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[Sam is seeing her therapist]
Samantha: So, you see... when a bullet goes in to the thigh, it can lodge in the fascia. That's the, uh, connective tissue. Mine was a through-and-through, which means the bullet went...
Dr. Lisa Harris: I know what it is.
Samantha: Okay, so to answer your question, getting shot felt very much like someone had taken a jackhammer to my leg. A burning hot jackhammer.
[pauses]
Samantha: And you're staring at me.
Dr. Lisa Harris: Samantha... I asked you what it felt like to be shot, and you described, in quite some detail, the physical experience of being wounded. I'm interested in knowing how it felt in other ways.
Samantha: Oh. Why didn't you say that?
Dr. Lisa Harris: Samantha, you were brought here because you were a hostage in a kidnapping, during which you were shot in the leg with your own gun. You were assigned to desk duty, and as soon as you were allowed back on active, you shot and killed two suspects during an investigation.
Samantha: That was a good shooting.
Dr. Lisa Harris: Yes, I read the report.
Samantha: There's a little girl, a violinist, who is missing. I'm sure you've heard. I could help her a lot more if I was out there doing my job.
Dr. Lisa Harris: Well, right now, this is part of your job. And as our time is up I won't keep you. I have you on for Thursday, 8:00 a.m...
Samantha: I can't do Thursday. But I'll call you.
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[Walking through a group home]
Samantha: Growing up here, I don't even know how these kids have a chance.
Vivian: Is that your liberal conscience talking?
Samantha: That's my heart talking. Where's yours?
Susan Ziegler
Extended Reading
