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E.R. · Season 4, Episode 7

“Fathers and Sons” quotes from E.R.

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“Fathers and Sons” · Season 4, Episode 7

In this episode: Mark Greene (5), Doug Ross (5), Carol Hathaway (1)

He never drove less than 70 miles per hour his entire life. He would think it was funny to drive with his knees, his eyes closed, like it was some sort of game. Idiot. He can't even kill himself right. He has to take other people with him. Leave me to clean up the mess.

I don't think your dad planned on dying down here, Doug.

He never planned on doing anything his entire life. He didn't plan to lose our TV in a poker game. He never planned to be gone for more than a couple days. He never planned to hurt anybody in his whole life.

Your dad lost your television in a poker game?

I should have killed him myself. Saved everybody the trouble.

[on the phone, leaving message] Hey, Carol, it's Doug. I was hoping to catch you before you went to work. I'm here in Barstow and we're cleaning up. I was just thinking about you, wishing you were here. I just miss you. I just wish you were here, is all. [Mark walks into the motel room] So, I'll call you tomorrow. Okay, bye. Hey!

Who was that?

Somebody I've been seeing the last couple of months.

Couple of months? That sounds serious.

Do you want any of these ties before I give them to Goodwill?

I only wear ties to work. Is it anybody I know?

I've got a suit here. I've got an Armani. I believe it's double-breasted.

You don't want to tell me who it is?

He had a set of clubs somewhere, I think.

Why is it that you don't want to tell me who it is?

Because I don't.

It's not my ex-wife, is it?

No, it's not Jennifer.

Cynthia?! You're not, are you?

No, and neither should you.

Jeanie? Chuny? Anna?

Are you planning on naming everybody who works at the hospital?

She doesn't work at the hospital?

It's Carol.

What?

Carol Hathaway. You're mouth's open.

I'm speechless.

Well, I'm relieved.

You didn't miss much not having your dad around when you were growing up. Believe me.

That's kind of a crappy thing to say, isn't it?

It wasn't my idea to come down here.

Don't stay.

Don't worry, I won't.

I'm confused. Your father's still alive, right? He's still with your mother?

Oh, so that's your criteria for a good father? Longevity?

Did he smack you around a lot? Used to smack your mom around?

Oh, poor Doug.

Wait. Poor Doug? Your father, did he come into your room in the middle of the night and throw up on your bed and pass out? Did he do that? Did he leave you in a hallway in Atlantic City while he screwed some hat check girl, Mark? Did he do that? Did he do that, Mark?! Your father was there for you every night, you and your mother, and that's love. And whether it's the way you want it or not! It's love, Mark. You grew up in Ozzie and Harriet-land. Get your head out of your ass!

What are you thinking about, Doug?

Carol... I'm in love with her. I mean, I used to think I knew what love was. I cared about a lot of women, I just don't think I've ever really been in love. I think about her all the time. I don't like it when I'm not with her, I don't want to be with anyone else. That's love, isn't it?

Yeah... That's love.

Do you want to say anything?

A prayer?

No. I hated the son of a bitch. And I loved him. It's never simple, is it?

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