Grey's Anatomy s21e02 Episode Script

1
The brain stores a single memory
in millions of neurons.
Ohh.
Oh, this has got to stop.
I'm losing my mind.
How are you sleeping through this?
Kwanie? Kwan-Kwan!
Hi. So sorry. Who are you?
There's a neuron that holds the smell
of your prom date's cologne.
Another neuron contains the sound
of your dress being zipped up.
And one for your favorite
song you danced to that night.
Are you going to work?
It's 3:00 in the morning.
Tell that to Griffith.
- Hey, who's that girl in your room?
- No one.
Why are you down here? Does she snore?
I'm going back to sleep.
To remember the whole evening,
you need all of these neurons
to communicate with each other
to make a complete picture.
But when the brain experiences trauma,
these neurons can be
starved of oxygen and die.
Ugh, they forgot to place
a supply order last week.
We're down to the last case of 4x4.
- Can we steal from cardio?
- If we can borrow a nurse for clinic.
Yeah. How did this place
survive a week without us?
Beyond me. Hey, do
you know a Nora Young?
Yeah, she grew up down
the street from me.
She was one of my sister's friends. Why?
Well, Megan's sending her here.
She has a perfed esophagus
from a Nissen procedure.
They tried to repair it,
but it still has a leak.
You know, I haven't seen Nora in years.
She was kind of a pain.
Very bossy and tightly wound.
I mean assertive and goal-oriented.
Instead of complete memories,
you're left with glimpses.
Good morning.
I hope you are ready to
hit the ground running.
I've got some new ideas
for genetic targets.
Is that a new PCR machine?
- Where'd that come from?
- Dr. Ridgeson got an NIH grant.
Kate Ridgeson?
Why's she putting her
equipment in my lab?
It's her lab now.
Right.
Of course. No sense letting a lab
sit idle for one whole week.
I will check in with operations
and, uh, see what's available.
A smell, a taste, a feeling.
Morning.
And once you start
losing bits of memory
Guess I'll take the stairs.
there's no way to get them back.
There is supposed to be a
ding before the doors open.
- Where was the ding?
- Okay. Let's take a step back.
She's seen plenty of people kiss.
She's our boss, one
of our many bosses
Exactly. She has way
more important things
to worry about today.
We are gonna go out there,
like the badasses we are,
like nothing happened,
and all will be well.
- Have you seen Catherine?
- Uh, she should be here soon.
Excuse you. I was here first.
Well, this can't wait.
- Uh, didn't you get fired?
- I wouldn't use those words.
Dr. Fox, do you have a minute?
Okay, I know we've had our differences,
but I would like to talk to you
about coming back as residency director.
We had an appointment
to discuss my research.
Didn't we, Dr. Fox?
Call my assistant
and make an appointment,
Dr. Bailey, please.
D Oh.
Put on heels for this.
Sit.
You've got some nerve.
How about, "Thank you
for flying all the way across
the country to check on me
'cause no one knows I'm being treated
for Budd-Chiari syndrome"?
Do you have a butterfly?
- Go easy, now.
- Or what? You'll fire me?
- Over there.
- Okay, thanks.
Okay, but if she's his cousin,
then why wouldn't he
just say that, right?
Kwan has some
mystery woman visiting.
Good for him. I don't care.
You know what's gonna be fun?
July, when you're an intern again
- and we're all your bosses.
- Ha-ha.
- Hi. Hello. Hi. Good morning.
- Morning.
- Where's Kwan?
- Here. I'm here.
Okay, for a second there,
I thought you were sick,
Which is a great reminder.
If you're feeling under the
weather, do not get together,
because I-I really I cannot
have you dropping like flies.
I'm going to bring up the schedule now.
What's she doing here?
- She wanted me to tell her about us.
- At the hospital?
Yeah. She refused to leave.
Guess the amnesia didn't
erase her stubborn streak.
Okay, so, Griffith, you're with Altman.
Yasuda, you're with Beltran.
