[traffic sounds]
[light music plays]
♪♪
[car engine starts]
[door closes]
Thank you!
[car horn honks twice]
Somebody checked in next door.
Okay. That's fine. You're not worried, are you?
We're being really careful. We're laying low.
Yeah, I mean, it's not a problem.
Yeah, in fact, maybe it's a good thing.
Maybe our new neighbors will have some insight into
how to win friends and influence others...
-I don't think so. -...by saving a life.
-You don't think so? -No. No.
I mean, I think that we're creative enough
to come up with some near-death scenario on our own.
Right. And what does that say about us as people?
We don't need to disturb them.
[knock on door]
What's the matter with you?
Me? What took you so long?
I had a few loose ends to tie up.
Why? Did you think I was gonna ditch you?
Or got lost.
You're very late, you know.
You're impatient.
You have no idea.
[lightly edgy music plays]
♪♪
[tropical music plays]
JACK: You ready?
Are you sure you're up for this?
Hey, I thought there were no take-backs.
I know, but why don't we start on that path to the beach
and then see how we feel?
I can handle a hike.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Not in those sandals, you can't.
Watch me. And try to keep up.
Thanks.
Okay! Here we go.
[chuckles] Home sweet home.
[Nate sighs]
So tell me.
How you feeling?
Not much has changed since you last asked me.
But if I'm being honest,
I wish I could have been awake to watch Dr. Price work.
You can't do that.
You're the patient, Dr. Hastings.
I know. It's just...disappointing.
The good news is that I anticipated
that you might feel that way,
so I had your procedure recorded for you.
-Seriously? -In case you wanted to watch
something other than baseball during your recovery.
-I'll have it sent over for you. -Wow.
Thank you.
Evidence of the first step to your comeback as a surgeon.
Hopeful comeback.
We feeling less optimistic?
More like realistic.
There's still a possibility this won't work.
Ma'am, are you all right?
Officer, the, um, the man that was just here--
where did they take him--Logan?
The morgue.
Right.
Look, I'm willing to answer any questions you have,
but can we please just give her a few minutes?
-She just lost her husband. -She's in shock.
-She should speak with a doctor. -I'm sorry. No one's going
anywhere until I can determine what happened here.
And I am willing to clear all of this up for you.
Because it's my fault.
We know there are two possible outcomes.
First, the surgery was a success,
you get to return to the O.R. and be a surgeon again.
With my fine motor skills restored.
Or, second, the surgery didn't do its job to fix your hand.
We tried and failed.
In that case, we gave it a good ol' college try.
It's disappointing, but...
it's not like you don't have other career options.
I could always go back to Winters.
Lily would be thrilled to have you.
And I would go back willingly.
But it's not what you really want.
You know, I'm... ready to let things play out.
Hopeful, but...not overly so.
Okay. For now... let's focus on your recovery.
Stabilize the hand.
No kickboxing or basketball.
You know, this is really gonna affect my hook shot.
You'll be back on the court in no time.
And juggling?
Do you juggle?
I mean, I was thinking about taking it up.
[scoffs] No juggling.
And before you ask,
no, uh, pickleball, playing the piano, or finger puppets.
Damn! It's gonna be long, boring recovery.
I will follow orders. I promise.
If everything goes as planned,
you'll start physical therapy soon.
I mean...
if you think about it...
finger puppets could be therapeutic.
Just sayin'.
I've been at this job for a moment to know
why someone's joking.
You're joking because you're nervous
about what's gonna happen next.
No matter what the outcome,
I will be with you every step of the way.
And I promise I will do my best
to make sure that it's not boring.
You're saying you did this?
Yep.
I was talking to Marie, and she was upset.
It's true. I was, but h--
Look, this place... it can be rough,
you know, and sometimes you have tough days
and the urge not to use is bad enough as-is.
And then you gotta...
dredge up all these feelings
of--of guilt and shame and inadequacy
and knowing that we let people we care about down,
that we let ourselves down.
