GREY'S ANATOMY

2x21: Superstition

Original Airdate: 3/19/2006

Written by: James D. Parriott & Shonda Rhimes

Directed by: Tricia Brock

(Seattle Scenes)

MVO: My college campus has a magic statue. 

(SGH Façade)

MVO: It's a long-standing tradition for students to rub it's nose for good luck. 

(Doctor is writing on OR board)

MVO: My freshman roommate really believed in the statue's power...

(Meredith and Addison in scrub room)

MVO: ...and insisted on visiting it to rub it's nose before every exam. 

(Meredith watches Addison take off her wedding ring and pin it to her scrubs. After pinning them on, Addison pats them for good measure.) 

(Burke is speaking with a nurse.) Burke: Are you sure my scrub caps weren't in the laundry delivery? 

Nurse: I triple-checked. 

Burke: You're sure?

Nurse: Yeah, I'm sure. 

MVO: Studying might have been a better idea. She flunked out her h*m* year. But the fact is we all have little superstitious things that we do. 

(Derek is getting ready to start operating)

Derek: All right, everybody. It's a beautiful morning to save lives. Let's have some fun. 

MVO: If it's not believing in magic statues, it's avoiding sidewalk cracks, or always putting out left shoe on first. 

(Bailey is at an operating table, she takes a few breaths before starting)

Bailey: Ok. 

MVO: Knock on wood. 

Bailey: Ten blade. 

(Addison and Meredith's surgery)

MVO: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. 

(A blood vessel bursts and the monitor starts beeping)

(Burke's OR)

Burke: Paddles. 

(Cristina hands him the interior heart paddles)

Burke: Ten joules. 

(The monitor starts beeping)

(Derek's OR)

Anesthesiologist: He's having a reaction. I have to take him off. 

Derek: I'm in the middle of his brain. 

(Monitor starts beeping)

(Bailey's OR)

Bailey: We're losing him. 

(Monitor starts beeping)

(Derek's OR. A nurse is removing his head gear, the patient has obviously died.)

(Burke's OR. A nurse is removing his head gear, the patient has obviously died.)

(Bailey's OR, the patient has obviously died)

Bailey: Time of death...

(Burke's OR)

Burke: Time of death...

(Derek's OR)

Derek: Time of death...

(Addison's OR)

Addison: Call it, Grey. 

MVO: The last thing we want to do is offend the gods. 

Meredith: Time of death 8:17. 

(The interns are in the locker room, changing.)

George: Four surgeries, four fatalities and the day has barely started. (To Cristina) Can I have a bite of that?

Cristina: No. You're in my apartment, you don't get to be in my food. 

George: Dr. Burke gave me a protein bar, this morning. 

Cristina: Burke packs his lunch for him. Did I mention?

Izzie: I talked to the morgue guy this morning. 

Meredith: The one with the unibrow?

Izzie: The one with the like teeth thing. And he said that surgical fatalities come in threes and sevens. Says there'll be three more before midnight. 

Cristina: Well, ok then. Since "d*ad tooth" morgue guy said so. 

Izzie: He's the morgue guy. He knows things about death. 

(Meredith picks up something from the floor and tries to hand it to George)

Meredith: You dropped this. (George doesn't take it and walks away) He's still ignoring me. 

Cristina: Ignore him back. 

Meredith: Derek says I should apologize until he listens. 

Cristina: Derek says?

Meredith: It's good advice. He's my friend. That's good friend advice. 

(Alex walks up and pulls Izzie aside)

Izzie: What?

Alex: Did you sneak out last night?

Izzie: Yeah. I, um...I couldn't sleep.

(Bailey enters)

Bailey: Come on.

Meredith: Where?

Bailey: ER. 

George: All of us?

Bailey: We've all had deaths. Let's all go save a life. 

(They all begin walking through the hall, as they walk by the nurse's station Addison stops them.)

Addison: Uh, Dr. Bailey. (Hands her a cup) Here you go. 

Bailey: What's this?

Addison: Hot cocoa. It's a little ritual we had in New York. Four surgeries, four deaths, I figure we could all use a little good juju. 

Bailey: And cocoa equals juju how?

Addison: Hey, hey, hey. Don't question the cocoa. Carry on. (They all start to walk away, Meredith is trailing behind.) Meredith. (Hands her a cup) Thank you for your help this morning. 

Meredith: Oh. Thank you, Addison. 

Addison: Yeah. Thank you. 

(Derek observes the exchange between Meredith and Addison. After Meredith leaves he walks up.)

Addison: Here you go. (She hands him a cup)

Derek: Juju. 

Addison: Yep. 

Derek: You jujued Meredith. 

Addison: I did. In the spirit of friendship. 

Derek: Hmm. 

