the Pyxis.
This can get sticky, so until we know more, keep it quiet.
Okay.
[Monitor beeping steadily.]
[Groans.]
Everything hurts.
I'm not surprised.
You've got a bad stomach burn and bruises everywhere.
Just try to relax.
I'm Dr.
Rivera, by the way.
Valeska.
Two months on the job and I'm already in the E.
R.
Mom's gonna love this.
She didn't want you to be a firefighter? Oh, she wanted me to remain what I was a drone in a cubicle.
In before sunrise, out after sunset.
I was more vampire than human.
I hated it.
But my mom, she loved it.
Probably seemed safer to her.
Mm, safety had nothing to do with it.
She it was just what was expected.
It was all that was expected.
You know, don't rock the boat.
Don't color outside the lines.
[Moans.]
Maybe she was right.
Okay, level with me, Doc.
Will will I be able to return to the department? We're gonna do everything we can to make that happen.
Uh, it t-took me eight years to work up the courage to leave that job.
If I end up back where I started, it'll be like everything I did in between was all for naught.
Like like it nev never happened.
Like I never left.
I know that feeling.
Valeska, are you feeling short of breath? Mm.
Get me a blood gas kit, and please see if Dr.
Cummings is out of surgery.
[Grunting.]
I'm gonna give you something to help you rest.
I checked the log.
Mollie, Jocelyn, and Heather were the only ones to access the Pyxis tonight.
But Annie shadowed all of them.
Annie.
I forgot she's been shadowing.
- This night just keeps getting better.
- [Scoffs.]
Tell me about it.
Just got a call from my landlord.
The bathroom in my gym leaked into the business below.
$2,500 in water damage and climbing.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know how you do this job and run a business.
Yeah, me neither.
Probably not the best of ideas.
But, look, as far as suspects are concerned, I think Annie's a pretty good place to start.
Come on, man.
You really think that three of our best nurses just up and suddenly decided to start stealing drugs? - No, that's not that's not - Hey, what What are you talking about? Who's stealing drugs? Let let's talk about this Uh, Norco is missing from the Pyxis.
Several nurses used it tonight.
We're just trying to narrow down who.
And you think Annie did it.
- Nobody said that.
- No, but you're thinking it.
Are you thinking it? I'm thinking that you need to be really careful about rushing to judgment on something like that.
That's what I'm thinking.
And, no, she's come way too far to do something like that.
I will go ask her right now myself.
- She won't lie to me.
- Okay, wait.
Hold hold on.
May maybe take a beat, Scott.
Just just let us figure this out.
Yeah, seems like you already have, Topher.
Sc What did I say about this night getting worse? All right.
Talk with the other nurses.
Do not get them riled up.
This cannot blow up right when I'm trying to hold this together! I got you.
103.
2.
I got to get your temperature down.
Down? Feels like I'm freezing.
I haven't felt warm since we left our village three days ago.
- Syrian forces kick you out? - The Caliphate.
They attacked last month.
We tried to hold out for as long as possible, but couldn't.
We walked 30 miles here, to the border, took turns carrying my grandmother for the last three.
That's big of you, stepping up to take care of her like that.
- Squeeze.
- She has done much more for me.
Sahin, you said it hurts.
Can you tell me where? My muscles, my bones.
All over.
[Speaks native language.]
Looks like we're not as popular as we used to be.
It's not you.
It's us.
We're Kurds.
They're Arabs.
Meaning? One group has been robbed of their rights, stripped of their land, had their people killed.
And the other group is Arabs.
I'm sure the Arabs would disagree.
We both know it's not that simple.
Dr.
Callahan, may I speak with you privately, please? [Sighs.]
Every single one of these new refugees, they're nauseous, they're suffering from aches and pains, they're spiking a fever some of them are delirious.
And make no mistake this is not the flu.
Okay, Syd, you need to calm down.
Don't tell me to calm down.
These people probably have malaria, and they are now inside our camp, infecting everybody.
That's what winging it got us.