You can really be pushed to the limits,
and sometimes you just need a friend, you know,
and that's what I was trying to do.
I was trying to be a friend, so I took her in my arms
just to comfort her, and then...
you know, her husband walked in.
What happened then?
He, uh...
he got angry and, uh, thought that I was
hitting on his wife or something.
I tried to explain to him the situation,
but he wasn't hearing it.
He got in my face and shoved me.
And I defended myself, and then he...
he fell down right here, and he must have hit his head.
And he just didn't get up.
Look, I feel terrible
that this man lost his life, but he was the aggressor.
I was simply defending myself.
You still think Sharon is the right idea
-for my heroic act? -I do. She loves being
a damsel in distress. She's had a lot of practice.
Trust me.
My friendship with her is really new.
We were adversaries for a really long time,
way longer than we've been friends.
-Adversaries? -Yeah.
Why? 'Cause of Nick?
Uh, yeah, definitely because of Nick, but...
You know...
she's a different kind of woman than I am.
And I find her personality to be grating.
-[chuckling] -She probably thinks
the same of me, maybe.
She probably doesn't love the idea of you hanging out with me.
She wants to psychoanalyze me on it,
that's for sure.
But when you come in and save her,
she's gonna have something else to focus on--
-your redemption for sure. -Right.
Take some pressure off of you, give you a break.
Yeah. Nick is usually saving her.
Now it's gonna be you. That's gonna be a change. Wow.
So...you say adversaries.
Like what kind of run-ins did you have with her?
She pushed me into a chocolate fountain.
-No kidding. -She pushed me down the stairs
-and put me in a coma. -Cool, cool, cool.
[laughs] Yeah.
Uh...
I had an affair with Nick while she was married to him.
So then I married him.
And then she had an affair with him.
-So there's that. -There's that.
Not sure what I've gotten myself in the middle of here.
Yeah, you know, it's just... it was a crazy time.
Yeah. Chocolate fountain crazy.
-Silly games. -Sounds kinda fun.
[Victoria and Kyle giggling]
-Thin walls. -Yeah.
[muffled giggling continues]
New neighbors are having a good time.
[smooth acoustic guitar chords]
[both laughing]
♪ We can feel that things are changing ♪
♪ Something 'bout the ring ♪
♪ In your name ♪
[both laughing]
♪ All I ever called you ♪
♪ Just a friend ♪
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪
♪ It seems it was a beginning ♪
♪♪
JACK: So much for the hike.
-Are you in pain? -Oh [groans] no.
The way you shouted when it bit you,
my God, I thought it was a reptile of some sort,
like one of those big geckos we've seen
-or even a snake. -It was a centipede.
Well, it was a big one. It was the size of my arm.
Thank you for exaggerating to heal my wounded ego.
I'm not, and even the clerk at the front
said the bigger the centipede, the more painful,
so you don't have to try and be brave for me.
Well, my foot is on fire right now.
All right, um, I think you need some ice.
They've gotta at least have an ice machine around here.
-Here in paradise? -Thanks for reminding me. Yes.
Paradise.
Turns out you were right about the sandals.
Oh, I'm always right about footwear.
Yeah. That and so many other things.
[groans] Ohh.
-Man, it's itching now. -Oh, and it looks like
it's swelling, so I'm gonna go get that ice,
-and you stay right here. -Well, I thought
I'd go on the rest of the hike, but...
-Very funny. -Just trying to keep a smile
on that beautiful face.
Oh!
[liquid pouring]
Here you go.
Thank you.
Oh.
Thank you. Uh...
you know you don't need to take care of me post-op.
This is not a part of your duty as chief of staff.
I'm here as a friend.
What, you afraid I'm gonna pass out?
Have a bad reaction to the anesthesia?
You might need some smelling salts after you get my bill.
[both chuckling]
I'm just concerned that you might overexert yourself.
Doctors make the worst patients.
We do assume we know everything.
