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take you, Clayton Beresford, Jr...

to be my lawful wedded husband...

to be my lawful wedded husband...

to have and to hold...

to have and to hold...

[Minister]

from this night forward...

[Sam]

from this night forward...

for better, for worse...

for better, for worse...

for richer, for poorer...

for richer, for poorer...

[Minister]

in sickness and in health...

[Sam]

in sickness and in health...

till death do us part.

till death do us part.

Clay.

Clay, whoa!

[laughs]

Whoa!

What are you doing?

What do you think I'm doing?

[vibrating]

What is...

Clay.

[vibrating continues]

Clay.

They're the only ones with the number.

Holy sh*t.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Here.

There he is.

The man of the hour.

[Jack]

Now, what took you two so long?

Sam, this is Dr. Puttnam.

- Hello.

- Hello. Nice to meet you.

I've heard a lot about you.

Clay's a lucky man.

I am.

[clatter]

Sh*t. I'm sorry. Sorry.

[Clay]

You'll have to excuse Penny.

She's not from around here.

You walk on the other side

of the road over there, huh, Penny.

Very funny.

Sorry I'm late.

Had a hard time getting a sitter.

Penny Carver. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Sorry about him.

Oh, it's all right.

We're used to it by now.

So, D.C., gunshot to the head,

O-negative, perfect crossmatch.

Heart will be here in two hours.

And your mother's here.

What?

- Wait, she's here?

- Mm-hmm.

What? She's on the call sheet.

You certainly took your time.

Dr. Neyer's performing

this transplant across town.

Would you please clear it

with administration?

Actually, I'm staying right here.

What?

- Hello, Jonathan.

- Jack.

You two know each other?

Of course.

Dr. Jack Harper,

Head of Cardio

Varick University Medical.

Two mortgages, two ulcers,

two ex-wives.

You sound like my ex-wives.

You still fishing

in the East River, Jack?

Well, some of us

just don't have the time

to make it to the North Shore

every weekend.

Clay, this man has three malpractice suits

against him.

Three. I checked.

Four. l...

I think it's four, right, Jack?

You think this is funny?

Clayton, this time next year

I'll be Surgeon General.

I write textbooks on this procedure.

Really?

That's... That's great.

I, uh...

I sure hope you've read them, Jack.

Will you excuse us for a minute?

Look at me. Look at me.

This isn't about her.

I'm not risking your life

on some second-rate doctor.

He's my friend, Mother.

I trust him.

I really wish you'd start trusting me.

I'm sorry, darling.

The answer is no.

I wasn't asking for your permission.

All right, I'm going to leave you guys

for a minute, okay?

Thanks, Jack.

Looks nice.

Does it fit?

Yeah. It's perfect.

Quite a night we're having, huh?

I'm scared shitless.

I know. Me, too.

But, hey, you know what?

As soon as you get out of here,

we're going to start from scratch.

Get a little house on the beach.

- Mm-hmm.

- Do it right, you know?

Chase seagulls.

What do you say?

As soon as you get out,

I'll be right here.

You think my new heart will love you

as much as my old one?

Okay, lovebirds.

We gotta go.

All right.

[sighs]

I'll see you soon... wife.

Say that again.

Wife!

[drops coins into machine]

[pushes button]

Sometimes you have to hold the button down

for a while to get it to work.

I don't need your help.

[soda drops]

Guys, I'm Dr. Lupin.

Uh, you can call me Larry.

I'd shake hands,

but, uh, heh, you know.

- Who is this? What's going on?

- I don't know.

Your colleague,

Fitzpatrick, got laryngitis.

They called me up

from Saint Mathew's.

I thought Fitzpatrick

was going to be here.

Yes, me, too, but we have Larry now.

The players may have changed,

but the game is still the same.

We've been, um,

together a long time.

Sort of like a little family.

This is Dr. Puttnam.

I understand.

It's a pleasure, Doctor.

How's the patient feeling?

Okay.

Everything all right?

Just fine, Clay.

Hey, Penny.

I'll see you in a few hours, okay?

All right.

[Jack]

Okay, Clay.

This is it.

Mm-hmm.

You just relax, all right?

The next time you see me,

this is all going to be over.

See you soon.

Be gentle with him, okay?

Okay, just gonna give you

a little oxygen here.

They already asked you

if you had anything

to eat or drink in the last four hours?

Yeah.

And you've had general anesthetic before?

Mm-hmm.

Good.

I read your pre-op assessment

and came up with a nice

little cocktail.

A little abduction agent.

You're going to like this.

Hang on tight.

Oh, my God.

Yeah. That's Him all right.

Go ahead and count back

from ten for me, will you?

Ten...

[EKG beeping]

nine, eight,

seven...

[indistinct voices]

si...

[indistinct voices overlapping]

Happy trails, my friend.

[Clay]

All right.

Just let yourself go.

[Sam]

- making love to me all morning.

[Clay]

Just let yourself drift away.

Off you go.

Okay.

[Puttnam]

Let's get going.

I'm ready.

Let's do it.

[Puttnam]

Hey, Larry, what did you use here?

Midazolam? Fentanyl? Hmm?

Yeah, with a little

pancuronium chaser.

God, I wonder

what the scar's going to look like.

[sucks in breath]

Ah!

Don't you guys use shaving cream?

[sucks in breath]

Ooh, that's freezing.

What is that? That stinks.

God, aren't I supposed

to be out for all this?

How long does it take

for this stuff to work anyway?

[distorted]

How does he look, Larry?

Everything okay?

Sleeping like a baby.

Yeah, right.

[Jack]

Is he good to go?

[Penny]

Jack...

[Puttnam]

You ready?

[Jack]

Ready as I'll ever be.

Wait. Am I supposed

to be asleep right now?

[Jack]

All right, let's get the drapes on.

[Clay]

Hold on.

[voices overlapping]

Guys, l...

I can still hear you.

Am I supposed to be able

to still hear you?

[doctors talking indistinctly]

[Clay]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Something's wrong.

[Jack]

Give me another drape right here.

No, no, no, no, no.

Something's definitely wrong, Jack.

Listen to me. I can feel that.

I can still hear you.

Okay? I'm... I'm still awake!

Just stop.

Aw, come on. Look at the machines.

All right? I'm not under yet.

Look at the f***ing monitors!

We're okay to go?

Jesus, this isn't f***ing happening!

Scalpel.

Move something! Do something, Clay!

Move... Move an arm,

move a finger!

Come on, open your eyes!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

[screaming]

[Puttnam]

Do we have blood in the room?

[Penny]

Yes. We have four units.

We gotta get

this thing sharpened.

Jack! Please! Oh, God!

Having a hard time getting through.

Come on! Come on, Clay.

- Saw.

- [buzzing]

You're gonna...

You're gonna be okay.

- One, two...

- Just... hold on.

- Everything's going to be... okay.

...three.

Ah! It's just pain.

It's just pain.

It doesn't hurt.

It doesn't f***ing hurt!

Come on, Clay, focus!

Get the f*** out of this f***ing room

and think about

something else, okay?

Anything.

Just... think about Sam, okay?

Just get back to Sam.

Just... Sam, help me!

- [buzzing stops]

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