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In his paper, “A Psychoanalyst in Public Service: From the Lower East Side to Newtown, with a stop in Methadonia”, George Hagman discusses experience gleaned from thirty years in public and private practice in the field of psychoanalysis. Here I offer my reflections on this evocative contribution, which is ultimately a call to action. Hagman unequivocally demonstrates the value of psychoanalytic work in settings where it has been abandoned, inspiring us to fight for, and to restore, its use.