1 00:00:12,992 --> 00:00:15,870 [dramatic orchestral music] 2 00:00:15,911 --> 00:00:23,085 * * 3 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,259 - Look, I had my pick of hospitals, 4 00:00:30,301 --> 00:00:32,720 and not just in Texas-- around the country. 5 00:00:32,762 --> 00:00:34,221 Around the world, if we're being honest. 6 00:00:34,263 --> 00:00:36,348 I'm talking about top spinal centers. 7 00:00:36,390 --> 00:00:38,309 But the reason I chose UGH 8 00:00:38,350 --> 00:00:40,269 is because I believe in 9 00:00:40,311 --> 00:00:42,063 building something from the ground up 10 00:00:42,104 --> 00:00:43,856 and really entrenching the culture 11 00:00:43,898 --> 00:00:46,817 into the DNA of the hospital, make sure that every doctor 12 00:00:46,859 --> 00:00:48,277 that walks through those doors after me 13 00:00:48,319 --> 00:00:49,987 knows how to do things the proper way, 14 00:00:50,029 --> 00:00:52,490 'cause I'm gonna change how we do surgery here in Texas, 15 00:00:52,531 --> 00:00:53,908 bring it into the 21st century. 16 00:00:53,949 --> 00:00:55,993 - Rolling out the red carpet for this guy, 17 00:00:56,035 --> 00:00:57,328 offering him heaven and Earth. 18 00:00:57,370 --> 00:00:59,038 Doesn't make any sense. 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,957 So what's the plan to deal with this human hot air balloon? 20 00:01:01,999 --> 00:01:03,209 - It's incubating. 21 00:01:03,250 --> 00:01:05,669 - Well, we're off to a rollicking start. 22 00:01:05,711 --> 00:01:08,672 I ever tell you the broken arm story I heard in Landstuhl? 23 00:01:08,714 --> 00:01:10,299 - No, and I don't want to hear it now. 24 00:01:10,341 --> 00:01:12,510 - It was right after Operation Phantom Fury. 25 00:01:12,551 --> 00:01:15,096 The Marines got this guy, Abdul something-or-other. 26 00:01:15,137 --> 00:01:17,223 He and his men had been leading these guerrilla attacks 27 00:01:17,264 --> 00:01:19,308 in Afghanistan, took out a bunch of Humvees. 28 00:01:19,350 --> 00:01:21,185 He's interrogated, doesn't say a word. 29 00:01:21,227 --> 00:01:23,437 They must have had him five, six days. 30 00:01:23,479 --> 00:01:25,106 They get these orders to release him. 31 00:01:25,147 --> 00:01:26,565 Everybody knows he's the bastard 32 00:01:26,607 --> 00:01:28,275 who's been attacking 'em, but now they gotta let him go. 33 00:01:28,317 --> 00:01:29,735 So you know what they did? 34 00:01:29,777 --> 00:01:32,363 They broke both arms in four different places, 35 00:01:32,405 --> 00:01:33,906 wrapped him up, sent him on his way. 36 00:01:33,948 --> 00:01:34,907 Never heard from him again. 37 00:01:34,949 --> 00:01:35,950 - So you're saying that we should 38 00:01:35,991 --> 00:01:37,451 break Duntsch's arms? 39 00:01:37,493 --> 00:01:38,953 - Abso-fuckin'-lutely. 40 00:01:38,994 --> 00:01:40,538 - Before it was his hands, and now it's his arms? 41 00:01:40,579 --> 00:01:42,289 - I'll settle for his fingers. 42 00:01:42,331 --> 00:01:43,958 - Oh, my God. 43 00:01:43,999 --> 00:01:46,627 - Feel free to share your nuggets of brilliance. 44 00:01:48,462 --> 00:01:52,007 - There's Sasani. We should go and talk to him. 45 00:01:52,049 --> 00:01:53,968 - Discuss our way to justice? 46 00:01:54,009 --> 00:01:55,845 Sexy plan, per usual. 47 00:01:55,886 --> 00:01:59,390 - I'm more than happy to do this on my own. 48 00:01:59,432 --> 00:02:00,766 - Lead the way. 49 00:02:00,808 --> 00:02:02,101 - A city with a thriving medical community. 50 00:02:02,143 --> 00:02:04,770 But in looking around, UG wanted to find a niche, 51 00:02:04,812 --> 00:02:06,439 areas where we could specialize, 52 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,274 provide quality health care for those who don't have millions-- 53 00:02:08,315 --> 00:02:09,650 - Congratulations, bud. 54 00:02:09,692 --> 00:02:11,777 You wanted a neurosurgeon, you hired a Neanderthal. 55 00:02:11,819 --> 00:02:13,362 [chuckles] 56 00:02:13,404 --> 00:02:16,198 - This is Dr. Randall Kirby. We were in med school together. 57 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,075 - Mm. - Been a kidder all his life. 58 00:02:18,117 --> 00:02:20,369 - Ever the kidder. - Now may we talk in private? 59 00:02:20,411 --> 00:02:21,662 - Well, we want to stick around, 60 00:02:21,704 --> 00:02:23,748 sing like canaries so everybody can hear. 61 00:02:23,789 --> 00:02:25,416 La-la-la-la-la! 62 00:02:25,458 --> 00:02:26,834 - Please come with me. 63 00:02:26,876 --> 00:02:29,670 Dr. Kirby, would you grab me a cocktail, a margarita, 64 00:02:29,712 --> 00:02:33,340 spicy, with one of those little umbrellas in it? 65 00:02:33,382 --> 00:02:35,009 So I take it you heard about Duntsch. 66 00:02:35,051 --> 00:02:37,344 - I've only heard good things. - [chuckles] 67 00:02:37,386 --> 00:02:39,013 I've got X-rays of his handiwork 68 00:02:39,055 --> 00:02:40,389 in the trunk of my car. 69 00:02:40,431 --> 00:02:42,683 I could pass them out as party favors here. 70 00:02:42,725 --> 00:02:44,477 - Thought you were supposed to be the nice one. 71 00:02:44,518 --> 00:02:45,853 - That's funny. 72 00:02:45,895 --> 00:02:47,813 - He received a clean letter from Baylor. 73 00:02:47,855 --> 00:02:50,024 There was no negative reports from Dallas Medical, 74 00:02:50,066 --> 00:02:51,984 nothing in the National Practitioner's Data Bank. 75 00:02:52,026 --> 00:02:54,862 - You've got to fire him. - On what grounds? 76 00:02:54,904 --> 00:02:57,948 - Whatever grounds you come up with. 77 00:02:57,990 --> 00:03:00,117 - UGH isn't Baylor-Plano. 78 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:03,037 We don't have investors lined up at the door. 79 00:03:03,079 --> 00:03:05,373 Hate to be crass, but the average neurosurgeon 80 00:03:05,414 --> 00:03:08,542 is worth $2.4 million in revenue. 81 00:03:08,584 --> 00:03:11,504 Our entire mission is to provide affordable health care 82 00:03:11,545 --> 00:03:13,339 to low-income patients who've been turned away 83 00:03:13,381 --> 00:03:14,632 by every other hospital in the city. 84 00:03:14,673 --> 00:03:16,801 - Duntsch is not the only game in town. 85 00:03:16,842 --> 00:03:18,302 - I just hired him. 86 00:03:18,344 --> 00:03:20,846 If I fire him without incident, I'll be facing a lawsuit. 87 00:03:20,888 --> 00:03:25,309 - So morality equals, what, dollars and cents? 88 00:03:25,351 --> 00:03:27,561 - If you've got some kind of personal vendetta against him, 89 00:03:27,603 --> 00:03:30,564 that's your matter, not mine. 90 00:03:30,606 --> 00:03:32,024 And you'd better be prepared to be called 91 00:03:32,066 --> 00:03:34,694 the surgeon that turns against his colleagues. 92 00:03:34,735 --> 00:03:38,406 Now, I would have expected that kind of behavior from Kirby, 93 00:03:38,447 --> 00:03:41,283 but not from someone of your stature. 94 00:03:41,325 --> 00:03:44,286 [opera music playing] 95 00:03:44,328 --> 00:03:47,248 [indistinct chatter] 96 00:03:47,289 --> 00:03:54,463 * * 97 00:04:03,472 --> 00:04:05,099 - Oh! - Oh, I'm so sorry. 98 00:04:05,141 --> 00:04:06,809 - Oh. 99 00:04:06,851 --> 00:04:07,810 - So-- 100 00:04:09,186 --> 00:04:11,939 so was he fired or was he allowed to resign? 101 00:04:11,981 --> 00:04:14,483 - That's confidential, Dr. Henderson. 102 00:04:14,525 --> 00:04:16,610 - Your hospital did not report him 103 00:04:16,652 --> 00:04:17,945 to the Texas Medical Board. 104 00:04:17,987 --> 00:04:19,739 You did not report him to the Data Bank. 105 00:04:19,780 --> 00:04:22,033 - He had temporary privileges. 106 00:04:22,074 --> 00:04:24,118 - So you weren't required to. 107 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,954 You called me to perform the revision surgery on Mrs. Beyer. 108 00:04:26,996 --> 00:04:28,164 - Yes, I did. 109 00:04:28,205 --> 00:04:30,124 - So you saw firsthand what he did to her, 110 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:31,250 what he did to Dorothy Burke. 111 00:04:31,292 --> 00:04:32,376 And after all that, 112 00:04:32,418 --> 00:04:33,627 Dallas Medical let him walk away. 113 00:04:33,669 --> 00:04:35,463 - They were untoward outcomes, 114 00:04:35,504 --> 00:04:36,756 and we did what we thought was best. 115 00:04:36,797 --> 00:04:39,175 - Except for the patients. 116 00:04:39,216 --> 00:04:43,471 - Every neurosurgeon makes mistakes, Dr. Henderson. 117 00:04:43,512 --> 00:04:45,598 Have you had complications in your career? 118 00:04:46,974 --> 00:04:49,935 Someday the untoward outcome could be your own. 119 00:04:49,977 --> 00:04:51,395 And you wouldn't want a rogue doctor 120 00:04:51,437 --> 00:04:53,314 breaking up your welcome party. 121 00:04:53,356 --> 00:05:00,529 * * 122 00:05:01,447 --> 00:05:02,656 - I'll have a shot 123 00:05:02,698 --> 00:05:04,283 of whatever's closest to your hand. 124 00:05:04,325 --> 00:05:11,415 * * 125 00:05:13,292 --> 00:05:15,044 I think I figured it out. 126 00:05:17,004 --> 00:05:19,173 You wanted him under an exclusive contract 127 00:05:19,215 --> 00:05:20,883 with your hospital. 128 00:05:20,925 --> 00:05:23,511 Someone like Duntsch, from a program like Semmes-Murphey, 129 00:05:23,552 --> 00:05:24,512 he's the perfect target. 130 00:05:24,553 --> 00:05:26,138 Not only is he marketable, 131 00:05:26,180 --> 00:05:29,016 but Baylor makes a profit off of every procedure he performs. 132 00:05:29,058 --> 00:05:31,936 So if the hospital makes significantly more money 133 00:05:31,977 --> 00:05:33,604 from the ones it owns as opposed to the doctors 134 00:05:33,646 --> 00:05:35,314 who only have privileges, then it is about 135 00:05:35,356 --> 00:05:38,526 the goddamn bottom line in the end, am I right? 