[voiceover] A patient's history is as important as their symptoms. It's what helps us decide if heartburn's a heart attack... if a head ache's a tumor. Sometimes patients will try to re-write their own histories. They'll claim they don't smoke, or forget to mention certain drugs... which in surgery can be the kiss of death. We can ignore it all we want, but our history eventually always comes back to haunt us.
“Time After Time” · Season 3, Episode 20
In this episode: Meredith Grey (2), Derek Shepherd (1), Cristina Yang (1), Miranda Bailey (1), Preston Burke (1)
What was that?
That was my smug, passive-aggressive, limey ex-boyfriend trying to show me I picked the wrong guy.
Oh, I know, and I'm fine with it, as long as I'm learning something. I was actually talking about you. What was that?
You're going to have to put up with me being nice and sweet for a little while.
That'll be a nice change of pace.
Shut up.
That's more like it.
I came out here to be chief, and Meredith complicates that.
Huh. Well if this turns into an "either or," you pick the person you love. End of story. Look, all of this means nothing if you're alone.
[voiceover] Some people believe that without history, our lives amount to nothing. At some point we all have to choose: do we fall back on what we know, or do we step forward to something new? It's hard not to be haunted by our past. Our history is what shapes us... what guides us. Our history resurfaces time after time after time. So we have to remember sometimes the most important history is the history we're making today.
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