Meredith: Throughout history, traumatic experiences
have caused physiological responses long after
the events themselves have passed,
racing heart, pupil dilation, nightmares, panic attacks.
How do you have so much energy?
Didn't you get home at, like, 3:00 a.m.?
Exhaustion is a construct.
Mind over matter.
Stethoscopes or diplomas?
No.
Are those clip-ons?
You cannot wear those to stand up in my wedding.
My dad likes to commemorate accomplishments
with formalwear.
Your dad has questionable taste.
That's what my mom says.
We're going shopping.
My treat.
Oh, since you're treating us to things,
can toilet paper be a treat?
Because we're out.
Meredith: Mesopotamian soldiers depicted
these symptoms on cuneiform tablets over 3,000 years ago,
yet post-traumatic stress disorder
wasn't introduced as a diagnosable mental health
condition until 1980.
Doing anything tonight?
Why?
Well, there's a new bar that opened in my neighborhood.
It looks pretty cool.
I give it about a week before the tech bros take it over.
Want to check it out?
Sounds like a date.
Nope, not a date.
Just two coworkers getting a drink.
No, thanks.
Hey, look.
Would you really rather be hanging out
with your 80-year-old roommate and her friends
than get one drink with me?
Yeah.
Meredith: It's a lesson we learn in medicine
time and time again--
just because we don't have the words
doesn't mean the symptoms aren't real.
Hey, Scout.
Should we show Jo and Luna what we've been working on, huh?
Let's do it.
Ready?
both: A, B, C, D--
You've been learning sign language?
I-- I found an app that teaches the ASL alphabet.
Now your face is telling me that I screwed up.
Did I screw up?
I told you that I needed more time.
We don't even have her MRI results back,
her genetic testing.
You're-- you're learning sign language?
Ben, now, first you save this man in a fire.
Now you're sitting at his bedside?
You want me to sit with you?
No, you-- you've got a crisis of your own to deal with.
[groans]
We're going to get through this.
All of it.
Yeah.
Mm.
[groans]
[sighs]
What the--
[laughs] Well, who let you in here?
Well, I had to restock the PRT,
so I thought I'd swing by and say hi to you--
hi-- and my favorite patient.
You're so adorable, huh?
Yes, you are.
You couldn't get supplies in Illinois?
Well, I could.
But Illinois just doesn't have Connor, so--
no, they don't.
All right, you've had your fun.
My turn.
Come on, up, up, up.
[gentle music]
Aw.
How is his mom doing?
Better every day.
OK.
Up now.
Any pain there?
No.
Is there any way to speed this up?
There's somewhere I have to be.
I'm going as fast as I can.
Oh, Dr. Adams, Dr. Millin.
This is Matt.
I just cleared his C-spine, and I just need
you to get him up to CT.
How'd you hurt yourself?
Took a sword to the neck.
A foam sword.
It has a plywood core.
LARPing accident.
Why do you think I would know what that is?
Live-action roleplaying.
The guys in the park with the swords?
Now I see why you think I would know that.
If his CT is negative, just keep him here for observation,
to make sure that the swelling in his trachea
doesn't compromise his airway.
Page me if you need anything.
Can I please just go now?
I feel fine, and this is my only shot
to usurp the game master.
If I don't get back to the park before sunset, that's it.
Well, if your trachea swells up
enough that air doesn't reach your lungs, that is also it.
Statistically, what are the chances of that happening?
Look, no disrespect, but this game is make-believe.
Is it worth risking actual death?
Depending on the statistics, maybe.
Oh, I get it now.
This is about a girl.
Oh my god, not everything is about love.
Princess Astrid of Dungeness.
See?
Unbelievable.
It was love at first sight.
For six years, I've loved her.
Today I shall declare it.
She is my destiny.
Good morning, Mr. Porter.
I'm Dr. Webber.
This is Dr. Yasuda.
We're going to be doing your colonoscopy today.
Yasuda?
