(SOLEMN MUSIC) (GASPS) (GASPS FOR AIR) Shit, man! It's them! Shit! You go the other way. I'll try to make the corner. One of us will make it. (GASPS) Listen! You get out of here, try to make it back to The Room. Wish me luck, brother. (CAR HORNS BLARE) (SIREN WAILS) It doesn't seem to be serious - just passed out from the alcohol. Anyone been able to ID the guy? No, nothing yet, Officer. We're going to get him cleaned up a little bit. (LIVELY REGGAE MUSIC ON RADIO) # Promises, promises, promises # So easy to do # Oh, yeah # But when I take a look at it all # It ain't true... (PAGER BEEPS) I gotta go. (ENGLISH ACCENT) Paul, I need you now. (ENGLISH ACCENT) Paul, I need you now. Yeah, right away. Yeah, what have we got? 32-year-old cop, multi gunshot. Vitals in the field? Stable. Type of weapon? Ask him. He shot him. Multi shots also. He had a crack pipe in his pocket. OK, get these clothes off him. OK, Simon, this is your guy. Martin, Christina, over here. Guys, out of here now! Do us a favour, OK? Father, you're much too early - as ever. Let's get him stable and get him upstairs. Jodie, I want two ORs in about three minutes. Hi, there. My name's Dr Luthan. I'm the doctor in charge here, OK? You're doing fine. Let's take a little look at your wound. It's not so bad. Can you take a deep breath when I say, "Now"? Hi. We've got two patients with multi gunshots. We need two ORs now. Deep breath. OK, great. I've got no breath sounds on the right. Get a chest tube and rays. You got a name? Talk to me. Simon, how are we doing? Simon, how are we doing? I got a shot in the neck, a shot in the arm, blood - OK, everyone, relax. Including you, sir. You're on crack? Including you, sir. You're on crack? (SCREAMS INAUDIBLY) You've been doing heroin? I need to know if I'm going to help you. I'm gonna look at your arm. Let's get a combine and pressure on that. How we doing upstairs? Nothing yet. Of course not! Right through here. That's it, right through there. One room up. OR3 standing by. No good. I've got to have two rooms. Two patients need two rooms. He shot me! OK, but you did shoot him first. Let go of me! Hey, hey, calm down. We just need a urine sample. Are we in? We're in. OK, good. Joel, do we have X-rays? Nothing yet. Where's Paula? Paula?! Gentlemen, please... Thank you. Doc, you remember me? How's my guy? Obviously, he's been shot so... He's got a family. Good. Point taken. This is his wife. Your husband will be OK. He'll be fine. Thank you. Talk to you later. Doc, the other guy - go easy on the pain killers, will you? OK, X-rays are good. Get them both upstairs now. I can't shake another room. Well, they've just got to open one. No, they just did. That's it. They're full. So what's the move? Simon...? Expanding haematoma. Pressure's dropping. Joel? BP's stable but we lost a litre through the chest tube. OK, take the cop. Whole team goes with him. This team stays with me. Here, Daniel. You're gonna need this. Jodie, tell them he's coming up. I need a tray, sterile gloves and some light on this subject. (SIREN WAILS) Yeah? Hello? Hey, Doc, thanks. You did a great thing for my guy there. Oh, listen... No, not you. One hell of a doctor, huh? She knows. She knows. Yeah. Good. Thank you very much. Thank you. Tara, can you get Mrs Gomez up to the pulmonary unit for me? You need anything, call me. I owe you one. Name's Stone, as in Sharon. Jodie! (SIREN WAILS) Listen, they only gave me one room! I know. But you knew that the other guy was in much worse shape. They'll both make it. You didn't know that! I did! You made a moral choice, Guy, not a medical one. OK, just wait! Wait! Hey, this is New York! Gunshot wounds are not entirely unfamiliar territory. They were both stable. I wanted two ORs. I didn't get them. I had to make a choice. On my right, I see a cop with his wife in the corridor and pictures of his kids in his wallet. On my left, some guy who's taken out a gun on a city bus! I had to make a choice. I hope I made the right one. I think I did. Oh, shit... Maybe I didn't. I don't know. Listen, I'm sorry. I'm just... It's OK. It's... You may well be right. And I appreciate it. I'll resign first thing tomorrow. OK. That's fair. Goodnight. Look, erm... Jodie, are you doing second shift tomorrow? Yeah. Why? Well, I have to do the intern evaluations. I'm supposed to get a nurse's input and I was wondering if I could get yours. Mine? Yeah, well, your critical faculties seem quite sharp. Look, I'm sorry I got upset. This week has just been bad. I know. In fact, you're too busy. It's ridiculous. No! No... I'll do it. It's fine. Thanks. Great. (SIREN WAILS) Oh, Bobby, please, go away. I've got 16 patients out there. I gave you a prescription for pain meds yesterday. Yeah, I lost it. I got mugged. How many times do you get mugged a week? Doc, I need some damn medication! No, you don't. You need to take vitamins and do some exercise. Well, sorry, Doc, but my membership to the tennis club just expired (!) What do you expect for me to do? Dips on the turnstile in the subway? You're not sick so I can't give you a prescription, OK? Give us a break. OK, sure. I can respect that. I appreciate it. Guy! I need a consult, urgent. Yeah... Excuse me, Doc. Are you an American? Can I talk to you? Yo, bro! Where was your ass at when I got mugged the other night, huh? They picked him up passed out on Third Avenue. Off the bus he looked OK. They left him, like, 10 minutes. Hi, there. He's really hot! What's this stuff? It's what he came in. Do we have a name for him? He won't talk. Can you tell me your name, sir? I come back, we start working him up, he's looking very sour. Can you tell me your name, sir? (GAGS) Hands, please! Let's get him in the back room! (CRIES OUT IN PAIN) Give me 10 of Valium. You're going to have to calm down, sir! Simon, how's my EKG? I need some numbers. Any second. Valium's in. Good. Hold the oxygen. Hi. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? If you can hear me, it's important you - Alright. OK. How's my Foley? We're already in. Good. Let's get a tox on that and let's get labs. I want an ABG, a VDRL, a CBC and a - Oh, just get a whole bunch of serology tubes. Can you run the bloods? Look at this! On his wrist here. OK, so we've got a hospital wrist band. Hold him! Hold him! No name. No hospital. Anyone seen one of these? Pressure's 90 over palp and dropping. Where's it going? Maybe he's septic. Jesus! Here's something! Look at this! OK, so he's post op. Recent surgical scarring, fresh tracks. Possible IV or a drug user. Simon...? 