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When patients leave the hospital, they're often taking home a brand new

regimen of medication, physical therapy, and aftercare.

We really should go.

Should we go?

Wait,

wait, wait. Damn it.

We used the last condom last night. In our dreams, every patient would do

exactly as they're told. Don't move.

Yes, ma'am. But reality is a different story.

Juan, if you use a lot of condom, buy more. You are unemployed.

You have no excuse.

Warren.

Not Juan.

Nope. Nope.

Too often, medication costs, memory lapses, and poor health literacy impede

patients' recovery.

Of course.

You know that?

What time is it?

I set an alarm. Don't you worry.

You have time.

No, you have time.

I'm a resident and I should have been there an hour ago.

And if they're searching, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

In other words, You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Wow.

We should be forced to dress up more often.

Have you seen Bubbles?

Nobody can't find him and Luna's stuff.

No, but you want to sneak off to our room for a few minutes?

These things never start on time.

Sweet, this is it. Hang on.

No.

This is my I almost died box.

I'm fine.

My therapist just said that I should toss anything that reminded me of my

birth trauma, so... I'll take care of it tonight.

Okay. You told Joey to pick Pruitt from school, right?

You know I did.

And can you please remind people that I am not chief resident anymore?

With right back and family leave, I gotta put all my focus on classes.

As soon as I register for school.

They just accepted your application.

Yeah, as a last-minute admission, right? Final registrations to date.

Miranda Bailey.

M-D-F-A-C-S-M-P-H.

That's a lot of letters. I'm unbenched from surgery. I'm getting my master's.

Watch out, world. She's coming for you.

And she is talking about herself in third person.

If only we didn't have to spend all morning at this PR circus.

Good morning, Dr. Bailey.

I thought you were going to be here half an hour ago. Total gridlock by the

airport. No one's moving.

Catherine told them the surgeon whose name is on the building would be here

for the photo. I know. Tell Catherine I'm sorry.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

All right, who's ready to see Grace Sloan's new crown jewel? Follow me.

Welcome to the Olympic floor! Welcome to paradise!

With the addition of the Olympic floor, Grace Sloan joins the leading hospitals

in this country by offering a VIP wing.

The Seahawks are going to love this.

Espresso machines, 7 o'clock. We are very fortunate to have developed our VIP

program with Dr. Seth Norton, CEO of Olympic Region Health. Let's give him a

warm welcome.

Thank you.

That guy looks like this floor. What, slick?

Rich.

It's like dogs in their owners.

I guess the food is good. Good morning. I am thrilled to raise the bar on Grace

Sloan's already stellar reputation.

Patients will have private suites with high-level security, hotel-quality

bedding, and meals tailored to their health needs by a gourmet chef.

I've been covering for Hunt and Altman. Will we have money for a gourmet chef?

You should have asked for a raise. It will no longer be a hospital stay. It

will be a luxury experience.

We should vacation here. But all of these amenities pale in comparison to

the unparalleled access patients will have to the hospital's most important

asset, you. From fast tracking through the ER to 24-7 post-op access, your

patients will not doubt for a single second how much you care about them. All

right, enough talk.

Let's cut the ribbon. Come on, Dr. Shepard. Join us.

All right, come on. Join us. Join us. Here we go.

Two planes collided on the runway at the airport.

We're about to get slammed.

All right, that's enough celebrating for me. I'll send everyone down. All right,

everyone stay calm.

Hey. Sorry about this morning. I probably should have locked the door.

That's okay. We don't need to talk about it.

So we're good? I mean, it's nothing I haven't seen before, right?

This place looks like a dump compared to the new floor.

Took you long enough. Between that dog and pony show and this trauma, the whole

day is thrown off. Most elective classes, I mean, cases, are pushed, so

go where you need it.

Mellon, I saw what happened this morning.

I don't tolerate tardiness in my residency program.

It won't happen again.

Meredith,

you made it.

Just in time for the chaos, I see. Yeah. How mad is Catherine?

Well, are you staying out? Well, he'll probably make up for missing the big

unveiling. Yeah, it couldn't hurt. I'll go change.

Hey, hey, hey!

What do you need?

Do you work here? I've already been here six hours.

Okay, there's a big emergency that's just come in. I have to run upstairs.

I will check on you when I get back, okay?

Hey. Good thing you weren't flying in today.

Also, hi.

How was visiting your mom in Wisconsin?

It was my dad in Michigan.

Right, yes. I didn't know that.

