Grey's Anatomy s22e05 Episode Script

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["DREAM TEAM" PLAYING ♪]
[MEREDITH] There comes a
point in every surgeon's career
where the novelty wears
off and monotony sets in.
[NURSE IRIS] Dr. Wilson?
Mrs. Salazar with chorio
needs to see an OB.
Oh, yeah.
- Okay. Yeah, on my way.
- Okay.
Whoo.
- Oh, no. This way.
- Yeah.
[MEREDITH] You go to work.
You perform the same
procedures over and over.
You get home late.
Eat leftovers straight out
of the fridge. Go to sleep.
Could you stop that? I'm
trying to buy a new mini fridge.
No, I have to make it to ten.
This place is like an
abandoned gold rush town.
With condoms.
That one was on purpose.
[MEREDITH] Then you wake
up and do it all over again.
The second you get lulled into the
routine, that's when it happens.
-
- She's coding.
Again?
[MEREDITH] That's when you meet
the patient who changes your life.
Starting compressions.
- Quite a pair, aren't we?
- [CHUCKLES]
Me and my sling, and you
and your 30-week glow.
- Awesomeness. Awesome glow.
- I'm almost done here.
Take your time. I'll work on notes.
Have Scout and Luna ran
your parents out of town yet?
No, I hope not. We're gonna
need all the help we can get.
Though I will be glad when
my mom stops badgering me
- about getting the twins baptized.
- [GROANS]
I already told her we should
wait until they're at least
- eight weeks.
- Eighteen.
- Are you serious?
- Uh
Can you take a look
at our new admission?
I'm off. Just have Dr. Marcus do it.
There was an incident. She
threw a water pitcher at him.
Well, can you blame her?
Um, do you want to just work in here?
I won't be long.
- Yeah.
- Great. Okay.
[MILLIN] It's the moment of truth.
Millin is down to the line. This
shot will win all the marbles.
Hey! Foul!
It's a made-up game.
- Where do you think you're going?
- Home. [SIGHS]
We should be in the OR, not wasting
time on Bailey's pet project.
[BAILEY] Dr. Kwan.
Which is providing people with
the care they so desperately need.
[BAILEY SNORTS]
Uh, you look fancy. Big plans?
Uh, if you mean dinner with my
husband and no children, then yes.
Uh, today's no-shows, follow up.
Try to reschedule.
[SIGHS] Mercedes Hernandez? Again?
But her prescription for PCOS
and diabetes expired months ago.
She was hospitalized for diabetic
ketoacidosis back in March.
You cannot force a patient
to come and see you.
- All you can do is
- Follow up.
Good. Don't forget to restock
the beds before you close,
and if you need anything,
call someone else.
- And, Millin.
- Yeah. Yes?
Condoms are not a toy.
- Yeah.
- I'll get started on the beds.
- What, Adams still isn't here?
- Negative.
My mother always said, "Early is on
time, on time is late, and late is "
- "Unacceptable." My dad says that too.
- [PHONE VIBRATES]
Uh, and I'm about to be
late for a hernia repair.
Can you do the workup on
a new transfer from Vashon?
Of course.
Thanks. And tell Adams he owes you one.
Yeah.
[GRUNTS]
Oh, great. First Doogie
Howser, now pregnant Barbie.
[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
Amy, I am Dr. Wilson and I am here to
check your cervix.
Is that okay with you?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Are you a real doctor?
Or a rookie like the other guy?
I'm an OB resident, a
board-certified general surgeon,
and your only other option right now.
- Okay.
- Fine.
I want an unmedicated vaginal birth.
It's probably a foreign
concept around here,
but women have been
doing it for millennia.
Okay. You are four centimeters
dilated. Let's take a look.
Right
Okay, your baby is breech.
It's coming feet first.
[SCOFFS] I know. She's supposed to
turn by now, but she's being difficult.
Okay, we can try to turn
her with a procedure called
external cephalic version,
but if that doesn't work,
you will need a C-section.
