I just want to say that, you've probably seen me at my best... and, at my worst. And even though we didn't always see eye-to-eye, um... you helped me go from a nurse, to a medical student, to a doctor... to a mom. [both she and Kerry are suppressing tears]
I'm the one who's supposed to be upset here.
You were always there, as a nurse, and as a doctor... and most importantly, you've always been here, as my friend. [pause, she tearfully hugs Abby, who returns the embrace]
Do you think this happens to the guys when one of them leaves?
[laughs] I heard Carter bawled like a baby when he left.
[Abby comes home with a crying Joe and makes a quick phone call to Luka. She picks Joe up, quiets him and turns around to see Curtis Ames sitting on the sofa, holding a gun; she gasps in terror]
I- I just did. He didn't answer.
You're the successful doctor... right? You're smart, you're beautiful. You got the man, you got the baby, you got everything. So don't take it personal, when I say to you: you have no idea where I am right now.
Yeah. I think I know exactly where you are right now. You know nine years ago I had... My marriage was over, my mother was in a mental institution for the seventh time, I don't know and I drank... a lot. A lot! And I had reached this... I... You know what, I... One morning, I woke up in this apartment and I had no idea how I got there, next to some guy I didn't even remember meeting. And he was going through my stuff looking for money so he and his buddy could get a fix. So I ran outta there and I went downstairs, and I tried to get a cab, but I had no idea where I was and it was five o'clock in the morning and there were no cars in the street, so I just... I just sat down on the stoop and I just... I waited for something to happen. And at that moment I'm telling you, I knew, I mean, I was positive that happiness was something I was never gonna find.
[In tears] No! I am just trying to tell you that things can change, they can get better, even if you don't see it, they can!
[A tear is shown shining in Curtis' eye]
[crushing Luka's hand in a vice] Tell me how it feels. Tell me - tell me what it's doing to you.
[groaning in pain] I can, uh... I can feel, uh... crashing of the metacarpal heads. Ah... the digital nerves being compressed. I'm losing... sensation, motor control.
You know what I mean, you know what I mean?
[raises his foot to kick the vice again] You know what I...
I don't, I don't! Wait, wait, wait! Stop, please!
Then tell me... how it feels!
[gasping for breath] Just stop it...
[shouting] Come on, Luka! Come on! You see people in pain, EVERY DAY! Tell me how it feels!
[gritted teeth] You son of a bitch...
See, do you feel me? Now?
What do you want from me, huh? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? [tries to stand but collapses in pain, gasping] I can't... do it without my hands. I'm a doctor. I have a wife, a child!
Is that what you want, huh? Is that what you want? I won't be able to take care of my family! I won't be able to do anything, I'm nothing, okay? I'm NOTHING! You wanna kill me, huh? Is that what you want, you wanna kill me? Kill me now!
Now you get it, now you say something! Now you finally understand a little!
Doc, doc, you gotta get me out of here, man. I got a hot date tonight.
Does, uh, she take air or helium? [chuckles]
She takes Visa. That was funny.
Your blood tests show that you have leukemia.
Thank God! I thought you were gonna tell me I had cancer!
Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells in the bone marrow.
That's great! That's great. So give me some Viagra, send me home, and we're all good!
[suddenly serious] I know.
Um, you know, when you were on the roof, I was thinking how, what I would do if Joe didn't have a father and, um, if we didn't have each other. And I realized that if we could get through this we could probably get through anything.
I mean, have you ever wanted something so much but... it scared the hell out of you? See, here's the thing. Well, I changed my mind, and I was wondering if you could ask me again.
Ask me again. Ask me to marry you.
[They smile happily at each other, Luka gets Abby up and then gets on one knee]
