A woman claiming to have been raped and left for dead commits suicide while waiting to be treated in the emergency room.A woman claiming to have been raped and left for dead commits suicide while waiting to be treated in the emergency room.A woman claiming to have been raped and left for dead commits suicide while waiting to be treated in the emergency room.
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- TriviaRichard Belzer's character John Munch helps a potential suicide recover and reveals to her that his father killed himself. In real life, Belzer's father killed himself when Belzer was 23 years old.
- GoofsOlivia talks about a web site she has seen that gives teenager girls advice on how to become "anorectic". An anorectic is a drug that suppresses appetite. Olivia presumably meant to say "anorexic", referring to the eating disorder.
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Det. John Munch: [to Amy] Can you read my lips?
Doctor Amy Solway: Yes.
Det. John Munch: Why won't you take this kidney?
Doctor Amy Solway: My life, my decision.
Det. John Munch: Yeah, well, it's the wrong decision.
Doctor Amy Solway: Leave me alone.
Det. John Munch: Why, so you can die alone in this dump?
Doctor Amy Solway: Get out.
Det. John Munch: Great way to catch that train, isn't it?
Doctor Amy Solway: I don't want to hurt anymore.
Det. John Munch: Then let them do the transplant.
Doctor Amy Solway: No.
Det. John Munch: It will take away your pain.
Doctor Amy Solway: So I could go to prison?
Det. John Munch: So you can live.
Doctor Amy Solway: Why do you care if I live or die?
Det. John Munch: Because my father killed himself. When I was a kid, I thought it was my fault. The night before he blew his brains out, he punished me for being a wise-ass. I told him I hated his guts. Those were the last words I ever said to him. It haunts me to this day. You're the only person I've ever told.
Doctor Amy Solway: Why me?
Det. John Munch: Because we're the same. I feel guilty. My father was suffering, I couldn't help him. You feel guilty because of what you did to Christina.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004)
Richard Belzer takes center stage in this episode, we learn here that Detective Munch's own father took his life which might account for some of the issues that Belzer has. The squad comes to the aid of a woman who was trying to take her own life as they determined. When she's successful a second time the investigation leads to Matlin who has a terminal illness involving kidney failure which has a side symptom of deafness.
Matlin's performance overwhelms the story plot which does have a few holes in it. Here she is a successful doctor overcoming her handicaps even her short term life span which might be prolonged with a kidney transplant, but instead she helps people die. It really doesn't compute all that well.
Still for both Matlin and Belzer you might check this episode out.
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- Oct 13, 2014