I read online you can still
deliver a breech baby vaginally.
It is possible, but unfortunately,
it is high risk for the baby,
- so we tend to
- A C-section isn't in my birth plan.
Okay. I will try to turn
her by pushing on your belly.
It's more likely to be successful
if you have an epidural in place.
Also not in my birth plan.
When I say I'm having
an unmedicated birth,
I am having an unmedicated birth, okay?
I understand. I will,
um, give you a minute
and then I will be back
to do the version. [SIGHS]
Ms. Evans, hi, I'm Dr. Griffith.
How are you feeling?
- Ready to party.
- [CHUCKLES]
Glad to hear it. Meade?
- Yeah, one sec.
- [COUGHING]
Regina Evans, 51, presents
with congestive heart failure,
renal failure, and a
hospital-acquired pneumonia
in the setting of
polyarteritis nodosa, or PAN.
- Which is?
- A rare form of vasculitis.
- Mmm.
- In other words,
I got one foot in the grave
and the other on a banana peel.
She's on four liters nasal
cannula and a Bumex strip.
Mmm. Welcome to Grey-Sloan.
- Mmm.
- What's the plan?
Oh. Uh, call an attending?
She needs a CBC, CMP,
coags, blood cultures,
an EKG and a CT of
the chest and abdomen.
Right. Yeah. On it.
I'll be back to check on you.
[STAMMERING]
There's some photos in
that bag there. [COUGHS]
Would you be a dear
and grab them for me?
Sure.
Oh, yeah.
I've seen a lot of hospital rooms.
Photos help make it homey.
- I've always wanted to go to Paris.
- Greatest city on Earth.
You're a chef.
Retired, but I still throw
a hell of a dinner party.
[LAUGHS]
Why do you have a photo of my mom?
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Hi, um Ms. Hernandez.
This is Dr. Kwan calling about
your appointment today.
We wanted to check on your diabetes.
Give us a call back to reschedule.
Huh. She missed three appointments.
I know she has childcare issues
sometimes, but she usually calls.
I'm gonna miss my bus.
You want to give me a ride home?
You live on the other side of town.
What if I bribe you with cake?
[STAMMERS] It's from Max and
Irvin's tasting last week,
but the red velvet is still good.
Is that a no?
Uh [SIGHS] I will
give you a ride home,
but we're making a stop on the way.
Isn't your car outside?
I need a few things.
You're Niecy and Wayne's baby girl?
Simone. You were friends with my mom?
Friends? Girl, we were
attached at the hip.
Grew up around the
corner from each other.
I can't believe this. Simone Griffith,
all grown up and a doctor.
Surgeon actually.
Mama Joyce must be so proud.
- You know Granny?
- She was basically my surrogate mom.
You still talk to her or my dad?
Well, we fell out of touch.
I think after your mom
I brought up painful memories.
[COUGHING]
- Is there someone I can call for you?
- No.
My mom's on a senior
cruise in Antarctica.
Sounds cold if you ask me,
but she's my only family.
This might be a little cold.
Remind me never to leave
Amelia's during rush hour.
Not my responsibility.
Hey. Hi, I'm Dr. Adams.
I'll be taking over your care.
Once Dr. Griffith gets me up to
speed, we'll head to CT, all right?
- Sounds good.
- Griffith?
Yeah, I'll be right there.
I'm just gonna finish her echo.
It's colder in here
than on my mom's cruise.
I'll have the nurse
bring you another blanket.
I wasn't talking about me.
[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT]
[REGINA CHUCKLES]
Hey, I'm gonna be a while.
My patient is in active
labor and her baby is breech.
- Sounds great.
- [EXHALES SHARPLY]
Hey, when did you talk to my
mom about baptizing the twins?
Um
Two days ago?
She told me that you didn't
want to talk about it.
I thought I was doing you a favor.
I thought you weren't religious.
Did I ever say that I wasn't?
Have you been going to
church and I haven't noticed?
