14x08 Coming Home

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14x08 Coming Home

Scénario :
Réalisation : Laura Innes
Avec : Goran Vijnic (Luka Kovac) Stanley Tucci (Kevin Moretti) Reiko Aylesworth (Julia) Leland Orser (Lucien Dubenko) Gil McKinney (Paul Grady) Steven Christopher Parker (Harold Zelinsky) Chloe Greenfield (Sarah Riley) Troy Evans (Frank Martin) Yvette Freeman (Haleh Adams) Deezer D. (Malik McGrath)

L’épisode s’ouvre sur Gates et Julia, qui visitent une exposition artistique. Julia lui décrit avec passion un tableau de Gautier, et Tony se moque d’elle, la traitant d’intello. Julia pense que c’est son genre de fille et Tony s’arrête alors pour l’embrasser. Julia lui rend son bâiser…
À des kilomètres de Chicago, la jeune Sarah est à une soirée avec des adolescentes plus vieilles qu’elle. On lui présente des garçons, et l’un l’invite à le suivre dehors…
Au même moment Tony accompagne Julia à son appartement, et ils s’embrassent toujours passionément. Il ferme la porte et Julia en profite pour visiter les lieux. Elle trouve une photo de Sarah en costume d’Halloween. Tony lui explique qu’elle vit désormais chez ses grands-parents. Puis, il s’approche de Julia, et l’embrasse à nouveau…
Sur la terrasse d’une maison, le jeune homme qui a invité Sarah à sortir commence à l’embrasser dans la nuque. Mal à l’aise, l’adolescente accepte néammoins d’aller faire un tour avec lui…
Tony est désormais au lit avec Julia, et ils viennent de faire l’amour. Elle l’embrasse et se rélève. Elle a trouvé que la soirée était très divertissante et qu’elle reviendra. Mais elle ne veut pas rester toute la nuit avec lui le premier soir. Pour plaisanter, Tony lui demande de laisser l’argent sur la table de chevet. Elle revient pour l’embrasser lorsque le téléphone se met à sonner.
C’est Sarah, que l’on voit en train de courir dans une obscure forêt. Elle est en pleurs et elle explique à Tony qu’elle a des ennuis et que tout est de sa faute. Tony lui demande où elle est, mais Sarah n’en a aucune idée…

Aux urgences, le docteur Moretti discute avec son fils Brian, par web-cam interposée. Ce dernier semble fatiguée et agit de manière excessive. Moretti lui conseille de se reposer mais Brian veut étudier et faire un milliers de choses à la fois. Abby interrompt la conversation lorsqu’elle entre dans la pièce pour aller vers son casier. Moretti semble mal à l’aise. Il lui demande si elle va mieux. Elle lui répond que oui, elle a pris quelques jours de repos. Alors que Moretti allait lui reparler de la nuit qu’ils ont passés ensemble, Abby préfère parler de ses patients. Le médecin finit par sortir de la pièce et Abby reste seule dans la salle de repos, observant une photo de Joe sur la porte de son casier…
Pendant ce temps, Gates et Julia sont à la recherche de Julia, en dehors de la ville. Ils finissent par la retrouver saine et sauf, à l’aide de deux camionneurs. Tony se jette dans les bras de Sarah, sous l’œil attendri de Julia.
Sur le parking des ambulances, Abby rejoint Pratt, qui lui demande si elle va bien. Il trouve qu’elle n’agit plus comme avant ces derniers temps et il n’est pas le seul à l’avoir remarqué. Elle lui explique qu’elle a du mal à se faire au départ de Luka. Pratt lui demande quand Luka sera de retour. Abby pense qu’il revient bientôt et Pratt est convaincu que ça va l’aider à aller mieux…

Une ambulance amène Marcus Fancea, un adolescent de treize ans qui a fait une chute d’un toit. Abby et Sam apprennent que son père est paraplégique. En réa, Marcus a du mal à supporter ses douleurs. Abby pense qu’il a une fracture du la nuque et une hanche brisée. C’est alors que le père de Marcus entre dans la pièce, en fauteuil roulant. Abby lui explique qu’elle va devoir réaliser une intervention sur son fils, pour qu’il se sente mieux. Elle pense que les chirurgiens vont pouvoir réparer la hanche de Marcus. Le père a du mal à lui faire confiance, car il a vécu la même situation et personne n’a pu sauver sa hanche…


