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Summary for "Chicago Hope," the Premiere 7 pageIn Short: Dr. Geiger and Dr. Nyland learn that they've been exposed to the very contagious and deadly Ebola virus, and the resulting quarantine of those they've been in close contact with brings some emotional outbursts and revelations that change things forever. Guest Starring: Robin Lively (as Maggie Atkisson) Story: David E. Kelley TOP Summary: TOP Facts: Last appearance of E.G. Marshallas Dr. Arthur Thurmond TOP Quotes: After finding out that Camille had slept with Danny: Maggie to Danny: Tell me you didn't have sex with a monkey. Arthur to Phillip: Did you concubine with that nurse, Phillip ? Danny to Aaron: Please don't sniff at me. Camille to Aaron: You know Aaron I left you way too soon. There are so many things to hate about you that I haven't even discovered yet. Jeffrey to Maggie: Don't puke on that patient (while they operate on Arthur Thurmond). Phillip to Arthur: We had to do a bypass, but everything went fine. 11. "Love and Hope" In Short: Dr. Geiger takes part in a concert with his wife and her fellow patients. Aaron and Camille face new anxieties, and a patient admitted for one small problem ends up facing numerous ailments he never had before. Guest Starring: Thomas Gibson (as Dr. Daniel Nyland), Robin Lively (as Maggie Atkisson), Diane Venora (as Dr. Geri Infante), Kim Griest (as Laurie Geiger), Stephen Elliott (as Judge Harold Aldrich), Jeremy Piven (as Godfrey Nabbott), Lauren Tom (as Dr. Yao), Sarah Trigger (as Melissa Cole), and Brent Hinkley (as Elliot) Story: David E. Kelley TOP Summary: Godfrey Nabbott walks into the emergency room with an erect penis. In great pain, he admits that he inhaled amyl nitrite. Dr. Daniel Nyland and Nurse Maggie Atkisson use a syringe to unclog the blood in his penis and prevent impotence. As they proceed, Nabbott suffers an asthma attack and suddenly lapses into cardiac arrest. Doctors work quickly and revive their patient. TOP Facts: The songs:"What becomes of the broken-hearted" (when Jeffrey puts the pacemaker in Godfrey)
12. Summary for "Great White Hope" CHICAGO HOPE, Season 1, Episode 1.12, "______________"Written by John TinkerDirected by Claudia WeillOriginal air date, January 16, 1995 PRELUDE:Phillip Watters is brutally hammering a punching bag at the local boxinggym, a favorite way to dispel the stress he brings home from Chicago Hope.He's even dragged Jeffrey Geiger along, knowing full well that Jeffrey hasno particular love for the sport of kings. Annoyed with Jeffrey's constantcomplaining, Phillip asks him if he wants to learn to box or not, andJeffrey replies, "Do I want to? No. Should I? That's somethin' else. God'shonest truth, I'm not athletic." After Phillip explains that he thinksboxing might help Jeffrey vent his anger, Jeffrey argues that his angerkeeps him warm at night. Phillip, acting insulted, asks Jeffrey not toruin his hobby for him by insulting it. Their discussion is interrupted bya commotion in one of the sparring rings, where a young boxer has goneinto convulsions. PLOT ONE: MAYBE, BABY, I'LL HAVE YOU.Melissa Connell, age 15 and very pregnant, is having an ultrasound in aneffort to find out the source of her recent cramps. Although she is tryingto act indifferent throughout the procedure, she perks up when Alanenters the room. Melissa addresses him, but he does not remember her atfirst. Finally, his memory is jarred, and he realizes he had promisedMelissa that he would find adoptive parents for her unborn child but hasforgotten to keep his word. The diagnosis from the ultrasound isforbidding: the child has a ventricular-septal defect, or a hole in itsheart. Melissa, angry at Alan for neglecting and forgetting both her and herunborn child, knows full well that no insurance company in the world willcover either her or her baby now. Melissa rages at Alan, "I want it inyour color catalog that my baby was born sick and Chicago Hope just . . . just . . . you bastard!" Alan is becoming more fond of Melissa by thehour, and responds, "Hey, hey, hey, hold on a second, lady. Yeah, I'mcallin' *you* lady, 'cause lady goes with having kids. You wanna lay thislittle tragedy on me? Fine, do it. That's the child part of you, theteenager. But having a baby forces you to grow the hell up. Forces you totake some responsibility, 'cause you know what? No matter how much youwanna hate me, hate the hospital, you are a player