-You've got patients waiting.
-l know.
Are you gonna stand here all night?
l don't know.
Are you okay?
l just can't stop thinking about them.
-You should take some time off.
-l'm okay.
Take tonight off. lf we get in trouble
l'll have someone page you.
Yeah, okay. Thanks.
No, no, no, Bob.
lntakes go here,
discharges go there.
-l have my own system.
-You're screwing everything up.
Diane, l gotta go.
l'll pick you up at nine. Bye.
-What's the problem?
-Bob's reorganizing the department.
-Put me in for a raise.
-Me first. Good night all.
What's my bid for the Saturday night
special? A jilted boyfriend on PCP.
Twenty-two, ' '',
comes strapped to his own gurney.
-l'm going home.
-Going once, going twice....
Sold to the doctor
in the pale green scrubs.
Doug, l said l'm going home.
Susan, you take it.
-He's still upset?
-Still.
-Busy night?
-Refreshingly slow.
-Are you going out?
-lt's Saturday night.
-You need a break, Peter.
-My mother gets anxious.
-How long can you keep this up?
-Until she goes home.
-Home?
-Yeah, home.
Why don't l sit with her?
You can finish here, grab some dinner.
Give me a chance to get all the gory
details about your adolescence.
-All right, that sounds good.
-Yes, l'd like to come along.
Carter, finish your notes
and mind your own business.
Carter! Will you stop him? Carter!
You're speeding, sir.
-Help, she's k*lling me.
-Louie drank a six-pack.
He has an enlarged prostate. We've
tried to put in a Foley for an hour.
-l'm off now. Carol, he's all yours.
-Gee, thanks.
All right, Louie, don't worry.
l'm gonna use plenty of lidocaine.
-Your shift over yet?
-Yeah, if Benton ever leaves.
Ever worked a full-moon
Saturday night?
-ls it that different?
-Stick around and find out.
Call Security!
Code White at Trauma !
Let me out of here!
Watch it, stay back....
Rita, you cheating bitch!
l'll k*ll you!
Full-moon Saturday night.
Cool.
-What are you doing?
-Checking out your procedures.
Well, hey, next time, ask.
-You've done enough for high honors?
-l don't count.
You should. l do.
-Could you call Foster in tonight?
-He broke his leg skiing.
-What about Allonzo?
-Doing lCU. How about Ross?
-Previous engagement. You care?
-No.
-Yes, you do. Diane Leeds.
-Really? The one with the kid?
Auto versus pedestrian, ETA now.
Gangbanger in the suture room.
-Call someone.
-Moonlighter?
They're all senile
or dermatologists.
Moonlighter it is.
One of those nights.
Kerstetter, David, , intoxicated.
Played chicken with a Taurus.
l slammed on my brakes,
but it was too late.
-We'll take care of him.
-BP over , tachy at .
Minimal blood loss for a chest lac.
Gave him cc's of saline.
-Mental status at the scene?
-Alert. GCS .
Notify his family. Oh, nasty gash.
Get chest and abdominal films.
-Carter, what do we do?
-Check for pneumothorax.
Rule out abdominal trauma, get an EKG
to screen for a cardiac contusion.
-Carter?
-Oh, yeah. Everybody on my count.
One, two, three.
Nice and gently. Good.
Go ahead.
-Does this hurt?
-No, my chest.
Get a tox screen
and a blood alcohol.
Pupils are equal
and responsive to light.
Haleh, get a cross-table C-spine.
-Breath sounds clear bilaterally.
-God, it hurts.
-Abdomen soft, fairly non-tender.
-Give him of Toradol.
-Can't mix alcohol with morphine.
-Need any help, Dr. Lewis?
-When we're finished, you can start.
-What are you doing here?
lf you're staying, l'm staying.
-That banger's waiting.
-l was sort of hoping....
Deb, start there. Carter, there.
Call me when you reach the middle.
Okay, looks like we're gonna
need two suture kits.
How's it going?
Okay.
-You work around here?
-Yeah.
