Grey's Anatomy (2005–…): Season 14, Episode 7 - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story - full transcript

After a roller coaster car falls off the track at the county fair, the doctors at Grey Sloan tend to patients who spark memories about ghosts from their past.

♫ THE WIND AND THE WAVE'S
"YOUNG FOLKS" ♫

(♪♪♪)

MEREDITH: Surgeons are scientists
trained to believe

only in that
which we can see and touch.

But that training
doesn't always take.

♪ If I told you things I did before ♪

♪ Told you how I used to be

♪ Would you go along
with someone like me? ♪

♪ If you knew my story word for word ♪

♪ Had all of my history ♪

♪ Would you go along with... ♪



How was it?
Was he happy for you?

No. He was jealous.

It's the Harper Averys.
We're all jealous.

(LAUGHS)

♪ It didn't lead nowhere ♪

♪ I would go along
with someone like you ♪

♪ It doesn't matter what you did ♪

♪ Who you were hanging with ♪

OWEN: Oh, good. (CHUCKLES)

♪ We could stick around
and see this night through ♪

Oh, my God! I'm so sorry!

I left some things here,

and I thought that you were
at the hospital.

- It's no problem, Dr. Shepherd.
- (CLEARS THROAT)



I'll just go put some panties on, si?

Probably a good idea, yeah. Yeah.

Si.

♪ Talkin' 'bout the old style, too ♪

(BOTH LAUGH)

Yeah, I should probably
give these keys back, huh?

Mm.

- Phew!
- (CHUCKLES)

♪ All we care about is talking ♪

Wow. That French toast smells good.

You know,
it's really good.

Yeah.

- Right?
- I'm gonna... I'm gonna take it to go.

I'll get the plate later.

- You can finish that first.
- Okay.

(MUFFLED) It's good.
It's good.

(♪♪♪)

See? See? You're mad.

I am not mad.

Then why are you
taking the train...

I support public transit.

...when you can just ride with me?!

Because I can't count on you

- giving me a ride home, that's why.
- Ohh!

Look, I need to depend
on something in this world.

Miranda, just get in the car.

No, you do your thing.

♪ I can tell there's something goin' on ♪

I'm gonna take care of myself.

BEN: Wh... Wh... Wh...

♪ Everyone is leaving,
I'm still with you ♪

As long as you're not mad.

♪ And we don't care about
their own faults ♪

♪ Talking about our own style ♪

♪ All we care about is talking ♪

♪ Talking, only me and you ♪

(♪♪♪)

(♪♪♪)

♪ Talking, only me and you ♪

(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)

♪ Talking, only me and you ♪

I don't even know
what day it is.

I don't know the last time
I changed my underwear.

Use the panty liners
in the women's room.

They help.

The other day, I almost peed in
a supply closet.

Like, just for fun?

I couldn't find the bathroom.

(CHUCKLES)

Been here two weeks,

and I still don't know
my way around.

(INTERNS CHUCKLE)

(PAGERS VIBRATING, RINGING)

- (GRUNTS)
- SAM: Oh, God, I want to die.

(CUP CLATTERS)

You're welcome!

(GRUNTS)

ALEX: It's a private jet.

But private jets are bumpier
than regular planes.

All right, so pretend like
it's a roller coaster.

Or take a pill if you have to,

but you're going to that ceremony.

You're very bossy.

It seems like five seconds ago,

we were the interns
hiding in the tunnels.

Now you're about to win
a Harper Avery.

What if I don't win
a Harper Avery?

Then you're no better than the interns.

- Don't say that.
- Hey!

W... Slow down!

Sorry! Big trauma incoming!

Ooh. Trauma in the pit.

No, you have a plane to catch.

Aren't you curious?

Mer! Stop! Come on!
You're going to the awards!

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

How long do you think
you can pretend I'm invisible?

Well, it worked for you for years.

Blocked me on social media.

Yeah, because you moved
across the country,

and you didn't say goodbye.

Because you broke into
my apartment.

Because you kidnapped my dog.

Because you wouldn't
return my calls.

(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)

Look, Sam, we wreck each
other every time.

- I know.
- So what are you doing here?

You think
I followed you here?

God. You give yourself
a lot of credit.

(SIREN APPROACHES)

Dean Parson, 40s male.

Status post blunt trauma
to the chest and abdomen,

shielded some kids when
a roller-coaster car came loose.

