Homeland (TV Series)

Tower of David (2013)

Erik Dellums: Doctor

Quotes 

• Doctor : [doc stitching a wound for Brody]  I prescribe rest You go gallivanting about. Paco?

  [boy assist him] 

  Doctor : Trekking clear across the building, what were you thinking? Esme?

  [she gives him needle with heroin] 

  Nicholas Brody : No.

  Doctor : You sure? You seem like you're in a lot of pain.

  Nicholas Brody : I'll survive.

  Doctor : Guess you're good at that, aren't you?

  [doc stands up, takes bandagge] 

  Doctor : So, what'd you make of it?

  Nicholas Brody : What?

  Doctor : What you saw. This abscess beyong healing we call home. They call it the tower of David Not for king David, heaven forbid. For David Brillembourg, the particulary egomaniac banker unfortunately, before it was completed, David died. Then the hole economy died, construction stoped the squatters all moved in, and viola. Scooch.

  [doc sits beside Brody again] 

  Nicholas Brody : Well, if you hate it...

  [shallow breathing] 

  Doctor : Did I say I hate it?

  Nicholas Brody : So why are you here?

  Doctor : That's a dangerous question. ''why am I here?'' Leads to ''why are you here?'' You see? We here because the world outside can be...

  [doc takes little boys palm] 

  Doctor : Judgmental and cruel?

  [doc softly hold boys fingers, awkward moment] 

  Doctor : We're here beacause this is the place that accepts us. We're here because we belong here.

  Nicholas Brody : [sighs]  I'm not staying.

  Doctor : Of course not.

  Nicholas Brody : I just need to get my strength back.

  Doctor : Don't we all, need to get out strength back?