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Abby: I can't shut my brain off. I keep thinking, why is the dopamine at 17 instead of 20 and why don't they change the tube position? I can't see his eyes. Do you know what color they are?
Luka: They're blue.
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Luka: Had to see it for myself. Archie Morris and Greg Pratt. Attendings, huh?
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Abby: I can't do this. I can't pretend everything's going to be okay. Preemies don't make it out of the OR.
Maggie: Let it go. Abby, Abby. All the bad things you've seen, let it go.
Abby: And I can't believe I let myself get talked into this.
Maggie: Stop it!
Abby: I spent a month in the NICU, I know how this ends.
Maggie: Abby! You have a lot of great qualities, but optimism is not one of them.
(Abby laughs)
Abby: Whose fault is that?
Maggie: Yeah. Alright. I did not create a good environment for a child to grow up believing things would work out. But you're not a child any longer. You're the mother now. And that baby down there needs you to believe he's going to be okay.
Surgeons: Another round of epi! Guys, he's grey. Point 2 of epi. 10 ccs of pav, now!
Abby: I'm trying! I am really, really trying! I'm trying!
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(Talking to Morris, who is wearing a suit, purple shirt and tie)
Frank: Ohhh, what'd you do? Mug a pimp?
Morris: Yeah. Your dad says "hi."
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Maggie: I've been through all of this.
Abby: Have you had a C-section, a hysterectomy, and a premature baby?
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Frank: Do you want the walls eggshell or white?
Kerry: Do I look like Martha Stewart? I'm the Chief of Staff, I've got real work to do.