Painless

Oh My God.

Delivery.

Delivery.

Pain. Suffering due to bodily harm.

Symptoms can be sharp. Stabbing. Shooting.

Burning.

Causes can be cutaneous, an injury to the skin: somatic,

originating from the bones, ligaments, or muscle: or

visceral, from the organs.

It's nature's way of protecting us, of teaching us how to

protect ourselves.

But every once in a while, nature makes a mistake.

When's the last time you had your thyroid checked?

Hand tremors, weak upper arms, brittle hair.

That's all signs of hyperthyroidism.

Your immune system could be attacking itself right now.

Is that serious?

If you take radioactive iodine soon enough, you should be fine.

There you go. Keep the change.

There are over a hundred billion nerves in the human body.

Sensors in these nerves detect pain and transmit the signal

along the spinal cord to the brain.

Everyone has a tale.

You just have to know how to see it.

You're a genius, Henry, you know that?

Sometimes I forget how much pain I'm until it's gone.

I don't know what I'd do without you.

There's this guy I've been meaning to talk to you about.

He's well connected. He deals strictly in

pharmaceuticals. No tweaker shit.

I don't have time for distractions.

Since when is money a distraction?

In a dream they say to pinch yourself to know you're asleep.

If you couldn't feel any pain,

how would you ever know you're awake?

Whoa, sorry. Oh, my God, your hand! Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm, fine. Thank you.

Are you sure?

The skin can continue to burn more than five minutes after a

scalding liquid has been removed from it.

If it is not treated immediately, it can affect the

underlying layer of the skin, leading to serious complications.

You sure you're okay?

Does it hurt?

No. It's okay. It's okay, really.

What, are you some kind of doctor or something?

Cautious.

You wouldn't happen to have any aspirin in there, would you?

What?

That's probably the only medication I don't have.

Don't get headaches?

Not too often.

You know, you didn't even flinch back there.

It was like you didn't even notice.

No, I noticed.

Well, like I said, sorry.

No, wait. Wait, wait.

Here.

For your headaches.

What is this, like some kind of Chinese medicine or something?

Something like that.

Good for your shoulder too.

Thanks.

I should go.

I still got three stops.

You know, I didn't get your name.

Henry.

Henry.

I'm Shani.

Maybe I'll see you around.

Aristotle said "We cannot learn without pain."

It is the single unifying thread that connects all organisms.

Even fish experience pain.

What does that make me?

Dr. Raymond Parks' office. Mm-hmm. Okay.

We will see you then.

Okay. Henry, how you doing?

I've tested all the Naloxone derivatives. Nothing.

You're going to kill those damn mice. All right.

Get up here and let's take a look at you.

- What happened there? - I don't think it's a big deal.

I dressed it yesterday. It's a coffee burn.

Yeah, it looks good.

So what's with the, uh, weight shifter out there?

What do mean? My new patient?

I mean, her inability to sit up straight

could suggest she's suffering from sciatica.

Well that is the diagnosis.

Of course, spinal stenosis would

show a lot of the same symptoms,

and be more difficult to diagnose.

Sciatica is more likely.

It would also explain the fact

that she leans slightly forward when she walks to

alleviate her pain instead of

stiffly upright like someone with sciatica would.

You'd just have to MRI her lower thoracic region.

Actually, that is interesting.

Now, have you given some more thought to Maine?

No.

Henry,

do you realize the strings I have pulled just to get them to talk to you?

The Fall River Center

is one of the greatest hospitals in the country for children with rare diseases.

You could be a role model.

Look at this.

You can help these kids, huh?

You know what they're going through.

You talk to them? Huh?

Yeah, fine. I will, I promise.

That's all I can ask. Sit back.

What if we just up the dosages?

What are they currently?

53 milligrams per kilogram.

No, no, no. That's too toxic.

Unless...

you came up with a similar derivative that

could bond with the receptors at a slower rate.

Naltrexone has a similar structure.

No. That's for alcohol dependence.

But I could create a set of derivatives from it.

All I would need is... is a... is a precursor.

Henry. Henry Long?

My name is Andrews. Dr. Stephen Andrews.

Please.

You're a research scientist?

Sorry. I didn't mean to alarm you.

I just needed to make sure you are the right candidate.

Candidate for what?

Well, as you know, in recent years we've made great strides

in the field of pain management, but that's it.

We've reached an apex. There's no where left to go.

What's this got to do with me?

In all my years, I've never come across anyone like you.

A body immune to pain in every way, and a healthy adult body to boot.

Do you realize how rare that is?

How did you...

Well, just because the world has forgotten about Raymond

doesn't mean I don't occasionally still keep tabs on him.

I'm not surprised he never mentioned me though.

We didn't part on good terms.

So what do you want from me?

I want to offer you a chance. A chance to help thousands,

maybe millions of people.

You want to study me?

I promise you will be handsomely rewarded.

I don't have time for distractions.

Think of all the people you could help.

Doesn't that mean anything to you?

No.

If it is possible to dull the body's senses,

then the opposite must also be true.

If we can take away the sensation of pain,

then we must also be able to create it.

Hello?

Hi, Henry. This is Dr. Lin from The Fall River Medical Center.

I believe Dr. Parks told you to expect our call.

I'm sure Raymond mentioned our facility offers children with

rare diseases some of the greatest care in the world.

We'd love it if you could find the time to come by...

Thebaine.

Excuse me?

- Uh, sorry. I gotta go. - But...

Hey!

Let me... let me call you back. Yeah.

I'm sorry, Doctor.

It's all right, Paulina.

You know, she hates it when you do that.

I need Thebaine.

Thebaine is a precursor to morphine and codeine.

You planning on getting in the heroin business?

It's also a precursor to Naltrexone.

Sit down.

Henry.

All right. It's an interesting idea.

I'll give you that.

Unfortunately, it's a controlled substance.

I can't just write you a prescription.

Yeah, but you must know somebody from back in the day.

I can't just call one of my colleagues out of the blue

and ask for something like that. I could lose my license.

Worse, I could go to jail. Now, what you should do,

come up with a proposal.

Submit it to a pharmaceutical company.

There isn't a pharmaceutical company in the world

who would put two cents into a project like this,

and you know that because there's not enough people like me

to make it profitable.

First rule in being a good scientist

is not letting your emotions cloud your judgment. You're too close to this.

You gotta step back. Get out of your house.

How did it go with, uh, The Fall River Center?

Who's Dr. Andrews?

Where'd you hear that name?

He approached me.

For what?

A research project he's doing.

And what did you tell him?

I told him I wasn't interested.

Good.