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** Alex stands up for his patient to her not particularly nice "seizure patrol buddies.

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** Alex stands up for his patient to her not particularly nice "seizure patrol patrol" buddies.

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* "Stairway To Heaven": Bailey outright ''demands'' that Derek allow his patient, a inmate on Death Row, die so his organs can be used to save a little boy. Derek pauses the operation, looks her in the eye, and challenges her to decide if she actualyl wants the paitent dead. The last person the camera focuses on, the person Bailey is looking at when she opts to allow the surgery to continue? [[EnsembleDarkHorse Bokhee]], the series's omni-present Asian scrub nurse.
* In "Before And After", George makes a point of offering to help Sadie study after he notices she is behind, noting that as a repeated he is hardly in a possession to judge someone for being a bit behind.
* "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
** Alex stands up for his patient to her not particularly nice "seizure patrol buddies.
** Lexie inadvertently inspires Izzie to fight her cancer after Izzie says that a 5% chance of survival is a death sentence, noting that Susan Grey died of the ''hiccups''
--->'''Lexie''': Screw the odds! People die of the hiccups. My mother died of the hiccups. Survival rate for that is what... 100 percent? The odds are that she should be alive right now. The odds are... The odds mean crap!
* "Elevator Love Letter" has a lot.
** After Owen has a PTSD episode and starts strangling Cristina in bed, Meredith and Callie make a point of not allowing him near her. The one time he tries, the Meredith steps in front of him and the woman glare at him.
** Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith in an elevator covered with the [=CT=]s of various patients they worked on together, including that of Katie Bryce, Meredith's very first patient.
** An elderly woman's children arrive at her bedside as she is dying. Initially, they seem highly annoyed and just want her to die. As it turns out, she was given one month to live...three years ago. They've been flying across country regularly to be at her side when she dies, except she just keeps living. When Joyce finally expires, they all break down crying.
** All the interns and residents wait outside the OR as Derek operates on Izzie's tumor. Significantly, they gather at the TheBigBoard rather than watch from the gallery - they are there as family, not as surgeons.
** Derek makes a point of reaching out to Owen to offer to help with his PTSD, noting that it is a real injury that can be treated.
* Amanada, the girl George saved from the bus, is greatly touched by his act and sits vigil at his bedside the entire time.



* Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith in "Elevator Love Letter"

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* Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith in "Elevator Love Letter"
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* Elizabeth Fallon, a former scrub nurse who worked with Ellis Grey, returns to the hospital to die of pancreatic cancer. The old hands are happy to see her-Chief Webber outright calls her an "institution"-, and when she dies a number of nurses are present to pay their respects.

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* Elizabeth Fallon, a former scrub nurse who worked with Ellis Grey, returns to the hospital to die of pancreatic cancer. The old hands are happy to see her-Chief her, Chief Webber outright calls her an "institution"-, "institution", and when she dies a number of nurses are present to pay their respects.
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* Cristina's "Dead Dads Club" speach to George after his father's death

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* Cristina's "Dead Dads Club" speach speech to George after his father's death



** In "Freedom", one of the patients in Meredith and Derek's clinical trial is in it with her boyfriend. Her parents dislike the relationship...because they're worried that if the boyfriend dies, their daughter will loose hope and give up.

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** * In "Freedom", " Freedom" one of the patients in Meredith and Derek's clinical trial is in it with her boyfriend. Her parents dislike the relationship...because they're worried that if the boyfriend dies, their daughter will loose hope and give up.
** The young couple, realizing that they are probably going to die, invokes MustNotDieAVirgin and enlist Meredith and Derick to guard the door, Meredith even helping her put on some makeup.
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* Callie and Erica's adorable and hilariously awkward, fumbling, euphemism-laden romance as they attempt to work out how to be lesbian.
** Mark, the hospital's [[TheCasanova serial philanderer]], helps Callie explore the area "[[UnusualEuphemism south of the Mason-Dixon line]]" of her pants after a bad first attempt.

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* During the shooting, Hunt runs back into the hospital to make sure that Cristina is okay. And Teddy helps him get past the cops.