Addison: What? Are we not being friends with Meredith anymore?

Derek: No, no, we are. Meredith and I are friends. 

Addison: And you and I are married. So then, by proxy, Meredith and I are friends. 

Derek: That's very big of you. 

Addison: Yeah. 

Derek: You don't have to do that. It's not like I'm gonna be friends with let's say, uh...Mark. 

Addison: Yeah, well, neither am I. Now finish your juju before somebody else dies. 

Derek: Hmm. 

(Meredith enters a room where she throws away the cup of juju.)

(Burke is walking through the hallway talking on his cell phone.)

Burke: There are ten of them. Music notes. Colorful patterns. They were sent out last night. 

(Burke walks up to the OR board where Richard is standing)

Richard: Sorry to hear about your valve replacement, this morning. 

Burke: The laundry misplaced my scrub caps. 

Richard: You know, there's some foolish talk going around about fatality clusters in threes and sevens. 

Burke (On phone): Look, are you sure they weren't sent to another hospital?

Richard: (To Nurse who is erasing the OR board) How many electives have they canceled today?

Nurse: This is our third. 

Richard: And what have the surgeons' been giving as their reasons?

Burke (On phone): Because I prefer my own caps. 

Richard: You're not pushing your surgeries because you don't have your personal caps. You understand me?

Burke (Looking confused): I didn't push any surgeries. (On phone) No, no. The question is: when will you find them?

(Burke walks away)

Richard: No one changes that board unless they talk to me. No one. 

(Bailey and her interns are gathered around a silent ER)

Cristina: Great. No blood, no guts, no lives to save. It's d*ad quiet. 

Bailey: Did you really just say that?

Izzie: Cristina...

Cristina: What?

George: You said the Q-word. 

Izzie: It's like saying Macbeth in theater. 

Cristina: Please. You think because someone says it's quiet that it'll mean...

(ER doors open)

Woman: Can somebody help us here? She's coughing up blood. 

Bailey: O'Malley! Take that. 

(Everyone's pagers start beeping)

Alex: Denny Duquette. 

Izzie: I got it. 

Alex: He's my patient. 

Bailey: He's both your patients. Answer the call. 

Nurse: Two incoming. 

(Ambulance bay)

Bailey: Ok, uh, Yang, first one's yours. Grey, take number two. 

Paramedic: Jesse Fannon, 32, unrestrained driver in a rear end collision. There was spider webbing on the front windshield where his head h*t. BP's 120 palp. Pulse 75. 

Bailey: Well, what do you want to do, Yang?

(Man is counting on his fingers)

Cristina: Primary and secondary survey. Uh, head CT and X-ray. 

Bailey: Ok. Page Shepherd when you get there. 

Jesse: Wait! I'm counting the siren whoops. We can't go until it reaches 33. 

Paramedic: He also seems to have a touch of OCD.

(Other ambulance)

Paramedic: Nikki Ratlin, 30, erratic BP in the field. Complaining of chest and leg pain. 

Meredith: What happened?

Nikki: I got struck by lightning. 

Cristina: Can anyone spell coincidence?

(ER)

Nikki: My horoscope said, "Stay close to home today." Aries couldn't have been any clearer. Ok, I guess it could have said, "Don't leave the house today unless you want to get struck by lightning." Ouch. 

Bailey: See, Ms. Ratlin, you have no sign of wounds from lightning. 

Nikki: It was a sign. Clearly getting struck by lightning is a sign. I sign that I shouldn't have left my house. 

Meredith: Nikki, normally people struck by lightning have a wound where the bolt entered and exited the body. 

Nikki: Well...well, I wasn't struck struck. The tree was struck and it fell on me.

Meredith: A tree fell on you?

Nikki: A big, like, branch or limb, Whatever. Same difference. 

(Bailey scribbles on the paper that she had been writing on and crumbles it up.)

Bailey: No, actually, medically, it isn't the same difference. And it would be helpful if from now on you told us the whole truth. 

Nikki: You want to know the truth? My boyfriend loves that tree. He's totally going to freak out. Ow. 

(George runs up to Richard in the hall)

George: Chief? There's a Ms. Warner down in Admitting. She's asking for you. 

Richard: Who?

(Richard and George get in the elevator)

George: Um, Olive Warner? Fifties. Uh, blonde hair. She said she's known you for about 20 years. 

Richard: Are you talking about Ollie?

George: Right. Ok. Uh, Ollie Warner. She presented with upper GI bleeding. And she had a TIPSS procedure last month for esophageal varices. 

(Richard and George exit the elevator, he walks up the woman who had been coughing up blood.)

Richard: I'll take this from here, O'Malley. 

George: Happy to help, sir. 

Richard: No, thank you. I got this myself. (To Woman) Ollie. 