Uh, Shepherd is back,
so, Millin, you'll be with her in neuro.
Kwan, you're with Hunt. Oh, and, Adams,
it looks like you are all set
to help me with progress notes.
Although Ndugu did request
you, so it's your call.
Uh, maybe I should just
see what Ndugu wants.
Oh, yeah. Great idea.
Ooh, so if anybody
wants to do a switcheroo,
I have a spot open with me.
So And we Sure. No. Okay.
Yeah.
Go, team!
If you take down a
dressing to look at a wound,
you have to redo it.
I have my own job, okay?
I can't follow you around all
day cleaning up your messes.
- She does not hold back, does she?
- She does not.
And yesterday I would've thrown down.
But today I am trying something new.
Oh, yeah? What's that?
Professional detachment.
I know I'm not getting
the peds fellowship.
I saw the list of ranked applicants.
Somebody left it at the nurses' station.
- I'm sorry. I-I wanted to tell you.
- It's okay.
I-I knew my ABSITE
wasn't competitive enough,
and I don't have the
research experience.
I will find something else.
- No question.
- Alright, let's go round.
Did you know that there are
more than 200 frozen dead people
- on Mount Everest?
- That's nothing.
Ever hear of a little
boat called the Titanic?
Elvis died on the toilet.
Not that you know who that is.
Heart attack, not constipation.
Common misconception.
- Lovely.
- I'm the cool chaplain.
Ever since Cal's mom died,
he's, uh, been a little
obsessed with death.
Oh, I was obsessed with
embalming when I was your age,
so I get it.
- Yasuda?
- Cal Huang, 15.
Diagnosed eight years ago
with Li-Fraumeni syndrome,
a genetic disorder associated
with an increased likelihood of cancer.
He's in remission for an
adrenocortical carcinoma
treated two years ago.
Admitted from clinic for a work-up
of his increasing mid-back pain.
He hasn't been able to
sleep, barely has an appetite.
- It's another tumor, isn't it?
- Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
We need to run some more tests
to get to the bottom of this pain.
But your labs have
come back normal so far.
Yeah, Dr. Schmitt's
right. One step at a time.
Dr. Yasuda will take
you to get your CT scan,
and I'll come check on you
when we have the results.
Is now a good time to talk about
getting the funding for
my research project back?
Do you want my clot to just blow?
Meredith.
Why didn't you tell me you
were coming back to town?
D-Did you change your mind?
Are you back at the Fox Foundation?
- I'm working out the details.
- What does that mean?
What's happening with
the research funding?
- Did Catherine say something?
- Now's not really a good time.
Why won't you give me a straight answer?
Can we talk about this later?
I'm checking on a patient.
Your scans are up. Liver cancer?
What?
That liver's covered in tumors.
Dr. Ndugu?
I was told you requested me.
Yeah, I did. Dr. Pierce said
you declined her offer in Chicago.
Yeah, it was a great opportunity,
but I'm happy where I am.
Well, we have some great
opportunities here, too.
How about you join us
today in the skills lab?
Yeah, we're setting up a
vascular anastomosis lab
for the residents.
Dr. Webber, I've been looking for you.
I wanted to thank you
for holding down the fort
while I was gone.
I was overlooking the OR schedule,
and it is a mess without Bailey,
so I hope it's okay,
but I took the liberty
of filling up your schedule
for the next two weeks.
And don't worry. It's not all hernias.
Who said you should do that?
Well, it's the chief's job
to oversee the schedule.
You're not the chief.
Well, Catherine said
that I had my job back.
You are employed as a
cardiothoracic surgeon.
Now, when you can do that
job without breaking the rules
or without stealing any money,
then we'll see about chief.
I see.
Okay. Thank you.
We've been at this a while.
What do you say we, uh, get out of here,
- take a break?
- That's not necessary.
Maybe not for you.
I haven't left the hospital in 36 hours.
You golf, right?
You too, Adams.
So, are you going to tell me who she is,
or am I going to have
to pry it out of you?
- Hey. Welcome back.
