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

Maura Tierney: Abby Lockhart

Chaos Theory

ER

Maura Tierney credited as playing...

Abby Lockhart

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  • Dr. John Carter: Monkeypox sounds like a video game.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: Or Voodoo.
  • Dr. John Carter: Or VD.
  • 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.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: Do you think it's possible to die from boredom?
  • Dr. Jing-Mei Chen: I don't think so.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: What if your mind wandered off in a daydream and you forgot to eat or drink for days?
  • Dr. Jing-Mei Chen: Then you'd die of starvation and dehydration.
  • Nurse Abby Lockhart: Caused by boredom.
  • Abby Lockhart: Do you think it's possible to die from boredom?
  • Dr. Deb Chen: I don't think so.
  • Abby Lockhart: What if your mind wandered off in a daydream and you forgot to eat or drink for days?
  • Dr. Deb Chen: Then you'd die of starvation and dehydration.
  • Abby Lockhart: Caused by boredom.

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