[voiceover] As surgeons, we live in a world of worst case scenarios. We cut ourselves off from hoping for the best because too many times the best doesn't happen. But every now and then something extraordinary occurs and suddenly best case scenarios seem possible. And every now and then something amazing happens, and against our better judgement we start to have hope.
“Wishin' and Hopin” · Season 3, Episode 14
In this episode: Meredith Grey (3), Callie Torres (1), Izzie Stevens (1), Mark Sloan (1), George O'Malley (1), Addison (1), Ellis (1)
Aren't you gonna get in there? If you wanna be chief, you gotta fight with the big boys.
Oh, I intend to fight like a girl. I'll let them kill each other and then I'll be the only one left standing.
I'm not sure refusing treatment is what you wanna do-
Apparently, what I want doesn't matter. It isn't even legally binding. So it's really about what you want, Meredith. You're in charge.
You think I like making these decisions for you? You think it's fun to get calls from the nursing home asking if it's okay to change your medication, asking whether I was planning on giving the nurse, who changes you every morning a Christmas tip? But I do it. I do it because there is nobody else. Because you have managed to alienate everybody else in your life and I am the only one, so I have to step up and do it. [voice wavering] You wanna know why I'm so unfocused? So ordinary? You wanna know what happened to me? You. You happened to me.
Then let me refuse the heart surgery.
No.
Why not?
Because killing my mother is not gonna be another thing that happens to me.
Hey! It's the little woman. So what are your plans now? You're not moving in, are you?
Nice.
Wait, Callie.
Forget it.
No. Unbelievable. People, you're supposed to be my friends. My closest friends. Callie is a big - She's the most important part of my life now. If you wanna drive her away, and you're masters at it, you'll do it. But if she's gone, I'm gone. She's my wife. Calliope Iphigenia Torres is my wife. [Izzie starts to laugh at Callie's name] Don't you dare.
Okay.
[voiceover] As doctors, we're trained to give our patients just the facts. But what our patients really want to know is - will the pain ever go away? Will I feel better? Am I cured? What our patients really want to know is - is there hope? But, inevitably, there are times when you find yourself in the worst case scenario. When the patient's body has betrayed them and all the science we have to offer has failed them. When the worst case scenario comes true, clinging to hope is all we've got left.
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