"Am I dying ?" "Not today." "What I do is not gambling." "It's, um, risk assessment." "I'll give you half if you send in the application." "Ahhh !" "Don't stop, we're almost there !" "Love isn't risk." "It's comittment." "He really wanted to see you." "It's not my job to make excuses for you anymore." "Wyatt Cole, this is Dr. Lanier." "Daniel asked me to move in with him." "What I want now is a place where the earth doesn't move !" "You left me." "Remember ?" "If you shock her again, you could kill her." "She's not gonna die in this bus." "Not today." "Saved - 102" " Lady  the Tiger" "The city sleeps, but you do not." " 315 ?" " What ?" "315, respond to 479 Wigod Street." "Dog bites man, then man bites dog." "Hey, Quinn, how's the dog ?" "Just watch where you step." "325, what's your status ?" "Pissed-off, hungry, and downhearted." "Well, you must be a medic." "Respond to Taylor and Fremont." "Shortness of breath." "712." "712, wake up, dickheads." "Don't answer that." "712 ?" "We have 15 minutes left." "I'm trashed." "712, I know you're out there." "Satan's voice." "Dispatch, this is 712, and we're almost end of watch." "If I only had a heart." "Respond to 63 Baker Street." "Man actively seizing." "Tell him I died." "I was dreamin'." "I was on the north shore." "The inshore break was crankin', and I was on a call." "Clear right." "So I'm walking down a hallway, and I come to 2 doors." "And the call..." "It was a girl..." "was behind one, and a tiger was behind the other, and I had to choose." "You didn't dream this." "I know that story from school." "What are you talking about ?" "It's my dream, ok ?" "Clear right." "And I did what I always do." "You flipped a coin." "Of course." "That pisses me off." "You got all the options in the world, and what do you do ?" "Hey, do you think that if, um..." "Siegfried and Roy had the dream, they'd be afraid to pick the girl ?" "You think your dream means if you want Alice then you gotta make a choice ?" "Her name will never be spoken in this bus again." "Clear ?" "Right, 'cause it's your dream." "Alice." "Alice." "This is our call, man." "This is our turf." "We were in the neighborhood." "We wanted to lend a hand." "Oh, yeah." "You're Mother Theresa in drag." "Heard about your bus being stolen." "It's too bad." "Oh, FYI, this is called a key." "At, uh, NMR, we use them to lock the ambulances." "Well, at lifeshield, it's a magic wand." "It makes pricks disappear." "So juvenile." "Maybe we are gonna need another rig." " Please hurry, come this way." " Ok." " You seen one seizure, you seen them all." " Hey, don't be a stupid white man." "It's Santeria, all right ?" "The secret religion of the slaves." "My aunt practiced it in New Orleans." "So, uh, how long has he been seizing ?" "It isn't a seizure." "He's been mounted by Obatala." "They shouldn't be here." "Let me decide what is best for him." "He wouldn't want this !" "He's our Padrino !" "He is my father." "Stay out of the way !" " He's cyanotic." " Airway's good." " It started about 10 minutes ago." " He could be status." "This should slow him down." "There, you see ?" "He's fine." "He's postictal." "Let's get him out of here." "Hold him down !" "This is police brutality !" "Someone get a camera !" "Stop !" "This is police brutality !" "H ey!" "We're not the police !" "Hey." "Where am I ?" "You're in an ambulance." "You had a seizure." "Can you tell me your name ?" "I am Roberto Sierra." "Can you squeeze my hands ?" "Why am I tied down ?" "You have a spectacular right hook." "Oh." "I'm sorry." "I don't ever remember punching anyone before." "That's all right." "The last thing I recall, I was in the presence of Obatala... and then, nothing." "Can I ask you something ?" "What ?" "Santeria believes in magic, right ?" "There are Ebos for almost everything." "For, uh, healing, for luck, for romance." "For betrayal ?" "Those are very, very powerful Ebos." "You must take responsibility for the consequences." "Let's say, just hypothetically, that... you were willing to do that." "Fill a pot with cow fat, add a dried bat's head, iron filings," "9 pinches of cat excrement, and 9 wicks." "And then, you must go to a graveyard at midnight, light the lamp, strip completely naked, and ask the souls of the dead to torment your enemy." "Or you could just go into therapy." "Either way, it won't stop you from thinking about her." "Ah." "Yeah, yeah." "Ok." "All right." "Oh, let's