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* During the shooting, Hunt runs back into the hospital to make sure that Cristina is okay. And Teddy helps him get past the cops.cops.
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** In "Freedom", one of the patients in Meredith and Derek's clinical trial is in it with her boyfriend. Her parents dislike the relationship...because they're worried that if the boyfriend dies, their daughter will loose hope and give up.


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* When Georges'mother comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.

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* When Georges'mother Georges's mother comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.
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* Elizabeth Fallon, a former scrub nurse who worked with Ellis Grey, returns to the hospital to die of pancreatic cancer. The old hands are happy to see her, and when she dies a number of nurses are present to pay their respects.

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* Elizabeth Fallon, a former scrub nurse who worked with Ellis Grey, returns to the hospital to die of pancreatic cancer. The old hands are happy to see her, her-Chief Webber outright calls her an "institution"-, and when she dies a number of nurses are present to pay their respects.

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* During the nurse's strike in Season 2, George refuses to cross the picket line and joins the strike, as his parents are union folks and he's unwilling to let them see him cross a picket line. The nurses are happy to see him, and later they send him to check on the patients they cannot.

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* Elizabeth Fallon, a former scrub nurse who worked with Ellis Grey, returns to the hospital to die of pancreatic cancer. The old hands are happy to see her, and when she dies a number of nurses are present to pay their respects.
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* During the nurse's strike in Season 2, George refuses to cross the picket line out of respect for his union parents, and joins is welcomed by the nurses. Since he technically isn't on strike, as his parents are union folks and he's unwilling to let them see him cross a picket line. The nurses are happy to see him, and later they send ask him to check on the patients they cannot.cannot.

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* Everyone´s reaction when Meredith is close to death after drowning.
* Alex offering a sympathetic ear to Meredith when he finds out her mom has Alzheimer´s.
* When Georges´mother comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.

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* Everyone´s Cristina's "Dead Dads Club" speach to George after his father's death
-->'''Cristina:''' There's a club. The Dead Dads Club. And you can't be in it until you're in it. You can try to understand, you can sympathize. But until you feel that loss... My dad died when I was nine. George, I'm really sorry you had to join the club.
* Everyone's
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* Alex offering a sympathetic ear to Meredith when he finds out her mom has Alzheimer´s.Alzheimer's.
* When Georges´mother Georges'mother comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.



* Jackson congratulating April on winning [[spoiler: Chief Resident]]. Not only is he the one person to do so but he is truly happy for her. Made even more heartwarming when they realise they are now happy after surviving the shooting and grieving for their murdered friends.

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* Jackson congratulating April on winning [[spoiler: Chief Resident]].Resident. Not only is he the one person to do so but he is truly happy for her. Made even more heartwarming when they realise they are now happy after surviving the shooting and grieving for their murdered friends.
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* Interns are, no matter what, ''fanatically'' loyal to each other. They fight, they hate each other, but they are family and they ''will'' have each other's back when it counts.
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* During the nurse's strike in Season 2, George refuses to cross the picket line and joins the strike, as his parents are union folks and he's unwilling to let them see him cross a picket line. The nurses are happy to see him, and later they send him to check on the patients they cannot.
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** Callie and Cristina in general. Cristina may be closest with Meredith, but she's very close to Callie, too. Callie is there for Cristina when she's got PTSD, and when she gets pregnant she wants Cristina to be Sophia's godmother - something which would not be taken lightly by Callie, who is a practicing catholic.

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** Callie and Cristina in general. Cristina may be closest with Meredith, but she's very close to Callie, too. Callie is there for Cristina when she's got PTSD, and when she gets pregnant she wants Cristina to be Sophia's Sofia's godmother - something which would not be taken lightly by Callie, who is a practicing catholic.

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* Christina asking Meredith to be her person and Meredith accepting it
* Meredith letting Christina sleep in her bed (even though Derek is there too)
* Everyone´s reaction when Meredith is close to death after drowning

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* Christina asking Meredith to be her person and Meredith accepting it
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* Meredith letting Christina sleep in her bed (even though Derek is there too)
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* Everyone´s reaction when Meredith is close to death after drowningdrowning.



* In the episode after Hahn mysteriously leaves, Cristina is annoyed by this, but when she found out that Callie and Hahn were more than friends she momentarily forgets her frustration and instead wonders if Callie is okay. Later in that episode, when Callie breaks down in the OR, Cristina tells everyone else to leave. She and Sloan stay and take care of Callie, and afterward take her out to Joe's.