136 00:05:38,567 --> 00:05:45,700 * * 137 00:05:52,998 --> 00:05:56,085 - Got a minute? - Oh, yes, sir. Please. Sit. 138 00:05:56,127 --> 00:05:58,462 - You told me you were going to stop him. 139 00:06:00,464 --> 00:06:01,549 - What are you doing here? 140 00:06:01,590 --> 00:06:02,925 - They're throwing a party for him. 141 00:06:02,967 --> 00:06:04,760 - Well, I know you're frustrated, and so am I, 142 00:06:04,802 --> 00:06:06,303 but I've got it under control. 143 00:06:06,345 --> 00:06:07,722 - Under control? How, exactly? 144 00:06:07,763 --> 00:06:09,765 - There's a process. - What process? 145 00:06:09,807 --> 00:06:12,435 Mrs. Beyer could have died. Dorothy Burke did, she died. 146 00:06:12,476 --> 00:06:14,562 And how about that hole in Elaine Johnson's esophagus? 147 00:06:14,603 --> 00:06:16,897 - Hey, whatever it is you think you're gonna accomplish today, 148 00:06:16,939 --> 00:06:18,482 I guarantee you it's not gonna work. 149 00:06:18,524 --> 00:06:20,443 I've used every tool in this system 150 00:06:20,484 --> 00:06:21,777 available to me to stop him. 151 00:06:21,819 --> 00:06:23,988 I contacted the Medical Board. 152 00:06:24,030 --> 00:06:26,532 I filed a report. I talked with Skadden. 153 00:06:26,574 --> 00:06:28,534 - And you've accomplished nothing, Robert. 154 00:06:28,576 --> 00:06:30,202 All of the mechanisms that are in place 155 00:06:30,244 --> 00:06:31,787 to deal with these problems have failed. 156 00:06:31,829 --> 00:06:33,164 Your system has failed. 157 00:06:33,205 --> 00:06:34,457 I've always respected you. 158 00:06:34,498 --> 00:06:36,125 I thought you were a man of high moral standing, 159 00:06:36,167 --> 00:06:39,962 but you're just another spoke in the wheel. 160 00:06:40,004 --> 00:06:46,927 * * 161 00:07:02,777 --> 00:07:05,696 [opera music echoing] 162 00:07:05,738 --> 00:07:10,951 * * 163 00:07:10,993 --> 00:07:14,205 - Do I know you? 164 00:07:14,246 --> 00:07:16,874 - We never met. 165 00:07:16,916 --> 00:07:19,335 - Hmm. 166 00:07:19,377 --> 00:07:21,587 You look so familiar. 167 00:07:22,463 --> 00:07:24,465 Just one of those faces, I guess. 168 00:07:24,507 --> 00:07:29,553 * * 169 00:07:29,595 --> 00:07:31,889 - I know you. 170 00:07:31,931 --> 00:07:35,226 - Well, I am the man of the hour. 171 00:07:35,267 --> 00:07:38,020 Mind passing me a towel? I'm out over here. 172 00:07:38,062 --> 00:07:45,027 * * 173 00:07:48,531 --> 00:07:51,784 [soft tense music] 174 00:07:51,826 --> 00:07:54,203 Dr. Christopher Duntsch. 175 00:07:54,245 --> 00:07:55,496 - Robert Henderson. 176 00:07:55,538 --> 00:07:58,082 * * 177 00:07:58,124 --> 00:07:59,375 - Robert Henderson. 178 00:07:59,417 --> 00:08:02,169 * * 179 00:08:02,211 --> 00:08:03,629 Robert Henderson. 180 00:08:03,671 --> 00:08:07,717 * * 181 00:08:07,758 --> 00:08:08,718 [snaps fingers] 182 00:08:08,759 --> 00:08:10,511 * * 183 00:08:10,553 --> 00:08:13,973 You're the one who turned me in to the Texas Medical Board. 184 00:08:15,683 --> 00:08:17,309 - I am. 185 00:08:17,351 --> 00:08:21,022 - [takes deep breath] 186 00:08:21,063 --> 00:08:23,649 You came for me, and I'm still here. 187 00:08:23,691 --> 00:08:25,359 Why is that? 188 00:08:25,401 --> 00:08:27,862 - Well, I can't figure out if you're just incompetent 189 00:08:27,903 --> 00:08:29,405 or you're doing all this on purpose, 190 00:08:29,447 --> 00:08:32,199 and that makes you insane. 191 00:08:32,241 --> 00:08:35,828 - Did you know that people used to say that Nikola Tesla 192 00:08:35,870 --> 00:08:38,831 was possessed by demons? 193 00:08:38,873 --> 00:08:40,916 Regular folk had to come up with a negative label 194 00:08:40,958 --> 00:08:44,045 'cause they just couldn't comprehend his genius. 195 00:08:44,086 --> 00:08:45,713 - I've gone over all of your cases, 196 00:08:45,755 --> 00:08:49,050 and I don't see any signs of genius at all. 197 00:08:49,091 --> 00:08:51,719 - That's because you're staring into the sun. 198 00:08:53,471 --> 00:08:55,556 My surgeries were perfect. 199 00:08:55,598 --> 00:08:58,059 Every one. 200 00:08:58,100 --> 00:08:59,477 Now, 201 00:08:59,518 --> 00:09:02,897 circulating nurses, X-ray techs, 202 00:09:02,938 --> 00:09:08,235 administrators, they can all be so distracting. 203 00:09:08,277 --> 00:09:11,113 We've all had complications, right? 204 00:09:11,155 --> 00:09:13,699 Even you, Robert. 205 00:09:13,741 --> 00:09:16,410 Woodland Arp comes to mind, doesn't he? 206 00:09:16,452 --> 00:09:18,996 * * 207 00:09:19,038 --> 00:09:20,873 It's all so human, isn't it? 208 00:09:20,915 --> 00:09:24,418 You look at someone like me, 209 00:09:24,460 --> 00:09:28,589 someone younger, smarter, 210 00:09:28,631 --> 00:09:31,467 more capable, 211 00:09:31,509 --> 00:09:34,428 just filling up all the spaces, 212 00:09:34,470 --> 00:09:37,390 sucking up all the oxygen. 213 00:09:37,431 --> 00:09:39,850 And then there's you. 214 00:09:39,892 --> 00:09:44,230 Tired, old, weak. 215 00:09:44,271 --> 00:09:45,940 * * 216 00:09:45,981 --> 00:09:48,442 - I'm gonna revoke your medical license. 217 00:09:48,484 --> 00:09:51,904 * * 218 00:09:51,946 --> 00:09:56,367 - Well, shit. You can try. 219 00:09:56,409 --> 00:09:59,078 Maybe you'll even succeed. 220 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,663 But if you take my license in Texas, 221 00:10:00,705 --> 00:10:02,415 there's still 49 other states. 222 00:10:02,456 --> 00:10:05,084 Hell, there's an entire world out there. 223 00:10:05,126 --> 00:10:06,961 And everybody's looking for a good surgeon 224 00:10:07,002 --> 00:10:08,462 with good credentials. 225 00:10:08,504 --> 00:10:10,673 * * 226 00:10:10,715 --> 00:10:12,925 But if you come for me, 227 00:10:12,967 --> 00:10:16,804 you better be ready for what I'm gonna do to you. 228 00:10:16,846 --> 00:10:19,348 I will take your money. 229 00:10:19,390 --> 00:10:21,642 I will take your career. 230 00:10:21,684 --> 00:10:26,188 I will take what little reputation you've ever had. 231 00:10:26,230 --> 00:10:28,691 * * 232 00:10:28,733 --> 00:10:30,484 You want to hit me? 233 00:10:30,526 --> 00:10:31,902 * * 234 00:10:31,944 --> 00:10:34,363 Go ahead, Robert. 235 00:10:34,405 --> 00:10:35,865 I'm right here. 236 00:10:35,906 --> 00:10:37,992 * * 237 00:10:38,034 --> 00:10:39,160 That's what I thought. 238 00:10:39,201 --> 00:10:39,994 You don't-- 239 00:10:40,036 --> 00:10:43,164 [dramatic opera music] 240 00:10:43,205 --> 00:10:50,129 * * 241 00:11:04,518 --> 00:11:06,353 [distant pounding] 242 00:11:06,395 --> 00:11:07,605 * * 243 00:11:07,646 --> 00:11:09,648 [distant pounding] 244 00:11:09,690 --> 00:11:11,025 [knock at door] - Hey! 245 00:11:11,067 --> 00:11:12,902 If you need a plunger, there's one under the sink. 246 00:11:12,943 --> 00:11:15,196 * * 247 00:11:15,237 --> 00:11:17,031 - We're not going to Duntsch's welcome party. 248 00:11:17,073 --> 00:11:18,157 - Come on, you gotta be shitting me. 249 00:11:18,199 --> 00:11:19,325 What the hell happened in here? 250 00:11:19,367 --> 00:11:20,826 - It's not gonna work. 251 00:11:20,868 --> 00:11:23,329 We've exhausted every possibility. 252 00:11:23,371 --> 00:11:24,705 * * 253 00:11:24,747 --> 00:11:26,248 - So what do you wanna do? 254 00:11:26,290 --> 00:11:27,416 You wanna roll over on your back, 255 00:11:27,458 --> 00:11:29,377 put your little paws up in the air? 256 00:11:35,841 --> 00:11:38,761 [upbeat disco music] 257 00:11:38,803 --> 00:11:45,976 * * 258 00:12:15,673 --> 00:12:18,551 [heart monitor beeping] 259 00:12:20,136 --> 00:12:22,263 - Afternoon. - Good afternoon, Doctor. 260 00:12:22,304 --> 00:12:24,640 - Everyone in here today get a chance to meet Dr. Duntsch? 261 00:12:24,682 --> 00:12:25,766 - Welcome, Dr. Duntsch. 262 00:12:25,808 --> 00:12:27,184 - I just wanna say how thankful I am 263 00:12:27,226 --> 00:12:31,022 to have each and every one of you on my team. 264 00:12:33,399 --> 00:12:38,154 - Today, we're gonna do a TLIF at the L4-L5 level. 265 00:12:38,195 --> 00:12:39,530 It's gonna be challenging for me to do a surgery 266 00:12:39,572 --> 00:12:41,741 from over here, Dr. Duntsch. 267 00:12:41,782 --> 00:12:45,077 Perhaps you'd allow me to squeeze in right there, 268 00:12:45,119 --> 00:12:47,413 since you're assisting. 269 00:12:52,543 --> 00:12:53,627 Scalpel. 270 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:57,882 Scalpel. 271 00:12:59,508 --> 00:13:00,968 I'm gonna need a scalpel, Dr. Duntsch. 272 00:13:01,010 --> 00:13:04,055 [heart monitor beeping] 273 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:12,438 - I thought that you were going to be observing my surgeries. 274 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:13,439 - Why is that? 275 00:13:14,732 --> 00:13:16,609 - Because that's what you told me in my interview. 276 00:13:16,650 --> 00:13:19,945 - Oh, well, apologies for your misunderstanding. 277 00:13:19,987 --> 00:13:21,739 Bovie. 278 00:13:21,781 --> 00:13:23,240 - I didn't... [clears throat] 279 00:13:23,282 --> 00:13:24,867 Misunderstand anything. 280 00:13:24,909 --> 00:13:26,077 - If it's all the same to you, 281 00:13:26,118 --> 00:13:27,370 we should have this conversation at a later, 282 00:13:27,411 --> 00:13:29,705 more appropriate time, Dr. Duntsch. 283 00:13:29,747 --> 00:13:30,915 Retractor. 284 00:13:32,666 --> 00:13:34,668 - How long until I'm doing my own surgeries? 285 00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:37,505 - Well, I guess we're having this conversation right now. 286 00:13:37,546 --> 00:13:40,966 Dr. Sompura is one of my finest surgeons. 