Honestly, I had zero clue where to start when gathering Greys Anatomy MerDer quotes. I mean, 19 seasons? Christ. So I grabbed my laptop with last night’s pizza crumbs still stuck to the keys and binged Merder’s cringiest, sweetest moments on that streaming app everyone uses. You know the one.
The Deep Dive Phase
First binge-sesh lasted three hours straight. Found myself yelling at Derek’s smug face during season 3 when he messed things up with Meredith – classic Shepherd move. Scribbled notes on an old CVS receipt because I couldn’t find actual paper. Key quotes kept popping up:
- Derek’s dumb “pick me, choose me, love me” line
- Meredith’s dark-and-twisty “you don’t get to call me a whore” comeback
- That bathtub scene where they’re both crying – ugh, gut punch every time
The Fan Brigade Backup
My notes looked like raccoon handwriting so I hunted down Facebook fan groups at 2am. Found this one admin named Linda who’s basically the Merder pope. She dropped knowledge bombs like:
“Season 5 episode 22 – elevator scene! The ‘we’re not fine’ quote lives there sweetie”
Copied her wisdom into a Google Doc while debating whether post-it vows actually count as legal documents. Spoiler: they totally should.
Reality Check Rant
Okay real talk – organizing these quotes sucked worse than Izzie’s ghost sex arc. My doc was a hot mess: season numbers wrong, quotes attributed to Meredith that Derek actually said, missing half the iconic cafeteria fights. Felt like doing surgery with butter knives. Had to rewatch key episodes 4 times just to fix timestamps. Got popcorn grease all over my spacebar and cried a little.
Final Triage
After burning through 2 bags of Cheetos and 3 diet Cokes, I finally grouped quotes by emotional damage level:
- Nuclear devastation tier (mostly post-plane crash)
- Cute but dysfunctional tier (90% of their marriage)
- We’re-screaming-into-pillows tier (Zola adoption drama)
Realized half the fandom’s obsession comes from how gloriously toxic they were. Still gives me chills remembering Derek’s death scene. Damn you Shonda!
Anyway uploaded the doc to my drive. Might share if Linda promises not to murder me over the typos. Might also need wrist braces after typing all this crap. 10/10 would Merder again though.
