Chicago Med

.

Tell me it's not a game.

Hey, take it easy.

You've got more lies.

- Hey, over here. Over here.

- I'd like to name you interim chief.

I'd be honored.

- When I was 16, I got pregnant.

- It wasn't difficult for me to find out

you're my birth mother.

I don't want anyone to know about us.

They won't.

- My mom was so sick, I stole meds from Will's trial.

- I have a lot of history with Natalie.

I won't apologize for it.

- Did you tell her you took them?

You're fired, Dr. Halstead.

I had to.

- I was the one who sold the trial meds for my mom.

I guess that's everything.

I'm going to be okay.

- I know. - You?

Yeah.

You need to go back.

Please, call her.

Yeah.

Hey, you better keep in touch. All right, I'll come find you.

Take care of yourself.

Yeah, you too.

Bye, Natalie.

- I look at that spot every day, too.

So I understand Ethan's physical therapy is going well.

That's what he says, yeah.

- Oh, you're in contact, that's good.

Glad he didn't hold a grudge.

A grudge?

- Well, come on, you're telling me

that you don't think about that?

The shooter? Neil? What's his name?

If he'd been put on psych hold...

- What? Ethan wouldn't have been shot?

No. You know what? I never think about that.

Not even for a second. What I do wonder about, though,

is if any of this would have happened

if you hadn't taken the guy's appendix out against his will.

That's what I wonder about.

I mean, come on, he was aiming at you, right?

- Sinus tachycardia at 120. Sats at 90. Let's go!

Okay, let's get her to CT.

- Dr. Cooper. - Hello.

- What happened with your patient?

- It looks like pulmonary embolism.

- But no DVT? - No.

So is this due

to the insertion of the cardiac output monitor?

- I wouldn't think so. The Vas-COM is a good device.

Rarely have any problems.

Excuse me. - Yeah, sure.

Dr. Halstead.

- Dr. Marcel. - Yeah.

- We've got an open radial fracture.

I need you in five right now. - Yeah.

- I can't get a straight story out of him.

We'll figure it out.

I want you to go get something to eat.

All right, now, your dad's out of the room.

You gonna tell me what really happened?

Those there are puncture wounds.

That's a snakebite. And I gotta know

what kind of snake so I can take care of you.

I'm gonna be sick.

You're gonna be a lot sicker

unless you tell me what kind of snake.

Rattlesnake.

- Mix 5 vials of antivenom with 250 ml of NS.

Right.

- So how'd you meet up with this rattlesnake?

I stuck my hand in a box.

- I'm guessing the snake was in that box?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

So why the Wild, Wild West?

Huh?

- Ambo picked you up on Chicago and Pulaski.

You don't live over there.

Your shoelaces tipped in yellow and black.

Those are gang colors. The 66 boys.

What are you, a cop?

- I used to be. But now I'm a doc. So come on.

- I was with some dudes. - Uh-huh.

Dudes your daddy don't approve of?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

All right, so sticking your hand in a box with a snake,

was that some kind of gang initiation or something,

to see if shorty's got what it takes?

Yeah. Hey, who's got that snake?

Hook him up. I'll be right there.

Maggie, could you do me a favor?

Call CPD, 23rd District. Ask for Lieutenant Scott.

- Scott? - Yeah, my dad.

Tell him I need him to send one of his guys and animal control

to pick up a rattlesnake.

Yeah, a rattlesnake. I'll text you the address.

- I want to come back to Med. It's where I belong.

You know I didn't steal the trial meds--

- Skip it. Are you familiar with the Vas-COM?

The Vas-COM?

- Cardiac output monitor made by Vasik Labs.

- Yeah, no, I know it. It's pricey.

Other monitors are just as good.

What about it?

- We're billing Medicare for its use 60% more

than any other hospital in the area.

Okay?

- Well, if it's being used unnecessarily

and Medicare's being billed, that's fraud.

And it's an invasive procedure.

So it's also putting people at risk.

- Ms. Goodwin, I-I just came to ask for my job back--

And I heard you.

Dr. Cooper, Matt Cooper,

you have a relationship with him.

Barely.

I mean, he dated my cousin Moira back in the day.

- Well, Dr. Cooper is our biggest booster of the Vas-COM.

And I suspect it's because he's getting kickbacks.

Now, I could go to the board,

but his father-in-law sits on it.

So I need something solid, an admission of wrongdoing,

preferably on tape.

And you're going to get it for me.

Hold on. Wait.

You're saying you want me to be your spy?

- If that's what you want to call it.

But if you want to come back here and practice medicine,

that's what you're going to have to do.

- I don't believe this. You're serious?

As a heart attack.

Look, I have a doctor in my hospital

who's scamming the system and putting patients at risk.

I'll do whatever it takes to stop him.

Now, are you in or out?

I know he's been missed.

- Yay, Dr. Halstead! - Yeah!

Whoo-hoo!

- And there are a couple of folks that you haven't met.

Dr. Dylan Scott, and Dr. Stevie Hammer.

I know Dr. Hammer.

- We were in med school together.

- Oh, okay. Nice. All right, thank you, everyone.

- All right, everyone, we've got patients to see.

- Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to see Will again,

but I thought that you weren't inviting him back.

I'll tell you about it later.

- So I heard your clinical trial was a rousing success.

- I'm touched. You still care enough to track my failures.

What brought you back to Chicago?

- Home sweet home. What made you stay?

Same.

Look forward to working with you.

Likewise.

What's up with you and her?

- The Hammer? - Uh-huh.

- God. Never lets you forget she was first in our class.

Ah, and you were second? No.

I'm glad you're back. Natalie would be happy.

- Natalie and April gone. Ethan in rehab.

- Get back to work. Treatment six.

Twisted ankle.

It's good to have you back. - Good to be back.

What do we got?

- Lois Durant. 65, fatigued and short of breath.

Hey, Lois. I'm Dr. Marcel.

I'm going to be taking care of you, okay?

BP 95/100. Heart Rate 115.

- Been here before. Lots of times.

- Okay. Maggie, can we get Ms. Durant's chart, please?

You got it.

- Okay, folks, we know what this is.

Nice and easy.

On my count, all right? One, two, three.

Where's my doctor?

Lois, I'm your doctor, okay?

Can you come forward for me a little bit?

There you go. Nice and easy.

Yeah, lungs are wet.

All right, there you go now.

And I'm hearing a systolic murmur.

Have you had that problem before?

It's okay.

Yeah, you're retaining fluids.

Let's set up for a bedside echo.

Okay.

Call my doctor.

- Okay. Well, let's have a look at your chart, all right?

What?

Hey, Maggie.

Yeah.

- Hey, where's Ms. Durant's chart?

- We don't have it. She's one of the Kender trial patients.

So?