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* In the episode after Hahn mysteriously leaves, Cristina is annoyed by this, but when she found out that Callie and Hahn were more than friends she momentarily forgets her frustration and instead wonders if Callie is okay. Later in that episode, when Callie breaks down in the OR, Cristina tells everyone else to leave. She and Sloan stay and take care of Callie, and afterward take her out to Joe's.Joe's.
** Callie and Cristina in general. Cristina may be closest with Meredith, but she's very close to Callie, too. Callie is there for Cristina when she's got PTSD, and when she gets pregnant she wants Cristina to be Sophia's godmother - something which would not be taken lightly by Callie, who is a practicing catholic.
* Any time Alex shows how much he cares. His relationship with Arizona is especially touching, to the point where he leaves the OR when they're working on Callie after her accident, so that he can make sure Arizona is alright.
** Everything he does for Izzie when she's got cancer.
* During the shooting, Hunt runs back into the hospital to make sure that Cristina is okay. And Teddy helps him get past the cops.
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** When she divorced Thatcher she could have let him have custody of Meredith, giving Ellis all the freedom she could ask for to pursue medicine. Instead she got sole custody of her daughter.

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** When she divorced Thatcher she could have let him have custody of Meredith, giving Ellis all the freedom she could ask for to pursue medicine. Instead she got sole custody of her daughter.daughter.
* In the episode after Hahn mysteriously leaves, Cristina is annoyed by this, but when she found out that Callie and Hahn were more than friends she momentarily forgets her frustration and instead wonders if Callie is okay. Later in that episode, when Callie breaks down in the OR, Cristina tells everyone else to leave. She and Sloan stay and take care of Callie, and afterward take her out to Joe's.

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* "You are not crazy, Lexie. You are a Grey"

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* "You are not crazy, Lexie. You are a Grey"Grey".
* Ellis Grey was hardly an ideal mother, but there still are numerous moments that show that she truly loved her daughter. Examples include:
** The fact that Meredith is the only person she'll allow to visit her when she gets Alzheimer's, and that she signs everything over to her daughter later on.
** In the episode where she becomes almost completely lucid she is harsh to Meredith when they are together, but later on she asks Richard about her own condition and says "What about Meredith? Do I at least recognize Meredith?", revealing how important her daughter is to her.
** It's implied that the real reason why she didn't want Meredith to go to med school is that she wanted her to have a more normal family life.
** Their interactions in "limbo". While it may just have been Meredith's imagination, Ellis' behavior came from somewhere in Mer's own memory and mind.
** When she divorced Thatcher she could have let him have custody of Meredith, giving Ellis all the freedom she could ask for to pursue medicine. Instead she got sole custody of her daughter.
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* Season 12 episode "Sledgehammer" has two young girls who are in love who attempted suicide after one of the girl's mom wanted to send her to a gay conversion camp to stop their relationship. Having had enough with her mom, her dad defends her, saying he cares if she is loved and happy and not if she's gay. The girl overhears them and smiles. The doctors are clearly moved by this and are crying.

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* Season 12 episode "Sledgehammer" has two young girls named Jess and Aliyah who are in love who and attempted suicide after one of the girl's Jess' mom wanted to send her to a gay conversion camp to stop their relationship. Having had enough with her mom, her dad defends her, saying he cares if she is loved and happy and not if she's gay. The girl Jess overhears them and smiles. The doctors are clearly moved by this and are crying.

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* When George's mother, Mrs. O'Malley, comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.

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* Christina asking Meredith to be her person and Meredith accepting it
* Meredith letting Christina sleep in her bed (even though Derek is there too)
* Everyone´s reaction when Meredith is close to death after drowning
* Alex offering a sympathetic ear to Meredith when he finds out her mom has Alzheimer´s.
* When George's mother, Mrs. O'Malley, Georges´mother comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.



* Season 12 episode "Sledgehammer" has two young girls who are in love who attempted suicide after one of the girl's mom wanted to send her to a gay conversion camp to stop their relationship. Having had enough with her mom, her dad defends her, saying he cares if she is loved and happy and not if she's gay. The girl overhears them and smiles. The doctors are clearly moved by this and are crying.