No, but that doesn't mean
that I don't believe in God.
Oh, okay.
Um
- Define God.
- What?
I just want to know
what God is to you.
God is, um [SIGHS]
God, I don't I don't know.
It's like porn.
You know it when you see it.
Okay, did you just compare God to porn?
It felt wrong coming out of my mouth
- [CHUCKLES]
- but, um, the principle still applies.
Have you ever been to church?
Yeah, in high school I would
hit up the Korean church
for free meals all the time.
Not helping your case.
- Why are you cross-examining me?
- I [SIGHS]
- I'm just trying to understand.
- Okay.
Um
Talking to your mom reminded me
of the nights that I would
eat in the church courtyard
and peek in at the youth group
or the senior Bible study,
and it was this community that I
never had that I want for our kids.
- So my mother got to you.
- It's not ritual sacrifice.
It's pouring water on their heads.
And initiating them into a
religion I don't believe in.
And up until a few minutes ago, I
thought you didn't believe in either.
- Well
- [PHONE BEEPS]
[SIGHS]
- Where are you going?
- To flip a stubborn baby. Go figure.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[MILLIN] This is weird.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
You know we could get fired for this?
Or sued? Or both?
- [DOORBELL RINGS]
- It looks like no one's home anyways.
- Let's go.
- Great.
[PERSON, IN SPANISH] Hola. ¿Quién es?
[IN SPANISH] Buenas noches.
Disculpe la molestia.
[IN SPANISH] Somos doctores
de la clínica Elena Bailey
y buscamos a Mercedes Hernandez.
Está disponible?
[IN SPANISH] Son doctores?
[IN SPANISH] Sí.
Mercedes es mi paciente.
[IN SPANISH] Mercedes es mi hija.
Está muy enferma.
[IN SPANISH] Por favor, pasen por aquí.
[CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH]
Uh, I took a couple of years in high
school, but it never really stuck.
- Are you a doctor?
- Yes. Yes, I am.
[GASPS] Do you want to meet Benito?
He's a velociraptor.
Yes.
[SIGHS]
I meant to call.
- [GRUNTS]
- [KWAN] It's okay. It's okay.
[MERCEDES] I forgot today was
a half day at Javi's school
and my mom couldn't watch him.
Do you always come to people's houses?
My colleague, Dr. Millin, and I just
wanted to make sure you were all right.
I'm a little run down,
but what else is new?
Where are my manners?
Let me get you something to drink.
- No, no. Don't get up.
- No need.
- [SPEAKING SPANISH]
- [KWAN] It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
- Don't move.
- [MERCEDES BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
It's okay.
[WHEEZING]
Did Adams leave you alone?
Ms. Sims arrested. He said to
page him when scans were up
Get out.
How are you holding up in there?
Simone, is that you?
It's me. Your scans will
just take another minute.
[REGINA COUGHING]
- Why'd you kick out my intern?
- You left him to do your work.
We used to get left
like that all the time.
- Will you just let me do my job?
- I
Okay, she has an aneurysm in
her superior mesenteric artery.
That would explain her
vague abdominal pain.
Yeah, she needs a stent.
I'll call Webber.
All right, you want her?
She's all yours.
- I'll go see my 20 other patients.
- I
[INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT]
Temp's 102. Do you have any
abdominal pain or a cough?
- No.
- It's not hypoglycemia.
Blood sugar is high, 349.
Okay, have you been taking your insulin?
My prescription ran out.
I've been taking supplements,
trying to eat better.
Mm-hmm.
Can we give you an insulin shot?
Yeah.
- This is Benito.
- Uh
It's nice to meet you, Benito.
He's eight like me, and
this is his friend Josh.
Did you know velociraptors
are the smartest dinosaurs?
- They can run 24 miles per hour.
- Javi, please.
Can I go outside? I'm bored.
[IN SPANISH] Vamos para tu cuarto.
[CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH]
- Okay, a little poke.
