[Sarah shows up at the hospital for a vaccine]
Why didn't you go to your pediatrician?
He only takes care of little kids. Besides, I think I need a new doctor anyway. Do you know a good GYN?
S13 E19Family Business
S13 E20Lights Out
What about emergency power for all the rooms?
We're getting to that.
And the bathrooms still aren't ADA-compliant-
First I need to upgrade the nurse-call systems and get automatic fire-drills.
Well, you'll have plenty of time to do that when we close.
Just- just give me another week, okay?
I gave you a month!
We're too busy!
We're busy every day.
[Malik tells Luka about a new patient; Luka tells him to start the patient on a drug]
Look, I haven't prepared the staff.
Well, you have the rest of your shift to do so.
[pause] What about the patients?
We've increased capacity at the urgent care clinic.
You promised shuttles to other facilities-
We don't have enough money for that!
You have no idea what it's like to be down here.
[sharply] I covered trauma in this E.R. for twenty years! We're trying to improve the way it works!
How long are you gonna shut us down for?
As long as it takes.
So we can comply with trivial rules?
Without accreditation, we can't run this hospital!
Come on, Donald-
In twelve hours, we close the E.R. End of story.
OK, listen up- I've got reassignments for all of you during the E.R. closure.
How come you're just telling us this today?
I thought I could prevent this, but Anspaugh's not budging.
How long we shuttin' down for?
I'm not sure.
Great- I'm sure I'll end up giving enemas in Geriatrics.
No, you're going to I.C.U. [Chuny looks relieved] Malik, Geriatrics. [Malik looks incredulous] Pratt, Family Medicine. Abby, you're going to the NICU-
Uh, I'm not going to the NICU. [Luka looks up quickly, then remembers]
Right. I'll, uh, fix that.
[Sam finds a patient with end-stage ovarian cancer on a computer in the break-room]
SSam
Hey! Been looking all over for you.
DDiane
I gotta... get an airline ticket, before the price goes up. [Sam gently pulls her away from the computer]
SSam
C'mere. Come on, sit down- please? [Diane reluctantly follows her to the couch]
DDiane
Malaria... won't feel... as bad as this.
SSam
Look, the fluid in your belly is compressing your lungs. If you let us take some of it off, it'll make it easier to breathe.
DDiane
I just wanna get o-on the plane.
SSam
I understand that, okay? But you are breathless and you are pale [moves Diane's hair out of her eyes] and flight crews are trained to spot people just like you.
DDiane
[pause] I'll wear blush.
SSam
Parasentisis will only take a few minutes.
DDiane
Sam, I have friends... in Costa Rica... and they're waiting for me. [tearfully] It's all planned out.
SSam
[nods, but gives her a direct look] This is your only chance to get there.
You can't send me home!
You shoulda thought about that before, cowboy.
I helped the guy without sedation-
You went against my orders!
Oh come on, Morris-
And you're supposed to be a soldier-
[angry]) I am a soldier! A real one!
Coulda fooled me.
You're acting like I killed the guy-
I am sick and tired of you not taking orders! In the time that you got here, you have placed a subclavian line without supervision, you tapped a V.P. shunt without even calling neurosurgery, you overrode an Attending to give Digibind to a guy who was already brain-dead!
[sarcastically] What, you keepin' score?
[counting on his fingers] Transposed numbers, falsified charts, you're slow as hell with documentation-
You know what, you sound like my old girlfriend-
And still you act like you're God's gift to medicine! Like, like you're too good to seek advice or need help. [Gates smirks] You're arrogant and dangerous, and I've had enough. We all have. Go home.
Where's Kovac?
This is my call, not his.
Okay. [walks off]
What was that all about?
I sent him home
[shrugs] I tried that, once.
You did it, Dr. Kovac.
I don't like this.
Hey, it's not all Mercedes and racquetball.
I know that, but I'm beginning to feel that the politics aren't worth the paycheck. First you make me fire Weaver, then I spend half my time in BS meetings, I'm flooded with paperwork- and now, this.
Welcome to management, Luka.
This isn't me. I'm resigning as chief.
Luka, part of being the boss is being the bad guy.
I'll leave that to someone else. I just want to be a doctor. Good night. [walks away as the lights of the ER go out]
S13 E21I Don't
Be my wife. I offer myself with all my faults and strengths. We'll help each other when we need help and work together to raise our son. I choose you as the person I will love and honor for the rest of my days.
First of all, I love you. I do. And you've helped me through a lot. We got here together with a beautiful little boy. I was thinking of a poem before when I was getting ready. I think it starts; I carry your heart in my heart. I'm never without it. Anywhere I go, you go. I'm probably messing the whole thing up, but I think the end goes, and this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. I carry your heart. I carry it in my heart. So I guess what I'm saying is, let's just try to love each other and persevere.
RRabbi
By the power vested in me by the State of Illinois, Cook County, I hereby pronounce you man and wife. Step on the glass and kiss that girl. [Luka grins, stomps on the glass and kisses Abby] Mazel tov!
[Greg is giving a toast]
You guys know me, I've never been married before.
But he's dated women who were!
[crowd laughs]
SSam
Leave your mom out of it, Morris!
CCrowd
Ohhhh!
What's your damage, Ray?
[drunk] My damage is that you walked into our E.R. like you owned the place. I don't appreciate that, and nobody else does.
[smirks] Ray, I realize that you don't like me, but sooner or later you're gonna have to get used to living with me- 'cause I ain't going nowhere.
You wanna leave a mess wherever you go? That's up to you. But there are two things I will not let you screw around with. That is patient's lives, and-
And what, Ray?
[pause, referring to Neela] And her.
Hey, I care about her, you selfish little piss-head! [Pratt and Morris move forward and try to break them up]
I bet you almost had yourself convinced about that. But, see, the problem is- is that- you're the only one that buys it!
Come on, Ray, let's go sober up-
Wait, wait, wait. Let me just say, Ray- that thing you guys had in the past? It's over. Finished, done! [Neela appears]
Tony- [they both look at her, then back at each other]
You don't know how to take care of her. [swallows the rest of his drink]
Ray, please-
[picks up his drinks] Well, Ray- at least I'm trying. [starts to walk away, Morris looks relieved]
That's right, that's right- like you took care of Meg, huh?
[long pause, then Gates throws away his drinks and lunges at Ray, starting a fistfight; Pratt and Morris try to pull them apart as Neela watches]
You know what I love about you, Gates? Just when I start worrying that maybe I'm being too hard on you, you do something to prove what an ass you are!
So, that's it- we're done?
Yeah.
Because Ray couldn't get over you?
No- because- you can stand there, as if you're listening to what I'm saying, and still believe that none of this is your fault.
S13 E22Sea Change
[to Luka] Being married isn't going to change the fact that I don't cook, or sew, or keep track of your socks.
You couldn't find anyone to cover your shift today?
No. That's the problem with surprise weddings, it's hard to plan.
Your wedding was awesome. I just hope that thing I did didn't make you lose your security deposit.
What thing?
What?
[to Luka] It's like, your wedding happened, and now everything's changed. You know, you're married, I'm with Hope, you're not the chief anymore, there's new ramps in the bathroom. It's a brave new world. Gates is still a pain in the ass, though. At least there's something you can count on.
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