1 00:00:03,775 --> 00:00:06,278 (BEEPING) 2 00:00:32,220 --> 00:00:34,097 (POP SONG PLAYS) 3 00:01:00,374 --> 00:01:02,751 (BABY CRIES) 4 00:01:18,892 --> 00:01:19,935 (CRYING) 5 00:01:57,055 --> 00:01:59,891 Hey. Slow down, sister. 6 00:02:00,016 --> 00:02:01,560 Actually, I need to speed up. 7 00:02:01,685 --> 00:02:03,854 Rachel woke up early with a fever 8 00:02:03,979 --> 00:02:07,315 and she's been terrorizing me all morning. 9 00:02:07,566 --> 00:02:08,692 I'm already late. 10 00:02:08,817 --> 00:02:10,944 Sorry, the stakeout went longer than I thought. 11 00:02:11,069 --> 00:02:12,237 Have you ever been to a rave? 12 00:02:12,362 --> 00:02:13,405 Good bye. 13 00:02:13,530 --> 00:02:15,907 You're already late, and Rachel's sick. 14 00:02:16,032 --> 00:02:18,785 Neither of which can be solved by you leaving right this second. 15 00:02:18,910 --> 00:02:21,413 The entire hospital's depending on a proposal I have yet to finish 16 00:02:21,538 --> 00:02:22,956 and need to present at 8:30. 17 00:02:23,081 --> 00:02:25,167 - It's 7:30. - It's 7:37. 18 00:02:25,292 --> 00:02:27,127 I'll have you on the road in 10 minutes. 19 00:02:27,252 --> 00:02:29,171 Come on, you don't wanna get into your meeting 20 00:02:29,296 --> 00:02:31,965 all tight and stressed out, do you? 21 00:02:41,850 --> 00:02:43,226 (CELL PHONE BEEPS) 22 00:02:44,227 --> 00:02:45,812 It's yours. 23 00:02:45,937 --> 00:02:47,814 - It's House. - Ignore it. 24 00:02:47,939 --> 00:02:49,274 It says, "Emergency page." 25 00:02:49,399 --> 00:02:51,318 - I said ignore it. - Sweet. 26 00:02:59,701 --> 00:03:02,037 (BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY) 27 00:03:02,829 --> 00:03:04,289 I'm sorry, it's hard to pace yourself 28 00:03:04,414 --> 00:03:07,125 when you've been thinking about it for ten hours straight. 29 00:03:07,250 --> 00:03:08,752 That's great, 30 00:03:08,877 --> 00:03:12,172 now I'm late, stressed out and frustrated. 31 00:03:13,673 --> 00:03:15,425 So, if you give me a minute, I can... 32 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:16,635 It'll wait. 33 00:03:20,138 --> 00:03:22,015 (SIGHS) 34 00:03:23,391 --> 00:03:24,810 You can do it. 35 00:03:25,227 --> 00:03:26,561 Do what? 36 00:04:08,478 --> 00:04:10,188 I thought you were coming in at 7:30. 37 00:04:10,313 --> 00:04:11,857 Rachel woke up with a fever, 38 00:04:11,982 --> 00:04:15,485 and then I just couldn't get here any sooner. 39 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:17,028 There's a problem in the pharmacy. 40 00:04:17,153 --> 00:04:19,030 HOUSE: Hey, boss lady! 41 00:04:19,281 --> 00:04:21,241 You don't answer emergency pages any more? 42 00:04:21,366 --> 00:04:22,951 Tell them all I'll be by as soon as I can. 43 00:04:23,076 --> 00:04:26,204 And tell him I assumed it was either about the wolf again 44 00:04:26,329 --> 00:04:29,708 or the procedure I refused to approve yesterday. 45 00:04:30,208 --> 00:04:32,544 Turned out it wasn't a resistant staph, 46 00:04:32,669 --> 00:04:35,213 but I still say if it had been, infecting him with malaria... 47 00:04:35,338 --> 00:04:37,591 Seriously, House, I don't have time for this. 48 00:04:37,716 --> 00:04:39,551 - You're lying. - I have a meeting in 20 minutes. 49 00:04:39,676 --> 00:04:40,927 Not talking about your meeting. 50 00:04:41,052 --> 00:04:42,345 I'm talking about the phone call. 51 00:04:42,470 --> 00:04:45,056 I didn't ask what you were talking about because I don't care. 52 00:04:47,267 --> 00:04:51,021 I was with your boytoy on the stakeout last night. 53 00:04:51,146 --> 00:04:52,439 You were with Lucas? 54 00:04:52,564 --> 00:04:54,983 He needed someone who could diagnose a soft tissue injury 55 00:04:55,108 --> 00:04:56,610 from across the street. 56 00:04:56,735 --> 00:04:59,154 Apparently, he doesn't know any good doctors. 57 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,282 Or the ones he does know actually have lives outside of work. 58 00:05:02,407 --> 00:05:05,911 Things got a little slow, so we made some wagers. 59 00:05:06,286 --> 00:05:11,207 One being whether I could get you to stop the miscegenation 60 00:05:11,333 --> 00:05:13,543 with an emergency page. 61 00:05:13,668 --> 00:05:16,546 - What made you think we'd... - He said you guys do it every morning. 62 00:05:16,671 --> 00:05:18,089 Everybody lies, remember? 63 00:05:18,214 --> 00:05:20,258 - So you weren't actually... - Goodbye, House. 64 00:05:20,383 --> 00:05:23,845 I'm gonna need a definitive answer before any money changes hands. 65 00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:26,431 Sorry to interrupt, but the GRC called about the budgets, 66 00:05:26,556 --> 00:05:30,060 the pharmacy is still waiting, and your 8:30 just arrived on campus. 67 00:05:30,185 --> 00:05:32,020 He should be here in ten minutes. 68 00:05:32,145 --> 00:05:35,023 Figures this would be the one day he comes early. 69 00:05:35,148 --> 00:05:36,441 Can you proofread this for me? 70 00:05:36,566 --> 00:05:38,276 When are you gonna find your own assistant? 71 00:05:38,401 --> 00:05:41,154 Not today. Thank you. I'll be back in five. 72 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:44,950 Dr. Cuddy. 73 00:05:45,075 --> 00:05:46,993 I know we're usually fine with two CS reps, 74 00:05:47,118 --> 00:05:49,371 but I want a few extra hands today, just in case. 75 00:05:49,496 --> 00:05:51,122 And have IT re-check the network. 76 00:05:51,247 --> 00:05:52,415 I don't want to hear later that 77 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:55,669 the new lines can only dial out, or the computer crashed. 78 00:05:55,794 --> 00:05:57,337 - What's going on? - Hopefully, nothing. 79 00:05:57,462 --> 00:06:00,382 Just make sure you're ready if people start calling. 80 00:06:02,926 --> 00:06:04,094 You wanted to see me? 81 00:06:04,219 --> 00:06:05,178 Hey, Dr. Cuddy, yeah. 82 00:06:05,303 --> 00:06:07,681 I wanted to let you know there's a problem with one of the orders 83 00:06:07,806 --> 00:06:09,307 that came in last night. 84 00:06:09,432 --> 00:06:10,558 Which is? 85 00:06:10,684 --> 00:06:12,477 They sent double the amount of meds we ordered. 86 00:06:12,602 --> 00:06:15,271 - Did you call and ask why? - Yeah. They insist it's not a mistake. 87 00:06:15,397 --> 00:06:16,898 So fax them the original PO. 88 00:06:17,023 --> 00:06:21,194 Yeah, that's what I was planning on doing, but I can't find it. 89 00:06:21,319 --> 00:06:23,571 Actually, I can't find any of them. 90 00:06:23,697 --> 00:06:26,324 Oscar, I don't have time to straighten out your paperwork. 91 00:06:26,449 --> 00:06:28,243 - Where's Stan? - He doesn't get in till 9:00. 92 00:06:28,368 --> 00:06:29,786 And it's actually not my paperwork, 93 00:06:29,911 --> 00:06:31,830 it's Gail's paperwork, and she's out sick today. 94 00:06:31,955 --> 00:06:34,457 So put it on her desk and let her figure it out when she comes back. 95 00:06:34,582 --> 00:06:36,084 All right, but it's not my problem if... 96 00:06:36,209 --> 00:06:38,962 Oscar, not today, OK? 97 00:06:41,548 --> 00:06:43,174 Was it the whole shipment, or just one med? 98 00:06:43,299 --> 00:06:44,509 It's just one. 99 00:06:44,634 --> 00:06:45,593 Vicodin? 