in this. I don't carehow young you are, now is the time to grow up. Because you made it thattime." Later, Melissa is standing at the hospital's nursery window, looking in onthe newborns, when Camille stops to join her. When Melissa makes a commentto Camille about how helpless they are, Camille tells her that her sisterhas three boys, and says "Pregnancy is nature's way of getting you inshape so you can take care of them." Melissa explains to Camille that sheis giving her baby up for adoption, then suddenly begins to go into labor. After Melissa is taken to the obstetrical wing, Camille runs into Alanand expresses her possible interest in adopting the baby, reminding himthat she must first discuss it with Aaron. When Alan goes to check onMelissa, he finds her pacing the halls in pain. He helps to steady her,braces her when she nearly falls, and rubs her back with each contraction.Back in her room, she explains to Alan that not only does the father ofthe baby not know she is pregnant, she's not even who the father is,although she thinks she's got it narrowed down to one of two young men.After another strong contraction, Melissa decides to take a shower, andwhen Alan starts to leave the room, she begs him to stay and help her.After she has disrobed, stepped into the shower and started the waterrunning, another strong contraction hits her. Alan, seeming a bitperplexed, nevertheless removes only his suit jacket and climbs right intothe shower with her, again rubbing her back through the contraction. On the way to the delivery room where she will undergo a caesariansection, Melissa is frightened and begs Alan to stay with her, and heagrees. As her labor progresses, Alan remains close to her, by turnsencouraging and soothing her anxiety, pain and fear. The baby is neardelivery. Melissa is afraid to look, afraid that if she sees her child,she won't be able to go through with the adoption, or perhaps that herpresent and future emotional pain may be even greater than she'd thoughtpossible. Finally, with Alan by her side, Melissa gives birth to a babygirl. Within moments, after it is clear that the delivery went as well asit could under the circumstances, Melissa asks Alan if it was all rightfor her not to look, and Alan comforts her with the words her that shewas very courageous throughout the ordeal. When Alan tells Camille and Aaron that the baby is a girl, he learns thatthey have decided not to take on the burden of adopting a sick child.Aaron has admitted to Camille, "I can't be as strong as you're asking meto be." Alan is crushed, even though Camille had not promised him theywould adopt the baby. PLOT TWO: YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONES YOU LOVE.As Phillip is on the way to check on the boy from the boxing gym,fifteen-year-old Lannie Sutton, several hospital windows crash inward, aresult of high winds outside. The crash seems to startle Phillip more thanwould be expected. Lannie's blood pressure is elevated, and Dr. Nyland asks his father, whois also his trainer, if he is on any medication, which he denies. However,when the boy begins showing symptoms of steroid use, Nyland suggests toDr. Watters that the father might be lying. In his office, Wattersconfronts Sutton about the needle marks on his son's arms, but Suttonclaims he has been giving him vitamin B-12 shots, nothing else. Wattersdoes not believe him, and asks Sutton to leave the premises. In Lannie's hospital room, Watters tries to convince the boy that hisfather has been injecting him with steroids, and that he has the potentialto be more than just a boxer. Phillip, also a child of the ghetto, perhapsundermines his efforts by telling Lannie that his father is not a smartman, and is passing his limitations onto Lannie. Sutton arrives to takeLannie home, but before he can leave with his son, Watters warns him thatmore steroid use will kill the boy. Sutton refuses to listen, insistingthat it would be better to give him steroids if it'll help make him thebest boxer and keep Lannie off the streets. Lannie later returns to Chicago Hope by ambulance after suffering cardiacarrest, but all of the staff's efforts cannot save him, as Phillip keepsmuttering, "He's only 15. He's only 15." The police are called, and Suttonis arrested. Watters sympathizes with Sutton, but stands by his decision,saying, "I know you loved him, Mr. Sutton. But you also killed him." PLOT THREE: A "GRIMM" FAIRY TALE.Aaron, arriving in his