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- we're losing him,sean.
- i know. I've almost got it.
do it.
we're losing him,sean.
i've almost got it. Almost got it.
Sorry. I got it.
I got it.
he's gone. Call it.
time of death 2:45 a. m.
Are you all right,dr. Mcnamara?
he was gonna sing at his son's wedding.
yeah,well,that's a shame,
but we can't think about that right now.
You gave it your best shot.
we shouldn't have done this here.
There was no way he was gonna make it. There was no way!
the odds around here suck,doctor,
but they're the only ones we got.
I've got a severely burned patient that needs an allograft.
This way.
this is bullshit!
the patient's burnt skin has got to be excised to prevent bacterial infection.
I need to cover the exposed tissue to prevent dehydration,atrophy.
all right,all right.
So you're suggesting we get donor skin from a human cadaver?
a temporary measure just until we can get him to a burn
unit where they'll do a permanent graft.
A type o universal donor would lessen the chance of an allogenic reaction.
Unfortunately,even if we started searching the morgue,
identification would be impossible.
i know someone.
Her daughter told me she was a universal donor
when we were filling out the identification forms.
She's over here.
Hold that gurney!
Ok. So you'll excise the donor's dermis
so i can cover the exposed tissue on my patient.
Looks like there's plenty to harvest.
how much are we talking about?
whatever's still usable.
do you want me to...to skin her?
this is stuff you did in medical school.
i know. Sorry.
- i need a break.
- what? Are you...
no.
i can do it.
you're not a doctor.
she's already dead. I can't hurt her.
You said yourself,this is stuff you do in med school.
Besides,she'd want me to.
i'll excise the patient's burnt areas.
You'll harvest the layers of skin from the donor.
You've got to do it quickly and deeply,down to the dermis.
We need to cover 4th-degree burns.
Ok,med school,let's do it.
patient's been taken to the burn center.
I think he's gonna make it.
Good job,med school.
i'm not still.
I,uh,dropped out.
that's a damn shame.
way to go,helen.
You just hit a home run.
julia...
we found erica.
She didn't make it,sweetheart.
take me to her.
listen,julia,the top half of her body is pretty badly burned.
It's practically unrecognizable.
then how can you be sure it's her?
there's identifying threads of the feather-lift that we gave her.
She's the right height,right age,hair color and...
and what?
and the birthmark on her inner thigh
is the shape of a diamond.
it's still visible.
Look,i know it's not that private,
but it's the best i could do.
i'd like to be alone with her for a few minutes,if you don't mind.
mother,it's julia.
What i said at the spa,it was only the anger talking.
You know that,right?
Do you remember...
how old was i,uh...
5 or 6?
And you and daddy had had this big fight,
and you took me by the hand,
and you said,
"let's go,julia. We're leaving. "
and we went outside,
and we just walked for a long time in silence,holding hands.
We went to the park...
You showed me how to put a blade of grass
in-between my thumbs and blow on it to make a noise.
And how i laughed and...
you took my face in your hands,
and you said,"i love you,little girl. "
And i squeezed you so tight,
and i said,
"i love you,too,mommy. "
and we both knew it was true.
Do you remember?
And then one day...
it wasn't true anymore.
I forgive you for not loving me.
It's ok.
I didn't love you,either.
I just...
craved...your approval,like it was...
somehow possible to get it.
I saved a life tonight,mother.
No. 2 lives,actually...
a stranger's and my own.
So it's ok.
You can leave now.
I don't need you to tell me who i am anymore.
my mother's dead.
jules,i'm so sorry.
- i feel so...
- shaken.
I can only imagine.
no. free.
Am i a terrible person?
My mother just died and...
and i feel like... heh...
everything's gonna be all