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  • 5/20/2025
The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 15

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00:002-6-6! 2-6-6!
00:03It's just an hour.
00:05Which really means an hour and a half,
00:07which means by the time we get to Jason's,
00:09the party will be over.
00:10It's not a party, it's 4 boys arguing over
00:12who's gonna play Call of Duty's warfare.
00:14Meanwhile, you're gonna be learning
00:15how to exercise your First Amendment rights.
00:17By leaving signs at cars,
00:19and it's Call of Duty, colon, modern warfare.
00:22Everyone who sees our signs knows that they're not alone,
00:25and when we have numbers, we have a voice, we are heard.
00:29At least someone's being heard.
00:31This is democracy, Ethan.
00:33Making a difference.
00:34This is how change happens.
00:36Yeah, well, change sucks.
00:382-6-6! 2-6-6!
00:42It's 10-30, I will have you at Jason's by 11-45, okay?
00:462-6-6!
00:47Ooh, I see a spot.
00:482-6-6!
00:51Really?
00:52Why'd you let her in?
00:53Because the idiot would've smashed our car.
00:57How about we go get milkshakes instead, hmm?
01:00I spent three hours making signs.
01:03Oh, there! There's the spot!
01:052-6-6! 2-6-6!
01:08Sweet.
01:11Any hint of trouble, we are leaving, got it?
01:15Inspiring speech, Mom.
01:16Very Vince Lombardi.
01:18I saw his hologram.
01:21Oh, here's your very own wristband.
01:26Solidarity!
01:28Yeah!
01:34Yes, they already did the finger prick and gave me the gloop.
01:37It's a 50-gram glucose solution.
01:40It was gloop, and it tasted awful.
01:42Gloop wouldn't tell us if you have gestational diabetes,
01:44which is associated with hypertension, preeclampsia, preterm labor,
01:47and for the baby, respiratory issues and obesity.
01:50Before we buy jumbo baby clothes, let's get the test results, okay?
01:53Okay.
01:54Okay, well, you text me when...
01:55Whoa.
01:56What's this?
02:00We know at least two people have been shot,
02:03but we have no information on their status.
02:06By all reports, the rally in support of...
02:08That is less than a mile from here.
02:11...despite the presence of some counter-protesters.
02:14But just about 20 minutes ago, what witnesses...
02:16I have to go to the ER.
02:18Stat!
02:20...the passenger opening fire.
02:36Nine-year-old boy with multiple gunshots to chest and abdomen.
02:39He took three rounds of epi, still PEA.
02:41From base six, checking ABCs,
02:43have to take over compressions, clear assessed wounds.
02:45You're the mom?
02:46What's his name?
02:47Mason.
02:49Entry wound, left chest.
02:51Right over his heart.
02:53Emergency thoracotomy.
02:5420 blade.
02:55We'll take good care of Mason, but right now you need to go.
02:58I can't now.
02:59Rib spreader.
03:02You got a pumper.
03:05I can't see a thing. Suction.
03:09Whole and right ventricle, I got my finger on it.
03:12That stopped the bleed,
03:13but we got to get the heart pumping normally again.
03:15Urinary catheter.
03:16Stick it in the hole.
03:18Inflate the balloon inside the ventricle.
03:21Then occlude the hole.
03:27And we've got a regular heartbeat.
03:29Red cells, platelet transfusions.
03:30Let's get him to the OR.
03:31Very good, Dr. Brown.
03:34Kid took one gunshot to the head,
03:36became unresponsive en route, intubated him.
03:38He's bradycardic.
03:41Pupils are blown.
03:42No response to sternal rub.
03:44And the kid's leaking brain.
03:46Glasgow coma scale, 3T.
03:48One gram per kilo mannitol,
03:4950 milligrams per kilo keppra.
03:55Elevating at 30 degrees and banging down to CO2.
03:58All right, let's take him. OR2.
04:04We got him.
04:05We got him.
04:06We got him.
04:07We got him.
04:08We got him.
04:25And we can now confirm that the shooting victims
04:27were young boys.
04:28Witnesses describing them as both under 10 years of age.
04:32According to accounts, one was shot several times
04:35in the chest and abdomen.
04:37Two were shot at least once in the head.