180/60, 120... Fix the machine, for Christ's sake! OK, I want a - 70 over the palp, Guy. What?! (GROANS IN AGONY) Jesus! OK, turn up the fluids. Dopamine - run it 500 now. Simon? 240, 120... It's not the equipment. I'm getting good tracings here. OK, erm,... Tara. Get the samples up to the lab now. The tests you wanted, should I - Just get everything and go! Now it's 180 over 100. 180?! OK, back off on the fluids! Back off. Cut the dopamine. We overshot. No! The dopamine's not even in yet! Come on, guys, help me. Theories. What's happening here? We're stabilising. I'm getting a normal sinus rhythm. 120 over 80. Did we do anything? And it's holding - 80 and steady. You think it's viral? I hope not. It could be. Maybe there's a virologist hiding here somewhere. (MURMURS AND GROANS) Hi. Hi, can you hear me? My name... Claude Minkins. OK, good. Listen to me, Claude, you're in Gramercy Hospital - I been here before. Claude, you came in with a hospital band on your wrist. Where were you being treated? You taking any drugs? What medicine did they give you? I don't know... Triphase. What have they put in me? Uh-huh. What is Triphase, Claude? What is that? Is that something they gave you in the hospital where you were? Get a psych consult here, then ask the pharmacy what Triphase is. Do you have epilepsy, Claude? Stay with me. Do you have epilepsy? Diabetes? Asthma? Come on, I can't help you unless you answer my questions. Who gave you this Triphase? Teddy Dolson. He saved my life. The two of us. Yeah. OK. But I need to - You go to The Room. You ask Teddy Dolson. He can tell you. Go to The Room! I will. I'll do that. I'll go and talk to Teddy Dolson but right now - (GROANS) Hey! Hey! Help me. Please...! Yeah. He's talking? Yeah. I'm going to help you. But I don't want to give you something to make you worse. Hey! Steady! Steady! Steady! Hands! All right! All right! Valium - hit him with another 20. Go! They're on the line! Jason, have you got him? My patient says he's on something called Triphase. Ever heard of it? No, no. Triphase. With a "T". Has someone else heard of it? Is it a street name? (TONE FROM MACHINE) Guy! Guy! OK, start CPR! Get the crash cart! I need a milligram of epinephrine! (SINGLE TONE CONTINUES) (MAN COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS) (COUGHS) What did you put on the death certificate? "Unknown." Next-of-kin? No. We don't have anything. Oh. So we'll let the Medical Examiner worry about it. Erm... Jeff, did you ever hear of something called Triphase? No. What is it? It's this thing he said. (COMPUTER BEEPS) Why won't this new system accept my security code? I know I shouldn't say this, but I just feel I may have screwed up here. You're right. You shouldn't be saying it. Maybe someone should look it over. Why? Because I've never seen anything like this in my life. You know... Maybe we should be checking it's not something new. What's new? He's homeless, cold, stoned on God knows what, he dies. No, it's more than that. You had to see it. I've been here 800 years, Guy. Believe me, I've seen it. Now, you look like shit, my friend. Get some rest. And, by the way, I heard about the NYU thing. Congratulations. * (MAN'S VOICE) "Hi, Guy." "I'm ringing to congratulate you. You bastard!" "What do I have to do now to catch up?" "I'd like my money back. Give me a ring. We're all very excited." "Dad keeps ringing the local paper. "Anyway, call me back." "And can you tell me what neurology is?" "I don't know and I've got people asking me about it." "Anyway, give me a ring." "Oh, I'm back in London. Talk to you then. Bye!" "Watching a rat running on a treadmill isn't everyone's idea of fun." "But to these American and Swedish scientists, "it's justification for breaking out the champagne." Hey, we were watching that! Go get Grandpa. "After years of research..." (LAUGHTER AND CHATTER) OK! Listen up, everyone! Listen up! Thank you! There's no way am I letting you leave this house without hearing this telegram. Stay where you are, Dad. It's from the White House. "We were both delighted you won the Wainwright Medal." "To have worked so long, so brilliantly, with such little regard for personal gain "makes you a credit to neurological medicine and your country." "Many congratulations." (APPLAUSE) "PS, any chance of a donation to my re-election campaign? "I'm desperate." (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) (TV) "The team's announcement came in a scientific journal..." You heard about this stuff? "Soon after the separation of the dorsal cortex, "there was a temporary recovery in voluntary mobility." Extraordinary. I'm sure the world's rat population will be overjoyed (!) Where's those darn cartoons, huh? Mmm! Hi! This is so nice of you. Oh... So I got you a baklava. Thank you. Ready for some coffee? Sure. Jimmy, can I have another coffee? How many have you got to do?! 128. How many have you done? I've done three. When are they due? I think Cassmore's going to be a pretty good doctor. Great! That's what I had. Berringer? I think he'll be a shockingly bad doctor. That's a bit harsh, isn't it? No. You're right. He's lethal. I'll give him "fair". I don't want to go any lower than that. Myzerra? Well, the nurses like him. Yeah, he's good, isn't he? I don't know about good, but he's extremely sexy. Right... Well, he was on "good". Now, sadly, he's on "unsatisfactory". FBI? Agent Hare? What can I do for you? First of all, this has to be on the QT. That something you can handle? Sure. No problem. Have you seen this gentleman around? His name is Teddy Dolson. Geez... I don't know. I mean, take a look... I could put the picture up. Ask around, maybe. See if anybody's seen him. No. That could be very damaging. Mind if I look around? Sure. Whatever you say. Thank you. How do you know all this? I can't put faces to half these names. I just talk to people. Plus, I see their files. You what? Rostering. It's OK. Oh... So have you seen mine? You just got your fellowship at NYU. In two months