Cross, wake up!
Move! Let's go!
Make a hole.
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- What do we got? - Bleeding out with a GSW.
EMS, coming through!
Excuse me, step aside. Let us get through.
Let us do our work here.
Cross! Come on! - Shot! He's been shot!
- Help my son! Help my son! - Excuse me.
What's going on, buddy? How you doing?
- Come on, man! - Are you shot?
I got shot in my foot!
I don't know what happened.
I just seen 'em running.
Okay, I need to get this off.
Let me do my job.
All right. Where else are you shot?
- I only got shot in my foot. - What do we got here?
What do we got? - He's shot in the foot.
We got three critical patients outside.
Come on, this is a yellow tag.
Hold pressure there. You're gonna be okay.
We got three red tags outside!
Yo! Yo, where y'all going?
- Let's go! - What the fuck?
Ma'am. Keep pressure.
Please. I'm trying to do my fucking job here!
Jesus Christ!
Multiple gunshot wounds.
- Where are we going? - Straight ahead.
Next courtyard. Straight through.
Fucking rookie!
I've been waiting too long for this shit.
Motherfuckers.
- EMS! - Straight through.
Next courtyard.
- Which way? - Next courtyard.
This way!
Guys, I have the most critical one over there.
This guy?
One confirmed gunshot wound.
- This guy right here. - Here we go.
You're okay. - How you doing, Bravo?
You all right?
Look at me, we're not cops. - Can you hear me?
We're here to help you, okay?
You've been shot. Where? - Can you hear me?
Shears. Shears!
You been shot, okay?
Do you know how many times you were shot?
We're not cops. We're here to help you.
Okay? You're gonna be fine.
Fucking shears! Shears!
Rut? - Yeah?
Multiple gunshot wounds.
I, I can't do this with a rookie.
You got this? I can't.
All right, I got it. I got it.
Thank you very much.
Okay, my friend.
Hey, you got any medical history?
Did you hear any more gunshots?
Son, you with me?
Stay with me buddy. Stay with me.
So we just got two, all right?
Stay with me.
Hey, get the fucking pants cut off this guy.
Hang in there. - He's got a gunshot here!
- Okay, get pressure on it. - Right.
Get the pressure bandage on it.
Stay with me buddy. Stay with me.
Okay, so I'm gonna have to do something
that's gonna hurt you a little bit,
but it's gonna get you home.
Okay. Hang in, hang in.
Okay.
All right, stay with me.
Stay with me. - Oh, fuck!
It's all right. Hang in.
Uh, occlusive. - Huh?
What do you need? - I need occlusive.
- Occlusive? - Come on!
All right, man. We're gonna get you to the hospital.
Just hang in there. Breathe easy.
All right. I need a board!
I'm gonna move you over on your side.
On the count of three.
No exit. - No pulse in his ankle.
We're gonna put him on his side.
No exit.
Hey, yo. Yo, (clicks fingers) let's go!
One, two.
Three.
Are you coming with us?
Yeah, I'm coming with you.
Sit there.
Come on, guys.
Get him in.
We gotta move. Get the doors closed.
I need to set this here.
Hang in there, buddy, we're on the way
to the hospital, okay?
Gonna get some oxygen on him.
We're gonna get you there.
Just hang in there.
Okay, buddy, I'm gonna get this over your face, all right?
It's gonna help you breathe.
Okay? Here we go.
Tilt your head up for me.
Yeah. Oh.
You want this out of the way? Okay.
All right, buddy. Okay, buddy, hang in there.
What's the pressure?
75 over 52.
I think he's struggling to breathe.
Check his lung sounds.
Sounds absent on left.
All right, I see his trachea deviating.
Yeah, he's tension pneumo.
If you've got a girl to think about, think about her.
Stay with us. - I'm gonna get a needle.
Need to get a chest decompression.
All right, buddy, this is gonna help you breathe, okay?
Here we go.
That's better.
Yeah, that's better, huh?
Hang in there.
Shit! I think he just coded.
Fuck, he's asystole.
Fuck! Come on, buddy. - Start CPR.
Come on!
Hey, come on, buddy. Hang in there.
Patient in cardiac arrest.
All right, I need to get a bag on him.
You got him? - Ready, go.
We're almost there, man. Come on.
We're almost there buddy.
Get a move on. Get a move on.
- How far out? - Get the mask.
Can you hear me? - Hey, man, come back!
How long?
Keep him alive.
Hey, brother, you're gonna get home
to see your girlfriend, just hang in there.
Come on, keep it coming.
Come on, man! Fuck, we're almost there!
Come on!
Come on, man, come on, man. Hang in there.
Hang in there, buddy, come on!
Come on, man. Fuck!
Come on. Come on!
I usually get here 10 minutes early
and I like to ride with partners who do too.
Yes, sir.
So how long were you a paramedic?
- I rode the vollies. - Hey, Verdis!
How you doing? You know Cross?
Just got him from Colorado. I'm putting him in with Rut.
Ollie Cross.
Verdis. Nice to meet you.
Have a good day, son.
Have him sign for Rut. - Thank you.
Caught a cardiac on the last call.
Think I restocked everything,
but might wanna recheck my math.
They make it?
Uh, we brought him back for a few minutes.
But, uh, nah, they almost never make it.
What up, Rut? - Keys.
- Good luck. - Thanks.
Mom!
It's not his fault. Please.
Get them to get that dog out of here.
You wanna get bit?
- I love him. - Hey, buddy.
Just hold that right there, okay?
Ma'am.
Sir. Ma'am, just relax.
Sir, can we get, can we get you
to step outside with the dog?
Step outside with the dog,
we're trying to treat the boy.
Don't let him hurt my dog, please!
Ma'am, relax. Relax.
Sir, please. We need some space to treat the boy.
Please, just step outside. Thank you.
Hey, the patient's in the shower,
I'm gonna take care of this dog.
Where the fuck are your priorities? A fucking dog?
Hey, it's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you.
It's okay. I got you.
Hey, I got you.
I'm not gonna hurt you. Come on.
