Previously on "Grey's Anatomy"...
What if it wasn't - ridiculous? - What?
What if you try to cure Alzheimer's?
Should I anticipate any - goodbye e-mails from you? - I don't know.
Tessa's like Seattle royalty.
Man, I grew up on her stories.
Tessa: I do have another story to tell.
"Tessa and the Rising Sun."
I'm sorry. I can't.
Nick: You don't consider me part of your life.
Of course you're part of my life.
You took the Boston job without even talking to me.
I love cardio. But I love you more.
Guess I'm not sure that I respect that.
[ Thunder crashes, glass shatters ]
[ Child screaming ]
♪ I'm up, I'm here, I'm out the door ♪
Meredith: One of the greatest frustrations surgeons have
are the unrealistic expectations of our patients.
Whoa.
♪ Don't you wanna go with me
Whoa! Whoa!
No!
No. No, no, no!
Whether they're acutely ill or they've been sick for years...
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
Oh, my God. No.
...by the time they're on the surgical table,
they're hoping for a miracle.
- Thanks for the ride. - Get out.
I'm late. So am I.
But often, surgery is just the beginning of the healing,
rather than an end.
Because for weeks or months post-op,
people have to learn how to live
without the part of their body we've just removed.
- Simone: You're late. - Mika: Not as late as you.
And that's not always easy and it's never painless.
So, surgery is not the happily ever after
our patients hope it will be.
Like everything else in life, it's an evolution.
Now, remember what I said to you.
You're going to take these gifts
and go visit your old daycare teachers.
They're gonna be very excited to see you.
Do you remember where you're going?
- Mom, I'm not a baby. - Same, Mom.
Okay.
Amelia: Hey! Maggie: Look who's here!
Hi. Big last day.
Yeah, we're trying to forget
all that and act like everything
- is super normal. - How are we doing?
Not great. [ Chuckles ]
- How's the new place? - Amelia: It is great.
It is weird to live alone when I don't have Scout,
but I feel very grown up.
Do you have any surgeries - I can watch today? - Zola--
I might have a very excellent one
with Uncle Winston in O.R. two, if your mom says it's okay.
Mom, please?
Okay, if anyone asks, I don't know where you are.
Link! Hi. Hey.
Do you, uh-- Do you have - a busy schedule today? - Actually, no.
I've carved out my whole day to catch up on charting.
I am buried in--I need you to pick up a cake by noon.
- This bakery's across town. - It's for Meredith.
Does she like faraway cake?
It's her favorite.
It's the triple berry with the buttercream.
I would do it myself,
but the baby that I delivered
two weeks ago with the malformed heart,
he's having heart surgery today,
and his parents are very attached to me, and--
and-- and you love me, so please help.
That is true.
I do love you. Thank you.
[ Sighs, sniffs ]
You're all rounding with Doctors Ndugu and Pierce.
They are breaking new surgical ground,
and it is a privilege that they have invited--
Sorry. My car broke down.
Had to get a ride with my sister.
Yeah, my car got towed and it's also my house.
Do you know who else wasn't punctual?
Taryn Helm wasn't punctual,
despite being an excellent surgeon,
and now you can find her throwing her life away
bartending across the street.
There's a surgeon bartending at Joe's?
Why?
Because she burnt out, that's why.
So, hydrate and sleep and lean on your friends,
and take a break and get a good therapist.
And be on time,
unless you want to wind up like Helm,
wasting your talents,
your family's investment, and your futures.
Does she know you're throwing shade behind her back?
[ Scoffs ]
Woman over PA: Dr. Joseph to L
Dr. Earl Joseph to L
Meadow, Will.
Um, we're a teaching hospital,
and these are our first years.
Is it okay if they stay?
You can say no.
Uh, i-it should be okay.
Baby?
[ Baby cries ]
Dr. Kwan.
Arlo Fischer, delivered by Dr. Wilson two weeks ago,
and diagnosed with truncus arteriosus and VSD.
He's been listed for a transplant for heart failure,
and he was placed on ECMO a week ago.