you won't be talking to any of us. Yeah. Dead right, on both counts. Anything else? It says your dad's a doctor. Right. Was, actually. He retired. Is that the same with your family? Are they medical? No. Just a lot of hypochondriacs, but I guess that's not quite the same thing. So did the file say that my dad had his licence revoked? I'm sorry! I'm such an idiot! I'm so... No, that's fine. I'm sorry. Well, erm,... I'll put you out of your misery. He, erm... Well, that is exactly what he did, in fact. For a very old friend in a lot of pain with terminal lymph cancer. So where do you stand on that one? I don't know. No... Nor do I. So, erm... can I get you another baklava? Oh, no, thank you. I'm sorry. Maybe next time we can go somewhere with better food. That'd be anywhere in New York. Yes, it would. We should probably go, right? Yeah, absolutely. Listen, you go. I'll clear all this up. Thank you for doing this. Thanks for the coffee. See you there. Yeah. Jimmy, can I get the check? Sure. Thanks. Sorry, hang on. Got it. There you go. (PA SYSTEM) "Orderly to Admitting with wheels. "Orderly to Admitting with wheels." Who the hell is Claude Minkins? Ah... Er, it's was, I'm afraid. He died. Tell me he had insurance. No, that's not at all likely. This is $2,600 worth of lab work. Right. I had two people tied up for eight hours. What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business. OK, this is not England. This is not the National Taxpayer- Picks-Up-The-Tab Health Care System! Somebody has to pay for this shit! Sorry. He's got liver damage, but no hepatitis. He's HIV negative but look at his T-cell count! (WOMAN SCREAMS IN AGONY) What is that?! I don't know. She probably just got her bill (!) Please, help. (SCREAMING CONTINUES) What do you think? OK, will you take the screamer? Yeah. Very sick dude, very funny labs. Catch you later. (WOMAN SCREAMS) No...! Yeah, I do. I'm sorry. I realise it is very late. I apologise. Could you just tell me, does your hospital use a silver-coloured bracelet? OK, terrific. And do you know any hospital that does use something like that? Thank you. And I apologise again. Thank you very much. Move, please! Your rays are back! Thanks. In a minute. Someone gotta move Mrs Gardner here! Guy, line six. Thanks. Excuse me. Hello? Yeah, hi. Thanks for calling back. I'm looking for an autopsy report on a patient called Claude Minkins. It was early yesterday morning. Just looking for a cause of death. Yeah, I'll hold. Thanks. And that's it? And that's all you have? Just pulmonary embolism? Well, no. It's just that he'd obviously been in hospital. I wouldn't rule it out as a symptom but... Someone get the gurney! > His lab report is completely beyond belief. Guy, we have a burn coming off the bus. Alright, no. Listen, forget it. No, really. Thank you. I have to go. I understand. Thank you for calling back. Did he bite? One down. One to go. How are we doing on Dolson? (SCOFFS) We've been to, what, 12 shelters. 14. Plus the hospitals. We make runs through Grand Central twice a day. OK. Keep pushing. I guess we're looking for a body by now, but, er... No. He's still alive. But he'll be needing medication. I'll make out a list. Perhaps you're mistaken? I don't really see how that's possible. With whom did you speak? I didn't get a name. Someone here whoever very kindly called me back. At 1 in the morning? Gave you a cause of death? Right. Which you didn't believe? It just didn't make much sense. Yes, I can see that. I have no record of this man. I think, in fact, you have. If you could just take another look. It's Minkins. M-I-N-K-I-N-S. Pulmonary embolism. I have no record of this man. Sorry, who's in charge here, then? That would be me. I've been here since midnight and I made no such calls. OK, so... let me just get this straight. A: no-one phoned me, so that was my imagination running riot. B: you have no record of a patient of mine that died 24 hours ago. Your hospital's known for losing patients,... living and dead. What did you say? What did you say? You're quite a creepy person, aren't you? I thought you were just obstructive or inept. Now I think you're more sinister than that. I think you'd better leave. Are you lying about this? Everything OK? Yeah, thanks. I'm just off. You can pop your boss back in his drawer now. 'Apparently, you were threatening and abusive.' That's ridiculous! I might have been mildly sarcastic, but under the circumstances, I'd say I was astonishingly restrained! The doctor you spoke to needed protection from an orderly. That is just a lie! Who told you that? The Chief Medical Examiner. Jeff, this is sounding really - Get me the charts and go home! Well, what about the body? They never got it. They have no receipt on Claude Minkins. Then who called me? Look, who? Give me a name. I didn't get a name. I was busy. Doesn't this sound a little strange? A little strange? No. It sounds a lot strange. I was not threatening or abusive! Well, my apology was unnecessary. This whole thing is connected. The lab report - the guy had a metabolic meltdown. A total failure in every system. Did you ever see numbers like that? No, of course not. The report's a joke. All it proves is our lab is even more fucked than people say. Then what about the wrist band? What about it? Jeff, I'm not being annoying. A man died on my table and I don't know why! This is a repair shop, Guy. We're not here to do research. 