What are you doing after work? You want to grab food and talk?

You're kidding, right?

You're so mad. We've been texting. Yeah, we work together. I can't exactly ignore

you.

Bree Wong, 31, status post plane crash on the tarmac, GCS 15, vital, stable.

Had facial bruising and one episode of epistaxis.

Nasal packing inserted.

She also had episodes of intermittent paralysis.

I don't know what happened.

The sound, the crunching metal.

Wait, you were on one of the planes?

How many passengers?

212, full flight, and that's just one of the planes. Okay, let's go trauma one.

Anyone who's not down here already needs to report to the ER right now. I'll get

the word out.

Tell them it's time to be down three surgeons.

My name is Benson.

Je m'appelle Benson.

I am a doctor.

Je suis maison.

Nope. Je ne suis pas Vincent, because Vincent can kiss my derriere.

Bonjour. Bonne rentrée à tous.

Let's pick up from last week by practicing our names and jobs.

Benson.

Bonjour. Je m'appelle Vincent. Je suis self-employed. Ah,

vous êtes travailleur indépendant. Super.

Yeah.

Who is?

Super.

Your mother's told me so much about you, Miss Annabelle.

How is your mother?

Stuck in Milan.

She sends her love. Nice.

How do you like our new VIP, Flora?

Almost as nice as Mount Sinai.

Is it okay to examine you, Miss Chase?

Not him.

Of course not.

Dr. Spencer.

Does he bite?

You were diagnosed with gallstones.

I was at a conference in Aspen for my dog rescue and I started feeling pain.

I went to the emergency room. They said I needed surgery.

Any tenderness here?

No, but I want them gone today.

Let's do some labs, and then we'll get an ultrasound, and then we'll take it

from there. Would you like a warm blanket while you're waiting? Could I

get two? I forgot Prince's sweater.

Of course.

Isn't he cute?

Hello.

What'd I miss? Captain Wong was flying one of the planes in a collision.

Both pupils are equal and reactive.

Excuse me. Muscle packing is fully saturated. I need to visualize the

source to control the hemorrhaging. Squeeze my fingers.

This isn't going to feel very good. I'm sorry.

Yeah, it looks like a little forward fracture.

She has maxillary instability. I'm going to call for a CT max phase.

We were about to touch down when I heard the tower clear another plane for the

intersection departure.

Okay, she's neuro intact now, but there's midline tenderness and

intermittent motor deficits. I need a stat CT head and C spine.

I couldn't go around.

Okay, I need to check on a patient in the next room. Page me when scans are

up.

No, not so fast. We need to stabilize these facial fractures and stop the

bleeding before she goes anywhere.

Okay, I'll go get an MMF kit.

Okay. Ah, so sorry about all this chaos today.

Reminds me of my med school rotation at L.A. County.

Dr. Grave, I'd like to introduce you to Dr.

Seth Norton, who is the founder-CEO of Olympic Regent Health. We missed you

this morning.

Can't exactly control the mass trauma.

It's a pleasure to finally meet you, sir. Yes.

I take it it went well this morning? I'd be happy to give you a private tour.

Oh, good idea. Hey, why don't you two get to know each other? I'm going to go

find Indugu, give him a piece of my mind about all this mess.

My afternoon's booked, but I could squeeze you in now. I'm pretty busy.

And, you know, I don't really need the sales pitch.

You're not skeptical about a VIP floor?

Well, most private hospitals in big cities have them. They're just trying to

keep up. I love a pragmatist.

Excuse me, I have a patient.

I make an excellent tour guide. I'm here all day.

Hey, where are you going?

To get my mom and dad.

When they realize I still haven't been seen, they're going to be pissed.

Okay.

Bryant, let's get him in an exam room and find his parents.

We're going to get you seen.

All right. Chef, see you right here.

Hey, Dugu, heads up.

Supply's out of MNF kits, and Dr. Fox is looking for you, so I would hide.

All right, lending the ER is not my job. And check the cart by Trauma 3, all

right? Okay. Oh, um, I saw you and Millen this morning.

In the elevator?

With the coffee cups?

Okay, I also saw the two of you coming out of an on-call room together about a

month ago.

Promise it's not what you think.

Okay, yeah, fine.

But just in case it is exactly what I think it is, I'm telling you, as a

friend, come clean and get ahead of it.

Okay, we'll be sitting down here to help.

And now I see why.

Bed two. Thank you.

Okay, sir, sir.

