ER, Season 4

Mark:
Carol, I got that autopsy report on the crack baby. He died in utero two days ago.

Carol:
Well, I guess we're both off the hook.

Mark:
Carol, it wasn't a matter of me believing your or not believing you. I would have been on your side.

Carol:
Well, maybe if you'd been on the patient's side earlier none of this would have happened.

Mark:
What?

Carol:
I checked her chart. That woman had been in here four times in the past seven months. You saw her twice and never once did a pregnancy test.

Mark:
Was there reason to?

Carol:
Evidently, yes.

Mark:
So we're supposed to give pregnancy tests to every female crackhead who comes through the door?

Carol:
That's not what I'm saying.

Mark:
Then what?

Carol:
God forbid this woman ever finds out what her real malpractice suit is. I would back you up. Say there was no reason for a pregnancy test. The fact is, we should have done something.

Mark:
What? What should we have done? We can't help people who can't help themselves.

Carol:
No, Mark, those are exactly the people we should be helping.