Russell Porter, 31.
Experiencing unintentional weight loss and anemia.
Has a family history of colon cancer.
Referred by his PCP for a diagnostic colonoscopy.
Are you doing OK?
He doesn't like hospitals.
I'm fine.
Well, in about 15 minutes, you're not
going to know where you are.
It will be the best nap of your life.
Sounds great.
Can I get a colonoscopy too?
[laughter]
Where are we?
We're in the hospital, baby.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Get this off of me. - Look, Russell--
- Get it off! - Russell, you're OK.
Who are you?
What-- what's happening?
Why doesn't he remember who I am?
Let's forget about the colonoscopy.
And let's get a head CT.
And page Dr. Shepherd, OK? - Yeah.
Hi, I'm Dr. Yasuda.
Do you want to just come with me--
Get away from me. Don't come near me!
OK. Oh my god.
[sobbing] Get away from me.
Get away from me.
[dramatic music]
♪
[groaning]
Any nausea?
Oh, yeah.
And the pain on your side on a scale of 1 to 10?
7 most days, 9 on a bad day.
It's got to be stones, right?
I've always had trouble with my kidneys.
What kind of trouble?
Had the right one removed several years back.
But the pain is currently on the right?
Left.
I had the left one removed.
[chuckles] Oh, I'm getting old.
Let's take a look.
Hey, is Dr. Bailey working today?
I was looking on the internet.
It says she's the best doctor here for kidney problems.
Think I could see her?
She's busy, but I'll put in a page.
In the meantime, we'll take some urine
samples and some images, and we'll know more.
Oh, thanks.
I just don't want to mess around with the only kidney
I have left, you know?
[sighs]
What are you doing?
Exercise.
Tox screen is negative.
Bloodwork only shows anemia and mild renal impairment.
Hmm.
Grace said Russell's been experiencing
some brain fog lately.
Pretty mild, until today.
She chalked it up to a stress at work.
[scanner beeping]
Ah.
Well, head scans are negative.
Are those what I think they are?
Russell, we see some bullets in your scan.
When did you get shot?
[sighs] 11 years ago.
Went to the grocery store for taco seasoning,
came out with three gunshot wounds.
Can you imagine?
Surviving a shooting and then having
to walk around with metal inside you
for the rest of your life?
What were his symptoms, again?
Anemia, fatigue, weight loss.
And now he's exhibiting brain fog, confusion.
I'll-- I'll go test his lead levels.
Put a rush on it.
He's been off the oscillator for three days now,
and they're minimizing the vent settings.
[phone buzzing]
You're still getting calls?
You know, someone's heart stops on my table,
I'm cool as a cucumber.
But the phone rings, and I--
shake.
I-- I shake.
Because it's terrifying.
They're harassing you, and it's relentless.
Ben almost died on duty the other day, again.
So terrifying in my life has layers.
Like, when the phone rings, I don't know what I should
be panicking about first.
[phone buzzes]
And it never stops ringing.
[sighs] I just hope to god these lunatics
will move on before I have a second heart attack.
Wait a minute.
You had a heart attack?
How did I not know about this?
When?
Years ago.
It-- look, it's-- it's fine.
I'm fine.
Everything is fine.
If you're using fine as a stand-in
for another four-letter word, I can get
on board with that analysis.
OK.
Nothing's fine.
This helps, though.
Yeah.
Well, I find there's not much that a roomful of babies
can't fix.
And old friends.
This is Dr. Hunt, our head of trauma surgery
and an expert at treating gunshot victims.
I don't understand.
What does this have to do with his colon?
Nothing.
As it turns out, based on his bloodwork,
Russell has lead poisoning.
The bullet fragments in his chest
and his spine have been leaching lead
into his bloodstream and his spinal fluid.
That explains all of your symptoms--
the intermittent confusion, the forgetfulness.
Just like the episode you had earlier today.
But the surgeon said it was riskier to take the bullets
out than to leave them in.
