05x09 - The Lighter-Than-Air Man

[bunniefuu]

[ALARM SOUNDING]

Squad 51. Woman in labor.

DISPATCHER: 1812 Rio. Cross street,
Berwyn Boulevard.



Squad 51, KMG 365.

[SIREN WAILING]

[GIRL SCREAMS]

[SIRENS WAILING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:


toxic chemicals are stored
in a tanker.

Use caution.

KELLY ON RADIO: Squad 51,
this is Rampart. Can you send me some EKG?

JOHNNY ON RADIO:


We're sending you a strip.
Vitals to follow.

Pulse is 160. The victim
is in extreme pain, Rampart.

[INTERCOM BEEPING]

This patient is in V-fib.

Rampart, we have lost the
victim's pulse. Beginning CPR.

[RAPID BEEPING]

We're defibrillating victim,
Rampart.

Rampart, we've defibrillated
victim. Decent sinus rhythm.

JOE ON RADIO: Administer 2 amps
sodium bicarb and insert an airway.

KELLY ON RADIO: Start an IV,


DIXIE: Squad 51, continue monitoring
Vitals and transport immediately.

JOHNNY ON RADIO:
We're on our way, Rampart.

Cigars?

Sure. Congratulate me,
I'm a father.

Wow, that's fast. Last time I saw you,
you weren't even married.

He delivered a baby.

Yeah, just in the nick
of time, too. It's premature.

Did a good job.

Oh,
good. Maybe they'll name it after you.

John Roderick Gage.

I don't think it'll
work. Why not?

It's a baby girl.

Here's your stamps.

Oh, thanks.

You know, it must be expensive
having a kid these days.

It's expensive to have
a hot dog these days.

Hmm.

I just hope they
bought the little girl,

you know, nice things. You know?

Nice things?

You know, like blankets
and nighties and things.

You know, did you see that
old car they were driving?

No wonder they didn't
make it to the hospital in time.

John, that's not your problem.

Yeah, I suppose you're right.

Hey, John. Roy. Cap wants you,
on the double.

Great. I'll give him
a cigar, too.

You wanna put these
in the icebox for me?

Hey, Roy. Want a cigar?

No. Come on.

Okay.

Let's see.

Get one of these babies.

Cap, you wanted to see us?

Lieutenant Crockett,
how you doing? Congratulate Johnny here.

Yeah. I just delivered a kid in
the back seat of a '63 Chevy.

He wanted to put some booties in the squad,
but we figured nah.

Have a cigar.

What's wrong?

On your way to the call, did you
happen to take Horner Avenue to Ashland?

Yeah. Yeah!

Yeah, why? What's up?

At approximately 10:45
this morning

the school crossing guard
at Ashland Elementary School

was seriously injured by a vehicle
that left the scene of the accident.

I wish we could help,
we didn't see a thing.

Oh, I have witnesses.

Thomas Camelli, age 9. Aaron Wyker,
age 10. Deborah Miller, age 9.

They were still pretty shook
up when I interviewed them,

but they still could give me a clear-cut
description of the hit-and-run vehicle.

Oh, yeah? That's great.

I'm afraid you may not think so.

The old man was hit by
a fire department squad.

Number 51, to be exact.

Hey, now, come on.

Hey, now, wait a minute,
wait a minute.

Okay, I remember
that intersection.

There was a crossing guard
and a bunch of kids,

but we didn't come
anywhere close.

You don't think we're gonna leave an
injured man lying on the street, do you?

Not if you knew you hit him.

Now, wait a minute. How could we
hit somebody and not know we hit him?

The urgency of the call, the blasting
of the sirens, any of a number of things.

How badly is he injured?

Dislocated shoulder,
possible back injuries.

The way the kids described it, he just sailed
through the air and he landed on his back.

This is while I was driving.

Well, now wait a minute.
I was up there, too.

I don't remember anything.
I didn't see anything.

Lieutenant, what now?

Well, I don't have to book
'em. Their records are good.

But there will have
to be an investigation.

