Grey's Anatomy (2005–…): Season 3, Episode 20 - Time After Time - full transcript

Previously on Grey's Anatomy...

I had sex last night,
with the wrong person.

But the thing is,
it didn't fell wrong.

This is our secret, okay?

We heard about your mother.

We're here to make sure
you're okay.

What if my husband shows up
tomorrow with a picture of

what I'm supposed
to look like, but it's too late,

I'm stuck with the wrong
face for rest of my life?

Cristina and I were together
for three years.

- Are you gonna invite me?
- Where?



- To the wedding.
- Please leave.

A patient history,

is as important
as their symptoms.

It's what helps us decide
if heartburn's a heart attack,

if a headache's a tumor.

Sometimes patients will try
to rewrite their own histories.

They'll claim they don't smoke

or forget to mention
certain drugs,

which, in surgery,

can be the kiss of death.

We can ignore it all we want...

But our history...

eventually always comes back
to haunt us.

Meredith, she'll accept
a certain amount of help,



and then she start
to feel suffocated.

Oh. Is this...
Am I suffocating?

No. The groceries are just right.

It's... It's me.
I sometimes overdo it.

Well, who could blame you
with everything?

After Ellis died,

I gave her some time,
but I want to be here.

- I want to help make things easier.
- Good. Yeah. That's great.

I just try to keep it light.
You know, be helpful.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- Want some coffee?
- Yes.

This all you?

I just picked up some things
to restock your fridge.

Well, you bought groceries last week.

Yeah, you have to get it
every week if you want more.

Well, thank you.

It's unexpected, and you
didn't need to do all this.

- Is this for everybody?
- Absolutely.

I gotta run.
I'm gonna go talk to Richard

before things get too busy
in the hospital.

- See ya.
- Are you gonna talk to him about the...

Yeah. Wish me luck.
You don't need it.

Just make him listen to you.

You deserve to be chief.

Nice sweater.

Uh... my wife.

- What?
- My wife,

she gave it to me.

The sweater.

Actually, it's my ex-wife.

- It's amicable.
- I'm sorry?

The divorce, it's... it's amicable,

very friendly.

I'm a friendly guy.

- "I'm a friendly guy"?
- Sloan.

She pressed five
and got off at three.

She'd rather walk up two flights
of stairs than flirt with you.

Hell, she'd rather climb up
the outside of the building.

- I wasn't flirting.
- You're telling me.

There's no need
to be embarrassed.

Time for you
to shake off the rust

and get back in the game.

- You need a wingman.
- I have patients to see.

We'd make a great team.

Nothing like a quick
ventricular reconstruction

to jumpstart your morning, eh?

Okay, you're officially
becoming creepy,

creepy and... stalking.

Burke and I have set our date.
We're getting married next month.

We both know that
you are not the marrying kind.

You don't know that.
You don't know me anymore.

Well, just to be sure you're...

fully aware of
what you're passing up.

I'd like you to assist me

on my heterotopic
heart transplant today.

What, a piggyback transplant?
Seriously?

Burke will want to scrub in,
too, I imagine,

see how it's done.

Heterotopic transplant.
He is upping his game.

I need a gambit.

I need to force him
into the defensive.

Take his queen.

- You've never played chess?
- I'm not a geek.

I've gotta crush him.

I've gotta annihilate him
at his own game.

So it's weird, right,

that susan keeps stopping by
like this?

I mean, we just became friends
or semi-related

or whatever you call
your estranged father's wife.

You may be confused since you
were basically raised by wolves,

but this is what mother's do.

They stop by,
they stock the fridge.

Dude, you think
she might do our laundry?

Hey, get your own fake mom.

Hey.

- Bad night on call?
- Oh, god.

Yeah, when my patient's
gooey abscess

exploded all over me
at 4:00 A.M.,

- that was a highlight.
- Holy mary, mother of god...

Pray for us sinners now and at the...

Iz, you look nice.

Did you just come from
confession in a church?

Shut up.

Izzie Stevens does penance.
You did something bad.

Oh. I feel like poo.

I hope I can make it through
the day without falling asleep.