There we go. Come on.
Okay, come here, come here.
Hey, come here.
Move away! Move out the fucking way.
Get the fuck out the fucking way.
Let go of the fucking dog!
- Hey, man, just relax. - Let go
of the fucking dog!
- Just relax. - I'ma fucking kill you.
- Hey, hey. Whoa, whoa! - Get the fuck
out of the fucking way! - Put the gun down, man!
Put the gun down, man! - Move away.
Move out the fucking way. - Put the gun down, man!
Move out the fucking way.
Move away. - All right.
All right. All right.
You got chopsticks, please?
Thanks.
What'd you get? - Huh?
- What'd you get? - Chicken lo mein.
Here, I think, I think I got yours.
What is that?
It's whatever you ordered.
Yeah, that's chicken lo mein, I think.
Look at it. Does that look good?
- Yeah. - I don't know
the names of these things,
so I don't think.
So, you good? Good, okay.
You gonna eat that one?
- Ah-huh. - This is 5 Young,
sending a request through
with a landmark at Garvey Boulevard-
Oh, hey, man, that's spicy.
Did you get something spicy?
Here, let me see that one.
You want this one?
Wow. Fire.
Yeah.
'Cause this doesn't have any flavor.
Hmm?
But you like that one, right?
Yeah, I guess. It's okay.
Do you like this?
Yeah, sure. I mean, it's all right.
Do you want? - Yeah.
I'd rather put a fire out
than have a bunch of water on noodle.
What side you coming up on?
What side?
I don't mind trying something new.
You said you like Chinese food.
What's the matter with it?
- Oh, nothing. - Hmm?
I mean, I live in Chinatown.
Huh. That makes you a connoisseur?
- No. - I've been to Chinatown.
It's a bunch of white guys in ponytails.
You live in Manhattan. Why do you work East New York?
It's where I got assigned.
Mm.
But I'm taking the MCAT again in the spring.
Well, I give you about two weeks.
Four-five Young. Four-five Young.
For the unconscious female.
Myrtle Avenue, Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
- Okay. - Four-five Young
for the unconscious.
Do me a favor, don't strap down the trauma bags.
Yeah, but-
I don't care about the protocol.
Just slows us down.
If you wanna do that, do it with Verdis.
Don't do it with me.
All right?
I don't think you're taking me
to the fucking hospital.
You're taking me to the fucking psych ward or something.
Can you give me some information?
Fucking bastard. I hate you.
We're gonna take care of you.
You fucking asshole!
You fucking bitch motherfucker!
Okay, we're gonna take you to the hospital
so they can take care of you. - You ain't shit!
You ain't fucking shit!
I don't wanna go to the hospital.
Ma'am, what is your date of birth?
I didn't call you!
Who called you? - Are you gonna tell me
your birth date? - Who the fuck called you?
I already told you
we have to take you to the hospital.
- This is not a job. - Okay?
Anybody could do this.
Tie somebody up.
- I will jump out. - I have to
take you to the hospital.
- I got thrown off a roof. - There's nothing I can do.
- And I was raped. - I can't let you.
I can't let you outta here. - All right?
All right, I really need
to get some information from you, okay?
'Cause it's gonna help the hospital
to take care of you. - I'ma hit you.
I'ma fuck you up!
I'ma kick you in the fucking face.
I'm gonna fucking sue you, bitch.
- Please, just relax. - Motherfucker.
I ain't give no consent. - Please, just relax.
We're almost there.
We're gonna be there in five minutes.
So tell me something about you.
You don't wanna talk, asshole?
Hey, you ever been abused?
Huh? I've been abused.
When I was a little girl.
My stepfather, that motherfucker.
Nobody believed me. My mother gave me up.
So one time she beat me up with a electrical cord
and beat me up so bad, I was bleeding all over the place.
I tell her, "Bitch! You gonna die.
You gonna die, watch, for defending him."
And she sent me to school just like that, bleeding.
Ever since then, I never respected her.
I was so upset.
Sometimes I feel like committing suicide.
But don't put that on the records,
'cause I'm not suicidal.
Can you say something?
Paramedics. Motherfucking shit.
You look like you eight years old,
and still sucking on your mother's titty.
Your breath smells like fucking titty milk.
Yeah, like fucking titty milk.
You still sucking a pacifier?
Oh, I got one. I do, it's a, a, here.
Maybe you can put this up your ass and smell it,
'cause you're talking shit.
You're gonna hear my mouth all the way
to the fucking hospital.
Hey. Oh, you don't wanna hear my mouth?
Put these two thumbs in your ear.
And put these in your asshole.
Motherfucker.
Motherfucker!
You fucking bastard. I hate.
You're just trying to get fucking paid.
I'm gonna fucking sue you, like the cops,
and then I'm fine.
I'll call 'em.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Five, four, three! - Get that off.
- Come on, man! - Look, man, I'm trying.
We got a tourniquet on it about seven minutes ago.
We got one.
Four-five Young. Four-five Young.
Asthmatic. Atlantic Avenue and Vermont Street.
Four- five Young, for the asthmatic.
Four-five Young.
Got a 63-year-old male. Difficulty breathing.
You call 911?
He's over there. On the other side.
Hey, there. What's going on?
Trouble breathing?
- Yes. - Yeah?
Yes.
Is he asthmatic?
- Ah, yes. - Yes? Okay.
When did he first start having trouble breathing?
- About 30 minutes. - 30 minutes ago?
Okay, I'm gonna get the nebulizer on him.
- Yeah. - What's his name?
- Uh, Firash. - Okay.
Firash, we're gonna get you something to help you, okay?
All right, Firash. Hang in there.
Okay, Firash. Gonna put this over you.
It's gonna help you breathe, okay?
Here you go.
All right, take some nice deep breaths for me.
He speaks English? - No, only Arabic.
Only Arabic?
Okay, can you tell him to take some deep breaths for me?
All right, I got, I got him.
I got, I got him. I got him.
- You're good there. - Please.
- Okay. Okay, all right. - Please, do something.
