Chicago Med

What brings you in here?

I'm running out of places to go.

At times like this,

it's important to have community.

You're about to throw your life away,

your medical license.

It's like I'm reverting back to this old version of me,

and I can't stop it.

I'm sorry. I... I didn't mean to do that.

- I'm... - It's okay. It's okay.

Um, I should probably go.

I can't be the one to save you, Mitch.

I love you.

It's not enough.

[Manchester Orchestra's "Bed Head" playing]

Hello?

Hello?

Can anyone hear me?

Help!

Help!

Keep talking so I can find you.

Over here!

Can you hear me?

Where?

Over here!

Why can't I see you?

We're down here, in the hole.

Oh, no.

Hello?

Oh, thank God.

I can see you.

Thank you for finding us.

Thank you.

What's your name?

Sadie. Sadie Smith.

Hi, Sadie. I'm Mitch.

Uh, I'm a doctor, and...

A doctor?

Well, that's lucky on an unlucky night.

I'm scared, Mommy.

I know, baby.

But I'm right here.

How long you been down there?

Uh, less than an hour, I think.

I pulled over 'cause Emelia had to pee.

I was looking for a spot.

She fell in first?

And me right after.

How far below you is Emelia?

Sounds like 2 or 3 feet.

She's really, really scared.

She says her arm hurts.

Okay, which one?

I don't know.

Emelia doesn't know her right from her left yet.

What about you?

Your leg's twisted up pretty bad.

How much pain are you in on a scale of 1 to 10?

A 7 or 8.

But it's better than before.

It's starting to feel a little numb.

Okay, we gotta get you out of there.

I'm gonna call 911.

Mommy?

Everything's okay, sweetheart.

There's a man here to help us.

Uh, I'm not getting any reception here, so I'm...

I'm gonna try walking back toward the road.

No, no, no, no, no.

Please don't leave us.

Sadie?

Sadie, listen to me.

I'm just going a few feet that way.

I will not leave you, okay?

I won't.

You have my word.

Do you trust me?

Yes.

What's happening, Mommy?

You see the nice man, Emelia?

He's gonna call more people to come help us.

And we're gonna trust him, okay?

Yes, we trust the nice man.

I will be right back.

Emelia?

Mommy, I can't reach you.

It's gonna be okay, baby.

Help is on the way.

Dr. Ripley?

I'm Chief Annabelle Jennings, Firehouse 128.

I'm Dr. Mitch Ripley, Gaffney Chicago Med.

Nice to meet you.

Here.

I already paired it for you.

I know you've already formed a rapport with Sadie,

so I think it best to keep you as our point person.

Yeah.

Hopefully I can keep her spirits up.

So what's the rescue plan?

Come with me.

Keep up the rope bag, raise the aerial 30 degrees.

Lieutenant, this is Dr. Mitch Ripley.

Mouch.

Good to see you, Ripley.

You two know each other?

We do, Chief.

Dr. Ripley and I have got history...

very recent history.

How's Trudy? How's her recovery been going?

It came and went.

She had no patience for it,

wanted to get right back to kicking ass and taking names.

Good.

Hey, I didn't know you left 51.

No, I didn't.

I passed the lieutenant's exam,

so I'm picking up shifts for experience

till a spot opens up at home base.

Dr. Ripley agreed to be our point person

with Sadie and Emelia.

What kind of injuries are we looking at?

Well, Sadie's got a broken leg.

Emelia says her arm hurts.

I'm guessing it's fractured.

What's the plan to get them out of there?

Well, our best bet is building an H rescue system.

We dig a vertical rescue hole parallel to the well.

Then we dig a horizontal rescue tunnel to connect them.

The well's been out of service for 50 years.

Its walls are made out of old powdered cement

that doesn't age well.

A brick hammer will easily break through.

I'm guessing you would break through

- about chest level with Sadie? - Mm-hmm.

Once we see what we're dealing with

in terms of injuries, we'll figure out

how and when to bring the victims up.

You mean patients.

They're victims until we get them up to the surface.

Dr. Ripley?

Sadie's asking for you.

Sadie?

What's going on down there?

Emelia won't stop crying.

She's terrified.

Okay, Sadie...

Please get us out now.

I need you to relax.

How? We can't move down here.

We can barely breathe.

I know.

I know this is stressful and scary,

but you have to focus on one thing and one thing only...

keeping Emelia calm.

And that means you staying calm

because she takes her cues from you, okay?

Can you do that for me?

Yeah.

Yeah, I can do that.

Okay.

You have kids?

No.

Then maybe keep the parenting advice

to yourself.

Fair enough.

Excuse me. Hi. Sorry.

I'm looking for Dr. Frost.

Yeah, you have to sign in at the front desk

in the waiting room.

Oh, no. I'm not a patient. I'm...

- Wait. Ainsley? - Jonathan.

Hi. Hi.

Oh, my God. What's it been?

Like, 15 years?

Uh, 17, I think, if you can believe it.

Crazy, right?

Maggie, this is Ainsley Towne.

I'm an old friend of his from his TV days.

Wait.

You played his mom in "Nick of Time."

Yes, I did.

What are you doing in Chicago?

Oh, work, obviously.

I'm downtown, shooting a movie for the Hearts of Fire Network.

Oh, another holiday movie?

No. Oh, gosh, no.

You can only make so many sequels

to "Heartbreak in a Pear Tree."

I love that movie.

When you taught that puppy how to ice skate, and...