Off the Map

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Joe R: B- | 1077 USERS: C+
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127 Hours (Part 1 of 127)

The doctors rush Shannon and her dad into the clinic on stretchers, Dad shouting to Shannon that he will find her the best prosthetic money can buy, don't worry. Cut to Ben and Clark having just patched up Shannon's lung, while Plastics puts the finishing touches on her leg. He asks if she'd like to have a look at it, but her eyes remain trained on the ceiling. Plastics explains that the theory is that the sooner amputees look at their ... stump? Adjusted appendage? Whatever, the sooner they see it and accept it, the better, and the more normal they'll feel. Shannon doesn't budge, though. She says she lost her leg "because Nick made me go on this stupid trip. It's not normal and it's never gonna be."

Elsewhere, Cole and Ben examine the telltale bullet from Mateo's gut and discuss the implications, while Clark sits off to the side and coughs some more. How many red flags do you fools need? Clearly she has lung cancer or a defective heart or something. Consumption! Oh it's been so long since someone on TV or in movies has had consumption! Ben finally twigs to her distress, and while she once again tries to brush it off, once she starts spitting up some gross shit, Ben and Cole both spring into action. The bends? Possibly! Let's get her in an oxygen chamber!

The pharmacy. Mina tells Lily that Dr. Ben is looking for her, but Lily has no time right now, what with her patient ("who's probably a serial killer") kissing her and then popping his stitches. Mina, because we love her, is like, "Awesome!" Plastics has a laugh at the un-smoothness of bleeding your way through a makeout session, and Mina asks when Lily's life became a Spanish soap opera. About three paragraphs north, hon. Lily grumbles that they're no help at all and storms off. Plastics opines that celibacy would have solved this problem. Well, presumably not the part where Mateo got shot. (But then, who knows?)

Lily brusquely changes Mateo's blood bag, telling him that getting up and trying to leave was not all that conducive to his recovery. He notices she's mad, and she tells him she usually likes to know who the people she kisses are. He begins to explain: A few weeks ago, he was but a handsome law student, but then corporate types -- backed by the corrupt local institutions -- tried to buy his parents off their land, and when they refused, they started pressuring them. He got the gunshot wound because he went after the police officer who threatened his sister. Lily immediately defrosts. He says he'd do it again too, to protect his family. No Spanish guitars this time, but someone's definitely swooning. Lily puts her hand on his arm, noting "good radial pulse." Ever the vigilant doctor.

Off the Map

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