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GREY'S ANATOMY
"Reprise"
written by
Alan Flanagan
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GREY'S ANATOMY"Reprise"
CAST
DR. ALEX KAREVDR. ARIZONA ROBBINSDR. MIRANDA BAILEYDR. CALLIOPE "CALLIE" TORRESDR. CRISTINA YANGDR. DEREK SHEPHERDDR. JACKSON AVERYDR. APRIL KEPNERDR. ALEXANDRA "LEXIE" GREYDR. MARK SLOANDR. MEREDITH GREYDR. OWEN HUNTDR. RICHARD WEBBERDR. TEDDY ALTMAN
Brett BathurstCop #1 HenryJoeJudy BathurstKyle BathurstDr. Lucy FieldsMarty HancockNurse TylerOR NursePatient ZeroDr. Phil StarkPilotDr. Regina EmersonReporterTucker "Tuck" Bailey
ii.
GREY'S ANATOMY
"Reprise"
SETS
INTERIORS: EXTERIORS:
SEATTLE GRACE HOSPITAL SEATTLE GRACE HOSPITALLocker Room Ambulance BayOB-GYN Room RoofOperating Room OneOperating Room TwoERPaediatric RoomTrauma RoomPaeds CorridorRichard's OfficeWomen's WashroomHallway Outside WashroomWalkwayJanitor's ClosetAtriumStairwellOn-Call RoomHallway Outside On-Call Room
EMERALD CITY BAR
iii.
TEASER
FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL - LOCKER ROOM - DAY
ON a pregnancy test. Negative. Shaken. Negative. Shaken. MEREDITH, all dressed up in her day-off civvies, SIGHS.
MEREDITH (V.O.)Life.
INT. HOSPITAL - OB-GYN ROOM - DAY
CALLIE sits in a gown on the table while she, MARK and ARIZONA engage in another tete-a-tete-a-tete.
ANGLE: LUCY FIELDS sits across from them, eyes tennis match-ing back and forth - “I went to medical school for this?”.
ARIZONA(frustrated)
To be fair, a break--
MARKUp. Up.
CALLIEHe’s not wrong. Remember?
(closing an imaginary door)
Door. Face. Dramatic.
ARIZONABut it’s not like you two’s canoodling--
MARKI don’t canoodle. I rock worlds.
CALLIENot now, Mark.
ARIZONAIt’s not like your world-rocking-- if that’s what you’re choosing to call the effort you put into sleeping with someone across the hall from you--
MARKI had plowed this furrow before you were even on the--
CALLIECould we not refer to my vagina in agricultural terms?
ARIZONA(to Mark)
It’s not like your “world-rocking” amounted to a relationship-- a loving, caring, nurturing, universe-rocking relationship.
MARKMy sperm.
ARIZONAMy girlfriend.
CALLIEOh my God-- Oh my-- Look, can’t you two sort this out amongst yourselves-- I’m first anyway.
MARKWhy?
ARIZONAWhy?
Callie looks at them-- “Because it’s my freakin’ vagina, that’s why”.
CALLIE (CONT’D)(to Fields)
What do you think? As-yet-untitled-baby Torres-Robbins-Sloan or Torres-Sloan-Robbins?
ON Fields as she just... SIGHS. Seven more months of this?
MEREDITH (V.O.)Life. It’s a complicated affair. Sure. I get it. I get that. And the repercussions.
INT. EMERALD CITY BAR - DAY
Poor little LEXIE, curled around a whiskey at the bar, drunk and sad in that “why does my boyfriend keep knocking people up” kind of way. She sways-- JOE watches from behind the bar.
2.
JOE(amused and concerned)
Okay there?
She licks her lips and tries to respond but--
JACKSON(drunk, sliding up to her)
I think it mostly went in.
He zips up his pants and falls on to a stool, grabbing his drink.
LEXIEI was just telling Joe here that-- I have some very personal issues. I--
(she violently hiccoughs)Damn it!
JACKSONHer boyfriend--
LEXIEEx.
JACKSONHer ex-boyfriend’s having a lesbian baby with two doctors. Female doctors.
JOE(”cute”)
Aw.
LEXIEIt’s not cute.
(hiccough)Crap.
JOESorry. Big gay baby fan.
(to Jackson)And you?
JACKSONProfessional-- woes. She stole my surgery, she keeps--
LEXIEDoesn’t involve heart-breaking lesbian babies for one--
3.
JACKSONThis is my career!
LEXIE“Calliope”. ‘S not even a word.
JACKSONYang’s a word. Yang. Yang. Yang. Yang--
ANGLE on door of the bar as it swings open.
JACKSON (CONT’D)(pointing at whoever’s coming in)
Yang Yang Yang!
ON HENRY -- confused, non-doctor extraordinaire -- as he pokes his head inside.
JACKSON (CONT’D)Henry?
HENRYHello-- you. Do I know you?
JACKSONYou married Altman.
HENRYThat’s-- people know that?
JACKSONLegend. Me and her had a-- almost-- thing. Had my shirt off and everything. If I’d know she was dishing out free insurance too--
HENRYThere’s no “too”--
LEXIE(grabbing Jackson’s arm)
Wait. Do we hate him?
JACKSONHang on.
Lexie and Jackson swing around in their stools, conferring. Henry and Joe share a shrug. “Doctors”.
4.
JACKSON (CONT’D)(whispering)
He married Altman. Who kind of maybe had a thing with Hunt.
LEXIEWho’s married to Yang.
JACKSONStrike one.
LEXIE(hiccough)
And best friends with Meredith.
JACKSONWho’s married to Shepherd. Who’s best friends with Sloan.
LEXIEWho’s my stupid harbinger of lesbian baby daddy doom.
JACKSONIs that too tenuous--
HENRY(stepping between them)
I think Teddy hates that Slaon guy. She said something about-- facial hair.
LEXIEThat’ll do.
(grabbing a stool for him, and almost falling over)
Pull up a pew!
HENRY(steadying her)
I’m actually-- have you seen Teddy? Got some insurance things to-- sort.
LEXIE(suddenly indignant)
That’s a good idea. We should go over there.
She HICCOUGHS again, and stumbles to her feet -- dragging Jackson with her.
JACKSONGive them a piece of our mind...s.
5.
HENRYI’m not sure--
JOE(to Jackson, as something clicks into place)
When you said-- “I think it mostly went in”...
JACKSON(pulling on his jacket)
That washroom’s very dizzy.
Joe grabs a mop and heads for the washroom.
LEXIE(throwing her arms in the air)
To Seattle Grace!
She HICCOUGHS again-- Joe laughs.
LEXIE (CONT’D)(angry)
There’s nothing funny about--
Another HICCOUGH-- Jackson shuts her up by throwing her coat over her head. He and Lexie steady themselves on Henry-- who just SIGHS.
MEREDITH (V.O.)Dire repercussions.
INT. HOSPITAL - OPERATING ROOM ONE -DAY
All hands on deck -- or rather chest -- as TEDDY, CRISTINA and A TEAM OF NURSES work hands-deep in a patient.
TEDDYGet those hands deeper and steadier, Yang.
MEREDITH (V.O.)Still, confusing as it can be, we at least know it’s better than the alternative.
