WEBVTT 00:00.667 --> 00:01.751 [Meredith reading] 00:01.960 --> 00:03.128 ♪ Ah ♪ 00:03.211 --> 00:05.338 ♪ You were a long, bad vacation ♪ 00:05.422 --> 00:08.550 [Meredith] Several years ago, someone welcomed me to the game. 00:10.885 --> 00:13.722 They said how well I played, that was up to me. 00:15.974 --> 00:17.434 The competition was tough. 00:18.810 --> 00:21.271 The mentors were even tougher. 00:23.606 --> 00:25.817 I pushed myself to the breaking point. 00:27.068 --> 00:30.655 [Bailey] Lap chole, lap chole, lap chole... 00:30.739 --> 00:34.909 And more lap choles. Seems like a whole lot of boring to me. 00:34.993 --> 00:36.786 At least I'm back in the OR. 00:36.870 --> 00:38.121 Ha! 00:40.999 --> 00:42.834 -[mobile phone chimes] -I have to take this. 00:42.917 --> 00:45.920 And I didn't crack under pressure, even though, let's be honest, 00:46.379 --> 00:47.756 I probably should have. 00:48.882 --> 00:50.467 I've played the game pretty damn well. 00:50.550 --> 00:51.634 [woman] God, Meredith. 00:52.802 --> 00:55.180 You're such a dawdler. You kept me waiting. 00:55.263 --> 00:58.475 -Mom? -And now you're staring at me, again. 00:58.558 --> 01:00.852 Such a problem child. When are you going to learn? 01:00.935 --> 01:03.229 -Learn what? -What are you gonna do, Meredith? 01:03.313 --> 01:06.232 You survived the unthinkable. Do you know how many people didn't? 01:06.316 --> 01:09.402 You survived. Again. And what do you have to show for it? 01:09.486 --> 01:12.405 Ordinary lap choles! Unbelievable! 01:20.288 --> 01:23.833 Or so I thought I did. 01:29.506 --> 01:31.841 [cars honking] 01:32.383 --> 01:34.886 [indistinct announcements] 01:36.137 --> 01:39.557 [siren wailing in the distance] 01:46.356 --> 01:48.108 Tell me you just saw that, too. 01:48.191 --> 01:49.192 Hmm? 01:49.776 --> 01:51.111 I'm sleeping. 01:52.237 --> 01:56.699 Ooh! It's the Seattle Phoenix Fair. Apparently there's two more days left? 01:57.534 --> 01:58.701 We come back from our honeymoon 01:58.785 --> 02:01.079 and suddenly Seattle has its own Burning Man. 02:01.162 --> 02:02.622 [both chuckle] 02:02.705 --> 02:06.876 Amelia said she treated a stiltwalker in the ER yesterday. 02:06.960 --> 02:08.169 You wanna call in? 02:08.253 --> 02:13.466 Could go buy some wings, pretend to be immortal bird-clowns. 02:13.550 --> 02:17.303 [chuckles] I wanna call in. But not for that. 02:19.430 --> 02:21.182 Ooh. Ah... 02:21.558 --> 02:23.726 -Still hurts? -Yeah. A little. 02:23.810 --> 02:26.938 I told Bailey not to schedule me in the OR for the next couple of days. 02:27.021 --> 02:28.273 You tell her how it happened? 02:28.773 --> 02:30.650 [laughs] 02:32.527 --> 02:34.404 Are you married, Doctor? 02:34.487 --> 02:37.490 -I am, but I'm not sure that's-- -People get married. 02:37.574 --> 02:39.742 -That's what they do. -“People get married”? 02:39.826 --> 02:43.079 -A lot of them. -A lot of people do drugs. Should I? 02:43.163 --> 02:45.373 I gave you space, I gave you time, 02:45.456 --> 02:48.126 and then I planned an extremely special thing. 02:48.209 --> 02:50.587 -At someone else's wedding. -Is that a rule I didn't know about? 02:50.670 --> 02:51.588 -I-- -Yes! 02:51.671 --> 02:55.216 You ambushed me with multiple children and multiple rings. 02:55.300 --> 02:58.469 The children making it nearly impossible for me to say no to the rings. 02:58.553 --> 03:01.431 -And somehow you managed it. -Because it felt manipulative. 03:01.514 --> 03:03.641 Got it. So the proposal was the problem? 03:04.601 --> 03:06.603 Why is your only option marriage? 03:06.686 --> 03:09.689 It's archaic and it only really gets you tax deductions, if that. 03:09.772 --> 03:12.734 If I may, I'd like to get us back on track. 03:12.817 --> 03:15.195 On why we're here. 03:15.278 --> 03:17.947 We seem to be hitting all our one-year milestones. 03:18.573 --> 03:19.782 How are his bowel movements? 03:21.034 --> 03:24.537 -[Link] Poops like a champ. -[doctor] Poops like a champ, okay. 03:24.621 --> 03:25.788 And his sleep? 03:29.209 --> 03:32.754 Sir, since you feel the need to drink from the helmet, you'll need to leave. 03:32.837 --> 03:33.838 This is a hospital. 03:34.797 --> 03:37.091 Go on. Thank you. 03:38.426 --> 03:39.969 -You got a minute? -Yes. 03:40.053 --> 03:42.847 Pierce is gonna join us for today's round of interviews. 03:43.306 --> 03:45.266 We still haven't found permanent replacements 03:45.350 --> 03:48.144 for Koracick, Avery, Wilson... 03:49.354 --> 03:55.151 I actually wanted to ask if you would come over to my place for dinner. 03:55.235 --> 03:58.696 -What? -Sorry, I mean you and your boys. 03:58.780 --> 04:02.200 With me and my boys. And your husband, obviously. 04:02.283 --> 04:04.160 Sorry, I'm not very good at this. 04:04.244 --> 04:05.620 [nervous chuckle] 04:05.703 --> 04:10.333 I know that you have teenagers, and mine, they seem to be struggling. 04:10.416 --> 04:13.086 They didn't have enough time to make friends before the pandemic, 04:13.169 --> 04:16.339 and now my youngest, Austin, he... 04:17.757 --> 04:20.176 He's having these moments where... 04:22.095 --> 04:24.681 He needs friends. [chuckles] 04:24.764 --> 04:26.015 I mean, we all do, right? 04:26.891 --> 04:30.812 Well, I'll have, you know, to talk to Ben. 04:30.895 --> 04:36.150 And the boys are, their schedules are so unpredictable-- 04:36.234 --> 04:37.902 Forget it. Forget I asked. I'm sorry. 04:37.986 --> 04:39.195 I'll see you at the interviews. 04:40.905 --> 04:42.198 [sighs] 04:43.533 --> 04:46.619 [Richard] Grey Sloan is your home, Meredith. You grew up here. 04:46.703 --> 04:48.579 Also, we saved your life. Remember that. 04:48.663 --> 04:49.872 Several times. 04:50.415 --> 04:52.292 It's not a job interview. 04:52.375 --> 04:54.377 You're meeting with Minnesota's prized tumor guy. 04:54.460 --> 04:57.672 Because he's dedicating a research library to my mother. 04:57.755 --> 05:01.092 I cannot lose another surgeon, Meredith. Don't do this to me. 05:01.175 --> 05:02.969 -I'm not. -Well, fine. 05:03.052 --> 05:05.888 Because I know David Hamilton. We did the conference circuit together. 05:05.972 --> 05:07.849 He'd make a terrible boss. 05:07.932 --> 05:09.642 There she is. 05:10.601 --> 05:12.645 I have to go. Bye. 05:12.729 --> 05:14.314 [line disconnects] 05:15.356 --> 05:17.400 -Meredith Grey. -I'd know you anywhere. 05:17.483 --> 05:19.777 You are the spitting image of your mother. 05:21.029 --> 05:22.697 -David Hamilton. -Pleasure. 05:26.034 --> 05:27.869 [birds chirping] 05:29.871 --> 05:33.082 -Whee! Whee! -[man chuckles] 05:34.042 --> 05:36.377 -[Megan] Hi! -Hey! You found our spot! 05:36.461 --> 05:38.379 I was worried you wouldn't understand my directions. 05:38.463 --> 05:41.132 Yeah, we didn't. We've been walking around this park for 30 minutes. 05:41.215 --> 05:44.260 -You owe Mom new shoes. -No, I'm fine, I'm fine. 05:44.344 --> 05:47.680 I'm just so glad we're all here together finally. 05:48.056 --> 05:50.141 And I'm so happy to see you too, Leo. 05:50.224 --> 05:53.269 -You're wearing a dress. -[Owen] Uh, it's a tutu. 05:53.353 --> 05:55.104 -Why's he wearing a tutu? -Mom. 05:55.188 --> 05:56.439 [chuckles] 'Cause he likes tutus. 