-What's good on the menu?
-Nothing.
Bagel looks safe.
Excuse me.
Friendly place.
Oh, doctor? Will he be all right?
For a guy hit by a car
he's pretty good.
-Can l see him and apologize?
-Yeah, wait right here.
-This isn't a race, John.
-You could've fooled me.
lf you go slower
your stitches won't invert.
-ls he screwing up?
-Relax.
What are the rules
for sharing procedures?
-You know, for our books.
-Whoever's been here the longest.
How about whoever
sews more takes it?
You're on.
Carol! Hey, Carol!
l need a gurney.
-Mr. Travis, are you in pain?
-My.... My chest.
Okay, we're gonna take care of you.
Get this off him.
On my count. One, two, three.
-What've you got?
-Hank Travis.
-The driver who hit the chest lac.
-Looks like an Ml.
What's going on?
Can't tell.
John, finish up for me.
-He's got an early diastolic murmur.
-BP's skyrocketing. over .
-Aortic rupture?
-Pressure's too high.
-What's the crit?
-Forty-six.
-Do you have high blood pressure?
-Yes.
We've got dissection here.
We need to lower his pressure.
-l'll call O.R.
-Thanks, Malik.
-Susan, want a beta blocker?
-Bolus him with . migs esmolol.
Let's do a transesophageal echo
to check out the damage.
-Who's in charge?
-Dr. Lewis.
-Sir, you have to wait outside.
-l'm Dr. Swift.
Moonlighter's here.
Spandex. Nice look.
Well, glove up and get
your butt over here.
-How's his pressure?
-lt's falling. over .
-Bet you've never seen this.
-One or two.
This isn't gonna hurt.
l'll look at your heart by putting
this instrument down your throat.
Let's see what we've got here.
lt's gonna get hairy here,
so pick out what you can handle.
Sutures, weak-and-dizzy-all-overs,
kid with the croup....
-All the easy stuff, okay?
-l'll try and keep up.
-There it is.
-This guy is in trouble.
Get him up to the O.R. now.
-He's got a dissection of the aorta.
-Are you sure?
Acute chest pain, hypertension,
water-hammer pulses, ST changes?
-Could be an aortic rupture.
-Don't think so.
Should you not consider that?
-Who the hell are you?
-William Swift, your new ER chief.
l'm taking over for Morgenstern.
-Nice to meet you, Dr. Swift.
-William.
So where are these
weak-and-dizzy-all-overs?
-Okay, short end takes the lice.
-Oh, man....
-lt's - .
-ln theory, but l never win.
Cheer up, your bedpan days
will soon be over.
-Not with my luck.
-You're marrying Tag.
-Will you leave us when you're rich?
-And leave all this beauty?
What do you have here?
''Twelve Common Errors
That Can Ruin Your Wedding.''
Some great articles in here.
-Did somebody page me?
-No, not me.
Check out number six.
''Make sure you audition the band
before you hire them.''
-Your brother's band is out?
-They have to know how to play.
-What kind of band should we get?
-Some polka music.
-You're hysterical.
-Taglieri? Did you get my page?
-You're kicking my mother out.
-He's been in the computer.
-Stay out of her files.
-Why are you discharging her?
Hospital's breathing down my neck.
Medicare won't pay anymore.
-She needs more time.
-Three days is the best l can do.
-Discuss it with your family.
-She's not ready to go home yet.
Face reality. She's had a stroke
and a hip replacement.
She'll need skilled nursing
the rest of her life.
l'll care for her myself if l have to.
-She's not going home.
-The hell she isn't.
We're running out of rooms.
Ah, midnight. Let's make room
for the punks, skunks and drunks.
Man with hiccups and -year old
female weak and dizzy after sex.
-An orgasm. God, l'm jealous.
-Been a while?
l'll take the hiccups.
A woman with abdominal pain and
a wheezer who needs a blood gas.
-Take the abdominal pain.
-Hiccups sound more interesting.
You'll see acute
abdomens for every hiccups.
Do a pelvic and a rectal.