04:39The fact it was children who were shot is devastating news.
04:43And so we have yet another day in an otherwise peaceful community
04:46erupting in violence, the kind of atrocity
04:49that has sadly become all too commonplace.
04:52And that only makes this attack even more tragic and senseless.
04:56We are awaiting updates and we'll let you know
04:58as soon as we have any.
05:01Fixed the liver laceration.
05:03Let's get the spleen out of there.
05:05Right ventricle. Next up is left ventriculotomy.
05:07All that'll leave is the bronchial injury,
05:09the diaphragm tear, the VSD,
05:11and the hollow viscous bowel injury.
05:13BP's dropping fast.
05:15We're gonna need every unit of ONAG or compatible blood.
05:36Do you have someone in surgery?
05:39No. I'm just here for a test.
05:44Mrs. Wilkie?
05:45What is it?
05:46And Mrs. Bardo?
05:47What happened?
05:48Nothing. I just need you to fill out these forms.
05:51Forms?
05:52Necessary evil.
05:54Do you have copies of your insurance cards?
05:57Uh, no.
05:59I don't have any.
06:01Do you have copies of your insurance cards?
06:03Uh, no.
06:05I must have left my...
06:07I work here in IT.
06:09I'll help them with the forms.
06:21This is not a happy brain.
06:23Let's clean out as much as we can.
06:25Scalp, hair, skull fragments.
06:28And let's not forget bullet shrapnel.
06:31Ultrasound?
06:35I'm looking for any deeper bullet fragments.
06:40Brain's herniating.
06:41CO2 is normal.
06:44Is he storming?
06:46Heart rate's way too low.
06:49We need to take off his entire right skull.
06:53Drill with me one bit.
06:58The initial there.
07:01And the sign here.
07:09Leah.
07:10Leah.
07:17I... I think that's the other mom.
07:29I'm Karina.
07:32Were you...
07:34at the rally?
07:38Yeah.
07:39I'm Taryn.
07:47Mason's nine.
07:50Ethan's eight and a half.
07:53Ethan's eight and a half.
07:59They'll be fine.
08:03I know it.
08:18You're one of them.
08:22Them?
08:24Get away from me.
08:41It's so sad that people can't express their views peacefully.
08:45The right is so intolerant of political differences,
08:48of any differences.
08:50I think there are some intolerances on both sides.
08:53Like there are good people on both sides?
08:56What if I told you I belonged to the NRA?
08:59I think you were saying that to make a point.
09:02About five years ago, my wife and I went to a very trendy restaurant
09:05in a very shady part of town,
09:07and on our way back to the car, we were mugged at gunpoint.
09:10The next day, I bought us both handguns.
09:12I'm a card-carrying member.
09:15I voted for Trump.
09:17Too soon.
09:19I'm serious.
09:21I'd like to stand on Israel,
09:24but I've never told anyone because I'd be absolutely vilified.
09:28As you should be, especially.
09:30Pulling up. He's hypotensive. Lactate's rising.
09:32Okay, creeps down to 17.
09:34We could put him into deep hypothermia.
09:36The low temp would only worsen his coagulopathy.
09:38He just needs more blood.
09:40I've used up most of the Oneg and Aneg from the blood bank.
09:42Start calling other hospitals. Now.
09:52You actually voted for Trump?
09:56Once.
09:58And then what?
10:00You suddenly discovered he was exactly who he said he was?
10:04I don't feel like you want an answer.
10:06I feel like you want an apology.
10:08Well, this kind of changes how I feel about you.
10:11What does that mean?
10:13You think you don't respect me?
10:15We can't be friends because of a vote?
10:17It is more than a vote.
10:19Yeah. It's a fundamental right that I exercised.
10:21This kind of changes how I feel about you.
10:23If I can't have a political opinion
10:25about the best way to improve all our lives...
10:27Do you think anybody's life got better?
10:29That's enough.
10:31Are you okay?
10:33Your repairs are almost finished.
10:35We could be done with this in two or three hours.
10:37We have just enough blood.
10:39That's if we want to.
11:02Mrs. Bardo?
11:04What is it?
11:06Uh, we fixed two holes in your son's ventricles.
11:08We've removed his spleen and repaired his liver,
11:10but he's still in surgery.