Cut to Neela and Harold crossing through the ER and she is quizzing him on a consult. He is giddy when he tells her he has to be gone by six. His girlfriend’s homecoming is tonight and it is a very big deal. Morris approaches and asks if he has his moves worked out. Harold demonstrates the yawn/reach around approach and Morris is approving. Frank says that he yawns like a horse. He demonstrates the ‘earnest-emo shoulder hold’ on a disturbed Neela. Then there is the ‘false drop intentional accidental face to face.” He drops her file to the floor and then reaches down to get it at the same time Neela does. She is disturbed by his reaction and says he is making her queasy.Morris is letting him use the ‘sex machine’ for the night……he’s had it specially detailed for the night. Haleh approaches and says she thought Morris was mad at him about the car. Moretti tells Haleh there is a back up in admit and asks if she can man triage. Haleh says no…but she can woman it. Sam hurries to the desk and nudges Neela as she passes. She says Abby is bitching about where surge is for her chest tube. Neela says they are on their way and Sam retorts that they’d better let her sniff their hand first. Moretti asks if there is a problem and Sam says that if she keeps it up she is going to slap her with a colostomy bag. She says she only has to put up with it for a few more hours before she heads to an OR rotation for transpo training. Moretti tells Morris to go supervise but Morris says he is about to check a swimsuit model with a hurt knee form slipping on the runway. Moretti grabs the chart from an aghast Morris and tells him to go deal with Abby. Morris grimaces and then looks off and grins. “Well, well…look what the cat dragged in,” he laughs.

Cut to Marcus’ trauma room as Abby is supervising Harold’s insertion of a chest tube. Neela is watching from the end of the gurney and corrects several things. She asks Abby if she is okay because a kid under 50 kilos needs….Abby interrupts to say that she knows what he needs. Another vascular clamp she tells Harold. Neela corrects her again and Abby loses patience. She tells Neela it’s all her’s and moves out of the way. Marcus’ dad wheels in and asks if anything is wrong. Neela says no and continues directing Harold. His dad asks Harold how old he is. Harold says that what he lacks in experience he makes up for in enthusiasm because it’s his first chest tube and he wants to do it right. Abby rolls her eyes and holds back a chuckle. Neela looks off in embarrassment. Dad is very concerned and Abby reassures him by telling him it’s a teaching hospital and Dr. Zelinsky is a very qualified resident. The dad wants someone else to do it and Abby turns wearily and looks out the door into the corridor. She ignores the dad’s protest as a smile crosses her face, she pushes through the door and runs to Luka. He sweeps her up into his arms and hugs her. She wraps her arms around his and holds on for dear life. Nice reunion scene. Not a word is said – or needed. Just the looks on their faces.

Cut to Abby and Luka walking together around a corner of the ER. He is telling her that he caught an earlier connection in Frankfort. She says she wishes he’d told her so she could have taken the day off. He wanted to surprise her. He’s not tired, he just wants to go home and see Joe. She tells him to do that. Marnie has him at swim class but he will be there soon. Luka pulls her aside and says he just wanted to see her…to see the look on her face. He brought her something. It’s licitar…something corny and Croatian…what you are supposed to get your girl when you haven’t seen her for a long time. Since she told him she had a blackout….he figured….you know…a candle. She is a bit stunned to be reminded of the blackout but he is unaware and sets the candle aside. He reaches for her and says he missed her He puts his hands on her shoulders and pulls her close for a kiss. They part just as Moretti comes out of the break room door next to them. He bumps into Abby and she turns away. Moretti introduces himself to Luka and Luka says he heard that he has finally whipped the place into shape. Moretti laughs and says he has certainly tried. Moretti and Abby are obviously uncomfortable and Luka is grinning as he tells Moretti that the chief job is a big responsibility and after they had the baby he decided he’d rather spend more time with is family. Moretti says that someone has to do the job. He is clearly relieved to see a stretcher being wheeled in and excuses himself. Luka watches him go and says he doesn’t seem so bad. Abby agrees that he’s okay and Luka chuckles and mutters that she called him Mussolini. He tells her that he’s going to stop by the desk because he has some souvenirs for the guys and he has as surprise for her when she gets home. He turns away and she calls his name. He looks up and she moves toward him. She tells him that she missed him too and they kiss, foreheads touching, as their lips separate. She waves him off and moves into the break room. She closes her eyes for a second and then turns to watch him t the desk with Morris, Frank and co. She is breathing hard as she paces and then suddenly leans her head into the sink and vomits. She wipes her mouth n the back of her hand and stares into the sink, breathing hard.

