This is one of my favorite scenes from any movie or tv show, its from Season 2 of the show Torchwood, Owen Harper, MD is recalling how he was recruited to Torchwood. For those not familiar with the show, Owen is a physician and Torchwood is an agency that deals with aliens; mainly protecting the world from them. This scene occurs shortly after the death of Owen’s fiance, due to an alien parasite infesting her brain, Owen is at her grave and sees the man who took the alien and destroyed it standing in the graveyard. This man is Captain Jack Harkness the current leader of Torchwood, he attempts to recruit Owen to Torchwood after recieving quite a beating from him. The following conversation ensues:
Jack Harkness: “Why did you become a doctor?”
Owen: “I thought if I could save one life, mine would be worthwhile but you save one, theres another, and another, imploring you, demanding to be saved, and even if you do succeed, you can never save enough.”
Food for thought.
Scrubs was talking about something, I can’t remember and Dr. Cox says something like we only prolong death.
Thank you for the food.