Eli Stone

bad news...

worse news...

fake news.

* but I've gotta think twice *

* before I give my heart away *

* and I know all the games you play because I play them,too *

* oh,but I need some time off *

what?

I can't hear you!

Watch out!

I know I haven't been batting with the vision interpretation,

but is interpretation even required here?

So after one vision,you think a plane's gonna crash?

No,i know a plane is gonna crash.

A plane crashed.How is this different?

You mean apart from the ethereal woman dressed in white?

Which sounds an awful lot like the virgin mary,

which some catholics consider to be a harbinger of impending disaster like,say,a plane crash.

I googled "disaster" and "women.

" Had to wade through hundreds of sites of sarah palin and britney spears.

Replaced by technology.Well,it wouldn't be the first.

How do I prevent a plane crash?

Well,it would help to know whatlight it was,or the airline.

You don't even know what field it crashed in.

And you really want to know why I'm cheating on you with the internet?

All right,fine.Why don't you go back online and see what you can learn about this woman?

They're so tiny and adorable.

Daddy,where did you get these?

They were yours.

To be honest,I considered throwing them away,

but your mother wouldn't let me.

They were her baby shoes and her mother's,and now they're yours again.

Me and matt.

Who would've thought,right?

The two of you...

you're happy?

We are.

You know,I thought working together again was gonna drive me nuts,

but after seeing his little frat boy face all day long,can you believe I actually really look forward to seeing it again at night?

He's a lucky man.

The truth is,I think I'm the lucky one.

You know me.I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop.But...

I don't know.

This time,I don't think it's going to.

Are you okay?

I've been thinking about your mother a lot lately.

Believe it or not,I actually called her.

You what?Way to bury the lead.

- What did she say? - Nothing.

It's possible she's been plagued by--by someone calling repeatedly and then hanging up.

DaD.

The phone ringing always seemed to be the interval

where in my mind a genuine attempt at reconciliation became a fool's errand.

Maybe if you'd given her the chance to answer...

maybe you'd be surprised.

That has been happening with more and more frequency as I get older--

eli,you,matt.

When you talk to mom,tell her I said thanks for these.

tammy,can you get these redlined by noon?

Also aaron in research needs the list of housing N.P.O.S,

and I'm gonna need you to revise the citations for the salma-hoyt brief.

The blue book on them's a disaster.

You just gave that woman six additional hours of work without even a touch of guilt.

That's very impressive.

Don't you have a quadriplegic to sue

or an endangered species to take off the endangered species list?

Both sound fun,but I'm busy handling the chaykin litigation.

In fact,I could use a second chair.

Be aot of long days,weekends,maybe some travel.

Posner told me to pick my own team,and frankly I thought--

you'd rather spend 15 hours in a conference room with me than tommy woo?

Okay,see,now that would have come off as sexist if I has said it.

I'm flattered,but representing monolithic, monopolizing corporations

After the ass you kicked with bay west media?

Wheelhouse is being renovated.

I really can'T.

Look,you're sadly mistaken if you think I'm gonna take no for an answer.

How about an "I'll think about it"?

Best and final offer.

Guess that'll have to do.

do you really care who gets the beatles collection if we divorce?

Okay,first of all,I built that collection,so it's mine no matter what.You can write that dowN.

I helped you build that collection.

I'm sure we can calculate a way that both you get your share of--

okay,look,I'm sorry.Buying me a cd for my birthday does not constitute building a collection.

Well,giving me a ring and saying,"why not?

" Doesn't constitute an engagement.

Write that down.

There's really no reason to write anything down.

You never complained before now.

We're getting married,damn it.

The proposal should have been special.

It might help to remember why we're all here.

Because we'd rather fight about this now,instead of when we're married.

You want to be marri?You don't avoid conflict.You embrace it,okay?

Marriage is about fighting all night and refusing to walk away.

It's about doing whatever it takes to stay together

because you can't imagine being apart.

I'm sure they know what marriage is about,taylor.

It's about spending 12 hours a day together and wanting nothing

more than to go home and spend the next 12 hours together.

So marry me.

Is this part of the prenup process?

