- Bruce Wayne: Bruce Wayne, Dr. Thorne. Thomas Wayne's son. Did you get my letter?
- Matthew Thorne: Yes. Thomas Wayne...
- Bruce Wayne: I told you I can help with your legal costs, maybe even put in a good word with the judge.
- Matthew Thorne: Yes, but what do you get out of it?
- Bruce Wayne: Well, there is something you can do for me.
- Matthew Thorne: I knew it! I knew there'd be a catch. Sorry, Mr. Wayne. Matthew Thorne is no longer for sale!
- Bruce Wayne: I'm not looking for any illegal favors.
- Matthew Thorne: What then?
- Bruce Wayne: Something you know. Something only you can give me.
- [pause]
- Bruce Wayne: Tell me about my father.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: You never follow my instructions. Your Father, God rest him, he called you stubborn from the day you were born. Always used to say you had a very hard head. He didn't know the half of it!
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [after Batman has rescued her from a fall] I thought I told you to take the day off!
- Rupert Thorne: You think you iced the Batman, huh? Heh heh heh... Not on your best day, Jake! I'd cover my back if I were you.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Very close friends they all were. Called themselves the Three Musketeers, in fact.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: [Matt walks into the room with a syringe in his hand] Of course, that's for me, isn't it? My payment for services rendered? You're no better than your brother.
- Matthew Thorne: I'm sorry, Leslie. I don't have any choice.
- [Matt jabs the thug holding Leslie with the syringe]
- The Crime Doctor: To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure, Rupert?
- Rupert Thorne: I brought you some more equipment. The latest in medical technology. After all, nothing's too good my brother, the Crime Doctor.
- The Crime Doctor: [sarcastic] Oh, great, a laser, for all that critical brain surgery I'll be doing on my distinguished patients.
- Rupert Thorne: Still, after all these years, still such contempt.
- The Crime Doctor: Now, why would I have contempt for the man who made me what I am today?
- Rupert Thorne: How would I know? I'm the fool who keeps giving you everything you want, even though you act like an ungrateful punk.
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: [seeing a framed picture of Leslie and Thomas Wayne] Now, that takes me back. Remember when I took this? The big AMA mixer. Graduation week at the Waldorf, remember? And they booked Benny Goodman.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: Matt? Matt Thorne? I heard things about you, Matt. The word was you were still practicing, without a license. I heard other things, too.
- [glancing at Thorne's heavies]
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: Looks like most of them are true. Now, about this friend in trouble...
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: It's me. Because of what a certain patient of mine will do to me if I don't operate on him. But I can't do it alone, and he won't let me check him into County.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: So you want me to assist? Forget it.
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: It's a chance at a decent life again, Leslie. That's why.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: And you believe him?
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: Of course. He's got a lot of important friends; judges, politicians, the Medical Society. If Rupert says he can get me my license back...
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: I meant do you believe he will?
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: Of course. He's my brother.
- Alfred Pennyworth: [seeing the signs of struggle in Leslie's apartment] Shall we call the police, sir?
- Bruce Wayne: Not just yet.
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: We've got to get you out of here. Come on, this way.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: What about your brother, your license?
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: Forget it. It's not worth someone's life.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: Now you're talking like a doctor.
- Bruce Wayne: Matthew Thorne? As in Rupert Thorne? Two medical connections to a Thorne in 24 hours. I doubt that's a coincidence.
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: I'm sorry, the clinic is closed.
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: Leslie?
- Dr. Leslie Thompkins: Unless this is an emergency.
- Dr. Matthew Thorne: Oh, but it is. Someone's in trouble. An old friend of yours.
- The Crime Doctor: What I want is to be a real doctor, Rupert, with a respectable practice!
- Rupert Thorne: Is it my fault you lost your license?
- The Crime Doctor: I would've reported that bullet to the police. As I was supposed to. But, no, you insisted.
- Rupert Thorne: You knew what I turned into before you took that slug out of me, Matthew.
- The Crime Doctor: So for that, I get to spend the rest of my life like this? I had much bigger plans, and you know it, you vulgar...
- Rupert Thorne: Don't you ever talk to me like that! Me, who gave up everything so you could... so you could...
- [groaning, he collapses, choking]
- The Crime Doctor: [to one of Rupert's heavies] On the table with him, stat!
- The Crime Doctor: The tumor's pressing against the aorta, restricting the flow of blood into your heart. Normally, these things are benign and easily removed, but we can't do it here.
- Rupert Thorne: I said no hospital! I've got enemies who would pay a fortune to make sure I don't come out.
- The Crime Doctor: Without the operation, you're a goner, anyway.
- Rupert Thorne: I told you, if you don't do it here, it won't get done.
- The Crime Doctor: Forget it, Rupert. I'm in over my head.