GCS of 10,
follows commands but nonverbal.

Pulse 120s, stable pressure.

Roller coaster?
How are the kids?

Not a scratch.
This guy's a hero.

Threw himself between
the kids and the car.

Okay, let's get him inside.
You two, come with me.

Hang in there, Dean.

Go, go, go.

What happened?

Rusty roller-coaster car
broke off the ride,

flew into a crowd
at a county fair.

There's multiple
injuries en route.

"Pretend the plane is like
a roller coaster," you said!

That's what you said to me!

(♪♪♪)

Gregory Williams and Cleo Kim,
both 26,

stuck in a crushed
roller-coaster car.

Tried to extricate in the field,

but we suspect Greg has some
unstable crush injuries,

so we opted to do it in a more
controlled environment.

I told you
I didn't want to ride that ride.

I told you it was
a rusty death trap.

Yes, Cleo.
You were right, okay?

You're always right.

Now you're just stating
the obvious.

I think I'm hallucinating.

Are you seeing
what I'm seeing?

Seeing what?

George and Cristina.

What?

Are you seeing this?

How are you?
Are you okay?

CLEO: Get me out of this!

Get me out of this thing
so I can kill her!

I did not make you ride, Cleo.

"Ride for me. I'm too pregnant.

Let me live vicariously through you."

Seriously?
You're gonna blame me for this?

Seriously?

♪ Nobody knows ♪

(♪♪♪)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Oh, why are you gowning?

A major trauma just came in.

No, no, no.
We have plenty of surgeons

that don't need to be
in Boston, Meredith.

What... O'Malley and Yang.

What's that?

Baby O'Malley and Baby Yang.

And there's a baby Izzie Stevens,

who's having a baby.

I mean, I definitely cannot
go anywhere right now.

What's the deal?
She's afraid to fly?

Yeah, and afraid to lose.

I called your parents.
They're flying in.

They wouldn't take,
"We don't know yet," for an answer,

so I made up some medicine.

What did you go with?

Minor blunt-force trauma
with no L.O.C. on the scene.

That's good. Sounds cool.
Means nothing.

Are you guys doctors?

We're interns at Seattle Pres.

CLEO: We are no longer interns

and haven't been for two weeks, Greg.

We are second years.
Try to keep up.

- I see another one of me, I'm leaving.
- (CHUCKLES)

(INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT)

See, she seems stable.
Can't we get her out first?

No, not without jarring him.

I think we can open up his side
of the car...

and just be ready for
crush syndrome symptoms.

All right, assess the damage

- and get me a timeline for extrication.
- All right, Doctor.

All right,
let's, uh, set up a crash cart,

get another I.V. going,

get him hooked up to our monitors.

Let's be prepared
when he comes out of this thing.

- Okay.
- (SIGHS)

Uh, wh-what are you seeing
so far, Kepner?

Uh, cuts and bruises,
couple broken bones,

some burns from the oil
that went flying...

when the roller-coaster car
hit the funnel-cake booth,

which perfectly describes
a recurring nightmare

I used to have as a child.

Uh, all right, let's re-route
everything minor to the clinic.

- Supervise the interns.
- Okay.

Make yourself available for quest...

- Ah...
- What?

Actually, Kepner, you stay here.

- We might need you on this.
- Okay, who's gonna...

Is that a roller-coaster car?

Yeah, it is,
but we need you in the clinic.

Uh, there were multiple injuries

when the car flew off the track.

Interns can't handle all that.

There is a major trauma in here,

and you want me to go
stitch up a clown's face?

Uh, clowns bring
joy to children.

Scarred clowns lead
to traumatized children.

Go.

Dr. Bailey,
how's that contest coming?

Hmm?

You know, I gave you over
$100 million about a week ago.

(SCOFFS)

I don't know if you
maybe got a name,

some judges, anything?

- Did you know?
- Know what?

When you handed me $100 million

and asked me to organize a contest

so that you could play, too?

- I know.
- Did you know that my husband

had secretly started training

to intentionally put his body
inside of burning buildings?

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Right. So, uh, we'll talk this
over later, then.

Thanks.

(RECEIVER CLICKS)

(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY)

You see that?

Free fluid in his
left upper quadrant.

Splenic laceration?

Seems likely.
Shepherd?

Pupils are equal and reactive.
He follows commands.

Okay, call the OR.
Tell them we're coming.