Patient fumigation.
-Walking in space?
-Lice.
Sounds sexy.
-Wanna hear some bands?
-Might as well.
What do you think?
l think your brother sounds
better every minute.
ls that Wild Willie?
-You know Dr. Swift?
-We played ball at Ohio State. Hey!
-Hey, Lewis, special delivery.
-Where do l sign?
Four Beta Tau Sigma pledges
dumped on Rush Street.
Possible frostbites
to all extremities....
They left us with just
our shoes and socks on.
-What've we got here?
-Popsicle pledges.
Can we get some blankets
to warm these guys up?
Somebody....?
Help me.
Ma? Ma, it's Peter. l'm here, okay?
-Why did they do that to me?
-lt's okay, Ma. lt's okay.
l told them not to,
but they wouldn't listen.
l know. lt's okay, Ma.
l asked them to stop it,
but they wouldn't listen.
-They won't do it again.
-They never listen!
Ma, listen to me.
l'll be right back, okay?
l love you, all right?
l....
-l thought you were sitting with her.
-l went out to get a cup of coffee.
-How could you let them do that to her?
-Do what?
-She doesn't need to be restrained.
-She tried to crawl out of bed.
-You shouldn't have let them do it.
-l asked them to do it.
Don't bother to come back.
l don't want your help.
Peter, she needs to be restrained.
And take a deep breath.
And let it out.
-Does that hurt?
-A lot.
-Have you had this pain before?
-Never.
lt's the moon.
lt's in the fifth house.
-Something strange's going on inside me.
-Could you be pregnant?
With this month's aspect,
the unlikely is probably definite.
Uh-huh. Okay, uh....
l'm gonna order a pregnancy test,
and we'll take it from there.
-Are you by any chance a Gemini?
-Yeah.
-When's your birthday?
-June fourth.
-Year?
-You know, l don't....
- .
-Yeah.
-Time of birth?
-You have to ask my mother.
What's her number?
-Timmy's tried breath-holding.
-Drinking ice water.
Tickling, breathing into a bag,
scary movies.
l haven't slept in two nights.
We're getting married in two weeks.
Will he be all right?
Probably just a case
of the pre-wedding jitters.
ls there anything you can give me?
Thorazine sometimes works,
Mr. Falco.
We'll run blood tests and take an
abdominal x-ray to cover the basics.
l just can't decide
between Hawaii or Paris.
-l had my heart set on the beach.
-You burn so easily.
-No, l don't. l tan.
-Well, Hawaii it is.
Paris sounds so romantic.
-Have you checked china patterns?
-When should l have done that?
-People are starting to ask.
-Really?
The Tiki Torch down the street got
a guy on one of our porta-potties.
That would be Louie. Would you get
a cab to pick him up, please?
Where were we?
-How're we doing?
-Swift's looking for Mark.
Where's Dr. Greene?
Board says he's on tonight.
He went home
with a touch of the flu.
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
Your unsolved mystery is solved.
Congratulations, you're pregnant.
That's according to the astrological
forecast in the Tribune.
-And these lab results.
-Thank you, Dr. Gemini.
l had a feeling
you'd bring me good news.
-Are you sure there's nothing else?
-What do you mean?
Well, l....
l constructed your chart.
l'm certain we haven't finished
our journey together.
-Saturn is aligned with Mercury.
-ls that bad?
lt could be.
-For who?
-Both of us.
You're conflicted,
searching to find your way.
Go with the voice inside you.
Fight the influence of others
who seek to destroy you.
l'll order that ultrasound.
Welcome back, Louie.
Did you miss us?
Have you been drinking, Louie?
You still have your catheter in?
Six pints, Louie.
lt's time to change your bag.
Okay.
Stay right there, Louie.
-How are you holding up?
-lt's nice without the boys.
Cherry b*mb in the trash can.
Pledges.
Hey, Carter.
Are you glad you stayed?
There's a call on the radio.
-Read you, dispatch.
-Implement disaster protocol.
EMS plan one at Wabash
and Balboa for night club fire.