05:57.190 --> 05:59.817 Hey. I think you look cool, Leo. 05:59.901 --> 06:02.737 I think you look incredible. 06:02.820 --> 06:03.738 Mwah! 06:03.821 --> 06:07.200 Sorry about Nathan. He had this overseas trip planned for months, so... 06:07.283 --> 06:08.826 Don't worry, we understand. 06:09.327 --> 06:12.038 So, we ready to do this or what? 06:12.121 --> 06:14.540 -Yeah, Teddy should be here any minute. -[Teddy] I'm here! 06:14.624 --> 06:16.042 [gasps] 06:16.125 --> 06:17.126 [squeals] 06:21.631 --> 06:24.217 -Should we get married? -We should get married. 06:24.300 --> 06:25.968 [Ben Abraham's "I Am Here" plays] 06:26.177 --> 06:29.472 -Okay! Here we go. -Okay. 06:31.724 --> 06:35.269 ♪ I have no use for your silver or gold ♪ 06:35.353 --> 06:37.939 ♪ Give me hands I can hold ♪ 06:41.234 --> 06:43.444 [inaudible] 06:44.070 --> 06:47.156 -Teddy... -Owen. 06:47.240 --> 06:50.618 -Excuse me. -I'm Owen. This is Teddy. 06:50.701 --> 06:53.371 Right. Silly me. 06:53.621 --> 06:56.249 ♪ A mother's communion is all that I need ♪ 06:56.499 --> 06:58.876 ♪ Give me milk for my feed ♪ 07:05.466 --> 07:11.180 ♪ And I-I-I-I-I-I love ♪ 07:13.307 --> 07:19.021 ♪ And I-I-I-I-I-I fear ♪ 07:19.605 --> 07:21.399 ♪ And I am here ♪ 07:21.482 --> 07:23.025 [priest] It's time for my favorite part. 07:23.109 --> 07:27.071 And now, by the power vested in me by God-- 07:27.488 --> 07:28.906 -[woman screams] -[Teddy] Father, watch out. 07:28.990 --> 07:30.032 Watch out, watch out, watch out! 07:30.366 --> 07:31.367 -Move! -Watch out! 07:31.451 --> 07:32.535 -Father, Father! -[screaming] 07:32.618 --> 07:34.662 [women scream] 07:34.745 --> 07:35.913 -Oh, my God. -[Megan] Oh, my God. 07:41.377 --> 07:42.378 [knock on door] 07:42.462 --> 07:44.422 [Luna fussing] 07:44.505 --> 07:47.508 ♪ 07:47.592 --> 07:48.759 Why are you dressed like a pigeon? 07:48.843 --> 07:51.220 I'm a Phoenix! Phoenix Fest! 07:51.304 --> 07:53.139 -What happened to your hair? -Ugh! 07:53.222 --> 07:56.058 -Ugh, are you having a nervous breakdown? -No! 07:56.142 --> 07:57.727 -[Luna crying] -Maybe. 07:57.810 --> 08:00.521 I was just trying to lighten my color a shade or two, 08:00.605 --> 08:02.565 and then I fell asleep. 08:02.648 --> 08:03.566 Why didn't you go to the place 08:03.649 --> 08:05.735 where people do this for a living? 08:05.818 --> 08:07.737 I've been trying to study while Luna sleeps, 08:07.820 --> 08:09.113 and I'm supposed to go back to work today, 08:09.197 --> 08:10.531 and I'm freaking out, 08:10.615 --> 08:12.450 and you're the only person who answered their phone. 08:12.783 --> 08:14.202 How many people did you call before me? 08:14.285 --> 08:15.244 Help me! 08:15.328 --> 08:16.412 [crying continues] 08:16.829 --> 08:18.289 Do you have scissors? 08:18.372 --> 08:21.167 -[sighs] -[crying continues] 08:22.460 --> 08:23.753 [woman over P.A.] Dr. Kelly to the OR. 08:23.836 --> 08:25.963 -Dr. Claudia Kelly to the OR. -[gasps] 08:26.047 --> 08:28.925 Hi, Scout! 08:29.008 --> 08:30.760 I missed you so much. 08:30.843 --> 08:32.803 He is so big! 08:32.887 --> 08:36.015 21 pounds, 26 inches. 08:36.349 --> 08:39.185 And he needs to get to daycare, so... 08:39.268 --> 08:42.855 Welcome back, Maggie. Hope the honeymoon was a blast. 08:42.939 --> 08:44.607 [chuckles] 08:45.358 --> 08:46.484 Have you two talked more? 08:46.567 --> 08:47.818 Yeah, we turned Scout's one-year checkup 08:47.902 --> 08:50.696 into couples therapy in which I accused Link 08:50.780 --> 08:52.406 of being a gaslighter and old-fashioned 08:52.490 --> 08:54.158 for believing that commitment 08:54.242 --> 08:55.660 -only equals marriage. -Hm. 08:55.743 --> 09:00.164 But I am so happy that you and Winston are doing it. 09:00.456 --> 09:01.541 What happened to your wrist? 09:01.999 --> 09:03.793 Oh... 09:04.126 --> 09:05.545 It is a sex injury, isn't it? 09:07.129 --> 09:08.422 Good for you. 09:08.506 --> 09:10.341 [siren wails in distance] 09:10.424 --> 09:12.552 Alright. What do we got? 09:12.635 --> 09:14.262 Bicycle versus pedestrian at the park 09:14.345 --> 09:15.429 during the Undies Bike Race. 09:15.513 --> 09:17.682 -[siren wailing] -Underwear. 09:17.765 --> 09:19.183 It's a ride to promote body positivity 09:19.267 --> 09:21.477 -and safe cycling. -I know what undies are, Helm. 09:21.561 --> 09:23.896 I just didn't realize they scheduled the damn ride 09:23.980 --> 09:25.147 during the fair. 09:25.231 --> 09:27.525 ♪ 09:27.608 --> 09:29.902 -Hunt? What the hell? -82-year-old male, 09:29.986 --> 09:31.404 blunt trauma to the abdomen and chest 09:31.487 --> 09:32.947 after a collision with a bicycle, 09:33.030 --> 09:35.866 scalp lac, BP 88 over 60, tachycardic. 09:35.950 --> 09:37.410 Lost consciousness at the scene. 09:37.493 --> 09:38.911 Well, a-and-- and the two of you were there? 09:38.995 --> 09:41.163 Yeah, he's our priest. He was marrying us in the park. 09:41.247 --> 09:43.082 You asked me to cover for you in the ER today 09:43.165 --> 09:45.751 -so you could get married? -[stammers] 09:45.835 --> 09:47.378 Uh. Trauma two. Go, go. 09:47.461 --> 09:48.379 [clears throat] 09:48.462 --> 09:50.715 [siren wails] 09:51.716 --> 09:53.467 [sighs] 09:53.551 --> 09:55.511 Tandem cyclists crashed. 09:55.595 --> 09:57.722 Rider in the back flew about 10 feet. 09:57.805 --> 10:00.224 She's hypotensive and presents with numbness in her legs, 10:00.308 --> 10:01.559 possible spinal fractures. 10:01.642 --> 10:03.477 [sighs] Swell. 10:04.103 --> 10:05.563 Might want to hide the happy face. 10:05.646 --> 10:07.607 Patient might be paralyzed. 10:07.690 --> 10:09.734 I don't want to look how I feel, Nico, 10:09.817 --> 10:11.485 which is like I want to break the whole world 10:11.569 --> 10:12.862 into a million little pieces and bury it 10:12.945 --> 10:14.071 so no one can find it. 10:14.155 --> 10:15.990 Okay, maybe I should take this one. 10:16.073 --> 10:17.825 Just try and calm down, Nadi, alright? 10:17.908 --> 10:19.869 Your pressure's already all over the place. 10:19.952 --> 10:22.830 Because my wife steered our bike right into a wedding. 10:22.913 --> 10:25.583 We crashed a wedding. Literally. 10:25.666 --> 10:27.918 We plowed right into the ceremony. 10:28.002 --> 10:30.463 Just inserted a chest tube for a hemothorax. 10:30.546 --> 10:33.007 CT showed tandem fractures at T6 and L1. 10:33.090 --> 10:34.383 -[sighs] -Okay. 10:34.467 --> 10:36.844 Alright, Nadi, I'm Dr. Lincoln. 10:36.927 --> 10:39.764 Can you please press down on your feet for me? 10:39.847 --> 10:42.433 Strength 3 out of 5 bilaterally. 10:42.516 --> 10:44.852 I couldn't have turned the dumb bike if I wanted to. 10:44.935 --> 10:47.897 The handlebars at the back of a tandem bike are for show. 10:47.980 --> 10:49.440 They don't move! 10:49.523 --> 10:51.359 -First-time rider? -[sighs] 10:51.442 --> 10:54.070 Our son finally left for college and we realized 10:54.153 --> 10:56.197 we don't know how to spend time alone together, 10:56.280 --> 10:58.449 so Emma bought a tandem bike and said, 10:58.532 --> 11:01.535 "Let's ride bikes in our undies with 800 other people." 11:01.619 --> 11:03.079 [sighs] 11:03.162 --> 11:06.415 Is it hot in here or am I having a hot flash? 