CRISTINAOw. Ow ow ow. My-- my back’s cramping.
TEDDYWhere?
6.
CRISTINAWhat?
TEDDYWhere!
CRISTINAMy-- the right shoulder blade. Left of my right shoulder blade.
TEDDY(to OR Nurse)
Jam your elbow into Yang’s back until she quits complaining.
CRISTINAAre you sure--
The OR NURSE obliges and--
CRISTINA (CONT’D)Ow! Ow. Okay. Okay. Good. We’re good. How did she--
OR NURSEI do some physio work.
CRISTINA(”I don’t care”)
That’s-- good for you.
TEDDYWelcome back, Yang.
Cristina SIGHS, and gets back to work.
MEREDITH (V.O.)We get that as messy as life can be, it’s better than death. Don’t have to be a surgeon to know that.
INT. HOSPITAL - LOCKER ROOM - MORNING
Meredith drops the pregnancy test in the trash, pissed off and looking like she might just scream-- if she weren’t interrupted by BAILEY (sporting a new haircut), storming in with her son TUCK in tow.
BAILEY(over to her locker)
Grey, can you grab my son for a moment?
7.
(MORE)
(shoving Tuck into Meredith’s reluctant hands)
You’re off right?(no time for Meredith to answer)
Well I am up to my fabulous new hair in appendices and whatnot and I was hoping while I sort out what to do with this “sick” little man you might be able to keep an eye on him. Unless he’s faking.
(looking to Tuck)Hmm?
(nothing from Tuck)Teach me to teach him to be all quiet and stoic and-- that sound good, Grey?
MEREDITH (V.O.)And when you’re a surgeon, you do everything you can to make sure life wins. Every time. Even when you don’t want to.
Meredith -- looking pissed now -- faces off against Tuck. He remains momentarily stoic, then vomits on her nice shoes.
INT. HOSPITAL - OPERATING ROOM TWO - DAY
ELI helps a CUSTODIAN clear up the empty, bloodied room.
MEREDITH (V.O.)Life is messy. But death is final.
DEREK enters...
DEREK(”what are you doing here”)
Eli? Are you looking for Miranda? Because there are cleaner ways to--
ELII’m not--
DEREKShe just got in. With Tuck.
ELITuck?
8.
BAILEY (CONT'D)
DEREKHer son.
ELIOh.
DEREKYou knew she--
ELIOh. Yeah. No, I knew. I just--
DEREKGood. Didn’t want to step in that particular mess.
(pointing at the floor)Don’t step in that particular mess.
Eli takes the opportunity to carefully slip out of the room -- Derek hangs back, staring at all the blood.
MEREDITH (V.O.)We -- surgeons. We make that finality. We call it. Time of death. We rubber stamp the difference between life and not life. We don’t enjoy it, but we do it.
A CRASH from outside the hospital, loud enough that Derek hears and jolts into action.
INT. HOSPITAL - ON THE MOVE/ER - DAY
Derek -- in full doctor mode now -- is joined by Bailey. Destination: ambulance bay.
DEREKWhat happened?
BAILEY(pulling on her scrubs)
Hell if I know.
DEREKSo you left your relatively healthy cute baby with my having-trouble-conceiving-and-on-her-day-off wife?
BAILEYYou enjoy the having-trouble-conceiving, okay?
9.
(MORE)
Better than the sickness and the pushing and the vagina--
ANGLE ON a group of patients as that word rushes past them.
DEREK(changing the subject)
I ran into your boyfriend in the OR. Hanging around like some lovesick schoolgirl.
BAILEYHe’s not my boyfriend. And I saw your OR, so unless that lovesick schoolgirl was Carrie I think--
EXT. HOSPITAL - AMBULANCE BAY - DAY
Both grind to a halt -- an ambulance has crashed into one wall of the hospital. Not a write-off, but an oddity.
MEREDITH (V.O.)Life is life. Death is death.
They pull up beside Eli, him and Bailey exchanging a “professional” glance.
BAILEYHello Eli.
ELIHello Dr. Bailey. Nice hair.
DEREK(rolling his eyes and leaping into action)
Okay everyone!(the gawking staff look to him)
Let’s just see what exactly--
He, Bailey and Eli stop before they reach the ambulance-- there’s some serious THUMPING coming from inside.
BAILEYWhat in my sweet gracious Wednesday afternoon is going on in there?
The thumping gets louder now. ON everyone’s reactions to the growing noise.
10.
BAILEY (CONT'D)
MEREDITH (V.O.)And surgeons? Well we’re just the doormen. When you die, when you go to wherever the hell there is or isn’t, we stamp you in. But we do everything in our power to stop that from happening.
The back of the ambulance bursts open and KEPNER and PATIENT ZERO (late 20s, female, covered in blood) tumble out on to the ground. Both bloodied, both frantic.
KEPNER(stabbing Patient Zero in the head with a scalpel)
Why. Won’t. You. Die?!
She stops, falls back. Breathes, SIGHS. Everyone stops.
MEREDITH (V.O.)Except for when we don’t.
FADE OUT:
END OF TEASER
11.
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL - CAFETERIA - DAY
Meredith and Tuck stare off across the table. Kids.
MEREDITHThose were nice shoes.
(she nudges a plate of fries to him, but he doesn’t bite)
Those were some very nice shoes. I’ve been wearing some very nice shoes -- even when I’m working, when I’m working I wear nice flat shoes and keep them as clean as possible -- because I worry that when I do pee on a stick and hold it up and it’s meant to be this big joyous perfect occasion-- I worry that all of the urine will get in the way of me and Derek having a perfect moment. Or-- look, I understand it doesn’t have to-- I just-- the nice shoes would be a nice bridge between the urine and the joy. You know?
(he doesn’t, just eats a chip)
I like you. You haven’t asked about my mother.
(chastising, loud)What are you doing here?
She grabs Lexie’s arm as she, Jackson and Henry pass.
LEXIE(still drunk)
I know what you’re going to say but I don’t care. I don’t, I genuinely genuinely don’t care because--
JACKSON(tossing an apple)
Food fight?
MEREDITH(standing up, angry)
I will kill you, Jackson Avery.
12.
(MORE)
She is my sister and needs to be eating peanut butter cups and not-- I will kill you where you stand and when your grandfather comes to ask me why I killed his talented grandson I will decapitate him with a surgical saw for bringing into the world fifty per cent of those who brought you into the world.
JACKSON(staring at the apple)
But Cristina--
MEREDITH(grabbing the apple)
Oh man up. You want to beat her? Be a doctor, not a--
(sniffing his breath)Vermouth? What are you eighty?
(to Tuck)Tell him, Tuck.
TUCK(the real man)
Man up.
MEREDITH(to Henry, clearly on a roll)
And you, well I’ve heard you’re very nice but you can’t just go around marrying people and calling it business when said person is Teddy “pump-action shotgun of heartbreak” Altman--
Bailey paces up to them, upset but holding it together. Lexie and Jackson try to pull themselves together. Tuck smiles.
MEREDITH (CONT’D)(to Bailey)
And you--
BAILEYShut your trap, Grey.
(to Jackson)You. I need you in the Chief’s office.
LEXIEWhat’s wrong?
13.