fight." "Oh, you won't stand a chance." "Get up." "Come here." "Give me your hand." "Give me your hand." "Heads I win, tails she loses." "You're toasted." "Come on." "Maybe it's time you moved on, huh ?" "Can't." "I live here." "Ah, you'll feel better in the morning." "Hoke ?" "Yes, miss Daisy ?" "You're my best friend." "You're my best... my best friend." "Ladies and gentlemen, can I have your attention ?" "As you know, our contract is coming up for review by the county in the next few months, which means... that we should be looking for new jobs ?" "We need to improve our out-of-chute times." "Yeah, but what about the Hitler youth, Naheem ?" " They keep poaching our calls." " It's a free market." "NMR will do everything they can to get that contract." "Wine, women, and song." "And that's why we have to be not just good, but perfect." "Did I miss the team prayer ?" "And that means being on time, looking sharp, and shining our shoes." "I don't need to know where you are, baby." "I just need to know who you're with." "I'm talkin' about last night." "I'm talkin' about the night before." "You want that sweet thing I give you, you better give me what I need." "Jealousy..." "The green-eyed monster." "I've been there." "The D  C says..." "Dilation and curettage ?" "The Mormon doctrine and covenants." "It says that jealousy is a sin." " You know, I had a girlfriend once..." " Don't ever do that." "Don't ever try to understand." "Just get coffee." "Why do I think that's not sweet'n low ?" "The traditional diuretic initiation for the rookie." "It'll keep him goin' and goin'..." "I know." "It's so juvenile." "Who am I to judge ?" "Hey, Harp, I just made this." "Oh, thanks, Sack." "You're welcome, Harp." "Have a good day." "So Clare's got a job interview today." "She wants me to take Cam for the afternoon." "That's great, man." "It's a first." "So I figured we'd take him on a run, you know." "Show him what his old man does." "Oh, she'll love that." "Yeah." "There's one thing you should know, Sack." "What's that ?" "Mormons don't drink coffee." "Ever." "I heard you had a bit of a scuffle last night." "I hit a paramedic." "I know him." "He probably deserved it." "Mr. Sierra, good news." "Your preliminary tests show no evidence of an abnormality." "Thank god." "I prayed to my Orisha." "Your EEG is normal." "Given the symptoms, it was probably a grand mal seizure, so we'll give you an anti-convulsive, release you later today." "You should follow up with your family doctor." "But are you sure ?" "He's never had anything like this happen before." "This is what we do." "I'm sure." "Ok ?" "Aren't we gonna CT him ?" "The scanner's down." "It could take hours." "I need the bed." "What about parasites ?" "He's a Santero." "There was animal sacrifices involved." " I was thinking..." " Always a mistake." "Dr. Alden, when you hear hoof beats, think of a horse, not a Voodoo chicken." "Hey, stranger." "Where you been ?" "Here, 48 hours a day." "You know how it is." "Every time I call down, you seem like you're in the middle of an emergency." "That must be why they call it the emergency room." "Sorry." "I don't mean to be glib." "It's just been so intense." "Look, I kind of feel like I'm pressuring you, and I don't want that." "No, you're not." "I'm..." "I'm..." "It is so good to see you." "Ok." "How about lunch ?" "We've got some things to talk about." "Yeah, we do, and I have a favor to ask you." "Zeus calling from Olympus." "When you gonna tell him ?" "That i took the money and "forgot" to send in the application ?" "That'd be never." "It's a game." "We both play it." "Your bookie know the rules ?" "Yeah." "Misha did what he had to do." "He knows I'm good for what I owe." "Touch that, and I'll have to kill you." "Flip you for it." "T ails." "Be-yotch." "Oh, my god." "Over here." "Quick." "I don't know what's wrong with him." "Sir, can you hear me ?" "Does he use drugs ?" "We're not the cops." "We just need to know what's in his system." "We met last night at a club." "He said he wanted to paint me." "Oh, yeah ?" "What's this ?" "Fairy dust ?" "We drank a little, did a little coke." "Nothing special." "He's diaphoretic, but he's hot, and his pulse is weak and thready." "Where's the blood coming from ?" "Could be a simple nosebleed." "There's some petechiae all over his legs." "I don't even know his last name." "It's Reston." " Pull over at that restaurant." " Now ?" "Habla