Do you want to make a coffee date?

3:00 P.M.
You could use a little pick-me-up.

Yeah. That sounds nice,
really nice.

- Good
- Okay.

Smile.

Oh, come on, man.
That's not a smile.

Can I see?

That's me?

Oh, my god.

I know this is gonna sound terrible,

but I'm not bad-looking.

I think beautiful
is the word you're looking for.

I was gonna say hot.

I was too
but I would've gotten in trouble.

- You would've.
- Still a little swelling.

In a day or two,
I'll raise that hot to smokin'.

Then shouldn't we wait
to take the "after" pictures?

We could,
but the sooner we take them,

the sooner we get them
out there.

Your picture's gonna be everywhere.
The police, the news, the internet.

But my face looks
completely different,

then what good
would pictures do?

I was able to maintain
aspects of your bone structure,

so your face bears some
similarities to your old face,

plus, your... your hair
and your eyes are the same.

You think... Do you really think
someone might recognize me?

I think you should smile.

I'm telling you,
this confession thing,

it... it really works.

It's like we have a do over.
Our sin is gone.

So you don't have to keep avoiding me.

Yeah, I do.
Until this thing blows over, I do.

Javier Ruggero?

Javier, uh, Ruggero?

Blows over?

What does that even mean?

When Meredith and I, uh...

eventually, you know,
it blew over. It passed.

You mean the sad sex?

The sad, tragic,
depression-inducing sex

you had with Meredith is the same

- as what...
- I can't.

Okay? Back off.
Just for now, back off.

Javier... Ruggero?

You're Dr. Isobel Stevens?

Yes.

Uh, if you're Mr. Ruggero, though,
you're with Dr. O'Malley.

Uh, Dr. Stevens...

We, uh...

Our d... Our daughter has leukemia

and needs a bone marrow transplant.

You, uh,
you're looking for hematology.

It's third floor west.
Through these double doors,

second set of elevators on the...

on the right.

I'm so sorry
about your daughter.

But Seattle Grace
has one of the best

bone marrow transplant centers
in the country.

If you'd like, I can
take you up there myself.

No, no, it's just that...

You look so much like
our daughter.

We're Dustin and Caroline Klein.

We're Hannah's parents.

We're her...

We're your daughter's parents.

You're Hannah's birth mother.

Hannah was diagnosed
a few months ago

with acute
myeloid leukemia.

We, uh, we looked you up,

and we know that
that's wrong, but...

She needs the transplant.
We... We were set to go.

- We had a donor.
- Yeah, her donor died.

The registry called
Hannah's oncologist last night.

'Cause apparently
Hannah hasn't had enough bad luck.

And we'd never ask.

We had no intention
of bothering you, ever.

But last night,
everything changed.

No. Of course.

Of course I'd donate. It's just...

A biological parent
isn't usually a good donor.

I'm only a half match.

Hannah would probably do better

getting back on the donor list
and waiting.

I know...

When you gave her up,

we promised
to take care of her,

to keep her safe,

but I-I can't protect her
from this.

It's genetic.

You have to take care of her.

Every day we wait,
she gets sicker.

And... And if we're lucky,

you... you could be better
than a half match.

Is she...

She's here?

God, she must be scared.

She's upstairs
with my mother.

Can I...

I'd... I'd like to meet her.

We... We'd have to check with Hannah.

But if she agrees,

of course we'd be okay with it.

Isobel...

Our daughter could die.

Charles...
This is Dr. Burke.

I've invited him to assist
on the surgery.

- How do you do, Dr. Burke?
- Oh, you're playing yourself?

It distracts me from the fact
that you're going to have

your hands in my chest
in a few hours.

And this, Charles, is
a former student of mine...

A formidable chess player
herself... Dr. Cristina Yang.

Soon to be Dr. Cristina Burke.

we're getting married next month.

Congratulations.

Thank you, sir.

Perhaps you'd like to explain...

The procedure, Dr. Yang.

Absolutely.

Mr. Redford,

instead of replacing
your current heart,

we're going to attach it
to the new heart,

essentially piggybacking it.

The two hearts pump together,
share the workload.

