[voiceover] It's the most important job in the world. You probably should need a license to do it, but then most of us wouldn't even pass the written exam. Some people are naturals. They were born to do it. Some have other gifts. But the good news is biology dictates you don't have to do it alone. You can waste your whole life wondering, but the only way to find out what kind of parent you'd be is to finally stop talking about it and just do it.
S6 E19Sympathy for the Parents
S6 E20Hook, Line and Sinner
[voiceover] We're doctors - we're trained to care for human beings and we're pretty sure we know what to look for. Cuts, infection, genetic mutation.
What's up?
Doug has fever and rigors and he's starting to get a productive cough.
So deal with it. Look, hook guy's tanking. He coughed up blood or something, so they're taking him back to surgery. I want in.
Wait, he coughed up blood? What did it look like, was it like currant jelly? Did he have leukocytosis with a left shift? His P.A.CO2 was 28, right?
I don't know, Encyclopedia Brown. I didn't memorize the chart.
Let him go, Grey, he has a surgery he wants to see.
Thank you, Dr. Bailey. [leaves]
Dr. Bailey, both patients have productive coughs and signs and symptoms of sepsis. I am probably wrong, but if I'm not, this is infectious.
You're probably not wrong; you're probably right. Why do you want to hand your big save over to Karev who's going to march around the hospital acting like he put it together?
I didn't...
You are handing your power over to a boy because he's giving you sex.
I'm not... I'm...
I'm Dr. Bailey, I know everything. And you have a superpower. That memory of yours is a superpower. And on top of it, you're a good doctor. And yet you're letting Alex Karev treat you like a scut monkey. I don't care how good the sex is, if that's what it costs, you're paying too much.
I'm not. I--
Scut monkey all day.
I get it. You watch parents go through horrible, unimaginable pain every day. And you went through horrible, unimaginable pain when you lost your brother and your parents never got over it. But if we had a baby- our baby's not gonna be one of those kids in your NICU. Our baby won't be your brother. I mean, knock on wood, but- Do you know how happy our baby would be?
I'm going to say this once, and then I'm not going to say it again. I'm not broken. I'm not some psychodrama. My lack of interest in having a child is not some pathology that you can pat yourself on the back for having diagnosed. I like my life, I like it the way that it is. I don't want it to change. I thought I liked it with you in it. I hope I am not wrong.
Give me a beer.
You screwed me today. That was my patient. You made me look like a moron. Get your own beer.
You can't be an ass to me all day and then expect me to give you respect. You can't be be an ass to me all day and then except me to give you sex. And you can stop with the patronizing nicknames. I am a nice person, who couldn't even bring myself to attempt matricide by Sweet 'N Low. That makes me charming to anybody else. I am a nice person. And I am nice to you. So, whatever your damage is, you better start to be frickin' nice to me or I am not spreading my legs for you anymore, no matter how much I may I want to. Now give me a damn beer!
[Alex hands her a beer]
[voiceover] As doctors, we have an arsenal of weapons at the ready. Antibiotics to kill infections, narcotics to fight pain, scalpels and retractors to removes tumors and cancers, to eradicate the threat. But just the physical threat, for every other kind, you're on your own.
S6 E21How Insensitive
[voiceover] The skin is the largest organ in the body. It protects us. Holds us together. Literally lets us know what we are feeling. The skin can be soft and vulnerable. Highly sensitive. Easy to break. Skin doesn't matter to a surgeon, we'll cut right through it, go inside, find out the secrets underneath. It takes delicacy and sensitivity.
[about an extremely large patient] Now I understand the sensitivity training.
Yeah, no fat jokes.
Yang, you're off the case.
CChristina
I said no fat jo...
Goodbye.
Mrs. Corso, I'm sorry about the thing in the cafeteria...
MCMelissa Corso
It's easy to make jokes about him. You didn't know him before. You don't know that inside all that is the same man I've always known, to make me laugh 'til I can't breathe. He's been trying to make you guys laugh all day, but you're too disgusted to even smile, or joke with him, make him feel like a person. I brought him here because I thought you would help him, but you're only making him feel worse. So unless you want to tell me the next step to getting him out of here and home, I don't need to hear anything from you.
[to Jackson] That's very insightful of you. You're a super, super sensitive man. You know, let me tell you what you saw today. I reflectively listened to a patient's concerns. I spoke to her in a language she could understand. I clearly stated the possible complications and probable outcomes. That's all you saw today. Me kicking patient sensitivity ass. So go be someone else's dish rag.
[voiceover] No matter how thick-skinned we try to be, there's millions of electrified nerve endings in there. Open and exposed and feeling way too much. Try as we might to keep from feeling pain. Sometimes it's just unavoidable. Sometimes, that's the only thing left: just feeling.
S6 E22Shiny Happy People
[voiceover] It's a common belief that positive thinking leads to a happier, healthier life. As children, we're told to smile, and be cheerful, and put on a happy face. As adults, we're told to look on the bright side, to make lemonade, and see glasses as half full. Sometimes reality can get in the way of our ability to act the happy part though. Your health can fail, boyfriends can cheat, friends can disappoint. It's in these moments, when you just want to get real, drop the act, and be your true scared unhappy self.
Stop fidgeting. Smile.
I hate ties. You're the one who's fidgeting.
I'm wearing a thing that sucks in my fat.
You don't have any fat.
I couldn't zip the dress without it. I have fat.
That's just your ass. I like it fat.
Thank you. That's disturbing, but kind of awesome.
Wanna go upstairs and make-out?
We're supporting Derek.
Why? This party blows.
Alex, are we a couple?
What?
I need to know what we are. Because people ask, and I don't know what to say. I'm over Mark. And I- I don't know if you're over Izzie, but I am over Mark Sloan. For real. And I-- I know that we said that this wasn't gonna be a thing, but I like you. The point is, I wanna know what we are. What this is.
[kisses her] We're a thing. Yeah, we're together, we're... we're a thing. Whatever.
Lex, I'm still in love with you. I tried not to be, but it didn't work. And Sloane's gone. There's no baby. And I don't wanna sleep around. I want another chance. I'm in love with you.
Karev....he's....Mark, I-I have a boyfriend.
I know. I'm saying you could have a husband.
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