Episode 1: The Deal ​Series: Borrowed Time ​The fluorescent lights of the oncology ward didn't flicker; they hummed with a clinical, predatory indifference. Elias Thorne sat on the edge of the crinkling paper-covered exam table, the scent of antiseptic stinging his nostrils. Dr. Aris hadn’t used the word "death" yet, but "inoperable" and "aggressive" did the heavy lifting.​"Three weeks," Elias whispered. It wasn’t a question.​"With palliative care, perhaps four," Aris replied, his voice a practiced soft-landing.​Elias walked out into the rain-slicked streets of the city, the neon signs blurring into smears of electric blue and bruised purple. He was thirty-two. He