We'll help, any way we can.

Okay, what do we do
in the meantime?

Well, you keep on
doing your jobs.

Fellows, I'm really
sorry about this.

It's all right.

It's just that
it could happen at all.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER:
Station 51. Vehicle accident,

intersection of Broadway
and Diamond Street.

Broadway and Diamond.
Time out, 13:14.

You'd better drive.

Station 51, KMG 365.

I'll meet you there.
Maybe I can help.

[HORN BLARING]

What happened?

It's my fiancé, he hit his head.

Let's look at your head here.

Get the shut-off key, Marco,
there's a street valve right there.

Faintness or dizziness?

No, no. Just tender
where I hit it.

How about your vision? Ls
your vision impaired at all?

All right, take off
your coat here, please.

Move back some,
please. Move back some. Get back, please.

You got it?

Look at me a second.
Look at your eyes here.

Just roll up your sleeve.

How'd you do it?

I told him that
he was going too fast.

Well, I wouldn't have been speeding
if you'd been on time in the first place.

You wanna look over here.

BRIDE: Well, I couldn't
find my sister's blue garter.

If you think that I'm going
to get married without it...

Now, did you lose
consciousness at all?

No.

You'd think a girl would want to
be on time for her own wedding.

If you look at me I can
finish what I'm doing, all right?

Especially when she's
invited half the town.

Me?

Here, here. Follow my hand.

What about your volleyball
team? Your photography class?

Look,
if you're not gonna accept my friends...

Hey, hey, hey!

Do you mind? I can't hear.

Well, let the DWP guys
come out and fix this.

Good thinking, Chet.

Look at my finger. Watch.



I got a pulse of 100,
respiration's 20.

You open the door and the water comes
out on your feet, is that how that works?

Look,

I think you're gonna be okay, but
we'd like to take you in to the hospital,

just to make sure, okay?

Look, I told you, I'm fine.

Or maybe I'd better go,
just to be safe.

Well, that would certainly be
fine with me. Just don't come back.

Uh, before you go, fella,
I'd like to ask you a couple of questions.

Oh, yeah, who are you?

Lieutenant Ron Crockett,
police department.

Do you have a driver's license?

Uh...

I must have left it
in my other pants.

Well, you are driving
without a license.

You're not going to
give him a ticket for that!

After all, he had
other things on his mind.

Yeah.

CROCKETT: Is that right?
And who are you?

Well, look,
you leave her out of this.

You been drinking, fella?

Of course he hasn't
been drinking.

Can't you see he's been hurt?

Oh, look, don't worry about me,
dearest. Just get in the car.

I'll take care of this.

Do you think that I'd leave
you at a time like this?

BRIDE: Officer,
this was all my fault.

No, no, no. I was driving,
Lieutenant. She had nothing to do with it.

What you're saying is that
you're not willing to cooperate

and for that
I'm gonna let you go.

Oh! Oh, Officer.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Excuse me, but before you go,
could you please sign this right here?

It's a release.

Okay.

Okay, thank you. I do believe though
that you should go into the hospital.

Oh,
sure. Right after the honeymoon.

Well, let's go.
They'll be waiting.

Oh, my car. It's a wreck. How
are we gonna make the wedding?

Well, I suppose
I could give you a lift.

After all, you are
a taxpayer, are you not?

Oh! Outta sight! Hey! Let's go.

All right, go to the car.
I'll be over in a second.

Do you ever think about
going into marriage counseling?

[LAUGHS]

You wouldn't want me to break up a nice,
happy wedding, would you?

What are you doing?

Well, there is this matter of
failing to keep a proper lookout,

no driver's license
and a broken fire hydrant.

And I'm sure they would want to take
care of this after the wedding is over.

Don't you think so? Right?

Right. Yeah.

I think he will, too.

Oh, why don't we get over
to Rampart for a few minutes?

Okay.

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Parker, Outpatient
Area. Dr. Parker, Outpatient Area.

