Doogie Howser, M.D., Season 4

Doogie:
May 4, 1992... A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard. -- Martin Luther King. I've been taught that the best way to learn a language is to try and speak it. This time I'd better just shut up and listen.

Doogie:
September 28, 1992... No matter how old you get, you're always a child in the eyes of your parents. And in your own eyes, you're never an adult until you can tell your parents goodbye. It's time I move out.

Doogie:
October 1, 1992... Life teaches you that you have to be ready for anything. But being ready for anything is more than being ready for the worst. It's also being ready for the best.

Doogie:
October 18, 1992... Finally, my own place. From this moment on, I live my own life, I answer to no one. I'm totally free! Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

Doogie:
I'm not exactly the Venice type.

Vinnie:
How do you know what type you are?

Doogie:
I just know this is not me.

Winnie:
Howser, you don't know who you are. The only "you" you know is the you your father's been telling you is you since the day you were born.

Doogie:
October 10, 1992... A physician searches others for signs of illness and disease. A human being searches others for signs of himself. Humanity is a profession we all share.

Doogie:
November 3, 1992... Before my first solo surgery, thinking I wasn't perfect was my greatest fear. But knowing I'm not perfect has become my greatest asset.

Doogie:
November 5, 1992... Even though I could speak Julia's language, I didn't understand what she was saying. Vinnie listened to her silence and found himself a voice.

Doogie:
November 27, 1992... Ray and I got caught up in comparing ourselves to others. It doesn't matter whether you think too much of yourself or too little, either way you lose.

Doogie:
November 12, 1992... This week Vinnie and I both made decisions that hurt someone we cared about. But in the end, we realized that one thing must always be protected...the heart.

Doogie:
November 26, 1992... The Pilgrims ventured into a new land bonded by a common past. On this Thanksgiving, Vinnie and I have chosen to make an equally bold journey together -- into adulthood.

Doogie:
December 12, 1992... Each time I took a second look, someone was given a second chance. Being wrong has never felt so right.

Doogie:
December 13, 1992... A mother-son relationship has many stages: unconditional love, animosity, rejection, friendship... It's a lot to go through all in one weekend.

Doogie:
January 1, 1993... New Year's Resolutions -- Worry less. Party harder. Live large. And ALWAYS be kind to strangers.

Doogie:
January 26, 1993... This week Vinnie and I discovered there's something infinitely more satisfying than being thought of as a man -- acting like one.

Doogie:
December 4, 1992... Shakespeare said, It is a wise father that knows his own child. But maybe it's a very wise child who takes the time to know his own father.

Doogie:
January 20, 1993... Only pain can come to a jealous heart. I couldn't live with Michele seeing other guys. Now I'll have to learn to live without her.

Doogie:
January 12, 1993... Vinnie was sure he was a loser and ended up failing at love. I was sure I was a genius and almost failed at medicine. Sometimes the person who can make the biggest fool out of you is yourself.

Doogie:
February 5, 1993... Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the perfect babysitter -- mythical figures from childhood. I know there's no jolly fat man, I know Dad put the dollar under my pillow, but thank God I'll always have my Rachel Wilson.

Doogie:
March 1, 1993... I gave up a beautiful co-ed and Vinnie gave up sixteen thousand dollars..in cash. All things being equal, integrity is hell.

Doogie:
February 26, 1993... Tonight I did the unthinkable. I acted like an impulsive, crazy, adolescent, hormonal genius.

Doogie:
February 5, 1993... I examined the facts to find the truth. But Vinnie showed me I had to look beyond the truth to find justice.

Doogie:
March 21, 1993... Somewhere over the Atlantic. I've spent the last nineteen years learning how to be Doogie Howser, M.D. Now it's time to learn how to be just Doogie.