Summary

BRAIN BYPASS, BRAIN SURGERY: RECONNECTION OF BRAIN VEINS, TALENT CLEARED; Animated intro for the show 'The Operation,' WS anchor/nurse talk head as wez-in to CU, VAR WS Desert scenery, VAR WS & MS patient; MS INT patient asleep on bed, CU patient talk head, WS Dx St Joseph's Hospital, WS INT surgeons studying X-rays; CU surgeon talk head, CU x-ray w/ pointer, VAR MS patient walks downhalls of hospital & sits on bed; VAR CU surgeon & patient talk head as surgery is explained, VAR MS & CU surgeons prepping (washing hands & utensils); MS patient administered anaesthesia, Computer generated images of brain, WS surgeons carefully place camera, ECU head cut open; VAR ECU & CU surgeons cut open head, tv anchor talk head, Warning about graphic nature of the program to follow; VAR CU's surgeon's faces & ECU head now cut open and brains visible, VAR MS from low angle surgeons hunched over patient ; ECU Brain - ruler in shot to measure the incision (about an inch wide & 4 inches long), WS & MS docs measuring, anchor talk head; WS surgeons, VAR ECUs as surgeons cut through final layer to get to actual brains (pretty bloody), VAR MS & ECU docs soak blood; ECU Docs remove big round cake of blood-soaked foam & immediately fill open wound w/another cake, ECU layer removed to reveal BRAIN!; Computer graphics of brain, ECU surgeons manipulate big vein (?) in brain, VAR MS & CU surgeons intercut; ECU BRAIN: surgeons cut a vein and reattach it to another - really intense & bloody, ECU brain veins sewn together ;Sewing complete: ECUs of more blood-soaked foam cakes & slow sewing up of brain layers (interspersed w/ MS & WS of surgeons); Wow - ECU docs bolt top brain plate back to rest of skull, VAR ECU & MS connecting rest of tissue and skin; WS Surgeon greets family in waiting room, WS patient's bed walked down hall, CU surgeon talk head, VAR Dx desert patient & family ;