- [last lines]
- Natalie Manning: Ms. Goodwin?
- Sharon Goodwin: Yeah.
- Natalie Manning: You have got to reinstate Dr. Halstead.
- Sharon Goodwin: Dr. Manning, I realize that you two are close...
- Natalie Manning: No, you don't understand. I was the one who stole the trial meds for my mom. I am the reason the trial was canceled, not Will. He said that to protect me.
- Crockett Marcel: Look, Natalie. I want you to know... Regardless of everything, I'll always be grateful to you.
- Natalie Manning: Why?
- Crockett Marcel: Well, my life was pretty empty till I met you. Closed off, a lot of fears. You showed me what could be, how to take a chance.
- Dr. Dean Archer: Maybe Ethan needs a neurosurgeon who's more confident in his abilities.
- Dr. Sam Abrams: That person doesn't exist.
- Ethan Choi: Look, Dean. We need to talk.
- Dr. Dean Archer: Uh-oh. Am I that late?
- Ethan Choi: This is really tough, but I've got serious concerns about our working together.
- Sharon Goodwin: I'd like to name you interim chief of the ED until Dr. Choi can resume his duties.
- Dr. Dean Archer: Well, I'd be honored, and I'll do my best to maintain the standards he's set.
- Sharon Goodwin: Good. I think he'd be pleased.
- Natalie Manning: Goodwin fired you?
- Will Halstead: Just let it go, Nat.
- Natalie Manning: Because of my mom's pills? Will, did you tell her you took them? Answer me!
- Will Halstead: I had to.
- Natalie Manning: Why?
- Will Halstead: It's everything, everything we've been through, everything we've been to each other. What else could I do?
- Natalie Manning: Tell the truth!
- Will Halstead: No, I think a change will do me good.
- Natalie Manning: No, Will, I'm sorry. I cannot let you do this.
- Will Halstead: Nat, I'm okay. Really.
- Natalie Manning: Will, please don't do this.
- Will Halstead: It's done, Nat, so... It's done.
- Sharon Goodwin: It's my understanding that you took drugs from the trial and gave them to Dr. Manning's mother without authorization.
- Will Halstead: That's correct.
- Sharon Goodwin: As a result, Dr. Halstead, Kender has pulled the trial from this hospital, which you know has major financial implications. There's the immediate loss of revenue, of course, but it's also safe to assume that Kender will be reluctant to run trials here in the future. You have anything to say?
- Will Halstead: Ms. Goodwin, I was trying to help a patient in desperate need.
- Sharon Goodwin: At the expense of the trial and all the other patients that might benefit from it. You know, you asked me last summer why I didn't name you as chief of the ED, and it's precisely this kind of reckless behavior that, at this point, I have no choice but to address. You're fired, Dr. Halstead.