100 00:06:45,719 --> 00:06:47,929 No, 25-milligram ephedrine tablets. 101 00:06:52,517 --> 00:06:53,685 - What? - Call Gail. 102 00:06:53,810 --> 00:06:55,770 Tell her I want to see her in my office ASAP. 103 00:06:55,895 --> 00:06:57,147 But she's sick. 104 00:06:57,272 --> 00:06:59,315 This place is full of sick people, just get her in here. 105 00:06:59,441 --> 00:07:01,526 Dr. Cuddy, your 8:30 is waiting in your office. 106 00:07:01,651 --> 00:07:02,777 Now. 107 00:07:02,902 --> 00:07:04,070 (CELL PHONE BEEPS) 108 00:07:04,195 --> 00:07:06,114 I gotta make a quick trip upstairs. 109 00:07:06,239 --> 00:07:09,367 Can you get the guy in my office a cup of coffee? I'll be right back. 110 00:07:09,492 --> 00:07:14,497 I've gotten you coffee before. 111 00:07:14,622 --> 00:07:15,790 What's wrong? 112 00:07:15,915 --> 00:07:18,293 It's freezing in here. I can hardly feel my fingers. 113 00:07:18,418 --> 00:07:22,464 Please tell me you didn't send a 911 page to tell me the heater's broken. 114 00:07:22,589 --> 00:07:23,715 It's not broken. 115 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:27,927 House bribed the physical plant to turn on the AC, so I'd hurry up. 116 00:07:28,053 --> 00:07:29,012 So hurry up. 117 00:07:29,137 --> 00:07:30,972 This man's abdomen is wide open. 118 00:07:31,097 --> 00:07:32,766 His core temp is down to 95! 119 00:07:32,891 --> 00:07:34,601 Fine, I will deal with it. 120 00:07:34,726 --> 00:07:37,103 You better, or I'm gonna file... 121 00:07:37,228 --> 00:07:40,523 I don't care what he told you. Turn it back up, now. 122 00:07:42,734 --> 00:07:44,277 Thought you had an important meeting. 123 00:07:44,402 --> 00:07:45,528 You're an idiot. 124 00:07:45,653 --> 00:07:46,946 What are you gonna do the next time 125 00:07:47,072 --> 00:07:48,907 one of your patients needs a liver transplant? 126 00:07:49,032 --> 00:07:51,159 Go talk to Wilson about something completely unrelated 127 00:07:51,284 --> 00:07:52,994 and see what happens. 128 00:07:53,119 --> 00:07:55,413 Mystery infection guy is now covered in boils 129 00:07:55,538 --> 00:07:58,166 and has an abscess big enough to put your fist in. 130 00:07:58,291 --> 00:08:00,502 He needs to get into an OR tout de suite. 131 00:08:00,627 --> 00:08:02,337 Hourani will be done soon. 132 00:08:02,462 --> 00:08:03,630 Good. 133 00:08:03,755 --> 00:08:05,715 I'll have some hot chocolate waiting. 134 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,300 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 135 00:08:07,425 --> 00:08:10,303 Marina. Hey, how is she doing? 136 00:08:11,513 --> 00:08:13,223 She vomited? 137 00:08:13,348 --> 00:08:16,935 Give her some more ibuprofen and put her in the bath for a bit. 138 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:18,812 And call me in a half hour if it doesn't go down. 139 00:08:18,937 --> 00:08:20,939 - (PHONE BEEPS) - Sorry, Marina, I have another call. 140 00:08:21,064 --> 00:08:23,650 Just call me in a half hour either way. 141 00:08:23,775 --> 00:08:25,068 Hey, what's up? 142 00:08:25,777 --> 00:08:27,445 Tell him I'm halfway there. 143 00:08:28,655 --> 00:08:31,366 He's the one who insisted on the early meeting. 144 00:08:31,491 --> 00:08:33,535 All right, I'm coming. 145 00:08:42,877 --> 00:08:46,881 - Morning, Eli. Sorry about the wait. - That's all right. 146 00:08:47,006 --> 00:08:48,800 I hear you've got a sick kid. 147 00:08:48,925 --> 00:08:50,051 Yeah, I know what that's like. 148 00:08:50,176 --> 00:08:51,886 Or, I should say, my wife does. 149 00:08:53,096 --> 00:08:57,058 So, you guys ready to give some ground, so we can make this deal? 150 00:08:57,183 --> 00:08:58,309 Why would we do that? 151 00:08:58,434 --> 00:09:00,270 We've been going at this for eight months. 152 00:09:00,395 --> 00:09:01,896 As soon as you decide to get reasonable. 153 00:09:02,021 --> 00:09:04,023 I'm the one that's unreasonable? 154 00:09:04,149 --> 00:09:06,609 You've taken weeks to respond to every proposal I've presented. 155 00:09:06,734 --> 00:09:10,071 AtlanticNet Insurance is the largest healthcare provider in New Jersey, 156 00:09:10,196 --> 00:09:12,574 and you're not the only hospital whose contracts are up. 157 00:09:12,699 --> 00:09:14,450 So is your team ready to come back to the table? 158 00:09:14,576 --> 00:09:16,703 Yeah. We're not going to. 159 00:09:17,704 --> 00:09:20,874 This is our final offer. We're willing to go with a capitated structure, 160 00:09:20,999 --> 00:09:25,587 but we need at least a 12% increase in reimbursements across the board. 161 00:09:25,712 --> 00:09:29,215 Well, good news is I can give you a quick response. 162 00:09:29,716 --> 00:09:31,426 Not a chance. 163 00:09:31,551 --> 00:09:34,137 But as always, nice talking to you. 164 00:09:34,262 --> 00:09:35,763 Say hi to your sister for me. 165 00:09:40,226 --> 00:09:44,314 If you don't accept the offer, we're gonna terminate the contract. 166 00:09:46,649 --> 00:09:50,737 Gonna be hard to keep this place open if all your patients have to pay cash. 167 00:09:50,862 --> 00:09:53,865 Princeton-Plainsboro is the smallest hospital in our entire network. 168 00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:55,700 We're also the best. it doesn't matter. 169 00:09:55,825 --> 00:09:57,827 We are responsible for covering 13 million people. 170 00:09:57,952 --> 00:09:59,913 We don't have enough cash to buy them all Maseratis. 171 00:10:00,038 --> 00:10:03,708 I know what you pay Bergen, Newark Beth Israel, Robert Wood Johnson... 172 00:10:03,833 --> 00:10:05,585 It's because they have leverage. 173 00:10:05,710 --> 00:10:08,463 You can be expensive or small, but you can't be both. 174 00:10:08,588 --> 00:10:11,049 I've engaged Jones/Curtin to handle the PR 175 00:10:11,174 --> 00:10:14,844 and I'm prepared to make the announcement at 3:00pm today. 176 00:10:15,762 --> 00:10:19,641 First lesson every good poker player learns is don't get emotional. 177 00:10:19,766 --> 00:10:21,059 You don't have the cards. 178 00:10:21,184 --> 00:10:22,435 And the sooner you realize that, 179 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,647 the sooner a reasonable contract will get signed. 180 00:10:27,315 --> 00:10:28,983 You have until 3:00pm to change your mind. 181 00:10:31,236 --> 00:10:35,073 I always did like your style. Gonna be sad to see you go. 182 00:10:55,343 --> 00:10:57,428 They're waiting for you in the conference room. 183 00:10:57,553 --> 00:10:58,972 Thanks. 184 00:11:03,101 --> 00:11:04,352 Take this up to the call center 185 00:11:04,477 --> 00:11:06,396 and tell Claudia to give one to each CS rep 186 00:11:06,521 --> 00:11:08,523 and to start going over the answers to each question. 