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"History" is the tenth episode in the thirty-second episode overall of the second season on NBC series Third Watch. It was written by Lance Gentile, then directed by Jace Alexander. It aired on December 18, 2000.

Synopsis

A disturbing visit from his former high school girlfriend forces Doc to confront a horrible act he has hidden for years; Carlos struggles to pass a medical school qualification exam.

Full Summary

Doc is haunted by the darkest secret of his life when he bumps into his former high school girlfriend who reminds him of their life-changing deed 20 years before and though he tries to channel his guilt and rage, his emotions spill over as he chastises his partner Taylor during an attempted resuscitation.

Meanwhile, Doc's regular workmate, Carlos desperately tries to keep from failing a crucial genetics exam that could cost him his shot at becoming a doctor and is even willing to debase himself and a classmate to keep his dream alive.

Cast

Main

Portrayed by Name Role
Michael Beach Monte Parker FDNY Paramedic
Coby Bell Ty Davis NYPD Officer
Eddie Cibrian Jimmy Doherty FDNY Firefighter
Bobby Cannavale Bobby Caffey FDNY Paramedic
Amy Carlson Alex Taylor FDNY Paramedic/Firefighter
Molly Price Faith Yokas NYPD Officer
Kim Raver Kim Zambrano FDNY Paramedic
Anthony Ruivivar Carlos Nieto FDNY Paramedic
Skipp Sudduth John Sullivan NYPD Officer
Jason Wiles Maurice Boscorelli NYPD Officer