Dr. Shapiro, Emergency Area.
Dr. Shapiro, Emergency Area.

Hi, Dix. Hi, guys.

It's kinda rough what
happened this morning.

How is Mr. Medford doing?

Resting. We've given him


Is he still in paralysis?

Well, Dr. Brackett's
still running some tests.

Are they gonna
make it tough on you?

Well, they're having a
police investigation right now.

And probably a fire
department hearing.

Standard procedure.

After that, who knows?

We might be back riding
an engine, for all we know.

ROY: Yeah, if we're lucky.

Mr. Johnson went home today.

You know, the freeway save.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Great. I didn't
think we were gonna save him.

You did a real good job.

He might not think you should
go back to riding the engine.

Hey, Dix.

Do you suppose we could
see him? Mr. Medford.

Are you sure you want to?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess it'd be okay.

Room 216.

Okay.

Oh! Hi, Ms. McCall.

Hi, Lieutenant.
What can we do for you?

Is Dr. Brackett available?

Well, he's just finishing rounds.
Would you like to wait in his office?

Yeah. I want to ask him
about that Medford case.

Look, you... Oh, it's all right.

Excuse me. Mr. Medford?

Yes.

Uh, hi.

My name is John Gage. This is Roy DeSoto,
my partner.

We're from the Los Angeles
County Fire Department.

That vehicle that
hit you this morning,

I was driving it.

Yeah. We're sorry. We didn't...

We can't figure it out.
We never saw you.

Look, we wouldn't have
driven away, had we known.

I don't remember anything

about it.

Well, we just want to say we were sorry,
that's all.

So long.

And we find that amnesia of this kind
is fairly common after a severe trauma.

He is simply blocking
out the entire event.

At least he says
he doesn't remember.

What does that
supposed to mean, Doc?

He also says
he can't move his leg.

And?

I just checked that leg,
Lieutenant.

Medford's lying.

Now, Dr. Brackett, I know that you and
the paramedics work fairly close together,

and, well, how can I put it?

You don't have to put it
delicately, Lieutenant.

Any doctor examining Mr. Medford will
confirm that he's lying about that leg.

Now, you're welcome to have
another doctor check it.

Sorry, doctor, I get
paid to be suspicious.

So do I.

Touché.

Speaking of which,

how did you know that Medford
was actually lying about the leg?

Well, he showed no signs of voluntary
movement in his leg when I examined him.

And there are people
who pretend to be paralyzed.

But there's a very simple
test called the Hoover's test,

in which you ask a patient
to move his good leg.

A muscular reaction in the bad leg
indicates he's not really paralyzed.

Mr. Medford does have
movement in that leg.

No question?

No question.

What about the other injuries?

Well, the dislocated
shoulder was for real.

And the bruises are for real.

Okay. Thank you very much,
Doctor. If anything comes up,

would you be keeping me posted?

Sure will.

Listen, would you mind
if I checked in on him?

No, not at all. Go ahead.

Thank you.

Why, hello.

Oh. It's you.

Right, it is. Come here,
I wanna talk to you for a second.

Have a seat.

Because I know who you are.
Your name is, uh...

Debbie, Debbie, Debbie...
Debbie Miller.

And you're the policeman
who helped Mr. Medford.

Mmm-hmm.

I'll bet you
those flowers are for him.

They are. Only the nurse
won't let me take them up.

I'm too young.

Ah, that's a shame.

What if I took them up for you?

Would you?

Yeah. Sure, I would. And
I'll tell him that you sent them.

Tell him to hurry up
and get well.

He's nice and funny.
He could do tricks.

Once he took a nickel
out of my ear.

[LAUGHS] Right out of your
ear? Like a magician, huh?

And an acrobat. He
used to be in the circus.

Oh! How about that?

He told us they called him
"The Lighter Than Air Man."

"The Lighter Than Air Man."

Okay. Well, I'll take
the flowers up to him

and I'll make sure that
Debbie sent the flowers.

Thanks.

Debbie, have a nice day.