office, complains about his drive to the hospitalon the slippery, treacherous roads, but when Jeffrey reminds him of histax audit that day -- pointing out that he shouldn't have worn anexpensive Italian suit -- Aaron tries to convince himself not to worry: "Ishouldn't have a problem. I've been thorough. I've been honest." Jeffrey'sbeen through this before, though, and knows what Aaron is in for: "Youthink it's cold outside, wait'll you get in your office." The IRS agentturns out to be Louis Grimm. "Agent Grimm?" Aaron repeats. "Well, thatsounds encouraging." Hastily removing his jacket and mussing up his ownhair, Aaron asks Jeffrey, "Is that better? I mean, worse?" as Jeffreyrumples his shirt for him even more. Later, a hint of scandal rears its ugly head as Jeffrey catches Angelalistening at the door to Aaron's office. "I feel so responsible," shesays, weeping. Jeffrey responds cheerily, "You're always responsible,"then warns her not to cry in front of him, "We have a deal!" Aaron emergesfrom the audit moaning that Grimm is pointing out discrepancy afterdiscrepancy, demanding that Aaron prove his own explanations. When Aaronasks Angela if she has found his accountant yet, she tells him he's "stilltied up in court," to which Jeffrey replies, "Oh, that's a good sign." As Camille shows up to talk with Aaron about adopting Melissa's baby,Aaron pops out of his office, gasping, "I don't know how much more of thisI can take! It's -- it's -- it's like torture. I'm ready to confess to warcrimes!" Jeffrey suggests that Aaron try telling Grimm a joke, but Aaronwordlessly reenters his office. "Few more hours he doesn't come out,"Jeffrey tells Camille, "we'll go in after him." Grimm seems to relish hisjob, not even taking a break to use the "facilities." In fact, in themen's room, Watters can see two pairs of feet under two separate doors,and overhears Grimm asking Aaron about "Line 17 . . . compact discpurchases." Returning to Aaron and Jeffrey's office, Angela brings with her somethings she had borrowed from Camille (a black camisole, an Alpaca sweater,a pair earrings and necklace to match, an evening purse, and her copy of"Like Water for Chocolate"). Jeffrey asks if she has anything in her bagfor him, and she replies, "Yes. This," and plants a kiss on his lips,saying, "Ah. Had to do it just once. Excuse me." She walks off, leavingJeffrey speechless and stunned. Later, Angela returns to her office and shares a bottle of wine withCamille, toasting her with the words, "May the saddest days of your futurebe the happiest days of your past." Suddenly Angela hears Aaron shoutingher name from inside his office, and she races for the door. Aaron emergesand angrily explains to Camille that Angela has been embezzling money fromhim. Although Angela subsequently returns in an effort to explain to Aaronthat she didn't actually steal money, she just transferred some on paperto set up an insurance plan for some of the hospital's custodial staff whocouldn't get coverage, rationalizing her actions with the thought of howcrazy it is that people who work in a hospital can't get medical care orinsurance coverage. Aaron is too hurt to understand or care, and when sheasks Aaron if she is fired, he answers, "Whether you work for Jeffrey ornot is his business. You're done with me. Please leave." FINALE: RATIONALE.Aaron is devastated by what he perceives as Angela's dishonesty. Evenwhile explaining what Angela has done to Camille, though, he seems toadmire her technique and courage, but none of this can change the hurt andbetrayal he feels. Jeffrey is trying to console Phillip, who is still sick at heart overLannie Sutton's death. Phillip tells Jeffrey, "You know, when the windowsexploded, I thought it was just my head. Everything seems to be pushingin. The explosion . . . coulda been my head." Opening his Christmasgift from Arthur Thurmond --a box of cigars -- he muses out loud, "I missArthur. I could always count on Arthur. You know, I feel it's in my jobdescription to hold all you people together. But I shouldn't have to keephospital windows together. I shouldn't have to tell fathers not to givetheir kids steroids. I can't do everything, Jeffrey. I can't be expectedto hold everything together." Visiting the nursery, Alan learns that Melissa does not want to feed thebaby, but that she has suggested to a nurse that Alan feed her. The nursehands the baby to Alan, who, unexperienced in baby ways, is startled anddelighted