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2. I'm Charlotte Lukaitis.
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3. - Charlie.
You are on my team.
- Yes!
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4. Positive affirmations are
empowering for people with ASD.
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5. My autism is awesome.
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6. We should prep
a bolus dose of TPA.
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7. No, we should not do that.
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8. You ordered a nurse
to prep an unindicated
and very risky medication.
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9. - I didn't order her.
I was just making a suggestion.
- Get out!
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10. I believe
your intense curiosity
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11. and attention to organization
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12. will one day make you
an excellent pathologist.
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13. I don't want to be
a pathologist.
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14. I just want to be
a surgeon like you.
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15. You're nothing like me.
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16. So much of my life
in Orthodox world.
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17. I still don't feel like
I know what I'm doing.
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18. I have so little figured out,
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19. except that
I'm really into you.
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20. - Mom?
- Hey, Audie.
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21. But what are you doing here?
Are you okay?
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22. Oh, I'm just here
for a drug trial.
For my hyperthyroid.
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23. You heard they're calling
a board meeting tomorrow?
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24. - Can you cover for me?
- I wish I could cover it.
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25. It would be preferable
to taking my mom shopping.
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26. I'll take her shopping.
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27. Thank you for your help.
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28. Oh, no. Happy to help.
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29. See, and here you are,
stuck with me.
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30. Oh! No.
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31. You have been very sweet.
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32. - Should we just—
- No.
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33. Can't we just check on him?
It's been ten minutes.
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34. - Nine.
- I'm rounding up.
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35. You shouldn't. This process
is tiring and difficult.
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36. But once we finish,
we will all be happier
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37. and more well-rested.
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38. How does the crying
not bother you?
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39. In prehistoric times,
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40. when infants awoke in the night
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41. and didn't see their parents,
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42. it could mean they had
been killed by wild animals
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43. or competing tribes.
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44. Steve's cries
are designed by nature
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45. to alert other adults
to take care of him.
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46. Mm-hmm.
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47. How much longer?
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48. Ten seconds.
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49. Nine, eight—
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50. seven, six, five, four,
three, two, one.
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51. Don't worry, Steve.
Mommy's coming.
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52. Mm.
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53. Morning.
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54. Morning.
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55. That was fun.
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56. - Yeah.
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57. Mm.
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58. I have to go, unfortunately.
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59. When's your first meeting?
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60. After this.
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61. I have a consult.
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62. No, Shaun, please stay.
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63. Sorry. I was, um...
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64. Sorry.
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65. I was just about to tell Shaun
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66. that he'll be working
with Charlie Lukaitis today.
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67. No, I'm going to work with Dom.
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68. Charlie is disruptive
and distracting.
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69. She should be failed
out of this rotation.
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70. That's a harsh assessment,
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71. and one you can't make until
she's completed her rotation.
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72. Then...
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73. I want to opt out of being
a teaching attending.
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74. You can't do that, Shaun.
This is a teaching hospital.
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75. You can't opt out.
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76. Well, actually, you can,
but you lose access
to the residents—
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77. Jordan, Kalu, Asher.
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78. I prefer to work alone.
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79. And you'd stick
to simple surgeries.
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80. Lap choles, appendectomies,
hernia repairs.
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81. Not to mention, you'd lose
a third of your salary.
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82. I cannot teach her.
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83. She interrupts me, and when
I point out her mistakes,
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84. she just argues with me.
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85. Well, why don't you stop
pointing out her mistakes?
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86. Why don't you start
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87. pointing out things
she does well?
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88. Why would I do that?
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89. Because when you criticize
people, they feel bad,
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90. and that leads to arguments.
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91. And that leads to Charlie
standing alone,
mute in an elevator.
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92. And that leads
to more meetings with us.
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93. I can't just
let her mistakes go.
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94. So, how about you try
a compliment sandwich?
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95. When you need to give
negative feedback,
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96. stick it between
layers of praise.
