dr. rayburn. >> i' ll let you know when the surgeon arrives. >> dr. neville: [ sniffs ] [ chuckles ] my god, ben. i hope you don' t live to regret your decision. >> stitch: simon. what' d you mean about ashley earlier? "and now with her" what? >> dr. neville: nothing. it was nothing. research we' ve been doing that' m sure you' ll hear about it. billy without cutting them open. >> noah: has there been any update on billy? >> victor: no. no change. at the moment, i' m more concerned about you. >> marisa: the police. they found something? >> victor: yeah, they have. >> noah: what was it? was there a camera in the garage or -- >> victor: they found some tire tracks in the garage. and they' re trying to match them to the car that struck billy boy abbott. >> noah: yeah, uh, well, that' s been handled. >> victor: what do you mean, it has been handled? >> noah: um, marisa helped me get new tires, and the old ones went to the dump for recycling. >> marisa: i was careful, victor. no receipts. it was out of town. no paper trail. tire treads back to noah' s car.

dr. neville: here. here. here. >> abby: hello? >> ashley: go, go, go, go, go. >> abby: [ sighs ] hi! great! hi! hi! um, max rayburn, this is my mom, s been working with -- dr. simon neville. they' ve been doing some medical research. young man? >> max: okay, i guess. i' ve heard so much about you from your dad and from abby, of course. >> abby: okay! well, um, i was just gonna give max a tour of the lab, but, you know, i think dr. neville would be much better at that. >> dr. neville: me too. in the interest of entertainment, we' ll start with the corrosive, dangerous, and toxic. put that down. it' s expensive. this way. >> ashley: so, what' s going on? you' re spending time with ben' s son? >> abby: ben got paged, so i volunteered to hang out with him, and now... >> ashley: it' s not going the way you hoped? >> abby: no! he is bratty and defiant, and he clearly hates me. >> ashley: i am so sorry. >> abby: i have to just be okay with this. i have to let it go, you know? but with this kid, every time i try something, it' s like one step forward and 20 steps back. and if this doesn' t change soon, it' s gonna cost me

rayburn. we' ll have to wait until the swelling has abated. but yes, i will keep you updated on any change in his condition. >> stitch: appreciate that, dr. shelby. thank you for your time. [ sighs ] >> abby: uh... was there some sort of secret code in all that doctor talk? i mean... is billy dying? serious. >> stitch: critical. you think he won' t make it? >> jill: you said something about a treatment before. i thought we were in a "wait and >> jack: don' guy. you heard dr. shelby. >> barton: what are you still doing here? stop acting like you have a right to an opinion about this >> dr. neville: we can' t discuss >> barton: you' re not a doctor, not at this hospital. is. >> barton: mr. neville is the one who played frankenstein with hilary hamilton. >> jill: yeah, but hilary recovered, didn' t she? >> dr. neville: an inconvenient truth to the entrenched establishment. >> ashley: dr. neville is my business partner, and he' s extremely knowledgeable when it comes to these things. >> barton: well, he lost his privilege to practice here. his methods are not only they' re downright dangerous. now get out of my hospital. >> ashley: he came wi