all at once. As he is seated in a rocking chair, the nurse handshim a baby bottle, leaving him alone with the child and without furtherinstruction. Turning to find the nurse gone, he tells the infant, "We'lljust have to figure this out together." For the first time, Alanconsiders adopting the child himself, singing "Ten Thousand men ofHarvard" to her as a lullaby. THE FOLLOWING ARE JenLCB'S RANDOM THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS: As Angela leaves the building after Aaron discovers her diversion of hisfunds, she passes Mr. Sutton, being led to the elevator in handcuffs bypolice. She seems to be thinking "There but for the grace of Aaron go I." The situation with the windows symbolizes Phillip's life crashing downaround him. His final speech to Jeffrey in his office makes this obvious. The episode shows Angela and Camille's friendship, and I think it makes itall the sadder that she is fired. We see so much of the friendship betweenthe men, but so little between the women of the cast. I would be somewhatsurprised if Aaron does not at some point reconsider his decision aboutfiring Angela, after he has time to cool off, and think about what she hadbeen trying to do. She felt she could get away with helping the sixteenmembers of the custodial staff before he could find out, and he reallyseemed to admire her skill in doing so. I think she was correct in that hewould never have allowed her to do this if she had asked. She had riskedher job to help those less fortunate than she, and I think she deservessome credit for this, even though what she did was technically illegal. I also thought it slightly interesting that Melissa made a vaguelypro-life statement. When she remarked that she should perhaps have had anabortion when she had the chance, she felt a violent cramp, and she says,"I guess I deserved that." I guess I just thought this was interestingbecause I seldom hear television characters make statements like this. Icould be totally wrong. THE FOLLOWING ARE BevSouth's RANDOM THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS: For me, this episode was all about rationalization and how we use it todefend our actions. Angela has rationalized that by moving money around onpaper, she has helped people get medical care when they might otherwisenot have access to it; all the while, she still knows that was she hasdone is illegal. Mr. Sutton has rationalized that by injecting his sonwith steroids, he has kept his son off the streets and thus increased thechances that Lannie will live a longer and better life; but his actions inthe end kill Lannie, and he knows it. The Melissa-Alan plot is a bit deeper, and the conclusions much brighter:Melissa initially tries to place as much blame for her predicament aspossible on Alan and the hospital, but she finally understands that shealone is responsible for her actions, even though she has placed Alan ina role he does not understand and initially does not want -- and she doesnothing to help Alan step out of that role. For his part, Alan has, atleast on the surface, agreed to take responsibility for Melissa and herchild, finally awakening to the realization that a child's life is in hishands -- quite literally. And although he has engaged in somerationalizing of his own in believing that he has helped Melissa and thebaby by just being around, his sudden awareness of the possibilities andrisks involved don't seem too overwhelming. His almost immediateacceptance of and love for the little girl is deeply moving, evidenced byhis lullaby from the institution that defines who he is -- Harvard. I agree with Jen's thoughts about the windows. The shattered glass is ametaphor for Phillip's feelings of helplessness and despair for people andthings over which he has no control."Great White Hope" In Short: A teenage boxer whom Dr. Watters helped train suffers a seizure. Birch lends support to a pregnant girl. Dr. Shutt is audited by the IRS and gets an unpleasant surprise. Guest Starring: Thomas Gibson (as Dr. Daniel Nyland), Karen Ludwig (as Dr. Susan Reichert), Heather McComb (as Melissa Connel), Ivory Ocean (as Martin Sutton), Vicellous Shannon (as Lannie Sutton), Alvin Walker, Doug Yasuda, Joyce Guy and Carlease Burke Story: John Tinker TOP Summary: Drs. Phillip Watters and Jeffrey Geiger come to the aid of Lannie Sutton, an African-American teenager with aspirations of becoming a professional boxer. While sparring in the ring, Lannie