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97. Charlie...
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98. doesn't have two pieces
of bread to work with.
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99. Then make it a compliment
open-faced sandwich.
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100. Find the bread, Shaun.
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101. - Hi, honey.
- Hey, you okay?
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102. Your door was closed
when I left.
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103. I wasn't there. I, um...
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104. stayed over at Aaron's.
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105. You... s-slept over there?
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106. Yes.
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107. - Like...
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108. I hope you don't have
a problem with that.
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109. You're a grown woman.
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110. That decided to have sex
with my co-president.
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111. Sure. That's... fine.
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112. Great.
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113. It was amazing, Audrey.
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114. I mean, for a man his age,
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115. you cannot believe the stamina
and the decisiveness.
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116. That's great, Mom.
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117. It's just sex.
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118. I'll be going home
after the study is over.
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119. But as sex goes,
this is pretty high quality.
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120. Where did you fall?
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121. In the shower.
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122. I hate how old that
makes me sound.
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123. Don't worry, you also look old.
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124. Oh, thank you for that.
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125. BP's 100 over 70,
heart rate 75 BPMs.
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126. Hip bone's swollen
and deformed.
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127. Does this hurt?
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128. Ow! Ow!
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129. You have a fractured
and dislocated hip.
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130. Oh, no.
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131. Don't worry. We'll get him
to the OR right away.
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132. - Your dad will be fine.
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133. He's my fiance.
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134. Then your fiance will be fine.
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135. Thank you.
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136. Hi! I know the last time
we worked together
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137. could have gone better.
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138. I always quote
the great Taylor Swift
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139. at important moments,
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140. - so let me just say—
- Don't do that.
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141. I promise I won't
interrupt you today.
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142. I'll work extra hard
to be helpful.
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143. What were you doing when
you first started throwing up?
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144. Walking with Mom.
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145. We weren't
overdoing it or anything.
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146. We walk together
every morning before school.
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147. It's our special time.
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148. That's awesome.
Do you know Mirna Valerio?
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149. She's a large-bodied woman
who runs ultramarathons.
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150. You could work
your way up to that.
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151. Or just marathons.
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152. That wasn't an interruption.
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153. It was...
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154. good that you did not
interrupt me,
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155. but you did not need
to tell that story.
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156. Although, it was not
completely irrelevant.
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157. With the fever and white count,
I thought she had a UTI.
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158. Lucy, please lie down.
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159. Take a deep breath.
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160. Positive Murphy sign.
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161. And it was spotted
by Dr. Murphy. So cool.
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162. It wasn't named after
Dr. Murphy, though.
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163. It is, in fact,
named after Dr. Murphy.
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164. - He just wasn't me.
- It's still cool.
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165. There's nothing cool about it,
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166. since it means Lucy's
gallbladder is inflamed
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167. and will need to be removed.
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168. Why would she be having
trouble with her gallbladder?
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169. Probably because
she's morbidly obese.
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170. But don't worry,
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171. we do the surgery every day.
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172. Not on teenagers, though.
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173. I shouldn't
have assumed.
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174. Placing second guidewire.
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175. But are we all just
going to ignore
how gross this is?
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176. I mean, he's old enough
to be her grandfather.
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177. Lots of people
think it's gross that you
and I are together.
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178. Yes, but we're
actually in love.
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179. Okay? She's gold-digging.
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180. Another assumption.
A deduction, actually.
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181. If he's not loaded,
why would she be with him?
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182. Also, I found her Instagram.
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183. You should see the hotel
they stayed at in Baja.
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184. And they've been
engaged for a year,
but no wedding website.
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185. He's clearly stalling,
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186. trying to have
as much sex as he can
before tossing her.
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187. He's 74.
Yeah.
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188. And a man.
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189. Implanting primary FNS screw.
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190. If she's
after his money
and he's after her youth,
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191. then they're both
getting something out of it.
