PULSE

How's Ms. Peterson doing?

Not good.

Her kidney function is getting worse.

Mmm… You look tense.

Let me help you loosen up those deltoids.

Is that the first one you got right?

I'm literally waiting for you to show up in this video.

Yeah, they couldn't make a deal with my agent, so…

- I see you got your Chief badge back. - Yeah.

What about Danny?

She decided not to pursue the case.

You're an idiot.

I'm not going to apologize for helping you.

What did Cruz say?

So, what happens now?

Uh, nothing really changes as far as I know.

Still offering me attending.

Danny, what did Cruz say?

There's a chance I might get dropped from the program.

- It's not 'cause of the fight, though. - What is it for?

The HR claim.

Xander's parents want me gone,

and… now Cruz has cause.

- Why'd she change her mind? - Um…

I don't really want to speak for her, but… we met with HR,

and… yeah, it's over.

Sorry, I… I don't understand.

Why did you drop your complaint?

It's…

For the last year, it's like I've had this huge weight on my chest.

And after the residents' retreat,

I really just needed somebody unbiased to tell me that

what was going on wasn't right.

And… I'm glad I went,

because it felt so good

to hear that I wasn't overreacting, that I wasn't crazy, that this…

this weight… wasn't something that I had made up in my head,

because that's how he made me feel every time I talked to him about it.

But I didn't drop it because it wasn't true.

I dropped it because I realized that…

what they can offer me isn't what I need anymore.

What I need is…

acknowledgement, from him.

What I need is…

is for him to apologize.

You still get to be her boss,

and everybody's happy?

Well…

And if he doesn't apologize, you're okay working with him?

Yeah. In spite of everything, I loved him.

I… I still do love him.

And I know that that might be hard to understand… …but it is true.

I never wanted him to lose his job.

Yeah.

Well, now he might be the reason that you lose your job.

Yeah, of course he's happy.

Gets to work one last shift as chief before the end of year party tomorrow,

then come Monday, he gets a promotion. It's brilliant.

Hey, you're gonna want to see this.

This just happened.

…remnants of an illegal after-hours club this morning.

Apparently, about 5:00 a.m., a pyrotechnics misfire on stage

engulfed the building in flames and caused a stampede for the exit.

We hear there are no fatalities, but a lot of injuries.

- Oh shit. - Mm-hmm.

- Where is that? - Fifteen minutes away.

- They're all coming here? - Oh yeah.

Welcome back, my friend.

Let's go.

How are things with you, Natalie?

Ruben, how are you?

You know. You know. Another year done.

- They go fast. - Yes, yes, yes.

If Vero's morning labs and her chest X-ray look okay,

I can get her out by the end of the day.

She's counting the minutes. Actually, the seconds.

Why? She doesn't love you checking in on her ten times a day?

I don't think so.

Hey, so I, uh…

I heard what happened with Danny Simms.

Shoving a family member?

- Not her best moment. - Okay. Can I be direct?

Aren't you always?

Get rid of her.

She's a good doctor with potential to be great.

Natalie. Listen.

You know it's finally happening, right?

They're splitting the departments, taking the ER away from you.

And who's the board tapping to take over my ER?

They're discussing various names.

But there is still a card you can play. Okay. You're almost out of time.

Libby Phillips. She wants Danny gone.

And now you have cause.

That's not why they want her gone.

Wait.

Get rid of Danny and she'll kill the split.

Getting fired from residency would torpedo her career.

You know that. You don't recover from that.

And they put somebody else in charge of the ER.

And the people that they're talking about,

it's going to cascade for you in a very negative way.

And it's not gonna be good for the ER either.

But you gotta take care of it today.

- Good morning. Hey.

I like your hair today.

Okay. Someone's in a good mood.

Yes, ma'am. I am.

In exactly seven hours and 14 minutes, my intern year, AKA hell on earth,

is over.

- How you gonna celebrate? Mm, I don't know.

I'll just probably have a drink at the party tomorrow

and surgery with Soriano today.

- Are you joking? - No.

- He asked me to scrub in on Nia's surgery. - And what about Cole?

He is so pissed at him right now.

And honestly, it is making my day so much better.

- Soriano's pissed at Cole? - Yeah.

Why? What happened?

He went to some boat party

with Dr. Hoffman and a bunch of his plastic surgery bros.

What, he didn't like that, or…

No. No, very bad move politically.

Also, hey, um…

I'm pretty sure he's involved with Nia.

Involved?

With a patient?

- Does Soriano know about this? - Oh! No, that would be…

Yeesh!

Damn.

Hey, um…

What's going on with you today?

- What do you mean? - I don't know. You just seem kind of down.

Yeah, I know. Um…

No, nothing. I just…

I lost an earring. They were really special to me.

I had them this morning, but I must have dropped one, I guess, so…

Dang. I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Fire and estampida at a club downtown. Bunch of trauma coming in.

Camila, come with me.

Thank you, Chan.

- Hey, good luck finding your earring! - Oh yeah. Thanks!

- Morning. - Hey.

You okay? I heard about you getting into it with that guy in the lobby.

Yeah, fine.

Where do you want me, Chief?

Uh, you and I will take the first one.

Elijah, you and Harper take the next. Camila, stick with me.

- How'd things go with Cruz? - She wasn't thrilled.

Sounded like that guy was being a dick. I'm sure she understands.

Coming through!

- What we got? - 22-year-old trying to leave the club.

Broke a glass window, leapt from the second story.

Has difficulty breathing with large glass lacerations along his arms and his legs.

- Vitals are stable with a GCS of 14. - All right. Trauma one's open.

Okay, on three. One, two, three.

- What's your name, sir? - Garrett Donnelly.

All right, man. We're gonna take good care of you, okay?

Whoa. Deep laceration to the upper right arm.

- Can I get a stapler? - Yes.

- That was nuts, man. - Was it?

All right. This is just gonna feel like a few pinches, okay?

Okay.

- How are you feeling, Mr. Donnelly? - Oh, I feel fine.

Yeah? Are you on anything right now?

- You mean like drugs? - Yeah, like drugs.

Yeah, I'm on G and some Tusi.

Hmm?

Tusi is a mix of a lot of things.

MDMA, ketamine, psychedelics, cocaine…

I've… heard.

Fun.

It's your last day of your year of rotation, isn't it?

- Mm-hmm. - Alright. Gown up.

Let's see what you learned about running a trauma.

Oh, okay, yeah.

Thanks.

What would you do first?

Well, I would start with the primary survey, ABCs.

He's talking, so airway's intact.

- And breathing-- - Lungs clear bilaterally.

Circulation, two plus DPs, good strong pulses.

- What next? - Next, I would do a FAST.

Go.

- Kidney and liver good. - Yeah, make sure you check the--

- Spleen's good. - Nicely done.

And heart.

Wow, impressive.

Danny's a great teacher.

And then bladder.

- Yep, bladder's clear. Negative FAST. - Okay, good.

Mr. Donnelly, my name is Dr. Phillips. This is Dr. Simms.

- Can you tell us what happened? - Yeah, bro.

People were stampeding everywhere, so I went upstairs,

and then there was so much smoke and nowhere to go.

I jumped out the window.

Feels like a closed femur fracture on the right, and also maybe the left.

We should get him to CT.

I was falling, and, you know, it was so far,

and then I was like, "Oh, shit, that's gonna hurt."