I want a head CT.

You just said
there are no focal deficits.

Probably just in shock.

We need to deal with his
life-threatening problem first.

Dr. Shepherd, I need a consult
on a head injury in the clinic.

Dean, I know that you're scared.

I know you want to talk, and
you can't, but we've got you.

He saved kids.
He's a hero.

Get me that head CT.
Run ahead and book it.

Prep him to move! Let's go!

No. I'm fine.

Greg and Cleo are hurt.

No, Mom, the roller coaster
did not hit me.

Hey, um, would you let an intern
set a dislocated patella?

It's Izzie.

What?

You always ask about Izzie,
what she was like.

Well, that...
that girl right there.

That...
That's what Izzie was like.

Seriously?

Please don't say that word.

Oh, um, she's pretty.

Yeah.

And perky.

Yep.

Are you okay?

Yeah, it's just... weird.

Hey. Hi.

You were taking care of
my friends, right?

Yeah.

N-No, I mean, we just...

♪ Who made up all the rules? ♪

Your friends are okay.

They are? Like, okay okay?

No, I mean, they're...

they'll... they're like they were.

The same.

Oh, okay.

Well... I'm...

Ooh.

I just... I don't, um...

- Wait, do you need to sit down?
- Yes, please.

Oh, my gosh.
Uh, we need a gurney!

- Page Robbins!
♪ I'm sorry ♪

MAGGIE: Sorry I'm late.

I have Mer's dress and my dress

and Zola's dress and Zola.

Where's my mom?

That is an excellent question.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Well, the party is all here,
except the guest of honor.

Yes, there's a trauma in the pit.

And?

And Meredith felt the need
to get involved.

Wow. You totally called it.

My mom doesn't like to fly.

♪ I'm sorry, so sorry ♪

Right. I will go get her.

♪ I'm sorry it's like this ♪

♪ I'm sorry... ♪
- Crush syndrome can cause

arrhythmias and renal failure,

so we need calcium, bicarb,
and albuterol.

CLEO: Look at them.
The way they're looking at you.

That's the
"You're gonna die" face.

GREG: Shut up, Cleo.

That really isn't helpful.

We know that face.
We use that face.

It's perfectly composed,
gives nothing away.

You should call your mom,

let her hear your voice
one last time.

- I hate you.
- Hate won't get you into heaven.

You don't believe in heaven.

I'm not the one they're
looking at like that.

(STRAINED) I-I can't...
I can't breathe.

We need to get him
out of there.

He's turning blue!
Somebody do something!

His muscles are reperfusing.
Get ready to intubate and code.

Open up the airway kit.

No, no, wait, wait.
It's not reperfusion.

It's his neck.
He needs traction.

I got it. Got it.

♪ I'm sorry, so sorry ♪

(GASPING)

♪ I'm sorry we do this ♪

(♪♪♪)

Yeah, it's his neck.

(♪♪♪)

GREG: Oh, God.

They really are all staring at me.

Am I gonna die?

It's not... unlikely.

They're staring at you, too!

Yeah, but I'm not the one

who has a lady doctor
attached to my cranium.

You're not gonna die
unless you keep talking

and moving unnecessarily.

Now, hold still.

GREG: Why are they all staring
at us like that?

Because you look exactly like
our friends...

people we were interns with.

You look exactly like them.

- Both of us?
- Both of you.

Well, this is creepy,
and now I'm uncomfortable.

Even more uncomfortable,
if that's possible.

What's he like?

The... The guy that...
that I remind you of?

His name was George.
He was a hero.

Was?!

Stop, Greg.
What are you doing?

I don't want to be
a trigger for your memories.

I want to be me and him to
be him, so let's do that.

Stop looking at us!

We are not your friends!

It is uncanny, though.

Right?

I'm almost 30 weeks.
It's a boy.

His name's Jasper,
and he's perfect.

He was perfect at
his 20-week ultrasound.

So I think I just passed out,
like, maybe from stress.

- You see that?
- Yeah.

What? Oh, my God, what is it?

So, Liza, you have a chorioangioma,
which is a...

A tumor. On my placenta?

Exactly. Are you a doctor?

A resident.

I've gone to every
prenatal appointment.

I've had every ultrasound.
I've taken every vitamin.

They grow really quickly.

And at this size,
they can be very dangerous.

I think that you passed out

because you're having
mirror syndrome.

