[voiceover] The key to surviving a surgical internship is denial. We deny that we're tired, we deny that we're scared, we deny how badly we want to succeed. And most importantly, we deny that we're in denial. We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe, and it works. We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth. We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces.
“Deny, Deny, Deny” · Season 2, Episode 4
In this episode: Meredith Grey (3), Derek Shepherd (2), Miranda Bailey (1), Addison (1)
Meredith kissed me. Addison kissed me. My wife and my girlfriend kissed me on the same day.
Joe, do I look friendly to you?
JJoe
Uh, you're a tiny little kitten of joy and love. [Bailey stares at him] What? He saved my life.
His first mistake. McDreamy, go sit by someone who cares.
Well isn't this cozy. Can I join in or are you not in to threesomes?
I have to go.
Meredith... [To Addison] You really are Satan, you realise that right? If Satan were to take physical form he'd be you, everywhere ... all the time.
I'm so not Satan.
How come you haven't gotten on your broomstick and gone back to New York where you belong?
Stop being petty.
Stop being an adulterous bitch.
You know you are going to forgive me eventually, right? I mean you can't just... I mean there was a time when you thought of me as your best friend—
There was a time where I thought you were the love of my life. Things change.
[...]
Derek, have you ever thought that even if I am Satan and an adulterous bitch that I still might be the love of your life?
[voiceover] Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?
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