11:14Your son has lost a lot of blood.
11:16We're giving him transfusions,
11:18but the blood loss may have caused damage to his brain.
11:22If his brain is fine,
11:24then we should push on.
11:26But if his brain isn't fine,
11:28then...
11:30continuing the surgery could kill him.
11:34Unfortunately, we can't accurately assess
11:37for brain function in the O.R.,
11:39so we would have to wake him up
11:41and do a traditional neuro exam.
11:43I'm sorry.
11:45I'm sorry.
11:47I'm sorry.
11:50You need her to decide that?
11:52Why put that on her?
11:54You guys are the doctors.
11:56Wake him up.
12:01If you wake him up, I can be there, right?
12:03You can.
12:05But he will be confused and stressed.
12:08His belly will still have to be open.
12:10My husband died in a car accident two years ago.
12:15I didn't get to say goodbye.
12:17This is not goodbye.
12:19This decision should not be based on...
12:21Please.
12:23Wake him up.
12:27Okay. Come with us.
12:35Why haven't I heard anything?
12:43The brain looks more relaxed.
12:45The brain looks more relaxed now.
12:48There are a lot of clots.
12:56Ketlin play soccer?
12:58I'm fine.
13:00Two kids shot? We all are.
13:06You're not supposed to be here.
13:08I know. I am so sorry.
13:10Is the baby okay? Did you get your test results?
13:13No, but I'm fine. The baby's fine.
13:15How's the boy?
13:16You can't be here and we can't tell you.
13:19I'm sitting in a waiting room with a terrified mother.
13:22Somebody needs to tell her he's being taken care of.
13:31Ms. Wilkie?
13:33I'm Dr. Sean Murphy.
13:34Is my son okay?
13:37Okay.
13:38We have successfully removed half of your son's skull
13:42to reduce brain pressure.
13:44We've removed blood clots, bone chips, and bullet fragments.
13:47But we are still trying to find the less accessible
13:50and deeper chunks of the bullet in his brain.
13:57Can I see him?
13:59Of course not. He's in surgery.
14:03We...
14:05just needed to let you know his status.
14:14I'm sorry.
14:24Mason.
14:26I need you to follow my finger, okay?
14:30I need you to follow my finger, okay?
14:42Can you wiggle your toes for me, you little piggies?
14:52You're acing this test, Mason.
14:54Now can you squeeze my fingers?
14:58Just try to make a fist.
15:00It doesn't have to be hard. Just a little squeeze.
15:08Okay, now that's okay.
15:09Hey, Mason, look at me.
15:16You're gonna be okay, pumpkin.
15:18Everything's gonna be okay.
15:23Hey.
15:29Hey.
15:34There's an indentation
15:37on a right M3 segment branch artery.
15:40That suggests the presence of a deeper fragment.
15:46Nice catch.
15:48Yes, but I'm not sure how we get it out.
15:59When was Ethan's birthday?
16:05Um, October.
16:11It was just the three of us.
16:13We have a golden doodle named Derber.
16:18Ethan wanted to invite a couple of friends over,
16:20but I said no, it wasn't safe.
16:23He wanted two friends.
16:25He has, like, a hundred of them, and I said no.
16:28To two.
16:34It feels like all Ethan and I ever do now is fight.
16:39Children don't need their parents to be buddies.
16:42They need limits, structure.
16:46You don't have kids, do you?
16:50You don't have kids, do you?
16:57You'll die hating me.
17:00Taryn, you cannot think like that.
17:09We found the last bullet fragment.
17:12It's deep but stable, so it is very unlikely
17:15to cause further brain damage, bleeds, or seizures.
17:17We should leave it where it is.
17:21You want to leave a bullet in my son's brain?
17:26Removing it comes with a high risk of lacerating key brain vessels.
17:36You can trust them.
17:38They're the best doctors I've ever known.
17:48Okay.
17:50Leave it in.
18:08Did you get to see Mason?
18:13They're doing more tests.
18:17But I know he'll be fine.
18:21He will.
18:26Does Mason play any sports?
18:31Basketball.
18:34Team captain.
18:37Likes to be in charge.
18:41So mature for his age.
18:44When my husband died, it was Mason who kept me going.
18:50Brought me coffee every morning.
