CHARACTERS
“Knowing is better than wondering, waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.” as having to hold an active explosive in a patient’s body, however, perhaps most prominently, she almost drowned whilst helping a little girl at a Ferry Crash. The doctors all tried to revive her, but she flatlined. Eventually, Meredith recovered, but Derek remained concerned that Meredith was a good swimmer, and that maybe she had just given up.
PROPOSAL AND MARRIAGE
After a lot of ups and downs through the seasons, with Derek hitting an engagement ring with a baseball bat at one point, Derek finally proposed to Meredith. However, she only said yes the second time, when Derek decorated the elevator with brain scans from their past cases.
Instead of going ahead with their wedding, Meredith instead decided to give it to Alex and Izzie. Therefore, they ended up getting married on a post-it note.
FUN FACT Patrick Dempsey acually managed to write down everything being said on the post didn’t have to swap it out for close ups
THE HOSPITAL SHOOTING
Near the end of their third year of residency, Meredith revealed to Cristina that she was pregnant. She also planned on telling Derek, but the mass shooting intervened. The husband of a deceased patient, Gary Clark, entered the hospital and shot many people including Derek while Meredith watched from afar. Cristina had to do his surgery herself after barring Meredith from the OR. When the shooter entered the OR, Meredith entered too and told him to shoot her. However, he ended up shooting Owen, though his injuries were comparatively minor. While tending to Owen’s injury, Meredith suffered a miscarriage.
THE TRIAL AND ZOLA
Meredith and Derek met Zola when she was brought to the hospital for a spina bifida operation as part of Alex’s program. Derek immediately bonded with Zola and suggested adoption. Meredith took a little longer to bond with Zola, but eventually, she was unable to avoid falling in love with