- Thanks.
Let's go.
Nora Young, 46, female.
Status post Nissen fundoplication,
complicated by an
esophageal perforation,
post primary repair with
ongoing leak and infection.
Rooster, look at you, all grown up.
- Hi, Nora.
- Is she talking to you?
- Afraid so.
- Ah.
Owen Uh, sorry, Dr. Hunt.
God, that sounds weird.
Dr. Hunt played Rooster
in Taft Middle School's
nineteen eighty
oh, the year doesn't matter
production of "Annie."
You're a theater kid?
Listen, I did one play for extra credit.
He wore suspenders, and
his little voice cracked.
Okay, uh, this is my
wife, Dr. Teddy Altman.
She's gonna be taking care of you.
- Welcome to Grey-Sloan.
- Thank you so much.
I know you're busy. Megan
said you're the boss.
Yeah. Well, I'm glad to help.
Any friend of Megan's
is a friend of ours.
Alright, we'll upload those
scans from the last hospital
- and take it from there.
- Thank you.
Let's go.
Hey, hey. Um
- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah. I'm fine.
Hey, uh, I have to do a baptism.
Could you give this to Cal?
A coffin catalog?
Yeah, he he really wanted camo,
but the closest I could
find was Army green.
He's 15.
He has a genetic disorder
that predisposes him to cancer.
Okay, you don't need to explain
my patient's pathology to me.
If you want to give this to him,
which I highly advise against,
you'll have to do it yourself.
Are you at peace with mortality, Doctor?
Father, with all due respect
It's Reverend. But
you can call me James.
Great. Now, if you'll excuse
me, I have to get back to work.
Is that a coffin catalog?
So, good news is it looks
like a benign schwannoma
of the thoracic group, but it's huge.
Can we resect it?
I don't see how. It's
so close to the spine.
Look at all of the consults that
haven't yet scheduled procedures
and try to get some
of those on the books.
Dr. Shepherd, I didn't
know you were back.
Oh, well, yeah, just
trying to ease back in.
Well, sorry to mess up your plans,
but could you take a look at this?
I can't figure out the right approach.
- Wow, that is a puzzle.
- Yeah.
Do you think you could
squeeze in a consult?
He's in a lot of pain.
I think I can probably
shuffle some things around.
Let's schedule an MRI
and a spinal 3-D
reconstruction on these scans.
So this is it. This is how I die.
We don't know that.
I know my primary cancer, Meredith.
The scan tells me it's
mets or new cancer.
Neither is a good option.
We won't know that for sure
until we get further testing.
Don't placate me.
Fine. You don't want me to placate you.
- You need to tell Richard.
- No.
He can help you through
this. No, Meredith.
He would want to help you.
Do you know how many
complications I have every year?
Low neutrophils, pain in my back,
pain in my chest, pain in my ass.
I don't want Richard
panicking every month,
every week, putting his life on hold,
waiting to see if I'm going to die.
It's not over. This is not the end.
Maybe not for you, but it is for me.
This is gonna sound weird
given where I am right now,
but I feel like a movie star.
- You're right. That does sound weird.
- I have four kids.
My life is laundry and making lunches.
And today I was whisked away in a plane,
and you're giving me
blankets I didn't even wash.
Probably sounds so sad to you.
Are you kidding? I don't
know how moms do it.
SSRIs and wine.
At least that's how I do it.
Do you always want a big family?
I wanted to be a White House reporter.
Then I met my husband.
His family has a sugar
beet farm in the country.
And it's this big operation.
Every farmer needs his wife.
Needed. We're at the finish
line of a long divorce.
- I'm sorry.
- I'm not.
After this, we'll check
on your labs and CT,
and then Dr. Altman will be
back to discuss next steps.
How did she end up on this floor?
Are you hooking up with
a patient's granddaughter?
No.
Hey, you shouldn't be here in the ICU.
Um, I brought you a bagel.
I saw you didn't eat
anything this morning.
I never eat breakfast.