We already had a humanitarian crisis on our hands.
[Clatter.]
Now you just made it worse.
Okay, how exactly did this happen? Well, as the story goes, I was, you know, in the woods disarming traps, you know, when the fire came.
I had just released this furry little coyote.
So cute.
He looked just like Wile E.
Coyote.
So I just freed him.
He goes off.
And then the next thing I know, like, flames are just all around me.
- Mm-hmm.
- Well, I totally panicked like an idiot.
And then I fell.
The trap snapped back on me, and then, y-you know, here we are.
- Okay.
- [Sighs.]
Man.
Well, you just earned yourself a tetanus shot and probably some nerve damage.
- Are you married? - Uh, no.
So, we're gonna get a surgical consult on this.
And in the meantime, I'm gonna get this thing off your arm, okay? - Oh, okay.
- Sound good? Hey, Vince, can you help me out here? Push down on both sides.
Okay, great.
Let's do this on three, okay? All right.
- One - Yeah.
Two [Screams.]
You said three, Dr.
Alexander! - Yeah.
- Ohh! Oh, man, that's not cool! Deep breaths.
Follow my finger.
Here's Okay, just is all this necessary? We'll see.
We'll see.
Extend your arms, palms up.
Close your eyes.
Okay.
Will you sign the paper now? Mac, your left arm has what we call pronator drift.
It could be a symptom of a brain abnormality.
Or it could be an old high-school football injury? Oh, or the bullet I took for you.
Okay, well, let's run a C.
T.
scan to be safe.
Come on.
After everything I did for you last year in Afghanistan, just sign the damn paper.
Why is it so important to go back? You've done your part.
You're home now.
You've got Team Rubicon.
It's just not the same.
Look, overseas, I kicked doors, flew in helicopters, rolled up bad guys.
Over there, I had a purpose.
Back here, I'm just well, I'm on an island.
I got to get off.
Hey, listen, I get it.
I get it, brother.
But this is about due diligence.
I'll tell you what.
I'm gonna jump the line.
I'll get you a C.
T.
scan ASAP.
Just sit tight.
Drew: I can't even believe you seen that.
- [Laughs.]
- It was way too scary.
I can't wait for tomorrow.
I'm finally gonna be your daughter.
You already are in my eyes.
Know that.
I can't wait for the party, either.
I pretty much invited everyone from the hospital.
What did you do? Those are the crosses right there.
- Where? - What do you mean you invited everyone? Yeah, everybody from the E.
R.
, ICU, surgical department.
[Chuckles.]
Oh, you did, did you? I'll get Rick to pick up more pizzas.
- Papa Drew.
- Yo okay.
All right.
I got to go, kiddo.
- Okay.
- Mwah! - Hey, Mollie.
- Yes? Can you get this, uh, little inmate back to her cell? - She escaped again.
- Of course I will.
- All right.
- Come on, escapee.
Bye.
[Chuckles.]
[Refugees coughing, chatter.]
We were fine before the Kurds arrived.
Now we are weak and ill.
Two of my people are dead.
And we lost many more.
You know, let's focus on saving those we still can.
You know what? We stayed, and we fought.
Perhaps if your people did the same thing instead of running like cowards Okay, okay.
Hey.
That's enough.
Why don't you go outside, feed your people? Let us do our job.
All right? You do the same.
Feed your people.
I don't know what's gonna kill these people first this outbreak or their own hatred.
You can't judge until you've walked a mile in their shoes.
[Scoffs.]
Like you have? I'm not judging, I'm just trying to help these people.
And they're more interested in killing one another than they are in healing.
- So you're judging.
- [Scoffs.]
Now I'm starting to understand why Drew hit you.
You got something you want to say to me? Yeah.
You're so lucky.
If I could spare the help, you'd be on the first thing smoking back to the States.
- But you can't.
- Just finish the test.
Already did.
Good news not malaria.
Bad news we still don't know what's killing these people.
And we better figure it out before the body count rises.
[Coughing continues.]
All right.
What do we got? Sats are holding, but B.
