Chicago Med quotes

Dr. Natalie Manning

Rapid strep and mono were negative, LP normal. I'm afraid it's something exotic, but we won't have the cultures back for another couple of days. And now with the bronchospasm...

Dr. Will Halstead

Yeah, it could be almost anything.

Dr. Natalie Manning

Exactly. I gotta confess, I am at a complete loss.

Dr. Will Halstead

[looking at some paperwork] Oh. Well, whenever I find myself in the weeds, I go back to something one of my clinical attendings used to say: the answer is always in the history.

Dr. Natalie Manning

That's your pearl of wisdom? We can't get a history. We're lost in a maze.

Dr. Will Halstead

Then retrace your steps. Every decision you made, each path you took or didn't take. Examine it all.

Dr. Will Halstead

So, how you two doing?

Dr. Natalie Manning

What?

Dr. Will Halstead

You and Jeff.

Dr. Natalie Manning

What are you talking about?

Dr. Will Halstead

Natalie, everyone knows. It's good. It's... you know, you seem a lot happier lately. It's nice.

Dr. Natalie Manning

Okay, but when you say everybody, wh...

Dr. Will Halstead

ED staff, ambulance drivers, EMTs.

Dr. Natalie Manning

Huh.

Dr. Will Halstead

You know, the crazy guy out front who thinks he's Jesus.

Dr. Natalie Manning

Okay, so about the same people who know about you and Nina.

Dr. Will Halstead

Wait, seriously?

Dr. Sarah Reese

You were right. There is something going on with Danny.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Oh. Tell me.

Dr. Sarah Reese

He told me he's addicted to heroin. Uh, he started going through withdrawal, he's stable now, on methadone and Ativan, and I... I know detox is a long road, but maybe we can help.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Could work. Let's see what we got.

Dr. Sarah Reese

[after talking to their patient and his mother] I don't know what happened. He's totally different.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Well, it's gonna be a little tense with mom in there, right?

Dr. Sarah Reese

But it's like a switch was flipped. He wouldn't even look me in the eye.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Something is a little off. What... how long 'till he's discharged?

Dr. Sarah Reese

Well, his obstruction's cleared, and now that we know it was caused by the heroin, there's no reason to keep him once his IV's done.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Let's ask Dr. Choi to order a lactic level and an iron panel.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Why would we want those?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Buy us a little time. We got to separate 'em, and see if we can find out what's what.

Dr. Sarah Reese

[looking at a patient's x-ray] Straight edges, opaque. It looks man-made, like there was something under Danny on the table.

Dr. Daniel Charles

No, this is definitely inside of him. I could be wrong, but I think this might be a tracking device.

Dr. Sarah Reese

A what?

Dr. Daniel Charles

A transponder. Emits a homing signal. Would explain how that woman found him.

Dr. Sarah Reese

You mean his mom?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Yeah, is she, though? I mean, think about it; the guarded behavior, heroin abuse.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Wait, you think he's a drug mule?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Resistance to examination by male doctors suggesting a history of abuse by other men. I've seen this before. I think that Danny might be a victim of sex trafficking.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Sex trafficking? So that woman...

Dr. Daniel Charles

Is his pimp.

Dr. Sarah Reese

We can't just let her take him.

Dr. Daniel Charles

He is not a minor, so we have no right to intercede unless he explicitly asks us to.

Dr. Sarah Reese

But he wanted me to find the chip. He wanted me to know.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Well, what did he say? What exactly did he say?

Dr. Sarah Reese

He didn't... he didn't say anything, but he was...

Dr. Daniel Charles

See, Sarah, it's not enough. Crazy as it sounds, we need to know that he's psychologically ready to be extricated. We do this the wrong way, we call the police, could be very, very bad for him. It's why we need to hear it from is own lips. Trust me.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Then I need to talk to him.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Danny said he'd get back in touch.

Dr. Daniel Charles

When he does, you should refer him to the psych clinic.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Well, he won't go. He's afraid to come into the hospital or any clinic. He's afraid the traffickers will find out and he only wants to see me outside.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Bad idea.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Well, Dr. Charles, he's suicidal.

Dr. Daniel Charles

So, let me get this straight. You are gonna give him psychotherapy in the parking lot once a week? Dr. Reese, this patient - any patient - has got to be treated in the proper clinical setting.

Dr. Sarah Reese

He feels a connection to me.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Let me ask you something. You feel like you're the only one who can help him? Only one who understands him?

Dr. Sarah Reese

No. No, it's just...

Dr. Daniel Charles

Just what?

Dr. Sarah Reese

I care about him.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Cut it off. You're too involved.

Dr. Sarah Reese

But I... I... I don't understand.

