1 00:00:14,243 --> 00:00:17,329 [indistinct chatter] 2 00:00:22,126 --> 00:00:23,961 - We here at Baylor Plano believe 3 00:00:24,003 --> 00:00:25,337 choosin' your own doctor 4 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:27,965 is man's sacred, God-given right. 5 00:00:28,007 --> 00:00:31,552 Advocacy, innovation, collaboration. 6 00:00:31,594 --> 00:00:33,345 Excellence in these arenas compelled 7 00:00:33,387 --> 00:00:36,557 "U.S. News & World Report" to rank Baylor Plano high 8 00:00:36,599 --> 00:00:38,976 on its list of the nation's finest hospitals. 9 00:00:39,018 --> 00:00:40,561 [soft dramatic music] 10 00:00:40,603 --> 00:00:42,521 But it's our down-home Texas values 11 00:00:42,563 --> 00:00:45,066 that won us the trust of our community. 12 00:00:45,107 --> 00:00:47,568 And we owe it to that community to spare no expense 13 00:00:47,610 --> 00:00:49,779 when it comes to their health care. 14 00:00:49,820 --> 00:00:53,616 That begins by recruiting only the best. 15 00:00:53,657 --> 00:00:55,618 Countries from around the globe, 16 00:00:55,659 --> 00:00:58,996 37 to date, have sent their citizens to be treated 17 00:00:59,038 --> 00:01:02,416 by renowned surgeons, Doctors O'Connor and Crosby. 18 00:01:02,458 --> 00:01:04,460 They've made the Baylor Scoliosis Center 19 00:01:04,502 --> 00:01:07,338 the very first institute of its kind devoted 20 00:01:07,380 --> 00:01:10,758 to the treatment of this devastating spinal curvature. 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,845 Recently, Dr. Shapiro was awarded a preceptorship 22 00:01:14,887 --> 00:01:18,641 under Professor Juha Mikkelsgaard of Helsinki. 23 00:01:18,682 --> 00:01:20,059 Finally, 24 00:01:20,101 --> 00:01:23,979 representing the exciting future of neurosurgery, 25 00:01:24,021 --> 00:01:26,315 we have just recruited a rising star 26 00:01:26,357 --> 00:01:28,943 of minimally invasive technique, 27 00:01:28,984 --> 00:01:32,279 hailing from the University of Tennessee and Semmes-Murphey, 28 00:01:32,321 --> 00:01:35,116 the very institute that blazed the trail in that approach. 29 00:01:35,157 --> 00:01:37,827 [tense music] 30 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,462 - Dr. Duntsch, good morning. - Good morning, Dr. Morgan. 31 00:01:51,048 --> 00:01:52,842 - I'd like to go over the equipment you ordered 32 00:01:52,883 --> 00:01:54,510 for the procedure. 33 00:01:54,552 --> 00:01:56,470 Yasargil micro bayonet, 34 00:01:56,512 --> 00:01:59,306 French Fukushima teardrop tapered suction tube, 35 00:01:59,348 --> 00:02:02,685 micro dissector set in titanium with case-- 36 00:02:02,727 --> 00:02:05,479 oh, wait, we have the Yasargil bayonet forceps. 37 00:02:05,521 --> 00:02:08,107 You need the micro bayonet as well? 38 00:02:08,149 --> 00:02:11,152 - If I asked for it, I need it. 39 00:02:11,193 --> 00:02:13,112 [water running] 40 00:02:13,154 --> 00:02:14,655 - Uh, we have Kerrisons, 41 00:02:14,697 --> 00:02:16,574 retractors, microdiscectomy systems. 42 00:02:16,615 --> 00:02:19,660 [metallic clanging] - Cupboards bare? 43 00:02:19,702 --> 00:02:22,329 That's, uh, quite the grocery list you got there. 44 00:02:22,371 --> 00:02:24,373 - I'll see you in the OR, Doctor. 45 00:02:27,460 --> 00:02:30,504 - [sighs] How many surgeries you doing here today? 46 00:02:30,546 --> 00:02:33,466 - Just one. First at this institution. 47 00:02:33,507 --> 00:02:35,676 - Oh, congratulations. 48 00:02:35,718 --> 00:02:38,220 Insurance is never gonna cover any of that shit. 49 00:02:38,262 --> 00:02:41,348 - That is not my problem. Fixing people is. 50 00:02:41,390 --> 00:02:42,641 Unlike the rest of this town. 51 00:02:42,683 --> 00:02:43,976 - Is that right? - Yeah. 52 00:02:44,018 --> 00:02:46,270 What passes for neurosurgery down here is a sham. 53 00:02:46,312 --> 00:02:48,189 I'm here to nuke this place into the future. 54 00:02:48,230 --> 00:02:50,107 - [chuckles] Wow. Well, you impress me. 55 00:02:50,149 --> 00:02:53,110 Usually, it takes surgeons at least a good decade 56 00:02:53,152 --> 00:02:54,653 to refine their God complex. 57 00:02:54,695 --> 00:02:59,200 - [laughs] Christopher D. Duntsch. MD-PhD. 58 00:02:59,241 --> 00:03:00,451 - Randy. 59 00:03:00,493 --> 00:03:01,869 So do they have to enlarge the door 60 00:03:01,911 --> 00:03:03,871 to get your Northern head into the building? 61 00:03:03,913 --> 00:03:08,292 - I'm from Tennessee. - North of Texas is north. 62 00:03:08,334 --> 00:03:12,171 - You know what, I think I'm gonna make you my access guy. 63 00:03:12,213 --> 00:03:14,382 - Do I get a say in the matter? - Nope, that's it. 64 00:03:14,423 --> 00:03:16,217 From now on, you're doing all of my access. 65 00:03:16,258 --> 00:03:17,676 You are my fuckin' guy. 66 00:03:17,718 --> 00:03:22,223 - Oh, goodie. - You're my guy, Randy. 67 00:03:22,264 --> 00:03:25,184 [suspenseful ambient music] 68 00:03:25,226 --> 00:03:31,565 * * 69 00:03:31,607 --> 00:03:34,276 - Craig James. Congratulations. 70 00:03:34,318 --> 00:03:35,695 You're about to enter the history books. 71 00:03:35,736 --> 00:03:37,488 - First surgery at Baylor Plano? 72 00:03:37,530 --> 00:03:38,739 - Staff treating you okay? 73 00:03:38,781 --> 00:03:40,366 - Everything's been just fine. 74 00:03:40,408 --> 00:03:42,284 - Have any questions before we begin? 75 00:03:42,326 --> 00:03:44,578 - Gonna fix my leg? - [chuckles] 76 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:45,913 You'll be playing so much tennis, 77 00:03:45,955 --> 00:03:47,456 the next time you're in my office, 78 00:03:47,498 --> 00:03:49,417 you're gonna be griping about that elbow. 79 00:03:49,458 --> 00:03:54,964 * * 80 00:03:55,005 --> 00:03:57,049 See you soon. 81 00:03:57,091 --> 00:04:00,010 [peaceful ambient music] 82 00:04:00,052 --> 00:04:04,765 * * 83 00:04:04,807 --> 00:04:07,810 [no audio] 84 00:04:07,852 --> 00:04:14,775 * * 85 00:04:20,448 --> 00:04:23,367 [basketball thumping] 86 00:04:23,409 --> 00:04:30,499 * * 87 00:04:33,335 --> 00:04:36,380 [phone ringing] 88 00:04:36,422 --> 00:04:38,549 - [panting] 89 00:04:41,093 --> 00:04:44,513 Morning, Ma. 90 00:04:44,555 --> 00:04:47,308 Yeah. Thanks for the alarm. 91 00:04:47,349 --> 00:04:49,268 * * 92 00:04:49,310 --> 00:04:51,729 You, too. Yeah. 93 00:04:51,771 --> 00:04:54,398 Love you back. Bye. 94 00:04:54,440 --> 00:05:01,572 * * 95 00:05:04,992 --> 00:05:08,996 Double shot espresso bad or double shot mezcal bad? 96 00:05:09,038 --> 00:05:10,456 Quarterlies came in. 97 00:05:10,498 --> 00:05:13,501 - Violent crime's up 2%. - Oh, that's on DPD. 98 00:05:13,542 --> 00:05:15,419 - With a 5% drop in convictions. 99 00:05:15,461 --> 00:05:16,837 - Stats don't tell the whole story. 100 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:18,881 - But they don't fib, either. 101 00:05:18,923 --> 00:05:21,926 - We've got a 99% conviction rate. 102 00:05:21,967 --> 00:05:24,553 Ed won't lose his head over some horsepucky calculus. 103 00:05:24,595 --> 00:05:27,932 - Not when he can have George's. 104 00:05:27,973 --> 00:05:30,518 - George? - Decade at Public Integrity. 