Cut to the front porch of the farm. Sarah’s grandparents come out onto the porch as Tony’s truck pulls up. Cut to the inside living room were Tony and Julia are sitting on a couch. Grandpa (Hank) is reaming Tony out for daring to come there. Tony says that Sarah called him when she was in trouble and to think why she did that. Grandpa says they have rules at their house…discipline. They don’t just let her talk, dress or do whatever the hell she wants. Grandma is coming down the stairs and hears this. She tells Grandpa to go finish with the horses. He tells her he can do it later but she says to do it now. Sarah is taking a bath and likes grandma to help her wash her hair. Tony says they have to get going and Grandma zeros in on Julia. Wants to know where she grew up. Julia says she was an army brat and grew up all over….mostly in the Midwest though. Grandpa says she has some apples that need peeling and Julia asks where her paring knife is.

Cut to Abby standing in the drug lockup, thinking. Moretti steps in and startles her. He says they should talk. Wheelchair dad rolls up and wants to know what’s going on. Abby excuses herself in a hurry and moves past Moretti to the hall. Dad wants to know why she left. She tells him the chest tube is placed and she is there now. (Don’t blink and you will see Malik checking the thoraseal!! First time we have seen him this season.) Marcus is still in a lot of pain. Harold tells him to hang in there. Abby tells Harold to give him a bit more pain meds and then heads out to get an ETA on ortho. Dad follows her into the hall and says she seems distracted and wants to know if he should ask for another doctor. She is surprised and tells him they are doing the best they can…really. He tells her that it’s his kid and he’s all he has.

Cut to the desk where Morris is surveying a rack of tuxedos. He asks Pratt for fashion advice and frank makes a remark about his tie. Morris frowns. For Harold. For the Homecoming. “Go black,” Sam says and Pratt laughs. “All right, Sam,” he grins. Abby crosses the desk toward the board as Sam leaves to pick up a patient for Dubenko. Pratt says he heard Luka was back and she says he came home early as a surprise. She asks Neela about ortho and says they need to kind of hurry up in there. She thanks Neela for the chest tube and Neela says it was mostly Harold. She tells Abby to tell Luka she said hello. Frank hands a stack of preemptive orders to Abby from ‘Benito’ for her to sign off on. She asks where he is and Frank say he doesn’t know. He went to take a call. Something about his kid. “You people and your dysfunctional families,” he mutters. Frank is at the desk as a man hobbles in on the arm of a nice looking woman. He is muddy and pretty grungy looking. He is carrying a round wrapped package. He tells Frank he was injured cheese rolling – a rather old, pointless, pagan ritual the ex-pat community reenacts on occasion. They roll the cheese down a hill and tumble after it. Frank is frowning and then hollers for Morris…who knows exactly what the guy is talking about. Harold approaches as Morris is helping the guy into a wheel chair. He tells Harold to check out the suits on the rack and to pick one out for the night. Harold is overjoyed. Morris tells the cheese roller he needs an x-ray and they will get him something for his pain. They are in a hurry to leave. Morris promises to step it up as he leaves.

Cut to Harold entering Marcus’ trauma room dressed in a white tuxedo jacket Haleh and Marcus both comment on it. He says he has a date but wanted to check on his buddy Marcus before leaving. Marcus is suddenly having some respiratory distress. His chest is pumping up and Harold says it is subcutaneous emphysema. Haleh says to call for an attending and Marcus’ dad says he will get one. Harold tells Marcus that because of his fall air is leaking into his neck and torso. He asks for a ten blade and Haleh says he needs more sedation but Harold says his pressure won’t take it and there is no time for a local. Marcus is scared and so is Harold. He tells Marcus he is sorry but it’s going to hurt and begins cutting into the side of his torso. His dad wheels back in followed by Abby, Sam, Neela and Morris. They are hollering and asking what he is doing and then Marcus is relieved and able to breathe again. Wow…Abby says as they gaze at the scene in stunned admiration. Harold grins and apologizes to Marcus. Morris’ mouth drops open as he realizes something. “Dude…” he says. “That’s a rental.” Harold looks down at the blood covered tuxedo.

