E.R. quotes

Banfield

Am I boring you, Dr. Gates?

Gates

Oh, sorry. It's the 6:00 a.m. shift; my brain is here, but my body isn't.

[about Claire] You know, about a month ago, I... um... caught her throwing rocks at the neighbor's dog. And then a few days later, she was trying to stick a metal rod through one of the fish in our tank. And I just tried to pretend it was normal. You know, just a kid acting out. I don't get it. Why her? Why our family?

Banfield

I don't know.

That's all you can say? You can't lie to me and tell me that she's gonna be okay? That she's gonna grow up to be a normal girl? I mean, that's why we come here, to get answers. You're gonna have to do better than that.

Banfield

I'm sorry. That's all I have.

Well, that's not good enough, doctor.

Banfield

Claire, we have video cameras in the ceilings of our trauma rooms. We saw you adjust the ventilator and light the sheet on fire.

I didn't want to kill her. I just wanted to mess her up.

Banfield

You did.

If she's in the hospital, Mom will see what a good girl I am. She won't be blaming me for everything.

Banfield

Is that why you pushed her off the wall?

Banfield

Claire, they're accusing your mother of child abuse which means she could go to jail, and your sister and you could both go to foster homes. Now, something tells me that she doesn't hit you two and she didn't push your sister. Did you do it, Claire? Did you?

It was cool seeing her lying there all pale, with blood coming out. And then when she couldn't move, and her legs were getting burned. It was great.

Banfield

That made you feel good?

Really good.

Brenner

I'm not going to beg, but one day you are going to wake up next to me and you are going to wonder, how did this happen? And I'm going to smile and remind you that I predicted this over coffees and chocolate glazed donuts.

Neela

You are a cocky bastard.

Brenner

Yeah, but I'd be a correct cocky bastard and that's all that would matter.

I can't believe I mugged a doctor.

Not just a doctor, she's the chief.

What the hell is that supposed to mean? Is she an Apache or something?

Barnett

So, that Brenner guy...

Neela

Uh-huh?

Barnett

Kinda seems like a dick.

Barnett

Uh, who's that?

Neela

Uh, new Chief of the ER.

Barnett

Another one. How many does that make?

Neela

I've lost count.

Brenner

They're good kids. Why don't you stop screwing them up?

What do you know about it?

Brenner

You're sleeping with a high school boy.

Mike is 18. We're adults.

Brenner

No, he is a kid. He sees you as nothing more than an easy lay and he's not afraid to say it.

Mike didn't mean to say those things. He loves me.

Brenner

You know what? He really doesn't.

I'm not talking to you about this...

Brenner

Talk with Social Services and the boys too. I called them.

You have no right.

Brenner

Scott has seen way more than he should've. He tries to protect his brother. He's not the parent, you are, so why don't you start acting like it? You have done a number on these kids and that is gonna last a long time.

Go to hell.

Brenner

Just fix your life, lady. It's not too late.

[about his mom] She's a whore.

Brenner

You shouldn't say that.

Then why does she act like she does? Lets us go to bed when we want. Never yells at us to do homework. We can have friends over any time.

Brenner

Some kids would love that.

She lets us drink. Better at home than some strange place, she says, but then, uh... she starts drinking with us. starts flirting with the guys.

Brenner

Does Danny know what's going on?

When he was younger, I could make stuff up. Now he's in the same school. I hate her.

Brenner

I know she's let you down. I get that, but try not to hate her. That's not gonna get you anywhere.

Brenner

We work under a lot of stress, so when something good does happen, why not enjoy it, just have some fun?

Banfield

There is no room for levity in the ER.

Brenner

No offense, but if that's your attitude, then your day is always gonna suck.

[about Chaz] He's smarter than I ever was.

Frank

That ain't saying much.

Banfield

When your parents are gone, you're an orphan. Your spouse dies, you're a widow or widower. But when you lose your baby... there's no word for that.

Your son died in this ER and you're working here?

Banfield

I'm not sure why I've done anything I've done since that day. Why'd I not leave my apartment for almost 2 years? Then I see the news about the tsunami and I fly to a place 10 thousand miles away. Why'd I do that? Why'd I come back? Why did my son have leukemia? I never understood any of it.

Gates

Can I hug you? I wanna hug you.

Banfield

You try that and you'll be the one with a traumatic injury.

Banfield

I used to think every day that, if God told me I could die and go to heaven and be with Daryl, I would do it. [pause] I wondered if that made me an awful person that I'd give up my life with you, give up everything we could still have in the future. [long pause] I never really got away from the feeling like I need to be with him, dreaming of him. Never got away from the idea, that somehow I'd be able to hold him again. [she pictures him, outside on a beautiful, sunny day, running towards her, into her arms, and they are both smiling, laughing, joyful] I've, I've been so afraid for so long. I don't want to be... afraid... anymore. [she breaks down and cries softly, Russell gently comforting her]