Help him. Please!
Physio. Tube.
- On this guy? - Yep.
- He's agonal. - Sure is. Go at it.
That's right, he's agonal.
Hurry up, Cross.
Ready, Cross?
Almost. Yeah.
Tell me that you're ready.
Tell me you're ready.
Tell me you're ready! - Please help him!
- Yeah. Ready. - Go!
Come on.
Can't get through the cords.
All right. Resus.
He's gonna die.
He'll die if you don't tube 'em.
Go, go, go!
Okay.
I can't get through the cords.
Right, give me the scope. Give me the scope!
Allah!
You see the cords?
Yeah, they're clamped shut.
Wait. Wait, wait.
Do it. Go, go!
There.
Thanks.
All right, you're not finished.
Listen to the stomach and the lungs.
Okay.
Fucking dumb hick.
I just wanna thank you, Cross,
on behalf of every dog in New York City
that you've come here to save.
Am I lying? Am I lying?
Oh! (gasps) Fuck!
You fucking piece of shit!
What the fuck?
- Where is he? - Maybe take a deep breath.
Oh, you found it.
I thought you might wanna keep him.
What's wrong?
♪ I've been high ♪
Get rid of it!
I said get rid of it!
Come on, motherfucker.
'Cause he can't take a fucking joke.
No, he can't. Come on. - Cross! Cross!
- Bitch, come on. Come on. - Cross, stop!
Boss, I told him.
I told him. He was fucking with me.
Get the fuck in here! Clean that shit up!
I didn't see this coming from you, Cross!
Emergency Medical Service. Not dog fucking morgue!
- You looking at med school? - Yeah.
Tried to get in last year back in Colorado,
but uh, I didn't do so hot on the MCAT.
But you're still trying.
I'm supposed to.
That's why I don't have a second job
and I'm living with two Chinese lunatics.
- Hm. - Helps me save money.
Gives me extra time to study. Supposedly.
Study, study, study, study.
All right. Give me one.
Try me. - All right.
Okay, here we go.
"A colony of smooth strain bacteria is grown
on a culture containing an experimental drug
that cleaves nucleic acid base sequences
wherever adenine is paired with uracil.
Which of the following processes will be directly affected?
Is it, A, transcription, B, translation,
C, transformation, or D, transduction?"
Okay, so give me another one.
Just give me the next one.
Give me one more.
- Okay. - Smart ass.
Come on.
"Reactions with alkalies often result in a mixture-"
I'm gonna get a bag on him.
You want me to get the pads on him?
Yep.
All right. Pads set.
Stop CPR.
I'm clear. You're clear.
All clear.
- Clear. - Clear!
Clear!
No, he's still V-fib.
Charging.
I'm clear. You clear?
All clear?
- Clear. Clear. - All clear.
We got rhythm.
Yeah, he's got a pulse.
We've got ROSC.
Good job, man.
Sir, how you doing? Can you hear me?
Yeah? You're doing great, all right?
Welcome back, my friend.
What's the last thing you remember?
I was finished having lunch.
Finished having lunch?
What'd you have for lunch? You remember?
Pork chops, French fries.
You might have to cut down on the fries
and the pork chops.
You're doing great, all right?
We got you in the back of an ambulance.
We're going to the hospital.
You sleep okay?
Yeah, I guess.
I mean, it's a little tricky getting used to the nights.
Yeah.
When you froze the other night.
What?
- With the gunshot patient. - I- I didn't freeze.
Oh, okay.
Was that the first time you saw somebody go?
No, I was with my mother when she passed.
Yeah. That's how it starts for a lot of guys.
Seeing someone they care about taking their last breath.
Yeah. I found her in the bath.
Wasn't really much I could have done
by the time I got the door open.
But I was just a kid,
I couldn't even pick her up out of the tub.
She cut her wrist.
Well, you can't save everyone.
Not even with all the toys and the training.
Sometimes they just go away anyway.
You're not gonna get all weepy on me now, are ya?
Sh, sh, sh.
Remember, you're dying.
Okay, dying.
I got it.
How does it feel seeing someone die?
What's going on?
Look, she over here.
Oh boy.
I'll let you have this one.
Ma'am. Ma'am?
Ma'am. Can you get up?
- Ma'am? - You been drinking tonight?
- Can you hear me? - Huh?
- Ma'am? - Hmm?
- You okay? - You unconscious.
- What's going on? - Nothing. I was sleeping.
- You're sleeping? - Yeah.
- Can we get you up, ma'am? - Why?
I'm gonna stay there, I'm asleep.
No, you're at the laundromat.
- Can you get up? - What happened?
- Wait, I don't wanna fall. - You want your walker.
- You're too skinny. - Ready?
Let me help you up. Watch your head.
Come here. One, two, three!
There we go. There you go.
All right, let's get you walker here.
- Can you get it from there? - Yeah.
- Here. Can you stay up? - You okay?
- Yep. - Okay.
- Get your stuff and go. - You ready to go?
No.
I got my clothes washing there.
She bullshit.
You have your clothes washing here?
- Yes! - She have no clothes here.
Go! - Yes, I do.
Don't tell me I got no clothes.
What's this? That's mine.
I don't think these are your clothes.
Yes, they are.
You saw me putting them in there.
You saw my panties. They all in there.
- Okay. - She crazy, man.
Well, you can't, you can't stay here.
You can come with us to the hospital.
- Go! - Or do you wanna go outside?
Hospital. What should I go to the hospital for?
Do you wanna go with us to the emergency?
- Uh, I think so. - Or do you wanna?
Or you gonna go find somewhere else to sleep?
- Go! - I'm feeling good.
I'm feeling very good.
If you're not doing laundry here, we, you can't stay here.
Take your shit and go!
I have the right to stay here.
It's a place of business.
I'm a citizen of the United States of America.
Okay? You gotta respect me.
And you Chinese- - Take your shit and go!
Stop it. Okay?
You think you're the owner of everything.
- Don't come back. - You own your ass
and your dick.
That's all you own. - This not homeless shelter.
