“I'm an idiot, Kerry. I'm a complete idiot.” – Mark

Mark

I'm an idiot, Kerry. I'm a complete idiot.

Kerry

Was that the detective you were waiting for?

Mark

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.

Kerry

They checked everybody out?

Mark

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.

Kerry

Well, you knew that, Mark, patient or no patient.

Mark

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.

Kerry

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.

Mark

The problem is that is us.

Kerry

No, the problem is, it makes us like everyone else.