187 00:11:08,648 --> 00:11:09,732 OK. 188 00:11:09,857 --> 00:11:12,819 And under no circumstances is any of this info to go outside that room. 189 00:11:12,944 --> 00:11:15,780 The scripts are numbered, and I want a list of every person she gives one to. 190 00:11:15,905 --> 00:11:18,199 Got it. Anything else? 191 00:11:18,324 --> 00:11:19,492 No. 192 00:11:22,412 --> 00:11:23,788 If you really wanted to make a deal, 193 00:11:23,913 --> 00:11:26,874 you should've ditched the push-up and gone with the demi. 194 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,168 Nothing makes a guy wanna close like highbeams. 195 00:11:29,294 --> 00:11:30,378 What have you heard? 196 00:11:30,503 --> 00:11:32,839 Your meeting with the weasel lasted less than five minutes, 197 00:11:32,964 --> 00:11:36,884 which means you either agreed to a completely sensible 30-day extension, 198 00:11:37,010 --> 00:11:41,931 or one of you issued a completely ridiculous ultimatum. 199 00:11:44,684 --> 00:11:47,478 - Oh, goody. You or him? - Me. 200 00:11:47,603 --> 00:11:49,689 - Way to go, boss. - You said it was ridiculous. 201 00:11:49,814 --> 00:11:51,983 Ridiculous to make, fun to watch. 202 00:11:52,108 --> 00:11:54,027 As long as it's not just a bluff. 203 00:11:54,152 --> 00:11:55,361 Please tell me it's not a bluff. 204 00:11:55,486 --> 00:11:58,448 It's not a bluff, and it's not ridiculous. 205 00:11:58,573 --> 00:12:01,117 Just because we're not some huge... 206 00:12:01,784 --> 00:12:04,203 Mr. Pluta started hallucinating before we could put him under. 207 00:12:04,329 --> 00:12:06,289 His BP's plummeting, he has an elevated heart rate. 208 00:12:06,414 --> 00:12:08,082 Looks like congestive heart failure. 209 00:12:08,207 --> 00:12:09,417 Interesting. 210 00:12:09,625 --> 00:12:13,713 I don't care how interesting it is, you are not infecting him with malaria. 211 00:12:13,838 --> 00:12:16,090 Since when is malaria a cure for heart failure? 212 00:12:16,215 --> 00:12:20,970 It's not. It's not congestive heart failure, it's gotta be one of the... 213 00:12:25,850 --> 00:12:28,144 I just got off the phone with Hourani. 214 00:12:28,269 --> 00:12:30,104 I'm sorry, Dave, I don't really have time... 215 00:12:30,229 --> 00:12:32,315 You think I had time to listen to him go for 20 minutes 216 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:33,858 about the damn temperature in the OR? 217 00:12:33,983 --> 00:12:35,109 I took care of it. 218 00:12:35,234 --> 00:12:37,737 It's not an "it," it's a "him" you need to take care of. 219 00:12:37,862 --> 00:12:40,365 You've got the entire staff catering to House's every whim, 220 00:12:40,490 --> 00:12:43,242 and I can't get approval to hire a replacement for the surgeon 221 00:12:43,368 --> 00:12:44,827 he stole from my department. 222 00:12:44,952 --> 00:12:47,622 A doctor I only took on in the first place because of pressure from you. 223 00:12:47,747 --> 00:12:49,749 So you didn't want Chase, 224 00:12:49,874 --> 00:12:51,584 but now you're pissed you can't have him? 225 00:12:51,709 --> 00:12:53,169 You want to convene a search committee 226 00:12:53,294 --> 00:12:55,671 and start looking for a new chief of surgery? 227 00:12:55,797 --> 00:12:56,798 No, Dave. 228 00:12:56,923 --> 00:12:59,634 Then you better stop spending all your time putting out his fires 229 00:12:59,759 --> 00:13:01,427 and start doing your damn job. 230 00:13:04,013 --> 00:13:05,181 (CLEARS THROAT) 231 00:13:08,684 --> 00:13:10,728 There a problem with Dr. Thomas? 232 00:13:10,853 --> 00:13:14,482 No, just refereeing a dispute about the OR. 233 00:13:14,690 --> 00:13:20,196 So, we don't yet have a contract with AtlanticNet. 234 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,992 We gave you an extra week. And you assured us you'd have a deal by today. 235 00:13:25,118 --> 00:13:27,995 We could have a deal, just not the deal we deserve. 236 00:13:28,121 --> 00:13:30,498 So, what do you want, approval for an extension? 237 00:13:30,623 --> 00:13:31,999 We've been at this for eight months, 238 00:13:32,125 --> 00:13:34,502 an extension isn't going to change anything. 239 00:13:34,627 --> 00:13:35,670 So what's your plan? 240 00:13:35,795 --> 00:13:36,879 I presented a final offer. 241 00:13:37,004 --> 00:13:39,715 I told them that we would agree to a capitated structure 242 00:13:39,841 --> 00:13:43,052 if they increase reimbursements by 12 per cent. 243 00:13:43,678 --> 00:13:45,513 A final offer. What does that mean? 244 00:13:45,638 --> 00:13:50,476 If they don't accept it by 3:00, we're gonna tenninate. 245 00:13:50,601 --> 00:13:51,936 Are you out of your mind? 246 00:13:52,061 --> 00:13:56,482 If we don't accept AtlanticNet Insurance we'll lose 80 per cent our patients. 247 00:13:56,607 --> 00:13:58,526 We'd be lucky to last three months. 248 00:13:58,651 --> 00:14:00,695 We're not asking for anything they can't afford. 249 00:14:00,820 --> 00:14:04,240 Their last offer was a four per cent increase, 250 00:14:04,365 --> 00:14:06,200 and you're demanding 12? 251 00:14:06,325 --> 00:14:08,119 They're paying even more at some places. 252 00:14:08,244 --> 00:14:10,037 Units that have lower ratings than ours. 253 00:14:10,163 --> 00:14:12,081 In a perfect world, that would definitely matter. 254 00:14:12,206 --> 00:14:13,624 Sanford, they're all about growth, 255 00:14:13,749 --> 00:14:15,418 and they know they don't get new customers 256 00:14:15,543 --> 00:14:17,336 by marketing themselves as the biggest. 257 00:14:17,462 --> 00:14:19,380 They do it by claiming they're the best, 258 00:14:19,505 --> 00:14:22,550 and they can't do that if their patients can't come to us. 259 00:14:24,260 --> 00:14:25,261 (SIGHS) 260 00:14:25,386 --> 00:14:27,763 What was Morgan's reaction when you told him? 261 00:14:27,889 --> 00:14:30,808 He didn't give in. But he will. 262 00:14:31,434 --> 00:14:34,312 I told him I'd make the announcement at 3:00. 263 00:14:34,437 --> 00:14:36,481 He'll call back before then. 264 00:14:38,566 --> 00:14:39,609 They need us. 265 00:14:39,734 --> 00:14:41,277 No, we need them. 266 00:14:41,402 --> 00:14:43,404 We need each other. 267 00:14:46,407 --> 00:14:48,284 The negotiation is your responsibility, 268 00:14:48,409 --> 00:14:51,287 so we can't stop you if this is what you want to do. 269 00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:55,500 But just so we're clear, if we don't have a contract with AtlanticNet, 270 00:14:55,625 --> 00:14:58,377 you're not gonna have a contract with us. 271 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:40,253 Guess who didn't show up for clinic duty. 272 00:15:40,378 --> 00:15:42,046 (GROANS) Don't tell me, 273 00:15:42,171 --> 00:15:44,131 the guy with all the boils needs a liver transplant. 274 00:15:44,257 --> 00:15:45,716 No, his doctor needs a nap. 275 00:15:45,841 --> 00:15:47,176 You want me to try to find him? 276 00:15:47,301 --> 00:15:49,595 - You really need him? - I need someone. 277 00:15:51,305 --> 00:15:53,266 I have cancer. 278 00:15:53,391 --> 00:15:54,642 Why do you think you have cancer? 279 00:15:54,767 --> 00:15:58,187 I don't think I have cancer, I know I have cancer. 