J.D.: Mr. Kellerman! How're you feeling?
Kellerman: Not great.
J.D.: Well, that's probably why you're here! Ha! Humor is a great ice-breaker for patients, okay? Follow me. Mr. Kellerman has congestive heart failure. Okay, Lisa, I want you to start him on diuretics - okay? - that way we'll loosen up some of the fluid around his lungs. The good news is he'll go home tomorrow. The bad news is, if he's not here, he won't move up the heart transplant list. See, in medicine there are lots of Catch-22s, a phrase made famous, I believe, by an old fisherman who would stay out fishing until he caught - how many fish? anybody? - that's right, twenty-two. See, in 1492, Columbus...
Dr. Cox: Newbie! If you loved the sound of your very own voice any more, you would probably just sit in a little room all day and sing to yourself.