Also Starring

Guest Starring

Gallery

Trivia/Notes

Music

Quotes

Taylor (to a kid after he broke his leg): Sketching? What the hell were you thinking?
Sully: He wasn't thinking. He's 15.
Taylor (after they get a call): Drunk bellyache.
Doc: Hey, if you don't wanna work EMS then don't. (walks off)
Taylor (to Kim): This ought a be fun.
Carlos: It's always weird running into ex-girlfriends. I'm always standing there, thinking about what they look like naked and we're in the middle of an A&P or something... and if there's a new boyfriend or husband then it gets really freaky, 'cause the guy knows that I know, and I know that the guy knows I know.
Doc: What the hell are you talkin' about?
Carlos: Carla Vasquez. 11th grade. Now, that was a girl that looked naked.
Carlos (as he walks away): Hey, grab me a hand full of cookies from the nurses' station, would you?
Nurse: Has Nieto been eating my Christmas cookies again?
Doc: No, no, he knows better.
Nurse: You tell Nieto I catch him in my cookies again, I'm gonna cut off his hand and feed it to my tropical fish.
Doc: Thanks, but we got it from here.
Jimmy: We'll hang out, just in case you need anything.
Doc: Yeah, hang out, have a party. (Doc and Carlos go inside. Taylor and Jimmy wait outside. Some guy jumps out the window)
Jimmy (into radio): Uh, Doc, Carlos, some guy just jumped out the window.
Doc: Nicely dressed criminal.
Faith: Yeah, he was a traffic stop that turned up a warrant. And now I need a medical release so he can take his insulin.
Doc: The guy gives Bosco trouble?
Faith: No, he's a sports agent and Bosco's pissed at him 'cause the Knicks suck and now I'm gonna be here all day.
(When two mentally challenged people are living together and started a fire; The woman refuses to go to the hospital)
Taylor: Doc, they're minor burns.
Doc: She nearly blew up their kitchen making meatloaf.
Carlos: Maybe she should stick to takeout.
(Taylor and Carlos laugh)
Doc: This isn't funny. These two people cannot take care of themselves.
Taylor: She's functional. They're minor burns, they're doin' fine.
Doc: Don't you have a fire to put out or something?
(Taylor walks away)
Carlos: Taylor's right. If the woman doesn't wanna go, we shouldn't take her.
Doc: She's going to the hospital. (walks off)
Taylor: What's his problem?
Carlos: Oh, that's Monte Parker saving the world one patient at a time.
(About the flies for his class project)
Carlos (to Doc): Put my virgins down.
Doc (about Carlos' grades): I thought you were doing great.
Carlos: They grade on a curve.
Bobby: Damn, it feels like snow.
Kim: Ooh, I hope it sticks. Maybe we'll have a white Christmas.
Bobby: I hope it doesn't. I have to take my mom Christmas shopping in the morning, all the way in Secaucus, traffic's gonna be crazy.
Kim: The outlet mall?
Bobby: Yeah, believe me, if there were coupons my mom would clip 'em.
Carlos: I got these shoes out there, they got good stuff, irregulars, good prices.
Kim: Yeah, if you've got one arm that's three inches shorter than the other.
Taylor: Doherty says he and Brooke had a great time in the Virgin Islands. Ironic place for them to honeymoon, don't you think?
Bosco: So, me and Mike Righetti used to go out trestle by Little Neck Bay and the idea was to be the last guy that actually bailed before the train came. I remember the squealing of the brakes, the horn blowing. I never lost.
Faith: Congratulations, Bosco. You overcame your instinct for survival by the sheer force of your own stupidity.
Taylor: What are talking about?
Bobby: Stupid teenage tricks.
Kim: Stupid teenage boy tricks. (they talk about something else, then back to their stories)
Bobby: Oh, you know what, I climbed the suspension cables of the Brooklyn Bridge once. It's nuts, bro. I've never been so scared in my whole life.
Davis: Alright, elevator surfing. You open the hatch, climb up on top with all the cables and stuff. 36 stories, man, other elevators passing you by.
Sully: I could see you doing that.
Faith: I don't want to hear any more about these things. I lose enough sleep already just thinking about Charlie.
Bosco: Charlie's eight.
Faith: I know, that's the point. I can't stop him from growing up.
Kim: Joey's only seven, but just last week he tried jumping from the top of the refrigerator to the table... Missed. Four stitches right across his chin.
Bobby: With the stuff we pulled, it's a miracle we survived.
Faith: So, do you have any testosterone laden tales you want to share with us, Sully?
Sully: Uh, not that I want to share. (everyone laughs)
Faith: What about you, Doc?
Kim: Doc was too busy helping mother Teresa with the bandages.
Bobby: Come on, you must have done some crazy stuff man. Give it up.
Doc: Between the Peace Core and the soup kitchen I barely had enough time to train all those seeing eye dogs.
Beverly: I called KC's mom; I'm going over there tomorrow. I thought maybe...
Doc: Why are you doing this to me?
Beverly: I'm not doing anything to you.
Doc: What possible difference can it make now?
Beverly: It'll make a difference to me.
Doc: You can't just come back after 20 years and ruin my life!
(After a previous patient sets a fire cooking, again. Carlos made a smart comment before)
Doc: Yeah, I guess Darla forgot to order takeout.
Taylor: Are you happy? You made me cry. That was the point, right? ... Were you just going to stand there and let me kill her?
Doc: You don't want to help the patients that need it; you're in it for the adrenaline rush.
Taylor: You know why I took the fire exam? I had a little boy once, beaten by his father. He was bleeding out, his spleen was ruptured, and he was crying, and he looked up and asked me what he had done that was so bad. Begged me to ask his father to forgive him. This little boy... and that's what he was thinkin' about when he died.
Doc: And what's your point?
Taylor: What kind of person would let someone die to prove that they were right?
Carlos: A "D"? I can't get a "D".
Professor: I can give you an "F" if you want and you can repeat the course.
Carlos: I can't get into med school with a "D" in genetics.
Professor: Well, then maybe med school isn't for you.
Beverly: I thought that you were gonna tell her.
Doc: Me?! This was your idea.
Beverly: She deserves to know what happened.
Doc: Oh, she's fine, she's fine. She accepted it years ago. We're the ones that are still living with it, and know you want me to punish her?! You want me to rob her of her peace, her memories, after everything that I've already stolen from her?
Beverly: It wasn't only your fault.
Doc: I could've stopped him.
Beverly: I was trying to make you jealous. I liked seeing two boys fight over me.
Doc: I never should have come here. You never should have made me come here.
Beverly: I didn't make you! You came because you wanted to! You came because you had to! Just like me. I can't tell her. I was a coward then, and I'm a coward now.
Carlos: You're right, I'm an idiot. I got a "D" in genetics.
Doc: I never said that you were an idiot.
Carlos: Who the hell was I to think that I could be a doctor? Hell, I couldn't finish a year of high school without moving to another foster home.
Doc: Look, I got to get inside.
Carlos: It doesn't matter whether I passed the course or not, the truth is, I'm just not smart enough. I ever slept with this dumpy girl to get her lab notes. The I thought about you and, I couldn't go through with it.
Doc: Me?
Carlos: You always do the right thing.
Doc: Not always.
Carlos: More than most.
Doc: What do you want, Carlos?
Carlos: I felt bad about that girl, and I wanted to tell somebody, I guess.
Doc: You ever had a moment that you'd give anything to get back?
Dr. Morales: The day I chose emergency medicine comes to mind.
Doc: I need to tell you something.
Dr. Morales: What?
Doc: I killed a boy when I was 15. His name was KC, he was my best friend. We got into a fight over Beverly, that woman that called. He came at me with a brick, and I hit him, and he he fell backwards and hit his head... and he died. And when the ambulance came, we lied and said that he was running and he tripped. (sighs, and starts crying) I'd give.. I'd give anything to get that moment back. I go to DoJang, to try to control my temper, but it's still there... I try to make a difference, and no matter how many lives I save, KC, he's still there staring up at me from... we concrete... dying... pleading.
Kim: What happened?
Bobby: Doc was playing God again.
Kim: Oh, you got promoted from saint to the big guy?
Doc: Shut up.
  v - e - dThird Watch Season 2
The Lost • Faith • Four Days • Jimmy's Mountain • Kim's Hope Chest • The Tys That Bind • After Hours • Know Thyself • Run of the Mill • History • A Hero's Rest • True Love • Duty • A Rock and a Hard Place • Requiem for a Bantamweight • Unfinished Business • The Self-Importance of Being Carlos • Honor • Walking Wounded • Man Enough • Exposing Faith • ...and Zeus Wept