280 00:15:58,604 --> 00:16:02,441 I had surgery to remove a malignant polyp in my colon six months ago, 281 00:16:02,567 --> 00:16:04,652 and now it's spread to my liver and lymph nodes. 282 00:16:04,777 --> 00:16:07,238 So you're under the care of an oncologist? 283 00:16:07,363 --> 00:16:09,407 Yeah, but he won't give me the prescription I need. 284 00:16:09,532 --> 00:16:11,033 You need more painkillers? 285 00:16:11,158 --> 00:16:13,369 No, I need breast milk. 286 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,206 Human breast milk? 287 00:16:17,331 --> 00:16:19,458 Yes, it has cancer-fighting qualities. 288 00:16:19,584 --> 00:16:22,962 Well, in newborns it's been shown to reduce future risk... 289 00:16:23,087 --> 00:16:27,008 No. In adults with cancer, too. I've read studies. 290 00:16:29,427 --> 00:16:33,639 Look, I even know a place where I can buy it. 291 00:16:33,764 --> 00:16:38,394 I just need a prescription so I can get reimbursed by my insurance company. 292 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:42,523 They said they'd reimburse the cost of breast milk as a cancer treatment? 293 00:16:42,648 --> 00:16:44,400 They reimburse prescriptions. 294 00:16:44,525 --> 00:16:47,194 So, if you write me a prescription, then they have no choice but to pay. 295 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,197 Well, actually, they have a choice. 296 00:16:50,323 --> 00:16:52,992 What are you, some type of shill for the insurance company? 297 00:16:53,117 --> 00:16:55,745 - No. - I've been paying premiums for 30 years 298 00:16:55,870 --> 00:16:59,415 and I've never been sick a day in my life till this happened. 299 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:04,670 Now I can't work. I got no money, and you want to help them screw me over. 300 00:17:04,795 --> 00:17:05,796 I'm not screwing you over. 301 00:17:05,921 --> 00:17:07,840 - Then give me the script. - It won't help you. 302 00:17:07,965 --> 00:17:09,216 - Will it hurt me? - No, but... 303 00:17:09,342 --> 00:17:12,553 OK, so it won't harm me and it won't hann you, 304 00:17:12,678 --> 00:17:14,055 but it's this insurance company... 305 00:17:14,180 --> 00:17:17,266 - This is not about insurance. - Then give me the damn script! 306 00:17:17,391 --> 00:17:18,684 (SIGHS) 307 00:17:23,606 --> 00:17:25,024 I'm sick. 308 00:17:26,525 --> 00:17:27,777 I need help. 309 00:17:29,612 --> 00:17:30,905 I need something. 310 00:17:32,657 --> 00:17:33,908 I'm sorry. 311 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:40,665 Bitch. 312 00:17:49,548 --> 00:17:50,591 Anyone call? 313 00:17:50,716 --> 00:17:52,843 Yeah. 314 00:17:52,968 --> 00:17:56,597 The ER. They said the vascular who's on call doesn't have privileges. 315 00:17:56,722 --> 00:17:57,890 Then why is he on call? 316 00:17:58,015 --> 00:18:00,101 Dowd's at a conference and got him to fill in. 317 00:18:00,226 --> 00:18:03,854 Be nice if he got somebody who could actually work here. Call Ereshefsky. 318 00:18:03,979 --> 00:18:05,856 Ereshefsky? She's not gonna do it. 319 00:18:05,981 --> 00:18:06,982 She owes me a favor. 320 00:18:07,108 --> 00:18:08,484 She's still not gonna do it. 321 00:18:10,069 --> 00:18:11,320 All right. 322 00:18:11,445 --> 00:18:13,614 Oh, and there's a guy in your office. I think he's a lawyer. 323 00:18:13,739 --> 00:18:15,116 Why is he in my office? 324 00:18:15,241 --> 00:18:17,660 Said he didn't want to sit around a bunch of sick people. 325 00:18:17,785 --> 00:18:18,786 I tried to stop him. 326 00:18:22,998 --> 00:18:26,419 - Hi. I'm Dr. Lisa Cuddy. - Ronald Westbrook. 327 00:18:26,544 --> 00:18:28,421 I appreciate your taking the time to meet with me. 328 00:18:28,546 --> 00:18:30,631 Hard to avoid, since you're already in my office. 329 00:18:30,756 --> 00:18:33,300 Sorry about that, I just got over a wicked cold. 330 00:18:33,426 --> 00:18:35,261 - I didn't want to... - How can I help you? 331 00:18:35,386 --> 00:18:37,096 I represent Martin Acevedo. 332 00:18:37,221 --> 00:18:40,266 He's filed a suit against PPH and Dr. Robert Chase 333 00:18:40,391 --> 00:18:42,476 for performing surgery without consent. 334 00:18:42,601 --> 00:18:46,313 Yes, I saw that. I also saw the consent forms. 335 00:18:46,439 --> 00:18:47,481 They were all signed. 336 00:18:47,606 --> 00:18:48,858 Yes, but my client was assured 337 00:18:48,983 --> 00:18:51,527 that the procedure would just be a few minor sutures. 338 00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:55,114 Wait, your client accidentally cut his thumb off with a table saw, right? 339 00:18:55,239 --> 00:18:57,700 - Yes. - And Dr. Chase reattached it? 340 00:18:57,825 --> 00:18:59,076 Yes. 341 00:18:59,452 --> 00:19:01,328 You're saying he didn't want it reattached? 342 00:19:01,454 --> 00:19:04,540 No, he most certainly did not. 343 00:19:04,665 --> 00:19:08,127 His insurance only covered 60% of inpatient expenses, 344 00:19:08,252 --> 00:19:10,129 so he would only agree to the cheapest option. 345 00:19:10,254 --> 00:19:11,297 So what did you tell him? 346 00:19:11,422 --> 00:19:14,383 I said I'd sew up the skin over the exposed bone. 347 00:19:14,508 --> 00:19:18,804 Then I put him under, got his thumb from the paramedics and reattached it. 348 00:19:19,472 --> 00:19:20,514 What's he gonna do? 349 00:19:20,639 --> 00:19:22,975 Tell a judge that I harmed him by reattaching a vital digit? 350 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:27,104 Both he and the insurance company are suing to get out of paying the bill. 351 00:19:27,229 --> 00:19:28,564 It's over $80,000. 352 00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:30,191 It was his thumb. 353 00:19:30,524 --> 00:19:34,320 I couldn't just let him toss it in the trash to save a few bucks. 354 00:19:37,656 --> 00:19:41,786 The pharm tech who called in sick is here. She's waiting in your office. 355 00:19:43,621 --> 00:19:46,290 He barely even looks at me any more. 356 00:19:46,415 --> 00:19:48,501 We haven't had sex in months. 357 00:19:48,626 --> 00:19:51,545 You don't need pills to lose weight. 358 00:19:51,670 --> 00:19:54,882 There are healthier ways, legal ways. 359 00:19:55,007 --> 00:19:56,884 You don't understand how hard it is. 360 00:19:57,843 --> 00:20:01,096 Ever since our second child, no matter what I do... 361 00:20:01,222 --> 00:20:05,559 I just wanted to lose ten more pounds, and then I was gonna stop. 362 00:20:05,684 --> 00:20:07,686 I'm sorry. 363 00:20:07,812 --> 00:20:10,397 Forging pharmaceutical orders, stealing... 364 00:20:10,523 --> 00:20:11,607 Don't fire me, Dr. Cuddy. 365 00:20:11,732 --> 00:20:14,944 Please, I'm begging you. 366 00:20:15,069 --> 00:20:18,864 If Sam finds out, he'll divorce me for sure. And my kids... 367 00:20:19,824 --> 00:20:24,078 I will never do it again, I swear. Just give me a second chance. 368 00:20:25,913 --> 00:20:28,123 I won't report the theft to the DEA. 369 00:20:29,291 --> 00:20:30,709 But I have to fire you. 370 00:20:31,836 --> 00:20:33,587 (CRIES) 371 00:20:36,882 --> 00:20:40,010 Just take a few minutes to compose yourself, 372 00:20:40,135 --> 00:20:43,430 then go down to HR, and they'll give you your last check. 