What's Weaver doing down here?
Romano damage control.
S9 E19Things Change
S9 E20Foreign Affairs
[as he treats Romano's burned arm] I'm not sure why you'd want an "affirmative action imbecile" fixing you up, but if you're trying to humiliate me...
Zip it. You've demonstrated a certain amount of integrity. Now, that won't last long if you keep working here, but for the time being, it suits my purposes. I'd prefer to keep this between us.
I thought nurses were supposed to be angels of mercy?
Even mercy has a price.
[about a Croatian boy who needs surgery] After all the talk, we won't save this boy for only one reason: because we don't want to.
It's more complicated than that, Luka.
Yeah, you're right. There's also the money.
S9 E21When Night Meets Day
Do me a favor, write "Not this one, idiot" on my arm...
[looking at arm] You forgot "idiot"
I'll be there Robert...
Just the same... "Idiot".
[Elizabeth finishes writing]
2:16 PM. The end of the world!
Oh, great, I have to work. I'm always working when the world ends.
Congratulations, Greg. You survived the County experience.
Oh no, not just survived. I whooped its ass.
Hey! I haven't seen you in a week. That's it? Luka called me, looking for you, he was under the impression I might know where you were. You're going, right? To Africa?
It's not Rio, but it's not here.
S9 E22Kisangani
[in the Congo] In the beginning there's always a lot of talk of national pride and patriotic speeches, but after a few weeks it becomes this; nothing but death and sadness. These people just want what everyone else wants: their kids to have something to eat; to see them grow up, laughing, happy. They don't care where the border is or who gets to call themselves president. They just want this to stop.
I don't even begin to try to understand the politics here.
You are an American, Carter. You believe that if people are given a chance to convert to democracy, the world would be a better place.
What's the alternative? Military dictatorships?
You fight wars from the sky with bombs and missiles. Then your planes land back on the aircraft carrier and the pilots watch Drew Carey on satellite TV.
Hey, American soldiers died in Iraq.
Yeah, but your children don't starve to death while your men fight. Your women aren't raped. [long pause] I remember watching the television, reading the newspapers, saying that we had to fight and then my family was gone. I couldn't remember why it was all so important. What difference did it all make? My children were dead.
What should I tell Weaver?
Whatever you want.
Can I tell her you're coming back?
I don't know.
Don't do anything stupid.
[smiles] Like what?
Like get yourself killed.
S10 E1Now What?
Excuse me. Can you help me, sir?
You need to find a triage nurse.
No, I'm sorry. I work here.
Lucky you.
I-I'm supposed to start today. Neela Rasgotra?
Rag what?
Rasgotra.
Don't we hire Americans anymore?
The phone was ringing and no one was around, so I thought I should answer it.
Big mistake.
It's long-distance, overseas, for a Dr. Carter.
'Course, who else? Take a message.
[on the phone] Yeah, can I take a message? [to Frank] They say it's important. Someone died.
Who?
Someone named Kovac. A Dr. Luka Kovac.
This department is a money pit!
We have more people coming through the door everyday and we're legally obligated to treat them.
Which is why we should grab some wood, nail the entrance shut, and paint "Go Away" in big letters.
What's a TWA?
What?
What's a TWA?
Where did you hear that?
The old guy at the desk with the flat head called me a TWA. I don't know what it means.
[shaking his head] Third world assassin, TWA.
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