[voiceover] Even good marriages fail. One minute you're standing on solid ground, the next minute- you're not. And there're always two versions. Yours, and theirs. The both versions start the same way though. The both start with two people falling in love. You think yours is the one that's gonna make it. So it always comes as a shock. The moment you realize it's over. One minute you're standing on solid ground, the next minute, you're not.
“Free Falling” · Season 8, Episode 1
In this episode: Meredith Grey (4), Cristina Yang (1), Callie Torres (1), Arizona Robbins (1), Owen Hunt (1), Teddy Altman (1)
Hey, you guys going to that breakfast thing?
Uh, yeah after we drop her off at day care.
Oh my, God. Look at her she is so beautiful. [in baby voice to Sofia] Hey, hey. You are beautiful. And you got the best mommies, did you know that? Yes, you do. Oh, you so do. [Sofia coos] Hello, hello, hello.
What's wrong with her?
She's getting laid, she's unnaturally cheerful. [Lexie walks by with a group of interns]
Oh, new interns. I hate new interns.
Seriously? I love new interns. They're the future, the next generation, filled with hope and promise, innovation.
Wow. The sex with Henry must be really good.
Earth-shattering. [Arizona covers Sofia's ears] Not even Yang is gonna get me down.
Owen. She didn't have the abortion. She wants to but she can't do it because of you. Because she loves you and instead of loving her, you're punishing her. And for what? For being the woman that you fell in love with?
This isn't any of your business.
Okay, do you know what will happen to Cristina if she has a kid that she doesn't want? It will almost kill her. Trying to pretend that she loves a kid as much as she loves surgery will almost kill her, and it'll almost kill your kid. Do you know what it's like to be raised by someone who didn't want you? I do. To know you stood in the way of your mother's career? I do. I was raised by a Cristina. My mother was a Cristina. And as the child she didn't want, I am telling you, don't do this to her, because she's kind and she cares and she won't make it. The guilt of resenting her own kid will eat her alive.
I have a plan. I'm gonna be a mom.
Okay. Mer, there's a giant sinkhole. Teddy is all over me. Don't page me unless you have a serious--
Maybe getting fired was a good thing. What do cheerful people say when something crappy happens and they make it sound like it wasn't crappy?
A blessing in disguise.
Yeah. Maybe that's what this is. This is that. And I can make jam and drive carpool and have playgroups. And maybe that's enough. And maybe I'll be a great mom.
Okay, okay. I'm gonna vomit call me when Meredith comes back.
And maybe you wanna be a mom, too and that's why you can't go through with it.
I wish I wanted a kid. I wish I wanted one so bad because then this would be easy. I would be happy. I'd have Owen and my life wouldn't be a mess, but I don't. I don't want a kid. I don't wanna make jam, I don't wanna carpool, and I really, really, don't wanna be a mother. I wanna be a surgeon. And please, get it. I need someone to get it. And I wish that person was Owen and that any minute he'd get it and show up for me. But that's not gonna happen. And you're my person, and I need you to be there at six o'clock tonight to hold my hand because I am scared, Mer, and sad because my husband doesn't get that. So, I need you to.
[voiceover] Do you have what it takes? If your marriage is in trouble, can you weather the storm? When the ground gives way and your world collapses, maybe you just need to have faith. And trust that you can survive this together. Maybe you just need to hold on tight. And no matter what, don't let go.
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