Chicago Med (TV Series)

Mirror, Mirror (2017)

Oliver Platt: Daniel Charles

Quotes 

• Laura Green : What were you doing to my daughter?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : I was trying to confirm a diagnosis. Um... I... I want neurology to run some tests, but based on this and Ariel's history, I think that she has a condition called mirror touch synesthesia.

  Laura Green : What?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : It's a condition that... that causes her to experience the physical sensations and emotions of the people that she's interacting with as her own. My left knee hurts, Ariel feels it in her right. I slap my right cheek, she feels like her left is being slapped. She's mirroring me.

  Dr. Natalie Manning : Her stomach; she's responding to your ulcer, not imitating you. She's literally feeling your pain.

  Laura Green : Whoever heard of such a thing?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : It's a pretty recent discovery, the existence of these mirror neurons.

  Laura Green : Is there a cure?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Not yet, but there are... coping strategies we can teach her to help her manage her condition.

  Laura Green : [her cell phone buzzes]  Uh... I'm sorry, I... I have to get this.

  [answer the call as she leaves] 

  Laura Green : Yeah?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : I cannot believe this woman.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : How's that old saying go? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it gaze at its own reflection.

• Dr. Natalie Manning : The second you focus on one pain, it disappears, or shifts someplace else entirely. First it was her stomach, then her forehead. We move her into another room and now it's her sinuses.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Hm. Yeah, tricky hitting a moving target.

  Dr. Natalie Manning : And listen, I am predisposed to side with anyone against the mother, but I don't know that she's wrong about her daughter.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : You think she might be faking it?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : I had her record sent over, and amongst other things, she's been worked over for achalasia, abdominal migraine, cyclic vomiting syndrome. All negative. It does not appear to be something physiological.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Why don't I have a little chat?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : I would appreciate that. Thank you.

• Dr. Natalie Manning : What's up with the limp?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Rehab. My physio's got me doing these Swiss ball squats. It's freaking brutal.

• Ariel Green : My mom keeps saying I'm doing this for attention, but... god, who likes seeing doctors?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Your leg okay?

  Ariel Green : All of a sudden, my knee hurts.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Hm.

  Ariel Green : This place freaks me out even worse than school.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : What freaks you out about school?

  Ariel Green : Everything. There's so much drama. It makes me crazy anxious. Sometimes I hide, sometimes I get into fights.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : That's what happened today?

  [Ariel glances at something, and Daniel notices she's looking at her mother] 

  Ariel Green : I looked up schizophrenia online. It says it can start in late adolescence.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Mm, not usually as early as fourteen, but... I mean, are you hearing or seeing things that other people aren't?

  Ariel Green : No. But... sometimes, it's like... my feelings aren't my own. Like they're someone else's.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Hm.

  Ariel Green : Do you think I'm crazy?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Uh, not really my favorite word, but no. No, I don't.

• Dr. Natalie Manning : Hey. Any progress?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Definitely stressed out and anxious. Whether it rises to the level of a disorder, I don't know. She mentioned a potentially unhealthy association with food, but I'm just... I'm not getting an eating disorder vibe from her, you know?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : No, me neither. Her weight is normal for her height. She's not showing any signs of malnourishment.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : And she says her stomachache's gone, her headache's gone. Her knee is hurting her now. I was thinking we could give her a benzo, see if alleviating her anxiety might tell us something about her physical symptoms?

  Dr. Natalie Manning : Unfortunately, we don't have time. The mom wants to leave now.

• Dr. Daniel Charles : You're saying you want to undergo a TMS treatment to prepare you to operate?

  Dr. Isidore Latham : Yes. I was going to talk to Dr. Weyland today, but she's unavailable.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Yeah, well, she would tell you the same thing that I'm about to, which is no.

  Dr. Isidore Latham : Why not?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : You shouldn't do anything risky, let alone perform open-heart surgery. It would be derelict.

  Dr. Isidore Latham : Tell me, then, what is the solution?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Well, the solution is to realize that you don't have to carry all the weight on your shoulders. You have an excellent team. Rely on your team, rely on Connor.

  Dr. Isidore Latham : No, I can't. I see the world differently now. The sarcasm, the hidden agendas. Even when my window is closed, I know they're there. I have no one to rely on now but myself.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : I think you'll find that that's not the case.