never performed this
procedure with these.
>> sean, just do it.
Keep singing, mr. Perri. Come
on, you have a lovely voice.
>> thank you. And now in honor
of the bride and groom...
* when the moon hits your eye
like a big pizza pie,
that's amore... *
Liz: * bells will ring,
ting-a-ling-a-ling... * come on.
* ting-a-ling! *
liz: * ting-a-ling-a-ling... *
>> 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.
Dr. Marcus: 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.
>> [panting] do you want me to...
to skin her?
>> this is stuff you did in
medical school.
>> i know. Sorry.
[Panting] 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.
>> [chuckles] 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.
>> oh...
>> 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