Saving Hope

You just have to sign this release,

and we'll take your brother to the funeral home

to prepare him for cremation.

Could you just give us a minute, please?

He looks the same.

Like he's still in there.

Is he?

I don't know.

What do you mean? Can't you see him?

Alex, let's not do this right now.

No. No, seriously.

You said you're a medium. That...

Th-that's what you said, right? You can talk to ghosts?

So... talk.

Why don't I give you some space,

and we can talk about it later?

Mm.

I can't sign this right now.

I have to go to work.

So no funeral?

We'll do a memorial next week in St. Catharine's.

I'll scatter his ashes here.

Fun.

Yeah, not so much.

Wake up, honey, wake up.

Is that her? That's her, right?

- Definitely. - Excuse me, Dr. Reid?

Yes?

My name's Marvin Kapogrecko.

This is my son.

I have a sarcoma.

Nice to meet you.

- His name is Lou. - Luke?

Lou. Are you the expert?

Um... not an expert, no.

June 10th, 2011. "Pre-operative radiotherapy"

"on retroperitoneal liposarcoma"...

"results and complications: A review" by Dr. Alex Reid.

It was my third year paper.

Wow. Mine was boils.

- You found my paper online? - I found it.

The internet makes my dad say bad words.

Well, that's... that's true, buddy.

We are so glad we found you.

- What can I do for you? - Everything, doctor.

Everything in the world.

I'm not really an expert, Mr. Kapogrecko.

But you can still help us, right?

So...

See you.

Oh, well, well, well, well, well.

Celebrating?

You could say that, yeah.

Actually, some news...

the board just extended my term as chief here.

Five years.

- Wow, th... hey, congratulations. - Mm-hmm.

Yes, I should be, uh, signing the paperwork

later this afternoon.

Don't get so excited, Joel, okay?

'Cause you're embarrassing me now.

What-what, uh... They didn't meet your terms?

- No, the terms were met. - So? What?

I don't know. It's the job, I guess.

You know, y-you sort of never feel good,

you never feel bad, you just kind of feel like

you're getting... the job done.

Trapped at the top. Poor Joel.

You know what I'm talking about.

26 specialists in this hospital,

every single one of them wants something from you.

- What do you want? - That's the point.

Don't matter what I want, Dana.

Of course it matters.

- Guess who this is, by the way. - The nurse?

I'm gonna say someone who wants something.

And look at that.

I'm correct.

Good-bye.

Her name's Marla.

You named your tumor?

It's after his favorite nurse.

At the Grace in Winnipeg.

She gave me an awesome shark figure.

Like, awesome shark figure.

Okay, Lou, I'm gonna check your patellar reflexes.

- You ready? - Mm-hmm.

Let's let this dangle. I'm gonna hold the back of your knee.

Relax.

Very good. Now...

Push against my hand with your shin.

Oh...

Wow, you're very strong.

Yeah, I play sports.

- That's what it is. You have a good kick. - Yeah.

This imaging... is it recent?

- Two weeks. - Let's take a look.

Uh... I know it looks bad,

but the growth has actually slowed,

and if you look at it, his, uh...

his white cell count is normal.

His liver seems to be clear.

You've done your research.

Well, we had to. We, uh...

Well, tumors are kind of our thing.

Yeah, we know a lot

- about tumors. - The doctors back home...

They don't know what the hell they're talking about.

- Why do you say that? - When we first went in...

and this was a year ago... he had pain in his abdomen.

- It hurt when I breathed. - You know what the doc gave him?

What?

Laxatives.

He said Lou was constipated.

They sent him home to eat prunes.

I'm sorry. This is your oncologist?

No, it's a G.P. in our small town.

We live on a farm.

I saw the doctor on the second day of school.

They didn't find Marla till my friend Andrew's birthday.

Eight months. And he shipped us off to Winnipeg,

then they tell us it's too late,

there's nothing that can be done.

And we're supposed to accept that?

So you've come here for a second opinion?

Second, third, sixth.

And then we found your paper.

You can cut it out, Dr. Reid.

Can't you?

I'll talk to the chief of surgery.

Stay put. I'll be back.

I'm not changing my mind.

We're their last shot, Joel.

This is a hospital, Alex.

It's not a refuge for lost souls.

I think I can help him.

Alex, I understand you just lost your brother.

That's not what this is about.

Alex, this tumor has its hooks in bone and tissue,

in organs and veins. It's...

- Do you want my advice? - Yeah, that's why I'm here.

Don't do it. I agree with the surgeon in Winnipeg.

I mean, we should let this boy live out his last days

with a degree of dignity.

- No, we can't give up on him. - Okay, I'll tell you what.

You can convince one doctor in this entire hospital

that this tumor's operable, you go nuts.

- Joel... - Otherwise, you should just accept

what their oncologist has said,

- and what I am telling you right now. - Which is?

Which is absolutely not.

Catch a tiger by...

Mr. Kapogrecko.

What did he say?

We're a go.

Huh?

Okay, buddy.

Not exactly thrilled to see you, either.

What are you still doing here?

If I knew, would I be bothering you?

Good point.

All right, Charlie, this is the part

where you tell me how this works,

how I get out of here.

Listen, usually when I see a ghost,

I help them resolve something, and then they disappear.

- So I have some unresolved issue? - I guess so. I don't know.

All right. You gonna help me resolve it?

I... Not right now.

Charlie, please...

Luke. I can't be talking to you right now.

Hmm.

I know.

Hmm.

It's a bear.

We're talking ortho, plastics...

you need, what, five surgeons total?

- Reycraft... - Look,

you know what Charles de Gaulle said.

No, I don't, and neither do you.

"I predict you will sink step by step"

"into a bottomless quagmire."

Mm-hmm.

And you can quote me on that.

Thank you.

Press against my hand, please, Ida.

Yeah, you seem to have lost a little power

since you fractured your leg.

Let's lift this up.

I'll check your extension there...

- Ohh! - What is it?

I just won 5 bucks. Scratch ticket.

You do know that risk-seeking behavior can be a side effect

of the dopamine you take to control your tremors, right?

It's just a scratch ticket.

I'm not running away with a gigolo.

Ida? Dr. Hamza's ready to start the study.

What study is this?

We're going biking.

Dr. Murphy!