11:06.499 --> 11:08.751 -[breathing heavily] -Get her to MRI. 11:08.834 --> 11:10.711 I'm worried about damage to her autonomic nervous system. 11:10.795 --> 11:12.755 Her wife, Ms. Correa, bed 3. 11:12.838 --> 11:14.674 [groans] 11:16.967 --> 11:19.136 Ms. Correa? I'm Dr. Lincoln. I'm-- 11:20.096 --> 11:22.181 I'm one of the doctors treating Nadi. 11:22.264 --> 11:24.058 -Is she mad? -She's hurt. 11:24.141 --> 11:25.559 Oh, that's worse than mad. 11:25.643 --> 11:27.186 As in, injured. 11:27.269 --> 11:29.897 Uh, we need to do an MRI to further evaluate her spine. 11:29.980 --> 11:31.982 When I heard that they were bringing back the Undies Ride, 11:32.066 --> 11:34.610 I thought, "This is it," you know? 11:34.694 --> 11:38.114 We'll put on our finest, hop on, and it'll spice things up. 11:38.406 --> 11:40.866 And then this rider next to us distracted me, 11:40.950 --> 11:42.493 and the priest-- the pri-- 11:42.576 --> 11:44.787 Can somebody see if this priest is okay? 11:44.870 --> 11:47.373 -Priest? -They ran over a priest. 11:47.456 --> 11:49.917 Not on purpose, though. I mean... 11:52.253 --> 11:55.464 [candidate] I completed my plastics fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, 11:55.548 --> 11:58.426 and then complemented that with a burn rotation at Pittsburgh 11:58.509 --> 12:00.052 and then moved to Hopkins. 12:00.136 --> 12:03.180 That's where I developed my free flap technique. 12:03.264 --> 12:05.808 You've accomplished a lot in a short time. 12:05.891 --> 12:08.102 I graduated from Columbia at 16. 12:08.185 --> 12:09.770 Like Dr. Pierce here. 12:09.854 --> 12:12.148 Can you talk a little bit about your experience 12:12.231 --> 12:13.816 in pediatric reconstructive surgery? 12:14.275 --> 12:17.278 We run a pro bono program here started by Dr. Avery. 12:17.361 --> 12:19.113 We fly the kids in, do their surgeries, 12:19.196 --> 12:21.073 -arrange for follow-ups. -No, thank you. 12:21.157 --> 12:22.825 I'm sorry? 12:23.743 --> 12:25.703 I draw the line at free. 12:25.786 --> 12:28.539 The program sounds adorable, though. 12:28.622 --> 12:31.333 ♪ 12:31.417 --> 12:35.588 [Levi] Late, late, late, late. 12:35.671 --> 12:37.631 So late. [sighs] 12:37.715 --> 12:40.134 Jo, residents can't be late! 12:41.594 --> 12:42.970 Do you need help? 12:43.345 --> 12:44.263 No, no, no, I-I'm good. I got this. 12:44.346 --> 12:46.098 You just-- you go ahead. I'll catch up. 12:46.182 --> 12:49.602 Yeah. Okay. Okay. 12:49.685 --> 12:51.645 Okay. Let's go. 12:51.854 --> 12:53.063 Okay. 12:53.147 --> 12:54.398 Ow! 12:54.857 --> 12:56.609 [breathing heavily] 12:59.028 --> 13:00.446 How are we gonna do this? 13:00.529 --> 13:01.655 [coos] 13:01.739 --> 13:03.574 [breathing heavily] 13:03.657 --> 13:05.910 [sighs] 13:05.993 --> 13:07.203 [breathing heavily] 13:07.286 --> 13:08.621 [siren wails in distance] 13:08.704 --> 13:10.164 -[cellphone ringing, vibrates] -Oh, excuse me. 13:10.247 --> 13:11.665 Yeah. 13:11.874 --> 13:13.083 [cellphone beeps] 13:13.167 --> 13:16.629 I require two years' notice, not two weeks. 13:16.712 --> 13:18.923 I don't know what Richard told you-- 13:19.006 --> 13:20.841 You know, I went to Minnesota once. 13:20.925 --> 13:22.134 It's cold. Frigid. 13:22.218 --> 13:24.470 -It makes you mean. -Like my mother, 13:24.553 --> 13:27.473 to whom they're dedicating a research library. 13:27.556 --> 13:30.476 Or that's what they told you to get you there. 13:30.559 --> 13:32.645 -I have to go. I have to go. -I-- 13:34.563 --> 13:36.357 -Where were we? -Research. 13:36.440 --> 13:38.526 In about two months, my lab will receive 13:38.609 --> 13:41.487 another grant to move forward on mRNA technology 13:41.570 --> 13:44.198 and its role in vaccine development, 13:44.281 --> 13:46.534 as well as treating various cancers. 13:46.617 --> 13:48.953 Wow. I read your paper last year. 13:49.036 --> 13:50.621 You're doing great work. 13:50.704 --> 13:52.248 Thank you. 13:52.331 --> 13:53.874 You're close. 13:53.958 --> 13:55.125 -Mini-livers... -[chuckles] 13:55.209 --> 13:57.795 ...abdominal wall transplant, 13:57.878 --> 13:59.880 ALPPS procedures. 13:59.964 --> 14:02.466 -You might hit groundbreaking one day. -[chuckles] 14:02.550 --> 14:03.551 I did have help. 14:03.634 --> 14:05.344 Security! 14:05.427 --> 14:07.221 This woman claims to be Ellis Grey's daughter, 14:07.304 --> 14:09.849 -but she's sharing credit. -[laughs] 14:11.475 --> 14:14.353 Here we are. Bright and shiny. 14:17.690 --> 14:19.608 Wow. 14:19.942 --> 14:21.527 She would be honored. 14:21.610 --> 14:23.195 Oh, this isn't your mother's. 14:23.279 --> 14:24.905 Her library is down the hall. 14:26.407 --> 14:27.908 This lab... 14:29.285 --> 14:32.371 ...is for you, Meredith. 14:32.621 --> 14:34.415 If you want it. 14:41.297 --> 14:44.466 -How's he doing? -He was in PEA, but we got a pulse back. 14:44.550 --> 14:45.759 Damn it. Base deficit okay? 14:45.843 --> 14:47.928 pH was 7.3 on his last ABG. 14:48.012 --> 14:49.638 Okay, well, he's not hypoxic. 14:49.722 --> 14:51.098 Uh, no evidence of a tension pneumo. 14:51.473 --> 14:52.808 Let's get him to CT. 14:53.267 --> 14:55.102 -[monitor beeping rapidly] -He's hypotensive, 14:55.185 --> 14:57.229 heart rate's 120, but I-I can't feel a pulse. 14:57.646 --> 14:59.398 [rapid beeping continues] 14:59.481 --> 15:00.691 [Owen] Okay, here we go. 15:01.150 --> 15:02.902 Okay, cardiac tamponade-- that explains the PEA. 15:02.985 --> 15:04.403 We're gonna have to open him up. 15:04.486 --> 15:05.779 -Alright, get me a 10-blade. -Yep. 15:06.155 --> 15:07.072 -Should I call someone else? -Why? 15:07.156 --> 15:08.115 He's your priest. 15:08.198 --> 15:09.575 ♪ 15:09.658 --> 15:11.035 Alright, move. Got it. 15:11.118 --> 15:13.913 [rapid beeping continues] 15:17.082 --> 15:18.626 [Nadi] Is there a fan in this thing? 15:18.709 --> 15:19.960 [Link] You feeling warm again, Nadi? 15:20.044 --> 15:21.253 Freezing cold. 15:21.337 --> 15:22.880 [Nadi] I've got goosebumps. 15:22.963 --> 15:24.798 Almost like my hair's standing on end. 15:24.882 --> 15:27.760 I don't think that's normal. Is it normal? 15:27.843 --> 15:29.720 We'll know more soon. 15:31.263 --> 15:32.348 [sighs] 15:32.431 --> 15:34.767 I might need one of you to take a look at my rotator cuff. 15:34.850 --> 15:36.852 -Think I tweaked it. -Doing what? 15:36.936 --> 15:37.895 Working out. 15:37.978 --> 15:40.064 Ah, you probably just strained it. 15:40.147 --> 15:42.441 See it in patients all the time, post-honeymoon. 15:42.524 --> 15:43.692 -Aah, aah. -Oh, sorry. 15:44.234 --> 15:45.152 You know, it's that constant motion-- 15:45.527 --> 15:46.528 Scans are up. 15:46.612 --> 15:49.239 Ah, thoracic compression fractures. 15:49.323 --> 15:51.700 And, uh, surprise, 15:51.784 --> 15:53.452 a tethered spinal cord with a syrinx. 15:53.535 --> 15:54.620 That can't be from the trauma. 15:54.703 --> 15:56.205 [Link] It's probably congenital, 15:56.288 --> 15:58.248 but the lumbar fractures are putting more tension on it. 15:58.791 --> 16:00.167 Explains her odd sensations. 16:00.250 --> 16:02.878 Can it be untethered when you reduce the fractures? 16:03.295 --> 16:04.630 Not by us. 16:06.715 --> 16:08.676 -[groans] -Where you going? 16:08.759 --> 16:11.345 I have to page freaking neuro. 