We cut to an overhead view of Bobby, his chest looking like a blood pond, his eyes wide open, being wheeled on a stretcher through the hospital. Doc, Carlos, and Kim are pushing him in with a bunch of nurses. "Bobby, you stay with me," Kim says, upside down. Bobby is alive enough to look at her wearily and move his eyes around. Doc and Carlos look extremely shaken. Bobby is wheeled into an exam room (we get a recurring shot of a stretcher wheel, like it was a stray caster on a shopping cart) and is transferred from the stretcher. His chest is a hairy, bloody mess. Kim looks around like Little Kim Lost. A nurse exchanges a look with her. Doc exchanges a look with her. Kim has officially opened a Foreign Look Currency Exchange in the ER. Close-up on Bobby's face. He is starting to shake. His eyes are open, and as they say, the lights are on, but no one's home. Flashback to sad music and Young Bobby. Young Bobby is running up some stone stairs outside while Young Paulie is egging him on, calling him from the top. Bobby climbs and climbs, smiling. Back in the ER, Bobby is crashing. He grabs a doctor's hand and clings to it as everybody, including Kim, tells him to let the hand go. Bobby is clinging for dear life. Except the "dear" is the doctor and "life" includes sitting next to Kim every day. Perhaps it's best just to give up the ghost. "We got you, we got you, we got you," someone says as Bobby lets go. Carlos is suddenly shown turning around and leaving the room. Kim gets a close-up. She looks completely shattered. Doc watches Carlos leave and looks sad, running a sleeve past his nose. A chest tube is inserted into Bobby's chest. Doc comes over to Kim and leads her out. She walks away with him, dazed. She keeps looking back over her shoulder. One more close-up on Bobby's face. His eyes are closed. His body is convulsing.
Cut to opening credits. Enya sits back, wiping tears from her eyes. She's humming something, and this time I let her. Besides, it's time to go get a beer from the fridge.









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