[voice over] The clothes a surgeon wears help to present an image. The lab coats and badges and scrubs all work together to indicate a person of authority, someone you can trust. When the clothes come off, that's a different story. We're sensitive, lonely, human.
“I Saw Her Standing There” · Season 9, Episode 4
In this episode: Meredith Grey (2), Derek Shepherd (1), Owen Hunt (1)
That's a big tumor.
Yeah, it is.
She didn't even tell me about it. I found out through one of my interns. My wife is bubble wrapping me.
Shepherd, you have a reputation for needing to be bubble wrapped.
Excuse me?
You fight for your patients against the worst possible odds, but when things get messy personally, you're gone off to the woods to drink and grow a beard. And with everything that's happened and this lawsuit keeping it all alive, maybe she just worried that the slightest little thing is gonna make you run off to that trailer and leave her alone in the house you gave her, not sleeping at night because whichever room she lays down in, she just can't get away from the fact that you're just not there.
[voice over] It might be hard for a surgeon to admit, but there's no shame in simply being human. It can be a relief to stop hiding, to accept who you really are. A little self awareness never hurt anyone. Because when you know who you are, it's easier to know what you're about, what you really need.
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