Private Practice s04e20 Episode Script

Cooper, get out.
Oh, you look incredible.
You're not supposed to see me yet.
I think I I think it's a mistake for us to do this.
Hey.
You okay? What's going on? Are you worried about something? Are you getting pre-wedding jitters? You gonna jilt Cooper at the altar? Because I will drive the getaway vehicle, - no questions asked.
- I am not jilting, Coop.
It's just, weddings mean family, and our families Look, my mama is a straight-up Southern belle, which means she's charming, judgmental, and not afraid to self-medicate.
Imagining her with the Freedmans and if they're anything like their son, they'll want to hug her and kiss her and whine about how there aren't any good delis in Los Angeles.
You know, sometimes when you have those "worlds collide" situations, they actually turn out okay.
And sometimes they end with a giant fireball that consumes everything around 'em.
Well, how much time do they have to spend together before the wedding? Cooper and I thought we could limit it to a dinner.
Is there anything I can do to help? Plan the dinner.
Oh.
Okay.
Uh, I was really just asking to be polite, but you really want me to do it? I just figured, if you're gonna be my maid of honor Wait.
What? Really? Me? We're junkies together.
That makes us B.
F.
Fs in my book.
And Cooper has Violet as his best man.
He keeps saying I need someone to stand up with me, so I would very much like you to be my maid of honor.
Just don't forget to bring your fire extinguisher.
- Can I help you? - I'm Dr.
Violet Turner.
I was told you were the medical investigator on my case.
Did we have an appointment for today? No.
No, I just I thought we could take a few moments to talk about Katie Kent.
Dr.
Turner I mean, this whole thing has been blown out of proportion, and I I wanted to tell my side of the story, and you'll see I I think we can avoid wasting everyone's time on any kind of formal investigation.
We have a protocol, and I'm obligated to follow it.
Please hear me out.
As long as you understand that whatever you tell me will in no way limit the investigation we've already opened into your case and can also be used as the basis for further inquiries.
Ready when you are.
Hey.
I didn't know you were back.
Uh, how was Africa? It was good.
It was really good.
Yeah? You look amazing.
Are you I'm I'm I'm late for a meeting.
Hi.
Hey.
Welcome back, Nai - omi.
- She hates me.
Well, she's not too crazy about me, either.
So, uh Are we still agreed? You don't have to keep asking me that.
Well, I just don't want things to be awkward - for Charlotte and Cooper.
- It's not gonna be, all right? We're not gonna tell anybody we're broken up.
We're gonna go to the wedding together, and then afterwards, we're gonna tell everybody that We're still friends.
Okay.
You're gonna get a call from the medical board investigating Violet.
I can't believe it's this serious.
Well, believe.
They're gonna interview you.
Me? You and I are the only other doctors who treated Katie, - and I just got my call, so - You really think there's a chance she could lose her license? Yes.
But if we can help explain what happened just be very careful when you answer their questions.
I know you're not asking me to lie.
I'm asking you to protect Violet.
I don't need to be protected.
All the therapy I did with Katie, the the attack, the trial, the book I have nothing to hide, and neither do you.
Miss me? Gabriel, what are you I heard your speech, but I am confident that eventually, you will see the error of your ways, and when you do, I'll be here, waiting.
Where are you going? I have a patient in assisted living.
I'm making a house call.
There are laws against stalking.
Oh, prison doesn't scare me.
Marion? Marion? Hi.
Did I forget to tell you that I was coming? Oh, I'm sure you didn't.
Uh, this is Dr.
Fife.
He's a colleague of mine.
Why don't we give Marion a-a minute? I've never seen her in anything other than a dress with her hair and nails done, which means she's being polite.
Wouldn't have mattered.
Is this you? Yes, and my husband Jerome.
How long were you married? Jerome died just before our 51st anniversary.
Well, bet you can still fit in that dress.
Marion, your glucose is really high.
Have you been taking your Insulin? Oh, careful.
Is there something wrong? Oh.
You're not yourself today, Marion.
Did something happen? If you want to talk, Dr.