P.
is down.
Yeah, certainly took a beating.
Multiple contusions to her head and chest.
I'm more worried about her abdomen.
Full thickness burns to the entire abdominal wall.
She needs surgical decompression.
Whoa.
Slow down.
Let's finish your evaluation before we reach for the knife, all right? I had a patient like this in med school.
Swelling from the burn strangled his intestinal organs and he died.
Quickly.
All right, well, this is not med school, Shannon.
You don't want to make an impulsive decision with this patient based on a bad outcome with another.
We need to be thorough here, okay? I am not being impulsive.
I'm using my judgment.
And I asked for a consult, not a lecture.
And you got one.
I think you're confusing activity with action.
And sometimes the best course of action is none.
I won't risk cutting someone open who may not need it.
Now, I'm heading to surgery on someone who does.
You do a full trauma work-up and then get back to me.
We don't want to miss anything, all right? Hey.
- Hey.
- Got a sec? Uh, yeah.
For you, of course.
Hey, you ready for the party tomorrow? Drew the court date for Brianna isn't gonna happen tomorrow.
- What? Why? - Honestly, no idea.
- I'm trying to find out now.
- Is it the arrest? - The the bar fight with T.
C.
? - No.
That was all cleared up.
I'm still digging.
I mean, it could just be that the judge's schedule is too full.
Let's just see what it is first, okay? And let's not tell Brianna until we know more.
Find out as soon as you can, okay? Yeah.
Will do.
- Hey.
- Yeah? Hey, Doc.
Hey, Topher said he's gonna get me out of here quick, but he keeps shining me on.
Look, I-I just need a doc's signature on this stupid physical form.
Well, if he hasn't signed it, it's probably for good reason.
- What'd he have you do? - Some dumb pronator test.
I can tell you why I messed it up.
Where'd you get that? Ask your buddy Topher.
Look, can you help me push this through? All right, he's been out forever.
He doesn't get guys like us.
You're still in.
You do.
Help me get this damn thing signed.
He owes me.
I'll talk to him.
All right.
Thanks.
Do you think I took them? No.
Of course I don't.
And I told them that you wouldn't.
But those drugs are missing, and you were shadowing those nurses.
So everybody else thinks I did.
Look, I'm gonna ask you this once, as the Chief of Surgery, for them, just to put the whole thing to bed.
Did you take those drugs, Annie? - No! - Good.
- I swear.
- I believe you.
- I did not.
- I know.
And I'm sorry I even had to ask.
- Okay? Don't worry.
- Hey.
Jordan needs you in Trauma 2.
Her patient just took a turn for the worse.
Okay.
Hang in there.
I'll see you in a bit.
I didn't take them.
Okay.
Let's get him on high-flow oxygen.
Hey.
What's going on? I thought this guy just had a soft-tissue injury.
It was, but after I removed his trap, his sats plummeted and he lost consciousness.
Any ideas? Maybe there was something on the trap? Could be poison, animal feces, urine? Anyway, he's having trouble breathing, so Maybe he actually got bit.
No, I checked.
No bites.
Hey, give me a hand.
Thank you.
Yeah, diminished breath sounds.
- Okay, where's the trap? - It's right there on the table.
[Alarm ringing.]
Hey, there's pieces of this thing broken off.
If one of these broke off inside him, it would go straight to the lung.
All right.
I'll call the O.
R.
- and let them know we're on our way.
- Okay.
[Monitor beeping rapidly.]
Damn it.
There's no time for that now.
He's crashing.
We got to open him up right here.
Let's get him down.
Get me a thoracotomy tray.
Let's prep to open.
- He's been down for two minutes.
- I know.
- I'm aware of that, Jordan.
- He doesn't have much Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
I got it.
I got it.
- Gotcha.
- Wow.
You little bastard.
That thing is huge.
7-0 chromic.
Removing cross clamps.
[Monitor beeps.]
His heart's beating again.
Good job.
Send a blood gas.
We're gonna get closed up here.
