Line #91 Heartwarming/GreysAnatomy


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6	* Interns are, no matter what, ''[[TrueCompanions fanatically]]'' [[TrueCompanions 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.
7	** The tunnels are the interns's hangout spot. If you're there for lunch, you're part of the family. Notably, Jackson and April are included for the first time in Season 7, part of the family after their heroism in the shooting.
8	* 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.
9	** Everything he does for Izzie when she develops cancer.
10	* 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 Sofia's godmother - something which would not be taken lightly by Callie, who is a practicing Catholic.
11	* Ellis Grey was hardly an ideal mother, but there still are numerous moments that show that she truly loved her daughter. Examples include:
12	** 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.
13	** 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.
14	** 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.
15	** 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.
16	** 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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23	* Cristina asking Meredith to be her person and Meredith accepting it.
24	* 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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28	* During the nurse's strike in Season 2, George refuses to cross the picket line out of respect for his union parents, and is welcomed by the nurses. Since he technically isn't on strike, they ask him to check on the patients they cannot.
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33	* Meredith letting Cristina sleep in her bed (even though Derek is there too).
34	* Cristina's "Dead Dads Club" speech to George after his father's death
35	-->'''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.
36	* Everyone's reaction when Meredith is close to death after drowning.
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40	* "Let The Truth Sing": Meredith, after rejecting Lexie initially, warms up to her and breaks the ice by sharing Susan's medical record.
41	-->'''Meredith:''' I have your mother's death note here. Everything that happened the day she died is in here. And I know because I wrote it. So I'd like to go over it with you if that's okay.
42	* " Freedom"
43	** 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.
44	** 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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49	* Callie and Erica's adorable and hilariously awkward, fumbling, euphemism-laden romance as they attempt to work out how to be lesbian.
50	** 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.
51	* "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 actually wants the patient 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.
52	* 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 position to judge someone for being a bit behind.
53	* "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
54	** Alex stands up for his patient to her not particularly nice "seizure patrol" buddies.
55	** 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''
56	--->'''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!
57	* 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.
58	* "Elevator Love Letter" has a lot.
59	** 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.
60	** 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.
61	** An elderly woman's niece and nephews 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.
62	** 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.
63	** 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.
64	* Amanda, the girl George saved from the bus, is greatly touched by his act and sits vigil at his bedside the entire time.
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69	* When Thatcher Grey needs a new liver, Lexie is perfectly willing to do so but isn't a match. Meredith is a match, but isn't interested. Ultimately, Meredith goes through with the donation, noting that while Thatcher isn't really her father, he is Lexie's.
70	-->"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."
71	* It speaks volumes about both Derek's trust in Meredith and Meredith's relationship with Alex that Derek can walk in on Mer talking to a showering Alex and just accept that she isn't cheating on him and they're just friends.
72	* Mark Sloan's daughter he never knew about turns up on his doorstep pregnant. He is immediately welcoming and supportive, flies Addison in to examine her, and goes out of his way to do everything he can for her.
73	* "Shinny Happy People"
74	** Two high-school friends who lost touch years ago meet in the [=ER=]. They immediately hit it off and the staff make sure they share a room.
75	** When an apparently paranoid schizophrenic [[Music/DemiLovato teenager]] threatens to kill herself as she is being committed to the pych ward, Alex ''immediately'' goes to bat for her and goes out of his way to find out what is wrong and help her. And he does it!
76	* During the shooting, Hunt runs back into the hospital to make sure that Cristina is okay. And Teddy helps him get past the cops.
77	* Derek is incredibly gentle with a clearly in shock April. He gets the details of what's happening out of her and goes into action, but not without making sure she has clean clothes and wiping the blood off her face himself.
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82	* The residents once again eat lunch in the tunnels, sitting on beds. This time, Jackson and April are there, part of the family after the shooting. Miranda returns from a month away visiting her mother, and everyone is glad to have her back.
83	* After a dropped tray in "Shock To The System" triggers Cristina's [=PTSD=] and leaves her paralyzed by fear on the floor, Meredith immediately rushes to her side to help her through it.
84	* "Superfreak"
85	** Amelia arrives with a present for Derek: A nasty brain tumor.
86	** After Amelia makes the mistake of labeling Cristina a dud, Derek defends Cristina and throws Amelia out of the [=OR=] for the comment.
87	---> "Cristina Yang saved my life. She saved my life. I owe her everything. '''GET OUT'''"
88	** Richard realizes Alex is afraid to take the elevators, so he offers to ride them with Alex until the fear is gone.
89	** April, sick of being teased, admits she's a virgin and points out that everyone else has stuff they don't talk about. Meredith, who didn't tease her over it, tells April she likes her.
