GREY'S ANATOMY 1x01:A Hard Day's Night Original Airdate:3/27/2005 Written by:Shonda Rhimes Directedby:PeterHorton Meredith VO:The game.They say either a person has what it takes to play,or they don't.My mother was one of the greats.Me,on the other hand.'mkinda screwed. (Meredith wakes up on the couch and pulls a blanket off a naked man on the floor,wrapping it around herself.She hits him with a pillow and he grunts,waking up.He lifts up her bra.) Man:This.is.? Meredith:(grabbing it,smiling)many levels.You have togo Man:(sitting up)Why don't you just come back down here and we'll pick up where we left off? Meredith:No,seriously.You have to go,I'm late.Which isn't what you want to be on your first day of work,so Man:So,ah,you actually live here. Meredith:No. Man:Oh. Meredith:Yes.Kind of. Man:(dressing)Oh.It'snice.Little dusty.Odd.But it'snice.So how do you kind of live here? Meredith:I moved two weeks ago from Boston,it was my mother's house,I'm selling it. Man:Oh,I'm sorry. Meredith:For what? Man:You said was
GREY'S ANATOMY 1x01: A Hard Day's Night Original Airdate: 3/27/2005 Written by: Shonda Rhimes Directed by: Peter Horton Meredith VO: The game. They say either a person has what it takes to play, or they don't. My mother was one of the greats. Me, on the other hand.I'm kinda screwed. (Meredith wakes up on the couch and pulls a blanket off a naked man on the floor, wrapping it around herself. She hits him with a pillow and he grunts, waking up. He lifts up her bra.) Man: This.is.? Meredith: (grabbing it, smiling) Humiliating on so many levels. You have to go. Man: (sitting up) Why don't you just come back down here and we'll pick up where we left off? Meredith: No, seriously. You have to go, I'm late. Which isn't what you want to be on your first day of work, so Man: So, ah, you actually live here. Meredith: No. Man: Oh. Meredith: Yes. Kind of. Man: (dressing) Oh. It's nice. Little dusty. Odd. But it's nice. So how do you kind of live here? Meredith: I moved two weeks ago from Boston, it was my mother's house, I'm selling it. Man: Oh, I'm sorry. Meredith: For what? Man: You said was
Meredith:Oh!My mother's not dead,she's-you know what,we don't have to do the thing. Man:Oh.We can do anything you want. Meredith:No.the thing.exchange the details,pretend we care.look.I'm gonna go upstairs and take a shower,okay,and when I get back down here,you won't be here,so,um,goodbye.um. Man:Derek Meredith:(they shake hands)Derek.Right.Meredith. Derek:Meredith. Meredith:Yeah.(he comes closer,she backs away)Mm-hmm Derek:Nice meeting you. Meredith:Bye Derek(smiling and fleeing for the stairs). (Cut to Meredith leaving the house.Derek is presumably gone.Panning shots over the city as Meredith drives to work.Meredith enters a room filled with other interns as a doctor talks.) Dctor:Each of you comes here hopeful.Wanting in on the game.Amonth ago you were in med taught by Today,you are th rsThe seven years you spend here asa surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life.You will be pushed to the breaking point Look around you.Say hello to your competition.Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure.Two of you will be asked to leave.This is your starting line.This is your arena.How well you play?That's up to you. Meredith VO:Like Isaid.I'm screwed (Fadeout to logo,then cut to intern locker room.) Doctor:Okay.Martin,Robinson,Bond,Parkins. Meredith:Only sixwomen out of twenty. Female Korean intern(Cristina Yang):Yeah.I hear one of them's a model.Seriously,like that's going to help with the respect thing? Meredith:You're Cristina,right? Cristina:Which resident you assignedto?Igot Bailey
Meredith: Oh! My mother's not dead, she's - you know what, we don't have to do the thing. Man: Oh. We can do anything you want. Meredith: No, the thing, exchange the details, pretend we care.look, I'm gonna go upstairs and take a shower, okay, and when I get back down here, you won't be here, so, um, goodbye.um. Man: Derek. Meredith: (they shake hands) Derek. Right. Meredith. Derek: Meredith. Meredith: Yeah. (he comes closer, she backs away) Mm-hmm. Derek: Nice meeting you. Meredith: Bye Derek (smiling and fleeing for the stairs). (Cut to Meredith leaving the house. Derek is presumably gone. Panning shots over the city as Meredith drives to work. Meredith enters a room filled with other interns as a doctor talks.) Doctor: Each of you comes here hopeful. Wanting in on the game. A month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors. Today, you are the doctors. The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life. You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you. Say hello to your competition. Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to leave. This is your starting line. This is your arena. How well you play? That's up to you. Meredith VO: Like I said. I'm screwed. (Fadeout to logo, then cut to intern locker room.) Doctor: Okay. Martin, Robinson, Bond, Parkins. Meredith: Only six women out of twenty. Female Korean intern (Cristina Yang): Yeah. I hear one of them's a model. Seriously, like that's going to help with the respect thing? Meredith: You're Cristina, right? Cristina: Which resident you assigned to? I got Bailey