373 00:20:43,556 --> 00:20:46,058 I've been a perfect employee for seven years. 374 00:20:46,183 --> 00:20:48,769 I know, but this is too big. 375 00:20:49,895 --> 00:20:51,146 I'm sorry. 376 00:21:07,913 --> 00:21:09,290 (SIGHS) 377 00:21:14,962 --> 00:21:16,422 How's it going? 378 00:21:16,547 --> 00:21:19,091 I've got three hours to save this place from bankruptcy, 379 00:21:19,216 --> 00:21:20,843 I just fired one of my best employees 380 00:21:20,968 --> 00:21:24,513 and the woman taking care of my sick child isn't returning my calls. 381 00:21:24,638 --> 00:21:27,683 Rachel's gonna be fine, I'm sure whoever he or she is deserved it 382 00:21:27,808 --> 00:21:31,145 and we're not going bankrupt. Are we? 383 00:21:31,270 --> 00:21:34,398 Don't worry. The board will fire me before they allow that to happen. 384 00:21:34,523 --> 00:21:35,816 They'd never fire you. 385 00:21:36,650 --> 00:21:39,695 I just told AtlanticNet Insurance I'd terminate 386 00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:41,238 unless they gave us a 12 per cent bump. 387 00:21:41,363 --> 00:21:43,282 They might fire you. 388 00:21:43,616 --> 00:21:45,576 Marina, hey, it's me. 389 00:21:45,701 --> 00:21:48,078 I haven't heard back from you. Can you call me as soon as you can? 390 00:21:48,203 --> 00:21:49,663 Thank you. 391 00:21:50,414 --> 00:21:51,624 You try Lucas? 392 00:21:51,749 --> 00:21:54,168 He's either sleeping or avoiding me. 393 00:21:54,293 --> 00:21:55,419 You in a fight? 394 00:21:55,544 --> 00:21:56,754 Not yet, but we're gonna be. 395 00:22:06,722 --> 00:22:09,391 What do you think I should do about AtlanticNet? 396 00:22:09,516 --> 00:22:12,186 You're asking a guy who paid full sticker price for his last car. 397 00:22:12,311 --> 00:22:13,896 You ask House? 398 00:22:15,189 --> 00:22:17,650 He is a master manipulator who always gets what he wants. 399 00:22:18,108 --> 00:22:20,194 This situation is out of control enough already. 400 00:22:20,319 --> 00:22:23,405 House is the last person I want to get involved. 401 00:22:32,164 --> 00:22:34,917 Get out of my chair, and the answer's no. 402 00:22:35,042 --> 00:22:38,712 Have you noticed how many porn sites have "mom" in the domain name? 403 00:22:38,837 --> 00:22:42,007 Hot moms, hungry moms, mature moms. 404 00:22:42,174 --> 00:22:44,510 That ought to make you feel pretty good. 405 00:22:48,597 --> 00:22:49,932 What do you want? 406 00:22:50,057 --> 00:22:53,143 Looks like boils, altered mental status and heart failure 407 00:22:53,268 --> 00:22:54,770 was caused by renal cell carcinoma. 408 00:22:54,895 --> 00:22:57,481 I need your signature to start treating it with malaria. 409 00:22:57,606 --> 00:22:59,274 Don't worry. I'm giving him chemo, too. 410 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,443 What is your sudden obsession with malaria? 411 00:23:01,568 --> 00:23:04,405 Just trying to play my part, cutting costs. 412 00:23:04,530 --> 00:23:07,408 Malaria is the simplest, cheapest method of delivering hyperthennia. 413 00:23:07,533 --> 00:23:10,577 Right, the only money you care about... 414 00:23:10,911 --> 00:23:14,581 You bet someone you could use malaria as a diagnostic tool? 415 00:23:14,707 --> 00:23:16,000 That doesn't sound like me. 416 00:23:16,125 --> 00:23:17,501 Forget it. 417 00:23:17,626 --> 00:23:19,128 OK, let me see if I've got this straight, 418 00:23:19,253 --> 00:23:22,214 a bet that puts one patient at minor risk is juvenile... 419 00:23:22,339 --> 00:23:23,757 And irresponsible and dangerous. 420 00:23:23,882 --> 00:23:27,011 But going all-in against AtlanticNet... 421 00:23:27,386 --> 00:23:28,804 ls not a bet. 422 00:23:28,929 --> 00:23:31,724 That is a carefully considered negotiating position. 423 00:23:33,225 --> 00:23:35,602 I'm gonna put this in your in-box. 424 00:23:35,728 --> 00:23:37,104 I just hope it doesn't get lost 425 00:23:37,229 --> 00:23:41,358 underneath all the other stuff you're carefully considering. 426 00:23:47,197 --> 00:23:48,991 Can you take a look at these per diam schedules? 427 00:23:49,116 --> 00:23:50,868 - Let me know if you see any conflicts? - Got it. 428 00:23:50,993 --> 00:23:53,495 Oh, and Ereshefsky actually did come in. 429 00:23:53,620 --> 00:23:55,581 You catch her leaving a sponge in a guy or something? 430 00:23:55,706 --> 00:23:57,541 - Wasn't a medical mistake. - What was it? 431 00:23:57,666 --> 00:23:59,168 Can't tell you now. She came in. 432 00:23:59,293 --> 00:24:02,963 Hey, Stan, have you audited the ephedrine orders yet? 433 00:24:03,088 --> 00:24:04,882 - Why? You told me she confessed. - Stan! 434 00:24:05,007 --> 00:24:08,218 - All right, yeah, I'll take care of it. - Today. 435 00:24:08,635 --> 00:24:09,928 You know he's cussing you out now. 436 00:24:10,054 --> 00:24:12,431 - I don't care, as long as he does it. - What a bitch. 437 00:24:12,556 --> 00:24:13,557 What are you doing here? 438 00:24:13,682 --> 00:24:16,852 Sounded like you were gonna be too busy for lunch, so... Spinach lasagna. 439 00:24:16,977 --> 00:24:18,854 Sure you didn't come looking for more people 440 00:24:18,979 --> 00:24:20,355 you could brag about our sex life to? 441 00:24:21,398 --> 00:24:22,441 OK, sorry. 442 00:24:22,566 --> 00:24:25,736 From now on I've got nothing but bad things to say about our sex life. 443 00:24:25,861 --> 00:24:27,946 Or nothing to say. 444 00:24:28,072 --> 00:24:30,324 And what's going on with Marina? She hasn't called me back. 445 00:24:30,449 --> 00:24:33,452 She was gonna call, I told her I'd let you know everything was OK. 446 00:24:33,577 --> 00:24:35,120 So her fever broke? 447 00:24:35,245 --> 00:24:37,706 What exactly does that mean, when a fever breaks? 448 00:24:37,831 --> 00:24:40,667 Lucas, I'm very busy, does she have a fever or not? 449 00:24:40,793 --> 00:24:42,669 That was gonna be your lunch? 450 00:24:42,795 --> 00:24:44,755 And you didn't have breakfast either. 451 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,590 No, she doesn't have a fever, 452 00:24:46,715 --> 00:24:49,051 and the rash was just like a little diaper rash. 453 00:24:49,176 --> 00:24:50,219 What rash? She has a rash? 454 00:24:50,344 --> 00:24:52,054 A little one. 455 00:24:52,763 --> 00:24:55,474 Lisa, don't worry, I'm telling you. 456 00:24:55,599 --> 00:24:56,975 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 457 00:24:57,101 --> 00:24:58,644 Come on. 458 00:25:00,104 --> 00:25:03,732 Oh, God. I must have grabbed Marina's cell by mistake. 459 00:25:04,691 --> 00:25:06,110 (EXHALES) 460 00:25:07,694 --> 00:25:11,865 And I turned the ringer off on the home phone, so I could sleep. 461 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,368 What are you doing to me? 462 00:25:14,493 --> 00:25:17,204 - I take it your deal's not done. - Not yet. 463 00:25:17,329 --> 00:25:20,707 How about I take a quick look into the guy who's in charge of the negotiations, 464 00:25:20,833 --> 00:25:22,543 or better yet, the CEO. 465 00:25:22,668 --> 00:25:25,337 If I get some dirt, you can use it as leverage. 