PIANG
Hey, that's funny.
Boat hasn't even touched his food.
There must be something wrong with him.
Where is he?
He was around here about an hour ago.
You sure?
Yeah, I'm sure. He slobbered all over me.
Well, maybe he got shot into the store room by accident.
Huh?
Yeah.
Hey, Cap. You seen Boot?
Not recently, Cap.
Boot!
He just wouldn't wander off.
Yeah, not only an empty stomach, he wouldn't.
Boot!
Well, he doesn't seem to be in there.
Come on, boy!
Let's go! Let's go! Come on, come on, come on!
Come on!
Well, he's gotta be someplace.
Yeah, but where?
Hey, Chuck, come on. Give us a hand.
Hey, Boot. Come on, boy.
Did you chuck him to the bed?
No, man.
That's it. Come on.
Here he is.
Come here, Boot.
Come on. Come on.
What's with him?
Squad 51, an accident.
6723 and 1 quarter South Beach, apartment 8.
Cross Street, Maple, timeout 1234.
Squad 51, 10-4, KMG 3-6-5.
Apartment 8. Here it is.
Let's try the back.
Oh! Fire department!
Yes, yes, it's locked, but I think the window's open.
Hi!
Hi. Are you hurt?
Oh, no, but I'm kind of caught here.
It isn't ideology with a cork.
Good thinking. How'd this happen?
Well, I just bent over to see how it was coming, and it grabbed me.
You want to cut the hair?
No, no, no, not tonight. I'm expecting coffee tonight.
It's a special occasion.
These things must have come apart for cleaning.
Oh, and I just had it done.
What? My hair.
Oh, your hair. But it's a special occasion.
This fella I met, Bob, a very nice guy from the office, is coming over this evening.
With his mother at seven, I'm making gisande en pâtis.
That's boned leg of lamb in a puff pastry crust baked in a 350-degree oven for two hours.
Sounds great.
Thanks, Farsi.
That's the stuffing, goes inside the leg of lamb where the bone was.
Oh.
You know, this all sounds rather difficult.
Well, Bob likes hamburger, but with his mother coming and all, you understand.
Oh, yeah, I got you.
There.
Oh, thank you.
I think some of it got gummed up in there.
How much do you think?
Well, you're right. And this is a special evening.
I want everything to go just perfectly, so I guess I better start all over.
You're okay otherwise.
Yes, I am. Thank you, boys. Thank you so much.
Yeah.
Oh!
Okay, well, look, good luck on that.
Oh, thanks.
If you're gonna do this again, I'll tie your hair back out of the waist a bit.
Yes, I will.
Bye. Here, can you get it?
Okay, I got it.
Bye. I will. Bye. Thank you.
Sure wish we knew what was wrong with Boot.
Hey, will you stop worrying? It's probably nothing much.
Your dog ever do that?
Sometimes he gets a little finicky.
No, no, this is more than finicky.
Trouble is, a dog can't tell you what's going on, where he feels or how he hurts.
I know. It might be something serious.
Squad 51 available.
Squad 51.
Still wish I knew what was wrong with Boot.
Yeah, so do I, but there's not much we can do about that right now.
I got an idea. Why don't we stop by the hospital on our way in?
That's okay with me.
All right.
Squad 51, 10-8 to Rampart Emergency. Squad 51.
Dix, do you know anything about dogs?
Oh, yeah, I heard Boot's sick.
We don't really know. It's just that he won't eat and he doesn't have any energy.
I got a couple of goldfish. That doesn't do any of anything.
There must be something wrong with him because we tried to...
Dr. Early. Listen, you know Boot.
He had a dog at the station.
Yeah, well, he's sick.
Well, it's too bad. What's wrong?
Well, he's listless, lack of appetite.
Sounds like he got out and ate something.
Oh, no, no, we always keep him pretty close to us.
Well, that's what mine does. He goes out and he roots around somebody's garbage.
Well, what did you do?
Took him to a vet.
Yeah, well, see, that's the problem.