Meredith:The Nazi?Yeah,me too. ):You got the Nazi?least well be tortured togethe right?I'm George O'Malley,uh,we met at the mixer,you had a black dress with a slit up the side strappysandals.(Cristina and Meredith exchange looks) George:Now you think I'm gay Cristina:(walking away)Uh-huh George:No,I'm not gay,it's,ah,it's just that,you know,you were,I mean,you were very, unforgettable. Doctor:O'Malley,Yang,Grey,Stevens George:(muttering)And I'm totally forgettable Cristina:(to Doctor)Bailey? Doctor:End of the hall Cristina:That's the Nazi? (Medium shot of Dr.Bailey.She's short,black and a bit overweight.She doesn't look very threatening.) George:I thought the Naziwould be a guy. Meredith:I thought the Naziwould be.the Nazi Pretty female intem(lzzie Stevens):Maybe it's professional jealousy.Maybe she's brilliant,and they call her Nazi because they're jealous.Maybe she's nice. Cristina:Let me guess.You're the model. (lzzie gives Cristinaa look and turns toDr.Bailey,smiling and extending a hand) Izzie:Hi,I'm Isabel Stevens,but everyone calls me Izzie. (Bailey looks her up and down,doesn't respond or shakeher hand) Bailey:I have five rules.Memorise them.Rule number one,don't bother sucking up,I already hate you,that's not gonna change.(indicates stuff on the bench)Trauma protocol,phone lists, pagers.Nurses will page you,you answer every page at a run.A run,that's rule number two.Your
Meredith: The Nazi? Yeah, me too. Male intern (George O'Malley): You got the Nazi? So did I. At least we'll be tortured together, right? I'm George O'Malley, uh, we met at the mixer, you had a black dress with a slit up the side, strappy sandals.(Cristina and Meredith exchange looks) George: Now you think I'm gay. Cristina: (walking away) Uh-huh. George: No, I'm not gay, it's, ah, it's just that, you know, you were, I mean, you were very, unforgettable. Doctor: O'Malley, Yang, Grey, Stevens. George: (muttering) And I'm totally forgettable. Cristina: (to Doctor) Bailey? Doctor: End of the hall. Cristina: That's the Nazi? (Medium shot of Dr. Bailey. She's short, black and a bit overweight. She doesn't look very threatening.) George: I thought the Nazi would be a guy. Meredith: I thought the Nazi would be.the Nazi. Pretty female intern (Izzie Stevens): Maybe it's professional jealousy. Maybe she's brilliant, and they call her Nazi because they're jealous. Maybe she's nice. Cristina: Let me guess. You're the model. (Izzie gives Cristina a look and turns to Dr. Bailey, smiling and extending a hand) Izzie: Hi, I'm Isabel Stevens, but everyone calls me Izzie. (Bailey looks her up and down, doesn't respond or shake her hand) Bailey: I have five rules. Memorise them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up, I already hate you, that's not gonna change. (indicates stuff on the bench) Trauma protocol, phone lists, pagers. Nurses will page you, you answer every page at a run. A run, that's rule number two. Your
first shift starts now and lasts forty-eight hours.You're interns.(Hour 1'comes up on the nobodies,of chan,work every second night till you drop and don't complain!(Cut to Bailey opening the door toa room with a couple of bunk beds).On call rooms.Attendings hog them,sleep when you can,where you can,which brings me torule number three,if I'm sleeping,don't wake me,unless your patient is actually dying.Rule number four,the dying patient better not be dead whenI get there,not only would you have killed someone,you would have also woke me for no good reason,we clear? (Meredith raisesahand.) Bailey:Yes. Meredith:You said five rules.That was only four.(Bailey's pager beeps) Bailey:Rule number five.When I move,you move.(runs down the corridor,followed by the interns,yells at a few doctors blocking the hallway)Get out of my way! of the hospital. Bailey:What've we got? Paramedc:.ut on the hpe地。enoY started grandmal descended Bailey:All right,get her on her side,lzzie,ten milligrams Diazepam, (lzzie injects her and she stops seizing.A new doctor,Preston Burke,enters,black,tall,young.) Burke:SoIheard we gota wet fish on dry land? Bailey:Absolutely Dr.Burke Burke:Dr.Bailey,I'm gonna shotgun her. Bailey:That means every test in the book,CT,CBC,chem .seven,tux screen,Cristina,you'reor labs,George,patient workups,Meredith,get Katiefor aCT,she's your responsibility now. Izzie:Wait,what about me?