Ollie: Hi, Richard. Good to see you. 

(Alex and Izzie are in Denny's room)

Alex: Sinus tachycardia, low-grade fever, pulse ox 75. 

Izzie: I'm hearing rales in your lungs. 

Denny: Yeah. A freight train rolls through at noon. 

Izzie: How bad is the pain?

Denny: I don't know. A five or six when I breathe. 

Alex: Which means a seven or eight when you're not trying to impress your doctor. 

Denny: Heard, uh, four people died in surgery this morning. Sid they were expecting three more. 

Alex: You get that from a nurse?

Denny: Never reveal my sources. Just like to avoid the OR. (Alex and Izzie exchange looks) And I'm not liking that look. 

(Izzie sits on the edge of Denny's bed)

Izzie: This could be a pulmonary embolism, Denny. A complication from the LVAD surgery. We gonna have to talk to Dr. Burke. 

(Alex clears his throat and Izzie stands up)

(Meredith and Cristina are in the elevator with their patients)

Meredith: I got hot chocolated. The She-Shepherd hot chocolated me. It's her juju. 

Cristina: I don't like people who say juju. 

Nikki: I say juju. 

Jesse: Juju, juju, juju. Juju, juju, juju. Juju, juju, juju.

Meredith: I didn't drink it. 

Jesse: Juju, juju, juju. 

Nikki: You're not obligated to honor someone else's juju. 

Jesse: Juju, juju, juju.

Cristina: Thought you were being friends. 

Jesse: Juju, juju, juju. 

Meredith: I am. With him. Do I have to be friends with her too?

Jesse: Juju, juju, juju. 

Nikki: Definitely not.

Jesse: Juju, juju, juju. 

Cristina: Maybe. 

Jesse. Juju, juju, juju. 

Meredith: I'll, uh, call psych for you. 

Cristina: That'd be good. Thanks. 

Nikki (Screaming): Ow! Ow! 

(Callie is setting Nikki's broken leg.)

Callie: All right. That's the worst of it. 

Nikki: Oh, I never should have gotten out of bed. But I really wanted to surprise my boyfriend before he left for school. He had a huge exam today and I just, you know, I wanted to wish him luck. 

(George enters the room)

George: Dr. Torres. Hey. Hi. Uh, can I give you a hand?

Callie: You missed the boat, George. 

George: You mean on this case or...?

Callie: Or...a hot chick gives you her number, you're supposed to call. 

Nikki: Yeah. 

George: I...I was...I mean, I am. 

Callie: Too late. 

Nikki: Ouch. Don't give up. I mean, if you really like her. 

(Meredith enters)

George: Uh...ok.

(George leaves)

Nikki: Ok, the plot thickens. 

Callie: Nikki, Dr. Grey here is going to take you upstairs for a CT. But before she does, I have to ask: you're bruised all up and down your left side. You sure a tree branch did all this? 

Nikki: You think my boyfriend did this? He would never h*t a woman. Ever. 

Callie: Mm-hmm. The bruises doesn't look like a tree branch h*t you. 

Nikki: Fine. Ok, you guys are going to think I'm really weird, but I was sort of up in the tree when the lightning h*t. And...I fell. 

Callie: You climbed a tree in a thunderstorm?

Nikki: I really wanted it to be a surprise, you know, for my boyfriend. And...um, I just...I had to see if his psycho dog was in the yard because of, like, the barking and stuff and...I know. It sounds really weird. Does it sound really weird? 

Meredith: Not at all. 

Callie: No. 

Nikki: and this thing is, I mean, he wasn't even there. 

Meredith: The dog?

Nikki: No. My boyfriend. He wasn't even home. I really shouldn't have gotten out of bed. 

(Derek walks by Cristina, she stops him)

Cristina: Oh, Dr. Shepherd. I've got a 34-year-old male with a blunt head trauma and severe case of OCD.

Derek: Oh, really. Did you call for a psych consult?

Cristina: Yes. 

Derek: Let me know when you get a CT. 

Cristina: Ok. 

Derek: Thank you. 

(Derek walks away and Burke walks up)

Burke: Hey. 

Cristina: Hey. Hey, uh, sorry about that, uh, valve replacement. 

Burke: Oh, thank you. Laundry lost my caps. 

Cristina: The guy didn't die because you weren't wearing one of your caps. 

Burke: I know that. I just prefer to operate wearing my own. It's a comfort thing. 

Cristina: Huh, well...I prefer having George out of our apartment. So I guess we both have comfort things. 

Burke: Yeah, what are you saying?

Cristina: Uh, you know, um...I have one of your caps in my locker. 

Burke: Why do you have one of my caps...