Can I talk to you about something? - Just between us? - Yeah.
You know about the missing Norco? I do.
Everybody thinks that Annie took it.
But I know that she didn't take it, and it's really pissing me off that nobody believes her.
Scott, come on.
You can't blame people for being suspicious.
- She's an addict.
- Yeah, I know she's an addict.
I'm an addict, too, but you trust me, don't you? - Yeah, I trust you.
- Okay.
But you are not her.
She didn't do it.
I'm telling you she didn't do it.
I asked her point-blank.
And I know we've had our issues lately, but she wouldn't lie to me.
So I could really use your support on this, is what I'm asking for.
Okay.
Thank you.
That means a lot.
I appreciate it.
Yes.
- Hey.
Topher.
- Hey.
So, I spoke with Annie about those missing drugs, and she says she didn't do it.
And you should know that Jordan is standing behind her, as well.
- Jordan is? - Yes.
She is, because she trusts me.
Which is a courtesy that I really wish you were extending to me, as well.
Listen, Scott, I want to believe that.
I really do.
But somebody stole those drugs.
Okay, look.
I told you I would talk to her.
I did.
She said she didn't do it, so that's it.
Period.
End of story.
So stop the witch hunt and search everybody.
That could have gone better.
Yeah.
Hey, uh, not to bug you, but any news on the new bidder? No, I'm still waiting to hear.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Everything's crossed.
I'll catch you later.
Yo, Paul, got a minute? Uh, yeah, sure.
What's up? - Uh, I wanted to ask you - Toph.
What's with this Mac thing? I saw his pronator issue.
That drift could be from nerve damage caused by that bullet wound in his arm.
He pay you to come bug me? We're a bit backed up, and I'm waiting on the results.
I just think he really wants to get back in the fight, and we shouldn't be the ones to stop him.
It's about more than medicine.
See, I think he wants back because he's afraid.
Home is foreign and awkward.
War is familiar and comforting.
He's delaying the inevitable.
He needs to face it if he ever wants to resume a normal life.
It's easier for you.
You're a doctor.
You got family.
That helped your transition.
Mac's got none of that.
He was a door-kicker.
Those skills don't transfer over to civilian life.
Toph, you got to change your identity.
So you got to consider what happens to a man when he loses his.
T.
C.
: We have to keep testing till we find out what's killing everyone.
Test them! They are the ones who brought disease into this camp.
Maybe you should go back! Go back where, huh? [Indistinct shouting.]
T.
C.
: Stop! Stop! Sahin, keep your head down.
Keep your head down.
[Explosion.]
[Shouting quiets.]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Listen to me! Listen to me.
If you don't stop fighting and let us do our jobs, more of you are gonna die, all right? This infection doesn't care where you're from or who you are.
You, you, you, me it doesn't matter.
So you can either swallow your pride and let us figure it out, or you can keep fighting, and none of us will leave this camp alive.
Now, I don't want to die.
Do you want to die? - No.
- No.
So let us do our job.
All right? [Speaks native language.]
Let's get you inside.
Thank you.
Okay, let's get you checked out.
Drew.
Hey, I, uh I found out what the holdup is.
What? Brianna's birth father has come back into the picture.
He says he wants full custody.
No.
What he can't he can't do that.
He gave up his parental rights.
Yeah.
Not technically, okay? He claims that the birth mother never told him about Brianna, that he just found out about her six months ago, and he has been looking for her ever since.
She's 14 years old.
I mean, he can't he can't stake a claim on her after all these years, can he? He can't It's up to the court, Drew.
But he can keep you from getting her now.
And he's on his way here.
I'm so sorry.
I really appreciate this, man.
I-I wouldn't ask for this loan if it wasn't important, man.
I-I just can't lose my business.
Yeah, it's fine.
It's just sitting in my savings account anyway.
Not like I'm making anything off the interest.
I'll pay you back as soon as I can.
I swear.
Yeah, don't don't even worry about it.
I'll write you a check after work, all right? Um, but, hey, I got to I got to go.
