Chicago Med (TV Series)

Prisoner's Dilemma (2017)

Oliver Platt: Daniel Charles

Quotes 

• Dr. Daniel Charles : Could you, uh... could you fill me in? I understand that you ran into Nancy on... on rounds this morning?

  Dr. Sarah Reese : Yes.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Uh-huh. Could you have said anything to make her think it was a good idea to come over here and... and see you?

  Dr. Sarah Reese : All I said was "crazy" isn't a word I ever use.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Huh. Gotta be very careful the way we talk to younger psych patients. You know, they're much more vulnerable to mixed messages. She seems to think that you're some sort of ally.

  Dr. Sarah Reese : I... am. Aren't we all?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : To get her the right treatment, of course, but this is a young woman who purposefully drank extremely toxic chemicals. I mean, Nancy's been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She has severe bouts of manic depression.

  Dr. Sarah Reese : [reading the chart he hands her]  Uncontrollable hysteria, paranoid delusions.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : People who suffer from these disorders can be very persuasive, very manipulative, and a danger to themselves, so we just... we have to be careful. We wouldn't want to put her in a position where she wanted to harm herself again.

• Dr. Sarah Reese : It's my fault.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Why'd you say that?

  Dr. Sarah Reese : I gave her false hope. I told her I believed she was stable when she clearly isn't.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Well, I'm not sure I agree. I mean, just made her case a little tougher, but I'm still gonna file the appeal.

  Dr. Sarah Reese : Why would you do that when she just tried to kill herself?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Losing hope is a not a sign of mental illness. It's a sign of being human. I mean, the poor girl; she has a violent, unstable mother, and her fate is in the hands of this psychatrist who doesn't believe a word she says. I mean, given these odds, I can absolutely understand why she'd fall into despair.

• Dr. Daniel Charles : How were rounds at the youth hospital?

  Dr. Sarah Reese : Brutal. I'm sure there's a more clinical term, but...

  Dr. Daniel Charles : I hear ya.

  Dr. Sarah Reese : It's really hard to see so many teenagers suffering from psychological trauma.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Yeah, younger patients are the hardest. Very tough to draw a line between an actual disorder and good, old-fashioned adolescence.

  Dr. Sarah Reese : How do you learn to make that call?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Tourist asks a New Yorker "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?". Practice.