105 00:05:30,559 --> 00:05:34,522 That's some horsepucky for you right there. 106 00:05:34,563 --> 00:05:37,900 Election season can get real ugly real quick. 107 00:05:39,527 --> 00:05:41,570 [door slams] 108 00:05:41,612 --> 00:05:44,365 - What happens to George's caseload? 109 00:05:45,241 --> 00:05:50,329 - It's an unprincipled waste of time and taxpayer treasure. 110 00:05:50,371 --> 00:05:52,123 What do you think? 111 00:05:52,164 --> 00:05:55,292 - Perhaps "unparalleled" is a better way to put it. 112 00:05:55,334 --> 00:05:57,211 There's something here, Ed. 113 00:05:57,253 --> 00:06:00,297 George didn't do anything with it for months. 114 00:06:00,339 --> 00:06:01,590 I want it. 115 00:06:01,632 --> 00:06:06,303 - Your wants and needs mean nada to me. 116 00:06:06,345 --> 00:06:07,972 Why? 117 00:06:08,013 --> 00:06:11,225 - Because I'm young and naive and idealistic. 118 00:06:11,267 --> 00:06:13,102 - [groans] 119 00:06:13,144 --> 00:06:15,396 - And there's something about those two doctors. 120 00:06:15,438 --> 00:06:16,856 - Their passion? - Exactly. 121 00:06:16,897 --> 00:06:18,691 - Their passion means shit. 122 00:06:18,733 --> 00:06:20,276 Someday, you'll get old and cranky 123 00:06:20,317 --> 00:06:22,611 and look back on this moment from your deathbed 124 00:06:22,653 --> 00:06:25,239 with deep abiding regret. 125 00:06:25,281 --> 00:06:28,534 There's a reason no quack has ever been criminally charged. 126 00:06:28,576 --> 00:06:30,661 - What if we don't have to? 127 00:06:30,703 --> 00:06:32,747 Build a case, but go for the squeeze. 128 00:06:32,788 --> 00:06:34,790 License forfeited in the plea, 129 00:06:34,832 --> 00:06:36,417 a public health hazard is off the streets, 130 00:06:36,459 --> 00:06:38,544 and you get the W. 131 00:06:38,586 --> 00:06:41,380 - That makes a lot of sense. - Thank you. 132 00:06:41,422 --> 00:06:43,090 - Which is why I don't trust it. 133 00:06:43,132 --> 00:06:44,467 - Car's almost here. 134 00:06:44,508 --> 00:06:46,010 - What car? - For your speech. 135 00:06:46,052 --> 00:06:48,220 At the YMCA? 136 00:06:48,262 --> 00:06:49,680 It's on the schedule. 137 00:06:49,722 --> 00:06:51,599 - Oh, shit. Shit! 138 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,976 Now I gotta write something. 139 00:06:54,018 --> 00:06:55,686 - I wanted to work in this office 140 00:06:55,728 --> 00:06:58,481 because I was inspired by your leadership 141 00:06:58,522 --> 00:07:03,110 and your eagerness to do the right thing no matter the cost. 142 00:07:03,152 --> 00:07:04,820 - Well, that's good. I like that. 143 00:07:04,862 --> 00:07:06,739 - I'm here to make a difference, 144 00:07:06,781 --> 00:07:09,533 to fight the tough fights, to stand up for the folks 145 00:07:09,575 --> 00:07:11,118 who have no one left to fight for them. 146 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,746 - Little diabetic, but it's all in the delivery. 147 00:07:13,788 --> 00:07:16,624 - I haven't let you down. - First time for everything. 148 00:07:16,665 --> 00:07:18,584 - And I'm not gonna stop asking. 149 00:07:18,626 --> 00:07:21,504 Really politely. 150 00:07:23,172 --> 00:07:28,010 - You are the youngest ADA in this office's history. 151 00:07:28,052 --> 00:07:30,388 - Which means I could be the youngest former ADA 152 00:07:30,429 --> 00:07:32,848 in this office's history. 153 00:07:38,187 --> 00:07:41,565 - Kirby's been burning out my ringer for months now. 154 00:07:41,607 --> 00:07:44,402 Holidays included. 155 00:07:44,443 --> 00:07:45,653 - Thank you. 156 00:07:45,695 --> 00:07:47,405 - Don't get me over your skis on this. 157 00:07:47,446 --> 00:07:49,865 - You don't know how to ski, Ed. 158 00:07:49,907 --> 00:07:51,575 - Feels good to be rid of him. 159 00:07:51,617 --> 00:07:53,285 Doubt there's a man alive in Texas 160 00:07:53,327 --> 00:07:55,037 more sick of that guy than me. 161 00:07:55,079 --> 00:07:56,664 - [sighs] 162 00:07:56,706 --> 00:07:58,666 Merino wool. That's the secret. 163 00:07:58,708 --> 00:08:01,043 Doesn't trap the heat or the dampness. 164 00:08:01,085 --> 00:08:04,088 Believe me, my feet go clammy quick. 165 00:08:04,130 --> 00:08:06,382 You know, they say if it's not the frostbite 166 00:08:06,424 --> 00:08:09,427 or the gangrene that gets you, it's the Death Zone, 167 00:08:09,468 --> 00:08:12,388 that last 848 meters of Everest. 168 00:08:12,430 --> 00:08:14,181 There's so little oxygen 169 00:08:14,223 --> 00:08:17,560 that your body starts to die minute by minute, cell by cell. 170 00:08:17,601 --> 00:08:19,437 - But this is my office, 171 00:08:19,478 --> 00:08:21,897 where I spend a lot of time breathing in the air. 172 00:08:21,939 --> 00:08:23,065 - Don't worry about it. 173 00:08:23,107 --> 00:08:24,942 These things are anti-microbial fibers. 174 00:08:24,984 --> 00:08:26,527 I've been wearing these things for three days. 175 00:08:26,569 --> 00:08:29,196 My feet are as dry as... 176 00:08:29,238 --> 00:08:30,906 I don't know, you fill in whatever metaphor 177 00:08:30,948 --> 00:08:34,243 is least offensive to your delicate sensibilities. 178 00:08:34,285 --> 00:08:36,203 [knock at door] 179 00:08:36,245 --> 00:08:41,167 - Dr. Henderson, Dr. Kirby. So sorry I'm late. 180 00:08:41,208 --> 00:08:45,254 Good to see you again. We met briefly. 181 00:08:45,296 --> 00:08:46,922 Well, we didn't meet, but I was in the room 182 00:08:46,964 --> 00:08:49,717 when you came to our office a little while back. 183 00:08:49,759 --> 00:08:51,052 Michelle Shughart. 184 00:08:51,093 --> 00:08:53,554 - Little while back? That was months. 185 00:08:53,596 --> 00:08:55,765 So is Yarborough parking the car? 186 00:08:55,806 --> 00:08:58,517 - Just me today. 187 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,561 I get it. You're disappointed. 188 00:09:00,603 --> 00:09:02,563 - Oh, absolutely not. 189 00:09:02,605 --> 00:09:06,734 - When you say just you today, do you mean just "today" today? 190 00:09:06,776 --> 00:09:08,903 - Every day hereafter. 191 00:09:08,944 --> 00:09:12,156 - You'reour lead? [scoffs] 192 00:09:12,198 --> 00:09:15,910 - Like I said, I get it, you're disappointed. 193 00:09:15,951 --> 00:09:17,828 I'm probably a little too young, 194 00:09:17,870 --> 00:09:19,747 maybe a little too woman for your liking, but-- 195 00:09:19,789 --> 00:09:22,166 - Neither is true, Miss Shughart, please. 196 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:23,417 - Thank you. 197 00:09:23,459 --> 00:09:26,087 But what I can tell you is that 198 00:09:26,128 --> 00:09:29,090 I am passionate about this case. 199 00:09:29,131 --> 00:09:31,926 Well, really every case, but especially this one. 200 00:09:31,967 --> 00:09:34,428 And people tell me that I'm good at my job 201 00:09:34,470 --> 00:09:36,389 even though it makes me exceedingly uncomfortable 202 00:09:36,430 --> 00:09:37,598 to say so. 203 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,891 - If that son of a bitch thinks 204 00:09:38,933 --> 00:09:41,102 I'm donating one blessed cent to his election, 205 00:09:41,143 --> 00:09:43,312 he's got an edema on that medulla of his. 206 00:09:43,354 --> 00:09:45,564 - I apologize. - He gave us his word, Bob. 207 00:09:45,606 --> 00:09:48,317 We served up a psychopath on a silver fucking plater, 208 00:09:48,359 --> 00:09:50,277 piping hot, and he goes and shits the bed. 209 00:09:50,319 --> 00:09:54,865 - Oh, I promise I'm not the--uh, you know, in the bed. 210 00:09:54,907 --> 00:09:56,867 And I assure you there's a strategy. 