Cristina: That's not the point. You know, the point is, um, is that I think I'm going to keep it hostage. So you kick Bambi out and you get your cap back. 

Burke: Oh, well. I don't do well with ultimatums. 

Cristina: Maybe you should think of it more as a...trade. 

(Cristina walks away and George exits the elevator)

George: Dr. Burke. I've got free time. Do you have any cases, do you need help...

Burke: Actually, I do. 

(They both get into the elevator)

Burke: Cristina has something of mine and I need you to get it back.

(Richard enters Ollie's room. A young lady is in the room with Ollie.)

Richard: Gretchen, would you mind leaving us alone for a minute?

Gretchen: Ok. 

Richard: Thank you. 

Ollie: She's my new baby. Six months sober, she's already on the ninth step. 

Richard: You must be proud. 

Ollie: Always. 

Richard: You're on a transplant list, Ollie?

Ollie: A couple of years now. 

Richard: The cirrhosis prevents blood from flowing into your liver. So it's backing up into your esophagus. Causing the ruptures. It's serious, Oll. 

Ollie: Well, of course it is. I mean, you don't puke blood if it's not serious. The question is: can you treat it?

Richard: Maybe. Surgically. We'll have to run more tests and...whatever we do, it's a stop-gap. You need a new liver. 

Ollie: Yet another reason I should've laid off the sauce. You look scared. 

Richard: I am scared, Ollie. 

Ollie: Haven't seen you at a meeting in a while. 

Richard: I know, I know. 

Ollie: How've you been?

Richard: We're talking about you. 

Ollie: Now I'm asking about you. 

Richard: Ellis Grey's daughter's working at the hospital. Ellis is in a nursing home with Alzheimer's. I try to go see her every chance I get. 

Ollie: You're having an affair with the woman who drove you to your alcoholic bottom.

Richard: Ollie, we're not having an affair. She's sick. 

Ollie: You're lying to your wife?

Richard: I'm not lying. 

Ollie: You're lying by omission. You are having an emotional affair. And now you're lying to your sponsor about it. 

Richard: You haven't been my sponsor in years. 

Ollie: I still have the right to bust your ass if I see you slipping. 

Richard: I'm not slipping. 

Ollie: Not yet. But you're making a pretty big mess. (Richard stands up and sighs) How many years you have now?

Richard: Just passed 17. 

Ollie: I'm proud of you. And I'm scared too. 

Richard: You got me sober, Ollie. You walked me through it. (He takes her hand) And I'm going to walk you through this. 

(George is digging through Cristina's locker)

George: Ok. That's...

(Cristina enters the locker room)

George: She still has...

Cristina: You're a pervy little boy, George. And you're not finding the cap. 

George: I'll do your dishes for a month. 

Cristina: I don't do dishes. 

George: I'll do your laundry. 

Cristina: I don't do laundry. 

George: Maybe that's why Burke likes having me around. 

Cristina: Interesting, interesting. Are you having sex with him?

George: No. 

Cristina: Then he likes having me around more. 

George: Why's it always have to be a competition? What do you want for the cap?

Cristina: You out of the apartment.

George: I'm not leaving until Burke says I have to leave. 

Cristina: Then you're not getting the cap. Now clean up my crap. 

George: No. 

(Bailey and Meredith are looking at CT scans)

Meredith: Wow. Is that her spleen?

Bailey: Looks like a grade three laceration. Maybe a four. What was she doing standing under a tree in a thunderstorm?

Meredith: She wasn't standing under it. She was climbing it. 

Bailey: Why?

Meredith: Uh...I'm getting the feeling she's a little bit of a stalker. 

Bailey: Do we need to call the police?

Meredith: I don't think so. I think she's more a gentle stalker than a "k*ll you with a Kn*fe" stalker.

Bailey: Right. Well, let's hope she lives to gently stalk another day. 

Meredith: Hey, you don't believe in that seven fatality thing, do you?

Bailey: I believe this girl needs her spleen removed immediately. Go pick up the labs and get her on the board. Then we'll break the news. 

(Denny is breathing heavily, on a OR table)

Izzie: It's almost over. 

Denny: You like horses, Izzie?

Izzie: Everybody likes horses. 

Denny: That's not true. You know, horses are a great judge of character. You don't like horses, means they don't like you. 

Izzie: Huh. 

Alex: I've got an uncle that's a rodeo cowboy. 

Denny: Huh. No kidding. 

Burke: This is a big clot, Denny. I can't get it with the catheter. I'm sorry. We're gonna have to open your chest again. 

(Cristina is taking Jesse to CT)

Jesse: I was counting the clicks. The...turn signal clicks. I couldn't move until it h*t 333. The light was green, but I couldn't move. I can't blame them for hitting me. 

