[closing voice-over] We walk through these doors as interns, chips on our shoulders. Loners. Lesser rockstars on the verge of greatness. We're thrown into the deep end together. Told to save lives together. To save each other. We become family. And even when you really screw up, family is always there. Always on call. Womb to tomb. Ride or die.
S13 E2Catastrophe and the Cure
S13 E3I Ain't No Miracle Worker
[opening voice-over] Every patient who gets bad news wants to be the exception. The one in a million. The miracle. But surgeons don't believe in miracles. We have to make them happen.
Marriage is like a bed and breakfast in Vermont, with sex.
Until you have kids.
And when I want the sex, I don't have to get out of bed and drive to the sex. I just roll right over.
Can you stop it?
Why would I want to stop it? Married sex is dirtier than I expected.
Not the sex, the bragging. You're flashing your money after going to the ATM. We get it. You're sex-rich. It is not polite to brag in front of people who are sex-poor. Some of us are barely making ends meet.
You ever have that dream?
What dream?
The miracle dream. I'd roll over in bed, and there she was, asking me to go make coffee. So real. Then I'd wake up.
No, never had that dream. [She leaves and comes back] A knock at the door.
Sorry?
He knocks at the door, says he forgot his keys, and he's sorry for being gone so long.
When we tell a family a patient has died, I'd prefer we be correct! It's a low, low bar for a physician.
[closing voice-over] Miracles aren't always huge. The fever breaks, the stitch holds, the bone heals. That's why they can be so hard to spot and why they can be such a pain in the ass. Don't get me wrong. Tiny miracles are great. A little miracle's a miracle. It just may not be enough to save us.
S13 E4Falling Slowly
[opening voice-over] The harder the hit, the more it'll sting. That's usually the case. So we prescribe meds, ice, compression, elevation. Things you do to stop the immediate pain. But you can only dull the pain for so long, and when the drugs start to wear off, it really hurts.
She's asks me a question, and I answer it, and my answer just causes more questions, and suddenly I've forgotten what we were talking about, and I'm late for work, and I love her, and it's exhausting.
You feel better?
Yeah, a little bit.
[closing voice-over] There's a reason these fixes are called temporary. They were never meant to last forever. So what happens when you're faced with a fix that's more permanent? Do you fight it? Do you try to resist? Or do you step back and decide that maybe acceptance is the best fix of all?
S13 E5Both Sides Now
[opening voice-over] There's a reason the punchline to so many doctor jokes starts with "I've got good news, and bad news." Often, the bad news is so bad, when something good comes along, we tend to go a little overboard.
I don't know if I should tell Owen before or after. How did you tell Derek?
I gave Zola a shirt that said "Best Big Sister."
That's sweet, but not helpful.
And then with Ellis, I was off the hook because he was dead.
Well, this was fun for a minute.
I could steal the liver. I could just, like, run up and grab it. Or I could walk up to the guy and say, "Hello, I'm Dr. Bailey. Right this way."
Do that. Then you'll lose your job, too, and we'll have more time for movies and stuff.
It's my first sister's pregnancy. I missed all of yours.
Amelia's pregnant?
Maybe.
I hope so.
Yeah.
Me too. She'll be talking for two now.
[closing voice-over] Every cloud has a silver lining. But it's still a cloud. A cloud can mean a shower, or a storm. So, you take your good days where you get them. You try to stay positive. You try to remember that even in the bad news, there's good news for someone.
S13 E6Roar
[opening voice-over] You know that story where a child gets trapped under a car and their parent finds the superhuman strength to lift the car and save the child's life? I always wondered if that was real. If someone I cared about was hurt or trapped, would my instincts kick in? Would I know what to do? Would I lift the car? Jump in front of the bullet? Would I be able to beat somebody senseless? I like to think I would.
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