[opening voice-over] So you might be thinking, I’ve been here before. This is familiar. This is old hat. Maybe you’re wondering why we are here. But I promise, you are about to find out that everything has changed.
S12 E1Sledgehammer
You are kind of a legend with the interns and residents.
Go on.
You're one of the Seattle Grace Five.
I survived a plane crash. Uh, big deal.
And a car crash. And a shooting. You might be immortal. You mastered one of the most exclusive specialties basically overnight, and then you took Herman's job and her eyesight.
Okay, that's... that's just...
You have screwed dozens of interns, and you got them all fired. You speak really fast, like superhuman fast. You have a weird name.
You know, that's not true. That's not true. I only slept with one intern, and I have an awesome name! I mean, like what man, what? What else? I mean what do people have a problem with the fact that I have one leg. I mean, do people actually go there and talk crap about a one-legged woman? Because that is just discrimination against amputees.
They say you have two legs and you are only pretending one is amputated. For the parking space.
This is not a stepping stone for me. I believe in this hospital and what it can do. And I wanna push this bucket of boats to do the most impossible things you have ever seen. And then I'll do more. Because this is my challenge.
BTBethany Tanner
You have some nerve coming here.
STSteven Tanner
Bethany...
Mrs. Tanner, I would like to apologize. I was totally out of line before.
BTBethany Tanner
To think I trusted you to treat my daughter.
STSteven Tanner
Bethany!
BTBethany Tanner
I am suing you, and everyone else we have met in this god-forsaken...
STSteven Tanner
Bethany, shut up! No one is suing. No one is pressing charges. The person who should be apologizing is you! We almost lost our child today! She almost died! We are not sending Jess away! This stops now. Do you hear me? It stops now!
BTBethany Tanner
Steven, what are you saying?
STSteven Tanner
This stops, or I am gone. I will leave, and I will take Jess with me, and you will never see her again! I don't care if she’s gay! I care if she's loved. I care if she's happy. And that is what you should care about! What is wrong with you that you don't?!
[closing voice-over] I want you to stop and take a closer look at the body in front of you. There's nothing special about it. It's just a body. So why are you here? What's so different? What's changed? My answer is you. The thing's that changed is you. I want you to throw everything you think you know about anatomy out the window and look at this cadaver like you've never seen a human body before. Now pick up your scalpels, place them below the xiphoid process, press firmly, no regrets, and let's begin.
S12 E2Walking Tall
[opening voice-over] The body has approximately eleven organ systems, all doing different things at the same time. In order to keep us functioning, or, well, alive, they need one voice, a leader, a master. And in our brains, that job belongs to the pituitary gland. It senses the body's needs before they even arise, working non-stop. The pituitary gland communicates with all of the other glands, telling them when to produce the vital hormones we need to function. It keeps everything running smoothly, in perfect order. There's no denying it. It has the toughest job in the place.
See, when Webber had this job, it was easier for him. And Hunt had it easier than I do. You know why?
I don't.
Because they had me. I need a me, and I believe that you can be a me for me. I need you to be my me. That's what they don't know I'd like to appoint you chief of general surgery.
Me?
Because you deserve it. Because you can take it. Because I leaned on you, and you held me up. You are the calm in the center of the chaos. You have been since I met you. And I need you.
This place is run by ladies. It's lady place.
No, it's not lady place. Lady place is what my grandmother calls her vagina. To anyone who will listen, by the way. She is not shy. No, we can't call this place lady place. I don't need to think of that sweet, sweet, raunchy, old lady's vag every time I walk through the doors.
Me neither, but I will now.
[to Bailey]You want someone to run a four-minute mile, you don't chase them. You don't give them something to run from. You give them someone to run to.
[closing voice-over] Without a strong leader, the whole machine's out of whack. But it's pretty simple if the brain's working, the body will listen. Your limbs want to hold you up. Your lungs want to breathe. Your heart wants to beat. But none of them are any good without the brain. The brain keeps everything all together. Like a boss.
S12 E3I Choose You
[opening voice-over] The body is a bundle of possibility. Every time we cut one open, we're faced with a series of decisions. Some choices are made for you. But for the most part, surgery is a choose your own adventure.
[to Alex]Do you remember the first time we ever talked? Really talked? We were on a plane, and we just picked up a transplant organ from a kid who died. And you were upset and pissy because you thought that I didn't care. But I thought, "Wow, this guy could do it. He cares enough about this work. This guy has it." And I know that day, Alex, and today... I have been so proud of you.
Why you furrowing your brow at me?
I would think that you of all people-- This hospital's first female chief of surgery-- Would fight for a woman to get paid at least as much as any man.
This is about Meredith Grey.
I mean, if you do not value her enough, then just--
It is inappropriate for me to discuss the salary of another employee.
She deserves more, and you know it.
I do, and don't ever suggest to me that I do not stand in sisterhood with other women in this hospital. You've never been 4'11" tall and overlooked and called 'girl' by your male colleagues. You don't know. I am woman. Hear me roar. But I've already mentored Grey. I've already taught her what she needs to know. And now that I'm chief of this hospital, it's not my fault if she's not used the skills that I taught her. And it's not my job to be giving away money when it's not asked for. You have coddled her. Y--Y-- Since Derek, you have coddled her, and I won't do that. No, she needs to rise. And she needs to rise on her own so she knows she can rise on her own. Because... You may not be here the next time she falls. She needs to fight for herself.
Okay.
This is what a feminist looks like, sir.
I make terrible choices. I leave things behind and just let the bridges burn. I did it with Ethan. I did it with Dean. Oh, my God. I did it with my entire life. One day, I chose to learn a little bit about my birth mother. Cut to I live in her house with her daughter, and I work with the kind stranger who fathered me, and I left behind an entire life and family that no longer exists. My parents are divorced. My childhood home is sold. My mother is in Hawaii making soups now. I—I have no home. It's like I-I flew to this planet on an exploratory mission, and the earth blew up behind me and I can't go back. And now I'm here with you aliens. Except I'm the alien, and I'm all alone, and I have nothing, and no one wants me.
That...
You got us. We want you.
I can't have sex with you. (starts sobbing)
No.
You're a cylon. This is "Galatica".
I really do like her. She makes me not the crazy sister.
what do you think they're paying her?
[closing voice-over] When you're faced with the tough choices, it comes down to you. What can you live with? What can you leave behind? Right or wrong, you have to decide what you're willing to go down fighting for. The choice is yours.
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