Mark Greene quotes from E.R.

Carol

[to Doug and Mark] I don't know what you two are doing, but I have plans for this evening. So have fun.

Mark

Together again.

Kerry

The food was terrible. The music stinks. The drinks are watered down, but you sure know how to throw a great party.

Mark

Thank you.

Kerry

You're welcome.

Kerry

[as the baby is coding from a ketamine drip, after discovering Ross and Hathaway working on him] What's going on?

Mark

I found Doug in exam four detoxing this baby.

Kerry

[Furious] What?

Mark

I found him by accident.

Kerry

Carol, did you know about this?

Carol

I was helping him.

Kerry

Helping him?

Carol

The baby was stable...

Kerry

Yeah, this is a violation of every ER policy. Tell them I'll bring him up, set-up with basic too.

Doug

[as they're bringing the baby to the elevator] I'm going up with it too.

Kerry

Yeah, you're damn right. You're going, you're gonna explain this to the hospital administration and the executive committee. Let's go!

Mark

You lied to me, Doug. You looked me right in the eye and lied to me.

Jerry

Come on girls. Sweep, sweep, sweep!

Lydia

Randi's in my way!

Randi

I'm supposed to be in the front!

Mark

Curling, Jerry?

Lydia

We were inspired by Nagano.

Jerry

Only three years and nine months left 'til Salt Lake City.

Connie

These crazy white folk.

Carol

I was there because I wanted to be there, not because Doug asked me.

Mark

I'm sure you were. Doug can be pretty passionate about these kids.

Carol

Oh, give me a little credit, Mark. You think I'm a fresh-faced nursing student who can't resist the doctor's spell?

Mark

I'm only saying that Legal and Administration are going to be going over every detail of this case. And I'd hate to see it reflect badly on your record.

Carol

So, you're saying I should fudge my involvement?

Mark

Tell the truth. Tell them you were doing your job. Tell them you were assisting a doctor.

Carol

The truth is I insisted on being there because I believe Doug was working in the best interest of the patient. And that much is my responsibility. Every bit as much as it is his.

Lucy

Did I say the wrong thing?

Mark

In general, it's probably not a good idea to show up the residents.

Lucy

So, I should give the wrong answer?

Mark

Tricky, isn't it?

Chuny

Welcome aboard.

Kerry

You know, I think it's a wise move for you. Great research opportunities in EMS.

Mark

Well, I'm actually more interested in coordinating paramedic care.

Kerry

And for once, you and I would not be in competition. Field work was never my forte.

Mark

You wouldn't want this job, Kerry. There's no money, no power, no glory.

Kerry

Yeah, right. It doesn't fit into my Machiavellian scheme to rule the Emergency Department.

Hold on. Are you telling me that the EMS Medical Director is a real person?

Mark

He's an ER doc.

Huh. I thought it was just a name they stuck on the top of memos.

Mark

Not when I do it.

Kerry

I never know how to answer that question about my weaknesses.

Mark

Yeah. Well, I could've helped you out there.

Carol

Mark time to get up.

Mark

I'll be right there...

Carol

Mark let's go it's 7:00.

Mark

I'm up, I'm up.

Doug

Hey Mark I don't want to have to throw cold water on you.

Mark

Oh, Doug is that you?

Doug

Hey, you about ready?

Mark

About deaf. That wasn't really necessary Doug.

Doug

Well, I know, but I do it to Carol every morning.

Mark

Edie?

Oh, Dr. Greeene, I wanna... I want to thank you.

Mark

For what? Getting you held hostage by a crazed lunatic?

Oh, I haven't... I haven't felt this good in years.

Mark

That's great.

Yeah, I mean, if I can survive this hell-hole, I can survive anything.

Mark

Can I call you a cab?

[hurriedly] No. No. No, I think I'm just gonna walk.

Mark

Coroner's coming over to get the body and do an autopsy. Roger Julian's coming from genetics. He's hopping mad, says Ricky was on his service. Wants to know where the hell the mother got Dilaudid and a PCA machine.

Doug

The boy was dying.

Mark

You promised Kerry and I you wouldn't prescribe any more.

Doug

He was in excruciating pain.

Mark

You promised us yesterday!

Doug

The mother was begging me.

Mark

Where the hell did you get the machine? Genetics didn't prescribe it. I know we didn't.

Doug

I got it from Carol's clinic.

Mark

Come here. [Pulling Ross aside] Carol's clinic doesn't have PCA's.

Doug

She called in a favor. Got it from one of her suppliers.

Mark

The police are on their way to Joi Abbott's house right now. They have a warrant to impound the PCA. Are they going to find anything out of the ordinary?

Doug

Like what?

Mark

Like the machine set to administer enough Dilaudid to kill ten grown men?

Doug

I don't know.

Mark

What do you mean you don't know? You set it.

Doug

This boy was suffering, Mark. He had end-stage ALD. In agony. The mother was watching this child die.

Mark

Did you help him along?

Doug

I gave the mother the entry code. I showed her how to change the dosage. Now, I don't know what she did afterwards. I went to work. And you would have done the exact same thing if you were there.

Kerry

[Interjecting with Greene and Ross] Anspaugh's coming down with Romano and Julian.

Mark

Doug prescribed the PCA machine and the Dilaudid through Carol's clinic.

Kerry

What? When?

Mark

Right after he told us he wouldn't.

Kerry

Uh! We're going to have to tell Anspaugh about Doug violating the pain study protocol and our covering it up. I mean they're going to scrutinize everything he's prescribed, Mark. They're going to interview the mother, it's bound to come out. [to Ross] What the hell's wrong with you? I mean, we trusted you and you immediately chose to betray the trust. I'm done defending you, Doug.

Doug

Defending me? You've been trying to nail me for years.

Kerry

I don't nail colleagues. You want to destroy your own career? That's fine. But you stay the hell away from mine.

You two took it upon yourselves to cover up a serious breach of a federally funded program?

Kerry

We thought it was in the hospital's best interest to keep the incident from becoming public.

Well, it's gonna go public now. And in connection with a high-profile euthanasia case.

Where the hell did Ross get a PCA?

Mark

From the clinic.

God, what a fiasco.

Kerry

What about Ross?

Romano

Take him out back and shoot him.

Kerry

Are there seatbelts on the bus?

Mark

No.

Kerry

We've got airbags in every new car in America, but we're sending our kids off like lambs to the slaughter.