Greg Pratt quotes from E.R.

You gotta back me up, brother.

Pratt

I'm Dr. Pratt, you're under suspicion for DUI. And you sure as hell ain't my brother.

Neela

[while examining Pratt] Keep your mouth open so I can check the pharynx.

Pratt

Thought you weren't supposed to be doing anything.

Neela

You're a resident; no one's going to care if I kill you. Open.

Pratt

If you ask me, we need to have one line for legitimate patients, another line for all the rest.

Yeah, well, good thing nobody asked you.

And, I got a real winner for you. Belly pain with combustible breath.

Pratt

You talking about that creepy homeless guy? [Pointing at Charlie Metcalf]

"Creepy" I'll give you, but I don't think he's homeless.

Pratt

How 'bout we wait till he sobers up? I'll be in home and in bed by then.

He needs to be examined, Pratt.

Luka

Do you have a problem with me?

Pratt

No.

Luka

It's him? [indicates the Trauma room where Charlie is being cared for]

Pratt

I was outta line.

Luka

Okay. Let's go. [starts to head back in]

Pratt

The guy's a waste. [Luka turns back around] Dying from something he's doing to himself.

Luka

Last time I checked, alcoholism was still a disease-

Pratt

So is suicide. He should catch some of that, and save us the trouble.

Luka

We get ones like this every day-

Pratt

Well maybe I need a day off! [pause]

Luka

This personal?

Pratt

...I guess.

Luka

Good. Then we don't have to talk about it.

Pratt

[smiles coldly] You like raggin' me, don't you?

Luka

I don't think I do.

Pratt

Ever since I was an intern, you've been on my back.

Luka

Maybe a couple of times.

Pratt

Why?

Luka

You're good, Pratt. But I think you could be better.

Chen

You should go. I don't want you here.

Pratt

You've been through a hell of a lot this last year. You need a break. Put him in a home for a month so you can catch your breath.

Chen

I can't.

Pratt

We fight to save lives every day. You know, we literally bust our asses to give people a few more hours of living. You're a doctor, you can't just cross that line like it's nothing. Quality of life is the only measure that matters.

Chen

My proud father is lying in his own feces. He can't eat without vomiting, can't sleep. He knows what he's asking for and he knows he can get that from me.

Pratt

If you weren't a physician, you couldn't do this.

Chen

But I am and I can.

Pratt

Why haven't you done it up till now? If he's been asking so much? Because you know deep, down inside it would haunt you for the rest of your life. Why haven't you done it yet?

Chen

Maybe I don't have the courage.

Chen

My father's a doctor. He knows what he's asking. Without the G-tube and IV, he would've died weeks ago.

Pratt

Oh, so now lifesaving technology is bad?

Chen

If someone doesn't want it...

Pratt

How do you know he doesn't? He's not even in his right mind.

Chen

After he sleeps, he's lucid. Each time, every day, he begs me to help him. Removing the support's not enough. It would take him days to die of dehydration and he'd be in misery.

Pratt

Put him in a nursing home.

Chen

So he can be somebody else's problem? Who doesn't know or love him?

Pratt

He won't even know that he's there.

Chen

You're not Chinese.

Pratt

Oh, so it's Chinese to euthanize your elders?

Chen

It's Chinese to respect them.

Susan

Chen just quit. Where's Carter?

Pratt

Quit what?

Susan

The hospital. Where's Carter?

Pratt

Trauma 2, I think. Quit for good? Is she alright?

Susan

She's burnt out. We're screwed.

Pratt

I'm a third-year resident. I've been ordering my own scans since I've been here. What's that about?

Susan

It's about me making the rules.

Pratt

Come on. That's stupid. [to Carter] Come on, man. Back me up.

Carter

It's her ER.

Susan

Sorry, Pratt. It sucks to be you.

Luka

If you have a strong gut feeling about something, you have to listen to it.

Pratt

Come on. You were wrong.

Luka

We don't know that yet.

Pratt

Made us look like fools.

Luka

Is that what you're worried about?

Pratt

What?

Luka

[to Pratt] Nothing will get a doctor into bigger trouble, than the fear of looking stupid. Trust me.

Pratt

[about the letter Neela is writing to Gallant] Tell him to hurry up and get his ass back here in one piece. I'm tired of waiting for my rematch. Now let's get back inside.

[in her letter] Pratt says he misses you.

Pratt

Neela, you could be the best doctor here- Hell, everybody knows you're five times smarter- but most of the time, you're in your head.

Neela

You're right, I am. I... blow things out of proportion, I obsess.

Pratt

So stop.

Neela

Well, it's just- I come here, I do my shift, I go home, I sleep. I can't believe this is my life!

Pratt

See, now that's the problem. This cannot be your life. You need to go out, you need to have some fun- when was the last time you were on a date?

Neela

Why does everybody seem to think I need to get laid?!

Pratt

[grins, pats her shoulder] Trust me on this- sometimes it helps.

Ray Barnett

[Ray's patient has cancer] Well, that sucks. She's a nice lady.

Pratt

Yeah, I hear that's a risk factor for cancer.

Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make. Effective immediately, I am your new chief resident!

Pratt

This is a joke, right?

Jerry

Two words, Pratt: voice mail.

Carter

What's all that?

Pratt

Friends of mine begging me to go to a party after a long 12-hour shift. That's the problem with the non-medical types, they don't get it.

Par-tay tonight at Ike's! The boss man is buying, but don't get used to it. Who's on board?

Carter

[aside] Sometimes the medical types don't get it.

Ray?

Ray

Uh, other plans.

Neela?

Neela

The Apprentice is on.