Caleb's Final Heart Dept. Outline "Go Giants"
Caleb Barrett
Caleb Barrett
12/13/12
Heart Department outline
Episode: Go Giants
Teaser:
-Biskin is looking for Liza, but cannot find her. He angrily tells Juliet to make sure she is at the hospital when he gets out of surgery.
-Inside the OR, Maude is assisting Bump during prep. She distracts him, taking any chance she can to whisper snide comments in his ear. He is doing his best to ignore her. (He can’t figure out why she is behaving like this)
-Meanwhile, Liza is visiting her father at the hospital. She meets Dr. Cavenaugh. He talks about her father’s progress briefly before asking about Liza. (He is redirecting her attention away from her father) She talks a bit about her career and the heart department.
-After the surgery is done Maude tells Bump she needs to talk to him. He insists she leaves him alone until work is over. (He leaves her in the OR)
-Meanwhile in Joe’s office, he is swamped with work even though everyone is leaving the hospital. Liza sticks her head in to invite him to dinner the following night. He agrees. Shortly after, Maggie enters and throws herself at Joe. He tries desperately to stop her, but fails and falls into lust.
Act one:
-the next day at work Maude erupts at bump about avoiding her after work the previous night.
~He insists that she is the one being immature, bringing these issues to work each day.
~She retorts that he isn’t ready for the responsibility of a relationship. He angrily replies “if this is your idea of a relationship, then we got off on the wrong page.”
-Liza is at the hospital with her father. She cries as the Giants baseball game plays on the radio to no reaction from her father. She is petting a worn Giants hat that lies on his bed.
~Dr. Cavenaugh enters and asks why she is not at work. They talk about her father. ~Liza is reminiscing about going to Giant’s games with him. He teases her, reminiscing about his home team: Chicago Bears.
---Back at the hospital two sets of characters are avoiding each other.
-Bump avoids Maude, who has turned to Biskin for support. She is seeking love from the only person she feels she can get it from.
~Biskin does not know how to act when Maude begins opening up to him in his office, asking him questions about his life after his marriage with her mother. ~They have their first honest conversation. Biskin briefly describes his second marriage, explaining it came to an end because of conflicts over money. His career always got in the way of his relationships.
-Joe is avoiding Maggie, who teases him by visiting his office and pretending nothing has happened between them.
~She tells him that she overheard Juliet requesting his presence at a meeting. She flirtatiously asks if Joe is as interested in Juliet as everyone else is. He brushes this comment off, and rushes to the meeting.
-The meeting is held to discuss possible candidates for a heart transplant. Liza arrives late and experiences frustration on Biskin’s side of the table.
~He grills her for being absent from work. She explains that there has been a family emergency, but this does not satisfy him. He throws a case file at her and demands she either selects or eliminates the candidate.
-After the meeting Joe asks Liza if she is still interested in dinner. When she ignores him he tries to get through to her. “I know you are preoccupied with your father- Just don’t forget that there are people here who care about you.”
~Liza explodes at him, “Don’t doctor me, I didn’t ask for your professional opinion!” After settling she invites him over later that night. (act out)
Act two:
-Joe drinks wine in her kitchen as Liza sweats over the stove, venting about Biskin and her father.
~Joe is clearly distracted by something, letting Liza talk to her frying pan. She laments about Biskin’s attitude towards her and her visits to her father, which take time away from her work.
~Joe snaps back into therapist mode when Liza brings up her mother’s visit. She discusses her Mother’s alcoholism and how it tore her family apart when she was a child. At this, Liza starts drinking more and cheering up. Joe looks worried by her style of consumption.
~As Liza loosens up she turns the heat on Joe about why he has been acting strange at work. She claims to be able to tell that ‘he is distracted by a woman.’ He tries his best to change the subject, acknowledging the fact that there is indeed a women tormenting him, he comes to terms with the fact that he wants Maggie (not to Liza).
-Meanwhile, Bump shows up at Maude’s apartment. She won’t let him in but he tries his best to reconcile with her.