- [GRUNTS]
[MERCEDES WINCES, GROANS]
Sorry. I'm sorry.
I I stubbed my toe a while ago.
It's not healing.
Um Can we take a look?
Mm-hmm.
Oh. [STUTTERS] Mercedes, you
need to go to the hospital.
We're between insurance plans.
[STAMMERS] Grey-Sloan has
programs that can help with that.
[SIGHS] Javi would throw a
fit if I'm not here at bedtime.
This is a serious infection.
I can come to the clinic tomorrow.
Please. [BREATHING SHAKILY]
Okay, how about we give
you an IV antibiotic,
and then we try to clean
out the infected tissue now?
[JO SIGHS]
Baby won't budge and
Mom is refusing meds.
What are you doing?
I'm making a list of all the reasons
baptizing our kids makes no sense.
No matter which room I walk into
tonight, nobody cares what I think.
Number one.
You perform abortions for a living.
How is that an issue?
Sends a mixed message.
Plenty of Christians believe
in a woman's right to choose.
Number 2, Scout and
Luna are not baptized,
and for that matter, neither are you.
Well, I was thinking that we
could do Luna at the same time.
You'd have to talk to
Amelia about Scout, but
You'd have to talk to me about
Scout, and I would say no way in hell.
- Well, now you're resorting to puns.
- [SCOFFS] Number three
Okay, you know, I am I am
so tired and very over this.
Organized religion is not
the only community out there.
You want community,
let them play sports.
I was talking about
a spiritual community.
So am I. Look, just give me one reason
why this makes even
a little bit of sense.
I'll give you seven of
them, one for every month
I've been carrying not
one but two of your babies.
- [INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT]
- [SIGHS]
I spoke with the attending.
We're gonna try and wean you
off some of these drips tonight
and plan to take care of
the aneurysm in the morning.
I still can't believe that Denise
Ward's daughter is my doctor.
Still can't believe you knew my mom.
Does your granny still
have that old hooptie?
- The Chevy? [CHUCKLES]
- Mm-hmm.
- Sold it a few years ago.
- Oh. [CHUCKLES] That is a shame.
We used to steal that I mean,
borrow that thing all the time.
[COUGHING]
She's in a home now.
Alzheimer's disease.
It's been hard to watch. She
had a mind like a steel trap.
Ooh. No joke.
One time, me and your mom poured
Mama Joyce's liquor into thermoses
and then refilled the bottles
with water and Kool-Aid.
We thought we were so slick.
So when we went to sneak
out, thermoses were empty.
You couldn't get anything past her.
- You and my mom did that?
- Tip of the iceberg.
My dad said my mom never partied.
She was too focused on school.
So he's still a buzzkill.
My dad's an amazing father.
Who clearly didn't
give you the full story.
I brought another bag of Bumex.
Or I can come back later.
No, go ahead. I should let you rest.
I'll be back to check on you.
Okay, IV is in and starting antibiotics.
How's the toe?
Necrotic, but I'm trying
to debride as much as I can.
- Do you feel this?
- Not really.
Okay, good.
I should've come to the clinic today.
I should've found a
friend to watch Javi.
No, it's okay. Really, we get it.
You're doing the best that you can.
Javi's lucky to have a mother
who cares as much as you do.
He's my whole world.
Can you move the toe a
little bit to the left?
- Yeah, of course.
- Yeah, there you go.
- What is that? Is that my Is that
- [MILLIN] Uh
[MERCEDES BREATHING HEAVILY]
You're doing great. You're
doing great. Deep breath.
[GRUNTING] No, stop, I
can't take it anymore.
[PANTING]
Are you sure I can't give you something
to help the contractions
or an epidural
- What part of "no" do you not understand?
- It'll help with the pain.
I-I've heard about the domino effect.
You do this, I have a complication,
and one thing leads to the next,
and suddenly I'm having
an emergency C-section.
If I can't turn the baby,
then you might have no choice.
This must be why our maternal
mortality rate is off the charts.
