Doug, you promised me you wouldn't tell anybody about my birthday.
Aah, that was last year.
Yeah, and you told everyone then, too.
At least I'm consistent.
“Make a Wish” · Season 3, Episode 21
In this episode: Mark Greene (2), John Carter (1), Kerry Weaver (1), Carol Hathaway (1), Doug Ross (1), Peter Benton (1), Maggie Wyczenski (1), Dr. Anspaugh (1)
You carry a gun?
Under the front seat of my car. I was at the drive-thru once, waiting for some fries, and this punk walks up, and sticks a knife in my face. He wants my wallet. So, I reach under the seat, grab the .357, stick it up his nose, and whoa, could that kid run.
This job is about determining what a patient needs and the best way for us to meet that need and as surgeons, we cut.
Dr. Anspaugh, as a doctor, if I can find a way to do what my patient wants that's medically acceptable, that's what I should do. I don't believe I should cut somebody open just because I can.
It bothers me that this patient is willing to risk death rather than undergo a simple surgical procedure, but it bothers me even more that you're so willing to help him do that.
Dr. Coburn, I wanted to apologize for my behavior this morning in the delivery.
Thank you, but it's unnecessary. I've never met a father who could handle it sensibly, calmly, maturely. If I ever do, that's the guy I'm really gonna slap around.
I'm an idiot, Kerry. I'm a complete idiot.
Was that the detective you were waiting for?
It wasn't an angry patient. It wasn't a family member of an angry patient. It wasn't Chris Law. It wasn't Mr. Gunther. It wasn't that crazy guy who was yelling about Krishna.
They checked everybody out?
I thought I was remembering it like a puzzle that would come together, but the Chicago Police Department was nice enough to inform me that I am simply the victim of random violence.
Well, you knew that, Mark, patient or no patient.
What I knew is that everything I do, I do because I am not the victim. I treat the victim, I cure the victim, I watch them roll the victim out like a piece of meat, but the truth is, I'm the piece of meat.
We can't think about that. We're the ones who see what goes on out there. We know that every day some child won't make it home from school, some father won't make it home from work, but if we allowed ourselves to think that could be us, we couldn't walk out our front door.
The problem is that is us.
No, the problem is, it makes us like everyone else.
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