[opening voice-over] Any day where no one died is a good day. Someone said that once. Wait, it was me. I said it. Any day you wake up and your body's still moving is a good day. You can start over. You can forget your past mistakes. You can make a new start. Live everyday like it's your last. All that crap they put on pillows and car bumpers, it's all true. You're alive. Respect that. Not everybody is.
“My Next Life” · Season 12, Episode 12
In this episode: Meredith Grey (3), Miranda Bailey (1), Richard Webber (1), Arizona Robbins (1), Owen Hunt (1), Amelia Shepherd (1)
Hey, Katie Bryce is back.
Katie who?
Katie Bryce. Day one of my internship, mystery seizures. Cristina and I solved it, Derek operated. It was my first surgery, Bailey. How do you not remember this?
You were an intern, Grey. You weren't even a person to me yet... (she looks Katie) Oh, Katie Bryce! When Derek had all the interns chasing their tail for the answer...
Yes!
...and he was chasing your tail?
Yes...
Today, I get this woman with a live grenade in her head who happens to be Derek and Meredith's surgical love child, and I get to screw this up now too. I think I'm going to kill this girl.
You want to know what I think? I think that if there were any other surgeon's name on this old chart, you wouldn't be thinking twice about this.
Meredith doesn't think I can do it.
Who cares what she thinks? Meredith is not a neurosurgeon, and she certainly isn't you. Why are you giving a second to what she thinks? You're the one who has to do it, Amelia. So just do it.
Richard, I owe you. I'm too young and too fun to spend the rest of my life alone, and I was too scared to try. But you helped me remember what it was like when I was open and confident and fun and a little slutty. You helped me be slutty again.
Well, I'm not sure I'd phrase it like that.
You helped me fly. So... good job! Thank you.
[closing voice-over] We can start over. Every day, we get second chances to become who we always wanted to be. We can leave our past behind or we can learn from it and honor it. We can decide. It's never too late to change. These people don't have that chance. They left it to you. They let you learn from them, so let's say thank you and not screw it up.
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