ingles now." "I have to pee." " We're on a code 3 !" " This is a code 3 !" "Wyatt Cole." "Figures." "We're gonna get you to the ER." "Nah." "Kinda tired." "Don't really feel like it right now." "Well, that's exactly why you gotta go." "I partied a little to hard, had a little blow, a little nosebleed, no big deal." "Price of fame." "You have a fever, you're in respiratory distress, you're tachycardic, and your O2 sat is low." "You should be in a hospital." "Whoa, that's impressive." "Wait, I forgot." "Weren't you gonna be a doctor like your daddy ?" "Don't remember." "Ah." "Well, you always did take the easy way out." "Yeah." "You were always an asshole." "Ok, sir, you know what ?" "We gotta do this 'cause it's for your own good." "Who the hell are you, 50 cent ?" "I don't need your help." "I don't need anybody's help, so can you just get the hell out of my loft ?" " Fine." "Let's go." " But he's sick." "Oh." "Believe me." "I know." "He could die." "Vampires don't die." "They're already dead." "You refuse treatment, you gotta sign that." "Fine." "Just get out." "Oh my god !" "He's hypotensive." "BP's 84 over 60." "Sinus tach at 140 and regular, his O2 sat's 96." "Bravo, Dr. Green." "You two know each other ?" "Dislike's a better word." "We were roommates in college." "Severe epistaxis." "Let's get a CBC with diff and a chem 7." "I bet his platelets are low." "Ready, lift." "Are you a painter ?" "Is Miles Davis a trumpet player ?" "I was in the Whitney Biennial." "You know, you should come to my studio sometime." "Maybe I'll paint you." " Nystagmus." " Let's order a tox screen." "Ok ?" "Is he under the influence ?" "There was cocaine on the scene." "I didn't hear that on your turnover." "It's on my run form if you read it." "It would help if it was verbally noted." "Ok." "So noted." "Still not an OD." " Look, I'm not trying to..." " Of course, you are." "You know, you're in your safe zone, and you're movin' into your safe house." " That's not fair." "Fair?" "I don't need to be fair." "What happened the other day, that wasn't exactly fair." "This is not the time or the place." "Oh, hey, don't worry about me." "I can wait." "Are we done, doctor ?" "Yeah, we're done." "Hello ?" "Someone call 911 ?" "What is it, sir ?" "I'd prefer to speak to the gentleman, if that's possible." "Uh, well, that depends." "Can I see what the problem is ?" "Believe me, sir." "I've seen everything." "Right." "Ok." "Well, there's always a first." "Harper, it's all yours." "I know what you're thinking." "It's shameful." "I'm sorry, sir." "I'll be right back." "What ?" "I can't do this." "Get back in there, Harper." "I should have listened to my father." "He wanted me to go into software." "You can do that tomorrow." "Today, you gotta help that guy." "This is wrong." "It's a sin against nature." "That's not for you to judge." "Really ?" "Didn't you see what he's got stuck up there ?" "For Pete's sake, it's an eggplant." "It's not an eggplant." "It's an aubergine." "And do it fast." "I need to use the John." "Don't ever do that to me again." "Oh, don't lose control, Ally." "Not... not after working so hard to get it." "That's not funny." "That's mean." "Look, what happened in the ambulance, it was my fault, ok ?" "Hey, don't sweat it." "It didn't mean anything." "Anything else ?" "We're waiting on your friend's blood to come back..." "He's not my friend, not anymore." "Whatever." "I think it might be something serious like aplastic anemia or possibly leukemia." "Too bad for him." "What... what happened between you two ?" "Well, sort of like us." "You know, we were close for a while, then we weren't." "Well, he asked if you'd see him before you go." "Hey, uh, you're banging that doctor, aren't you ?" "Yeah, if I had a little more energy, might have made a play for that myself." "I'm on a shift, so don't waste my time." "You know, I never got it." "We were best friends, but you were always jealous of me." "Bullshit." "Come on." "What about, um..." "Oh, what's her name ?" "Felicia Farmer ?" "No." "I remember Tori Clarke." "I remember you getting her drunk, seducing her, taking pictures of her naked while she was asleep, and then posting' 'em all over campus." "That's what I remember." " Oh, yeah." "That was an art project." " That was pornography." "Hey, eye of the beholder, plus those photos sell for a lot now." "You exploited her." "She had a breakdown." "She was going that