211 00:09:56,909 --> 00:09:59,328 - Yeah, it's called "lock the bastard up," all right? 212 00:09:59,370 --> 00:10:01,789 He's down the road at University General. 213 00:10:01,831 --> 00:10:03,666 - We're gonna take care of it. 214 00:10:03,708 --> 00:10:05,793 We're building a swift, focused case 215 00:10:05,835 --> 00:10:07,253 to compel maximum leverage. 216 00:10:07,294 --> 00:10:09,171 - So you're cutting a deal with him? 217 00:10:09,213 --> 00:10:10,548 - Plea of guilty 218 00:10:10,589 --> 00:10:12,341 in exchange for forfeiture of his medical license. 219 00:10:12,383 --> 00:10:16,262 - Your boss is an idiot. - It was my idea. 220 00:10:18,556 --> 00:10:20,266 - I don't take it back. 221 00:10:20,307 --> 00:10:22,560 - I wouldn't expect you to, Dr. Kirby. 222 00:10:22,601 --> 00:10:24,520 I don't know medicine. 223 00:10:24,562 --> 00:10:28,065 That's why I so desperately need your expertise. 224 00:10:28,107 --> 00:10:30,985 But all due respect, you don't understand the law. 225 00:10:31,027 --> 00:10:32,820 - You don't understand who we're after. 226 00:10:32,862 --> 00:10:34,280 - Dr. Kirby is correct. 227 00:10:34,321 --> 00:10:36,407 And believe me, there is no string of four words 228 00:10:36,449 --> 00:10:38,034 I find more disagreeable. 229 00:10:38,075 --> 00:10:40,995 But stripping Duntsch of his Texas license is not enough. 230 00:10:41,037 --> 00:10:42,246 - What he said. Especially the part 231 00:10:42,288 --> 00:10:43,998 about you-know-who being you-know-right. 232 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,624 - He'll find another job. 233 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:48,252 He has to go to prison until either he's too old to practice 234 00:10:48,294 --> 00:10:51,547 medicine or-- - He's in a crematorium. 235 00:10:51,589 --> 00:10:53,382 [soft dramatic music] 236 00:10:53,424 --> 00:10:56,052 - I understand. 237 00:10:56,093 --> 00:10:59,180 But the burden of proof for that is insurmountable. 238 00:10:59,221 --> 00:11:04,560 - Miss Shughart, Dr. Duntsch's victims are the proof. 239 00:11:04,602 --> 00:11:07,355 Duntsch is never gonna stop. 240 00:11:07,396 --> 00:11:10,399 He's never gonna stop on his own. 241 00:11:10,441 --> 00:11:15,112 * * 242 00:11:22,536 --> 00:11:25,664 [slow dissonant music] 243 00:11:25,706 --> 00:11:32,880 * * 244 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,689 - Keep it up, and I will cancel your birth certificate! 245 00:11:49,730 --> 00:11:53,025 Hands off! - Mr. Novak. 246 00:11:53,067 --> 00:11:56,529 - Jesus, Moses, and Joseph. He lives. 247 00:11:56,570 --> 00:11:58,823 * * 248 00:11:58,864 --> 00:12:00,366 - So to review, 249 00:12:00,408 --> 00:12:03,369 I'm going to be performing a cervical fusion on two levels, 250 00:12:03,411 --> 00:12:05,996 C3-4 and C4-5. 251 00:12:06,038 --> 00:12:07,707 I'll also be making a minor incision in-- 252 00:12:07,748 --> 00:12:09,458 - Three hours. 253 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:11,419 That's how long they got me lyin' here 254 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:14,213 in this dress, ass flappin' in the wind. 255 00:12:14,255 --> 00:12:16,382 Won't let me eat, won't let me drink. 256 00:12:16,424 --> 00:12:18,259 - I had a flat tire. It held me up. 257 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:19,301 - Flat tire. 258 00:12:19,343 --> 00:12:20,970 You know what I had this morning? 259 00:12:21,011 --> 00:12:23,097 Not one, not two, 260 00:12:23,139 --> 00:12:27,393 but three black cats scattering across my road. 261 00:12:27,435 --> 00:12:29,270 If that ain't the devil hollering, nothing is. 262 00:12:29,311 --> 00:12:32,565 I am out. 263 00:12:32,606 --> 00:12:34,567 - The longer you wait, 264 00:12:34,608 --> 00:12:37,486 the faster your condition is gonna deteriorate. 265 00:12:37,528 --> 00:12:40,740 [soft dramatic music] 266 00:12:40,781 --> 00:12:44,535 - Slicker than owl shit. 267 00:12:44,577 --> 00:12:46,245 You said you worked at Baylor. 268 00:12:46,287 --> 00:12:49,749 - I have privileges at every hospital in Dallas. 269 00:12:49,790 --> 00:12:52,043 - And you brought me here. 270 00:12:52,084 --> 00:12:53,753 - Your insurance dictated. 271 00:12:53,794 --> 00:12:55,796 - I'm not a rich man, Dr. Duntsch, 272 00:12:55,838 --> 00:12:57,590 but I'm no church mouse neither. 273 00:12:57,631 --> 00:12:59,759 I got Blue Cross Blue Shield. 274 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,970 And you gave me... hammer and sickle! 275 00:13:03,012 --> 00:13:04,930 * * 276 00:13:04,972 --> 00:13:08,100 - [sighs] Mr. Novak... 277 00:13:08,142 --> 00:13:10,352 what this hospital lacks in ambience, 278 00:13:10,394 --> 00:13:12,813 it more than makes up for in heart. 279 00:13:12,855 --> 00:13:14,565 I have never worked with a finer, 280 00:13:14,607 --> 00:13:19,612 more dedicated crew of nurses than the ones here at UGH. 281 00:13:19,653 --> 00:13:20,946 Never. 282 00:13:20,988 --> 00:13:22,615 I don't have any other procedures scheduled 283 00:13:22,656 --> 00:13:24,950 for the rest of the day. 284 00:13:24,992 --> 00:13:27,036 The OR is prepped and ready. 285 00:13:27,078 --> 00:13:31,624 And the staff, they came in just for you. 286 00:13:31,665 --> 00:13:35,503 You will not find this level of five-star care anywhere else. 287 00:13:35,544 --> 00:13:39,298 * * 288 00:13:39,340 --> 00:13:42,635 What else can I say to change your mind? 289 00:13:42,676 --> 00:13:45,805 To make this happen? Today? 290 00:13:45,846 --> 00:13:52,978 * * 291 00:13:59,068 --> 00:14:06,200 * * 292 00:14:12,123 --> 00:14:19,255 * * 293 00:14:35,813 --> 00:14:38,357 Scalpel. 294 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:44,196 * * 295 00:14:44,238 --> 00:14:46,866 [monitor beeping rapidly] - Dr. Duntsch. 296 00:14:46,907 --> 00:14:49,869 - I shouldn't have to ask for suction every fuckin' time. 297 00:14:49,910 --> 00:14:52,038 - Dr. Duntsch, BP is falling. - Sponge. 298 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:55,124 [multiple monitors beeping] 299 00:14:59,837 --> 00:15:01,714 Scissors. 300 00:15:01,756 --> 00:15:03,257 [multiple monitors beeping] 301 00:15:03,299 --> 00:15:05,259 [two monitors beeping] 302 00:15:05,301 --> 00:15:08,262 [soft dramatic music] 303 00:15:08,304 --> 00:15:11,891 [heart monitor beeping] 304 00:15:11,932 --> 00:15:14,226 It's a tumor. 305 00:15:14,268 --> 00:15:17,480 He has cancer. There's nothing we can do here. 306 00:15:17,521 --> 00:15:18,898 * * 307 00:15:18,939 --> 00:15:21,442 Sew him up. 308 00:15:25,654 --> 00:15:27,365 - First month at Baylor in the books. 