Watson

Thank you.

You know, we used to make things in this city.

We made steel, we sent it down the river

to become buildings and hulls for boats

and 747s.

And all the while,

here at Sidney's Jazz Lounge,

we made music.

My father played on this stage with Lena Horne.

We had culture.

We made legends.

And tonight, on this stage, there's a legend to be made.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen them all,

but I have never seen anything like...

Annabelle Lee.

Whoa!

-Okay? -Yeah, yeah.

But that's how it was.

You know, that's really how it was.

You play like that at 11:00,

and that talent scout from Atlantic

won't know what hit him.

He'll have no choice but to sign you.

"Scout"?

-Mm. -"Sign"? What you talkin' about, man?

What is this, 1975?

They still got record scouts.

I got one coming on down to Pittsburgh.

All right, fine, so his son is over at CMU.

But the point is that

he's gonna be here tonight.

-I dig. -Annabelle, you all right?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm just gonna go, um,

splash some water on my face.

She's gonna go splash some water...

-Oh, no, you going to the hospital. -No.

No. No, no, no.

I'm fine. I'm fine. I-I'm not gonna

miss my shot just to sit in the ER for hours.

You don't have to sit there.

You can go in through the VIP door.

-Hamish got a kid there working. -No.

Not John. Not my son.

Another medical director over there-- Mary--

will get you back on time.

Shinwell, take that to pathology.

Hmm.

Is there an issue?

Usually, when I take delivery of fingers in a bag,

there are no doctors present.

Not licensed ones, anyway.

I see.

I still don't get why the patient wanted them gone.

There are obvious benefits to having

six fingers on each hand.

I once had a competitive bowler

tell me it was the secret to his topspin.

Exactly. He had a leg up on his rivals.

I think you've got your anatomy wrong there.

I'm-a skip the amputated fingers banter

if it's all the same to y'all.

Do you mind if I go home?

I have a video call with Uncle Jun to plan his visit.

"Uncle Jun."

I can hear those scare quotes.

How is he related to you again?

He was married to my birth mother's younger sister.

So, not a blood relative.

Convenient. I'm just saying, it's harder to verify.

Otherwise, you could steal a hair and run his DNA.

Hypothetically, of course.

His wife died of leukemia early this year.

I'm his only other family member in the States.

But it's been nice. Jun's gonna give me cooking lessons.

He used to run his own Chinese place in New York.

Has he mentioned other Sashas?

Jun says that my birth mother's still in China,

but he's just following my lead, so, I figured

I'd get to know him first, see where it goes from there.

Okay, Sasha, you can go home. Shinwell,

deliver those fingers.

If anyone needs me, I'll be down in the ER.

- Is everything good? - Hope so.

My father just showed up there.

He has a father?

Hamish is fine.

He's not the patient. It's his protégé.

He wanted me to bump them to the front of the line.

I've already made arrangements, but I wanted to loop you in.

Yeah, but why didn't he just call me?

We have a good relationship.

-What? -You both say that a lot.

When's the last time you talked?

Last Sunday, when I called my mother.

He told me...

All right, fine, fine, she told me that

he wanted to invite me to a late-night set at the club.

Laila and I are gonna try to make it.

Well, thankfully, I am no longer the designated interpreter

for the two of you.

Look, he's in with the patient.

If you want to know why he didn't call you,

why don't you ask him yourself?

How are you, Hamish?

"Hamish"?

What happened to "Dad"?

A divorce judge happened.

Forget about all that. Come give me a hug.

Hey, Dad.

John. Oh, good of you to come.

It's... It's, uh... Well...

-Yeah. -It's good to see you.

I didn't want to pull you away from your research.

Your mother's always talking about how busy you are.

-I'm seeing mostly patients now, so... -Mm.

Yeah. It's, uh...

Hey, Annabelle.

Have the ER doctors been in here to see you yet?

Uh, a resident came in and said she would be back soon.

That was 30 minutes ago.

Ooh. Someone needs to talk to management about that.

Well, I can examine you now,

save you additional wait.

How about I take you on a tour of UHOP?

Give you the lay of the land.

Queen in her domain.

More like an overworked administrator.

He brags about you,

to everybody.

"My son is the greatest geneticist

in the world."

He just can't tell you that.

You got to have something to work for, after all.

Yeah, you got that right.

Well, anyway, it's good to see you again.

I think the last time I saw you

was at a recital when you were, like...

had to be about 12 years old.

Oh. Yeah, don't remind me.

Uh, I think 12 was when I peaked.

It's all been downhill from there.

Tell me what happened tonight.

Uh, I-I just got a little lightheaded

and took a spill after the show, but I'm fine now.

Mm-hmm. Did this happen when you fell?

Uh, no.

That was earlier. I tripped over a stand.

Has there been anything else

that's been bothering you recently?

No.

No?

Not even the intermittent numbness in your right foot?

The wear pattern

on the soles are uneven.

I'd say this has been going on for, I don't know, maybe

three, four months now?

That's why you stumbled twice tonight.

It went away. I mean, it always goes away

after, like, a minute or two.

But numbness and weakness could be signs

of something more serious.

Why would you hide those kinds of symptoms?

There's a record scout coming to the show tonight.

Hamish made it happen. I-I really have

-to get back onstage. -I'm sorry, Annabelle.

I need to run some more tests.

I will come back right after my performance

and you can run whatever tests you want.

- Please. You've got to be kidding me.

No-- I'm admitting her to the hospital

for an expedited workup.

This has been going on for months,

and it's just getting more severe.

Tonight was evidence of that.

That's why I didn't come to you first.

Mary doesn't make mountains out of molehills.

-And neither do I. -Annabelle passed out

because she's dehydrated and tired.

And I've seen it happen with musicians before.

Once the show is over, she'll be fine.

-Can you help me here? -Oh, I'm Switzerland.

Post-divorce version of Switzerland.

I don't take sides.

No, no, no, li-listen to me.

Annabelle's talent is not going anywhere.

And, yes, you might know musicians,

but I'm her doctor now.

Worsening numbness

and weakness means this isn't just fainting.

And I'm not just going to let her walk out the door

and risk her life, because you want her to play music.

Why would a 22-year-old musical prodigy develop

recurrent numbness, weakness,

and blackouts seemingly out of nowhere?

Is the musical prodigy part relevant?

Maybe yes, maybe no. You tell me.

This is the part where we all trade ideas.

We've all googled you.

Aggressively and extensively.

Everybody knows that your father is a local legend.