[GIGGLES]

WOMAN ON PA:
Dr. Canter, Treatment Room 4.

CROCKETT: Mr. Medford.

Lieutenant.

These are for you.
Debbie Miller sent them.

She is a sweet little thing.

Well, sir, she certainly is
very concerned about you.

The children.
The only family I have.

So there's no one to notify
in case of an accident, sir?

No.

Mr. Medford, how long have
you been guarding that corner?

Two years.

It's the only kind of work they
can get for an old fellow like me.

I don't know what's
gonna happen to me now.

And before that, sir,
what were you doing?

I had a little jewelry store.

Long time ago.

Debbie Miller says that you
used to be something like a...

A circus acrobat.

Oh.

Children.

They believe anything.

So then, sir, it's...

It's not true what Debbie said?

Oh! I did a few tricks
to amuse her.

[sums]

I understand, sir.
You get your rest

and I'll be back
to see you some other time.

All right, sir.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

You're welcome, sir.

"And my wife and I
are very grateful."

"The doctor says
if you hadn't been there"

"our baby girl
might not have made it."

"She is doing fine now"

"and I look forward to bringing
her home in a month or so."

"Sincerely, Miguel Ramirez."

Very thoughtful. Yeah.

She sure is
a pretty little thing.

Each time we're at the hospital,
now he wants to stop by the nursery.

JOHNNY: Yeah, to see her.

She's about the size
of a loaf of bread.

But bright. Bright.
I can tell she's bright.

Well, that figures. Look who
brought her into the world.

Yeah.

You know, I sure hope her parents have
enough money to send her on to college.

Yeah, well, be patient.
She's only two days old.

Yeah,
I know. But you got to look ahead.

Yeah, and while you're looking,
why don't you start licking?

Yeah.

It's funny we haven't heard
from Crockett in a couple of days.

Cap said he was on to something.

[SCOFFS] He's probably found out what
the maximum sentence is for hit-and-run.

[CHUCKLES]

Sorry. It's just hard, you know?

Waiting around to
find out what'|| happen.

[EXHALES]

Why don't we go
and see Mr. Medford?

We've got to pick up
some supplies anyway.

Sure.

Four, five, six, seven,
eight! Hey! Wait a minute, fellas.

We've got enough
for that barbeque.

So, on your way back,
why don't you just bring it back?

Okay.

Hey, by the way,
Marco's gonna get the steaks.

He's already got them.
He's got the barbecue sauce,

he's got the charcoal,
he's got the starter. We're all set.

Okay.

[HONKING]

JOHNNY: Roy, wait here.
I'll call the Cap.

ROY: Yeah, I'll get
the fire extinguisher.

Hey,
Cap! We got a vehicle fire in the driveway.

Chuck. Chuck,
where is Bobby? Did you find Bobby?

You okay? Are you hurt anywhere?

Stay down.

Chuck, where is he?

Bobby! Bobby!

Son?

Bobby, my boy. Bobby!

[MEN CHATTERING]

Bobby!

Chuck! Can you hold that?

Just press here.
Just press here.

[COUGHING]

Come on, let's get
you out of here.

Bobby!

Now, here he is. Oh, God.

Bobby!

Stay back.

Bobby.

Ma'am, you wanna hold this for
me? It's okay. Just punch it here.

Okay.

Four-by-four.

Oh, God, Chuck, look at him.

That's all right. I'll get it.

Thank you.

Oh, Chuck. Are you all right?

No, no...

Okay.

I'm okay.

Stay out of the way
here for a bit.

Is he gonna be all right?

He'll be fine. He'll be fine.

JOHNNY: You wanna take it
down there over his leg?

I'll get on the horn.

Rampart, this is Squad 51,
how do you read me?

[INTERCOM BEEPING]

Unit calling, go ahead.

JOHNNY: Rampart,
this is Squad 51.

We have a male,
approximately eight years old.

[MOTHER SOBBING]

He's suffering from burns
and smoke inhalation.

Is the victim conscious, 51?

