Doogie Howser, M.D., Season 2

Doogie:
September 26, 1990... I had my dream again last night. Being a seventeen-year-old doctor is a monster. But the dream taught me that the monster can't hurt me as long as we keep dancing. Feets don't fail me now.

Doogie:
October 2, 1990... Raymond and I have a lot in common. We both have to face prejudice for what we are... The difference is I won't be 17 forever.

Doogie:
October 10, 1990... "Doctor Doogie" died. Candace is going to live. Good trade -- his death for her life.

Doogie:
October 16, 1990... A big day for Vinnie. He helped deliver a child... and the child helped deliver a man.

Doogie:
October 21, 1990... Two days ago I thought my father was a stubborn old dictator. Amazing how much he's learned in forty-eight hours.

Doogie:
October 30, 1990... I guess being a good doctor is like playing the blues... sometimes you just have to improvise.

Doogie:
We get a lot of homeless people claiming to be other people. Last week a guy came in claiming to be Abraham Lincoln.

Vinnie:
You're kiddin'.

Doogie:
Seriously. He tried to emancipate Raymond three times.

Doogie:
November 6, 1990... Getting away with a lie may be a good magic trick... but honesty works wonders. Vinnie and I started out in opposite directions and ended up at the same place: the truth.

Doogie:
Uh, Vinnie is making a slasher movie.

Vinnie:
It's not just a slasher movie. It's a statement about life, about angst-ridden teens, and their struggle to overcome parental oppression. Picture Rebel Without a Cause meets Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Gregory:
I'm sorry. I'm not familiar with your references. I've always considered going to the movies a waste of time.

Doogie:
November 9, 1990... This week Gregory and his father learned something I've known for a long time. We all need a little Delpino in our lives. I guess I'm lucky... I'm best friends with the original.

Doogie:
November 17, 1990... Learned a lesson in anatomy today. Of the body's six hundred muscles, the hardest to keep in shape is the heart.

Doogie:
November 22, 1990... Thanksgiving. Had turkey and pumpkin pie. Grandpa ate crow. Dad sampled the fruits of victory. Vinnie tasted sweet satisfaction. I hope the leftovers last all year.

Vinnie:
You know, Doog, the entire history of our great country could be deduced by studying women's underwear.

Doogie:
This ought to be worth listening to. Go.

Vinnie:
Take ancient times—the '50s. Our country was very uptight. Women wore utilitarian brassieres: plain white cotton, three hooks. We're talking monster bras.

Doogie:
That's insightful.

Vinnie:
But then came the '60s. Things loosened up. The youth movement kicked in. Burn the bra! Let it all hang out. The beauty of the natural woman fully visible under a diaphanous tie-dyed garment.

Doogie:
Right on. Right on.

Vinnie:
But then came the '70s. Nixon was President. Watergate. America was depressed. Women went back to covering their breasts.

Doogie:
It was a black era, Vinnie.

Vinnie:
But this is a great country, Doog. We were down but not out. The '80s came along, and as a nation, we rallied. American womanhood stood tall, took off their blouses and said, "I'm proud! I'm free! I'm gonna wear my underwear on the outside! [begins singing America the Beautiful]

Doogie:
December 3, 1990... Dr. Reardon believes that good judgement comes with age. The minute he refused to work with me, he proved himself wrong.

Doogie:
December 12, 1990... Vinnie is not going to N.Y.U. I'm happy... and the streets of New York are a lot safer.

Doogie:
December 21, 1990... The truth is our most valuable commodity. It would probably be a way better world if people didn't use it so economically.

Doogie:
January 10, 1991... Vinnie and I learned a valuable lesson this week. The truth only hurts when you don't tell it.

Doogie:
January 19, 1991... As a doctor I can accept death as a natural part of life... But when a 17 year old kid loses a parent there's nothing natural about it.

Doogie:
January 26, 1991... The best success is usually the one you risk the most to achieve. But tonight I learned that sometimes just taking the risk is its own reward.

Janine:
Oh God! What am I gonna do with my life?

Vinnie:
You know, Janine, acting is a noble profession.

Janine:
If you think I'm going to appear sans clothes in something probably everyone in school will see—

Vinnie:
Oh, you don't want anybody to know it was you? No problem! Why didn't you just say so? We can put a bag over your head

Wanda:
What a pig!

Vinnie:
No, no. It'll be tasteful. Your choice, my goddess, paper or plastic!?

Doogie:
February 2, 1991... Mom and Dad are on a raft. Janine made a decision. A man reached out to his friends. Funny how a guy who's dealing with death showed us all how to live.

Dr. Howser:
I've always held to the belief that life is a daring escapade, or nothing at all!

Doogie:
February 11, 1991... This year, our annual father-son vacation included an extra "son". Vinnie climbed a long way with my father -- to take a small step with his.

Don O'Brien:
[to Doogie] Well. You may have all the degrees in the world, but there are a lot of things you don't understand.

Doogie:
February 24, 1991… Grandpa came to visit. Same old stories about the family. I've heard them for years. But this was the first time I had the sense to really listen.

Doogie:
February 19, 1991… It's amazing how everyone's life changes from tragedy. Wanda's changes affect me, our changes affect Michele... And life goes on. Without Wanda.

Doogie:
March 5, 1991... I have two degrees, a genius I.Q. and six years of medical training. But today I was aced out by a colleague with better qualifications -- seventeen years of being a mother.

Doogie:
March 23, 1991... Today, McGuire jumped off the fast track and took the road less traveled. He may envy my genius but I envy his courage. Vaya con Dios, Jack.

Doogie:
April 13, 1991... This week I helped bring a tiny baby boy into the world. He may not make it. But when the tools of science meet the mysteries of faith, the most powerful of all human miracles is born. It's called hope.

Doogie:
April 30, 1991... Vinnie and I gave each other the gift of forgiveness. I wish Raymond could have given his father the same thing. His father may not deserve it, but Raymond does.

Vinnie:
What was the theme to your prom? "Geeks on Parade?"

Mrs. Howser:
We went with a statement for the times, "Peace, love and power to the people!"

Vinnie:
Hmm. Very political. Yet groovy.

Doogie:
May 5, 1991... It takes courage to live life fully. Vinnie and Janine have it. Wanda found it. And Kelly's got more than all of us. I just pray she gets a hew heart as courageous as her old one.