Gallant quotes from E.R.

[in his letter to Neela] You guys probably don't even remember me by now. I'm the tall, good looking, black guy with the best bedside manner in the place. Tell Pratt I said that.

[regarding Neela's dinner outfit] If that's your deep-dish outfit, I'm glad I didn't say French food.

[On his video to Neela] So... hopefully you're never gonna see this thing. But if you are, then something went wrong. Well, maybe not wrong, but certainly not according to plan. I love you, Neela. Marrying you was the happiest day of my life. You just, you make me strong. Now, I know you didn't want me to come back to Iraq. And if you're watching this, you owe me a big I told you so, but I did what I had to do. You're the most beautiful and kind person that I know. I just, want you to be happy. And just know that I'll always be with you. I want you to find somebody, get married, have a baby. Of course he won't be as fine as me, but you'll just gonna have to live with that. I love you Neela. Forever. [Neela cries]

Is there a lost and found box?

Haleh

Yeah, someone stole it.

You ever gotten an Erythropoietic porphyria?

Mark

No.

What about porphyria cutanea tarda?

Mark

Nope.

What's the most unusual medical case you've ever seen?

Mark

I had a guy with a live bullfrog in his ass once.

He [Romano] also told me to stay away from you if I am going to survive medical school.

Kerry

Well, nobody actually listens to Dr. Romano down here.

Yeah, I kind of figured that.

Is Dr. Benton ever in a good mood?

Elizabeth

He has his moments.

Kerry

Who let Reverend Ed in?

You know the preacher?

Kerry

He's a holy pain in the ass. Get rid of him.

Me?

Kerry

In about 10 minutes, he's going to start trying to heal people. It's bad for business.

Pratt

You can do the rectal.

The rectal?

Carter

Play nice, kids. Don't make me stop this trauma.

You know, sometimes I don't think I can do this.

Carter

You know, there's two kinds of doctors. There's the kind that get rid of their feelings, and the kind that hold on to them. If you hold on to your feelings, you're going to get sick every once in a while. It's part of it. You know, people come in here, and they're sick, and they're bleeding, sometimes they're dying. And they need our help. And helping them is more important than how we feel. But hell, I've been doing this eight years, I still get sick. Take another minute.

Weaver

You hit another doctor?

Yeah, Dr. Pratt

Weaver

Oh. Well in that case, I'll overlook it.

[discussing their previous arrest] I don't get how you can roll over like that?

Pratt

That's the way it works sometimes.

Yeah. If you let it.

Pratt

What are you going to do, file a lawsuit?

That's one way to fight it.

Pratt

There is no fighting it.

You know, I don't buy that.

Pratt

Look, we could be perfect, you know, like Gandhi. But as soon as the crap goes down, we'll be the first ones laid out in the street with a gun to our head. Now, where I grew up, you see it every day. And if it happens to you enough, you get the message. You are not equal. You are not a full citizen. You are first, last, and above all, one thing and one thing only: a suspect.

Romano

Listen, okay Goofus? I'm the doctor, you're not....

You know what? It seems to me that if your intention is to....

Romano

My intention is to serve out my time in this hell hole without having affirmative action imbeciles like you make me regret having ever gone into medicine.

[as he treats Romano's burned arm] I'm not sure why you'd want an "affirmative action imbecile" fixing you up, but if you're trying to humiliate me...

Romano

Zip it. You've demonstrated a certain amount of integrity. Now, that won't last long if you keep working here, but for the time being, it suits my purposes. I'd prefer to keep this between us.

Neela

I don't like working on old people, or children, or drunks-

[sarcastically] And what's with all the sick people? They make it such a drag. [Neela rolls her eyes] Listen, he's just motivating you for the match rankings.

Neela

You know what? Maybe they're right. Maybe this job's just too... fast for me, too unpredictable-

It's a big hospital! If the E.R.'s not a good fit-

Neela

Then what? The NICU made me want to jump off the roof, Peds is full of screaming brats and anxious parents, and OBGYN is a lifetime of overnights and malpractice suits! I could go into research or teaching, but is that really why I became a doctor?

...I'm sorry, were you talking to me? [Neela slaps his arm in exasperation, he laughs] You know, this place is so up and down. You learn to... ride through the rough days. I did.

Neela

You were probably good from the start.

You kidding me? I came in young, dumb and scared. At least, you- you're good with the books.

Neela

You really like it here?

I wouldn't stay if I didn't.