[voiceover] The skin is the largest organ in the body. It protects us. Holds us together. Literally lets us know what we are feeling. The skin can be soft and vulnerable. Highly sensitive. Easy to break. Skin doesn't matter to a surgeon, we'll cut right through it, go inside, find out the secrets underneath. It takes delicacy and sensitivity.
“How Insensitive” · Season 6, Episode 21
In this episode: Meredith Grey (3), Cristina Yang (2), Alex Karev (1), Miranda Bailey (1)
[about an extremely large patient] Now I understand the sensitivity training.
Yeah, no fat jokes.
Yang, you're off the case.
CChristina
I said no fat jo...
Goodbye.
Mrs. Corso, I'm sorry about the thing in the cafeteria...
MCMelissa Corso
It's easy to make jokes about him. You didn't know him before. You don't know that inside all that is the same man I've always known, to make me laugh 'til I can't breathe. He's been trying to make you guys laugh all day, but you're too disgusted to even smile, or joke with him, make him feel like a person. I brought him here because I thought you would help him, but you're only making him feel worse. So unless you want to tell me the next step to getting him out of here and home, I don't need to hear anything from you.
[to Jackson] That's very insightful of you. You're a super, super sensitive man. You know, let me tell you what you saw today. I reflectively listened to a patient's concerns. I spoke to her in a language she could understand. I clearly stated the possible complications and probable outcomes. That's all you saw today. Me kicking patient sensitivity ass. So go be someone else's dish rag.
[voiceover] No matter how thick-skinned we try to be, there's millions of electrified nerve endings in there. Open and exposed and feeling way too much. Try as we might to keep from feeling pain. Sometimes it's just unavoidable. Sometimes, that's the only thing left: just feeling.
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