I don't think there's gonna be a veterinarian's office open. This is Sunday.
We gotta do something.
I don't know what else to do.
Come here, man.
I don't either. We have to find somebody that knows something about dogs.
Yeah, I know, but...
Listen, did you feel his nose?
Feel his nose?
He's about four or five years old.
We didn't feel his nose.
Well, that's usually a very good...
Lost appetite.
Has it had its shots?
Nose, huh?
Why should I have to feel the nose?
No, I don't know.
Has it been worms?
He's a new dog.
He's new to us.
Huh?
When you guys are gonna do it right, take his temperature.
Did you take his temperature?
How do you take a dog's temperature?
I don't know. How am I supposed to know?
Listen, I gotta tell you, this is a little out of my mind.
The temperature will show whether it's infectious or not.
I know.
Or talk to the light as you open his mouth.
I have a formal consultation about this dog.
It seems to me that I can't make a diagnosis
until the patient sees the patient.
Look, look, look.
We didn't make...
We didn't mean to make a big deal out of this.
Look, let's face it, fellas.
I don't think we're gonna be any help.
Look, if he doesn't improve,
I think you should take him to Vets.
I think the Vets is the best idea I've heard yet.
Look, thanks a lot, you guys.
We gotta go.
Okay?
Feel his nose?
Feel his nose.
What do you mean, feel his nose?
Everybody does that with a dog.
Everybody knows it.
This is a hospital.
It has nothing to do...
A dog?
Oh, yes.
Feels wet and moist.
Feels all right.
Oh, it's nothing for Pete's sake.
You should have seen him this morning when we came on.
He was all over me.
Spanking clean pants on, too.
You're not very lively now.
Well, let's see what he does with this.
Well, go on, boy. Dig in.
That's the best hamburger you can get.
We're having it for lunch.
Maybe we better not eat it, either.
Well, if he won't touch this, he's sick.
Well, John?
Don't look at me. I don't...
Come on, you guys are the paramedics.
Do something.
And you've got a dog disorder.
That doesn't make me an expert.
Station 51, engine 95, foam 27.
Traffic accident, a woman trapped, gasoline tanker involved.
Van Buren and North Hill.
Van Buren and North Hill, timeout 918.
Station 51, 10-4, KMG 365.
Station 51, 10-4, KMG 35.
We have two engine and a half lines, one on the left, one on the right.
Wash this down.
He's loaded with gas. Better take it easy.
There's a woman pinned underneath there.
Yeah.
LA engine 51. No fire at the present time,
but we do have an injured person to remove.
You can return truck 127, but we do need an ambulance.
All responding units out 45 minutes.
I disconnected the battery, Cap. Yeah.
Five minutes.
I disconnected the battery, Cap.
Yep.
Give me a compress, a big one.
What do you think, John? Can we get her out?
I don't know yet, Cap.
How bad is she?
All right, come on. Back out of the way.
Come on. It's not my fault. I swear to God.
Okay, come on. Come on back.
Out of the way.
Don't get me out. Please get me out.
We're going to.
Are you hurt anyplace else beside your leg?
I don't know.
Take it easy. We're going to get you out.
Oh, my God.
Cap, she's really pinned in there.
We're going to have to cut her out some way.
Maybe I can back the rig off of her, all right?
Come on, Vince, please. Keep him out of there.
Listen, buddy, one spark and this whole thing will go up.
Come on, let's go. Stand back.
Come on. Let's go. Stand back.
That's my truck, and I'm concerned.
Right? You know?
How you doing?
Look, we're going to have to get this car out of here.
I'll get Rampart.
Rampart, this is rescue 51.
This is Rampart emergency. Go ahead, 51.
Rampart, we have a traffic accident.
We're in a traffic jam.
Rampart, we have a traffic accident.
One victim, female, about 23.
She has a deep cut on her left leg.
There's a lot of bleeding.
I think an artery's been nicked.
Are any of these tires flat?
You know, that might give us some clearance.