And that used to drive you crazy.
Well, it's the most
important meal of the day.
Coffee is the most
important meal of the day.
If we were engaged, why could
I only find one photo of you?
- I don't know.
- How did we meet?
At a Halloween party.
You were dressed up
as a giant disco ball.
It was so big that you couldn't
fit in through the bathroom door.
I was waiting to go next,
and then you asked me if
I could hug the costume
so you could squeeze in.
We looked so dumb, and
we couldn't stop laughing.
And I saw your reflection
on the tiny little
mirrors on the costume.
And I remember thinking
there's no view of this
person I didn't like.
Well, that must have been nice,
to be loved like that.
Why did we break up?
- It was complicated.
- What does that mean?
Code blue!
Code blue, fourth floor
I need a crash cart in here now!
Code blue, fourth floor, surgical ICU.
There.
Ahh.
Okay, northeasterly breeze.
Show you fellas how this is done.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. No.
Isn't the hole over there?
Maybe the sun got in his eyes.
Alright, I'm a little
rusty. That's okay.
- Adams, you any good?
- I'm alright.
Okay.
That was just alright?
Well, compared to the
guys I normally play with.
I think this young man
just insulted us, Dr. Ndugu.
Hey, you saw where my ball went.
Well, let's see if I still got it.
Whew! That's a beauty right there.
You're going down.
Alright, bring me up to speed.
She vomited over a liter of blood.
We can't get a read on her BP anymore.
- She's about to code.
- Alright, with this much bleeding,
it could be an upper GI or
an aorto-esophageal fistula.
Griffith, you're gonna help
me place a Minnesota tube.
I need Kerlix, an IV bag, and X-ray.
- I'm in. Color change noted.
- Great.
Griffith, have you ever
placed a balloon tamponade?
You're gonna take this.
It is just like an OG tube.
You are gonna place a catheter
down the throat behind the ET tube.
Yep.
I think I'm in the stomach.
Inflate the gastric balloon.
Alright, let me take a look.
Perfect. Alright, let's
get X-ray out of here.
We need to engage traction.
Alright, Kwan, hook up
suction to the esophageal port.
Good, good, good.
You're right. Bleeding must
be coming from the esophagus.
Alright, inflate the esophageal balloon.
We have seconds before she codes.
- Should we hang another unit?
- Yes. Where are we, Griffith?
Esophageal balloon is inflated.
Great job, everyone. What's the plan?
TEVAR and stent to cover the fistula?
Excellent. Alright,
Kwan, book and IR suite.
Bleeding has stopped.
Dr. Bailey.
Dr. Bailey, I need a consult.
Oh, go ask someone on the payroll.
If this is about this
morning, I'm sorry.
Are you?
Well, you didn't seem
sorry when you brazenly
got in the way of me
trying to get my job back.
And you don't seem sorry
at all that Sydney Heron
is still bossing my interns around.
Wait. Sydney Heron's back?
Yeah, in all her perky,
passive-aggressive glory.
So you need a consult, page her.
- I'm not paging Sydney Heron.
- Well, call Webber.
- I can't.
- And why not?
Because the patient
doesn't want him to know.
Alright, what are we looking at?
The schwannoma has
invaded this spinal column,
and now it is compressing the cord.
Well, it's incredible
that he made it this long
without becoming symptomatic.
Yeah, well, he spent his
life in and out of hospitals.
At this point, his pain
tolerance is very high.
Can't imagine being
15, knowing that every moment,
your cells could be
mutating into cancer,
and still have to take a geometry final.
If we do an anterior approach,
we won't be able to assess
the posterior margins.
And if we go in posteriorly,
we can't access the thoracic component.
Can we just turn him
over during surgery?
Well, we wouldn't have
to if he's on his side.
Dr. Beltran, you could open his chest
and work from front to back,
and then I could open his
back and work my way forward.
- You think that's too risky?
- I think risky is all Cal has.
Let's go talk to him and his dad.
Um, Cal's not in his room.
- Where is he?
