input: TEXT: (SGH) (Derek is in the OR performing surgery on a patient. The gallery is empty aside from Meredith who is standing by herself) MVO: As doctors we're trained to skeptical because our patients lie to us all the time. The rule is: every patient is a liar until proven honest. (Cristina enters the gallery and gives Meredith a wry smile and Meredith smiles back. Cristina walks up to the window to peer and looks down into the surgery) Meredith: Why aren't you prepping for rounds and stealing all the good cases? Cristina: Well why aren't you prepping for rounds and stealing all the good cases? Meredith (shrugs): No reason. Cristina: No reason? MVO: Lying is bad. Or so we're told. Constantly, from birth. Honesty is the best policy. (Cristina sits down next to Meredith) MVO: The truth shall set you free. I chop down the cherry tree. Whatever. Meredith: I'm waiting for McDreamy. Cristina: I'm avoiding Burke. Meredith: Why are you avoiding Burke? Cristina: He thinks I moved in with him. Why are you waiting... Meredith (interrupts): McDreamy is doing me a favor. Burke thinks you moved in with him? Cristina: Wait you're calling him McDreamy again? (Cristina shakes her head at Meredith) MVO: The fact is, lying is a necessity. (Trauma room where Meredith is sitting on a table as Derek draws out her blood) Meredith: Thank you for doing this. With the needles and the blood. They won't accept her without a full family history. Derek: I'm happy to get your mom into the clinical trial. Even with the needles and blood. (He stands up and they 'gaze' into each others eyes) Derek: All done. How's that feel? MVO: We lie to ourselves because the truth, the truth freaking hurts. Meredith: Feels good. (Cristina is standing in a hallway waiting for Mer
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output: The truth is in short supply as Meredith and Cristina lie to each other about the status of their relationships. Derek and Cristina treat a guitarist who lost three of his fingers, but she is angry with Derek since he has Meredith calling him McDreamy again. Meredith and Burke treat a recently married woman with persistent heart problems, whose happiness turns out to be a symptom. Cristina 'kinda' moves in with Burke, but she still has her apartment. George threatens to move out over Meredith's dog and in the end Meredith reluctantly gives him to Derek and Addison. George is given the unpleasant task of discharging an elderly patient who refuses to leave the hospital despite no longer being sick. Bailey, Alex and Izzie treat a competitive eater who is presented with a tear in the lining of her esophagus . Alex is so nervous about the results of his exam that he eventually asks Izzie to open them for him. Bailey is put on maternity leave.