ER (TV Series)

The Student (2004)

Parminder Nagra: Neela Rasgotra

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• Dr. Neela Rasgotra : [after Gallant covered her mistake]  What you did was the sweetest, dumbest thing anyone has ever done for me.

• Dr. Neela Rasgotra : I don't like working on old people, or children, or drunks...

  Michael Gallant : [sarcastically]  And what's with all the sick people? They make it such a drag.

  [Neela rolls her eyes] 

  Michael Gallant : Listen, he's just motivating you for the match rankings.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : You know what? Maybe they're right. Maybe this job's just too... fast for me, too unpredictable...

  Michael Gallant : It's a big hospital. If the ER's not a good fit...

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : Then what? The NICU made me want to jump off the roof, Peds is full of screaming brats and anxious parents, and OB-GYN is a lifetime of overnights and malpractice suits! I could go into research or teaching, but is that really why I became a doctor?

  Michael Gallant : I'm sorry, were you talking to me?

  [Neela slaps his arm in exasperation; he laughs] 

  Michael Gallant : You know, this place is so up and down. You learn to... ride through the rough days. I did.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : You were probably good from the start.

  Michael Gallant : You kidding me? I came in young, dumb and scared. At least, you... you're good with the books.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : You really like it here?

  Michael Gallant : I wouldn't stay if I didn't.

• John Carter : Neela, we were ranking fourth-year med students in there. And everybody agreed you're really bright and we really like working with you.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : Someone spoke poorly of me?

  John Carter : Well, nobody in particular.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : Was it Dr. Chen? Because she's had it in for me...

  John Carter : Neela, you have to be more decisive. Okay, you have to be more... proactive.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : They feel I'm too passive?

  John Carter : Tell you what, for the next four hours, you are a doctor. I want you to carry a minimum of three patients at all times. Start their workups, order their labs and meds, and present back to me only after you've put your own diagnostic plan into action. Today, you're a shark.

  Dr. Neela Rasgotra : Shark?

  John Carter : Keep swimming or you die.