TV show quotes
How'd your personality test go?
I scored somewhere between serial killer and talk show host.
I thought they were memory tests.
That was Monday.
What's next? Rorschach? Spelling bee?
Swimwear competition, sudden-death Twister. Who knows? Maybe a chili cook-off.
How long do I have?
Maybe hours.
Then I'd better hear it now.
Hear what?
Your confession.
Bishop, I don't think...
That's what you came here for, isn't it?
I wanted to check on you.
You're searching for your faith. You think you lost it, but you only buried it. It's never left you. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. May God, who enlightens every heart, help you to know your sins and trust in his mercy.
Father, I, I...
Luka, your heart is burdened. Talk to me. Let me take that burden with me.
I don't know, I, uh, lost my family. Danijela, my wife, she wanted to move out of Vukovar but I had to finish my internship and soon it was too late, it wasn't safe to move. I was going to get some supplies and ai made them stay behind. I was just crossing the street when the mortar shell hit the apartment building.
[As Luka speaks, he has a flashback of running into his burning apartment building as air-raid sirens wail]
So, I went out to get some supplies... I made them stay behind. I was just crossing the street when a mortar shell hit the apartment building. [throws up his hands in a gesture of finality]
Go on.
I ran inside, there were my neighbors, hurt, bleeding, dying. I passed them by. I had to get to my family. A piece of shrapnel had torn into Danijela's spleen, and she was bleeding to death. When I turned back to my daughter, she wasn't breathing. I lost the pulse but, as long as I kept doing CPR and breathing for my daughter, I thought she had a chance. I could only pray that someone would get there to help. If I"d picked up Danijela at that moment and gotten her to the hospital she could have had surgery, you know? She could have lived but I couldn't leave my little girl. I waited and prayed. I prayed someone would come.
[quietly] And no one came.
No one came. I called out for hours as I sat there, breathing for her, doing CPR. [pause] I finally had to stop, from exhaustion. I lost them all.
You couldn't sacrifice the one, to save the other. Even if you had, you'd still blame yourself.
[Luka leans forward and begins crying into his hands; Stewart gently lays his hand on Luka's head]
These things can't be explained. Why it happens, the Providence of God, and the mysteries of life and death... are the very fiber of our faith. [pause] They were gifts, of love and life. You are a gift of love and life. Don't turn your back on them. God, Father of all mercies, through the death and resurrection of your only begotten son, has reconciled himself to the world and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins through the ministry of Holy Church. May God give you pardon and peace and I absolve you of all your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Peter, Carter's on the radio and needs to talk to you!
Benton: Not now!
He's performing a double amputation by himself.
What?
[Kerry and Legaspi discussing what time she will get off work]
I'll try to be quiet.
No, wake me.
Dr. Carter, are you deaf? I keep shouting, you keep getting on the elevator?
Sorry.
Is this the pre-op amputation?
No, this is the post-op amputation.
What? In the field?
Yes, he was trapped, his pressure was dropping. Dr. Benton talked me through it.
Oh, what did they use, a chainsaw? You did this?
There was nobody else to do it.
Oh, well, no one else could do it. Well, by all means, then, let's get whoever's available. [to paramedic] Maybe you ought to try it it next time.
Yeah, maybe if you'd respond to your page...
I can't wear my pager in the dojo. Brenda knew where I was; you should have called her. Let's go. What the hell happened, anyway? You blew it on the first leg, you decided to do the other one?
[Luka blows on his coffee to wake Abby up.]
Luka I think one of the kids from the coffee shop broke into the apartment.
I got breakfast.
I don't believe in breakfast.
It's the most important meal of the day.
That's never been medically proven.
Patients with psychological problems falsely accuse their doctors of all sorts of things. I had a guy today blame me for hypnotizing him in order to drink his blood.
Well, we'll have to look into that another day, Donald. But the fact is, to the best of my knowledge, you are not actually a vampire.
[about his much younger girlfriend]' She's very mature for her age. She's cool, she's fun, she's...
She's Britney Spears' little sister.
I took a little time off to recoup some energy, but now I'm fine!
Well, then that would explain the baby monitor I see strapped to your belly. Or are you just glad to see me?
[To a very pregnant Elizabeth] Are you sure you can still reach the table?
At least I can see the table...
I knew a boy who was a little husky, and he didn't have very many friends and all the kids used to make fun of him. So he spent most of his time studying. And he went on to college, and he became a surgeon. And at his high school reunion, he took out a scalpel, and he cut the tongue off of every kid who ever made fun of him.
That's supposed to cheer me up, doc?
Are you really a doctor?
When I'm not out fighting crime.
Did somebody order a school bus?
The board is full, gurneys are lining in the halls. We've got another 30 in the rack. We desperately need to clear out the rooms and you're wasting your time on April fools' pranks. No more shenanigans for the rest of the day. Have I made myself clear?
Uh, yes. Yes, ma'am.
Uh huh.
Dave!
[Abby slaps Malucci]
[after being awoken by Abby, dazed] Yeah.
How much did you give him?
Ten milligrams.
Okay, I want you to take a nap.
I'm fine.
What did I just say?
Go take a nap.
Before that.
Uh, no more fooling around.
That's right. Now get back to work.
[as Dr. Weaver walks, she notices cans clinking]
Malucci!
It wasn't me, I swear.
[on the phone] I don't care if it's raining fire and brimstone, you are going to get me to that church if I have to ride on your back like a bloody donkey. [hangs up angrily]
Perhaps you should eat something.
I do not need to eat. Nor do I need a spot of tea, or a moment of quiet reflection on this, my special day. This is America, and sometimes in this country you have to kick some ass!
We'll take your car and get there early.
Fine. Fine, okay. But unless you can drive stickshift on the right side of the road, I'm driving.
Elizabeth, you can't possibly drive in your condition.
Get your purse, grab the flowers, and let's go.
[phone rings]
Now listen here, you ignorant bastard!
What's wrong?
Oh... Mark... nothing.
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