MEREDITH (CONT'D)
BAILEY(sniffing his breath)
Can anyone give this man some gum?
Lexie proudly digs some out of her pocket.
BAILEY (CONT’D)Little Grey, get yourself banana bagged because we’re down a doc--
LEXIEWhat happened?
BAILEY(to Tuck)
I’ll see you later, Tuck, you just-- just stay with Aunt Meredith here.
MEREDITH(mouthing)
Aunt?
BAILEY(already walking away, with Jackson in tow)
Come on, Mr. Avery.(over her shoulder to Lexie and Meredith)
You two, not a word to anyone. Seriously, I will knock your miniature pointy Grey heads off each other.
HENRY(nodding to Meredith’s apple)
You gonna eat that?
MEREDITH(rolling her eyes, but handing it over)
Kids. Kids kids kids kids kids--
INT. HOSPITAL - TRAUMA ROOM - DAY
Derek, OWEN, NURSE TYLER and MORE NURSES crowd around Patient Zero -- she’s covered in blood -- and try to plug the cranial damage Kepner inflicted.
OWENWhat the hell was that?
14.
DEREKNot thinking about that now--
OWENWell where is she?
DEREKShe’s with the Chief. Voluntarily.
OWENDid she say anything?
DEREKDr. Hunt, could you just--
Blood sprays out of Patient Zero’s head and over Derek and Nurse Tyler.
DEREK (CONT’D)(spitting)
Tyler!(Tyler ignores his own face and wipes Derek’s)
We’re losing her, we’re--
The monitors confirm -- flatline.
OWENDr. Shepherd--
DEREKHer brain’s-- Kepner did a job on her, she’d be-- she wouldn’t-- Hands off.
(stepping back)
OWENTime of--
(looking in her mouth-- her teeth are chipped)
The paramedics--
DEREKDead.
OWEN(”I know”)
They were bitten, right?
DEREKOne on the throat, one on the face and wrist. I’ve seen berserk before but--
15.
OWENKepner wasn’t berserk.
DEREKWhat--
OWENShe-- I’ve seen berserk. She did something awful, she stopped and she was upset and she was trying to explain-- she wasn’t in shock and she wasn’t-- she was there. Present.
DEREK(almost laughing)
You saying this actually was--
OWENDon’t use that word.
Tyler wipes himself off, slipping out the door as REGINA -- late 40s, white, desperate-looking - bursts in.
REGINAOh God. Oh God.
DEREK(”you can’t be here”)
Ma’am--
REGINAShe’s my-- my daughter. Oh God. What happened? What happened?
INT. HOSPITAL - PAEDIATRIC ROOM - DAY
ALEXNo.
ALEX and STARK face off over a bed. KYLE -- six years old, bald -- and his parents JUDY and BRETT look more than a little concerned about the argument.
STARKDr. Karev--
ALEXI don’t mean no, I mean--
(then again...)--no you know what I do mean no.
16.
STARKYou’re asking him to wait--
ALEXI’m asking you to wait-- and see if things are picking up--
STARKThis isn’t a democracy--
ALEXYes it is. That’s why they’re called second opinions.
STARKYou’re talking about extending the pain and suffering this boy is going through--
ALEXI’m talking about--
STARKVomiting, bleeding, cramps--
JUDY(upset, angry)
Doctor-- Stark. Doctor, could you? Not talk like that?
STARKI--
Arizona (in her off-day clothes) KNOCKS on the door frame. All eyes on her. Hers on Kyle.
ARIZONABaby back baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back--
ON Alex, Stark, Judy, Brett. It goes and goes.
ARIZONA (CONT’D)--baby back baby back baby back baby back--
STARKDr. Robbins--
ARIZONA--baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back...
17.
KYLERiiibs.
ARIZONA(nodding in turn)
Hey Judy. Hey Brett.
ALEXDr. Robbins, can you weigh in on something--
ARIZONAI’m not here.
INT. HOSPITAL - ON THE MOVE/PAEDS CORRIDOR - DAY
She slips out the door -- Alex trailing after like a puppy.
ALEXIf you could just--
ARIZONAI’ve got baby daddy issues all up in my unmentionables at the moment, Karev.
ALEXI know, but Stark--
ARIZONAMakes me look great, right? Especially the hair.
ALEXA third opinion--
ARIZONAKarev, if you want to do something, head-butt it into Stark’s working methods.
ALEX(tempted by a headbutt)
I can--
ARIZONAMetaphorically speaking.
(thawing now though)On the other hand...
She directs Alex’s “what” face to PENELOPE -- an 8-year-old with a bite on her arm, cleaned up but looking pale. Ill.
18.
ARIZONA (CONT’D)This is Penelope, and her arm is giving her some trouble. And while I think it will be fine either way I know that you Dr. Karev -- what with your extensive experience in both paeds and plastics -- believe that this little girl deserves the best gosh darn sutures this side of an LA butt ‘n’ bosom clinic.
ALEXWe’re kind of swamped.
ARIZONAI kind of don’t care.
ALEX(acquiescing, turning to Penelope)
Hi Penelope.
Mark and Callie saunter up.
MARKDid you say something about bosoms?
ARIZONACharming, Mark.
ALEX(on Penelope’s arm)
I didn’t get a chance to say congratulations.
ARIZONA, MARKDon’t.
CALLIEDon’t.
CALLIE(to Mark)
And the only bosom you should be thinking about is mine.
MARKI am.
CALLIEWhen it’s full of milk for your baby and ceases to be anything but a functional dispenser of life-giving fluids. I am a Starbucks self-service dairy counter to you.
19.
MARKHot.
He drifts, spotting Lexie down the corridor.
MARK (CONT’D)Lexie.
LEXIE(passing, bright yellow banana bag and IV in tow)
No.
MARKHey.
LEXIENot even a little little little bit of--
(she stumbles, but catches herself before Mark can)
I just came here for the hangover-curing soft surfaces in paeds--
(to Arizona)How can you be okay with all this?
ARIZONA(pointing at whoever or whatever when relevant)
I’m not. But I happen to love her more than I hate him and I’m here to ensure that whatever comes out of that vagina is two parts lesbian to one part asshole.
MARK(some dirty video)
I think I saw that one.
CALLIEIt’d be great if everyone could stop pointing at my vagina in the middle of conversations.
ARIZONAPlus--
(nodding to the surroundings)
I kind of rock with kids--
Alex SCREAMS as Penelope jumps off the gurney at him-- kicking, screaming, biting but not making contact. Before anyone can speak Stark intervenes, jumping on them--
20.
ARIZONA (CONT’D)Penelope!
Stark jams a needle into Penelope’s neck -- she quickly fades.
ARIZONA (CONT’D)What the-- what was that?
STARK(pulling himself up)
Dr. Robbins, you’re not on duty today. I suggest you walk.
LEXIESounds good to me.
(she wanders off)Gonna find a beanbag to go with this banana bag.
MARKLexie!
LEXIE(rounding the corner)
In my head I’m saying things to you they don’t let people say in paeds!
ARIZONA(rounding on Stark)
You can’t just--
STARKI can and I am and I need to talk to Dr. Webber because this is...
CALLIEWhat?
STARKNot an isolated incident. You heard about April Kepner?