-How many? Over.
-Fifteen to twenty.
Most with third-degree burns.
-l'll set up a triage point.
-l'll put out callbacks.
What is it?
l'm getting beeped.
-At two in the morning?
-Welcome to my life.
This better not be another woman.
Quit making so much noise.
l'm never gonna get back to sleep.
So can l come back?
There's a spare key
on the kitchen table.
But you have to be back out
before Jake wakes up.
Oh, damn!
minutes, seconds.
-l b*at you.
-What?
-Where's the victims?
-You're looking at them.
-l'd like to introduce Dr....
-William Swift, your new chief.
Good to see you all.
Which one of you is a chief resident?
We haven't been able to
locate Dr. Greene yet.
l find these drills ideal
for meeting my team...
...and assessing how quickly
the residents can mobilize.
Now l'd like to take a few moments...
...and go over some of the basics
of ER management.
-Thank you.
-At : a.m.?
Don't worry,
l'll have you home by four.
-John, could you please help me?
-ls it a procedure you've done?
No, it's a drunk who smashed
his fingers in a car door.
He's pawing at me.
He also smells terrible.
And you have a problem with that?
l can hardly wait
to get out of the ER.
Mr. Denardo, this is John Carter.
-We'll take care of that finger.
-l want a real doctor.
Great. We'll let your finger get
infected and fall off if you prefer.
Thanks. You numb the finger and l'll
drain the nail bed with a cautery.
This is gonna feel a little cool.
Wait, wait....
Ethyl chloride is flammable!
Damn!
l'm really sorry.
Please, don't tell anyone, okay?
A patient presents to ER
ptosis, miosis and hidrosis.
Dr. Ross, what does that
bring to mind?
The Osis Sisters.
l dated the short one.
l believe you're describing
Horner's syndrome.
Otherwise a drooping eye.
What should you worry about?
Pancoast tumor of
the superior sulcus of the lung.
-Correct. And you are....?
-Bob.
l started in Housekeeping,
and now l'm a desk clerk.
Dr. Greene for you on two.
Many of you use antibiotics
prophylactically in animal wounds....
-Where are you?
-An arcade.
Didn't feel like going home.
What's up?
-The new chief called a drill.
-Okay.
One hour, minutes, new record.
They're in Trauma .
Any questions,
my door is always open.
Dr. Bagel. Come right in.
-Trouble. Wild Willie is on a tear.
-Wild Willie?
-Hi. Mark Greene.
-William Swift, your new chief.
-How's the flu?
-The what?
l guess you're feeling better, huh?
Read that before your next shift.
Then we'll talk.
The flu?
-Sorry.
-Guess l should've stayed.
Ma? Ma?
l'm here.
-Are you in any pain?
-No.
Okay. l got you, okay? l got you.
-How did it go?
-l think l blew it with the new chief.
You didn't make
a strong first impression.
-He sent me home.
-Get out before he changes his mind.
Move the transducer down
to visualize the adnexa.
-ls that the ovary?
-lt sure is, and that's the ectopic.
You have both an intrauterine
and an ectopic pregnancy.
Twins? That makes sense.
-He's a Gemini.
-Will they be all right?
You can carry the one in your uterus.
But we need to remove
the other before it ruptures.
-lf that happens you could die.
-l'm sorry, Arlene.
Don't be. l'm having a baby
and l'm gonna be just fine.
-l scraped it climbing a cliff.
-Why were you doing that?
-Chasing cats.
-Cats?
-l'm a werewolf.
-Oh, full moon, right?
Please put me in restraints
until sunrise.
lt's only a couple of hours.
You think you might harm yourself
or somebody else?
There's no telling
what l might do next.
l'll go and get you a doctor.
Never turn your back
on a werewolf!
l forgot. Sorry.
Oh, Carter, l'm so sorry.
-Any good patients?
-No, just a couple of drunks.
-Take a nap. l'll beep you if....
-l'll be in Four.
-What was that?
-Werewolf.
-Huh?