All right? Hey, how were the test results for your patient? Exactly what I expected.
She's still awake, but her respiratory rate is up.
She's probably acidotic - from intestinal ischemia.
- Hey, hey, slow down, all right? You're trying to make your original diagnosis fit.
There could be multiple causes for rapid breathing, okay? This woman doesn't have time for possible or probable, Paul.
I-I just drew an ABG to see for sure! Why are you so upset? You asked for my help, and I made a medical call based on my experience.
And you completely ignored mine.
I just know more.
Look look, I-I understand, with the pending hospital sale, that you're scared, okay? Do you understand that, Paul? Do you understand living in a trailer until they take you away because you haven't eaten for days? Watching all your friends drop out or die? People laughing at you because you dare to dream of something more?! Shannon, I-I want to understand.
I do.
I-I know that you had a terrible upbringing Upbringing? See?! You can't understand.
Listen to how you speak! We are two very different people from two very different worlds.
And if this hospital shuts down, I go back to mine.
- It's it's not gonna close, okay? - Stop saying that! You don't know that! Just because everything works out for you doesn't mean it will for me.
That's not what I mean, okay? There there - there are things happening - You know what? My gut told me I never should have started anything with you, and it was right.
What does that mean? It means we're through.
So let's just focus on Valeska and get through the rest of the shift, okay? [Refugees coughing.]
T.
C.
: That's nine dead.
Two more in the last hour.
[Sighs.]
How's Sahin? [Sighs.]
I can't get her fever down.
B.
P.
is holding, but her heart rate is dropping.
That's strange.
It should be elevated with a fever.
Take a look at this rash.
You thinking what I'm thinking? Typhus.
- Yep.
- Has to be.
Yeah.
Right.
Typhus is bacterial.
Spread by mites, fleas, and ticks, with an incubation period of 10 days.
The Kurds just arrived today, so they couldn't have infected the camp.
They must have contracted it elsewhere.
This entire region could be infected.
Shoot.
Typhus? Typhus, it is it is worse than malaria? Yes.
We were prepared for malaria.
We don't have enough meds for a typhus outbreak.
[Monitor beeping steadily.]
Hey, man.
Welcome back.
[Chuckles.]
So, you got a piece of that trap stuck in your lung and we got it out just in time.
You're gonna be fine.
[Straining.]
When can I get back out there? - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [Groans.]
Easy.
Easy, easy, easy.
You just had open-chest surgery.
You're gonna have to relax for a while.
The animals will have to wait a few weeks.
Oh, but they can't, though.
If I'm not out there doing my part, who will? You guys are doctors, right? Mm-hmm.
Like, what if someone told you to relax, saving lives could wait? - Huh? - Look.
- I admire your passion.
- Yeah.
- But you - No, you think I'm a joke.
- No.
- No.
- Yeah, a little bit.
- No, I don't.
Derrick, you believe in something, all right, and you fight for it.
I admire that in a person.
That's very sweet of you.
Look, Derrick, if you go out there right now, you'd die.
And like you just said, if you're not out there doing your work, who's gonna? Best thing you can do right now is rest and heal up.
Okay? [Sighs.]
Man.
Okay.
Is everybody accounted for? Hey, I'm out of here, all right? - The flames jumped the fire break.
- Hold on.
I'm not gonna sit here while you're jerking me around if you're not gonna sign this damn form.
Okay, hold on.
I'm just waiting to get your C.
T.
scan results.
Nah, I don't have time for that, all right? My team's shorthanded.
They need me.
- I'll see you, Doc.
- Wait.
Fine.
I'll check your scan and I'll I'll e-mail you the signed form.
You got to promise to come right back if it's abnormal.
Yeah, deal.
H-Hey, anybody getting off soon? They're setting up a triage area outside the fire to deal with patients.
We could use a doc or two.
I can't leave tonight, not until I hand the shift off to the Day Chief.
- I can go.
- You sure? Yeah, I could use a change of pace.
I'm off call in 20 minutes, so I can go, too.