That's negative,
Rampart. We've got him on 100 liters of 02.

What about vital signs?

Stand by for vitals.

You get the pulse?

ROY: Yeah, I got a pulse of 110.



Rampart, vital signs.
BP 110 over 70,

pulse is 110
and respiration is 12.


extent of the burn injury?

Rampart, he's b*rned on the
upper portion of his right arm

and the upper portion
of his right thigh.

It also looks like he has evidences of
burns around the nose and mouth area.

Start an IV with normal saline,




[SOBBING]

What are you doing?

Continue doing that again.

Put it in this arm here.

[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]

ROY: Why don't you hold
this up for me? Here we are.

MOTHER: Is this high enough?
ROY: Yeah. That's fine.

Rampart, IV is established. Chest
is clear and there is no wheezing.

Well, so far so good.

Bring him in, but continue monitoring
him for any signs of airway obstruction.

We'll stand by.



ROY: Okay. Okay, go ahead.

Four, five, bound.

Here.

ROY: Now, let's keep this on.

Okay, now watch the right arm and
the right leg. We got bad burns there.

I'll ride in with him.

I'll follow you in the squad.

Is there anything I can do?

ROY: Watch that arm.
Careful for his head.

PARAMEDIC: Wait a minute,
we've got him.

JOHNNY: Here we go.

Now we can take this and
put it under his shoulders.

MOTHER: Careful.
JOHNNY: Okay. It's okay.

MOTHER: Will this break?

PARAMEDIC: Ready to go.

Slide him up this way.

Y'all can ride in the front.

Ma'am.

Can't I ride with him?

As soon as we saw the smoke,
my husband tried to get into the trailer.

I saw there was a fire station in
the next block, so I drove right here.

You couldn't have picked
a better place to drive into.

We knew it was against the law,

but Bobby begged us to
let him ride in the trailer.

Now you know why
that's against the law.

[SIREN WAILING]

I'm gonna follow him in
in the squad.

Take off.

Rampart, it's Squad 51.

JOE: Go ahead, 51.

Yeah, on the boy,

the vitals are: Blood pressure's


respiration's at 20.

Patient's developed
bilateral wheezes.

Okay,


to run in over
a 15-minute period.



Dixie, we'd better be ready
to insert an endotracheal tube.

Get the x-ray tech down
here and blood gases, stat.

Right, Joe.

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Allen,
outside call, please.

Dr. Allen, outside call, please.

Severe burns coming past you.

His right leg and his right arm.

Okay.

JOE: He's wheezing,
with inspiratory stridor.

Give him 6 mg of dexamethasone.

Dix, get me his burn chart.

I want to map the
extent of his injuries.

Second and third-degree burns,

involving the posterior and
lateral aspects of the right forearm.

Lateral and medial
aspects of the right thigh.

Mike, why don't you
clean up his burns?

All right.

We found out he's
not allergic to anything.

Let's start him on
.5 ccs tetanus toxoid.

And 300,000 units of
penicillin in the volutrol.

He's having trouble breathing.

Laryngoscope.

All right.
Set up that trach tray.

[JOE GIVING ORDERS]

I can't even pass
an endotracheal tube.

We've got to do
a trach right now.

All right.

JOE: Dix, pour. Don't swab,
we don't have time. Just pour.

Okay.

Scalpel. Scalpel.

Where is it?

Hemostat. Come on, move it.
MIKE: Got it. You got it.

Scalpel. MIKE: All right.

I need better traction.
You got it.

Tracheal hook.

Scalpel.

Well, he's breathing.

Well, let's get him up to ICU.

The Lighter Than Air Man?

Yeah, that's what
made me curious.

I remember the way the
kids described the accident.

They said that he just
kind of flew through the air.

So what have you come up with?

Well, we checked his fingerprints and
found out that his name isn't Medford,

it's Maduzi.

Ben Maduzi,
an old circus and trapeze artist.

More recently, Doctor,
a professional patient.

How do you mean?

All right.

In 1963,
he was hit by a bus in New York City.

