If a Tree Falls Doctors

BABY CRYING

THUNDER CRASHES

CRYING CONTINUES

You go. It's been me all night.

Come on.

Let him get used to it.

He needs to spend a night on his own.

What, in this storm?

CRYING FADES

There, he's all right.

No, he's not.

Come on, everyone's got one!

Oh, please! I don't even know what that means!

FAINT VOICES ECHO

-I know you got me something! Your lip's curling up.

-Well, if I did,

it's only because I didn't have to resort to bribery to let you pass!

What's going on?

Did you forget your trousers?

If you're going to expose those legs, at least get a tan first!

Would you please mind explaining where we are?

Excuse me?

Is this some kind of joke?

If it is, it's not funny! I don't get it.

Maybe you should get your father's dressing gown.

Father?! Who are you?

Mum?

OK, why don't you calm down and sit...

First of all, tell me why the hell we're here! I don't get it, OK?

You're bleeding! I'm serious. Something's happened.

Let me see. Tip your head back, do you remember what happened?

-I-I didn't even know I was hurt...

-Daniel!

Phone!

Hello, yes, ambulance.

It's a head wound. You can skip the assessment, I'm a doctor.

It's the big house at the end of Dean Lane.

I thought after all the therapy, he'd stopped,

but he had a fight with Joe last night.

No...

It's all right, Doctor Granger.

You're in the hospital now and we're here to take care of you.

I know you...

-I'm sorry, if we've met...

-He's still confused.

I'm not. I'm annoyed...

Don't get up. You have a fractured skull.

Do you remember how it happened?

We expect your memory loss to be short term.

-We'll need to do some tests.

-She did this.

-No, YOU did this.

-He was drinking vodka. I found a bottle in his bedroom.

-MY bedroom?!

-Do you think the memory loss could be permanent?

-I wouldn't attempt to speculate.

-I don't drink vodka!

-Please try to stay calm.

-Why? Why are you doing this?

-Look, you must lie still.

-Do you understand?

-She drugged me.

-Daniel!

-It's the only way she could do it.

Our son is six months old it's not possible for me to fight with him.

Joe is 16.

-Stop lying!

-I'm afraid we may need to sedate him.

-Sedate her! She's the one...

-Wouldn't it be safer just to restrain him?

I think sedation would be more effective at this point. No!

I don't consent!

OK, I promise I'll lie still! See, I'm fine!

Tell him! Please.

It's going to be all right, Doctor Granger.

Zara!

The poplar fell. What on earth are you wearing?

I couldn't find my dressing gown.

Because you don't have one!

Where's Joe?

-Are you OK?

-I didn't sleep very well.

He's a bit grizzly.

Probably the adjustment. You'll get used to it, won't you, big guy?

-You're bleeding!

-Where?

You might need some stitches.

Just glue it. Ouch!

If you would just keep still for one second.

On second thoughts, it's not so bad.

I'm worried you can't remember.

Because it was the middle of the night.

And you were sick. You need an X-ray.

I'm fine! I had a bug, now it's gone.

Why don't you let me take you to the hospital?

Why do you keep insisting on taking me?

-Sorry. I just don't want to waste anyone's time.

-OK...

Do you think you hit yourself on the bed post?

I remember Joe was crying.

So, you got up. And then, what? You tripped?

-I think I just went to the nursery.

-Were you holding Joe when you fell?

-No! Of course not!

-But you don't know.

Look, I heard a sound

it was a crack. It must have been the poplar.

-So you went outside?

-I think I must have done.

-Leaving him on his own. In a storm. His first night alone.

-Hang on...

-He must have been terrified!

-He wasn't! You would have heard him and gone in.

-Not if I thought you were there!

-I wouldn't leave him.

-You did before.

-What?!

Last week, with Jimmi, you took him to a pub.

Exactly! I took him with me.

Effectively abandoning him.

-Except I was there!

-You were drunk! I had to pick you up!

-You picked me up because I called you! I was responsible.

-That is not responsible! That...

You know what?

-I don't want to argue.

-Good!

BABY CRIES

-I'll do it.

-No, I will. You rest.

Ready? One, two...

One moment, Doctor Clay.

Remember, bend your knees!

Yes, I have been on the health and safety course.

Morning.

I thought Zara was in today?

We switched shifts. Joe was up because of the storm

so she thought it was best to stay with him.

Try not to get your suit dirty.

Storm damage?

What? No. Just banged my head. Ready?

One, two, three.

Miss Jenkins, unfortunately we have a reduced schedule today,

but everything should be back to normal tomorrow.

It seems to me a perfect opportunity to phase in our priority system.

Those little red marks you asked about?

Colour codes are not just "marks".

-As you see, they also provide instant recognition.