100,000 crises a year come in here, and I'm responsible to all of them. I've heard the repair shop speech. OK, then. I'm your boss and I'm telling you... drop this thing. OK? Now, go home and go to bed. Guy...? Judith. Hi. How are you? Great. How's it going? Er,... good. Yeah. Terrific, thanks. You don't sound convinced. No, I am horribly aware you want to know about the intern evaluations. How behind are you? I did do quite a few the other day. How behind are you? Criminally. I could pretend I haven't seen you. That would be incredibly kind. If you play for the residents. Oh, no, please! Not basketball. I don't even know the rules. I'll explain them. It's for a great cause. * Where am I? I'm your doctor, Mr Randall. You're in the hospital. Am I OK? So far, everything looks good. Where are my clothes? My stuff? They're outside. They're safe. I was in the park. Well, it must be pretty confusing, huh? Is there anyone you'd like us to contact? You have any family? Well, my daughter, but... When was the last time you saw her? Oh... Not since 1978. When her mother died. I see. Anybody else you'd like us to get in touch with? No. I'm pretty much on my own now. OK. Well, could you stand up for me, please? Forgive me for asking but, er... I need to just ask you a couple of questions. What is six times four? Excuse me. I was wondering, could I get something to eat? Absolutely. Why don't we do that right now? Thanks. I'd appreciate it. Oh, it's 24, by the way. The answer to your question. I was a school teacher for 18 years. Yep. Minkins, Claude. He was here last year. He was an ER walk-in. Fractured carpal. What's that? Ankle? No. It's a wrist. Let's see... Phone number, 212 000-000. That means he's homeless. Next-of-kin, none. Thanks, Pat. But he's got an outstanding balance of $981. What, for X-rays? Er,... let's see. Radiology was $289. And his blood work was another 500 bucks. So why is he having blood work? He had a broken wrist. We'll tell you... Oh, looks like it's been dumped. Meaning? Oh, it's the system. It sucks! There's not enough storage, so every month they pull stuff to make room. Would there be a hard copy? Try the Records Annex. But it'd take you a million years to get clearance. I'll tell you what, can you do another one for me? Dolson, Teddy. Please...? Dolson for you. Dolson, Theodore. Undomiciled, conjunctivitis, no next-of-kin. Another deadbeat. Outstanding balance $645.80. And this is for lab work, too? Er,... yep. Blood work. For conjunctivitis? Oh, I guess not. Let's see... You sure know how to pick 'em! We have been bitching about this system since they put it in. Let me get this straight. Someone has deleted all this stuff out? What, you mean on purpose? What the hell are you doing? I'm looking for the file on Minkins. He'd been here before. Someone tampered with his computer record. Anyone see you come in? Look, Jeff, there are so many things about all this that are just so odd. Would you include your recent self in that list? You nailed a great fellowship, Guy. You're two months away. You're going to all the places I could never get to. If anyone finds you in here, you aren't going anywhere. So relax, OK? Oh, and by the way, your mystery man... I called security. They're looking into it. OK? Come on... Man, I was fighting like a gladiator! This man didn't have a knife, he had a machete! 14 inches long! No lie, man. No lie. And the motherfuckers took my 'scrips! Whoa! What kind of stitching do you call that, man? It's good, Bobby. It's fine. I'm not stupid! It looks like the Bride of Frankenstein! Those are terrible sutures. You're a terrible suturer. See? OK, I'm going to make you all happy. Jack, can you finish this up? Sure. Alright, good. And what's next? Don't you have that very important reception at NYU? Jesus Christ! Where you going? I'm in pain here! And this motherfucker's 12 years old! (LAUGHTER AND CHATTER) So, anyhow, my apologies again, I... It's not a problem. You've met the rest of the team, right? Yeah, I think so, at the interview. Dr Sharma. Nice seeing you again, Doctor. Yeah. Very nice to see you. Dr Cohen. Hi. How are you? Dr Brokevski. Welcome to Neurology. Do you know Professor Myrick? Who has nothing to do with this programme but wanted to say hello. You took care of a neighbour's son the other day. Cab accident. They said you were terrific. Well... Anyhow, I just wanted to pass that on. Thank you. It's a great honour. So you're moving on? Yes. I start here in the summer. That's great. If you thought ER was tough, wait till Jim gets started with you. Right, Jim? Dr Myrick... Yes? I probably shouldn't be doing this, but can I ask you a question? Certainly. OK, basically, erm... white male, 40s. Elevated thyroid functions. Enzyme toxicity just off the charts. Convulsions, high fever. Pulse, pressure and vitals in total disarray. And who are we talking about? It's just a patient of mine. Well, you'd have to rule out meningitis. Did you do a spinal tap? Oh, no, he... he died on us. What about postmortem? Well, er,... believe it or not, we seem to have lost the body. Well, that never helps (!) Bottom line - without a tap, you'll never know. Yeah... Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. Thank you very much. Sure. I guess I was a big help! (CHUCKLES) So? He's not going to drop it. I'm headed out. (AIR BELLOWS SLOWLY IN AND OUT OF MACHINE) I'll see you later. She's eating very well this morning. Bye. Hey, how you doing? You take care of your shift? My partner's gonna cover for me. So, what's this guy's name? Luthan. (STARTS CAR) Dr Guy Luthan. You're OK on this, right? It's not gonna go in my memoirs. You can't handle this, you better tell me now. Look, I'm in, OK? I'm in. My ears are ringing! Could you just raise your right hand and your left leg for me, please? You don't hear it? In a moment, Mr Randall, and then we'll get you right back to bed. (GROANS AND MOANS IN PAIN) This is Observation Room B. We need help, stat. My ears! Christ! You... gotta... stop it! Alright... OK... This tape was filmed 22 hours after the removal of a 4-micron spinal section at the 10th vertebrae Insertion of a prosthetic... ...was followed by administration of I-N 1 monoclonal antibody. Patient 12 regained 75% operational mobility. And at 26 hours and 14 minutes after his operation, his condition is stable. Take it easy, guys. We're not there yet. But we are getting closer. Those of us who have been here from the beginning - Helen and Billy - and can remember Patient 1 and know just how far we've come. So, all your work, suffering and sacrifices are going to be worth it. And, like I said, we're not there yet, but we certainly are going to be there. Thank you so much. Mangoes - delicious, but they're just fruit. Then Mr Weiss showed up. He added luxurious ice-cream, put it in a bar and, well... The rest is history. (WHIPCRACK) Weiss, nothing like it. * Literally hundreds of dollars of completely unnecessary lab work wiped off the computer. Very few people have access to that computer, and Jeff's one of them. Then I go to the Records Annex to look at... I shouldn't be there in the