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Dr. Peter Benton : Anybody want any coffee?
Dr. Susan Lewis : Yeah, I do.
Dr. Peter Benton : How do you take it?
Dr. Susan Lewis : Same as yesterday and the day before that.
Dr. Peter Benton : And they call me a smartass.
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Dr. Peter Benton : Do you know how to start an IV?
Dr. John Carter : Uh... actually, no.
Dr. Peter Benton : I thought you were third year.
Dr. John Carter : I am, but all I've done are dermatology and psychiatry.
Dr. Peter Benton : The well-dressed specialities, huh?
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Dr. Peter Benton : [showing Carter around the ER] This is Dr. Morgenstern. He's the head of ER. Watch out. He eats students for lunch.
Dr. David Morgenstern : [shaking hands with Carter] David Morgenstern.
John Carter : John Carter.
Dr. David Morgenstern : [to Benton] Uh, when did that severed hand go up?
Dr. Peter Benton : Vascular took it up an hour ago. I just hope they can do it right.
Dr. David Morgenstern : [turning to Carter] Dr. Benton is one of the best residents we have. You learn everything you can from him, except attitude.
[Morgenstern leaves]
Dr. Peter Benton : He didn't mean that.
Dr. David Morgenstern : [offscreen] Yes, he did.
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Carol Hathaway : [as she enters the lounge and all the doctors stare at her] Is something wrong?
Dr. Peter Benton : Oh, you bet there is. We're out of coffee again because the nurses have been taking it, that's what's wrong.
Carol Hathaway : So make some more.
Dr. Peter Benton : Make some more? We work 36 hours on, 18 off, which is 90 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. For that, we are paid $23,739 before taxes, and we also have to make the coffee?
Carol Hathaway : My heart is breaking.
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Dr. Mark Greene : [as he is giving orders to an intern as doctors begin scattering] Do you know what this is all about?
Dr. Peter Benton : Building collapsed in the Loop. They're sending us a dozen hot ones.
Dr. Mark Greene : Yeah, well who's on?
Dr. Peter Benton : Just us.
Dr. Mark Greene : [to intern] OK, forget all that. Call Susan Lewis, call the 7th and 8th floor. Tell them we need anybody they can spare.
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Dr. Peter Benton : [showing Carter around] X-Ray is around the corner. They're a bunch of idiots. They scare the patients and make them wait.
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Dr. Peter Benton : [to Haleh] Do we have anybody to sew up?
Nurse Haleh Adams : How would I know?
Dr. Peter Benton : You know, I love this great spirit of camaraderie. Everybody wants to help, you know?
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Dr. Peter Benton : [the regular ER doctors are watching new med student John Carter wait nervously at the desk] Oh, man, would you look at this?
Dr. Mark Greene : Huh. That's the first tailored white coat I've ever seen.
Dr. Peter Benton : Isn't he lovely?
Dr. Susan Lewis : Lovely.
Dr. Mark Greene : Think he knows anything?
Dr. Doug Ross : He knows how to dress.
Dr. Peter Benton : Well, he's my student. I'll find out.
