- Dr. Mark Craig: Now where did you find this little piece of gradue, Boy's Life?
- Dr. Wayne Fiscus: Journal of the American Medical Association. It's a documented phenomenon.
- Dr. Mark Craig: So is psychic surgery, Fiscus. But I wouldn't want to trust my gallbladder to it.
- Dr. Wayne Fiscus: You still want me to repeat the autopsy?
- Dr. Mark Craig: You're damn right. Nightmare death syndrome of all the lame-Why MacArthur ever wanted to return to the Philippines is beyond me.
- Dr. Robert Caldwell: This is our last operation together, Victor. I don't want you to assist me anymore.
- Dr. Victor Ehrlich: What?
- Dr. Robert Caldwell: Look, you're a good surgeon, but ever since I came here, you've been nothing but bad jokes.
- Dr. Victor Ehrlich: What do you mean, bad jokes?
- Dr. Robert Caldwell: Remember your line about Helen Rosenthal and fun bags?
- Dr. Victor Ehrlich: Yeah, that...
- Dr. Robert Caldwell: When you're not insensitive, you're offensive. So I have just one suggestion to make. Why don't you do all of mankind a favor? Quit medicine. Take up your true calling, professional phony.
- Dr. Victor Ehrlich: Come on, Bob, why do...
- Dr. Robert Caldwell: Read my mask, pal. You're out of here.
- [Caldwell walks away back to the surgery]
- Dr. Victor Ehrlich: All I said was you drink your bath water.
- Dr. Donald Westphall: What's up?
- Dr. Mark Craig: Boy, do you look terrible.
- Dr. Donald Westphall: Did you call me out here to tell you that?
- Dr. Mark Craig: Wasn't Ehrlich supposed to be on rounds with you this morning?
- Dr. Donald Westphall: Yes, he was. I got a message he's not going to be here. He's involved in some research project.
- Dr. Mark Craig: What is it with these residents? Is every day the Fourth of July? I mean, I need him to assist me in surgery. Kiley dropped out just a minute ago.
- Dr. Donald Westphall: Any of you know what project Ehrlich is involved in?
- Dr. Philip Chandler: Dream research.
- Dr. Mark Craig: Dream rec--- Flim flam, pure and simple. Why these funding people let the wool be pulled over their eyes using hard earned tax dollars for useless research? I don't even know why you let this Ellis woman have space in the hospital.
- Dr. Donald Westphall: Mark, I had nothing to do with it.
- Dr. Mark Craig: Dream research. That kind of malarkey really singes my drawers. Yeah, well, Ehrlich just better be enjoying his dreams while he can, because here comes a living nightmare.
- [Chandler stands in his way accidentally]
- Dr. Mark Craig: Can't you see I'm in a hurry?