[voiceover] At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, it's usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we've chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them. The people that are still with you at the end of the day, those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need.
S3 E10Don't Stand So Close To Me
S3 E11Six Days, Part 1
VATER syndrome is a genetic condition that affects the vertebrae, anus, trachea, esophagus and renal system.
Wow, give this girl a medal. She memorized the whole acronym, which I assure you is a hell of a lot easier than living with it.
You know Shepherd pretty well, yeah?
Lots of hair, too many women, likes elevators and long walks on the beach.
So, um, what's the best way to get him to do something?
What kind of something?
A consult that the patient hasn't requested, but that the friendly neighborhood ortho resident thinks is worth pursuing.
Shepherd thinks he's busier and maybe a little more important than everyone else.
Standard neurosurgeon breed.
Exactly.
OK, so?
So he'll say no. Until you stare him down.
Stare him down?
Stare him down. [stares at Callie]
[Callie laughs but realizes that Bailey is serious]
Oh, you have got to be kidding me? Where is George?
[groggily] Spent the night at the hospital.
And you slept in his bed! All night?
No, right after you fell asleep.
So you're telling me that my snoring is so bad, how did you deal with it for all those nights before I found out about your wife?
[walks past] He usually sleeps on the couch, sets an alarm, gets back in bed before you wake up.
Yeah, didn't want to hurt your feelings.
Oh, I'm going to do more than hurt your feelings. [smacks Derek with a pillow]
[to Derek] I'm a girl with abandonment issues. You have to sleep with me from now on.
S3 E12Six Days, Part 2 (aka Always Something There to Remind Me)
[to Cristina] You are in a relationship with no words. [to Izzie] And you are a millionaire in twenty dollar shoes. Whatever!
[after Izzie helped pay for a patient's surgery]
You spent 300 grand, so you could scrub in on the surgery?
No?
No?
I... I spent the 3- Have you seen that girl? Her life is miserable. She's desperate. She, she'll never have a date. She'll never wear high heels. She'll never feel normal. I, I spent 300 grand because it's a good thing.
[long pause] I was hoping you would tell me you spent the money so you could scrub in.
If you'd had the baby, we'd be together in New York right now; it wouldn't be raining and even if it was, we wouldn't care because we'd be together. We'd be together. And I'd have a family instead of walking pneumonia and an ex-best friend who hates me.
Addison You didn't want to raise a child, Mark. You wanted to trump Derek, you wanted to to win.
Don't make this my fault. You didn't want a baby.
Addison No, I did want a baby, Mark. That last woman you slept with before I left New York, Charlene, the peds nurse, did you think that she was the only one I knew about? You're rewriting history Mark. We wouldn't still be together. We weren't a great couple and you would have made a terrible father, Mark. I did want a baby, I did. I just... I just didn't want one with you.
There's a club. The Dead Dads Club. And you can't be in it until you're in it. You can try and understand. You can sympathize, but until you feel that loss. My dad died when I was 9. George, I'm really sorry you had to join the club.
I... I don't know how to exist in a world where my dad doesn't.
Yeah, that never really changes.
S3 E13Great Expectations
[voiceover] No one believes their life will turn out just kind of okay. We all think we're going to be great. And from the day we decide to be surgeons, we are filled with expectation. Expectations of the trails we will blaze, the people we will help, the difference we will make. Great expectations of who we will be, where we will go. And then we get there.
George has turned into a sex machine. Are you hearing me? A machine of sex! We have to do something. What's wrong with you people?
Derek kept me up all night with his ranting. Cristina and Burke still are not speaking to each other.
Okay, you know what? I'm fine. I mean I'm just not going to be the first one talking. I mean, he has to talk because I'm in the right. Talking first is for losers, I'm winning.
Plus she's starving because he won't cook for her, and that makes her a little crazy. And Alex. I don't know what's wrong with Alex.
I'm good. I'm all good.
You didn't think of maybe telling me this morning that you were planning to step down instead of sending me on this wild goose chase?
Dr. Bailey. You need those clowns to sign off on your proposal because one of them may be Chief of Surgery in a month. It's hard to imagine, for me more than anyone, but since you're not ready for the job, one of them's gonna have to do it for the next few years.
Me?
It's you in the chair eventually. That's who you are. But you're gonna have to get a new chair because you're short. You have short legs. But someday you are going to be Chief of Surgery. I wasn't sending you on a wild goose chase. I was trying to get you in a habit of doing things without me.
These are your letters of support for my free clinic. Sign them.
Why do you want this clinic so badly?
You're a surgeon.
Because I need something more. I know you all have your messy love lives and your secrets and your silliness, but I want more. I need something to hold on to. I need a reason to believe that medicine can do more than stitch you up and, and send you away. I need to believe that medicine can not only save lives, but, but change lives! I need... I need... I need to believe in something the way I used to believe in you all. Sign the papers! Besides if you really want to be considered a candidate for Chief of Surgery, pioneering a pilot program, like a free clinic, will look very good on your resume. Sign the papers!
[voiceover] We all think we're going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren't met. But sometimes our expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still. The expected's just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives.
S3 E14Wishin' and Hopin
[voiceover] As surgeons, we live in a world of worst case scenarios. We cut ourselves off from hoping for the best because too many times the best doesn't happen. But every now and then something extraordinary occurs and suddenly best case scenarios seem possible. And every now and then something amazing happens, and against our better judgement we start to have hope.
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