ER (TV Series)

Abby Normal (2004)

Maura Tierney: Abby Lockhart

Quotes 

• Abby Lockhart : Where's Larry?

  [nobody answers] 

  Abby Lockhart : Hello? Larry Jacobson, sad guy. Talks about death a lot?

  Stanley : That ain't just talk.

  Abby Lockhart : What?

  Lloyd : He killed himself.

  Stanley : He took a bunch of pills, drank a bottle of gin, slit his wrists and jumped into Lake Michigan.

  Christine : Larry really wanted to be dead.

  Abby Lockhart : Oh, man! I... I'm...

  Estelle : Don't worry, dear. You're really very good at this.

  Lloyd : Yeah, everybody loves your sessions.

  Stanley : Yeah... everybody except Larry.

• Stanley : Hey, hey, who is he?

  George Deakins : We met last week.

  Stanley : No.

  Lloyd : I don't remember.

  George Deakins : I sat right there.

  Christine : We don't remember you!

  Abby Lockhart : George was referred by the ER. He has a problem with...

  George Deakins : Exhibitionism.

  Bob : Let's see it!

• Dr. Nelson : [to Abby]  The perception of a psychiatrist, bedside manner of an ER doc and the empathetic eyes of an overworked nurse.

  Abby Lockhart : Oh, yeah, I'm the whole package. All I have to do is actually pass my boards.

• Abby Lockhart : Jordan, I know this is difficult, but you just have to try very hard. You have to...

  Jordan : I told you I am trying. You keep pushing. I don't know what you want from me.

  Abby Lockhart : Well, okay. At some level, we're all the same. We all have things we hide, things we keep buried.

  Jordan : Like what? What do you keep buried?

  Abby Lockhart : This is not about me.

  Jordan : You want me to tell you things, to trust you, but you don't have to say anything? Is that fair? Don't you trust me?

  Abby Lockhart : Okay. I can't follow through.

  Jordan : On what?

  Abby Lockhart : On anything. Once something gets in my way, it's like a chemical reaction. I just shut down and I give up. I'm just looking for an excuse to stop because in the end it's easier to do that than to risk being hurt and disappointed again.

  Jordan : You mean with men?

  Abby Lockhart : Men, my career, my family. Pick your poison.