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Story: David E. Kelley
Teleplay:
Directed By: Michael Pressman
First appearance of Dr. Kathryn "Kate" Austin.
The song you hear when Billy runs away: "Shake your Booty"
performed by KC and the Sunshine Band
When Jeffrey is operating you hear: "What becomes of a broken
hearted" performed by UB 40 (can be found on their album:
Labour of Love)
About Rip Torn: he was born on the 6th of Feb. 1931 in Temple, TX and was married with Geraldine Page (until her death in 1987) he has 3 children (1 daughter and twin sons). And he is Sissy Spacek's cousin. He was Larry's partner in the famous Larry Sanders Show and in Men in Black he played Zed (the boss of the alien operation centre)
AARON: You don't have a tumor.
SANDRA: So there's nothing in my head?
AARON: Absolutely nothing.
Geiger to Shutt:"Do you always answer
a question with a question?"
Shutt to Geiger: "Does that bother you?"
Jeffrey is angry about Camille and turns to Phillip:
Phillip: Of coarse. Should I bother to hear her side first?
Jeffrey: She doesn't get a side when it comes to diagnosis. That's my
point.
Phillip: All right, 4:00 o'clock in my office I'll hear you both.
Jeffrey: I'm not feeling appeased, Phillip.
Phillip: I'm crushed. I live to appease you.
(He pats Jeffrey on the back with his folders as he walks
out.)
Camille is in Jennifer's room when Geiger walks in:
Jeffrey: (agitated) What!?
Camille: Pulse is almost 200. She's Hancock's patient, but he's with
a gunshot in ER.
Jeffrey: She's on digoxin. Get another dig level.
Camille: Digoxin is not having any effect.
Jeffrey: We gotta bring her down.
Camille: Jeffrey, she's been spiking after the V-injection. I think
another shot could put her into arrest.
Jeffrey: I'm more worried about total heart failure, Camille.
Camille: She's holding at 200.
Jeffrey: Give the injection.
Camille: I think that could be dangerous.
Jeffrey: Fine. A penny for your thoughts. Mine are more expensive.
Give her the injection.
(He walks out.)
Camille: I'm sorry, no.
Jeffrey: (turns around) What!?
Camille: I can't give her any digoxin. Her level's at 2.3. She's a
small woman.
Jeffrey: I said give her the injection.
Camille: I won't.
Jeffrey: (Seething, he administers the injection himself.)
(leaving) Page me if she dies.
In Watters' office that afternoon the hearing takes place:
Camille: What happened to your eye?
Phillip: Boxing. Let's turn to why--
Camille: You actually box? Isn't that a little... not smart?
Phillip: There is a much higher rate of injury with skiing or hockey.
Kronk plays hockey. Some doctors drive racing cars.
Jeffrey: Would you just cut to it-- she usurped my authority, she
should be suspended.
Camille: In my opinion, the digoxin...
Jeffrey: You don't get an opinion. Nurses don't get opinions?
Phillip: All right, all right.
Camille: Phillip, I have no doubt that his prescription was by the
book, however, sometimes it helps to have some familiarity with the
patient.
Jeffrey: I know the patient, thank you.
Camille: Really? What was her name?
Jeffrey: (hesitates a little) Details. Ask me somethin'
relevant.
(Hancock walks in.) Busy, get out.
Dennis: Excuse me. You're talking about my patient.
Camille: That doesn't necessarily make it relevant.
Phillip: All right, what's the situation?
Dennis: What happened to your eye?
Phillip: (agitated) Some doctors skydive for God's sake. I
mean,driving a car statistically puts you at greater risk. It's
my
personal time dammit! I can do what I want with my personal time. You
got a problem with that?
(They shake their heads.)
Dennis: I guess not.
Phillip: What about the patient?
Dennis: It's electrical. She needs an ablation.
Camille: What about digoxin?
Dennis: Can't help, could possibly hurt.
Jeffrey: It woulDanny't hurt. It could at least serve as a stop gap
and even assuming it's electrical, the fact is the digoxin didn't
hurt, did it?
Camille: Probably because of your soothing bedside manner.
Phillip: All right, it seems that this is a gray area. In fact, it
seems Camille was right. But in the future, you damn well
better pick your spots because the next time you defy a doctor, turn
out to be wrong, you are gone, forever and ever,
no negotiating, you'd be done, understood?
Camille: Actually, it's not understood. I would expect a fair
hearing.
(Nyland enters.)
Phillip: Doesn't anybody knock?
Danny: What happened to your eye?
(Phillip glares at him.)
Dennis: Uh... I'd ask another question.
Danny: I'm sorry to intrude, but there's a problem. A patient, Larry
Muldoon, was scheduled for a hernia operation and by mistake I
removed his appendix.
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