90	* In "Can't Fight Biology", Lexie is feeling down because she's feeling left out and Alex ditched her in Psych. Mer explains that April knew about the miscarriage because she was there, and:
91	-->"As far as the psych ward goes, you were not alone. I sat by your bedside for 36 hours while you slept. You're not crazy, Lexie. You're a Grey."
92	* In "These Arms of Mine", the donor arms are found to have a tattoo of the man's wife's name on them. The recipient of said arms adds "Thank You".
93	** Alex sings a Camp Rock song to a scared little girl to make her feel less scared while she's getting an MRI. The entire episode is Alex being adorable with peds patients.
94	* "Disarm"
95	** Mark, noticing Lexie crying, orders her to check the blood bank so she'll have something to do.
96	** Owen makes a point of checking if Cristina will be okay being in the [=OR=] again.
97	** Scores of college students show up to hold vigil outside the hospital.
98	** Alex, remembering his own schizophrenic brother, manages to to sympathize with the shooter. This inspires Jackson to comfort the gunman's mother - especially notable since Jackson ''walked out of the shooter's surgery'' hours before.
99	** Owen staples a girl's wound shut, noting that they don't have time for fine work. At the end of the episode, Mark goes back and re-stitches the wound so it won't scar.
100	** The end of the episode really captures the joy everyone is feeling after they save every single victim of the mass shooting.
101	** In the final moments of the episode, Meredith and Cristina meet in the hallway. They smile and walk away together, arm in arm. Cristina is back.
102	* In "It's A Long Way Back", all the residents work together to sneak Callie to the [=NICU=] to see baby Sofia for the first time.
103	* Callie's father Carlos leaves her and Arizona's wedding before it happens because his wife isn't a fan of homosexuality. However, Carlos shows back up at the reception for the father-daughter dance, because bigotry be dammed, he's dreamed of this moment since Callie was little.
104	* In "Unaccompanied Minor", the titular minor is the only survivor of a major plane crash. Half a dozen strangers grieving their lost loved ones remain at the hospital to be there for the girl when she wakes up.
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110	* Jackson congratulating April on winning 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 realize they are now happy after surviving the shooting and grieving for their murdered friends.
111	* "Heart Shaped Box"
112	** Jackson is genuinely impressed to hear the George was the doctor to do the elevator heart surgery.
113	---> "George was the heart-in-the-elevator guy? I heard about that. Sounded badass."
114	** When Georges's mother comes into the hospital for surgery in , 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.
115	--->'''Louise:''' You have a baby?
116	--->'''Callie:''' I-I do.
117	--->'''Louise:''' Do you have any pictures?
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122	* "Second Opinion"
123	** In an early hint at her backstory, Jo goes out of her way to figure out what is wrong with a homeless guy. Refusing to write him off as a drug seeker, she cuts his hair and generally makes him presentable.
124	** The titular second opinion: Miranda spends the entire episode luring Arizona back to work.
125	* At the end of "Transplant Wasteland", Jackson proposes a new name for the hospital: Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Everyone approves
126	* "Idle Hands"
127	** Meredith is worried about her baby's possible issues. As Alex trolls her by suggesting all manner of horrible conditions, Cristina confidently announces that it doesn't matter, she'll fix whatever needs fixing.
128	** For the first time, Arizona lets Callie touch her residual limb.
129	* At the end of "Do You Believe In Magic", Jo shows up at Alex's house with a black eye from a fight with Jason. Alex takes her in, gives her an icepack, puts her to bed...and leaves in search of Jason.
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140	* "Only Mama Knows"
141	** Maggie, on the verge of leaving Grey Sloan Memorial, tells Derek that she is Meredith's sister. Derek's response is to give her a big hug.
142	---> "I love sisters, I have a bunch of them. It's nice to meet you."
143	** Meredith shares Ellis's diaries with Maggie as she accepts the woman as her sister.
144	* In "Don't Let's Start", 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.
145	* "Could We Start Again Please" has one of the greatest friendship moments ever.
146	** Alex has Mer, Callie, and Maggie over to his house to hang out. As Maggie takes in how it was once her mother's house, Callie notes she once lived there.
147	--->'''Maggie:''' Wait, you lived here too?
148	--->'''Alex and Meredith:''' Everybody lived here.
149	** This prompts a mention of George, and the old hands raise a toast.
150	** Arizona then arrives, lacking anywhere else. As she and Callie exchange looks, Meredith points how how everyone really ''does'' live there, while Alex just tells Arizona that the fridge has beer.
151	* Catherine Avery arrives in "The Bed's Too Big Without You" to comfort April after hearing about her baby. Catherine completely drops her bossy demeanor and is utterly supportive, urging April to have the boy and hold him in her arms until God takes him.
