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