Arlo's deterioration is sending him into organ failure.
We got a call from UNOS last night that there is a match,
but the procurement team reported
that the donor heart muscle is weak
and not suitable for transplantation.
Winston: But Dr. Pierce and I believe
that we can still make use of the heart
if we transplant only the two major arteries.
So, it's a partial heart transplant?
Has that ever been done before?
No, this will be the first.
Meadow: [ Sniffles ] I don't understand.
Why can't we just wait on another heart?
Meadow, it could take months to find another match.
Arlo cannot stay on ECMO for that long.
Baby, she's saying partial is better than nothing.
We know this is frightening, but if this works,
these valves will grow with him for the rest of his life,
and he won't need a heart transplant
or any other additional surgeries.
If this works. What if it doesn't work?
He dies? My baby dies?
We're gonna give you some time to think about it.
We really do believe that this is
Arlo's best option at this point.
[ Crying ]
Can you... Jo: I can stay.
Yes, Of course.
- Thank you, Doctor. - Yeah.
♪
[ Knock on door ]
Come in.
Hey. Hi.
[ Door closes ]
Heard it's your last day. It is.
Thanks for coming.
I went by the house.
It's nice to see it's still standing.
There's a giant hole where the attic used to be.
They've spent the last two weeks stabilizing the place,
but everything still reeks of smoke.
It's... How are the kids?
Zola's excited to start at her new school.
I think Bailey and Ellis are sad to leave.
I called, you know?
I know.
This has been a lot.
A fire, living in a hotel, moving.
No, I know it's been a lot, but what-- what was your plan?
You were just gonna leave and not call me back?
And you're gonna move across the country
without a conversation?
I-I-I-I don't get that. I don't.
I didn't know what to say.
I moved here to be with you.
Yes, I took a job, but I moved here
to be with you.
You didn't say it back.
I didn't say what back?
You s-- [ Sighs ]
What?
I said, "I love you."
You were standing exactly in that spot
where you are right now.
I said, "I love you."
You didn't say it back.
You had just taken a job at my hospital.
I thought-- I had hoped
that we were gonna pick it up
right where we left off.
But you seemed to want to take it slow.
So, it did not occur to me
to confer with you about me moving.
Okay, so wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, whoa.
This-- So, this is on me?
This whole thing, it's my fault?
That is not what I just said.
I-I didn't do and say exactly what you thought
I should do and say on exactly your timeline,
so this whole mess is my fault.
That's what you're saying? That is not what I said.
No, no. Nope.
I can't.[ Door opens ]
I can't.
♪
So essentially, we will take out the truncus
and the malformed artery,
replace it with the donor aorta and pulmonary trunk,
and then use their walls to close the VSD.
So it's like gutting the inside of a house
without disturbing the frames.
Can you not use the word "gutting" when talking
about a tiny baby heart?
Mm, cosign.
I don't like the verbiage, but it is a pretty apt metaphor.
Do we get to scrub in?
There will only be room for one of you at the table.
We are operating on a heart the size of a strawberry.
The vessels are half a centimeter wide.
My hands are the smallest!
You will not be stitching. You will be observing.
But whoever does the best vascular anastomosis
in the skills lab wins the spot.
Dr. Kwan.
Yeah?
Uh, don't do your finger agility exercises
in front of the patients, alright?
Oh, it's a technique I use to disengage
from the emotionality.
To stay neutral.
Y-You know, when-- when the mother
started crying, I was...
It's smart. You just can't let them see it, Kwan.
Understood.
[ Sighs ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
Teddy: Richard!
Just curious how it's going.
The search for the new chief.
It was easy a few years ago
when we were at the top of our game. Right.
But we've got a lot of interesting applicants
we're sorting through, yeah.
I mean, Grey-Sloan is not an easy place
just to step right into.[ Chuckles ]
It's got its own history, its-- its own quirks,
its own personality.
Well, that it does. [ Chuckles ]
Yeah. I mean, it-- it wouldn't be the-- the worst idea
to look closer to home.