[JO] You don't have
to like or respect me,
but I am a doctor and I am trained
to take care of you and your baby,
and you are making it impossible.
So you can either suffer through
the pain while I do this procedure
or let me give you
some freaking medicine.
- [INHALES SHARPLY] I
- I need my husband.
Okay. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
We'll call him for you.
You can't.
He died three months ago.
[SOBBING]
We didn't come here to amputate a toe.
I wasn't trying to amputate it.
It just fell off.
She has a diabetic
foot infection, which
is probably spreading,
which means
Probably have to take off
way more than just her toe.
She could lose her whole leg.
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
[SOFTLY] Hey, Mercedes. Um
Your infection is getting worse.
I have to call an ambulance.
No, please, I'm begging you.
We'll alert the financial assistance
program the second we admit you.
It's not about the money.
If you don't go, you could die.
Look, and we want to help you.
People saw immigration by the hospital.
If I go, they could get me.
My status was revoked a few months ago.
And my friend's brother, last
week, ICE surrounded his car,
broke all his windows, and
dragged him out by his feet.
We still don't know where they took him.
- I I'm so sorry.
- Our whole life is here.
My son's school, his
soccer team, our church.
We can't be taken away from that.
I can't be taken away from him.
I know you're scared,
but you need more help
than we can give you here.
And we will do everything
we can to keep you safe.
- We'll even drive you ourselves.
- Yeah.
I can't. It's too risky. Please.
[MERCEDES SOBS]
- We need to take her to the hospital.
- I know.
Do you? Because a couple of hours ago,
you thought it was a brilliant
idea to take care of her here.
Please! Please don't call 911.
- I'm not. But I am calling for help.
- [LINE RINGING]
Now, your numbers are improving, so
we're stopping some of your drips.
You look better.
I look like death and
you know it. [CHUCKLES]
I didn't mean to
come for your father.
- He's a good man.
- Yeah, he's the best.
And I don't blame him for
putting your mom on a pedestal.
All my life I've heard she was a
straight-A student, volleyball champion.
She was, but she was also
the life of the party.
We once went to this
Tribe Called Quest show
- with joints hidden in her shoes.
- Stop.
[LAUGHS] She got us into
the VIP after-party too.
By the time we got home, the sun was up
and Mama Joyce was waiting
for us on the front lawn.
- She must have been livid.
- Ooh.
Your mother was grounded for weeks.
Oh, but it was worth it.
Your life sounds so much
more exciting than mine.
Nothing you can't fix with a
concert and a pair of roomy sneakers.
Yeah, I don't have a lot of free
time, but my job's fulfilling.
Sounds like something a nun says
before she runs off with the gardener.
Is that what my mom said before
she ditched her first wedding?
She wasn't one for hemming and hawing.
She knew exactly what she
wanted, and she went for it.
And thank God she did.
Because here you are.
[AMY SNIFFLING]
I can't do this without him.
I think you can.
Is your baby's father alive?
- Oh.
- [MACHINE BEEPS]
[AMY] What, is something wrong?
[SUCKS TEETH, GRUNTS]
- Your baby needs to come out.
- [GRUNTING]
If you want a vaginal birth, I
need to try and turn her again.
[SOBBING]
What was his name?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GRUNTING]
Kevin.
[GROANS] This one really hurts.
What was he like?
- Why do you care?
- I just I do.
He knew the names of all of
our neighbors and their dogs.
He gave the best hugs,
and he he made me laugh.
He, um [CHUCKLES] He loaded the
dishwasher like a
like a raccoon on meth.
He was gonna be the most amazing dad.
[CRIES]
I can't imagine how hard
this has been for you,
but this baby, she is a part of him too.
Doesn't that make you wanna meet her?
Because she really wants to meet you.
I don't think I can.
[SOBBING]
My mom had this whole life I didn't
know about, with friends and fun,
and then it ended.
I ended it.
You were a baby. You couldn't
even hold your own head up.