Most of the time that is true.
The body forms scar tissue around the bullets,
preventing lead from getting into the blood
and the spinal fluid.
But in some cases, like yours, that scar tissue
never forms and the best course of action is to remove them.
So you remove the bullets and my symptoms just go away?
Within a few days, your lead levels will drop
and your symptoms will gradually improve.
And what about his confusion?
There are no guarantees.
It could take weeks, months, even years
for the encephalopathy to subside, if at all.
So I can go through all this and still
can't remember who my wife is?
Hey, it's OK.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll just keep reminding you, OK?
When I heard the gunshots, I was in the cereal aisle.
I tried to find a place to hide,
but there was nowhere to go.
It was a grocery store.
I was totally exposed.
So I got down on my knees, and I prayed
that I'd make it out alive.
But if I would have known how much I'd suffer--
I know that feeling, Russell.
Listen, I am a survivor of a shooting too.
Too many of us are.
It is a lifelong struggle whether you
remove those bullets or not.
So in a way, you have nothing to lose.
And who knows-- if we can take away
some of your physical pain maybe that
could help take away some of your other pain too.
[breathes deeply]
OK.
Let's take them out.
- OK. - OK.
[knock at door]
Dr. Shepherd?
It's Mika Yasuda from Grey Sloan.
Dr. Hunt and Dr. Webber told me to come get you.
We need a neuro consult.
Also, I really have to pee.
[sighs]
Bathroom's over there. - You know what?
It was a false alarm. I'm good.
Should we get you dressed?
Because-- wait, wait!
Ow!
Dr. Hunt says I can't leave without you.
Call the backup neurosurgeon on call.
We have a patient with a bullet embedded
in his thoracic spine.
It has to come out.
Dr. Hunt says you're the only one who can do it.
Please.
- Fine. - Great.
Uh, my van is out front.
You have to kind of, like, lift and kick
the door at the same time. But you know what--
I'll drive myself.
I'll see you there!
- Hey. - Hey.
What are you doing here?
You hate pregnant women.
Don't say that.
It makes me sound like an awful person.
But I do feel hives coming on. - Yeah.
Uh, I'm just checking on you.
Well, I am waiting for Luna's test results
to determine whether her hearing loss is due
to an underlying disease.
Yeah, I know.
At daycare this morning, there was this mom,
and she was fighting with her kid
about taking off his bike helmet.
And I just-- I just wanted to scream,
"This is not a real problem."
And I know it's all relative.
And the truth is, is, I would love it
if my biggest problem right now was Luna refusing
to take off her bike helmet.
Yeah, and don't we want to encourage helmet wearing?
I'm going to stop trying to make you laugh.
I might have all of these decisions to make--
hearing aids, cochlear implants,
sign language, things that will affect her
for the rest of her life.
And it's not like I can just ask her
what she wants in 20 years.
My job as a mom just changed in the blink of an eye,
and I don't know if I'm going to be very good at it.
I'm not a parent, but I do have to deal with
the parents of my patients a lot.
So I'm kind of an expert.
And what I know is that you are not only good at it,
you are great.
And you're going to continue being great.
You are a great mom.
Thanks.
Oh, and um, if you need help with sign language,
I do know happy birthday,
my name is Levi, and, um, butt.
[laughs]
There. I did it.
My work here is done.
[laughs]
[sighs]
Watch where you're going!
What?
[laughing] Hey.
Did Meredith tell you to come check on me?
No.
I was actually worried about Bailey.
Why do I need to check on you?
Uh, you know, I'm-- it's fine.
Hey! Come on, Amelia.
It's me.
Spit it out.
Um, Mer moved, and then Maggie moved,
and then Kai left me.
And so I've, um, pretty much been abandoned by everyone.
And you know how well I do with abandonment, so...
Amelia.
I have a consult.
[sighs]
We need to remove the spinal bullet first
since it's most likely causing the encephalopathy.