Mm-hmm. Try to direct the care.
If you were awake during your surgery,
you probably woulda told the team what to do.
[laughing]
That's a possibility.
I just want you to take all necessary precautions
to have a speedy recovery.
I want you to be in top form
when you step back into that O.R.
Thank you.
You know, I don't think I would have admitted to myself
how much I wanted this,
let alone find a way to make it happen...
...if it weren't for you.
Ma'am, the victim was your husband.
Yes.
Ma'am, could you tell me what happened?
She didn't see anything. She wasn't here.
How is that possible?
Oh, I could see where things were going.
Logan was getting very aggressive,
so I asked Marie to leave the room.
She wasn't here. She has no idea what went down.
Is that true?
Okay. Sharon works at the coffeehouse.
Maybe the cappuccino machine can blow up.
Okay, no. No to all explosions.
I recently blew up a gas station in the desert.
There were a lot of people inside--one of them was Sharon.
-Right, right, right. -Here's the thing.
I would a hundred percent put my life on the line
to save Sharon. I would.
I owe her that much.
-I know you would. -Yeah, in a heartbeat.
I wish everyone in town could be here
and have this conversation with you and see your face.
-See my face? -Yeah, just...
you're 100% sincere.
[softly] I am.
We should focus. We have to focus on a plan.
-Let's do that. -Right. Yeah, let's do that.
Okay, okay, okay. Here we go.
How 'bout--how 'bout this? How 'bout, um...
Sharon's crossing the street and there's, like,
a bus barreling down the road, and at the very last second,
I whisk her back to the curb and to safety.
I don't think we have the luxury to wait for a bus.
True. That can be very time-consuming.
She has a tendency to be kidnapped.
I think it's awesome that my mind is a total blank,
because, like, the old Matt Clark
would already have like a thousand different ways
for me to hurt another human being, and now...
I know, because it would be right to Matt Clark.
Well, that, but this is not real. None of this is real.
Nobody can actually be in harm's way.
We just gotta keep thinking.
We'll--we'll come up with something.
[Cockney accent] Phyllis, I think I've got it.
Did I, um...
did I make up for being late?
Absolutely.
Well, you know...
-I-I should go. -Hey.
You know, I thought about you a lot.
I mean...this.
I tried not to, but...
[sighs] it's just too good.
Me too.
[laughs]
But this is crazy. I mean, this is crazy.
We can't keep doing this.
What?
Meeting up like this. I mean...no.
Not on a regular basis, at least, because if we...
if we do, it'll just be--
An affair.
Consistent.
Not as easy to write off.
I mean, if we're already... [laughs]
we've failed at making it a one-time thing.
Oh, I don't see it as a failure.
We make the rules. If we want to, um...
Get together...
why's that a problem?
Give me one good reason.
We'll get caught.
Not if we're careful.
I mean, honestly,
what's the worst that could happen
if we keep meeting up in secret?
-Hey! -DEVON: Hi. Hey, hey!
Hello! How's our patient?
Is he taking advantage of your good nature?
I know. He's a handful.
Ooh! Low blow.
What? I'm sorry!
He's been fine. Although we have discussed
that doctors have a tendency to rush their recovery.
So I'm glad you two are here now.
I need to run some errands,
check in at the hospital.
I thought it was your day off.
Is there such a thing? So you be good.
I'll check in with you afterwards.
All right. Oh, and thank you so much.
My pleasure.
Bye.
-Bye. -Take care.
So how is that hand feeling?
I know it's there,
but it doesn't feel like much at the moment.
-Is it too soon to tell? -Yeah, uh,
surgery went well. Everyone's optimistic.
I'm just hoping for more movement and dexterity.
That's the goal, anyway.
God, it's so exciting. You could be going back
to a career that you really, really love.
Well, I'm not ready to mentally go there just yet,
just in case there's any setbacks.
-So cautious optimism. -Exactly. Exactly.
Praying that this works
and I can go back to being a surgeon soon.