Raj: How long have you been feeling these compulsions?

Jesse: A little bit all my life, but it's been out of control the last three years.

Raj: Onset at 30 is typical. 

Jesse: Ruined a marriage. I can't hold a job...

Cristina: Ok, Mr. Fannon, do you...

Jesse: Is it clean? I need to know if it's clean. 

Cristina: It's very clean. 

Raj: Any relatives with OCD?

Jesse: My mother. k*lled herself at 38. Ruined her life. Now it's ruining mine. 

(Cristina clears her throat)

Jesse: Clean, clean, clean?

Cristina: Uh, we clean it between each patient. 

Raj: I think he needs you to say "clean, clean, clean."

Cristina: It's clean, clean, clean. 

Jesse: Thank you. I know it's annoying. I can't help it. 

(Cristina walks past the window and sees George watching from the other side)

Jesse: Uh, find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. 

Cristina: Ok, Mr. Fannon, do you...

Jesse: Find a penny...

Raj: Repetitive rhymes, prayers. It's classic. He needs to say it a specific number of times. Probably a multiple of three. 

Cristina: Let's get him in before he decides to start again. 

Raj: Is everything all right with, uh...that?

(Raj nods to the window where George has his face pressed against it)

Jesse: Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. 

Cristina: Just, uh, don't look at him. 

(Meredith is walking through the halls, highlighting a book. She walks up to Derek, at the same time Addison exits a nearby elevator.)

Meredith: Hey.

Derek: Hi.

Meredith: Hey...

Addison: Oh, hey. 

Meredith: Hi. 

Derek: Hi. 

Meredith: I, uh...have to...

Derek: Yeah. 

Addison: Yeah. 

(Meredith walks away)

Derek: I do too. 

(Derek walks away)

Addison: Yeah, I got...something too, so...

(Richard is in Ollie's room, talking to Ollie and Gretchen.)

Richard: I wish I had good news. The TIPSS procedure you had last month failed. 

Gretchen: What does that mean?

Ollie: It means you're lucky you got sober young. 

Richard: Ollie, it means I'm going to have to put in a portacaval shunt. It's complicated. It has only a 50% survival rate. 

Ollie: What's my other choice? (Richard just looks at her) Ok, then. Um...you'll be the one to do it?

Richard: I've performed this surgery nine times. Had four patients survive. 

Ollie: It's perfect then. I'll be your five out of ten. 

(Bailey and Meredith enter Nikki's room)

Nikki: I'm not having surgery today.

Bailey: You have a ruptured spleen. 

Nikki: And I'm sure that the spleen is very important. But I'm not having surgery today. You can operate after midnight but not one minute before. 

Bailey: Miss Ratlin, if I thought it would be safe I'd be more than happy to wait until after midnight. However, I have a husband and a baby at home who won't be happy. You know who else won't be happy? You. Your spleen is bleeding. Spleen trumps horoscope. 

Nikki: But it was more than just my horoscope. I went out to my car this morning. Flat tire. That's a sign, but I just changed the tire. Then there's a wreck on the freeway. Do I turn around and go home like it's telling me to? No, I detour an hour out of my way so that I can get to Kevin's house. And when I get to Kevin's house, I get struck by lightning! 

Meredith: But you weren't struck by lightning. 

Nikki: I'll die, ok? If you operate on my today I will die because I know I will. Please, just...just call my boyfriend and tell him that I'm having an operation at midnight. Because he will want to be here. 

Meredith: Ok. 

Nikki: Please. 

(Bailey and Meredith start walking out of the room.)

Meredith: Should I call psych?

Bailey: You can give it a sh*t. In the meanwhile, get her down to ICU. Poor girl's going to k*ll herself trying not to die. 

(Alex is drawing Denny's blood)

Alex: Izzie paints a pretty picture because she likes you, you know?

Denny: Ok. 

Alex: I'm just saying she likes you. Which is going to be hard on her. 

Denny: You mean...when I die? Come on. I'm asking you...man-to-man. 

Alex: With a clot in your pulmonary artery, it'll cut off the oxygen to your lungs and you'll die of hypoxia. If the hypoxia doesn't k*ll you, the strain on your heart will. 

Denny: And the surgery?

Alex: It's not a routine procedure. You're at serious risk for bleeding because of the anticoagulants already in your system. What I'm saying is Izzie likes you. And she's not going to be the one to pull away. 

(Meredith and Cristina are at the lunch table in the outdoor cafeteria.)

Meredith: How's your guy?

Cristina: Brain's bleeding. Needs surgery. Want to know why? Because he couldn't move his car until he stopped counting. 

Meredith: My girl? Ruptured spleen? Won't have surgery because of her horoscope. 

Cristina: Oh, well, we should introduce them. They make a nice crazy couple. 