Dislocated shoulder,
non-specific back injuries.

And he had to retire from the
circus as a result, he testified.

Settlement, $65,000. In 1970,
fell off a ride at an amusement park.

Dislocated shoulder,
non-specific back injuries.

Settled out of court for $3,000.

In 1971, he was hit
by a cab in San Francisco.

Dislocated shoulder,
debilitating back pains,

and settled out of court
for $4,500.

Mmm-hmm.


racing to the scene.

Dislocated shoulder,
crippling back injuries.

Right.

Now at this point, I can't prove that
Medford or Maduzi, whatever his name is,

that he wasn't actually
injured by the paramedics.

So what do we do now?

We confront him, Doctor.

Well, I'm pretty sure they'll have
some word for you pretty soon.

Bobby wouldn't have had a
chance if you hadn't been there.

Thank you both.

I'd like to thank you. Okay.

Appreciate it.

We'll stop by later and find
out how he's doing, okay?

All right, thank you. Thank you.

Fellas.

How are you?

Terrific.

Listen, I expect Brackett to have
a little news for you later on today.

Oh, yeah?

I'll tell you what.

If it's good news, come on by the
station and we'll treat you to a steak.

Be careful with meat prices, what they are,
I just might consider that a bribe.

You know something,
you've got a suspicious mind.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, guys.

Do drive carefully.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Mr. Medford,
I think you know Lieutenant Crockett.

You feeling any better today?

I feel like a bucket
of broken parts.

I'm sorry to hear it.

Are you able to remember
anything about the accident?

Well, perhaps I can help you.

The vehicle that hit you was a Fire Department
Rescue Unit, on its way to a rescue.

The driver was
a young paramedic.

He and his partner
are trained to save lives.

But right now, Mr. Medford, there's a
possible hit-and-run charge against them.

Mr. Medford,

those paramedics
save lives every day.

If they lose their jobs over this,
a lot of people are gonna suffer for it.

Now, are you sure
you don't remember?

[DISPATCHER CHATTERING OVER PA]

Well, that's it.
It's all set here.

Well, everything
except the barbeque.

That'|| take us about five
minutes to put it together.

JOHNNY: We're here.

Hey, did you have enough stamps?

Oh, the stamps were no problem,
no problem.

Great. Come on, let's see it.

All right, all right,
don't crowd me. Don't crowd me.

I don't think I want to watch.

What's wrong with him?

Nothing's wrong with him. He
doesn't know what he's talking about...

You know, before we
open this thing up,

I do think that an
explanation is in order.

Just open it up.

All right, I'm gonna open it up.

Did you know that
historically and traditionally,

the firemen have always been noted for
their generosity, their warm-heartedness...

I'll open it.

And we're always trying to...

"The Trundle Bunny
Baby Layette"?

Yeah, now...

Just don't get
emotional about this.

[PHONE RINGS]

I've been licking stamps for three months,
to get a bunch of diapers?

Well, you got half a book back.

Besides, you ought to see all the neat little
things that are in this thing. Now watch.

Say, John, you got
a phone call, pal.

Oh, yeah? Great.

It's Crockett.

Oh.

Trundle Bunny
Baby Layette barbecue?

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER: Station 51,
Engine 18,

truck fire, southbound lane,
Soledad Freeway,

north of Alameda on-ramp.
Time out, 16:07.

Station 51, KMG 365.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Quarter mile down.

JOHNNY: Okay.

The wreck's a quarter mile down.
We're diverting traffic on both sides.

POLICEMAN: The driver,
he's still in the cab.

I'll get a crowbar.

Yeah, let's cool off that cab.

[MAN COUGHING]

I 901 you.

All right.

You all right?

All right, we're gonna get you
out of there. Think you can move?

Let's get a purchase on it
right in there.

All right.

[GRUNTS]

There you go.

[MAN EXCLAIMS]

Just lay him back
on his back here.

STANLEY: How soon do you think
you'll be able to bring him around?

People are passing out. We
got to know what's in the truck.