287 00:13:41,008 --> 00:13:42,551 He assisted me for three years, 288 00:13:42,593 --> 00:13:44,970 plus an additional two years under my supervision 289 00:13:45,012 --> 00:13:47,556 prior to his performing solo procedures. 290 00:13:47,598 --> 00:13:50,184 - Five years? I graduated top of my class. 291 00:13:50,226 --> 00:13:52,144 - Oh, I'm quite aware of your qualifications. 292 00:13:52,186 --> 00:13:54,313 You've reminded me several times. 293 00:13:54,355 --> 00:13:56,649 That's why you were hired. 294 00:13:56,691 --> 00:14:02,029 This is where you hone your education to skills. 295 00:14:02,071 --> 00:14:03,280 I need to concentrate. 296 00:14:03,322 --> 00:14:04,740 So if you're not prepared to assist, 297 00:14:04,782 --> 00:14:07,368 please step outside. 298 00:14:07,410 --> 00:14:10,246 I can finish on my own. Suction, please. 299 00:14:10,287 --> 00:14:13,416 [soft tense music] 300 00:14:13,457 --> 00:14:17,962 * * 301 00:14:18,003 --> 00:14:19,296 - You don't need to worry about it. 302 00:14:19,338 --> 00:14:21,006 He just wants you to get your sea legs under you. 303 00:14:21,048 --> 00:14:22,216 [drill whirring] 304 00:14:22,258 --> 00:14:23,926 It makes sense. 305 00:14:23,968 --> 00:14:25,302 [drill whirring] 306 00:14:25,344 --> 00:14:27,638 - [sighs] Come on down here and let's eat. 307 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,265 You're the one who is so desperately hungry. 308 00:14:29,306 --> 00:14:31,559 - Yeah, I'm almost done. - What do you want? 309 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,768 The chow mein or the fried rice? 310 00:14:32,810 --> 00:14:33,978 [drill whirring] 311 00:14:35,271 --> 00:14:38,566 - Looks good. Um, Kung Pao. 312 00:14:46,032 --> 00:14:48,367 - We need to get the fish tank started. 313 00:14:48,409 --> 00:14:51,162 I was thinking something exotic. 314 00:14:51,203 --> 00:14:53,622 You should be writing this stuff down. 315 00:14:53,664 --> 00:14:55,332 - I'm eating. 316 00:14:56,917 --> 00:14:59,712 - We need art for the walls as well. 317 00:14:59,754 --> 00:15:00,838 Expensive art. 318 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,091 From that--uh, damn. 319 00:15:05,509 --> 00:15:06,886 What's the name of that fancy gallery? 320 00:15:06,927 --> 00:15:08,012 - Um, the mall guy? Kinkade? 321 00:15:08,054 --> 00:15:11,474 - No. no. The mall guy. 322 00:15:11,515 --> 00:15:13,059 Sotheby's. 323 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:14,977 We need at least two or three pieces of art from Sotheby's. 324 00:15:15,019 --> 00:15:16,645 And I want you to coordinate with Jerry about the floors 325 00:15:16,687 --> 00:15:19,398 'cause I don't want any of that cheap-ass vinyl shit. 326 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,817 I want it wall-to-wall marble. 327 00:15:21,859 --> 00:15:24,320 I want the patients to feel like they're walking on glass. 328 00:15:24,362 --> 00:15:25,780 - Is that okay for people with bad backs? 329 00:15:25,821 --> 00:15:27,615 - Because I want the patients wowing when they come in. 330 00:15:27,656 --> 00:15:29,825 You know, like they just walked into Graceland. 331 00:15:29,867 --> 00:15:31,160 - You sure you wanna do all this right away? 332 00:15:31,202 --> 00:15:32,495 It's gonna get expensive quick. 333 00:15:32,536 --> 00:15:35,164 - Wendy, when a patient is choosing between me 334 00:15:35,206 --> 00:15:37,208 and Dr. O'Connor with a boring office, 335 00:15:37,249 --> 00:15:38,709 who do you think they're gonna choose, okay? 336 00:15:38,751 --> 00:15:40,211 Which one are they going to remember? 337 00:15:40,252 --> 00:15:41,879 Trust me, it's gonna pay for itself. 338 00:15:42,546 --> 00:15:44,507 And I don't need to get my sea legs. 339 00:15:46,425 --> 00:15:47,385 - What? 340 00:15:49,220 --> 00:15:51,013 - I know how to operate. 341 00:15:51,263 --> 00:15:52,765 - I get it. - So fuck Bishara. 342 00:15:53,641 --> 00:15:54,767 Fuck Bishara. 343 00:16:08,155 --> 00:16:09,448 You ever thought of nursing school? 344 00:16:11,742 --> 00:16:12,952 - No. 345 00:16:12,993 --> 00:16:14,954 - I thought that was every stripper's dream, 346 00:16:14,995 --> 00:16:16,580 to pay for nursing school. 347 00:16:18,332 --> 00:16:20,543 - I don't do that anymore. 348 00:16:20,584 --> 00:16:23,045 - I'm not saying it in a bad way. 349 00:16:23,421 --> 00:16:26,090 I just think you have potential. 350 00:16:26,132 --> 00:16:27,383 I think you're amazing. 351 00:16:27,425 --> 00:16:29,051 You're smart, smarter than half the nurses 352 00:16:29,093 --> 00:16:30,386 I've ever worked with. 353 00:16:34,765 --> 00:16:35,808 What? 354 00:16:37,476 --> 00:16:39,562 Okay, then if not nursing, then what? 355 00:16:39,603 --> 00:16:41,105 What is it that you want to do? 356 00:16:42,648 --> 00:16:43,774 - Honestly? 357 00:16:45,818 --> 00:16:47,486 I just want to be a mom. 358 00:16:47,528 --> 00:16:49,113 [soft dramatic music] 359 00:16:49,155 --> 00:16:51,115 Making school lunches, 360 00:16:51,157 --> 00:16:53,868 giving them those cute, little fruit cups for their snack 361 00:16:53,909 --> 00:16:57,163 or... 362 00:16:57,204 --> 00:16:58,956 I don't know, maybe even homeschool them. 363 00:16:58,998 --> 00:17:04,837 * * 364 00:17:04,879 --> 00:17:06,255 I know it's old-fashioned, 365 00:17:06,297 --> 00:17:08,966 but my Aunt Josephine, the one that lives in Ferris, 366 00:17:09,008 --> 00:17:12,595 she did it, and all of her kids are in college now, so... 367 00:17:12,636 --> 00:17:18,100 * * 368 00:17:18,142 --> 00:17:20,770 - I just...[sighs] 369 00:17:20,811 --> 00:17:22,605 * * 370 00:17:22,646 --> 00:17:26,025 - What? 371 00:17:26,067 --> 00:17:28,194 - I guess I just thought you had 372 00:17:28,235 --> 00:17:30,780 so much more potential, you know? 373 00:17:30,821 --> 00:17:33,449 * * 374 00:17:33,491 --> 00:17:34,825 You know, I think you're amazing. 375 00:17:34,867 --> 00:17:36,911 You're basically the pinnacle of human evolution. 376 00:17:36,952 --> 00:17:39,288 Two X chromosomes. Plus, you're smart. 377 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:40,664 - You keep telling me I'm smart 378 00:17:40,706 --> 00:17:42,041 like you're trying to convince yourself that I am. 379 00:17:42,083 --> 00:17:43,250 - I'm trying to be supportive. 380 00:17:43,292 --> 00:17:44,794 - It feels manipulative. - Manipulative? 381 00:17:44,835 --> 00:17:46,796 - You didn't say anything about me becoming a nurse 382 00:17:46,837 --> 00:17:47,922 when we were in Memphis. 383 00:17:47,963 --> 00:17:49,006 And now all of a sudden we're here... 384 00:17:49,048 --> 00:17:50,257 - I'm just trying to help you out. 385 00:17:50,299 --> 00:17:51,717 - You got this fancy new clinic... 386 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:53,469 - You're blowing this way out of proportion. 387 00:17:53,511 --> 00:17:54,845 - And you're trying to force me to go to nursing school. 388 00:17:54,887 --> 00:17:57,181 Don't point your fork at me! 389 00:17:57,223 --> 00:17:58,599 Are you embarrassed by me, Chris? 390 00:17:58,641 --> 00:18:02,603 - Of course not. I'm just making a suggestion. 391 00:18:02,645 --> 00:18:04,980 I'm just trying to help you out. 392 00:18:05,022 --> 00:18:09,235 * * 393 00:18:09,276 --> 00:18:11,696 Wendy, come on. Just-- 394 00:18:11,737 --> 00:18:17,284 - No. It's fine. - Okay. Hey. 395 00:18:17,326 --> 00:18:22,248 * * 396 00:18:22,289 --> 00:18:26,669 You know what? You're right. I'm sorry. 397 00:18:26,711 --> 00:18:30,172 Forget I said anything. I just-- 398 00:18:30,214 --> 00:18:33,300 I'm wrong. I'm sorry. 399 00:18:33,342 --> 00:18:36,554 * * 400 00:18:36,595 --> 00:18:40,391 [whispering] I'm sorry. 401 00:18:40,433 --> 00:18:43,394 [soft tense music] 402 00:18:43,436 --> 00:18:45,646 * * 403 00:18:45,688 --> 00:18:47,273 I'm sorry. 404 00:18:47,314 --> 00:18:54,447 * * 405 00:19:07,918 --> 00:19:10,921 - Where do you see yourself in five years? 406 00:19:10,963 --> 00:19:13,507 - [laughs] 407 00:19:13,549 --> 00:19:15,843 What's next? "What's my greatest weakness?" 408 00:19:15,885 --> 00:19:17,970 - That was gonna be my third question. 409 00:19:18,012 --> 00:19:21,766 - [takes deep breath] 410 00:19:21,807 --> 00:19:24,101 When I was looking for space for my clinic, 411 00:19:24,143 --> 00:19:27,855 I saw this vacant, eight-story building over on Frankford. 412 00:19:27,897 --> 00:19:29,231 It wasn't much, needs a lot of work, 413 00:19:29,273 --> 00:19:30,775 but I want to turn it 414 00:19:30,816 --> 00:19:34,695 into a multibillion-dollar neurosurgical center. 415 00:19:34,737 --> 00:19:36,947 Everything state-of-the-art and all in-house. 416 00:19:36,989 --> 00:19:40,451 Diagnostics, surgery, PT, nutrition, the works. 417 00:19:40,493 --> 00:19:42,161 - In five years? 418 00:19:42,203 --> 00:19:43,954 Meteoric rise, wouldn't you say? 419 00:19:43,996 --> 00:19:45,956 - I thought that was a conservative estimate. 420 00:19:45,998 --> 00:19:49,251 - Fortunately for MISI, Dr. Skadden didn't lock you up. 421 00:19:49,293 --> 00:19:51,379 - Dr. Skadden is an amazing doctor 422 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:53,255 and a great friend and mentor. 423 00:19:53,297 --> 00:19:54,715 And for sure, 424 00:19:54,757 --> 00:19:56,550 the easy path for me would have been to stay in Memphis. 425 00:19:56,592 --> 00:20:01,639 But I wanted to challenge myself, expand my horizons. 426 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,475 Plus, I was getting recruited from New York, San Diego, 427 00:20:04,517 --> 00:20:05,810 even UCLA. 428 00:20:05,851 --> 00:20:07,812 - How do you like working with Dr. Bishara? 