- No, but I made her a statistic.
- No, no. I did.
I wanted to be a chef.
Thought I'd try to apprentice
under someone here,
but your mom, she always wanted
me to live my life to the fullest.
She convinced me to apply to this
prestigious culinary institute in Paris.
[CHUCKLES]
I couldn't believe it
when I got accepted,
but then I found out that it started a
few weeks before she
was due to have you.
I asked her if she wanted me to
stay, and of course, she said no.
I shouldn't have listened to her.
- But my dad was there.
- He's too nice.
Me, I would have gone full
Rambo on those doctors' asses.
[GASPING]
[MONITORS BEEPING RAPIDLY]
Oh, damn it, your O2 is dropping.
Okay, just keep breathing.
Here you go. Deep breaths.
Just keep breathing.
- Uh
- [GASPING]
Order a chest X-ray, and put her
on a high-flow nasal cannula now.
That's it. Deep breaths.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- Where is she?
- We didn't know what else to do.
I can explain everything.
She's right in here.
Hi, I'm Dr. Bailey.
Elena Bailey, like the clinic?
[STAMMERS] That was my mother.
It's named for her.
Do you mind if I take a look?
- Please.
- Okay.
Do you think you can fix my toe?
- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- [BAILEY] Hmm. Hmm.
Um
Right.
Uh, so unfortunately, the infection
choked off its blood
supply, so it's gone,
but right now, I am worried
about the rest of your foot,
which is also severely infected.
Now, we've got a shot at saving
it, but we have to move fast.
I told him. I-I can't
go to the hospital.
You don't have to. I
brought the hospital to you.
We have a fully-stocked
ambulance right outside.
Okay? We can debride there.
- Good? Okay.
- Yeah.
All right, come on.
[MERCEDES BREATHING HEAVILY]
[BAILEY] Okay. That's good.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
- [PARAMEDIC] All right. Here we go.
- [GRUNTING]
[JAVI] Mommy?
- Where are you taking her?
- Don't worry. I'll be right outside.
No, you can't take her like they
took Tío Eddie. I won't let you.
I-I know you're scared, but we're
just taking your mom right outside,
- and we're going to fix her up, okay?
- No. Mommy, don't leave me.
Um Go. Go. I'll stay here.
Hi. You feeling any better?
I feel like I got picked up by
a tornado and dropped on my ass.
- So a little.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
[COUGHING]
There she is. You look just
like her when you smile.
You should smile more often.
Not you telling me to smile more.
I said what I said.
[BOTH GIGGLE]
Just gonna take a quick listen.
Deep breath.
[INHALES, GRUNTS]
I feel like I'm finally
getting to know her.
She sounds so confident
and full of life.
She was.
And I miss her more than
anything in the world.
Hey. Is everything okay in here?
Yeah, she was desatting,
so I put her on high flow,
started her on bronchodilators,
and I'm giving her steroids.
- Seems to be helping.
- Good.
Dr. Webber just got out of surgery,
so I'll confirm Ms. Evans'
procedure for first thing tomorrow.
What's the story there?
Trust me, it's not worth your time.
[CHUCKLES]
You'll have to come visit me on Vashon.
Oh. [CHUCKLES]
I'll invite you to one of
my famous dinner parties.
I would love that.
And bring Ebony. How is she?
We're not close.
Why the hell not?
She's the only sister you've got.
She blames me, too, for Mom.
Your mother would roll over in her grave
if she knew that you were walking
around carrying all this guilt.
I can't just snap my
fingers and make it go away.
- Then give it to me.
- What?
Give me your guilt.
Let me carry that burden
for the both of us.
And you go, and you
live life to the fullest.
Like she would have wanted.
I'm going to die soon anyway.
No. Stop it.
Listen, anytime you want to
talk to somebody who gets it,
and I mean, really gets it,
I'm a ferry ride away.
[SHUSHES]
[IN SPANISH]
Tranquilo. Todo va a estar bien.