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192. Tightening
locking screw.
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193. Dissecting
the gallbladder off the liver.
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194. Processed foods, sugary drinks,
schools dropping PE...
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195. No wonder there's an epidemic
of childhood obesity.
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196. Weight is a bad proxy
for health, actually. BMI, too.
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197. It doesn't take into account
muscle mass or metabolic—
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198. Excuse me.
What are you doing?
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199. Oh, I, um—
I-I asked Charlie
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200. to learn the tools
by laying them out.
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201. Laparoscopic
instruments go on the left,
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202. then clamps, scissors,
retractors, and sutures.
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203. You have done the opposite.
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204. You... did lay them out, though.
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205. Thank you.
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206. One thing, though.
Shaming people
who are overweight,
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207. which, sorry, Shaun,
you kind of did
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208. with that
"morbidly obese" comment,
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209. can actually lead
to overeating.
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210. I was stating
a medical fact.
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211. Ultrasonic coagulator.
Starting the—
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212. But if your fact
made her feel ashamed,
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213. - then you—
You inter—
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214. Charlie, you did a good job
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215. when you were not
interrupting me earlier.
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216. Thank you.
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217. But you did not
do a good job
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218. when you were interrupting me
just now.
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219. Oh, I just thought
we were talking
at the same time.
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220. But you are doing
a good job right now
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221. because you are
not interrupting—
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222. It's mostly
I'm completing your train
of thought, which helps.
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223. Okay, I am
running out of bread.
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224. Shaun.
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225. Her liver has yellow
diffuse deposits and fibrosis.
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226. She has
advanced fatty liver.
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227. If this progresses,
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228. she will need
a liver transplant
or she will die.
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229. It may take a few months
to regain full mobility,
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230. but that shouldn't stop you
from walking down the aisle.
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231. Thank you so much, Doctor.
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232. So, how'd you two meet?
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233. Well, we needed some
legal work done at the school
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234. where I teach
seventh grade English,
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235. and somehow,
a big fancy litigator
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237. - Not that fancy.
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238. And very modest.
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239. I had, uh, lost my wife,
Julie, to COVID
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240. a couple of years before and...
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241. Well, I was a mess.
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242. I certainly never thought
I could fall in love again.
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243. Neither of us
expected this to happen.
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244. But we're real glad it did.
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245. It's a beautiful story.
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246. When's the big day?
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247. Hey, are you okay?
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248. Yeah, it's just
my stomach thing.
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249. Uh, we're just
waiting for Scott
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250. to finish converting
to Judaism.
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251. I'm sure you know how long that
process can be, Dr. Wolke.
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252. You're Jewish, right?
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256. I feel sick.
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257. Ronit?
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258. Ronit.
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259. - Look at me.
- Ronit!
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260. Crash cart!
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261. Stomach and duodenum
are normal.
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262. Are you ready to admit
you're wrong about them?
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263. Fine. They're in love.
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264. But why not just
peacefully live out
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266. Why is she making him
jump through all these hoops
to get married?
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267. Does he really want to spend
the rest of his years
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to do anything.
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271. Yeah, by pretending
to care about
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272. something he doesn't
actually care about.
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273. If he wants to stay married,
I also recommend pretending
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274. to care about every
other thing she cares about.
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275. Transverse colon is normal.
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276. Also, it doesn't hurt
for a man of his age
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277. to have a younger medical proxy
who cares about him.
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278. So just give her
power of attorney.
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279. Yeah, maybe in a ceremony.
She could wear white.
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280. They could exchange rings.
What's that called?
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281. Why are you
so invested in this?
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282. Why are you so cynical?
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283. Guys.
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284. Left ovary and pelvic organs.
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285. Dr. Glassman and Dr. Lim
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286. suggested
the compliment sandwich,
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287. but it is very distracting
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288. having to find two things
Charlie is doing right
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289. just so I can correct
her mistakes.