MARKWhat about April Kepner?
INT. HOSPITAL - RICHARD’S OFFICE - DAY
Kepner sits -- she’s still got blood all over her. RICHARD stands above her, trying to figure her out. She seems calm.
KEPNERI’ve done this before.
21.
RICHARDI’m sorry?
KEPNERIn your office, covered in blood. After Reed-- I’ve done this before. I remember talking about pig’s blood and feeling like my feet weren’t there any more and I could smell her on me-- I remember being here before. This isn’t then.
(staring him down)Dr. Webber, I really, really meant what I said. And I’m not in shock. Six months ago there were bullets bouncing off the rafters in this place and I-- I’m not doing shock in this place anymore. I’m afraid and I’m upset and I have blood drying on the hair of my arms and you’re not listening to me.
(swallowing, clinging to a sense of calm)
I’m not crazy.
The door flies open and MARTY HANCOCK breezes in. Outside, TWO COPS stand guard -- behind them, Bailey and Jackson. Kepner locks eyes with Jackson-- “I’m okay.”
MARTYThis her?
RICHARDThanks for coming Marty.
MARTYNot exactly what I call above board but I owe you-- now what the hell happened?
RICHARDWe--
KEPNERI was attacked by a zombie.
(she lets it sit in the air for a moment)
And I have to go to the bathroom.
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
22.
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL - WOMEN’S WASHROOM - DAY
Teddy sits in a cubicle, letting nature take its course. She checks her watch, listens as SOMEONE ENTERS THE NEXT CUBICLE. Barely a moment passes before she hears SOBBING.
TEDDYKepner?
KEPNER(O/S)
No.
TEDDYI know that sobbing. What’s up?
Next door, Kepner stares at her bloody hands.
KEPNERJust having a bit of a day, that’s all.
TEDDYI’ve had those. Romance?
Kepner examines her hair. A chipped tooth falls out.
KEPNERNot quite.
TEDDYFeminine issues?
KEPNEREw. No.
TEDDY(sighing, then...)
Look. When’s your shift over?
KEPNER(”as if it matters”)
I-- I’m scheduled until midnight.
23.
TEDDYWell-- look. Can I give you a tip? When you’re up against it, and maybe it’s romance and maybe it’s feminine issues and maybe it’s a ruptured aorta but when you’re having one of those days just-- think of it like a river. And you have to cross it. So you hold your breath, jump in, swim across-- and when you’re under the water you just tell yourself that not breathing is perfectly normal and you do what you have to. And when you get to the other side you can breathe again.
KEPNER(genuinely upset)
I can’t swim.
TEDDYIt’s a metaphor. Just-- hold your breath until midnight and then-- we’ll grab a drink in Joe’s. You can vent and I can pretend I give a damn. Deal?
KEPNER(almost in tears)
Deal.
Teddy listens as Kepner EXITS.
TEDDY(pulling up her trousers)
Nice girl.
INT. HOSPITAL - ON THE MOVE/HALLWAY - DAY
Teddy slips out the door, and straight into Henry-- she knocks his bag out of his hands.
TEDDY(kneeling, gathering his things)
Gah.
HENRYHi. Sorry.
(helping her, and just having seen Kepner...)
Did you see that girl with the--
24.
TEDDYWhat brings you here?
HENRYI-- need something signed.
TEDDYThis is that newly-wed flutter all the bridal magazines told me about.
HENRYSorry.
TEDDYDon’t be sorry. Be a kick-ass human being and boost my karma. And get an organ donor card.
(realising the implication)
Not that you’re going to-- woah.
She picks up a cheap, tacky wedding ring.
TEDDY (CONT’D)(standing up, handing Henry his bag)
Woah.
HENRYThought it might lighten the mood.
TEDDYThe mood’s not light?
HENRYIt is, I just...
That old romantic awkward silence. Until a SCREAM as an OLD ZOMBIE (woman, 70s) crashes into a YOUNG NURSE behind them.
TEDDY(dragging the zombie off)
Ma’am, please!
The woman just tries to gnaw Teddy’s face off. So no reasoning there, then.
TEDDY (CONT’D)I need a sedative! Now!
(they fall to the floor)You old bitch. Come on!
They flop around more, almost comical.
25.
OWENTeddy!
He dives on them both and jams a sedative into the Old Zombie. She fades, and Teddy slides out from under.
TEDDY(standing up, breathing)
No worries. Totally had her. But thanks, anyway. Y’know.
HENRY(terrified)
What the hell was that? Sorry for not-- helping.
TEDDY‘S fine.
(to Owen)What was-- what the hell is--
OWENOkay. Look. You’re going to hear a lot of talk about zombies--
TEDDYZombies?
HENRYZombies?
OWEN (CONT’D)Look-- let’s not jump to conclusions.
TEDDYI don’t need to-- Owen, conclusions are jumping at us. But-- zombies?
Owen throws himself against another BUSINESSMAN ZOMBIE who was running by, pinning him as best he can.
OWEN(grunting)
Possibly.
INT. HOSPITAL - TRAUMA BAY - DAY
Cristina sutures a patient, soon distracted by--
CRISTINADr. Bailey?
Bailey, walking by, clearly wants none of this.
26.
BAILEYDr. Yang.
CRISTINAI’m only going to ask this once--
BAILEYWell that’s something.
CRISTINAFine I’ll ask several times until I get an answer.
(serious now)What the hell is going on?
Bailey almost says nothing, but then ushers Cristina out of the patient’s earshot.
BAILEYOkay, Yang, you promise not to panic?
CRISTINAI am a stoic island.
BAILEYYou were a stoic unemployed island that floated off catching trout until about a month ago--
CRISTINAIt was a bass and why can nobody let that go?
BAILEYZombies.
CRISTINAScotchguard.
BAILEYWhat?
CRISTINAOh. I thought we were just saying random words because that zombie thing is frickin’ crazy.
BAILEYYou heard?
CRISTINAWhat’s actually going on?
27.
BAILEYI--
She’s drowned out by the television-- a nurse turns up the volume, to show a high school. Shots of a reporter out front.
REPORTER(panicked)
I spoke to a twelfth grader who said that one of her classmates was feeling ill, that wasn’t long before the attacks broke out. Others are reporting being bitten and scratched by their fellow students-- it doesn’t, it doesn’t seem to be a co-ordinated attack, no weapons have been mentioned, but as to why so many students are involved-- I’m just, hang on, I’m getting reports that some of the students involved have escaped the school-- attacks at a convenience store, drivers stuck in traffic are saying that--
BAILEY(to the nurse)
Turn that down!
CRISTINAScotchguard.
BAILEYMy thoughts exactly.
She reaches into her coat and pulls out a few syringes.
CRISTINADr. Bailey?
BAILEY(handing some over)
Sedatives, Yang. Don’t drop ‘em or start using them on some doe-eyed intern.
(turning to address the trauma bay - everyone looks)
Okay, people, let me explain what’s going to be happening over the next little while.
(she fakes a smile-- sotto to Cristina...)
Find my son.
28.
INT. HOSPITAL - RICHARD’S OFFICE - DAY
Richard, Marty and Jackson (looking sympathetic but skeptical) stare at Kepner.