suddenly suffers a seizure and stops breathing. He is rushed to the emergency room, where a chemical analysis of his blood reveals the possible presence of steroids. Lannie denies taking drugs, but admits his father gives him vitamin shots to boost his stamina. Martin, his dad, vehemently denies giving his son steroids. Watters suspects the worst and posts a guard near Lannie's door so his father cannot visit him. Alan Birch warns Watters that the hospital will be held liable if his diagnosis proves inaccurate. Lannie, outraged at the charge directed toward his father, punches Watters. But Watters insists that steroids can prove extremely damaging to the human body. Lannie is discharged from the hospital after Child Services determines that the case against Martin is shaky at best. Before he leaves the hospital, Martin tells Watters he will do whatever is necessary to give his son the advantages he needs to win. Birch becomes depressed when he fails to locate suitable adoptive parents to care for the baby of Melissa Connel, a 15-year-old pregnant girl. He helps the girl through uncomfortable moments leading up to labor. Without consulting Dr. Aaron Shutt first, Camille suggests to Birch that she and Aaron adopt the child. But the couple decides to wait and have children of their own. As Birch lends a helping hand, doctors successfully deliver Connel's infant, a healthy baby girl. Because of his closeness to Melissa before she went into labor, Birch feels a fatherly bond with the child. Meanwhile, Shutt is subjected to a grueling federal tax audit. His auditor, Mr. Grimm, finds a multitude of discrepancies in the returns — at which point Angela begins acting strangely, as if her days at the hospital are numbered. Grimm connects the missing money to Angela; she has been embezzling from Shutt, Camille and Geiger. Angela suddenly walks out of the hospital and never returns. To make matters worse, a window of the skyway tunnel suddenly implodes, spraying shattered glass inside the corridor. Birch speaks with engineers about replacing the faulty windows and learns there was an oversight in the hospital's design. TOP Facts: TOP Quotes: Phillip: I miss Arthur. The old fart didn't make much sense half the time, but I could always count on him.
13. Summary for "Small Sacrifices" CHICAGO HOPE, Season 1, Episode 1.13, "Small Sacrifices"Written by David E. KelleyDirected by David JonesOriginal Air date, January 23, 1995 PRELUDE: WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?The trauma center is busy: one guy's left ring finger has been severed,and a blood-covered hockey player has arrived by ambulance. As the latteris wheeled in on a gurney, another man wearing a hockey uniform has shovedone hand and half his arm inside the patient's chest to close off a holein the patient's heart. He claims to be Dr. William Kronk, acardiothoracic surgeon at Euclid Hospital. Finally, the police show upwith yet another patient; the police tell Phillip Watters that this one isa mugger who bit someone's finger off and swallowed it. Kronk takes over,telling the mugger that he'd better have the swallowed finger surgicallyremoved, or face a long jail sentence, then races off with the patientwhose chest was filled with Kronk's hand just moments before. As the chaossubsides, Dr. Watters mutters, "Who was that man?" PLOT ONE: NEW MEANING TO "GIVING THE FINGER"The first patient to arrive in the trauma center, Anthony Tedesco, is aconcert flautist; since his finger is missing, bitten off by the mugger,he'll never be able to play again. Unless ... When the surgeons open the mugger's abdomen, they find the finger which,luckily, hasn't been damaged too much in the digestive process. The fingeris sent along to Geri Infante so that she can sew it back onto theflautist's hand. But the surgeons are also pulling other things from themugger's stomach, like a toothbrush ("You eat fingers, you gotta brush,"as Kronk says), a shoelace, a chess piece, and -- oops! -- a second,partially digested finger! But Geri has already sewn the first finger ontoTedesco's hand. There is some debate over whether it would be ethical totake the finger back from Mr. Tedesco, although if left on Mr. Tedesco'shand, the finger will probably die anyway since it is not an exact tissuematch. Jonathan Saunders, the HMO representative, turns up with Walter Platt,another mugging victim whose finger is also missing. When Platt describesthe finger, down