Grey's Anatomy

Meredith: Scientists have published studies

about how the practice of gratitude

improves mental and physical health.

A daily gratitude practice

reduces depression and increases happiness.

Gratitude enhances empathy,

which helps build positive relationships.

Okay, I entered the latest data,

I updated Hamilton,

and I checked the cells on the columnar injection.

Yeah, I don't think you get how holidays work.

Name a surgeon who does.

Look, I'm headed up to the cabin for two whole days,

and it's beautiful up there.

Fireplace, lot of snow, zero dead animals on the wall.

It even lowers blood pressure.

You're very...

That's very tempting.

I need to get home to my kids.

Oh, did you think I was inviting you?

I was trying to talk my way out of inviting myself.

Thanks for the ride.

I mean, are you sure? There's...

I mean, the weather's getting bad here.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving.

If giving thanks is so good for you,

why do so many people struggle doing it?

Maybe this will help keep you awake after your shift.

What's after my shift?

I don't know. Just... me.

Webber chose me to work on Thanksgiving,

which has to be a precursor

to becoming chief resident, right?

I mean, I've been crushing my solo surgeries...

Woman: Honey! Levi!

Levi Schmitt?

Am I having a stroke? Or is my...

Mom?

What are you doing here?

Bringing Thanksgiving dinner.

Nico, I brought some for you, too.

Oh, thank you, Mrs. Schmitt.

Mom, I'm working.

I'm literally going down to the ER right now.

I'll wait.

I'll set everything up,

and then you can come up here and eat whenever you're hungry.

I...

What, you think I'm going to let my son

noteat Thanksgiving dinner?

Go. Save lives. I'll be here.

Okay, I'll... Okay!

I'm not technically supposed to be working.

I can hang out with her. No.

She'll never set you free.

Happy Thanksgiving, Bailey.

Sure.

Oh. I thought you had plans with your family.

I did.

Then Dean Miller's father showed up at the station

and took Pru home with him.

Mm.

We don't have enough doctors on a regular day,

so I'm working.

Oh, me, too.

You're hoping the stupidity of the human race

on a day filled with alcohol and cooking

will bring you a good, bloody surgery.

It's a tradition, Bailey.

I cut on Thanksgiving.

Just not a turkey.

Woman on P.A.: Dr. Riker to Radiology. Dr. Riker to Radiology.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

I wanted to go and check in on Farouk.

No, no, no, no, no. We had a plan.

We havea plan. I'm staying here with Megan and Farouk

and you are going home to cook Thanksgiving

with your mom and the kids.

B-But my ex-lap just went longer than I thought,

I took a shower, and now... You're not following the plan.

Hey. Hey.

Mom's gonna kill you.

Then it'll be a traditional family affair.

Hey.

So, how are the lungs sounding today?

Much better. The wound infection seems to have cleared up.

We'll start weaning him off the drips today.

So I get to go home in two days?

Mnh.

Three days?

We need to give your heart time to adapt, Farouk.

But I've already been here for three weeks.

Can I at least have some pie?

Of course you can.

You know what? If you don't mind, I might even join you.

My kids are down with their aunt in San Diego.

You know what? We should have the entire meal right here.

Picnic in peds until the nurses throw us out.

I'll raid the chemo floor

and see if I can find some board games.

Bring Monopoly. Dibs on the dog.

You do understand that you actually have to cook the meal

to bring it here for us to eat it?

Teddy: Okay, your mom is now texting question marks.

You have to go.

Do you... Do you hear something?

Hey, do you want to see if we can find

the Thanksgiving parade?

Yes. Let's do it. Okay.

There we go. Okay, now you can go.

What? I... Okay.

No, I want to see the... Megan: Bye!

It's still early, sir.

People have just started drinking,

deep fryers haven't exploded yet,

and people have spent more than a year away from each other.

They'll need a little longer to start fighting.

You're saying give it time.

They'll come.

My mom did.

Mine! Wha... I...

Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am! Ma'am!

You can't park there!

I'm sorry.

I only have about an hour before I have to get back

and serve my pecan pie, 'cause if my husband cuts it,

there'll be only four slices for a family of 12,

and I made two.

Here. Southern girl.

I don't go anywhere on Thanksgiving empty-handed.

Homemade crust.

Okay, but you'll still need to move the car...

Ohh. Richard: Ohh.

I'm sorry.

If... If someone could just check me out really fast

before my kids notice I'm gone.

Ohh. If this is surgical, can I scrub in?

Get a gurney, Schmitt! And move the damn car!

I am exactly like my mother.

I'm in a hotel room, missing the holiday with my family,

and I'm eating stale nuts for dinner.

From what I've heard, Ellis Grey wouldn't have made it home

even if it were blue skies and sunny.

You're not helping.

That's because we're fine. I will cook.

That sounds dangerous.

Hi, Mom.

Hi, Zola. I'm so sorry.

It's okay. You tried to get here.

And Thanksgiving isn't really a holiday we should celebrate.

There's no actual evidence Native Americans

were even invited to a feast. Mm-hmm.

I think they cared more about being colonized

and having their land stolen than mashed potatoes.

I'm sorry you're alone and eating peanuts, though.

Love you!

I love you, Zola.

Love you.

Link: Hey.

Happy Thanksgiving.

There's my little turkey.

Hi.

Uh...

Meredith is stuck in Minnesota.

Snowstorm, no flights out.

Um, same with Maggie and Winston in Boston.

Climate whiplash.

Oh. So you're...

In charge of four children and Thanksgiving dinner, yeah.

Oh, it's fine.

You don't have to change your plans.

My plans? What should I do...

Reschedule my dinner at home alone

or my depressing movie marathon?

You, uh... You were gonna spend today alone?

Jo, uh, didn't even realize it was Thanksgiving,

so she took a shift, and, uh,

Scout was gonna be here with you, so...

And I do not want to become my parents

and make Scout shuffle between dinner with you

and dessert with me on the holidays, so...

May as well figure out how to do this now.

You're also terrified

you're gonna ruin the turkey, aren't you?

I followed every instruction in this cookbook,

and it all still feels wrong.

What do we got?

Ashley Wright, 40, G-5, P-4, 31 weeks along,

hypotensive, pulse 138 and thready,

febrile, complains of abdominal pain and nausea, vomiting.

She collapsed outside on arrival.

Is my baby okay? We're checking right now.

How long have you been having pain for?

Oh, I don't know. A few days? A week?

Maybe a little more.

Did you see your OB at any time during this?

I've got four kids at home already,

my in-laws are in town on open-ended tickets,