18:53Opened my curtains.
18:56Helped me get out of bed.
19:03I'm a single mom, too.
19:07A hell of a day to be one, isn't it?
19:10Why did you lose your husband?
19:14We divorced two years ago.
19:17Not amicably.
19:20Divorced?
19:23I know it's not the same, but...
19:25I buried my husband.
19:28You lost him in the worst possible way, yes.
19:31But I doubt you also lost half of your friends.
19:35It's your fault.
19:37I doubt you also lost half of your friends.
19:40It's your self-respect and...
19:43the love of your son.
19:46I doubt you ever had to tell your son
19:48that Daddy was never coming home again.
19:50Look, I didn't mean to...
19:52They figured you know me.
19:54You've experienced pain.
19:56So you understand all the pain everybody else has ever felt.
20:00I understand pain.
20:01Shut up.
20:02Right. Someone disagrees with you, and you shut them up.
20:06You let us wave our little signs in peace.
20:08You had to come shout us down,
20:10and when that didn't work, you had to shoot us!
20:37Yes.
20:38Yes?
20:40You can go first.
20:42Why?
20:44I'm being polite.
20:46It won't make any difference who hears their news first.
20:50We don't think there is any brain damage.
20:53We're going to take him back to the OR to finish the repairs.
20:57Wonderful. Thank you so much.
21:00Of course.
21:02We have to leave Ethan's skull off
21:05until his brain swelling has gone down,
21:08which could be a couple of days from now, or months.
21:13We've moved him to intensive care.
21:16You can see him now.
21:32When he was a baby, I used to love watching him sleep.
21:37It was the only time he wasn't bouncing off the walls.
21:40The only time I could just look at him.
21:44When he was older,
21:46even if he caught me watching him, he would say that I was weird.
21:51I just told him how beautiful he was.
21:54That only made me weirder.
21:56I just told him how beautiful he was.
21:59That only made me weirder.
22:02But he is so beautiful.
22:10His eyes moved. They moved.
22:12He's looking at me. That's good, right?
22:14Yes.
22:18No, he's not looking at you.
22:20His eyes are deviating to the right.
22:22What is that?
22:24He's squeezing my hand.
22:26Ethan, honey, mommy's here.
22:28How hard? Is it getting firmer?
22:31Ativan, increase propofol and we need a CT and an EEG.
22:35He is having a focal seizure,
22:37which is originating in the left side of the brain,
22:40which wasn't the damaged side, which is very strange.
22:45The bullet fragment must have migrated.
22:48It was a mistake to leave it in.
22:55He's seizing.
22:57This is exactly what he said wouldn't happen if we left the bullet in.
23:01Exactly.
23:03I'm sure he'll figure out what to do and...
23:07Who do you have news for?
23:11Ms. DiLello?
23:13Good news?
23:15Oh, it's nothing.
23:18It's okay for someone to be happy.
23:23I'm expecting.
23:25And all's good.
23:30I can't wait to see him.
23:32I can't wait to see him either.
23:34I can't wait to see him.
23:36I can't wait to see him either.
23:38I can't wait to see him either.
23:40I can't wait to see him either.
23:43I gave birth on Christmas Eve.
23:46All the nurses were singing carols.
23:50Kenny joked that the only thing missing were the three wise men.
23:55It was hokey and ridiculous.
24:01But it was magical.
24:06Ethan was three weeks premature.
24:10We were having just one last fun weekend, the two of us.
24:13And I guess Ethan didn't like that idea.
24:16So I gave birth in a motel room 300 miles from my OB.
24:23Left a really good tip for housekeeping.
24:36It's very strange.
24:39I knew I was wrong.
24:41It's very, very strange.
24:46No, you weren't.
24:48The fragment's still stable in location.
24:50No severe compression on MCA, no new bleeds.
24:53That just means we missed something else.
25:00There.
25:01Deep in the left thalamus.
25:04I wasn't wrong.
25:06I wasn't wrong.
25:08You were.
25:09You missed it.
25:10No, no, I wasn't wrong.
25:12I would have noticed another fragment.
25:16There.
25:17There was nothing there eight hours ago.
25:22Okay, so it's just new to this location, which means it's moving.
25:31And based on its trajectory, it's going to cause a lot more damage.
