City of Angels Page #3

at me for half an hour.

Maybe if I just hang here...

"This is a delicious evening,

when the whole body's one sense..."

What if I screamed?

What if I just screamed right now?

"When a woman decides to sleep

with a man..."

"You knew there would always

be a spring...

...as you knew the river

would flow again after it was frozen.

When the cold rains kept on

and killed the spring...

...it was as though a young person

had died for no reason."

All right, they have rescheduled

the operation for Monday.

What happened yesterday?

They had a golf tournament.

Who knows with these people?

Good morning, Mr. Messinger.

The "G" is soft, like "messenger."

What's on your lip?

What? Am I slobbering here?

- Where did you get that?

- What am I, a prisoner?

You want to get well, or

you want Ben & Jerry's?

This operation is a big deal.

Continue to eat like this...

...and you might as well skip it.

Save the grand.

If you'd have performed the operation

yesterday like you were supposed to...

...I'd be sucking carrots through

a straw in my arm. What happened?

Circumstances were not optimal

for the procedure.

I ain't "the procedure." My name is

Nathan Messinger and I'm right here.

Hello, hello, hello...

Floating, floating. Don't pop it.

Don't pop it!

Do you know the Muffin Man,

the Muffin Man, the Muffin Man?

Hi, Anne.

What are you doing here?

I was on my way up to x-ray...

...and I thought I'd stop in and just...

...hide.

From what?

I should've gone into pediatrics.

Oh, no.

Every guy you meet

is either married or a gyno.

Never date a man who knows more

about your vagina than you do.

Poor little guy.

He never stops crying.

- What's wrong with him?

- No insurance.

Found him in a dumpster

behind the House of Pies.

We worked him up the wazoo

for everything...

...from drug exposure to diabetes.

We got nothing.

May I?

Did you do an ultrasound?

- You hear a murmur?

- Worth a shot.

Okay, baby.

So what are you hiding from?

My patient's wife.

She wants me to tell her that her

husband is going to be okay...

...and that I have every confidence...

...and I don't.

And after all this time,

and after all this work...

...I suddenly have this feeling that...

...none of this is in my hands.

Nothing.

And if it isn't...

...what do I do with that?

Excuse me.

Are you a visitor?

Yes.

Visiting hours have been

over since :
.

Why do they have that?

What?

Hours.

Doesn't it help the patient

to be visited?

Who are you visiting?

Mr. Messinger?

Right now?

You.

I don't need a visitor.

You're not ill?

No.

I'm one of the doctors here.

Are you in despair?

I lost a patient.

You did everything you could?

I was holding his heart

in my hand when he died.

Then he wasn't alone.

Yes, he was.

People die.

Not on my table.

People die when their bodies give out.

It's my job to keep their bodies from

giving out. Or what am I doing here?

It wasn't your fault, Maggie.

I wanted him to live.

He is living.

Just not the way you think.

I don't believe in that.

Some things are true

whether you believe in them or not.

How did you know my name?

What's yours?

Seth.

You better get out of here, Seth...

...or security's going to think

you're a psych patient.

- Where are we?

- Down a liter.

Suction.

I am stuck on Band-Aid brand

'Cause Band-Aid's stuck on me

No dying now, Mr. Messinger. Not until

you give me Seth 's phone number.

I am stuck on Band-Aid brand

'Cause Band-Aid's stuck on me

Those eyes.

The way he looked...

...right down into me.

Seth.

What kind of name is Seth?

I thought you'd be here.

Salty.

My transplant tanked at a.m.

You okay?

You might want to return this.

That part about the spring?

"You knew there'd always be a spring."

How did you know that...?

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