- [Dr. Breedlove enters the scrub room]
- Dr. Sam Breedlove: Sam Breedlove.
- Dr. Elizabeth Corday: Elizabeth Corday. How do you do?
- Dr. Sam Breedlove: Come again?
- Dr. Elizabeth Corday: I said, Elizabeth Corday!
- [quietly to Peter]
- Dr. Elizabeth Corday: I knew he was old, but I didn't realize he was so short.
- Dr. Sam Breedlove: What did you say?
- Dr. Elizabeth Corday: [loudly] I said, I knew you were old, but I didn't know you were so short!
- Dr. Sam Breedlove: Yes, yes. Always have been.
- Dr. Kerry Weaver: You don't mind if I step in and take over a little bit?
- Dr. David Morgenstern: Praise Allah, no! I don't mind telling you, sometimes I have felt like a sheriff with no posse. Like a general with no grunts in the field. Like a lone shepherd, high up on a hill, with no sheep dog.
- Dr. Kerry Weaver: I completely understand how you feel. You know, I'd like to take -
- Dr. David Morgenstern: [interrupting] Everywhere you look, there's sheep, sheep, sheep!
- Dr. Mark Greene: You're in early.
- Dr. John Carter: Yeah, I wanted to be in before my med student.
- Dr. Mark Greene: Ah, your very own scut puppy.
- Dr. John Carter: Somebody to pick up my labs. Do a patient history. The occasional obligatory rectal exam...
- Dr. Mark Greene: Someone to abuse.
- Dr. John Carter: No, no, no, this is about teaching. This is completely about teaching.
- Dr. Mark Greene: The way Benton taught you?
- Dr. John Carter: Or even better.