Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 3)

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This article contains summaries for the third season of the American medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy; the season began airing on September 21, 2006.

The original U.S. and Canada airdates are listed here for each episode.

No. Episode title Original airdate 1 Time Has Come Today September 21, 2006 2 I Am a Tree September 21, 2006 3 Sometimes a Fantasy October 5, 2006 4 What I Am October 12, 2006 5 Oh, the Guilt October 19, 2006 6 Let the Angels Commit November 2, 2006 7 Where The Boys Are November 9, 2006 8 Staring at the Sun November 16, 2006 9 From a Whisper to a Scream November 23, 2006 10 Don't Stand So Close to Me November 30, 2006 11 Six Days, Part 1 January 11, 2007 12 Six Days, Part 2 January 18, 2007 13 Great Expectations January 25, 2007

No. Episode title Original airdate 14 Wishin' and Hopin' February 1, 2007 15 Walk On Water February 8, 2007 16 Drowning On Dry Land February 15, 2007 17 Some Kind Of Miracle February 22, 2007 18 Scars and Souvenirs March 15, 2007 19 My Favorite Mistake March 22, 2007 -- Special: Every Moment Counts April 12, 2007 20 Time After Time[1] April 19, 2007 21 Desire[2] April 26, 2007 22 The Other Side of This Life, Part 1[3] May 3, 2007 23 The Other Side of This Life, Part 2[4] May 3, 2007 24 TBA May 10, 2007 25 TBA May 17, 2007

[edit] Time Has Come Today

• Original air date: September 21, 2006
• Directed by: Dan Minahan
• Written by: Shonda Rhimes
• Guest Stars: Chris O'Donnell (Dr. Finn Dandridge); Kate Burton (Ellis Grey); Loretta Devine (Adele Webber); Steven W. Bailey (Joe); Jessica Tuck (Shannon's Mom); Sarah Utterback (Nurse Olivia Harper); Joanie Fox (Sara's Mom); Mia Wesley (Karen's Mom); Pepper Sweeney (Lisa's Dad); Alexandra Brandl (Karen); Nicolette Collier (Young Meredith); Matt Crabtree (IDC Dude); Elizabeth Goldstein (Giselle Toussant); Hallee Hirsh (Claire); Kelli King (Sara); Wayne Lopez (Paramedic); Frank Merino (Funeral Home Guy); Paulina Olszyinski (Lisa); Jeremy Rabb (Resident); Haley Ramm (Shannon); Damon Standifer (Hazmat Guy); Tamika Wheeler (Burke's Date); Steve Harris (Omar Toussant).
• Title reference: The episode's title refers to a song by The Chambers Brothers.
• Trivia: While the episode was shown correctly on its originating network, ABC, the Canadian network CTV aired the second episode instead of the premiere.
  • Starting with this episode, the title sequence is officially retired from the series after appearing sparingly during the second season. Instead, credit billings appear over the beginning of the second act.

[edit] Summary

The interns help Izzy cope with the loss of her fiancé, Denny. Meredith begins to deal with the aftermath of the prom, concerning the Finn-Derek love triangle. The Chief is confronted by his wife Adele and is given a very difficult decision (retire or divorce) that he must soon make. George and Derek get quarantined when there is a outburst of a plague at Seattle Grace. Derek gives George relationship advice concerning Callie. After speaking with the Chief, Cristina realizes maybe she has taken her relationship with Burke for granted. Flashbacks happen including when Derek meets Meredith, when Addison is caught cheating on Derek, the mixer the night before the interns begin their first shifts, and when the Chief ends his affair with Ellis Grey.

[edit] Music

• "Lullaby" - The Dixie Chicks
• "Take Me Anywhere" - Tegan and Sara
• "Quicksand" - Sleeping At Last
• "Nothing Brings Me Down" - Emilíana Torrini
• "Gone Daddy Gone" - Gnarls Barkley
• "Under The Milky Way" - Grant Lee Phillips
• "All I Need" - Mat Kearney

[edit] I Am A Tree

• Original air date: September 21, 2006
• Directed by: Jeff Melman
• Written by: Krista Vernoff
• Guest Stars: Chris O’Donnell (Dr. Finn Dandridge); Diahann Carroll (Jane Burke); Richard Roundtree (Donald Burke); Roxanne Hart (Dana Seabury); Peter Paige (Benjamin O’Leary); Steven W. Bailey (Joe); Elizabeth Sampson (Ruth O’Leary); Javier Grajeda (Jeffrey Hernandez).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song written by Doug Gillard, and performed by Guided by Voices.
• Trivia: Accidentally aired by CTV in Canada one week early, on September 21, in place of "Time Has Come Today".