You are at the hospital. Try to calm down. I'm going to help. All right. What

do we got? What do we got? Larry Turner, 44.

Acute chest pain radiating from the back dyspnea.

BP 170 over 100.

Heart rate 112.

93% sad.

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Okay, let's do a chest x-ray, CBC, BMP, troponins,

and an EKG. All right? Let's try to breathe.

It's all my fault. I was the controller in the tower.

I told her they were clear to land. It's on my phone.

Okay, trauma three, let's go.

Okay, okay.

Hey, should we go to CT first?

Shepard's not going to like this. Yeah, well, Shepard's not here.

Why isn't she in CT?

We were worried her facial fractures could compromise her airways, so we're

doing fixation now.

Before seeing if she has a head bleed or serious spinal fractures? We need to get

a full picture of what we're working on. And how do you propose we stop her

facial bleeding in the meantime?

Just repack her, hope for the best? Well, if she has a brain injury, nothing

else matters. Oh, nothing else matters besides neuro. That tracks.

If that is how you feel, then maybe you should have stayed in Wisconsin.

Michigan. Same difference.

You're right.

You clearly have it under control. Do what you want. What?

Okay. Let's move her.

There are three ways to ask questions.

Are

you

feeling okay?

Okay.

Do you have any other symptoms?

Are you... Okay, I'm a doctor. I can't do medicine in

French.

Okay.

Madame, this could be a medical emergency, okay?

You need to go to Grace Sloan Memorial right now.

No, no.

It's not necessary.

Well, class is over. Everyone sign off.

Au revoir.

I will see you at the hospital, okay?

There's an NTSB officer at the desk. He's looking for Larry. This is not a

good time. He asked for my manager.

I'll deal with that in a minute. I've been working in that tower for 11 years.

My record is spotless.

Are the pilots here? Are they alive? We can't disclose that information. Sorry.

My brother is a pilot.

So is my dad. I know how much they depend on us. Films show a widened

mediastinum. How's the EKG?

Normal. We've been understaffed, so I've been working night shifts. I haven't

been sleeping. My neighbor Martha, she called the police to do a welfare check

because she hasn't seen me in so long.

Look, I'm going to step outside.

I can't call your brother.

I've heard nightmares about this happening. It was so much worse.

We'll order a CT angio chest and abdomen, and we'll set up for an echo.

Take some deep breaths.

You sit back here, okay?

Cough.

You first.

You have an umbilical hernia.

I can operate on it today, but I'll need consent from your parents.

Dr. Gray?

Yes. Oh, you must be Charlie's dad.

Not exactly. Social worker, DCYF.

Charlie's a ward of the state.

Got me into your room, didn't it?

He has a hernia, and I can operate on it, but I need consent. How quick can

you get it?

Depends. If I put a rush on it.

Put a rush on it. Great.

They're going to take you to CT soon.

Thank you. Dr.

Gray is the best.

All right.

We'll see.

The ultrasound confirms gallstones.

There is no evidence of acute inflammation, and the labs are clear. So

we'd like to schedule surgery for next week.

But I cleared my afternoon.

Did you hear about the plane crash?

Next week, I have our annual fundraising gala for all our top donors. I can't

miss it. I thought this was the VIP floor.

You don't pay first class just to board last.

I'll get you in.

And I want Gray or Sloan.

There are also plenty of world-class surgeons. Dr. Gray would be very happy

to do your surgery.

Richard, a word?

It's his first day or something.

I'm a catch, right?

I don't think I should answer that.

I am officially on the market.

Do you have anyone to set me up with?

Oh, I do.

We meet up at the skateboard. I'm going to stop you right there.

Is your shoulder still bugging you?

It's just stiff.

The pain's better, though.

How you doing, Bree?

I'm second-guessing everything that I learned in a decade of... Damn it.

She's hypoxic. The bleeding's asphyxiating her. Wait, wait, wait,

wait! Her CT head is clear, but her C-spine? She has an AO dissociation.

There's nothing holding her head onto her body.

The impact from the collision must have completely severed her alar ligament. I

don't remember the last time I saw internal decapitation.

I do, and it didn't end well. We need to intubate, but we cannot move her C

-spine. Page right, call a code blue, and get a crash charge. Code blue.

Labs are up.

Troponins are elevated.

If only the officer could help with this unruly ER.

Okay, wait, wait, right there.

Okay, Larry, when was your last physical?

I had to push a couple of times. Just roll under your back for me.

Your echo is showing a thoracic aortic aneurysm.

