Josef Sommer: Dr. Sam Garrison

Quotes 

• Doctor Sam Garrison : Now, I know that you're all strapped, but our patients don't need to see fighting and backbiting. They get that stuff at home. They need us to be their good family, and that means that our tensions get checked at the door. It's no picnic, I know, but we live in a hothouse, and we're dealing with hurt and fragile people. We're their role models, every one of us.

• Doctor Sam Garrison : If a patient's looking for a god, he's come to the wrong place, and if a psychiatrist wants to play God... wrong ball park.

• Doctor Sam Garrison : What's your take on Ida?

  Art : Certainly not classic kleptomania. There's bravado and denial of underlying depression. Definitely marital issues. The shoplifting, though, is a cry for help.

  Doctor Sam Garrison : Outpatient.

  Art : Yeah. Three times a week. See how it works. I mean, she's dying to talk. She let down her defenses right away. Started crying.

  Doctor Sam Garrison : Sounds like you made a breakthrough.

  Art : Mmm, yeah.

  Doctor Sam Garrison : But?

  Art : She stole my pen.