466 00:25:25,462 --> 00:25:27,339 There's no time. 467 00:25:30,092 --> 00:25:31,927 How do you even find these guys? 468 00:25:36,682 --> 00:25:38,183 You should've seen the guy's face. 469 00:25:38,308 --> 00:25:41,436 I thought he was gonna have a damn coronary right there in the tee box. 470 00:25:41,562 --> 00:25:46,108 Excuse me, you're Keith Tannenbaum, CEO of AtlanticNet Insurance, right? 471 00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:47,693 That's me. How can I help you? 472 00:25:47,818 --> 00:25:49,653 Well, actually, I think we can help each other. 473 00:25:49,778 --> 00:25:53,615 I am Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dean of Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro. 474 00:25:53,740 --> 00:25:56,076 Oh, yeah. Well, how are you? 475 00:25:56,201 --> 00:25:57,744 Well, I'm a little unhappy. 476 00:25:57,870 --> 00:26:00,330 You're aware that our contract with your company is up this week. 477 00:26:00,455 --> 00:26:02,875 Yes, and we have a negotiating team that's working all that out. 478 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,711 Princeton-Plainsboro has the highest rated ER in the state, 479 00:26:05,836 --> 00:26:07,629 the most advanced ICU, 480 00:26:07,754 --> 00:26:10,382 and the most innovative diagnostic medicine department 481 00:26:10,507 --> 00:26:11,550 in the entire country. 482 00:26:11,675 --> 00:26:13,594 Good to know. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to... 483 00:26:13,719 --> 00:26:16,388 While AtlanticNet Insurance has a marketing budget 484 00:26:16,513 --> 00:26:19,850 that is more than our pediatric lCU's and transplant unit's combined. 485 00:26:19,975 --> 00:26:22,436 Your PGA sponsorship could pay for our walk-in clinic, 486 00:26:22,561 --> 00:26:24,605 and the money you spend to fuel your two private jets 487 00:26:24,730 --> 00:26:28,150 could fund our air ambulance service for the next three years. 488 00:26:28,275 --> 00:26:29,276 Your point being? 489 00:26:29,401 --> 00:26:31,111 Your growth may be good for your bottom line, 490 00:26:31,236 --> 00:26:32,988 but ours allows us to save lives. 491 00:26:33,113 --> 00:26:36,366 And I would rather not have to announce to the press 492 00:26:36,491 --> 00:26:40,787 how selective your company appears to be when it comes to cutting costs. 493 00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:47,711 Morgan was right. You are one tough gal. 494 00:26:51,882 --> 00:26:55,260 You can portray me as a rich bastard in the press all you want, 495 00:26:55,385 --> 00:26:57,346 just as long as I stay rich. 496 00:27:10,525 --> 00:27:12,778 - Stan is looking for you. - I'm busy. 497 00:27:12,903 --> 00:27:14,863 He said it's urgent. 498 00:27:19,368 --> 00:27:22,371 I don't understand how it's even possible. I've checked it twice. 499 00:27:22,496 --> 00:27:24,289 - How much? - (SIGHS) Ten cases. 500 00:27:25,499 --> 00:27:26,917 - Ten cases? - Going back three years. 501 00:27:28,043 --> 00:27:29,544 What the hell have you been doing, Stan? 502 00:27:29,670 --> 00:27:31,296 You're supposed to be managing this place. 503 00:27:31,421 --> 00:27:32,965 All the paperwork I signed was correct. 504 00:27:33,090 --> 00:27:34,925 She must have altered the orders afterwards. 505 00:27:35,050 --> 00:27:38,053 Didn't you ever cross check it with the bills that came in? 506 00:27:38,178 --> 00:27:41,306 - I delegated it. - To whom? 507 00:27:42,391 --> 00:27:43,684 To Gail. 508 00:27:43,809 --> 00:27:46,812 Well, she seemed perfectly trustworthy. How was I supposed to know? 509 00:27:46,937 --> 00:27:47,980 - By doing your job! - Sorry. 510 00:27:48,105 --> 00:27:50,107 - Have you notified the DEA? - The DEA? 511 00:27:50,232 --> 00:27:51,858 Jeez, Stan, hello! 512 00:27:51,984 --> 00:27:55,153 You don't steal $50,000 worth of pills because you want to lose weight. 513 00:27:55,279 --> 00:27:58,573 She's supplying a meth lab. Just get her back in here. 514 00:27:58,699 --> 00:28:00,409 - All right. - Now. 515 00:28:06,456 --> 00:28:08,709 Well, you ever want a job, trust me. 516 00:28:08,834 --> 00:28:10,585 He'll double whatever you're making here. 517 00:28:10,711 --> 00:28:12,045 I take it he liked my proposal. 518 00:28:12,170 --> 00:28:15,757 Enough to tell me to get my ass back over here today. 519 00:28:15,882 --> 00:28:18,844 Here. He's willing to go to eight per cent. 520 00:28:19,803 --> 00:28:22,055 - Eight? - We were at four. 521 00:28:22,180 --> 00:28:24,725 Your board's gonna think you walk on water. 522 00:28:25,726 --> 00:28:26,977 I want 12. 523 00:28:29,479 --> 00:28:32,774 You're not gonna get 12. There's just no way. 524 00:28:32,899 --> 00:28:34,985 Eight per cent barely covers our cost inflation. 525 00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:38,071 The capitated structure should allow you to hold down inflation. 526 00:28:38,196 --> 00:28:41,450 And shifts all your risk onto us, which is why we deserve 12. 527 00:28:41,575 --> 00:28:42,576 Lisa, come on. 528 00:28:42,701 --> 00:28:45,078 The guy who mows my lawn makes more than my kid's teacher. 529 00:28:45,203 --> 00:28:47,622 Hell, the two guys whose lunch you interrupted could get fired, 530 00:28:47,748 --> 00:28:51,460 their severance would be more than most of their employees make in a lifetime. 531 00:28:51,585 --> 00:28:54,921 It doesn't have anything to do with what you deserve. 532 00:28:55,964 --> 00:28:57,632 This is it. 533 00:29:00,761 --> 00:29:02,763 Take it or leave it. 534 00:29:08,185 --> 00:29:09,936 (SIGHS) 535 00:29:31,208 --> 00:29:32,667 - What are you doing? - Hey. 536 00:29:32,793 --> 00:29:34,628 Know any good transplant surgeons? 537 00:29:34,753 --> 00:29:37,297 Turns out his kidneys aren't the only thing failing. 538 00:29:37,422 --> 00:29:38,673 And I know what you're thinking, 539 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:41,510 but malaria wouldn't destroy his liver that fast. 540 00:29:41,635 --> 00:29:44,679 - Especially as we never infected him. - I thought you said... 541 00:29:44,805 --> 00:29:47,808 Apparently, Foreman now thinks that he has the authority to overrule my orders 542 00:29:47,933 --> 00:29:49,810 just because the FDA wouldn't approve. 543 00:29:49,935 --> 00:29:51,353 Don't worry, I'll deal with him. 544 00:29:51,478 --> 00:29:53,772 If you could just talk to Hourani... 545 00:29:57,025 --> 00:29:58,402 What would you do? 546 00:29:59,694 --> 00:30:01,154 If you paged me during sex? 547 00:30:01,279 --> 00:30:03,865 About the contract with AtlanticNet? 548 00:30:04,783 --> 00:30:08,703 I got them to come up to eight per cent, but we should get at least 12. 549 00:30:09,788 --> 00:30:13,291 It's all numbers, do the math, and nothing else. 550 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,919 It's not about my pride, it's about the principle. 