[edit] Summary

Burke's parents walk in on Cristina as she straddles Burke wearing only her lingerie. Cristina then has coffee with Burke's mother, who first suggests that once Burke and Cristina marry she should change her specialty to OB/GYN. She also states that Cristina is selfish. Bailey starts being much harder on her interns, as she feels she could have stopped Izzie from cutting the LVAD wire had she not "gone soft". In the end, Bailey tells Izzie she can come back to the hospital. In order to save the interns from Bailey's wrath, Callie claims the panties on the noticeboard as her own, leading to George being jealous having never seen Callie wear them before. Izzie bakes dozens of muffins to deal with her grief and lack of work. After being discovered by the Chief living in the hospital, Callie moves in with George.

The doctors must deal with a boy who while street luging was thrown into a pile of tree clippings, and is left with a large branch protruding through his abdomen. Derek operates on a man who, due to a brain tumor, vocalizes all his thoughts and does not realize when he offends people. A lung cancer patient lives what may be her last day to the fullest, which includes having sex with Alex in the toilet of Joe's bar.

At first Meredith decides to choose Derek over Finn, but then finds that Finn brought Izzie food. This forces Meredith to flip a coin to choose, but in the end she decides to try dating both of them. Addison, after finding Meredith's panties in Derek's tuxedo has turned to alcohol and takes a break from her hospital duties. Derek comes to the conclusion that his marriage is over and tells Addison this, after meeting her in a hotel room. The episode ends with Mark, with whom Addison originally cheated on Derek with, appearing from the bathroom of the hotel room.

[edit] Music

• "The Time Is Now" - Moloko
• "Crashing Down" - Mat Kearney
• "Theme From Chalets" - The Chalets
• "The Mating Game" - Bitter:sweet
• "Running On Sunshine" - Jesus Jackson
• "Open Your Eyes" - Snow Patrol

[edit] Sometimes a Fantasy

• Original air date: October 5, 2006
• Directed by: Adam Arkin
• Written by: Debora Cahn
• Guest Stars: Chris O’Donnell (Dr. Finn Dandridge); Abigail Breslin (Megan Clover); Gabriel Casseus (Taylor Tressel); Jack Conley (Jasper Hovey); Lanei Chapman {as Lanai Chapman} (Lianne Tressel); Stephanie Erb (Mrs. Gantry); Kevin Will (Len Gantry); Linda Eve Miller (E.R. Nurse); Daniel Tatar (Hotel Clerk #1); Julie Granata (Hotel Clerk #2)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Billy Joel

[edit] Summary

Meredith dreams about a threesome with Finn and Derek before being awoken by George complaining about Callie's belongings are blocking the hallway. George is becoming frustrated that a week-long temporary stay by Callie has become longer, and she is using his stuff. When he complains that Callie is wearing his towel, she removes it, standing naked in the hallway and hands it to George. At the hospital, Callie requests George to perform surgery on an athlete who has had repeated orthopedic surgeries already. George convinces the patient to not have the surgery. When Callie learns what George did, she confronts him, and he admits he doesn't want to live with her anymore. She storms off and at the end of the episode is seen booking into a hotel.

First Derek and then Finn arrange dates with Meredith on the same day. The first date is lunch with Finn at the hospital, but Derek interrupts saying that he would like Meredith to help perform a corpus callosotomy. Then on the date with Derek, as they approach Meredith's door at the end, Finn appears with strawberry ice-cream. Meredith complains that neither seem to be noticing her, instead the two men are just competing with each other.

Cristina is becoming frustrated that Preston is depressed after his surgery. She is even more angry when he gets an open-ended leave of absence from the hospital without telling her first. In the end, she sees that she must help him, so gets him chicken carcasses to practice his surgery skills on and to get back his dexterity.

Alex treats a young girl, who has a long history of injuries. She claims to be a superhero and to feel no pain, proving this by beating Alex at an ice-water pain test. When she says that she got another child to hit her in the stomach with a baseball bat, Alex is concerned, and a MRI scan confirms she has a large amount of internal bleeding. The lack of pain is diagnosed as congenital insensitivity to pain.

Addison returns to work, but then receives a phone call from Mark, whom she meets at Joe's bar. She thought he was returning to New York, but he missed his flight on purpose, and he professes his love for her. She tries to tell him that she can't have a relationship with him. He ignores what she says, and moves in to kiss her. Addison does the same, but then slaps him and leaves.

Izzie attempts to return to the hospital, but can get no further than standing outside. Several people try to convince her to come inside, but she cannot bring herself to.