-Maybe you should lock your door.
-You cured his hiccups.
-l feel much better.
l should probably go over
the test results with you alone.
No, go ahead.
We don't have any secrets.
You have some potentially serious
findings in your CTs and ultrasound.
How serious?
These are abscesses, pockets
of bacteria invading your liver.
lt's inflaming your diaphragm
which caused your hiccups.
We'll have to admit you
and treat you with lV antibiotics.
l see.
-That will cure him, right?
-l hope so.
l need to ask you
some difficult questions.
Okay.
ln cases when an apparently healthy
young individual like yourself...
...has such an unusual illness
we need to consider the causes.
-Have you ever used lV dr*gs?
-Never.
Have you had unprotected sex
with men, prostitutes?
Are you suggesting l have AlDS?
lt's an unusual condition
and it's sometimes seen in HlV.
lt's probably just
a bacterial infection...
...but l needed to consider
the risk factors.
l can't believe you're telling me this.
You didn't answer my other question
about other sexual contacts.
No, never.
-What do you think of Wild Willie?
-l don't know.
Probably gonna make us do
pushups before every shift.
Think he'll make you attending
like Morgenstern said?
Yeah.
l hear he's promoting Carter
to chief of surgery.
Uh-huh.
Are you getting any sleep at all?
-Mark?
-What?
-You didn't hear anything l said.
-Sorry.
You have to let this OB case go.
Could've happened to any one of us.
-lt's upsetting to k*ll a patient.
-You did all you could to save her.
Tell that to her husband.
When that little boy takes his
first steps, his mother won't be there.
-His mother will never be there.
-lt's not your fault, Mark.
lt's my stop.
-Come to my place. We can talk.
-What for?
See you tomorrow, Doug.
Let's move him.
On my count....
Ready? One, two, three.
-What happened?
-Drunk. A -gauge to the chest.
Accidentally broke into
the neighbor's house. Laryngoscope.
-Seven and a half ET-tube?
-Perfect. Call Carter and Deb.
-Deb's doing lacs, Carter's asleep.
-Get Carter.
Call Respiratory for a vent
and Radiology for a chest film.
Hang some O-neg. Cross and type
as many as you can.
Looks like a flail chest.
At least four broken ribs.
He's lucky to have a chest.
-He's bradycardic.
-Pressure palp.
l'll start a central line.
t*nk him up with O-neg.
-Hey.
-Good morning, Carter.
He's in arrest.
Give him an amp of epi.
Can you do external compressions?
-Carol, get him started.
-A little lower.
His right chest is about to fall off.
Baby with hypothermia.
Cops found it in a trash bag.
Okay, line's in.
Keep the compressions going.
Give him four units, and get
another body down here now.
l'll call Tag.
lt's darkest before dawn.
More epi?
Three to four-week-old male,
BP palp, rate .
-No arrhythmias, temp degrees.
-Give him heated, humidified O- .
Get a dextrose stick. Start an lV,
heated saline to degrees.
What kind of parent
would do this to a baby?
-How's he doing?
-We're rewarming him.
-Pleural lavage?
-No, we need a neonatal warmer.
Check his lytes for acidosis.
l've got a thoracotomy next door.
-How're we doing?
-No pulse. b*llet hit an artery.
-We're losing him.
-Thoracotomy tray!
-Heard you needed some help.
-We're doing a thoracotomy.
Cut between the ribs.
l'll clamp the aorta.
-l'm a little rusty on thoracotomies.
-We'll walk you through it.
-Cut through the intercostals.
-Okay, let me get in there.
Vascular clamp.
Rib spreaders.
Where is that little gusher?
Got it. lt's clamped.
-Heart's b*ating.
-That's teamwork.
lt's fibrillating.
Carter, ever felt a live heart?
Make like a crocodile.
Now gently compress the heart
between your fingers.
-About times a minute.
-Feels like a bag of worms.
-A couple more units of blood.
-lt's filling.
No pulse. Second unit's in.
We need to shock him back
into sinus. lnternal paddles!