309 00:15:27,406 --> 00:15:29,075 Looks like you're finding your way around. 310 00:15:29,116 --> 00:15:30,576 - Back of my hand. 311 00:15:30,618 --> 00:15:32,787 - That marketing man of yours has logged some miles. 312 00:15:32,828 --> 00:15:35,164 - [chuckles] Jerry's the best. 313 00:15:35,206 --> 00:15:37,792 - And your OR schedule is filling out nicely. 314 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,418 - Teamwork makes the dream work. 315 00:15:39,460 --> 00:15:41,712 Baylor is a hell of a calling card; you guys make it easy. 316 00:15:41,754 --> 00:15:44,757 - Quick thing: Craig James, your first operation here... 317 00:15:44,799 --> 00:15:46,008 - Yeah? 318 00:15:46,050 --> 00:15:48,052 - Dr. Shapiro left word at my office. 319 00:15:48,094 --> 00:15:50,054 Said Mr. James reached out, 320 00:15:50,096 --> 00:15:52,098 scheduled a follow-up appointment. 321 00:15:52,139 --> 00:15:53,724 - Why would that make it to your office? 322 00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:55,768 - Honestly, I don't know. 323 00:15:55,810 --> 00:15:57,436 [chuckling] Which is why I'm telling you. 324 00:15:57,478 --> 00:15:58,896 - Okay. - You should check in. 325 00:15:58,938 --> 00:16:00,606 Make sure everything's all right. 326 00:16:00,648 --> 00:16:02,066 - Of course. Will do. 327 00:16:02,108 --> 00:16:04,735 - Great. Any plans tonight? 328 00:16:04,777 --> 00:16:07,196 - Uh, nothing special. 329 00:16:07,238 --> 00:16:09,115 - Website's live. 330 00:16:09,156 --> 00:16:11,826 We're getting hits, but we can do better. 331 00:16:11,867 --> 00:16:15,287 - Pliers. - For a screw? 332 00:16:15,329 --> 00:16:16,622 - You can tighten a screw with pliers, Wendy. 333 00:16:16,664 --> 00:16:18,541 It's called leverage--pliers. - Okay. 334 00:16:18,582 --> 00:16:20,626 - My boy knows this dude in Silicon Valley. 335 00:16:20,668 --> 00:16:22,294 Claims there's this Russian who can rig searches 336 00:16:22,336 --> 00:16:24,130 so when you type "doctor in Dallas," 337 00:16:24,171 --> 00:16:25,548 boom, Dr. D. 338 00:16:25,589 --> 00:16:28,884 - No more Russians. Nail. 339 00:16:28,926 --> 00:16:30,136 - It didn't come with nails, Chris. 340 00:16:30,177 --> 00:16:33,305 - Of course it did. 341 00:16:33,347 --> 00:16:34,557 You know what? Never mind. 342 00:16:34,598 --> 00:16:36,600 Just give me another screw. - We need buzz. 343 00:16:36,642 --> 00:16:39,520 Something flashy, sexy, lure people in. 344 00:16:39,562 --> 00:16:41,856 - It's the wrong screw. - There are no other screws. 345 00:16:41,897 --> 00:16:43,858 - There's this company called The Best Docs Network. 346 00:16:43,899 --> 00:16:45,651 They'll send a whole film crew to the office 347 00:16:45,693 --> 00:16:47,695 and film testimonials about your prowess. 348 00:16:47,737 --> 00:16:50,656 [phone buzzing] 349 00:16:51,699 --> 00:16:53,159 - Duntsch. 350 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,037 Uh-huh. Okay. 351 00:16:56,078 --> 00:16:58,330 I'll be right there. 352 00:16:58,372 --> 00:16:59,540 An emergency at the clinic. 353 00:16:59,582 --> 00:17:01,667 - It's the third emergency this week, Chris. 354 00:17:01,709 --> 00:17:03,294 - [sighs] 355 00:17:03,335 --> 00:17:05,004 - This crib's for your son. 356 00:17:05,046 --> 00:17:06,505 - I'll finish it as soon as I get back. 357 00:17:06,547 --> 00:17:07,798 - Chris! 358 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,760 [soft tense music] 359 00:17:10,801 --> 00:17:15,514 * * 360 00:17:15,556 --> 00:17:16,474 - Been busy at the clinic. 361 00:17:16,515 --> 00:17:18,642 - Just shut up, Jerry! Just-- 362 00:17:18,684 --> 00:17:25,566 * * 363 00:17:25,608 --> 00:17:28,235 [panting] 364 00:17:29,862 --> 00:17:33,115 [takes deep breath] 365 00:17:33,157 --> 00:17:35,368 * * 366 00:17:35,409 --> 00:17:37,203 Will you give me a ride to Babies R Us? 367 00:17:37,244 --> 00:17:39,038 - Gotta grab my keys. 368 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:39,997 - [softly] Thank you. 369 00:17:40,039 --> 00:17:47,171 * * 370 00:17:54,178 --> 00:17:57,056 [breathing heavily and moaning] 371 00:17:57,098 --> 00:18:04,271 * * 372 00:18:11,696 --> 00:18:14,782 - Stop, stop. Hold that tongue. 373 00:18:14,824 --> 00:18:21,789 * * 374 00:18:25,459 --> 00:18:26,961 - Hurry up, woman! - [hand hits thigh] 375 00:18:27,002 --> 00:18:34,135 * * 376 00:18:55,656 --> 00:18:58,367 [knock at door] - Kim! 377 00:18:58,409 --> 00:19:05,541 * * 378 00:19:24,977 --> 00:19:26,562 [The Moody Blues' "Your Wildest Dreams" on radio] 379 00:19:26,604 --> 00:19:29,565 - I figured he learned to fight like that in the frat house. 380 00:19:29,607 --> 00:19:30,941 [both chuckle] Nope. 381 00:19:30,983 --> 00:19:32,610 You know what Brent said? He said it was-- 382 00:19:32,651 --> 00:19:34,695 - Baltimore. - [chuckling] Yeah. 383 00:19:34,737 --> 00:19:37,531 - Good morning, everyone! 384 00:19:37,573 --> 00:19:39,909 - Helluva dude, that Dr. Morgan. 385 00:19:39,950 --> 00:19:40,993 - [chuckles] 386 00:19:41,035 --> 00:19:43,579 - I owe my life to that rat bastard. 387 00:19:43,621 --> 00:19:45,623 - Dr. Morgan? Who? You? 388 00:19:45,664 --> 00:19:48,125 - Dr. Brent Morgan, you know? 389 00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:49,919 * * 390 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,253 - Your ex? 391 00:19:51,295 --> 00:19:55,174 - [upbeat vocalizing] 392 00:19:55,216 --> 00:19:56,592 - Can we turn that crap off? 393 00:19:56,634 --> 00:19:59,637 [suction tube slurping] 394 00:19:59,678 --> 00:20:01,305 I've got it from here. 395 00:20:01,347 --> 00:20:03,516 [suction tube slurping] 396 00:20:03,557 --> 00:20:04,850 Forceps. 397 00:20:04,892 --> 00:20:08,479 - [upbeat vocalizing] 398 00:20:08,521 --> 00:20:10,439 - That segmental artery is not tied off. 399 00:20:10,481 --> 00:20:11,482 You--you're gonna-- 400 00:20:11,524 --> 00:20:12,983 [blood splatters] - [gasps] 401 00:20:13,025 --> 00:20:14,902 - Sponge. 402 00:20:14,944 --> 00:20:16,654 - That needs to be tied, Doctor. 403 00:20:16,696 --> 00:20:18,489 It'll keep pooling in the disc space. 404 00:20:18,531 --> 00:20:21,659 You can't see the-- - I work by feel, not by sight. 405 00:20:21,701 --> 00:20:23,119 And turn that fucking music off! 406 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,579 Bone drill. [radio stops] 407 00:20:25,621 --> 00:20:28,040 - You cannot drill while he's hemorrhaging. 408 00:20:28,082 --> 00:20:31,377 [tense music] 409 00:20:31,419 --> 00:20:33,462 [drill whirring] 410 00:20:33,504 --> 00:20:36,132 [bone grinding] Jesus Christ. 411 00:20:36,173 --> 00:20:43,097 * * 412 00:20:45,641 --> 00:20:47,268 - Careful where you wag that thing. 413 00:20:47,309 --> 00:20:51,605 - That wasn't medicine in there; that was a disgrace. 414 00:20:51,647 --> 00:20:53,190 You're not a doctor. 415 00:20:53,232 --> 00:20:56,193 You're a butcher. 