It's, uh...

It's a perfect team.

More accurately,

the new heart will circulate
blood to the body,

while the native heart
will pump blood to the lungs.

More of a divide-and-conquer
approach.

Wouldn't you say, Dr. Yang?

Sounds risky?

All surgeries carry
a degree of risk,

but Dr. Marlowe pioneered
the procedure.

And Dr. Burke is one of the foremost
cardiothoracic surgeons

- in the country.
- I'll be the one on point, of course.

So you've nothing to worry about.

You've picked the best man
for the job.

What was that?

That was my smug,
passive-aggressive,

limey ex-boyfriend
trying to show me

I picked the wrong guy.

I-I know,
and I'm fine with it

as long as I'm learning something.

I was actually talking about you.

What was that?

You're gonna have to put up
with me

being nice and sweet
for a little while.

That'll be a nice change of pace.

Shut up.

That's more like it.

Hey, I saw Ava.

She looks terrific.

Yeah, yeah, she does.
Sloan kicked it out.

Yeah, well, you had something
to do with that, too.

Just doing my job.

Jeez.
You cannot take a compliment.

Well, I just don't want
people thinking...

What, you're trying to build
the perfect woman?

Dr. Montgomery,
the police just called.

They're on their way over.
They think they found Jane Doe's family.

I'm sure you felt that you need to be
even-handed when you announced

you were looking for someone
to take over as chief.

Give everybody a shot
at the brass ring.

I did.

- Can we drop that ruse soon?
- It's not a ruse.

You promised me the job
when I came here.

- It's why I came here.
- No you came

'cause your marriage fell apart,
you'd to get the hell outta dodge.

We had an understanding,
now you're having me

jump through hoops with
other attending in this hospital.

And I hear you're giving
Marlowe special privileges

to do a piggyback surgery.

This is a teaching hospital, Derek.

My interview didn't go
as well as I had hoped.

I would like your support
with the board.

You know my credentials.
You know I'm ready.

- I only have one vote.
- It's a strong vote.

I'm not feeling well.

What's wrong
with that girl?

Look, I can't talk to you
when you're making all that noise,

so pull it together
and get out here.

Now.

I have an 11-year-old daughter.

She needs
a bone marrow transplant.

I'm potentially a good match.

Please don't tell anybody.
Please.

This isn't a chapter
of my history that...

I understand.

She's here...

My kid...

And I'm supposed to go
up to pediatrics

and meet her right now,
and...

I mean, I've thought
about this moment...

what I would look like...

What I would say.

But I thought I would be older,

more together, more mature.

I thought she would be older.

And I never thought
that she would be sick.

Oh, god.
I don't know what to do.

I don't know what to do.
What do I do?

We love our Shannon,

but we never got along
wither husband.

- So she has a husband?
- Had.

One day while she was at work,
he packed up and disappeared.

He didn't want a baby.
But she went after him,

even pregnant like that.

We hadn't heard from her
in months,

and then today
we saw her picture on TV.

Mr. and Mrs. Waring, uh,
the woman we found,

- if she is your daughter...
- Well,

her nose is different,
and her chin, but they said that

they said that her face had been,
you know, changed.

Do you happen to know
your daughter's blood type?

She's B-positive.

Any medical conditions,
surgeries we should know about?

Um, she had her tonsils out
when she was 12.

It's her, isn't it?

It's Shannon.

Susan.

Meredith, hi.
I'm so glad I found you.

- Twice in one day.
- Is this a bad time?

I know you're always busy, but...

Yeah, no, I'm busy.
I'm at work.

Okay, I was, um...

You know I'd really
just love to talk with you.

I would love to find a time
for you and me to sit down...

I'm sorry. This is too much.

Way too much.
You keep showing up.

I cannot be your daughter
or your charity case

or the thing that you need to fix.

- I'm not trying to...
- No, no.

Stop talking, okay?

Stop mothering.

Just stop.

She is mid-30s,
brunette and 8 months pregnant.

If you recognize her, please...

My glamour shot's
been on the news

at least a dozen times already.

Admit it...
You're gonna miss me

when my fancy family
shows up to take me away.