- You have nothing else. - Okay.
- All right? - Let's go. Let's go outside.
You fucking crazy Chino, man.
You're just gonna let her go?
You crazy, man.
I'ma burn you.
Chinese mother flower.
- Just go. Just go. - You suck your dick.
- I'm gonna call the cops. - And yours. And yours.
- Okay okay. Go, go, go! - Fuck you,
and I see you later.
Bye! - Another successful
medical intervention.
- Suck my dick now? - Do something.
Suck my pussy, and let's go out, okay?
Come back and take all your shit and go!
Got all your things here.
- Not my stuff. - Pick it up!
I'm not gonna pick it up for you. I'll help you.
All this yours? - Beer. Alcohol.
- All right. - All me. Yeah.
I don't want my. Alcohol, this.
Just gonna let her walk away?
- That's it. - Okay.
- That's garbage. - She's just gonna come back.
- Suck my dick, you two. - No dick to suck here.
All right, you wanna suck it, come outside.
- Disgusting. - Come in my car.
A hundred dollars. - I'm gonna call the cops.
I'm the fucking police. Call the police.
I'm my own fucking police.
I'm the police of the world!
You motherfuckers! Bye!
Love ya!
All right.
Well, next time we'll bring her back a squeegee.
Squeegee, squeegee, squeegee.
So tell me if you think this is funny.
There's a pedophile.
He's walking a, a 6-year-old girl
out into the woods at dusk.
And uh, she says, "Mister, I'm getting scared.
It's getting dark."
And he says, "Think about me, selfish,
I gotta go back alone."
That's a good one. I heard that one before.
Yeah, but you laughed.
You think that's funny? - It's still good. Yeah?
Is there something wrong with you?
No.
All right, I got one.
This 8-year-old boy gets to the house.
He knocks on the door.
A little old lady opens the door.
She says, "Oh, sonny, you must be a pirate."
He says, "Yes ma'am, I am a pirate."
She says, "Well, if you're a pirate,
where, where are your buccaneers?"
He goes, "Under my buccan-hat, you buccan-bitch."
I like, I like that one.
Hey man. Didn't you say 10 minutes early?
Yeah. Fuck you.
Asshole.
I'll see you outside.
- See this guy? - Yeah. On the bicycle?
I always feel like just opening the door.
Crack! (chuckles) I don't like these guys.
EMS!
Oh, you brought back up.
Nancy, this is Cross.
Cross, Nancy.
You got it?
Where's Sylvie?
You're not seeing her until you pay her rent.
So you got it or not?
Thank you.
That's the welcome party.
Hey. Hello.
How are you? - Good.
Where are you gonna take me?
- This way. - Take me to play somewhere.
Yeah.
So you're the new partner?
Yeah.
I'm the most recent ex-wife and mother of his only child.
Nice to meet you.
How many wives has he had?
I lost count.
Okay, good.
Loves his daughter though. I'll give him that.
Bravo. Watch what happens.
How long, how long have you guys lived here?
Five years. Two just Sylvie and me.
How long you been on the job?
A few weeks.
Few weeks?
- Yep. - Hm.
How's your girlfriend deal with it?
Oh, I- uh, I don't really have a girlfriend.
I mean, there's a girl, but. - Oh, I see.
Busy saving the world,
not much time for, uh, personal stuff.
I don't know about that.
I know about that.
I know all about that.
Excuse me.
Oh, I haven't told him yet.
But um, I talked to the lawyer,
and he said we're well within our rights
as long as we stay within state lines.
It's a rainbow hopscotch
Yeah, let's see your hopscotch.
This side or that side?
It doesn't matter.
Whatever you wanna do.
I got a magic trick for you.
All right. You ready? - Yeah.
All right.
Voila!
I love you. So happy to see you.
Me too.
Let me see that.
It's pretty. Where'd you get that?
From Mommy's friend.
Hey, darling, Daddy's gotta get back to work.
What am I doing?
Helping people get better.
That's right.
This is Cross.
- Hello. - He's a goofball.
Will you go show him your hopscotch?
- Yes. - See if he
can hopscotch. - Oh, wait.
Gotta do that again.
Let's go hopscotch.
What you got? Ooh!
Look at you.
Yeah, I could stay on this.
- Yes? Like this? - Yeah.
So you're seeing somebody.
Attagirl.
Um.
Yeah.
- Hey. - Hey, darling.
- Run around. - Daddy's gotta go.
All right. I love you.
Mommy's waiting for you. - Okay. Bye!
Bye, darling.
Bye!
Hang on.
Hi. What's up, buddy?
You wakey-wakey? Hi.
Huh?
He's still tired. - Yeah.
Hey, buddy.
Are you gonna say hi to Mama's friend?
Huh? Here.
Bless you.
- Bless you. - Bless you. Hey.
- Hi, buddy. - Hey.
Hi. What do you think?
Ooh.
Four-five Young. Four-five Young.
Dysp breathing, fever, cough,
at the Brownsville Nursing Home.
East New York Avenue, Rockaway.
Four-five Young.
- How we doing? - Hi.
He's right over there.
It started yesterday afternoon
and it's getting worse and worse.
- What's the history? - He has advanced Alzheimer's,
heart disease, chronic pneumonia, and incontinence.
My lungs are bad.
- Yeah? - They are.
- You got a DNR? - No, he doesn't have a DNR.
Let me go bring
his chart for you. - I'm dying.
Sh, it's okay.
Sir, we'll take you to the hospital.
We'll transfer him to a hospital
from this fucking nursing home.
He'll be right back.
Pulmonary edema. He's got an ocean in his lungs.
I know what you're thinking.
Is it worth it?
You and I both know as soon as we get him to the ED,
they're gonna intubate him
and he probably won't ever breathe on his own again.
All right. Ready?
- Yep. - One, two, three.
I used to work a double shift.
I was with FDNY and a private outfit,
and my mainstay was an air-conditioning business
with my cousin.
So I'd do the 7:00 to 7:00 day, 7:00 to 7:00 night,
then go straight to knocking wallboard out,
putting in insulated duct.