551 00:30:16,044 --> 00:30:18,046 They're trying to screw us over because we're small. 552 00:30:18,171 --> 00:30:19,548 That's what they're supposed to do. 553 00:30:19,673 --> 00:30:21,299 They should be pressuring other hospitals 554 00:30:21,425 --> 00:30:25,929 to be more like us, not trying to make us more like them. It's stupid. 555 00:30:26,054 --> 00:30:30,350 And putting your job on the line in an effort to stamp out stupidity isn't? 556 00:30:31,685 --> 00:30:32,811 You would. 557 00:30:33,812 --> 00:30:34,855 Probably. 558 00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:38,316 But then I also wanted to try to cure cancer by infecting a guy with malaria 559 00:30:38,442 --> 00:30:41,903 to win a $50 bet. You really want to be like me? 560 00:31:09,055 --> 00:31:10,849 As you know, for the past eight months, 561 00:31:10,974 --> 00:31:14,561 we've been trying to renegotiate our contract with AtlanticNet Insurance. 562 00:31:14,686 --> 00:31:17,731 It's been a difficult process, but I wanted to let you all know 563 00:31:17,856 --> 00:31:21,526 before we made the formal announcement, that, as of 5:00pm today, 564 00:31:21,651 --> 00:31:24,946 our contract with AtlanticNet will be terminated. 565 00:31:25,071 --> 00:31:26,781 We've doubled the number 566 00:31:26,907 --> 00:31:29,075 of customer service representatives in our call center, 567 00:31:29,201 --> 00:31:33,079 current patients will still be allowed to remain in our care for 30 days, 568 00:31:33,205 --> 00:31:36,791 but starting tomorrow, we will no longer be accepting patients 569 00:31:36,917 --> 00:31:39,336 with AtlanticNet health insurance. 570 00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:41,087 MAN 1: Dr. Cuddy! 571 00:31:41,213 --> 00:31:43,632 (ALL CLAMORING) 572 00:31:43,757 --> 00:31:45,634 MAN 2: Why weren't we told about this sooner? 573 00:31:52,891 --> 00:31:56,520 Come on, Marina, pick up the phone. 574 00:31:57,479 --> 00:31:58,855 I'm busy. 575 00:32:03,193 --> 00:32:04,694 - We found a liver match. - All right. 576 00:32:04,819 --> 00:32:07,072 Get him prepped. I'll straighten things out with Hourani. 577 00:32:07,197 --> 00:32:09,491 Hourani's not the problem. House is. 578 00:32:09,616 --> 00:32:11,368 Now he wants Chase to do the surgery. 579 00:32:11,493 --> 00:32:13,161 To prove to Hourani he doesn't need him? 580 00:32:13,286 --> 00:32:15,914 To prove to Thomas that Chase was his department's best surgeon. 581 00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:18,500 - And what does Chase want to do? - Chase wants to do the surgery. 582 00:32:18,625 --> 00:32:20,085 And you don't want him to do it because? 583 00:32:20,210 --> 00:32:22,087 - I don't care who does it. - So what's the problem? 584 00:32:22,212 --> 00:32:23,672 In order to get our patient into the OR, 585 00:32:23,797 --> 00:32:25,382 we have to get him on the surgery schedule. 586 00:32:25,507 --> 00:32:27,425 In order to do that, we need someone to put him there 587 00:32:27,551 --> 00:32:29,553 who neither House nor Thomas can overrule. 588 00:32:29,678 --> 00:32:31,096 (SIGHS) 589 00:32:44,192 --> 00:32:45,944 What? 590 00:32:46,069 --> 00:32:48,280 Would you rather I go back on Vicodin? 591 00:32:48,405 --> 00:32:49,823 She's not massaging your leg. 592 00:32:49,948 --> 00:32:52,242 She will... eventually. 593 00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:55,870 Why am I the only person here who cares what happens to this hospital? 594 00:32:55,996 --> 00:32:59,249 Get off your ass and get your department under control, 595 00:32:59,374 --> 00:33:01,293 at least for the next few days. 596 00:33:01,418 --> 00:33:05,338 It's gonna take longer than a few days for a company the size of AtlanticNet 597 00:33:05,463 --> 00:33:08,425 to start feeling the squeeze of your PR campaign. 598 00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:09,551 If they ever do. 599 00:33:09,676 --> 00:33:10,844 And you know this how? 600 00:33:10,969 --> 00:33:13,763 From all the time you spent researching them and their other contracts, 601 00:33:13,888 --> 00:33:15,515 the way they handle their press relations? 602 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,642 I know they have a NASCAR team. 603 00:33:17,767 --> 00:33:21,146 Despite what you may have learned at Hebrew school, or from Jimmy Cliff, 604 00:33:21,271 --> 00:33:25,442 sometimes the bigger they are, the harder they kick your ass. 605 00:33:33,241 --> 00:33:34,826 ACEVEDO: I'm not trying to be greedy. 606 00:33:34,951 --> 00:33:39,164 But he's also not interested in being forced into a medical bankruptcy. 607 00:33:39,289 --> 00:33:42,667 Mr. Acevedo, I'm sorry you're having financial difficulties, 608 00:33:42,792 --> 00:33:45,086 but because of us, you still have a thumb. 609 00:33:45,211 --> 00:33:47,589 I assume that's something a carpenter might need. 610 00:33:47,714 --> 00:33:52,469 And I assume you didn't ask for this meeting so you could lecture my client. 611 00:33:52,594 --> 00:33:53,970 You have insurance, 612 00:33:54,095 --> 00:33:58,391 but by filing the suit you've caused us to get paid nothing by them either. 613 00:33:58,516 --> 00:33:59,559 That's not our problem. 614 00:33:59,684 --> 00:34:03,438 Actually, it is, since he's responsible for any expense we're not reimbursed. 615 00:34:03,563 --> 00:34:05,732 But if you drop this suit and make it clear 616 00:34:05,857 --> 00:34:07,692 that Dr. Chase was acting in your best interest 617 00:34:07,817 --> 00:34:10,695 when he reattached your thumb, then we'll be able to resubmit the claim. 618 00:34:10,820 --> 00:34:13,406 And you'll cover his deductible, attorney's fees, 619 00:34:13,531 --> 00:34:15,158 and 50 grand for pain and suffering. 620 00:34:15,283 --> 00:34:18,703 Actually, I was thinking more like we'd cover half his deductible, 621 00:34:18,828 --> 00:34:21,790 which means you'd only owe $16,000. 622 00:34:21,915 --> 00:34:23,917 - You want him to pay you? - Yes! 623 00:34:24,042 --> 00:34:25,919 Do you have any idea how much it costs, 624 00:34:26,044 --> 00:34:29,756 how many years it takes to train someone in microsurgery? 625 00:34:29,881 --> 00:34:32,092 We gave you back your life. 626 00:34:32,425 --> 00:34:35,762 You can still work, you can button your own shirt, hold a fork... 627 00:34:35,887 --> 00:34:37,639 WESTBROOK: Martin, let's go. 628 00:34:38,473 --> 00:34:43,687 I'm sorry, I know I should pay, but I just can't. 629 00:34:43,812 --> 00:34:47,732 I still cannot work, I'm already under water on my house, 630 00:34:47,857 --> 00:34:50,360 and I have two kids with braces. 631 00:34:51,027 --> 00:34:53,154 You think you'd be in better shape without a thumb? 632 00:34:53,279 --> 00:34:58,535 Right now, financially? Yeah, I would be. 633 00:35:00,704 --> 00:35:02,789 Well, so would we, but when you came in, 634 00:35:02,914 --> 00:35:05,667 we didn't think about that, we just took care of you. 635 00:35:05,792 --> 00:35:08,086 Made sure we did whatever you needed to get well. 636 00:35:08,211 --> 00:35:09,879 Yeah, right. 