: Meredith is forced to act as Richard's "next of kin," having to make a life-or-death decision for him that forces her to finally acknowledge him as family.

: Callie is left to pick up the "pieces" of her heart and marriage after discovering Arizona's affair, realizing her life is "just in pieces, right there in the palm of her hand".

: Following the tragic death of Heather Brooks , the remaining interns are forced to bond and share their own secrets as a way to form a new "family" from the fragments of their grief.

: A doctor puts on a white coat to "defy death," but once it is removed, they are just as vulnerable and human as their patients.

: While people cannot control when or how they die, they have the power to decide how they live.

: Webber challenges the doctors (and the audience) to decide if they are living their best life, being their strongest self, or loving the person they truly want to love. Narrative "Pieces" in the Episode

In the Grey's Anatomy Season 10 premiere, (Zapečati našu sudbinu), the recurring theme of professional and personal "pieces" refers to the literal and metaphorical fragmentation the doctors face after a devastating superstorm. The "White Coat" Monologue