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290. There are a lot of them.
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291. What do we do in sleep training
when Steve cries?
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292. We ignore him.
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293. Ignore her.
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294. Charlie isn't a baby.
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295. When she makes mistakes,
it affects patients.
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296. How often do med students
get to do something
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hurt a patient?
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298. Not very often.
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299. So, when she does something
annoying, just let it go.
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300. If you ignore the mistakes,
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301. you don't need to look
for the compliments.
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302. Well, yeah.
That is worth a try.
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303. Lucy's coming out
of anesthesia.
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304. I have to go.
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305. Have you forgotten something?
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306. Something to steel you against
any level of annoyingness?
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307. It smells of adorableness
and diaper cream?
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308. Now go get your ignore on.
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309. You have stage three
ovarian cancer.
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310. It's spread beyond
the ovaries and pelvis.
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311. I told my GP months ago
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312. that I was having back pain
and nausea.
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313. He said that it was
probably just stress.
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314. Unfortunately,
that's not uncommon.
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315. 70% of cases are missed
at the early stages.
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316. We will do everything we can,
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317. starting with removing as many
of the tumors as possible.
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318. And hopefully
chemo can get the rest.
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319. Thanks. Perfect.
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320. - Audrey!
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321. - Hi.
- Hello.
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322. So, we were just talking about
where to go for dinner.
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323. Yeah,
what was that place?
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324. - The Chinese fusion on Elm?
- East-West.
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325. Try the wonton tacos.
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326. Excuse me. Um...
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327. Hey, uh, I'm guessing
you're not okay with this.
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328. You sleeping with my mom?
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329. My dad did it for years.
We got along fine.
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not okay with it, uh,
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331. is there anything that I can do
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332. to make this
a little bit less awkward?
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333. There's not going out with her.
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334. Short of that?
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336. Are they?
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337. Please don't make me
think about this any more
than I already have.
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338. Ah! Wow.
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339. You've really
gotta hand it to Glassman.
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340. I really don't.
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341. Sleeping with
your competitor's mom
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the 49th Law of Power.
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343. He's not my competitor.
He's my colleague.
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344. Imagine if they got married.
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345. That's why we are recommending
gastric sleeve surgery.
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348. She has a BMI of 40,
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350. and she's having severe
medical problems as a result.
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351. Do other kids
get surgery like that?
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1,400 bariatric surgeries
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in 2022,
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more common every year.
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355. Dr. Murphy will remove
a large portion
of your stomach.
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356. That will help you to eat less.
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357. And in ways
we don't fully understand yet,
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358. it reduces the hunger signals
in your brain.
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359. That is not wrong.
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361. Mom, I think about food
all the time.
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fighting my body.
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364. Baby, I didn't...
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still hurting this much.
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367. I was trying to fight it
on my own, but...
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368. I don't think I can anymore.
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369. Uh, okay. Let's do it.
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371. Charlie will return with
the preoperative consent form.
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374. Gunderson's doing
a robotic-assisted
thoracoscopic lobectomy.
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Isn't he a little green?
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376. Yeah. He'll probably push
the wrong button
and start a robot rebellion.
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377. Can you assist?
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378. I could shuffle
some stuff around.
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379. Great. Problem solved.
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380. I do need you to write
that memo to the board, though.
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Hospital Process Management."
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383. Oh, that memo.
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384. The one you were
supposed to write.
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385. - Now that
I'm bailing Gunderson out...
- You don't have the time.
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386. Let me guess, it's due...
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387. - Tomorrow.
- What a coincidence.
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388. Now I can't take your mom
out to dinner.
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389. OR awaits.
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390. Before I have you sign this,
I need to tell you
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391. about the risks
of gastric sleeve surgery.
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392. - Yeah, okay.
- Okay.
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or iron deficiency.
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during surgery or afterwards.
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397. - That doesn't sound good.
- It's not.
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398. Five, surgical wound infection.
