This is because of me, isn't it? They're gonna overhaul the program because I beat up DeLuca.
Everything isn't about you. That doesn't even make sense.
A teacher beat up a student.
Oh. That makes sense.
S13 E7Why Try to Change Me Now
You made a mistake.
I'm sorry?
I am great, and your little list or whatever the hell that is, that should have my name on it 'cause I raise great surgeons, and I will raise more. Fetal surgery is a very exclusive practice, and there are hardly any of us. I am like a rare, exotic bird, and if you stop me from teaching, I may be the last of my kind.
What list?
From the room... the residents. You left it there.
Oh. I was just trying to learn everyone's name. Writing it down helps me remember.
Oh. Oh, great. So you don't... You don't need to remember my name?
Arizona Robbins? That name attached to that face? No, that's not one you forget.
[to Bailey] You should know they'll hate you, the staff. It happens everywhere I go. Everyone hates the agent of change. I'm used to it, I'm good at it, but you should be prepared that they'll hate you, too, for bringing me on. Also, if I take the job, I work alone. I like Dr. Webber, respect the hell out of him, but if I come on, I don't share authority. I am the authority.
[closing voice-over] It's hard to admit when we're wrong, but even though everything looks fine, there's a problem. Something is broken and you have to see where it's broken and set about fixing it or it's all gonna come apart.
S13 E8The Room Where It Happens
[opening voice-over] There’s this family in Italy, who never slept. They suffered from a genetic disease that kept them awake, for months. Until their bodies just shut down. Even after all these years, scientists still don’t really know why we sleep. We just know we have to sleep, because without it, we make poor decisions, we say things we shouldn’t, and sometimes, we see things that aren’t there.
[about Webber] What is he doing?
He likes to teach. When he's pissed, he really likes to teach.
We need to discuss the options.
No we don't.
Why not?
Because you also have the Chief of General Surgery in here, Dr. Webber, and I outrank you.
[Meredith remembering about telling her kids that Derek died]
Where's Daddy? Is he here?
Remember Daddy was driving in his car?
Yeah, is he coming home soon?
No, he was in an accident.
Oh. Well, is he hurt?
He was.
Are the doctors fixing him? Is he going to surgery?
No, they can't fix him.
Then you should go in there and fix him.
Zola...
You fix everyone.
Zola, I can't fix him.
Why?
I can't fix him because... because no one can fix him... because he's dead, Zola. Daddy died.
Have you always done that with your mother?
I didn't used to. Back then, I was trained to depersonalize the patient. Tissue was tissue, faces were covered, and blood was a mess on the floor. We were to stay focused, and our hands were just inside mannequins.
So, what changed?
One afternoon, I was in the OR, and we lost a patient on the table, and I went along to inform the family, you know, tell them the horrible news, and I was numb. I watched them sob and hold each other and it didn't affect me, at all. That patient died from the same thing my mother died from, and I was a robot. After that, I started changing the rules, and it made me a better surgeon.
You've saved her now, about 1,000 times.
I suppose.
[closing voice-over] We’ve all hit that point of exhaustion. The point where nothing makes sense anymore. Your body hurts, your brain becomes foggy, and you feel like you’re trapped in a tunnel. When all you want is your bed. So, how do you keep going? How do you not just sit down and give up? Sometimes it’s easy. Sometimes you play games in your head. You make up someone. Someone good. Whatever you need. To keep you going.
S13 E9You Haven't Done Nothin
[opening voice-over] Surgeons fight. We fight against death. It's our thing. But eventually, if history's any indicator, death is gonna win. We may win the battle, but we're never gonna win the war. So, the trick is to go down fighting. To fight for the right cause. For the right person. And if you go down, you all go down together.
I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
Alex, you've said that. I know.
I mean for the things I said. You're not trash. Don't ever let anyone say that. I'm sorry, and I.... you're not trash, Jo.
I made a decision about what is best for the hospital moving forward, and I didn't want my personal feelings, my very strong personal feelings to get in the way of that decision. If I do that, I won't be able to do this job.
Bailey, we reach into people's bodies and hold their lives and their futures in our hands. There's nothing more personal than this job, in how we treat a patient, in how we raise our doctors and teach them how to do this work. Every decision that you make should be a personal one. If it isn't, then you have no business being chief.
You'll be okay.
Me? This is about you. You think this is noble, what you're doing? It isn't. It's giving up. And it's buying into everything you've ever said about yourself, and I won't let you do it.
You'll be fine.
You are not going to jail.
You'll be just be fine.
Stop making this about me. Stop using me as an excuse to make yourself feel better. Of course I will be be fine. I'm always fine. Don't you know that? This is about you. You will be destroyed. Your life, your career, everything... will be finished. Who you are will be gone.
[closing voice-over]
Alex, listen to me. You're better than this. You're stronger.
Don't make this all your fault. I know you. That's what you do. But, please. Please don't do that.
We can't just give up, not after all this time. We have to stand together. We have to fight.
Because it's just us now. There were five of us, and now it's just you and I. And it can't be just me. It can't be. I will go down swinging for you, Alex. You know I will. But that means you can't give up. You don't throw the fight. So, whatever you're doing this for... please don't.
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