New Amsterdam

When I was 18, or night. I wanted a

tattoo of a panda right here, on my arm,

but, uh, my girlfriend at the time

talked me into a heart.

- Stop moving. - Yeah.

I don't know why I thought a panda would be so cool.

Well, this tattoo will guide

the external beam radiation

to within less than a millimeter of your tumor,

so, also cool.

Yeah, but three dots?

Three dots is so lame.

Why couldn't you give me, like, a badass teardrop

or a tiger?

I get that you're nervous.

Hmm.

When will you tell the staff?

I was kind of hoping they wouldn't notice.

Four days in you're gonna start vomiting constantly.

After two weeks, you'll be fed through a tube in your stomach.

You won't be able to swallow.

There'll be hair loss. Weight loss.

What I'm saying is, I think they're gonna notice.

They're gonna notice, yeah.

I'll tell them.

Somehow.

Okay.

Hold. Don't move.

Imagine it's a panda.

So in the middle of stitching up her arm

she asks for a mai tai.

I was like, "Lady,

does this look like a tiki bar to you?"

Hey, thanks guys.

I would never have made it from the Bronx without you.

Next time, drinks are on me, okay?

Stealing snacks again?

No name, fair game.

Moonlighting before a double?

So? Like you don't.

Yeah, but I'm not the department chair.

Later.

All right.

Lauren?

Hey, do you know what kind of Scotch Floyd drinks?

What? You guys are buds.

Yeah, it's just weird hearing him called Floyd.

Oh, yeah, right.

It's way more normal to call somebody by their last name.

So Scotch?

Uh, if he's paying, whatever's in the well,

and if someone else is paying, then top shelf.

- Why? - Uh, it's his birthday.

Oh, man. Well, good luck.

Wait, why good luck?

Well, it just sucks to start dating a guy

and then have it be his birthday.

- Does it? - Yeah.

If he one of those guys who loves his birthday.

- I love my birthday. - Not like he does. It's impossible.

So you're thinking I should get something

- better than Scotch? - Yep.

Good luck.

Ah, thank you.

This is too much.

I don't even know how to...

- - Oh!

You got me a FloTech Cell Sorter for my birthday?

- No. - Man, you shouldn't have.

- I didn't. - And yet, here it is.

I guess HCC decided to upgrade our old cell sorter.

Which, no surprise, didn't need upgrading.

Whoa.

Maybe your girlfriend pulled some strings?

Oh, I don't know; this machine costs 100,000 bucks.

Which could have been better spent

almost anywhere else in the hospital.

- Yes. Bureaucracy. - Bureaucracy.

Here, help me get it to the OR before someone else nabs it.

You're keeping it?

Well, possession's 9/10 of the law.

It's not, actually.

Well, then I'm invoking the "finders, keepers" rule.

Just help me move it. Come on.

How do you, do you know how to...

Do you know how to do...

- It's broken. -

- Yeah, well... -

Bureaucracy.

Hup, keep walking.

Keep walking.

I am still very angry.

Down three with seven seconds left

and Hardaway's sitting on a bench?

And then they don't call a timeout.

He's our only three-point shooter.

Well, to love the Knicks is to suffer.

Would you like to watch the game tonight...

together?

I can't.

Okay.

I'm getting my one-year chip.

Chip?

For being clean.

I see.

It's at the downtown Y.

You could come if you'd like.

- That would be... - Strange to get a reward.

I mean, it's kind of a big deal.

I would think that

the real reward would be

not being an addict.

Okay.

- So I guess you're not coming. - I have a better idea.

Um...

Knicks game? Next week?

Yeah.

Patient.

So I'll... I'll see you next week?

Uh, Max.

Can I just get your thoughts on a patient?

- Yeah. - Um, locally advanced

pancreatic cancer.

Amenable to surgery?

Yes, he's prepped and ready to go.

- Great, then go for the cure. - There's a catch.

Cardiology work-up found a left-ventricular

ejection fraction of 35%.

That is a catch.

90% chance he'll die on the table.

But a 10% chance he won't.

Technically. But those are terrible odds.

That's for him to decide.

I can't suggest he go through with the surgery, can I?

Why not?

Because that's like me saying to you,

"Hey, let's scrap chemo and wing it

with precision-targeted therapy."

Well, some of those trials show a lot of promise.

Some show it makes the disease worse.

But we're not talking about you.

Right, but

we have to give your patient

both options, right?

"We"?

A man named Daniel

was captured by Roman soldiers.

The general told Daniel he could make...

Nurse, can you give us a minute?

Thank you, he's all yours.

The story was just getting good.

Rabbi Skillman, I'd like to introduce you

to our medical director, Max Goodwin.

Goodwin. Is that Jewish?

Uh, I believe my great-great-grandmother was,

but I was raised... nothing.

Then you're Jewish.

I'll take it.

So, Dr. Sharpe.

Do you have good news for me this morning?

Lot of whispering going on.

I wish I did.

Okay.

It's what you feared? His heart...

Work-up shows that it's not

pumping blood very well.

Mm.

The cherry on the cancer cake.

There's a 90% chance

of dying in surgery.

Or a 10% chance of a cure.

Not great odds.

The other option is no surgery.

You can go home.

Spend a year of good-quality life

with the people you love.

We'll make sure that you're comfortable.

Like any good conundrum,

I believe I'll need some time to think about this.

Yeah, of course.

And if you have any questions, I'm here.

Take all the time you need.

We just want to make sure

you really consider both options.

Okay.

Hmm.

Amy.

I see your...

migraines haven't improved.

And, uh...

your triptans did not help.

No.

We can run a second MRI,

but I'm afraid we've exhausted