- The chaplain said
that he was taking him
somewhere and not to worry.
What?
He's part of the care team.
Nora has an aorto-esophageal fistula,
and I can't find anyone to
help me repair her esophagus.
Why is no one answering OR six?
I'm sure we can find someone to help.
Are you magic? Can you just
pull someone out of thin air?
Because Bailey works across the street,
Richard has taken the day off,
and Sydney Heron's in
an emergency debridement.
- Who's Sydney Heron?
- She's the new Bailey.
And she's an acquired taste
which I will never have.
Pretty sure Richard wouldn't
mind coming in for an emergency.
- I don't think that's a good idea.
- Why not?
He could do an esophageal
stent in his sleep.
Richard is not stepping down from chief.
He said that he doesn't trust me.
So I don't think that he and
I should be operating together.
Could you finish up in here, please?
Thanks.
What do you mean he said
he doesn't trust you?
What did you say to that?
Nothing. His mind is made up.
Alright, you know what I'm gonna do?
I am gonna call in Richard,
and I'll just replace myself.
- Beckman can do it.
- No, Nora came all this way to see you.
I'll do it. I'll stent the esophagus.
Tis is your first day
back in the trauma room.
And you are the best damn C
surgeon in this whole hospital.
- Let me help.
- Thank you. Okay.
I'll see you in the OR.
She doesn't want
any type of intervention.
I practically had to hold
her down for her blood draw.
I don't blame her.
She's been through a lot.
I didn't think you and Catherine
were exactly on good terms these days.
Are you on good terms
with all of your patients?
She's a trailblazer. I respect her.
She paved the way, showed
me what was possible.
I owe her my career, even
if I'm sidelined right now.
Although, in fairness,
that was my decision.
Okay, look, see, these masses
look like they've been
growing for a while.
By now, wouldn't you
think there'd be mets
in other places, too?
It could be a different primary cancer.
What if it isn't cancer at all?
Maybe hemangiomas or other
fatty changes from ischemia.
The odds of that are almost nonexistent.
It's Catherine Fox. Anything's possible.
Hey, what are you doing out here?
Just planning my
funeral in case I croak.
You're not dying.
What you have is a benign tumor
that we are going to remove today.
Yasuda, will you please
take Cal up to his room?
Alright. Train's leaving.
He wanted to plan his funeral.
I know that he'll
likely get more cancers,
and I know that one of them
will probably take his life.
But I can't think about that right now,
because I have to focus on
removing the gigantic one
that's impinging on his spine.
That's quite the God
complex you have there.
- I'm doing my job.
- Screw your job.
Be a person.
His whole obsession with death,
the facts, the jokes he's scared.
He's telling you he is scared.
He has an incurable genetic disease.
I can't fix that for him.
I can't make that go away.
And if I can't, there's sure
as hell nothing you can do.
Look, you might have
more schooling than me.
You might get more respect.
You don't have all the answers
And you do?
I don't have any answers.
All I can do is listen.
You should try it.
Found it!
Oh, no. It's a rock.
Your uncle and I had a standing game
every week in the summer.
Yeah, he was obnoxiously
good at everything.
Not golf.
All the way he shanked that ball.
How'd you get to be so good?
Oh, my dad pushed me to learn.
Said it'd helped me socialize
with my colleagues one day.
I guess he had a point.
Yeah, sometimes I forget.
It's nice to get out of the
hospital with your colleagues.
Actually, now that I think about it,
your uncle and I used to
play with Phil Kopelman.
He's an ENT, but now he runs
the outreach over at the ACGME.
Wouldn't hurt to give him a call.
You think he could do
something about my remediation?
He's a fair guy.
I mean, if he doesn't feel that
the punishment fits the crime,
I'm sure he'll do what he can.
But, um, don't tell
Catherine I said that.
Yeah, we don't talk that much.
Here it is. Look at that.
Not too far from the green.
You're still in the rough, Ndugu.
This is not a good time.
We just need two minutes.
