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Malucci would become a more serious and competent character; after being told in response that Malucci would not be changed much as a character if Palladino accepted a longer-term deal in the role, he chose to not renew his deal and sign up for a shorter series of episodes that would lead to Malucci's exit from the series.
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Malucci simply because she doesn't tolerate him, since by that criterion "You'd have to fire all of us!". Weaver cites several letters of reprimand and two failed rotations on file, promising that even if the hospital chooses not to terminate Malucci, she will ensure he never works in the ER again. In a last-ditch effort to save his job, Malucci reveals to Weaver that he "has a kid to support." Weaver wavers for a minute, but then repeats that he is fired. In retaliation, he bitterly tells Weaver that the only reason she wants to be in charge of the ER is because she has nothing and no one else in her life, and that nobody at the hospital likes her. He leaves after calling her a "
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into the hospital and assaults him, after Carla lied about him trying to have an affair with her. His attraction to Dr. Chen disappears without any explanation and no signs of it ever resurface. Their relationship is shown to be adversarial in a late season episode when an angry patient refuses to let
Malucci examine her; when asked to take over, Chen lashes out at Malucci and refuses to help. The patient, a homeless former TV show host later recognized by Kerry Weaver, then sprays Malucci with Mace.
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had a somewhat-adversarial relationship that also hinted at possible signs of attraction between the two; Dave appeared visibly flustered when Deb walked into County's front desk to pick up files wearing a "nice" dress while he was trying to flirt with Abby. This got shunted aside once Dave found
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Lockhart a closet wall where all the past doctors and employees have put their locker name tags before leaving County for good. Amongst them, the tag "Malucci" can be seen. Some fans of the show singled out Malucci's inclusion on the wall as a less plausible part of this
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Malucci first appears as a second-year resident. He often breaks protocol to get things done and appears to lack warmth towards patients, but is occasionally shown to be both sensitive and insightful, particularly where younger patients are involved (a story in the episode "Loose Ends" very
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Malucci was the first of four characters to leave in season 8. He is mentioned in the episode "Brothers and
Sisters", when Dr. Carter tells young resident Michael Gallant that Malucci was reckless and "killed a patient". This would be the last time Malucci would be acknowledged by any of the
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Malucci appears for the final time in "Never Say Never" when Weaver enters the doctor's lounge as he is cleaning out his locker. While removing his name tag, he and Weaver have a silent moment of mutual enmity. He then leaves the lounge and County, never to be seen again.
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