I don't know, Captain. I'll give you
a holler just as soon as he comes to.

Go around back,
see if you can find out what the cargo is.

LA, Engine 51. We have
unknown toxic smoke at this fire.

Request two additional squads.

Advise these units
to respond in full turnouts.

Also request two
additional ambulances.

DISPATCHER: 10-4, 51.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

Do the best you can. We've
got some more units coming in.

Okay, Cap-

All right, pulse is 70.

Respiration's about 20.

Four, five.

Hey, Roy,
I think he's coming to.

Hey, hey-

Hey,
come on. Can you hear me? Come on.

Huh?

Wake up,
come on. We need your help. Come on.

Huh?

Are you okay? Hey,
what were you carrying in there?

What's your cargo?

Uh, it's...

Come on. Hey, hey! Come on.

Come on. What are
you carrying? Come on.

Insecticide.

Insecticide?
What kind of insecticide?

[COUGHS]

I don't know. Just insecticide.

Okay. Now, lay your
head back down.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

We're located just
north of Canyon Road.

We have a victim here,
a male, about 45 years old.

He was driving a truck that
overturned and is now on fire.

We've heard that the truck
contains insecticide.

We got a lot of people passing out and
our victim's ingested a lot of the fumes.


pupils and determine vital signs for me?



The BP is 110 over 65. The pulse is 70,
respiration's 20.

Pupils are constricted,
but they're responsive.

ROY: Pupils are constricted,
but responsive.



That's affirmative, Rampart.

All right, maintain oxygen therapy,
and start an IV with D5W.

We don't know
what this stuff is,

but I suspect it may be
absorbed through the skin.

I want you to wear rubber gloves
when you handle the patients.

Remove all contaminated clothing
and bathe contaminated areas.



[MEN SHOUTING]

What have you got there?
Trimelanide.

That's not on our list
of dangerous chemicals.

LA Engine 51. We've identified
the chemical involved here.

Call the petrochemical unit
and get a reading on its toxicity.

It's called trimelanide.

T-R-I-M-E-L-A-N-I-D-E.

Shipped by Chemcorp, Inc.

DISPATCHER.' Station 51.

All right, take it easy.
Come on, take it easy.

You're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be fine.

They're gonna be fine,
too. You don't worry about them. Come on.

Lay back down. We're gonna get you
to the hospital. You're gonna be okay.

[SIRENS WAILING]

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Adler,
outside call, please.

Hey, Dix. Yeah, yeah.

What's going on in here?

[SIGHS] It's a
madhouse in there.

I know,
they wouldn't even let us in.

How's he doing?

The fire department pinned down
the composition of that insecticide.

A little atropine
and they'll be fine.

CROCKETT: Hey, you guys.

Don't you ever stay home?

Been working on a disaster.

Yeah, I heard about it.

Aren't... Mr. Medford?

This morning they said you
were in serious condition.

Mmm-hmm. That's what
I called you about.

His name isn't Medford,
it's Maduzi.

And he wasn't injured
as badly as we thought.

In fact,
he was faking the whole thing.

[STAMMERING] Wait a minute...

You mean, all that pain,
all the paralysis and the amnesia...

All of it was phony.

But why?

Why?

I'm sorry for the trouble
I caused you,

but I've done it before,
and got away with it.

The last time,
I swore never again.

But when I saw you coming,
I just couldn't resist it.

I was like an old fire horse
answering alarm.

I hope there's no hard feelings,
nothing personal.

Yeah, well, hold it,
Mr. Maduzi. See you guys later.

Yeah.

I didn't think you guys
were really interested.

I wouldn't miss it.

Me either. After all,
I'm an investor.

Hey, all right.
I see what you mean.

Oh, yeah, she's a good looker.

[ALL COOING]

[BABY CRYING]

Don't do that,
she's crying. Hey!

You're making her cry.

I don't mean to. I'm
trying to get her to laugh.

She's just a little baby.

[BABY CONTINUES CRYING]

[INAUDIBLE]