You don't know they're fancy.
Open up.

Why, what's wrong
with my throat?

How would I know?
I haven't even seen it yet.

- Now open up.
- No, not till you tell me...

Wait.

Someone has recognized me,
haven't they?

Alex... Alex, you have
to tell me who it is please.

Their daughter's blood type
is B-positive.

She's your age.
She's pregnant.

Your height, your hair color,

and she has no tonsils.

So now are you gonna open up?

Yes. Please tell me
I have no tonsils.

- Say ah.
- Ah.

No tonsils.

Shannon?

Mr. and Mrs. Waring,
I asked you to wait.

- I have tests to complete...
- Alex...

It's okay.

Your name...

Is Shannon Marie.

Marie was my mother's name...

Your grandmother.

Shannon Marie.

Okay, discharge
beds one and three.

Two needs a social worker.

Hold this down for me,
O'Malley.

- I'm gonna be out for a while.
- Why?

- What's going on with Iz?
- What's going on with Stevens

is none of your concern.

What is your concern?
Sick people...

All these sick people...
until I get back. Understand?

Dr. Bailey, just did
a consult in trauma one.

The guy has a perf.
Can I scrub in?

No, you cannot scrub in.

Uh, you're here
with O'Malley for now.

Hey, what's wrong with Izzie?

Beds 7 through 13.
Start with number 8.

He doesn't have
much bladder control.

First, Mr. Redford,

while Dr. Marlowe is
preparing the surgical area,

I will be examing
the donor heart.

Actually, I'm sorry.

I'll examine the donor heart.

I want to be sure
the I.V.C. Orifice is oversewn.

Well, carry on.

Then I'llopen your chest
and put you on bypass,

at which point we will
connect the left atrium

- then the right atrium...
- Superior vena cava.

It simplifies the subsequent
cardiac biopsies.

You didn't read my article
in the...

"cardiothoracic monthly" last year.

Did you? Huh?

Well, I think Cristina
has a copy of it.

- Cristina, may i?
- Oh, of course.

Oh, what on earth is that?

Oh, testing colors.

For the big day, I assume?

I'm thinking, um...

coral.

Chief, come here.
I want to show you something.

I'm busy, Sloan.

I need an update on my patient
in room 3129.

- Oh, hi.
- Hi.

Okay. I have that right here.

I like those sneakers.
You a runner?

Yeah.

Me, too.

Maybe we should
go running some time.

Sure.

Anything else I can
help you with, Dr. Sloan?

No. All good.

Wingman.

Wingman.

Hannah is in there right now?

She is.

You see her,
you'll know what to do.

Must be nice to know
she has parents like this,

who fight for her,

think about what she wants,

try to make her happy
like you would've.

Doesn't mean you don't want
that girl to want you.

I'm...

She's so, so tired.

We left it up to Hannah,
and, uh, she's just not ready.

- I'm sorry.
- We don't want to force it.

Maybe another time?
When she's feeling better.

No, of course.

I understand.

I'm sorry,
but... the transplant?

Stevens.

Hey, look at me.
Look at me.

Your girl...

You can want her
to want you all day long,

but she has to be here

if she's ever gonna have
that chance again.

I'm sorry.

Of course. Yeah.
I'm ready. Let's get started.

Hey, guess what.
I'm a teacher.

I teach second grade
at north bend elementary.

- Oh
- Or at least I did until...

You can get your job back
whenever you want.

They love you there. When will
we be able to take her home?

You want to take her
back to...

North bend.
We've got a room all setup for her.

Your mom's got all of your books
and your letters and diaries.

- I kept diaries?
- About 800 of them.

So even if you don't
remember everything now,

you will.

Hear that?

I can go, right?

Well, you're still getting
I.V. antibiotics,

and we're monitoring the baby
very closely right now.

Yeah, but you can
make it happen, right?

Come on, Alex. Don't doctor me.
Help me get outta here.

Dr. Montgomery's got you
on strict bed rest until your delivery.

But I'll ask. Maybe...
Maybe you can do it from home.

