[voiceover] Surgeons are detail-oriented. We like statistics and checklists and operating procedures. Our patients live because we enjoy following the steps but as much as we love to always rely on the numbers, the plan we also know that some of the greatest medical discoveries have happened by accident. Mold: Penicilin. Poisonous tree bark: a cure for Malaria, a little blue pill for high blood pressure, impotence be damned. It's hard for us to accept that it's not always the hard work or attention to detail that will get us the answers we're looking for. But sometimes we just have to sit back, relax and wait for happy accident.
“Perfect Little Accident” · Season 6, Episode 16
In this episode: Meredith Grey (3), Alex Karev (1), Arizona Robbins (1), Lexie Grey (1)
Lexie, this is Alex we're talking about. Emotionally, he's like me three years ago. You can't be having feelings for him. You realize that.
Yeah, of course not. No. It's just sex. Okay? There's no feelings involved.
Right. Because you are a no-feelings type of girl. Your heart lives in your vagina.
It does not... I swear, not this time.
Okay, sure
My heart does not live in my vagina!
You slept with my girlfriend and I find that when I look at you, I want to hit you with a brick.
Dude, that was like years ago.
Maybe, but jealousy's a green-eyed monster and if you ask any one of my kids, they'll tell you there's no reasoning with a monster. Dude, run away before I find a brick.
[voiceover] No matter how many plans we make or steps we follow, we never know how our day is going to end up. We'd prefer to know, of course, what curveballs will be thrown our way. It's the accidents that always turn out to be the most interesting parts of our day, of life, the people we never expected to show up, a turn of events we never would have chosen for ourselves. All of a sudden you find yourself somewhere you never expected to be and it's nice, or it takes some getting used to. Still, you know you'll find yourself appreciating it somewhere down the line. So, you go to sleep each night thinking about tomorrow, going over your plans, preparing your lists, and hoping that whatever accidents come your way will be happy ones.
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