So I'm mirroring the symptoms
of my baby.

Yes.

So, he's... he's what?
He's in distress?

He has hydrops.
His, uh, heart is struggling.

- Oh, my God.
- I think that we can remove the tumor

without delivering the baby,
but we need to do it right away.

And the good news is
if I do have to deliver,

you're at 29 1/2 weeks,

so the survival rate's really high.

Do you want us to call anyone?

No. I'm having this baby alone.

And my mom would just freak out.

And my birthing partner's
trapped in a roller coaster

that I made him ride.

(INHALES DEEPLY) So...

Will you stay?

Will you stay with me?

(CLEARS THROAT)

Little weird,
but I'm gonna roll with it.

Hmm.

(SAW WHIRRING)

Grey, come on.

I'm a little busy here, Avery.

CLEO: She can't move,
or my friend's spinal cord

will get severed by the fracture.

- Cleo! Shut up!
- Thank you!

I'm not your friend, remember?
You can't talk to me like that.

Except I can because I'm holding
his head in my hands,

and, by extension,
the air in his lungs.

It's hard. I'm hot. It hurts.

So please shut up so I can
be still and concentrate.

Hold on a second. I'm gonna come
up there and help, all right?

I'm just gonna relieve
some of this pressure.

Okay, lean back into me.

Rest your arms. Okay?
There we go.

Are we gonna miss the awards?

- Yeah, it's looking that way.
- What awards?

Wait, are you going to
Harper Averys?

Wait. Oh, my God.

Grey? Is she Meredith Grey?

Yeah, and that's Jackson Avery.

Oh, my God, Greg!

You have surgical royalty
tractioning your head right now.

- Really?
- Bottom third of his class.

Whatever. Ignore him.

You're gods to me.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(♪♪♪)

(♪♪♪)

Dr. Warren, I have a patient

with intermediate
partial thickness burns

from the funnel-cake oil
that flew when...

I don't need all the details,
Dr. Bello.

Right. Um, we're out of xeroform.

Well, it's in the supply closet.

It's not. I checked.

Then you have to
go to central supply.

Which is where?

He's trying not to
scar my face!

Could you kindly
support him in that?!

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

DeLuca.

Show Bello where
central supply is?

(♪♪♪)

How'd you get the idea for
the abdominal wall transplant?

From a hole in
my bedroom wall.

You should not say that
in your speech if you win.

People, if we're not wheels up
in 20 minutes,

we will miss the show,
and we are the show.

We're almost there, Catherine.

Oh, my God,
is that Catherine Avery?!

Oh, please.

Dr. Webber, we're good.

Okay.

Okay?

Okay, people, listen up.

We've got the traction tongs
and the pins ready to go.

We have access
to remove this patient.

We are gonna lift him slowly
onto the gurney...

while Dr. Grey continues
to secure his neck.

Once he is down,

I am going to start
to add on the weights.

Do we understand?

- Mm-hmm.
- MEREDITH: Yes.

Now, on my count.

One, two, three.

Easy. Easy.

Okay. Easy.

I'm out of the roller coaster.
I'm out of the roller coaster!

Shh, shh, shh.

Tightening the screws now.

RICHARD: Adding the weights now.

Meredith, you can
release your hands.

All right.
He's breathing.

GREG: Thank God.

Okay,
let's roll him for the CT.

Let's go, people!

Okay, I need a second.
I can't feel my arms.

I need a minute.
Cleo, how are you doing?

All right.
Removing the lap bar now.

Oh, my God, a puncture wound.

I need some gauze and
a non-rebreather now, please!

I didn't even know
that was there.

My BP's plummeting.
I'm losing volume.

Dr. Grey.

Call the OR!
Let's hang some O-neg

while we check for
type and cross.

JACKSON: Tell them she got penetrating
trauma to the right flank.

Okay, go. I have this.

No, no, no.
You're the one nominated.

- You should go.
- I'm not gonna go anywhere.

If I win,
just make a nice speech.

Where is that blood?!

Dr. Shepherd?

How's our guy?

Um, his wife is here
with their kids,

and I-I don't know
what to tell her.

Uh, well, was the CT clear?

Uh...

Um...

"Um," what?

(SUCTION GURGLING)

- You skipped his CT?
- He was bleeding out.

If you were gonna skip a CT,
you should have paged me.

I made a call, Amelia,
and it was the right call.

His liver was actively bleeding.