Home. Wouah.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You okay? You look...
- Horrible. I'm in a horrible mood.

I yelled at Susan.

I think I scared off
my fake mommy forever.

Mm. Need cheering up?

No.

Me either.
It's gonna be ok.

- You think?
- Yeah, Susan will be okay.

How'd it go with the chief?

Uh, about as well
as you and Susan.

Wow. We make a good team.

I've been waiting for you

in really-old-guy's room
for 20 minutes. What gives?

Sorry. We decided
to eat down here today.

- Nobody told me.
- Anybody...

Move.

Anybody know
what's going on with Izzie?

Something's going on.

Why don't you
just ask her yourself?

Fine. I would if I knew
where she was.

I brought you lunch.

You've got stuff
on your hands.

I'm trying to scare away
cardio god.

With pretty, pretty fingers?

He takes my rook,
I take his bishop.

Hey, pouty head.

Oh, are you so sad 'cause no-face
girl's family is taking her home?

- Really? Someone claimed Ava?
- Yeah, her parents.

- She must be so relieved.
- Yeah, unless they suck.

Can you imagine, you can't remember
a family and they show up,

and it turns out
they're psycho killers?

Or over sharers.

Whatever. She's a patient.

I don't give a crap who her
parents are, where she goes.

Can we move on?

One second.

What's up with Izzie?

- I told you, it's none of your concern.
- No, it is my concern.

I demand to know.

I hope I didn't just hear you
say youdemand.

Well, are you her father?
Are you her husband?

Then stay here and keep
your mind on your job.

You hear me?

Grey.

Uh, look, I need to be upstairs,
so...

do not let this
out of your sight.

Walk this to the lab,
watch the lab run the test,

bring the test results
directly to me, nobody else.

It's Izzie.
What's the matter?

You will be discreet and not ask
a bunch of questions.

Now this is a private matter.
She needs these results now.

Okay.

Wow.
That's a big needle.

It's standard.
You should start to feel

numb about ten minutes after
I inject the lidocaine, okay?

Yeah. No, I know.
I've given epidurals before.

I know that's the needle.

It's just that somehow
it seems so much bigger

now that it's going into my spine.

- Little stick.
- Oh, my god.

You sure I can't call someone?
One of your friends?

You're gonna need somebody
to hold your hand.

No. Thank you.

Look, you sure?

Yeah, well, I can take
a lot of pressure,

just...
It's rough as sandpaper.

A little pressure.

Tell me where she is.

I can't. If she wanted you to know...

She does. She just...

We're just having
one of our stupid fights.

You know how wrong it is
if she's really in trouble

and I'm not there
because we're being idiots?

Come on.

Meredith, please.

She's upstairs in procedure room "A."

- That's all I know.
- Thank you.

So...

Dr. Montgomery says
you can take your daughter home.

But she wants to talk to
her local O.B.-G.Y.N.

There are some things
she wants to go over

- before we release her.
- I can't.

Okay. Well, I can go through
all this with your husband if...

No, you don't understand.

I can't take her home.

That girl is not my daughter.

She does look
an awful lot like shannon.

Sometimes
she even sounds like her.

You know, with the surgery
and, uh, the loss of memories...

A mother knows her own child,
Dr. Karev.

And that is not my child.

- But your husband, he's...
- Look,

if that's not Shannon,
we still don't know

where our girl is.
Do you understand?

He needs it to be her.

How am I supposed to tell him?

How do I tell either of them?

- Mrs. Waring...
- Dr. Karev...

Would you ask my husband
to meet me in the lobby?

- You need to face her.
- Please...

Tell her I'm sorry.

Things have changed.

No, no. Nothing has changed.

I deserve your support, Richard.

Tell me I have it. That I didn't move
to Seattle for nothing.

You moved to seattle to start
a new life,

and you did.

You have a fantastic woman

- who love you.
- It's not bout my personal life.

- But my career.
- You know what being chief

will do to your life?

Why the hell do you think
I'm getting a divorce

or dyeing my hair?

You can't do it all,
not if you want to be chief.

- You couldn't do it all.
- Neither can you.

Don't put your mistake on me.

