[voiceover] For most people, a hospital is a scary place. A hostile place. A place where bad things happen. Most people would prefer church, or school, or home, but I grew up here. While my mom was on rounds, I learned to read in the OR gallery, I played in the morgue, I colored with crayons on old ER charts. The hospital was my church, my school, my home; the hospital was my safe place, my sanctuary. I love it here. Correction: loved it here.
“Sanctuary” · Season 6, Episode 23
In this episode: Derek Shepherd (3), Meredith Grey (2), April Kepner (2), Cristina Yang (1)
[seeing April covered in blood] April, what is it?
Did you know I grew up on a farm?
What happened?
I... I grew up on a farm, so you know, blood... blood doesn't bother me, I... I slaughtered a pig once. That was a lot of blood. 'Bleeding like a stuck pig.' That's a saying. To bleed like a pig, you know, it means something. But you don't think of people as having that much blood. I mean, you learn in med school how many pints we all have in us, but you don't realize it until you see it. You don't get how much blood... And a skinny person? I mean, my God, Reed, she's like almost anorexic. She's like, five pounds, you wouldn't think she'd have that much blood in her, but she did. She did.
[trying to interrupt her] April, April, April! You're in shock. It's alright. Tell me what happened.
Reed's dead. Someone shot her.
Police are almost here. I'm gonna leave you here. Are you gonna be okay by yourself?
You're leaving? You just said that nobody leaves, nobody moves, nobody breathes...
Nobody but me. I'm the chief. This is my hospital.
Do you wanna talk about it?
No.
Owen I mean.
I know what you mean. I don't want to... I can't... It's just... He doesn't know, who he loves and if it's not me then... I don't want to talk about it. Let's talk about something else.
Okay. You realize you're about to be a godmother.
I'm godmother? Okay, what do I have to do? Talk god to the fetus? 'Cause I’m not gonna do that.
It means, you take care of the kid if I die.
Derek takes care of the kid if you die.
If we die, if we die.
So, if you and Derek are on a plane crash and you die, the kid is mine?
Yes.
I have to admit, I kind of hope you and Derek die just a little bit. So I can raise the kid with decent priorities.
I have priorities.
Oh?
Surgery.
Oh, okay then you can raise a good little surgeon. I take it back.
I know your loss. I lost my father when I was a kid. Two guys killed my father for his watch right in front of me. Right in front of me. I didn't become a doctor because I wanted to be God. I became a doctor because I wanted to save lives. Look at me. Please look at me in the eye. I'm a human being. I make mistakes. I'm flawed. We all are. Today, I think for you is just a mistake. You want justice. You want somebody to pay. You're a good man. I can see that in your eyes. Can you see it in mine? Can you?
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