Pilot

**Pilot** is the first episode of the first season on CBS comedy series *B Positive* and was aired on November 5, 2020.

## Summary

Drew, a therapist who recently separated from his wife Julia, discovers that he is in the early stages of renal failure; if he does not get a kidney transplant soon, his condition will become terminal. At a wedding, he runs into Gina, a girl he once knew back in high school, who offers to give him her kidney on the spot. Drew turns her down, but when all of his other attempts to find a donor fail, he reluctantly turns to Gina when he learns her blood type is compatible with his. Gina is given strict instructions to not consume alcohol or drugs for three months before the transplant, but Drew finds her strung out in her apartment and believes she was never serious about helping him. After learning that it would take ten years to get another kidney—time he doesn't have—Drew ambushes Gina at work and successfully begs her to give him a second chance.

## Cast

### Main

* Thomas Middleditch as Drew Dunbar
* Annaleigh Ashford as Gina Dabrowski
* Kether Donohue as Gabby
* Sara Rue as Julia Dunbar
* Izzy G as Maddie Dunbar
* Terrence Terrell as Eli Russell

### Guest starring

* Jason Kravits as Dr. Baskin
* Eliza Shin as Nurse
* Tim Bagley as Minister
* Terryn Westbrook as Leslie
* Mason McCulley as Monty
* Amy Pietz as Sheila
* Rashawn Nadine Scott as Jenny
* Andy Mackenzie as Don
* Megan McNulty as Barb
* Bob Glouberman as Andy
* Phillip Brock as Uncle Larry
* Bernie Kopell as Mr. Knudsen
* Nick Cafero as Paul
* Edith Fields as Mrs. Franco
* Ramon Hilario as Mr. Lopez

## Trivia

* This is the series premiere of *B Positive*.
* This is the first episode to air in 2020 in the United States.
* On Thursday, November 5, 2020, when *B Positive* was added to CBS's primetime lineup at 8:30/7:30c, this was the first episode to be broadcast on CBS in the United States.

## Quotes

*[First lines of the series]*
**Nurse**: The doctor will be right in.
**Drew**: Thanks.
**Doctor**: Drew.
**Drew**: Hey. Hey. Wow!
**Doctor**: That's not your chart.
**Drew**: No, I know. I know. I was just concerned for Mrs. Yang.
**Doctor**: So, how's it going? Any more luck with the peeing?
**Drew**: No. No luck. I stand. I sit. I can't even do it in the shower.
**Doctor**: All right. Let's take a look at your blood work. Oh.
**Drew**: Oh. What is "oh"?
**Doctor**: Your creatinine level is through the roof.
**Drew**: And that's not good?
**Doctor**: Rule of thumb, nothing in your body should ever be through the roof. Drew, I'm afraid you're in renal failure.
**Drew**: "Renal" as in "kidney"?
**Doctor**: Yes.
**Drew**: Okay. Well, any chance there could be a mistake? I mean, that girl who took my blood, you know, with the piercings and the tattoos.
**Doctor**: My daughter.
**Drew**: Very pretty. Cool style. So, what are we talking here? Medication? Diet? All fat? No fat? Should I be catching my own fish?
**Doctor**: It's a little more serious than that. Uh, I'm gonna give you the name of an excellent nephrologist.
**Drew**: Good. Good. Good. Good. Yeah, I don't want a strip mall nephrologist. Excuse me, I'm a little dry.
*[Drew drinks water with a bottle.]*
**Drew**: You know, when I did pee, it made that sound.
**Doctor**: Look, I know it's a lot to process, but you really need to start thinking about potential kidney donors.
**Drew**: Whoa. Uh, hang on. You're saying, uh... You're saying I need a new kidney?
**Doctor**: I'd start with family. They're usually the best match.
**Drew**: Oh, great, a Republican kidney.
**Doctor**: It'll just help you pee. It won't tell you which bathroom to pee in. Well, how about friends?
**Drew**: I don't really have kidney friends. I mean, I have friends, don't get me wrong. Just not the kind that, you know, care about me.
**Doctor**: Well, meanwhile, you just gotta try to stay positive.
**Drew**: Yeah. How do I do that?
**Doctor**: I drink, but you have to make your own choices.

**Gina**: Drew? Is that Drew Dunbar?
**Drew**: Gina! Hello. Hi.
**Gina**: Oh, my God. I haven't seen you since high school!
**Drew**: Yes. It's been a long time.
**Gina**: Oh, did you see me? I was in the wedding.
**Drew**: Yeah, I saw you. Everyone saw you.
**Gina**: So what have you been up to? Tell me everything.
**Drew**: Uh, okay. Well, um, I got married, became a therapist, have a beautiful daughter. She's 12. Really smart.
**Gina**: Ah, kids are great. Can you prescribe drugs?
**Drew**: No. That's a psychiatrist. I'm a psychologist. Internet degree. But still, very real. What about you? What's been going on with you?
**Gina**: Um, not much. Just my boring life. Although last year there was this one little misunderstanding, but it got expunged.
**Drew**: Expunged?
**Gina**: It's like I didn't do it. Anyway, um, I got this job driving a senior van for this assisted living place. They are the sweetest people ever. But they die, like constantly. Sometimes in the van, and it's a mess.
**Drew**: Yeah. Bummer. Well, good catching up.
**Gina**: Wait. Are you okay?
**Drew**: Yeah. Why?
**Gina**: I am around death all the time, and something about you seems a little deathy.
**Drew**: Wow, what a weird superpower. Well, as a matter of fact, I did just find out that I need a kidney transplant.
**Gina**: I knew it! I was thinking more the colon area, but I was in the neighborhood.
**Drew**: Yeah.
**Gina**: Yeah.
**Drew**: Yeah. Well, I'm sure it'll all work out. No biggie, as the kids say.
**Gina**: Oh, no. It is the biggie. I have this one old dude, Mr. Lopez, that I drive to dialysis 3 times a week, but he is old, and you're still young. That is so sad. Does that make you sad?
**Drew**: Uh, yeah. Yeah, it does. Anyway, good catching up.