4x06 Recap: Favorite quotes and photos

Meredith: Okay there's the father thing, the mother thing, the
sister thing, the dying and coming back to life thing.
Cristina: You have too many things.
Meredith: I can't sleep. I can't sleep without the dreaming.
Cristina: And the panic attacks.
Meredith: One, one panic attack.
Cristina: Okay still.
Meredith: What's wrong with me?
Cristina: As far as I can tell..severe abandonment issues.
Meredith: That's crap. Psych is crap. Issues?
Cristina: I mean it's in the book. The book said it not me.
Have you considered maybe you and Derek should stop
having break-up sex. Okay.
Meredith: The more available he gets, the more I pull away.
Cristina: What do you mean?
Meredith: Nothing, it's a Derek thing.

Chief: Trout for breakfast..again.

Derek: Don't start. I let you live on my land. Don't start.

Chief: I'm older than you. I've just seen life from both sides.

Derek: You gonna start singing?

Chief: Just saying that a man who is up fishing at 3 o'clock

every morning is a man in pain over a woman.

Derek: Oh good a country western song.

Chief: Derek Shepherd you know Erica Hahn.

Derek: You're the new Burke.

Chief: And this is Dr. Mark Sloan head of Plastics. Erica Hahn.

Mark: Ah the new Burke.

Derek: Welcome. Excuse us.

Erica: Interesting guys. And by interesting I mean ridiculously

attractive. Do you hire on looks alone or is actual skill a factor.

Chief: Good to have you here Erica.

Mark: What exactly is a gentleman's evening?

Derek: I don't know. It's an evening with gentleman.

Mark: With strippers?

Derek: Yeah I don't think the Chief meant strippers.

Mark: Sure sounds like strippers.

Dr. Bailey, what's the first thing that comes to mind when I say

the words, gentleman's evening?

Bailey: Tassels. Shiny sequined tassels and one dollar bills.

Mark: See, strippers.

Derek: No, they'll be no strippers. I'm almost positive.

Mark: So you don't know what this thing is either?

Derek: No but you're in.

Mark: Why not I like being surprised.

Mark: Whoa this is cozy.

Callie: This is hell I assigned O'Malley to you to keep him away

from me. And now our patients are connected to each other.

Mark: You're not looking at this as the opportunity it is.

Callie: Meaning?

Mark: Meaning he's an intern. It's like half my job torturing interns.

Callie: Thanks. That's almost sweet but torturing George is not

gonna make any of this any better. Torture him how exactly?

Cristina: Hey Izzie, cardio is my thing.

Izzie: No. I like this patient. I like Hahn. And I like cardio.

Cristina: No you are flirting with cardio. I am married to cardio.

You will marry general surgery. Oh okay, perhaps neuro. But

you, you are no where near hard core enough to commit to cardio.

Izzie: So you are telling me to stop flirting with your husband.

I get it, it's cute. But if you're gonna ask me for a favor insulting

my personal life is probably not a great tactic.

Cristina: No wait. I am not talking about your sex life. I could

care less about your sex life.

Chief: If his intestines look like I think they will, that's gonna

take first priority.

Derek: Could delay paralysis.

Bailey: This isn't a contest gentlemen but since a perfed bowel could

kill the guy, whether or not his spine is in working order. My money's

on the Chief going first.

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Cristina: Wait

Meredith: Oh that can't be right, can it?

Bailey: I'm not seeing any free fluid, any intraperitoneal gases.

Derek: Somebody see anything?

Chief: There! right there. A hematoma.

Cristina: Right lower quadrant.

Meredith: It's the appendix.

Bailey: We're saying this guy fell 12, 000 feet and basically all he

needs is an appendectomy?

Alex: Ha check it out. Bambi's a bridesmaid.

Callie: You're right this did cheer me up.

Cristina: So what he just stands there and holds a dress?

Meredith: I know I thought it was going to be more exciting too.

Cristina: A monkey could hold a dress.

George: Actually ..it's a lot harder than it looks.

Helena: Don't let them get to you. Tune them out. All of them. It's the only

way to get through it.

Fiance: Sweetie he's your competition. Don't help him.

Judge: You ever give morphine to people who are not patients?

Cristina: This kinda blows.

Alex: It's more fun when you heckle.

Meredith: Don't heckle George.

Cristina: Okay whatever I have something way better than this.

Alex: Something that tops O'Malley playing bride?

Cristina: Skydiver video.

Izzie: What are we doing?

Alex: Video from the helmet of a skydiver without a chute.

Izzie: You guys are sick.

Cristina: It's not a snuff film. The guy survives.

Alex: Holy

Izzie: Wow

Cristina: Oh Izzie..oh he's going for the chute. Ah and it doesnt

open.

Meredith: Now he's flailing.

Alex: He's going for the second chute.

Cristina: Oh also doesn't open!

Izzie: I thought there'd be more screaming.

Meredith: Oh look how close the ground is getting.

Alex: What's he doing now?

Cristina: Peeing his pants.

Meredith: Is he saying something? Turn it up.

skydiver: God I wish I would have told you. I love you.

I love you Sally!

Everyone: OHH!!

Meredith: I drowned. I was sinking. I died. And do you know what

I realized? I realized how stupid all of my issues are.

Cristina: I'm waiting for how this applies to me.

Meredith: It doesn't.

Cristina: Of course not.

Meredith: Well that man fell. And all he wanted was one last chance

to tell Sally how he felt about her. And I got one last chance. I got

my chance. And what have I done with it?

Cristina: You know, being aware of your crap and actually

overcoming your crap are two very different things.

Meredith: I know.

