Meredith Grey's Most Defining Moments on Grey's Anatomy

Don't mind me — I'm just screaming because here, my favorite dark and twisty soul gets a well-deserved promotion for all the hard work she's put into her career! Dr. Bailey breaks the news by explaining that when Owen and Richard were chief, they had her. She appoints Meredith as chief of general surgery, saying, "Because you deserve it. Because you can take it. Because I leaned on you, and you held me up."