Cut to the break room. Moretti is pacing and packing things into a bag as Pratt enters. Moretti says that housekeeping is going to have to be called about the sink. It smells like someone puked in it. Pratt nods and says he will get right on that. Moretti tells him that he has asked for more responsibility so he is going to be in charge of the ER for the next few days. Frank is trying to get him a flight but he is going to the airport to just wait. He says he doesn’t let his personal life interfere with his job but it’s his son. He is having a hard time in school and was taking an exam in a lecture hall. He accused the kid next to him of cheating and when the professor tried to intercede, he lashed out at her. Pratt says he is sorry. He didn’t realize and Moretti says he didn’t either. And he probably should have. Pratt leaves and Kevin Moretti closes his brief case and stand there for a moment in the break room.

Cut to Marcus’ operating room. Sam is intubating him for surgery under Neela’s guidance. Neela tells Harold to leave. That he will have plenty of opportunities to scrub in on surgeries but only one Homecoming. Harold leans over to say good bye to a sedated Marcus and says he will see him tomorrow. As he leaves another surgeon pushes his way in and waits for help with his gown. Neela introduces her self and he makes some remark about where they should be in the surgery and then says he is kidding. ‘Trauma surgeons,” he says. “So serious……can we get some tunes on in here?” Neela is glaring at him.

Cut to the backyard of Sarah’s grandparents’ farm. Tony is helping with the laundry on the clothes line and Julia is peeling apples. Becky, Sarah’s grandma, complements he on it and then asks of Julia knew he daughter, Meg. Julia says no and Becky goes on about what a good girl she was, until she got older….bored..a little wild. Tony protests the tales but Julia says she wants to know. Becky tells Tony that Sarah has change….like Meg. Getting into trouble at school. Too much for them to handle. She says they are old and have been through it once before. Sarah isn’t happy and they don’t have it in them to go through it again. She tells him they were grieving for their daughter and trying to hold onto her any way they could when they took him to court. Now, they don’t want to punish Sarah because they were wrong.

Cut to Morris admiring a new tuxedo on Harold. Camera pans back and we see Harold in a powder blue tux. Morris is decking him out with a corsage and a bottle of nonalcoholic something. Morris says he has to get back downstairs to his limpy gimpy cheese man and Harold wants to show Neela before he leaves. Morris tosses him the keys to the car and tells him there are reasons for speed limits. They look at one another and then Morris moves toward him and they embrace. Harold heads to the operating room just in time to see blood spurting and the surgeons hurrying to stop the bleeding. Harold makes his way slowly into he observation room where Marcus’ father is watching. He says that something bad has happened and Harold explains that an artery was damaged and that he could lose his entire blood volume before…he stops and gazes at Marcus’ distressed father. He tells him that Dr. Rasgotra is an excellent surgeon and will save him. Mr. Fancea looks at Harold and asks if he has somewhere to go. Harold shakes his head and sits down beside him. He says he will stay until Marcus’ is all right. He puts his hand on the older man’s shoulder.

Cut to the front porch of the farm. Sarah is standing on a step above her grandmother and apologizes for the way she has been acting. Her grandmother says it’s okay. She needed to do that to make her Grandma understand. She tells her things work out the way they are supposed to. Sarah hugs her and then heads toward the truck with Tony.

Cut to some muddy, big old bruisers heading in the triage doors. Morris asks if he can help them but they see the cheese roller being wheeled into another room on a gurney. There is a loud and rough argument over the cheese and Morris hollers ‘David Beckham is a wanker!” They all stop to stare at him. Morris shrugs and says he is kidding. He eases past Frank and says he loves the guy. He approaches the gurney and pulls the cheese away from the ankle injury and says that until they decide the rightful owner, he will be the keeper of the cheese. (Scott Grimes is doing a wonderful job with this very stupid story….)