Fife can leave and Oh, it doesn't matter.
You know, Marion, there is a therapist here on staff.
And I have two in my office.
You want me to talk to so some stranger half my age, tell 'em I'm sad, and then listen to him try to put things in a perspective he doesn't have? I i it's just, that if you're really sad, then We can zap the sadness out.
There's a procedure called an anterior cingulotomy.
The neurosurgeon uses a gamma knife to destroy the parts of the brain that cause depression.
Gabriel.
Oh.
Listen, thank you both for coming here.
I'll try to remember the Insulin.
But I don't need shrinks and I don't need knives.
I just need to be left alone.
Oh.
Hey, Cooper, uh, this is, uh, this is my lawyer, Richard Huvane.
You went to speak with Neal Chaplin without me present? What were you thinking? I was thinking that if Katie has dropped the lawsuit, there's no reason for the medical board to pursue it.
But they are pursuing it.
And now that they've opened an investigation, it doesn't matter what she does.
Well, I I I I didn't say anything.
As soon as he brought out the recorder, I left.
I'm gonna catch up to you later, okay? Look, I I was just thinking that if I could I talked to Pete about it Pete is now a witness in this investigation.
Are are you saying I need to be cautious around my own husband? You need to be cautious around everyone.
It's your license that's on the line.
The woman is probably just depressed, and Fife suggests destroying part of her brain.
Well, if you invited him, you should've known.
- I did not invite him.
- It's part of my strategy.
I did an anterior cingulotomy back at Hopkins.
Pre-op, the man would not even get out of bed.
Post-op, he was cooking dinner for the entire neighborhood.
- We gave him his life back.
- So there.
But any surgery on someone Marion's age is gonna be rife with potential complications, including a stroke Well, you have to be brave enough to take that risk.
Actually, you're asking the patient to take that risk, which I'm not sure makes you brave at all.
More importantly, Marion has already made it clear that she does not want this surgery.
That's the depression talking.
It's clouding her judgment and making her incapable of an informed decision.
Depression doesn't necessarily make someone incompetent.
Unless it does, which makes this kind of a catch-22.
I mean, we can't treat her depression if her depression is preventing her from seeking treatment.
Marion shouldn't be included in this.
What? The disease determines the cure, not the patient.
Listening to your patient, working with them, that's essential to good doctoring.
Healing is essential to good doctoring.
Amelia uses the gamma knife, Marion will feel better.
It's a win-win.
No one is doing any kind of cutting until we determine just how bad off Marion is.
Will you please talk to her? Sure.
Thank you.
What a lovely place to work.
And, uh, saving the best for last this is the office of Dr.
Charlotte King.
Violet, you are funny as ever.
Oh.
Whoo-hoo.
Mom, what are you doing here? Ooh.
Hi.
You told us to wait, but you know your mother.
We were too excited, so we came on over.
And then we saw Violet in the elevator who has this amazing figure, even after having a baby.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I was just coming to find you.
Uh, mom, dad, um, this is Charlotte, and this is her mother, Augusta King.
- It's a pleasure.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Nice to meet you.
Well, isn't this great, everybody finally meeting? Hey, maybe I'll just show mama around the rest of the office.
- Oh, great idea.
Um, why don't you guys come with us? - Go with Actually, you know, your mother and I are kind of hungry.
Oh, well, it's it's lunch time right about now.
Why don't you all go to the promenade and have lunch first? That's a great idea.
And you'll be joining us, right? Oh, well, I'm I'm really kind of busy.
Of course she's coming with us.
Charlotte, I'd love to see your office.
Now.
Oh, but let's, uh Uh, lunch? Another time.
Enjoy.
Well, I'm thinking deli, but, uh, I could be persuaded to try something a little more risqué.
Hey.
I keep running into Fife in the halls.
Is he, uh, working here again or No, he just he says he won't go away until I agree to date him.
Wow.
I give him a 10 for perseverance.
So what do you rate him for style? You know what? I have a bunch of research I have to do, so Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
Hey, Sam and I broke up.
I, uh I just thought you should know.