What about the scattered fragments in the lung?
Can we do a non-anatomic resection
of the affected lung tissue?
Yeah, good.
Please, go ahead.
Start without me.
We did.
Sorry, I got here as fast as I could.
My van doesn't go over 45, and I'll--
I'll stop talking now.
Assuming you can remove the bullet in the spine--
Assuming I can?
You woke me up.
I assume that you know that I can.
Amelia, we really don't have time for whatever this is, OK?
You'll go first.
We'll remove the bullet from the spine,
irrigate, close, and flip the patient,
and then I'll start the thoracotomy.
Anything else I should know?
Did you want to pick the music for the OR as well?
Are there any other options you would like to discuss,
Dr. Shepherd?
Nope.
Dr. Ndugu seems to be in charge here.
Let's go with his plan.
OK.
Was that--
Definitely not about you.
All right.
OK.
Are you experiencing an increase in pain?
Nope.
I feel great.
Whoa.
Whoa, where are you going?
To the park.
Do you know where my shoes are? - Hey, no.
We need to keep you a little longer,
just to make sure you're out of the woods.
You're really going to make me wait a full week
to tell Astrid I love her?
What's one more week?
Today when I almost died--
It was a foam sword.
--I fought to keep breathing with
every molecule in my body.
I couldn't let myself die without telling
Astrid how I feel.
You probably think it's crazy, but I
don't even know her real name.
But I know her smile, and I know what makes her laugh,
and I know her heart.
And I have to tell her.
Oh, you are full of adrenaline right now.
You are not thinking clearly.
Or maybe he's thinking clearly for the first time
in his entire life.
I mean, what if you go to the park and Princess Astrid
doesn't feel the same way?
Or maybe she's been in love with you this whole time too.
Yeah, I prefer his take.
Stop encouraging him.
This game is clearly your--
your happy place.
Do you really want to trash all of that for a girl whose
real name you don't even know?
You look like a princess, but you have the heart of an ogre.
Correction-- I look like a goddess,
and I have the heart of a person who
tells sad men the whole truth.
Or a troll.
She has the heart of a troll.
I'll give you your shoes back when I discharge you.
[sighs]
The urinalysis and X-ray both came back negative.
Next steps?
Run an ultrasound to fully rule out kidney stones.
Good.
What do you need me for?
He said he only had one kidney,
but there are clearly two in the films
and he doesn't have any surgical scars.
Also, he asked for you.
I told him you were busy, but--
Is it-- hello, sir.
I'm Dr. Bailey.
Go ahead, Kwan.
Been looking forward to meeting you.
I'm, uh, flattered.
Dr. Kwan is one of our finest interns.
He's going to be doing an ultrasound--
How are the kids?
Oh.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Have I treated you before?
No, no, no, no, no.
Just a-- just a fan.
[chuckles]
How's the new place?
Boys settling in OK?
Excuse me?
Young Pruitt's been through so much.
I mean, it would be a real, real shame if something else
were to happen.
Ultrasound is negative.
Uh, you can discharge him now.
Oh, now, hang on.
Is that how you treat your patients?
Sir, sit back-- sit down.
Or do you only extend common courtesy
to other murderers, huh?
Come back here.
I'm not finished with you, Dr. Baby Killer!
[grunting]
Call security!
Hey!
This isn't over!
Just stay down.
[tense music]
You know, I thought we were friends.
Or at least colleagues who respected each other.
Amelia, what is going on?
What's going on is, you let one of the only people
in the world who cares whether I eat a hot meal
or sleep for more than four hours in a night
move to Chicago.
You know as well as I do that no one let Maggie move.
You're her husband, and you let your ego destroy
what was once true love.
OK.
I get that she's your sister, so there are sides here.
But that is an oversimplification.
Maggie will rise and rise and rise,
and she will go on to do even greater things,
and you will always be in her shadow.
And she may go on to forgive your smallness,
because that is how great she is, but I'm not.
