The Good Doctor (TV Series)
Oliver (2017)
Hill Harper: Dr. Marcus Andrews
Quotes
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Allegra Aoki : [Marcus is scrubbing in for surgery] I'm not interrupting your pre-game, am I?
Dr. Marcus Andrews : I think this is my 400th breast reconstruction. The board should give me a plaque.
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Dr. Marcus Andrews : Aoki is pushing Melendez on me for the VIP.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : Ah. You didn't get the e-mail blast. Rich people aren't allowed to die in this hospital. You're not the young star anymore. Melendez is.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : I know that.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : And you're upset about the why? Why does Aoki think that? You should be asking "who".
Dr. Marcus Andrews : Who? I know who. Melendez.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : Who are you? Are you a Chief who wants to be top surgeon, or are you a Chief who wants to be president? 'Cause if it's the latter, take your ego, shove it in a cupboard somewhere, and start acting presidential.
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Allegra Aoki : Jessica, what's the legal burden here?
Jessica Preston : Significant. If we move forward with this transplant, we could lose privileges from the registry.
Dr. Neil Melendez : If it was discovered.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : If it were discovered? How narrow can you be about this?
Allegra Aoki : Dr. Glassman, where are you on this?
Dr. Aaron Glassman : I can make a good argument either way.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : Go ahead, please.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : Better to remove the arguments all together.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : What the hell is he talking about?
Dr. Aaron Glassman : All I'm talking about is that we have a patient in this hospital who needs a liver. We also just happen to have a liver that needs a patient.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : It's not that simple.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : It is that simple if you consider the patient. Rules are secondary.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : But is saving this patient worth the risk of not being able to save hundreds of others?
Dr. Neil Melendez : I don't have hundreds of patients right now. I have one, and his name is Chuck.
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Dr. Marcus Andrews : We are going to graft some skin from your leg and fix that cheek up better than new.
John Wannamaker : I'm a real estate guy. There's an old saying: "You can have it fast. You can have it good. You can have it cheap. Pick two."
Dr. Marcus Andrews : It's not gonna be cheap.
John Wannamaker : [he laughs] I like doctors like you. You're good, and you know it.
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Dr. Marcus Andrews : You don't like the cafeteria food?
Dr. Aaron Glassman : They only make one thing well.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : What does it say when the staff sees the president of the hospital not eating their cafeteria food?
Dr. Aaron Glassman : Well, it says the president of the hospital isn't allowed in the kitchen. You sat down. What can I do for you?
Dr. Marcus Andrews : I'd like your advice.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : Really? Where's Aoki? Did she die?
Dr. Marcus Andrews : [standing up] This was a mistake.
Dr. Aaron Glassman : That's insulting. Sit down. At least hear what I have to say, and then decide it's bad advice.
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Dr. Neil Melendez : It was a glass. A glass of champagne at his daughter's graduation. I have the labs to prove it. Chuck didn't fall off the wagon. He had one drink and never went back.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : The transplant registry guidelines don't play in the gray for a reason.
Dr. Neil Melendez : Those guidelines are so arbitrary. Have one drink and you die. A couple pills of Ecstasy, no problem. Hepatitis B from careless sexual practice, nope. Nothing at all about that.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : So what do you want us to do? Throw out the rules?
Dr. Neil Melendez : I want us not to hide behind them. We do have a responsibility.
Dr. Marcus Andrews : Without the rules, we're playing God. We need the rules.
Dr. Neil Melendez : Does that help you sleep better at night?
Dr. Marcus Andrews : Yes, it does. We have one liver today, and 800 people in this state need it. I don't want to haunted by the other 799.