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the Williamsburg Bridge.

Always something, isn't it?

Thank you, Mr. Rahim.

You're welcome. You're welcome.

Good luck with the dog.

The tanker is

blocking two lanes.

That's right, Brian.

All Manhattan-bound traffic

is stuck right now...

Are they talking

about the bridge?

Could you turn the music down, please?

Yeah.

Please. Thank you.

...has jackknifed on

the Williamsburg Bridge

a few minutes ago.

The mayor made a statement urging

people to avoid all but essential...

I still don't hear anything.

What? Did you forget

your hearing aid?

Some tanker's stuck on the bridge.

That's all I'm hearing.

Now, the mayor's telling people

not to come into

the city tonight.

Should we have taken the tunnel?

Nah. No way.

Everything's a mess.

Hey... What's with your dog?

You know, actually,

we don't know.

Maybe he ate a plastic bag.

You know, my dog did that once.

He got real sick.

I'm sorry.

Okay, thank you.

There you go.

Keep the change. Thank you.

God. Here we go.

Hey, good luck with the dog.

You'll find out in the

morning if she ate a bag.

I got it, I got it, I got it.

You've got it?

Yeah.

Do you want me to carry her?

No, no, I've got her.

It's okay, sweetie. We're almost there.

Okay, sweetie.

My God.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

I found her on the kitchen

floor in her own urine.

And then when I picked

her up she screamed.

Do you know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, Dorothy.

Let's see what's going on here.

It's highly probable

it's a ruptured disk,

but we'll need to do a CAT scan

to know for sure. Yeah.

CAT scan?

Is that expensive?

Alex. Alex.

I'm just asking, Ruth.

It's not cheap, Mr. Carver.

How much?

Around $1,000.

Okay.

Yeah... Okay.

We should do this right away.

Yeah.

All right.

Good.

Okay, Dorothy. Okay.

Okay, Dorothy.

Do you really think

they can fix a ruptured disk?

Who knows?

We just have to be

ready for the worst.

Don't say that, please, Alex.

She's 10 years old, Ruth.

I know.

But 10 is not that old.

You're older than her

in dog years.

Thanks.

The rupture is

between T-13 and L-1.

It's about two-thirds

down her spine.

Okay.

Usually, this type of injury

is best with surgery.

What if you can't fix it?

Well, animals adapt very well

to new challenges, Mrs. Carver.

I've seen dogs with paralysis live

a full life with the use of wheels.

Wheels?

Yeah.

Yeah. But, look, let's not

get ahead of ourselves.

We'll keep her on the steroids.

And in the meantime,

you should go home.

And we'll call you

in the morning.

Okay?

Okay.

I just wish we didn't have to leave

her here overnight, you know?

Try not to put

yourself in her place.

Animals adapt to their fates

more easily than we do.

They don't remember what was.

Right? I... Okay.

They deal with things

as they are now.

Should we tell him

how far we're willing to go?

What are you talking about?

What do you mean?

I mean, we have to

be realistic, Ruth.

We can only spend so much.

And you heard what the doctor said.

Animals live in the now.

And it might not

even be fair to Dorothy.

You might want to consider this.

Wait. What?

I'll call you tomorrow.

Thank you, Doctor.

I'm sorry, but what is that?

This is a DNR.

Do Not Resuscitate.

What are you talking...

Wait a minute.

Ruth.

No.

Why did you sign that form?

We have to be practical, Ruth.

But, Alex, it's not

your decision to make.

We have to do

everything we can for her.

And we will.

But what if there

isn't anything we can do?

There's always

something to do, Alex.

I just think it might be

the kindest thing for her.

Yeah.

Why do you always assume...

Just let me ask you this.

Why do you always assume

everything is gonna go wrong?

Because I plan for the worst

and I hope for the best.

You think I don't know that

after 40 years of marriage?

Insane.

We've had this same damn discussion

for a thousand times.

It's not a discussion.

Don't tell me that. It's not a discussion.

This is an argument, Alex.

All right. Argument, discussion,

whatever you want to call it.

I'm just doing

what I think is right.

Okay, fine. All right. Fine, you do that.

But I'll tell you right now,

it doesn't really matter, because I'm

sure that Dorothy's gonna be fine.

There has been no movement at this point.

The driver

appears to be missing.

The NYPD, well,

they're not saying very much, but...

NYPD has released the identity

of the suspect as Abdul Pamir.

We know who he is,

but the real questions are, where is he?

What is he up to?

And why did he run away?

Did you take your pill?

Yes, love.

Thanks, Julie.

I've already spoken with some of

the people who were on the bridge

when the tanker jackknifed.

And they said their

immediate concern was...

I'm going up to the roof.

Okay.

Do you see what I'm seeing?

Larry, no!

Happy retirement.

Thanks for nothing.

Yeah. Wishful thinking.

My God!

This is embarrassing.

What are you doing, honey?

What is it? God.

What is it going to be?

Thank you very much. I love you.

That feels a little...

Wait. There's something

strange about this.

Something doesn't...

I don't know what's going on.

No, it is!

It's trouble! It's trouble!

- It's trouble!

- Aw!

This is the trouble.

You're adorable.

What are we gonna name her?

What do you think?

I got it. I know what.

Dorothy. Yeah. Dorothy.

You're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.

Look. My God.

I love you so much.

I love you, too.

I thought you were watching the news,

honey.

Nothing new about it.

It's all the same old

stuff over and over.

I know. But I think people feel

safer when they hear things.

Look at these.

What do you think?

Well, they're kind of puny,

but we got tomatoes.

How many did we get

last year? Six? Seven?

Eight.

Eight?

That works out to be

about nine dollars apiece.

We could have gone to the Four

Seasons for less than that.

I'm gonna

go clean up. Okay?

We can clean up tomorrow.

The people are

coming tomorrow at 9:00,

and Lily has given me a whole

list of stuff that I have to do.

Nobody is going to be

house hunting tomorrow.

We don't know that.

Would you buy

an apartment this weekend?

You know, you're just

as happy as you can be

about all this bridge

business, aren't you?

Well, of course,

I planned this whole thing,

so I could thwart

Lily's open house tomorrow.

I wouldn't put it

past you. And...

Don't forget you promised Lily

you'd clean up your studio.

It looks like a mess, Alex.

Bomb detection unit is

being brought on the scene

with robots to

check for such explosives

in the tanker.

Now the bridge is

swarming with NYPD.

We have unconfirmed reports

that there may be some sort of

explosive device in the gasoline tank.

So what about this

bridge business, anyway?

Please, Aunt Ruth, I sold a

loft in Tribeca the day after 9/11.

We might not get

the usual hordes,

but we'll get the serious ones

and that'll work in our favor.

I will see you

tomorrow at 8:
30.

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