25:36It's much deeper than the other.
25:40So we can't get to it.
25:52We can't go through the water drainage system at the boy's brain
25:55because that would mean having to puncture the ventricular wall at the thalamus.
25:57And we can't follow the injury pathway using MRI guidance
25:59because the metal in the bullet rules out the MRI.
26:01And we can't...
26:02Sean, Sean!
26:03You are a neurosurgeon, okay?
26:06You will know what I have missed.
26:12You don't think you missed anything?
26:16No.
26:17Then you didn't.
26:23Okay, then...
26:27Ethan is probably going to die.
26:33Oh.
26:38Okay.
26:49This one's different, huh?
26:52Because he is a child?
26:53Yeah, yeah, because he's a child.
26:56No.
26:58I've lost children before.
27:03Sean, every parent has one job,
27:06and that's to keep their kid alive.
27:09To keep him from all the horrors in the world.
27:13And maybe...
27:16Because you can't protect Ethan, you think?
27:21That's not rational.
27:24No, that's...
27:25It's not rational.
27:28The price of parenthood.
27:31But you know what? It's worth it.
27:33If it makes me upset and irrational,
27:35it doesn't sound like it's worth it.
27:38You don't mean that?
27:48I came here to ask for your surgical advice about Ethan,
27:52and all you've given me is emotional advice about me.
27:56Yeah.
27:57Because that's all I got.
28:00Yeah.
28:25Callan started playing soccer when he was seven.
28:29He loved that jersey so much.
28:32Wore it to bed every night.
28:33Wouldn't let us wash it.
28:40Then he spilled grape juice on it.
28:43A big purple stain.
28:49And I got angry at him.
28:54I always get a little like this with kids.
28:59I think maybe Sean and Lim can handle it fine without me.
29:04If it was Callan in that ICU,
29:07how would you feel if his doctor bailed on him
29:10because his kid had spilled grape juice ten years earlier?
29:15Yeah, it's brutal on you.
29:18About a hundredth as brutal as it is on them.
29:30So, you agree with Biden on every single issue?
29:34No, of course not.
29:36But I agree with him on more than one.
29:38How many?
29:40Where's the line?
29:42Every vote is a compromise.
29:44We support the things we think are important
29:47and rationalize the things that aren't.
29:51And for me, that's the most important thing.
29:54Unfortunately, compromise has become a dirty word,
29:57which is ironic, since that's the essence of democracy.
30:00And the lack of compromise is why I left home.
30:03His left foot is cold.
30:09It's pulseless.
30:15I've got a pulse here.
30:16Something's happening between here and you.
30:19Good.
30:21Something's happening between here and you.
30:24Good.
30:25Nothing.
30:26Good.
30:29Nothing.
30:30Nothing.
30:32It's his popliceal artery.
30:34He must have thrown a clot.
30:35We have to fix this now, or he loses the leg at best.
30:52Ethan's seizures were caused by a different fragment
30:57that migrated to the left side of his brain.
31:00We weren't wrong about leaving the other fragment in.
31:04So you weren't incompetent about that,
31:07just about completely missing this other fragment?
31:11Yes.
31:13But that doesn't mean that we can't fix it.
31:18Yes.
31:21But the new fragment isn't stable
31:24and will almost definitely continue to cause damage.
31:29So you'll remove it as soon as possible?
31:35It's too deep to remove.
31:38Which means...
31:40you'll do what?
31:44We'll keep him on anti-seizure meds
31:47and we'll monitor him.
31:50Hope for the best.
31:54Monitor?
31:56An eight-year-old boy is dying and you're gonna monitor him?
31:59If this was your child, you could live with that?
32:02They're in there doing nothing.
32:03They're doing nothing!
32:04Leah.
32:05It's okay. It's okay, Sean.
32:09You're a couple?
32:12I made a decision about my son's life
32:15based on your opinion of your boyfriend?
32:19Taryn, I'm so sorry.
32:30Isolate popliteal artery. Next.
32:33Incise vessel transversely.
32:35Use Fogarty catheter to complete the embolectomy.
32:38Use Fogarty catheter to complete the embolectomy.
32:41Confirm flow with angiogram.
32:43How's our blood?