Why? Well, he wouldn't commit to having a child with me and I didn't want to wait No, I meant why why are you telling me this? I mean, y you and I, we're not exactly Look, Nai, there's been this wall up between you and me since Sam and I got together, and I don't want it there anymore.
I want my best friend back.
That's it? You're not gonna say anything? I hope it was worth it.
I told you, you should've ordered the brisket.
I'm sorry.
It's just, um, just kind of a bad day.
But you know what? I I think I should go.
What, so soon? Dad, enough.
Let her go.
Well, the three of you need time to catch up, and, um, yeah, I'll see you back at the office.
Fine.
Is everything okay with Violet? I swear, she didn't smile once the whole meal.
She is going through a rough patch right now.
She'll be okay.
Well, I hope so.
She is such a good girl.
Is there anything that we can do to help? Yeah, how about worrying a little less about Violet and asking me about my future wife? Well, we introduced ourselves, and then she and her mother were gone.
Are you really surprised? I mean, you completely shut down when I introduced you.
Well, the mother was pleasant enough.
But I did find Charlotte to be a bit cold.
Charlotte is not cold.
It takes a while to get to know her.
We know enough.
Oh, yeah? What's that supposed to mean? Cooper, for the last few years, your father and I have listened to you every phone call, every e-mail.
And do you know how many of those were you being upset about something Charlotte did? Come on.
Wait a minute.
That is not fair.
No, she's right, Coop.
We went through all of that with you the lying to the ex-husband, sleeping with that Arthur - Archer.
- Oh, it doesn't matter.
The point is, she's hurt you, more than once.
And we we understand that you're going to marry her, but But you can understand why we can't exactly open our arms to her and pretend that nothing happened.
You're you're my parents.
I was giving you one side of the story.
There's lots of good stuff about Charlotte that I didn't tell you.
Well, I'm sure that's true, but we love you, Cooper, more than anything.
So anyone who hurts you Mm.
The chuppah will be over here.
Uh, that's just a little gazebo.
I know what a chuppah is, darling.
It's the one concession Cooper asked for.
It's important for his parents.
Oh, his parents.
You know, Charlotte, the Freedmans aren't those huggy, kissy, in-your-face kind of people you warned me about.
In fact, they're a little cold.
You're right.
They were cold.
And the way they fawned over that other doctor - what's her name? - Violet.
You would think she was the one marrying Cooper.
Cooper and Violet are best friends.
His parents have known her for a long time.
Best friends? I suggest you do as I do and try not to let that get under your skin.
You listen, baby girl, as your mother, I have to tell you how it is, and his parents do not like you.
They barely know me.
Honey, they're not looking to know you.
Mama.
No, look I bet they're out there right now with Cooper telling him that you are not his kind of girl.
I highly doubt that.
I'm not saying Cooper's gonna listen.
I'm just saying, you marry a boy, you marry his family.
Just consider it a warning.
I can't talk about this anymore.
I have to get to my final dress fitting.
Oh, I can't wait to see it on you.
I'm not doing anything.
Look, mama, you can come to the fitting, but the dress it's not gonna make you happy.
Did something happen to it in the mail? No, it arrived just fine, but I'm not wearing the family dress.
Charlotte for a hundred years, the women in our family have worn that dress when they took their vows.
Is this because of Cooper? Has he talked you out of wearing that dress? Cooper doesn't know anything about the dress.
Now listen to me, mama.
I wore the dress when I married Billy, and look where that got me.
That can't possibly be the dress' fault.
Now I know you don't want to do this, but it's what big daddy would've wanted.
And I know you don't want to let him down.
Dr.
Bennett should leave well enough alone.
Well, Dr.
Bennett doesn't feel you are well enough.
That's why she asked me to talk to you.
She's concerned that you might be depressed.
She said she offered you several treatment options, but you didn't seem to have any interest.
Well, that's my right, isn't it? Yes, but our goal is to make you feel better.
And it's possible that your illness is standing in the way of your ability to discern what's best for you.
Dr.
Wallace, one day you'll be old.
You'll be old and then eventually you'll be sick.