I won't.
[tense music]
♪
If you need anything to make sure
that Dr. Bailey is covered at all times, just say the word.
Thank you.
Chief Altman, I wanted to apologize
for attacking that patient.
I know there are protocols in these situations--
The patient wasn't attacked.
He fell while he was attacking Dr. Bailey.
Um--
That is the story as I heard it.
So this won't go in my file somewhere?
I'm confused.
Did something happen between you and the abusive patient?
If so, I know nothing about it.
Is that him? Is that him?
Yes.
But, Warren, listen to me.
We both know that that won't help either of you, OK?
That intern over there, he's the one
who took the bastard down.
Why don't you put this manic energy to better use and go
over there and thank him?
- Fine. - OK, great.
But if you wouldn't mind telling the bastard
that Dr. Bailey's husband is a firefighter who breaks
into houses with his ax for a living,
and I'm going to find out where he lives, I'd appreciate it.
OK, I got it.
I got it.
Thank you.
Yasuda, slowly retract to help expose the dura.
I need better visualization.
Retractor.
[clatters] - Yasuda.
I'm so sorry.
I don't know what happened.
I'll tell you what happened.
You were not paying attention, and our last sterile retractor
is on the floor. Pick it up--
OK.
--and get out of my OR.
Is that really necessary?
We can get a replacement in one minute.
Do you want to be kicked out too?
I really am so sorry.
It won't happen again.
Not with me, it won't.
You are no longer welcome on my service.
Out!
Is he--
He's doing great.
Dr. Shepherd successfully removed
the bullet from his spine.
She's finishing up, and then Dr. Ndugu will start
on the fragments in his lung.
OK.
That's good, right?
Very good.
OK.
[sobs] I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
No. No apologies.
It'll be a few hours if you want
to go home and get some sleep.
You know, he never told me what happened that day.
We were newlyweds, and he calls me from the hospital saying
he was grocery shopping and a guy comes in
and just opens fire.
And that's all he ever said.
He didn't want to talk about it, he didn't want to feel it.
But I knew he did, because we were planning on having kids.
And then after that day, we weren't.
[sobs]
I've tried so many times to talk to him about it,
because how can somewhat live with all
that trauma inside of them?
I always worried that it was eating away
at him emotionally, you know?
I never thought that it could be killing him
slowly, physically.
We're going to make sure that does not happen.
Sorry.
I know you're busy.
Go. Go, go.
It's OK.
I have a few minutes.
Thank you.
[radio chatter]
Hey.
Hot chocolate.
Figured you could use some good juju.
[grunts]
If you wanted something else, you could have just said so.
[groans] Thought that would make me feel better.
OK.
Come on.
Yell at me.
Pretend I'm him or them.
All of them.
What do you want to say? Yell it at me.
No, I'm not--
Miranda, he knew your daughter's full name.
He knew my daughter's full name.
He threatened my child.
You-- you would hurt a four-year-old girl
in the name of life?
As if you give two craps about life or about children
or about the welfare of any other human other than
your own self-righteous--
[breathes deeply]
I mean, as if you actually cared about making
the world a better place.
As if-- as if you listen to anything
your own religion tells you.
But you would hurt a child--
my child-- for what?
Just to prove a point?
And then you have the nerve to call yourself pro-life?
Well, shame on you.
No, you are what is wrong in this world.
Not me, not my family, not my child, you sick son of a--
No. No.
Because my mother used to say,
"Kill 'em with kindness, Miranda."
[groans] I just wish that I could
kill them with the truth.
Maybe there's a way we can do both.
He was a huge guy, and I--
I should have been scared, but all I could think about
was saving Bailey.
You're so brave.
Look at her.
She's practically salivating.
And over Kwan?
Yeesh.
- You jealous? - No.
Hmm, kind of seems like you are.
I'm embarrassed for her.
It's not a character flaw to want to be with somebody.
Are we still talking about me,
or are we talking about you now?