first place. To look and see if there's a hard copy on this lab work and there's Jeff again, making threats about my future if I don't drop the whole thing! What do we do? I've no idea what it is they're trying to cover up. But maybe there's something we should be doing. This isn't what Jeff told me. You spoke to him about this? You're pulling over 90 hours a week. That's too much. People burn out. Judith, I'm not overworked. Guy, I'm your biggest fan and you know it. Jeff's not a great boss but he's solid, and I trust him. That's what I would've said three days ago. When you accuse him of conspiracy, you sound a little odd. Yeah, well, OK. (PAGER BEEPS) There's no question that I am very tired. But I promise you, I am not cracking up. I'll get you a copy of Minkins' lab work. Oh, shut the fuck up! Hey! I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I apologise. I seriously think you should have a look at it. The cops, they call you, yes? Are they still here? I heard something breaking. I call 911 right away. Guy Luthan? You're Dr Luthan? Yeah... I'm Detective Manning. I'm sorry about this. Fuck... Fuck! So, what, did they just break the door down? Looks that way, yeah. We called. We figured you worked at, er... Gramercy, right? The responding officers, they got here, the door was wide open. Did anyone see anything? You mean a witness? No. You look a little punchy. Yeah. Anything missing? I don't know. Like I said, er... the door was open and it's legal for us to look around. What do you mean? Are you talking about the hospital stuff? I've been at Gramercy for two years. Most of this stuff has been thrown out anyway. The towels and shit, right? Finders keepers, right? I thought you were going to arrest me! What I am concerned about is the half ounce of cocaine we found. What? It was next to your bed. Do you share this apartment with anyone? No. OK, I'm going to have to arrest you. No, wait... You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you. Something's going on here. You have the right to an attorney during questioning... (SIREN WAILS) While investigating a burglary at the Defendant's apartment, police discovered 18 grams of pure cocaine. And the State also has charges pending concerning theft of property from the Defendant's employer. I don't do pending. Talk to me about bail. We think there's a risk of flight. We're asking for $10,000 bond and we'd like his passport. Look, I can help you. I'm $125 an hour. It was a bad search. It was a first offence. For $1,500 I'm pretty sure we could plead this out, suspended sentence. Where are you going? I'm trying to help you! (PHONE RINGS TWICE) "Hi, this is Guy. If you have a message, leave it after the beep." Thanks a lot." "Guys, it's Dad. Sorry to keep ringing. I just want to say two things." "One, it turns out I actually knew your NYU chap." "He was at the Royal Marsden in the '50s." "And two, I might fly over to buy you a congratulatory Tom Collins "or whatever the hell it is they drink over there!" "Possibly later this month? Well, let me know what you think, OK? Bye!" Pending the outcome of your criminal trial, Gramercy Hospital will suspend charges on the stolen property. As of today, you are relieved of all hospital duties and credentials. The contents of your room will be forwarded to you. Your presence here will constitute trespass. We have notified Immigration that we will revoke sponsorship of your work visa, should criminal charges result in conviction. Well, that was quick. All that in 24 hours. It's taken me longer to find a bed for a patient. It's best to move fast on these things. It's not the first time this has happened. Is that right? That might explain it a bit, then. Because what I'm having trouble understanding is why it's so easy for all of you to believe I just threw my life away. It was going quite well. Why would I just take up drugs and throw it all away? It's hard for me to grasp why that's easier for you to believe than someone in this hospital set me up to stop me asking about a patient of mine whose body has disappeared into thin fucking air! But that probably just makes me sound druggy and paranoid, right? Guy, Guy, Guy, Guy... I'll be more specific. I think it's you, Jeff. Whatever you're doing, I hope it makes you rich or... We found Claude Minkins. It was a clerical error. He was buried four days ago, Potter's Field. Guy... Guy, please...! (DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) Sorry, Doc. Never heard of it. I think it's a men's shelter or a church. You never heard anyone talk about The Room? Rooms? They got rooms all over the place. They got rooms all over this city. Everybody got a room but us, right?! OK. Thanks, Bobby. Thanks. You're talking about the worms, right? No, The Room. I know. Yeah. I know. Down with the worm people. The Room, I think it's some kind of shelter. It ain't no shelter. It's their home. It's that underground shit. The worms! Track rats! Mole people! Sorry, I don't understand. The Room. There's lots of places like that. People living underground. Bunches of them, all over the city. You mean you know it? I don't like it dark like that. I like the park. Right. But you know where it is? I told you, I don't go down. You gotta be a mole. And you gotta know the way. Wait a minute. Where can I find one of these... these moles? I know a half-mole. The guy we turn the cans over to. I see him all the time. That's how I know all about this. Can I meet this guy? Whoa! Slow down, Doc. We gotta work something out here. What do you mean? You know, man. Oh, yeah. How much do you want? I don't want your money! We're friends, man. What do you take me for? Just a couple of 'scrips is all we need. No way. I won't do that. Forget it. Doc, are you sure? I mean, this surely smells important. Excuse me. Excuse me. What are you doing? I came to see you. I'm sorry. I wanted to ask you a favour. Look, Guy, I'm sorry. We all are. The whole thing... We're all in shock. I don't know what to say. I thought that you were a great doctor. I just don't know... why you needed drugs. Someone planted that cocaine in my apartment. Someone took that cocaine from the hospital, planted it in my apartment and staged a break-in to attract the police. What are you talking about? I