Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT April Showers
By Wing Chun | Season 7 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.18.2001
The desk at County. Mark is trying to calm down an obviously hysterical Rachel by assuring her that the ceremony will be videotaped. Behind him, paramedics wheel in another victim; this one complains of neck and chest pain. Chen asks whether she's short of breath, and the patient says that it hurts when she inhales. She then screams in pain, and Chen asks what's wrong. The patient says it's her arm.
Same patient (Neck, Chest, and Arm), now in a trauma room. Chen orders a bunch of tests and, checking the back of the NC&A's head (I think; the camera's down by the patient's feet as Chen examines her) and asking whether it hurts. NC&A says it does, a lot. Chen tells her they're going to keep the collar on her neck until they clear her x-ray. NC&A asks what's wrong with her wrist. Chen asks which wrist, and NC&A says it's her left. Chen reaches over and sees that NC&A is handcuffed to the bed; Chen asks a guard, standing by, whether they may remove the cuffs, and the guard snorts, "Not a chance." Haleh comes in looking for blood, wearily telling Lily, "My guy's in arrest." Chen tells the guard that NC&A may have a wrist injury, but the guard is unmoved: "She probably did that herself." Chen argues, but we don't get to see the outcome because we follow Haleh...
...into the next trauma room. She holds up the blood and says she could only get two units. Carter, who appears to be in charge, calls out a bunch of orders; he and Lisa get ready to use the paddles on him, but before Carter does, Lisa notices that there's something weird on the patient's chest (again, we can't see what -- and this time, I'm all right with that). Carter suggests that the steering column struck him in the crash. Carter shocks him. Lisa points out, "He's got blunt chest trauma -- no vitals." Carter doesn't want to let it go, presumably because this guy is a guard and not one of those common hussy prisoners. Another guard standing at the end of the bed asks what to tell the patient's family. Carter gets a rhythm, but no pulse. Yada, Lisa doesn't think they should continue, but Carter insists on flogging him some more.
Valium Villa. Elizabeth is carefully descending the stairs (and now I can see that the skirt of her dress is embroidered with monochromatic thread a few shades darker than the dress itself -- very elegant). Mama Corday is on the phone, apparently receiving bad news; once she's put on hold, she tells Elizabeth that the limousine company doesn't have her booking. Elizabeth freaks out (obviously) and demands the phone. Mama Corday tries to dissuade her on the grounds that she need not upset herself, but Elizabeth wrestles the phone away and, when the hapless operator comes back on the line, she screeches, "I don't care if it's raining fire and brimstone, you are going to get me to that church if I have to ride on your back like a bloody donkey!" She hangs up decisively. Mama Corday hesitantly suggests that Elizabeth eat something. Elizabeth, clearly reaching the end of her tether: "I do not need to eat, nor do I need a spot of tea or a moment's quiet reflection on this, my special day. This is America, and sometimes in this country you have to kick some ass!" Mama Corday -- now standing outside in the driveway, having been blown clear out the door by the force of Elizabeth's bridal fury ("Coming soon to theatres: Raging Bride!") -- says that they can take Elizabeth's car. Cue bickering over who should drive. Wah. The phone rings, and Elizabeth answers it, "Now, listen here, you ignorant bastard --" "What's wrong?" asks Mark. Wah squared. She apologizes and tells him it's nothing. He tells her he's at the hospital and tells her about Rachel, adding that both airports are closed. She says how sorry she is. He's all, "What can you do?" Elizabeth gazes out at the pelting rain and asks, "Do you want to postpone?" "No!" Mark immediately replies, and then asks, "Do you?" She says she doesn't, but points out that if all the airports are closed, all their out-of-town guests won't be able to make it. (See above.) They convince each other that they don't want to wait. They love each other. Boy, I sure hope these two crazy kids can make it work.