416 00:20:56,235 --> 00:20:58,612 * * 417 00:20:58,654 --> 00:21:00,865 [phone buzzing] 418 00:21:00,906 --> 00:21:03,200 Robert Henderson. - Dr. Henderson, 419 00:21:03,242 --> 00:21:05,745 this is Dr. Jacob French from UT Memphis. 420 00:21:05,786 --> 00:21:07,371 - Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. 421 00:21:07,413 --> 00:21:09,040 - Sure. 422 00:21:09,081 --> 00:21:10,583 Your message said you were calling from DMC. 423 00:21:10,624 --> 00:21:12,752 What's that? - Dallas Medical Center. 424 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,045 - Ah, okay. 425 00:21:14,086 --> 00:21:16,297 DMC. What's happening? 426 00:21:16,338 --> 00:21:18,841 - You're the chairman of the department there? 427 00:21:18,883 --> 00:21:20,676 - That's right. 428 00:21:20,718 --> 00:21:25,014 - Do you recall a student there named Christopher Duntsch? 429 00:21:25,056 --> 00:21:26,140 - Yeah. 430 00:21:26,182 --> 00:21:28,893 - We have a-- a bit of an issue here. 431 00:21:28,934 --> 00:21:30,644 Do you mind if I fill you in? 432 00:21:31,228 --> 00:21:34,315 - An anonymous call tipped off his residency. 433 00:21:34,357 --> 00:21:37,401 Purportedly, Duntsch would round under the influence. 434 00:21:37,443 --> 00:21:41,572 So he was sent to a impaired physicians program, 435 00:21:41,614 --> 00:21:42,823 was eventually cleared, 436 00:21:42,865 --> 00:21:45,451 and, uh, allowed to continue his studies. 437 00:21:45,493 --> 00:21:47,870 - Look at you, Nancy Drew. 438 00:21:47,912 --> 00:21:50,039 - They have no idea who called it in? 439 00:21:50,081 --> 00:21:51,082 - No. 440 00:21:51,123 --> 00:21:54,960 - So we can't interview anybody? 441 00:21:55,002 --> 00:21:59,298 Every one of his references failed to mention this program. 442 00:21:59,340 --> 00:22:01,217 Because of confidentiality? 443 00:22:01,258 --> 00:22:03,260 - Well, maybe they didn't even know. 444 00:22:03,302 --> 00:22:04,762 - Isn't that an issue? 445 00:22:04,804 --> 00:22:06,055 Shouldn't that be something 446 00:22:06,097 --> 00:22:08,682 hospitals hiring doctors take into consideration? 447 00:22:08,724 --> 00:22:10,226 - This is one of the many ways 448 00:22:10,267 --> 00:22:13,020 a Tennessee problem becomes a Texas problem. 449 00:22:13,062 --> 00:22:16,524 - How'd he get away with it? 450 00:22:16,565 --> 00:22:21,445 Even after his first patient. Uh, what was his name? 451 00:22:21,487 --> 00:22:23,155 Craig James. 452 00:22:23,197 --> 00:22:25,700 Duntsch operated on the wrong vertebra. 453 00:22:25,741 --> 00:22:29,120 Baylor found out and still let him continue. 454 00:22:29,161 --> 00:22:30,705 I mean, nobody said anything? 455 00:22:30,746 --> 00:22:32,957 - You hear stories, grist for the rumor mill, 456 00:22:32,998 --> 00:22:34,333 but nurses are gossips, 457 00:22:34,375 --> 00:22:36,293 and surgeons, they're a finicky lot. 458 00:22:36,335 --> 00:22:38,212 They tend to turn their noses up at anybody 459 00:22:38,254 --> 00:22:40,214 with an extra dollop of personality. 460 00:22:40,256 --> 00:22:42,758 - What changed your mind? - What do you mean? 461 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,177 - Joe Padua. You operated with Duntsch, 462 00:22:45,219 --> 00:22:48,556 and it looks to me like he almost killed him. 463 00:22:48,597 --> 00:22:49,640 - Right. 464 00:22:49,682 --> 00:22:50,891 - So if you were there. 465 00:22:50,933 --> 00:22:52,768 If you saw what you saw, why didn't you stop him? 466 00:22:52,810 --> 00:22:55,021 [notification chimes] - [sighs] 467 00:22:58,190 --> 00:23:00,151 You don't have clue one what you're talking about. 468 00:23:00,192 --> 00:23:02,486 - That's why we're here. Clue me in. 469 00:23:02,528 --> 00:23:04,780 - Yeah. 470 00:23:04,822 --> 00:23:06,907 - He really doesn't like me, does he? 471 00:23:06,949 --> 00:23:12,204 - He can be challenging, but he has a good heart. 472 00:23:12,246 --> 00:23:14,498 - You understand why I'm asking, right? 473 00:23:14,540 --> 00:23:17,001 I have to stand in front of a judge and jury and say 474 00:23:17,043 --> 00:23:19,170 that, over the course of two years, 475 00:23:19,211 --> 00:23:22,840 this man butchered all these patients. 476 00:23:22,882 --> 00:23:26,010 It was so bad, it was so out of the ordinary, 477 00:23:26,052 --> 00:23:28,929 but nobody, not a nurse, an administrator, 478 00:23:28,971 --> 00:23:30,848 or shoot, even Dr. Randall Kirby himself 479 00:23:30,890 --> 00:23:31,974 was able to stop him. 480 00:23:32,016 --> 00:23:34,727 Some didn't even try. 481 00:23:37,021 --> 00:23:39,398 - I have an issue. I have to go. 482 00:23:41,567 --> 00:23:45,488 - [sighs] 483 00:23:45,529 --> 00:23:50,201 - The politics inside of an operating room... 484 00:23:50,242 --> 00:23:51,660 are complicated. 485 00:23:52,161 --> 00:23:55,247 [siren wailing distantly] 486 00:24:05,424 --> 00:24:08,469 - Whatever you need, tell me. - I'm taking your patient. 487 00:24:08,511 --> 00:24:11,430 [soft tense music] 488 00:24:11,472 --> 00:24:15,768 * * 489 00:24:15,810 --> 00:24:19,480 [heart monitor beeping] 490 00:24:19,522 --> 00:24:22,483 [ventilator whooshing] 491 00:24:22,525 --> 00:24:24,777 * * 492 00:24:24,819 --> 00:24:26,737 Scalpel. 493 00:24:26,779 --> 00:24:31,534 * * 494 00:24:31,575 --> 00:24:34,412 - Ugh. - Quiet, please. 495 00:24:34,453 --> 00:24:36,831 DeBakey. [metallic clink] 496 00:24:36,872 --> 00:24:43,879 * * 497 00:24:43,921 --> 00:24:45,756 There's something in there. 498 00:24:45,798 --> 00:24:48,718 [ominous music] 499 00:24:48,759 --> 00:24:55,891 * * 500 00:24:56,976 --> 00:24:59,478 [groans softly] It's a sponge. 501 00:25:02,982 --> 00:25:05,443 This is the cause of the infection. 502 00:25:05,484 --> 00:25:09,280 * * 503 00:25:09,321 --> 00:25:12,324 [faucet running] 504 00:25:12,366 --> 00:25:18,330 * * 505 00:25:30,217 --> 00:25:32,762 - With work, sometimes I forget to eat, if you can believe it. 506 00:25:32,803 --> 00:25:34,305 [chuckling] 507 00:25:34,346 --> 00:25:39,060 - You are the salt and light this city needs, Christopher. 508 00:25:39,101 --> 00:25:42,271 - We're proud of you, son. 509 00:25:42,313 --> 00:25:44,774 And I hope you're proud of yourself. 510 00:25:44,815 --> 00:25:47,985 [soft piano music playing] 511 00:25:48,027 --> 00:25:49,945 - Thanks, Dad. 512 00:25:49,987 --> 00:25:52,490 * * 513 00:25:52,531 --> 00:25:53,783 - And we like her. 514 00:25:53,824 --> 00:25:55,076 Huh? - Mm-hmm. 515 00:25:55,117 --> 00:25:56,744 - Very much. - Mm-hmm. 516 00:25:56,786 --> 00:25:58,120 - A woman like that by your side, 517 00:25:58,162 --> 00:26:00,748 a man could move mountains. 518 00:26:00,790 --> 00:26:02,291 - So sorry. 519 00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:05,795 There was a five-car pile up at the ladies room, right? 520 00:26:05,836 --> 00:26:07,338 [chuckles] 521 00:26:07,380 --> 00:26:09,131 * * 522 00:26:09,173 --> 00:26:14,929 Wasn't this puny when I left. Who stole a bite? 523 00:26:14,970 --> 00:26:17,890 Don, I'm lookin' right at you. 524 00:26:17,932 --> 00:26:20,101 - Oh. Cod at a steakhouse? 525 00:26:20,142 --> 00:26:22,144 We would Code Red you for that in the Marines. 