Someone who's been here,
who-- who understands our history,
the issues, and-- and our past and our needs.
Altman, I think you're onto something.
T-There's no extra pay involved,
but there's lots of free pastries
and we could use your expertise.
I-I'm sorry, there's no extra pay?
No, the search committee is voluntary.
But we'd love to have you.
We're meeting in the second floor conference room
from 4:00 to 6:00 on Monday.
Okay, got it. Thank you.
I will...
join. Great.
Yeah. [ Chuckles ] Thank you.
Okay.
Meadow, I got a page. Is everything okay?
I can't do it.
I-I can't kiss him goodbye
for what might be forever.
She wants to wait.
W-We want to wait for a whole heart.
An infant donor heart could take up to six months
to find a match.
But we got this one.
This one was a match and it came in days.
- But it was damaged. - I know.
But we could get another match
in the next couple of days.
It could happen.
I know that it's hard, and I know that it's scary,
but Dr. Pierce is as good as it gets
and she is not a risk taker.
She doesn't do experimental surgeries
for practice or for glory.
She is suggesting this because she believes
that she can save Arlo's life.
I don't know how to love my son this much
and send him in for an experimental surgery
that might kill him.
I-I can't do it.
[ Crying ] If he dies in that surgery,
I won't ever be okay again.
Tell Dr. Pierce thank you, but no.
The surgery is off.
♪
[ Cries ]
♪
Ow! Damn it.[ Glasses clatter ]
You know what?
Screw this.
What? Should I go after her? Blue: Shh.
Some of us are trying to win.
I hate this stitch.
Oh, you have to kinda twirl your wrist like, um...
Here.
Right.
Yeah.
[ Cellphone buzzes ]
- Oh, no. - It's Tessa Hobbes.
Who?
I have no idea.
[ Tweezers clatter ]
Done.
Tessa. What happened?
I'm so sorry.
She came in with severe abdominal pain.
She's a bit hypotensive. Take her to CT.
I-I picked up my groceries.
Tessa, we said no heavy lifting, three months.
It was just a grocery bag,
and I was feeling so great.
And then there was this sharp pain,
like something tore.
And then she drove herself here.
Wh-- You drove yourself?
Well, in retrospect, I can see
that might have been a bad idea.
Tessa, which area hurts exactly?
All of it. The entire abdomen hurts.
Here-- touch right there.
- Ow! - She's tachycardic.
We should take her straight to the O.R.
No, her blood pressure's holding.
Get her to CT first and then call the O.R.
to be on standby.
Skip the line. I'll call ahead.
I really think we should just take her
straight to the O.R.Go! I'll call Marsh.
Someone page Chief Grey!
♪ Hey, love
- Are you Dr. Hellum? - Who's asking?
Mika Yasuda, first year surgical resident.
It's Helm, and I'm no longer a doctor.
Cool, 'cause I'm barely a doctor
and I'm desperate for a win.
Could you possibly teach me
how to do a perfect microvascular anastomosis?
There's a contest and if I win I get to scrub in
on a partial heart transplant on a newborn.
A partial heart transplant doesn't exist.
I know, but it is about to, and I-I need this.
I need a win because I, uh--
I don't have anywhere to sleep tonight,
and Seattle is outrageously expensive,
and being a surgical resident is exhausting...
[ Chuckles ] ...to the point of nearly impossible,
and I just really need to give myself a reason to keep caring.
And if Blue wins, I cannot take the gloating.
Blue? Like the ribbon.
And this is a nickname he perpetuates.
Wow. That is arrogant.
Right?
20 bucks.
My house was towed this morning, so I don't have 20 bucks.
But if I win this contest,
I will barback for you on Friday night for free.
You've been a barback?
No, but I've been a cater waiter
and I'm excellent at chopping limes.
♪
Give me it.
♪
♪ I love you far
♪ You know I'm never right
I was treating myself to champagne and fruit salad
because that's what I was craving,
and I had plenty to celebrate.
Now, okay, wait, wait.
[ Shakily ] And then the groceries came.
They left them on the front stoop.
