E.R. · Season 3
Dr. Greene, I'm gonna remind you one more time...
I'm on my way. I'm gonna take Susan with me for protection.
Protection from what?
Ghost up on the 5th floor.
Why do we have to go up there?
[They step onto the elevator]
Guy gorked off, I have to pronounce him. You're not scared, are you?
Of course not.
[the lights go out and the elevator stops]
...Mark?
Susan?
Oh good, you're still there.
Where would I go?
[Susan nervously laughs]
Benton hates my guts.
No, I think he likes you. He just has difficulty showing it.
We're all human. We all make mistakes.
Any other words of wisdom, Gant?
You're a real prick, you know that?
[Dr. Lewis and Dr. Greene are walking up to the helipad]
Ohh, God...
The flight rotation was like the highlight of my residency. You'll be fine.
I'll be thousands of feet in the air, in something shaped like a baked potato with a frat beanie on it.
Actually, it's only hundreds of feet.
...
What are you doing?
Hyperventilating. Leave me alone!
I've been Mr. B.'s caretaker for 20 years. He wants to be cryogenically preserved when he de-animates.
He wants to what?
Be put on ice when he croaks.
Frozen?
Like a popsicle.
I'm sorry, I should have never left you unsupervised. There are nuances in neonatal surgery. The liver's more friable in newborns.
I wanted a clean field before I closed.
Yeah, you said that.
It seemed appropriate.
What's at issue here is that you ignored my specific instructions.
I didn't ignore anything! I followed standard operative procedure. Look, I've done it at least a dozen times in other patients.
This is not "another patient"! This is an infant! Outside, now.
[they step out of the NICU and into the hall]
You don't know anything about pediatric surgery!
Look, I thought it was necessary -
Are you unwilling to learn from your mistakes?
It doesn't say in the text not to stitch a liver!
It isn't in the text! You didn't know what the hell you were doing! The second you realized you screwed up you should have called me. Why did I find 3 stitches in there?
Because I tried to -
Because you arrogantly and blindly think that you have all the answers! If that baby dies, it'll be my responsibility, but it'll be your fault!
[about Mark & Susan] I wish you guys would just get married.
What?
You're perfect for each other. You almost went on a vacation together.
You knew about that?
Mark, everybody knew about that.
[Mark is hiding behind a cart, watching Susan talk to Dr. Morgenstern]
Mark, what are you doing?
You see what I see?
Susan's talking to Morgenstern. So what?
He's stroking himself, puffing out his chest, just like a Slender-Billed... something-or-other. She's giving him full-frontal neck.
What are you talking about?
You'd know if you were a nuthatch.
Mark, you okay?
She turned me down.
Susan?
Now I know why. Oh God, she's stroking her neck.
So?
So why doesn't she just bend over and shake her tail feathers right in his face?
She and Morgenstern are going out. I can handle that. What bothers me is that she didn't tell me.
If I were going out with Morgenstern, I wouldn't tell anybody.
You wanted to see me?
Yes I did... how many shifts do you work each week, four?
Yeah.
If we don't work the same shifts, we'll get along great.
Is this about that patient's father?
This is about your inability to respect my decisions.
Doctors disagree sometimes Doug, you can't take it personally.
It's entirely personal Mark, you've been on your moral high horse ever since I came in with Nadine Wilkes.
Well, what do you expect when you drag your dirty laundry through the door?
But it's not personal... right? Who are you kidding?
It was an honest mistake, a mix up.
It was the most incompetent, horrifying thing I've ever seen. And because you didn't ice the foot, they can't reattach it.
Please, don't write me up.
Are you kidding? If anyone deserves to be written up, it's you.
Alright. Go ahead. Do their dirty work for 'em. That's just what they want.
Whose dirty work?
[Closes the door] Hospital administration. I'm nine months away from getting my maximum pension and they're trying to force me out. That's why they keep floating me down here where I don't know what I'm doing.
You're right. You don't know what you're doing.
They want to get rid of people like me and replace 'em with cheaper, less experienced aides.
If they know the difference between a football and a foot, I'll take them.
I am not gonna let you put me through the humiliation of a review board. Not after 22 years.
Watch me.
[Snatches the write up] Don't bother. [Rips the form] I quit.
[Lydia places a large box on the desk of the nurses' station]
Hey, what's in the box? Bridal shop?
Did you and Al finally set the date?
No, the opposite.
She broke off with Al.
I'm returning this ridiculous fake virgin outfit, and they'd better not offer me store credit!
[chasing after Susan's train, shouting] Susan! Susan! Susan!
Mark!... My God, are you okay? You came to say goodbye?
No... stay. I want you to stay.
But, Mark, I...
I love you. And I'm stupid for not saying it before.
No, it's OK. I knew. In a way I knew.
We belong together. Tell me you don't feel the same.
I'm sorry.
We're right together.
Mark, you are my best friend in the whole world, I don't know how I'm gonna make it without you.
Don't go!
I have to. I don't belong here anymore, I have a new life, it's going in a different direction.
Susan... I don't want to lose you!
[they kiss and Lewis boards the train]
I'll never forget you. [As the train begins to pull away] I do love you!
What?
I love you... bye!
Have you seen Mark? Is he okay?
Put it this way, he called a staff meeting.
Mark Greene?
Yep.
Glasses? Receding hair line? Broken heart?
That's the one.
[Carol is studying with William]
[reading] "A man pushes a vacuum cleaner with a force of 70 Newtons at a 45-degree angle, and moves the vacuum cleaner 5 meters. How much work has he done?" Well... let's start with the unlikelihood of a man pushing a vacuum cleaner.
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