KEPNERI went to the grocery store to get milk--
JACKSONWe are out of milk.
INT. HOSPITAL - PAEDIATRICS CORRIDOR - DAY
Meredith leads Tuck towards Callie, Arizona, Mark, Alex, Stark-- and an unconscious Penelope. We hear nothing -- they speak, converse, implied banter.
INTERCUT BETWEEN PAEDS AND RICHARD’S OFFICE
MARTY(off Jackson’s “milk comment”)
Who are you?
JACKSONI’m-- just saying, that’s true.
KEPNERIt’s all true and I don’t need you to back me up, I-- I was on my way back and an ambulance pulled up to an apartment block. So I said “well I’m a doctor I should probably get involved”-- they dragged a woman, that woman, out of the apartment-- she was-- like Old Yeller. At the end, not-- we got her into the ambulance and took off for Seattle Grace-- managed to strap her down. We tried to sedate her but she--
(she looks to Jackson)
In Paeds, the conversation continues... but behind them, Brett - Kyle’s father - slips into the corridor. Infected.
KEPNER (CONT’D)She knocked the needle out of my hand-- so we just held her down as best we could-- we were getting close and then she, she-- I don’t know how but she managed to get a bite of my--
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(MORE)
(she touches her hair)--my hair. And I lost my balance and she slipped out of her restraints and-- she bit Keith on the arm and then the face and-- then she went for Louise-- she was driving. I grabbed a scalpel and-- then you know what happened.
In Paeds, Brett approaches. Nobody notices.
KEPNER (CONT’D)(to Marty)
I didn’t-- I wouldn’t do this unless I thought-- she would have killed me. She would have.
MARTY(to Richard)
I can bring her out the back--
RICHARDWe could organise a psych consult--
KEPNERChief--
RICHARDKepner--
KEPNERChief!
RICHARDI--
JACKSONCan I go with her?
KEPNER(”you believe them?”)
Jackson!(standing up, pacing)
I-- none of you are listening to me.
RICHARDKepner, sit down--
In Paeds, Brett jumps at Penelope -- Mark is first to intervene, prying him off. Panic, limbs everywhere.
30.
KEPNER (CONT’D)
KEPNERIf there was one, there will be more than one-- there will be-- you need to start locking down the floors of the-- you need to lock down--
RICHARDApril Kepner, I am telling you to sit down and--
In Paeds, Meredith drags Tuck away from the tussle, Callie falls to the floor-- Brett rounds on Arizona, leaping on her, biting at her. Stark tries to drag him off.
KEPNER(standing up)
Have you even tried to see if I’m right? What did Dr. Shepherd and Dr. Hunt say about-- did you even talk to them about the patient?
RICHARD(shouting)
April Kepner, sit the hell-
In Paeds, Stark drags Brett off Arizona, screaming for help.
KEPNERNo! No. No, Chief, no, you Richard Webber, you, you are failing us-- right now you are failing me and--
(points at Jackson)--him and every one of the people on your staff-- we took bullets and you’re failing us right now, right here, right now in this room you are standing there and you are failing us.
MARTYWe’ll get her down to the station--
KEPNER(facing off with Marty)
If there is even one more of her and she’s infectious there’s not going to be a station by the end of the day.
Mark jams a sedative into Brett-- He’s got blood on his lips. All eyes on him, and none on Arizona-- who’s been bitten in the arm.
31.
MARTYI’ve had enough of this.
KEPNERI shouldn’t have gotten into that ambulance. I could be eating cereal right now, instead of--
(she trails off, looking past Marty...)
I’m sorry, Tyler.
She grabs Marty’s gun from his holster...
INT. HOSPITAL - WALKWAY - DAY
Kepner bursts out the door. Nurse Tyler, infected, is sprinting towards her and the two cops.
COP #1(fumbling for his gun)
Sir. Sir! Sir, please--
KEPNER(whispering, waiting)
Three, two, one--
BANG. Head shot.
REGINAOh God.
Kepner spins-- Regina is standing between the two cops.
REGINA (CONT’D)He-- what happened? He’s my... son.
KEPNER(steadying the gun, aiming at Regina, suspicious)
You’re white.(whispering to herself)
I could be eating cereal.
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
32.
ACT THREE
INT. HOSPITAL - JANITOR’S CLOSET - DAY
Lexie sits on a stolen beanbag, IV in the arm. Tears run down her face. The door flies open--
MARKLexie.
LEXIETake your hyper-active sperm and--
MARKLexie.
LEXIEYou broke my brain-- you broke it-- you keep kicking it and-- I loved you with all of my brain and you didn’t even notice.
MARK(tears in his eyes)
Lexie.
INT. HOSPITAL - PAEDIATRIC ROOM - DAY
Arizona and Stark sit side by side-- the former padding her arm, the latter his shoulder. Both scared, but only Stark looks significantly ill. Alex, in the corner, is silent.
ARIZONAIs there a point in this?
STARKShut up.
Mark and Lexie slide in with sutures.
ARIZONAWhere’s Callie?
MARKVomiting. Show me that arm.
ARIZONA(removing the gauze)
Mark.
MARKThis doesn’t look too bad.
33.
ARIZONAMark.
MARKChicks dig scars.
ARIZONAMark!
MARKYou’ll be fine.
ARIZONA(giving up on him)
Lexie. Listen to me very carefully because from what I can gather you’re the only one who doesn’t care-- and I think not caring is going to be a very important commodity in the next few hours.
INT. HOSPITAL - RICHARD’S OFFICE - DAY
Panic-- Marty’s taken back his weapon, but otherwise it’s still a case of all hell’s broken loose. Kepner, Jackson, Richard, Marty, the two cops-- and Regina.
KEPNER(loud, pointed, at Regina)
What did you do?(all eyes on Regina)
I know you did it so what did you do and what are the most pertinent facts because we have about ten minutes to start locking this place down before the proverbial hits the proverbial.
REGINAI don’t know what--
KEPNERI have a tooth in my hair-- I have a human tooth in my hair!
REGINA(cracking, formal)
My name’s Dr. Regina Emerson, I’m a researcher at a-- I’m a medical researcher at the Benaroya Institute. We work on cures for auto-immune diseases, I-- I have Type 1 diabetes so--
34.
KEPNERI don’t care.
REGINASix hours ago a researcher named Shanay Simmons-- that’s the girl who you-- she became infected with an experimental drug--
KEPNERFine, okay. It’s spreading-- what are the effects?
REGINAI, I don’t know--
KEPNERI don’t care if you feel bad or if she was your friend-- you can grieve when we get over this little zombie apocalypse hump. How long did it take her to become infected?
REGINAI-- under two hours. Within two hours. But-- I’ve gathered whatever information I can over the past-- some people seem to be succumbing in far shorter amounts of, it’s the biting, the site and gravity of the initial attack-- some people are-- within ten minutes.
KEPNERFine. Fine. You stupid, stupid, stupid woman. Fine. Has it spread beyond this hospital?
Bailey slides in the door.
BAILEY(to the Chief)
Chief-- I need you. It’s all over the news-- there’s a school not far from here that’s-- this thing, this infection, whatever the hell this is, it’s-- we need guidance. Are we accepting patients?
KEPNERNo.