I am not in the mood
to debate anybody's employment status.
We're here to discuss your health.
My health is fine. Thank you.
- She's seen the scans.
- Damn it, Grey.
You can believe that I'm gonna
sue you for breaking HIPAA.
Your lawyers know where to find me.
I needed a consult.
Can't you give me the dignity
of just dying in private?
But what if it isn't cancer?
You saw the scans.
I did, and while they are concerning,
there's a chance that the lesions
are a benign finding
of your subacute Budd-Chiari syndrome.
And we could do a biopsy to find out.
My liver is teeming with lesions.
A biopsy could cause bleeding, a stroke.
It's dangerous. It's absurd.
Why would you even recommend that?
Because it's what
Richard taught me to do.
And I think it's what he would want.
Mm.
Richard's ears are burning.
Um, what's happening?
I don't know.
Is she having the stroke now?
Well, come on. Y'all want to talk?
- Let's go talk.
- Okay, okay.
Dr. Cunningham to the OR.
Dr. Nyema Cunningham to the OR.
How's your patient doing?
I have to take her up to
surgery in a few minutes.
Oh, does that mean you
have a minute to talk?
I really should head back upstairs.
I can't leave here until
I know our whole story.
I swear, I'm not trying
to take advantage.
I know your time is valuable.
Does it really
matter what happened?
You seem happy.
That doesn't mean I don't want answers.
I mean, until Dave,
this was the most significant
relationship in my entire life.
I have no idea why it ended.
I mean, wouldn't you want to know?
You don't have any pictures of me
because you deleted them all.
I came home one night,
and you were crying on the floor.
You had found out that
I had cheated on you.
We we were young.
The wedding was getting closer,
and I kept thinking about
how my mom wasn't gonna be there.
And it was a stupid, drunk mistake
that I have regretted
every single day since.
I'm sure it was devastating at the time,
but I'm okay now.
You don't have anything to regret.
I haven't even told you the worst part.
After we fought, you got in the car.
And an hour later,
I got a call that you
had been in a wreck.
The accident?
Yeah, well, that was nobody's fault.
No, but if you hadn't
been so upset, then I
I stopped thinking that
way a long time ago.
I'm at peace with it.
I got to start over.
More suction, please.
Alright, how's it going over there?
Making my final cut.
Great. Millin, more traction.
Alright, someone get a basin ready.
I'm going to remove the last piece.
We got the whole tumor?
Well, path will confirm,
but to my eye, the margins look good.
No, no, no, no, no, no. He's bleeding.
Where? I can't see.
Do you have anything on your side?
- No, nothing.
- Lap pads.
Could it be bleeding from
the vessel feeding the tumor?
It seems to be coming
from normal tissue.
Ah, found it. Dr. Schmitt is correct.
It's coming from an intercostal artery.
Millin, I'm gonna have you tie it off.
Right angle and silk tie, please.
Thank you.
You got it?
Alright. Like this?
Yeah. Good.
Make sure the knot is square.
- That's great.
- Okay. What now?
Now we celebrate.
Great job, everybody.
Dr. Schmitt, after
we take him to post-op,
would you like to tell
his dad the good news?
On it.
Deploying the stent.
She didn't seem bossy to me.
Nora and Megan used to make me
pitch batting practice to them,
and they would heckle me,
in very colorful language, I might add.
Bet she didn't expect to
put her life in your hands.
Okay, let's get ready to inject the dye.
Okay.
Damn it. Get me a balloon for dilation.
- Griffith, what do you see?
- Blood is coming from the stent.
Correct. Kwan, next steps?
You dilate the balloon to push
the stent into the aortic wall
- to stop the leak.
- Good job.
Alright. Inserting the balloon.
Alright, balloon is in.
Inflating the balloon.
Good.
Alright, inject the dye.
Leak is fixed.
- Great work, everyone.
- Let's remove the sheath
so Dr. Hunt can place
the esophageal stent.
The surgery couldn't have gone better.
Thank you. Cal's a great kid.