I threw his spleen in the trash,
and he's still...

- Dr. Hunt?
- What?

She left.

It's a trauma.

I can page Owen
if I need some help.

I'm saying you can still go win
your Harper Avery.

Pretend I'm your friend.

What?

I have too much
promise to die.

I've got you.
You're not Meredith Grey.

I want to grow up to be you,
so pretend I'm your friend,

the one I remind you of,

because you know her
and you love her,

and I'm just the girl who's been
annoying you all day.

Please, Dr. Grey.
Save me like I'm your friend.

(SIGHS) All right, let's go.
She's not coming.

What do you mean
she's not coming?

Well, she wants to stay here
and save lives.

Of course she does.

(SIGHS)

Zola, sweetie,

you tell your brilliant mama

that she's a big pain
in Dr. Catherine's behind.

(CHUCKLES)

How about you?
Are you coming or staying?

Zola and I have work to do here.

Say hi to Boston for me.

Are you ready

for your first coronary bypass,
Dr. Grey-Shepherd?

Yes, I am.

(CHUCKLES)

We've almost got this, Liza.

You're doing great.

This is kind of a miracle.

What is?

That I was here
when I passed out.

If this had happened
anywhere else,

I might have just thought
I was overheated or overtired

and ignored it.

Then I might have died
or the baby might have died,

so it's like
my own little miracle.

It's your own little miracle
that a roller-coaster car

flew off its rails and crashed
into a group of people

and crushed your friends
inside of it?

When you put it like that,
I sound like an ass.

(CHUCKLING) Yeah.
A little bit.

See that?
Small subcapsular hematoma.

We can keep an eye on that.

NURSE LINDA: Dr. Hunt?

Nurse Linda?
Amelia, what the hell?

Put this on.

You'll need it to protect you
from the radiation.

What radiation?

Skipping a head CT
is not your call.

It is mine.

So you've left me no choice
but to bring the CT in here.

- Is this about this morning?
- What?

You seemed fine.
You ate the French toast.

Stop talking.

Amelia, there is no indication
that there's a head injury.

Zero.

I heard she had
a brain tumor.

You think
they didn't get it all?

I heard that.

Uh, CT shows beading of
a mesenteric vessel,

which means something's bleeding.

We'll find out exactly what
when we get in there.

And my neck?

You have a C5 fracture dislocation.

Now, as soon as we take care
of that abdominal bleeding,

Dr. Shepherd will do
a spinal fusion.

And my friends?

They're both in surgery.

(SIGHS)

It was my idea
to go to that carnival.

"Let's do something stupid,"
I said.

"We can't just work
every day of our lives," I said.

I pushed them,
and now Cleo could die.

And Liza could die,
and, God, Liza's baby.

And I could die, too,

which no one probably
cares about, but...

No one's dying today, Greg.

We'll take you up in a minute.

(SNIFFLES)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

(♪♪♪)

(♪♪♪)

- I know.
- Sir.

I know how you felt about
O'Malley.

Oh, these are not
O'Malley tears.

I cried all of my O'Malley tears
over the real O'Malley.

I cried every day for
the better part of a year

silently in the shower.

No, these are (GROANS)
tears of rage... marital rage.

(SLOW POUNDING ON WALL)

Okay, um, do you want to
talk about it?

(POUNDING QUICKENS)
(GROANS)

What is that?!

Uh, I think we both know
what that is.

In the skills lab?

Th-This door doesn't even lock.

Hi.

I, uh, was just, um...

uh, g-g-getting a, um...

so I could... so I could
practice... things.

Okay, back to the pit.

Yeah, you need a plastic skull
in the pit?!

Do you, Dr. Bello?!

(SIGHS)

Don't you have a job to do,
DeLuca?!

Uh, uh...

What the...?

I really hope there's not
a third one in there.

(CT WHIRRING)

(MONITOR BEEPS)

AMELIA: Almost done.

You see how easy that is?

He would have bled out
if we had waited for the CT.

And you're reading too much
into this man because...

It's okay. You can say it.

Dr. Hunt thinks
my decision-making is clouded

because my brother died
under similar circumstances.

- (MOUSE CLICKS)
- But he's wrong.

- Am I?
- You are.

He has an expanding
epidural hematoma.

Wait. What?

(♪♪♪)

Wow.

Okay, let's get this thing
out of here!

Prep for a craniotomy!

