E.R. · Season 4
Have you considered medical management? Treat the abscess with a course of Flagyl and Cipro before jumping into surgery?
I'm willing to give a shot.
No, no, no, wait. Are you just agreeing with me because you think that's what I want to hear, or do you really believe that?
What?
I just don't want you agreeing with me just to please me.
Believe me, I'm not. I've already considered several alternatives to surgery.
You have?
Shut up, Henry!
What about you? You got any kids?
Ha! None they've been able to pin on me.
Cynthia, did you give this man permission to bring in all these people?
Well, the clinic's open. I figured that it would be okay.
Are you a complete idiot? Can't you see we're swamped already?
I'm really sorry, I...
[Stepping in] What's going on?
Oh, she invited the entire Hazelton shelter for free physicals.
Carol, can I talk to you. [Leading Carol to the front desk] So there was miscommunication. If you have a problem with Cynthia or any other employee in the future, have the courtesy to speak to them privately. Don't dress them down in front of the entire ER.
Anything else?
No.
I've been kind of a jerk.
Worse.
Pain in the ass?
Keep going.
Total schmuck.
Bingo.
[operating on a boy with reversed organs] This would be easier with a mirror in the ceiling.
We could operate in my bedroom.
[about Kerry] What's up with her?
The crown is weighing heavily on the queen's head.
[after Carter's been arrested] What are we doing about Carter?
I called a bail bondsman and they're going to release him in the morning.
Wait, so he has to stay in jail all night?
You want to call the family?
And say what, "John Carter III's in jail"?
[to Carter] I was wondering what I should get you for Christmas, and then it finally came to me: bail!
Did you get tomorrow off?
Not yet. Did you get tonight off?
No, I owe too many shifts. Christmas Eve will cost me double.
This is so unfair.
Yeah, well, flex your muscle. You make the nursing schedule.
Yeah, which is why I get stuck with it. "Carol can work Christmas, she has no life." They don't even feel guilty about it.
Make them feel guilty about it.
Now, that's the Christmas spirit.
Tell them about us. This is stupid. I'm not going anywhere. You know that.
I know. I know.
Look, I don't have AIDS, ok? I don't sleep with gay guys or druggies.
Neither did I.
[Carter has just told a woman her husband has died]
You should know that his last thoughts were of you.
What did he say?
I love you, Maria.
"Maria"? I'm Angela. Maria's Joey's wife.
Maria?
That bastard!
[As their ER Christmas party is going on with loud music.]
Can I have your attention everybody. Hello, can I have your attention please. I have an announcement to make. Can you turn down that music. Okay I have kept this a secret far too long, Doug Ross and I are seeing each other again.... And we are very happy.
Okay, pay up. Pay up.
I was a week too late, I thought New Years for sure.
I'm surprised that they kept it a secret this long.
You knew?
Oh please honey it was obvious.
Well, I didn't know.
Me either.
Maybe something you guys didn't know, that we've been seeing each other for a while now, again and I think it would be a great idea if she would marry me.
[Everyone cheers!]
Everyone talk her into it.
Carol and Doug get it right this time.
You always have to outdo me.
I had the opportunity and I had to take it.
What happened to your student? I thought she was gonna stick around.
She went up to watch Benton operate. I think she got bored.
We're not here to entertain, Carter.
You know, she seemed so interested. I was supposed to inspire those students, but I don't think I did a very good job.
Inspire them? How?
Through our passion. For what we do.
Passion?
Yeah, you know what I mean.
Carter, you come here every day. Sometimes you're really cooking, and sometimes you're not. But you're here every day doing your work. And one day you'll look up and maybe 10 years will have passed. It'll be the sum total of what you've done that counts. Not the passion.
These seminars are a waste of time. All they want to know is if I've ever killed anybody.
What do you tell them?
Just med students.
What's the weirdest thing you have taken out of somebody's rectum?
Umm, a bowling trophy.
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