637 00:35:10,004 --> 00:35:12,298 (CELL PHONE BEEPS) All you doctors care about is healing. 638 00:35:12,424 --> 00:35:15,135 That's why there are all those BMWs and Porsches in the parking lot. 639 00:35:15,260 --> 00:35:16,803 - Damn it. - Come on, we're out of here. 640 00:35:16,928 --> 00:35:17,929 We'll see you in court. 641 00:35:18,054 --> 00:35:19,848 You're right, you will. 642 00:35:20,348 --> 00:35:21,975 You still have a thumb because of us, 643 00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:24,978 and like everyone else in this world, we don't work for free. 644 00:35:25,103 --> 00:35:29,524 We earn this money, and if we have to take your house to get it, we will. 645 00:35:36,489 --> 00:35:37,532 What's going on? 646 00:35:37,657 --> 00:35:38,783 I think they're fighting. 647 00:35:39,617 --> 00:35:41,995 CUDDY: Out of my way. Now! Out of the way! 648 00:35:42,537 --> 00:35:44,622 (BOTH GRUNTING) 649 00:35:44,748 --> 00:35:46,541 What the hell is going on? 650 00:35:46,666 --> 00:35:49,419 I told them to use their words, but... 651 00:35:49,919 --> 00:35:51,421 (CUDDY WHISTLES) 652 00:35:58,762 --> 00:36:01,681 That pharm tech is back. She's in your office. 653 00:36:01,806 --> 00:36:03,850 You, there. You, over there. 654 00:36:03,975 --> 00:36:07,937 I don't want to hear a word out of either one of you until I get back. 655 00:36:10,774 --> 00:36:11,733 You lied. 656 00:36:11,858 --> 00:36:14,611 So? What are you gonna do about it? 657 00:36:15,779 --> 00:36:19,032 Well, for one, notify the DEA. 658 00:36:19,157 --> 00:36:21,284 Good, I'm sure they'll be very interested to hear 659 00:36:21,409 --> 00:36:24,120 how Dr. House forced me to help him steal the meds 660 00:36:24,245 --> 00:36:28,333 and the administrator he's having sex with has been helping him cover it up. 661 00:36:29,209 --> 00:36:31,252 You really think you can lie your way out of this? 662 00:36:31,377 --> 00:36:33,254 Yeah, I do. 663 00:36:33,379 --> 00:36:35,965 Anything else you want to know, bitch? 664 00:36:44,808 --> 00:36:47,101 The hospital board's chairman wants to speak to you. 665 00:36:47,227 --> 00:36:48,603 - Tell him I'm busy. - I did, but he... 666 00:36:48,728 --> 00:36:49,979 Then tell him I quit. 667 00:37:24,222 --> 00:37:25,223 (SIGHS) 668 00:37:31,312 --> 00:37:33,022 You owe Lucas the money. 669 00:37:34,607 --> 00:37:37,193 We were having sex when you called. 670 00:37:41,698 --> 00:37:45,285 The breast milk guy finally found a doctor who'd give him what he wanted. 671 00:37:46,202 --> 00:37:48,913 If it works, that's way better than malaria. 672 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:53,751 It's worth a shot. 673 00:37:57,505 --> 00:37:58,590 Great. 674 00:38:00,008 --> 00:38:01,801 I thought they were the ones bluffing. 675 00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:07,640 No way they'd let us terminate. 676 00:38:09,559 --> 00:38:13,354 They're not gonna fire you, and you're not gonna quit. 677 00:38:15,982 --> 00:38:17,775 Why not? 678 00:38:19,235 --> 00:38:20,778 Because you're an idiot. 679 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,575 This place needs you, and that matters to you. 680 00:38:25,700 --> 00:38:27,118 (SIGHS) 681 00:38:32,999 --> 00:38:35,752 What do you think of that pharm tech, Gail? 682 00:38:35,877 --> 00:38:37,378 She's a sociopath. 683 00:38:37,503 --> 00:38:38,796 You knew she was stealing meds? 684 00:38:38,922 --> 00:38:42,926 No. But have you seen the way she opens the mail? 685 00:38:43,635 --> 00:38:46,512 Why didn't you ever tell me? 686 00:38:46,638 --> 00:38:48,765 Figured it might come in handy one day. 687 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:03,655 Gail, I like you. I always have. 688 00:39:03,863 --> 00:39:06,741 And I know you must've gotten sucked up into a situation 689 00:39:06,866 --> 00:39:08,534 you weren't able to control. 690 00:39:08,660 --> 00:39:11,746 Really? Is that what happened with you and House? 691 00:39:12,038 --> 00:39:15,500 I'm not gonna back down just because you threaten to smear me. 692 00:39:16,876 --> 00:39:21,506 Now, if you agree to tell the truth, there are things I can do to help. 693 00:39:21,839 --> 00:39:24,884 Think about your husband, your kids. 694 00:39:26,052 --> 00:39:29,472 I know you're a good person, deep down inside. 695 00:39:29,597 --> 00:39:33,810 You can't completely hide everything about yourself in seven years. 696 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:36,688 (EXHALES) 697 00:39:37,647 --> 00:39:39,524 You're an idiot. 698 00:39:39,649 --> 00:39:44,320 I started stealing from here six months after you hired me. 699 00:39:44,445 --> 00:39:47,740 You still don't even know the half of it, and you never will. 700 00:39:47,865 --> 00:39:50,785 You wouldn't have even found out about this if I hadn't gotten sick. 701 00:39:50,910 --> 00:39:53,955 And you aren't as tough as you think you are. 702 00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,542 There's no way you'd let this job get taken away. 703 00:39:57,667 --> 00:40:01,838 And if I go down, you're going down. 704 00:40:16,978 --> 00:40:21,774 Hey, can you tell Stan to give this to the DEA agent when he comes by? 705 00:40:21,899 --> 00:40:24,277 - A flower? - Yeah, Lucas gave it to me. 706 00:40:24,402 --> 00:40:26,154 Thought it might come in handy one day. 707 00:40:26,279 --> 00:40:30,116 GAIL: I started stealing from here six months after you hired me. 708 00:40:30,241 --> 00:40:32,160 Nice. 709 00:40:32,285 --> 00:40:34,579 Least I came out on top once today. 710 00:40:34,704 --> 00:40:35,913 Where you going? 711 00:40:36,039 --> 00:40:38,666 To hand the board my resignation. 712 00:40:38,791 --> 00:40:42,754 Hopefully whoever they hire to replace me can still get the eight per cent. 713 00:40:45,006 --> 00:40:46,674 (BEEPING) 714 00:40:47,508 --> 00:40:51,304 Marina, I've been trying to get in touch with you all day. 715 00:40:53,556 --> 00:40:56,851 It's all right. I understand. How is Rachel? 716 00:40:57,685 --> 00:40:59,270 And the rash? 717 00:41:00,271 --> 00:41:02,648 Great. I'll be home early. 718 00:41:03,483 --> 00:41:05,109 (GROANS) 719 00:41:05,443 --> 00:41:06,861 Perfect. 720 00:41:08,446 --> 00:41:09,864 MORGAN: You bitch. 721 00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:15,328 I didn't think you'd actually do it. 722 00:41:15,453 --> 00:41:16,704 I told you I would. 723 00:41:17,747 --> 00:41:19,749 Call the dogs off. 724 00:41:23,044 --> 00:41:24,587 You got your 12. 725 00:41:26,130 --> 00:41:27,548 Congratulations. 726 00:41:32,762 --> 00:41:35,181 Yes! 727 00:41:36,057 --> 00:41:37,433 (WHOOPS) 728 00:41:37,892 --> 00:41:39,143 Yes! 729 00:41:40,144 --> 00:41:42,688 (POP SONG PLAYS) 730 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,112 (INAUDIBLE) 731 00:41:54,909 --> 00:41:56,285 (INAUDIBLE) 732 00:43:14,197 --> 00:43:15,740 (CELL PHONE BEEPS) 733 00:43:17,408 --> 00:43:18,784 DOUGLAS: You gonna get that?