Did you hear that,steven?That was a proposal.

All this last hour has shown is that you don't love me enough to express it as well as a lawyer.

A lawyer.

Cheryl,uh...jeez.

Cheryl!

Hey,help me get her back in here,and do not bill me for the time.

Cheryl!

hey,guys?

What is so difficult about this,patti?

Any connection,okay?

Any coection between the woman in a white dress and a plane crash.

what?Are you crazy?

Oh,okay.Uh,your continued enthusiasm on this project is greatly appreciated.

fine.

Well?

Uh,well,it's a little,uh,technical,medically speaking,

but I'll try and put it in terms that you can understand-- brain good,personality bad.

No joking.Everything was all right?

I was standing over the technician's shoulder the entire time.

We looked at your M.R.I.We compared it to last month's scan,and nothing has changed.

You're still a tool.

- damn it. - Is it about me?

You're not my only patient,eli.What happened?

Just got the page myself.

They can't pull out.

The coordinator got their consent.

They revoked it.Something about your patient's religious beliefs.

what religious beliefs?

Exactly.The patient's an atheist,apparently,and the donors' parents are so very not.

They balked at having their daughter's heart given to a heathen.

How do they even know who's getting it?

It was an accident.Brand-new nurse got caught up in the oprah of it all.

I've already killed her.

That doesn't solve the problem,though,does it?

How long is the heart still viable for?

The would-be donor's in a persistent vegetative state,so a while.

Let's go.

And where are we going,exactly?

Uh,your patient,hospital administration,risk management department

and the donor's parents,but not necessarily in that order.

Not every problem can be solved by suing somebody,eli.

I got a law degree that says different.

she's in here.

She?

No,no,no.Lawyers can be very helpful when it comes to heart transplants.

You hear the one about the guy that chose to get a 75-year-old lawyer's heart over an 18-year-old track star's?

He wanted a heart that had never been used.

Yeah,you heard it.

Yeah,yeah,all we do around here is tell her jokes.

It's--you know,laughter really is the best medicine.

I guess I'm just not sure how a lawyer can help me get a heart.

Well,it sounds like a matter of persuading the would-be donor's parents-- uh,the carlisles.

Yeah,to change their mind and restore their original consent for the transplant.

Good luck with that.

They seemed pretty...

adamant when they left my room.

They have a problem with your religious beliefs?

Mainly that I don't seem to have them.

They came in here and asked me to join them in a prayer.

And you passed?

I'm kind of devoutly atheist,if such a thing is possible.

You didn't have to tell the carlisles that,diane.

A drunk driver turned their daughter into a vegetable,dr.Stone.

I'm not taking a piece of her under false pretenses just to save my own life.

One doesn't have to believe in god to feel that kind of guilt.

maybe not,but just because you're an atheist,that doesn't mean you don't deserve to live.

keith,hi.I-I need your help with something.

We're asking you to reconsider.

There's nothing to reconsider,mr.Bennett.

We can't give our daughter's heart to someone who doesn't share her beliefs.

We can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved.

I think if you knew diane better--

we know she doesn't believe in god.

We know she hasn't accepted jesus as her savior.We know she's going to hell.

Mr.Carlisle,with all due respect,you don't know that.

All we're asking for here is for you to follow your original impulse

and consent to the transplant.

We can't do that,and I realize this must be hard for you gentlemen to understand.

Well,I have something of a learning disability when it comes to discrimination.

Excuse me?

You want to withhold your daughter's heart because diane doesn't share her beliefs--your beliefs.

And because she doesn't,she's gonna spend the rest of eternity in hell,

and so would *****

****t know that.

That's the difference between fact and faith.

I'm sorry.

So I caught up with cheryl,convinced her to give steve another shot,

and what the hell was that?

And we're talking about it.

Yes,we're talkin' about it.

You asked me to marry you.

Last month you asked me to marry you.

This was different.This was like A...not kidding.

- There was a whole speech. - I know.

It's just that I was listening to our clients prenegotiate every single thing in their marriage,

and I thought maybe I should take my own advice.

Everything that we've been through together this year--