Grey's Anatomy

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Emergency rooms are kept in business

by people who've learned that lesson the hard way...

You made waffles in our kitchen.

No, not me...

Your sister, in between weepy phone calls with the fiance.

...skydivers, bull riders...

People whose bold ideas can often result

in broken bones and smushed spleens.

Well, being away from home is hard.

I've been in D.C. for so long. I know how she feels.

You're the one who brought her here.

She doesn't need your sympathy.

She needs you to send her home.

Now, did she say that?

I'm sure she's telling James all about how we're holding her hostage.

Well, we can negotiate the terms of her release

- when I get home later tonight. - Tonight?

You and I have a surgery scheduled this afternoon together.

Another meeting popped up.

I'm gonna have Amy cover for me.

- Mm! - Sorry.

No. Not you. The waffles are amazing.

I'm gonna miss having a hostage.

Surgeons are trained to deal with the fallout of bold ideas.

We pick up the pieces and do our best to fit them back together.

Guys, Jo's dying.

They're stress hives.

I've been a mess since I heard Hunt and Webber talk about firing one of us.

You're a mess? I've gained eight pounds this week.

You could stop eating.

Where do you even get these at 7:00 A.M.?

Drop it before I drop you.

You know who's not getting fired? Me.

I'm gonna keep my head down and stay out of trouble.

No, we should be impressing them, showing them they need us.

Wait. I'm confused.

Should I keep my head down, or should I put on a show?

You just need to go one week without having a nervous breakdown.

Why does everything keep coming back to that?

It happened once!

Relax. Hey, I'm the one who's in trouble.

Last one in, first one out.

Oh, please.

Even if you weren't Dr. Bailey's husband, you're still Webber's favorite.

Okay, I need two of you for rounds.

Warren, Murphy, let's go.

Nice knowing you.

Braden Morris' ALC and T-cell counts are fantastic.

Do you think it might actually be time for the boy to come out of the bubble?

It would appear so.

So why do you look like I just punched a kitten?

We can't send him home until I tell his parents

the truth about how I treated him.

And before I do that, I need to inform the board.

- Yang. - Mm?

I gave a patient a stem-cell transplant

using deactivated H.I.V. as a viral vector in order to cure his SCID.

I did so against his parents' wishes.

Whoa.

Did it work?

Damn right, it did.

Up top! Hey!

I've just informed the board.

Now, let's go see his folks.

Ooh, look at this cute, little fetus.

I want to send this to my mom.

Of course, right after the first trimester...

- Two more weeks. - Come on, that's so far.

Look, if we start telling people, we got to tell my mom.

She already tried to torpedo our relationship once over a hypothetical child.

What do you think she's gonna do with a real one?

Oh. Hey, guys.

- Hey. - Hi! Hey!

Just, uh, having a checkup with old OB/GYN,

making sure all the parts are... in order.

Yeah.

Both of you?

- Callie Torres? - Hi. Yes. That's me.

Uh, I think I can handle this on my own.

Okay.

That was terrible!

- And what's up with this? - I don't know!

- Mmm! - Hey!

The, uh, first candidate's here and waiting in the conference room.

- Mm. I'm on my way now. - Okay.

So, I still can't believe he's making you pick your replacement.

Mm.

I'm interviewing Dr. Russell's replacement, not mine...

Which I volunteered to do, by the way.

It's a punishment.

It's like making you clean the apartment you're vacating.

No, Owen knows this is the right move for me.

- He's been nothing but supportive. - Mnh-mnh.

Something's coming. I can feel it in my bones.

- Ew. - I hate his face.

Okay, now look me in the eye and tell me this isn't a punishment.

Thank you for this waffle.

All right, Ms. Campbell. I'm just gonna grab you some gauze and...

Non-adherent gauze, Dr. Kepner.

Do you prefer tape or coban?

Where did you come from?

Oh, just trying to be useful, proactive.

Finding needs and filling them...

That's my business.

30-year-old male, motorcycle versus S.U.V.

Complex scalp lac and bilateral hip dislocations.

Vitals are stable.

Wilson, you want to be useful?

- Yeah. - Take him to trauma one.

Start the ABC's, get him off the board, and get him his traumaX-rays.

And I will join you as soon as I finish up with Ms. Campbell over there.

Absolutely. Of course, Dr. Kepner.

Thank you for the opportunity.

You're welcome!

I don't believe it.

- We can take him home? - Absolutely.

Oh!

This is just... this is just wonderful.

Thank you, Dr. Bailey.

Thank you so much for hearing us and just letting him get better on his own.

Uh, Mr. Morris...

Braden did not get better on his own.

What do you mean?

I gave him the treatment.

They did not react as I had hoped they would.

Legal action never crossed your mind?

I had hoped that they would see the bigger picture.

Uh, Dr. Edwards should be excused.

She wasn't involved.

Did she know what you were doing and fail to report it?

She was involved.

Okay, um...

I'm gonna get someone on the phone from legal,

and till I come back, don't go anywhere.

Don't speak to anyone. Don't move.

Okay.

Parents authorized your treatment with signed consent.

Yes.

Then they told Dr. Edwards that they changed their mind.

Yes.

Dr. Edwards informed you, Dr. Bailey, of the parents' withdrawal of consent.

- Yes. - Yes.

And then you gave the patient the stem-cell transplant anyway.

Have you told anyone else about this?

I informed Dr. Yang this morning as a representative of the board.

What did she say?

She gave me a high-five.

- And did you apologize? - To Dr. Yang?

To the parents.

An apology could go a long way in circumstances like this.

An apology is only effective when a mistake's been made.

I chose not to honor their wishes.

It wasn't a mistake.

All right, Dr. Ross.

Tell us what's so special about little Jacob here.

Jacob has an omphalocele.

He was born with his abdominal organs outside of his body.

We've been managing him with daily application of silver-sulfadiazine ointment

as a bridge to delayed closure.

And that's your job.

And to keep an eye on the other tiny humans.

It should be a quiet and adorable day.

Whoa.

Look at you, all grown up.

- How's the private sector? - Oh, couldn't be better.

I, uh, just came by to check on my inguinal-hernia kid.

Oh. Oh, great. Well, don't be a stranger.

Yeah, you too.

Hey, Ross, hold up.

I'm not gonna hit you.

I just, uh, want you to check up on an old patient of mine...

Kevin Platt, short-gut kid.

Did he get his S.T.E.P. procedure yet?

Robbins has it scheduled for Wednesday.

He's here for TPN till then.

Cool. Got it.

That's my tablet.

Monica Zarr, 27, in remission from rectal cancer.

Okay.

Uh, Monica now suffers from poor sphincter control

due to her low anterior resection.

She's here today for the implantation of the permanent rectal pacemaker.

Gosh, when you say it, it sounds so sexy.

Sorry.

Honey, there's no need to apologize.

They're doctors.

Um, Monica, I asked you to keep records

of your movements after your last surgery.

Right. The log log.

- Paul, give him the poop diary. - Sure.

Every 4 hours and 26 minutes.

The sacral-nerve-stimulator lead we implanted

should have cut your frequencies down far below this.

I'm sorry. I'm gonna recommend that we not implant the permanent pacemaker.

In fact, I think we should use the O.R. time to remove the lead wire.

But I'm pooping way less.

But it's not enough to consider the device effective.

- We should explore some other options. - Such as?

Antidiarrheals, high-fiber diet, smaller meals.