Can always use another surgeon out there.
Sounds good to me.
Topher? - Okay, just be careful.
- All right.
Grab your gear.
- Let's go.
- All right.
Scott.
Do you have to go? Like, I feel like you're the only person here who believes me.
Well, yeah, I do.
I have to go.
- They need me out there.
- With Jordan? Annie, we're working triage at a fire, not doing dinner and a movie.
I'll see you when I get back.
He's a stranger.
I-I don't want to meet him.
I know.
But you have to.
But I'm not gonna live with him, right? I'm gonna be, uh, with you and Rick, because because that's what you guys said.
You guys said that you would adopt me, and and I'm not gonna have to live with him.
Don't I have any say in this? Yes, you have a say in this.
You can tell the judge exactly what you want.
But, in the end, it's it's just not up to you.
What? Wh I'm I'm so stupid.
[Sniffles.]
I actually I actually believed you guys.
Hey.
Why did you lie to me? Any pressure in your abdomen? [Straining.]
Maybe.
It just feels tight.
Like, har harder to breathe.
Paged me? Look, her ABG just came back.
Her pH is way down.
She's got acid in her blood.
I told you.
[Gasps.]
I can't breathe.
She's crashing.
All right.
She needs surgery.
Swelling will suffocate her organs.
- I'll page Scott.
- Scott's in the field, and the day-shift doctor's on his way.
I'll do it.
Let's go.
T.
C.
: 27 doses of Cipro.
We're gonna need 10 times that amount to treat the typhus in camp.
Okay, well, there's more coming with the resupply.
But until then, we have to decide who gets the medication.
If you and I get sick, we can't treat anybody, so we got to be top priority.
There's four aside for us.
Okay, and there's two for Hamdi, Besam, and Sahin.
I don't think Sahin should get any.
[Sighs.]
She's in bad shape, T.
C.
I know.
But I think, at this point, the medication won't do her any good.
And even if she does get better, she's not likely to make it all the way to Germany.
What, so basically we're saying that all the sacrifices she made to come this far don't matter.
You're pulling a family apart.
No.
A family divided is better than no family at all.
You didn't even want to let them into the camp in the first place.
Well, they're here now.
We can't turn our back on them.
Look, when resupply comes at the end of the day, Sahin can get the meds.
If she's still here to get them.
Hopefully she will be.
[Coughing.]
It's gonna get worse before it gets better.
Can you call Topher and have him send in some more supplies? Fire took out the cellphone tower.
We got no reception.
I'll find you a walkie.
Mac, Mac, can you help, please? - Hey, come over here! - Yeah.
- It's not me, man.
It's Rene.
- Rene? Rocks came loose.
She fell off a ledge.
I think she broke her leg.
She can't move.
I tried to help her.
- Okay.
Do you know where is she? - I tried to help her, man.
Where is she? She's like a mile off off the trail that way.
I can show you.
No, no, no, no.
You're not going anywhere.
- [Coughing.]
- We need oxygen.
- Let's go.
Oxygen! - Okay.
I can carry her, but if her leg is broken - Okay, I'm coming.
- Come on.
Move.
Hey.
Then I'm coming, too.
Let's go.
Double time.
Sun's up in an hour, and the winds will pick up with it.
[Monitor beeping.]
Paul: Okay.
This is the last of it.
Rest of the intestine looks viable.
All right.
Clamp, please.
Her O2 levels are dropping.
That doesn't make any sense.
- Is she still bleeding? - Uh, no.
No.
No.
No breath sounds on the right side.
It's pneumothorax.
She has a punctured lung.
Hand me an 18-gauge angiocath to needle her chest.
You didn't see this on the X-ray? No, I If you put even a small pneumo on a vent, it can kill the patient.
[Air hissing.]
[Monitor beeping.]
O2 levels are back up.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see that.
That's why we trust the people we consult with.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Probably not the only one you made tonight, Doctor.
I can close her by myself.
You can go now.
[Cellphone rings.]
[Sighs.]