Cut to Abby and Haleh heading out into the ambulance bay area. Haleh is telling Abby that Moretti is leaving….tonight…and it’s something to do with his son. Haleh says she has to check on Pratt’s MI in three and heads back inside. She passes Moretti on his way out. The camera is focusing on Abby’s face as he strides by her in the background. He stops and they exchange looks. He finally says, “Take care, Abby.” She is still and he turns away. ‘Kevin,” she calls and he turns back slightly to her. “I hope everything works out.” He doesn’t respond and walks away. Abby frowns and looks up as she folds her arms to her chest.

Cut to Marcus’ surgery and we see Harold – in his blue tux – sitting next to Mr. Fancea in the ob's window. Neela enters the observation deck and tells him that they were able to repair the artery. With a few screws the leg should be good as new in time. Harold is jubilant and Mr. Fancea relieved. He tells Harold to get out of there because he has somewhere to go. He can see Marcus in the morning. Harold leaves and Mr. Facea says he is a nice kid…but a little weird. Neela smiles and agrees.

Cut to Morris watching a video of the cheese rolling. He decides that it’s a tie and they should divide it. Cut the cheese? Not likely. The second guy says the ankle injury can have it. Morris then decides –as in the wisdom of Solomon – the cheese shall go to the second guy. But when he holds it up to give it to him, a huge wedge has been cut out….by Frank.

Cut to Abby working on some files as Neela approaches. She tells her that the roof kid is doing fine and they are moving him to recovery, It is awkward but Neela asks her if they are fighting. Abby is shocked and says no. Neela ask if they are friends…they confide in each other, right? Abby says sure. Neela shrugs and walks away as Abby stops her. The she tells her that she knows she has been bitchy or something lately but she hit a rough patch. She says Luka is back so everything is going to get better. They are both looking at one another as if they don’t believe a word of it. Abby smiles and says she is going to go check on the Fanceas.

Abby pushes her way slowly into the recovery room. She apologizes for not being more attentive earlier. He apologizes for being angry but that’s kind of his baseline. The conversation slips into one where he tells her about his wife’s dying from the same e accident that crippled him. It was all his fault. One stupid night. Abby says that mistakes happen and you just move on and don’t make them again. He disagrees. You can’t get some things back. That bell has been rung. Abby’s face is stricken.

Cut to the Kovac apartment. Luka is laughing on the couch with another man as they look through a book. Abby comes in and they both stand up. Luka tells her this is his surprise. His brother Niko. He has never been to America before and they thought this would be a good time. Niko says he hopes he won’t be in the way and reaches out to pull her into a hug. Abby is surprised and a grinning Luka gestures for her to hug him back. She tells him it’s nice to finally meet him and takes her coat off. Luka tells her that Joe is asleep and a pizza is on its way. Niko asks if she wants some drink and she says she will get it herself. She moves to the kitchen area and asks about their flight as she opens a can of soda. Luka says they got an earlier connection in Frankfort and Niko says Luka wanted to give her a big shock. She pours some pop down the drain and furtively reaches into the freezer for a bottle of vodka as she watches them turn back to the soccer game they are watching on television. She refills her can and then slips the vodka way to the back of the freezer.

Cut to Tony crossing his living room to the couch where Sarah is sleeping. He covers her and kisses her forehead as he says ‘welcome home” Behind this we hear the opening strains of the Foo Fighter song, ‘Home’. Cut to Abby passing by a hall table where the candle Luka gave her earlier is burning. It has hearts cut out the sides. She stops to study it for a moment. She opens the door to Joe’s room and we see her crossing to his crib. He is sound asleep. She takes a sip from her drink can, reaches down and rubs his tummy gently. Nice – but disturbing – camera shot of the can in the foreground and the sleeping baby. She steps back and stumbles on a toy on the floor. She drops the can to the rug and kneels down to pick it up. She is saying ‘shoot…shoot…shoot…’ as she hurries to wipe the liquid up. Luka comes to the door and asks her what she is doing. She tells him she spilled something. He tells her Niko is ready to go to bed soon so they can be alone….just the two of them. She nods and says she will be right down. He tells her not to wake him (Joe) up. She nods and he leaves…a curious look on his face. She is holding back tears as she tires to wipe up the spilled alcohol. She begins to shake and then sobs. She is crying and sniffling as she scrubs at the rug….finally dropping her head as her shoulders shake.