[CONTINUES IN SPANISH]
Is she really right outside?
Two steps away.
She'll be back before you can say
"velociraptor" three times fast.
Velociraptor,
velociraptor, velociraptor.
I thought that would be harder.
[IN SPANISH] ¡Oye! Quieres agüita?
Okay.
Uh, where did you get Benito?
My mom. He's scary, so he protects us.
Did you know velociraptors are
the best hunters, and they can fly.
Sounds like someone
I'd like in my corner.
Is she going to be okay?
With Benito watching
over her, I like her odds.
[BAILEY] We're going to need to extend
the incision to drain the whole abscess.
[KWAN] I drained it as much as I could.
[BAILEY] Yeah, I can see that.
All right, hand me a scalpel.
Come on. I don't have all night.
I'm-I'm so sorry if we
interrupted your dinner.
You didn't. We're parents. We don't
have all night for a meal either.
So you're not mad?
Oh. I am mad. I'm outraged
that it's come to this.
People so scared to leave their
homes, they risk their lives.
No, it's cruel. It's inhumane,
and people are going to lose
their lives because of it.
All right, now. Get in there.
Top and bottom.
Break up all loculations.
There. We are chasing
every bit of infection.
- Do we have to amputate?
- I don't know yet.
But I didn't come all this
way to not save a foot.
- Take it.
- Got it.
Okay, you probably hate me right
now, but deep breath. Okay, ready?
One, two. Blow it out.
[SCREAMING]
[PANTING]
Okay. Okay.
Baby's still having decels.
Her heart rate keeps dropping.
We need to move to a C-section.
- Prep the OR.
- No, no, no. Please.
I know you wish Kevin
was here right now.
If I could make that happen, I would,
but all I can do is try and help you.
So if he was here, what would he do?
No matter how anxious or stressed
I was, this always calmed me down.
Okay.
- [BREATHES DEEPLY]
- [JO] Okay.
Is it working?
- Honestly?
- Yeah.
No. It's super weird.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Oh. It's the first time
I've laughed in three months.
I'm glad I could help.
All right. Let me try and turn her
one more time before
your next contraction.
Okay? All right, deep breath.
All right, are you ready?
[SCREAMING]
- Okay. Yeah.
- She's doing it.
She's moving. Isn't she?
["FIRST LIGHT" PLAYING ♪]
- Okay, okay.
- [PANTING]
[JO] Okay. Baby looks
good on the monitor.
She's getting comfortable
in her new position. Okay.
All right, let's, uh
Let's just take a break
before we start the hard part.
I officially hate you.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [CHUCKLES]
Ms. Evans procedure is scheduled
for 8 a.m. tomorrow morning.
I saw. Thank you for
taking care of that.
I'm just doing my job.
Regina Evans was my mom's best friend.
They grew up together.
Why didn't you tell
me that you knew her?
I didn't until tonight.
Plus things have been so rough
between us. Didn't know how
- We need some help. She's coding.
- What?
[MONITORS BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- Starting compressions.
- Page Dr. Webber now.
Charging, 150. Clear.
Charging to 200. Clear.
Charging to 270. Come on.
I just found you. Clear.
Charging again. Clear.
- Simone.
- I said, "Clear."
No, no. Come on, Regina. Come on.
Regina, please.
[SOBS]
Come on, please.
How did you know that we
should check up on Mercedes?
Gut feeling, I guess.
My gut's usually full of pizza.
How's Javi?
He's glad to see his mom's okay.
Yeah, for now, and tomorrow,
he'll be terrified all over again.
Every time his mom drops him
off at school or gets pulled over
or leaves to go to the grocery store.
Any time they're apart.
I told Ms. Hernandez her
foot's going to make it
as long as she takes care of the
wound and maintains her blood sugar.
I left supplies and made her promise to
have someone pick up her prescriptions.
I'll follow up in a couple of days.
And Javi wanted you to have this.
Oh. I-I can't accept this.