MAN: Monitors are on.

(WATER RUNNING)

(SIGHS) Pit's clear.

You need an extra hand in here?
I could scrub in.

Uh, if you want to be helpful,
you can go find Shepherd

and tell her
we need her in here...

to make sure this patient's
not permanently paralyzed.

I'm a general surgeon,
not a neurosurgeon.

And sometimes it's a good idea

to just do the job
you're trained for.

(DOOR SLIDES OPEN)

(DOOR SLIDES CLOSED)

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

- I know.
- Right.

You came into my flat

and didn't get up off the sofa
for three weeks.

I know. (SIGHS)

You still love her?

How did she find you?

She got matched here.
It's a... coincidence.

Oh, Andrea, you're still
such an innocent bambino.

See there?

It's a simple procedure,

but not doing it would have
killed him.

All this fuss for something
as little as one, two, three.

(CHUCKLES) Okay.

"I told you so" is
unbecoming on you.

Also, he'd be dead
if I'd done it your way.

Fair enough.

He's alive.
That's what matters.

Go tell his wife and kids.
Thank you.

Shepherd, uh,
you're needed in OR Three.

Mm.

Amelia,
I'm sorry if I implied that...

No. It's okay. You were right.

I mean,
not about this morning.

French toast was excellent
this morning.

But about Derek.

He was in my head.

He saved this guy.

He was that good.

(♪♪♪)

(SIGHS)

You know, one could argue

I'm kind of saving him, too,
but I'm gonna let it go.

Yeah. I'm letting it go.

APRIL: Suction.

I said suction, not retract.

I-I'm sorry. Here?

Where the blood is coming from.

R-Right. Got it.

Do we ligate or primary repair?
What do you think?

I think you should have
gone to Boston.

What?

We're gonna ligate
'cause it's safer,

and it's a thing
I could have done myself

while you went to Boston.

Kepner.

God, you're like Jackson.

He grew up with
so much money...

he never had to balance
a budget or check a price tag,

and he just takes it all
for granted.

And you're like that
with your talent.

You're... You're missing
the Harper Avery Awards

'cause you take for granted

that there's just gonna be
another one.

You take your talent
for granted,

and, you know,
some of us work really hard,

and we're just average.

You think
I'm taking it for granted?

I'm not taking anything
for granted.

I want that award so bad

I could pick you up and
throw you out a window,

especially right now because
my best friend's image

is splayed out
in front of me.

Cristina Yang is the only one

who gets just how badly
I want that award.

(SUCTION GURGLING)

And, Kepner,
you're not average.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

(SUCTION GURGLING)

(ALARMS RINGING)

- Baby's having prolonged bradycardia.
- All right. Damn it.

Liza, we tried, but baby says

he wants to come out today, okay,

so I'm gonna convert to a C-section,

and I need Dr. Karev
to get his NICU team ready.

It's gonna be okay.

Oh, I'm scared. I'm scared.

Wilson, hold her hand.

I'm way past that.

I need someone to talk to me.
Please talk to me.

Okay, uh, what do you want
to talk about?

Anything. Have you done this before?

- Are you a mom?
- Oh, God, no.

I mean, um...

Liza, I am. I'm a mom.

I have a... I have a daughter.

She's 7 years old,
and she's on a plane right now

coming back to live with me.

So she lives with
her dad sometimes?

Uh, she's with her
other mom sometimes.

Her dad, um...

What... What about her dad?

He died.

(SIGHS)

And I miss him all the time,

which is actually
kind of unexpected

(CHUCKLES) because I didn't
really like him in the beginning.

I resented him because
he was perpetually relaxed.

But he could make me laugh.

He could make me laugh
when I was afraid...

or freaked out or annoyed,

which actually is really,
really annoying.

(CHUCKLES)

If he was here right now,
he would say, "Relax, Robbins.

Your kid's coming here.

It's gonna be
the greatest thing ever,

and you're freaking out
about paint colors.

You're gonna... You're gonna
take her to ice cream

and you're gonna let her pick
three different flavors,

and it'll be the best thing ever."

And he would be right.

Okay.

- Jasper is out, Liza.
- Aah.

♪ The storm is coming ♪
(BABY CRYING WEAKLY)

♪ But I don't mind ♪

♪ People are dying ♪

MAGGIE: Okay, good.

Now show me
the inferior vena cava...

- Mm-hmm.
- ...and the aorta.

