7:00 A.M.

Is it true?

Simi told Hector that Dr. Deranjian said

the hospital was up for sale.

- They might turn it into an ortho center with no ER.

- Oh, they're always threatening to shut us down,

but they never do.

Gloria is looking for you.

No guts, no Gloria.

Must be time for my weekly spanking.

- Try to be nice, for all our sakes.

You sure you're cool being here today?

Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?

Well, if you need to talk...

Yeah, I won't, but thanks.

Where's Abbot?

Getting some air.

Hey.

You OK in there?

Uh, awesome.

- I'd like to say it goes away, but I had morning sickness

for six months with my second daughter.

Hell, who am I kidding?

That one still worries me sick.

Thanks. - But it's worth it.

You tell anybody yet?

Oh, no.

Not until I pass 12 weeks. Not this time.

Nothing but good vibes.

But just so you know, Robby's working today.

Today's the day Doc Adamson died.

He hasn't worked it in four years.

So why is he here?

- All I know is, he still blames himself

for Adamson's death, so if he's a little prickly today,

give him a pass, OK?

- Right. - Thank you.

Hang in there, kid.

Good morning, Jack.

What are you doing here?

I'm working.

And you?

Oh, I don't know.

Had a guy come in.

Hit by a drunk driver in a crosswalk.

39-year-old vet.

Survived three tours without a scratch.

I spent the last two hours coding him.

- That's always a rough way to end the night.

I must have had a reason

at one time to keep coming back,

but I can't think of it right now.

- Because this is the job that keeps on giving.

Nightmares.

Ulcers.

Suicidal tendencies.

Besides, if you jump on my shift,

that's just rude, man.

I hope I'm never one of your patients.

- That makes two of us, my friend.

- I got a pregnant teen coming back today for mifepristone

and a small bowel obstruction waiting on surgery

for the last three hours.

Oh, and unfortunately,

the Kraken is still boarding in BH.

Still?

Guy's been here for a week waiting on a psych bed.

- Yep. He's only getting worse.

He's catching some Zyprexa Z's at the moment.

But when he wakes up, God help you all.

I wrote a note for the family of my dead vet,

if anyone shows.

Oh, and you got the med students

and new interns starting today, so good luck with that.

Lucky, lucky me.

- Sir, come back here! - No more needles!

- Oh! - Sir!

- No more needles! - Stop!

- Sure you want to work today, huh?

- Help me! They're gonna hurt me!

- Sir, I promise nobody is going to hurt you.

Sir!

- Who left this mess?

They had a rough night.

Good morning, sunshine.

- You obviously haven't seen this board.

Oh, we've seen worse.

Nothing like a little challenge every now and then

to keep everybody on their toes.

- Dr. Robinavitch? - Yep.

- Melissa King. I will be joining you today.

I just came from two months at the VA.

Hey, welcome to the Pitt.

This is Dr. Jack Abbot.

Nice to meet you.

I can't tell you how excited I am to be here today, so...

- Talk to me at the end of the day.

- Ignore him. He had a rough night

and is having an ongoing existential crisis.

- Don't worry, you'll get there soon enough.

- I married my second husband, Everett, in 1964.

He unfortunately passed in 1976 from a heart attack

while we were vacationing in Kissimmee, Florida.

It was awful. - Good morning.

We're gonna round, Dr. Mohan.

- Excuse me, Estelle. I'll be right back.

- So you know we track every resident's

patients seen per hour.

- I was just taking her history.

- It's a brief backstory about what brought them in,

not an autobiography. - I was almost done.

- You hadn't even made it to this century.

- Patients, they check in for registration here.

A nurse eyeballs them, makes sure they're not dying.

If not, they're moved to one of two triage rooms for vitals

and a quick chair exam where you can order

your labs and your X-rays.

And then they come back to...

- Waiting room, until a bed opens up.

For how long?

- Eight hours, if they're lucky.

A lot of times, 12.

Uh, is it always this busy?

Uh, no.

It gets a lot busier.

Take this.

Hey, Mateo.

Good morning, Cass.

This is Sherry.

Hi.

Sherry, I'm Dr. McKay.

I have some student doctors with me today.

Do you mind if they observe?

- Sure. - OK.

What's going on, Sherry?

I--

I burned my hand on a Sterno.

- What were you doing with a Sterno?

Uh, cooking.

- You were cooking with a Sterno?

Yeah, we were making s'mores.

That's sweet.

My son loves s'mores.

- Uh, we've-- we've been here for hours,

and I have to get them to school.

Do you know how much longer this will take?

Uh, yeah, let's see.

You take anything for the pain? - Uh, not yet.

1,000 of Tylenol,

400 ibuprofen, and saline dressing?

Yes, please.

McKay, we're gonna round.

And the fun begins.

All right, Sherry, we're gonna patch you up

and get you out of here as soon as possible, OK?

I'll be back. - OK.

- As you can see, we have some new faces with us this morning.

Good morning, good morning. Come on over.

Starting with second-year resident Dr. Melissa King,

fresh from the VA.

Everyone calls me Mel.

I'm so happy to be here.

Trinity Santos, intern.

Victoria Javadi, MS3.

Uh, Dennis Whitaker, MS4.

- Welcome to the Pitt. I'm--

- We've got two traumas from the T.

Five minutes out. - OK, copy that.

Actually, this is the most important person

that you're gonna meet today. This is Dana.

She's our charge nurse.

She is the ringleader of our circus.

Do what she says when she says it.

As you can see, our house is always packed,

and our department is mostly clogged up with boarders.

Those are admitted patients waiting for a room upstairs,

sometimes for days.

Beds are a very precious commodity around here,

so please be quick and efficient

with your workups.