Robert Chase quotes from House

Dr. Chase

Wha... what because I yelled at you?

Dr. House

Because you've been here the longest, learned all you can, or you haven't learned anything at all... either way, it's time for a change.

Chase

Right, forget about the patient. What is going on with you? This is why we left House's team. To avoid this constant flood of pure craziness.

Cameron

It's why I left House. You got fired.

House

My patient has a quality of life issue.

Chase

He says awful things. Hardly a medical condition.

House

When he leaves here, he's going to lose his family. He's going to alienate the people he works with. And if he ever finds a friend who's willing to put up with his crap, he'll be lucky. 'Til he drives them away too.

Chase

[thinks for moment] I'll see what I can do.

Chase

We're going to put you out, just so we can drill the hole.

[thinking] Oh, that's very thoughtful of you.

Foreman

I went down to the morgue to rerun the antibodies test.

Chase

We ran it twice.

Foreman

Turns out I couldn't get in. They had an armed guard. But I saw this. [He holds out a sheet of paper.] It's a sign-in sheet from the morgue. Your signature. [Chase slowly takes the paper from Foreman.] 9:45 this morning. That's right before you guys ran the test. What were you doing there?

Chase

Follow-up on a clinic case.

Foreman

What case?

Chase

You think this is really important...

Foreman

One of the patients in the morgue was a 70-year-old woman who had scleroderma. You and Cameron, if you took that woman's blood, you could have messed up the test results so we treated Dibala for the wrong disease.

Chase

Cameron had nothing to do with it.

Foreman

[loudly] You son of a bitch.

Chase

He was going to kill the Sitibi. Every last one of them.

Foreman

[shouting] I don't care what he was going to do. He came to us and put his life in our hands.

Chase

[quietly] All the good we've done... Every life we've saved... It would have meant nothing... If we just sent him off to kill hundreds of thousands of people. Look at the news. The moderates are taking over. There's hope for peace talks. You tell the world that I faked this test, Dibala becomes a martyr. The massacres begin.

Foreman

I cover this up, I become your accomplice. You think you can guilt me into that?

Chase

If the cops are going to come for me, please warn me... So that I can tell my wife first.

Foreman

Chase... You really think you can kill another human being without any consequences to yourself?

Chase

[his mouth moves for a moment without sound; shakes his head] No.

Chase

How'd you find it?

House

Fat old black guy, knew he had to be taking something for his cholesterol.

Chase

And what now?

House

I'm not the boss.

Chase

You don't think I should be fired?

House

Why? Doubt we'll ever be treating a genocidal dictator again. Better a murder than a misdiagnosis.

Chase

[Standing up and looking House in the eyes] Whether you want to be in charge or not, you are, and you always will be.

House

You've a little devil on your shoulder told you to kill a guy. And you've got a little angel won't shut up. Telling you, you're going to burn in a lake of fire.

Chase

I'm fine!

House

You shouldn't be! Talk to someone. Docs fixed me up in 7 weeks. You're... 10 minutes, tops.

Chase

Bless me father, for I have sinned.

Take your time. How long has it been since your last confession?

Chase

I killed a man.

Oh.

Chase

It was the right thing to do.

Who lives or dies is not your decision to make.

Chase

Sometimes in an operating room it feels like it. I'm a doctor.

Well then you should know more than anybody that every human life is sacred.

Chase

Why? Tell me what's sacred about a dictator who kills hundreds of thousands of his own people.

What is sacred about a doctor who kills a patient?

Chase

Is it just the slippery slope you're worried about? Afraid if for forgiving me for killing the worst person on Earth sets a bad precedent? I promise, I won't tell anyone. Just forgive me.

Saying ten Hail Marys isn't going to do you any good.

Chase

Look, what do I have to do? What does God need me to do?

You can't have absolution without first taking responsibility. You have to turn yourself in to the police.

Chase

What and go to jail for the rest of my life? What's just about that? I did the right thing! There has to be another way.

You want absolution? I told you how to get it.

House

I owe you an apology. I was w… I was wrwrw…

Chase

What were you wrong about?

Chase

What I did may be the worst thing I ever did. It may be the best I'm either a murderer or a guy who stopped a mass murderer. But I did it. Me. And even if it destroys me, I'd do it again today.

Cameron

You don't mean that. This isn't you.

Chase

I'm not running away from what I did because you want to pretend I never did it.

Chase

I've got it under control.

Foreman

That's what you said about the Dibala incident. And obviously you didn't.

Chase

And talking about it obviously made things so much better.

Taub

I trust you had a wonderful Thanksgiving?

Chase

I don't remember. So I guess, I did.

House

[Chase is not participating in the diagnosis] Give me something or I'll get your ex-smarter half on the phone and ask her!

Chase

House.......... [gets up and punches House in the face]

Chase

Guy's a hero. He's risking his life to put these dealers in jail.

House

I'm sure the dealers who take their places will be very grateful.

Chase

I'd give her a day. Two days at the most.

House

Great. You be the clock. Everyone else will be the doctors.