This is Benito's friend.
And he said that's why
he wanted you to have him.
What you two did tonight was
incredibly irresponsible.
You put yourselves
and the clinic at risk.
You also went above and beyond the
standard of care to save a life.
And I'm glad you did.
[SONG PLAYING]
Go rogue again without telling
me first, and you're fired.
I've been standing in a flood ♪
It could carry me away, like ♪
Everything I thought I was ♪
The whole world changed and I ♪
Slipped fast straight
back to the past now ♪
That's life sometimes
what a letdown ♪
Ms. Evans' D-dimer just came back.
It was through the roof.
It was probably a massive PE.
That's not surprising,
considering her comorbidities.
I guess not.
You did everything you could.
It was her time.
I'm gonna finish her death
note before I go home.
I think I'm falling ♪
Losing my mind ♪
Even if it takes all night
it'll be enough time, tell me ♪
Hey.
I just delivered my
patient's healthy baby girl,
eight pounds, four ounces.
Scarlett Kevin Ramsey.
"Kevin"?
After her husband who died.
Ah.
This whole baptism thing,
what's it really about?
Oh.
Uh there was a, uh
church group that used to come
visit us in the cancer ward.
And they brought us homemade quilts
and cookies and prayed for us,
and I couldn't stand them.
They were so sure that
God was watching over us,
but you know, if God
was watching over
us, why were we stuck in the hospital?
Why were five and ten-year-olds dying?
And now the planet's burning, children
are living in poverty,
people are starving.
Where is God?
I guess now would be a bad time
to tell you that I prayed for you.
[CHUCKLES] What? When?
After the explosion.
I didn't know what else to do.
I had a team of world-class
surgeons working on me,
- but you think a higher power saved me?
- I don't know.
I just know that I was terrified,
and it gave me comfort.
[LINCOLN] Ah.
Is there a world in which
we can table this for now?
[SIGHS] I am so tired.
[SIGHS] Yes. Something
we finally agree on.
I am here. I am here,
and I will remove Mr.
Levin's mediastinal tubes
and prep Mrs. Swanson
for her lobectomy.
You look
Please don't complete that sentence.
Kwan had me up all night.
- It was a house call for a patient.
- I don't need details.
- What's this for?
- Oh, um Altman and I are presenting
our surgery on Nora Young later
to a group of high-level donors.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
You're famous. How awful.
No. You don't understand.
I hate public speaking, okay?
I hate it, ever since
I hyperventilated
leading the Pledge of Allegiance
at Harbor View Elementary School.
It was deeply traumatic for me.
Why why don't you take this with you?
His name is Josh.
He is a velociraptor, and they
are the smartest dinosaurs.
- Okay. Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
Uh, I don't think that a toy dinosaur
will help me sound
less juvenile, though.
Okay, well, if you change
your mind, he's right here.
[SONG PLAYING]
[MEREDITH] The patient you
remember on your deathbed
is almost never the one with
the most serious injuries,
nor is it the patient who made
the most miraculous recovery.
Hey, let me take you home.
Amelia's in Boston. I've got her car.
- I'm okay, but thanks.
- Are you sure?
We've been up for the
last 24 hours straight.
I already called a
rideshare, but thank you.
Yeah.
[LINE RINGING]
Hi, Joyce Ward's room, please.
Hi, Granny. It's me.
Yes, your daughter Denise.
Guess who I saw today?
Regina Evans. Do you remember her?
She said the same about you.
[MEREDITH] It's the one who
made you ask tough questions,
who taught you something
about what you stand for.
What am I gonna tell my mom?
I thought we said we
were gonna table it.
Right.
- Wait.
- What is it?
- I think my water just broke.
- You think?
[STAMMERING] Well, it's not typical.
It's I'm like I'm leaking.
- We should probably Okay.
- Yeah. Okay.
[MEREDITH] It's the
patient who held up a mirror
and helped you see the kind
of person you want to be.
[SONG ENDS]