[opening voiceover] Surgeons can't be lazy, the risks are too great. The second we stop pushing ourselves, something terrible happens. Something we never see coming.
S8 E7Put Me in, Coach
I give up. I have no idea what you're trying to do. I'm in trouble if I cut, I'm in trouble if I don't cut. I'm a fifth year who does the work of an intern. What do you want?
I want you to make a list.
[laughs] Where? On a blackboard? 'I will not do any surgeries without a safety helmet.' Hmm.
I want you to make a list of every surgery that you have ever dreamed of performing. Shoot for the moon and I will try to get you some. [Cristina stays silent] Because we're done. You've graduated, this is your present.
You're messing with me.
Okay, you know, at the beginning of this year, you nearly killed Alex Karev in that O.R because you just had to get in there. You had to be the best and you had to be first. But today? Today I saw a different surgeon. Every bit as good, every bit as advanced, but you were willing to work on a team. Today you put the patient before yourself and that is who I wanted to see. So... you're done. Make a list.
I just want to say how proud I am of all of you. You are an incredible team.
[to Bailey] Now who's drunk?
I've watched you work together, solve problems together, I've watched you teach each other and learn from each other. You step up when you need to and you... you do more than anyone asks you to. You're the finest team I've ever been a part of.
Oh, my God.
Sad.
Beautiful.
You don't think we have a shot at winning this.
What this? This. No, no, we're screwed. You are all horrible at softball but... [they all laugh] As doctors, you're pretty great and I'm proud to just to get to lead you. And you're all here so I just... I just wanted to tell you. But, now, we're going down. But what do you say we go down fighting? [they all cheer]
What the chief doesn't realize is that a lot of the work I do makes it possible for these surgeries to take place. I mean all the staffing and scheduling, I mean, so maybe, okay, maybe I'm not in the O.R. all the time but I--
April do you want to be an administrative assistant? Is that what makes your heart sing?
No, of course not.
Then stop being a whiner. Stop hiding behind paperwork. If you love it, do it. Just get into the O.R, okay? Don't sleep, don't eat, just... do this. [hands her the drill] Here.
You want me to place the k-wire?
Will it make your heart sing?
Yes, yes.
[closing voiceover] So we may no always be winners, but we're not lazy, we take chances, we go for broke, we swing for the fences, and sometimes, yeah, we struck out. But sometimes... you get a home run.
S8 E8Heart-Shaped Box
[Mark interrupts Derek, who is analyzing a patient's scans]
Hey, you got a second?
Wait just one second.
I'm a little worried about Avery.
[tries to ignore him] I'm--I'm this close to getting this.
We had a real connection, you know?
[puts away his notes and looks at Mark] Okay.
Well, we were having such a good time together, and suddenly he's avoiding me. He's cold and distant.
Well, you're afraid You're about to have your heart broken by him.
Kind of. Derek, you know me. I never gave a crap about teaching in my life. But lately, I like the idea of passing it on. And I, you know, I just-- I want to see him do well. Maybe I just need to back off.
[Owen enters the room]
Ah, Hunt. Just in time. Mark is afraid that Avery is gonna break up with him.
Can this just stay between you and me?
[awkwardly] I'd prefer that. Uh, Shepherd, about these cases--
I know what you're gonna say. You're worried about the hospital's mortality rate going up. See, that's the worst part about being chief. You have to say no to everybody, and they hate you for it. And you say no enough, you're gonna hate yourself, which is why I'm not gonna watch you go through this. I have a consult. [looks at Mark] If you love someone, set them free. If they come back.. [facetiously blows a kiss to him]
[Derek quickly leaves the room]
I'm gonna punch you. [to Owen] Hey, let me ask you something––
No.
[voiceover] It's a little bit horrifying just how quickly everything can fall to crap. Sometimes it takes a huge loss to remind you of who you care about the most. Sometimes you find yourself becoming stronger as a result; wiser, better equipped to deal with the next disaster that comes along. Sometimes, but not always.
S8 E9Dark Was The Night
[voiceover] "I had a terrible day." We say it all the time. A fight with the boss, the stomach flu, traffic... That's what we describe as terrible when nothing terrible is happening...
Meredith didn't want kids. I pushed her... She opened herself up. Now I feel like I... I did this to her.
She wanted it, too. Or it wouldn't have happened.
She'll blame me... like I've been blaming her. We lost Zola and now if I lose Meredith...
She always comes back. She might need a minute to back away, but... she comes back.
I offered to time share Sofia with Derek and Meredith if they don't end up with kids of their own. He said no.
Why?
Because your child is not a rental car. We're not gonna take her out one week a month.
Have you seen her? Because she's heart-stoppingly adorable.
You're missing the point.
He's missing the point.
No, she's delicious. She's addictive. Why wouldn't you want to parent her?
[voiceover] These are the things we beg for: a root canal, an IRS audit, coffee spilled on our clothes... When the really terrible things happen, we start begging a God we don't believe in to bring back the little horrors and take away this. It seems quaint now, doesn't it? The flood in the kitchen, the poison oak, the fight that leaves you shaking with rage... Would it have helped if we could see what else was coming? Would we have known that those were the best moments of our lives?
S8 E10Suddenly
[voiceover] Victims of a sudden impact are some of the hardest to treat. It's not just the collision that injures them. It's everything after. The centrifugal force keeps them moving, tossing them from vehicles, throwing them through windshields, slamming their internal organs into the skeleton. Their bodies are injured over and over again. So there's no way to know how much damage has actually been done. Until they stop.
How much trauma has your girlfriend done?
A lot. She's told me about a bunch of her cases.
Oh, so we're just going off your pillow talk? If I get a hint that your girlfriend is in over her head, I'm gonna boot her out of my O.R.
You know what your problem is? You don't think anyone who sleeps with me can be talented or have half a brain.
That is not true.
It's mostly true.
Yeah. Yeah, it's mostly true.
Your ex-wife is brilliant, and she slept with me. I'm not trying to start a fight. I'm just sayin'.
JCDr. Julia Canner
Oh, thank god that is over. Did I seem nervous in there? Just be-be honest with me.
Oh, you-you seemed more than OK.
JJulia
That is Derek Shepherd in there, one of the best neurosurgeons in the country, and Mark's best friend. And the whole time I was in there, all I could think about was my high school cross-country team. Coach would always say, "Don't look back, never look back, because if the kid behind you sees that, he knows you're weak, and he will run you down." The whole surgery that that's all I was thinking about. Don't look back.
Well, you didn't.
[Voiceover]You can't prepare for a sudden impact. You can't brace yourself. It just hits you. Out of nowhere. And suddenly, the life you knew before is over. Forever.
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