Derek: I want to talk to you about tonight though.

Chief: Have you heard about this awake open heart surgery?

Derek: mmhmm, I've invited Sloan. And um, I'm wondering

what I should tell him to expect.

Chief: Tell him to expect a good time.

Derek: Okay so what..poker? cigars? whiskey? I mean what

kind of things?

Chief: A good time Shep. Ya know?

Lexie: What does your dress look like?

Jackie: Strapless, sweetheart neckline, crystal beading..so pretty.

Lexie: But you're gonna wear your hair down right? You know

to cover the hunchback.

Jackie: The what?

Lexie: Oh since you're ignoring Dr. Torres' advice about getting

surgery, your shoulder is probably gonna be really swollen and

purple. Kinda like a hunchback. But your hair should totally

cover it up. I mean probably. With the right veil.

Jackie: You didn't tell me that! How soon can we have the surgery?

Mark: Dr Hahn I heard a crazy rumor about you.

Hahn: That I'm performing open heart surgery on a man who's

wide awake.

Mark: That's the rumor.

Hahn: That's the truth.

Derek: Oh I perform awake brain surgery all the time.

Hahn and Mark: Not the same thing!

Derek: Oh

Mark: Have you ever heard of a gentleman's evening?

Hahn: I'm sorry

Derek: The Chief is hosting a gentleman's evening.

Mark: We're pretty sure it doesn't involve porn but..

you know we want to be sure.

Derek: Right.

Hahn: Are you two a couple?

Mark and Derek laugh

Derek: No

Mark: No

Hahn: Just checking

Derek: Why would she ask that question?

Mark: I don't know. I'm worried about this gentleman's thing.

Meredith: Remember when I was dead? Before I went in that

water everything was so complicated, hard. And then you

pulled me out of the water and I came back to life. For a moment

everything was so clear. As if the water had washed everything

clean. Do you remember that?

Derek: I do.

Meredith: Me too.

Callie: The woman that you stood next to for two days almost

died. Okay you've just woken up from surgery and all that you can

think about is if you won a stupid contest. Don't you get it? You

shouldn 't have to fight this hard for a wedding. You fight for a

marriage. And sometimes even that is a lost cause. Sometimes

you have to know when to let go. So just let go already, alright

just freakin let go!!

Jackie: Yeah but, did I win?

Cristina: Izzie stuck a picture of a bird on an empty saline bag

and put it in his eyeline.

Derek: That was smart I wouldn't have thought of that.

Cristina: Yeah

Derek: She doesn't let me take care of her. It's not my job anymore.

But she won't let me.

Cristina: I'm taking care of her.

Mr. Arnold: That one doing that little dance with her fingers,

she's the purple sandpiper. Those are tough little birds. Those

are survivers. And un him..with the sad eyes, he would..he's a..

a thrush, a black-headed nightingale thrush. And the tall one,

standing there watching over everything, over everyone.

He doesn't miss a thing. He's a great blue heron. No question.

Callie: Please tell me that you let go first. I absolutely can not

handle my bride winning that way. What?

George: Oh nothing I just, I just didn't know if we would be

able to talk again.

Callie: I'm letting go. I have to...let go.

Meredith: It goes away.

skydiver: The scar?

Meredith: The feeling. That feeling that you have right now. Today.

That feeling, like you can do anything. That clarity. It goes away.

You go right back to being the coward who can't tell the person you

love how you feel. I saw your video.

Mark: He doesn't have any secret fettishes right? He doesn't

strike me as a fetish kinda guy.

Derek: Hey Richard you gotta tell us what this evening is about.

You've been obtuse, it's been fun, but you know we're getting a little

freaked out now. What's a gentleman's evening?

Chief: It's an evening with no ladies. Just gentlemen.

Mark: That's it?

Chief: Well yeah.

Hahn: Pretty boys living in the woods. This is very charming or

sad. Not sure which.

Mark: What happened to no ladies?

Derek: Yeah

Chief: Plans change.

Izzie: George. starts crying

I'm exhausted. Every bone and every muscle in my body aches.

And I don't think I can do this. It's not that I don't want to. Because

I do. I really really do. I just spent six and a half hours on my feet

in surgery and I can barely hold myself up. And I'm just so tired.

And this is like a rare bird George. You know I mean it's the first

time that we're together since..since we were together. And it's

a once in a lifetime experience I don't want to waste it. I don't want

to waste it on a night that I'm too exhausted to enjoy it. Cause I want

to enjoy our rare bird George I need to enjoy our rare bird.

George: Me too. And my hand is killing me from holding that dress.

So maybe tonight is not the perfect night. Maybe our perfect night is

another night.

Izzie: Really?

George: Yeah. Do you want to maybe go to sleep?

Izzie: Yeah.

George: Okay.

Izzie: Thanks

George: It's okay. Did you only shave one of your legs?

Izzie: starts crying again I know. I'm sorry.

George: No I'm just wondering.. it's cool. It's alright.

Izzie: I couldn't get to it.

Meredith: Maybe I'll take a sleeping pill.

Cristina: No don't do that. You'll just get strung out and turn into

a bad after school special. We'll just sleep and you'll sleep.

Meredith: I can't stop Cristina. Just can't stop seeing Derek.

And it's not about the sex. It's not.. about the sex. It's about that

moment afterward. When the world stops. Just feels so safe.

So safe. I'm not ready to give that up. Does that me sad and weak

and pathetic?

Cristina: A little bit.

Meredith: What do I do?

Cristina: I don't know.

Lexie: Alex please tell me that you don't live with Meredith Grey.

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Written By: Stacy Mckee

Directed by: Tom Verica