They say lightning never strikes twice, but that's a myth. It doesn't happen often. Lightning usually gets it right the first time. When you're hit with 30,000 amps of electricity you feel it. It can make you forget who you are, it can burn you, blind you, stop your heart and cause massive internal injuries. But for something that happens in only a millisecond, it can change your life forever.
“Shock to the System” · Season 7, Episode 2
In this episode: Meredith Grey (5), Derek Shepherd (1), Cristina Yang (1)
[angry] Go hug yourself!
Cristina. Cristina!
I can't be in here. I can't.
Okay so let's go, let's get out of here.
I can't... I can't feel anything.
I know, I know. Come with me.
No, no, I can't move. I can't move my legs. I can't, I can't feel anything.
Uh, feel my hand, take my hand. Do you feel that?
Uhuh.
Okay. You're okay. We're gonna go when you're ready. Okay? So you tell me when you're ready. Okay?
Hey I've heard about Cristina. Is she alright?
No, she's not alright. No one's alright. That idiot is clearing everyone for surgery like they're fine and they're not fine.
Stop, stop it, I need to talk to you.
Just leave it alone Derek, it was one night in jail, you drive too fast, just forget about it!
I don't wanna talk about that, don't worry about that.
(teary eyed) Don't worry about it? All I do is worry. All the time, I spend every minute of every day worrying that I'm gonna get a phone-call that you've wrapped your car around a pole. That's why I left you in jail. So that just for a little while I would know that you weren't dying like you were dying on that table. That's what I think about every time you pull out of the driveway.
I'm right here. I'm okay. We're okay.
I was pregnant. That day, I was pregnant, and I lost it.
I... (pause) You didn't say anything. I could've helped you.
If you wanna help me, your driving is something you can control. Just do that. Just do that. (They kiss and hug)
[voiceover] Lightning doesn't often strike twice. It's a once in a lifetime thing. Even if it feels like the shock is coming over and over again. Eventually the pain will go away, the shock will wear off. And you start to heal yourself. To recover from something you never saw coming. But, sometimes the odds are in your favor. If you're in just the right place at just the right time you can take a helluva hit. And still have a shot at surviving.
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