[edit] Music

• "Idlewild Blues" - OutKast
• "Take What You Take" - Lily Allen
• "Dirty Mind" - The Pipettes
• "Step It Up" - The Bamboos
• "Ballad of a Bitter End" - The Poems
• "Can't Get It Right Today" - Joe Purdy

[edit] What I Am

• Original air date: October 12, 2006
• Directed by: Dan Lerner
• Written by: Allan Heinberg
• Guest star: Chris O'Donnell (Dr. Finn Dandridge); Fred Ward (Denny Duquette, Sr.); Stephanie Faracy (Mrs. Sullivan); Tina Holmes (Rebecca Bloom); Alan Blumenfeld (Shawn Sullivan); Steven W. Bailey (Joe); Jeff Rubino (Jeff Bloom); Paula Weston Solano (OB Nurse).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and New Bohemians.

[edit] Summary

Dr. Mark Sloan joins the staff of the hospital, causing Addison to be preoccupied and doubting her abilities to make proper medical judgements. She is delivering the baby of a woman who wants a natural childbirth but the baby doesn't descend far enough. She has several failed attempts at convincing the woman to have a caesarean section, but the woman yells at her to leave the room, which she does. Dr. Bailey talks to her and says that no man, neither Derek nor Mark, defines Addison.

Burke is cleared for surgery by Derek, who is distracted by the presence of Mark in the hospital. Cristina is pushing Burke and hasn't realised that his hand is still shaking. When Burke practices on a cadaver she finally sees this, but comes up with a plan where Burke will get someone to hold items for him so that he can use his good left hand to steady his right hand.

A man who has just had a heart operation lights a cigarette while still using a nasal cannula for oxygen. He suffers severe burns to his face, which Mark treats after initially clashing with Derek over whether they should wait before proceeding with the surgery. Alex is assigned as Mark's intern but finds that it isn't as he expected, with Mark requesting a coffee. Mark also ignores Dr. Bailey, who was the man's original doctor.

Meredith has stomach pain, nausea and vomiting which, after Cristina bellowed her suspicion, leads the staff to believe she may be pregnant with Derek's child. Cristina nicknamed the supposed child "McBaby" after finally learning that Meredith has never had sex with Finn before. It turns out that she has appendicitis and needs surgery. While on morphine, she makes several inappropriate statements, including telling people that George is a good kisser, that Bailey is really pretty, telling Mark that his nickname is "McSteamy" and that she is now known as the "adulterous whore" instead of "dirty mistress". Addison talks to her and informs Meredith that she does not hate her. Meredith wonders when Addison knew that Derek was "the one". Addison replies that she never knew this, but did know that Derek would never intentionally hurt someone. Meredith notes that he did hurt Meredith, when he chose Addison over her.

Izzie meets with Dennison "Denny" Duquette, Sr., who wants to know about his son's death. At first, he's hostile, saying how suspicious it is that his son had survived for so long, only to die as a result of her medical decisions, shortly after proposing to her. He says she must have enormous med school loans and that she was just after Denny's money. She explains that she is debt-free and chews him out for not being there for his son. He explains that the reason he never visited Denny was that after he got sick, his prognosis had gotten worse and worse. In the end, Denny had left saying he didn't want them to have to watch him die. After Denny Duquette, Sr.'s fears are about Izzie are put to rest, he hands Izzie an envelope. Later that night, she used the code Denny Sr. gave her to access the last voice mail Denny Jr. left his parents right after his successful transplant surgery, inviting them down to Seattle to meet Izzie, the "beautiful, stubborn doctor", his new fiancee.

George admits to Callie he should have told her that he was not ready to move in together. In response she invites him to her hotel room that evening for dinner. But he says he has to go home to be there for Izzie when she listens to Denny Jr's last message and opens the envelope. He ends up opening the envelope out of curiosity while Izzie was transfixed on the voice message (or the voice) and finds a check from Denny Jr. to Izzie for $8.7 million. Callie complains that Meredith and Izzie always come first and asks what she is to him. When he doesn't answer, she tells him he won't have to worry about deciding anymore and breaks up with him. At the bar, Callie invites Mark up to her hotel room instead.

After Addison cautioned him not to hurt Meredith again, Derek took it the wrong way and thought that she meant he should be the bigger person and not let himself hurt her again. He seek Richard's advice, asking him why he left Ellis. He then spoke to Finn and realised Meredith told Finn a great many things about him, but he didn't even know Finn's a widower. He willingly walks away from Meredith in order to spare her from his further complicating her life, but his leaving finally gives Meredith the clarity and courage to take a leap of faith and choose Derek over Finn, even though, as Finn said, "He's going to hurt you, and when he does, I won't be here."