By the time I'd get home, I hit the rack,
like, man, boom, just crashed.
A coma.
And my wife would wake me, shaking me,
telling me I wasn't breathing.
But I think she was fucking with me.
Wake me if I stop breathing.
You got it.
- 2F? - Yeah, 2F.
EMS!
Hey, yeah.
Hello, EM-
Hey. I called.
Check my wife please.
What's going?
I think she fell or something.
She doesn't look really good.
- What happened? - Four-five Young, 10-85.
What's going on? What happened?
Did you hit your head?
Do you remember?
Hm? - Two of you arguing tonight?
- Nah, we didn't. - You sure?
Yeah, I'm sure, man.
- She fell? - That's what she told me.
Okay, just relax. Just relax.
So what do you, what is the last thing you remember?
Where'd you, where'd you hit your head?
Where does it hurt the worst?
Okay.
Ma'am, you remember what happened?
You say you fell, right?
Where'd you fall?
You remember? - The stairs.
Was she, was she unconscious?
A little bit.
Sir, could you just.
Sir, please. We're trying to get her to relax.
Let my partner help your wife.
That's fine. You focus on her.
He's trying to help your wife.
- I'm trying to talk to her. - If you just wanna step
into the other room? - That's all I'm doing.
We're trying to help her.
Do me a favor.
Just, you make me a little nervous
being so behind me, okay? - I'm cool, man.
I'm in my house. - I'm just trying
to take care of your wife, all right?
Can you just give us...
Sir, we're trying to ask her some questions.
Could you just step into the other room or something?
What is all these questions about?
What you are? Cops? - We're just trying
to help your wife. No, we're not cops.
We're just trying- - That's exactly
what I'm saying. - To help your wife.
Sir? Sir?
Sir, could you just give us a second-
- I'm cool, man! - While we talk to her?
I know, but just give us a second
while we talk to her! - Stop looking at me.
Look at her and help.
Just do your fucking jobs.
Yeah. That's what we're trying to do.
I'm getting really pissed right now,
'cause y'all asking too much goddamn questions
and not getting her help.
Let me.
Here, just sit back and relax a little bit.
Don't look at me. Look at her, all right.
Could you just give us a second?
Okay.
Where you going, man?
- Sir. - Where are you going?
I'm gonna get her to the hospital.
What is this for?
We're gonna take her to the hospital.
Well, that's not gonna happen.
Come on. Just stand over there.
Just get out of the way.
That's not gonna happen.
- Hey, hey! Knock it off! - Motherfucker.
NYPD! What's going on?
Get the fuck out.
- What? - Get the fuck out.
Get him out, get him out!
Get him the fuck out!
It's all right.
What the fuck y'all doing? Yo!
We'll take you to the hospital,
and they'll check you out.
It's all right. It's okay.
Rut! Rut, hey, hey!
Got a wife-beater pussy bitch.
You pussy bitch. Right?
You sorry pussy bitch!
- Rut! - Who you talking to?
Rut, hey!
Hey! Rut, Rut! - Come on, motherfucker!
- The fuck are you doing? - Let's get him downstairs!
Fuck off, man.
What are you doing? Come on.
Fucking wrong, yo!
You good?
We'll take care of you.
Let's get the ice pack on her hand.
From the minute Putin-wannabe bitch opens the door,
he's already been threatening with us.
Every time the wife tries to tell Cross
an answer to one of his questions,
this guy's overbearing on top, threatening to us,
while he's telling her to shut the fuck up
in Ru, whatever.
Over and over. That's what's going on the whole time.
Then the second I got up, this fucking guy gets on me.
Cops rushed him.
Just, he was, engaged me,
I was a little fueled-up at that point.
I go to the door.
Captain, please. I go.
I only went to the door.
The next thing he does, he's trying to kick me.
How did that happen, Rut?
I didn't, when Cross is asking her medical questions-
- Rut, it's- - He just keeps
fucking threatening the wife.
It's not a good look when the medics
make their own fucking patients, okay, Rut?
You pushed a cop, Rut.
You pushed a fucking cop, Rut.
I didn't try to hit a cop.
In fact, I didn't. - You did!
The cop was, you know, pulling me off from the guy
who was trying to kick me at the door.
I didn't. I didn't actually hit the cop.
I got the guy that took a kick at me
'cause I was motherfucking him at the door,
and then the cops and I got into it for two seconds.
That's not what the report says. Okay?
The cop was assaulted. What can I do?
- So you're benching me? - Get the fuck outta here.
You know, I'll have to go down
and get a psych eval at some point.
That's with a therapist?
Anytime anything happens in the field,
they send you downtown for a debrief.
You know, you're having nightmares, insomnia, all that.
After 9/11, they sent a whole army of shrinks
to all the stations.
You were there, right?
We got there at least a couple of minutes
before the first tower went down.
You know h- how, you've seen it on television?
So it just looks like a lava flow or someth-
I mean, it just sort of melts down.
That's not what it was like.
It was more like this thing,
like clack, clack, clack.
Every floor crashing into each other,
just clack, clack, clack, clack.
I mean, you could really feel it falling.
So we went around the clock, and then
I went back to work three days later.
I mean, what else was I gonna do?
Well, I guess I could've taken
that fancy doctor's test you're taking.
Nancy's leaving.
She met someone.
And they're, uh, taking off.
Upstate somewhere.
Taking Sylvie with 'em.
I mean, I would h- have her weekends,
and then now it'll be holidays.
Maybe it's for the best.
Get her outta the city.
She'll have a better life.
Hey, don't kill anybody while I'm gone.
♪ All that's left is to hope and pray ♪
♪ There's nothing left for you to say ♪
♪ You can't kill the devil ♪
You don't like metal?
♪ Evil is alive ♪
♪ You can't kill the devil ♪
♪ 'Cause evil never dies ♪
We got a foul odor up here.
Yeah, guys, it's, uh,
second apartment door right here.
So glad we rushed here.
We rushed over here for a dead body.
