Chicago Med (TV Series)

Monday Mourning (2017)

Oliver Platt: Daniel Charles

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Dr. Sarah Reese : They won't need me in the ED tomorrow, so I'll be back on your service.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Thank you. Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow.

  [Reese hesitates, then enters his office and sits down next to him] 

  Dr. Sarah Reese : Everybody comes to you, don't they? With all their pain? And you just have to absorb it. How are you doing today?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : It was awful. It's just awful.

• Sharon Goodwin : [Dr. Wheeler has committed suicide]  This is obviously a tremendous shock. Dr. Wheeler was one of us. And the burden of processing all that has happened will be a long and... and difficult one, so there would be no judgment on anyone who would prefer not to be here today.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : At times like this, talking about anything, even the weather, never hurt anyone, so my colleague Dr. Richardson has made herself available all day. She'll be up in her office if anybody wants to stop by.

• Dr. Will Halstead : You ever seen this before? A resident ending it like this?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Unfortunately, I have. Yeah. Several times. You know that 400 doctors take their own lives every year, right? Most of any profession. I don't have a lot of evidence to back this up, but I got a strong hunch it's got something to do with taking people who have a powerful desire to help and throwing them into a game where the odds are just stacked against them. I mean, this I do know: situations like this, it's never just one thing. It's always a complex set of circumstances, and, um, you know, trying to figure it out, trying to assign blame... it's, uh... it's pretty pointless.

• Dr. Ethan Choi : Too many people losing focus today. It's dangerous.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Is that right?

  Dr. Ethan Choi : That patient in there, Kevin, fifteen year old with hemi-paresis, but his attending is fixated on his mood rather than his symptoms.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : What do you mean?

  Dr. Ethan Choi : He seems a little detached. But he's just a kid trying to play it cool. So now we're wasting valuable time ordering scan after scan when we should be treating him.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Well, I mean, surely this, uh... this attending gave you his reasons, right?

  Dr. Ethan Choi : He did. But I think the incident this morning is clouding his judgment. I'm not sure he should be working today.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Really?

  Dr. Ethan Choi : Dr. Charles, we're in the business of saving lives, and the moment people lose confidence in their leader, the fight is lost. We've already had one casualty today. I won't have another.

• Emmett : Excuse me. I'm looking for my friend. Is this the visitor's entrance?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Uh, for the ED, yeah. Has he been admitted yet?

  Emmett : I don't know. He said he can't move his arm or leg. It sounds really bad.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : His name wouldn't be Kevin, by any chance, would it?

  Emmett : Yeah, it is.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Huh. Tell me, is your buddy, like, a real cool customer? You know, like a James Dean type?

  Emmett : Who's James Dean?

• Dr. Will Halstead : Amazing what the mind can do, isn't it?

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Mm. Keeps me employed, that's for sure.

• Sharon Goodwin : When I took this job, Daniel, I wanted to create an environment where we would never lose someone. Everyone would look out for each other. I thought I did. But then today, I found out there was a very troubled young man in our midst, and not a single person knew him. I failed.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : Sharon, come on.

  Sharon Goodwin : No, no. You... you got wonder about all the ones who don't jump off the ledge; what's going through their heads, how this job is affecting them. I worry about these people, Daniel. I worry about them.

  Dr. Daniel Charles : I know you do. I know you do.

  Sharon Goodwin : I wish I could protect them.