It didn't even o-occur to me
not to bend over and pick them up.
It's routine.
It's muscle memory.
Dr. Griffith, the ring around your necklace--
are you engaged?
I-I was. I was engaged.
Now I'm not.
Heartbreak is the worst.
It is.
If I die today, I might even miss heartbreak.
Please try not to die today.
Yeah, I'll do my best.
Oh, wait. I need my purse.
- Right now? - Yes, where is it?
Uh, it's downstairs with your clothes.
I can get it after we're done here.
Okay.
Meredith: Hey, what happened?
Schmitt said her abdomen is distended and she's tachy.
She's getting more hypotensive.
Okay, well, you two need to go book an O.R.
I don't care if you have to kick someone out to do it.
Tessa takes priority.
[ Sighs ] I don't get it.
She did this for groceries?
Well, I don't think she did it on purpose, Nick.
I think she probably lives alone and is set in her ways,
and I'm sure it's a lot for her to change and ask for help.
Hello?
We're here, Tessa. Please stay very still.
I'm afraid. This is all wrong.
I-I don't want to die.
[ Breathes shakily ]
I still have something to say.
Tessa, you're not going anywhere today.
We've got you.
She's bleeding out.
We're gonna need some help in here.
We're gonna need blood in the O.R.
Tessa, we're gonna take you upstairs.
Amelia: So on a scale of one to better?
We're better. I think. I think we're better.
But you're not sure?
I am sure that we are both excited
about this partial heart transplant on an infant,
which is a stroke-of-genius idea
that we came up with together.
And that is because in the O.R., we're good together.
In our chosen field of study, we are so good.
Are you rehearsing a speech you plan on
- giving him later? - Maybe a little.
So the two of you haven't really spoken since the fire.
Oh, we said some things.
We needed a cooling-off period.
It's best that we haven't talked about it.
A-And, you know, we'll talk again soon.
As soon as we change medical history.
I have bad news.
Oh, no. The baby?
No, he's stable.
But his mom's too scared.
She wants to call it off.
I can't talk her into it. That would be unethical.
But you think she's got this one wrong?
Without this surgery, the baby has days to live.
She had a 30-hour labor and she did it without any meds.
- Meaning? - She's a warrior.
She's strong in her convictions,
and she seems sure of what she wants.
Let me talk to her.
You can't.
I'm not her doctor.
Let me talk to her.
Will: You're a neurosurgeon, so do you think Arlo needs--
No, no, no. No.
No, I'm not here as one of Arlo's doctors.
I'm sorry, but if you're here to try to talk me into--
I'm here because I had a baby
who only lived for 43 minutes.
He had a condition called anencephaly,
which is when the baby's brain does not develop typically,
and, uh, we discovered it when I was 6 months pregnant.
We didn't know.
We didn't know until he was born
that there was anything wrong.
I gave birth to Christopher
knowing that he would be an organ donor,
uh, because there was nothing that we could do.
There was no surgery that we could try.
And, um, I think about him a lot these days
because he has a brother now, named Scout,
and as Scout grows up,
I cannot help but think about
who Christopher would have been.
And, um...
what I do know is [sighs]
if there had been a chance
that Christopher could have lived,
if there had been any hope,
if there had been any surgery
and it meant that he might live...
I would take the shot.
[ Alarm beeping ]
♪
I knew it.
I knew we should have taken her straight to the O.R.
We needed the CT to see if we could operate--
My gut doesn't lie.
And I should have fought for it.
We should have brought her straight here.
Yeah, I'm number one.
Ew, someone likes himself.
No, my sample is literally number one.
But yes, I intend to win.
What is that face? Is that good?
It is if you want to go home early.
I knew I shouldn't have practiced on bananas.
What about fruit says "baby veins" to you?
This is all good work.
Number one's sutures are particularly precise.
But with perfect alignment and tension,
the winner is number three.
That's me!
Guess we gotta call you Red today, huh?
[ Sniffles ] Hm.
[ Sirens wailing ]
♪
Scalpel.
♪
I thought you would win.