[edit] Music

• "If Looks Could Kill" - Camera Obscura
• "Standing In The Way Of Control" - The Gossip
• "Back In Time" - Au Revoire Simone
• "So:Lo" - Kate Havnevik
• "Province" - TV on the Radio
• "Fall For Nothing" - Mindy Smith

[edit] Oh, the Guilt

• Original air date: October 19, 2006
• Directed by: Jeff Melman
• Written by: Zoanne Clack and Tony Phelan & Joan Rater
• Guest Star: Faith Prince (Sonya Cowlman); Arye Gross (Adam Morris); Justina Machado (Diane Niles); Chris Conner (Mr. Niles); Margo Harshman (Jennifer Morris); Todd Babcock (Dr. Matthew Savoy); Moe Irvin (Nurse Tyler); Kate Anthony (Nurse Kate); Karl T. Wright (Mediator); Libby Barnes (Dr. #1); Tom Ormeny (Dr. #2); Dennis Depew (Intern)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Aberdeen, Washington grunge band Nirvana.

[edit] Summary

Izzie makes breakfast for her housemates, and worried that she is starting her obsessive muffin baking again, they ask her if she is fine. She insists that she is fine, but is being very cavalier towards her 8.7 million dollar check from Denny, even spilling juice all over it. Unable to decide what to do with the money, she decides to go the the hospital to clear out her locker first.

The interns are excited to attend the Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conference but their excitement evaporates quickly after finding out Denny Duquette is first on the agenda. Bailey is slammed and raked over the coals for letting her interns run unsupervised about the hospital for long durations. A Dr. Savoy, in particular, questions her authority as a surgeon, especially after her new commitments as a mother. While wondering around the hospital, Izzie stumbles into the conference and also witnesses the Bailey-bashing.

After the conference, the interns refuse to let Izzie be alone and insists she stays in the hospital. George offers to keep her company. Alex becomes very defensive and says that he was not involved in any part of the Denny debacle. Cristina and Meredith are very apologetic to Bailey, but she brushes them off as they do not get to feel better about the whole thing.

Bailey, Alex and Mark treat a young mother, Rebecca, battling stage 2B breast cancer, who is wondering if it is even worth considering a mastectomy when she feels as if she will die soon anyway. Feeling guilty over blaming the baby for not discovering the cancer earlier, forcing her to undergo the mastectomy, she decides against the surgery. Bailey keeps herself from becoming emotionally involved in the case, for fear of damaging her reputation any further, despite Rebecca's husband numerous desperate pleads to Bailey to urge his wife to do the surgery. Noticing Bailey's uncharacteristic coldness, the Chief tells her that being a parent makes her a better doctor because compassion and empathy are large parts of being a doctor. Bailey decides to re-embrace her old warm self, she talks to Rebecca using her own experiences as a new mother herself. She tells her that mothers are only human and blaming the baby is a normal reaction. Rebecca is encouraged to fight the cancer so that she doesn't miss out on the joys of motherhood. Bailey is looking after the baby while the couple have some alone time, and Dr. Savoy approaches her. She rebukes him for undermining her authority and he leaves. The conversation is overheard by Alex, who tells Bailey that he didn't do anything. Misunderstanding him, she tells him that she knows he was not involved in the matter. He clarifies, telling her that he knew about Izzie's plan to cut the LVAD wire and he didn't do anything. Therefore, he was partly to blame as well. Bailey thanks him, calling him "Alex".

Derek and Addison finalize their divorce with Derek giving up most of their property to Addison. He feels she deserves it because he had an affair while she only had a one night stand with Mark. Also, Derek happily decides that they are mature and civilised, and wants to remain friends with her. Addison tries to clarify the truth, but cannot bring herself to say it.

Meanwhile, Burke cannot bring himself to tell the Chief about his shaky hand, especially after the Chief heaps praise onto him. He decides to bury himself in paperwork and abstains from surgeries. Izzie wanders into his office and tells him that she is fine. He castigates her, saying that she is not fine, because Denny died, and neither is he, because he got shot while returning to the hospital after she told him to. Feeling extremely guilty for causing Burke harm, she leaves his office.

Meredith contemplates telling Derek about her breaking up with Finn and her fellow interns urge her to do it quickly. She meets Callie, who unexpectedly confesses that she slept with another guy and asks if she should tell George. Feeling like she should share, Meredith tells Callie that she broke up with Finn and asks if she should tell Derek. She decides not to tell Derek while Callie resolves to tell George. Over the course of the day, she bumps into Derek many times but decides against telling him about Finn.

Meredith and Addison examine a couple, Sonja and Adam, who have become stuck together in mid-coitus. Adam's piercing hooked onto Sonya's dislodged IUD and is embedded in her vaginal wall. Guilty about having sex with her ex-husband even though she has re-married, she begs Addison to separate them quickly. Addison, Meredith, Cristina and the Chief manage to separate the couple but Adam suffers a heart attack in the process and Burke is called onto the case.

