[voice over] When you become an intern, there is a ceremony where you get your white coat. Like magic, you are a doctor. My parents came to my white coat ceremony, I can still picture them, so happy...so proud. They say your life flashes before your eyes right before you die, you see things in your life, the important moments --the moments that tested you, the moments that made you who you are. I don't know about my life flashes before me, I was thinking about my white coat... it's the moment my life started, same fitting should be on me when it ends
S10 E1Seal Our Fate
You know what I was thinking before you guys came in here? [sighs] I was thinking that I wish my mother were here to see my kids. I was wondering if she'd make a good grandmother. But you know what that is? It's delusional thinking. Because my mother would make a horrible grandmother, because she was a horrible mother. So... I'm delusional and hormonal. And I can't trust my delusional thoughts. I have to rely on the labs. So we need to run the lactate again, and if it's above 6, we're going to do the surgery. And if it's not, we're not. [Cristina, Owen & Bailey nod in agreement]
[voice over] We're all gonna die. We don't get much say on how or when, but we do get to decide how we are gonna live. So do it, decide. Is this the life you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? Is this the best you can be? Can you be stronger? kinder? more compassionate? Decide. Breathe in...Breathe out...and decide.
S10 E2I Want You With Me
[voice over] The waiting can kill you. You make a decision and then the world has to turn. The consequences unfold, out of your hands. There's only one thing that seems clear, in those quiet moments while you wait, whatever you chose was wrong.
[voice over] We just wanna survive the storm. We pray,"Please God, just get me to the other side". We never imagine what it'll be like when we get there. What if, when the storm passes, nothing's left? I always said I could handle anything. I was wrong. I was wrong about a lot of things. But I was right about one thing, I was right about this.
S10 E3Everybody's Crying Mercy
[voice over] There's this playground game that kids play. They lock hands and on the count of three they try to snap their fingers off. You hold on as long as you can, or at least longer than the other guy. The game doesn't end until someone says stop, gives up, cries mercy. It isn't a fun game.
[voice over] In the game of mercy, when one kid cries out, the other one listens and the pain stops. Don't you wish it was that easy now? That's not a game anymore, and we're not kids. You can cry mercy all you want but nobody's listening. It's just you screaming into a void.
S10 E4Puttin' On The Ritz
[voice over] As anyone who's ever had their tonsils out can tell you, surgery isn't cheap. It takes a lot of money to keep the hospital's doors open. And when the funds run out, it's on us to get out there and raise some more. Which means it's time to put on make up. It's time to dress up right. It's time to get things started on The Muppet Show... Crap, sorry. I've been watching a lot of children's television lately. But you get the idea.
[about Richard] If he wants to suffer, then maybe we let him.
Oh, so you're gonna let him die because he hurt your feelings?
There isn't anything that he can say to me that I haven't heard from my mother a thousand times. I'm bulletproof. But we can force all the treatment on him we want. It won't make a difference if he decides he does not want to fight for himself. Maybe he just needs to see what it feels like to hit bottom.
How's, uh Derek liking maternity leave?
He's on paternity leave.
Yeah, okay.
We have a deal. I don't work. Neither does he. It's working out well.
I live in your house. You're bored out of your minds. [Cristina looks at her] Yeah, they've got all this pent-up surgical energy and now everything's a competition.
[listens to Meredith and Owen whine about having to attend the fundraiser] Listen to you two. This is not that difficult. Just be charming. Use the same skills you would if you were picking someone up at a bar. [glances at Meredith] I know you know how to do that.
[voice over] Overture. Curtain. Lights. This is it. The night of nights. No more rehearsing and nursing a part. We know every part by heart. Tonight, what heights we'll hit. On with the show. This is it.
S10 E5I Bet It Stung
[voice over] Here's what I learned my first day at medical school. Think long and hard before choosing to become a surgeon. It takes 100% commitment. You have to be on your A game every single time you walk into that OR. When patients are lying on your table, completely at your mercy, they need to know that when you make that first cut you know what you're doing. No other specialty requires the time, the focus, the complete dedication... Except maybe being a mom.
You stole my liver?
Uh come on. I deserve this. I've been on the bench for months.
You deserve nothing.
I named my son after you. [singsong] You can't be mad at me.
Your son is the devil's spawn. He drinks the milk of a liver thief!
[voice over] What if your focus splits? What if you can't be all in? Are you left with nothing at all? Maybe you just need to find a different path. Here's what's horrifying, what if you can't give 100%? Maybe you just need to go back to the beginning and start all over again.
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