ERICA: DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? THIS WOMAN IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK! YOU'RE A DOCTOR! HELP HER! WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE. COME OVER HERE AND HELP HER! SOMEBODY HELP HER! HELP!Continued in second post...JOE: ERICA? ERICA: YES, DR. JOE, HERE! OVER HERE, JOE!
ERICA: GOOD NIGHT. [FOOTSTEPS] ERICA: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT WERE YOU DOING? WERE YOU JUST SKULKING IN THOSE BUSHES ALL THIS TIME? DAVID: WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME, ERICA. ERICA: NOT UNTIL YOU GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T REPORT YOU TO THE STATE MEDICAL BOARD, IF NOT THE A.M.A.
DAVID: THE WOMAN IS SAFELY ON HER WAY TO THE HOSPITAL, MS. KANE. ERICA: WELL, NO THANKS TO YOU. NO THANKS TO YOU AT ALL. HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY REFUSE TO HELP A WOMAN WHO WAS IN SUCH OBVIOUS DISTRESS? DAVID: I HEARD JOE MARTIN'S VOICE. I KNEW HE WAS ON HIS WAY. ERICA: THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT HAPPENED AT ALL. SEVERAL MINUTES HAD GONE BY AFTER THAT WOMAN COLLAPSED. AND THERE YOU STOOD. YOU WERE JUST ROOTED TO THE GROUND. IF JOE MARTIN HADN'T COME BY --
DAVID: BUT HE DID. ISN'T THAT THE WAY THE MARTINS ALWAYS ARE, RACING TO THE RESCUE? LIKE LASSIE OR RIN TIN TIN. ERICA: I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CRITICIZE JOE MARTIN OR MAKE FUN OF HIM IN ANY WAY. HE'S A WONDERFUL DOCTOR. WONDERFUL DOCTOR. AND HE WAS ALSO A VERY LOYAL FRIEND TO MY MOTHER. DAVID: OF COURSE. WHAT BETTER PHYSICIAN TO MINISTER TO AN UPPER-CRUST LUMINARY LIKE MS. BENNETT THAN THE HEAD OF THE HOSPITAL? ERICA: YOU'RE THE HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY. THAT WOMAN WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. EVERY SECOND COUNTED.
DAVID: I WASN'T AWARE, MS. KANE, OF ALL YOUR LEGENDARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU HAPPEN TO HOLD A DEGREE IN MEDICINE. ERICA: OH, COME ON. A PERSON DOESN'T NEED TO BE A DOCTOR TO TELL IF SOMEBODY'S HAVING A HEART ATTACK. DAVID: IT COULD'VE BEEN A SIMPLE CASE OF HEARTBURN, INDIGESTION -- ERICA: IN HER CHEST? DAVID: DUODENITIS. ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. ERICA: ALL RIGHT, EVEN SO, WHY DID YOU RUSH OFF WHEN JOE ARRIVED? WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY TO HELP HIM? DR. HAYWARD, THE WOMAN WAS GASPING FOR AIR. SHE WAS CLEARLY IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN, AND YOU ACTED TOTALLY INDIFFERENT. DAVID: I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID "INDIFFERENT." ERICA: AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A DOCTOR? I CAN'T BELIEVE I EVER LET YOU NEAR BIANCA.
DAVID: I SAVED YOUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE. ERICA: OH, NO ONE PERSON SAVED MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE. IT TOOK A SLEW OF DOCTORS, NOT TO MENTION THE LOVING SUPPORT OF HER FAMILY. DAVID: WELL, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION.
ERICA: AND YOU HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY FIRST QUESTION, WHICH IS WHY I SHOULDN'T REPORT YOU TO DR. MARTIN SO HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF A DOCTOR YOU ARE WHO WORKS FOR HIM. DAVID: GO RIGHT AHEAD. I'LL JUST DENY IT. ERICA: DIDN'T YOU TAKE AN OATH TO SAVE LIVES WHEN YOU BECAME A DOCTOR? YOU CAN'T JUST STAND BY AND DECIDE WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES. DAVID: SURE YOU CAN. PEOPLE DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. ERICA: SO YOU HAVE NO ETHICS? YOU HAVE NO PRINCIPLES? YOU'RE NOT GOD.
DAVID: LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, MS. KANE -- A SIMPLE QUESTION. TRY TO BE HONEST. ISN'T THERE ONE PERSON FROM YOUR PAST WHOM YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LIFTED ONE FINGER TO HELP SAVE, EVEN FROM DEATH?
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David wakes Erica with a kiss