526 00:26:22,186 --> 00:26:25,356 - Oh, Semper Fish. [laughter] 527 00:26:25,398 --> 00:26:27,858 - I don't eat any animal that can't be felled by a bullet. 528 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:29,026 - Unless it's his bullet, 529 00:26:29,068 --> 00:26:30,277 in which case, we'd all starve to death. 530 00:26:30,319 --> 00:26:32,154 - Keep talking, Mr. Big Shot. 531 00:26:32,196 --> 00:26:35,199 - Our place in Colorado borders the state game lands. 532 00:26:35,241 --> 00:26:37,034 Don can hunt in his own backyard. 533 00:26:37,076 --> 00:26:39,495 - I can picture you out there with your .30/30, 534 00:26:39,537 --> 00:26:41,997 flinging peas at some mountain goat. 535 00:26:42,039 --> 00:26:44,041 - My .300 Savage begs to differ. 536 00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:46,419 - Hmm. Winchester girl over here. 537 00:26:46,460 --> 00:26:48,504 - Oh. 538 00:26:48,546 --> 00:26:50,715 - I don't know what we would have done without Kim. 539 00:26:50,756 --> 00:26:52,007 Couldn't have got the business up and running, 540 00:26:52,049 --> 00:26:53,426 I can tell you that much. 541 00:26:53,467 --> 00:26:58,013 * * 542 00:26:58,055 --> 00:27:00,099 - Take care of my boy, Kim. 543 00:27:00,141 --> 00:27:03,310 He's gonna need all the help he can get, 544 00:27:03,352 --> 00:27:04,812 especially once the baby gets here. 545 00:27:04,854 --> 00:27:07,106 - Mm. 546 00:27:07,148 --> 00:27:10,109 [ominous music] 547 00:27:10,151 --> 00:27:17,283 * * 548 00:27:22,913 --> 00:27:25,875 - Tell me, Susan, whatever-- 549 00:27:25,916 --> 00:27:27,710 whatever I can do to help. 550 00:27:27,752 --> 00:27:29,420 * * 551 00:27:29,462 --> 00:27:30,713 - Well... 552 00:27:30,755 --> 00:27:33,174 I know Wendy's got tons of family in the area, 553 00:27:33,215 --> 00:27:35,843 but I want my Chris to help shoulder the burden. 554 00:27:35,885 --> 00:27:38,679 - Mom. 555 00:27:38,721 --> 00:27:39,722 - Have you made arrangements 556 00:27:39,764 --> 00:27:43,059 for your boy's baptism yet, Chris? 557 00:27:48,022 --> 00:27:52,109 - Not really. 558 00:27:52,151 --> 00:27:53,903 I don't have an opinion one way or the other. 559 00:27:53,944 --> 00:27:55,654 - Well, you better have an opinion. 560 00:27:55,696 --> 00:27:58,115 Your son's salvation is on the line. 561 00:27:58,157 --> 00:28:01,869 * * 562 00:28:01,911 --> 00:28:04,580 - Listen to your mother, Chris. 563 00:28:04,622 --> 00:28:06,749 You need to book a church well ahead. 564 00:28:06,791 --> 00:28:11,128 * * 565 00:28:11,170 --> 00:28:13,756 - [clears throat] 566 00:28:13,798 --> 00:28:15,049 [sighs] 567 00:28:15,091 --> 00:28:16,592 - [clears throat] 568 00:28:16,634 --> 00:28:23,599 * * 569 00:28:25,476 --> 00:28:29,105 Just a secretary moving with her husband. 570 00:28:29,146 --> 00:28:30,940 She'll be gone once she gives birth. 571 00:28:30,981 --> 00:28:33,734 - She will. 572 00:28:33,776 --> 00:28:38,030 Look, Wendy is just a wrecked stripper from Memphis. 573 00:28:38,072 --> 00:28:39,573 She's got nothing going for her. 574 00:28:39,615 --> 00:28:41,701 She doesn't even have a dream. She is not like you. 575 00:28:41,742 --> 00:28:43,786 - [scoffs] 576 00:28:43,828 --> 00:28:45,996 She's got your baby. 577 00:28:46,038 --> 00:28:49,333 It's your child, you sick fuck! 578 00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:50,793 - Okay, so we give her a couple of weeks 579 00:28:50,835 --> 00:28:52,670 to get her shit together after the baby comes, 580 00:28:52,712 --> 00:28:57,091 and then she's out and I can focus all my attention on you. 581 00:28:57,133 --> 00:28:59,135 - I found them. 582 00:28:59,176 --> 00:29:03,639 The drugs. In the bathroom. 583 00:29:03,681 --> 00:29:05,141 I know. 584 00:29:05,182 --> 00:29:08,227 * * 585 00:29:08,269 --> 00:29:09,270 - [chuckling] What are you talking about? 586 00:29:09,311 --> 00:29:10,312 There are no drugs in the bathroom. 587 00:29:10,354 --> 00:29:12,189 - Because I flushed them. 588 00:29:12,231 --> 00:29:14,859 * * 589 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:17,820 - [stutters and chuckles] 590 00:29:17,862 --> 00:29:21,365 Oh, fuck...Jerry. 591 00:29:21,407 --> 00:29:22,867 I'll talk to him, okay? 592 00:29:22,908 --> 00:29:24,994 Kim. - I'm not stupid. 593 00:29:25,036 --> 00:29:26,245 - Okay, okay. Kim. 594 00:29:26,287 --> 00:29:29,790 Come on, come on, babe. 595 00:29:29,832 --> 00:29:31,792 All right, look. 596 00:29:31,834 --> 00:29:34,378 They're my neurostimulants. 597 00:29:34,420 --> 00:29:35,963 But I only take them when I need to focus 598 00:29:36,005 --> 00:29:38,507 on writing a paper. 599 00:29:38,549 --> 00:29:40,843 They're no worse than the shit a third grader takes. 600 00:29:40,885 --> 00:29:42,219 [chuckling] Come on. 601 00:29:42,261 --> 00:29:43,971 * * 602 00:29:44,013 --> 00:29:47,349 - Don't--Chris. 603 00:29:47,391 --> 00:29:49,435 Don't touch me. Get out of my fucking way! 604 00:29:49,477 --> 00:29:51,353 - Oh, my God! Not until you stop acting absurd! 605 00:29:51,395 --> 00:29:53,939 You're being crazy right now! - Oh, yes, I am crazy! 606 00:29:53,981 --> 00:29:56,275 I am crazy for being the only person left in town 607 00:29:56,317 --> 00:29:57,818 who wants to work with you! 608 00:29:57,860 --> 00:29:59,487 - You're not even making any sense right now. 609 00:29:59,528 --> 00:30:02,156 - Remember Dr. Darnton? Remember that? 610 00:30:02,198 --> 00:30:04,700 And your little pecker-pulling match? 611 00:30:04,742 --> 00:30:06,452 All the access surgeons found out about it 612 00:30:06,494 --> 00:30:07,995 and don't want to perform with you. 613 00:30:08,037 --> 00:30:09,455 - Bullshit. 614 00:30:09,497 --> 00:30:11,874 I have an L5-S1 fusion scheduled for tomorrow. 615 00:30:11,916 --> 00:30:13,292 - Not anymore! 616 00:30:13,334 --> 00:30:16,087 [disco ball shatters] 617 00:30:16,128 --> 00:30:18,089 [M&M's clink against glass] 618 00:30:23,928 --> 00:30:26,555 - What happened with Mr. Padua? 619 00:30:26,597 --> 00:30:30,518 - Well, the surgery was normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. 620 00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:33,229 With the exception of a scrub tech 621 00:30:33,270 --> 00:30:35,272 with the pace of molasses, and a resident who-- 622 00:30:35,314 --> 00:30:38,192 - Says here the procedure was delayed... 623 00:30:38,234 --> 00:30:41,404 for a week. 624 00:30:41,445 --> 00:30:43,906 - Yes, there were some challenges with the scheduling. 625 00:30:43,948 --> 00:30:45,074 But we accommodated. 626 00:30:45,116 --> 00:30:46,909 - Challenges? 627 00:30:46,951 --> 00:30:50,913 - The access surgeons. They were all booked up. 628 00:30:50,955 --> 00:30:54,083 - I was a nurse for many years before entering management. 629 00:30:54,125 --> 00:30:55,710 I'm so fluent in doctor bullshit, 630 00:30:55,751 --> 00:30:57,753 I can whiff it all the way from Fort Worth. 631 00:30:57,795 --> 00:30:59,171 - [chuckles] 632 00:30:59,213 --> 00:31:00,923 Look, I'm not trying to cause trouble here, 633 00:31:00,965 --> 00:31:03,592 but I think... 