RICHARDKepner.
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KEPNERWe can’t make this place a target, we can’t let a hospital fall--
RICHARDWe are doctors.
KEPNERDo you even have an inkling of what’s happening out there?
BAILEYSir, are we accepting these patients?
Richard just... pauses.
INT. HOSPITAL - PAEDIATRICS CORRIDOR - DAY
Callie wipes tears from her eyes as she heads back towards Arizona and the gang.
BAILEY(approaching)
Torres!
CALLIE(slightly in shock)
Miranda.
BAILEYWhere’s my son?
CALLIEWhat?
BAILEYGrey-- Grey came up here with my son and--
CALLIEThey’re down in the playroom. Meredith and Cristina and-- playing.
BAILEYThank you.
CALLIEThe Chief--
36.
BAILEYEveryone’s down in the atrium. He’s making a speech.
CALLIEWhy aren’t you there?
But Bailey just walks, and Callie stares after her-- taking a brief moment to pull up her sleeve. She’s been bitten.
INT. HOSPITAL - ATRIUM - DAY
Whatever short-notice group of staff that could assemble has turned out-- murmurs flitter among them; displeasure, fear, confusion. Richard stands at the top of the steps, watched by Derek, Hunt, Cristina, Jackson, even Marty. Further back, Teddy and Kepner stand side by side.
RICHARD(solemn, shaky)
There is an infection of indeterminate-- there is an infection spreading among the wider population. We are no longer to accept patients from the outside community-- we cannot risk hundreds of uninfected patients becoming a lightning rod for an outbreak. Secondly-- as you know, since last year there have been security upgrades at Seattle Grace. We are now capable of locking down each floor of the hospital in turn. We need two-person teams of doctors, nurses, anyone healthy-- we need you to sweep each floor, examining every patient for bites-- for any signs of an illness beyond what they’re being treated for. If you find someone who’s been infected you are to...
ON Kepner and Teddy, Richard’s voice fading to background noise.
KEPNER(frustrated)
He’s not. He’s not-- why isn’t he...?
TEDDYWhat?
37.
KEPNERThis is-- Dr. Altman, we’re not talking about a school shooting or a ferry crash-- we’re talking about the end of the-- this is the end of everything and he’s talking like we’ll all be over at Joe’s by midnight.
TEDDYSo tell him.
KEPNERYou tell him.
TEDDYI’m... people think you’re cute.
(off Kepner’s confusion)I think they need to see you being what you’re being right now. Plus-- remember the river.
(nudges Kepner forward)
KEPNER(shocking herself)
Sir!
Richard stops-- everyone looks to Kepner.
RICHARDDr. Kepner.
(watching as Kepner makes her way to the front and half-way up the steps)
Dr. Kepner...
KEPNERSir, I don’t think-- I--
(turning to the crowd)Hi, everyone. My name’s April Kepner, I’m-- I’m a doctor here, and I’m generally not great with the public speaking but-- we’re not talking about a staph infection here, and we’re not talking about a plane falling out of the sky. We know that some of our patients are infected, we know that there’s been at least one major outbreak outside of Seattle Grace. We know that once infected-- that’s bitten, in most cases-- the virus can take hold anywhere between ten minutes and two hours.
38.
(MORE)
And once it does that person is-- as far as I’m concerned-- dead.
DEREK(argumentative)
But they’re not. None of the people involved were dead.
KEPNERSo we don’t have to worry about the morgue, then.
(dissent from the crowd)
DEREKDo you have any idea what you’re saying?
KEPNER(to Derek, but loud)
These people are people. Real, honest-to-goodness people. But they are also a running, rabid, biting Typhoid Mary and I will not apologise for saying that--
(back to the crowd)I agree with sedating these people where possible, but what I’m saying is the odds of this being “where possible” are getting slimmer.
(looking to Teddy, and Derek)
After-- after a man walked into this hospital with a gun and killed some people-- I thought that everything I’d ever done was leading up to that moment. And I thought that I failed. Now I see-- that, that event, that was for this. That was preparation for this. Those of you who want to leave, leave-- but the world is falling apart out there. Those of you who are staying, I need you to--
(off an encouraging look from Teddy)
--just hold your breath until this is over. First we sweep the hospital and we lock it down, we move quickly and we don’t get bogged down-- everyone, take the person next to you-- make a two-person team...
ON Teddy, as Henry joins her, taking her hand.
39.
KEPNER (CONT'D)
KEPNER (CONT’D)Start sweeping the floors now. Be confident, be quick, and if you get bitten be logical about what your next steps should be.
INT. HOSPITAL - PAEDIATRICS CORRIDOR - DAY
Arizona, Stark, Callie, Lexie, Mark, Alex, Meredith, Cristina and Bailey (with Tuck) usher a GROUP OF KIDS (among them Kyle) down the corridor, towards the stairwell - the Paeds patients who can walk. VARIOUS PARENTS who were visiting are also in tow.
KYLE(to Alex)
Where’s Dad?
ALEXHe’s... just gone out for a while.
(glancing at Judy)We’ll figure this out.
CRISTINAWhat are we going to do with--
Arizona shushes her, holding her phone.
INT. HOSPITAL - ATRIUM - DAY
Jackson holds a phone to capture Kepner’s voice.
KEPNER--call it in floor by floor. When we--
(looking to the Chief: “some back-up, please”)
CHIEFWhen we get confirmation that floors are locked down, and that infected parties are sedated and sequestered, we will start to get the hospital running again. Locked to the outside world, but surgeries where possible and--
(proud, fatherly)You are the very best. Right now I need you to be the very best.
40.
(MORE)
When the outside world falters and falls apart this does not weaken that-- it makes it stronger, it makes it truer than ever.
(at Kepner)You are the very best.
KEPNER(her smile cracks to a scream)
Chief!
But he’s already on him - a male zombie, in from the entrance at the top of the steps. One, then another.
KEPNER (CONT’D)Ch--
But Jackson drags her away. Six, seven zombies-- barrelling down the stairs. The crowd panics, splits, screams.
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
41.
CHIEF (CONT'D)
ACT FOUR
INT. HOSPITAL - PAEDIATRICS CORRIDOR - DAY
Arizona clings to her phone, listening to the screams in the atrium-- she hangs up. Bailey carefully opens the stairwell door, and everyone but Arizona begins to make their way out... until Callie sees her.
CALLIEWhat?
ARIZONA(distracted but firm)
Downstairs is gone.(to Bailey)
Go up.(to the rest)
Stark, Karev, you’re with me. Lexie too.
CALLIE(sensing...)
Arizona.(Arizona rushes at her)
Ari-
She stops Callie with a kiss, then--
ARIZONAListen to me, Calliope--
CALLIEShut up.
Kyle, Judy, Bailey and Tuck move out to the stairwell.
ARIZONAMyself and Lexie--
MEREDITHAnd me.
(off Arizona’s look)
CRISTINA(”me too”)
You think I’m passing up the opportunity to jam a needle into some whiny six-year-old?
CALLIEArizona--
42.
ARIZONA(holding Callie close, face to face)
Myself and Dr. Stark are infected--(Callie tugs at her own sleeve, but doesn’t say anything)
So it doesn’t matter if we get bitten again-- but if we turn we need to-- someone will have to--
STARK(hazy, ill)
Dr. Robbins--
ALEXLet her talk.