Your stitches are typically excellent.
I know.
Better than Yasuda's.
I tanked the contest
because babies scare the crap out of me.[ Chuckles ]
Didn't want to be anywhere near that table.
Why are you scared of babies?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
You gotta tell me. Come on.
Okay, but you owe me one.
Owe you what?
Whatever I decide.
Fine.
When I was 5, my dad took me into the backyard
where my mom had just given birth to my brother
in a kiddie pool.
[ Inhales deeply ]
Now, you've done an OB rotation.
You're acquainted with all the blood and placenta
and the literal horror movie that is human child birth.
And I'm sure it's all very beautiful in its own way,
but I was 5.
And before I could fully process what I was seeing,
my dad handed me a pair of scissors
and told me to cut the umbilical cord.
Wait, you were 5?
Yeah.
[ Stifled laughter ]
What, you think this is funny?
This is trauma.
This is-- This is crystal-loving,
weed-smoking, latter-day hippie-style trauma.
[ Laughter ] Zola: Shh!
Sorry to shush you, but my aunt
is making history right now,
and I think we should all be paying attention.
♪ I've had my heart get swallowed ♪
[ Monitor alarm ]
♪ And dragged down to the deep ♪
♪ But I made it to tomorrow
♪ So I believe
♪ After all these years of trying ♪
♪ Weighing on these tired bones ♪
♪ If there's something I'll take with me ♪
[ Flatline ]
Starting compressions.
[ Flatline ]
♪ Let it be hope
Come on, Tessa.
♪ Yeah, let it be hope
♪ Yeah, let it be
♪ Let it be hope
♪ Let it be
Come on, Tessa. Fight.
Nick: Mer.
Meredith, let Griffith take over.
♪ After all these years of trying ♪
♪ Weighing on these tired bones ♪
♪ If there's something I'll take with me ♪
♪ Mm-mmm
♪ Let it be hope
♪ Yeah, let it be hope
♪ Yeah, let it be
♪ Let it be hope
♪ Yeah, let it be
♪ Yeah, let it be hope
Meredith: Griffith, it's time to stop.
♪ Let it be hope
[ Exhales deeply ]
♪ Let it be hope
[ Flatline ]
Simone: Oh, God.
[ Flatline ]
Oh, my God. No. [ Sniffles ]
♪ Let it be hope
Time of death 12:21.
Chief Grey, I'd like to close her up.
I'd like to pay her that respect.
Can I help? Yeah.
[ Door opens ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
That was so incredibly stupid.
That did not have to end that way.
I hate this day.
I hate everything about this day.
Me, too.
I-I'm a-- I-I'm a transplant surgeon.
I-I wait. I'm trained to wait.
I attach, I perfuse, I wait for the organ to take.
For it not to be rejected.
For it to pink up. For blood to flow.
Because that's how humans respond.
They're not machines with an on/off switch.
[ Sighs ]
And I'm a grown woman with a big life
and a big career and three kids.
And this move is what my daughter needs.
I want you in my life if you want to be in my life.
But if I have to choose, I'm going to pick me.
I pick my kids, and I pick what's best for us.
And I am not going to beg you to love me.
[ Sighs ]
[ Door opens, closes ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
[ Siren wails in distance ]
I'm sorry I was emotional earlier.
Be sorry when you stop feeling the losses.
This was my last surgery here.
I thought for sure I was going out on a high.
I know that sounds shallow.
No, it's devastating, on every level.
How's your grandmother?
Awful. It's awful.
She exclusively calls me by my mother's name now,
which I can handle. I didn't know my mother.
But my sister, she remembers my mother,
she remembers that I killed her.
She was 6 when it happened and...
she's never forgiven me for it.
And every time my grandmother calls me
by my mother's name, she hates me more,
and I don't know why I'm telling you this, Chief Grey.
Well, because you know I know.
And I don't work here anymore,
so you can call me Meredith.
I have Tessa's book, Meredith.
- What? - She wrote her last book.
She saved it on a thumb drive,
and she brought it here to the hospital,
which means after she felt her pain,
the first thing she did
is go to her computer and save her book.