Well, we're both praying for the same thing, man.
Yeah, and you took a step in the right direction, so...
And now we wait and see what comes next.
Thanks again, Doctor.
You didn't need to get them to send a doctor.
And sit here worrying while your big toe puffs up?
Ah, it appears I'm going to live,
though I got the distinct impression the doctor thought
we were making too big a deal out of the bite.
Well, after everything we've been through,
better safe than sorry.
-Wait--don't start. -No--what?
This isn't funny. I was attacked by a six-inch monster
with more than 100 legs!
I thought it was a snake.
A snake would have been a whole lot better
than being taken down by a bug.
You're laughing at my pain?
N-no. No. I-I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Um...
on a scale of one to ten, what is your pain?
My toe a four, my ego a ten.
I have been bedridden by something we can stomp on.
-Stop. -I'm telling you,
he saw me coming. He had it in for me.
-Ow. -Okay.
So what is the plan
when we come home and you've got this...
giant, swollen foot?
I was attacked by a vicious reptile.
-I got stung by a jellyfish. -Hmm.
I didn't wear the shoes my wife told me to wear.
There you go.
If we tell Kyle that, we also have to tell them
you had your finger stuck in a bottle.
Oh, God, we're so embarrassing.
I know somebody who will enjoy the story.
Oh, and he'll laugh himself silly.
TOGETHER: Harrison.
He'll be so proud of his Didi and grandpa.
The rugged survivors.
-[laughs] -Ow!
Ooh. Ooh.
Ah.
I--I mean, just...imagine.
Imagine if people found out about this.
Your parents? My father?
You really know how to put a damper on a good thing.
How would Claire feel?
Or Summer. I mean, it would be a disaster.
Hey, hey.
We don't have to explain ourselves to anyone.
It's not like we're dating.
Oh, God, no!
-W-- -No, that would be horrible.
W--thanks.
No. You know what I mean.
It's physical.
Purely. Purely physical, yeah.
So you're thinking why take the chance?
I just think, you know, I think that it's too risky.
To give in to physical attraction, it's just...
selfish.
Yeah.
So we're agreed then, right? This--this ends
right here, right now.
Does Sharon have...
-any allergies? -Yes.
So--so here's what happens, right?
She "accidentally" ingests something
that she's allergic to, and then I'm there
to save the day with an epinephrine injection, right?
And she's not in any danger, right, because I'm prepared,
I'm ready, I'm standing there with the antidote.
That's it. What? What do you--what do you think?
No! Absolutely not.
With all due respect, officer, she shouldn't even be here.
-She doesn't know anything. -I'm inclined to agree.
I'm not going anywhere.
Nice try, Nick, but I'm not letting you take the fall.
-Marie, don't. -No, no.
No. He didn't witness the fight, okay?
My husband and I, we were alone.
He came at me, he grabbed me, and I pushed him away
and then--he just went down,
and then he just-- he stayed down.
It was me.
I did it. Not Nick.
[somber music plays]
Man, so how long do you have to keep that hand
immobilized like that?
Uh, not too long, hopefully.
It's good to get the tendons moving as soon as possible.
Yeah, but is that one of those things
that Stephanie was saying about overdoing it?
No, no, I swear. Movement is healing.
I hope you end up back in that operating room
performing surgery, man.
You know, I realized that we've all had amazing surgeons
-that have helped us. -That is very true.
Lots of obstacles we all faced, haven't we?
I know. But we're here, together.
And I like to think that it made us all better people for it,
-helped us grow. -Well, I mean,
I've always been perfect, so...
-Of course you have. -[laughter]
I just wanna say it's good to have you two here,
supporting me the way you have.
Nate, there's nowhere else we'd rather be.
It hasn't always been this way, has it?
Us being so close.
No. I'm glad things are different now.
And, you know, I'm sad I'm losing you guys at Winters,
but I am very proud of the paths that you're both on.
And I'm proud to leave the company in your hands.
