[voice over] The body is an infinitely complex mass of interacting systems. People like to think doctors see it all clearly. But it's not always obvious what's a hiccup in the system and what's full on medical disaster. We figure that out in our first year of residency. We spend the rest of our careers lying about it.
S10 E10Somebody That I Used To Know
[voice over] It's just a cold. Muscle through it. It'll pass. Nothing's really wrong. We're doctors, we'd know if something was wrong. We'll be fine. Nothing's wrong.
S10 E11Man On The Moon
[voice over] Every doctor has a dirty little secret. We're all competitive science geeks. In grade school, we made the biggest and best volcanoes, which erupted actual fake molten lava. In junior high, we spent hours laboring over our rat mazes. So that one day, we'd be the person who changed the face of medicine forever.
[voice over] Sometimes, the key to making progress is to recognize how to take that very first step. Then you start your journey. You hope for the best and you stick with it, day in, day out. Even if you're tired, even if you want to walk away, you don't. Because you are a pioneer. But nobody ever said it'd be easy.
S10 E12Get up, Stand up
[voice over] Failure is an inevitability. Every scientist was told ”No” over and over. The ones we remember the ones who changed our lives. The Curies, the Salks, the Barnards… They are the ones who wouldn’t take “No” for an answer.
[At April wedding standing up and stopping the ceremony]
I love you. I always have. I love everything about you - even the things I don't like, I love. And I want you with me. I love you and I think that you love me, too. Do you?
[voice over] Failure is inevitable, Unavoidable. But failure should never get the last word. You have to hold on to what you want. You have to not take “No” for an answer, and take what’s coming to you. Never give in. Never give up. Stand up. Stand up and take it.
S10 E13Take it Back
[voice over] Every day, a surgeon makes decisions that can go one of two ways, Either very good or very, very, very bad. The problem is, the epically great decisions and the epically bad ones look exactly the same when you’re making them.
how was I supposed to pretend that what just happened wasn't the coolest thing I'd ever seen? You know, I've always been on the fence about Kepner, but now I'm not just a friend, I'm a fan.
How do we explain that we just destroyed two perfectly lovely people so that we could... what, date?!
Okay, the best solution is never to speak to any of them ever again.
Or...?
Or we get married. I...
Because that's easier to explain.
No. No, 'cause you're right, all right? I don't want to just date. April, I want the whole damn thing. I... We can get to lake Tahoe in 13 hours.
How do you know that?
Do you want to get into that right now?
No.
No, you don't want to get into that or, no, you don't want to get married?
Yes. Yes!
[voice over] Looking back it's easy to see when a mistake has been made. But if we use our best judgement and listen to our hearts we're more likely to see that we chose wisely and avoid the deepest most painful regret of them all, the regret that comes from letting something amazing pass you by.
S10 E14You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
[voice over] Cancer is a biological bully, always picking a fight, and it’ll sneak up on you. It’ll wait until the body feels safe, until it feels healthy and strong. That’s when cancer will move on in and get bigger and bigger. The body never even sees it coming, because cancer is the master of surprises.
[voice over] You can try to hide from a bully, but hiding won’t work for long. You have to fight back. And if you’re lucky enough to get out alive before you put your guard back up, ready to fight the next one.
S10 E15Throwing It All Away
[voice over] You know your tailbone? It used to be a tail. That pink part in the corner of your eye? It used to be a third eyelid. The appendix used to help us digest tough foods. Now it does nothing. The story of our evolution is the story of what we leave behind, what we’ve discarded. Our bodies only hang on to the things we absolutely need. The things we no longer have use for, we give up, we let go.
[voice over] Why does it feel so good to get rid of things? To unload, to let go. Maybe because when we see how little we actually need to survive, it makes us realize how powerful we actually are to strip down to only what we need, to hang on only to what we can't do without, what we need, not just to survive, but to thrive.
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