♪
She wanted me to give it to her publisher in Boston,
and, um, I know you're-- you're going there today.
♪ Your color's fading
♪ 'Cause I kept you waiting
♪ It's a wild, wild world
I'm so happy she got to write her last story.
♪ And you're a wild, wild girl ♪
Chief Grey? Meredith?
♪ Our sun's still shining
♪ But it seems half the size I'm sorry.
♪ And it's a wild, wild world
My mentor once told me you worry
when you stop feeling the losses.
♪ Before my time runs out [ Sighs ] Let's go inside.
♪ What if I run away to Mars?
♪ Would you find me in the stars? ♪
The heart is completely pumping on its own.
♪ Would you miss me in the end? ♪
It worked?
So far, yeah. So far, it worked, yeah.
♪ If I run out of oxygen
♪ When I run away
Amelia, thank you.
♪ To Mars
[ Exhales deeply ]
Echo looks great. VSD is closed.
Outflow from the new arteries looks good.
It sure feels like we saved that baby's life.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
Are you taking in the miracle?
That is exactly what I'm doing.
That was beyond my wildest imagination
of what my day would be.
And not just this day, which was awful
because my house-van got towed with my whole life in it.
That was beyond my wildest imagination
of what any day of my life could be.
The way that you saved that tiny baby heart.
I will never forget it.
Did you say house-van?
Yeah, you sleep in a van?
Oh, well, I can't afford to get it out of impound,
so not tonight.
Anyway, thank you.
♪ Mars
♪ Would you find me in the stars? ♪
Aunt Amy, how did you do it?
How did I do what?
How did you stop caring what other people think?
My mom, your sisters, they talk about you like--
like-- like you don't give a flying crap
what anybody else thinks
and, like, they're a little jealous of that.
And I want to know how you did it.
Because I wanted to fight for a patient today.
My gut told me everything she needed and I didn't do it
because I was worried about what other people would think.
I-I was worried about getting in trouble.
You want to know the truth?
The truth is I care deeply what other people think.
And then I do what I think is right anyway.
But I learned that the hard way.
I had to live a lot of life
before I became the kind of person
I like and respect.
My patient died today.
I should have fought.
The good news is...
you let that pain soak in...
...next time, you will fight.
♪
Did you ever find a place to live, Shep?
Uh, yeah, I found a youth hostel with a roach problem.
And please don't call me Shep.
Then don't call me Aunt Amy.
[ Siren wails in distance ]
Is that it?
Straight from the oven from the faraway bakery.
You are truly, madly, deeply the best.
Wow, it's so much bigger than I thought it would be.
I know. It barely fit in my car.
Wait, what do you mean bigger?
Did you check it?
I gave them your name, they gave me a cake.
[ Laughs ]
Well, there's no time to take it back.
What do we do?
♪
[ Cork pops ]
♪
Oh, hey.
♪
Oh. [ Clears throat ]
- Top of my class. - What?
I was top of my class at an East Coast boarding school
where my classmates were doing designer drugs
and cheating their way to a passing grade.
I was top of my class.
And I didn't even drink in high school.
Well, this is sparkling cider.
Then I was second in my class in undergrad,
but that's because I had a brutal case of mono
my junior year, which took me out for weeks,
but in med school, I was back up to number one.
And I completed my cardiothoracic fellowship
at the Mayo Clinic before coming here
and training Cristina Yang as a heart surgeon.
I have an inarguable pedigree and I find it insulting
that you invite me to sit on a panel to choose a chief
without stopping to consider offering me the job.
Teddy, this hospital just came out of a shutdown.
Dr. Bailey and Dr. Grey both quit the job
that you're talking about,
and their pedigree is quite similar to yours.
I didn't consider you for the job
because it is a flailing program
with a huge amount of stress.
But by all means, if you want it,
it's yours.
Really? Is that a yes?
Can I think about it?
What is going on here?
Oh, crap. She's here. Surprise!
All: Surprise!
Aw, Come on, people. You can do better than this.