(TOUCH SCREEN BEEPS)

(GASPS) Wow.
You are a natural.

You must get it
from your mom.

My daddy, too.

I'm gonna be
a brain surgeon like him.

You are?

♪ I want to change the world ♪

(SIGHS)

I miss him.

Do you miss your mom?

♪ I want to believe in more ♪

Every day.

Want to know what
my mom would say?

She would say,

"Even though your mom's not here,

she's always with you."

♪ I'm breathing ♪

♪ All I can do is keep breathing ♪

(CHUCKLES)

♪ All we can do is keep breathing ♪

♪ Now ♪

O'Malley's got
a long road ahead.

- This isn't O'Malley, sir.
- I know.

And call me sentimental,
but it's nice to think of him.

Most of the interns

just blur together over the years,

but O'Malley... I can't forget.

And it'll be good to be
able to save him,

to save this O'Malley.

(♪♪♪)

♪ All that I know is I'm breathing ♪
- Is he okay?

How you doing over there?

He's doing well on 50% O2.

So he's okay?

Yeah, he's gonna need
some oxygen...

and spend some time up
in the NICU,

but you can hold him
for a minute if you want

before I take him up.

You ready?

Here he comes.

♪ All we can do is keep breathing ♪

♪ All we can do is keep breathing ♪

♪ All we can do is keep breathing ♪

♪ All we can do is keep breathing ♪

♪ Now ♪

Thanks.

(SIGHS)

You think he's gonna make it?

I do.

I think
he is going to make it.

(SCOFFS)

Oh, no.
So, you're threatening me now?

Is... Is that how
you're gonna do this?

(SCOFFS) You turned away

from a career in anesthesiology

because you were bored and
you wanted to be a surgeon.

Now you're bored again.

Starting to sound like
a man with commitment issues.

(SIGHS) Can't you just... Look.

Can't you just think of it like
I'm taking a fellowship year,

learning something new,
something that makes me happy?

You were my front runner
for Chief Resident!

Can't that make you happy?

I want a job where
all this adrenaline

that's coursing through me
is a good thing.

I-I'm not saying
I don't love surgery,

and I'm not saying that
I won't come back to it someday.

I'm saying that
while I'm young enough,

I want to try this because
I don't want to live with a ghost,

- and neither do you.
- A ghost?

Yeah, the ghost of who
I might have been...

if I'd been brave enough to try.

(RICHARD CLEARS THROAT) Miranda?

Jackson called.
Do you have a minute?

I do.

(INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT)

(BABY COOING)

Alex, if you want to know
how she is,

you should just call her.

You should call Izzie.

(SCOFFS) No.

No, it's okay.

No.

I mean,
I-I-I don't need to call her.

I know how she is.

I mean, she's, uh...

she's married with three kids,

and she lives somewhere,
I think, uh, kind of woodsy?

(CHUCKLES)

And she's a surgeon
and she goes to work every day,

so she refuses to hire help,
so her house is always a mess.

And it has Christmas decorations
all over it...

because she won't let
her husband take them down.

It smells like muffins,
and she's... she's smiling.

(♪♪♪)

When I picture her,
she's always smiling.

I don't need to call her because
I want it to stay that way.

I picture her
as happy as I am with you.

You imagined
a whole life for her?

Oh, yeah.
It's way better than wondering.

Mm-hmm.

(♪♪♪)

(SIGHS)

All right, well, how is she?

She's good.
She lost a lot of blood,

but we had to ligate
her transected IVC...

They were superheroes.
Both of them.

I've never seen
anything like it.

- Nobody asked you to talk.
- Right.

We're done here.
You can take her to recovery.

Hey, how's Baby George?

(CHUCKLES) He's in recovery.

And Baby Izzie?

Oh, Baby Izzie has a baby.

Oh, that's so good!

(LAUGHS)

Um, the Harper Averys
are about now, Dr. Grey.

I know. I know.

Well, we thought you might like
to be there.

What is going on?

♪ I am thinking it's a sign ♪

♪ That the freckles in our eyes ♪

♪ Are mirror images and when ♪

WOMAN: Please welcome
Dr. Catherine Avery.

♪ And I have to speculate ♪
(APPLAUSE)

CATHERINE: Thank you so much.

Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.

It is my distinct privilege
and honor to award

this year's Harper Avery
for Surgical Innovation.