[sighs]
[gasping]
[alarms beeping]
We lost his airway.
Code blue! - We'll get him on oxygen.
Come on, man. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Code blue. Code blue. [heart monitor droning]
No pulse.
We need to intubate him now. Start CPR.
All right.
Starting cardiac compressions.
All right.
Code blue.
There's too much swelling.
I can't visualize the cords.
We need to crike him.
We're interns.
We have to wait for Dr. Schmitt.
Page Dr. Schmitt. Page everyone.
I can't do this. I can't watch him die.
We'll be fired!
You can leave if you want to.
I'm saving his life.
Code blue.
There's a crike tray in the drawer.
[tense music]
All right, but wait. We should put an IV bag
underneath his shoulder blades.
I saw Dr. Hunt do it.
It'll open up his neck.
Code blue.
♪
Does anybody see Dr. Schmitt?
OK, let's do it.
Just don't kill him.
♪
Thank you, Dr. Shepherd.
We'll update you when we're finished.
[sighs]
She's angry that my wife left me.
Doesn't seem quite fair.
When Amelia is angry, she is rarely fair.
Yeah.
All right, Griffith.
Talk me through this.
What's the move?
Use the cautery to demarcate the line,
and then pass over it with the GIA stapler.
Good.
Now show me.
You want me to do it?
With all due respect, are you sure?
Dr. Pierce always said that--
Dr. Pierce doesn't work here anymore,
and I think you're ready.
♪
GIA stapler.
♪
Position the stapler, and fire it.
[stapler clicking]
Uh, the edge is bleeding.
OK. How do you stop it?
♪
Ndugu, there are multiple bleeders.
Maybe you should take over now.
Hunt, kindly back off.
Griffith, listen to me.
If you stop now, the next time this happens,
you'll panic even more.
You can do this, all right? I know you can.
Just focus.
Take a deep breath and think.
2-0 vicryl on a pass, stat.
Forceps.
♪
Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Sutures are holding.
Well done.
Let's proceed.
Is he going to be OK?
When something goes wrong, your job is to page me and do
nothing until I get there.
I paged code blue, but he was dying, so--
Is he OK?
I need to be sure that you understand that if he doesn't
make it, your career is over.
All that training for nothing.
All you had to do was wait two minutes.
He didn't have two minutes.
If Adams hadn't stepped in he would be in a coma
right now or worse.
It's tough enough to pay back student
loans when you are a doctor.
When they pull your license because you sliced
a patient's neck with no one there to supervise you,
it's way harder.
You did the crike well.
You saved his life.
I'm admitting him to the ICU.
Oh, thank god.
Oh my god.
That fear you're feeling?
Remember it next time and wait.
[exhales]
Um, thanks for sticking up for me.
Well, we couldn't let him die without declaring his love
for a fictional character.
What's your deal?
Are you really just, like, anti-love?
I went to med school in Colorado.
I had a crush on a guy in O-chem,
and that's where he was going.
My mom encouraged me, because according to her
love is not only everything,
it is the only thing.
And first semester, I failed gross anatomy,
because I was at his birthday party
instead of studying for my final--
his birthday party where he called me Jane
and then made out with my best friend
at the end of the night.
My grades recovered, but surgical internships
are so competitive.
That's why I'm in the program for rejects and losers.
Because my parents taught me to value
an obsessive crush over my grades and my medical
school aspirations.
Have you ever thought that maybe there's
a difference between a stupid, obsessive crush
and actual love?
You sound exactly like my mother.
[groans]
Oh, hey.
You will not believe what I have been dealing with today.
You OK?
[scoffs] We removed, uh-- [clears throat]
bullet fragments from a mass shooting
survivor today.
And while we were in the OR, there were two more shootings.
[sighs]
I-- I don't recognize our country anymore.
Weapons of war in grocery stores,
at parades and schools, active shooter drills in third grade.
We used to be horrified, you know?
We used to grieve as a nation.