need someone to check the staff logs. September 11th and October 9th last fall. It's all written down here. I need to know who was on duty in ER when Minkins and Dolson were seen. What are you doing? Why? Because someone who worked these shifts has destroyed my life! I'm fucked, Jodie! I will not practise medicine again. Not here. Not in England. Nowhere. Ever. Why me? Because you have access to the fourth floor. Here... Look, I've put my number on there. Please? Think about it. (BUS DOOR OPENS) * "Alth-ee-a" Dolson? Althea. Right. I beg your pardon. Thank you. My name's Harbash. I'm a doctor at Gramercy Hospital. I wonder if you can help me? "We're trying to locate anyone who might know Theodore Dolson." "You don't?" Alright. Well, thank you very much, anyway. Uh-huh. What kind of pain is that? Right. So that's a sort of high fever and a sore throat. You know what? That would be very hard for me to say. You'd probably have to have a culture taken. Could you hang on? I've got a call coming in. Thank you. Hello? It's happy hour, Doc! We have found Mr Half-Mole. Right. You got our finders' fee? And Mr Half-Mole here says he knows about these rooms. "This is a $100 tour. You got 15 minutes to meet us." OK. Fine. Where? "Grand Central information booth." And, Doc, don't forget - no 'scrip, no trip. My man. OK, here we go. I could take him out right now. He's got a line on Dolson. Come on, man, he'll take us right to him. Shit! Shit! It's one-way, dammit! Go around the block! Go! Go! Watch it! Fuck him. Go! Go! Around here! Go! Shit! Shit! Move the goddamn fucking truck! You fucking blind? Are you fucking blind?! Move your fucking truck! Goddamn it! Goddamn it, I'll move the fucking thing for you! And it's about time, man. So where is he? Doc... Where is he, Bobby? He's behind me. Track 24. And, Doc... You be careful, man. Watch your ass. So, er,... is it far? Excuse me, is it far? Can you tell me how far it is, roughly? Hey, pal, what's your hurry? (ELECTRIC RAIL HUMS) Look, man, that's the straight shit. Dr Luthan... That's amazing. I swear I saw you in the park this morning talking to him. Hello? Are you there? Are we in The Room? (STEAM HISSES) (MAN COUGHS) Hey! (GLASS SMASHES) What...? It's down there? Is it down there? Are we there? Look, I won't pay you until I get there. I don't go down there. How do I know if you're telling me the truth? You're still alive. To the bottom and through. Hey! Wait! Hey, wait! Wait! Fuck this whole... Come on... Come on. Come on. (BOTTLE CLATTERS ON STONE FLOOR) Is someone there? Hello? Is someone there? (BOTTLE SMASHES) Shit! OK, look... Someone's there and you're listening. I'm looking for someone called Teddy Dolson. Jesus Christ! Ah! (CAT MEWS) Let him go. Who are you with? Who did you come with? No-one. Who sent you? No-one. I'm looking for Teddy Dolson. Claude Minkins told me about this man. Where is he? Where's Claude? OK, Claude... came into the hospital where I work. I'm a doctor. He was very sick. We did everything we could for him. I'm afraid he didn't make it. So now you've come for Teddy? Yeah. Is he... is he here? Are you going to kill him, too? Oh, Jesus, no. I'm not killing anyone. Do you understand where you are? This is our home. We have rules. You think we keep ourselves healthy so you can kill us one by one? No, I'm on your side. Bullshit! You're dead, motherfucker! Listen to me, for fuck's sake! I am on my own! I am not killing anyone! I'm here because whoever did kill Claude has also fucked up my life! Is Teddy here? If Teddy is here and he's sick, you have to let me see him! He's here. * (GASPS IN PAIN) How long has he been like this? Four days. They found him trying to get back here. His fever, is it up and down? Uh-huh. Pulse? We stopped trying to count. What are they doing to all these people? All these people? You mean Claude and Teddy. And the others. What others? It's Gramercy, isn't it? That's where we all go. What others are you talking about? He knows! This motherfucker's in on it! We're missing a runner from the Condo. And a guy from the train yards. A woman came looking for her son. They take the strong ones. They take men. Why? That's why they do the lab tests. Who's they? That's why they do the lab tests! Someone's looking for healthy subjects. Why us? They think you won't be missed. So did Teddy say anything? Who found him? He never said nothing. He was just laying there, twitching and bleeding. He's bleeding? Yeah. His back is all fucked up. I thought someone knifed him. OK, I want to turn him over. On three. Two,... three. Jesus Christ! They're playing with healthy spines. Someone's cut - (CRIES OUT IN AGONY) Hold him! What's wrong with him? I don't know. How far to the street? Why? He needs a hospital right now. We've been taking care of him. He's crashing! If we don't get him on an IV, he'll die! (GUNSHOT) Shit! Let's start by putting that body down and getting your hands out where I can see them. (GUNSHOT) Put the stretcher down! I'm Special Agent Hare, Federal Bureau of Investigation. This is Detective Burke of the NYPD. Get your hands above your heads. This man is sick! We're taking him to the hospital! Maybe you didn't hear me. I heard you! I heard you! So what's the FBI doing down here? We're working a kidnapping. Have you seen anyone back there? No. No. We seen nobody down here. Just us. This man is dying! You've got a radio. Maybe you can call for help. Radios don't work down here. Come on, Doc, move it! How did you know I was a doctor? Shit! Shit, they're going to kill us! They're going to kill us! No! Oh, no! No! I got no beef with you guys! Talk to me, Frank. Get going. All the way back. Keep your hands up. Move it. Move it. Move! You, stay where you are! I swear, if you want me out of here, man, say the word and I'm gone. Just take it easy. Frank... Frank! Fuck! Shit! Bob! No. Jesus. Bob! You son of a bitch! (RUMBLE OF APPROACHING TRAIN) Shit. Frank! He's getting away! Bob, get going! Move! No! God! Frank! You've got to help me! Oh, God! Frank! Come back! Get me out of here! Frank! Frank! What are you doing?! Frank! Frank! Argh! (GUNSHOTS) Shit! Despatch! Despatch! 