Needlestick

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Everett!

Hey, hey, ooh cookies.

Thanks.

Thank you.

I can't find the nucleus.

Just look a little closer.

Hey, uh, Boris.

The IRB rejected our

application, again.

It's okay, Dave.

Excuse me.

Everett.

Hey, Boris.

Well, the prodigal son returns.

Everyone, this is

Everett Barnard.

His work was instrumental

in helping us

discover our freeze

drying technique

to extract enzyme from mice.

So work hard, because

if Everett, here,

can be a success,

so can all of you.

Well thanks, I think.

Um, hey, have you

seen doctor crick?

Oh, he got tired of

waiting for you,

so he went up to

the medical floor.

Crap.

Was he angry.

I wouldn't call it

anger necessarily.

Um, okay.

Thank you!

Get back to work, people.

You must really hate that bag.

Lookin' good, Marie.

Thanks.

You look the same.

Same is better than worse.

You still workin' nights?

Yep.

Well, it was nice

seeing you again.

Really? What's changed?

What?

Last time I saw you,

you said you wanted

to focus on your studies.

Yeah, well, you know, that's

not really an issue anymore.

Crick's choosing his

resident this week, and...

You back here for him, or me?

Um...

There.

Now you look better.

That went according to plan.

Right, thanks.

Welcome back, doctor Barnard.

Hi, Doris, was

doctor crick here?

Uh, he hasn't been here.

Check the unit?

Not bad for two days out.

Look at that valve, much better.

Is she good to go

to the main floor, though?

Absolutely. A little bit of walking,

no more than 15 minutes a day.

Hey, there you guys are.

Everett, my boy.

Doctor crick.

I recognize that voice.

Hello.

Sorry, I tried calling, but...

Oh, yeah, no, cell tower's down.

- You can't even text.

- Can't even text?

I'm surprised you haven't

killed yourself.

Right, okay, hey, doctor crick.

Uh, again, so sorry I'm late.

I missed you at the lab.

The lab?

I haven't been there yet.

I'm just havin' a look

at my last surgery.

Hey, the hand looks good.

I had a mini-stroke this summer.

But, don't worry, I'm still

looking for a resident.

Yeah.

Why the suicide precautions?

Overdose.

She used her foster dad's

heroin with a dirty needle.

A lot of inflammation

around the heart,

- which is?

- Endocarditis.

There you go.

- On the ball.

- Doctor crick.

You got some orders to

sign on the med floor,

and then you're done.

I will do that.

How does it feel to be chief

resident of main hospital?

There's never a dull moment.

Oh, I'm sure of that.

See you later.

Would you mind taking

care of this for me?

Thank you.

Making friends with crick, huh?

Smart career move, yeah.

Now you guys are chummy.

I'll see you later.

Doctor crick.

Actually, it was my

foster mom's heroin.

Dr. Kravitz, you have a visitor

in the main lobby.

Dr. Kravitz, a visitor

in the main lobby.

Aging is a disease.

Don't let anyone

tell you different.

Yeah, it's a disease

with no cure, though.

- Guess what

- hello.

I'm Brittany, here to watch

over a miss Sarah Hanna.

Watch over, what's that?

A sitter, suicide prevention.

They re bringing her

over from the unit.

What's in the bag?

Oh, things to cheer Sarah up.

See?

See?

Don't try to cheer her up.

All you do is watch her.

Well, I can most

certainly do that.

That remains to be seen.

Alice, can you set

Brittany up, please?

I most certainly can do that.

Hold on, Barbie,

I'll be right back.

Should I tell her that

my name's Brittany?

Why not?

Assert yourself, Brittany.

Code blue!

Morelli again!

No, no, no, hey, hey.

Relax, relax, it

happens every day.

Oh. Yeah.

Yeah.

- No pulse, he's uh, uh.

- Start baggin' him.

Open up the iv, get

those paddles ready.

Charged. 360.

- Hey, Everett.

- The gel.

- Uh, charge it.

- Everyone, clear.

Clear!

Still v-fib, hit him again.

- No, shouldn't we use some Epi first?

- No, hit him again!

Excuse me.

Charged?

Charged.

Okay, we got a

sinus rhythm back.

Let's stabilize him.

You're making progress.

Only two shocks this time.

Sorry, doctor crick, I'm...

It's your first day

back, come on.

Besides, doctor Jenner's

a bit of a prick.

It's not her fault.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Come on, you know how

far you've come?

Yeah, I can freeze mice.

I don't know, maybe I

need a totem animal

like the jellyfish.

But, why the jellyfish, doctor?

What do you wanna know?

Well I wanna know,

what appeals to you about it?

A jellyfish is the only creature

on earth that lives forever.

What? Immortality?

Oh, yes.

They start the size of a polyp,

they grow up full

size, and back down

to the size of a polyp, and

they keep recycling that way.

Hmm.

And they are immortal,

unless a sea turtle

eats them or they wash ashore.

Well, I don't know

about sea turtles,

but I certainly know

about being washed up.

Everett, there are many

smart and talented people

that never get a

whiff of greatness.

'Cause greatness

requires two things,

a fire in the belly, and the

willingness to see it through.

You have the fire in the belly.

Let's see if you have the will.

Yeah!

Do you want the same password?

Look away, please.

You are a woman of many talents.

When do I get paid

for my talents?

You got quite a

mouth on you, kid.

I mean it.

You know what

else my mouth's good at?

What's that?

Talking.

You know, I've very glad

that I made you the

chief resident.

You've done well.

I would hate to see

how hard your job

would be with something

pressed against you.

What would that be, Raymond?

Charges, tampering,

HIPAA violations,

enough to land your

pretty little ass in jail.

So I would try to keep

that talented mouth shut.

Just some computer

work, nothing more.

Oh, you tryin' to draw

attention to yourself?

Drawing attention?

Oh, you mean like

with Abe Wilks.

Abe Wilks?

Yes, your most recent

harvest victim.

His widow's lawyer

wants to know why

an otherwise healthy

48 year old dies

after a routine procedure and

then has an unauthorized autopsy.

Well, I authorized it.

- That's funny.

- It is.

Maybe you can tell their

attorneys that yourself

when they get here tomorrow.

What? They're coming here?

We had an agreement, Alex.

Only those patients who

were dying at that moment.

Well, the official

cause of death

is a fatal arrhythmia.

The EKG backs that up.

We're in the clear.

So if that all...

You forgot that

I golf with Darren.

Oh, sh*t.

I've been nursing this

along with baby steps.

You wanted to kill Abe Wilks,

extract enough enzyme for

Darren to mass produce for you,

and then you're gonna screw me out of

the largest pharma deal in history.

What would you like?

50/50.

You're done here.

60/40.

- I protected you.

- 70/30.

I covered your ass for seven

years, I even let you build a...

Please!

Please, don't do this.

I'm the one that

made this happen.

I made you happen!

Okay, everyone, we're gonna

close the lab early today.

Really?

Let's go, go home

and have some fun.

This is how we have fun.

Hey, Ginny, I need that back.

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