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Season 5  "Stand by Me"  5x18

Aired 15 years ago - Mar 19, 2009

After his fellow surgeons try and fail to bring Derek back to work, Meredith must summon the strength to convince him. Meanwhile the hospital is abuzz as Mark attempts a rare face transplant surgery. Cristina, at last awarded her first solo surgery, is more focused on the needs of her friends, and Izzie does her best to keep her medical condition a secret.

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Better aesthetic outcome, which allows for reinnervation of the facial nerves,
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but the donor's life support is fading fast. We gotta move.
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My friends gave me a bunch of questions,
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But he'd been getting short of breath, so I put him on blood thinners
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You are not listening to me, are you?
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It's kinda creepy, right?
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I'm sorry. I'm trying to listen. But
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It's important that you take all the medications,
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Both of you in the hall, now.
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Whatever's going on with you, Stevens, you better get it under control.
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I don't think you should talk while she's talking.
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- I'm sorry. - I need you
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- You can do this. - I know I can do this
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I hope you're not mad that we came early.
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15 minutes. God, how amazing am i? It usually takes weeks to get in there.
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Lost'em both.
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- You blew it off? - Cristina, please.
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- or George or - I'm not telling anybody, so just
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You cannot do this alone. The ethics board will not allow me
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Adults cringe.
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On a spit with a one-armed man turning'em into shish kebabs.
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Guy, you gotta start talking, dude... Because
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The coloring's just the same.
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Careful around the eyes.
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You're scared. You're drunk. You don't know which way is up.
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I'm sorry.
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And they're telling Meredith and George.
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