~He insists that they discuss their relationship and determine if it can work. She says it won’t work until he knows what he wants from her. He insists that he wants her, but that he can’t treat him without respect in front of their colleagues. ~She begins to cry, and lets him inside. They kiss.
-At work Liza meets with her patient and learns she suffered from thyroid cancer and completed chemo only a few years ago. This somehow slipped out of the report.
~Liza begins bonding with her, exchanging therapy stories and other very personal information. Liza promises her that they can help her, a promise she cannot keep.
-Liza seeks Joe out in his office and tells him there is an important patient he needs to see. She explains how her patient needs anti anxiety medication (which she discussed with the patient). Joe agrees to help, not yet aware of her history of cancer.
~As Liza leaves, Maggie arrives, prompting Liza to shoot Joe an intriguing look. Maggie puts up a front until Liza leaves, then quickly unbuttons her blouse to Joe’s disapproval. He tells her that this kind of behavior is unacceptable.
~She shifts completely, becoming very sensitive and vulnerable. “You mean this whole time you were going to just throw me away like some kind of object?” Joe is taken aback. He explains that he never meant to take advantage her, but that she can’t act up at work.
~She apologizes and tells Joe that she “just can’t get hurt again” and that she can’t stop thinking about him. He admits that he has been thinking about her too. “Then we understand each other” she adds. They kiss and she leaves Joe looking very confused.
-Liza has left early to go to the hospital. Doctor Cavenaugh explains that her father will have to stay at the hospital for a few months. Liza insists she can care for him. Cavenaugh explains that his best chance for recovery is at the hospital with constant care. Liza asks him to dinner in a moment of weakness. He denies, citing professional reasons. She leaves suddenly. (act out)
Act Three:
-Liza receives a call from her mother while at work. She will arrive in a few hours to meet with Liza. Her mother insists on meeting for dinner, which agitates Liza, who is swamped with work and concerned about her patient.
-Meanwhile Maude is trying to talk to Bump at work again. What begins as a friendly and comfortable conversation quickly turns sour when Maude insists that Bump speak with her.
~He reluctantly follows her and She pulls him into an empty room next to Mark’s. She tells him that she is pregnant. Shocked, he tells her that they can’t have the baby. Maude slaps him across the face and says she is having it. Mark hears everything.
-Liza sneaks out of work early again and meets her mother at the airport. The two burst into tears upon seeing each other.
-Back at the hospital Maggie is checking on Mark. He has offered himself up as her guinea pig for some “alternative” treatments. He really just likes the attention. He pesters her about Joe until she confides in him their secret. She tells Mark she thinks she is in love.
-Meanwhile Joe is interviewing Liza’s patient about her anxiety when the patients divulges her history of cancer. Joe asks if she told Liza this, and the patient explains that they both bonded over the subject and that Liza assured her she could get the transplant. She doesn’t quite explain that Liza had cancer. Joe is caught in a difficult position, and the patient can tell he is uncomfortable. She questions him and he can’t help but confess that her chances of receiving transplant cannot be promised. This crushes the patient. (act out)
Act four:
-Liza is at dinner with her mother, who is drinking tonic water. The conversation revolves around the mother, her new boyfriend, job, and recovery. Liza is not buying it all, and clearly does not enjoy the subject.
~When Liza brings up her father things become tense. Liza does not think her mother truly cares about her or her father. Her mother becomes aggressive, taunting Liza about “everything I’ve done for you” and Liza accuses her mother of abandoning the family. The two eventually calm down and share a cry over the issue of Liza’s father. Liza takes her mother to the hotel.
-The next day at the hospital, Biskin and Maude are clearly becoming closer. He is beginning to trust her and favor her over the other interns. He lets her sit in on surgeries she has not earned. This angers Bump, who is very distracted by her presence.