429 00:20:10,147 --> 00:20:13,109 - He has a very particular way of doing things. 430 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:15,528 - I know he's partial to keeping the training wheels 431 00:20:15,569 --> 00:20:17,822 on all his surgeons. 432 00:20:17,863 --> 00:20:20,241 - It would be nice to be doing my own surgeries. 433 00:20:20,282 --> 00:20:21,826 - Sure. 434 00:20:21,867 --> 00:20:23,369 Otherwise, what's the point of paying you all that money? 435 00:20:23,411 --> 00:20:25,037 MISI is a fine institution. 436 00:20:25,079 --> 00:20:26,706 And please don't take this the wrong way, 437 00:20:26,747 --> 00:20:28,332 but I think for someone of your pedigree, 438 00:20:28,374 --> 00:20:29,917 it's a step backwards. 439 00:20:29,959 --> 00:20:32,712 You've studied under some of the best surgeons in the world. 440 00:20:32,753 --> 00:20:35,548 Your work at DiscGenics seems groundbreaking. 441 00:20:37,967 --> 00:20:40,177 - You've been in contact with DiscGenics. 442 00:20:40,219 --> 00:20:41,679 - We reached out. 443 00:20:41,721 --> 00:20:43,472 [soft tense music] 444 00:20:43,514 --> 00:20:46,517 They said you stepped away from your day-to-day obligations, 445 00:20:46,559 --> 00:20:48,060 but you're still a board member. 446 00:20:48,102 --> 00:20:50,187 * * 447 00:20:50,229 --> 00:20:52,523 Lucky for us, you did. 448 00:20:52,565 --> 00:20:55,985 You should join the Baylor family. 449 00:20:56,027 --> 00:20:58,029 We're better suited for you than MISI. 450 00:20:58,070 --> 00:21:02,783 - [chuckles] Well, MISI recruited me. 451 00:21:02,825 --> 00:21:06,412 I guess that call from Baylor must have got lost in the mail. 452 00:21:06,454 --> 00:21:09,540 - That was our mistake. I admit it. 453 00:21:09,582 --> 00:21:11,625 But the timing couldn't be more perfect for you. 454 00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:14,545 We're in the process of new accreditation. 455 00:21:14,587 --> 00:21:17,089 The plan is to offer an even wider array 456 00:21:17,131 --> 00:21:18,632 of surgical services. 457 00:21:18,674 --> 00:21:21,218 We're expanding our network of hospitals around Texas 458 00:21:21,260 --> 00:21:24,722 and need to recruit top surgeons to handle the influx. 459 00:21:24,764 --> 00:21:30,102 So from my perspective, you're central to our plans, 460 00:21:30,144 --> 00:21:32,229 and we can be to yours. 461 00:21:32,271 --> 00:21:34,899 - I'm under contract. 462 00:21:34,940 --> 00:21:37,735 - If your hesitation is about the 600,000 advance 463 00:21:37,777 --> 00:21:39,570 MISI gave you, I wouldn't worry about it. 464 00:21:39,612 --> 00:21:40,905 - Well, I don't exactly have 465 00:21:40,946 --> 00:21:42,073 that kind of money just laying around. 466 00:21:42,114 --> 00:21:44,075 - We have a relationship with Frost Bank. 467 00:21:44,116 --> 00:21:46,285 They can set you up with a loan to help pay it off 468 00:21:46,327 --> 00:21:47,495 and cover the expenses 469 00:21:47,536 --> 00:21:49,497 associated with opening a clinic. 470 00:21:49,538 --> 00:21:54,085 - I'm still not seeing the fine print. 471 00:21:54,126 --> 00:21:57,797 - I'm gonna lift the velvet rope for you, okay? 472 00:21:57,838 --> 00:22:00,132 You're gonna be successful here. 473 00:22:00,174 --> 00:22:03,135 Whatever you need, just make it known to me. 474 00:22:03,177 --> 00:22:06,222 We have marketing consultants to help build your brand, 475 00:22:06,263 --> 00:22:08,766 expand your business. 476 00:22:08,808 --> 00:22:11,435 Obviously, we can't point patients your way, 477 00:22:11,477 --> 00:22:14,689 but we help you draw them in. 478 00:22:14,730 --> 00:22:18,234 If everything goes as I imagine it will, 479 00:22:18,275 --> 00:22:22,863 one day, you'll be chief of neurological surgery. 480 00:22:22,905 --> 00:22:24,949 - [sighs] 481 00:22:24,990 --> 00:22:28,160 * * 482 00:22:28,202 --> 00:22:30,663 I can't be married to just one institution. 483 00:22:30,705 --> 00:22:32,957 I have to be free to pursue my own interests. 484 00:22:32,998 --> 00:22:34,667 - Seems to me you're looking for a springboard 485 00:22:34,709 --> 00:22:36,836 to launch your career. 486 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:40,005 What better place to do that than Big Baylor? 487 00:22:40,047 --> 00:22:46,512 * * 488 00:22:46,554 --> 00:22:48,222 One day, your name's gonna be up there 489 00:22:48,264 --> 00:22:50,224 for all the world to see. 490 00:22:50,266 --> 00:22:57,189 * * 491 00:22:58,983 --> 00:23:01,027 I assume you're a sports fan? 492 00:23:01,068 --> 00:23:04,280 * * 493 00:23:04,321 --> 00:23:06,240 [cheers and applause] 494 00:23:06,282 --> 00:23:09,869 - America's Snoretime. - Come on, Jerry. 495 00:23:09,910 --> 00:23:11,328 This was very generous. 496 00:23:11,370 --> 00:23:13,414 - You said she had a picture of Cuban in her office? 497 00:23:13,456 --> 00:23:14,623 - Mm-hmm. - Think she can score 498 00:23:14,665 --> 00:23:16,959 tickets to the Mavs in the fall? 499 00:23:17,001 --> 00:23:19,670 - Oh, beer's me. Salty Jack is the lady. 500 00:23:19,712 --> 00:23:22,089 - Dom for me. 501 00:23:22,131 --> 00:23:23,924 To Baylor. 502 00:23:23,966 --> 00:23:25,968 You're taking the job, Chrissy. 503 00:23:26,010 --> 00:23:28,012 You're definitely taking the job. 504 00:23:28,054 --> 00:23:30,514 - I don't know yet, Jer. - Come on, horsey. 505 00:23:30,556 --> 00:23:32,725 This is the biggest no-brainer since brains were invented. 506 00:23:32,767 --> 00:23:35,144 Dude, you're Baylor's number-one draft pick, 507 00:23:35,186 --> 00:23:36,687 and you even have the arm candy to prove it. 508 00:23:36,729 --> 00:23:38,606 - Are you flirting with me, Jerry? 509 00:23:38,647 --> 00:23:39,940 - You're out of my league, but it's okay. 510 00:23:39,982 --> 00:23:41,609 One day, I'll find my Wendy. 511 00:23:41,650 --> 00:23:43,194 - When you find the right girl, 512 00:23:43,235 --> 00:23:45,696 all the strip clubs in Dallas are gonna go out of business. 513 00:23:45,738 --> 00:23:47,031 - [chuckles] - Truth. 514 00:23:47,073 --> 00:23:49,116 But seriously, dude, do you have any idea 515 00:23:49,158 --> 00:23:51,118 how much Baylor's gonna make off of you? 516 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,954 Those billboards, all that shit generates business. 517 00:23:53,996 --> 00:23:55,664 They don't put any punk-ass doctor up on there, 518 00:23:55,706 --> 00:23:56,791 only the superstars. 519 00:23:56,832 --> 00:23:59,543 Wendy, can I get an amen? 520 00:23:59,585 --> 00:24:02,254 - I don't get it. - Get what? 521 00:24:02,296 --> 00:24:05,424 - The billboard, this box, the everything. 522 00:24:05,466 --> 00:24:06,842 It just seems fast, is all. 523 00:24:06,884 --> 00:24:08,803 - Not fast enough for my boy-genius. 524 00:24:08,844 --> 00:24:10,221 He's got that Brad Pitt thing going on. 525 00:24:10,262 --> 00:24:12,056 - [chuckles] Well, pump the brakes. 526 00:24:12,098 --> 00:24:14,141 Your boy's a lot of things, but he's not Brad Pitt. 527 00:24:14,183 --> 00:24:17,186 - Ooh. Ouch, a hater. - I'm just asking. 528 00:24:17,228 --> 00:24:18,979 - Wendy, when life gives you lemonade, 529 00:24:19,021 --> 00:24:20,481 don't make fucking lemons. 530 00:24:20,523 --> 00:24:23,401 The more surgeries Chris does, the more elite he becomes, 531 00:24:23,442 --> 00:24:24,944 the more money they generate. 532 00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:26,904 - I don't even have the clinic up and running yet. 533 00:24:26,946 --> 00:24:30,991 And I still have to hire a PA. Still need my Bonnie. 534 00:24:31,033 --> 00:24:33,244 - Dr. Bishara sent over a list of recommendations. 535 00:24:33,285 --> 00:24:35,037 I'll start setting up interviews in the morning. 536 00:24:35,079 --> 00:24:38,624 - Jerry on the spot. - Okay. 537 00:24:38,666 --> 00:24:40,167 So I was gonna wait 538 00:24:40,209 --> 00:24:43,087 until we had the articles of incorporation, 539 00:24:43,129 --> 00:24:44,213 but screw it. 540 00:24:48,217 --> 00:24:51,637 - Did you make this? - Yeah. 541 00:24:51,679 --> 00:24:52,888 - I love it. 542 00:24:52,930 --> 00:24:55,766 - Really? - It's so good, Jerry. 543 00:24:55,808 --> 00:24:57,017 - [chuckles] Thanks. 544 00:24:57,059 --> 00:24:58,269 - You know, that reminds me, 545 00:24:58,310 --> 00:25:00,730 I haven't hired a marketing director yet. 546 00:25:00,771 --> 00:25:02,481 You know, someone to promote the clinic. 547 00:25:02,523 --> 00:25:04,483 - I'll put a list together. - No. You know what? 548 00:25:04,525 --> 00:25:06,110 I think I found the guy. - Word. 549 00:25:06,152 --> 00:25:08,446 Give me his contact info. I'll reach out. 550 00:25:08,487 --> 00:25:12,616 Mm. Okay, so his name... 551 00:25:12,658 --> 00:25:15,244 is Jerry Summers. 552 00:25:15,286 --> 00:25:16,871 [cheers and applause] 553 00:25:16,912 --> 00:25:19,540 - You fucking with me? 554 00:25:19,582 --> 00:25:20,833 Oh, my God. Are you serious? 555 00:25:20,875 --> 00:25:24,086 - You just got a promotion! - Holy shit, dude! 556 00:25:24,128 --> 00:25:26,380 Oh, my God. I won't let you down. I swear. 557 00:25:26,422 --> 00:25:28,215 I'll make cards, I'll make flyers, everything. 558 00:25:28,257 --> 00:25:30,092 I've even got this dope-ass idea for a killer website, 559 00:25:30,134 --> 00:25:31,385 got a guy who can build it. 560 00:25:31,427 --> 00:25:35,347 - That's what I like to hear. - So... 561 00:25:35,389 --> 00:25:36,891 Baylor? 