When he wakes up, I found
a killer death fact for him.
Oh. That was actually unintentional.
Get me lorazepam.
- What's happening?
- Page Beltran and Shepherd.
- On it.
- Okay. You're okay. I'm here.
Now, that's what you call a birdie.
I'd just like to state
that if we played football,
I would have wiped the
floor with both of you.
I wouldn't be so sure.
Why don't you go return the cart?
Well, we still got some daylight.
You want to go hit some
on the driving range?
What?
You don't see how ridiculous it is
that you're worried about losing
steam in the operating room?
You've got more focus and
stamina than an intern.
Look, golf is different.
It's not that different.
Both take endurance and concentration,
that fire in your belly.
Look, I made a mistake.
Yeah, we all make mistakes.
Not everybody is over 65.
Yeah, I don't buy it.
Don't get me wrong.
It's good that you're taking stock.
It'd be irresponsible not to.
But from where I stand,
you're still going strong.
Why do they have to have
peanut shells on the floor?
Uh, do you want to go someplace else?
There's a nice, um, sushi
restaurant across the street.
No, this is the one place
Richard won't think to look for me.
Would you like to discuss your options?
I understand my pros and cons.
What I don't know is if I
have the fortitude, the energy.
My body is tired.
And what you're asking, more surgery,
another treatment
Unless it's benign.
We know the odds of that are minuscule.
But they're not nothing.
Catherine Fox, well, I
expected more from you.
You have shattered every glass
ceiling, beaten every odd.
Right? Why are you giving up?
You better watch your tone
if you want your job back, Dr. Bailey.
Look, I'll find another
job if I need to,
but come on, you have
so much to live for.
Why won't you try?
Do you think I'm just sitting back,
waiting for death to
come and snuff me out?
Most days I feel like
the same young woman I was
with the world at my feet.
But I don't believe in
miracles. I believe in science.
And the science is not on my side.
Maybe. Or maybe not.
But we won't know unless
you let us do the biopsy.
How many of your patients
have beaten the odds?
Why them and not you?
Fine. Do the damn biopsy.
But one of you pay for the drinks.
I'm glad you called Megan when you did.
You were a lot sicker
than anyone realized.
We almost lost you.
Yeah, but now you're
gonna make a full recovery.
Thank you, all of you.
- Our pleasure.
- It's Megan.
Are you okay if I give her the update?
Please. I owe her my life.
Okay, let's order some post-op labs.
- Mm-hmm.
- Thanks.
You really grew up
to look like your dad.
I can't believe you remember him.
I mean, you must have
been 6 or 7 when he died.
He put me on his shoulders once
so I could reach the monkey bars.
I never forgot it.
It was good seeing you.
I got here as fast as
I could. What are
Oh, my God.
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
With satellite lesions.
But he gets yearly full-body scans.
This was just missed?
It could have been too small
to catch on his last one.
I mean, this is a rapid-growing
malignant brain tumor.
Soon it is gonna start affecting
all of his vital functions
breathing, blood pressure, heart.
Isn't there anything we can do for him?
Radiation, chemo?
I mean, we could put
him through radiation,
but it'll give him maybe
two agonizing months.
So it's a death sentence.
- I'll go talk to Cal and his dad.
- I'll do it. I'll tell them.
It's Nurse Karen's birthday.
We tried a dozen different
cakes for our wedding.
And you wanted lemon.
I think that was actually
our biggest fight.
It never gets less weird.
I mean, I just met you,
but we also fought about
cake fight years ago.
You've broken the space-time continuum.
Yeah.
I see why I liked you.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
You're funny and you're smart.
You know, and when you
smile, your eyes do this
this sparkly thing.
No, no, no.
See? Funny.
You know, and you bring me cake,
even when you've spent all day
saving other people's lives.
I don't have feelings about
the memories that I've lost,
because, I mean, you
can't miss something
that you didn't know
happened in the first place.
But I wish I remembered you.
Mm. I Wow.
I am I'm so, so sorry.