Burke and Cristina work out an arrangement for the surgery. In the midst of performing cardiac surgery, Burke's right hand begins to tremble again, so Cristina covers for him by asking to practice her running whipstitch. Burke talks her through the delicate procedure and this gets the other interns jealous. Izzie, however, is inspired watching Cristina in the operating theatre. This makes Izzie realise that despite all the things she could do now that she is rich, she still wants to be a surgeon. She speaks with the Chief and asks to return to work. The Chief tells her of his own past, when he made a mistake and lost a patient due to a collapsed lung. He tells her that she is only human and therefore capable of making mistakes, and that the important thing is to learn from your mistakes and move on.

Sonya tells Addison that she will tell her current husband about her affair because she stopped feeling guilty after repeatedly meeting her ex-husband for sex. She feels that the truth has to come out eventually. This makes Addison confess to Derek that she had a relationship with Mark for two months after he left. She only left for Seattle after finding him in bed with someone else. Derek tells her to get out of his life. Meanwhile, Meredith walks into the elevator and meets Derek. She tells him about Finn but still reeling from Addison's confession, he mutters an unenthused "okay". A confused Meredith looks on as he leaves the elevator. Mark approaches him and tells him that he felt like he should know the truth because they are friends, to which Derek coldly replies that Mark is not his friend.

George goes to see Callie in her hotel room, bringing food and entertainment. However, she is still guilty from sleeping with Mark and tells him that they have broken up. Addison and Mark sleep together again, post-coital, he tells her that she need not feel guilty anymore, prompting her to say "shut up". Back at Meredith's place, Izzie decides not to cash her multimillion dollar check until she knows what good can come of it, to George's and Meredith's disbelief. Izzie places her battered check on the refrigerator and leaves. Meredith reaches out for it, only to have George playfully slap her hand away.

[edit] Music

• "Clonie" - Nellie McKay
• "Kaleidoscope" - Kate Havnevik
• "Wild is The Wind" - The Second Band
• "Be Good Or Be Gone" - Fionn Regan
• "Don't Mistake Me" - Keisha White

[edit] Let the Angels Commit

• Original air date: November 2, 2006
• Directed by: Jessica Yu
• Written by: Stacy McKee
• Guest Star: Embeth Davidtz (Nancy Shepherd)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Danielle Howle and the Tantrums.

[edit] Summary

Meredith visits Derek at his trailer when he does not call her for a week after she tells him about breaking up with Finn. She finds him only clad in a towel, with a tall beautiful woman on his bed. Shocked, Meredith flees the trailer while Derek tries in vain to chase her. It turns out the woman is his sister, Nancy, who does not seem to approve of him dating Meredith and proceeds to label her a slutty intern.

In the elevator, George decides to channel Cristina for Meredith if she channels Izzie for him, as their respective confidants had been very preoccupied lately. Meredith spills on Derek's infidelity, prompting George while channelling Cristina to say "McDreamy was doing the McNasty with McHottie? That McBastard." They then both decide to swear off relationships.

She later finds out that McHottie is actually Derek's sister. Nancy deliberately picks on Meredith, leading Izzie to call her McBitchy. Derek is unhappy that Nancy gets along very well with Addison and Mark. She later advises him that maybe he needs a little time alone, to sort things out on his own. He subsequently tells Meredith that he does need a little time to himself and she agrees.

Izzie returns to the hospital and is once again assigned to Bailey. Bailey feels that Izzie should start afresh under another resident, but the Chief tells her that the other doctors doubt her judgements and abilities as a doctor and she should prove them wrong through Izzie. Izzie is ordered by Bailey to shadow Meredith, but not before telling her that she should not have any contact with any patients whatsoever and basically, be seen and not heard.

Izzie has difficulties re-integrating into hospital life as she realises that many things have changed. When tending to a woman who severely burnt her hand a few days before taking her Bar exam, she brings Meredith the wrong gauze, not knowing that hospital protocols have changed. During lunch, she is stood up in the cafeteria, not knowing that the other interns have taken to having lunch in a sedated patient's room. There, she realises that her friends have changed too. Cristina has become more distant and she is left out of Meredith and George's conversation.

Against Bailey's and Meredith's instructions, she confronts the burn patient, who she suspects deliberately burnt her hand to get out of taking her exam. Her hunch is right and she manages to convince the patient to undergo psychiatric evaluation by relating her own experience with failure. While leaving the hospital, she meets the Chief who tells her that Meredith gave her a good evaluation. He also welcomes her back to the hospital.

George and Addison have a patient with two uteruses, Noelle. She is also pregnant with one baby in each uterus and the babies have different due dates. Meanwhile, Alex is sent to run errands for Mark but is distracted by Addison's patient. He finds out that Greg, Noelle's fiancé, likes to talk sports to the babies.