Jet, you still got those pliers?
P80 over 40.
Can we manage an IV?
We can try.
Rampart, request IV. Ringers lactate.
Can't you do something?
We will.
Yeah, we're going to take good care of you.
51, go ahead with the ringers lactate.
10-4, Rampart.
51 is a patient in much pain.
Affirmative, Rampart.
Give her MS, five milligrams IV.
10-4, MS, five milligrams IV.
This is going to sting a little.
Cap, we're going to have to get her out of here.
I know. John, bring the squad over here.
We'll run a tow line from the SWAT to the car,
and we'll haul it out that way.
All right.
We'll give it a shot, Roy.
Don't leave me.
Squad six, danger of line.
Okay, let's have the full.
Okay, John, take it away.
Take it away, John.
Swallow it easy.
Let's go.
Easy.
All right, keep going.
Keep her going.
Miss? Miss, I'm sorry.
All right, come on, give him some room to work, okay?
Give him some room to work. Come on.
Is she going to be all right?
All right, come on back.
No, no, no, I mean, she's just smiling.
She's a real nice girl.
A real pretty girl, too.
Is she going to be all right?
Is she?
Step back, please, step back, okay?
No, no, I mean, I'm concerned about it,
because if she doesn't pull through,
I don't know what I'm going to do.
You know what I mean?
Okay, let's slide her out.
Respiration is normal.
Pulse 100, BP is 100 over 60.
51, transport as soon as possible.
10-4, Rampart.
Look, is she going to be all right?
Yeah, she's going to be all right.
Oh, boy.
You know how this thing happened.
I mean, this wasn't my fault.
This was her fault.
I mean, she was speeding.
My truck went through the intersection.
It was free.
And then all of a sudden,
she comes like a bat out of hell
and rams right into me.
I mean, it's all her fault.
She was the one that was speeding.
I bet you she doesn't even have
insurance for a kid like that.
Crazy rot.
Dad, come on, Dad.
Just try and make it to the door.
Is someone in here giving me a hand?
What's the trouble?
It's my dad.
I've got to get him in here
and get him to a doctor.
Has he been hurt?
He just passed out, that's all.
Where is he, outside?
He's in the car.
Please hurry up.
What do you got?
I don't know.
His pulse is 125.
His pressure is 100 over 60.
We've done a crit on him.
It's 30.
Probable internal bleeding.
Who brought him in?
Son brought him in.
Any indication of a fall or accident?
Not that I can see.
His son said he started to keel over.
They were in a restaurant having lunch.
He got him into the car
and he passed out cold on the way here.
Let's get him type cross-matched stat
and then I want to start him on four units of blood.
Is the son still here?
Their name's Harold.
I called Stuart on the B shift at home.
He said Boote was okay yesterday,
running around, ate everything.
No problems.
I just took him out a few minutes ago.
He walks around all right and everything,
but he just wanted to come right back in.
Doesn't have any pep.
What's his temperature?
A little over 101.
There you are.
He's running a fever.
Maybe.
We don't even know what a dog's
normal temperature is.
Paramedics.
I told you you should have called a vet.
Mr. Harold?
I'm Dr. Brackett.
How's Dad?
We're still examining him.
Has anything happened to your father
in the past 24 hours, say, a fall?
No.
Any kind of accident?
No.
Has he been sick recently?
No.
Dad will tell you.
He hasn't been sick a day in his life.
Well...
Anything at all?
Well, I mean, you know, like a couple years ago,
he had this indigestion, this stomach bug,
but he threw it off.
That's what he'll tell you.
He threw it right off.
Who's his doctor?
Oh, gee.
I don't know. It was just a thought.
Well, he's never had any reason to see a doctor.
I mean, he plays handball and tennis, the whole bit.
We jog every morning, the two of us.
He's up on his knee bothers him.
You know, an old football thing, like the past week.
But he's just such in great shape.
I didn't expect it.
That's why it shook me up.
Well, we'll see what we can do.
I think the doctor's name is Meyer.