way anyway, Wyatt." "I never forced her to do anything." "Nice to know nothing changes." "You're still the selfish prick you always were." "And what are you, Amnesty International ?" "Huh?" "You became an ambulance driver, because... what, you're so good at heart ?" "Please." "It was a way out of your family." "Plus, you're still jealous of me." "I don't want anything you have." "What about my car ?" "You want my car ?" "Brand new Porsche Cayman ?" "Not unless it was wrapped around a tree with you in it." "Where are your friends ?" "Where's your family ?" "Hey, you know, it's, uh... all about the painting." "Always has been." "It's been nice strolling down memory lane with you." "Wait, um..." "Would you call my wife, tell her that I'm here ?" "Why don't you call her ?" "Oh, you know, we communicate better through third parties these days." "Come on." "Hundred bucks in it for you." "200." "So are you sure you can do this ?" "It'll be fine." "Really." "Clare, we've been..." "Ok, ok." "Listen, I, uh..." "I should be back by 6:00" "And if you need me, you have my cell, right ?" "No problem." "How much trouble could he get in around here, huh ?" "It's not him I'm worried about." "How's your day goin', Ang ?" "It's not enough I got Donny Osmond for a partner, but somebody spiked my coffee." "I know it." "And when I find out who did it, very bad things are gonna happen." "I remember Quinn hangin' out by the coffee." "So this is the drug box." "It takes 2 keys to unlock that." "And OB kit's right here." "Is there a computer here, dad ?" "I have to do my homework, and my friends are all online." "Ok, sure." "I just thought you would be interested in looking at the rig." "Yeah." "Maybe later." "Yeah, maybe." "Hello ?" "Hi." "I'm calling on Tim Reston's behalf." "Is this his wife ?" "Past tense." "We're divorced." "Well, he wanted to let you know he's in Samaritan Memorial Hospital." "Really ?" "I hope it's serious." "Keep it somewhere safe." "It's worth something." "Thank you." "Ok, we got your blood panel back." "I'm afraid it confirms you have acute myelogenous leukemia." "Ok." "We don't know for sure, but we think it may have been caused by prolonged exposure to benzene... in your paints." "Yves Klein." "I'm sorry ?" "Yves Klein was a painter who... spent his life trying to create the perfect blue pigment." "Rumor had it the paint killed him." "This doesn't have to be a death sentence." "We're gonna refer you to an oncologist." "They'll get you started on chemo." "How long do I have ?" "I'm not a fortune teller." "But there are many new therapies." "Stem cell research, bone marrow transplants." "I'm an only child, and my parents are dead." "What do you think the chances are for a match ?" "You're gonna have to stop painting... at least for a time." "Oop, well, that's not gonna happen." "You don't have a choice." "Wrong." "Mr. Reston." "Mr. Reston !" "You can't leave." "Alice... do you mind if I call you Alice ?" "I've lived my life exactly the way I've wanted." "And I intend to live my death the same way." "Hold on, Cam." "What the hell took you so long ?" "There was a white sale at Macy's." " Just stay out of the way, son." " Sir ?" "Sir, sir ?" "Sir ?" "What's your name ?" "You're wasting your time." "He doesn't speak english." "His name's Tran." "Ok." "We're just gonna give you something for your pain." "I want you to focus on your breathing." "Like Tai Chi." "You do Tai Chi ?" "That's good, bro, except that's chinese." "Unequal pupils." "It could be a stroke." "I'm worried about her airway." "Start bagging." "What are you doing ?" "Nothing." "Are you praying ?" "Yes." "Just keep it to yourself." "Amen." "Oh, damn." "What ?" "Again ?" "!" "Secure the tube and keep bagging." "And, Harper ?" "Try not get her killed before I get back." "Ok, the party's over." "Everybody back to work." "Ok, listen up !" "Mr. Tran has lost 2 fingers, and we need to find them, so everybody on the floor now !" "I mean, everyone." "That includes you, sir." "I found one." "It's the pinky." "What'd you do ?" "You did something." "Look at her stomach." "It's distended !" "I didn't do anything, I swear." "I just..." "How'd the tube end up in the esophagus ?" "You're pumping air into her stomach, instead of her lungs !" "Heard about your surgery today." "Well, just another day at the office." "Not what I heard." "I heard you had a run-of-the-mill appendectomy that turned out to be