Oh, that's the good stuff.
Have at it.
You're not going?
You're the rookie.
Here. - What the fuck is that?
You're gonna be fine.
The fuck is that?
Vicks VapoRub.
- Get the fuck off me. - What's wrong with you?
It's so you don't puke.
Your mother never used that?
Cross!
You believe in heaven, Cross?
You believe in that shit?
I don't know if I believe in heaven,
but I believe in hell.
You know, a fly can smell death sooner than we can?
It's the only smell you can never get used to.
Ollie? Are you okay?
Yeah.
Is something wrong?
Hey, you can talk to me.
I'm worried about you.
Hey, I'm trying to study in here!
Thank you.
Hey! Could you please do that in the other room?
Hey! Hey!
I said I'm trying to fucking study in here!
Okay? It's a very important exam.
Please, would you do that in the other room? Thank you.
Fuck!
Do you know how many days it's been?
17 days. Not one thank you.
Most of the time they say "fuck you."
I'm losing faith, like, in humanity, you know?
I'm losing faith.
Come on, come on. Speak, oh, there you go.
There you go. Yeah.
No, no, no, wait. Just relax.
Hey, wait, wait, no. Come on, wait.
Fuck!
Ma'am, you had an overdose, okay?
We're trying to help. - Fuck!
Fuck you! - We're doing our job, ma'am.
- Ow. My hair! - Ma'am!
Fuck me, okay. Fuck me.
- Yes! - Just relax!
I can't hear another fucking thing.
Ma'am, just relax, please!
We're just doing our job. - Fuck you. Fuck you!
You don't call, you don't write.
Don't send me flowers
Hey, man.
Welcome back. - Thanks.
Four-nine Henry.
Correction, we're going to hospital 14.
Category M.
At least I'm back in our old apartment
now that they're upstate.
How's it feel?
Like a double amputation.
I don't suppose you're looking for a roommate?
Yeah, what, you wanna talk and cuddle?
You couldn't afford it anyway, Mr.
"I'm going to med school.
I can't afford time for a second job."
Well, that's definitely true.
Four-five Young.
Four-five Young. For the OB cop.
Yeah, Four-five Young, send it.
Uh, show us 63. I got it.
Oh, you bet you got it.
- How much? - Eight.
Okay. There you go.
Thank you. - Muchas gracias.
Is that a pregnancy?
You ever caught a baby?
No.
Well, maybe you get lucky
and she'll deliver in the bus.
Don't worry. Mama and baby do the hard part.
Hey, how's it going?
Don't know.
I heard screaming about 10 minutes ago.
She's pregnant. That's why I called you guys.
The door's locked. I can't get in the room.
It's locked?
Yeah. Hello?
Should we wait for PD?
EMS! We're here to help you, EMS.
Fuck!
Okay, come on. Come on.
She's got a pulse. She's pinpoint.
All right, I'm gonna get this dog shit
out of her arm.
Let me get the Narcan.
Shears!
Ma'am? Ma'am, can you hear me?
Ma'am, I need you to wake up.
Ma'am?
Stay with Mom. I'm taking this kid down the hall.
- What? - Is there a restroom
down here? - Wait, is, is the baby okay?
Ma'am, just relax.
Just relax. Just relax.
My partner's got- - Where's my baby?
The baby, ma'am.
Ma'am, ma'am, just relax. - My baby. My baby.
Just relax. Just relax.
Ma'am, just relax.
It's all right. - My baby!
My partner's got the baby, okay?
He's gonna take care of her, okay?
Ma'am. Ma'am, just relax, okay?
Let me see your arm.
Just relax.
Can you answer some questions for me?
Where's my baby?
How long has the baby been out?
Ma'am. - Where's my baby?
Do you know how long the baby's been out?
My partner's got the baby. Okay?
He is doing the best he can.
All right? - My baby!
Just relax for me.
You've lost a lot of blood, okay?
Where's my baby? My baby.
We got the baby.
We're gonna take care of you, okay?
We're gonna do the best we can.
All right. He's taking care of the baby.
Just relax. Okay?
I need to get an IV in you. - My baby.
My baby.
My baby. My baby's dead. - Ma'am.
How much did you just use?
I need to know.
- I'm clean. I'm clean. - Ma'am!
We found a needle in your arm.
How much did you just use?
You gotta tell me, okay?
You have to tell me.
I- I- I needed something for the pain.
You needed something for the pain?
But I've been clean.
- Okay. You've been clean? - I've been clean.
All right. That's all right.
My baby. It's all my fault.
Did you use anything else besides heroin?
- No. No, no, no. - Did you use anything else?
No? - No.
Okay. All right.
Let me get this around your arm right there.
- The baby's dead. - Do you remember
how many minutes the baby was out?
My fault. It's my fault.
My baby. My baby.
Ma'am. Have you been tested for HIV?
Have you been tested for HIV?
- Yeah. - Yeah?
I got it. I'm positive.
Okay, all right.
And you've been taking the meds
so your baby wouldn't get the virus?
They don't work.
How do you know that? They do work.
You should have been taking the meds
so your baby wouldn't get the virus.
My baby. The baby, the baby's dead.
- Hey, guys, what's going on? - 30-year-old female.
She just gave birth.
She's, uh, 32 weeks pregnant.
Where's the baby?
She took some heroin for the pain.
- Where's, where's the baby? - So I gave her two Narcan.
She's HIV positive.
Hasn't been taking her meds
and, uh, she lost a lot of blood.
I got an IV set up. - Are you fucking serious?
I'm gonna go check on my partner.
I'll be right here. - Where's your partner?
He's got the O2 tank.
What the fuck is going on here?
- Where's my baby? - Hi, ma'am.
How are you feeling?
Excuse me? Where is he?
In there!
Hey! What's going on?
How's the baby?
Stillborn. Baby's dead.
Yo, what the hell's going on back there?
Un-fucking-believable.
Come on, guys. Where's the baby?
Just tell, tell them we're taking Mom.
- Guys, where's the baby? - It's dead. It's stillborn.