29 to Despatch! We got a man on the line. He's armed. Mangoes - delicious, but they're just fruit. Then Mr Weiss showed up. He added luxurious ice-cream, put it in a bar and, well... The rest is history. (WHIPCRACK) Weiss, nothing like it. * Judith? It's Guy. Can you hear me? If you can hear me, please, pick up! "I know it's late. Listen, I've been shot." You must help me. This thing is real. I've just left at least three men dead back there. "It's huge! Please, pick up!" They're hijacking patients and using them for research! I'm sure that's what it is. Triphase is a research programme "and someone at Gramercy is working for them. There's a cop called Stone. "Call him. He might believe me. Please! I have to talk to you!" Hey! Are you all right? Guy? Hey! You're bleeding! Hey! (JODIE) "Who is it?" It's Guy. Guy Luthan. "Do you know what time it is? Yeah, I'm sorry. I just... (POLICE SIREN BLARES) "It's 4am. What do you want?" The staff log. Did you...? "What did you say?" Please! It's really important. I... "Guy? Guy!" You have to be quiet. My brother's asleep. My God! What happened? I'm OK. My God! That's a gunshot! It's OK. It looks worse than it is. You're walking around like this? Yeah. I can't go home. What happened to you? Doesn't matter. I can prove this whole thing now. You're going to come in and you're going to be quiet, all right? This has to be looked at. Jesus...! You're losing a lot of blood. Where did this happen? It's OK. No-one knows I'm here. No-one followed me. Jodie? Shit...! It's OK. Someone's here. What's going on? It's Dr Luthan from work. It's OK. What happened to him? He was shot. Take your coat off. The staff logs. Are they still there? Yeah. And? Talk about that later. You're in shock. Sit down and take your shirt off. Hold this there. Put pressure on it. I'm going to get a first-aid kit. I'll be back. (INAUDIBLE) So, tell me about Triphase. Jodie? Urgh! (MACHINERY BEEPS) I didn't even take lunch yesterday. I stopped for five minutes and there's six interns watching TV, eating popcorn. And it's your ass been running all day long. Tell me about it! (RAPID BEEPING) You better get his doctor. I'm on it. He's coming around? Yes. You can go. Guy? Can you hear me? My name is Dr Mingus. You're in the Acute Care Ward at Riverside Hospital. You were found five days ago in Central Park. You'd been shot. You lost a lot of blood. You've been in a coma until today. We didn't know who you were until today. We've contacted your family. Your brother is flying in tomorrow. I need to talk to the police. Sure. As soon as you're stabilised. I can't move. OK. Erm... The gunshot... As I said, you lost some blood. But we have other problems to look at right now. Why can't I move? I have some tough news, Guy. You need to listen to me very carefully. Can you do that? You sustained a serious blow to your upper back. There was a severe cervical fracture of the sixth vertebra. Somehow, we're not quite sure, your spinal cord was cut. At the moment, you're paralysed from the neck down. We did everything we could. I'm terribly sorry. Guy, listen to me. This is not the end of your life. Not by any means. I know it's hard to accept, but you will learn to do things you wouldn't believe possible right now. Oh, Jesus...! Your life will be different, that's for sure, but it can still be a great, fulfilling life, believe me. When you're ready, I'd like you to meet one of our counsellors. We have an amazing programme here, Guy. Please,... leave me alone. I'll look in on you later. (FLY BUZZES) * Dr Luthan? Guy... It's Dr Myrick. I came over as soon as I heard. Dr Mingus was a student of mine. I've seen your chart and it's a terrible thing. I'd like to try to help. If you want to help me,... let me die. That's a common request. Please... 400 of potassium chloride in my IV. What if there was hope? No. There isn't. What if there was hope? What would it be worth to be able to walk again, to feed yourself? To go back to your old life? To be a doctor? What would you endure? What are you talking about? I'm asking you a question. What do you think that would be worth? I can't live like this. Hmm. With proper care... you can live 20 years like this. What would you do? What would you risk... to change that? I have a C-6 break in my cord. What if I told you there's a chance that you can be healed,... that there was a procedure that offered you... a good chance that you might walk again? What would you do to make that happen? Anything. Anything? You'd better think about that. What do you mean? What do you mean?! Wait! Dr Myrick? Dr Myrick! (MACHINE BEEPS) (FLY BUZZES) (BUZZING CONTINUES) Guy... Quiet. We must be quiet. You're not paralysed. It's an epidural drip. I turned it off. You're not at Riverside. This is Triphase. You're not paralysed. (MACHINE BEEPS RAPIDLY) I don't know how you get out of here. You're on the seventh floor. There's a hallway just outside there. (MACHINE BEEPS RAPIDLY) Listen to me, you have to get out of here! This is Triphase? Yes. Here you go. I found some clothes. Put them on. What are you saying? Shit! It's just the stitches from your gunshot. I can't stay. God! They'll be looking for me! Wait! How can you be part of this? For my brother - because I was driving the car when he was hurt. Because I was drunk. I have to go. Just try to get downstairs. I'm sorry. Dr Luthan? How? I don't know. It's still warm. He can't go far. (ALARM SOUNDS) This is Helen in reception. What's going on? Luthan's out of his room. What? We don't know where he is. I'll take the east area. I'll grab the other side. (RADIO) "Hey, Don. Go to one." Yeah? "Stone still want that address or are you going home?" We're going home. He still wants it. "OK. Hold one second." What? The guy's a cokehead! I told you, he saved my guy. I owe him. "Triphase. 