It's usually asymptomatic until it starts to expand.

Pain this morning, but we're already down so many people. It's comforting.

What's happening with CT?

They've been full for the last hour.

Let's go, and I'll make them fit us in. I shouldn't have gone to work. I should

have just gone to the doctor.

Larry, Larry, look at me. Hey, you're going to be okay. Just try to calm down.

Let's move.

Let's move. All right. As quickly as possible, I'm aware that your brother is

inside. We will connect you as soon as we are able. The room is full of

patients we have not yet seen. Simone, Simone.

Excuse me. Hey, I'm looking for a patient of Sam Sylvie. Last name?

I don't know.

She's French.

I'm sorry you're bored at home, but unless your French teacher was on the

nonstop from Denver, there's absolutely no way I can see her today. I'm actually

really enjoying unemployment right now, but Madame Sylvie might be having a

stroke. Now, excuse me, but I was here before her. I was here beforehand.

Take her in the exam room, do the initial workup. I will be there when I

can. We got here at the same time.

This is an emergency room. We are processing patients as fast as we can.

But if we don't help the people with severe injuries first, they could die.

So sit down and we'll be with you when we can.

All right.

I said sit!

Well, my unexpected mother wasn't injured in the collision.

I'm just reading the OR for supplies.

Oh, damn it. He's coding?

Oh, his aneurysm must have ruptured.

We need to do a thoracotomy now.

Here? You can't be serious. He is serious.

All right, turn up the flow and hyperventilate.

You're going to make the incision.

All right.

One more.

Just get your hand in there and feel for the area of rupture.

Okay,

I got it. All right, now hold pressure distally and proximally and do not move.

Jamie.

Oh.

Well, we'll just take the next one down.

It's all fine.

All right.

Start cardiac massage with the other hand and don't stop until the OR.

Come on, Larry.

Hang in there.

A little more pressure. What I was worried about. What are you doing? We

are trying to intubate, but we can't hyperextend her neck because she has an

ache. I heard.

I need a scalpel. We got a cracker. I will stabilize the seat. It's fine.

You make the incision.

Get a bougie and a six tube ready.

A little pressure here, Shepard. This neck is not going anywhere.

A little more pressure.

And tube.

Okay.

We're good.

All right, bilateral chest rise and color change.

We've got an airway. Great job, everyone. For now, we still need to get

her to the OR without paralyzing her or killing her. We can do this. I will keep

holding her, and we will just move slowly and carefully. Is everybody

ready? Or floor is at capacity. They're going to have to make room.

I can't. I already have a patient.

Well, now you have two.

If the VIP lap coli is so important, have Norton do it himself.

You were specifically requested.

I don't even work here.

Catherine's under a lot of pressure. This is day one of the VIP floor. It

needs to impress.

Well, who would do my hernia? No one. I gave the OR to your lap coli. The

quicker you finish, the quicker you can get to your hernia.

How's it going?

Benson has been very attentive, but I think this is an overreaction.

Physical exam showed very large arteries in the scalp and loud pulses in the

subclavian artery.

Blood work just came in.

You put it under my name?

Shemabel Griffith.

Elevated ESR, platelets, liver enzymes?

Well, you gotta see this.

Halo sign.

Sylvie, you have a condition called giant cell arteritis, which causes

inflammation in the arteries.

Everything just went dark in my lifetime.

Okay, we need to start on IV steroids immediately.

Put in the order. Yes, you can use my name.

That's okay, Sylvie. Just deep breaths for us. Just temporarily. Don't worry.

Here to step in and help? Dr. Norton says that VIP patients pay too much to

have interns operate.

It's a teaching hospital.

You want us to tell him that?

No. But I want you to step in here and see what I'm doing. Pay attention.

There's a hundred accident victims downstairs and patients whose surgeries

have been rescheduled. But God forbid a VIP patient waits for a lap call.

Money talks.

Spencer Finker.

I've got Charlie Ramos' CT results.

Spencer, you're closing.

Dr. Norton said that you're more than competent to do this. Bryant, you're

with me.

I am very sorry to keep you waiting. We should go over these things.

What happened? He vomited and can't sit up. Okay.

Where the hell were you? I want another doctor. You need to see your stomach.

Your bowel could be incarcerated.

That means it's trapped and it's dying. It's a very serious situation.

Please let me take a look.

Brian. I'll book an alarm.

Let's get him, Jacob.

How's it coming in here? Almost done with the CT pedicle screws.