M-E-I-E-R, Jonathan.
I think it's over in Westwood.
Good. Thanks.
Dr. Davis needed in surgery.
Son, any help?
No.
According to him, his father's a tower of strength.
Might be a peptic ulcer.
It might be.
The only thing we know for sure is that he's hemorrhaging somewhere.
I've gone over him very carefully.
EKG looks good.
The only thing that I could find are these bruises.
I think I'll put on an NG tube and see if there's any blood in his stomach.
I don't know.
Yeah, interesting, though, huh?
I'll be right back.
Identity is one.
I'd like to speak to Dr. Meyer, please.
No, I don't want him to call me back.
This is Dr. Brackett from Rampart General Hospital.
I have an emergency involving one of Dr. Meyer's patients.
I'd appreciate it if you could put me on hold and try to locate him.
Thank you.
Do you have him on any other medication?
No, at the moment we don't have a clue.
All right, Dr. Meyer, thank you.
Good-bye.
Dr. Early, Dr. Early, Administrator's office.
How's he doing?
His pressure's up. He's coming around.
You found blood in his stomach?
How'd you know?
He's been on warfarin' for two years.
His own doctor will be here in about an hour.
Warfarin'?
He takes about 25 milligrams a day.
Heart, huh?
Myocardial infarct, small one.
Hmm.
Probably wouldn't account for the bleeding
unless he'd been taking some additional medication.
Carol, I went through his clothes to see if he was carrying any medicine.
This would account for it.
Let's do a pro time right away.
Mr. Harrell?
Mr. Harrell.
I'm Dr. Morton.
Have you been taking aspirin?
What for? Headaches?
My knee acts up every now and then.
How many do you take a day?
Eight.
Ten.
And for the past few days you've been feeling very weak?
What's wrong?
My knees, Mr. Harrell.
They irritate the lining of your stomach.
And since you're taking an anticoagulant warfarin',
you bleed easily.
And you've been bleeding through your stomach.
Didn't your doctor tell you not to take aspirin?
Yeah, I guess so.
Then why didn't you listen to him?
You gotta keep moving. You can't sit still.
You gotta keep up.
With what?
Dix, let's get the results of his pro time.
Then invite him in K1.
I'll go tell his son.
Doctor?
Yeah?
Do you have to tell him?
I think it's about time, don't you?
Hey.
You must be feeling better.
Hey, boy.
No, no, leave him alone.
Hey, Cap, if that's for me, I'm outside.
L.A. County Fire Department, Captain Stanley.
How many vets did you call?
Two.
They're waiting on the answering service column now.
I'll go get them.
They're waiting on the answering service column now.
Huh, I guess not.
He's not looking any better.
Squad 51, an accident.
6723 and 1 quarter South Beach, apartment 8.
Across street Maple, climb out 1554.
Squad 5110, 4KMG 365.
Fire Department.
I know, it's locked.
I know, the window.
Hello again.
What happened?
I just put my fingers in to taste the dip and pow, it grabbed me.
Is there a button to release these blades?
Button?
I don't know, I only bought all this stuff yesterday.
Watch this, watch this, watch this.
Alright, here, let's get some cold water on it.
Alright.
You're having quite a time with this dinner, aren't you?
I'm beginning to think the whole thing is a little too ambitious.
I mean, I don't usually cook.
TV dinners, frozen stuff, okay.
But, you know, with Bob's mother coming tonight and all.
There.
Doesn't look like you have any broken skin there.
No, thank you.
Can you wriggle those fingers alright?
Yeah, thank you very much.
Here, I think this hand's alright.
Oh, thanks, thanks.
You know, I failed, Homec.
Yeah, oh, sorry.
But I thought just this once.
Yeah, maybe you should have something delivered.
Oh, well, I only have a souffle and a salad left.
And I think I might just make it.
Hey, you know, this all smells pretty good.
Oh, thank you.
And you know what I think his mother drinks?
Oh, sorry.
Well, I'll tell you what, why don't you try my ties?