-Start with five.
-Charging.
-Clear?
-Clear.
-Five more.
-Charging.
-Clear?
-Clear.
We've got a rhythm. Let's keep it.
-l've got a pulse.
-He's stable. Good work.
Take him up to the O.R.
-How's he doing?
-Temperature is .
l think he's gonna make it.
-How's your guy?
-Still ticking.
Hey.
You look exhausted.
Why don't you take a breather?
l'll call Family Services.
He'll need a foster placement.
-Hey, Deb, how's it going?
-Fine, thanks.
Wow....
-You shaved the scalp by yourself?
-What've you been up to?
Oh, internal cardiac massage.
See you later.
-l don't think l like this.
-What?
-You coming and going.
-Did you miss me?
You woke me up.
You've got fifteen minutes.
Jake's an early riser.
-That's not really my style, but....
-You can do it.
Come here.
Mark?
Hey.
Lovely place to sit around
feeling sorry for yourself.
lt has its charms.
lt's freezing out here.
-How did you find me?
-Doug.
He said he'd never
seen you so upset.
Things just aren't working out
the way l planned.
Sure they have.
You're leaving me.
l didn't plan for that.
People die, Mark. You do
the best you can. You're human.
l'm not supposed to be.
Sure you are. You're the only one
who doesn't know it.
What am l gonna do?
You could get breakfast.
l'll even buy. Come on.
Come on, Mark.
Susan. Susan.
Susan.
Mr. Falco's fiancée is out here.
-She needs to see you.
-Yeah, sure. Bring her in.
-Dr. Lewis, sorry to bother you.
-No, no problem.
ls there a chance
that l might be sick?
l don't know. To be safe
you should be tested for HlV.
We're getting married in two weeks.
l thought l knew him.
-l didn't say he had AlDS.
-l know.
But l think he hasn't been
honest with me.
l'm sorry.
How did hiccups turn out like this?
-Can l help you?
-Yeah, l'm Dr. Peter Benton.
-Your wife takes care of my mother.
-Oh, yeah, sure. Al Boulet.
-ls everything all right?
-Yeah.
Jeanie! Peter Benton's here.
What's wrong?
l left the restraints off
and she fell out of bed.
-ls she okay?
-She's got a couple of bruises.
Her hip's okay.
-l've gotta get to work.
-All right.
Nice meeting you.
l....
l can't do this by myself.
l mean...
...take care of my mother.
l've seen a lot of children try.
You know, l'm afraid of
what's gonna happen to her.
Yeah, um....
Can you....?
Can you help me to, you know....
-Find a couple of good places?
-Sure.
-l didn't think we'd make it.
-You did a great thoracotomy.
You weren't so bad yourself.
Hey, every full moon
should be ladies' night.
-Yeah, we were terrific.
-Like Thelma and Louise, man.
More like Lucy and Ethel.
-Whose are those?
-Tag brought them for the wedding.
-Bridesmaids still wear peach?
-You may have to wear that.
-Me? A bridesmaid?
-Yeah. Would you?
Yes, l would be honored.
You may change your mind
when you see the dress.
Hello?
Hello?
The sink's clogged, and somebody
stripped the damn threads.
You need some help?
l called Maintenance four hours ago.
lt's quicker if l do it myself.
Do you need a plumber's snake?
To thread in and break up the clog.
-You know, you're right.
-Don't mention it.
-Are you applying for chief resident?
-l'm only second-year.
Really? That's all?
-Hm.
-What?
l find that hard to believe.
We're gonna have to make
some changes around here.
There are a few kinks
in the chain of command.
-Don't worry. You did a good job.
-Thank you.
-Now l need a plumber's snake.
-Ask Bob.
-Bob.
-Yes?
-Hi, Dr. Lewis.
-Good morning, Jerry.
-Busy night?
-Kind of crazy.
Not for me. l had a blast.
-We'll have to do a Friday the th.
-Oh, those are really spooky.
From , let's twist
and shout for Susan.
Carter, did you do that?