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399. Six, fatal blood clots.
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400. - Fatal?
- Yeah, like
a pulmonary embolism.
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401. Oxygen is blocked
from your lungs,
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402. and you start to suffocate.
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403. Seven, sepsis leading
to organ failure.
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404. - Wait. Hold on.
- I've changed my mind.
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405. So have I.
We're not doing this.
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406. Guess you don't need
to hear about number eight.
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407. You have put that girl's life
at risk by telling her that.
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408. I did what I was supposed to.
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409. I listed all the possible
complications.
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410. - Did you say how unlikely
each one was?
- No, but—
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411. Or explain that many were
a complication of any surgery?
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412. - I didn't think!
- Or that this was
a relatively safe surgery?
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413. - This is unfair.
- Stop interrupting me.
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415. I am the attending.
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416. I have tried complimenting you,
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417. but that didn't work.
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418. I have also tried ignoring you,
but that also didn't work.
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419. But I am required
to keep teaching you, though,
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420. so you will have to
go back to learning
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422. You will not bother me.
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423. You will not say a word,
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424. either in surgery
or in front of the patient.
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425. You're quiet.
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426. I can't stop
thinking about Ronit.
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427. If her doctor had
only taken her seriously.
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428. Imagine trying to plan
a wedding
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429. while she's in chemo
and he's recovering
from a broken hip.
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430. Who cares about their
wedding planning?
She could die.
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431. - They care.
- Well, they shouldn't.
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432. Marriage is an outdated
institution
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as a property transaction,
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434. not as an expression of love.
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about it now is...
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our feelings trap us
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of thinking.
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that most of the Israelites
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440. stayed enslaved in Egypt
because it's all they knew.
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441. Are you seriously comparing
a loving marriage to slavery?
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442. Both were invented as a means
of exchanging human chattel.
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443. That is offensive
on so many levels.
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444. And I doubt it's what Rashi,
whoever that is,
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445. meant when he wrote
that parable.
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446. It's a Midrash, not a parable.
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447. Well, you sure know a lot
about Judaism
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448. for someone who isn't Jewish.
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449. Okay, I'm not a practicing Jew,
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450. but I don't have to share
my life story with a patient.
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451. Why didn't you just say,
"I was raised Jewish,
but I don't"--
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452. Hold on.
I'll get you a bandage.
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453. Here.
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454. I don't feel like
cooking anymore.
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455. I'm going home.
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456. What are you still doing here?
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457. Aaron and I are going
out to dinner.
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458. And salsa dancing.
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459. You dance salsa?
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460. You dance salsa?
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461. My Spanish teacher
got me into it.
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462. You have a Spanish teacher?
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463. She could actually be
a Spanish teacher.
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464. Habla muy bueno.
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465. Ah, bien, actually.
- Bien, actually.
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466. So, I was doing research
for this very urgent memo,
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467. and I came upon
this great article
on Lean Practices
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468. in the Argentinian Journal
for Hospital Administration,
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469. and it was in Spanish.
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470. So I translated it for him.
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471. So she translated it for me
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472. and had some great ideas
for the memo itself
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473. and saved me hours of work.
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474. Oh, don't wait up tonight, hon.
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475. With an open surgery,
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476. Park and I can get
more of the tumors.
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477. Laparoscopic surgery lowers
the risk of complications,
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478. which would allow her
to start chemo sooner.
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479. Ronit's pre-op labs.
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480. - Hey, Jordan.
- Hey, Jerome.
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481. How's Grandma E?
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482. Doctor said
she'll recover fine.
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483. Whether they'll recover
from me second-guessing
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484. everything they're doing
is another question.
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485. I'm glad to hear it.
On both counts.
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486. What was that?
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487. We had a fight last night.
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488. All right, this weekend,
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489. I found a box
in Jerome's drawer.
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490. I'm pretty sure
it was a ring box.
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491. Tomorrow night's
the second anniversary
of our first date.
