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Mekhi Phifer, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Maura Tierney, and Harrison Page in ER (1994)

Noah Wyle: John Carter

Chaos Theory

ER

Noah Wyle credited as playing...

John Carter

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  • Dr. John Carter: Monkeypox sounds like a video game.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: Or Voodoo.
  • Dr. John Carter: Or VD.
  • Dr. Susan Lewis: We need to evacuate.
  • Dr. John Carter: The ER?
  • Dr. Susan Lewis: The entire hospital... Everyone but you.
  • Dr. John Carter: You could get a tattoo.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: I could get "Carter..."
  • Dr. John Carter: Yeah.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: ...Sucks."
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: [walking on the beach with Carter] Chaos theory?
  • Dr. John Carter: Yeah. A virus mutates in the Congo. We evacuate an ER in Chicago. Romano gets his arm cut off.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: You lost me.
  • Dr. John Carter: Seemingly random events, all part of a larger equation.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: I'm hot.
  • Dr. John Carter: You know, a butterfly flaps its wings in China and creates a tornado halfway around the world.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: Are you hot?
  • Dr. John Carter: I'm just saying there's an inherent unpredictability about everything. Evolution, life, . . . love, relationships.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: So, what am I? The butterfly or the tornado?
  • Dr. John Carter: No, you're chaos in general.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: Thanks.
  • Dr. Gregory Pratt: To tell you the truth, I don't know if I could date a chick that was missing pieces.
  • Dr. John Carter: What if she had a really great personality?
  • Dr. Gregory Pratt: What, and really big tits?

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