ARIZONA(welling up)
Calliope--
CALLIENo.
ARIZONAThis is-- I love kids. I love them. I love them so much and that was always what this--
(touching Callie’s stomach)
--what this was going to be. But you-- you love this kid. More than the others. More than any of those kids in there. I couldn’t do that but you can and please--
CALLIENo.
ARIZONAPlease get out.
CALLIEArizona--
(interrupted with a kiss)
ARIZONAMark.
Mark pulls Callie into the stairwell-- he casts a look at Lexie: “Be careful”. Arizona wipes the tears, and turns...
43.
ARIZONA (CONT’D)(whispered, to herself)
There are only children here.
INT. HOSPITAL - STAIRWELL - DAY
Mark and Callie - looking drained, drawn - work their way up the stairs, followed by Kyle and the rest.
CALLIEI’m weak.
MARKYou’re pregnant.
CALLIEYeah.
Bailey and Tuck bring up the back, eyes trailing down the stairwell for anyone following.
TUCKWhere are we going?
BAILEYUp.
TUCKWhy?
She looks at him, tears coming but held. She almost responds but-- her PHONE RINGS.
BAILEY(picking up)
Hello?... Where?
INT. HOSPITAL - ER/ON THE MOVE - DAY
Silence, empty, then--
DEREKCrap crap crap crap crap--
Derek bolts through, a zombified Cop #1 hot on his heels.
DEREK (CONT’D)Crap!
(he jumps a gurney-- the zombie has no such luck... Derek turns)
Ha!
44.
(MORE)
(Cop #1 stands up)I--
Cop #1 lunges at him, but a GUNSHOT fells him-- Owen, across the room, gun in hand. Jackson beside him.
DEREK (CONT’D)I, why-- why is the ER empty?
JACKSON(quickly checking the Cop is dead)
Sorry, man.
OWEN(answering Derek)
Big exit doors. You okay?
DEREKI’m allowed to be afraid of guns.
JACKSON(grabbing Cop #1’s gun)
Do I have to be?
DEREKYes.
OWENYes.
BOTH THEIR PHONES RING. They quickly fumble for them and--
DEREK (CONT’D)Miranda? Where are you?... Is Mered--... The roof? The--... who’s with you?... ER, we’ll--... I’m going to find her and--... I will. I will.... Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.
OWENHello? He--... Cristina, are you--... Derek--... Are you okay? Is she--... do you need to--... Okay. Okay.--... Okay. Take care now.
Both hang up. Derek hopeful, Owen... afraid.
DEREK(to Owen)
We need to get to the roof. We--
OWENDerek.
(he stops, unsure of how to say it...)
DEREK(realising it must be Meredith...)
What happened to her?
45.
DEREK (CONT’D)
INT. HOSPITAL - ON-CALL ROOM
Kepner wields a scalpel, stands-- alert.
KEPNERHolding my breath. Holding my breath. Holding my--
Alex bursts in, looking behind him, then on Kepner--
ALEXWoah.
KEPNERYou.
ALEXMe? What-- me-- what me?
KEPNER(pausing, then...)
Drop your pants.
ALEXKepner.
KEPNERLook--
(putting the scalpel aside)
-- today -- so far today-- I have bludgeoned, shot and scalpulled a significant number of otherwsie healthy Seattle Grace staff, patients and janitorial whatyamacallits and, and-- that was-- I gave an inspiring speech that got the Chief eaten-- eaten, he got--
ALEXI killed Stark.
KEPNERYeah. Yeah. So-- I need today to be the day that I lost my virginity-- I need to gazzump the eating-- and despite the fact that Dr. Bailey insisted that I not take my maiden voyage with you, this is not about you. I believe that you, Alex Karev, are the man to do it, do me, so--
46.
(MORE)
(picking up the scalpel)Drop your pants.
INT. HOSPITAL - HALLWAY OUTSIDE ON-CALL ROOM - DAY
Kepner -- sporting quite the sex hair -- peeks out the door.
KEPNERKarev?
ALEX(O/S)
Yeah.
KEPNERDid you and Dr. Fields have a thing?
ALEXNot really-- why?
Fields stands at the end of the corridor-- zombified.
KEPNERIs it okay if I kill her?
Beat. Alex SIGHS.
ALEXWould you?
INT. HOSPITAL - STAIRWELL - DAY
Teddy and Henry move quickly, breathing hard.
TEDDY(smiling)
And then she--- she just bolts for the door of the club because-- well, because as it turns out it actually wasn’t her drink and none of them had been her drinks. She bolts, and I’m left standing there with this concussion look on my face and then-- I said it was a fancy dress party, yeah? Well she runs for the door but of course it’s not a door, and then she just--
HENRYWhy are you telling me this?
47.
KEPNER (CONT'D)
TEDDY(playing with her gun as she walks)
She died... in 9/11. So I joined the army and met Owen and... here I am. And after she died-- she didn’t have many people-- so I promised I’d remember her and keep her going in some way, shape or form.
(stopping at the doorway to the roof)
It’s going to become incredibly difficult to remember the dead, and you’re my husband so I wanted to tell you about her. I just don’t want her lost in the rush.
Henry smiles. Nods.
TEDDY (CONT’D)Okay then.
EXT. HOSPITAL - ROOF / HELIPAD - DAY
Teddy and Henry open the door -- for a brief moment they risk a crutch in the face from Bailey but--
HENRYWoah! Woah-- we-- woah.
Teddy eyes up the gang of parents and kids -- and Callie, Mark and a terrified Regina -- crowded on the helipad.
TEDDY(shutting the door behind, facing it, gun in hand)
You rang?
HENRY(at the small group)
Is this-- is this it?
BAILEY(to Teddy)
We’re getting a helicopter.
TEDDY(glancing at the empty helipad)
We are?
48.
BAILEYMy-- significant other-- nurse-- other person is in the air.
ANGLE ON Callie, who spins to face Regina.
CALLIEI’ve been bitten, I got bitten, and I didn’t tell anyone--
MARKCallie--
CALLIEIs there anything I can do?
REGINA(trying to hold it together)
When?
CALLIEA-- I-- earlier this morning, I was downtown, looking at investing in some awful, awful maternity wear and then-- some guy. I thought he was just some crazy guy--
REGINAThis morning? That doesn’t make sense. Are you sure--
CALLIEI’m sure. I’ve seen these-- I’m sure.
REGINAThen there’s something-- you said maternal-- you’re pregnant?
CALLIEWhat does that have to do--
REGINAI don’t know. But you’re the only person who hasn’t given into this thing within--
No time... ON the stairwell as it bursts open-- Lexie, Kepner, Alex. Then Cristina and Derek, carrying Meredith-- bitten. Owen and Jackson follow, guns in hand.
BAILEYGrey!
49.
DEREKShe-- she’s been-- she--
MEREDITH(spitting blood on her nice shoes...)
Derek--
DEREKNot now-- not right now, okay, Mer?
ON Callie, looking at Lexie-- her hands are covered in blood.
LEXIE(mouthing)
I’m sorry.
Callie silently squeezes Mark’s shoulder.