152	* In "One Flight Down", Arizona finally discovers the truth about her amputation, that Alex was actually the one to take it. She asks Callie why Callie let her think she had taken it: Callie knew Arizona would resent it, and didn't want to take away Arizona's friend.
153	-->'''Arizona:'''Why didn't you tell me about Alex and my leg?
154	-->'''Callie:''' He's an idiot. I was trying to protect him, but why did he have to...
155	-->'''Arizona:''' All this time, you let me hold it against you. I... why?
156	-->'''Callie:''' I made the call. I mean, no matter what, it was still me making the call to take your leg, and I knew that you were going to hate me. I didn't want you to hate Alex, too. I wanted you to have somebody.
157	-->'''Arizona:''' Thank you.
158	* "Time Stops/ You're My Home"
159	** Aware that the extraction may well kill Keith, Meredith halts the extraction to give the man a minute with his newborn son.
160	** Meredith gives Amelia something: Her old cellphone with Derek's last voicemessage on it.
161	---> "It's my old cellphone. There's one voicemail on it. Password is 1515. And make sure you're alone when you listen to it."
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166	* In the season premier, "Sledgehammer", has two young girls named Jess and Aliyah who are in love and attempted suicide after Jess' mom wanted to send her to a gay conversion camp to stop their relationship. Having had enough with her mom, her dad puts his foot down, telling his wife to either accept their daughter, or never see her again, saying he cares if she is loved and happy and not if she's gay. Jess overhears them and smiles. The doctors are clearly moved by this and are crying.
167	-->'''Steven Tanner:''' BETHANY, ''SHUT UP''! No one is suing, no one is pressing charges, the only one who should be apologizing is ''you''! We almost lost ''our child'' today! She almost ''died''! We are ''not'' sending Jess away! This stops now, do you hear me? It stops now!
168	-->'''Bethany Tanner:''' Steven, what are you saying?
169	-->'''Steven Tanner:''' This ''stops''! Or I am gone. I will leave, and I will take Jess with me, and you will ''never'' see her again! I don’t care if she’s gay! I care if she’s ''loved'', I care if she’s ''happy''! And that is what ''you'' should care about! What is wrong with you that you ''don’t''?!
170	* After Meredith is attacked in "The Sound of Silence", Richard reminds Maggie she can't work on family. Alex immediately shuts this objection down:
171	-->'''Alex:''' Everybody in this damn room is her family.
172	* In "My Next Life", Meredith's first ever patient Katie Bryce returns to the hospital. Meredith sees her and immediately recalls her name and condition, even inquiring as to her gymnastics career. Meredith makes a point of following the entire case.
173	* "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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179	* When Jo's abusive husband Paul Stadler arrives in "[=1–800–799–7233=]", the entire hospital rallies to protect her. Alex immediately dispatches an intern to stay with her, and Meredith is downright frigid to Paul when he scrubs in to help her.
180	** Helm, dispatched to take care of Jo, follows her everywhere, to the point of ''following Jo into the bathroom stall.''
181	** Jo, realizing Paul has a fiancee, immediately recruits Arizona to distract Paul and takes the opportunity to try and talk the woman out of marrying Paul. Failing that, she gives the woman her number and promises she'll always be there to help.
182	** Meredith accompanies Jo to sign the divorce papers. Alex would have, had he not stated his belief in MurderIsTheBestSolution to Paul's abuse.
183	* In "Personal Jesus", Paul is the victim of a hit-and-run accident. Meredith immediately suspects Alex, and Jenny thanks Jo. None of them were responsible, but everyone felt that the other would commit murder for them.
184	** When Paul lunges towards Jenny and Jo, Meredith puts herself in front of both of them.
185	* In "Bad Reputation", Amelia meets Betty, a young addict. Amelia immediately decides to help her get clean, and takes Betty into her home to help her get clean.
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191	* Alex offering a sympathetic ear to Meredith when he finds out her mom has Alzheimers.
192	* Meredith: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBa7n4zRrM "This is a place where horrible things happen...But I have a lot of other memories, too."]]
193	* Meredith's voice message to Alex at the end of season 12.
194	* When Meredith is facing possibly losing her license, Alex arranges for a pack of patients she has saved over the years (including the ''very first person'' Meredith treated) testifying to how they owe their lives to her and convince the board to let Meredith keep on her work.
195	** The topper is Alex reading a note from someone who talks of how "if my life was on the line, I'd want Meredith Grey operating" and she's the best surgeon she's ever known. The writer? Who else but Cristina Yang.
196	** And, according to Alex, Callie, Arizona, Addison and other past doctors wrote similar notes.
197	** After slamming Meredith for breaking the rules so much, Bailey finally comes around and speaks up for her at the hearing and noting how "she's going to keep breaking the rules and that's why she's so great."
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