Episode Report Card Sars: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Greene With Envy
By Sars | Season 6 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.13.1999
Chuny hands Mark the test results on Crystal, the sickle-cell girl. Mark looks them over and asks if she and her family have left yet, and Chuny says they walked out a couple of minutes before. Mark yells, "Lawrence, we've got a problem here!" Hawkeye runs to follow Mark out through the ambulance bay, and Mark catches the Powells and tells them they need to come back in; Crystal needs another test. Mr. Powell says that they just left and that Crystal feels much better, and Hawkeye wants to know what's going on; Mark tells Hawkeye meaningfully, "The icon was positive." Hawkeye stares at him, then nods and says, "She has to come right back in." Crystal makes a "whatever" face.
Finch walks in on the Broken-Nose Family and their doctor, Sam Jacobs. Dr. Jacobs thanks Finch patronizingly for "looking after one of my favorite families so well." Finch doesn't like the look of the situation and says curtly, "We haven't quite finished the tests." Jacobs says he and the Broken-Nose Couple want David transferred to Ambrose, but before he can finish the thought, Finch steers him away from the bed and says, "I'm not happy about moving him." Jacobs says, "I've looked at his C-spine, it's clear. I've got an ambulance waiting." Finch says David complained of back pain at the scene and she wants to see what the second crit says; Jacobs says firmly that she can fax the results to him at Ambrose. Finch, not budging: "It'll be half an hour, that's all." Jacobs, also not budging: "In half an hour, Dr. Finch, he'll be under observation at Ambrose and not taking up precious space here." Broken-Nose Family peers over curiously, and Broken-Nose Guy asks, "Are we ready to roll, Sam?" Jacobs asks, "Are we, Dr. Finch?" Dr. Finch glares flatly at Dr. Jacobs and doesn't say anything.
The Powells' room. Mark gives Crystal a sonogram, pointing out the ovary, which Hawkeye says "looks pretty normal." Mrs. Powell wants to know, "What are you looking for?" and then Mark spots it: "There. A mass in the Fallopian tube. Fetal poll and a heartbeat." Mr. Powell, incredulous: "What'd he say?" Hawkeye: "There's a heartbeat." Mr. Powell: "What are you talking about?" Mark: "There's a heartbeat." Yes, I do believe we have established to everyone's satisfaction that there's a heartbeat, thanks. Now get to the bloody point. Mark adds, "Your daughter's pregnant." Mrs. Powell breathes, "No," as Mr. Powell protests, "She's twelve years old!" Crystal looks guilty, and Mrs. Powell says there must have been a mistake, and Mark says grimly that there hasn't been any mistake, Crystal's pregnant, but the fetus is in the Fallopian tube instead of the uterus. Mrs. Powell wants a second opinion, but Hawkeye reassures her, "I'm the second opinion. We're lucky we caught this early enough." Mark tells them Crystal needs surgery right away and he'll call the OR. Hawkeye pats Mr. Powell's arm. Then they both leave. We do not see the Powells opening a fresh can of whup-ass on Crystal. Instead, we see Hawkeye asking Mark, "Were you checking up on me?" Naturally, Mark refuses to take responsibility for his own puerile territoriality, cloaking it instead in noble false modesty: "Just, uh, watching out for the patients." Hawkeye puts the chart away while making a "give me a break" face.