We're gonna take the mother.
You always treat a newborn
Yeah, take your protocols and stick 'em up your ass.
We got Mom. Your partner's in with the baby.
That's not the protocol.
Get with your partner.
These guys and their protocols.
Shit.
- Pick her up. - One, two, three.
All right.
We're going first. We have the baby.
Fucking cavalry.
Un-fucking-believable.
One, two, three.
- Doing good? - Yeah.
Okay. All yours.
Where we at?
How you doing?
What have we got?
She's HIV positive.
Uh, she just gave birth.
- One, two. - Three.
Can we have a report when you get a minute?
Yeah.
All right. - What's the patient's name?
It's, uh, Nia Brown.
- Date of birth. - It's 8/24/91.
So we got a call for a pregnancy.
Uh, she told us she was 32 weeks pregnant.
The baby was out when we got there.
- Gene Rutkovsky? - On the scene?
There was a problem with your last call.
A problem with our last call?
Sorry, just give me one second.
- Out of service. - Are you being serious?
You can head back to the station.
Hey, what's going on?
We've been restricted.
Why?
The baby lived.
I don't know what your partner said,
but you're outta service.
You can head back to your station.
What happened?
I don't know. I was with the mother.
She was my patient.
I need you to focus on the truth.
Did you and Rutkovsky compare notes on this event?
- No, we didn't. - Why not?
Because he wouldn't talk to me.
You were with the mother?
Yes.
And you never saw the baby?
I did for a moment.
Was it breathing?
I don't think so.
Did you look closely?
Wasn't my patient.
Did you ask the mother about the baby?
Yes.
What'd she say?
She said that it was dead.
Did you ask anybody else about the baby?
Yes. Rutkovsky.
What did he say?
He said that the baby was dead.
When did you ask Rutkovsky about the baby?
When I went to get the O2 tank.
It was with him.
Where was he?
He had taken the baby out of the room and down the hall.
The bed was covered in blood
and the mother was coming back from an OD.
He needed a safe place to treat.
When you asked about the baby, did you look yourself?
Rutkovsky's the senior medic.
I did not ask you who was the senior medic.
What I asked you was when you asked about the baby,
did you look yourself?
Yes, it was covered in a towel.
So you let him do whatever he wants,
even leave a baby to die.
I let him treat the most critical patient.
I thought that he would know
whether a baby was breathing or not.
We've got the baby, okay?
We're taking care of it.
Just relax. All right?
We're gonna get a blood pressure.
My baby. My baby.
We've got the baby.
We're gonna take care of you, okay?
We're gonna do the best- - My baby's dead.
I'm only gonna ask this question one time.
Tell the truth now or your case goes before the board.
Did Paramedic Rutkovsky intentionally
withhold treatment?
No. He made a mistake.
Rut. Rut.
How you doing, man?
I told them it was a mistake.
Rutkovsky. You're up.
Get the fuck away from me, hero boy.
We've got the baby.
We're gonna take care of you, okay?
We're gonna do the best we can.
I need you to relax.
How many weeks were you?
Are you sure
Yeah, I'm sure.
I got your back.
My baby's dead
- Ma'am. Ma'am, ma'am. - Where's my baby?
Ma'am.
He's taking care of the baby. Relax, okay?
I'm trying to save him, man!
Hey. Hey, back up.
Hey, get the fuck back.
Get the fuck back! - Back up!
Back off! Get the fuck off!
Hey!
Hey, hey, get the fuck back!
- Watch it, man! - Don't fucking touch me.
Don't fucking touch me, and fucking do your jobs.
Roll him up right now. Get him out of here.
Don't fucking push me, motherfucker.
Hey!
- Don't you fucking touch me. - Don't fucking touch him.
Move, man. We're trying to come through.
Get the fuck out of the way!
Yo, I swear to God, bro.
He's not gonna go.
Get the fuck out of the way!
Where the fuck you going?
Be hell of a lot easier
if you moved the fuck out of the way.
- You ain't going. - Bro, it's my business, bro.
Get the fuck off me, man.
Do your job!
Let me do my job, motherfucker.
Go, go, go, go, go!
- One all. - One all.
Back the fuck up!
Hey, hey.
Get the fuck away from the ambulance. Go up front.
Hey! Lafontaine!
- Don't fucking touch me. - Get the fuck out of here!
Get the fuck out of here! Doing our job!
Do your job!
Fucking do your job!
Let's see what you got, my man.
You got something? Got something good in here?
Oh, come on. I know you do.
Yes, you do.
Shit. (chuckling) Yeah.
That's some Mexican mud. That's what that is.
How long do you think he'll last?
Huh?
Fuck him.
Fucking drug dealer.
Think you're an angel?
Really? Well, I ain't Jesus.
I'll tell you that.
Come on. I won't tell nobody.
- I'm good. - Have a drink.
It's good shit.
I don't want a drink.
Don't you get tired of being good all the time?
Where you from?
Glenwood Springs. It's in Colorado.
You're from Colorado?
You know what it is to shoot a horse, right?
It's a mercy kill.
When these doors close, we're not pawns anymore.
We're not even kings. We're gods.
We decide. We decide.
You think I'm gonna save some piece of shit's fucking life?
That's how it was with Rut, wasn't it? You know.
That's not how it was with Rut.
Oh, you believe that?
You- you- (laughing).
You really don't know shit, do you?
You think these people like you?
You think you're saving people?
You'll learn. You'll learn.
Come on!
What are you mad at?
What I'm saying is stop being so sensitive.
That's all I'm saying.
Jesus, tough room.
If you don't wanna talk, we don't have to talk.
We could just sit here and.
Seriously, man, if you got.
Be careful about sitting on a high horse
or thinking you're gonna actually
save people, you know?
'Cause if that horse- - Shut the fuck up!
Shut the fuck up!
This is what you fucking want from me? Huh?
Shut the fuck up!
Okay. All right.
Ollie! Ollie!
Ollie, stop! Stop!
What the fuck is wrong with you?
You hurt me.