to a scar and its location, Geri's worst fears arerealized: she's sewn the wrong finger onto Mr. Tedesco's hand. After Plattand Tedesco meet, Tedesco realizes he cannot keep another man's finger andgives his permission for it to be removed. Before that can happen, however, the hospital's Ethics Committee demandsthat Alan and Jonathan obtain a court order allowing them to amputate thefinger, even though they have Mr. Tedesco's consent. In the court room,cranky Judge Aldrich complains that the lawyers are wasting his time. Hegrants the order, but commands them to first turn around, face the galleryand say, together, "We are toads," or face contempt charges. They obey hisorders, but face the gallery and say, "Together, we are toads." The amputation is scheduled. When Platt visits Tedesco, he is listening to a CD of his symphonyorchestra, the Chicago Philharmonic. After a few moments, Tedesco tellsPlatt that what he is hearing is Tedesco's flute. Platt is flabbergasted,but seems to fully understand, perhaps for the first time, that after theamputation of a finger that rightfully belongs to him, Tedesco will neveragain play concert flute. PLOT TWO: WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND.Aaron Shutt has been sued by Godfrey Nabbitt, a former Chicago Hopepatient who came in with a relatively simple medical problem and ended upalmost being killed by the staff. When Aaron tells Alan Birch about thelawsuit, he learns that Nabbitt is also suing Geiger, Nyland and thehospital itself. Nabbitt himself arrives in Alan's office and offers to settle the suitfor $750,000, half of what he's asked for in his complaint. Alancounteroffers with $11,500, but Nabbitt sneers at him and tells Alan thathe's a nothing. As they leave Alan's office together, Alan mumbles, "Notrespect." Gathering the doctors in the hospital's conference room, Alan explainsthat Nabbitt's attorney, Douglas Wambaugh, has requested a groupdeposition, rather than deposing each doctor individually, which wouldtake months. Entering the conference room for the deposition, Wambaughassures the doctors he doesn't want to appear adversarial. When Jeffreysuggests, "Maybe we could all hold hands," Wambaugh retorts, grinning inadmiring recognition, "You're a character!" Wambaugh starts with Nyland,asking him if he had been romantically involved with the nurse who wasattending Nabbitt -- the nurse who was supposed to have ascertained any ofNabbitt's allergies during triage. Nyland admits the affair. Wambaugh thenexplores Geiger's "zeal to play with mechanical toys," referring to thedefibrillator he had installed in Nabbitt's chest. He finally turns onShutt, bringing up his wife's affair, the death of the trapeze artist, andDr. Antonovich, with whom he had also slept ("or is that a typo?"). When it's Alan's turn to depose Nabbitt, he asks him what he thinks hislegacy will be, admitting that he personally wanted to be a doctor, butthat he wasn't talented enough or brave enough. He asks Nabbitt if hetakes pride in his actions, if he will be proud to tell his children,should he have them, that he had sued the doctors who had droppedeverything to save his life. PLOT THREE: WILD THING! I THINK I LOVE YOU!Geiger, operating on the hockey player's heart, expresses admiration forKronk's technique in draining the blood from the sac around the heart. Kronk visits the patient's room to pick up his hockey equipment, which hadbeen mixed up with the injured player's. The hockey player tells Kronkthat he can't wait to meet the player who hit him and broke his rib, andthat he will recognize him because he was wearing a distinctive greenhelmet with a yellow stripe. Kronk pulls on his helmet -- the green onewith a yellow stripe -- and stops to face his patient, who isunderstandably speechless. When complications arise in the hockey player's recovery, Geiger isstumped, but surmises that it is a pulmonary embolism, or possibly aninfection. He tells Camille to get Kronk back so he can find out what theinjured man was exposed to. Kronk returns, and finds a piece of a tooth inthe patient's right main bronchus which was obscured in the x-ray. Thisinadvertently prompts Geiger to retort, "Whaddya want, a Nobel Prize?" FINALE: YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED.When Alan tells Jeffrey that they settled the Nabbitt lawsuit for$42,000, Jeffrey assures Alan that he is talented because he keeps themafloat every day, adding, "I've never met