Grey's Anatomy (TV Series)

No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance) (2009)

Ellen Pompeo: Dr. Meredith Grey

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• Dr. Meredith Grey : [opening voiceover]  Remember when we were little, and we would accidentally bite a kid on the playground? Our teachers would go "Say you're sorry." And we would say it, but we wouldn't mean it because the stupid kid we bit totally deserved it. But as we get older, making amends isn't so simple. After the playground days are over, you can't just say it. You have to mean it. Of course, when you become a doctor, sorry is not a happy word. It either means "you're dying and I can't help" or it means "this is really gonna hurt."

• Dr. Meredith Grey : [closing voiceover]  As doctors, we can't undo our mistakes and we rarely forgive ourselves for them, but it's a hazard of the trade. But as human beings, we can always try to do better. To be better. To right a wrong. Even when it feels irreversible. Of course, "I'm sorry" doesn't always cut it. Maybe because we use it so many different ways. As a weapon. As an excuse. But, when we are really sorry, when we use it right. When we mean it. When our actions say what words never can. When we get it right, "I'm sorry" is perfect. When we get it right, "I'm sorry" is redemption.

• Dr. Meredith Grey : Hey, Maddy, I'm Dr. Grey. Mind if I take a look at that cut on your face?

  Kate Carlson : You know, she's so sorry. So sorry.

  Maddy : Is my daddy gonna die?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : I don't know. I hope not.

  Maddy : How come?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : How come what?

  Maddy : How come he don't die? I shot him lots'a times. How come he don't die?

• Kate Carlson : Wait. Maddy needs to tell her daddy she's sorry before he goes. Maddy, you need to tell your daddy you're sorry. Maddy, people die in surgery. You don't want your daddy to die without telling him how sorry you are. Come on, let's go tell him we love him.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : You know, no. No!

  Kate Carlson : What?

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Maddy, stay right here, okay?

  Dr. Richard Webber : Dr. Grey...

  Dr. Meredith Grey : No. She will not go apologize to him. You should be apologizing to her. I understand you're a victim here, but there is no room for you to be a victim when your 6-year-old is on the line. She's stronger than you. Your 6-year-old is stronger than you. At least she did something. She stood up for the two of you, which is more than you did for her. No, she won't apologize to him.

• Dr. Richard Webber : [to Meredith]  I can see that you're angry with me and may be angry with your mother.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : Don't do that! I'm not your friend and I am not your family. You don't get to call me into your office on personal business and you don't get to speak to me this way right now. It's an abuse of power. I'm a resident. I work for you. You have to speak to me like I'm a resident and for the record, Chief, somebody had to stand up for that little girl, and I make no apologies for that.

  Dr. Richard Webber : You wanna just be a resident? Fine. Alright then. That woman is a victim of domestic violence. This hospital is supposed to be a safe place for her to come and tell her story. And as her doctors, it is our job to help her. You did not do your job. Instead, you further battered a battered woman.

  Dr. Meredith Grey : What about the little girl?

  Dr. Richard Webber : Dr. Grey! You will stay away from that child. You will stay away from that family. You will not come within 100 feet of them. And if you do, you will be suspended from this hospital pending reevaluation of your emotional and mental fitness for residency.