562 00:25:36,932 --> 00:25:39,018 What's it gonna be, Chrissy? You gonna nut up or what? 563 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:43,314 - Here's to Jerry Summers, Executive Marketing Director, 564 00:25:43,356 --> 00:25:45,316 and here's to Baylor-Plano, bitches! 565 00:25:45,358 --> 00:25:47,735 - Whoo! - Yeah! 566 00:25:47,777 --> 00:25:50,154 * * 567 00:25:50,196 --> 00:25:52,990 [water trickling] 568 00:25:53,032 --> 00:25:56,118 [toothbrush scraping] 569 00:26:04,835 --> 00:26:06,212 [spits] 570 00:26:12,718 --> 00:26:14,387 Hey. - Hey. 571 00:26:15,805 --> 00:26:19,934 - We're supposed to have lunch with Dr. Isaacs today. 572 00:26:19,975 --> 00:26:21,519 But one of my procedures got rescheduled, 573 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,063 so can you call him and tell him I'm gonna be late? 574 00:26:24,105 --> 00:26:26,941 And Medtronics was gonna deliver all their screws. 575 00:26:26,982 --> 00:26:28,442 I might not be back in time; if I'm not, 576 00:26:28,484 --> 00:26:31,362 can you just sign for it and have them leave all there? 577 00:26:31,404 --> 00:26:33,364 - Mm-hmm. - Great. 578 00:26:33,406 --> 00:26:35,074 What's up? What's wrong? 579 00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:39,036 [chuckles] 580 00:26:39,078 --> 00:26:41,914 What is it, Wendy? What? 581 00:26:41,956 --> 00:26:45,501 - [chuckles] 582 00:26:45,543 --> 00:26:47,503 B-A-B-Y. 583 00:26:47,545 --> 00:26:50,464 [soft tense music] 584 00:26:50,506 --> 00:26:51,924 * * 585 00:26:51,966 --> 00:26:54,385 - Are you serious? 586 00:26:54,427 --> 00:26:56,053 How? 587 00:26:56,095 --> 00:26:57,555 - A stork fucked me. 588 00:26:57,596 --> 00:27:00,725 * * 589 00:27:00,766 --> 00:27:02,059 - Are you sure? 590 00:27:02,101 --> 00:27:05,688 - I took a test. Twice. - Well...[sighs] 591 00:27:05,730 --> 00:27:08,733 They give false positives. That could be a bad batch. 592 00:27:08,774 --> 00:27:10,735 * * 593 00:27:10,776 --> 00:27:11,861 - Okay. 594 00:27:11,902 --> 00:27:13,738 * * 595 00:27:13,779 --> 00:27:16,282 You're not happy? - [sighs] 596 00:27:16,323 --> 00:27:19,118 Of course I am. It's just big news. 597 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,079 Honestly, I'm a little hungover today. 598 00:27:22,121 --> 00:27:27,209 And I can't be late, but I am over the moon with joy. 599 00:27:27,251 --> 00:27:29,587 When I get back, we can celebrate. 600 00:27:29,628 --> 00:27:32,590 [door clicks, creaks] 601 00:27:32,631 --> 00:27:35,301 * * 602 00:27:35,342 --> 00:27:36,761 [door slams] 603 00:27:36,802 --> 00:27:43,934 * * 604 00:27:53,986 --> 00:27:56,822 [Serge Gainsbourg's "Couleur Café"] 605 00:27:56,864 --> 00:27:59,825 [laid-back jazz music] 606 00:27:59,867 --> 00:28:06,749 * * 607 00:28:06,791 --> 00:28:09,627 - * J'aime ta couleur café * 608 00:28:09,668 --> 00:28:12,004 * Tes cheveux café * 609 00:28:12,046 --> 00:28:14,090 * Ta gorge café * 610 00:28:14,131 --> 00:28:16,467 * J'aime quand pour moi tu danses * 611 00:28:16,509 --> 00:28:19,095 * Alors j'entends murmurer * 612 00:28:19,136 --> 00:28:21,597 * Tous tes bracelets * 613 00:28:21,639 --> 00:28:24,058 * Jolis bracelets * 614 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:26,227 * A tes pieds ils se balancent * 615 00:28:26,268 --> 00:28:31,023 - * Couleur café * 616 00:28:31,065 --> 00:28:35,528 * Que j'aime ta couleur café * 617 00:28:35,569 --> 00:28:38,239 - * C'est quand même fou l'effet * 618 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,866 * L'effet que ça fait * 619 00:28:40,908 --> 00:28:43,244 * De te voir rouler * 620 00:28:43,285 --> 00:28:45,371 * Ainsi des yeux et des hanches * 621 00:28:45,413 --> 00:28:47,790 * Si tu fais comme le café * 622 00:28:47,832 --> 00:28:50,084 * Rien qu'à m'énerver * 623 00:28:50,126 --> 00:28:52,628 * Rien qu'à m'exciter * 624 00:28:52,670 --> 00:28:55,131 * Ce soir la nuit sera blanche * 625 00:28:55,172 --> 00:28:59,969 - * Couleur café * 626 00:29:00,010 --> 00:29:02,722 * Que j'aime ta couleur café * 627 00:29:02,763 --> 00:29:04,557 * * 628 00:29:04,598 --> 00:29:07,560 [saxophone solo] 629 00:29:07,601 --> 00:29:14,525 * * 630 00:29:23,492 --> 00:29:26,203 * L'amour sans philosopher * 631 00:29:26,245 --> 00:29:28,372 * C'est comm' le café * 632 00:29:28,414 --> 00:29:30,708 * Très vite passé * 633 00:29:30,750 --> 00:29:33,085 * Mais que veux tu que j'y fasse * 634 00:29:33,127 --> 00:29:35,671 * On en a marre de café * 635 00:29:35,713 --> 00:29:38,049 * Et c'est terminé * 636 00:29:38,090 --> 00:29:40,259 * Pour tout oublier * 637 00:29:40,301 --> 00:29:42,803 * On attend que ça se tasse * 638 00:29:42,845 --> 00:29:44,597 - * Couleur-- * 639 00:29:44,638 --> 00:29:45,598 [door slams] 640 00:29:49,268 --> 00:29:52,104 - You have a doctorate. Mind if I call you doctor? 641 00:29:52,146 --> 00:29:54,398 - Kim will do. - [chuckles] 642 00:29:55,691 --> 00:29:58,110 You last worked for Dr. George Clondike, 643 00:29:58,152 --> 00:29:59,362 but only for a couple months. Why? 644 00:29:59,403 --> 00:30:02,281 - Know him? - No. I'm new in town. 645 00:30:02,323 --> 00:30:04,200 - He's an ortho-oncologist and an ass, 646 00:30:04,241 --> 00:30:06,243 and that's the nicest thing I can say about him. 647 00:30:06,285 --> 00:30:08,621 - [chuckles] What happened? 648 00:30:08,662 --> 00:30:10,748 - Uh-- 649 00:30:10,790 --> 00:30:12,083 I'm not even trying to get into all that, 650 00:30:12,124 --> 00:30:13,793 but it was a shit-show. 651 00:30:13,834 --> 00:30:15,252 Pardon my French. 652 00:30:15,294 --> 00:30:18,172 So I quit and went straight to Padre for some R&R. 653 00:30:18,214 --> 00:30:20,007 And Dr. Bishara called and told me 654 00:30:20,049 --> 00:30:21,967 you were looking for a physician's assistant. 655 00:30:22,009 --> 00:30:23,719 - Yes, he speaks very highly of you. 656 00:30:23,761 --> 00:30:27,473 - I just do my job very well. 657 00:30:27,515 --> 00:30:29,183 - You also worked for a neurosurgeon before. 658 00:30:29,225 --> 00:30:31,519 How was that experience? - We got divorced. 659 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:33,979 - You married your neurosurgeon? 660 00:30:34,021 --> 00:30:35,439 Interesting. 661 00:30:35,481 --> 00:30:38,401 - They're not that interesting. 662 00:30:39,151 --> 00:30:42,154 - You just haven't met the right one yet. 663 00:30:43,864 --> 00:30:45,324 So what happened? 664 00:30:45,366 --> 00:30:48,369 - What happened with what? - You said you got divorced. 665 00:30:48,411 --> 00:30:49,912 - Are you asking why I'm not working with him 666 00:30:49,954 --> 00:30:50,996 or why I got divorced? 667 00:30:51,038 --> 00:30:52,540 - Why you got divorced. 668 00:30:53,791 --> 00:30:55,376 - Sounds like an unprofessional question 669 00:30:55,418 --> 00:30:56,711 for a professional interview. 670 00:30:57,962 --> 00:31:00,047 - You're the one that brought it up. 671 00:31:02,633 --> 00:31:04,176 - It got stale. 672 00:31:05,052 --> 00:31:07,722 I needed excitement in my life. 673 00:31:10,474 --> 00:31:12,518 Buy one, get one at Target. 674 00:31:17,982 --> 00:31:19,567 - [chuckles softly] 675 00:31:21,152 --> 00:31:22,695 So what do you know about me? 676 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:25,948 - You graduated top of your class 677 00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:27,491 from University of Tennessee 678 00:31:27,533 --> 00:31:29,744 where you received a PhD and MD. 679 00:31:29,785 --> 00:31:32,288 While in the program, you also became the majority shareholder 680 00:31:32,329 --> 00:31:34,415 and Chief Science Officer at DiscGenics. 681 00:31:34,457 --> 00:31:36,459 The research you've done on stem cells 682 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,295 is gonna change the face of spinal surgery as we know it. 683 00:31:40,087 --> 00:31:41,589 At least according to you. 684 00:31:41,630 --> 00:31:43,299 - [chuckles] 685 00:31:43,340 --> 00:31:45,176 Yeah, I don't sleep much. 686 00:31:45,843 --> 00:31:48,095 My philosophy on the current state of neurosurgery 687 00:31:48,137 --> 00:31:49,722 is that it's primitive. 688 00:31:49,764 --> 00:31:51,182 It is, of course, 689 00:31:51,223 --> 00:31:53,184 every surgeon's goal never to operate. 690 00:31:53,225 --> 00:31:54,769 But so long as humans have bodies, 691 00:31:54,810 --> 00:31:57,438 spinal surgeries are gonna be necessary. 692 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,315 I want to modernize it. 693 00:31:59,357 --> 00:32:00,858 What's the point of removing a diseased disc 694 00:32:00,900 --> 00:32:03,277 if you can use a stem cell to regenerate it? 695 00:32:03,319 --> 00:32:04,904 - You're either really smart or really crazy, 696 00:32:04,945 --> 00:32:07,323 but if you pull it off, 697 00:32:07,365 --> 00:32:09,784 that's one hell of an achievement. 698 00:32:10,326 --> 00:32:13,120 - So how is that for interesting? 699 00:32:14,455 --> 00:32:16,749 - I'll give you my answer if I get the job. 700 00:32:16,791 --> 00:32:18,501 - [chuckles] 701 00:32:18,542 --> 00:32:21,587 You see, that's why I need a PA who can keep up with me. 702 00:32:21,629 --> 00:32:23,130 'Cause I'm like the "USS Enterprise" 703 00:32:23,172 --> 00:32:24,215 moving at warp speed eight, 704 00:32:24,256 --> 00:32:25,341 and I need a Number One 705 00:32:25,383 --> 00:32:26,759 who can help me navigate the ship. 706 00:32:28,386 --> 00:32:29,470 - I don't know what any of that means, 707 00:32:29,512 --> 00:32:31,389 but I'll give you this one for free. 708 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,267 Your clinic is being run by a bunch of dummies. 