And then you'll be sad and lonely.
And sometimes, you won't want to get out of bed or be with people.
When that happens, I hope nobody treats you like a child, because it only makes you feel worse.
You know, if you want to avoid me, you should know better than to come in here when I'm having my pre-dinner breakfast.
Oh.
I'm not trying to avoid you.
I'm not.
I just, uh it's just, the reentry gets harder every time.
You know, I miss Maya and Olivia so much when I'm gone.
But when I'm traveling for the foundation, I just I I have a purpose.
You know, the work we do, it's changing lives, and I see it.
I see it every day.
Then I come back here to all the petty drama.
We're pretty well-stocked in that.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
I I didn't mean to downplay what happened with you and Addison.
She told you.
Unbelievable.
What, was I not supposed to know? Well, we, uh, we had agreed not to tell anybody until after the wedding, but still, she goes running to you.
You know, that's just that's who she is.
It's who she's always been.
Well, how do you how do you get past that? I don't think you can.
So you treated Ms.
Kent for pain? Not just pain.
She had nausea associated with her pregnancy.
Did you prescribe her anything? I took a holistic approach Acupuncture, acupressure.
Were you at all concerned about how she was responding? Specifically, do you feel like Ms.
Kent was getting better or worse? After she miscarried, I needed to perform an emergency d&c.
Did you perform it immediately? No, not immediately.
Why not? Answer the question, please.
Violet, uh Dr.
Turner felt it was important that Katie fully comprehend the loss of her baby before the procedure.
And what happened as a result of the delay? Katie went into septic shock.
But she came through just fine.
And you believe it was medically appropriate to have waited? Yes, Katie was I um, Violet calmed her down, and then I did the D&C.
And how did Dr.
Turner calm her down? She related the experiences of her own pregnancy.
It was a way of bonding, and it worked.
And how exactly do you know what was said during Katie's therapy session with Dr.
Turner? Uh, I don't know specifics, but our practice is cooperative.
Doctors often discuss their cases with each other.
Including matters not relevant to their specific areas of responsibility to those patients? Is that really the ethic of your practice? Well, now you're making us sound like gossips.
Then let me clarify my question.
Does Dr.
Turner ever share the personal details of her patients with you, even when you're not treating them? Only when it's therapeutically beneficial to the patient.
Can you please list the names of all other patients with whom Dr.
Turner shared such personal information? So you got nowhere? On the contrary.
An hour in the lobby was very informative.
It's like a college dorm for septuagenarians.
Everyone into everyone else's business.
Not unlike this practice.
I asked around.
Marion had a good friend named Walter.
He died of a heart attack a few weeks ago.
Well, so maybe that's it.
That's why she's been giving up and not taking care of herself.
- She's just grieving.
- Mm-hmm.
She is.
But when you get to her age, loss is a much more common occurrence.
And I think the best way to deal with it is therapy.
Mm.
Most elderly patients are resistant to the standard treatment of meds and talk therapy.
And frankly, at Marion's age, she doesn't have the luxury of spending five years on your couch, especially when all her pain can be eradicated with one procedure.
Well, congratulations on your psychiatric degree.
- Where where'd you get that? - Oh, snark away.
Pretty soon, you'll be able to get one out of a cereal box.
With the advent of psychosurgeries and new psycopharmaceuticals, your degree is becoming obsolete.
Why are you here? You don't even work for the practice anymore.
Oh, I'm here for her.
Okay, th this is not productive.
No, it isn't, but you're being myopic.
The best thing for Marion is the gamma knife surgery.
Well, she doesn't agree, and neither do I.
It can't be that bad.
I'm not showing it to you.
Come on.
You look amazing in everything.
Ugh.
Not this.
Wh - Oh.
Whoa.
- See? It's awful.
It was awful the first time around.
It's awful now.
How can she expect me to wear this thing again? Why don't you just tell her no? 'Cause in my family, we're not rude.
What's that supposed to mean? You described your parents as these unbelievably warm, caring people.
It was all they could do to shake my hand.
Well, yeah, they were a little, uh they're sensitive to our history.
