Grey's Anatomy

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Derek is looking at a brain scan while Jen sleeps in a hospital bed and Rob sleeps in the chair next to her. Mere VO's: "There's this thing that happens, when people find out you're a doctor." He wishes her good morning and she struggles to use the correct words to ask if he proposed, asking what I think turns out to be, "Did... you... patter?" But he knows what she means and assures her she'll be the first to know. "They stop seeing you as a person, and begin to see you as something bigger than you are." Rob asks how she is and all Derek can tell him is that she's okay. VO: "They have to see us that way, as gods. Otherwise, we're just like everyone else. Unsure, flawed, normal." Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen, in case you didn't catch that, this will be the hour that we compare Derek to God. I have my barf beg situated next to me on the sofa. Rob kisses Jen's head so we're all reminded how sweet and in love they are, while Mere comes and delivers new films to Derek, who tells her there is no change. She asks if he wants coffee but he turns it down. Her voice tells us, "So we act strong. We remain stoic. We hide the fact that we're all too human."

Mere walks up to do something purposeful in a chart and Alex comes up to ask if Derek is still beating himself up like Addison thinks he is. It turns out she sent her brother back to Seattle, and then has had time to muse about Derek to Alex, pointing out that he's spent three days at Jen's bedside, so he's still beating himself up for what happened. Remember when I said that I didn't get what was going on with all the blood last week? It turns out that Derek nicked the aneurysm. And I have no idea how these things work, other than that they can suddenly burst and kill people, but it seems that the nick probably has to do with the troubles she's having now. Alex tries to get Mere to admit that it bugs having Addison around and she tells him not at all, but when alarms start beeping and Derek comes out to have Alex page Addie, saying he needs her to stay, Mere admits that it bugs a little.

Once Addie is there, Derek explains to Rob and Jen that he can't put off the surgery any longer. Jen is having mini-strokes that are causing her aphasia and they are due to a lack of blood flow so he is going to do a bypass. Jen, it should be noted, appears to be the first patient Derek has ever had who no longer has her long blonde locks -- I mean, clearly they are hidden under the bandage turban she's got going on, but I appreciate them finally recognizing that generally, people don't come out of brain surgery with all of their hair in perfect shape. She struggles for words and Rob figures out that she's trying to ask if the baby will be okay -- Addison says she'll be there to monitor things. Rob also asks Derek directly if this will fix Jen's problems, and he answers, "I'm hoping it will work, yes." Clearly Rob hears that Jen will be okay. The docs leave and Derek thanks Addie for staying to help, which she tells him is the least she could do after he saved her brother. Do they have no one else in this hospital who knows how to work with babies? I guess if they do, they aren't good-looking enough to care about them. Rob then pokes his head out to tell them quietly that if it comes down to Jen vs. the baby, to save Jen. "We can make another baby. We can't make another her."

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