So Help Me Todd

Hello, Merritt? Uh, can you hear me?

Yes, Margaret, I'm here.

And it's finally happening.

The Lee sisters just fired

their seventh attorney in seven months,

and you are going to acquire them as clients.

The Lee sisters are worth 40 million,

and handling their foundation would yield

a two-percent commission rate that could keep us afloat

for the next few months.

And we need that.

But as I'm sure you've been told,

they are monsters,

and they're coming in tomorrow.

Can I trust you to seal this deal?

Of course.

I-I thought we prepared all this.

We started, but you've been too busy

to finish the presentation. Oh...

And I've been covering for the office manager you fired.

I could just hear it in Merritt's voice,

dripping with condescension.

He doesn't think that

I can land these clients?

We have to pull out all the stops;

the full dog and pony show.

You do realize I will be the one

doing all the work? Francey, I'll help.

We need this.

And I need to talk to you.

No, not now, Todd. Very busy.

So, Francey, we will work through the night.

Oh, great. Oh!

You can come to dinner. Yes. Oh.

Now, go get one of those young paralegals to help you.

Yeah, yeah. Go, go, go, go, go.

Okay, what is it, Todd? I'm busy.

Close the door.

Sit down.

Anything you'd like to tell me?

About what?

Cheap toilet paper, bad coffee.

Fresh pastries in the kitchen, gone.

Flowers in the lobby, gone.

Lisa, the office manager, gone.

And no replacement.

Oh, Todd...

I am not Portland's best detective-to-be for nothing.

We're in financial trouble, aren't we? Uh...

The firm is cutting back.

People, things disappearing.

You cut my salary in half. It all makes sense now.

Todd, we are not in any trouble.

I am in charge of financial decisions,

and-and we are just being efficient.

You're lying to me.

Look at you, you're avoiding eye contact.

Hey, stop moving around.

Mom, we're in trouble. Why didn't you tell me?

Y-You don't trust me?

I mean, after all we've been through,

I thought we were Batman and Robin,

Cagney and Lacey, Sherlock and Holmes.

Oh, I trust you just fine, I do.

I mean, there's really nothing serious to report.

I am holding it all together.

I will see you at dinner.

Ow.

Well, if Clem doesn't have a visible rash,

then I doubt it's actually hand, foot and mouth.

Make it blue and change the font.

This whole presentation has to read as classy.

This font is literally called "Classy."

What is going on?

Oh, well, we are trying to woo

a very big, very difficult client, and...

Francey, no. Blue. Don't you have pie in the oven?

You didn't eat a thing, Todd. I'm sorry. Yeah.

Oh, uh, you're not gonna eat that roll?

Uh, no, no, no. go ahead. Here.

Uh, so you'll share food with Chet and not me?

If you eat my food in my home, then you should be replacing it.

I don't think so. Whatever. Okay, well, it's my home.

Feel like I heard this conversation in reverse last year.

Todd, look, I made your favorite pie. Mm. Ooh. Mm-hmm.

Yeah, Ma, thanks. I just don't think I can.

Oh, wait, I forgot to tell you

because you were being so annoying this morning.

I had a patient in the ER, a PI,

and he caught the Rogue River serial killer?

Wait, what? Seriously? Richard Franks?

Dick Franks, the detective? That's cool.

I think we have way too many slides.

Well, we also need cookies... Ah! God!

I think I pulled a muscle in my side.

It's killing me.

And is it freezing in here? It's cold, right?

Is it right side, like, just below your waist?

What? Uh, yeah. Yeah, I don't know.

Does it hurt on the other side, the left? Just press here.

My other side? Uh, no. It...

Now release. What?

Ow! What the hell?

That made this side hurt more.

Probably gas. How long until that coffee is ready?

Oh, Allison, are you in a hurry? No, but Todd is.

That's appendicitis, and I'm 95% sure

it's coming out tonight.

What?! My appendix is what? Has it burst?

Do you have to-go cups?

For the coffee, not for his appendix.

You'll be fine. What? No.

You're taking it out now?

No. No, I'm helping you

out of your chair. Please.

Mom, coffee. I'm going.

No, no, no, no. What are you doing? Why? I don't want to.

I'll eat the pie, I'll eat the pie, I don't care.

Shouldn't we be in a life-flight helicopter?

Or can't you just run all these red lights?

Yeah, sure. Should I also drive with my eyes closed?

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Go back. I forgot my phone.

No, I'm not--

We're not turning around for a phone.

You're the one who wanted coffee before we left.

You chose coffee over my life, Allison.

To keep me awake while I ambulance you to the hospital.

But actually, you know what,

there is a Starbucks up ahead...

No. No, no. Go, go!

Ow!

Robin, this is that CT scan I called about.

Hey, Shelley, can you have Cleo prep OR-B?

Orb? What's Orb? Why are you speaking in code?

Operating Room B. He's hysterical.

Can someone get him something to calm him down

or paralyze his mouth?

Yes, you can still have children

after an appendectomy. Are you kidding?

Are you getting me the best surgeon?

Am I a priority patient?

Or else what's the point of having you as a sister?

I ask myself that a lot.

Wait. What?

Isn't that the robot that killed all those people?

Yeah, but they fixed it.

I think they fixed it. Gosh, I hope they fixed it.

I guess we're gonna find out.

A-Am I going under?

Am I under? Is this under?!

Todd, count backwards from ten.

Okay. Uh, Z-Y-X-8-7...

Everything's gonna be fine, Todd. Uh, V.

- Two, one... - Todd?

Todd?

Todd?

Todd? Todd.

Hello.

Todd.

Todd, Todd. Oh, sorry. Hi, honey.

Wha... You're all right.

Everything's fine. They took your appendix out,

and you're fine. Oh, oh, I'm-I'm okay?

Yes. Thank God for your sister.

How-how long was I out for? What time is it?

Oh. Oh, it is 4:26 in the morning.

But now everything's fine.

I promise you, you're good. You're--

I've got to go. Where are you going?

Well, I've got that big presentation

in a couple of hours, and I am barely alive.

Oh, my God, I feel like I'm just ping-ponging

from one crisis to the next.

Okay, but I will be back just as soon as I can.

Oh, Todd, Todd, here are your EarBods.

I found them in your pocket. Great.

No, I'm just gonna hold on to them.

Wait, where's my watch?

Uh, my-my-my phone? Todd.

Lie down, hon. No, I--

Lie flat, lie down, okay.

Now, here is your pain drip.

Mm-hmm. Right?

If you feel any discomfort,

you just press that little button right there.

Okay. Ah, but...

Once an hour only.

Oh. Uh... Okay? I'm gonna take it from you.

Darling, I'm so glad you're okay.

There's somebody else in here?

Yes, but-but I thought he was sleeping

the whole time.

Okay. Good night.

Good night, honey. I love you.

Okay. Love you.

Love you. Bye.

Oh, my God, I've got so much to do.

Oh, excuse me. Uh, Doctor.

Yes, hello. Um, I just wanted you to know

that my son is awake now. Todd, in Room 405.