First day as captain. How do you recover from something like this?

She was acting on the information she was given. This was not her fault. I'm

not saying it was, but people still got hurt. I listened back to the feed.

Well, you can do that. Even if she wanted to stop it, she couldn't. By the

time they cleared the other plane, it was already too late.

Well, at least it wasn't too late for Bree.

Lasker's in. How are the signals?

Still look good.

I'm going to stay and monitor her. Do what you need to do.

We should get sterile.

The medication will reduce swelling and prevent further complications.

Thank you so much, Dr. Kwan. I feel so lucky you're my student.

Dr. Weber, can I help you?

I'm just checking on the overflow.

Catch me up.

Oh, I've got it covered. And you're so busy. Any day now, Griffin.

Right.

Sylvie Bernard, 52, presented with headaches and temporal tenderness with

one episode of left-sided transient vision loss. Her labs are notable for

elevated ESR and CRP. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You don't need to rush.

Diagnosis?

Bedside ultrasound was consistent with giant cell arteritis.

Sure it isn't a migraine?

A migraine wouldn't have elevated inflammatory markers, and there's no

visual scintillation, no aura. I've started her on high-dose

methylprednisolone, and I'll schedule a rheumatology follow-up and a

confirmatory temporal artery biopsy.

Nice kiss, Griffith.

You're in the hands of one of our best and brightest.

Do I want to know?

No.

Hey.

I shouldn't have taken credit. I'll tell Dr. Weber you made the diagnosis. Don't

bother. Why not? If he knows it was you... Nobody's going to rehire me.

I don't work here anymore.

And every second that I'm here, it gets harder to accept. I have to move on.

See you at home.

Nicoletti's tonight?

My treat?

Are we celebrating something that I totally forgot about? No, but I just did

a flawless spinal fusion on one of the pilots.

Every time this job starts to feel thankless or routine, something happens

to remind me why we do this.

I get my own garlic bread.

Won't make that mistake twice.

Another consult.

You okay?

You seem a little... Hungry.

So, thanks for that.

Get your consult. I'll see you later.

All right, Dacron graph, please.

Take peace.

All right, Dr. Millen, it is time to finish what you started.

You'll be assisting in the anastomosis.

Happy to, as long as it's in here.

Not a fan of the elevator?

All right, start on the proximal end. Use fluoroprolene. Indugu, you sure you

don't want to do it? No, she's got it.

I'm right here.

Wow, feel this calcification.

Aneurysm or not, he's lucky he hasn't collapsed from an MI.

What a job.

Well, both.

I mean, how do you expect people not to mess up when they're overworked and

underpaid? Just sheer stupidity, if you ask me.

Hey, Feb. Damn it. All right, irrigation?

Melon. Cardiac massage.

Come on now. Come on, Larry.

Made it through the elevator. Don't do this here.

Come on now.

You're awake.

How are you feeling?

Did you fix this thing?

Surgery went well.

Great.

Then you can go. I'm good.

Can we have the room, please?

He's only 17.

He'll be 18 in two months. I checked the chart.

I'll update you thoroughly.

Charlie, during surgery, we noticed an abnormal buildup of mucus in your

abdomen. What does that mean?

Well, it could mean a few different things, and I did send some concerning

nodules to pathology.

Could it be bad?

Like cancer?

Possibly. And if it is, you would need more tests and surgery and possibly

chemotherapy treatment.

You have a foster parent listed in your chart, shall I call her? I've been with

her 13 days.

You need to start all of this ASAP.

And based on today, that'll be in what, six months?

I'm sorry about today. I hate that I let you down. But I'm here now. And if you

agree to let me be your doctor, I promise I will not let you fall through

the cracks.

I want to be alone.

Okay.

We'll be right outside.

Stitches look great. Just repack and then we'll redress.

You got it, boss.

Signals are dropping.

She's braiding and now V-fib.

Starting compressions.

The spinal fusion was perfect. Checking the drains.

No, it's not a bleed. Okay, this has got to be spinal cord edema.

Push 20 of steroids and mannitol now.

Push Lido.

Internal paddles.

Charging the 20.

Okay, how many units has he had?

Okay, charging to 30.

And clear.

Charge to 200.

Clear.

Nothing. Charge again.

Clear.

Still nothing.

Not today, three.

Pressure's coming back up.

Dr.

Shepard.

She was just getting started. I'm not giving up.

It's time.

No.

Amelia.

Time of death?

1809.

Hey,

his pressures are miraculously holding.