403 East 14th Street. Look for Biosyntex." Got it. (HORNS BLARE) My God! (FROM SPEAKER) "Guy,... "I know you can hear me." We know you're in the building. You've got to listen to me. You need to listen to me before it gets out of hand. "Guy, we never wanted you involved." "We tried to get you to walk away." "I'm not a murderer, Guy." "I didn't know what to do with you." "It was a terrible thing to put you through, but I had to do it." "I had to make it real for you." "You had to feel it to understand what it is we're trying to do." And it is real, Guy, the hope I offered you in that room. "It's real. I can grow nerves..." I can control their patterns. "30 hours before he came to you, Claude Minkins had his spine surgically severed at the 4th vertebra." "Teddy Dolson lived for 12 days." "I can show you their charts. Complete neural regeneration." I can grow nerves. "We just have to stop them overgrowing. We are that close." I needed human subjects. That's the awful truth. Growth factors only code to species. To do the work,... "we need human subjects. And most of them will die." "These men,... they're not victims." "These men are heroes, Guy." "Because of them, millions of people will walk again." You see them every night. They're lost or cold or stoned or worse. "And they have nothing." "No future. No family." "Nothing." "But here, with us,... here they're performing miracles." "I've spent time learning about you, Guy." "You're a brilliant doctor, I am understaffed." "I need you. That's why you're here." That's why I put you through this. "Let me show you what we're doing. Let me explain it to you." "We need to talk. We need..." Hey, how you doing? Hi... "You need to see what it is we're doing." (PHONE RINGS) There's a Detective Stone down here. He'd like to see someone in charge. OK. Someone's coming down. Great. # Sunshine on the window... # There's only one thing better than a Domino's $5 pizza - having it delivered to your car for no extra charge. $5 pizzas: * Lock these doors. She stays here. Frank! I don't want him leaving here alive. Find him, OK? (THUMP!) Gentlemen. How do you do? I'm Dr Myrick. How can I help you? This is Triphase. You got the right place. It wasn't easy. My guy spent four hours trying to get a phone number on you. So, er,... let me get this straight. Triphase is part of Biosyntex, right? Yes. I'm in the middle of a procedure upstairs. Could we, er...? (LOUD METALLIC CRASH) You know a Dr Judith Gruszynski? From Gramercy Hospital? Yes. Is she OK? Yeah. Yeah. She's fine. She got this nutty call from a guy named Dr Luthan. You know him? Is he a student? He's in Emergency. He's a Brit. No! Did you check the scrub room? Nothing. Do it again. I'm going down. Can I ask you something? What the hell do you do here? Medical research. I'm a neurologist. Is that right? Are you talking about the doctor that was arrested for drugs? Right. I must go. We're freezing samples. It's a very delicate procedure. See, we've got to get a statement. Can I call you or come by the precinct? Oh! Urgh! Argh! You know, erm,... I'll be done here in about 45 minutes. Alright. We'll eat. Perfect. It's nerves, right? Excuse me? Neurology. It's the study of nerves. Yes. Nerves. (DING!) Are the doors locked? No. I'm 68 years old. I don't have much time. Three years with a rat to get to a dog. After five years, if I'm lucky, maybe I can work on a chimp. We have to move faster than that. I'm doing medicine here no-one's ever dreamed of. This is base-line neural chemistry, Guy. You're killing people. People die every day. For what? For nothing. Plane crash. Train wreck. Bosnia. Pick your tragedy. Sniper in a restaurant, 15 dead - story at 11. What do we do? What do you do? Change the channel, move on to the next patient. You take care of the ones you think you can save. Good doctors do the correct thing. Great doctors have the guts to do the right thing. Your father had those guts. So do you. Two patients on either side of the room - one a gold shield cop, the other a maniac that pulled a gun on a city bus. Who do you work on first? You knew, Guy. You knew. If you could cure cancer by killing one person, wouldn't you do that? Wouldn't that be the brave thing to do? One person and cancer's gone tomorrow. When you thought you were paralysed, what would you have done to walk again? "Anything." You said it yourself. "Anything." You were like that for... 24 hours. Helen hasn't walked for 12 years. I can cure her. And everyone like her. The door's open. You can go out there and put a stop to everything and it'll all be over. Or we can go upstairs and change medicine forever. It's your call, Guy. Guy...? Maybe you're right. Those men upstairs, maybe... there isn't much point to their lives. Maybe they are doing a great thing for the world. Maybe they are heroes. But they didn't choose to be. You chose for them. You didn't choose your wife... or your granddaughter. You didn't ask for volunteers. You chose for them. And you can't do that. Because you're a doctor. And you took an oath. And you're not God! So I don't care. I don't care if you can do what you say you can. I don't care if you can find the cure for every disease on Earth. You tortured and murdered those men upstairs. And that makes you a disgrace to your profession. And I hope you go to jail for the rest of your life. I'm sorry. (BURGLAR ALARM RINGS) (HELEN SCREAMS) No! No! Please! No! No! Help him, please! Please, help him! He's been shot! Oh, no! God, no! No! No...! Help him! He's been shot! Oh, no! No! Please! Oh, no! Oh, God! Help him! (BURGLAR ALARM CONTINUES TO RING) Help me... Please... Get some back-up. You OK? I didn't think it was possible, but your cafeteria is actually worse than ours! I like it. Hmm. I'm sure you do. So, are you going to visit us soon or are you too high and mighty now? I'm too high and mighty, Jeff. No, I'll come. Soon. How is everyone? Good. Jodie starts again in the fall. Yeah, I heard that. That's great. Yeah. She did OK. So, come visit us. Don't forget who your real friends are. The ones who fired me, right? Well, you looked pretty guilty, Guy. You didn't look unfishy yourself. I'm sorry. You should be. Take care, Guy. It was good to see you. Yeah, it was good to see you, Jeff. Next time, I pick the restaurant. Right. Dr Luthan? Yeah. You're from Dr Cohen's office, right? No. My name's Myrick. Ruth Myrick. Would you like to come inside? No,... thank you. I have been trying to decide what to do about this ever since my husband's death. As far as I can tell, it's pretty much all the data from his research. I think you should have it. I believe there's hope in this package. Why me? I believe my husband was trying to do a good thing. But in the wrong way. Perhaps you could do it... the right way. IMS SUBTITLES Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Captioning NZ 2001