The Pitch
Episode 3x7, Not in Portland - Flashback 4"Thank you for taking the time to let us make our pitch, Dr. Burke," Dr. Alpert says. He's showing her slides from Mittelos Bioscience and saying, "These pictures might look a little cheese ball, but our people really are this happy. We organize trips around the Portland area which is great for biking and hiking and river rafting."
She says she's flattered, but doesn't know why they want her.
"Is it true that you successfully impregnated a male field mouse?"
She smiles and says, "He didn't carry to term."
"Mind if I ask you something?"
"Sure," she says.
He pulls up a slide and says, "What do you see?"
"It's a human womb. Judging from the decomposition of the endometrium I would say that the woman was somewhere in her 70s."
"Actually," he says, "she's 26."
"What happened to her?" Juliet wants to know.
"What if I told you that you could have complete freedom and money to figure it out? We think you're special, Dr. Burke, and we want you to lead a team of highly trained people because we think you're just that good."
"I can't."
He wants to know why and she says that her ex-husband wouldn't let her.
"He wouldn't want you to have this opportunity?"
"No, he doesn't want me to have anything, he wouldn't give the okay."
"We could reach out to him on your behalf," Dr. Alpert says, but she says not to bother.
She says the only thing that would work is if he were hit by a bus. She apologizes for wasting his time and says that she's a mess, she's not a leader.
Pregnancy
Episode 3x7, Not in Portland - Flashback 5Juliet walks into an apartment and Rachel is sitting on the back of the couch. She asks how the interview went and Juliet says, "It's not for me."
"What?" Rachel says.
"It's fine. We're too far away. It's Portland."
Rachel hopes Juliet didn't say no because of her.
"No, why would I want to go all the way to Portland for research that doesn't even work."
Rachel smiles. "Because it does work. I'm pregnant."
She shows her the pregnancy test. They hug and they both cry.
"My whole life all I wanted to do was have a baby," Rachel says, "and now because of you I can. Now I just need to get healthy so I can see the little bugger get into an ivy league school. Now you can tell that bastard ex-husband of yours what he can do with his ethics."