709 00:32:40,356 --> 00:32:42,817 And who is this guy? 710 00:32:42,858 --> 00:32:44,110 - Jerry Summers, 711 00:32:44,151 --> 00:32:45,945 uh, Executive Director of Marketing. 712 00:32:45,986 --> 00:32:49,990 - So what do you do, like, hand out flyers or something? 713 00:32:50,032 --> 00:32:51,283 - Well, yeah. 714 00:32:51,325 --> 00:32:53,619 But I'm also his website guy. I'm building it. 715 00:32:53,661 --> 00:32:56,956 Not my personal self, but I hired a guy. 716 00:32:57,415 --> 00:32:59,875 - So you're the website guy, but not the website guy. 717 00:32:59,917 --> 00:33:01,127 - I'm the guy that-- 718 00:33:01,168 --> 00:33:03,129 - Jerry helps out around the office. 719 00:33:03,170 --> 00:33:06,132 - Okay, so you got this... 720 00:33:06,173 --> 00:33:07,425 fake website marketing guy, 721 00:33:07,466 --> 00:33:09,885 and I'm sorry--but not sorry-- 722 00:33:09,927 --> 00:33:11,178 your front desk girl is rude 723 00:33:11,220 --> 00:33:12,763 and doesn't have basic office etiquette. 724 00:33:12,805 --> 00:33:14,432 - Her name is Wendy Young, and she's a pretty good-- 725 00:33:14,473 --> 00:33:16,892 - She's a temp. 726 00:33:16,934 --> 00:33:18,394 She was with us in Memphis 727 00:33:18,436 --> 00:33:21,355 and wanted to move to Dallas to be closer to her husband. 728 00:33:21,397 --> 00:33:22,481 But don't worry, she's pregnant. 729 00:33:22,523 --> 00:33:23,774 She's not gonna be here very long. 730 00:33:23,816 --> 00:33:25,735 - You need at least two people working the desk. 731 00:33:25,776 --> 00:33:27,319 One to do phones and scheduling, 732 00:33:27,361 --> 00:33:28,863 the other to handle all the intake stuff. 733 00:33:28,904 --> 00:33:31,532 I know a couple of girls that'll be perfect. 734 00:33:31,866 --> 00:33:33,451 And, dude, those construction guys 735 00:33:33,492 --> 00:33:35,161 are not gonna be done before you open. 736 00:33:35,202 --> 00:33:37,830 [both chuckle] - I get it. 737 00:33:37,872 --> 00:33:39,415 You're a whip. 738 00:33:39,457 --> 00:33:40,958 You're the type of person who's gonna come in here 739 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,793 and make this place work. 740 00:33:42,835 --> 00:33:44,336 - [inhales deeply] 741 00:33:44,378 --> 00:33:45,838 I'm more like a hammer. 742 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,173 [Duntsch laughs] 743 00:33:47,214 --> 00:33:48,883 But I get what you're saying. 744 00:33:48,924 --> 00:33:50,509 My references are on the second page. 745 00:33:50,551 --> 00:33:51,677 You can call any of them 746 00:33:51,719 --> 00:33:52,803 and they'll tell you the same thing. 747 00:33:52,845 --> 00:33:54,889 - You know, I'm more of a gut guy. 748 00:33:54,930 --> 00:33:57,892 I used to play football back in college, all-American. 749 00:33:57,933 --> 00:34:00,853 Coach was always telling us, the one thing in the world 750 00:34:00,895 --> 00:34:04,690 that will never lie to you, your instincts. 751 00:34:04,732 --> 00:34:06,609 That's kind of how I operate. 752 00:34:06,650 --> 00:34:08,194 [dramatic ambient music] 753 00:34:08,235 --> 00:34:10,154 - So what's your instinct telling you? 754 00:34:10,196 --> 00:34:13,157 * * 755 00:34:13,199 --> 00:34:15,576 - She's a stone-cold bitch. - I like her. 756 00:34:15,618 --> 00:34:17,620 - Doesn't bother you she was married to her neurosurgeon? 757 00:34:17,661 --> 00:34:19,330 She gives off that money-digger vibe. 758 00:34:19,372 --> 00:34:21,665 - Gold digger. - Mm, money digger. 759 00:34:21,707 --> 00:34:23,584 No one digs for gold anymore. 760 00:34:23,626 --> 00:34:26,545 When were you gonna tell me about the baby? 761 00:34:26,587 --> 00:34:28,089 - You know, just didn't come up. 762 00:34:28,130 --> 00:34:29,840 - Well, that's great news. 763 00:34:29,882 --> 00:34:32,218 You, Wendy, baby. 764 00:34:32,259 --> 00:34:33,928 I'm happy for you all. 765 00:34:33,969 --> 00:34:36,430 Why did you say all that shit about Wendy? 766 00:34:36,472 --> 00:34:38,766 - What shit? 767 00:34:38,808 --> 00:34:41,769 - She's just a temp, she's married to some guy in Memphis? 768 00:34:41,811 --> 00:34:43,604 * * 769 00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:45,064 - "Oh, hello, Dr. Morgan. 770 00:34:45,106 --> 00:34:47,066 "Welcome to our state-of-the-art facility. 771 00:34:47,108 --> 00:34:48,359 "For your information, 772 00:34:48,401 --> 00:34:50,027 "our secretary used to be a stripper. 773 00:34:50,069 --> 00:34:51,821 Would you still be interested in the position?" 774 00:34:51,862 --> 00:34:53,572 - She's about to be your baby mama. 775 00:34:53,614 --> 00:34:54,990 Who cares if she was a stripper? 776 00:34:55,032 --> 00:34:56,701 Some of the best people I know are strippers. 777 00:34:56,742 --> 00:34:57,702 - Huh. 778 00:34:57,743 --> 00:34:59,370 Everybody you know is a stripper. 779 00:35:00,705 --> 00:35:02,248 Besides, 780 00:35:02,289 --> 00:35:04,500 Kim said she had two other candidates for the positions. 781 00:35:04,542 --> 00:35:06,127 - Chris, you know me. 782 00:35:06,168 --> 00:35:07,586 I've always been supportive. 783 00:35:07,628 --> 00:35:09,296 Don't fuck it up with Wendy. 784 00:35:09,338 --> 00:35:11,507 - What is that supposed to mean? 785 00:35:11,549 --> 00:35:13,884 - I mean, it was just me and my mom, 786 00:35:13,926 --> 00:35:15,761 you know, my whole life. No dad. 787 00:35:15,803 --> 00:35:17,763 And now I see it, this woman... - Jerry. 788 00:35:17,805 --> 00:35:19,014 - She's coming in all hot to trot. 789 00:35:19,056 --> 00:35:21,726 - Jerry, I'm not leaving Wendy, okay? 790 00:35:21,767 --> 00:35:24,478 And I'm not leaving the baby, okay? 791 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,734 Kim is ambitious, she's confident, 792 00:35:29,775 --> 00:35:32,028 she has an impressive résumé, 793 00:35:32,069 --> 00:35:34,363 and I need the best people working for me. 794 00:35:34,405 --> 00:35:38,492 * * 795 00:35:38,534 --> 00:35:40,453 Kim's my physician's assistant. 796 00:35:40,494 --> 00:35:42,788 * * 797 00:35:42,830 --> 00:35:43,789 - [softly] Okay. 798 00:35:43,831 --> 00:35:47,418 * * 799 00:35:53,507 --> 00:35:55,342 [videogame controller clacking] 800 00:35:55,384 --> 00:35:58,387 [gunfire and explosions] 801 00:35:58,429 --> 00:35:59,847 - Mm-mm, mm-mm. Not now, not now. 802 00:35:59,889 --> 00:36:02,767 - When are we gonna talk? - Babe, not now. No! Not now. 803 00:36:02,808 --> 00:36:06,520 - No, I don't give a shit. We're having a baby. 804 00:36:06,562 --> 00:36:08,189 And you haven't said a word about it. 805 00:36:08,230 --> 00:36:12,151 - [sighs] 806 00:36:12,193 --> 00:36:14,153 Fine. 807 00:36:14,195 --> 00:36:15,905 If you wanna talk, let's talk. 808 00:36:23,954 --> 00:36:25,915 - You don't want to have this baby? 809 00:36:25,956 --> 00:36:29,043 - [sighs] 810 00:36:29,085 --> 00:36:32,713 We've only been together a couple months, Wendy. 811 00:36:33,297 --> 00:36:35,132 Sorry if I'm not lighting cigars. 812 00:36:37,259 --> 00:36:38,302 - So that's it? 813 00:36:38,344 --> 00:36:40,513 "Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am"? 814 00:36:40,554 --> 00:36:42,139 - No. 815 00:36:42,181 --> 00:36:46,644 Look, I don't expect you to fully grasp this, 816 00:36:46,685 --> 00:36:48,729 but everything that I'm doing 817 00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:54,235 will help you live past your wildest dreams. 818 00:36:54,276 --> 00:36:57,905 I have a plan. 819 00:36:57,947 --> 00:37:03,244 All I need is for you to go to nursing school. 820 00:37:03,285 --> 00:37:05,079 - You fucking kidding me? 821 00:37:05,121 --> 00:37:07,289 I'm not an accessory in Chris's world. 822 00:37:07,331 --> 00:37:08,833 - [sighs] Wendy, give me a break. 823 00:37:08,874 --> 00:37:11,001 You had no problem playing the role of doctor's girlfriend, 824 00:37:11,043 --> 00:37:12,503 but now when it's not working for you, 825 00:37:12,545 --> 00:37:13,921 all of a sudden it's an issue? 826 00:37:13,963 --> 00:37:15,297 - Nothing with you has ever worked for me. 827 00:37:15,339 --> 00:37:16,632 It's always been on your terms. - Oh, bullshit. 828 00:37:16,674 --> 00:37:17,675 That is fucking bullshit, Wendy. 829 00:37:17,717 --> 00:37:19,176 [slams controller] 830 00:37:19,218 --> 00:37:21,262 I wanted to go to UCLA; that was my first choice, 831 00:37:21,303 --> 00:37:22,805 but you're the one that said you wouldn't move 832 00:37:22,847 --> 00:37:24,765 unless we came to Dallas because of your aunt in Ferris. 833 00:37:24,807 --> 00:37:26,225 So don't pretend like it's been me 834 00:37:26,267 --> 00:37:28,436 just dragging you along for this whole ride. 835 00:37:28,477 --> 00:37:30,229 - You're blaming me? - Oh, Jesus! 836 00:37:30,271 --> 00:37:34,150 Can you not play the victim? Just try it. See what happens. 837 00:37:34,191 --> 00:37:35,943 You're the one who wanted a boyfriend 838 00:37:35,985 --> 00:37:38,612 who could buy your shoes and your perfume and your makeup 839 00:37:38,654 --> 00:37:40,364 and pay your rent and whatever the fuck else. 840 00:37:40,406 --> 00:37:43,409 And you know what? Congratulations, you got it. 841 00:37:43,451 --> 00:37:45,578 You won in life. You got what you wanted. 842 00:37:45,619 --> 00:37:48,914 But life is a double-edged fucking sword. 