The Closer (TV Series)

Drug Fiend (2012)

Lennie Loftin: Dr. Stephen Parr

Quotes 

• Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : Um, I need to make an appointment with you.

  Dr. Stephen Parr : You're kidding me. You've just made it abundantly clear what you think of me.

  Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : I'm not looking for a decent human being. I'm looking for a great doctor and... you're it.

• Andy Flynn : You consider treating cancer a business?

  Dr. Stephen Parr : I'm sorry. Do you wear that badge for free?

• [as Dr. Parr explains his circumstance, Brenda's keenly aware how his wording can apply to herself as well] 

  Dr. Stephen Parr : The system should work as designed but sometimes we have mistakes, awful mistakes, so last night, after observing Miss Lee's asymptomatic responses to the chemo, I went back to my office and looked at my own files from last year.

  Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson : What did you find?

  Dr. Stephen Parr : What I thought I'd find, a period during which many patients seemed not to properly absorb the chemo. When, instead of improving, people died. I felt errors may have been made, but I was afraid that if I brought attention to the problem, that...

  Sgt. David Gabriel : You'd be sued.

  Dr. Stephen Parr : Yes, I'd be sued. I... I deal with life and death on a daily basis. I can be taken to court where, even if I win, I lose. My liability insurance goes up. I have to explain myself over and over to medical boards, my peers... If I ever find myself in circumstances where I can't properly clear my name, nothing is the same after that.