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...yard ape...

...who's been f***ing with your dosage.

The jungle bunny...

...who's been guarding your drip.

Drip?

Drip.

Drip.

I am the medicine man.

The spade digging your grave.

The spook who goes bump in your night.

I am the uppity field n*gger

dancing in your end zone...

...and spiking your IV.

I am Little Black Sambo.

I am Lincoln's mistake.

I just been f***ing with you,

my little bleached brother.

But now...

...you're gonna face your fear.

You won't be afraid no more.

I'm gonna set you free.

I'm doing you a favor.

A solid, George.

Ain't it better to know

that all the fears that go pitter-patter...

...in your flaccid, fish-white belly

are real?

That you ain't just another white, liberal,

male, guilt-ridden motherf***er...

...worrying about sh*t

he don't understand?

The dark unknown's gonna cut you up.

And when I'm done with you...

...you ain't gonna be a p*ssy no more.

You learn to fear.

Because mamas and papas,

they teach you how...

...by claiming to know

what's inside the dark.

And you never grow up.

You're still just a kid...

...looking to those

who wear the threads of authority.

The righteous rags of power.

The white coats.

The two-piece, red-tie,

blue-suit uniforms of office.

The daddy figure...

...you gave jurisdiction

over your freedom.

A frame of f***ing mind.

Close your eyes, George.

And you fill in the last missing piece,

because I think you skipped one.

Oh, mama. That be one

signal f***ing moment.

The audacious...

...brazen, arrogant

motherfucking notion...

...that you white,

Anglo-Saxon, Protestant...

...alpha-male

masters of the universe think...

...you know how the other half lives.

So?

So, what?

So how do you know?

How do I know what?

You've made her happy.

How--?

It's easy. Look in her eyes.

- Look in her eyes?

- Yeah.

Look into her eyes, that's how I know.

That's a crock of sh*t.

What?

You can't just look into someone's eyes

and get a sense of their soul, George.

Of course you can.

She gave up her career

to raise your kids.

Suffered with you

through the dot-com crash.

Now the kids are almost adults.

She's facing the fact she'll never

hold her child in her arms again.

Not ever again. Never. Done. Forty.

Nothing left but starting all over again

in a youth-dominated...

...affirmative-action-driven job market

in an uncertain, fear-fueled world.

Or spending some 30-odd years

relying on you to pay the bills...

...and figuring out what she's gonna do

with her time, or where she's gonna worry.

And you think that you can

look into her eyes?

Brother, you don't have a clue.

What were you thinking about?

Yeah.

What the f*** were you thinking?

Hi, sweetheart.

Jesus Christ.

George.

Hi, Daddy.

It's all good.

You need to explain this to me.

I wasn't here. I was in Africa.

A vertebral venous air embolism

after a routine diagnostic colonoscopy.

It's virtually unheard-of.

What is it exactly?

A venous air embolism...

...it's the introduction of air

into the circulatory system as a result--

As a consequence of trauma

or iatrogenic complications.

This can cause right-ventricle

dysfunction, cardiac arrest...

...and severe neurological damage...

...such as the coma

that you find that your brother is in.

latrogenic complications.

It's a technical term.

It means an illness or complication...

- ...that's been brought on by med--

- He knows what it means.

Ten months ago, he perforated George's

colon with an endoscope, the son of a b*tch.

- I'm sorry. Please--

- Do not talk to me.

I told you since this happened,

you are not to talk to me.

You?

You did this?

Are you catching this, George?

They be talking truth out there, boy.

Can you hear them?

Well, don't pay them no mind.

Because we know the real deal in here.

Ain't that right?

Now...

...let's see.

Which one of them little piggies...

...gonna go...

...all the way home?

Dr. Sharazi, could you give us

a moment alone?

Thank you.

Of course.

Who are you?

Chief counsel for Mt. Abaddon.

You're a lawyer.

I'm also a board-certified neurologist.

Then explain this to me carefully, please.

And this little piggy.

He the one that stayed home...

...or the one that had roast beef?

A vegetative state such as this

is the result of severe brain damage.

It is a progression from coma...

...to a state of wakefulness

without detectable awareness.

Eyes may be open.

They may experience

sleep-wake cycles...

...even exhibit teeth-grinding...

...swallowing, grunting, moaning,

screaming, shedding tears, even smiling.

But these behaviors

are not responses...

...to any psychological

or physical stimuli.

There is no evidence

of higher brain function.

George is, in fact...

...being kept alive

only by medical intervention.

Look.

Only two more little piggies to go.

Now...

...a PVS,

or Persistent Vegetative State...

...is declared when a patient fails...

...to emerge from a vegetative state

within 30 days.

The fact is...

...it has been seven months

since he emerged...

...from an 84-day coma into

a non-responsive sleep-wake cycle.

The chances that a 40-year-old

Persistent Vegetative State patient...

...will recover consciousness...

...are slim to none.

What are our options?

All the way home.

These are done.

What a mess.

I know.

Why don't we get

your favorite nurse...

...to clean it up?

Get up. Get up, you lazy critter.

Well, sh*t.

She ain't no use no more.

And I wouldn't be counting on

no hand jobs in the near future either.

Hold the phone.

Let's listen up.

They're deciding your fate out there,

daddy-o.

What do you say we just...

...leave the mess...

...till tomorrow?

There's always tomorrow.

You're a heroic motherf***er now.

Ain't nothing gonna hold you back.

So, what you gonna do?

Hello, Zoe.

Hello, Mrs. Grieves.

- Hey, Zoe.

- Hi, Ned. Chloe.

Hi.

Mrs. Grieves?

May you and I have a moment alone?

Anything you have to say,

you can say in front of the family.

Your husband's admission papers...

...indicated that he had executed

a living will.

So?

You think we should pull the plug?

Without reviewing

the specific provisions of the will itself--

Remove his feeding tube.

Look at him, he's smiling.

If there is a living will...

...if he made

his end-of-life wishes known...

...if he appointed an individual...

...to direct his health-care decision,

should he be unable to--

Don't you make more money

by keeping him alive?

- I beg your pardon?

- His insurance is still good, right?

- No, that's not what we're about.

- It isn't? You're not in business?

You won't make money off

my brother's insurance...

...by giving him a bed, a feedbag

for the next two, three, four, five years?

- We are health-care professionals.

- Who just happened to f*** him up.

- If you're insinuating--

- Insinuating!

Go f*** yourself.

You guys put him here.

Mrs. Grieves...

...if you do have power of attorney...

...as a medical professional...

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