Season 1- Episode 8

SAVE ME

Meredith's Voice Over: You know how when you were a kid and you believed in fairy tales?

That fantasy of what your life would be. White dress, Prince Charming, Who'd carry you away to a castle on a hill. You'd lie in bed at night and close your eyes, and you had complete and utter faith.

Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Prince Charming, they were so close, you could taste them.

But eventually, you grow up. One day you open your eyes, and the fairy tale disappears.

Most people turn to the things and people they can trust.

But the thing is, it's hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely. Cause almost everyone still has that smallest bit of hope, of faith, that one day they'll open their eyes and it will all come true.

Meredith: It's just that I hardly know anything about you.

Derek: You know I'm from New York. You know I like ferry boats.

Meredith: Enough with the ferry boats. What about your friends?

Derek: I'm a surgeon. I don't have friends.

Meredith: Everybody has friends. I mean, who do you hang out with? What do you do on your days off? These are important questions.

Devo: I hear they call you Dr. Evilspawn.

Alex: Well, only the people that like me.

Devo: I guess that explains the lack of faith thing.

Alex: You know, I kind of think of myself as a pagan, but, hey, that's just me.

Devo: You know what it's like being a teenager these days? My friends spend most of their time screwing around and getting wasted. At least I have God.

Alex: Well, so God wants you to die, huh?

Devo: He wants me to be passionate about what I believe in. You don't believe in anything.

Alex: Well, my mother used to pray to Saint Jude for me.

Devo: How appropriate. Patron saint of lost causes.

Alex: Mmm.

Meredith: You know, you keep taking everything on faith. How do you know what's real and what's not?

Derek: You just do. You know some people would call this a relationship. The kind where you exchange keys, leave your toothbrush over.

Meredith: Who? Who would call it that?

Derek: Me. I would.

Meredith: And I'm supposed to believe you?

Derek: Uh-huh.

Meredith: Show me something. Give me a reason to believe.

Meredith's Voice Over: At the end of the day, faith is a funny thing.

 It turns up when you don't really expect it.

 It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed.

 The castle, well...it may not be a castle.

 And it's not so important that it's happy ever after.

Just that it's happy right now.

See, once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you.

And once in a while...people may even take your breath away.

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