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My university might never release my medical school transcripts.

But sir, I am the doctor I told you I was.

I'm here about your former colleague, Khaled Abdullah.

Mr. Abdullah is wanted for an immigration violation.

So if you see him, call me.

Bashir. Bashir.

Khaled.

Everything alright?

I have these for you.

Transcripts?

I thought you were just going to look into them.

My friend said they were easy to reproduce.

So I told him just go ahead.

Forgeries, corruption. That was supposed to be behind us.

These are your grades, brother.

You earned them.

Who cares where the paper comes from.

Did you pay him for these?

Yeah, they were asking about you at the hospital as well

- Did you tell them where I was? - Of course not.

My claim for asylum was denied.

Can you appeal? What if you got a lawyer?

Can I stay with you just 'til I figure out what to do?

If it was just me, it would be different.

But I have Amira to consider, and if we were caught...

I understand.

I'm working overnight.

Amira's with a neighbour.

Thank you. I'll leave at dawn.

Your sister will never know I was there.

And use the transcripts, Bashir.

Nobody needs to know.

Intra-nasal foreign body removal.

- Interesting new hobby. - Yeah. Jealous?

I'm almost done if you want to borrow it.

Uh, no time, I'm headed home for the night.

Ugh. Eight hours of driving for one day at home.

Huh, somebody's hard up...

It's Abby's piano recital tomorrow.

And Melissa lets the girls sleep in our bed when I'm gone,

so that won't be happening.

- Worth it to be with your family. - Yeah.

Amira, she spending the night solo?

Amira? Girlfriend? Daughter?

My younger sister. She's with the neighbours.

Dr. Hamed, by any chance, do you speak Urdu?

No. But I think my great-grandmother did.

Call the translator.

Do you see non-surgical patients too?

Only when it's busy, which is always,

unless my surgical attending needs me upstairs.

Imagine they paid us by the patient?

What is the pay schedule here?

- Every third Thursday. - When I first started,

it took 'em four weeks to get me on the payroll.

Any chance they've gotten faster?

Do you guys know a doctor?

Dr. Hamed will take you to triage.

Actually Dr. Curtis will. Dr. Hamed and I need a word.

Legal's up in arms about your missing transcripts.

They won't accept that you can't get the originals out of Aleppo.

Any chance they watched the news in the past five years?

Apparently not.

They want to see you before making a decision.

- A decision? - Render judgment?

Call it what you will. They've asked to talk to you tomorrow.

Anything in particular they want to know?

About the Syrian doctor

who showed up out of nowhere wielding a power drill.

I think they're gonna want to know everything.

To them, you're just a giant flashing neon sign that reads:

Liability. Do not proceed.

Tomorrow, 6pm,

and wear the kind of tie you wear

when your entire future hangs in the balance.

Heading home, Dr. Bishop?

Well, I can always stick around...

Oh, no we're fine.

You've been here all day.

Wendy loves it when I insert myself and disrupt her shifts.

I still remember when 36-hour shifts were the expectation.

That's how I trained.

Turns out we function better when we're awake.

Well, have fun tonight, people.

What happened with the Blakemore can't happen again.

I'm aware you have skills and experience,

but in order for us to move forward,

I need to be convinced that you understand our protocols.

You don't want me seeing patients?

Only the basics. Anything beyond that, I'm looped in.

Understood?

: Cardiac arrest, pulling in now.

Cardiac arrest aren't the basics?

A kid with a fever is.

: How long has Tristan been sick?

Well, he had the flu for a couple days,

but tonight things just got way worse.

What happened?

He wouldn't drink the juice that I got him,

and then he just stopped answering me

even though his eyes were open. So I-I don't know.

Are your parents around?

Um yeah, my dad, my dad is working.

I called him, but he didn't answer, so...

Temp's 38. BP's 110 over 70.

Let's get his fever down and put a line in.

IV, fluids, CVC, lytes, CRP.

Tristan? Can you hear me?

I gave him a bath to try and cool him down, but he...

You did all the right things.

It's a good thing you brought him here.

His veins are flat due to dehydration.

It's gonna be tough getting an IV in.

Don't worry, Claire's an expert with IVs.

You can hold his hand if you want.

Yeah. Okay.

Buddy? The doctors are gonna help you feel better, okay?

Got it.

I'm going to call your father again,

- get him to meet you down here. - Okay.

- (MEN LAUGHING) - Alright, what do we got here?

- You ready? - Mm-hmm.

Nice. Yeah, we're gonna have to stitch you up.

We're also gonna need a serum tox with an alcohol level.

- Yup. - We... We were not drinking

- (MEN CHUCKLING) - That's why it reeks like beer in here.

What's your name?

Well, what's yours?

Did you, did you wanna have dinner with me sometime?

His name is Brett.

He got hit in the head with a lacrosse stick.

Alright, Brett, follow my finger.

So you guys like to play lacrosse at night?

Open your mouth.

No, it's actually pledge week, so we...

Wait. Dude, that's not gonna hurt my chances, right?

Dude, dude, shut up. You took a vow!

Uh, you took a head wound to get into a frat?

I'm already in. I just... caught a backswing by accident.

I definitely would've taken that hit if it meant I'd get in.

You geniuses do realize that even a minor head wound can be dangerous,

especially when combined with drugs and or alcohol?

I told you, we weren't drinking.

We're a holistic frat.

No booze. No drugs.

We even meditate. (CHUCKLING)

Well, you seem very enlightened. I'll be back.

Oh, shit.

Oh!

Last night was fun.

You gonna hold the door for me too?

You're welcome.

Hi. I'm Doctor Leblanc. What seems to be the problem today?

I don't know why I'm here.

I'm not hurt, as far as I can tell.

Okay, uh, what is the last thing you remember?

They told me a cab driver brought me in.

But I remember where I took the cab, or why.

I don't even know my own name.

And you don't have any ID on you? Wallet, phone?

I don't know the password to unlock it.

What kind of person leaves their house without a wallet?

Okay. Um, look at my finger.

Well, doesn't seem like you've been drinking.

In any other case, I'd take a complete medical history,

but obviously that's not an option.

Do you have any idea why this is happening to me?

Uh, head trauma, even mild, can cause memory loss,

but your pupils aren't dilated, so concussion's unlikely.

Could be lifestyle related. A substance you ingested, maybe

Do you think you can help me?

Yeah, well, we'll run some tests,

and narrow down the diagnoses.

If anything comes back to you, you let us know.

: I wasn't home when they brought him in.

Max was worried. He's a great older brother,

but sometimes he's a little overprotective.

What, I wasn't...

Dad, you know he's really sick, right?

- (KNOCKING) - Dr. Hamed, this is Jared Abott.

He would like to take his son home.

- Where's his fever? - 39 now.

That's up from before.

Sir, taking him home is not a good idea.

He's been unresponsive and has a high fever.

We need to give him antibiotics.

How do we know the fever isn't a reaction to

something that you have given him here?

- Dad, no, I... - He had a fever before

I took him in. That's why he's here.

I don't want him taking unnecessary drugs.

Tristan doesn't react well to them.

How would you know? You never give him any.

Sir, this could be more than a simple flu.

We don't know what's causing your son's fever to spike.

It could be a serious infection.

- He's not vaccinated. - Max!

They have to know, Dad!

- Is that true? - Which vaccinations is he missing?

All of them.