My Opening Farewell (Third Watch)
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| “My Opening Farewell” | |
|---|---|
| Third Watch episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 2 |
| Guest stars | Peter Van Wagner Michael J. X. Gladis Veronica Hamel Rene Ojeda Rodriguez Richard Joseph Paul |
| Written by | Scott Williams |
| Directed by | Felix Enriquez Alcala |
| Production no. | 176752 |
| Original airdate | October 6, 2003 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "The Truth and Other Lies" | "Lockdown" |
"My Opening Farewell" is the 90th episode of the television series Third Watch and the 2nd episode of the 5th season.
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[edit] Plot Summary
When Faith wakes up in the hospital bed, she realises that she is paralyzed and cannot move her lower body.
[edit] Plot Details
On his last day on the street, Doc's guilt and grief over Alex's death emerges as anger towards everyone he encounters, especially Eugene, the new paramedic trainee whose place Alex took the day she died; Kim becomes frantic as she fears that she have been exposed to HIV after having unprotected sex with a drug addicted Noble, and Jimmy agrees to accompany her when she gets tested; Swersky goes to bat for Faith by creating the opportunity for Bosco to talk to her before she's interrogated by I.A.B.; Carlos is less than thrilled when he discovers that Kim is the new supervising paramedic and Jimmy has been promoted to take over Lt. Johnson's position; Bosco returns to work and faces a hostile reception from the squad for ratting out Maritza; Faith awakes to discover that she's paralyzed; Maritza refuses to let Faith off the hook for shooting her until Bosco tricks her into recanting her story; Faith thanks Bosco for keeping her out of jail and saving her job, and then tells him to get lost; Carlos steps up to the plate when Doc's overwhelming emotions render him unable to comply with Beth Taylor's request to speak at Alex's memorial service.
[edit] Quotes
- {just walked in referring to Kim}
Rossi: I’m looking for “Jim Zambrano.”
- Doc: You were supposed to report to me at the 5-5 a couple of days ago.
Rossi: Yeah. I’m gonna start there today.
Doc: Well, someone had to take your seat that night. Your seat! Her name was Taylor. Was because she’s dead now! Killed doing the job you should have been doing.
