[opening voice over] We teach residents when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. It means that the most obvious answer is usually right. It keeps doctors from heading down the wrong path. It helps us stick to the truth. It helps us save lives. It's part of what makes me a good surgeon. When I hear hoofbeats, horses. I always think horses. Even when I shouldn't.
“Don't Dream It's Over” · Season 11, Episode 16
In this episode: Meredith Grey (4), Alex Karev (3), Callie Torres (2), Maggie (2), Miranda Bailey (1)
I called Derek.
I'm laying here. I'm sleeping.
A woman answered his phone.
There are two empty beds. Pick one.
One empty bed. I'm up here. A woman answered his phone?
Whose phone?
Derek's phone.
What kind of woman?
Doesn't matter.
It matters.
It matters.
She was perky, and she sounded happy and tall, with a lot of great hair.
Hold. You saw her? How did you see her?
I didn't. I heard her voice, her perky, happy, tall voice.
I hate voices like that.
You can tell by the voice?
What did Derek say?
I didn't talk to him. Now I keep going to voice-mail. My short, twisty, mad voice keeps going to voice-mail.
He left Addison when the marriage got hard, moved to Seattle, met me in a bar. What if he's doing the same thing now?
(to Alex) Say something.
Look, I've watched you two suck face for years. You've disgusted me for a long, long time. He's into you. And if a guy's still into you, it still means he wants to do you. And if he still wants to do you, you're solid.
I don't know you as well as everyone else here, but I really need to tell you to stop talking now.
Didn't want to say anything in the first place.
Mer, I lived down the hall from you guys. I've heard the sex noises. I've seen the drama and the tears. And there's no way that Derek's... Look, you and Derek are living proof that love exists, that it works, that there is hope. You guys are a freaking romance novel. And I, for one, am rooting for you two. Team MerDer!
I'm not saying that.
Come on, don't you remember what it was like to be a resident and have all of this death around you be new, terrifying? Why do you think they care so much about this stupid streak? Death is scary. They just want to believe that there's somebody out there who can defy it.
[ending voice over] Things are not always what they appear to be. They are often an indicator of something bigger going on. Deep underneath. Symptoms, Red Flags, Warning signs, things we should pay attention to. Things we shouldn't ever ignore. Things that are bad. Things that could really hurt us. Things that it might just be too late to fix.
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