(George walks up and sits down)

Cristina: Uh, you know what? I'm sitting with Meredith. Have some self-respect. 

George: Dr. Burke's orders trump any personal issues I might have. 

Meredith: Is the craziness rubbing off on him?

Cristina: He's trying to...stalk Burke's lucky cap from me. 

Meredith: Burke has hat juju?

Cristina: Apparently. 

Meredith: And you're using it against him?

Cristina: Well, they're forcing me to. Because of the clarinet playing and the running and all the breakfast food. 

(Izzie walks up and sits down)

Izzie: You guys, this whole death cluster thing is just ridiculous, right? I mean, just cause four died today doesn't necessarily mean there'll be three more before midnight. 

Cristina: It doesn't, Tinkerbell? For reals?

Meredith: Are you worried about Denny?

Izzie: Yeah. Of course I am. He's my patient. I mean, but if you're asking me if I'm "worried" about Denny, no. I'm sleeping with Alex, so...it's just...Hey, did Burke say anything to you...about Denny's surgery? Did he...? 

Cristina: No. It's your case. 

Izzie: Yeah. I know. I'm just asking that, you know, as your boyfriend, if...

Cristina: I don't know why you'd care. You're sleeping with Alex, right?

Izzie: Yeah. 

Cristina: Yeah. 

Izzie: Right. No, whatever. I'm just saying. There's no such thing as a death cluster. It's just stupid. Right?

Meredith: I have to go convince my patient to let us operate. 

Cristina: Mm-hmm. 

(Cristina and Derek are talking with Jesse)

Jesse: You're removing part of my skullcap? Do you really have to do that?

Derek: It's the only way I can get to the affected part of the brain. 

Jesse: And the operating room, it's clean, clean, clean?

Derek: Yes. It's clean, clean, clean. I'm gonna go get ready. 

(Derek leaves, Jesse starts clicking the light on and off)

Cristina: Can you stop that, please?

Jesse: No. Sorry. I wish I could. 

(Cristina moves to reveal George standing behind her.)

Jesse (to George): She's judging me. 

George: No, she's not. 

Cristina: Yes, she is. I've been living with this for three years. And it's always the people who are most like me who judge me the most. You're type A, right? Straight A student? Top of your class? 

Cristina: Yes, I was. 

Jesse: So, you've managed to turn your compulsions into something productive. But we're cut from the same cloth. That's why you can't stand me. 

Cristina: Oh. Time to go. 

Jesse: But I'm not done.

Cristina: Uh, yes you are, sir. 

George: How many do you have to do?

Jesse: 96.

George: Let him finish. 

Cristina: Fine. I'll see you in the OR.

(Ollie, Gretchen and a group of people are in her room. Richard walks by the window. )

Ollie: Oh, there's Richard. 

(Gretchen exits the room)

Gretchen: Hey. Ollie says you should come in. She says you need a meeting. 

Richard: Not now. Not here. 

Gretchen: Yeah. Except she said to tell you not to protect your anonymity over your sobriety. 

(Richard follows Gretchen into the room, he closes the door behind him)

All: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen. 

Richard: Amen. 

(Denny is in the hallway prepped for surgery. Izzie walks up to him.)

Izzie: Hey. How you feeling?

Denny: Do me a favor? My will is inside my nightstand. Just make sure it gets in the right hands, ok?

Izzie: Why are you talking about your will?

Denny: We have to be realistic, Dr. Stevens. 

Izzie: Dr. Stevens?

Denny: We got to be realistic. And if you can't, well, I can. 

Izzie (to Doctors): No, wait, um...can you wait just one minute? Denny, Denny, listen to me. You're not going to die. You can't go into surgery thinking your going to die. 

(Cristina enters the women's bathroom, George follows her.)

Cristina: You want me to pee in front of you, is that what you want?

George: You have it on you. 

Cristina: Oh, really? You want to go there?

George: I wanna go there. 

Cristina: So, what are you going to do, Bambi? You gonna what, take it from me?

George: Burke said to do whatever I have to do and I'm going to do whatever. 

(George starts grabbing Cristina)

Cristina: George, it's not there. You're not getting it. Oh! No. No, you're not going to...No.

(Callie exits a bathroom stall, looking confused.)

Cristina: No. Oh! You've got my breast. That's my breast. That's my breast. My breast. 

(Callie starts washing her hands. They realize that someone is in the bathroom and stop fighting.)

George: Hey, Dr. Torres. 

Callie: Dr. O'Malley, You're aware this is the women's restroom?

George: Yes, ma'am. 

Callie: Good. 

(Callie leaves)

Cristina: Dude. You called her ma'am. She's never going to sleep with you now. 

(George is in the hall and bumps into Izzie.)

