Darling Companion

Beth:
I'm not talking about Doctors, I'm talking about you.

Joseph:
Have I ever put my work before you or the girls?

[pause]

Joseph:
Ok, sometimes. When I'm doing surgery on someone's spine to relieve them of a life of pain, I have put my work first! The girls always understood and they never complained.

Beth:
Were we living in the same house?

Beth:
You know more about your patients than you do about your own family.

Joseph:
What's going on? Whose dog is this?

Grace:
Mom's. She saved his life.

Beth:
He's not mine. I'm just gonna find him a home.

Joseph:
Why is he here?

Beth:
I just couldn't let them take him to the pound. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna call a few rescue societies tomorrow and somebody's gonna want him.

Joseph:
Yeah, but not us, right? We're not getting a dog, right?

Grace:
I think you should keep him. I'll help.

Joseph:
You're at school. She's not gonna come back every morning and walk the dog and neither am I.

Beth:
I wouldn't mind doing that.

Joseph:
Beth, I don't want a dog.

Beth:
I told you, I'm gonna find him a home.

Joseph:
Yeah, I know you.

Beth:
And what's that supposed to mean?

Grace:
That was Dr. Bhoola.

Joseph:
Who?

Grace:
The veterinarian. He's gonna stop by.

Beth:
What is he... He's coming here now?

Grace:
Yeah, he has some medicine or something. I'm gonna use your shower 'cause it's filthy in here.

Joseph:
The veterinarian makes house calls?

Beth:
He's very attractive.

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Patient:
This is the best my back has felt in three years. Joseph, you're a genius.

Joseph:
That's my job. I'm a surgeon. But I'm no genius.