-So do my eyes!

Mr Bellamy, I do not need little marks to recognise when a patient needs urgent help.

Or if they need support, or even a cuddle!

Mr Perriford!

Doctor Granger?

Yes, let me help.

Thank you.

-How long's it been since we saw you last?

-Six weeks.

-That long?

I popped in to check my appointment yesterday, that was.

Yesterday! Thank you!

Sorry, we didn't speak, but I must have registered you subconsciously.

Anyway. How can I help you today?

I have this. I picked it up at one of the clinics.

It says there's this care you can have,

-when people come round to your house and they sit with you.

-May I see?

I rang the number but they said you need to arrange it.

I don't want you to think I'm being dramatic,

-but my ticker's not what it was.

-It's all right.

Are you having symptoms?

Any pains? Or breathlessness?

Heart beats. At night.

-You probably think I'm an old duffer!

-No, I don't.

I lie awake, counting. It's not good.

-You're finding it's worse at night?

-I think...

I think it's because I'm on my own.

Nothing YOU need to worry about, I'm sure!

Sometimes I... But getting back to your heart beat.

I should be lucky I've even got one! Is that it?

-Well, if you didn't, I'd be out of a job!

-I like that!

-Out of a job!

-Are you finding that your heart is racing?

Not for a long time.

That was a joke!

-I'd better not say any more!

-Are you all right?

HE COUGHS

I'll be all right in a minute.

You don't realise this is going to happen to you.

I'll get you some water.

No, it's OK.

If you want my advice, if you find the right girl, you hang on to her!

I will. I have.

You have?

If you don't mind, I'd like to examine you.

What if you don't find anything?

We won't know that until I've had a look.

It's not my heart that's wrong.

It's what happens if it stops.

Who's going to know about it?

KNOCK AT DOOR

-Yes?

-I'm sorry to interrupt. You need to call Doctor Carmichael.

It's an emergency.

-What happened?

-He was tired so I put him down.

-When I went to check on him, he was blue!

-Breathing?

No! Not breathing! That's why I called an ambulance!

Is he breathing now?

Yes. He's breathing now. But we don't know why or what's happening!

-I'm on my way.

-Hurry up! Please!

I'm sorry, I've got to go. I'll find you another doctor.

I don't want to cause... Are you all right?

You look a bit green around the...

No!

Dad? Hey

Izzie?

I've got to find Joe and Zara.

You need to stay in bed. They're not here anyway.

Where are they?

At home. Well, Joe is. Zara's at work.

-They're both fine. You don't need to worry.

-How long have I been here?

Three days.

But you're doing really well. Seriously.

What's the year? Joe's supposed to be 16.

Dad? It's 2025.

Look, I haven't changed! There are no lines...

The consultant said the brain compensates. I can go and get him.

No! If you say that, that's...fine.

Nothing's coming back to me here.

Please, don't.

Why? Am I a prisoner?

No! You're not well!

A fractured skull doesn't mean I have to stay here indefinitely.

-They've got you on chlordiazepoxide.

-For detox? I'm not a drunk!

If you were really my daughter, you'd know that!

Am I or not?

I've never seen you out of control.

I'm not shaking. There are no tremors.

Dad, that could be the drugs working.

-How would you know that?

-How do you think?

You're too young You're going to be a doctor?

Doctor Isabel Torres!

Doctor Torres Granger.

Can you take me home, please?

Was it EuroMillions?

More like working really hard! Your clinics?

I have more than one?

-All over the country!

-Wow.

You've had quite a few calls from your patients, asking about you.

-So I'm not a complete write-off.

-Not at all!

What?

I... It's nothing.

THUMPING FROM UPSTAIRS

Oh, no.

-What's going on?

-What does it look like?

-I'm getting out of this dump.

-Oh, great! Nice timing!

OK. Obviously, I'm at a disadvantage...

-You're in my way.

-Please. Can we just talk?

If somehow I've offended you...

I don't buy this memory scam!

He didn't even tell me you were in hospital. You could have died there

-and I wouldn't have known anything about it!

-Just give us a minute?

-Where's Zara?

-She doesn't want me to tell you.

I just came back to get my stuff.

Zara told me that we were fighting. Was it to do with...my drinking?

Oh, give up!

I don't understand why you're angry with me or why Zara is leaving me.

Oh, come on, you two have been stale for years.

I don't even remember you even sharing a bed together.

I don't understand. Whatever it is I've done, I'm still your dad.

Really? I wouldn't know it.

You've never given a crap.

Look, maybe this is the right thing for both of us?

You don't remember me and I don't remember having a father.

Except, I am.

Maybe I'm not much of one, but...I want to be.

Please.

You all right?

Yeah, I've just got to...