Pilot didn't make it.

He's never going to forgive himself.

Oh, no.

I missed my registration deadline.

I'm getting a master's in public health, or I was with everything going on today.

I forgot about school.

Well, just call and tell them you were saving someone's life.

No, today has shown me that...

Maybe I should rethink going at all.

Did you miss the deadline?

Full-time surgeon, residency director, the clinic, being a wife, full-time mom.

If I add more, I mean, something other than a deadline will suffer, or someone.

Well, look, Larry made a mistake because he's working in a broken system.

So are we.

Yes, I was hoping with a degree I could...

Help? Fix it.

So ask for help.

Delegate something.

You know, let other people step up.

Yeah, you can do this.

We got you.

Why is your shirt always off?

I am rarely in a place where people get dressed. I need boundaries.

Okay, look, I know that...

The time we were drunk was a one-time thing, and you're with Bryant now. Yes,

I'm with Bryant now, so I can't see you in the shower naked.

It's distracting.

I need to move on, Nina.

I will keep my clothes on.

It's not only the clothes. I just need a little space.

Understood.

Hey, sorry I couldn't give you a ride. I'm sure I spoke to Mary's brother.

It's probably best we don't travel together.

Less eyes on us.

Yeah, um... Ben knows.

How? I guess he's seen us a couple times. I don't know. I denied it, but he

didn't buy it. Does Bailey know?

I don't think so.

Are you sure?

Pretty sure.

Yeah. She, uh... She made me a residency director.

wait what yeah um she said she needed something off her plate and and she

thought i did a great job teaching her today and she thinks it'd be a great fit

and you accept it

We can still save this.

Sacks to sleep inside.

Sleeping with Cass was a huge mistake. I was sure that you were getting back with

Selene. I was totally shattered.

And how do you think I felt when I came to your door and saw her?

It nearly destroyed me. I had to leave town.

I have a penchant for self-destruction.

Okay. i spent every day since wishing i could take it back because i i've spent

a long time waiting to feel this way like when i'm with you everything's

right everything is exactly where it should be i'm i'm exactly where i should

be you said that you loved me i love you too i'm desperately madly dizzyingly in

love with you so if you're done with me i will learn to accept it but if There's

any part of you that still feels the way you did.

I'm begging you not to let this die.

It's easy to judge people for their actions, but you don't always know

what's driving them Don't worry about it hurricane

slice The hell

was that that's a mega fireball and locked it in the dungeon makeup.

Yeah, we need another round Another round. Another round. Another round.

I'm actually kind of tired. No, you just don't want to lose. It's okay. It gives

me time to review my notes for tomorrow.

Sure.

Okay, okay. All right, cool. It'll only take me a minute to beat him again

anyway. Really?

Check this out right now.

Bam! I keep letting him get this move off.

That's it.

You don't know what they're born into.

The struggles they've faced.

Sometimes we make rash decisions with no idea why.

Meredith!

Beautiful, isn't it? We were just talking about you. You were so wonderful

today with Annabelle Chase. Thank you. Well...

Do you still want my opinion?

I don't know.

Do I? Well, I have worked here since I was an intern. And this hospital has

seen a lot of changes. Name changes, financial crises, tragedies. The one

thing that has never changed is our standard of care. It has always been

excellent. It never needed to be tiered. Meredith, if you just keep... Today, I

gave inadequate care.

My patients suffered.

Then I lost his trust. And that is not who we are. And it is day one. Meredith,

you might want to know that Dr. Norton is our new chief of surgery. He's going

to be with us every day.

Unlike you.

Oh, excuse me. But often it's fear pulling the strings behind the curtain.

Fear of failure.

Murder. Of being let down.

Or one of my old favorites, Fear of Happiness. You could have told me you

were considering hiring him as Jesus. He never wanted to be involved in the

search. I didn't think I needed to.

But now I'm second-guessing that decision.

Annabelle's mother donated $100,000 to this hospital. Well, that just makes me

feel dirtier. Grace Sloan has lost a huge amount of funding.

Every hospital has.

We're not like all hospitals.

We staff highly sought-after surgeons. We publish groundbreaking research.

Our overhead is massive, Meredith.

If we want to be the same state-of-the-art institute we've always

been, then we need a plan, and Norton has one.

So you need to get on board.

This will implode.

It's all too easy to be your own worst enemy.

Hey.

My miracle AO patient died.

I quit.

And the damage we inflict can take a lifetime to undo.