Code Black

Previously on "Code Black"...

- Dr. Pineda. - Gordon.

I'm surprised you remember me.

It was just yesterday.

What's going on, Dr. Pineda?

This is Gordon. He's a patient.

You shouldn't be in here. Let's go. Out.

A little rude, isn't it?

You have an attitude problem.

Oh!

Look, I don't want to talk about this anymore.

I already gave a statement to the cops.

Things happened fast, but we did everything we could.

Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

I was upset. We all were.

When a patient is... more than a patient...

I know this is difficult.

I'm sorry, um, I don't why we're doing this.

After a tragedy like this, the hospital has to conduct

its own internal review.

And we've learned a lot in the past couple of days.

These are photos from hospital surveillance cameras.

The day it happened, here he is outside the break room.

He's watching Doctors Perello and Pineda.

Here he is a few days earlier in the hallway behind Dr. Pineda.

And another... five weeks ago.

Four days before that. Again, following her.

So far, we've counted 17 different times

Gordon Heshman's been here in the past two months.

12-hour day,

have to be back in another six.

Where you going?

Uh, same.

Oh.

Hey.

Gordon?

Dr. Pineda.

Floor?

Uh, B4.

It's a party.

Uh, just glad I'm feeling better, though, thanks to you.

I almost forgot.

I...

I parked on a different floor today.

Okay. Bye.

Um, glad to hear you're feeling better.

Yeah.

Hey.

What's going on?

I... I... I know this is... this is gonna be out of the blue,

but, um...

You want to grab a drink or something?

God, I'm...

I'm sorry, Gordon, but we're not supposed to do that.

You know, doctors and patients.

Fascists.

And you know, uh,

what... what they don't know is that

there's this great place in Koreatown that has the most...

Gordon, I can't. I'm sorry.

If you don't like Korean food, you know...

The other thing is, I'm not into guys.

I'm gay.

Okay. You don't have to do that.

Do what?

Lie!

If you don't want to go out with me, you...

You... you could just say so.

I'm not lying.

Right. Whatever you say.

I'm sorry to bother you.

You didn't, Gordon.

Hang on a second. Do I need a lawyer here?

We are just trying to understand.

'Cause it sounds like I'm being accused of something.

No one's accusing you of anything,

but you are entitled to have a lawyer with you if you want.

At that point, I didn't know about Malaya.

I had my hands full with Gina.

Christa found her.

She'd been stabbed eight times

in the abdomen.

She lost pulse. We got her to center stage.

IV, o2, six units of blood, clear the scanners.

I need a portable chest. Dr. Lorenson, fast ultrasound.

What the hell? What happened?

Who did this?

Dr. Savetti, pressure on these wounds.

Risa, page surgery for a T.T.A.

Who did this?!

Savetti!

Follow my voice. We've got to be quick.

It's Dr. Perello.

We need to control this bleeding.

Help Dr. Lorenson tie off anything that needs it.

Clamp!

Somebody get Hudson. Is Dr. Rorish still here?

Is Rorish still here?

Rorish is gone.

Mario. Change of plans. Right-sided chest tube.

Place it.

No, the E.R. director is on the table.

Gina Perello is the trauma.

All right, how much output on that side?

750 cc, at least.

Oh, hell. Blood!

Christa, repeat the fast over her chest.

Where is the surgical attending?

He's finishing an aortic rupture.

They'll have an O.R. ready in 15.

I don't have 15 minutes. Mario, is that tube up high,

- nice and posterior? - Come on, you guys.

Clear the way! I got blood!

Yeah, I checked the tract with my finger.

Superior and posterior.

I'm about 12 in... blood still returning.

Free fluid on both sides.

Damn it! Uh...

Have either of you ever done a clamshell?

Okay. Gown up.

Wait, you want to do a clamshell down here?

We're gonna do it here.

That's when we all heard the screaming.

Call security now!

I said call security!

What the hell's going on out there?

Clear the path, please. Clear, clear!

- Oh, my God. - Malaya!

- Breathe, Malaya. - What happened?!

You're okay, Malaya. Let's get her hooked up, please.

Here. Someone get me a warming blanket.

Is that Gina?

Malaya!

Dr. Lorenson! Dr. Lorenson, stay with me!

Has anyone called the police?

Whoever did this could still be in the building!

More gauze.

We got to handle this bleeding, folks.

More suction. That's it.

Clear the field.

I need 10-blade, rib spreader, the whole tray.

Hang on, Gina.

Whoa. Didn't you page a T.T.A.?

It's Gina.

Stab wounds to the chest and abdomen.

Can't wait for your attending.

He's not coming. He's finishing up a ruptured triple-a.

I'm here to take her up and he'll swing O.R.s.

That's not an option anymore.

That window has closed.

We're doing the surgery here.

She'll be under Campbell's knife in seven minutes.

That's what your department said 15 minutes ago.

Savetti, zip it.

Have you ever done a clamshell?

She has a pulse. Let me take her.

She needs to go to the O.R. Campbell said that...

Campbell isn't here!

See that free fluid? She's in peri-arrest.

I'm calling him.

Good! Tell him I'm starting the procedure.

Get me Campbell now.

You ready?

What did you just say to me?

Is that when you decided to break

from the standard protocol?

Who is this guy?

Uh, "break from the standard protocol"?

Do you even know what the standard protocol is?

He did what he had to do.

Really?

You performed an E.R. thoracotomy

without the technical indication for one.

The rules are very clear.

Unless a patient is in cardiac arrest, they go to to the O.R.

She was in peri-arrest.

Center stage is where rules go to die.

Her chest tube put out over two liters.

That's a massive hemorrhage. She couldn't wait.

We're just trying to understand your decision-making process.

You'd have to be a doctor to do that.

Leanne

No. I'm not okay with this at all.

Outside.

You are on the wrong side of this.

No, you're on the wrong side.

What the hell is this?

It's an interview.

It's an interrogation.

Let me tell you something about that doctor in there...

He's reckless.

He did exactly what I would have done,

which is why he has the job.

And can I remind you, a week ago,

you were his biggest cheerleader.

That was before he was involved in the death

of the E.R. director.

He wasn't involved in her death.

He tried to save her life,

and you're treating him like a criminal.