Luka Kovač quotes from E.R.

Pratt

Jane is like...

Luka

What's wrong with Jane? She's good.

Pratt

No, Jane is creepy. I'm serious. She's always sneaking up on me. She's like those twins in The Shining.

Pratt

[Sees Luka bringing baby Joe to work] Who's this- the new chief of E.R?

Luka

Uh-huh. Training, so I can retire early.

Pratt

Good, we can use some new blood around here.

Gates

I'm new!

Pratt

You're too old to be new, Gates.

Abby

Crenshaw is such a little prick! You know what? I bet I could take him too. Actually, I definitely think I could take him. And you? Could kick his ass.

Luka

You're scaring me.

Luka

Americans- so sentimental about their holidays.

Abby

This from the guy who celebrates Croatian Independence Day, Croatian State Day and something called "Patriotic Gratitude Day."

Kerry

You're firing me? And this is how you tell me?

Luka

There's no good way.

Kerry

Luka... take care of this place for me.

Luka

I will.

Luka

I've had a gun pointed at me before. I know you're not the type of man to use that.

Curtis Ames

[pistol-whips Luka in the face] You see? I used it.

Curtis Ames

[crushing Luka's hand in a vice] Tell me how it feels. Tell me - tell me what it's doing to you.

Luka

[groaning in pain] I can, uh... I can feel, uh... crashing of the metacarpal heads. Ah... the digital nerves being compressed. I'm losing... sensation, motor control.

Curtis Ames

You know what I mean, you know what I mean?

Luka

I don't.

Curtis Ames

[raises his foot to kick the vice again] You know what I...

Luka

I don't, I don't! Wait, wait, wait! Stop, please!

Curtis Ames

Then tell me... how it feels!

Luka

[gasping for breath] Just stop it...

Curtis Ames

[shouting] Come on, Luka! Come on! You see people in pain, EVERY DAY! Tell me how it feels!

Luka

[gritted teeth] You son of a bitch...

Curtis Ames

See, do you feel me? Now?

Luka

What do you want from me, huh? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? [tries to stand but collapses in pain, gasping] I can't... do it without my hands. I'm a doctor. I have a wife, a child!

Curtis Ames

[It's hard, right?

Luka

Is that what you want, huh? Is that what you want? I won't be able to take care of my family! I won't be able to do anything, I'm nothing, okay? I'm NOTHING! You wanna kill me, huh? Is that what you want, you wanna kill me? Kill me now!

Curtis Ames

Now you get it, now you say something! Now you finally understand a little!

Abby

I need to talk.

Luka

Is everything okay?

Abby

Um, you know, when you were on the roof, I was thinking how, what I would do if Joe didn't have a father and, um, if we didn't have each other. And I realized that if we could get through this we could probably get through anything.

Luka

What's going on?

Abby

I mean, have you ever wanted something so much but... it scared the hell out of you? See, here's the thing. Well, I changed my mind, and I was wondering if you could ask me again.

Luka

What?

Abby

Ask me again. Ask me to marry you.

Luka

Gates, I'm worried about you.

Gates

Don't worry about me. I'm all right.

Luka

No, I'm worried about your ability to do this job and it's too bad because you're good, but you... you lie and you think nothing of it.

Luka

Morris knows we're getting married.

Abby

I'll bet Hope told him.

Luka

Hope knows?

Abby

She has this weird ESP wedding thing.

Abby

[about Morris and Hope] We need to shut them down, before they tell everybody.

Luka

How do we do that?

Abby

Beat them with a bag of oranges? 'Cause I hear it doesn't leave any marks.

Luka

Or we could try talking to them.

Abby

Fine.

Luka

[about Joe] I guess uh... his urine tested negative? Pratt doesn't think he needs a CBC?

Abby

[smiling] No. I know, you think I'm acting crazy.

Luka

No, I think you are acting like a mother... a slightly crazy one.

What about emergency power for all the rooms?

Luka

We're getting to that.

And the bathrooms still aren't ADA-compliant-

Luka

First I need to upgrade the nurse-call systems and get automatic fire-drills.

Well, you'll have plenty of time to do that when we close.

Luka

Just- just give me another week, okay?

I gave you a month!

Luka

We're too busy!

We're busy every day.

Luka

Look, I haven't prepared the staff.

Well, you have the rest of your shift to do so.

Luka

[pause] What about the patients?

We've increased capacity at the urgent care clinic.

Luka

You promised shuttles to other facilities-

We don't have enough money for that!

Luka

You have no idea what it's like to be down here.

[sharply] I covered trauma in this E.R. for twenty years! We're trying to improve the way it works!

Luka

How long are you gonna shut us down for?

As long as it takes.

Luka

So we can comply with trivial rules?

Without accreditation, we can't run this hospital!

Luka

Come on, Donald-

In twelve hours, we close the E.R. End of story.

Luka

OK, listen up- I've got reassignments for all of you during the E.R. closure.

Pratt

How come you're just telling us this today?

Luka

I thought I could prevent this, but Anspaugh's not budging.

Malik

How long we shuttin' down for?

Luka

I'm not sure.

Chuny

Great- I'm sure I'll end up giving enemas in Geriatrics.

Luka

No, you're going to I.C.U. [Chuny looks relieved] Malik, Geriatrics. [Malik looks incredulous] Pratt, Family Medicine. Abby, you're going to the NICU-

Abby

Uh, I'm not going to the NICU. [Luka looks up quickly, then remembers]

Luka

Right. I'll, uh, fix that.