- Our history? - Come on, Charlotte.
You hurt me a few times, and I I I talked to them I see you huddlin' in the bedroom on the phone, and I know who you're talking to, but I just assumed you weren't sharing the intimate details of our relationship.
You're a grown-ass man.
I'm sorry I don't have an emotionally stunted parent to take after.
Just because we don't vomit our emotions all over each other every two seconds doesn't mean we're any less feeling.
No? Well, you know what it does mean? - Let's stop this.
- Too late.
You know what? You should wear that dress.
- It looks great on you.
- Screw you.
I talked to the medical investigator.
It didn't go well.
I mean, I answered everything as well as I could, but I don't know.
Maybe maybe I said too much.
Well, that wouldn't be a first.
What does that mean? You told Naomi about us.
The same day we decided to keep our split a secret, you went and told her.
She had a right to know, Sam.
No, this didn't involve her.
Well, she's your ex-wife and my best friend, so it did involve her.
Please.
You just wanted to be let off the hook.
What did you think, that if you told her first, she'd forgive you for everything that happened? That's not fair, Sam.
No, but it's true.
Maya, Naomi, and I adjusted our lives to accommodate this relationship, and you can't see that.
You can't acknowledge the toll that took.
It took a toll on me, too, Sam.
I mean, I sacrificed my best friend for a man I was sure I was gonna raise a family with.
You think I'm being selfish? Take a look at yourself.
You've wanted me since med school, okay? So don't flatter yourself that any pain that this has caused is all my fault.
This relationship didn't just happen.
You went after it.
You're right.
But you know what, Addison? Maybe we can't be friends.
Ding, ding.
Wedding update.
You will be excited to know that in between arranging what is going to be a ridiculously delicious spread for your dinner, I have also purchased an amazing dress for the wedding.
But it's not white and it's not vera wang.
I promise, everyone will be focused on you.
I'm happy for you about the dress.
Then why the look? Cooper's parents don't like me.
They just met you.
He poisoned them.
What? Why? I don't think he meant to, but apparently, he tells them everything, including every mistake I've ever made.
They can barely look at me.
Well, have you confronted them about it? What am I gonna say, "sorry I did all these terrible things to your son, but please accept me, love me"? Well, can't Cooper convince them? I think Cooper's done enough damage.
So what are you gonna do? Hope we make it to the altar before they convince him otherwise.
No, you can't.
Ladies, please step aside.
You're not taking our files.
We're not taking them.
We're only copying them.
What's going on? They're trying to take our patient files.
They're relevant to our investigation.
We have consent from the patients involved to review them, so I'll call our lawyers.
- It's not gonna matter.
- I can deal with this.
Unfortunately, this isn't just about you anymore.
We cannot let them walk all over Violet.
Well, they're already standing on her neck, and they seem hell-bent on making the rest of us lay down, too.
That's why we need to mitigate the damages.
Mitigate? Well, maybe if Violet were to take a voluntary leave of absence until the investigation is complete That's your idea of doing something? - Well, he's right.
- Sorry I'm late.
Where's Violet? - We asked her not to come.
- Is that fair? Right now fair is not our biggest problem.
Maybe if we show them that we are cooperating No, it's not fair, and we are cooperating.
If Violet steps back, it makes it look like she knows that she did something wrong.
Or it makes it look like she's taking it seriously.
Our primary concern right now has to be protecting the practice.
I mean, they're copying our files, they're dragging us down for interviews.
This investigation is only gonna get bigger.
Let them see whatever they want to see.
We're not an organized crime family.
We're doctors.
No offense, but how long have you been here, like a week? She's not supposed to take offense to that? Look Listen, we all talk about our patients, not just Violet.
Exactly, which is why we don't want the medical board investigating anyone else, - so we - This doesn't feel right.
One of our own is being attacked.
We need to stand by her.
Isn't that what this place is supposed to be about? The only people Violet tries to help more than her patients are all of us, and if we can't if this is all it takes for us to turn our back on her, then I Why did you keep a file on Pete? Well, technically, he was my patient.
For two minutes.