It's fine. No, no, it's, uh
It's fine. No, no, no, it's
it's been a long day.
There's a lot going on in my mind.
You're good. It's okay.
Um, I should I
should get back inside.
But if
- if you ever need anything, you
- I know where to find you.
How long do I have?
Uh, it could be
anywhere from weeks to months.
That's it?
I'm so sorry.
Do you
Do you have that feeling
when school's over
and you're outside playing
with all your friends
and it feels like summer
could last forever?
It's because our perception
of time isn't fixed.
Two months could feel like 10 years,
and 10 years can go by
in a blink of an eye.
Hey. Hey, hey.
We we can cram a
lot into a few months.
I don't want to die.
Um
What do you want to do
before you die?
You've always wanted
to go to space camp.
Okay. That's a good one.
What else?
I want to go see Mount McKinley.
And reread "Lord of the Rings."
That is That is literally
one of my favorites, too.
Oh, you come in under par? It's okay.
Ndugu told me that
you guys hit the links.
- I did fine.
- Must be nice.
Sorry?
Oh, I've just never had
friends in high places.
That's not why I'm here, if
that's what you're implying.
I got the highest
ABSITE score in my class.
Oh, is that is that how it works?
Get the highest score, and
then they take your golfing?
Guess I should have studied more.
I have to hand it to Megan.
She knew something was wrong,
and she pushed to make it right.
Megan made a few phone
calls. You saved a life.
- I'll be right back.
- Yeah.
Dr. Webber.
- I want chief back.
- Okay.
I have a whole speech
about why I deserve it.
Take the win, Altman.
- I'm gonna stay a little later.
- Go do what you need to do.
Today can suck it.
- That poor kid.
- Mm-hmm.
In less depressing news,
I caught two interns
kissing in the elevator.
Oh, nice.
Remember when we were interns
and our futures felt so bright?
Everything was possible.
Now I'm pretty sure Meredith
is hiding something from me.
And my department
reassigned all of my cases
while I was gone.
- I don't know what to do next.
- I do.
Hi.
Hi. I'd say welcome back,
but I've been gone, too.
Uh, we're not back.
We need your help.
We're doing a procedure in the clinic.
Can we have a scrub nurse?
A scrub nurse in the clinic?
Okay, who's the attending?
Oh, come on.
I just got my job back.
I know, and I also know
that I'm the one responsible
for you losing it, and
I would never ask you
if this wasn't a matter
of life and death.
Okay. Don't make me regret it.
Hey.
That was rough. You okay?
I thought, uh, that if
I walled off the pain
that it wouldn't hurt.
But
I was wrong.
There are some memories
we probably wouldn't mind losing.
The deaths, the
breakups, the hard times.
You heading out soon?
I'm catching up on
Heron's progress notes.
What is gonna happen when
you're repeating intern year,
doing notes, changing bandages,
and I get to operate?
This isn't about you.
I don't want to be bailed out.
That's what my family does.
But I don't want to be that person.
I want to take responsibility
for my mistakes.
But it is a little about me, right?
Here freedom comes
But memories, like neurons,
work together to make you who you are.
What?
Back out! Take cover!
Hey. You okay?
If all we remembered
were the good times
Alright. Prepare to be vanquished.
Oh, I am going to destroy you.
our friendships
wouldn't be as strong
Jules, what are you doing?
Get out of the corner!
Yep, listen to her.
You okay?
I'm fine, baby.
and our loves wouldn't be as sweet.
Oh, my love, oh, my love ♪
A thousand kisses from you
A thousand kisses from you ♪
And it's never too much
And it's never too much ♪
And I just don't want to stop
And I just don't want to stop ♪
Oh, my love ♪
Come on. I love it when you sing.
A million days in your arms
A million days in your arms ♪
And it's never too much
And it's never too much ♪
Never too much, never
too much, never too much ♪
And I just don't want to stop ♪
Never too much, never
too much, never too much ♪
So cling to the
bad along with the good.
One day you'll be glad you did.