But now-- now it happens so frequently,
we don't even blink.
And nothing changes.
[scoffs] And I feel hopeless.
[knock at door]
Hey.
So I have an idea.
You're either going to love it or hate it.
Dr. Shepherd, I just want to reiterate how sorry I am.
You lost focus while I had my hands inside a man's back.
He is the one that you should be apologizing to.
He is the one who trusted you while he was unconscious
on an operating table.
You don't let yourself get distracted when
people are depending on you.
When they are vulnerable and scared,
that is when you give them everything that you've got.
That is when you stay alert long enough not
to drop a sharp metal object while someone's
spine is exposed.
I-- I didn't drop it in him--
I'm sorry, you're defending yourself?
What is wrong with you?
I'm really asking.
Yasuda, what is wrong with you?
Do I really need to answer that?
No, you don't, Yasuda.
You can go.
You, come with me.
- Addie? - Richard.
Uh, yeah.
I'll find you later, OK?
Are you high?
No.
Is that the truth?
No, I'm not high.
Are you using again?
No.
I can't sleep, I-- I can't eat.
I am a wreck.
I am not using. God.
OK, great.
Then I'm going to go ahead and love you enough to tell you
to pull your head out of your self-obsessed ass
and get to an AA meeting, because the world
is already on fire.
We don't need you burning anything else down, all right?
And I know you're in pain, and I know that you
feel it more than most.
But get to a meeting, say a damn prayer,
call your sponsor, then eat something and figure out a way
to be of service to this broken world,
instead of adding to everyone's pain.
Because it starts with you trashing everybody else,
and it ends with you back in rehab again, if you're lucky.
No one has abandoned you, Amelia, OK?
Everyone is just doing the best that they can.
I love you, and everyone else is just barely surviving,
and it has nothing to do with you.
I love you, and you need to make the decision
to stop the spiral.
And if you can't do it, you need to find someone,
get someone to help you stop it.
I love you, Amelia.
And you've got to get off the damn ride
before it's too late.
I know that we've all been worried about Dr. Bailey.
What she is going through is frightening and invasive,
and how it's not against the law is beyond me.
What I do know is that it is easier to hurt a stranger
than someone you know.
Dr. Kwan is handing out lists of Dr. Bailey's
most frequent callers.
If you're wondering what you can do, call them.
Talk to them.
Be respectful, be kind.
Be familiar.
And maybe they will think twice about picking
up that phone again.
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Dr. Bailey would like you to know
she's praying for you too.
Mm-hmm.
♪ Talks about revolution
But even though she disagrees with you,
Dr. Bailey respects your beliefs.
I'm a better surgeon because Dr. Bailey is my teacher.
Well, you know, when I see Dr. Bailey in the ER,
I feel better, because I know my patient is in good hands.
And, Linda, the clinic she founded
is for so much more than abortion.
We deliver babies there.
I'm sorry it freaks you out, but how
do you think Dr. Bailey feels?
Your prayers have been received.
And we are praying for you as well.
Dr. Bailey loves her family and wants to keep them safe,
which I'm sure you can understand.
Above all else, Dr. Bailey is an incredible person,
and I am privileged to call her my friend.
This is Dr. Winston Ndugu calling from Grey Sloan.
-- Colleague of Dr. Miranda Bailey's.
I understand you were trying to get ahold of her.
We wish you and your family well.
All right. Take care.
♪ Watching the world wake up from history ♪
How are you feeling?
Better.
A little bit better.
[sirens wailing]
Can I help you?
I-- I'm looking for, um--
this is going to sound so weird.
I don't know his name.
Would you happen to be Princess Astrid?
He talked about me?
He's sedated right now.
But when he wakes up, I'm sure he'll be
very happy to see you.
[Marcus Mumford's "How"]
♪ I had wondered what was done to you ♪
♪ To give you such a taste for flesh ♪
♪
[sighs]
♪
Are they all gone?