anyone with more courage." Whenhe questions Alan's ability to raise a baby who has a hole in her heart-- to raise the child as a single working parent -- Alan tells him it'sthe easiest thing he has ever done. "I was never alive before her. I wasnever alive." Jeffrey, perhaps remembering his own dead son, Joey,silently wipes his eyes and leaves Alan alone with his daughter. Watters finally gets hold of Kronk and tells him, "You're good. We wantyou. We'll pay." When Kronk scoffs at the idea of "working in this fat cathospital," and asks Watters what Geiger would say, Watters tells him itwas actually Geiger's idea in the first place. Tedesco is about to have his new finger amputated when Platt shows up,telling Tedesco that he's heard Tedesco was going to be playing CarnegieHall in the spring; Tedesco confirms this. Platt tells Tedesco that allhis life he wanted to be creative, perhaps even play Carnegie Hallhimself, but now, instead, he drives a truck, which he "can do with fourfingers." Struggling with his words, Platt tells Tedesco that what he'dreally like to do is see himself on stage at Carnegie Hall, and that theonly way he can do that is for Tedesco to keep the finger. The surgery iscanceled, and Platt finally blurts out that now he can go to Carnegie Halland see a piece of himself on stage, performing, something he wanted allhis life. THE FOLLOWING ARE JenLCB'S "RANDOM THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS": When Aaron tells Alan he wants to file a counterclaim againstGodfrey Nabbitt, Alan is distracted by the baby vomit on his lapel: "AndI have puke on my shoulder. My daughter has vomited on me. This is notacceptable." He wanders off, leaving Aaron to say, "I'm talkin' to myselfnow." Later, Geiger sniffs the vomit to verify its identity, and Alantells him he will take care of it as soon as he gets a picture. In Alan's office, before Wambaugh arrives, Alan warns Phillip tolet him do all the talking. "Please do not speak, Phillip. I will do thetalking. Your lips do not move, except of course to read. OK?" He alsomispronounces Wambaugh's name as "Wombug." This strikes me as Alan's wayof not showing respect, perhaps to make himself appear more in charge. When Alan asks Nabbitt what his legacy will be, he admits he hadwanted to be a doctor, but was not talented or brave enough. This issomewhat different from what he had told Stacey (that he didn't have thestomach for it). He says that he works in a hospital, so he canvicariously save lives by helping keep the doctors able to complete theirjobs. This echoes Platt's decision to allow Tedesco to keep the finger. Henever had the creativity to be a musician, but knows his finger will allowTedesco to play Carnegie Hall. BevSouth's comment: Actually, I don't think this is any differentthan what he told Stacey, i.e., not being "brave enough" could also beinterpreted as meaning "not having the stomach for it." For instance, Inearly pass out at the sight of a needle (much less one coming near me),and I think of that as not having the stomach for it, as well as not beingvery courageous. That's just MHO. JenLCB'S VOTE FOR DIALOGUE OF THE WEEK: GEIGER: Don't be trying to characterize us as experimentalhacks for General Electric, testing out the new microwave. WAMBAUGH: I happen to like GE. They bring good things tolight. SHUTT: Who is this man? WAMBAUGH: Ah, Dr. Shutt. I was just about to get to you. Howis it you put my client in a coma? SHUTT: I didn't put him in a coma. He woke up. WAMBAUGH: A day later. But please, just between friends,this wasn't your best work, was it? SHUTT: Who IS this man?? JenLCB'S VOTE FOR SPEECH OF THE WEEK: Alan Birch in the courtroom: "Your honor, I am not a toad, I aman attorney here in the normal course of legal business. Now there wouldbe consequences if we unilaterally amputated that finger without adeclarative judgement. So I -- you know, I just don't give a damn aboutyour trip to Florida, and I don't give a rat's ass about taking up yourtime. And see, you, Your Honor, are a toad. Yeah, yeah, there he is,people! Look up at him! There he sits. Judge Toad! The Honorable JusticeToad!. . . . It's an abuse of power, your toadship. . . . Yeah, take me! .. . This is not respect." JenLCB'S VOTE FOR LINE OF THE WEEK: "Did he say he wanted to take a picture of the puke?" Geiger toNyland, referring to Birch."Small Sacrifices" Date: 2015-12-11; view: 611
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