first shift starts now and lasts forty-eight hours. You're interns, (�Hour 1' comes up on the screen), grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain, you run labs, write orders, work every second night till you drop and don't complain! (Cut to Bailey opening the door to a room with a couple of bunk beds). On call rooms. Attendings hog them, sleep when you can, where you can, which brings me to rule number three, if I'm sleeping, don't wake me, unless your patient is actually dying. Rule number four, the dying patient better not be dead when I get there, not only would you have killed someone, you would have also woke me for no good reason, we clear? (Meredith raises a hand.) Bailey: Yes. Meredith: You said five rules. That was only four. (Bailey's pager beeps). Bailey: Rule number five. When I move, you move. (runs down the corridor, followed by the interns, yells at a few doctors blocking the hallway) Get out of my way! (Cut to shot of a helicopter over the city, cut to the interns and Bailey moving a stretcher over to it, on the roof of the hospital.) Bailey: What've we got? Paramedic: (as Katie's put on the stretcher and taken in to the hospital) Katie Bryce, fifteen-year-old female, new onset seizures, intermittent for the past week, ID lost en route, started grand mal seizing as we descended. Bailey: All right, get her on her side, Izzie, ten milligrams Diazepam, no, no, the white lead is on the right, righty whitey, smoke over fire, a large bore I.V. don't let the blood haemolyse, let's go! (Izzie injects her and she stops seizing. A new doctor, Preston Burke, enters, black, tall, young.) Burke: So I heard we got a wet fish on dry land? Bailey: Absolutely Dr. Burke. Burke: Dr. Bailey, I'm gonna shotgun her. Bailey: That means every test in the book, CT, CBC, chem. seven, tux screen, Cristina, you're on labs, George, patient workups, Meredith, get Katie for a CT, she's your responsibility now. Izzie: Wait, what about me?
Bailey:You-honey,you getto do rectal exams. (Cut on gloves and covering her fingers with gel. Cut to Cristina peering into an operating room,where Bailey is. Bailey:What are you doing here? Cristina:Um,Katie Bryce's labs came out clear,there's nothing in the results that explain her seizures,I just thought you'd wanna know. Bailey:Okay.(goes to pull her mask back up and close the door) Cristina:Ah,I heard every year the picks the,and lets them perform a procedure,during the first shift?(Bailey stares at her)I'm,I'm just saying it's what I heard. Bailey:Go away.Now (Cutto George using a stethoscope.) George:Yeah,sounds good. Woman:He'll be fine?You'll be fine Patient:(smiling,lying back)If you don't count that my bacon days are over,sure. George:You'll have surgery tomorrow with Dr.Burke,I hear he's good,and after that,you can have all of the bacon-flavoured soy product you can eat. Patient:Mmm,kill me now. George:I wishI could,but I'ma healer.(gets weird looks) (Cutto Meredith with Katie (ona bed)inan elevator.) Katie:You're lost. Meredith:I'm not lost.How are you feeling? Katie:How do you think I'm feeling?I'm missing my pageant. Meredith:You're missing your pageant.(wheeling her out of the elevator and around a corner)
Bailey: You - honey, you get to do rectal exams. (Cut to Izzie pulling on gloves and covering her fingers with gel. Cut to Cristina peering into an operating room, where Bailey is.) Bailey: What are you doing here? Cristina: Um, Katie Bryce's labs came out clear, there's nothing in the results that explain her seizures, I just thought you'd wanna know. Bailey: Okay. (goes to pull her mask back up and close the door) Cristina: Ah, I - I heard every year the attending on call picks the best intern and, and lets them perform a procedure, during the first shift? (Bailey stares at her) I'm, I'm just saying it's what I heard. Bailey: Go away. Now. (Cut to George using a stethoscope.) George: Yeah, sounds good. Woman: He'll be fine? You'll be fine. Patient: (smiling, lying back) If you don't count that my bacon days are over, sure. George: You'll have surgery tomorrow with Dr. Burke, I hear he's good, and after that, you can have all of the bacon-flavoured soy product you can eat. Patient: Mmm, kill me now. George: I wish I could, but I'm a healer. (gets weird looks) (Cut to Meredith with Katie (on a bed) in an elevator.) Katie: You're lost. Meredith: I'm not lost. How are you feeling? Katie: How do you think I'm feeling? I'm missing my pageant. Meredith: You're missing your pageant. (wheeling her out of the elevator and around a corner)