Doogie Howser, M.D., Season 3

Wanda:
It's just so sad. I've loved you like nothing else for the past two years. Since my mom died, you're the most important person in my life. And if I didn't know anything else, I knew the first time should've been with you.

Doogie:
September 24, 1991... There's a difference between having sex and making love. Wanda and I made love. And even though she's 2000 miles away, I've never felt closer to her.

Doogie:
September 28, 1991… Everyone has a sacred dream. Will's dream is the most sacred of all -- life. I guess some sacred dreams are just more sacred than others.

Doogie:
October 6, 1991… Because we pushed medicine's limits, Will Stevens is getting a chance to grow up. Because I recognized my own limits, I get to be a kid a little longer.

Doogie:
October 11, 1991… This week I butted heads with a very stubborn, closed-minded person. I'm just glad I had the sense to realize it was me.

Doogie:
October 21, 1991… Who would've thought it? Vinnie Delpino, pioneer of the new celibacy. Just when he thought he couldn't wait any longer he found something worth waiting for... Janine.

Doogie:
October 24, 1991… Maybe Wanda's right. You can't hold on to the past and still ride off into the future… I'm back in the saddle again.

Doogie:
November 8, 1991… Civil strife broke out at home. I boasted that one machine could do the work of fifty men… until I learned that no machine can take the place of a sympathetic ear.

Shannon:
Isn't it amazing? There didn't have to be a universe at all. And even if there did have to be a universe, it didn't have to be so beautiful. But it is. So beautiful. And here. In all of outer space, with all the places that the Sun and the Earth and the Moon could be. They're right here. In perfect alignment. Isn't it a miracle? [Shannon turns her head towards Doogie returning his gaze. Doogie and Shannon lean forward and kiss.]

Doogie:
But it can't last. Just tonight.

Shannon:
Yeah. But maybe it's enough that it happens at all. One bright shining moment.

Doogie:
And the really miraculous thing is... it'll happen again and again and again. [Doogie and Shannon kiss again]

Doogie:
November 25, 1991… Found a one-bedroom on the Westside. The rent is high and the landlords are difficult… but it does have all the comforts of home.

Doogie:
December 1, 1991… Spent Saturday night proving the art of conversation is not dead… maybe just a little more expensive. A small price to pay for finding a new best friend.

Doogie:
December 10, 1991… Bert showed me the beauty of telling the truth. But I learned the truth about beauty from a woman who taught me to see… not with my eyes, but with my heart.

Doogie:
December 15, 1991... This week Vinnie introduced me to three really brilliant healers, Moe, Larry and Curly. They taught me that medicine may heal the body, but laughter heals the soul.

Doogie:
January 3, 1992... Most men would rush in and fight for the woman they love. My father stood back and did nothing. I really admire his courage.

Vinnie:
[To Doogie] No, that's okay. I want to stay. I want to be enlightened. I want to be rational. I want to be you, but good-looking.

Doogie:
January 17, 1992... Vinnie believed in curses. Phil believed he was pregnant. And I believed in being rational. I guess everyone has a few delusions.

Doogie:
February 1, 1992... Freud said the two most important things in life are work and love. If you're lucky enough to love your work, the rewards are great. If not - a little respect goes a long way.

Doogie:
February 10, 1992... While Rachel fought for her life, I foolishly fought for the spotlight. It took Vinnie to show me that only by losing my battle, could I help Rachel win her war.

Doogie:
February 16, 1992... The down side of growing up is that sometimes doing what's best for you means breaking someone's heart. Including your own.

Vinnie:
That's right -- a bachelor party. The one night when men get to-- no, are expected to act like disgusting pigs. Drinkin' and smokin' 'til they puke, all the while ogling scantily-clad women who prance merrily before them.

Doogie:
What a lovely tradition.

Doogie:
May 8, 1992... Because I really like Curly, I only heard what I wanted to hear. Because I don't like Elena, I only heard what I wanted to hear. Nothing can screw up the hearing like the male ego.

Doogie:
March 12, 1992... A doctor's hands must be strong, but I learned that a father's must be stronger...after all, it takes a tremendous amount of strength to let go.

Doogie:
February 28, 1992... Everyone thinks of the Howser family as two parents with an exceptional son. But the older I get, the more I realize I'm a son with two exceptional parents.

Doogie:
April 17, 1992... I've decided to become a trauma surgeon. Maybe all my patients won't show Karen's spirit, but I want to give them the chance to try. It'll be my gift to them, and their gift to me.

Doogie:
March 26, 1992... If you have to let go of a dream, it helps to have something else to hold on to... a friend.

Doogie:
May 18, 1992... Honduras - This year's father-son vacation was almost more than I could handle. Good thing my father was here to show me that sometimes the heaviest moments require the lightest touch.