-What's going on?

-You collapsed, mate.

Lucky I was there! Otherwise you'd have just laid there...

-No! This isn't happening to me...

-Easy!

Zara...

We've left her a message. You're going to need an X-ray.

There isn't time.

-OK! I'll drive us. Can you arrange cover for both of us?

-Of course.

An X-ray? I need you here!

I know! I know! We're caught in traffic. ..Is there no other way?

There are roadworks on Mackeson Lane everything's jammed.

Our son is in the emergency room - do you understand?

I need you here!

I do! I do understand! We're on our way!

Then get here!

-Let me drive.

-You're in no fit state.

-I can do better than this!

-You can't!

Have you seen the traffic? Nothing's going any faster.

-Then take that side road.

-Side road?

There! By the trees! Please tell me you can see the side road.

-Oh, no...

-I'll pull over.

-Don't stop! Promise me you won't stop.

-Unbelievable! You couldn't even last an hour!

-What?

-That's not mine.

-Yeah, right(!)

Joe, there's a time shift happening.

I don't know what or how. I can't control it.

One minute I'm back, then I'm here.

Yeah. You forgot to mention the little green men.

He's telling you how it feels, Joe. He doesn't mean literally.

I do! It's happening!

-Dad...

-If there was time between I'd remember, but there isn't.

Just two time frames.

-Dad...

-Please, give me a minute.

Joe, I don't know why but it's you I keep jumping between.

Jump into a bottle.

I'm not drunk! You can test me. Whatever you want.

Dad, you're bleeding.

It's fine.

No, there.

It looks like your skull is fractured.

..Holding Joe when you fell?

Leaving him on his own. During a storm. His first night alone.

You blacked out again.

It's happening too fast.

I'm calling an ambulance.

No. They won't be able to help.

I have to stop this.

I need an ambulance.

I know about the traffic! I'm in it!

-No ambulance.

-Daniel...

He's trying. For some reason, he cares about you.

So do you. I remember.

Dad, I had to call the ambulance.

-Hopefully, they'll take you away for good.

-Don't talk to him like that.

Why? Is Daddy's little girl going to hit me?

You're jealous! That's why.

-No. YOU are.

-Please don't start.

Is that really what we're fighting about? Who's jealous of who?

No, actually, it's what you did.

-What?! Just tell me.

-Don't.

He wants to know. ..You left me.

When?

THUNDER CRASHES

-Why did I...?

-The ambulance is going to be here any second.

-You're jealous of me. You resent me.

-That's not true!

-If you had any idea how much we wanted...

-Mum wanted me, not you.

That's why you drink and gamble.

You don't care about anyone apart from you. You left me in the dark!

With all these freaking things hammering on the window!

Do you not realise what that was like for me?

I was alone!

Tell me what's going on.

-It's not possible!

-What isn't?

He was only a baby.

Is this Joe we're talking about?

How does he know?

Know what?

Daniel, wake up. What does Joe know? Tell me.

It's not real.

-This is real.

-That's right.

This is reality. We're nearly at the hospital, so stay with me.

Dad!

-Where are you going?

-I have to...

Dad.

Dad?

I can fix this. I just have to get to baby Joe and make it right.

-None of this will ever happen.

-What are you doing?

-Joe!

-Don't be an idiot.

-Let me do this.

You're going to hurt yourself! Joe, do something!

It's OK. You can't forgive me. I understand.

But I can go back and I can change it and be the dad you want.

-None of this is ever going to happen. I promise.

-I'm sorry.

Dad. Dad.

Look away. Please...

please.

Be back in a minute, little man.

-'No!

-Dad!'

Daniel... Daniel, wait!

Where were you?!

I tried. We...

Is he...?

Why don't you see for yourself?

You've come all this way, haven't you?

Please...

At least look at him!

I had to deal with this all by myself...

..because you were too bloody pathetic to help him.

To be his father.

He's your son too...

He was your son too...so look!

You can't avoid this!

You can try, but you can't.

YOU made this happen, Daniel.

It's all you.

You have to face this! Look at him!

BABY WHIMPERS

He must be frightened.

I'll go.

Shhh.

It's OK. It's OK. Everything's going to be fine.

You're staying with me now. You're staying with me.

Hey.

We decided it was a bit too noisy tonight.

You might as well give him to me.

Hello!

Are you going to sleep with us?

It's time to go to sleep.

Close your eyes.

Night.

You said it was a road accident?

Yeah, it's quite a busy road.

Yes, and people don't look where they're going.

-But you don't know my passcode.

-It's 1234.

OK. What did I get?!

Well, actually, I have lost someone. A colleague.

A friend.

All you ever do is talk about is Joe. And all Joe wants is his mummy.

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