You need to leave.
Fuck!
You need to fucking leave!
How many people did you rob today? Huh?
- Are you crazy? - You don't even remember
the people that you robbed, motherfucker.
I get you. Now you're a big man, right?
Beats up old ladies.
- I don't beat up old ladies. - With five
of his fucking friends.
He sells crack to fucking 10-year-old kids.
I don't sell crack to no one.
Get off me! - 10-year-old kids!
- I don't know you. - You a man?
Hit him. Give him a lesson.
- Get the fuck off. - Give him a spanking.
Get the fuck off me!
Hit him. Hit him.
- Fuck off. - This is your chance.
This is your chance. Hit him.
Oh, look he does. He wants to.
He wants to. - Get off me me!
- He wants. - Shut up.
- Oh! - Get off!
Get the fuck off of me. - Oh. Oh, oh.
Are you fucking kidding me?
You gonna hit me?
Come on. Come on.
You piece of fucking shit.
Hit me like a man. You gonna hit me?
Hit me!
I said.
Come on! Hit me like a fucking man!
I'm proud of you.
That was beautiful.
Can I get you something else?
Uh, I'm still waiting for my friend,
so, uh, I'm okay for now, thank you.
Yeah, no, no, no, no. Go, go, go.
Why don't you take a look at the menu?
I think the waitress is about to kick me outta here
if we don't order.
I never liked Chinese food. I was being polite.
We can go somewhere else.
I'd prefer that.
Let's get outta here.
I've been studying for the MCAT
and, uh, I had to take the test yesterday.
You know, I never asked you
what happened after the investigation.
Nothing much. I got a formal reprimand.
Burroughs said I was unobservant.
Fuck Burroughs.
Fuck 'em all.
Fuckers wanted to put me behind a desk.
Administrative? That was never gonna happen.
It was fucked-up what happened.
You made a mistake,
but at least everybody's all right.
Big fucking mistake.
It was, but hey, it could have happened to anybody.
You listen to this character.
You know, some of us do this for a living full-time.
It's not just a pit stop on the way to a medical degree.
So just maybe don't make a mistake
fucking with me.
What are you talking about?
What am I talking about?
They were gonna put me out to pasture no matter what,
whether I fucked up or not.
We walked into that shelter,
you see the junkie with a needle in her arm,
her baby drenched in HIV blood,
set up for a miserable fucking life.
I mean, it's not that complicated, Ollie.
I chose not to treat.
Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about.
You're out here for two minutes, you know.
It's the job. They're dying.
It's us, the dead and the dying.
It's the job.
We carry the misery
and nobody gives two shits about it.
Not the department, not our wives,
or whatever the fuck you got.
Nobody.
Because, you know, why, uh, why should they?
But me, I was fucking done.
I did what I thought was right.
If you can't admit what you see in front of your eyes, then.
Then what?
What?
Then you're a coward.
- And what are you? - Are you a coward?
Are you a coward? - What does that make you?
- Are you a coward? - Huh?
- Are you a coward? - What does that make you?
If I'm a coward, you're a fucking murderer.
You're a good guy. You were a good partner.
See you later, Cross.
Fuck!
He's at the corner. There, the corner.
Sir. Your son had a seizure.
His mother is looking after him.
He should be fine.
We should take him in.
Tried to fix him so many times.
Sir, I don't think you understand.
Your son needs medical treatment.
God will take care of him,
better than me, better than you.
Cross! Cross!
How's Rut doing?
I don't know.
I've known Rut 15 years.
I don't believe he'd try to kill a baby.
But he was up on that edge.
We all work in the darkness.
You don't gotta let it inside you.
Look out for your partner, Cross.
That's all I'm saying.
Gotcha.
Four-five Young. Four-five Young.
Man on the roof. Bushwick Avenue, Jefferson Street.
- It's Jefferson Street. - Four-five Young.
For the jumper, up.
That's Rut's place.
Yo, get, get the bag.
Get the bags. Let's go.
Go!
Wait. Wait.
Hey, hey, hey, hey. - Who is that?
Who is that? - Listen. Look at me.
Look at me.
Get off me.
- Stop. - Let me go!
Let me go!
Fuck! Rut!
Rut!
Rut, man! No!
Hey no, wait. Wait.
Please! Fuck!
Rut! Rut!
I got him. I got him.
I got him. Go.
Rut! Oh, fuck!
Rut! Rut!
No, man! No!
Oh fuck. Oh fuck.
I'm sorry.
Listen, Ollie, you need help.
I can't help you.
Please don't call me again.
I don't know if you remember me.
I was one of the medics when you had your baby.
I came here because I wanted to tell you what happened,
so you wouldn't think it was something else.
I wanted to tell you the truth.
The truth?
You thought she'd be better off dead than with me.
Don't lie.
You had no right to take my baby away from me.
I know. I'm sorry.
I had been clean.
That's why I was here.
Yeah, I remember you said that.
So where's the other one that took her? Huh?
He too scared to come up here?
No. He's dead.
He killed himself.
- They hadn't told me that. - Yeah.
How's the baby doing?
She's with my mother until I get back on my feet.
You know, you start doing this job
because you wanna help people.
Sometimes you just end up doing the complete opposite.
That's what happened.
And we were very, very, very wrong.
I don't expect you to forgive us for that.
I'm really glad the baby's all right.
Me too.
Rosario!
Go save my daughter. Go save my daughter.
Please.
EMS. Stand by.
- Rosario! - What are you doing?
Cross! Wait for the all clear.
Where, where are you going?
Cross! - Save my daughter!
Just save my-
Cross!
It's not clear!
Cross!
All right.
Just relax, okay? I got you.
It'll be all right.
All right. Here we go.
Here we go. Here we go.
All right. I got you, okay?
I got you. Just breathe.
There we go. Come back to me.
Come on. Come on, come back to me.
Yeah, come on. Come back to me.
Hey. Can you hear me?
There. There you are.
There you are.
Hey, just relax. Okay?
Just breathe, I got you.
Thank you so much for saving her.
Of course.