We got every last piece.
♪
You did great, Russell.
♪ Didn't feel much of a choice ♪
Russell, you OK?
I didn't realize how much I hated having
those bullets inside of me.
And now they're gone.
♪
They're finally gone.
Baby.
♪ Hope your memory is less vivid than mine ♪
[sobbing]
♪ And is free from that awful maple light ♪
[phone rings]
Hello?
Speaking.
♪ Just done it in the dark
♪ So the pictures didn't burn so bright ♪
OK.
Thank you.
♪
♪ But I forgive you now
Excuse me.
Sorry.
♪ Release you from all of the blame ♪
Link!
What happened?
She's OK.
Luna's OK.
She's-- she's healthy, and she doesn't have
tumors or cancer or anything.
So it's just isolated hearing loss?
Yeah.
And the technology's come a long way,
and we can learn sign language.
And you did learn sign language,
because you're so wonderful.
And I-- I was an ass, and I'm so sorry.
[grunts]
[laughs]
I did a stapled lung resection today.
Whoa, are you serious?
It was terrifying and also the coolest thing I've
ever done in my entire life.
OK, I hate you right now.
But congratulations. - Thanks.
I, um, did an emergency crike today.
It was pretty badass.
- What? - Yeah.
Why didn't you open with that? Did you get in trouble?
[phone buzzes] That's Trey.
I got to call him, but don't forget anything.
I want a full play-by-play when I get home.
I need you to be Simone's maid of honor.
No, thank you.
I'll do all your scut until the wedding.
Even my disimpactions?
Yes.
You must really love her.
You sound just like your mom.
Hey.
I haven't been to this bar, so if it's bad...
[light guitar music]
♪
Meredith: Dramatic events are turning points.
There's a before and an after.
♪ It might all fall apart
♪ Built this house on quicksand ♪
Meredith: Sometimes it's hard to remember
who you were before.
[knock at door]
- Come in. - Hey, do you have a minute?
One.
I'm about to run out the door. - OK, I'll be quick.
I just wanted to make sure I'm being considered
for chief of cardio.
I have a sterling record, and I'm committed to teaching.
I think I'd be good at it.
I want it.
I'll take it into consideration.
All right.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Helm.
What are you doing here?
When I burned out, nobody stood up for me.
So I'm standing up for Yasuda.
Because if she can't afford to pay her student loans
and also eat and live while she's
learning how to save lives, there is something
wrong with the system.
And I know-- I know it's been broken for a long time,
but that is not a reason not to fix it.
And you're chief of surgery.
So hey, congratulations, it is your job
to figure out how to support your interns instead
of using and abusing them and then throwing
them out with the trash.
♪ Please please
Meredith: And it's even harder to figure out
who you are after.
Well, so far, so good.
I mean, Chicago is freezing.
It is no joke.
But, um, the lab is incredible.
Well, that's good.
Are you making friends?
Yeah, everybody's been pretty nice so far.
And is your apartment good?
Oh, I have floor-to-ceiling windows with a lake view.
Honestly, I think everybody complains
about the weather to keep the real estate a secret.
[chuckles] Uh, Maggie, I got to go.
It looks like your sister might need a friend.
Thank you for looking out for her.
Yeah.
Dr. Shepherd?
♪
♪ You keep holding on
I am also in an alcoholic, self-obsessive spiral
about abandonment, and I could really use a meeting.
♪ Let me exhale
[exhales]
Meredith: But if you look for your people
and hold them close--
I still can't believe you drove all the way out here
for one day when you could have had everything you
needed shipped right to you.
♪
Were you doing a wellness check on me?
What, do you think I could stay away when
you're going through hell?
No way.
We're in this together.
♪ You exhale
"This should keep you in business for a while.
"Keep fighting.
Yang."
♪
All right.
Let's load her up, then.
♪ Let me exhale
Meredith: You will find your way again.
Ahh.
All righty.
♪
Fantastic.