634 00:31:03,634 --> 00:31:05,845 there are some fragile male egos in this town 635 00:31:05,886 --> 00:31:07,638 that don't like my style. 636 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,182 - [chuckles softly] You're new here. 637 00:31:10,224 --> 00:31:13,477 It's on you to figure out how to play nice in the sandbox. 638 00:31:13,519 --> 00:31:15,479 We're invested in this partnership, 639 00:31:15,521 --> 00:31:18,149 and we need to know that we can rely on you. 640 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,446 [hip-hop music] 641 00:31:23,487 --> 00:31:24,572 - * Get 'em, girl, get 'em, girl * 642 00:31:24,613 --> 00:31:26,032 * Get 'em, girl, get 'em, girl * 643 00:31:26,073 --> 00:31:27,783 * Tell 'em show me the money * 644 00:31:27,825 --> 00:31:30,327 - * Get 'em, Daddy, get 'em, Daddy * 645 00:31:30,369 --> 00:31:32,538 * Get 'em, Daddy, get 'em, Daddy * 646 00:31:32,580 --> 00:31:35,458 - * You know I'm gettin' money * 647 00:31:35,499 --> 00:31:36,751 * Get 'em, girl, get 'em, girl * 648 00:31:36,792 --> 00:31:38,627 * Get 'em, girl, get 'em, girl * 649 00:31:38,669 --> 00:31:41,005 * Get 'em, girl, tell 'em show me the money * 650 00:31:41,047 --> 00:31:43,299 - * Get 'em, Daddy, get 'em, Daddy * 651 00:31:43,340 --> 00:31:45,134 * Get 'em, Daddy, get 'em, Daddy * 652 00:31:45,176 --> 00:31:47,136 - Thanks for the mammaries! 653 00:31:47,178 --> 00:31:50,306 [laughs] Oh! 654 00:31:50,347 --> 00:31:52,933 I miss those Tennessee girls, bro. 655 00:31:52,975 --> 00:31:54,310 They strip for the love of it. 656 00:31:54,351 --> 00:31:58,898 - We need aggressive expansion. Name recognition. 657 00:31:58,939 --> 00:32:00,733 Go to the people directly, then bring them in. 658 00:32:00,775 --> 00:32:03,110 - Come on, man, I brought you here to cheer you up. 659 00:32:03,152 --> 00:32:05,363 Take your mind off of-- - You fucked up, Jerry. 660 00:32:05,404 --> 00:32:07,156 I relied on you to bring me new patients. 661 00:32:07,198 --> 00:32:08,949 - And I did! - Not enough. 662 00:32:08,991 --> 00:32:11,327 - Motherfuck-- you've been mesmerized. 663 00:32:11,369 --> 00:32:12,912 Get her out of your head, bro. 664 00:32:12,953 --> 00:32:16,332 Dump Face I know wouldn't wig out like this. 665 00:32:16,374 --> 00:32:19,210 They're just jealous, all those doctors. 666 00:32:19,251 --> 00:32:21,003 That's why they came after you. 667 00:32:21,045 --> 00:32:24,465 You're changing the game, and they fear your ascendence. 668 00:32:24,507 --> 00:32:28,594 Wait till they find out you're winning an award. 669 00:32:28,636 --> 00:32:31,263 - Award? - I told you. 670 00:32:31,305 --> 00:32:35,559 You are the best doc in Dallas. 671 00:32:35,601 --> 00:32:38,396 Might as well make it official. 672 00:32:38,437 --> 00:32:40,523 - * You know I'm getting money * 673 00:32:40,564 --> 00:32:41,941 * Get 'em, girl, get 'em, girl * 674 00:32:41,982 --> 00:32:44,068 * Get 'em, girl, get 'em, girl * 675 00:32:44,110 --> 00:32:47,029 - When are we doing this? - Yes! That is what I'm saying. 676 00:32:47,071 --> 00:32:50,282 It is in your calendar. Tomorrow, 9:00 a.m. 677 00:32:50,324 --> 00:32:52,743 Oh, and another thing, you said a while ago 678 00:32:52,785 --> 00:32:55,496 to tell you when I'm ready for you to fix my neck. 679 00:32:55,538 --> 00:32:58,040 Well, you need patients and my neck fuckin' sucks, 680 00:32:58,082 --> 00:32:59,375 so I'm ready. 681 00:32:59,417 --> 00:33:01,043 * * 682 00:33:01,085 --> 00:33:05,381 - You're my friend. - Fuckin' right I am. 683 00:33:05,423 --> 00:33:07,049 - Some people frown on that sort of thing, 684 00:33:07,091 --> 00:33:08,467 operating on your friend. 685 00:33:08,509 --> 00:33:10,052 - Well, I ain't breaking up with you. 686 00:33:10,094 --> 00:33:13,889 If anyone asks, I'll say this is the U.S. of fuckin' A 687 00:33:13,931 --> 00:33:17,309 and if I got to be cut open, I want the best. 688 00:33:17,351 --> 00:33:19,478 * * 689 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,731 - And I'm the best. - Get in there, man. 690 00:33:21,772 --> 00:33:22,690 Work your magic. 691 00:33:22,732 --> 00:33:25,026 - Teamwork makes the dream work. 692 00:33:25,067 --> 00:33:28,779 - You and I are a team, bro. - Goddamn right we are. 693 00:33:36,620 --> 00:33:39,749 [basketball thumping] 694 00:33:58,267 --> 00:34:01,353 - Brick. - [sighs] 695 00:34:01,395 --> 00:34:02,563 What are you doing here? 696 00:34:02,605 --> 00:34:04,148 - Your neighbor got tired of me 697 00:34:04,190 --> 00:34:07,526 banging on your front door, told me where I could find you. 698 00:34:07,568 --> 00:34:09,945 - Do I want to know how you found my address? 699 00:34:09,987 --> 00:34:12,740 - [chuckles] I don't know, do you? 700 00:34:12,782 --> 00:34:14,575 - Huh. 701 00:34:14,617 --> 00:34:18,204 One on one? - [inhales deeply] 702 00:34:18,245 --> 00:34:19,830 Definitely not. 703 00:34:23,459 --> 00:34:27,463 So this is awkward, but, uh... 704 00:34:29,465 --> 00:34:31,384 You asked about Joe Padua. 705 00:34:31,425 --> 00:34:34,512 [heart monitor beeping] 706 00:34:39,392 --> 00:34:41,435 [chuckles] He's my pool guy. 707 00:34:41,477 --> 00:34:43,604 - You know him? - Yeah, he installed my pool. 708 00:34:43,646 --> 00:34:44,980 I see him every spring and fall. 709 00:34:45,022 --> 00:34:47,191 He's expensive as shit, but worth it. 710 00:34:47,233 --> 00:34:50,194 - Mm. - Scalpel. 711 00:34:50,236 --> 00:34:51,737 - It's good to have you here. 712 00:34:51,779 --> 00:34:53,906 - I've got an ALIF in a hour with O'Connor, 713 00:34:53,948 --> 00:34:55,449 but I should be over and out by then. 714 00:34:55,491 --> 00:34:59,120 Who's the performing? 715 00:34:59,161 --> 00:35:01,664 - Kirby! My man! 716 00:35:01,706 --> 00:35:03,999 - [sighs] 717 00:35:04,041 --> 00:35:05,251 [low tense music] 718 00:35:05,292 --> 00:35:06,836 - [muttering] Christ. 719 00:35:06,877 --> 00:35:08,546 * * 720 00:35:08,587 --> 00:35:10,965 You have to isolate the-- 721 00:35:11,006 --> 00:35:14,218 uh, doctor, that's a nerve, a nerve root. 722 00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:15,177 [patient thumps against table] 723 00:35:15,219 --> 00:35:17,430 [sighs and inhales deeply] 724 00:35:17,471 --> 00:35:19,181 - Double action. 725 00:35:19,223 --> 00:35:21,559 * * 726 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,561 - Dr. Kirby, it's Dr. O'Connor. 727 00:35:23,602 --> 00:35:26,313 - Okay, yeah, five--five minutes, five more minutes. 728 00:35:26,355 --> 00:35:29,316 * * 729 00:35:29,358 --> 00:35:32,069 I see you've invented a new use for the double action rongeur. 730 00:35:32,111 --> 00:35:35,156 - Dr. Kirby, I have done thousands of these. 731 00:35:35,197 --> 00:35:36,407 You can take off. 732 00:35:36,449 --> 00:35:38,868 * * 733 00:35:38,909 --> 00:35:39,869 Trial. 734 00:35:39,910 --> 00:35:45,916 * * 735 00:35:45,958 --> 00:35:47,543 Mallet. 