Okay, ready?
All: Surprise!
[ Chuckles ]
Well, this is very thoughtful.
And ridiculous because I'm only going to Boston,
and you know I'll probably be here next week.
For God's sake, Grey, will you just let us toast you?
[ Laughter ]
To Meredith Grey![ Cheering ]
♪ Been swimming through shadows ♪
You know, once upon a time...
♪ Moonrise
...you were the bane of my existence.
But, no, you grew up to become
one of my greatest points of pride.
I'm...
♪ We keep run, run, running from the cold ♪
To-- Wa--
♪ Keep my eyes wide open
Okay, go. Go.
Dr. Grey, what Dr. Bailey is trying to say is...
this place won't be the same without you.
♪ On my, my way
♪ Oh, you gotta keep on feeding that fire ♪
♪ Oh, you gotta keep on dancing through the night ♪
♪ Hey, let it fall
To Meredith Grey.
Hey. Hear, hear.
[ Cheering ]
♪ Hey
Mom. Yes?
- It was amazing. - Was it?
Aunt Maggie was amazing.
Of course she's amazing.
I think I might want to change
from neuro to cardio.
Will you be mad?
I will absolutely not be mad.
[ Laughter ]
Did you talk to Nick? I did.
We have a plane to catch.
Should we go?
♪ Chasing the light
[ Giggles ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
Dr. Marsh.
[ Clears throat ] Helm.
Hey.
What are you doing behind a bar?
Living my best life.
What are you doing at the bar?
Uh, yeah, well, it was a bit of a rough day,
so I decided to call it early.
Actually, can I have a whiskey rocks, please?
Thank you. I don't get it.
Isn't Dr. Grey leaving today?
Isn't her party, like, right now?
Yeah. Oh, my God.
You are such an idiot.
[ Chuckles ] Wow.
[ Sighs ] I don't work there anymore,
so I'm just gonna tell you the truth
instead of pretending to respect
your awful decision making.
She's Meredith Grey.
She's impossible, and she's perfect,
and she's brilliant, and she cares.
And she can be mean sometimes, but only when she needs to be,
and she can be selfish sometimes
because she has earned that right.
And for some stupid reason she's into men
so she never fell in love with me,
but she fell in love with you.
And you're here?
How stupid are you?
♪
[ Maggie sighs ]
He's still going strong.
I am in awe.
It really is a miracle.
Yes. Yeah.
It is-- It's a miracle of science, Winston.
Specifically, it's a miracle of cardiothoracic surgery.
We did a thing that no one else has done today,
and-- and we saved that baby's life.
And if it worked like I think it did,
this miracle of science is going to save
thousands of babies' lives. [ Chuckles ]
That has to make you see that you can't just change
your field of study at this stage of your career.
You told me that you didn't respect my choice--
you said you didn't respect me.
- I didn't say that. - And then there was a fire.
You know, it was a lot.
I gave you time, and I gave you space,
but for two weeks now, I've been waiting
for an apology that hasn't come.
And now you're doubling down?
You're-- There's no apology coming
because you meant what you said?
I think you'll reconsider--
Yeah, changing my job to protect my marriage.
It's not a job.
It is a gift.
Alright.
And just like that the feeling is mutual.
What feeling?
You told Kwan that his strategy to disengage
emotionally from his patients was smart.
What feeling?
All this time, I don't-- I don't know how I missed it.
Winston, what feeling?
The disrespect.
You're cold.
And I don't respect it.
♪
Bailey, w-w-where's Meredith?
She's one of a kind.
That's what I was trying to say. She's one of a kind.
A firecracker.
- Yeah. - Any words at all, really.
Look, she's, uh, on her way to the airport.
But look, there's cake if you need some.
You look like you need some.
♪
Well, fine. More for me.
Woman over PA: This is the final boarding call for Flight 623.
Any remaining passengers,
please proceed to the gate at this time.
♪ Hold steady
♪ This heaviness
♪ Will break
Come on, come on, come on.
♪ Through the ground
♪ Take cover
♪ What's underneath
Oh, come on.