They never fail.
Hey, good idea.
I think I will.
Well, okay.
Oh, thank you.
Alright.
Well, here.
Okay.
Well, Dwight, good luck on that thing.
Thank you so much.
Yeah, bye.
Bye.
Oh.
Joe.
I got a problem.
It might be right up your alley.
Shoot.
A male, 24 years old, no function in his right arm.
All his tests came back normal.
There's no physical problem.
I finally got it out of him with the difficulty he is.
He's into one of those occult groups.
Do you feel up to lifting him up?
I don't know.
Do you feel up to lifting a curse?
Thanks.
Don't you tell me there's nothing wrong with me.
I'm not planning to.
I told that other guy.
I don't know whatever his name is.
Well, what does he know?
There's not a thing you can do for me.
Probably not.
This is beyond your so-called science.
But I've looked at curses before.
I bet you I can get rid of this one.
Are you putting me on?
No.
You feel any pain?
Uh-uh.
Hey.
Do you believe?
I don't believe.
I know.
But there's not much pain.
Could be much of a curse.
You are putting me on.
I'm not.
You feel that?
Uh-uh.
This is what I thought.
Is it this associative curse?
I never heard of it.
You're a novice.
Look.
I charge $15.
It'll go on your bill as a lab fee.
Now, do you want me to lift the curse?
Can you?
Well, a human agency put it there.
A human agency can get rid of it.
Logical.
Okay.
Go ahead.
I gotta be very careful, understand?
And I'll need your complete cooperation.
You got it.
Okay.
Take a deep breath.
Okay, let it out.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
Out there.
Oh.
All right.
Now, you should be feeling a little dizzy right now.
Tell me when you feel a tingling sensation
in both your hands and feet.
I can feel it.
In both hands? Yes.
That's cold.
Now, when the warmth returns,
you'll be able to move both your hand
and your arm, okay?
Here, drink this.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You're right here.
Don't be frightened.
The curse is gone.
You're right.
It's gone.
Doc.
How do you stop this?
Very impressive.
You may be in the wrong profession.
Have a mask and rattle.
We'll travel.
Could you have Dr. Garrison call me when he comes in?
Please, it's very important.
Thank you.
Mites, mange, scabies,
vitamin deficiency,
hereditary bone problems,
roundworm...
Extension 8318, please.
Dixon McCall.
I'm sorry.
Extension 8318, please.
Dixon McCall.
95% fatal.
There's very little high warm in California.
Dix, John Gage.
No, I haven't any idea.
But I'll try and find out and call you back.
No, no problem.
Okay, bye.
Come in.
Sorry to break in.
What's the problem?
Offhand, do any of you guys know what a dog's normal temperature is?
Not again, Dix.
The boy's having trouble with boot again?
Yeah, he's running 101.
That seemed kind of high to me.
I told him to go see a veterinarian.
Well, they haven't been able to get one.
The hospital library's probably got it.
I'm sorry.
The hospital library's probably got it somewhere.
I'd go take a look.
They're really worried about him.
Don't get involved. Believe me.
Well, there's no harm in giving a little information, is there?
Dix, it might take time to dig it out.
And if it comes up the dog's got a temperature,
what's the next step?
Diagnose and prescribe for him?
True.
He's right, Dix. It's not an R. Baileywick.
Well, which is all very logical and sensible.
Thanks a bunch.
Hey, Johnny, are you in there?
Johnny, how's he doing?
Well, not much better.
Sure wish there was some way we could...
Station 51, engine 9, engine 122.
Stow fire, 6723 and 1 quarter, South Beach.
Sounds like him.
6723 and 1 quarter, South Beach, apartment 8.
Time of 1832.
All right, forget the realign.
We don't need it, but we're gonna need this smoke injector, huh?
Ellie, you should take the fire gun to control.
You can return the other units.
Is it okay if I come in?
Yeah.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Do you all need me for anything?
No.
Oh, good.
You know, Bob's a nice guy.