736 00:35:47,585 --> 00:35:51,505 * * 737 00:35:51,547 --> 00:35:53,507 [metallic clanging] 738 00:35:53,549 --> 00:36:00,681 * * 739 00:36:02,391 --> 00:36:06,812 [bone cracks] Dr. Morgan, cage. 740 00:36:06,854 --> 00:36:08,397 - He says he's going to call Amy Piel 741 00:36:08,439 --> 00:36:09,357 if you don't get up there right now. 742 00:36:09,398 --> 00:36:10,858 - Right, right. Yes, yes. 743 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:12,193 Just tell him a few seconds, all right? 744 00:36:12,234 --> 00:36:14,987 - Mallet. 745 00:36:15,029 --> 00:36:21,952 * * 746 00:36:24,205 --> 00:36:27,416 - Need the persuaders now. 747 00:36:27,458 --> 00:36:30,169 - You've got it off midline. It needs to go to the left. 748 00:36:30,211 --> 00:36:33,589 - Mallet. - To the left. 749 00:36:33,631 --> 00:36:35,633 The other left. 750 00:36:35,674 --> 00:36:38,219 * * 751 00:36:38,260 --> 00:36:39,553 [metallic clanging] 752 00:36:39,595 --> 00:36:42,014 * * 753 00:36:42,056 --> 00:36:44,892 - These plugs are shit. I can't get any purchase. 754 00:36:44,934 --> 00:36:47,311 * * 755 00:36:47,353 --> 00:36:49,855 - Dr. Kirby. - [sighs] 756 00:36:49,897 --> 00:36:52,483 - Dr. Kirby, thank you for your time. 757 00:36:52,525 --> 00:36:54,568 Dr. O'Connor is pitching a hissy fit, so... 758 00:36:54,610 --> 00:36:57,655 [bone cracks loudly] You can run along. 759 00:36:57,697 --> 00:37:00,366 [ominous music] 760 00:37:00,408 --> 00:37:07,498 * * 761 00:37:08,708 --> 00:37:11,585 [metallic clanging and bone cracking] 762 00:37:11,627 --> 00:37:18,759 * * 763 00:37:23,889 --> 00:37:26,976 [ominous music fades] 764 00:37:27,017 --> 00:37:31,147 - I just came from removing a sponge from deep inside 765 00:37:31,188 --> 00:37:34,608 the neck of one of Duntsch's other patients. 766 00:37:34,650 --> 00:37:37,695 Been sewn up in there for days. 767 00:37:37,737 --> 00:37:40,948 - By accident? - Oh, any other doctor, sure. 768 00:37:40,990 --> 00:37:43,117 But not this one. 769 00:37:43,159 --> 00:37:47,038 And the infection inside this man was... 770 00:37:47,079 --> 00:37:51,125 he was minutes away from killing him. 771 00:37:51,167 --> 00:37:53,294 - You mean it? 772 00:37:53,335 --> 00:37:56,172 You mean the infection was minutes away from killing him? 773 00:37:56,213 --> 00:37:58,674 - [sighs] 774 00:37:58,716 --> 00:38:00,509 Duntsch claimed that he had found a tumor 775 00:38:00,551 --> 00:38:02,470 inside this man's neck. 776 00:38:02,511 --> 00:38:04,722 He slices into it. 777 00:38:04,764 --> 00:38:08,476 It's his esophagus. 778 00:38:08,517 --> 00:38:12,563 This tonight was attempted murder. 779 00:38:12,605 --> 00:38:16,233 Nothing less. 780 00:38:16,275 --> 00:38:18,569 Shelley Brennan was murder. 781 00:38:18,611 --> 00:38:21,197 Dorothy Burke was murder. 782 00:38:24,909 --> 00:38:29,747 I played by the rules, and people died. 783 00:38:34,710 --> 00:38:38,255 If we're gonna do this, Shughart... 784 00:38:38,297 --> 00:38:40,633 we gotta be all in. 785 00:38:45,221 --> 00:38:47,723 I'm all in. 786 00:38:54,647 --> 00:38:57,608 - I'm not hearing this, Shughart, not now. 787 00:38:57,650 --> 00:38:59,318 I'm late for a thing. 788 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,862 Gotta grip and grin it and sing for my supper. 789 00:39:01,904 --> 00:39:03,656 - I've seen enough to be convinced. 790 00:39:03,698 --> 00:39:05,574 - You came to me, you asked, I gave. 791 00:39:05,616 --> 00:39:07,076 - Henderson and Kirby are right. 792 00:39:07,118 --> 00:39:10,663 A plea is not justice served, it's justice denied. 793 00:39:10,705 --> 00:39:11,872 He needs to be stopped. 794 00:39:11,914 --> 00:39:13,624 - There's a reason it's never been done. 795 00:39:13,666 --> 00:39:16,711 - Because there's never been a doctor like Duntsch, never. 796 00:39:16,752 --> 00:39:18,838 - It's a civil case. - It's not about money. 797 00:39:18,879 --> 00:39:21,716 - It's always about money. 798 00:39:21,757 --> 00:39:25,678 Where are the damn tickets? - Here. 799 00:39:27,930 --> 00:39:30,683 These people were just trying to fix their backs, Ed. 800 00:39:34,729 --> 00:39:37,898 - Do me a favor, sit down. 801 00:39:37,940 --> 00:39:39,817 I want to be clear. 802 00:39:39,859 --> 00:39:42,319 You want this, I'll give you rope. 803 00:39:42,361 --> 00:39:47,199 But I'm not gonna cut you down, you hear me? 804 00:39:47,241 --> 00:39:52,747 Going after Duntsch publicly means exposure for Baylor. 805 00:39:52,788 --> 00:39:56,083 - And? - Baylor is connected. 806 00:39:56,125 --> 00:39:58,919 Members of Baylor's board make donations. 807 00:39:58,961 --> 00:40:00,671 - You mean for events 808 00:40:00,713 --> 00:40:02,173 like the one you're attending this evening? 809 00:40:02,214 --> 00:40:04,258 - They don't donate to me, unfortunately, 810 00:40:04,300 --> 00:40:06,343 but to others we know. 811 00:40:06,385 --> 00:40:08,846 And as your mentor... - You're my mentor? 812 00:40:08,888 --> 00:40:11,807 [soft dramatic music] 813 00:40:11,849 --> 00:40:14,101 * * 814 00:40:14,143 --> 00:40:19,523 - I'd advise you to focus on something else. 815 00:40:19,565 --> 00:40:22,777 - He's still operating, Ed. 816 00:40:22,818 --> 00:40:29,325 * * 817 00:40:29,367 --> 00:40:32,536 - Okay. 818 00:40:32,578 --> 00:40:34,872 Okay. 819 00:40:34,914 --> 00:40:38,959 * * 820 00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:42,296 [phones ringing] - Morning. 821 00:40:42,338 --> 00:40:45,216 [indistinct chatter] 822 00:40:46,342 --> 00:40:49,303 [soft tense music] 823 00:40:49,345 --> 00:40:56,268 * * 824 00:42:14,263 --> 00:42:15,890 [keys clink] 825 00:42:36,494 --> 00:42:37,953 [knock at door] 826 00:42:37,995 --> 00:42:41,707 - Hey. Tomorrow's the big day. 827 00:42:41,749 --> 00:42:43,542 - Suppose I should turn in early. 828 00:42:43,584 --> 00:42:46,295 Get a good night's rest. 829 00:42:46,337 --> 00:42:50,091 - As your doctor, I think that would be the wise thing to do. 830 00:42:55,763 --> 00:42:58,641 [dissonant ominous music] 831 00:42:58,682 --> 00:43:05,815 * * 832 00:43:23,749 --> 00:43:26,377 - I can keep driving. 833 00:43:26,419 --> 00:43:29,505 Say the word. 834 00:43:29,547 --> 00:43:31,048 You don't have to do this. 835 00:43:31,090 --> 00:43:34,051 * * 836 00:43:34,093 --> 00:43:35,803 - He is the best doc in Dallas. 837 00:43:35,845 --> 00:43:42,977 * * 838 00:43:43,853 --> 00:43:46,814 [soft tense music] 839 00:43:46,856 --> 00:43:49,817 [faucet running] 840 00:43:49,859 --> 00:43:56,991 * * 841 00:43:59,994 --> 00:44:02,913 [music intensifies] 842 00:44:02,955 --> 00:44:09,962 * * 843 00:44:12,089 --> 00:44:13,841 - Jerry Summers. 844 00:44:13,883 --> 00:44:19,388 * * 845 00:44:21,182 --> 00:44:22,224 - Calibrating a few more things, 846 00:44:22,266 --> 00:44:23,851 then we're off to the races. 847 00:44:23,893 --> 00:44:26,771 - Hey, Chris. 848 00:44:26,812 --> 00:44:29,023 I'm the luckiest bastard alive. 849 00:44:29,065 --> 00:44:31,609 * * 850 00:44:31,650 --> 00:44:33,527 - I'm gonna fix you. 851 00:44:33,569 --> 00:44:40,534 * * 852 00:44:56,926 --> 00:44:59,845 [hushed ominous music] 853 00:44:59,887 --> 00:45:07,019 * *