Robert Sean Leonard credited as playing...
Dr. James Wilson
- Dr. James Wilson: I've got no kids. My marriage sucks. I only got two things that work for me: this job and this stupid screwed up friendship and neither mattered enough for you to give one lousy speech!
- Dr. Gregory House: They mattered.
- Edward Vogler: Gregory House is a symbol of everything wrong with the healthcare industry. Waste, insubordination, doctors preening like they're kings and the hospital their own private fiefdom. Healthcare is a business. I'm gonna run it like one. I hereby move to revoke the tenure of Dr. Gregory House and terminate his employment at this hospital, effective immediately.
- Female Boardmember: Don't you think we should discuss this...
- Edward Vogler: We just did.
- Dr. Lisa Cuddy: We need time.
- Edward Vogler: The vote is on the table. All in favor?
- [after a few moments of silence, one of the board members raises his hand and the rest of the board members follow suit except for Cuddy and Wilson. Cuddy stares at Vogler, who stares back at her, and she sighs and raises her hand]
- Edward Vogler: Dr. Wilson?
- Dr. James Wilson: Opposed?
- Edward Vogler: The motion is defeated. Dr. Wilson, would you mind leaving the room, please?
- Dr. James Wilson: Excuse me?
- Edward Vogler: We're gonna take another vote.
- Dr. James Wilson: Well, first of all, you can't void my vote by making me stand in the hallway. And second, you should check the by-laws. You need notice and at least one business day before you can reconsider any matter.
- Edward Vogler: We're voting on a different matter which you are... conflicted out of.
- Dr. James Wilson: How can I be conflicted?
- Edward Vogler: This vote is whether to dismiss Dr. James Wilson.
- Edward Vogler: A man is the sum of his actions. Here are a few of Dr. House's. He violated a DNR and was charged with assault. He brought a termite into the OR and spat on a surgeon. He accepted a Corvette from a patient who was a known member of the New Jersey mafia.
- Dr. Ron Simpson: Ed, look...
- Edward Vogler: Edward.
- Dr. Ron Simpson: Edward. You look at anyone's career, you can find things that are...
- Edward Vogler: These are the last three months. He's personally had more complaints filed against him than any department in this hospital.
- Dr. James Wilson: Okay, he's screwed up. He's miserable and he should probably reread the Ethics Code, but it works for him. He's saved hundreds of lives.
- Edward Vogler: He is a drug addict who flaunts his addiction and refuses to get treatment. He is a disgrace and an embarrassment to this hospital. I'd go on, but it gets kinda mean, so I'm gonna keep this simple.
- Dr. James Wilson: I got sacked.
- Dr. Gregory House: Did you make a pass at Cuddy? Told you. She only has thighs for me.