The doctors split into teams for a risky surgery involving conjoined twins; Bailey recruits Meredith to be a buffer between her and Ben when he puts pressure on moving their relationship to a more serious level; Richard teaches Alex a tough lesson in the OR; meanwhile Teddy questions Cristina about what exactly happened to Henry during his surgery.
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Ben: How's Zola doing?
Meredith: Oh, she's great. Thanks. She's bout a minute away from walking.
Ben: That's great. And she's in the daycare downstairs?
Meredith: She is, yeah. She really likes it.
Ben: Must be nice having the whole family in the building.
Meredith: Yeah.
Ben: It's a win-win. You love Dr. Shepherd, and he loves you, and you see each other at work, and then see each other at home. Just more of a good thing.
Meredith: Dr. Bailey, is that the spleen right there?
Bailey: That is the spleen.
Meredith: So are we gonna take out the whole thing?
Bailey: We will. We will take it right out.
Meredith: So how many suture ligatures do you think we'll need to do for the splenic vessels?
Bailey: Oh, it could be two, it could be three. I'll see if two does it, but I may have to throw in a third.
Ben: This is good stuff. I'm glad I skipped the conjoined twins.
Bailey: There's beauty in the basics.
Ben: There's beauty in sharing a bowl of cereal with a woman that--
Meredith: I can't remember how to do a stick tie.
Bailey: No shame in that. There's no stupid questions.
Ben: Are you sure about that?
Bailey: Okay, I'm gonna tell you something about my personal life.
Meredith: Really?
Bailey: Okay, um, my personal life is none of your business. The fact that I know things about your personal life is one of the great sadnessess of my extistence.
Meredith: Sorry about that.
Bailey: And the fact that you're gonna know about mine exponentially worse, but I don't see how we get around it.
Meredith: Okay.
Bailey: We're about to operate with Dr. Warren. He and I are... involved.
Meredith: Everybody knows that.
Bailey: Can you not pretend?
Meredith: Oh, oh. You and Dr. Warren? Wow.
Bailey: Uh, he is going to try and dicuss personal matters in the O.R today, and I don't want that to happen. Okay, so I'm gonna teach you a lot. And you are going to ask questions a lot. And if he gets a personal word in edgewise, I want you to forget which is the business end of a scalpel is real quick, and ask for help.
Meredith: Okay, so, let me get this straight. You pulled me out of a once of a lifetime surgery to be a buffer between you and your boyfriend?
Bailey: Oh, don't use that kind of language with me.
Meredith (after Alex & Arizona's practice flip goes wrong): You nearly killed both dolls.
Alex: Look, I had it. I know it. If only freakin' Robbins would trust me to do it.
Meredith (whispers): Doll killer.
Arizona (while they're practicing flipping the babies): Karev, you rushed it. You're like two steps ahead of me.
Alex: No, you over me. Yours over mine, everything's fine. Mine of yours, babies in the morgue. That's how it works.
Richard (about Arizona): Man, she's wound up tight.
Alex: I thought that you were off work today.
Richard: I won't see another one of these in my lifetime. You're doing the flip, right, Karev, with Robbins? (Alex nods) The flip's a critical part. You ready?
Alex: Yes, sir.
Richard: Look, I know this procedure is her baby, but she keeps nitpicking everybody, she'll destroy their confidence. Don't let her do that to you.
Alex: Oh, no, sir.
Richard: Good, because if the flip goes wrong, she's gonna blame you. It'll go on your record, and-- and boards comin' up. It's not gonna look good. Glad it's not me.
Bailey: I thought I had Dr. Knox.
Ben: You know what I love about you? Your warmth.
Bailey: You were doing the conjoined twins.
Ben: Yeah, well, now Knox is doing the conjoined twins.
Bailey: Uh huh. We're not talking about it.
Ben: Oh, of course we're talking about it.
Bailey: It's a crazy idea that I'm not talking about because it's a crazy.
Ben: It's not crazy. We sleep in one bed, we would have breakfast at the same table, we would have one eletric bill instead of two.
Bailey: Oh, that's why you want me to move in with you, so we can save on eletric?
Ben: Yeah, it's the responsible thing to do... For the planet.
Bailey (scoffs): I am not moving in with you. Okay, l-look we've been together, what, two weeks?
Ben: Two weeks and nine months before the pause. And I want to hit play again, right where we left off. I don't want to start at the beginning.
Bailey: Because it's good for the planet?
Ben: And I have a better T.V. Look, come on, now. Admit it. You want to live with me. You love me.
Bailey: I want... Knox back.
Meredith (opening voiceover): Have you had the starring role in a play... a solo in a receital? All eyes on you... waiting for you to do what they came to see. Feeling the incredible pressure to perform. There was a time when they used to call operating rooms an operating theatre. It still feels like one, scores of people get ready for the show. Sets are arranged. There are costumes, masks... props. Everything has to be rehearsed, chreographed, all leading to the moment that the curtain goes up. You know what the say about Carnegie Hall? That there's only one way to get there.
Original International Air Dates:
Canada: January 12, 2012 on CTV
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