Really nice.
But he's a good guy.
Really nice.
But he's all hung up in this home cooking bed.
So tough.
Now, here's the address of a peachy restaurant down the street.
If a guy and an old lady show up, give it to them.
Otherwise, just stick it on the door.
Hey, wait a minute.
Should I tell them to meet you there?
No, I'm going to the movies to unwind.
And eat popcorn.
Oh, Dix, if you're going to the library...
Diane.
Don't bother. A dog's normal temperature is 101 1 1 2.
I'm not going to scare a pussycat.
Of course. But don't tell them I told you so.
No.
Sarge.
Where'd you put the note?
I left it on the front door.
I figure that way they're not going to be able to miss it.
Engine 95, Station 51, Engine 16, Truck 8 and Battalion 14.
An explosion and fire at Rampart General Hospital.
Rampart and Fremont.
Building 8K.
8K is the last minute.
Timeout 1912.
The
security center people will have it.
I'll take Mike with me to receive any guy.
If you're any serious, we'll send him back to you.
Okay.
Go with me.
Okay.
Diggs, we'll handle the minor casualties over there.
Mike, let's get them sorted out.
Bring the blankets over here.
Oh my God.
My God, what happened?
Just take it easy. Now where do you hurt?
Diggs,
she goes to emergency too.
You're going to hurt badly, so you'll be alright.
I'm alright.
Alright, let's just make sure.
Dr. Frey, how many people were in there?
Usually on Sunday there's nobody there,
but tonight there were some other doctors and some people from a couple of drug firms.
How many?
Taking them through on a sort of a...
How many were in there?
Eleven. Eleven.
Including you?
No.
Guard, check and see how many people got out.
Right.
There should be twelve, understand?
Dr. Comer was just going in lab two.
I think when he turned on the lights...
There's a bunch of cultures in there.
Anything toxic.
I don't know. All my records.
Alright, don't worry about them.
Just take it easy right now.
Kill him.
Take him to the hospital.
Hey, Raggett, you need us?
No, we're okay.
Hey, can you do anything about the records in there?
Alright.
John, Jack, there's some important records in there.
Okay, right, Selvage covers.
Alright.
I'm going to go check on the other guys.
Okay.
I'll be right back.
Records.
All my records.
Just sit still.
Four and a half years worth.
One...
Two...
Three...
Four...
Five...
Six...
Seven...
Eight...
Nine...
Ten...
Four...
Five...
Six...
Seven...
Eight...
Nine...
Ten...
Eight...
Nine...
Ten...
Nine...
Ten...
Over.
Eyes��
Captain Baker, have 16 shut down and pick up.
I'm making your bill of obscene.
Do they know what caused it, Roy?
There's no way to tell him until they finish the investigation.
Nobody's in really bad shape.
Could have been a lot worse.
Listen, we saved as much of that paper stuff and everything.
I don't know how much of it was important.
I'll tell Dr. Fry.
It should ease his mind.
Oh, Dix, about boot.
Thank you.
Anytime.
Listen, Dix, if the dog doesn't have a temperature, what could be wrong with it?
I don't know, Johnny.
Dix, Dix, like the man said, it's not in our belly wick.
Guys better get a vet.
Yeah.
Come on.
See you, guys.
See ya.
Look at that.
You're gonna get a good one.
Come on, boot.
What's wrong with you?
You got everybody in the station worried about you.
Here.
Come on.
Well, how about that?
What was wrong with him?
When he jumped on you this morning, he slobbered all over me.
What'd you do to him?
Nothing.
Did you hit him?
I didn't hit him.
I yelled at him a little.
That's what did it.
See, he figured you were sore at him.
You gotta be kidding.
You don't understand.
Boot is a very sensitive dog.
You mean I'm supposed to let this little animal crawl all over me every morning?
Chet, there are people who would give their right arm for the love and devotion of a good
dog.
You're darn right.
I guess I could get used to it.
Just once every morning.
That's all.
Right?
I guess I could get used to it.