Addison unwittingly exposes Noelle's infidelity to Greg, leading him to leave her. She goes into premature labor and requires an emergency C-section. George is unable to hold the second baby still while Addison delivers the first, putting mother and child in danger. Alex coaxes the baby to stop moving by commentating a boxing match to her. Later, Mark tells him that his future in plastics is over because he did not run Mark's errand for him.

Greg eventually reconciles with Noelle. George becomes motivated by Greg's commitment to Noelle and decides that he wants to commit to Callie. She tells him that she is tired of him chasing her unless he is ready to catch her.

Cristina takes it upon herself to protect Burke's secret by writing all his operations on the OR board. She deliberately schedules his operations in theatres without galleries and prevents other residents from scrubbing in. George and Alex feel that she is abusing her power.

Cristina schedules Burke to do a rare and highly complicated 'humpty dumpty' surgery, where the patient's heart is removed and the cardiac tumor is scraped out before putting it back in. Burke is unhappy that Cristina scheduled the operation that very day before telling him, but she allays his fears of not being able to pull it off. Bailey wants in on the surgery and writes her name on the OR board. Fearful that Bailey might expose Burke, Cristina erases Bailey's name off. This causes a hurt Bailey to think that Burke, like some of the doctors in the hospital, doubt her abilities as well. However, she later chances upon Cristina writing Burke's surgeries on the board and realises that Cristina was the one who erased her name.

[edit] Music

• "Cobrastyle (feat. Mad Cobra)" - Teddybears
• "My Patch" - Jim Noir
• "Young Folks" - Peter Bjorn and John
• "Notice" - Gomez
• "Life is Beautiful" - Vega 4
• "Writings on the Wall" - The Album Leaf

[edit] Where The Boys Are

• Original air date: November 9, 2006
• Directed by: Dan Minahan
• Written by: Mark Wilding
• Guest Star: Steven W. Bailey (Joe), Kali Rocha (Dr. Sydney Heron), Alexandra Billings (Daniel/Donna)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Connie Francis.

[edit] Summary

Derek decides to go on a camping trip in the mountains for some peace and space to himself, and invites Burke along. He in turn invites George and so on, and the Chief, Alex, Joe and his boyfriend Walter end up tagging along. Derek is irritated when his plan for a peaceful camping trip falls to pieces because Burke invited "half the hospital" along.

Alex is irritated when George picks on his inappropriate camping attire and inaccurate fishing techniques. In tit-for-tat fashion, he tells George that Callie had been sleeping with Mark. This culminates in a fight between the two, which only adds to Derek's displeasure. The Chief does not want either intern to damage their prized possessions - their hands, and sets up ground rules for their brawl and officiates their match. However, they knock into Walter, causing him to dash his head on a rock. Joe insists on having an attending to stitch Walter's head up and Burke successfully pulls off the makeshift surgery under the intense scrutiny of George, who earlier witnessed one of Burke's hand tremors.

Burke tells George that his expectations of other people are too high and that he attacks when he sees flaws in them. Meanwhile, Alex tells the Chief that he only went on this trip because he wanted to have some fun with the guys, to make up for the lack of a father figure when he was young. On the trip, the Chief learns that Joe and Walter are a couple and that Joe is willing to do anything, including giving up his bar for Walter. Upon seeing how happy the two men are together, he realises how much he misses Adele.

Addison and Callie work together on a pregnant woman who broke her wrist after falling in the shower. Addison breaks down after realises that the baby died in the fall. Both doctors can relate to how a happy relationship can be destroyed so easily. The unlikely pair bond over their sleeping with Mark.

Cristina is assigned to a kid who swallowed several Monopoly pieces by Bailey. She is banned from all surgeries until she tells Bailey why she erased her name off Burke's humpty-dumpty surgery. She is forced to sift through his stool and make sure all the pieces have been passed out. After a game piece perforates the boy's intestine, Bailey performs surgery to remove the piece and bars Cristina from the OR until she tells her why she erased her name. Cristina decides to keep quiet to protect Burke's secret.

Izzie is given a peer counsellor and is shocked when it turns out to be Sydney, the perpetually perky resident, who had substituted for Bailey temporarily during her maternity leave. She seeks refuge from her by helping Cristina with her patient, but fails when Sydney decides to wait for her. She blows up at Sydney telling her that she would rather sift through feces than talk to Sydney about Denny. Sydney tells her that she once suffered a nervous breakdown after losing a kid through her fault, and since then she put on a perky exterior to show people that she's fine. Izzie confesses to missing Denny constantly and it scares her that she doesn't know whether she wants to be a surgeon.

