Superstition/Transcript

Meredith VO: My college campus has a magic statue. It's a long-standing tradition for students to rub its nose for good luck. [Various scenes of/in the hospital] My freshman roommate really believed in the statue's power

[Meredith and Addison are preparing for surgery. Meredith watches as Addison pins her rings to her scrubs and pats them.]

Meredith VO: and insisted on visiting it to rub its nose before every exam.

Burke:[in another OR] Are you sure my scrub caps weren't in laundry delivery? [He is also preparing for surgery.]

Nurse: I triple-checked.

Burke: You're sure?

Nurse: Yeah, I'm sure.

Meredith VO: STudying might have been a better idea. She flunked out her sophomore year. But the fact is we all have little superstitious things that we do.

Derek: [in another OR] All right. It's a beautiful morning to save lives. Let's have some fun.

Meredith VO: If it's not believing in magic statues, it's avoiding sidewalk cracks, or always putting our left shoe on first.

[Dr Bailey is also prepping for surgery.]

Dr Bailey: [sighs] Okay. Knock on wood. Ten blade.

Meredith VO: Step on a crack, break your mother's back.

[Suddenly all four patients are coding.]

Burke: Paddles. [Cristina hands them to him.] Ten joules.

Addison: I have to take him off.

Derek: I'm in the middle of his brain.

Dr Bailey: We're losing him.

[All four patients flat-line. Dr Bailey, Burke and Derek say: 'Time of death...'

Addison: Call it, Grey. The last thing we want to do is offend the gods.

Meredith: Time of death: 8.17.