Yeah, it was it was a long time ago.
We had a few sessions, then he came to work for the practice.
And you slept together? Why is this relevant? Well, now he's my husband.
We have a child.
The fact that you're married helps, but I have to be honest, the situation looks bad.
Privilege really doesn't seem to be a serious matter at O.
W.
G.
Okay, look, we are not gonna apologize for the way we practice medicine.
We know how to help people, we're good at it.
I'm sure you are, but that doesn't give you the right to sit down over coffee and discuss specific details of patients you're treating with other doctors - just because it's interesting.
- Well, it's not gonna change.
I'm I'm sorry, but the idea that we are suddenly gonna act like a bunch of disconnected doc-in-the-boxes who simply share space No.
I don't care who sues me or what's at stake.
We can't do that.
Oh.
I prefer you not be here.
There's something I'd like to know first.
I'm, uh having trouble understanding why you wouldn't want to improve your quality of life.
The other doctors at the practice seem to think your depression stems from grief over the loss of your friend Walter.
Oh, and you know better? I have that way about me, do I? Jerome had the same brash confidence.
Wh when you lost him I can't imagine spending half a century with someone and then having to go on, but you did, for years.
And according to Dr.
Bennett, you thrived, which leads me to believe that if you can get over Jerome, you can get over Walter, too.
I noticed the words on the game haven't changed since the last time I was here.
Who was it you were playing with before you stopped? Walter.
He was my friend.
Oh, we talked about our spouses, about our lives.
We both loved to play scrabble, almost every day.
That sounds nice.
Oh, it was more than nice.
It was wonderful.
After all those years without Jerome, to have someone I connected with That's okay, Marion.
But I I couldn't.
I couldn't do that to Jerome.
I just couldn't.
You couldn't do what? We were in the middle of the game, that game, and he turned to me and smiled and he he told me he loved me.
Well, what did you do? I was so embarrassed.
I I told him to get out.
A week later, he he was dead.
But you did love him.
Oh, how could I tell him? It was like I was cheating on Jerome.
And now Walter will never know.
He'll never know I loved him.
He sat across that board from you for a lot of hours.
Right? So he knows.
Whether you said it or not, I'm sure he knows.
We are going to be so late to Cooper's dinner.
Um why aren't you dressed? Maybe Sam and Naomi are right.
Maybe I am putting the practice at risk.
No, they're not right.
Well, I could I could step away.
I mean, if that's what people want, which I don't know, 'cause I wasn't invited to the meeting, but if that's what it takes No, look, your book was all about exposing yourself to help other people.
You've stood up to everything that's been thrown at you, and you've come out the other side still standing.
I don't see how tomorrow's meeting with the board is gonna be any different.
Win/lose, right/wrong, you're gonna come through this stronger.
The only mistake I can see is not standing up at all.
- Come on.
Go get dressed.
- I can't.
Violet, it's a dinner for Cooper.
He's your best friend.
He's getting married tomorrow.
Don't make me feel any worse than I already do.
I ju the idea of facing those people, I I texted Cooper, and and and when you see him, just tell him I love him and I'm sorry.
The one maid of honor duty Charlotte gave me, and nobody is having a good time.
Yeah, well, the meeting this afternoon didn't exactly leave people in a festive mood.
I'm telling you, if the party wasn't at my house, I wouldn't be here.
Hey.
Where's Violet? She didn't want to come.
And I don't really blame her.
Look, I get, of course, you didn't want to lie for Violet, but the way you were talking in that meeting Pete, it wasn't personal.
Yeah, exactly.
It was so cold and emotionless.
But she wrote the book, okay, and whether you want to believe it or not, now we have a really serious situation on our hands, which isn't gonna go away.
So what, you just want to abandon Violet? No, of course not, but Look, if that's what you want to believe Look, if everybody in this damn practice wants to be mad at me, fine.
I am still gonna do what I think is right.
First off, this does not count as stalking.
- Uh-huh.
- Charlotte invited me.
And about the Marion thing What was that for? You're a good man.
You just never know.
