One of the things we like to do here, when we have the time, is to take a moment of silence when we lose a patient to respect their humanity. He was someone's son, perhaps a father himself, a brother or friend. Oh, make sure your phones are on silent.
S2 E17:00 A.M.
S2 E28:00 A.M.
AHAl-Hashimi
This should be done in the O.R.
GGarcia
I am the O.R.!
S2 E71:00 P.M.
[after Abbot comes in with a wounded SWAT officer he field-intubated and sees him off]
AHAl-Hashimi
SWAT? Really?
I suck at golf.
AHAl-Hashimi
You spend time in the Middle East?
More than I would have liked.
AHAl-Hashimi
I worked in Kabul with Médecins Sans Frontières, and in 2020 at the maternity hospital. I met the most incredible, bravest doctors there.
Dashte Barchi. Tragedy. [sighs] We should grab a beer sometime. Share war stories.
AHAl-Hashimi
I'd like that. [walks out, leaving Abbot and Robby]
[to Robby] She seems cool.
S2 E148:00 P.M.
[Abbot handles an incoming patient who's been stabbed in the chest with an American flag]
Sir! We are gonna get you more pain meds, but you need to shut your fuckin' mouth.
DDuke
I can see why you liked restoring this bike. You're a fixer. I fix bikes, but you fix people. That's pretty damn impressive, man.
Some people can't be fixed.
DDuke
Look, I'm-- I've done plenty of things I'm not proud of.
Yeah, me too.
DDuke
No, bad things. Hurt people on purpose, hurt myself. And I did my time, but that doesn't wash away the regret. I... wish I'd done things differently. I think about it every day.
You know, they say that it's never too late to change.
DDuke
Some things can't be changed, like death. Death can't be changed.
Hey, I know the surgery is scary--
DDuke
I'm not talking about me.
Yeah, I don't know if I wanna be here anymore.
DDuke
I don't know how you stand 12 minutes in there, let alone 12 hours, 20 years.
No. That's the only place I can be. I have purpose in there. I can be distracted in there. I don't know that I wanna be…anywhere anymore.
DDuke
So what's the plan?
Ride.
DDuke
Toward what?
I don't know.
DDuke
Away from what?
Everything.
DDuke
Well, that's not riding. That's running. Is that your final lesson for these kids?
S2 E159:00 P.M.
[Abbot gives his night shift a pep talk]
We are the Night Crawlers! We deal with the weirdest and the wildest because…
NSNight Shift
We are the weirdest and the wildest of them all!
That is right, and tonight they are really gonna be crawling. Now go get some!
NSNight Shift
HOOAH!
[Santos snaps out of half-sleep nearby]
You know who I saw in rehab? I saw a bunch of guys just like you. The only difference is, they've accepted that they need help. I think you're afraid to admit the mighty Dr. Robinavitch isn't perfect.
I never claimed to be perfect.
No, but you expect it of yourself and it's not realistic, man. How can any of us live up to your standards if you can't even do it? You need help, Robby. You need help.
You want to know why I never killed myself? After what I saw, lived through? Losing my leg, losing...my wife? Because it comes for all of us, man. You and I know it more than most. We see it every shift, but we can't let ourselves succumb to it. Yes, life can suck. It can be unbearable and-and-and brutal and ugly and heartbreaking; but it's also beautiful, and hilarious, and that woman today, her baby? They'd both be in the morgue if you hadn't been here. That's us. That's you and me. That's what we're here for.
The most important things I've ever done in my life have been in this hospital. Nothing will ever matter more than what I've done in this hospital, but it is killing me. You know how they say that a part of you dies when you lose someone you love? I'm not convinced that a part of you doesn't die every time you see a fellow human pass. And I've seen so many people die that I feel like it's leaching something from my soul.
Go on a cruise, man. Knock off this helmet-less motorcycle shit. Yeah, people talk. That's death wish behavior.
I'm tired of being a role model. Tired of feeling like you can't get ahead. Tired of feeling like I'm drowning every day. Tired of all of it.
You need to get away for a while. You need to get some help. You need this place as much as it needs you.
Am I fucked up?
100 percent. But nobody works here as long as you and me and doesn't get screwed up. You've gotta find somebody to help you dance through the darkness.
[pause] Did you just make that up?
Maybe it's a song lyric. I don't know. Maybe my therapist said it.
[last official lines of the season: Robby visits the pedes room and holds Baby Jane Doe]
You got off to kind of a rough start, didn't you, little one? Well, that makes two of us. I got abandoned, too. When I was eight. But I got through all of that, and so will you. I got a good feeling that you're gonna be just fine. Everything's gonna be just fine. You got so many wonderful things to see, and so many people to love ahead of you. So many wonderful things to see, people to love ahead of you.
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