Don't. I am the best candidate
for this job.

You know it and I know it
and that is the only factor

you need to take
into consideration.

I don't need your protection,
Richard and I don't want it.

I'm not trying
to protect you, Derek.

I told Ellis...

I promised her that I would
look after her daughter.

O'Malley,
did Stevens ask for you here?

No! No, I did not.

- Then you need to turn yourself...
- You're giving bone marrow?

- This is a private matter.
- I'm not leaving.

- George.
- No.

Make me.

Sorry, I'm starting now.

Just let me know when you're
gonna do stuff, okay?

You're okay.

I got it here.

Fine. Stevens, I'm going.

Unless you need me
to call security.

I'll manage.

Thank you.

You said back off.

You didn't tell me you were having
a hole drilled in your damn hip.

For who?

What's this private matter?

Okay,
I'm going in when you're ready.

Yeah?

Hey, Callie.

So if you could
just take these two,

- then that'll free me up...
- Oh, no.

I'm not here to work. I'm...

I'm, uh, I'm... I'm sorry.

I haven't slept in like 2 days,

and,
I'm actually looking for George.

We're supposed to meet up
for coffee.

- So...
- He's, uh, with Izzie, I think.

So if you're not here to work,

I'm st gonna take these back.
Thanks.

15-blade.

Suction, please.

Dr. Burke, you're not using

the superior-transseptal approach
for the atriotomy, are you?

Is that a problem?

Not at all unless your intention
is to kill the patient.

Dr. Marlowe, from what I've read--

Reading about a procedure is one thing

and performg it,
is quite another.

It was my mistake.

I should never have allowed
you to scrub in.

I think it best
from this point on

that you simply observe.

Suction, please.

Hurry up.

You should use the wheelchair.

- You're gonna be sore.
- I'm aware.

I'm fine now. Thank you.

Uh, you mean pantless but fine?

Crap.

Stand.

- I got it.
- Okay. Okay.

Hannah...

An 11-year-old girl.

That's the private matter.
She's mine.

Don't...

Don't look at me.

My mother wanted me
to keep her.

But I knew... even at 16...

I knew that baby
deserved better

than life...
at a Chehalis trailer park.

And now she's here and...

And she might be dying and
she doesn't want to meet me.

Oh, crap.

I didn't think I really cared
until she said no.

How about that?

I can say hail marys until...

Until I turn into mary,
but I still miss you.

Not the...

the sex.

It was not tragic,
George.

But I'll live without it.

I won't make it
if you can't be my friend.

If we can't...

What you did today...

You should be proud.

I'll get an orderly
to take you downstairs.

But I have to go.

You understand?

Some surgery.

- And Colin was...
- Brillant.

He's a gifted surgeon.

Listen, I had a question.

When you moved the atrium
to the vena cava,

why did you switch
from 3-0 to 5-0 sutures?

You want to use
the finest sutures you can

for vascular structures.

A delicate tissue
demands a delicate touch.

Right.

That makes sense.

Thank you.

Of course.

- I'll see you at home?
- Yeah.

- How long have you been standing there?
- Long enough.

We've been playing
our little game all day long.

But what I just saw...

that was real.

The question you asked him
about the sutures,

that was from my paper
the paper you helped me write.

You already knew the answer.

The Cristina Yang I knew...

was concerned with excellence.

She would never play the part
of the helpless girl

trying to build up
a grown man's ego.

- What has become of you?
- I have learned that sometimes

you have to think about
other people.

You've compromised yourself.

No.

I'm going home.
You're right.

It's senseless,
coming here,

chasing after a job
that was beneath me

just so I could be near
a woman who...

a woman who apparently
no longer exists.

Best of luck...
With the wedding.

No, there they are.

- Come on.
- I can't. I-I can't.

You look. Please.
You look for me.

Okay.

she's getting the infusion.
You did it.

Is she, um...

How does she look?

You can...
You can see for yourself.

It's okay.
She can't see us from here.

She's got your eyes...

And your mouth.

That means she probably
talks a lot and eats a lot then.

If she's in pain,
she's not letting on.

Man, she's tough.

