Meredith, Bailey, Callie, Jackson and Jo headed to a military hospital in Grey’s Anatomy season 12 episode 13, “All Eyez On Me,” to perform a risky surgery. Meanwhile, Ben makes a judgement call that lands him in hot water, and cheerleaders invade the ER.
Here are the best quotes from “All Eyez on Me.”
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“You called us the dream team, and that’s exactly what we are. We are miracle workers.”
Jackson: “How about we take a step back?”
Thorpe: “How about you take 10 steps back through that door because no one’s touching my patient.”
Bailey: “Sir, I understand that you want what’s best for your patient. Is the surgery new and risky? Yes, it is, but if it works – “
Callie: “Oh, it’ll work. Major Thorpe, your Chief asked for our help because he knows we’re the best. Now, you called us the dream team, and that’s exactly what we are. We are miracle workers. Now, the sooner you recognize that, the sooner we can get to the business of saving a life, which is all any of us are here to do, yourself included.”
“You don’t have to say anything. All of this is a flirt.”
– Jo to Jackson, gesturing at him
“I bet. Everybody loved high school in the 50s.”
Ben: “I actually loved high school.”
Stephanie: “I bet. Everybody loved high school in the 50s.”
“Maybe we can intubate them.”
Stephanie: “Maybe we can intubate them.”
Penny: “It would be so, so quiet.”
– Wondering how to deal with the cheerleaders in the ER
“We just have to be squirrels about this.”
Callie: “Everything’s going to be fine, you guys. We just have to be squirrels about this.”
Jackson: “Couldn’t have heard you correctly there.”
Callie: “Oh, you know, squirrels. They store nuts for the winter, right? But they don’t do it all at once. They do it one nut at a time. Everyone has their part to play, so everyone just needs to handle their own nut. We do that, we get all the nuts.”
– Callie, reassuring the others before the surgery
“I’m a very serious person!”
Maggie: “What if it ends, and I’m the woman who dated the pretty boy and it all fell apart? … Who will take me seriously then?”
Alex: “I’m supposed to take you seriously right now?”
Maggie: “I’m a very serious person!”
– Maggie, worried about going public about Andrew
“We’re used to all of that.”
Jo: “She was flirting with him.”
Jackson: “She was not.”
Callie: “Well, I mean I don’t see why not. She doesn’t know him the way we do.”
Jackson: “What the hell does that mean?”
Callie: “Oh, you know. We see you every day. We’re used to all of that.”
– Discussing Vaughn flirting with Jackson
“I work with teenagers every day. I know what high school crap looks like.”
Maggie: “Thank god we grew out of that.”
Alex: “Yeah, and look at you now.”
Maggie: “Yeah. What do you mean, look at me now?”
Alex: “You and DeLuca.”
Maggie: “Come on.”
Alex: “My point exactly. I work with teenagers every day. I know what high school crap looks like.”
“You did not show skill today, you showed bravado. And that is dangerous.”
Richard: “The time for pulling boneheaded stunts is long past.”
Ben: “Boneheaded? What about saving a man’s life is boneheaded? Sir, I may be a resident, but I’ve been a doctor a lot longer. The other residents love to give me crap about how much older than them I am, but at the end of the day, I’m also wiser too. This wasn’t a stunt. This was a judgement call. I took a risk, it paid off and this man is alive. I understand, I broke the rules and I need to pay the price for that, but I’m not an idiot. I don’t deserve to be spoken to as though I am.”
Richard: “No, what you deserve is a hell of a lot worse. What you call a calculated risk is what I call foolish. Don’t confuse the two, Warren. You did not show skill today, you showed bravado. And that is dangerous.”
“It’s not always the worst thing when people push you. When people push you, they’re trying to help you.”
Meredith: “You want space? I get it. I keep asking for space. People keep not giving it to me, bugging me about hot doctors asking for my number. And I keep shutting them down, because – “
Callie: “Why, why are we talking about this?”
Meredith: “Because it’s not always the worst thing when people push you. When people push you, they’re trying to help you. I’m trying to help you.”
“It was really hard to watch though.”
Maggie: “Dr. Riggs? I’m sorry. I cannot join you on that case tonight. Because I have plans. Dr. DeLuca. A date.”
Riggs: “Okay.”
Maggie: “Whom I’ve been seeing. We’ve been seeing each other, as a couple, romantically, in romance.”
Riggs: “So you want to keep the surgery this morning then?”
Maggie: “Yes, that’ll be fine.”
Riggs: “Alright, I’ll see you in there.”
Arizona: “That was hard to watch.”
Maggie: “Shut up. It was hard to do.”
Arizona: “It was really hard to watch though.”
“The trick is not letting the pressure keep you from taking big chances. You just go out there, naked and afraid, and pretend no one’s looking.”
“There’s a reason we like to keep things to ourselves. When you have an audience, even the smallest moments end up feeling huge. It makes the really big moments seem positively earth shattering. The trick is not letting the pressure keep you from taking big chances. You just go out there, naked and afraid, and pretend no one’s looking.”
– Meredith
Grey’s Anatomy season 12 airs Thursdays at 8pm on ABC.
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