ER (TV Series)

Ruby Redux (2005)

Maura Tierney: Abby Lockhart

Photos 

Quotes 

• Dr. John Carter : When I was a student on my surgical rotation, Rubadoux's wife was very sick. She was part of this research study. When her results, uh... when she was no longer useful, there was a lot of pressure to get her out. So I did. I dumped her into a nursing home.

  Dr. Abby Lockhart : Did she belong in one?

  Dr. John Carter : We all figured she'd end up back in the hospital which would be on Medicine's shoulders, not ours.

  Dr. Abby Lockhart : So? Surgery dumps another patient on Medicine. Happens every day.

  Dr. John Carter : I told Rubadoux that she was going to get better, told him that her situation was going to improve, told him what he wanted to hear. You know, when you're a student, you're so desperate for approval. You want everybody to like you: you want your patients to like you, you want their families to like you. Gotta be efficient too, though. You gotta impress your superiors.

  Dr. Abby Lockhart : Yeah, you don't have to tell me. I'm still on the bottom rung of the ladder.

  Dr. John Carter : I mean, when the Chief of Surgery tells you to get rid of her, you get rid of her.

  Dr. Abby Lockhart : Yeah.

  Dr. John Carter : And then she came back three days later, and she died. And... Rubadoux was so surprised. Ultimately, it was the Attending's fault. It wasn't my responsibility.

• Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux : Something wrong with my kidneys?

  Dr. Abby Lockhart : No. I don't know. I don't know yet.

  Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux : Yeah, well. Uh, why don't you come back when you're less confused.