32:45Maxing out on procoagulants, antihemophiliacs,
32:48and recycling every last drop of cell saver suction.
32:51We're still down to our last 100 cc's.
32:53What about other hospitals?
32:55There was a multi-vehicle crash on the 280.
32:57Nobody has anything to spare.
32:59I'll just have to work a little faster.
33:01Removing catheter.
33:03BP's falling.
33:05Damn it.
33:06Catheter toward the artery.
33:08Clamp and suction.
33:09There's not enough blood.
33:11His hematocrit is on the floor. He's dying.
33:21You got your test results hours ago.
33:24You need to go home.
33:26I can't.
33:29Mason is hanging on,
33:31but we have used up all the Oneg and Aneg blood.
33:35We're having some medevac from L.A.
33:37How long will that take?
33:39Another couple of hours.
33:49You don't think he'll last that long?
33:53You don't think he'll last that long?
34:02We're hoping.
34:22I'm A-negative.
34:53Sometimes we can't.
34:58Every parent has an overwhelming need
35:01to protect their child from horrors.
35:05It's the price of parenthood.
35:08Taryn donated twice the typical amount of blood,
35:11and Mason needed every drop of it.
35:14It's the price of parenthood.
35:17Taryn donated twice the typical amount of blood,
35:20and Mason needed every drop of it.
35:23It's gonna be a long night.
35:31Where are you going?
35:33Yeah, you should come with.
35:35Where?
35:36You ever read Hansel and Gretel?
35:38That's what you were reading?
35:40I thought you were doing research.
35:47The scans show no sign that the fragment tore major brain tissue,
35:50and there are no significant bleeds or clots as it migrated,
35:53which means it didn't cut a new route.
35:56It took a trail that was already there.
35:58Okay. How is that helpful?
35:59It weaved through CSF spaces
36:01or sulci in between the brain parenchyma.
36:03If so, it left us some breadcrumbs.
36:06Heme, product, staining.
36:07Along the way.
36:08And we can use a rigid 3-millimeter endoscope,
36:10find the trail, and take that trail all the way to the bullet
36:13without damaging the brain.
36:17Okay.
36:35It's okay. It's a decaf.
36:41You shouldn't feel guilty about being happy.
36:46I didn't feel happy. Not right then.
36:50I felt...
36:53scared.
36:55For us?
36:57And for me.
36:59You, too. You're so different.
37:02And so...
37:05angry.
37:09But you are so strong.
37:12And I'm...
37:14You don't think you're strong?
37:17No. Not strong enough for this.
37:21This doesn't usually happen.
37:24This isn't supposed to happen.
37:27And the way we've been coping with it
37:29has nothing to do with whether we're good parents.
37:33Strength doesn't matter.
37:35It's compassion.
37:37And the way you've treated us...
37:42you're gonna be a great mother.
37:54Mason made it.
38:00Thanks to Taryn.
38:06Ethan made it.
38:08Thanks to Park.
38:23They're in the ICU.
38:27They want to see their moms.
38:42They want to see their moms.
38:45They want to see their moms.
39:15I love you.
39:46What's up?
39:48Bought you a cheeseburger.
39:53It's 6 a.m.
39:56Um...
39:58I figure we should talk.
40:02I'd like that.
40:16You saved Ethan's life.
40:19Nice job.
40:21I was ready to walk,
40:23and most people would have felt for me,
40:26supported that decision.
40:29You saved his life.
40:31Thank you for that nice,
40:33albeit completely inaccurate, thought.
40:36You just needed some encouragement.
40:40You want to come back to my place for a little more?
40:49It's been a long day and night.
40:52I think we should stop seeing each other.
40:56You're good for me,
40:59but just sleeping with you...
41:03isn't.
41:10I want to give Heather a chance.
41:14Good for you.
41:16She's such a wimp. She'll make you very happy.
41:34You know how I feel right now?
41:38No.
41:40I don't know how I feel right now.
41:44Lucky.
41:47I think I feel...
41:50tired.
41:55And lucky.
41:58Hmm.
42:01Leah?
42:03Leah?
42:04Shine.
42:05Leah?
42:06Okay.
42:07No.
42:08Okay.
42:09Help!
42:11Help! I need help!
42:14Please, help!
42:17Help!
42:19Okay.

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