George: Oh, hey. Have you seen Burke?

Izzie: He's on the phone with the laundry. They still can't find his scrub caps. 

George: That's what I got to tell him. Cristina won't give hers back. Unless I'm ready to h*t a woman. And even though it's Cristina, I'm not ready to cross that line. 

Izzie: Wait! Wait, a moment. Cristina has one of Burke's scrub caps?

George: She's holding it hostage. Why do you think I am stalking her? You...

(Izzie runs off. She walks up behind Cristina, grabs her arm and pulls her into an office.)

Cristina: Uh, ow. You're touching me. 

Izzie: George says you have Burke's scrub cap. 

Cristina: So?

Izzie: Give it to him. 

Cristina: No. 

Izzie: Give it to him, Cristina.

Cristina: What is with you?

Izzie: He needs it to operate. 

Cristina: No, he doesn't. 

Izzie: That isn't your decision to make. Not when he's going in on Denny. Now, are you gonna give it to him or am I gonna physically take it from you? 

Cristina: Are you thr*at me?

Izzie: I swear to God, Cristina, I like you, I really do. But I grew up in a trailer park and I am not about kicking your pampered little Beverly Hills ass. And I do mean physically kicking your ass. 

(Cristina and Izzie walk up to Burke.)

Cristina: You don't have to follow me. 

(Izzie gives her a look and walks away. Cristina hands the scrub cap to Burke.)

Burke: Well, thank you. How long have you had this? It's one of my favorites. 

Cristina: You know, you don't need it. I keep that cap in my locker because every morning I look at it and I'm reminded of what I'm here for and what I want to be. A great surgeon. A surgeon who is decisive, and who executes, and who doesn't need a piece of clothing to give him an edge in surgery. You don't need it. 

Burke: I know. You're right. 

Cristina: I know I'm right. 

(Cristina walks away. Burke puts the scrub cap on and starts to head toward surgery. He passes George on the way.)

Burke: Nicely done, O'Malley. Let's go scrub in. 

(Meredith is examining Nikki.)

Nikki: How am I doing?

Meredith: Nikki, is it possible you're misreading the signs? I mean, isn't two surgeons telling you that you need surgery a sign that you need surgery? 

Nikki: Did you call my boyfriend?

Meredith: I did. 

Nikki: What'd he say?

Meredith: He said he hasn't been your boyfriend in a while. 

Nikki: Did you tell him I got struck by lightning?

(Scrub outside Denny's surgery. Alex is there and Izzie enters.)

Izzie: What did you say to him?

Alex: Who?

Izzie: You know who. What the hell? Why does Denny think he's dying?

Alex: Well, maybe because there's a good chance he is. 

Izzie: Just so we're clear. We're over, Alex. This is over. 

Alex: What? You're breaking up with me over a corpse?

Izzie: No! No. I am breaking up with you because on your very best day...that corpse is twice the man you will ever be. You're not good enough for me, Alex. You're not good enough for anyone. 

(Burke enters and realizes something is going on.)

Burke: You two, you're not scrubbing in. Whatever's going on with you, I don't need it in my OR. 

Alex: Fine. I'll watch from the gallery. 

Burke: No, no, you won't. You will take your energy as far away from my OR as you can get. 

(Alex leaves)

Burke: Both of you. 

(Izzie leaves and George and Burke start scrubbing in.)

(Jesse is in the OR getting ready for surgery.)

Jesse: Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck. Find a penny, pick it up... 

Cristina: We're going to give you your anesthetic now. 

Jesse: all day long you'll have good luck. Find a penny, pick it up...

Cristina: I'm sorry but we have to start. 

Jesse: Find a penny, pick it up...

(Seattle scenes)

(Derek is starting Jesse's surgery.)

Derek: It's a beautiful afternoon to save lives, people. Lets have some fun. 

(Denny's OR, Burke and George get ready to start the surgery.)

(Ollie's OR, Richard and Bailey get ready to start the surgery.)

Richard: The incision begins along the left subcostal margin, across the right rectus, and extending well into the flank. 

(Meredith enters)

Meredith: Dr. Bailey? It's Nikki Ratlin. 

Richard: I'll be all right, Bailey. Go. 

(Bailey and Meredith enter Nikki's room)

Bailey: She, uh...yeah, she's bleeding out. We need to get her to the OR now. 

Nikki: I don't want an operation. 

Meredith: Nikki, your boyfriend called. He said he doesn't want you to die. 

Nikki: Kevin called?

Meredith: Yes. Will you let us operate?

(She flatlines)

Meredith: Nikki?

Bailey: Oh, code blue. Come on. 

(Bailey pressed the code button and code team rushes in.)

Bailey: Ok. Charge to 200. 