Damn it.
Hey, Moss.
Hey, not a good time.
Hey, hey, take it easy.
I'm talking about work-wise here.
Okay? No, I'm I'm not trying to disrespect you.
Listen Listen.
Listen, I got I got your 5 grand.
Yeah.
Yeah, tomorrow.
Hey.
Hey.
Drink.
You need the fluids.
[Sighs.]
You okay? Yeah, I'm just a little light-headed.
I might need some air.
What what's this? It's nothing.
It's nothing.
You gave her your pills, didn't you? - She needed the medicine, T.
C.
- Are you kidding me? You give me a lecture about being reckless, and you pull this crap? I made a decision, okay? Yeah, the wrong one.
How could you be so selfish? I couldn't sit around and watch that man lose his grandmother.
Okay, you may be all right with tearing a family apart, but I'm not.
And what happens when you get too sick to help these other people? I will be able to hold out until the resupply comes.
Sahin wouldn't have been able to.
Let me do my job, and you do yours.
Haven't been able to get ahold of what are you doing? - What do you think? - You can't do this.
Yes, I can.
No, no.
I-I mean you can't do this.
Yes, I can.
Look, people aren't jumping ship so we can be together, man, because we're a family.
Searching and going through people's lockers, man, that ain't family.
But the fact is somebody committed a felony.
Somebody took these pills.
We're responsible.
Try getting a new job with that on your record! I thought you said there's still another chance.
Still another buyer out there, right? Well, yeah.
There is.
I'm Toph, no.
We have to believe in the family we created or what's the point, man? Yeah, you're right.
We'll use security.
If they deny us, we know something is up.
All right.
[Door closes.]
- So, you and T.
C.
a thing? - What? The jacket.
It says "Callahan.
" That's T.
C.
, right? Figured you two were dating or something.
Nah, I just forgot my field jacket today, so I borrowed one from his locker.
It's getting pretty hairy up here, Mac.
- If we don't find her soon - No, no, no.
We're not leaving without her.
- You okay? - Yeah.
Fine.
Topher, here.
I know everybody thinks it's me, so I took a drug test.
- Jocelyn witnessed it.
- I did.
- Okay, look, Annie - And I will pass it.
You know what? Let's deal with this tomorrow.
Right now, I think the best thing is for you to go home.
Fine.
I'll go.
But you listen to me.
Scott and T.
C.
won't be happy.
And there's gonna be hell to pay.
Annie.
[Cellphone rings.]
[Sighs.]
[Ringing continues.]
Hey.
This the call? Our last chance and savior? This is it, brother.
[Cellphone beeps.]
Hello? Yeah.
No, but, you you said the numbers look good.
[Scoffs.]
What, so that that's it? Can't you talk to the board? I don't know.
Take another look.
Yeah.
Oh, I get it.
Fine.
Forget it.
[Cellphone beeps.]
Damn it! Mother What was what was that all about? All our jobs going out the door.
There she is! Rene! Sleeping on the job again, eh, Rene? I'm just tired from pulling your weight.
That's why I brought backup takes two to replace you.
How you feeling? I've been better.
Rene.
I'm Dr.
Alexander.
This is Dr.
Clemmens.
Hey.
Sorry, but we're gonna have to move your leg.
- All right.
- Okay, you tell me when you're ready.
- Yeah, I'm good.
- You good? Mm-hmm.
[Coughs.]
[Grunting.]
- Aah! - There you go.
You got it.
[Moans.]
Can you tell me how this happened? Stupid rocks came out from under me.
I went tumbling like Humpty Dumpty and I I can't walk on my leg.
How's the pain? Feels like pins and needles, but I-I can take it.
No distal pulse.
And her compartments feel tense.
What does that mean? The swelling from the fracture is cutting off blood flow.
- Can you fix it? - Not here.
We need to get her back down to triage so we can do surgery.
Let's get her up and get her the hell out of here.
It's called a colostomy bag.
I'm sorry.
It was part of the injury.
You'll have to go to the bathroom in it for the rest of your life.