ON Meredith. Regina runs over, trying to help.
BAILEY(descending on Meredith)
Where?
MEREDITHThe-- my neck-- Derek, I--
BAILEYGrey, just lay still--
MEREDITHDerek!
DEREK(leaning in)
Meredith, please--
MEREDITHSh. Sh. One-- just give me a-- I loved it. I just want you to-- I loved every moment of it-- even when I hated it. Even when you broke my heart, even when I broke yours. Even when I couldn’t stand it I loved it because I was measuring my life and myself against how you made me feel. Being near you-- I loved it. I loved it and I love you and that is it.
DEREKThe same.
50.
MEREDITHThe sa-
ON the stairwell door, as Marty Hancock -- fully infected now -- bursts out and on to Jackson.
KEPNERJackson!
But Marty’s on him. Jackson scrambles to fight-- his gun goes off once, twice, more times. Derek falls. Regina too.
MEREDITH(staring up at the space where he was standing)
Derek...
Owen pulls Marty off Jackson-- but Marty latches on to Owen now, biting at his neck, chewing at him.
CRISTINANo!
Owen falls to the ground, neck in shreds. He’s gone.
BAILEY(grabbing a scalpel from her pocket)
Not the-- not the-- not the--
She jumps on Marty’s back, slicing at his throat, his neck... until eventually he collapses on to Owen. Both dead.
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT FOUR
51.
ACT FIVE
EXT. HOSPITAL - ROOF / HELIPAD
Silence. Derek dead. Owen dead. Bailey and Cristina tend to Meredith. Jackson sits, frantically touching his neck, arms, face. No bites. Cold comfort.
ON Mark, staring across at Derek’s body. His eyes are vacant, blood runs from his mouth-- Mark’s breathing quickens. He starts to shake, panicking now-- he jumps up, paces towards Derek. But before he’s even half-way there--
LEXIE(jumping up into his arms)
I have you. I have you.
He holds her, her legs wrapped around him, his face to her breast. She envelops him-- her hands leave bloody prints on his back.
ON Meredith. She breathes hard, bandages on her neck.
BAILEYYang--
CRISTINAMeredith, you’re going to be fine--
MEREDITH(laughing, crying)
Cristina--
CRISTINAYou’re going to be fine, you--
MEREDITHCristina.
CRISTINANo, you listen to me you tiny, tiny woman. You said to me-- you told me that Derek was the love of your life but I’m your soulmate, and-- even if you do start gnawing on my elbow it doesn’t matter because-- souls are bigger than life. So even if you do-- you’ll still be my soulmate. Even if I have to get you a leash.
MEREDITHI--
52.
CRISTINABesides I’ve always thought you had the complexion of a corpse. Just get you a fashionable neckerchief and you’re good to--
(Bailey’s arm moves, and Cristina glimpses Owen)
To-- to-- to-- to--
TEDDY(bumping in to help)
Cristina...
CRISTINAI’m fine.
TEDDYGet out of the way. Kepner...
(Kepner dives in to help)
CRISTINAWhat happened to--
(looking to Kepner)I can-- I’m holding my breath.
TEDDY(shoving Cristina off)
You don’t have to. Cristina, you’ve lost Owen and I am telling you to take sixty seconds to acknowledge that--
CRISTINAYou lost him too.
TEDDYI never had him. Sixty seconds.
START MUSIC
Cristina gives in, and drags herself over to Owen. She pushes Marty off him, and lies down on his chest.
CRISTINASixty, fifty-nine, fifty-eight...
ON Teddy and Kepner, stemming Meredith’s bleed as best they can.
MEREDITHThank you, Dr. Altman.
(to Kepner)He was... very good-looking.
53.
KEPNER(smiling)
Yes. People talk a lot about the hair but... those eyes.
MEREDITHI know, right?
(grabbing Kepner’s hand)When I-- will you do it? Will you...
CALLIEMeredith?
(she sneaks up to them, kneeling)
I think... there might be a cure.
ON Kyle and Tucker, sitting with Judy.
ALEX(walking up to them)
Hey Kyle. Tucker. What you doing?(off Judy’s coming tears)
How about we give your Mom a minute to herself?
ON Lexie and Mark, him now sitting but her still wrapped around him.
MARKI love you.
LEXIEWe’ll make something of this. Maybe we’ll-- maybe we won’t be surgeons or-- we’ll build something. In time... this will be the past. We’ll build something.
MARKI don’t know how.
LEXIEIt’s okay. I’ll teach you.
ON Meredith etc...
MEREDITH(to Callie)
I don’t think that’s an option.
Bailey looks up-- the SOUND OF A HELICOPTER.
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BAILEY(standing up)
We’re here. We’re here!(to the helipad, waving)
We’re here!
The parents and kids gather, watching as the helicopter lands.
ON Cristina, dragging herself up from Owen. She walks away from the helicopter, towards a discarded gurney. Determined.
BAILEY (CONT’D)Eli!
MEREDITH (V.O.)Life.
The helicopter lands-- Eli and a PILOT, no patient.
ELI(jumping out)
You.(he kisses Bailey)
BAILEYWhat--
ELIWe were in the air, first we heard and then we could-- we could see what was happening on the ground.
(to everyone)There’s a park on the outskirts of town-- people are starting to gather there, it’s cut off and there’s only one entrance. We saw their sign from above and-- they seem like they know what they’re doing. And they need doctors. So...
BAILEYStart with the children.
ELIHow sick are they?
ALEXDr. Robbins--
(Mark reacts to the name)She grabbed the uninfected kids she thought would make it outside the hospital.
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ON Meredith, as Cristina wheels a gurney over to her.
MEREDITH (V.O.)And death. I suppose.
CRISTINA(to Teddy and Kepner)
Get her up here.
MEREDITHCristina...
CRISTINAGet her up.
(Teddy and Kepner oblige)
CALLIEI think there’s a cure.
(ON Kepner-- “did I just kill sick people?”)
CRISTINAWhat.
MEREDITH (V.O.)We fight death. Tooth and nail. But when it comes-- we are surgeons. We call it.
CALLIEPregnancy. I think.
CRISTINA(hopeful)
Mer--
MEREDITHI’m not. I’m definitely not.
(laughing)Damn it.
(crying)Damn it.
ON Bailey and Alex as they help kids and a few parents on to the helicopter. Last on are Kyle and Tucker.
BAILEY(to Eli)
Go. Go with them.
ELI(looking at Tucker)
Don’t you want to--
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BAILEYWant isn’t--
(looking over to Meredith)Come back for us.
Eli kisses her again.
MEREDITH (V.O.)We accept the bad things. We deal.
ON Meredith and co.
CRISTINA(strapping Meredith to the gurney)
I wasn’t joking about the leash. And if I have to get a turkey baster and a jar full of hope then I will.
MEREDITHBe gentle.
CRISTINADitto.
They grasp hands. Teddy binds Meredith’s head. Legs. Cristina and Meredith nod at each other.
MEREDITH (V.O.)We accept this time of death.
Meredith’s squeeze tightens. Her head drops, bucks. She spits on herself. She changes.
MEREDITH (V.O.) (CONT’D) Except for when we don’t.
FADE TO BLACK:
END OF SHOW
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