16:11.428 --> 16:13.681 Okay, we need more applicants. 16:14.306 --> 16:16.433 I'm running out of surgeons like socks. 16:16.517 --> 16:18.686 Oh, thank you. Here. But how did you sprain your wrist 16:18.769 --> 16:20.354 on your honeymoon, anyway? 16:20.437 --> 16:22.523 Handcuffs? [chuckles] 16:22.606 --> 16:24.525 Oh, um... I'm not sure-- 16:24.608 --> 16:26.527 -Oh, no. -No, no, no. Never mind. 16:26.610 --> 16:27.861 I didn't ask. No one asked. 16:27.945 --> 16:30.197 -Not my business. Oh, look, hey. -[sighs] 16:30.280 --> 16:32.658 This guy trained under Mark Sloan in New York. Hey. 16:32.741 --> 16:34.785 [Hayes] You specialize in cryogenic surgeries? 16:35.327 --> 16:36.537 Do you want to tell us a bit about that? 16:36.620 --> 16:37.705 Uh, cryonics. 16:37.788 --> 16:41.166 Cooling people or pets to liquid nitrogen temperatures 16:41.250 --> 16:43.335 to prevent physical decay. 16:43.419 --> 16:44.461 So you want to freeze people? 16:44.795 --> 16:45.921 I already have. 16:46.005 --> 16:48.966 I'm sorry. Tom Koracick doesn't work here anymore? 16:49.049 --> 16:51.343 No. We're hiring to replace him. 16:51.427 --> 16:53.595 Oh. I'm just, uh... 16:53.679 --> 16:56.348 [Maggie] And our Chief of General Surgery is Dr. Meredith Grey, 16:56.432 --> 16:59.184 which is who you'd be working directly under, if hired. 16:59.268 --> 17:00.602 Okay. 17:00.686 --> 17:03.439 I-I am part of a reality show 17:03.522 --> 17:06.316 where cameras follow surgeons around during their day-to-day. 17:06.400 --> 17:08.318 That won't be an issue, right? 17:08.402 --> 17:10.988 That's what I made at my last hospital. 17:11.071 --> 17:13.198 ♪ 17:15.576 --> 17:17.661 I'm gonna need a break. 17:17.745 --> 17:19.872 First, with the help of a heart surgeon, 17:19.955 --> 17:21.582 we're going to go through the chest 17:21.665 --> 17:23.751 to fix the T6 fracture, 17:24.168 --> 17:27.129 then we're gonna flip you over and reduce the L1 fracture 17:27.212 --> 17:30.049 and fix the tethered cord. 17:30.132 --> 17:32.968 A priest, Emma. A man of God. 17:33.052 --> 17:34.178 It was an accident. 17:34.261 --> 17:35.721 An accident that you caused 17:35.804 --> 17:36.805 because you couldn't keep your eyes off 17:36.889 --> 17:38.432 those people in their thongs! 17:38.515 --> 17:40.768 I wasn't looking at their cheap lingerie! 17:40.851 --> 17:42.436 There was an anti-oil activist 17:42.519 --> 17:44.354 and she had something clever written on her-- 17:44.438 --> 17:45.397 Written on her what? 17:45.773 --> 17:47.149 [Amelia] Okay, we should really get up to the OR. 17:47.232 --> 17:49.068 Uh, Emma, you're under observation. 17:49.151 --> 17:51.403 Babe, I am so, so sorry. 17:51.487 --> 17:55.115 I love you and I'm sorry, and I will never forgive myself 17:55.199 --> 17:56.992 if that man doesn't make it out of surgery. 17:57.076 --> 17:58.535 [breathing sharply] 17:58.619 --> 18:00.537 Are you okay? What's wrong? 18:00.621 --> 18:01.622 I can't move my legs. 18:01.705 --> 18:04.083 I can't feel them, either. 18:04.291 --> 18:07.544 Okay, Nadi, try to move your toes for me. 18:07.920 --> 18:09.588 Okay, the fracture is putting too much pressure on the tether. 18:10.005 --> 18:11.215 We need to go right now. 18:11.298 --> 18:12.966 -Okay, can we get some help in here? -What? 18:13.050 --> 18:14.676 -No. No, wait. -Excuse me. Excuse me. 18:14.760 --> 18:17.346 -Emma? -[Emma] Wait. Wait. 18:18.430 --> 18:20.099 -We'll update you as soon as we can. -[Amelia] Okay. 18:20.182 --> 18:21.350 -[Nadi] Emma? -[Emma] Nadi, I love you. 18:21.433 --> 18:23.102 Go ahead to OR 3. 18:23.185 --> 18:26.355 There's state-of-the-art cell-processing equipment, 18:26.438 --> 18:29.483 including cell-selection devices, bioreactors. 18:29.566 --> 18:33.612 We can cryopreserve and store samples for at least 10 years. 18:33.946 --> 18:36.657 We have two ISO Class 7 clean rooms. 18:37.032 --> 18:39.618 -And a Batmobile. -[chuckles] 18:39.993 --> 18:41.370 -Kidding. -[Meredith] Staff? 18:41.453 --> 18:43.372 Expertly trained in cellular therapy 18:43.664 --> 18:45.916 and quality control. 18:45.999 --> 18:48.460 Cellular therapy. For what? 18:49.461 --> 18:52.214 I'm developing an experimental surgery for Parkinson's. 18:52.297 --> 18:54.383 I have the money. I have the toys. 18:54.466 --> 18:55.425 I have the cells. 18:55.509 --> 18:58.095 I just need the surgeon to persuade the FDA 18:58.178 --> 19:00.389 to grant me the approval for a clinical trial. 19:00.472 --> 19:02.057 Why aren't you doing it yourself? 19:04.518 --> 19:06.061 Because I'm the patient. 19:14.403 --> 19:16.363 [cellphone rings, vibrates] 19:16.822 --> 19:18.031 [cellphone beeps] 19:18.115 --> 19:20.367 Hey, did Bailey or Richard tell you to call me? 19:20.450 --> 19:23.745 Both. How's the trip? They offered you a job yet? 19:23.829 --> 19:25.622 I am not answering that. 19:25.706 --> 19:27.374 Yeah, that was a stupid question. 19:27.457 --> 19:29.585 Listen, whatever they've offered you, you can't take it, 19:29.668 --> 19:32.212 because I cannot sit through any more bloody interviews. 19:32.296 --> 19:35.048 [chuckles] How are you? How's Austin? 19:35.132 --> 19:36.884 He's the same. 19:36.967 --> 19:38.260 I'm really sorry. 19:38.343 --> 19:40.888 Stop apologizing to me. 19:41.263 --> 19:42.431 I mean it. 19:42.514 --> 19:44.099 You're an excellent dad. 19:44.183 --> 19:45.350 You don't want to move to Minnesota. 19:45.434 --> 19:47.811 I mean, I've heard they sculpt heads out of butter. 19:47.895 --> 19:49.813 [chuckles] 19:49.897 --> 19:51.565 I am hanging up now. 19:51.648 --> 19:53.108 Bye. 19:53.192 --> 19:54.902 -[cellphone beeps] -[breathes sharply] 19:57.779 --> 19:59.740 Everyone's drunk, half-naked, and injured. 19:59.823 --> 20:01.116 -It's like prom with blood down there. -Mm. 20:01.200 --> 20:02.534 I would have had fun at that prom. 20:02.618 --> 20:04.369 Teddy's about to do a lung resection. 20:04.453 --> 20:06.455 I need someone on the spleen while I repair the liver lac. 20:06.538 --> 20:07.664 He's bleeding too fast to wait. 20:07.748 --> 20:10.209 -I came as soon as Webber let me. -Thank you. 20:10.292 --> 20:11.293 Father Christopher's niece just arrived. 20:11.376 --> 20:13.045 -She's waiting downstairs. -No, Father Patrick. 20:13.128 --> 20:14.588 Call them back and make sure that they know 20:14.671 --> 20:16.131 before they make a horrible mistake with the family. 20:16.215 --> 20:17.382 No, no. Wait, wait, wait! Don't do that. 20:17.466 --> 20:20.302 Um, this is Father Christopher. 20:20.385 --> 20:21.553 Okay, I haven't been to church in 20 years, 20:21.637 --> 20:23.513 but I thought he was too old to be Father Pat. 20:23.597 --> 20:27.184 But we asked your mom's favorite priest to marry us. 20:27.267 --> 20:28.352 I mean, y-you asked. 20:28.602 --> 20:30.270 It was the one thing that you were in charge of. 20:30.354 --> 20:31.980 I know. It turned out that Father Patrick 20:32.064 --> 20:33.690 had a thing on our date, so... 20:33.774 --> 20:36.109 Well, I mean, you asked him like a month ago. He really couldn't-- 20:36.193 --> 20:38.403 [suction gurgling] 20:38.487 --> 20:39.571 Owen, when did you ask him? 20:39.655 --> 20:41.365 Oh, boy. 20:41.448 --> 20:43.700 -Two days ago. -[sighs] 20:43.784 --> 20:46.036 ♪ 20:48.330 --> 20:50.249 [Richard] How's it going, Schmitt? 