You know, you think you hit it off with someone, that maybe they're the one I mean, you know, the one and then there's there's just so many ways to screw it up.
But you you know what? Better sooner than later.
Right? Because if it's not meant to be, then you're just setting up yourself and everyone around you for a whole lot of heartache.
Am I making any sense? Actually, a lot.
You guys must be so excited about tomorrow.
- Very.
- Should be a lovely day.
Look, I can spend all night trying to back in to this conversation, but the truth is, you guys are wrong about Charlotte.
I if you got to know her, if you just gave her a chance she deserves that, doesn't she? This is fun.
Exactly the way I dreamed it when I was a little girl.
All right, this is ridiculous.
Let's find my parents, get your mom.
The five of us will sit down, and we'll talk this out.
Cooper.
No, don't argue with me.
I mean, we have to resolve this so that tomorrow, everyone can be happy and relaxed.
Stop talking and turn around.
- My father is nodding his head.
- So's my mama.
Well, hey.
Good to see you finally talking.
Oh, look, we're all parents here.
Yes, and we do have things in common.
Mama.
Well, we don't want our kids to be unhappy.
So we agree.
You have different religions and you come from different cultures and your personalities and all of these differences don't make for a happy future.
I think what the mothers are trying to say is, you two shouldn't get married tomorrow.
Well, the joke is that, uh, doctors make the worst patients.
Uh, but but for me, uh, after I started to heal, it wasn't like I saw an opportunity or anything.
I just, uh, I started writing, and what came out It wasn't just the story of me getting through.
I realized that I was writing, uh, how I got through what really worked, what didn't and why.
It's it's not a road map, but, um, this book is about making the link, not just between doctor and patient, but person to person.
And it's intended to be, um, uh, proof, I guess, that if you really commit to helping yourself, no matter what you've been through, then you can come out the other side, stronger and healthier.
Does that make any sense? I'm going to ask you the question again.
Did you consider whether, given the news coverage of your attack, Ms.
Kent would be easily identifiable in your book? Um honestly, no.
Does the issue of doctor-patient confidentiality - concern you generally? - Come on, Neal.
- Of course it does.
- An investigation is one thing, but to imply a complete lack of professionalism by Dr.
Turner We're concerned about a lack of professionalism at Oceanside Wellness generally.
And it may extend beyond Dr.
Turner.
But for the time being, we're concentrating on Dr.
Turner, specifically the sharing of potentially privileged information It sounds like you've already drawn your conclusions I never intended to do anything but help people - with that book.
- Both of you, please.
I think we have enough information to make a decision here.
The board will be in touch.
I think I I think it's a mistake for us to do this.
Everyone out there, they're miserable.
Our parents don't think it's gonna work, the practice is falling apart, everyone is fighting, and I don't care what anybody thinks or how they feel, not today.
I don't understand.
All that matters is you and me.
And the rest of 'em? They don't have to agree or like it or like each other, because this is not for them or about them.
I agree, only out there, it's not just you and me.
I know how to make this feel right.
Wait.
So what did the text say again? "Gone to Vegas.
Enjoy the food.
Don't wait up.
" So they're gonna get married without us.
Do you blame them? - I need a drink.
- We're coming with you.
Uh, I may bow out as well.
I'm with you.
Wait, wait.
Uh, before everybody leaves, I, um I just want to say, I'm sorry.
I I you have to know that I didn't mean to make this hard on any of you.
And I just I had no idea.
So just so you know, I I spoke to the medical board today and, uh, answered all their questions.
Um, but I didn't apologize for what I wrote, because what I wrote reflects who we are and the kind of practice that we have.
We are friends and colleagues who rely on each other to help our patients, and I am proud of us.
So they said they'd, uh, get back to me with a decision, but they didn't say when, so there you have it.
Okay.
Well, we're all here.
We might as well celebrate.
I, uh, I ordered champagne for everybody.
Which one's the ginger ale? Thanks.
So to Charlotte and Cooper.
To Charlotte and Cooper.
The smartest two people I know, right? You okay? Yeah.
Um that's not ginger ale.
It's no biggie.