843 00:37:48,956 --> 00:37:52,126 This is what it's like to date a god. 844 00:37:52,168 --> 00:37:53,377 Keep up. 845 00:37:53,419 --> 00:37:54,712 - You might be able to hustle these stuffy, 846 00:37:54,754 --> 00:37:56,213 buttoned-up assholes, but not me. 847 00:37:56,255 --> 00:37:57,673 I know you're a fraud, 848 00:37:57,715 --> 00:37:59,508 always acting like you know everything, but you don't. 849 00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:01,719 You can't even keep a job. 850 00:38:01,761 --> 00:38:03,471 [tense music] 851 00:38:03,512 --> 00:38:04,930 - What the fuck does that mean? 852 00:38:04,972 --> 00:38:06,515 - They dumped your ass out of DiscGenics. 853 00:38:06,557 --> 00:38:09,310 - I'm on the board! - "On the board" 854 00:38:09,351 --> 00:38:11,270 means they're too embarrassed by you to fire you! 855 00:38:11,312 --> 00:38:14,815 - I made $1/2 million just by stepping foot in this city! 856 00:38:14,857 --> 00:38:17,151 And everything that you have is because of me! 857 00:38:17,193 --> 00:38:19,195 I picked you up out of the fucking gutter, 858 00:38:19,236 --> 00:38:21,530 and I can throw you right back there if I want. 859 00:38:21,572 --> 00:38:23,074 You'll end up some sagging hussy 860 00:38:23,115 --> 00:38:25,117 working the pole for chump change. 861 00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:25,993 And you know what? 862 00:38:26,035 --> 00:38:27,620 If I'm being perfectly honest, 863 00:38:27,661 --> 00:38:28,788 the best thing you could probably do 864 00:38:28,829 --> 00:38:30,414 is abort that fucking baby, 865 00:38:30,456 --> 00:38:34,835 because you are not the type of person who can raise it. 866 00:38:34,877 --> 00:38:36,670 And I'm saying that with love 867 00:38:36,712 --> 00:38:39,840 because I am trying to help you win in life! 868 00:38:39,882 --> 00:38:41,592 - Fuck you! - Fuck you! 869 00:38:41,634 --> 00:38:43,010 [glass shatters] 870 00:38:43,052 --> 00:38:44,220 - Fuck you! 871 00:38:44,261 --> 00:38:45,513 [glass shatters] 872 00:38:45,554 --> 00:38:46,764 Fuck you! [door slams] 873 00:38:46,806 --> 00:38:48,140 - Hey, open this--open the-- - Fuck you! 874 00:38:48,182 --> 00:38:49,809 - Fuck! - Tex-Mex, y'all. Hey! 875 00:38:49,850 --> 00:38:51,185 - Open this door! - Fuck you, Chris! Fuck you! 876 00:38:51,227 --> 00:38:52,561 - Ungrateful bitch! - Hey! What the fuck? 877 00:38:52,603 --> 00:38:53,729 - Open up! Open up! - Get out! 878 00:38:53,771 --> 00:38:54,855 - Hey, shut the fuck up! Both of you. 879 00:38:54,897 --> 00:38:56,148 - Get out! - Open the fuck up! 880 00:38:56,190 --> 00:38:57,692 Get out of my goddamn hotel room! 881 00:38:57,733 --> 00:38:58,693 - Get him out of here! - You need to calm down. 882 00:38:58,734 --> 00:38:59,735 - Get him out! - Fuck. 883 00:38:59,777 --> 00:39:01,112 - All right. - Get off of me! 884 00:39:01,153 --> 00:39:02,530 - Cool it, bro. Cool it, bro. - Get off of me! 885 00:39:02,571 --> 00:39:03,614 - All right. What the hell happened? 886 00:39:03,656 --> 00:39:04,990 * * 887 00:39:05,032 --> 00:39:08,160 [muffled] Hey, we have to talk about this, okay? 888 00:39:08,202 --> 00:39:12,832 * * 889 00:39:12,873 --> 00:39:16,085 - [breathes shakily] 890 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,141 - [sniffs deeply] 891 00:39:30,182 --> 00:39:31,809 Oh, fuck. 892 00:39:31,851 --> 00:39:33,936 * * 893 00:39:33,978 --> 00:39:37,023 Ah, fuck. 894 00:39:37,064 --> 00:39:38,774 Oh, fuck. 895 00:39:38,816 --> 00:39:45,948 * * 896 00:39:52,455 --> 00:39:54,165 - [clears throat] 897 00:39:54,206 --> 00:39:55,833 - [sighs] 898 00:39:55,875 --> 00:39:58,252 * * 899 00:39:58,294 --> 00:40:00,838 - [exhales deeply] 900 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,383 Hopefully, in the future, you stay away 901 00:40:04,425 --> 00:40:07,261 from whatever unsavory character did this to you. 902 00:40:07,303 --> 00:40:10,806 - [chuckles] I did it to myself. 903 00:40:10,848 --> 00:40:12,975 * * 904 00:40:13,017 --> 00:40:17,188 - You don't care to share, fine by me. 905 00:40:17,229 --> 00:40:20,566 Let's not kick this new phase of our relationship off... 906 00:40:20,608 --> 00:40:24,195 - [groans] 907 00:40:24,236 --> 00:40:25,321 - With an untruth. 908 00:40:25,363 --> 00:40:27,239 * * 909 00:40:27,281 --> 00:40:29,617 - New phase? 910 00:40:29,658 --> 00:40:36,665 * * 911 00:40:36,707 --> 00:40:38,000 - Articles of incorporation 912 00:40:38,042 --> 00:40:41,337 for the Texas Neurosurgical Institute. 913 00:40:41,379 --> 00:40:44,340 You're officially official, Dr. Duntsch. 914 00:40:44,382 --> 00:40:45,925 - [sighs] 915 00:40:45,966 --> 00:40:47,885 [soft dramatic music] 916 00:40:47,927 --> 00:40:49,804 * * 917 00:40:49,845 --> 00:40:53,265 Clinic's up and running, got a gnarly man scar. 918 00:40:53,307 --> 00:40:54,225 - [chuckles] 919 00:40:54,266 --> 00:40:56,310 - So much to make whoopee about. 920 00:40:56,352 --> 00:40:58,062 * * 921 00:40:58,104 --> 00:41:00,147 Classy. 922 00:41:00,189 --> 00:41:07,113 * * 923 00:41:10,282 --> 00:41:14,995 - Most people are so close-minded... 924 00:41:15,037 --> 00:41:18,165 so narrowly focused on their tiny, little cocooned worlds 925 00:41:18,207 --> 00:41:21,293 that they don't even understand the greatness 926 00:41:21,335 --> 00:41:24,672 that I am offering them. 927 00:41:24,714 --> 00:41:27,133 But that's okay, 928 00:41:27,174 --> 00:41:30,010 because if I have to stand in front of them a thousand times 929 00:41:30,052 --> 00:41:35,391 to explain my genius to them to make them understand... 930 00:41:35,433 --> 00:41:37,852 then it's all worth it. 931 00:41:37,893 --> 00:41:40,271 And it starts at Baylor. 932 00:41:40,312 --> 00:41:44,817 I am going to make them understand. 933 00:41:44,859 --> 00:41:48,487 * * 934 00:41:48,529 --> 00:41:51,615 And this isn't the unstoppable force paradox, 935 00:41:51,657 --> 00:41:55,369 because there's only me. 936 00:41:55,411 --> 00:41:57,663 I embody everything. 937 00:41:57,705 --> 00:42:02,752 * * 938 00:42:02,793 --> 00:42:05,004 - And what am I looking at here? 939 00:42:05,046 --> 00:42:07,214 - A screw imbedded in soft tissue. 940 00:42:07,256 --> 00:42:09,592 - He missed the spine entirely. 941 00:42:09,633 --> 00:42:11,552 - If what you're telling me is to be believed, 942 00:42:11,594 --> 00:42:15,389 then it seems to me that this is a case of incompetence. 943 00:42:15,431 --> 00:42:17,516 - [chuckles] I can train a couple of circus monkeys 944 00:42:17,558 --> 00:42:19,894 to do a better job. 945 00:42:19,935 --> 00:42:22,813 - How do you like your steak, Mr. Yarborough? 946 00:42:22,855 --> 00:42:24,815 - Do I feel an analogy coming on? 947 00:42:24,857 --> 00:42:26,484 - Mm. 948 00:42:26,525 --> 00:42:28,194 - Texan born and bred. 949 00:42:28,235 --> 00:42:32,281 - When you slice into that perfect rare to bloody steak, 950 00:42:32,323 --> 00:42:34,700 it's soft, like you're cutting through a stick of butter. 951 00:42:34,742 --> 00:42:38,079 Now, if somebody stuck a piece of wood into that steak, 952 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:39,413 when your knife made contact, 953 00:42:39,455 --> 00:42:40,915 you'd be able to tell the difference, correct? 954 00:42:40,956 --> 00:42:42,416 - Of course. 955 00:42:42,458 --> 00:42:44,335 - Well, the contrast between the wood and the steak 956 00:42:44,377 --> 00:42:48,089 is the same as the spine and the muscles surrounding it. 957 00:42:48,130 --> 00:42:50,424 And Duntsch couldn't tell the difference? 958 00:42:50,466 --> 00:42:52,426 - Which is a damn near impossibility unless he was 959 00:42:52,468 --> 00:42:55,096 actively trying to insert the screw in the wrong place, 960 00:42:55,137 --> 00:42:56,597 which would answer your questions 961 00:42:56,639 --> 00:42:58,349 about showing criminal intent. 962 00:43:00,851 --> 00:43:02,353 - To bring criminal charges, 963 00:43:02,395 --> 00:43:05,648 a certain threshold has to be met. 964 00:43:05,690 --> 00:43:07,858 I'm not sure we're there. 965 00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:09,443 What's evident, though, is it appears 966 00:43:09,485 --> 00:43:12,488 you have a compelling medical malpractice complaint, 967 00:43:12,530 --> 00:43:14,615 which should be taken up in civil court. 968 00:43:14,657 --> 00:43:16,701 - But pushing this off to the civil court, I mean, 969 00:43:16,742 --> 00:43:20,496 if that isn't passing the buck, I don't know what is. 970 00:43:22,915 --> 00:43:26,335 - We're dancing in a field of gray. 971 00:43:26,377 --> 00:43:29,755 This office deals with drug dealers and murderers. 972 00:43:29,797 --> 00:43:33,426 The law is explicit. Don't sell drugs, don't kill. 973 00:43:33,467 --> 00:43:37,221 It's an undeviating line any jury can follow. 974 00:43:37,263 --> 00:43:41,308 What you're presenting me is eight years of medical school 975 00:43:41,350 --> 00:43:43,811 that we'd have to shove down the jury's throats 976 00:43:43,853 --> 00:43:45,187 in a handful of days. 977 00:43:45,229 --> 00:43:47,023 They'd have to be so versed to the point 978 00:43:47,064 --> 00:43:48,482 that they could differentiate 979 00:43:48,524 --> 00:43:51,569 between sound medical practice and criminal negligence. 980 00:43:51,610 --> 00:43:53,529 - I don't think it would be that hard for them 981 00:43:53,571 --> 00:43:55,406 to understand the scope of what he's done. 982 00:43:55,448 --> 00:43:58,325 We're not asking the jury to perform surgery. 983 00:43:58,367 --> 00:43:59,827 - Well, tell that to juror number seven, 984 00:43:59,869 --> 00:44:01,120 who doesn't wanna be there 985 00:44:01,162 --> 00:44:03,289 'cause she's losing valuable days at work, 986 00:44:03,330 --> 00:44:06,751 and her kids' Christmas wish list is going up in smoke. 