-Bump is trying to get to Maude. She will not speak to him, and everyone in the department is noticing how upset she is. Bump corners her and tells her he loves her, but that having a child would ruin both of their lives. “It’s not your burden!” she replies. She ensures him that she will figure something out, but he is unsatisfied when she pushes past him and leaves him standing in the hall to catch bad looks from passing nurses.
- Meanwhile Liza and her mother visit the hospital and talk to Dr. Cavenaugh. Liza’s mother bursts into tears when she first sees Harry (her ex-husband).
~Dr. Cavenaugh brings them up to speed on his therapy, and they actively participate in his daily session.
~Dr. Cavenaugh pulls Liza aside and apologizes for his attitude the previous day. He asks her if he can take her out to dinner later that night. Liza asks him to another night that week, but is very pleased. (act out)
Act five:
-Maude is tending to Mark, who keeps pestering her about why she seems so stressed.
She explains that she can’t stand working at this hospital. She says the people here have rejected her. Mark comments that at least she has someone that loves her: Bump. She says he doesn’t love her and that she can’t believe she ever loved him.
-Joe and Maggie are getting it on in an empty hospital room. She seduced him with an act including an emphasis on “alternative medicine” to help his stress.
~ Afterwards they talk about their past relationships, Joe opens up about an ex who left him because he overanalyzed their relationship to devastating proportions.
~Maggie takes her cue and offers herself for analysis. Joe proves he is blinded by her charm when he fails to really analyze her and instead flatters and comforts her.
~He snaps out of it when he realizes he is late for the board meeting.
-He enters during Liza’s pitch, which is going smoothly. As Biskin is showing his satisfaction with the report, Joe blurts out a comment about the patient’s past with cancer. Liza shoots daggers at him, and tries to keep up her story. Biskin won’t buy it and the cause is lost.
-Liza explodes at Biskin, calling him a “stubborn, cold, old man”. Biskin tries to put her in her place by suggesting she is unprofessional. Liza finally lets loose her past with cancer, shocking everyone. Joe can’t believe what he is hearing.
~Everyone goes silent as Liza gives a speech about second chances and what the heart department stands for. Biskin doesn’t buy it and ends the meeting, telling Liza to stay. Joe waits outside as Biskin and Liza go head to head. (act break)
Act 6:
- Liza exists the meeting room and Joe follows closely in her wake.
He just wants to help, he can’t believe she had cancer and he didn’t know. Finally he desperately asks, “Why didn’t you tell me?” She angrily replies, “Because I don’t need you to save me!”
-Liza enters her patient’s room with no option but to tell her she cannot promise a transplant. The two cry with together as Liza tries to explain that it is not a lost cause.
~The patient explains that she does not know how long she can live like she does, that the pain is overwhelming, and her family is watching her deteriorate. Liza breaks down, trying to make sense of her life, not realizing she is thinking out loud.
~The patient holds her hand and with tear-filled eyes forgives her for her failure. She explains that Liza has the chance to change her life if she can only forgive herself for her inability to save the people around her.
-Biskin is listening outside the door. This conversation seems to be filling him up with sorrow. He holds his head and exits to find Maude around the corner entering an equipment closet in tears. He enters and finds her having a nervous breakdown. She won’t tell him why, but he knows. “We all have to make hard choices, ones that hurt the people we love. Choose what keeps you going.”
-Maggie visits Joe in his office shortly after the meeting. She can see that he is in distress so she tries to comfort him.
~At first Joe is very reserved, letting her massage his back while she wonders out loud what could be bothering him. Joe confesses he betrayed Liza. Maggie becomes territorial and questions him about her, clearly insinuating a possible romance between them. Joe snaps at her and pushes her away from him. “You know nothing about Liza, you know nothing about me.” Maggie is in shock. Joe rants about the importance of trust and how he “deserves better”. Maggie has no way of telling what he is talking about. She slowly calms him back down, walking him through a meditative exercise. He collects himself and kisses her, apologizing for his behavior.
-Meanhwile at the other hospital, Liza’s father starts speaking. He repeats her name to the empty hospital room as a janitor passes in the hallway.
(act out)