This episode aired with "Dream a Little Dream of Me (2)" as a two-hour premiere event.

Meredith: (opening voiceover) We all remember the bed time stories of our childhood. The shoe fit Cinderella, the frog was turned into a prince, sleeping beauty was awakened with a kiss. Once upon a time and then they lived happily ever after. Fairy tales. The stuff of dreams. the problem is, fairy tales don't come true. It's the other stories. The ones that start in dark and stormy nights and end in the unspeakable. The nightmares always seem to become the reality.

Bailey: I have a dream, Yang, that one day a trauma, will come through these doors. I have a dream.
Cristina: I share that dream.

Meredith: What happened!?
Cristina: A bus in front of him hit a telephone pole. He tried to swerve and miss it, but ...
Meredith: How bad is it?
Richard: Meredith --
Cristina: Meredith, you're gonna have to be strong.

Richard: We're sloppy, just like everybody else. We've been resting on our laurels. You have all been failing. Failing to take initiative. Failing to ask tough questions. Failing to practice your skills. Failing to give opportunity to practice skills. And I let it happen. So you have not failed. We have failed. Well, it stops, and it stops now.

Episode Title: Dream a Little Dream of Me

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is the title of a song by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt.

Bailey: I have a dream, Yang, that one day a trauma, will come through these doors. I have a dream.

Bailey's line is a take Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.