That sucks.
[Scoffs.]
But, hey, a few hours ago, it was quitting the department or even dying, so I'll take poop in a bag any day.
- You are one cool, tough chick.
- So are you.
Thanks again for everything.
Just remember, I love you.
[Sighs.]
All right.
- Watch me start unraveling - Drew, this is Brianna's father.
Hi.
Justin.
Nice to meet you.
- Right when I stop listening - Dr.
Alister.
I've been taking care of Brianna for the past couple months.
Here.
By her side.
- Saying these things I don't mean - You? Where have you been? - Drew.
- Look, I'm I'm not some deadbeat dad who ran out on her.
I never knew I had a daughter.
Her mother never contacted me.
I-I just found out about Brianna a few months ago, and I'm here now.
So you're doing this more out of curiosity than No, no.
I'm her father, and I want her in my life.
This is crazy.
We don't know if he's really her father.
- Relax.
- I'll take a DNA test.
Whatever it takes.
I just want to meet my daughter.
- Wasted my time wandering - Please.
Of course.
Right this way.
- When you were there in front of me - If you hurt her even a little bit Both sick of living in betweens So I heard your White Knight didn't come through, huh? No, it did not.
Uh, maybe that wasn't your best play? Paul, I'm really not in the mood for Monday morning quarterbacking, okay? It's easy to sit here and judge, seeing how you and Scott are gonna be fine.
Sorry.
I-I came out here to tell you, I spoke to my dad about a week ago, when all this started happening.
My family is part of a huge fund that buys hospitals.
What? How come you didn't say anything before? I didn't want to get yours or anyone else's hopes up.
But it's a big group.
They bought St.
John's in in Denver.
And another in Phoenix and Chicago.
And my dad is on a plane.
He'll be here in about an hour.
- Are you serious?! - Yeah.
But you will have to sell him on it.
You know, make him see why we need to keep this place open.
I don't know what to say, Paul! Thank thank you! Yeah.
Okay.
Hey.
Syd, hey.
You shouldn't be out here.
These people need help.
I can handle it for now.
[Airplane approaches.]
It's our it's our supplies.
[Sighs.]
Perfect timing.
Look, now you will please go in and lie down? - I'm I'm fine.
I'm fine.
- Please? I got this.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Syd! Syd: That's not good.
Hey, Doctor, is this our medicine? - Yeah.
- How will we get it now?! - They won't let us cross the border! - I'll go take care of it.
I'll take care of it.
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
I'm an aid worker.
I need to get across.
I need to get our resupply.
- Get back.
- No, you have to open the gate for me.
- Get back! - Our supplies are over there.
Now! [Shouts indistinctly.]
- We have to get our supplies, okay?! - All of you! [Shouts indistinctly.]
- My new warning is get back - I'm an aid worker.
Or we will shoot.
[Gunshot.]
[All screaming.]
Okay! Okay! Okay! [Automatic gunfire.]
Okay, go.
We got to go inside.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Hang in there, Rene.
You doing good? Good as a 30-year Scotch and a rib eye.
Once we're out of this, I got just the place.
Hey, whoa.
[Fire crackling.]
Damn it, the wind shifted.
[Grunts.]
- What's going on? - The trail's cut off up ahead.
Well, we'll just double back.
Nothing behind us but more fire.
We're blocked in on east and west.
Well, what's the plan, Mac? Deploy the fire shelters and wait.
Wait for what? For it to pass over us.
Mac's right.
We've got to do it.
Look, it's our only choice, all right? We're out of time.
- Let's go.
- Okay.
We get the tent sealed to the ground.
Get your face down there.
The air is cooler.
Okay.
I got you, Rene.
I know you do.
All right, come on! Come on, let's go! Come on.
Hurry up! Move it! We only got a few seconds! Stay low.
Don't come out until I tell you.
Scott, if we don't make it, I really want you to No, we will, Jordan, I promise you.
But if we don't, I want you to know Here we go! Hang on! [Fire roaring.]