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In Short: Dr. Geiger faces a volatile situation when a donor heart he tabbed for one of his patients is redirected to one of Hancock's. Dr. Shutt and Camille work to remove high-tech bullets from a cop that might explode at any minute.
Guest Starring: Diane Venora (as Dr. Geri Infante), Peter Berg (as Dr. Billy Kronk), Vondie Curtis-Hall (as Dr. Dennis Hancock), Allen Garfied (as Dr. Ray Kadalski), Scott Burkholder (as Michael Brodeur), Chris Penn (as Kevin Fitzpatrick), Joe Polito (as Detective Ranford), Herb Mitchell, Monte Russell and Richard Gilbert-Hill
Story: John Tinker
Teleplay: David E. Kelley and John Tinker
Directed By: Lou Antonio
TOP Summary: The doctors inform Michael Fitzpatrick, a man in his 30s who is awaiting a heart-transplant operation, and his brother Kevin that a hospital committee opted to give a donor organ to another candidate, Michael Broudeur. Outraged that his brother will die within a month if a new heart does not become available, Kevin confronts Dr. Daniel Nyland, pinning him against a wall. But before the confrontation escalates, police officer Dominik Hasek rushes into the hospital carrying his badly wounded partner, Tom Barasso. During the confusion, Officer Hasek's gun falls to the floor — and it is snapped up, unnoticed, by Kevin. Kevin takes Alan Birch hostage and demands he be led to the operating room where the heart-transplant procedure is underway. Birch complies with the demand; the nurses give Kevin the heart and he marches into the O.R. where Dr. Jeffrey Geiger is at work. Kevin takes everyone in the operating room hostage. A SWAT team surrounds the area. Kevin insists that his brother be prepped for surgery so the heart can be transplanted. In another room, Nyland and Camille Shutt work feverishly to save the life of the bullet-ridden police officer. Suddenly, a shot rings out. Nyland, writhing in pain, realizes he has been shot in the hand, almost severing two of his fingers. Doctors rush Nyland into surgery. Enter explosives expert Edward Robb, who explains that bullets called "devastators" are designed to explode on impact. But if they become lodged in soft tissue, they remain intact until triggered. Realizing they are dealing with a ticking human bomb, Dr. Aaron Shutt orders everyone out of the O.R. But Camille bravely remains behind to pass him instruments. The surgeon begins removing a bullet that is lodged near a bone and must be extracted with the utmost precision or it will explode. Shutt successfully removes the projectile from the body, but accidentally drops it. It hits the floor and explodes but, luckily, no one is injured. With great concentration, Shutt removes the last bullet and hands it to Robb. Detective Bill Ranford insists to Dr. Phillip Watters that shooting Kevin is the only way to guarantee the safety of the O.R. hostages. But Geiger refuses to cooperate with the plan. Suddenly, Dr. Dennis Hancock takes over and orders the operation on Michael Fitzpatrick to begin. This surprises everyone, especially Ranford. Dr. Geri Infante repairs the damage to Nyland's hand. Although she suspects that Nyland will have use of all his fingers, she believes the probability of his ever operating again is only 30 to 40 percent. Using a leech, Infante draws blood from Nyland's fingers to aid in the healing process. Michael Fitzpatrick is wheeled into the operating room and the surgeons prep him for the transplant. But Hancock makes Kevin look at Broudeur, the other patient. Hancock assures him that without the heart, Broudeur will die. At his wit's end, Kevin puts the gun to his head and squeezes the trigger, killing himself. Hancock immediately orders that Kevin's heart be prepped for transplant into his brother. The hearts are successfully transplanted and both Michael Broudeur and Michael Fitzpatrick survive.
TOP Facts:
TOP Quotes:Birch is singing "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" to Alicia when Geiger walks in:
Jeffrey: Alan, I need you, legal stuff. Bad news to break to a patient.
Alan: Can it wait? I'm almost finished.
Jeffrey: The spider dies from melanoma 'cause of the sun. Sing it to her later. (Walking out) We lost the heart to another transplant and our patient is not in a good condition.
TOP Transcripts:Phillip: (introducing the doctors) Dennis Hancock. Perhaps you met before?
Jeffrey: No, and it's hardly a thrill. Your patient is getting my patient's donor heart. That leaves me a little salty.
Dennis: (shrugging) Well, the committee made the decision, not me.
Jeffrey: Yes, I'm about to explain that to my patient, who now is likely to die. Show me that little shoulder shrug again. That maybe'll help me to sell it.
Dennis: My patient is now your patient, doctor. You will remember that.
Phillip: Dr. Hancock has decided to come on staff here.
Jeffrey: Oh boy!
Dennis: So, perhaps you will come by my office. I'll show you the shrug. (Dennis leaves.)
Phillip: I timed that. It took 22 seconds for him to hate you. Must be a new record.
Jeffrey: It's not a record.
Geiger and Hancock are ready to perform the heart transplant on Michael Brodeur when Kevin Fitzpatrick comes in with Birch at gunpoint. He demands that the donor heart be given to his brother:
Jeffrey: Kevin... can I call you Kevin? Fitzpatrick has so many syllables.
Kevin: I'll shoot you. Just for fun.
Jeffrey: I'm sure you would. Just that I want you to consider something. The police cannot let you prevail on this. It's a matter of policy. They let you in, people'll be hijacking organs all over. My own grandmother'd be in here with a shot gun demanding a new colon.
(Kevin shoots some equipment near Jeffrey)
After Hancock demands that Michael Fitzpatrick be sent down:
Kevin: If my brother's not down here in 30 seconds.
Dennis: He's coming. He's on his way.
Jeffrey: (quietly to Dennis) Then what? The guy gets wheeled in and negotiating time is up. What the hell do we do then?
Dennis: Now you listen. We're on the street now, and as fine a surgeon as I'm sure you are, we are now on my turf and the best thing you can do to help is to chew your lip making zero noise.
Jeffrey: (whispers) Nobody talks to me like that.
Dennis: Well, it's time somebody did.
Jeffrey: Day one. You're sinking fast.
Dennis: My submarine. You do what I tell you.
After the transplants are done Jeffrey leans exhausted at the wall
Jeffrey: (sighs) Oh my God... (stares at Dennis)
Dennis: What?
Jeffrey: Nothin'
(Shutt stops by; his day was also intense.)
Aaron: How was your day?
Jeffrey: Same ol', same ol'. You?
Aaron: Me too. Buy you a beer?
Jeffrey: (smiles) Sure.
Aaron: Camille's getting the car. (Shutt leaves.)
Jeffrey: (turns to leave too; to Dennis) C'mon.
Dennis: Next time. I've got a patient to check on.
Jeffrey: Suit yourself. Dennis... I'd go down in a submarine with you any day.
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