20:50.332 --> 20:52.584 He needs a head CT and...an earlobe, 20:52.668 --> 20:53.877 and I don't know how to fix his face. 20:53.961 --> 20:55.087 Can someone fix his face? 20:55.170 --> 20:56.505 He's on shrooms! 20:56.588 --> 20:59.341 But you still have to save him because I love him. 20:59.424 --> 21:01.927 But you should know that he's on shrooms. 21:02.010 --> 21:04.304 -I can take care of that. -Please. 21:04.554 --> 21:06.181 -[woman over P.A.] Dr. Sike to oncology. 21:06.556 --> 21:08.976 Dr. Sike to oncology. 21:09.726 --> 21:11.270 Alright, vitals are stable, 21:11.353 --> 21:12.437 so I'm gonna go check in 21:12.521 --> 21:13.855 -with Dr. Webber downstairs. -Mm-hmm. 21:13.939 --> 21:14.898 Good luck with the tether. 21:14.982 --> 21:16.066 [Nico] How did she go this long 21:16.149 --> 21:17.943 without knowing she had a tethered cord? 21:18.026 --> 21:19.528 [Link] She said she had back trouble her whole life. 21:19.778 --> 21:21.029 She just tried to ignore the pain. 21:21.363 --> 21:23.532 Which earned her more pain, didn't it? 21:23.615 --> 21:25.242 Okay, deep breath, everyone. 21:25.325 --> 21:26.493 Cutting the filum. 21:26.576 --> 21:28.412 Nico, Levi rides, doesn't he? 21:28.495 --> 21:30.205 Would you ever join him on a tandem bike? 21:30.289 --> 21:32.457 I don't find it that necessary to share hobbies, 21:32.541 --> 21:33.542 especially Levi's. 21:33.750 --> 21:35.419 Independence is healthy. 21:35.502 --> 21:36.795 Well, there's independence, 21:36.878 --> 21:39.006 then there's doing whatever you want despite the other person. 21:39.089 --> 21:42.009 [monitor beeping rapidly] 21:42.092 --> 21:44.303 Damn it. We lost her potentials. 21:44.386 --> 21:46.054 -What happened? -[Amelia] Either I paralyzed her... 21:46.555 --> 21:48.223 or she's bleeding into the syrinx. 21:48.307 --> 21:50.517 [rapid beeping continues] 21:50.600 --> 21:53.812 ♪ 21:53.895 --> 21:56.648 Dr. Lin, when you were chief of plastics at-- 21:56.857 --> 21:58.108 Assistant chief. 21:58.191 --> 22:01.278 Uh, oh, so if we were to hire you, 22:01.361 --> 22:03.572 this would be your first time in this position? 22:03.655 --> 22:05.073 Yes. 22:05.157 --> 22:07.117 Like you, when you became chief of surgery here. 22:07.200 --> 22:10.329 I read your bio and 13 of your journal articles. 22:10.412 --> 22:11.663 All very impressive. 22:12.247 --> 22:14.291 I know you need doctors. 22:14.374 --> 22:16.335 Grey-Sloan is facing a physician shortage. 22:16.418 --> 22:18.795 The entire country is facing a physician shortage. 22:18.879 --> 22:21.757 At least 3,500 healthcare workers died from COVID, 22:21.840 --> 22:23.425 and just as many have walked away from medicine altogether, 22:23.508 --> 22:25.552 so you need me. 22:25.635 --> 22:28.013 And honestly, the only reason I'm available 22:28.096 --> 22:30.974 is because I hate Northern winters. 22:31.058 --> 22:33.101 And also because my current chief 22:33.185 --> 22:35.312 is a man who enjoys vacation homes 22:35.395 --> 22:36.897 and only hires women because he has to. 22:36.980 --> 22:39.024 W-- 22:39.107 --> 22:41.401 -Hey, may we help you? -You a plastics candidate? 22:41.485 --> 22:42.861 Y-Yes? 22:42.944 --> 22:44.821 Congratulations. You now have privileges. 22:44.905 --> 22:46.323 We have a guy who just blew off half his face 22:46.406 --> 22:48.533 with illegal fireworks. Come on. 22:50.160 --> 22:53.080 Guess someone should show me where I can get changed? 22:54.247 --> 22:56.166 My meds usually give me about three hours, 22:56.249 --> 22:58.377 which I find is enough time to consult on a patient 22:58.752 --> 23:01.129 or wine and dine a brilliant surgeon across state lines. 23:01.213 --> 23:02.339 Are you on Levodopa? 23:02.422 --> 23:05.050 Levodopa, anti-cholinergics, 23:05.384 --> 23:07.427 amantadine, and the occasional cannabis gummy. 23:07.511 --> 23:09.930 -Prescription, of course. -Of course. 23:10.013 --> 23:13.016 Meredith, when people see your name on something, 23:13.100 --> 23:15.060 they see cutting-edge. 23:15.143 --> 23:16.478 They know you're gonna see it through to the end. 23:16.561 --> 23:17.813 That's what I need. 23:17.896 --> 23:20.941 And don't you want to be the name who saved David Hamilton, 23:21.358 --> 23:24.319 -Minnesota's thoroughbred? -Thoroughbred? 23:24.403 --> 23:26.363 Well, retired thoroughbred, but, you know, 23:26.446 --> 23:27.781 still pretty good. 23:27.864 --> 23:30.200 -Tell me how it works. -Starts with skin cells. 23:30.283 --> 23:32.119 Turn them into pluripotent stem cells, 23:32.202 --> 23:35.372 and then differentiate those into dopamine-producing brain cells, 23:35.455 --> 23:37.249 and then inject them into the brain. 23:37.332 --> 23:39.876 Centers in Japan have been doing it with mice for years. 23:39.960 --> 23:43.046 You would be the public face of a possible cure 23:43.130 --> 23:45.549 to a disease that has devastated millions. 23:45.632 --> 23:47.592 ♪ 23:48.677 --> 23:51.012 ♪ 23:59.229 --> 24:00.439 Meredith? 24:02.899 --> 24:04.484 I'm not a neurosurgeon. 24:04.568 --> 24:07.112 But you'll attract the best. 24:07.195 --> 24:09.030 ♪ 24:09.114 --> 24:10.365 [breathes deeply] 24:10.449 --> 24:12.742 ♪ 24:13.994 --> 24:15.787 [monitor beeping] 24:15.871 --> 24:17.914 [sighs] You know we're not technically married. 24:17.998 --> 24:18.999 I mean, he didn't finish the ceremony, 24:19.082 --> 24:20.584 and he didn't sign the certificate. 24:20.667 --> 24:23.336 -We're mostly married. -That's not how it works. 24:23.420 --> 24:25.255 [beeping continues] 24:25.630 --> 24:26.715 So, Riggs and I broke up. 24:26.798 --> 24:28.383 -What? -When? 24:28.884 --> 24:30.469 Couple months ago. 24:30.552 --> 24:32.179 Pandemic casualty. 24:32.262 --> 24:33.847 We discovered we were a couple who enjoyed 24:33.930 --> 24:35.390 high highs and low lows, 24:35.474 --> 24:37.976 and after staring at the same four walls for a year 24:38.059 --> 24:40.103 while watching people die, we were done. 24:40.187 --> 24:43.106 He signed back up with his NGO and shipped out two days later. 24:43.190 --> 24:44.649 [sighs] You should have said something. 24:44.733 --> 24:47.944 It was your big day, but then I decided that my news 24:48.028 --> 24:49.696 was part of the theme-- crap show. 24:49.779 --> 24:50.822 -Ahh. -[monitor beeping rapidly] 24:51.406 --> 24:53.450 -Damn it. V-fib. -Push one of epi. 24:53.533 --> 24:56.203 [Teddy] Come on. No, come on, Father Christopher. 24:56.286 --> 24:58.163 Stay with us. 24:58.246 --> 24:59.998 [Owen] Charge paddles to 20. 25:00.081 --> 25:01.500 [rapid beeping continues] 25:01.583 --> 25:02.542 Don't do this. 25:02.626 --> 25:03.585 -Paddles. -Come on. 25:03.668 --> 25:04.669 Okay. 25:04.753 --> 25:05.837 -[sighs] -[paddles whine] 25:05.921 --> 25:07.506 Come on. 25:07.589 --> 25:10.175 Sorry about this, Father. And clear. 25:10.258 --> 25:11.301 [thump] Once again. 25:11.384 --> 25:12.469 ♪ 25:12.552 --> 25:13.678 And clear. 25:13.970 --> 25:16.014 -[Thump] -[woman] Come on. 25:16.097 --> 25:17.682 [breathes sharply] 25:23.647 --> 25:24.731 -You see anything? -No. 25:25.106 --> 25:26.107 Expose more of the dura. 25:26.525 --> 25:28.235 Amelia, I-I've already opened enough. 