omental torsion." "Another surgeon wouldn't have found it, and she would have died." "Well, she was 6 years old." "You really gonna eat all that ?" "High metabolic rate." "You want some ?" "I'm good, thanks." "So what are we doing here, Ally ?" "I'm a little confused." "Are you moving in ?" "You have a right to know." "The problem is I don't know." "Well, you knew a week ago." "What happened ?" "Nothing." "I just need to be sure." "All you have to do is choose what you want." "I know what I want." "Maybe I should flip a coin." "Maybe you should've made up your mind before you met my daughter." "I'm sorry." "I making a mess of this." "You're the first woman I've brought into that house since Lizzie died, so..." "Hayley's suffered a terrible loss, and I can't, and won't, let it happen again." "I understand." "That's why I need a little time." "How much time ?" "Don't even think about it, Wyatt." "Think about what ?" "I'll be back in a minute." "Hey." "Wyatt, you know Dr. Lanier." "Yeah." "We're almost family." "Wyatt." "Your friend, Mr. Reston, he tested positive for acute leukemia." "He refused treatment and left." "Maybe he got a better offer." "You're not gonna eat all of that." "Wyatt, do you mind ?" "We're in the middle of something." "Oh, yeah, I forgot." "I gather congratulations are in order." "Wyatt." "On the engagement." "Great news." "Great news, great news !" "I heard you're moving in together." "Have you set a date ?" "How'd you know about that ?" "That's a good question." "How did I know about that ?" "My father told me." "Mm." "Well, speaking of your father," "I hear you're the one with the news." "He tells me you've reapplied to medical school." "Really ?" "That's not for sure." "Well, knowing Martin, I wouldn't worry." "I guess we won't be seeing much of you around here for a while." "Too bad." "You might be surprised." "Ally." "153.96 divided by 3." "51.32." "You sure the decimal goes there ?" "Can I go back to my game, please ?" "How many of these you have to do ?" "I have a double assignment." "Why ?" "You miss some days ?" "No." "Then what is it, son ?" "My teacher's stupid." "Cam..." "She is." "You don't know her." "Well, maybe if I talked to her, we could work it out." "She wants to talk to mom." "Did you order these tests on Sierra ?" "No." "Don't lie to me, doctor." "When I make a diagnosis, I expect you to adhere to it." "I believe Dr. Lanier requested them." "You can page him if you want to." "That won't be necessary." "You care so much, you can deal with it." "Can't be that bad." "She hates me." "Ange ?" "She's an equal opportunity hater." "She's just trying to toughen you up." "Yeah, but the thing is, she was right." "I screwed up today." "There's this very old woman who had a stroke, and when I secured the tube, I don't know, I must have dislodged it." " Maybe if i'd..." " We do what we can." "You can't save them all." "712, respond to an EDP on the tremain bridge." "Code 3." "Let Ange take it." "She's a drama queen." "No can do, Cole." "This is a personal invitation." "The jumper asked for you." "Let's go, Harp." "Well, it's about time." "Wyatt, you want in ?" "Oh, um, yeah." "2 bills says he jumps." "Hey, an optimist." "Are you Cole ?" "Uh, just my luck." "Why the hell does he want to talk to you ?" "I don't know." "Who is he ?" "I don't know." "His name's Tim Reston." "We knew each other in college." "We were friends for a while." "Well, what's his story ?" "Why is he up there ?" "He was just diagnosed with leukemia." "We ran on him today." "First time I've seen him in years." "Ok, we're gonna wire you up." "You ever done this before ?" "Not exactly." "What about maritime rescue ?" "It's on its way, but if he jumps from that height, it'll only be to recover the body, so take your time." "You know, the longer he's up there, the better his chances." "Draw him out." "Focus on the future." "On hope." "He's dying." "Yeah, well, we all gotta die sometime." "Just not him, not here, and not today." "You know, pretend you're his priest." "Bottom line, be his friend." " Ok, that might be harder than it sounds." " Yeah, well." "If anything happens, Harper, it's your show." "Nice view." "Yeah." "Hey, what color you think the sky is ?" "Blue." "But which blue ?" "Ultramarine ?" "Cerulean ?" "Cobalt ?" "Manganese with a touch of vermilion ?" "Or violet ?" "Just blue." "People see, but they don't see." "What are you doin' here, Reston ?" "I'm dying." "You could do that indoors." "You might have weeks or years left." "Yeah, maybe, but I think I'd like to be the one to choose." "So choose." "Don't make a big production out of it." "Go swallow some pills and get it over with." "Why'd you call for me ?" " Because I knew you'd come." " Yeah, right." "You know what I think ?" "I think that in your sad excuse for a life, at the end of the day, you had nobody else to call." "You want meto talk you out of this, I'm not gonna do it." "You want to off yourself, you just go right ahead." "Cole ?" "Cole, what the hell are you doing ?" "Ah, yeah, excellent strategy." "I get it." "Reverse psychology." "Good gamble." "Good gamble." "You can't blame a guy for tryin'." "I don't want you talking to his teacher." "Why ?" "Because this isn't about you." "No, it's about our son." "Our son." "It's a little late to claim ownership, Sack." "I want to be informed, Clare." "If the boy's having problems at school, if he's hitting other kids," "I'd like to know about it, ok ?" "No, no, it's not ok." "Because then you'll think you have a say in what time he goes to bed or what he eats for dinner." "And you don't, Sack." "You have no formal rights here." "You gave those up a long time ago." "Cam needs a father." "He has a stepfather." "Clare, you know that's not the same." "You're right, but 8 years ago, we spent 72 hours together, and then I didn't see you for 6 years." "And if I could change it..." "Clare, don't you see that's what I'm trying to do now ?" "Cam, let's go, honey." "Look, I'll think about it." "Mom, I rode in the ambulance." "We went the wrong way down a one-way street, then this guy had his fingers cut off." "There was blood everywhere, and I found the pinky." "You ok ?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "Tastes like..." "Piss ?" "Yeah." "Rothko slit his wrists." "Gorky hung himself." "Diane Arbus od'd and slit her wrists." "I mean, these are good artists, but they stick in our imagination because they killed themselves." "Suicide is art." "You don't believe that crap." "Probably not." "You called my wife ?" "She was, um, less than sympathetic." "Yeah, well, no surprise there." "I cheated on her, but I turned her into a great painting." "She's the only woman I really loved." "Just not enough." "What's this for ?" "It is an offering to Babaluaye." "Saint Lazarus." "He has special healing powers." "Mr. Sierra, we think your seizures may have been caused by a parasite called echinococcus that sometimes develops cysts in the brain." "Now, there are some medications that we can try, but you may need surgery." "Babaluaye will keep me safe." "I also did an Ebo for you." "An Ebo ?" "It's a devotion." "I wanted to give you something, so I did a special one." "To bring you love." "When we were in college," "I used to wake up every morning and think about the possibilities." "That there'd be thousands and thousands of days like this one." "Your friend Alice told me I can't paint anymore." "Cole, say something, quick." "You were right about her." "We were together." "Yeah." "A penguin could have figured that out." "So what happened ?" "Oh, same old story." "You know, we met in med school, lightning, thunderbolts, the whole fireworks display." "Then she went home for a week, and when she came back, it was like everything changed." "She was distant... sad." "Said she needed something different." "Well, was there another guy ?" "No, I don't think so." "I didn't know what to do, so I flipped a coin." "Heads, I stayed and tried to win her back." "Tails, I left." "Came down tails." "Wow." "You really believe in luck." "No, I just believe in random occurrence." "Coins land heads more often than tails because that side's heavier." "It still landed tails." "Pure chance." "Like getting leukemia." "Yeah, or like getting well and maybe painting again." "Chance works both ways." "You didn't really flip a coin, did you ?" "How about the rest of the story ?" "Was that true ?" "Or did they tell you to empathize with me ?" "Ok, how about I flip a coin ?" "All right ?" "I don't think that's such a great idea." "Heads, I live." "Tails, I die." "Reston..." "Come on." "You're the poker player." "Reston." "God, I'm so scared." "So don't do it." "Reston !" "No !" "Buy your kid that PSP he wanted." "Where'd you get this ?" "I got lucky." "Thanks to FRM Team for the transcript" "The Bloc Team Synchro :" "Tagne"