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Alzheimer’s

This one is a doozy.

“Chasing Cars”

Feel like having a really ugly cry?

All the better if said dancing is done with the aid of copious amounts of tequila.

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And, who could forget that tragic ferry crash in season 3?

Gary Clark

Take a good look at this face, because it’s the face of evil.

But he channeled that rage and went on a shooting rampage at the hospital.

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The resulting episode was a pivotal one for the series, but we’ll never forgive Gary.

“How to Save a Life”

This song basically ISGrey’s Anatomy.

(AndGrey’s Anatomyis the reason so many people know the Fray.)

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It played over a season 2 montage of the doctors doctor-ing and popped up again during the musical episode.

McNicknames

McDreamy.

It works for everything.

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But really, she’s in, like,everyscene.

On-call room

Years before the DM, things went down in the on-call room.

That’s some quarantine.

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Ratty little Dartmouth T-shirt

“It was a Thursday morning.

You were wearing that ratty little Dartmouth T-shirt you look so good in.

The one with the hole in the back of the neck.

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You’d just washed your hair, and you smelled like some kind of flower.

Then you leaned to me and you kissed me, soft.

It was quick, kind of like a habit.

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You know, like we’d do it every day for the rest of our lives.”

Seriously

Seth and Amy have"really?!

“andGrey’s Anatomyhas “seriously?!”

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Tequila

The liquor that needs no introduction.

And no, we’re not going to explain to you what it means.

Whipple

Grey’soften goes beyond the workplace drama element and actually teaches its audience some useful medical knowledge.

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In this case it’sthe Whipple procedure, which is a very specific treatment for pancreatic cancer.

We’re not crying, you’re crying.

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