[voiceover] They train doctors slowly. They watch us practice on frogs, and pigs, and dead people, and then live people. They drill us relentlessly. They raise us like children. And eventually, they take a cold, hard boot, and they kick us out of the nest.
“Almost Grown” · Season 7, Episode 5
In this episode: Meredith Grey (3), Derek Shepherd (2), Cristina Yang (1), Richard Webber (1), Owen Hunt (1), Lexie Grey (1)
I like the dark blue scrubs on you. You look good. You okay?
My patient deserves a doctor.
You don't have to cut, nobody's asked you to...
I know what's being asked of me and I'm doing it.
Did you just stop that bleeder?
Uh-huh.
How did you even know to do that?
Okay. Sorry I'm late.
That's okay. Lexie made a good call. I've got it under control.
What do we got?
Let me finish, Derek. I got this.
Yes, you do.
I'm gonna find a cure for Alzheimer's.
The cure for Alzheimer's... With $1 million?
With $1 million. It's a start.
You're talking about a clinical trial. A clinical-surgical trial?
Yes.
Start-up costs alone, never mind the FDA, Derek, it's...
Today I watched Meredith perform an emergency craniotomy by herself. She was perfect. She's got her mother's talent. She's got her mother's looks, Richard. What if she has her mother's disease? Ellis was young when it started. Every time Meredith forgets her keys or asks what day of the week it is, I... When that $1 million runs out, investors are gonna throw money my way for the same reason I am gonna throw everything I got at this trial - because their dad has it or their wife. Breakthroughs don't happen because of the medicine. Real breakthroughs happen because someone is scared to death to stop trying.
[voiceover] We all want to grow up. We're desperate to get there, to grab all the opportunities we can... to live. We're so busy trying to get out of that nest... We don't think about the fact that it's going to be cold out there... really freakin' cold. Because growing up sometimes means leaving people behind. And by the time we stand on our own two feet... we're standing there alone.
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