Meredith is assigned to work with Mark on a gender-reassignment surgery on a man, Daniel, intent on becoming a woman, Donna. Donna insists on the surgery even though her hormone replacement therapy is causing her breast cancer to grow. Meredith realises that Mark is not as callous as he appears to be through his interactions with Donna. Mark tells her that Derek has too much emotional baggage even though he does not show it. He also seizes every opportunity to flirt with Meredith and urges her to start afresh, preferably with him. She rejects his multiple advances.

George returns to the hospital, and decides to talk to Callie. She shows him his father, who has been warded. Meanwhile, Derek back from his camping trip, decides to start on a fresh slate with Meredith. She hesitates, fearing that it might be too late for that. But after seeing Mark in the background, she decides to give it a shot and kisses Derek.

[edit] Music

• "Think I'm In Love" - Beck
• "Tell Me What To Do" - Jim Noir
• "Make Right With You" - Luke Temple
• "Greedy" - Inara George
• "Something In The Water" - The Jealous Girlfriends
• "It's Time" - Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys
• "There Is So Much More" - Brett Dennen
• "12:59 Lullaby" - Bedouin Soundclash
• "A Cold Wind Will Blow Through Your Door" - Bill Ricchini

[edit] Staring at the Sun

• Original air date: November 16, 2006
• Directed by: Jeff Melman
• Written by Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman
• Guest Star: Matt Winston (Frank, the Pec Implant Guy), Kate Burton (Dr. Ellis Grey)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to songs by U2, Wendy and Lisa, TV on the Radio and The Offspring
• Trivia: This is the third episode not to include a closing voiceover at all (the first being "It's the end of the world" and the second being "Losing my Religion"). Instead, the sound of Dr. Bailey singing Billie Holiday's song, God Bless the Child over a cell phone to her son is heard.

[edit] Summary

Derek and Meredith make out in a bathtub, and Meredith stops Derek from getting too intense, telling him that they are taking things slow. She decides that she wants to be fun and they both resolve to be "bright and shiny" people.

The next morning, a "bright and shiny" Derek decides to be cordial and friendly to Addison. She is surprised at his unprecedented exuberance and he is surprised that she is still wearing their wedding rings. The rings are stuck and Derek advises her to use soap.

Meredith strides in happily into the locker-room and announces that she is leaving "dark and twisty Meredith" for "bright and shiny". After noticing that no one is really paying any attention, she finds out that George's father has been warded after losing consciousness and breaking his clavicle. George reinforces that everything will be fine but he is clearly shaken. Bailey assigns George to scut duty as "family members don't treat family members". Cristina says that she is scrubbing in on Burke's surgery and Bailey reluctantly lets her go. Meredith is sent to the pit, while Alex is assigned to Mark with Izzie shadowing him. Bailey reminds her not to interact with her patients.

Callie has fixed George's father's clavicle and is getting along very well with his brothers. George thanks her but reminds her that they have broken up and leaves. Callie is dejected at what he says.

Bailey lets George pick an intern he wants to be assigned to his father. After witnessing Burke letting Cristina decanulate a heart by herself, he chooses her. By now, he is highly suspicious of Burke's hand and confronts Cristina several times about it. She brushes him off every time, saying that Burke is fine. However, one of these confrontations is witnessed by Bailey, which reinforces her own suspicions as well.

The Chief and Cristina perform the endoscopy on George's father and the biopsy results return abnormal. He has stage III metastatic cancer of the esophagus and the cancer has also spread to the stomach. Overwhelmed by his father's medical condition, Callie sleeping with Mark and Burke's hand tremor, he confides in Izzie and Meredith, but they are unable to provide much comfort.

His father's health takes another turn for the worse when Cristina discovers a leaking aortic valve and will need to undergo valve replacement before the cancer can be treated. He insists that Burke does the surgery and the prospect of George's father's life in the hands of Burke has Cristina worried.

Meanwhile, George is unable to communicate with his family when they cannot understand his medical jargon and he cannot simplify it for them. His brothers' constant teasing of him makes the situation worse and he blows up at them. Only Callie is able to make them understand their father's medical condition better using car analogies.

Meredith, Bailey and Derek work on Mia Hanson, a girl who was backed up by her mom's SUV in the driveway. She suffers from crush injury to her abdomen, as well as blunt trauma to her head. Her parents, being corporate high-fliers, are unable to connect and comfort the girl. She constantly cries out for Anna, her nanny, even though Anna was the one who knocked her down. Anna, however, was fired by Mia's parents. The poor parenting strikes a chord in Meredith, who did not have the most attentive of mothers in Ellis Grey. Bailey is also reminded of how much she is neglecting her son by working. The nanny is eventually re-hired and both parents resolve to bond with their daughter.

