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Thegametheysayapersoneitherhaswhatittakestoplayortheydon't.Mymotherwasoneofthegreats.Me,ontheotherhand--I'mkindofscrewed.Thisis,uh...Humiliatingonsomanylevels.Youhavetogo.Whydon'tyoujustcomebackdownhere,andwe'llpickupwhereweleftoff?No,seriously.Youhavetogo.I'mlate,whichisn'twhatyouwanttobeonyourfirstdayofwork,so...So,uh,youactuallylivehere.No.Yes,kindof.It'snice--alittledusty--odd,butit'snice.So,howdoyoukindoflivehere?Imovedtwoweeksagofromboston.Itwasmymother'shouse.I'msellingit.Oh,I'msorry.Forwhat?Yousaidwas.Oh,mymother'snotdead.She's--Youknowwhat?Wedon'thavetodothething.Oh,wecandoanythingyouwant.No,thething--exchangethedetails,pretendwecare.I'mgonnagoupstairsandtakeashower,okay?AndwhenIgetbackdownhere,youwon'tbehere,so,um...goodbye,um...Derek.Derek.Right.Meredith.Meredith.Yeah.Mm-hmm.-Nicemeetingyou.-Bye,Derek.Eachofyoucomesheretodayhopeful,wantinginonthegame.Amonthago,youwereinmedschool,beingtaughtbydoctors.Today...youarethedoctors.The7yearsyouspendhereasasurgicalresidentwillbethebestandworstofyourlife.Youwillbepushedtothebreakingpoint.Lookaroundyou.Sayhellotoyourcompetition.Eightofyouwillswitchtoaneasierspecialty.Fiveofyouwillcrackunderthepressure.Twoofyouwillbeaskedtoleave.Thisisyourstartingline.Thisisyourarena.Howwellyouplay...that'suptoyou.LikeIsaid...I'mscrewed.Okay,Martin,Robinson,Bond,Hawkins.Only6womenoutof20.Yeah.Ihearoneofthem'samodel.Seriously,that'sgonnahelpwiththerespectthing?-You'reCristina,right?-Patton,Monroe...Whichresidentareyouassignedto?Igotbailey.Thenazi?Metoo.Yougotthenazi?SodidI.Atleastwe'llbetorturedtogether,right?I'mGeorgeO'malley.Uh,wemetatthemixer.Youhadonablackdresswithaslituptheside,strappysandals...NowyouthinkI'mgay.No,I'mnotgay.It's--it'sjustthatyouwere--youwereveryunforgettable.O'malley,Yang,Grey,Stevens.AndI'mtotallyforgettable.-Bailey?-Endofthehall.That'sthenazi?Ithoughtthenaziwouldbeaguy.Ithoughtthenaziwouldbeanazi.Maybeit'sprofessionaljealousy.Maybeshe'sbrilliant,andtheycallheranazibecausethey'rejealous.Maybeshe'snice.Letmeguess--you'rethemodel.Hi,I'mIsobelStevens,buteveryonecallsmeIzzie.Ihavefiverules.Memorizethem.Rulenumberone--don'tbothersuckingup.Ialreadyhateyou.That'snotgonnachange.Traumaprotocol,phonelist,pagers--nurseswillpageyou.Youwillanswereverypageatarun--arun--that'srulenumbertwo.Yourfirstshiftstartsnowandlasts48hours.You'reinterns,grunts,nobodies,bottomofthesurgicalfoodchain.Yourunlabs,writeorders,workeverysecondnightuntilyoudrop,anddon'tcomplain.On-callrooms--attendingshogthem.Sleepwhenyoucanwhereyoucan,whichbringsmetorulenumberthree.IfI'msleeping,don'twakemeunlessyourpatientisactuallydying.Rulenumberfour--thedyingpatientbetternotbedeadwhenIgetthere.Notonlywillyouhavekilledsomeone,youwouldhavewokemefornogoodreason.Weclear?Yes?Yousaidfiverules.Thatwasonlyfour.Rulenumberfive--whenImove,youmove.Getoutofmyway!Whatdowegot?KatieBryce,15-year-oldfemale,newonsetseizures,intermittentforthepastweek.I.V.lostenroute,startedgrandmalseizingaswedescended.Allright,getheronherside.Izzie,10milligramsdiazepamI.M.No,no.Thewhiteleadisontheright.Righty,whity--smokeoverfire.Alarge-boreI.V.Don'tletthebloodhemolyze.Let'sgo!Whatdowehave?Awetfishondryland.Absolutely,Dr.Burke.Dr.Bailey,let'sshotgunher.Thatmeanseverytestinthebook--C.T.,CBC,chem-7,toxscreen.Cristina,you'reonlabs.George,patientwork-ups.Meredith,getkatieforaC.T.She'syourresponsibilitynow.Wait.Whataboutme?Honey,yougettodorectalexams.Whatareyoudoinghere?KatieBryce'slabscameoutclear.There'snothingintheresultsthatexplainherseizures.-Ijustthoughtyouwannaknow.-Okay.Iheardeveryyear,theattendingoncallpicksthebestinternandletsthemperformaprocedureduringthefirstshift.I'mjustsayingit'swhatIheard.Goaway...now.Yeah,soundsgood.He'llbefine?You'llbefine.Ifyoudon'tcountthefactthatmybacondaysareover,sure.So,bypasssurgerytomorrowwithDr.Burke--Ihearhe'sgood.And,afterthat,youcanhaveallthebacon-flavoredsoyproductyoucaneat.Mmm.Killmenow.IwishIcould,butI'mahealer.You'relost.I'mnotlost.Howareyoufeeling?HowdoyouthinkI'mfeeling?I'mmissingmypageant.You'remissingyourpageant?Thespokaneteenmiss.Iwasinthetop10afterthefirst2rounds.Thisismyyear.Icouldhavewon.Hello.You'resolost.Whatareyou,like,new?Okay,soI'mjustgonnainsertmyfingersintoyourrectum.No.Out.Out.Betyoumissedalotwhenyoufirststartedout.Itwistedmyankleintalentrehearsal.Idorhythmicgymnastics,whichis,like,reallycool.Nobodyelsedoesit.AndItrippedovermyribbon.AndIdidn'tgetstuckwithsomeonethisclueless,andthatwas,like,anurse.YouandIaregonnahavesomuchfuntogether.Thisshiftisamarathon,notasprint.Eat.Ican't.Youshouldeatsomething.Youtryeatingafterperforming17rectalexams.Thenazihatesme.Thenazi'saresident.Ihaveattendingshatingme.YouknowMeredithisinbred?Likeit'suncommonaroundheretobeadoctors'parents--No,royallyinbred--hermotherisEllisGrey.Shutup.TheEllisGrey?Who'sEllisGrey?TheGreyMethod.Where'dyougotomedschool--Mexico?Shewasoneofthefirstbigchicksurgeons.She'salivinglegend.Yeah,shewontheharperaverytwice.SoIdidn'tknowonething.Talkaboutparentalpressure.God,IwouldkilltohaveEllisGreyasamother.I'dkilltobeEllisGrey.Al