And I am proud of being in this family.
You know what? Let's toast, shall we?
-DEVON: Please. -Um...
to the Winters family,
and especially to you. May all of your prayers
be answered and your dreams fulfilled.
To Dr. Hastings,
soon-to-be surgeon again!
Doctor!
-Cheers. -DEVON: Cheers!
I need you to just give it a minute, all right?
Let's think this through.
It's the truth, okay?
I was the person involved in the altercation, all right?
Logan came at me.
Did anyone else witness the fight?
No. We were alone.
I don't have anybody to back me up.
You just have to, um, you have to take my word for it.
-We need to talk about this. -There's no point, okay?
I did what I did and what happened happened.
And I can't undo that now.
So I'm ready. I'm ready to face the consequences.
-You all right? -Yeah, no, I'm fine.
It's just--okay, the allergy thing? No. No.
I mean, Patty knew that my daughter had a peanut allergy,
and she made sure she had an allergic reaction to something,
and Summer almost died.
So I can't do that to Sharon. I can't do it to anyone.
I'm--I'm so sorry.
You told me that, and I forgot
and I really should have remembered it. I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have brought up such a painful memory.
Yeah, you forgot. It's okay.
This is--just maybe the whole hero thing is just a dumb idea.
We should go back to the original plan.
No!
Absolutely not. You're not leaving.
No, you're staying here with me. Give it some time.
We'll think of something. I just--the allergy thing,
-I can't do it. -I'm so sorry. You're right.
I-I just--I thought it was a safe plan
because I'd be there with the cure...
-Right. -...right away. I'm so grateful,
Phyllis. I...thank you.
Thanks for being on my side.
Of course. We're gonna think of something.
Right? I have to take care of some things.
I think it's probably a good idea
if I leave first and then you follow.
But, uh, not too quickly afterwards.
Well...
this was fun while it lasted.
Yes. But you're on board, right?
-I mean, you understand? -I do. It's the right call.
I'll see you around.
Not if I see you first.
Goodbye.
Bye.
[phone rings]
[ringing]
Hey, Lauren.
How was the meeting?
Oh, wow. Okay, so what was the response to that?
♪♪
Thank you so much.
Yes. If he's still in pain when we get back,
he will come in for a follow-up.
Goodbye.
Well, I feel a lot better getting a second opinion
-from your doctor. -And they all seem to agree.
Nothing that ice, ointment, and aspirin won't treat.
In the meantime, I'm your nurse.
Oh, I like that.
Uh, nurse, could you come a little closer?
Okay.
-Oh, thank you. -Sure.
Maybe a little closer still?
Could you show me your best bedside manner?
Mmm!
-Oh! -What?
What, what, what, what, what?
-I think your foot hit my toe. -Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry.
-It's all right. It's all right. -Okay.
You know how to make me feel better, right?
So--so what now?
I have some more questions.
It'd be best if you came with me down to the station.
No. No, you can't do that.
You can't take her outta here. She is in treatment.
She clearly acted in self-defense.
A man was killed. She confessed she did it.
Are you putting her under arrest?
Brought in for further questioning.
I'm going willingly, Nick, okay?
I'm cooperating, okay?
-Do something. -This is out of my hands.
Will you just give me a second?
I appreciate everything that you're trying to do.
I'm gonna be fine. I'm ready.
-I'm ready to face what's next. -No. No. You are not.
What, you don't trust a murdering addict?
Okay. We're joking now?
-If you're laughing, we are. -I'm not laughing.
I'm not either.
On the plus side...
Logan made me feel worthless.
And I know I shouldn't play the blame game,
but, I mean, it was a big percentage of why I got high.
So maybe with him out of the picture, I can just...
Marie, Marie, no.
Plus, plus, plus,
you know, now I guess I don't have to pay for
the divorce lawyer, so...
I appreciate you being a friend.
I really, really do.
But I gotta go this one alone.
Okay?
PHYLLIS: You were right to ask for those stipulations.