25:28.318 --> 25:29.402 We're well into the cord. 25:29.611 --> 25:31.655 And I still don't see any bleeding. Open it higher. 25:32.781 --> 25:34.449 I trust you. 25:34.533 --> 25:35.909 15-blade. 25:35.992 --> 25:37.953 Well, maybe you don't see any blood because there isn't any. 25:38.036 --> 25:40.080 Or I cut the cord. 25:40.163 --> 25:41.414 You didn't cut the cord. 25:43.375 --> 25:44.417 Done. 25:44.501 --> 25:46.253 ♪ 25:46.336 --> 25:49.339 There it is. Bleeding in the syrinx. 25:49.965 --> 25:51.258 Thank you. 25:51.341 --> 25:53.635 You're welcome. Now let's get this clot out. 25:53.718 --> 25:54.678 11-blade. 25:57.389 --> 26:00.141 Got high and set off illegal fireworks. 26:00.225 --> 26:02.852 25 and invincible. Majority of my trauma patients. 26:02.936 --> 26:05.313 Metz. 26:05.397 --> 26:06.398 I'm gonna be in here awhile. 26:06.481 --> 26:08.525 Did you want to finish the interview, or...? 26:08.608 --> 26:10.277 [Richard] Well, Dr. Lin, we can reschedule. 26:10.360 --> 26:12.237 No, now's good. I think better in here. 26:12.737 --> 26:13.947 Irrigation. And cut. 26:14.030 --> 26:14.948 [Bailey] Then where were we? 26:15.031 --> 26:17.158 [Maggie] We were asking about her training. 26:17.242 --> 26:19.619 Right, well, I completed my residency 26:19.703 --> 26:21.913 in otolaryngology at NYU, 26:21.997 --> 26:24.165 where my mentor, Dr. Joyce Wu, 26:24.249 --> 26:27.586 taught me how to use an 18-gauge needle to... 26:27.669 --> 26:29.713 18 gauge, Schmitt. 26:29.796 --> 26:31.840 Oh. Right. Um, here. 26:32.424 --> 26:35.552 ...to differentiate between living and dead tissue, 26:36.136 --> 26:37.512 even in the most extreme of cases. 26:37.596 --> 26:39.681 This is very extreme. 26:40.098 --> 26:42.350 The face is filled with robust vasculature, Dr. Schmitt. 26:42.434 --> 26:44.227 It can bleed. 26:44.477 --> 26:45.770 Eyes on the field, please. 26:45.854 --> 26:47.439 Mm. 26:47.522 --> 26:49.024 [sighs] 26:49.733 --> 26:51.359 What other questions do you have for me? 26:52.193 --> 26:53.486 [Cautious Clay's "Wildfire" plays] 26:53.570 --> 26:57.532 [Owen] His injuries were just too severe. 26:57.616 --> 26:59.868 I am so sorry, but we weren't able to save him. 27:00.285 --> 27:01.453 [breathes sharply] 27:01.536 --> 27:04.581 Your uncle seemed like-- he seemed like a wonderful man. 27:05.123 --> 27:07.083 [chuckling] He was. 27:07.334 --> 27:12.464 And at least he died doing what he loved most in the world. 27:12.547 --> 27:15.884 Weddings. [chuckles] 27:15.967 --> 27:18.303 He loved seeing people in love. 27:18.386 --> 27:19.512 [crying] 27:19.596 --> 27:22.223 ♪ You know that it's often ♪ 27:22.307 --> 27:23.391 ♪ But if you don't wanna stay ♪ 27:23.475 --> 27:25.518 We are so sorry for your loss. 27:27.812 --> 27:29.856 Teddy, maybe we should just go home. 27:29.939 --> 27:30.982 ♪ Then please stop moving this way ♪ 27:31.066 --> 27:32.651 [sighs] 27:32.734 --> 27:34.277 Our priest died on our wedding day? 27:34.361 --> 27:36.196 He wasn't our priest. He was a priest. 27:36.279 --> 27:38.406 Okay, a priest died on our table on our wedding day. 27:38.490 --> 27:40.450 -I mean, is that a sign? -No. Come on. 27:40.533 --> 27:42.994 -Megan, I-- -Come with me. 27:43.078 --> 27:45.080 Oh, my God. He died? 27:45.163 --> 27:46.956 The priest died? 27:47.040 --> 27:49.292 He-- He lived a really good, long life. 27:49.376 --> 27:50.877 -And your wife is gonna be okay. -[breathes sharply] 27:50.960 --> 27:52.545 She should have a full recovery. 27:52.879 --> 27:54.255 We killed a priest. 27:54.339 --> 27:55.965 She's not gonna be okay. 27:56.049 --> 27:58.510 She's gonna hate me more than she already did. 27:58.593 --> 28:00.553 -She doesn't hate you. -She does. 28:00.637 --> 28:03.098 [scoffs] She hates me. 28:03.181 --> 28:04.849 Isn't that what marriage is? 28:04.933 --> 28:06.476 A really great first few years, 28:06.559 --> 28:08.436 and then you both just quietly hate each other 28:08.812 --> 28:10.188 for the rest of your life? 28:10.271 --> 28:12.732 -I don't think-- -I was trying to do something fun. 28:12.816 --> 28:14.401 [crying] I was just trying to do something 28:14.484 --> 28:16.486 that we could talk about, you know? 28:16.569 --> 28:18.530 I was trying to not be those two people 28:18.613 --> 28:20.323 who sit around and hate each other 28:20.573 --> 28:23.034 because they don't have anything in common anymore. 28:23.118 --> 28:24.744 [sniffles] 28:24.828 --> 28:27.205 I just gave her more reason to hate me. 28:27.288 --> 28:29.624 ♪ Then please stop moving this way ♪ 28:29.708 --> 28:33.712 ♪ You're starting up a wildfire in my heart ♪ 28:33.795 --> 28:34.713 ♪ Hope it's what you want ♪ 28:34.796 --> 28:36.673 -Oh, Dr. Grey? -Mm. 28:36.756 --> 28:38.258 May I show you to the bar? 28:38.800 --> 28:40.802 ♪ Not just what you do ♪ 28:40.885 --> 28:45.473 ♪ You're starting up a wildfire in my head ♪ 28:45.557 --> 28:48.393 ♪ Hope it's what you meant ♪ 28:48.476 --> 28:51.479 ♪ Not just what you do ♪ 28:51.563 --> 28:53.898 [Indistinct conversations] 28:53.982 --> 28:56.651 [light jazz music plays] 28:57.569 --> 28:59.279 -Hi. -Hi. 28:59.362 --> 29:00.488 How did you find me? 29:00.572 --> 29:04.159 Well, five-star hotel right next to the hospital. 29:04.242 --> 29:05.660 I took a chance. 29:05.744 --> 29:07.829 ♪ 29:14.544 --> 29:16.296 ♪ 29:16.379 --> 29:18.006 Thanks. 29:18.631 --> 29:21.426 I didn't think you saw me at the restaurant. 29:21.509 --> 29:23.845 Well, you're pretty hard to miss. 29:23.928 --> 29:25.305 [breathes deeply] 29:26.931 --> 29:28.183 How's your date? 29:28.266 --> 29:29.684 Uh, ooph. 29:29.768 --> 29:31.895 Tiny portions. Terrible conversation. 29:32.437 --> 29:34.355 -Sorry. -Yeah, it was rough. 29:34.439 --> 29:36.608 She starts every sentence with, "Yeah, but..." 29:36.691 --> 29:39.194 and then [whistles] the story never ends. 29:39.277 --> 29:41.070 Never. I'm not kidding. 29:41.154 --> 29:42.989 She's probably at home right now talking to her Labradoodle 29:43.072 --> 29:45.366 about mergers and acquisitions. 29:45.450 --> 29:46.910 [breathes deeply] 29:47.494 --> 29:48.912 Nick. 29:49.454 --> 29:50.705 Meredith. 29:52.457 --> 29:54.167 I'm seeing someone. 29:54.751 --> 29:57.086 Oh. Okay. 29:57.921 --> 29:59.255 Is it serious? 29:59.339 --> 30:01.591 ♪ 30:01.674 --> 30:03.092 -No. -No. 30:03.176 --> 30:05.428 ♪ 30:05.512 --> 30:07.138 No, I'm not seeing someone. 30:07.222 --> 30:08.556 -I just completely... -[chuckles] 30:08.640 --> 30:09.974 I don't even know why I said that. 30:10.058 --> 30:11.267 That's okay. 30:11.351 --> 30:12.852 Well, I was, and then... 30:12.936 --> 30:15.104 his son had a hard time with it, so... 30:15.188 --> 30:16.356 [sighs] 30:16.439 --> 30:18.191 But... 30:18.274 --> 30:19.984 [chuckling] I don't know why I'm even telling you. 30:20.068 --> 30:21.486 [sighs] 30:21.569 --> 30:23.780 -'Cause I'm easy to talk to. -Mm. 30:23.863 --> 30:24.781 ♪ 30:24.864 --> 30:26.241 I'm not sleeping with you. 30:26.324 --> 30:29.202 Good. That's great. I'm not sleeping with you. 30:29.285 --> 30:31.871 ♪ 30:31.955 --> 30:33.998 -[breathes deeply] -My niece Charlotte-- 30:34.082 --> 30:36.042 she says thanks, by the way, 30:36.125 --> 30:38.086 for saving my kidney. 