That's her, George.
That's Hannah.

She's beautiful, don't you think?

She's really... beautiful.

Yeah, she's a heartbreaker.

Need some help with that?

I know you didn't
just wander in here

to help me change
pillowcases.

You warned me
she could become a problem.

Who, Meredith?

You know, you love somebody,
you think you can handle it all.

You've done all right.
Both of you.

I came out here to be chief,

and Meredith complicates that.

Well, if this turns
into an either/or,

you pick the person you love,

end of story.

Look, all of this means nothing
if you're alone.

Oh, crap!

Our coffee.
I'm... I'm sorry.

I've... I forgot.
I got...

- I got so busy...
- Oh, yeah? With what?

Oh, j... the clinic,

patients and...
Well, you know how it is.

Oh, man.

Yeah, I know how it is, so...

I'm really tired.
I'm really, really tired.

So I'll just...
I'll see you at home.

Solitaire.

My dad taught me.
That sounds so weird.

"My dad."

Good weird, though.

So you and the redhead
gonna let me go home?

Or were you too busy making eyes
at each other to even ask?

What?

- Ava...
- No.

It's Shannon.

- Listen...
- My name is Shannon.

Shannon Marie.

I'm sorry.

Those are supposed to be
my people.

I belong with them, Alex.

I'm supposed to go with them.

Your people, we... we don't
even know who they are yet.

You don't want to find them.

You want to keep me
all to yourself.

Well, here I am,

your pathetic
captive audience.

Isn't it sad that I'm
the best you can do?

- Ava...
- My name is not Ava!

You made it up!
It's not me!

Get out!

Get out!

Some people believe
that without history,

our lives amount to nothing.

Sloan, you brought me to a bar.

- You know I don't drink.
- Which is perfect.

Better to keep your mind sharp.
Let the ladies do the drinking.

You think if you get me laid,

I might make you chief.

At some point,
we all have to choose.

Do we fall back on what we know?

I hear Dr. Marlowe is going home.

About time.

The fingernails,
the hand holding,

well played.

Now you can get back
to being Cristina.

Or do we step forward
to something new?

It's hard not to be haunted
by our past.

Our history is what shapes us,

what guides us.

Seriously?

Okay.
That stops right now.

It's just, I'm... I'm waiting
for Derek, and I'm very tired.

I don't care. Let me in.

- Excuse me?
- It's freezing out here,

and I have been working
myself up to saying this,

well, for a while now,

so I need you
to let me in now, please.

It's my fault your father
didn't fight harder for you.

I knew about you.

I could've pushed him to be
a part of your life.

I should've pushed him.
You were a child.

We were the adults.

But we were just married,
and it was new and...

That's what I cared about.

And I know the groceries
and everything

are a little much,
but that's just what I do.

I mean, quit looking at me
like I'm crazy 'cause that's not fair.

I'm just trying to find a way
to be there for you

the only way that I know how,

and if you can't accept that,
fine.

But just stop being so rude.

And I...

Okay.

I'm overstepping again,
aren't I?

As mothers go,

I've only ever known
overbearing,

never overprotective.

This is all new.

- It's okay.
- It is?

Yes.

Our history resurfaces
time after time after time.

Not just surgery,
but chief of surgery.

Really?

Oh, well, not for much longer,
really.

I'm gonna go...

Over there.
Hold down the fort, chief.

So, um, you come here often?

Oh, sometimes. It's on my way
home from bio class.

Excuse me.
Is this seat taken?

No.

Um, it was, uh,
it was nice talking to you.

You, too.

The last time I tried
to pick up a woman,

I had a harvey wallbanger
in one hand

and an afro pick in the other.

Oh, Richard.

Well, you think about it.
I mean, when you're married,

you'd like to think
you still have game.

Practice on me.

I'm sorry?

Mark's right. I mean,

he's wrong about
so many things,

but he is right about this.

You need to get back out there.
So...

practice.

Addison,
I wouldn't know where to start.

Ask me to dance.

Well, there's...
There's no dance floor.

So? Ask me anyway.

So we have to remember...

Sometimes the most important history

is the history
we're making today.