This award is named for
my dear friend,

who we lost this year

which makes this award
ever more meaningful.

Harper Avery was
a very complicated man.

(CHUCKLES)

But his love for
medical innovation was pure,

and that describes
this year's winner.

So, without further ado,

the Harper Avery for
Surgical Innovation

goes to...

Dr. Meredith Grey!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

♪ They will see us waving
from such great heights ♪

♪ "Come down now" they'll say ♪

♪ But everything looks perfect
from far away ♪

♪ "Come down now"... ♪

Here to accept on her behalf...

Dr. Jackson Avery.

Thank you.

Incredible.

Knowing very well that
she might win tonight,

Dr. Grey opted to
stay in Seattle.

A trauma came in,

and she knew that she was
the right doctor for the job.

That's one of the many reasons
that I'm so very, very proud

to call her
my colleague and my friend.

Now, Dr. Grey has experienced
more loss in her life...

than I think most of us
would deem fair.

She lost her little sister,
Lexie Grey,

who I know would love
to be here tonight with us.

She lost her husband,
Dr. Derek Shepherd,

who knew with total certainty
that this night would happen.

And she also lost her mother,
Dr. Ellis Grey,

who won this award twice...
once as a resident...

and probably would have won
a few more

if she hadn't been taken
from all of us so young.

The most amazing thing
about Meredith, though,

is that she takes all that pain,
all that loss,

and she turns it into drive...

drive to save lives,
to make things better,

and despite all that
she's lost,

she continued to find
joy in her work

as a surgeon, as a teacher,
as a mother.

And she managed to
share that joy...

through her spirit of discovery
and of possibility and of hope

right in the face of darkness.

I am profoundly grateful...

for the lessons that I have
learned from Meredith Grey,

and it is my distinct honor

to accept this award
on her behalf.

Congrats, Meredith!

(APPLAUSE)

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ Everything looks perfect
from far away ♪

♪ "Come down now," but we'll stay ♪

(SIGHS)

Listen, I know that
you said green,

but I couldn't... I couldn't
pick out which green.

So I think that
you should pick it out,

and then we can
paint it together, okay?

(SIGHS)

Okay?

I miss Mama.

Oh, I know.

I do, too.

But I am so,
so happy that you are home.

- And you know what I got?
- What?

Three different flavors of
ice cream.

(CHUCKLES) Come on.

Okay. Stand there.

All right. One, two...

The third one...
It's all for me.

- This one's all for me.
- (GASPS)

That one's not for you.

We're good.

(SIREN WAILING)

Oh, my God,
you're everywhere.

Fine, Andrew.
I'll... I'll go somewhere else.

No, no, no, stop.
Just, Sam...

You swear you didn't
follow me here?

Andrew.

We're bad for each other.

We both know that.

(DOOR SLAMS)

♫ RILO KILEY'S "PORTIONS FOR FOXES" ♫

(♪♪♪)

- Really?
- No.

You don't see the similarity?

(CHUCKLING) No.

You're just being stubborn.

Maybe I should text Burke
and send him her picture.

Meredith,
there's no one like Cristina.

No one.

Fair enough.

MEREDITH: Scientist or not,

most of us who've been
at this a while

are forced to acknowledge
the mysteries of life.

♪ 'Cause I've been biting
my tongue all week ♪

♪ I keep on talkin' trash Keys, please ♪

♪ But I never say anything ♪

You're driving?

I'm driving myself.

♪ And the talkin' leads to touchin' ♪
- You can take the fire truck.

♪ And the touchin' leads to sex ♪

♪ And then there is no mystery left ♪

(ALL GROAN) This day was epic.

I'm so tired
I can't feel my teeth.

I almost stitched
my finger to a person.

- (LAUGHS)
- Scram.

Yeah. You heard her. Scram.

This is our beach.

We are forced to acknowledge

that certain kinds of
magic exist.

- (CELLPHONE VIBRATING)
- Someone's calling.

♪ Bad news ♪

- Ooh! Look who's calling!
- Uh-oh.

♪ Baby, I'm bad news ♪

Hey, you're just in time
for the champagne.

Ready? Wait for it.

- (CORK POPS)
- Whoo!

(BOTH LAUGH)

Yes! Yes!

What did she say?

Yes. She asked me
if I feel different.

Damn straight, she does!

And that history and memory

and the ghosts of our past

are sometimes just as tangible

as anything we can hold
in our hands.