Cleo Finch quotes from E.R.

Lucy

Dr. Finch, do you always jog to work?

Cleo

It's only four miles.

Kerry

Kind of makes you want to dislike her, doesn't it?

Dave

Hey, Jackie Joyner. Nice spandex.

Cleo

Get a life...

Cleo

I am so sorry, Dr. Lawrence.

That's quite alright. I have that effect on women.

Romano

Well, it looks like a P to me. Bisoprolol.

Benton

It's a C. Why would I order a beta-blocker for constipation?

Romano

What's that say, Carter?

Carter

Well, I-I can see how the pharmacy could have read it wrong, but, they really should have called.

Romano

Sure. Blame them, you coward.

Cleo

It could have been read both ways.

Romano

Hey, you, come here. I need an impartial observer.

Benton

Oh, come on, that's a fax copy. You can't even...

Romano

Quiet, Peter! Is that a C or a P?

Abby

It looks like a Q.

Romano

Someone else who can't read it.

Benton

I prescribed bisacodyl. That's what I ordered. That's what I wrote.

Romano

Then why is this patient currently undergoing an angioplasty for a life-threatening myocardial infarction?

Benton

You heard me say bisacodyl?

Cleo

Yeah.

Romano

Did you even bother to read the pharmacy label before you handed it out?

Cleo

There was a trauma coming in.

Romano

Oh! Oh, a trauma came in. Oh, well, that makes everything okay. When traumas come in we can just hand out whatever meds happen to be laying around.

Carter

Dr. Romano was...

Romano

Carter! What does this have to do with you? Nothing. So shut up.

Abby

Can I go?

Romano

The growing level of incompetence around here is frightening. It's a wonder we haven't been shut down.

Cleo

It was an honest mistake.

Romano

No, it was tag-team negligence. Okay, you are both prohibited from writing prescriptions until further notice.

Cleo

How are we supposed to treat the patients?

Romano

I'm sure Dr. Carter or one of the other colleagues will be happy to write them for you.

Benton

How long?

Romano

Until your penmanship approves and until you learn how to read.

Cleo

I know how to read.

Romano

Then do it!

Benton

Thank you, Carter. Thank you, Carter.

Benton

So you just gave him a bottle of pills without even looking at it?

Cleo

Peter, what you wrote wasn't legible.

Benton

I shouldn't be writing your scripts anyway.

Cleo

I didn't ask you to.

Benton

He was your patient. You always check the label before you give the drugs. They teach you that on the first day, Cleo.

Benton

[about a patient] Last time, the man yelled into my stethoscope.

Cleo

And he grabbed my ass. Suck it up.