Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series)

Lover's Leap (1995)

Brian Austin Green: David Silver

Quotes 

• Shelia Silver's Doctor : When drug therapies do not work, we have to look for alternative approaches.

  Mel Silver : Like what?

  Shelia Silver's Doctor : Given her age, her physical health and her history, my recommondation would be a short course on of low-level electroconvulsive therapy.

  David Silver : What? You mean electric shock treatments?

  Shelia Silver's Doctor : It may sound barbaric, but we know a lot more about ECT then we used to, and I have to tell you that we have had some terrific results.

  Mel Silver : Isn't this a little extreme?

  Shelia Silver's Doctor : Actually, no. She's not coming out of this depression and her current medication is not helping in any dosage. This may help.

  David Silver : Come on, Dad. You can't let them do this.

  Mel Silver : David.

  [to the doctor] 

  Mel Silver : What exactly is involved?

  Shelia Silver's Doctor : First we sedate her with a heavy dose of muscle relaxants. Then, through electrodes attached to her skull, we administer brief pulses of low-voltage electrical current. No more then that would make a 100-watt lightbulb flicker for just a second.

  Mel Silver : And what are the side effects?

  Shelia Silver's Doctor : There maybe be some short-term memory loss. Studies show that most missing memory returns within six months. I also must tell you that there's a mortality rate: one in 20,000.

  David Silver : You mean she could die?

  Shelia Silver's Doctor : For someone as depressed as your mother, there's a lot greater chance that without this therapy, she will attempt suicide again... and succeed.

• [standing on a cliff overlooking a freeway] 

  Valerie Malone : Well, this is it. If you want to end it, here's your chance. If you want to jump, go ahead. I won't stop you.

  [David hesitates] 

  Valerie Malone : What's the matter? Scared to die... or scared to live? You know when the demons in you get too close, the ones that say I'm going to end up like my father, I come here for a gut check.

  David Silver : I don't want to die.

• Mel Silver : [At the hospital to David]  Life goes on!

  David Silver : Not for me it doesn't!