- Nurse Abby Lockhart: [to Carter] You're gonna be a dad.
- John Carter: Yeah.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: How's it feel?
- John Carter: Scary. Especially in this room. I start thinking about all the things that can go wrong all the mistakes you can make.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: You're gonna be a great father.
- Dr. Rabb: You helped this family, Abby. They will remember you for the rest of their lives.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Yeah.
- Dr. Rabb: I'm hoping you'll give neonatology serious consideration.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Are you mocking me? Because it's really, really not a good time.
- Dr. Rabb: No. You're one of the best students I've ever had.
- Dr. Gregory Pratt: [to Abby] When'd you start your rotation?
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Five minutes ago.
- Dr. Gregory Pratt: Well, the NICU's great. Intubations, chest-tubes, umbilical lines. You get to do all sorts of teeny-tiny kick-ass procedures.
- Nurse Samantha Taggart: Good luck, you two.
- Dr. Gregory Pratt: Yeah, you're gonna love it.
- [after Abby and Neela are gone]
- Dr. Gregory Pratt: Let's get out of here.
- Nurse Samantha Taggart: I hate the NICU.
- Dr. Gregory Pratt: Those guys are screwed.
- Neela Rasgotra: [to Abby] I had a baby brother. He died when he was six days old. I was only three. I remember sitting in my mom's hospital room eating ice cream, but I don't actually remember him. The NICU's just so sad all the time. How can you stand it?
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: I don't know. When I was an OB nurse, the preemies freaked me out. I thought they looked like frogs. I was pretty sure I was gonna hate the NICU.
- Neela Rasgotra: But you don't.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: No, I don't. It's not just about the babies. You know, so much of it is about taking care of the parents and it turns out tragic family dynamics are my specialty.
- Sandy Lopez: [to Abby] Wait a minute. You stuck a needle in my kid's back and you've been working for 36 hours?
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Actually, it's only been 31 hours.
- Dr. Rabb: [while talking to the med students] In 1993, two children were abducted from this unit.
- Matt Gilespie: That explains the little LoJacks around their little ankles.
- Dr. Rabb: You will be issued a code for this door. Do not give your code to anyone.
- Matt Gilespie: [to Abby and Neela] I tattooed mine on my scrotum. Believe me, no one will ever see it there.
- Dr. Rabb: Dr. Gilespie, back already?
- Matt Gilespie: Another month in "the box".
- Dr. Rabb: Your stand-up routine might go over on other rotations, but the NICU is a tough room.
- Dr. Rabb: Neela, there are no guarantees in this work. If you can't live with that, I suggest you become a bank teller. We'll pick up again when I get back.
- Matt Gilespie: Don't listen to her. My cousin's a bank teller. Got held up at gunpoint last year.
- Neela Rasgotra: [to Dr. Gilepsie] So when the DR phone rings, we're supposed to drop everything and run?
- Matt Gilespie: Yep, 24/7. It means some potentially sick-ass baby's being born. Kid ends up being fine, but you never know.
- Dr. Rabb: A NICU admission is like running a marathon without training for it. It's an endurance test for patients, for families and for you. Eat when you can, sleep when you can and when it's time to go home, get the hell out of here.
- Virgie: [to Abby] Did you change Rocky's diaper?
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Yeah.
- Virgie: Why did you do that?
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Cause it was dirty.
- Virgie: My ins and outs are all off now.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: All right. I'm sorry.
- Virgie: Not good enough. Go find it.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: It's in the trash.
- Virgie: Find it, weigh it and I just might let you get some sleep tonight.
- Mei-Fan: [to Neela] We sold everything to come stay with my aunt have the babies in Chicago.
- Neela Rasgotra: You're just going to start over with nothing?
- Mei-Fan: Her life will be better. Isn't that why your parents sent you to this country too?
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: [to Neela] You know, all this whining about how tired you are, but you never leave. I hate to break it to you, but we'll make it through this night without you.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: [to Mrs. Kirk] Cher's a lovely name, it's just how you spelled it.
- Tina Kirk: I just wanted it to be different.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Okay. As long as you're aware.
- [walks away]
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Poor Chair. She's doomed.
- Matt Gilespie: Hopefully she'll meet a nice Ottoman someday.
- Matt Gilespie: Heard any funny dead-baby stories lately?
- Neela Rasgotra: Here's a good one: Inga's hydrocephalus is worsening. EEG shows continued seizure activity. She's not dead, but she might never wake up. It's a real laugh.
- Neela Rasgotra: Why are cigars associated with babies? This stinky thing has no place in a nursery.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: It's Freudian. Something about men wanting to have sex with their mothers.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: [to Neela] So, are you still thinking about neonatology?
- Neela Rasgotra: Not in a million years.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: I hope you didn't let Raab discourage you.
- Neela Rasgotra: It's more than that. She thinks you should go into NICU, you know.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Yeah.
- Neela Rasgotra: You should.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: No, thanks.
- Neela Rasgotra: I bet every Attending tries to recruit you.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: Oh, please. Look who's talking. Your mind is a sponge.
- Neela Rasgotra: Maybe, but you've got that thing. I don't know what it is, but it's much harder to learn.
- Nurse Abby Lockhart: I think all that cider's going to your head.