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492. I think he's going to propose.
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493. Or I should say, was.
I don't know about now.
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494. - But isn't that
what you wanted?
- No, it is.
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495. There's just something
about the ceremony of it all,
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496. the ancient rituals,
it just feels... icky.
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497. Ancient rituals?
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498. We're talking about you
getting married,
not sacrificing a goat.
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499. I worry we'd only be doing it
because we're supposed to.
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500. In Brooklyn, my path
was laid out for me.
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501. Study the Talmud,
get married, have kids.
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502. I didn't really have a choice.
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503. What if this is the same thing?
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504. Do you love Jerome?
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505. - Absolutely.
- Then you do have a choice.
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506. You can make a life
with the man you love
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507. or find another path
without him.
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508. Bariatric surgery is conducted
hundreds of thousands
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509. of times a year
in United States hospitals.
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510. But what Ms. Lukaitis
talked about,
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511. the bleeding, the clots—
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512. Serious complications
are very rare.
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513. How rare?
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514. Based on my surgical record,
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515. site infection rate
is less than 1.5%,
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516. and I would identify it early
and treat it well.
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517. Excess bleeding
is less than 1%,
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518. and death is 1/20th of that.
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519. What do you think, Mom?
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520. I don't know.
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521. I don't want her to be ashamed.
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522. Last year...
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523. she was suicidal
because of the teasing
and the bullying.
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524. And I was too,
when I was her age.
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525. We got counseling
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526. and were really in a place
where she loved herself,
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527. and I don't want you
to lose that.
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528. I was diagnosed with ASD
when I was five years old.
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529. That's not relevant.
And I told you not—
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530. Shaun, I think
they want to hear
what Charlie has to say.
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531. Thank you.
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532. My brain...
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533. it doesn't process
emotional signals
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534. like other people's brains.
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535. Same with Lucy's brain
with hunger.
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536. My parents wanted
what was best for me,
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537. but my mom, she didn't want me
to feel different.
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538. So she was against me
having an in-school aid.
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539. Thought it would stigmatize me,
but my dad convinced her.
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540. They found a great aid
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541. that helped me learn
to navigate the world.
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542. This surgery won't stigmatize
your daughter.
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543. It will give her
what she needs to thrive.
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544. Everyone needs help sometimes.
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545. Let Dr. Murphy help you.
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546. Mom, please.
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547. Yeah.
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548. Okay.
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549. Good job.
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550. After
radical debulking,
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551. I don't see
any obvious gross tumor.
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552. Assessing
abdominal organs and spleen.
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553. There are sub-centimeter
lesions on her liver.
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554. Infiltrative
hepatic metastasis.
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555. Check her diaphragm.
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556. It's everywhere.
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557. She probably only
has a couple months, if that.
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558. Let's close.
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559. What exactly
is your motivation here?
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560. Are you trying to piss me off?
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561. Mark your territory?
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562. What are you talking about?
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563. You, dating my mom.
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564. You think
this is about you?
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565. It's crossed my mind.
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566. Are you out of your mind?
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567. Oh, come on. What do you
have in common with her?
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568. My mom's...
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569. She's, uh...
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570. Yes?
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571. Dull.
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572. - My mom's dull.
- No, she's not.
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573. She's a great person,
a loving mother.
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574. But she was a homemaker.
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575. Not exactly the world's
most interesting woman.
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576. Let me tell you something
about your mom.
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577. She learned Spanish
so she could read Don Quixote
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578. in the original. Who does that?
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579. She's seen every movie
in the Criterion Collection.
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580. That's five stars right there.
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581. She buys The New York Times
in paper form
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582. so she can do the crossword,
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583. which she does
through Saturday.
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584. I don't even
get past Wednesday.
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585. - She does?
- Yes, she does.
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586. Maybe you should get to know
your mom a little bit better.
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587. - I certainly will.
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588. Thrilled for you two.
