INT. - KIM'S HOUSE
Kim: I was called down to assess for suicidal ideation. It was my job to determine if the patient needed to be admitted.
D: For a psych hold?
Kim: Yes.
D: And it was your professional opinion that she did? Dr. Legaspi?
Kim: Yes. She was um.. confused about her sexual identity. She was clinically depressed and had spent a considerable amount of time planning to hurt herself.
INT. - CURTAIN AREA 3
Kim: We're gonna move you to your own room. Okay, Mary?
Mary: What if Jesus comes for me and I'm not here?
Kim: Oh, I'll have one of the nurses send him upstairs.
Mary: Will you?
Kim: Yeah.
Mary: Thank you.
Kim: You're welcome. Hey.
Kerry: Got a minute? So Bloody Mary's back?
Kim: She's harmless.
Kerry: Tried to page you.
Kim: Well, it's been pretty crazy upstairs. Not just because of the patients.
Kerry: So, what was with the police?
Kim: Oh. You should have stayed. It was a party.
Kerry: I had to be on at 7:30.
Kim: So did I.
INT. - BATHROOM
Kerry: I didn't abandon you on purpose.
Kim: I didn't say you did.
Kerry: Okay, What did they say?
Kim: They were following up on Shannon Wallace the attempted suicide who caused that train derailment. They probably wanna talk to you.
Kerry: Why?
Kim: The patient has accused me of sexual harassment.
Kerry: What?
Kim: Yeah. She told the police that I came on to her and I touched her.
Kerry: Why would she say such a thing?
Kim: Well, she caused over 30 deaths. She's probably trying to divert the heat off of herself.
Kerry: Yeah, but why.. why would she accuse you of that? How would she even know you were..?
Kim: Gay? I told her.
Kerry: You what?
Kim: I was trying to help her.
Kerry: Oh, no. Kim. Kim, what were you thinking?
Kim: I don't know, Kerry. That she needed help?
Kerry: Yes. You disclose your personal life to an unstable patient who you don't know?
Kim: Well, I.. I..
Haleh: Mr. Hollis is crashing.
Kerry: Okay.
Kim: I'll see you later.
Kerry: Yeah.
INT. - HALLWAY OUTSIDE ROMANO'S OFFICE
Kerry: Dr. Legaspi.
Kim: Kerry.
INT. - EXAM ROOM 2
Kim: Is there someone you want me to call to be here? Your husband, maybe?
: I'me divorced.
Kim: What is his name?
: Ed. Ed Jeffries. But he lives in Boston now.
Kim: Okay. The police would like to ask you some questions. Do you feel up to this? Okay. I will be back when they're done, and we'll talk.
: Okay.
INT. - - EXAM ROOM 1
Kim: Hey.
Kerry: Hey. How is she doing?
Kim: Better than I would be.
Kerry: Um.. How was your meeting with Romano?
Kim: Homopjobic. Misogynistic. The usual. Degrading.
Kerry: What did you tell him?
Kim: The truth. That shannon Wallace was a young woman experiencing a sexal-identity crisis. She needed to know that being gay is not an affliction.
Kerry: Yeah. And what did you tell him about us?
Kim: Oh. Oh, I see. Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me.
Kerry: That's not what I meant.
Kim: No? What did you mean?
Kerry: No. No. You think that I am the only one who has problem with this.. that.. that it's universally accepted. But that is not true.
Kim: So we skulk about in the shadows because some narrow-minded individuals disapprove?
Kerry: No. No. I just think that you are fooling yourself if you... How many openly gay women do you know in hospital administrative positions?
Kim: Kerry..
Kerry: None. It doesn't happen.
Kim: What dose that have to do with anything?
Kerry: I'm explaining why this is difficult for me.
Kim: Guess what, Kerry. This isn't about you. This is about a confused and frightened young women who would rather kill herself than deal with the stigma of being gay. Maybe it is about you.
INT. - CONFERENCE ROOM
Kerry: Are Dr. Romano and Dr. Anspaugh still here?
: They're waiting for you in the conference room.
Romano: Dr. Weaver. Better late than never. Let's cut to the chase, so we can all get out of here and go home. Okay. Dr. Legaspi recently, for whatever reasons, had what I hope was a momentary lapse in judgment.
Kim: I take offense to that.
Romano: Really? I take offense to you having come out to your patient, which was inapproproate..
Anspaugh: Dr. Legaspi is a valuable asset to the Psychiatry Department as well as this hospital as a whole. I think that her instincts were correct and har intentions very honorable considering the situation.
Romano: Honorable, perhaps. Stupid, definitely.
Anspaugh: Come on, Robert. Patients with psychological problems falsely accuse their doctors of all sorts of things. I had a guy today blame me for hypnotizing him in order to drink his blood.
Romano: Well, we'll have to look into that another day, Donald. But the fact is, to the best of my knowledge, you are not a vampire. Dr. Legaspi, however, is a lesbian. Am I right?
Kim: I've never hidden that fact from this administration or my colleagues.
Romano: Or from patients, wherein lies the problem.
Kim: There's a difference between being gay and being a child molester.
Romano: Okay. My recommendation is administrative leave pending the criminal hearing.
Anspaugh: I think that's premature.
Romano: No. It's preemptive. If we get lucky, there won't be any charges and you can come back to work having learned a lesson, albeit the hard way. You have anything to add, Dr. Weaver, considering you are one of them?
Kerry: Them?
Romano: A female physician dealing with female patients.
Kerry: No. Yes. I think that Dr. Legaspi is a wonderful doctor. And I don't think that she did any of the things that she's accused of doing.
Romano: Well, that's well-spoken, Kerry. That's very convincing. Please remind me never to ask you to testify on my behalf. Okay. Meeting is adjourned. I have dinner plans.
Anspaugh: Pay no attention to him. This, too, will pass.
Kerry: I'm sorry. I'm... Kim. Kim, please don't. Kim, please. Please, please stop. I'm so.... I'm so sorry. Let's just get out of here and talk about this.
Kim: There's really nothing to talk about.
Kerry: What did you expect me to say? I am so sorry, Kim.
Kim: Me too. Go back to your life, Kerry.
Kerry: No, don't. You can't do this. We have something good.
Kim: What? What do we have? A relationship that you're ashamed to acknowledge in public?
Kerry: You're right. I wish I could be like you. I wish I could be as confident and secure with this as you are. But I am not you. I have been on the outside my whole life fighting for acceptance and respect. And now you're asking me to do it all over again?
Kim: I'm not asking you for anything.
Kerry: don't, please. I just I need more time. I can't do this right now. Please, Kim. Kim. |