Doctor: 200. 

Bailey: Clear. 

(Izzie is standing in front of the OR board, breathing deeply.)

(Richard is operating on Ollie.)

Richard: You have the back row of sutures in place. Give me some...clear field. 

Doctor: Pressure's dropping. 

Richard: Hang another unit. I need the field clear. 

(Nikki's room)

Bailey: Clear. Charge 300!

Doctor: Charge. 

Bailey: Clear. 

(Derek and Cristina are operating on Jesse.)

Derek: Gel foam. That clip should've done it. I don't know. There's something I'm missing. 

(Burke is operating on Denny)

Doctor: He's losing pressure, Dr. Burke. 

Burke: I'm working as fast as I can. 

George: We're losing him. 

(Stairs near the OR board.)

Female Intern: I heard they're dying left and right. 

Male Intern: See? Told you there'd be seven. 

Izzie: Who? Who died?

Female Intern: Don't know. I bet it was that spleen chick. You hear she wouldn't let them operate. 

Male Intern: Ah, my money's on the chief's shunt. 

Alex: I have twenty says Burke's guy went down. Dude's a walking time b*mb. 

Male Intern: Bet. 

(Meredith and Bailey walk up. Meredith erases Nikki from the OR board.)

Bailey: That makes five.

Izzie: You lost her?

Meredith: Yeah. I heard there's a number six. 

Izzie: Do you know who else?

Meredith: No. I'm going to inform the family. 

(Richard walks out to the waiting room where Gretchen and a group of people are waiting.)

Richard: She made it through. 

(Gretchen hugs him)

Gretchen: Thank you. Thank you so much. 

Man: Thank you. 

Richard: You're welcome. You're welcome. 

(Derek and Cristina leave the OR, Jesse didn't make it.)

MVO: Superstition lies in the space between what we can control...

(Izzie is standing in a room, tears streaking her face.)

MVO: and what we can't. 

Denny: So, I wasn't one of the seven?

Izzie: It's past midnight. There were only six. 

Denny: Then why are you crying?

Izzie: I'm not crying. 

Denny: You are too.

Izzie: Oh, damn it. I cannot fall for a patient. 

Denny: Oh. Ok. Good luck with that. 

(Izzie smiles then kisses Denny.)

MVO: Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck. 

(George enters the locker room, where all the interns are getting ready to go home. He scoffs when he sees Meredith.)

Alex: O'Malley, you are a sad excuse for a man. 

George: Excuse me?

Alex: I know you heard me. You're like a whiny little girl. 

Meredith: Alex. 

Alex: You know why he's not speaking to you? Because he's not over you. Man, you got laid, it went badly. A man would move on. But you? You mope around this place like a dog that likes to get kicked. You make me sick, and if it wouldn't get me thrown out of the program, I'd smash your pathetic little face right into that locker. 

MVO: No one wants to pass up a chance for good luck. But does saying it 33 times really help?

(Cristina is leaving the hospital.)

MVO: Is anyone really listening?

(Burke runs to catch up with her.)

Burke: Hey. So if you feel that strongly about O'Malley, I'll ask him to leave tonight. 

Cristina: No, no, don't. 

Burke: I thought you wanted him out. 

Cristina: I do. But...not tonight. 

(Burke pulls the scrub cap out of his pocket.)

Burke: Scrub cap. 

Cristina: Oh. Thank you. 

Burke: You're welcome. 

MVO: And if no one's listening, why do we bother doing those strange things at all?

(Callie is walking in the ER and runs into George.)

George: Hi. I didn't call. I should have called. I just...

(Callie walks away. George takes out his phone and calls her.)

George: Hi. This is George O'Malley calling. You gave me your phone number. I know I should have called sooner, but I'm calling now. And I just want to know...maybe you want to go out with me sometime? Because...I...love to watch you set bones. And I...oh, I...rarely spend...that much time in a women's restroom. And I really like you. (Callie smiles at him)So...is that a yes? 

MVO: We rely on superstitions because we're smart enough to know we don't have all the answers. 

(Addison walks up to Meredith with two cups of coffee)

Addison: Hey. 

Meredith: Hey. 

Addison: I'm sorry to hear about your patient. 

Meredith: Thank you, Addison. 

MVO: And that life works in mysterious ways. 

(She gives one cup to Meredith and then walks to where Derek is standing and hands him the other cup.)

Addison: Here you go, babe. 

Derek: Thank you. 

Addison: Hmm. Ready?

(He hands the cup back.)

Derek: Yeah. Here you go. Thank you. 

(Derek and Meredith share a glance and then Derek walks away.)

MVO: Don't diss the juju...from wherever it comes. 

(Meredith takes a sip of the coffee and throws the rest away.)
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