Dr. Daniel Charles

What happens if you don't get the rosy outcome you're looking for?

Dr. Sarah Reese

I think I can deal with that.

Dr. Daniel Charles

No. Crucial part of my job is protecting my staff. You are headed down a dangerous path. Step away. We clear?

Dr. Daniel Charles

Good.

Erin Lindsay

So this hypothetical patient... female?

Dr. Sarah Reese

Male, hypothetically.

Erin Lindsay

Okay. And you say he was implanted with a tracking device?

Dr. Sarah Reese

Yes.

Erin Lindsay

Innovative. We... we usually see human trafficking victims who've been branded or tattooed, but not this. How old is he?

Dr. Sarah Reese

[unsure what to say] Um...

Dr. Daniel Charles

We don't have consent to get any more specific.

Erin Lindsay

Sure. [turning to Reese] You want to help this boy get out of the life. It's complicated. Traffickers control their victims in a number of ways; psychologically through fear and emotional abuse, and physically. Drugs. Torture. He's up against a lot. I think it'll help him open up if he feels like he can trust you.

Dr. Daniel Charles

Pretty sure he already does.

Erin Lindsay

Great. Once he tells you that he's ready to involve us, just call me, and we'll start looking at ways to extricate him, but in the meantime, you have to be really careful. His fears are legitimate. If these traffickers find out that he's trying to get out, that he could potentially become a witness against them, they'll kill him.

Sharon Goodwin

What is it about first loves that stick with you? It's just like the last 40 years never happened. One day this man walked out of my life, and the next, he's being wheeled in on a gurney.

Hey. I thought you were picking up an extra shift.

Dr. Will Halstead

Yeah, I was hoping to, but Goodwin put a moratorium on overtime. Oh, I do not wanna go home right now and face Mandelbrot.

What? Is your new roomie still leaving toenail clippings on the couch?

Dr. Will Halstead

Worse. Now he's doing jumping jacks in the nude.

Okay, you really need a new roommate.

Dr. Will Halstead

I can't make rent without him.

Well, hey, if worst comes to worst, I got plenty of beds down in the morgue.

Dr. Will Halstead

[laughs] Yeah. Yeah, I bet you do. I might take you up on that.

Erin Lindsay

Protective custody?

Dr. Sarah Reese

Mm-hmm.

Erin Lindsay

We don't have a suspect, much less an open investigation. We legally can't protect Danny unless he gives us information about the people who held him captive.

Dr. Sarah Reese

So talk to him.

Erin Lindsay

I did. I tried. I went to the shelter, and he wouldn't talk to me.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Well, now he's gonna have to sleep on the street tonight. Are you okay with that?

Erin Lindsay

No, of course not.

Dr. Sarah Reese

So... can we talk to him together? 'Cause maybe he'll open up with me there.

Erin Lindsay

Let's give it a shot.

Dr. Sarah Reese

[after trying to talk to Danny] He's not ready.

Erin Lindsay

He's obviously terrified. And I wish that I could help, but my hands are tied here. Let me know if he changes his mind.

Dr. Sarah Reese

Okay.

Erin Lindsay

Good luck.

Dr. Ethan Choi

I knew it wouldn't help and so did you. I figured we had safety in numbers.

Dr. Natalie Manning

I know. But if we'd had an alternative plan to save his life, yeah, I would've held firm with you. But we didn't. So we tried the Hail Mary. And Goodwin knows that we did everything we could for her.

Dr. Ethan Choi

For her? Goodwin's not our patient, Reggie is. Right now, he's suffering. Best thing we could've done for him is to let him die with dignity.

I love my brother. I'd love to give him my kidney.

Dr. Natalie Manning

Well, what's stopping you?

I'm HIV positive.

Dr. Natalie Manning

[understanding] But giving him a kidney would be giving him HIV, as well.

Dr. Will Halstead

I'm guessing by his reaction that he doesn't know?

Not a clue.

Dr. Natalie Manning

May I ask why don't you tell him?

Because Jim is... incredibly homophobic. He thinks homosexuality is... disgusting, deviant behavior.

Dr. Will Halstead

Yeah, well, but right now he thinks you're willing to let him die.

Well, right now... right now he hates me for what I'm doing, but if I tell him this... he'll hate me for who I am.

Dr. Natalie Manning

I understand, but just so you know, if you don't tell him soon, it may be too late.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Ms. Charles, what brings you to the ED today? Yellow fever? Plague?

Eh, just a plain old cough. Things have not been the same since the swine flu died down.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Well, don't worry. There'll be another epidemic one day.

Eh, it's what I keep telling myself. You know, gotta stay positive.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

I never figured you for an optimist.

Are you kidding me? I still root for the White Sox.

Dr. Connor Rhodes

Wow.