Also, we need those missing documents.
Can you get those from them?
Yeah. Oh, I saw Nick. I saw him in rehab.
Anyway, I found my keys. Uh, let's talk later.
Thanks for calling, love.
Didn't think you'd be back so soon.
-I just saw Phyllis. -Where--did she see you?
No, but it was close. Way too close.
I-I didn't even-- I didn't even see her.
I didn't see where she came from.
Okay. How did you avoid her?
I hid behind the housekeeping cart.
Well, good thinking. I'm glad you acted fast.
You see? This is exactly what I was talking about.
-Getting caught! -I never expected to see
anyone we knew here, especially Phyllis.
What was she doing at this motel?
♪♪
My toe still there, or has it fallen off?
-Still there. -Oh, good.
This trip hasn't exactly gone as expected.
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm actually really happy.
I mean, not about your toe, of course.
Then what?
The two of us together, laughing, talking.
Not--not fighting with each other.
Yeah, it's quite an improvement
over the way things were not long ago.
I thought I'd lost you.
I wasn't sure I could ever get you back,
that you'd ever forgive me.
I think I understand more now what it takes to forgive.
What it took you and Kyle and everyone else
to forgive me.
Sometimes it's more about understanding yourself
than understanding the other, isn't it?
I think so.
I love you so much.
No matter how angry I was...
I never doubted that I still loved you.
And now here with you
in paradise...
I think I'm falling in love with you all over again.
I'm back! With takeout.
Look at you, spoiling me.
Please come in.
So...how's everything at the hospital?
-Any emergencies? -Oh, you know.
-It's a hospital. -[chuckles] True.
But nothing out of the ordinary, so I will take that as a win
and enjoy the rest of my day off.
Mm. Ah, you know,
I got the video of the surgery.
Thank you for sharing that.
Of course.
Would you like to watch it with me?
-I can put it on the TV. -I'd love to.
Oh, look at us, two medical nerds...
-about to watch a surgery. -Ooh.
I can't think of a better way to spend the afternoon.
Or a better person to spend it with.
Accountability. It's the name of the game, you know?
I haven't really been very good at it so far, but, um,
you know, look at me now.
You need a lawyer.
-Yeah. -Listen to me.
There's a man who's gonna be coming to see you.
His name is Michael Baldwin. You trust him.
You do everything he says.
You trying to earn more hero points?
I'm just trying to be a friend.
Thank you.
For trying.
I'm ready.
I'm sorry if I...
broke the rules by trying to take the blame for that.
You were trying to help.
I just don't wanna see her spiral.
The only person who can make that choice is Marie.
If Phyllis found out about this, our situation,
oh, my God, we would never hear the end of it.
-You know that, right? -"Situation"?
Uh...tryst, encounter.
I mean, you pick the word.
Okay, how 'bout fun?
She could use it to her advantage.
She could blackmail both of us if she wanted to.
Okay, are you really afraid of Phyllis?
You said yourself she didn't see you.
I don't know. I mean, maybe she did.
-Maybe I was wrong. -I think you're being paranoid.
Victoria, we are fine. No one saw us.
No one followed us here... least of all Phyllis.
Then why was she here?
-You're back. -Right.
I'm back. Listen, I was walking around...
-I get it. -...thinking about this.
-I know you can't do it. -I can't do it.
I can't do it. I'm sorry.
We'll think of something else, I promise.
You're gonna win over the Newmans.
You will.
And you're gonna be here
and stay here, and you'll stay with me.
And this'll be good for Sharon
because you're gonna rescue her
and she won't be afraid of you anymore.
-I really like that. -Yeah.
And you'll be accepted and you'll create a new life,
and I'm gonna be part of that life.
Thank you so much for caring about me, Phyllis.
I appreciate that.
And I know how much you're sacrificing,
and I'm gonna make it up to you.
I-I'm gonna make it worth your time.
I know you will.
[percussive music swells]
♪♪
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