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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 Faade)
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. Af
ter 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 t
he 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 sophomore 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 a
lways putting out left shoe on first.
(Bailey is at an operating table, she takes a few breaths before starting)
Bailey: Okay.
MVO: Knock on wood.
Bailey: Ten blade.
(Addison and Meredith's surgery)
MVO: Step on a crack, break your mother's back.
about 20 years.
Richard: Are you talking about Ollie?
George: Right. Okay. 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 coughi
ng 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 expect
ing three more.
Alex: You get that from a nurse?
Denny: Never reveal my sources. Just like to avoid the OR. (Alex and Izzie excha
nge 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 s
urgery. 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 juj
u.
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.
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: Okay.
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 back
ing 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, i
t'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.
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 st
anding 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 "kill you
with a knife" 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. W
e'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 unti
l it hit 333. The light was green, but I couldn't move. I can't blame them for h
itting 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 yea
rs.
Raj: Onset at 30 is typical.
Jesse: Ruined a marriage. I can't hold a job...
Cristina: Okay, 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. Killed 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: Okay, Mr. Fannon, do you...
Jesse: Find a penny...
Raj: Repetitive rhymes, prayers. It's classic. He needs to say it a specific num
ber 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 Der
ek, 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...
Bailey: Miss Ratlin, if I thought it would be safe I'd be more than happy to wai
t until after midnight. However, I have a husband and a baby at home who won't b
e 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 Kev
in's house, I get struck by lightning!
Meredith: But you weren't struck by lightning.
Nikki: I'll die, okay? If you operate on my today I will die because I know I wi
ll. Please, just...just call my boyfriend and tell him that I'm having an operat
ion at midnight. Because he will want to be here.
Meredith: Okay.
Nikki: Please.
(Bailey and Meredith start walking out of the room.)
Meredith: Should I call psych?
Bailey: You can give it a shot. In the meanwhile, get her down to ICU. Poor girl
's going to kill herself trying not to die.
(Alex is drawing Denny's blood)
Alex: Izzie paints a pretty picture because she likes you, you know?
Denny: Okay.
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 lun
gs and you'll die of hypoxia. If the hypoxia doesn't kill you, the strain on you
r 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 r
unning and all the breakfast food.
(Izzie walks up and sits down)
Izzie: You guys, this whole death cluster thing is just ridiculous, right? I mea
n, just cause four died today doesn't necessarily mean there'll be three more be
fore 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, di
d 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 cl
uster. 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)
ready to hit a woman. And even though it's Cristina, I'm not ready to cross tha
t 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, a
re you gonna give it to him or am I gonna physically take it from you?
Cristina: Are you threatening me?
Izzie: I swear to God, Cristina, I like you, I really do. But I grew up in a tra
iler 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 ever
y 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 surg
ery. He passes George on the way.)
Burke: Nicely done, O'Malley. Let's go scrub in.
(Meredith is examining Nikki.)
(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. Okay. 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 ho
me. 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 pla
ce 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 th
at 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 t
onight.
Cristina: No, no, don't.
Burke: I thought you wanted him out.
MVO: We rely on superstitions because we're smart enough to know we don't have a
ll 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 han
ds 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.)