House M.D.2004

Dr. Eric Foreman:
House, there's someone here I need you to meet. I just hired Dr. Christine Fraser. She's a board-certified...

Dr. Gregory House:
[via phone] Nice to meet you. You're fired.

Dr. Fraser:
What?

Dr. Eric Foreman:
House, you're kidding, right? I've done my due diligence. She's the best there is.

Dr. Fraser:
What did I do?

Dr. Gregory House:
You had the misfortune to be the lesson that Foreman is learning. That whooshing sound is the air being let out of his ego. [Fraser leaves the room]

Dr. Eric Foreman:
You are such an ass, House. You could've made the same point without crushing the hopes of a young doctor who was actually excited to have this job.

Dr. Gregory House:
I'm not sure I could have. You keep giving me far too much credit. Taub, it's your turn to find a young doctor who's actually excited to have this job.

Dr. Chris Taub:
For you to fire?

Dr. Gregory House:
Not until you, or she, earns it.