30:38.169 --> 30:39.838 That's the kind of deep conversation I get from her 30:39.921 --> 30:42.131 from some crowded dorm. 30:42.215 --> 30:44.634 Oh, you got her to college. 30:44.717 --> 30:47.345 Yes. House is quiet. 30:47.428 --> 30:49.055 [breathes deeply] 30:49.138 --> 30:52.517 Hey. Do you miss the noise? 30:52.600 --> 30:54.477 Desperately. 30:54.561 --> 30:57.146 ♪ 30:57.397 --> 30:59.190 I, um... 30:59.274 --> 31:01.609 -I got COVID. -Mm. 31:02.819 --> 31:04.320 It was very bad. 31:04.863 --> 31:06.322 I almost died. 31:06.406 --> 31:08.157 So you're a miracle... 31:08.241 --> 31:09.534 like me. 31:09.617 --> 31:11.494 ♪ 31:11.578 --> 31:13.621 -I guess. -Yeah. 31:14.122 --> 31:15.498 It's a lot of pressure, isn't it? 31:16.207 --> 31:17.709 Being a miracle. 31:17.792 --> 31:19.669 It's like... [snapping fingers] 31:19.752 --> 31:21.170 ...what you gonna do with it? 31:21.629 --> 31:25.466 That very question haunts my dreams. 31:25.550 --> 31:27.844 ♪ 31:27.927 --> 31:29.679 You want another drink? 31:30.096 --> 31:32.181 Yes... 31:32.265 --> 31:35.268 but still not sleeping with you. 31:36.060 --> 31:39.355 That's possibly the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. 31:39.439 --> 31:42.859 [chuckles] 31:42.942 --> 31:45.904 ♪ 31:51.868 --> 31:53.620 He didn't die. 31:53.703 --> 31:56.623 He'll need subsequent surgeries, but he's very much still here. 31:56.706 --> 31:59.167 -[sighs] Thank you. -[chuckles] 32:00.335 --> 32:02.003 [sniffles] 32:03.296 --> 32:05.048 [clears throat] 32:05.590 --> 32:09.844 Dr. Lin, we would like to formally offer you 32:09.928 --> 32:11.888 the chief of plastics position. 32:11.971 --> 32:14.807 Wow, that's... Thank you. 32:15.516 --> 32:16.601 [clicks tongue] 32:17.310 --> 32:19.437 Tell us the "but." 32:22.106 --> 32:23.733 I rely heavily on residents 32:23.816 --> 32:26.277 to help with my patient load and practice. 32:26.361 --> 32:28.404 -We have residents. -I move quickly. 32:28.488 --> 32:30.239 I teach by doing. 32:30.323 --> 32:32.367 I don't have time to go through each step in detail, 32:32.450 --> 32:34.702 and I don't like to hold trainees' hands. 32:34.786 --> 32:37.705 I bring residents in on high-level surgeries, 32:37.789 --> 32:40.208 and in return, I expect them to anticipate my next move. 32:40.291 --> 32:42.001 It's what I need to do this job, 32:42.085 --> 32:44.545 and based on what I saw in there today, 32:44.629 --> 32:47.966 I'm sorry, but your residents aren't where I need them to be. 32:51.552 --> 32:53.721 Um, e-e-excuse me, Dr. Lin. 32:53.972 --> 32:58.142 The pandemic took surgeries out of our residents' hands. 32:58.226 --> 33:00.311 They are a year behind because of it. 33:00.395 --> 33:02.313 Now, you're gonna find that anywhere you go, 33:02.397 --> 33:04.357 but what you won't find anywhere else 33:04.440 --> 33:08.361 is anyone as determined as I to bring them up to speed. 33:08.444 --> 33:11.906 -Dr. Webber-- -I will make them better, Dr. Lin. 33:11.990 --> 33:13.992 You have my word. 33:14.075 --> 33:15.868 ♪ 33:15.952 --> 33:17.453 I'll think about it. 33:17.537 --> 33:21.833 ♪ 33:23.835 --> 33:25.169 We beg? 33:26.045 --> 33:28.214 ♪ 33:28.297 --> 33:30.216 -[Owen] You're coming. Yes. -Oh, I really don't want to grab a drink 33:30.299 --> 33:31.926 and I don't want to see people. 33:32.010 --> 33:33.469 -Owen, please-- -Yeah, yeah, come on. Come on. Keep... 33:33.553 --> 33:35.388 [Cheers and applause] 33:35.471 --> 33:38.558 ♪ 33:42.145 --> 33:43.438 What is happening?! 33:43.521 --> 33:44.981 [laughs] 33:45.064 --> 33:47.233 We are raising a glass to Father Christopher. 33:47.316 --> 33:49.360 We are accepting donations to his church, 33:49.444 --> 33:52.071 and we, Teddy, we're getting married, 33:52.155 --> 33:53.448 because weddings were his favorite thing. 33:53.531 --> 33:54.866 -Owen. -[laughter] 33:54.949 --> 33:57.035 We've waited almost 20 years to do this, Teddy. 33:57.118 --> 33:58.619 Let's not waste any more time. 33:58.703 --> 34:00.788 This dress smells like antiseptic. 34:00.872 --> 34:03.666 And this place is decorated for, like, the Phoenix Fair. 34:03.750 --> 34:06.502 Well, maybe it's our theme, you know, rising from the ashes. 34:06.586 --> 34:07.795 Come on. Come on. 34:07.879 --> 34:09.630 Who's gonna actually marry us? 34:09.714 --> 34:11.132 -Hello, that would be me. -Uh... Yeah, here she is. 34:11.215 --> 34:12.592 -[laughter] -Here she is. 34:12.675 --> 34:14.927 I got ordained in 10 minutes in the attendings' lounge. 34:15.011 --> 34:16.429 I should have known that I would be the one 34:16.512 --> 34:17.555 to actually make this thing happen. 34:17.638 --> 34:19.223 -Please stand over here. -What? Me? I'm sorry. 34:19.307 --> 34:21.017 Okay, wait, what about your mom and the kids? 34:21.100 --> 34:22.018 Oh, they're right there. 34:22.101 --> 34:24.270 Aah! Oh, my God! 34:24.353 --> 34:27.273 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Hi. 34:27.356 --> 34:28.483 Hi. 34:28.566 --> 34:30.109 Okay, okay. Okay, okay. Let's do this. Let's do this. 34:30.193 --> 34:31.360 Okay, okay, I'm doing it. 34:31.444 --> 34:32.403 Okay, ready? Okay. 34:32.487 --> 34:33.529 Hey, everyone. Hi, everyone. 34:33.613 --> 34:35.782 Thank you all so much for being here. 34:35.865 --> 34:38.201 Sorry about the last-minute invite. 34:38.284 --> 34:41.120 You have all been through so much with us, 34:41.204 --> 34:42.622 and it just wouldn't be the same without all of you here, 34:42.705 --> 34:44.874 -so thank you. -Now he says it. 34:44.957 --> 34:47.043 [laughter] 34:47.126 --> 34:49.378 Okay, picking up where we left off, 34:49.462 --> 34:51.672 -10 hours later... -Yeah. 34:51.756 --> 34:53.257 -Owen... -Yes. 34:53.341 --> 34:54.592 ...do you take Teddy to be your wife? 34:54.675 --> 34:55.802 I do. 34:55.885 --> 34:57.220 [chuckles] 34:57.303 --> 35:00.014 Teddy, do you take Owen to be your husband? 35:00.098 --> 35:03.309 You have known me longer than anyone else, 35:03.392 --> 35:07.772 and you've been my other hand in surgery, 35:08.022 --> 35:10.608 my soccer partner, my confidante, 35:10.691 --> 35:14.487 and you literally have even been my cover in military ops. 35:14.570 --> 35:15.863 And... 35:16.906 --> 35:19.784 now you are the father of our children 35:19.867 --> 35:22.203 and soon to be my husband. 35:22.286 --> 35:23.830 -[cheers and applause] -That's right. 35:23.913 --> 35:26.332 [sighs] 35:26.415 --> 35:28.918 And I never... I never want to let you go. 35:29.001 --> 35:30.711 -I love you. -I love you. 35:30.795 --> 35:32.630 So you do or you don't? 35:33.047 --> 35:34.882 I do! I do! I absolutely do! 35:34.966 --> 35:36.926 Okay, okay, before anything else happens, 35:37.009 --> 35:39.846 I now pronounce you husband and wife. 35:39.929 --> 35:41.597 Kiss, for God's sake. 35:41.681 --> 35:43.683 [cheers and applause] 35:44.016 --> 35:47.895 ♪ When your heart's all on the line ♪ 35:47.979 --> 35:50.231 ♪ I know I don't stand a chance to fight ♪ 35:50.314 --> 35:51.858 We did it! We did it! 35:52.108 --> 35:53.359 [cheers and applause] 35:53.442 --> 35:54.569 Finally! 