[ Sighs ] Oh, my God.
♪ Will find a way out
Alright.
Zola, you can sit here.
Guys, we're gonna sit here.
Go right in there.
♪ Living in the lost
[ Sighs ] I'm never gonna make it.
♪ Falling through the motions like a sinking stone ♪
Okay.
♪ Living in the lost
♪ Seeking out the silence, but you're never alone ♪
♪ Living in the lost
Who wants to read the new [singsong voice] Tessa book?
Oh, Zola, I know these are a little young for you,
but this is the last one ever.
Ellis: That's the book?
[ Cellphone buzzes ] Yes, I got an advanced copy.
Hold on, guys.
Hi. We're on the plane.
I love you.
I fell in love with you the first day I met you.
I fell in love with you the second day I met you.
And I have loved you every minute of every day
that I have known you.
Meredith?
Um, I...
Meredith?
I can't quite hear you. Meredith?
We're about to take off,
so I'll call you when we get settled.
Meredith...
Meredi-- [ Beep ]
♪
"I've flown rockets and slayed dragons,
I've saved lives and I've had my life saved.
I've been through broken bones and a broken home
and the death of people I love, but I'm still here."
[ Elevator bell dings ]
"I never chose the safety of what was known
when there was the possibility of more to be discovered."
Hey.
Could I stay at your place tonight?
♪
"I've had adventures that most people only dream about."
♪ Nocturnal
"And I've had losses that I still dream about."
♪ When the days and the nights blend into one ♪
"And if there's one thing I've learned
in all my adventures, it's that there's no such thing
as a life lived happily ever after.
Unless the happily means simply that we're still alive.
That the sun is rising on another day.
Because with every sunrise
comes the possibility of happiness
and also the possibility of heartache."
[ Chuckles ] Uh, what are you doing here?
Grey gave me a key.
She said there's a hole in the attic,
but if I don't mind overseeing the repairs, I can stay here.
"And sometimes it's all rolled up together."
Yeah, my Aunt Amelia told me the same thing.
[ Chuckles ]
"I came to understand as a very young child
that when the imagination is limitless,
life's possibilities are endless."
When I got kicked out of my residency,
it also ended my relationship.
Had my dream job, was planning my dream life,
and then I didn't, and I wasn't.
"But I learned that the hard way."
It's not that I don't feel things.
It's that I don't want to put
you through any kind of rebound.
♪ Keep reaching and seeing if I can just break my way out ♪
[ Chuckles ]
I-I mean,
I could be down for a rebound.
[ Chuckles ] Did you really just say that?
[ Both chuckle ]
Um, okay, w-what I'm saying is,
you know, as long as we call it what it is,
then no harm, no foul, right?
Apparently we live together
so that's a really, uh...
[ Chuckles ]
...terrible idea.
Yeah.
♪ Oh
[ Exhales deeply ]
[ Chuckles ]
♪ Nocturnal
"I learned it through yearning and frustration
and ache and longing
and sometimes desperation for a life different
than the one I was living."
♪ Turned purple
♪ All the air that I had gone from my lungs ♪
♪ Eyes are closing, head spinning round ♪
"I learned to stretch my imagination
and spread my wings,
and to allow for all the options life had to offer."
♪ Oh
"Not only the ones I could see with my eyes.
I stretch for the ones I could feel with my heart."
♪ Lost or found, who am I now? ♪
Wow.
This is amazing.
♪ Before I hit the ground
[ Door closes ]♪ Lost or found
♪ Who am I now?
What are you doing here?
Uh, Dr. Pierce gave me a key.
She said I could stay
if I fix up the hole in the attic.
Same. Same.
"As long as the sun rises on your life..."
Then I guess we should have brought sleeping bags.
"...there will be new dragons to slay."
So, who wants pizza?
[ Chuckles ]
"So the end of my story is not any kind of ever after.
Because I'm still alive.
I'm still here.
And the sun still rises on my life."
♪ Break my way out
♪ Oh
[ Sighs ]
♪
Captions by VITAC--
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