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589. Plus, the sex is amazing.
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590. I want to marry you.
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591. It won't be
a Jewish wedding, but...
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592. der mentsh trakht un got lakht.
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593. "Man plans, God laughs."
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594. But if a Beit Din,
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595. a council of three rabbis,
approves your conversion,
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596. then there are only
a couple steps left.
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597. The big one being
a ritual bath.
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598. You can have
a Jewish wedding here.
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599. I'll set it all up for you.
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600. I was raised Hasidic.
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601. You've done this
with strength.
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602. You will be blessed.
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603. I'm sorry.
I just can't take this anymore.
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604. - No. No.
- I have to rock him to sleep.
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605. No, that is the worst thing
we could do.
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606. It will teach Steve that
if he cries for ten minutes,
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607. he will get rewarded
with a hug from Mom.
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608. Steve isn't a test subject.
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609. He's our baby, and we need
to be flexible with him.
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610. He will be fine.
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611. I'm not sure I will be fine.
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612. This is so hard.
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613. And you have surgery tomorrow.
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614. Don't you need your sleep?
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615. We should focus
on how much better it will be
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616. for all three of us
in a few weeks.
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617. Okay.
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618. Thank you for doing this,
Rabbi Benjamin.
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619. I've adored Scott and Ronit
since I met them last year.
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620. I'd do anything for them.
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621. Now, time for some Jewish math.
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622. 300 gallons is about 150 se'ah.
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623. We need 40 se'ah
of natural water
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624. and a wall between
the natural water
and tap water.
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625. And we aren't getting
rainwater in here,
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626. but Rav Kook
and the Ben Ish Chai
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627. wrote that we can use ice,
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628. so we're going to need a lot.
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629. We have a giant ice maker
on every floor.
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630. Where do you go to shul, Asher?
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631. Uh, I don't.
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632. Or, you know,
not since I came out.
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633. You can't be gay and Jewish?
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634. Well, aside from
the explicit prohibitions
in Vayikra 18 and 20,
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635. there's the Noahide laws
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636. and the sin of Sodom,
as explained in Sanhedrin.
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637. You should brush up
on Sanhedrin.
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638. According to the Midrash,
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639. the sin of Sodom
was cruelty toward strangers,
not homosexuality.
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640. Is an Orthodox rabbi telling me
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641. that the real sodomites
are the homophobes?
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642. If the Midrash fits...
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643. You are a Jew, Asher.
Whether you want to be or not.
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644. Anti-Semites
don't give you a pass
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645. because you have no mezuzah
on your door,
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646. so might as well get
something positive out of it.
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647. Respectfully, Rabbi,
I have everything
I need in my life.
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648. 5,000 years of tradition,
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649. and you can't find
anything of value?
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650. The Torah isn't all or nothing.
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651. Try lighting some candles
on a Friday night.
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652. Take a little break
on a Saturday.
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653. Put some spare change in
the Tzedakah box for the poor.
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654. Read Rambam...
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655. or Philip Roth.
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656. I do love bagels.
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657. They're super carby,
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658. but I can always scoop out
the middle, right?
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659. Heresy. And yet, a start.
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660. Ahh.
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661. Now let's make a mikveh.
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662. Placing
the final staples.
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663. Okay. Removing
the amputated stomach.
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664. You okay?
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665. I got less than
the optimal amount of sleep
last night,
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666. but I am fine to operate.
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667. Partial stomach
is removed.
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668. Heart rate's 115.
BP is 146 over 93.
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669. Splenic infarct?
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670. No,
it is baseline color
and well perfused.
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671. It could be
an intestinal—
No, it couldn't.
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672. Why not?
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673. Charlie, we don't have
time to answer your questions
right now, okay?
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674. That makes sense.
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675. Submerge the remaining
stomach in saline.
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676. Shoot air in
from the endoscope.
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677. That will tell us
what the problem is.