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* Season 12 episode "Sledgehammer" has two young girls who are in love who attempted suicide after one of the girl's mom wanted to send her to a gay conversion camp to stop their relationship. Having had enough with her mom, her dad defends her, saying he cares if she is loved and happy and not if she's gay. The girl overhears them and smiles. The doctors are clearly moved by this and are crying.crying.
*Alex lying in bed with Meredith and telling her he ?
* Meredith´s voice message to Alex at the end of season 12.
* "You are not crazy, Lexie. You are a Grey"
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* Season 12's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. Creator/ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.

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* Season 12's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. Creator/ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.artist.
* Season 12 episode "Sledgehammer" has two young girls who are in love who attempted suicide after one of the girl's mom wanted to send her to a gay conversion camp to stop their relationship. Having had enough with her mom, her dad defends her, saying he cares if she is loved and happy and not if she's gay. The girl overhears them and smiles. The doctors are clearly moved by this and are crying.
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* Season 11's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. Creator/ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.

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* Season 11's 12's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. Creator/ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.
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* Season 11's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.

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* Season 11's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. ShondaRhimes Creator/ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.
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* Season 11's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. SondraRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.

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* Season 11's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. SondraRhimes ShondaRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.
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* In Season 11, Owen gives a YouAreNotAlone speech to a veteran who was living out of her car. The veteran, Melissa, is embarrassed since she never saw combat and only fixed computers in the Green Zone.

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* In Season 11, Owen gives a YouAreNotAlone speech to a veteran who was living out of her car. The veteran, Melissa, is embarrassed since she never saw combat and only fixed computers in the Green Zone.Zone.
* Season 11's "Mama Tried" had a tribute to Prince two weeks after his death. The song "Nothing Compares 2 U" plays. SondraRhimes said on Twitter how Prince's estate allowed the show to use the music to salute the artist.
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* Jackson congratulating April on winning [[spoiler: Chief Resident]]. Not only is he the one person to do so but he is truly happy for her. Made even more heartwarming when they realise they are now happy after surviving the shooting and grieving for their murdered friends.

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* Jackson congratulating April on winning [[spoiler: Chief Resident]]. Not only is he the one person to do so but he is truly happy for her. Made even more heartwarming when they realise they are now happy after surviving the shooting and grieving for their murdered friends.friends.
* In Season 11, Owen gives a YouAreNotAlone speech to a veteran who was living out of her car. The veteran, Melissa, is embarrassed since she never saw combat and only fixed computers in the Green Zone.
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* In season 9 the hospital is renamed the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

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* In season 9 the hospital is renamed the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.Hospital.
*Jackson congratulating April on winning [[spoiler: Chief Resident]]. Not only is he the one person to do so but he is truly happy for her. Made even more heartwarming when they realise they are now happy after surviving the shooting and grieving for their murdered friends.
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* Meredith: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBa7n4zRrM "This is a place where horrible things happen...But I have a lot of other memories, too."]]

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* Meredith: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBa7n4zRrM "This is a place where horrible things happen...But I have a lot of other memories, too."]]"]]
* In season 9 the hospital is renamed the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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* Meredith: "I don't know what it's like to have a father. But I do know what it's like to have a sister. And it's good."

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* Meredith: "I don't know what it's like to have a father. But I do know what it's like to have a sister. And it's good.""
*Meredith: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBa7n4zRrM "This is a place where horrible things happen...But I have a lot of other memories, too."]]
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* Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith in "Elevator Love Letter"

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* Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith in "Elevator Love Letter"Letter"
* Meredith: "I don't know what it's like to have a father. But I do know what it's like to have a sister. And it's good."
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* When George's mother, Mrs. O'Malley, comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.

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* When George's mother, Mrs. O'Malley, comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.family.
* Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith in "Elevator Love Letter"
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* When George's mother, Mrs. O'Malley, comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as a lesbian and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.

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* When George's mother, Mrs. O'Malley, comes into the hospital for surgery, Callie decides to come out as a lesbian bisexual and tells her that she has a baby and is really happy now. Mrs. O'Malley's teary smile when she asks if she has any pictures of Sofia goes a long way towards fixing the TearJerker of her own mother's disapproval of her getting married to another woman and saying they're not a real family.
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