[Jerry is setting up a mousetrap]
Jerry, what are you doing?
I saw a mouse by the elevator. Soon to be deceased.
Sounds like Heidi.
You know this mouse?
S3 E19Calling Dr. Hathaway
Surgeons don't rat on each other. It's like the Marines, "all for one, and one for all."
That's the Three Musketeers.
I thought Weaver was already fitting you for a lab coat.
Yeah, well, white adds ten pounds. I think I'll stick to pink.
S3 E20Random Acts
CLChris Law
You don't get bills from people who kill your child. You don't pay people who lose his body between their morgue and a coroner so that you have to postpone a funeral for two days.
I'm sorry. I had no idea that happened.
CLChris Law
Nobody has any idea, but you tell them that she doesn't get another piece of mail from this hospital unless it's an apology.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
CLChris Law
I'm not threatening to sue. I'm sure you have a department for that too, but if my mother gets another bill from this hospital, maybe I'm gonna kick some ass. Maybe I'll start with yours.
[while reading a story that was found under the desk] "Witchcraft attracted her as a child when Zulu tribesmen on her father's game preserve tried sorcery to heal her shriveled leg."
Oh, Weaver's in it?
Hey you guys! It's Mark!
AGAlissa Gunther
Am I gonna have a scar?
A small one.
AGAlissa Gunther
But I'm a majorette!
CGCrazy Guy
Those who minister to the anointed must shun the flesh of pigs. Refuse the carnal touch of any man!
No meat, no men. I'm your woman.
S3 E21Make a Wish
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.
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.
S3 E22One More For the Road
What's on your mind, doctor?
Now? I was hoping for an appointment this afternoon.
There's no time like the present.
I'd prefer to come back later if that's okay with you.
Are you intentionally trying to irritate me, Dr. Carter?
No, sir.
Then speak up.
I've been contemplating leaving the surgical program. I've been considering it for quite some time, and I feel that I've made an error in selecting surgery as my specialty. For the most part, the training has been excellent, but I just feel that ultimately, I don't belong in surgery, and I would suspect that you would agree with me.
I certainly do not!
You don't?
You entered into a contract, doctor. A contract with this institution. We agreed to give you the finest surgical training in exchange for 6 years of your best effort.
I understand, but I think....
I do not give a damn what you think! This is not summer camp. You cannot just run home to mommy. You're going to suck it up and stick to it! That's what men do. Are we communicating here?
Yeah.
Good! And if I ever hear this crap coming out of your mouth again, the only medicine you'll be practicing is picking out a cough suppressant for yourself down at the Jewel.
The baby may have brain damage developmental problems, autism, retardation. They can't even say.
Or he might be fine, right? Either way, you're gonna love him more than you can even imagine.
I can't handle it.
Sure you can. You'll have to. That's your son up there. The world is hard sometimes. It can't always go the way you want it to go.
Dr. Carter...
Uh... I'm not coming.
You're what?
I have a patient who needs my attention.
Rounds are a pre-requisite for this program, Doctor.
So is patient care.
You come to rounds today or don't ever come to rounds again.
I'll be there if and when I can!
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