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678. It's a leak.
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679. We need to reinforce our
staple line with sutures and—
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680. Heart rate 128. BP 170.
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681. 4-0 Vicryls,
fibrin glue.
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682. Get the 4-0's
from the suture cart.
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683. Why aren't they
on the back table?
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684. I read in The Journal
for Bariatric Surgery
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685. that they were
rarely used, so—
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686. You should have
asked an attending.
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687. I know she can be
quite unrelenting,
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688. but you should not make changes
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689. based on the instructions
of a medical student.
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690. - Starting sutures.
It's not
her fault or mine.
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691. You have the stitches now, so—
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692. I am trying to concentrate.
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693. - Suturing.
I need
to explain myself!
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694. Stop talking.
You're distracting me.
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695. I wanted
to impress you.
It's a top journal—
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696. Get out of the OR!
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697. Get out right now.
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698. Goggles.
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699. No more anastomotic leak.
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700. Let's close.
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701. Lucy, we'll keep you here
for a couple of days,
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702. and then you'll be good
to go home.
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703. When will I start
to lose weight?
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704. You can expect to lose
five to fifteen pounds per week
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705. over the next few months.
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706. You look nice.
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707. Going out?
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708. Maybe.
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709. I could tell that you were
uncomfortable
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710. when I saw you with Aaron.
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711. And I think I knew you were
uncomfortable even before then.
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712. But I just was having
so much fun, I...
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713. It was unfair of me.
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714. - And I think that
maybe I should just—
- Mom.
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715. It was unfair of me.
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716. Go have fun.
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717. Are you sure?
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718. Yeah.
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719. Thank you, honey.
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720. Why didn't you ever tell me
about learning Spanish
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721. or salsa dancing or anything?
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722. You never asked.
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723. I guess I never thought
there was much to hear.
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725. He always seemed so in charge,
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726. and you just...
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727. went along.
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728. I'm sure it did seem that way,
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729. because I knew
it was important to him.
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730. He was old school.
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731. But at its heart...
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732. it was a partnership.
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733. I didn't know.
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734. You have always been
so ambitious, driven.
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735. Is that because you didn't
want to be someone who just...
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736. went along?
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737. Maybe.
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738. Is that why
you and Clay broke up?
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739. He hasn't called
since I've been here.
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740. None of his clothes
are in the closet.
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741. He wanted to get married.
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742. And I wasn't sure.
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743. So I did my usual.
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744. I just avoided him
and I focused on work.
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745. And he took the job in Chicago.
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746. I'm so sorry.
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747. I love my job.
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748. I like who I am.
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749. I don't need
to get married again.
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750. But I don't
always like being alone.
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751. I am always here for you.
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752. Charlie Lukaitis
won't listen to me.
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753. She is putting
patients at risk.
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754. She should finish her rotation
at another hospital.
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755. I cannot work with her anymore.
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756. Well, apparently she can't
work with you, either.
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757. She filed a complaint
against you.
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758. Thanks for the ride.
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759. I really enjoyed
our conversation today.
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760. Yeah. Me too.
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761. Asher, when was the last time
you wrapped tefillin?
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762. Maybe another time.
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763. Sorry, I just have
an important dinner
to get to with my boyfriend.
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764. I think he's going
to pop the question.
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765. And if he doesn't, I will.
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766. Mazel tov.
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767. Thank you.
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768. - Until next time.
- Yeah.
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769. Hey!
What are you doing?
Get out of here, man!
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770. You're desecrating
a house of worship.
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771. - What's going on?
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772. I've asked them to leave.
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773. Go.
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774. Go, and there
won't be a problem.
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775. What do you care?
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776. He's a Jew too.
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777. Yeah, I am a Jew.
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778. A gay one, in fact.
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779. And I'm calling the cops.
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780. Go!
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781. Are you okay?
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782. Yeah. I'll call our security.
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783. - Are you sure?
- Yeah.
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