[voiceover] I am a rock. I am an island. That's the mantra of pretty much every surgeon I've ever met. We like to think we're independent. Loners. Mavericks. That all we need to do our jobs is an OR, a scalpel, and a willing body. But the truth is, not even the best of us can do it alone. Surgery, like life, is a team sport, and eventually, you've gotta get off the bench and decide... what team are you batting for.
S5 E5There's No "I" In Team
I don't even want the credit, but the clinical trial was my idea. And I had to beg him to do it. More than once.
It's okay you want the credit. I would want the credit.
When you screw the attendings, you get screwed. They have all the power.
Interns. You could screw interns. [everyone looks at her] I mean.... date. Residents could date interns, 'cause we're nonthreatening. I read this study once that said that interns hardly ever file sexual harassment claims because we feel so weak and powerless in the hospital environment, so that's good.
Interns. The other white meat.
We're ready for you, Grey.
Walking with the kidney... [she drops the kidney]
Five second rule! Five second rule!
Ah, Dr. Bailey. I heard your big surgery went well today. Congratulations.
Same to you. Must feel good to see your name in print like that.
It would feel better if Meredith wasn't so -- you know, she's acting silly about the credit. She's getting emotional.
That girl worked her ass off for you and you got all the credit.
I would've gotten all the blame had we failed.
But you didn't fail.
It's simple. I'm an attending. She's a second-year resident.
Who you're now living with. That's not simple. It's messy. If it were me, I'd start with "thank you." You'd be surprised how far that one goes, especially with us silly, emotional women.
[voiceover] The thing about choosing teams in real life, it's nothing like it used to be in gym class. Being first picked can be terrifying. And being chosen last... isn't the worst thing in the world. So we watch from the sidelines, clinging to our isolation, because we know as soon as we let go of the bench, someone comes along and changes the game completely.
S5 E6Life During Wartime
[voiceover] For a surgeon, every patient is a battlefield. They're our terrain. Where we advance, retreat, try to remove all the landmines... And just when you think you've won the battle, made the world safe again. Along comes another landmine...
Lexie, I'm your roommate. You're eventually gonna have to talk to me.
I reject that supposition.
I reject your rejection.
And I ignore your rejection of my rejection.
What?
[tries to calm George down] I don't reject you, George.
Thank you!
Owen Hunt is a murdering, sadistic bastard.
Let me guess. First wet lab?
He's stabbing pigs, defenseless pigs. Or as he likes to call them, "live tissue", because god forbid you should call them animals.
He is the new head of trauma, Stevens. It may not be ideal but if that's how he does things, you should roll with it.
We don't need live subjects. What happened to "First, do no harm"? That's not just about humans. That's about all living things.
Actually, I think it's just about humans.
I'm saying this to you as my roommate and not my attending.
Uh-huh.
You disgust me.
[Callie and Mark are in bed together in the on call room. When someone knocks on the door, she hides under the covers]
I'm gonna yell at the major general. Wanna come?
Hell yeah. Be right there.
Hey Torres.
[from under the covers] Hey.
[voiceover] Some wars are never over. Some end in an uneasy truce. Some wars result in complete and total victory. Some wars end with a peace offering. And some wars end in hope... But all these wars are nothing compared to the most frightening war of all. The one you have yet to fight.
S5 E7Rise Up
[voiceover] If you're a normal person, one of the few things you can count on in life is death. But if you're a surgeon, even that comfort is taken away from you. Surgeons cheat death. We prolong it. We deny it. We stand and defiantly give death the finger.
Marriage counseling. How's that going?
You just heard us arguing about the marriage counseling. How do you think it's going? [Derek yawns] No, you are doing a craniotomy on my patient Rosemary Bullard today. Now are you gonna be awake for that or will you be yawning into a brain?
[Derek gets in the elevator, Mark is there]
I need you to have sex with Cristina Yang.
Good morning.
Distract her, engage her, give her something to do after midnight besides call my girlfriend and wake me up.
Yang?
Mm-hmm.
No. No, Too serious, humorless, un-fun. Not my type.
Yang should be your type. She's intense, intelligent, complicated. She's like a single malt scotch and you're used to beer bongs.
Callie Torres is no beer bong.
Oh no, wait a minute, I get it. You don't think you have a shot. You're probably right.
Oh, I have a shot.
Then try it as a favor.
No. I'm not your stud horse. You can't just... tell me who to sleep with.
You slept with my wife.
[elevator dings]
Yeah, I'll give it a shot.
The wife's here, of the beating victim. She ID'd her husband, so she wanted to take-
What's his name? I wondered if you asked her her husband's name so that he would become a person to you. They're all people, Yang. This is not a game or a contest or a competition to see who gets surgeries and who doesn't. They're people and we get to save them. Now you're good. You're excellent and you can win all the contests. But if that's why you're doing this then you shouldn't be. Did you find out his name?
[closes the door and sits down in front of Owen] My dad died when I was nine. In a car accident, I was with him in the car. While we waited for the ambulance, I tried to keep his chest closed, so he wouldn't bleed so much. When he died, my hands felt his heart stop beating. That's why I do this. It's also why I win all the contests. The patient's name is Tom. [leaves]
[voiceover] We're born, we live, we die, sometimes not necessarily in that order. We put things to rest, only to have them rise up again. So if death is not the end, what can we count on anymore? Because you sure can't count on anything in life. Life is the most fragile, unstable, unpredictable thing there is. In fact, there's only one thing about life we can be sure of. It ain't over till it's over.
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