35:55.069 --> 36:00.908 ♪ When it comes down to the wire ♪ 36:00.992 --> 36:04.996 ♪ 36:10.209 --> 36:13.880 I know that marriage can be a faulty institution, 36:13.963 --> 36:17.175 but I-- I want to do it right. 36:17.258 --> 36:20.219 I want to do it better than my parents did. 36:20.303 --> 36:21.804 I want that for Scout. 36:22.138 --> 36:24.098 And I want it for me. 36:24.348 --> 36:26.517 ♪ But if it's left to chance or fate ♪ 36:26.601 --> 36:28.436 Link... 36:28.519 --> 36:29.604 I can't. 36:29.687 --> 36:31.981 ♪ I'll be lost ♪ 36:32.190 --> 36:33.399 Are you sure? 36:34.775 --> 36:36.736 [breathes sharply] 36:36.819 --> 36:38.696 ♪ 'Cause she gon' make you lose your mind ♪ 36:38.779 --> 36:40.281 I can... 36:41.866 --> 36:43.451 but I don't want to. 36:43.993 --> 36:46.245 ♪ When your heart's all on the line ♪ 36:46.329 --> 36:49.248 And you used to not want to with me. 36:49.332 --> 36:53.419 ♪ I know I don't stand a chance to fight ♪ 36:53.502 --> 36:55.087 ♪ When it comes down to the wire ♪ 36:55.171 --> 36:56.756 I got through this last year 36:56.839 --> 36:59.300 because I did it with the woman that I love. 36:59.800 --> 37:02.428 I learned more about myself than I ever thought I would. 37:02.511 --> 37:03.888 I learned that I... 37:03.971 --> 37:05.389 [sighs] 37:06.224 --> 37:07.433 I want more of it. 37:07.516 --> 37:09.310 I-I don't want a year, Amelia, 37:09.393 --> 37:11.395 I want a lifetime. With you. 37:12.188 --> 37:14.523 ♪ It's coming down ♪ 37:14.607 --> 37:16.192 Link, I love you. 37:16.275 --> 37:17.401 ♪ It's coming down ♪ 37:17.485 --> 37:19.070 And I love Scout. 37:19.153 --> 37:21.322 And I love how you are with Scout. 37:21.405 --> 37:22.823 I love it. 37:22.907 --> 37:28.788 ♪ It's coming down ♪ 37:30.289 --> 37:31.499 ♪ 37:31.582 --> 37:33.292 Then marry me, Amelia. 37:33.376 --> 37:38.172 ♪ 37:38.256 --> 37:39.173 No. 37:39.257 --> 37:43.094 ♪ 37:46.430 --> 37:48.349 [sighs] 37:48.432 --> 37:50.434 ♪ 37:53.312 --> 37:54.230 ♪ 37:54.313 --> 37:55.648 [speaking indistinctly] 37:55.731 --> 37:58.484 ♪ 38:00.361 --> 38:01.570 Is that for me? 38:01.654 --> 38:03.281 No, no. This is for me. 38:03.364 --> 38:05.449 According to Nico, you strained my rotator cuff. 38:05.533 --> 38:07.201 -Me? -Yeah. 38:07.285 --> 38:09.704 You were the one who wanted to go out on the deck. 38:09.787 --> 38:11.122 And you said you wanted to look 38:11.205 --> 38:12.206 -at the stars. -Uh-huh. 38:12.290 --> 38:14.709 I thought you meant look at the stars, 38:14.792 --> 38:16.168 you know what I'm saying? 38:16.252 --> 38:18.713 -Like, code. -Women don't speak in code. 38:18.796 --> 38:20.923 -Maggie Pierce. -Mm. 38:21.007 --> 38:22.258 So poised at work. 38:22.341 --> 38:24.385 If only they knew. 38:25.886 --> 38:27.179 [chuckles] 38:27.263 --> 38:28.306 Want to get out of here? 38:28.597 --> 38:30.558 I do want to get out of here, yeah. 38:30.641 --> 38:32.518 ♪ 38:32.601 --> 38:34.979 -We're taking these fries, though. -Yeah. 38:35.062 --> 38:38.357 ♪ And the moment that it all came down in front of me ♪ 38:38.441 --> 38:40.359 ♪ 38:40.443 --> 38:42.111 ♪ Was the only time I ever felt afraid ♪ 38:42.194 --> 38:43.237 [bell rings] 38:43.321 --> 38:44.530 Whoo! 38:44.613 --> 38:47.074 ♪ 38:47.158 --> 38:49.702 ♪ And knowing might be harder ♪ 38:49.785 --> 38:52.288 So, uh, what's happening with your youngest? 38:52.371 --> 38:54.665 You-- You-- You never finished your sentence. 38:54.749 --> 38:56.876 -Your youngest is having moments of-- -[clears throat] 38:56.959 --> 38:58.961 Panic attacks. 38:59.045 --> 39:00.921 -They're very intense. -Mm. 39:01.005 --> 39:04.508 It started when he found out I was dating, 39:05.217 --> 39:06.969 -when I was trying to... -[chuckles] 39:07.053 --> 39:09.055 ...and, uh, I stopped 39:09.138 --> 39:11.390 as soon as I saw what it was doing to him, but, uh... 39:11.474 --> 39:12.850 Cheers. 39:13.476 --> 39:18.731 He's still very anxious and has these episodes. 39:19.190 --> 39:20.733 I have no idea what to do. 39:20.816 --> 39:22.234 ♪ Did you ever stop to weigh the cost of being free? ♪ 39:22.318 --> 39:25.654 Well, how about Sunday? For dinner. 39:26.030 --> 39:28.908 You and your boys come to my place. 39:29.116 --> 39:30.159 Uh, 6:00. 39:30.242 --> 39:31.535 And bring dessert. 39:31.619 --> 39:34.038 Uh, and if it's fruit, you'll get shown the door. 39:34.121 --> 39:35.414 -Eh? -Okay. 39:35.790 --> 39:36.749 -Alright. -Thank you. 39:36.832 --> 39:37.958 [chuckles] 39:38.334 --> 39:39.710 ♪ You could've spared me all the time I still believed ♪ 39:39.794 --> 39:42.505 ♪ 39:42.588 --> 39:44.757 [Meredith] You try just as hard. 39:44.840 --> 39:46.384 You do the same things 39:46.467 --> 39:47.551 -you've done for years... -[scoffs] 39:47.635 --> 39:49.678 ...even better than you used to. 39:49.762 --> 39:51.555 Ahh. 39:51.764 --> 39:53.140 [siren wailing in distance] 39:53.224 --> 39:54.850 [sighs] 39:56.894 --> 40:01.273 I couldn't take Luna in to daycare. 40:01.357 --> 40:02.942 [Luna coos] 40:03.025 --> 40:04.902 I never even went in the building. 40:06.946 --> 40:08.823 [cooing continues] 40:08.906 --> 40:12.243 Every time I walk out of a room, 40:12.326 --> 40:16.622 I wonder if I'm making Luna feel the way I must have felt 40:16.705 --> 40:19.500 when my mom left me at that fire station. 40:22.044 --> 40:24.672 I never want to leave her side. 40:24.755 --> 40:26.674 Ever. 40:26.757 --> 40:28.884 Clearly. Look at my hair. 40:30.469 --> 40:32.221 [laughs] 40:32.304 --> 40:33.848 I hate you! 40:33.931 --> 40:35.349 [laughing] What? 40:35.433 --> 40:37.393 -I-- -[laughs] 40:39.895 --> 40:42.857 Well, you're-- you're gonna feel guilty 40:42.940 --> 40:44.316 every time you walk out that door. 40:44.400 --> 40:46.360 That's not gonna change. 40:46.444 --> 40:47.862 All that means is that 40:47.945 --> 40:50.030 she is number one in your mind all the time, 40:50.114 --> 40:52.116 and that's how it should be. 40:53.909 --> 40:56.078 I think it's over with Amelia. 40:56.162 --> 40:58.456 I thi-- I think it's really over. 40:59.665 --> 41:02.877 That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. 41:05.421 --> 41:06.630 Isn't it? 41:11.302 --> 41:13.721 [sighs] Can we go home? 41:13.804 --> 41:15.639 Yeah. 41:16.015 --> 41:18.851 [Meredith] But what if it still doesn't feel like a win anymore? 41:20.019 --> 41:21.061 [seat belts click] 41:22.771 --> 41:24.273 So, how long are you in town? 41:24.356 --> 41:26.192 Um, just a couple more days. 41:26.275 --> 41:29.028 They've asked me to stay and look at some research, so... 41:29.111 --> 41:31.238 Does that mean you've stopped playing? 41:31.322 --> 41:32.490 Alright. 41:32.865 --> 41:34.783 ♪ 41:34.867 --> 41:35.993 I'm not inviting you in. 41:36.076 --> 41:37.328 -That's okay. -Okay. 41:37.411 --> 41:40.289 -I'm not asking. -Thanks for walking me. 41:40.372 --> 41:42.208 -Of course. -Okay. 41:42.291 --> 41:44.877 -Good night. -Good night. 41:44.960 --> 41:47.046 [lock beeps, door opens] 41:47.129 --> 41:48.547 Keep walking. 41:48.631 --> 41:50.174 So bossy. 41:50.257 --> 41:51.467 No. 41:51.550 --> 41:54.053 It means it's time to change the game. 42:02.353 --> 42:04.480 [closing theme music playing]