Quotes
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J.D. : [presents a bag of take-away food] Hey. Hungry?
Dr. Cox : No.
J.D. : Guess that lunch was kind of a one-time thing, huh?
[sits down]
J.D. : There's no way you could have seen that coming. I mean... rabies? Come on, there's, like, three reported cases a year. In fact, testing for it would have been irresponsible. You would have wasted time those people didn't have.
Dr. Cox : I was... obsessed with getting those organs.
J.D. : You had to be. The fact is those people were gonna die in a number of hours and you had to make a call. I would have made the same call.
Dr. Cox : [looks over at J.D] Yeah?
J.D. : Yes. Now, I got us lunch, and I think we should eat it.
[J.D. produces two burgers from the bag; Cox rubs his face with both hands and leans forward to take one]
J.D. : [narration] Right then I knew I was gonna pull him out of this. But unfortunately, sometimes the hospital picks a day when it's just gonna pile it on.
[Both J.D.'s and Cox's pagers go off]
Dr. Cox : [face falls] Oh, God. Come on.
[cut to a hospital room; the last organ transplant recipient is coding, and Cox tries frantically to revive him with a defibrillator. The patient dies, and Cox yells and flips the defibrillator cart in frustration. A few moments later, J.D. enters the room]
Dr. Cox : [in despair] He wasn't about to die, was he, Newbie? Could have waited another month for a kidney.
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J.D. : Where are you going? Your shift's not over. Hey!
[Cox stops walking]
J.D. : Remember what you told me? The second you start blaming yourself for people's deaths, there's no coming back.
[Cox slowly turns to J.D., looking anguished]
Dr. Cox : Yeah. You're right.
[turns and walks out the door, leaving J.D. stunned]
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Lisa : Dr. Dorian, will you help me?
[hands J.D. a medical chart]
J.D. : Sure. What's wrong?
Lisa : She was admitted a short time ago, and she hasn't regained consciousness. Tox screen's positive for cocaine.
[J.D. looks up from the chart and is stunned to see that the unconscious patient is Jill Tracy]
Lisa : Do you think she could have OD'ed?
J.D. : She had been stood up on a couple dates and, uh, she hadn't seen her shrink in a while. She was definitely depressed.
Lisa : How do you know all that?
J.D. : [despondent] She told me.
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J.D. : You know what I was thinking the whole time I was having lunch with Jill?
Dr. Cox : What's that?
J.D. : "God, this girl's annoying."
Dr. Cox : I saw her in that supermarket, too, but I'm not torturing myself. Would you like to know why?
J.D. : Why?
Dr. Cox : Because she didn't come to the hospital looking for help. We just randomly bumped into her out here in the world. Don't get me wrong, if a guy gets shot or if he has a heart attack and I am physically the closest doctor to him, I will intervene. Shy of that, you can't. You just can't. It's too much to ask of yourself.
J.D. : [half-heartedly] Okay. I hear you.
Dr. Cox : No. You don't. Once you start blaming yourself for deaths that aren't your fault, my friend, that's a slippery slope that you can't come back from. And trust me, I've seen it ruin a hell of a lot of good doctors. And I will not let it happen to you.
J.D. : [narration] And because he said that... I knew it wouldn't.
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Jill Tracy : I was thinking there might be a 50% chance that the guy who blew me off yesterday just got his days wrong and would be waiting here with roses. Is that sad?
J.D. : It's not NOT sad.