987 00:44:06,792 --> 00:44:08,711 - Duntsch has two deaths that we know of, 988 00:44:08,753 --> 00:44:11,881 and the state of Texas has executed people for less. 989 00:44:13,215 --> 00:44:15,259 - I'm not negating what has transpired. 990 00:44:15,885 --> 00:44:19,764 But you're asking us to start up a very steep mountain. 991 00:44:19,805 --> 00:44:23,476 - Ah, well, you know, the degree of difficulty 992 00:44:23,517 --> 00:44:25,519 shouldn't dictate how you do your goddamn job, 993 00:44:25,561 --> 00:44:27,563 otherwise we should all be selling hot dogs at a ballgame. 994 00:44:27,605 --> 00:44:29,523 - [clears throat] I had a patient once. 995 00:44:29,565 --> 00:44:33,486 Woodland Arp, very successful lumbar spine fusion, 996 00:44:33,527 --> 00:44:35,196 recovered nicely for six months. 997 00:44:35,237 --> 00:44:36,864 Then he started having recurring back pain in the area 998 00:44:36,906 --> 00:44:38,908 where the device was implanted. 999 00:44:38,949 --> 00:44:40,368 And by then, the fusion was intact, 1000 00:44:40,409 --> 00:44:42,036 so Mr. Arp decided to have the hardware removed 1001 00:44:42,078 --> 00:44:44,330 to alleviate the discomfort. 1002 00:44:44,872 --> 00:44:47,124 Straightforward, neat procedure. 1003 00:44:47,166 --> 00:44:50,086 35 minutes, skin to skin, got the hardware out. 1004 00:44:50,127 --> 00:44:51,879 I rounded on him later on; he was on his feet, 1005 00:44:51,921 --> 00:44:53,422 walking around, no pre-op pain. 1006 00:44:53,464 --> 00:44:55,383 He was ecstatic. 1007 00:44:55,424 --> 00:44:58,052 The next morning, they found him dead on the bathroom floor. 1008 00:44:59,678 --> 00:45:01,430 Pulmonary embolism. 1009 00:45:04,642 --> 00:45:06,894 I did nothing wrong. 1010 00:45:06,936 --> 00:45:10,314 I did everything by the book, and not a week goes by 1011 00:45:10,356 --> 00:45:11,607 that I don't think about him. 1012 00:45:11,649 --> 00:45:14,443 Now, whether he's doing it on purpose or not, 1013 00:45:14,485 --> 00:45:19,281 Duntsch knows that he is not a competent surgeon. 1014 00:45:21,158 --> 00:45:23,411 That's intent. 1015 00:45:23,452 --> 00:45:24,620 And what's gonna happen if people find out 1016 00:45:24,662 --> 00:45:28,916 that you had an opportunity to stop him... 1017 00:45:28,958 --> 00:45:30,626 but you didn't take it? 1018 00:45:53,858 --> 00:45:57,528 - George, take the lead on this. 1019 00:45:57,570 --> 00:45:59,697 We'll conduct a thorough investigation 1020 00:45:59,739 --> 00:46:02,074 and see where the evidence leads us. 1021 00:46:02,116 --> 00:46:03,617 [Three 6 Mafia's "95"] 1022 00:46:03,659 --> 00:46:05,119 - * Break da law, break da law * 1023 00:46:05,161 --> 00:46:06,537 * Break da law, break da law * 1024 00:46:06,579 --> 00:46:08,122 * Break da law, break da law * 1025 00:46:08,164 --> 00:46:09,582 * Break da law, break da law * 1026 00:46:09,623 --> 00:46:11,167 * Break da law, break da law * 1027 00:46:11,208 --> 00:46:12,626 * Break da law, break da law * 1028 00:46:12,668 --> 00:46:14,211 * Break da law, break da law * 1029 00:46:14,253 --> 00:46:15,921 * Break da law, break da law * 1030 00:46:15,963 --> 00:46:17,298 * Break da law, break da law * 1031 00:46:17,339 --> 00:46:18,716 * Break da law, break da law * 1032 00:46:18,758 --> 00:46:20,551 * [...] recognize the Triple 6 shit * 1033 00:46:20,593 --> 00:46:21,927 * It's so fuckin' thick * 1034 00:46:21,969 --> 00:46:23,471 * We gotta lay it down we gotta spray * 1035 00:46:23,512 --> 00:46:24,972 * We gotta break ya, bitch * 1036 00:46:25,014 --> 00:46:26,557 * Comin' up stays on my mind * 1037 00:46:26,599 --> 00:46:28,476 * So we gotta drop a busta * 1038 00:46:28,517 --> 00:46:31,687 * A playa-hatin' [...] or a crooked cop, run up * 1039 00:46:31,729 --> 00:46:32,938 * If ya wanna * 1040 00:46:32,980 --> 00:46:34,357 * It ain't no thang I put my gun up * 1041 00:46:34,398 --> 00:46:35,733 * Midnight to sun up * 1042 00:46:35,775 --> 00:46:37,318 * Still break you mane in that M * 1043 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:38,611 * The M-Town * 1044 00:46:38,652 --> 00:46:40,488 * [...] get buck non-stop * 1045 00:46:40,529 --> 00:46:41,781 * Fuck off and learn the real meaning * 1046 00:46:41,822 --> 00:46:43,491 * Of a plastic Glock * - * G * 1047 00:46:43,532 --> 00:46:44,658 - * Gotta touch 'em, gotta grab 'em * 1048 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:45,868 * 'Cause I think he's bailin' * 1049 00:46:45,910 --> 00:46:47,411 * L * - * Lay 'em down * 1050 00:46:47,453 --> 00:46:48,996 * No remorse come with me to hell * 1051 00:46:49,038 --> 00:46:50,289 - * O * - * Overnight * 1052 00:46:50,331 --> 00:46:51,749 * We be rich when we tell the trick * 1053 00:46:51,791 --> 00:46:53,125 - * C * - * Catch ya slippin' * 1054 00:46:53,167 --> 00:46:54,794 * He's so soft, do a man quick * 1055 00:46:54,835 --> 00:46:56,837 - * K * - * Killas on my payroll * 1056 00:46:56,879 --> 00:46:59,090 * I gotta stay straight * - * 19 * 1057 00:46:59,131 --> 00:47:00,841 - Ready to rock? 1058 00:47:00,883 --> 00:47:02,426 - Fuck yeah. 1059 00:47:02,468 --> 00:47:06,514 - Next stop, Baylor-fucking-Plano Hospital. 1060 00:47:06,555 --> 00:47:07,556 - * We down to break da law, bitch * 1061 00:47:07,598 --> 00:47:08,682 * Break da law, break da law * 1062 00:47:08,724 --> 00:47:10,226 * Break da law, break da law * 1063 00:47:10,267 --> 00:47:11,685 * Break da law, break da law * 1064 00:47:11,727 --> 00:47:13,312 * Break da law, break da law * 1065 00:47:13,354 --> 00:47:14,689 * Break da law, break da law * 1066 00:47:14,730 --> 00:47:16,315 * Break da law, break da law * 1067 00:47:16,357 --> 00:47:17,692 * Break da law, break da law * 1068 00:47:17,733 --> 00:47:19,985 * Break da law, break da law * 1069 00:47:20,027 --> 00:47:22,571 - * Comin up from the back buckin' [...] down * 1070 00:47:22,613 --> 00:47:24,365 * Comin, comin up from the back * 1071 00:47:24,407 --> 00:47:26,033 * Buckin' [...] down * 1072 00:47:26,075 --> 00:47:28,619 * Comin up from the back buckin' [...] down * 1073 00:47:28,661 --> 00:47:31,455 * 'Cause when you duck, we hit you with the bat * 1074 00:47:31,497 --> 00:47:33,249 - * Pass me tha Glock so I can get buck * 1075 00:47:33,290 --> 00:47:36,502 * A mean frown stay on my face 'cause I don't give a fuck * 1076 00:47:36,544 --> 00:47:38,170 * Loced out Afro * 1077 00:47:38,212 --> 00:47:39,839 * And a big Fila coat * 1078 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,090 * 14 karat gold * 1079 00:47:41,132 --> 00:47:42,883 * Smile and a bone around my throat * 1080 00:47:42,925 --> 00:47:45,678 * Glock 19 is tucked nicely down my Fruit of the Looms * 1081 00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:47,096 * For them [...] that trick it in * 1082 00:47:47,138 --> 00:47:48,931 * I'm stickin' up them tracks they boom * 1083 00:47:48,973 --> 00:47:51,726 * Shakin' like a mothafucka when I lock you down tight * 1084 00:47:51,767 --> 00:47:53,394 * In the Chevy trunk with nothin' but next * 1085 00:47:53,436 --> 00:47:54,937 * To dig for yo life * 1086 00:47:54,979 --> 00:47:56,272 * Fool it ain't no game * 1087 00:47:56,313 --> 00:47:57,732 * You gotta die the devil sent me * 1088 00:47:57,773 --> 00:47:59,567 * Six in yo chest who's next? * 1089 00:47:59,608 --> 00:48:01,110 * No niceness in me * 1090 00:48:01,152 --> 00:48:02,528 * Tha killas up in my crew they take no shit * 1091 00:48:02,570 --> 00:48:04,030 * [...] you better run * 1092 00:48:04,071 --> 00:48:05,406 * We 'bout it bitch, no [...], don't play * 1093 00:48:05,448 --> 00:48:07,116 * We roll with automatic guns * 1094 00:48:07,158 --> 00:48:08,409 * Step up with the ho shit * 1095 00:48:08,451 --> 00:48:10,036 * [...] we gotta close shop * 1096 00:48:10,077 --> 00:48:13,080 * Juice on the burglar do a 9 leavin' you hos to rot * 1097 00:48:13,122 --> 00:48:14,415 * Big cam with a punk * 1098 00:48:14,457 --> 00:48:16,250 * Malekie with a attitude * 1099 00:48:16,292 --> 00:48:17,585 * Smith & Wesson in his hand * 1100 00:48:17,626 --> 00:48:19,211 * Blowed tha bitch out his shoes * 1101 00:48:19,253 --> 00:48:20,254 * Break da law * 1102 00:48:20,296 --> 00:48:21,255 * Break da law, break da law * 1103 00:48:21,297 --> 00:48:22,673 * Break da law, break da law 1104 00:48:22,715 --> 00:48:24,258 * Break da law, break da law * 1105 00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:25,676 * Break da law, break da law * 1106 00:48:25,718 --> 00:48:27,261 * Break da law, break da law * 1107 00:48:27,303 --> 00:48:28,679 * Break da law, break da law * 1108 00:48:28,721 --> 00:48:30,264 * Break da law, break da law * 1109 00:48:30,306 --> 00:48:31,724 * Break da law, break da law * 1110 00:48:31,766 --> 00:48:33,350 * Break da law * - * South Side * 1111 00:48:33,392 --> 00:48:34,769 - * Break da law * - * North Side * 1112 00:48:34,810 --> 00:48:36,353 - * Break da law * - * West Side * 1113 00:48:36,395 --> 00:48:37,772 - * Break da law * - * East Side * 1114 00:48:37,813 --> 00:48:39,357 - * Break da law * - * South Side * 1115 00:48:39,398 --> 00:48:40,775 - * Break da law * - * North Side * 1116 00:48:40,816 --> 00:48:42,360 - * Break da law * - * West Side * 1117 00:48:42,401 --> 00:48:43,527 - * Break da law * - * East Side * 1118 00:48:43,569 --> 00:48:44,987 - * Get buck, mothafucka * 1119 00:48:45,029 --> 00:48:46,530 * Get buck * 1120 00:48:46,572 --> 00:48:48,032 * Get buck, mothafucka * 1121 00:48:48,074 --> 00:48:49,575 * Get buck * 1122 00:48:49,617 --> 00:48:51,077 * Get buck, mothafucka * 1123 00:48:51,118 --> 00:48:52,620 * Get buck * 1124 00:48:52,661 --> 00:48:54,663 * Get buck, mothafucka, get... *