New Amsterdam

- I'll be targeting your cancer directly

with stereotactic body radiotherapy...

With simultaneous intravenous Cis-Platinum.

Two-cycle regiment.

And I may throw in an EGFR inhibitor like cetuximab,

depending on how your tumor responds.

Works for me.

In English, please.

It sounds very important but, um,

all I care about is...

Could he...

What are his odds?

- Georgia. - No, Max.

I need an answer from your doctor.

Georgia, with cancer,

the odds are difficult to quantify.

But I believe that this is our very best option.

So why haven't we started already?

Yes, Max,

why haven't we started already?

B-Because there's a lot of pre-treatment procedures

I still need to get done.

Like, um, radiation tattoo,

- oral surgery... - Oral surgery?

Max's back molars will fall into the field of radiation

and they'll need to be extracted.

Um, so why haven't we done that yet?

Because I have been kicking this thing down the road,

a little bit.

To try to buy myself a little more time,

you know, as... as medical director.

Which, now that I say out loud,

in front of my wife, does not sound like the excuse

it sounded like in my head.

- Hmm, ya think? - Yep.

Could he have his molars out today?

That's up to him.

We have the big Domino Transplant today.

The run-through's in 30. I can't, uh... if I'm...

But I think I could because once they start,

they don't really... they don't really need me.

And I could probably be free as early as tomorrow.

Today...

Early afternoon.

- You're on board. - I'm on board.

- Just like that? - Just like that.

- Domino day. - Yeah.

- You excited? - Um, eh.

Transplant surgeons get to have all the fun.

I don't even get to sing back-up.

You know, I had a really good time last night.

And the night before.

I hope you did too.

Mm.

What?

I did.

I really like where this is going.

You know? You and me.

You sound so surprised.

No, no, I, um, I just didn't think

I don't know.

I don't know what I thought.

Well, when Lauren introduced us I had a feeling.

So, uh, what do you say?

We probably shouldn't walk in together, right?

Oh, yeah. It's way too soon.

I don't know about you, but on our side of the building

we're real gossipy.

I'll see you later.

Haven't I told you about drinking those things?

You end up bouncing off the walls

and annoying the other nurses.

Yeah, that's part of my charm.

Besides, I need it.

Pull another double?

Bronx General.

"Knife and Gun Club?"

A guy's gotta eat.

Man, their ED never stops.

They need docs?

Since when are you hard up for cash?

I'm not. It sounds like fun.

Don't you just ever wanna go home and do nothing?

Now where's the fun in that?

Hi, I'm Dr. Bloom.

Diego. My daughter, Gianna.

Hi, Gianna.

So you're having some trouble breathing?

It's getting worse.

I waited too long.

- We can't... - Papa is...

Worried...

you can't help us.

You don't have insurance?

Undocumented.

Well, we treat everyone here.

You're safe from ICE.

If that's what you're worried about.

They won't even know you were here.

Come on. Pop, up Gianna. Let's have a listen.

"Sandstorm," huh?

You... know it?

Obsessed.

Been collecting single issues since the '90s.

Deep breath.

Again.

Good. Good.

You, uh, have you seen the platinum issue?

Gemini, she steals the Halter Cross

from the fourth dimension. It's wicked.

Gemini's... my favorite.

I'll be right back.

Casey, I need a chest x-ray,

and I need you to page Reynolds.

I need him now.

You got anything that will anchor the roll?

Ooh, science project?

Yeah, living that extra credit dream.

Yeah, I can see that.

Domino run-through.

- No time for chitchat. - Yes, I know.

Do you always have to be such a buzzkill?

How is she being a buzzkill?

Oh, um... well, do you remember how

I said I was gonna try to pull some strings for Blanca?

You couldn't do it. Figured.

Mmm, oh, you figured, did you?

Yeah, well, figure this,

my friend at Family Services got Blanca named

an Emergency Foster Provider.

Boom.

She had a site visit this morning.

Boom.

Guess what else.

Something that ends in "boom?"

Uh, yeah. She passed with flying colors.

You got a home.

Really?

Yes.

They can't take it back?

No, there are no backsies on this boom.

Okay, by this time tomorrow,

you're gonna be moving into your brand new digs.

Trust me, it's good. All right?

Yeah.

Okay, I better go before I have to relocate.

I'll see you later.

- Dr. Albert? - Here.

- Dr. Franz? - We're here.

We've got Pittsburgh and Newark.

Morning. Uh, Max Goodwin here.

I'm the new Medical Director at New Amsterdam,

and just to confirm, you are both in charge

of your respective harvest teams?

- Yes. - Correct.

Great. Dr. Sharpe here has been

working on this project for the last seven months,

so it is our job to not screw it up for her.

To that end, I would like to take everyone

through the Domino Transplant Chain one last time

set to the illustrious tunes of Mr. Van Morrison.

Max.

I'm just getting everyone pumped for the dry run.

Am I right, Newark?

Not a Van Morrison fan. What about Pittsburgh?

Yeah, all right, moving on.

We have six patients

receiving partial liver transplants today,

and, uh, six living donors from three states.

Our first donor surgery will be Tanya Mayer.

She just arrived at JFK.

Dr. Kapoor is running point on her.

Except Tanya isn't a match for her brother, Matthew.

So a lobe of her liver will be going to Aminah Ali.

My patient. Aminah is the anchor patient.

Her HLA factors were difficult to match.

That's why it took so long to find her a donor.

Each of our recipients couldn't find a donor match

within their own families, so their families agreed

to donate to someone else who would be a match for them.

Aminah's husband, Tariq, will donate to Francis Potter.

His mother, Lily Potter, will then donate

to Beck Newman.

Omar Kahn in Newark will donate to Lisa Verdad

here at New Amsterdam.

Mina Verdad will donate to Gil Hess.

And last but not least, to close the loop,

Peter Stern in Pittsburgh will donate

to our very own, Matthew Levy.

It's like Hands Across America but with livers.

Oh, yeah. I'll be here all week, Newark.

Thank you.

Wow.