Mark sends Alex and Izzie to run his errands for him and Addison chides him for treating them like slaves instead of teaching them. She tries to let the Chief know, but realises that he is distracted and depressed from his marriage woes. Derek is roped in to counsel the Chief, however it ends in disaster after both of them start arguing over their marriage. The Chief decides to make his marriage work and tells Meredith that he is going to stop visiting Ellis Grey. Ellis is upset that he is leaving her for Adele and frets over raising Meredith by herself. Meredith tells her she did the best she could.

Alex and Izzie are to monitor Frank, who underwent pectoral enhancement surgery for his girlfriend to prevent her from leaving him. Frank has a tendency to speak about himself in the third person. Alex is skeptical at his extravagant measures for love, but he tells him that sometimes "grand gestures" are necessary to impress a girl. An inspired Alex lets Izzie remove the tube that drains the saroma from Frank, despite her probation rules. She is extremely happy to be able to do something medical and in the heat of the moment, Alex pulls her in for a kiss. She pulls away, saying that she can't. Later in Joe's bar, Izzie expresses surprise at Alex's feelings for her and he apologises for his actions ("Alex is sorry he's such an idiot"). She offers to buy him a drink and he accepts.

At the end of the day, Bailey calls her son and sings to him. Addison is on a ferry boat, where she tosses her rings into the water. Cristina tells Burke that George knows about his hand. Elsewhere, Meredith and Derek soak in a tub, and decide that although they are not cut out to be "bright and shiny", they are still happy to have each other in the bath tub.

[edit] Music

• "Not Big" - Lily Allen
• "Everybody Get Movin'" - Get Set Go
• "Time Of My Life" - The Watson Twins
• "Where We Gonna Go From Here" - Mat Kearney
• "Breakable" - Ingrid Michaelson
• "God Bless The Child" - Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey

[edit] From a Whisper to a Scream

• Original air date: November 23, 2006
• Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
• Written by: Kip Koenig
• Guest Stars: George Dzundza (Harold O'Malley); Brooke Smith (Erica Hahn); Debra Monk (Louise O'Malley); Lois Smith (Mrs. Dickenson); Emy Coligado (Janelle Duco); Kate Anthony (Nurse Kate); Linda Klein (Nurse Linda).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to songs by Elvis Costello, Robert Palmer, Starsailor, and Icicle Works.
• Trivia: The episode is in Cristina's point of view rather than the usual narration provided by Meredith. This also occurred in What Have I Done to Deserve This? and Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response.
  • The extended episode features only 3 songs, which is lesser than the average of 5 songs per episode. The writers felt that while everyone has a soundtrack playing in their head, Cristina is so focused all the time that she does not have one, hence the decision to reduce the number of songs played during the episode.
  • In the beginning scenes, when the interns are in the ER, Meredith calls a time of death at 7:53, however, minutes later Mark is treating a patient and his watch reads 10:00.
  • The episode first aired on Thanksgiving night in the United States — an historically rare instance for first-run episodes of weekly series. It was the second airing of a regular episode on a holiday night, after the series debut on Easter Sunday in 2005.

[edit] Summary

Meredith still refuses to have sex with Derek because they are taking things slow. Cristina barges into Meredith's bedroom early in the morning and kicks Derek out. She needs advice and asks Meredith a hypothetical question. She needs to know whether Meredith would turn herself in if Derek was caught for robbing a bank and she was his accomplice. Naturally, Meredith sees through this and tries to get Cristina to open up but fails as Cristina leaves.

Cristina is worried that her covert teamwork with Burke will be exposed as George has caught on to the truth. At the hospital, she confides this to Burke, who assuages her fears by telling her that his hand tremors have not resurfaced in a week. He also reinforces that they are a strong team, but she is not all that convinced.

When an elderly driver, Mr. Dickerson, crashes into a fish market, all the doctors are called to tend to the several victims. However, Izzie was mistakenly paged and Bailey sends her to watch George's father. Izzie is not entirely pleased when she is asked to candy stripe once again and not do anything medical.

Mr. Dickerson suffered trauma to his head and chest because there was no airbag to cushion the impact. Callie examines his broken leg and decides to pass him to Derek and Cristina, so that they can tend to his more severe head injuries. Mrs. Dickerson insists that the car, not her husband, was responsible for the accident. She also refuses to talk to the police just yet and stays by her husband's side.

Burke and Meredith work on one of the victims with Cristina worriedly watching from afar, as she is not by his side to assist him. The victim succumbs to the massive injuries, which is witnessed by Dr. Erica Hahn from Seattle Presbyterian. She was called to Seattle Grace on a consult by George for his father.

Janelle, a woman covered in blood, walks into the emergency room and collapses into Addison's arms. Mark and Alex remove the glass pieces from her and stitches her up, but when she reveals that she is 10 weeks pregnant, Addison is brought on her case as well. A worried Mrs. Dickerson, who is one of Janelle's best customers, ask about her and Janelle starts coughing up blood. She needs heart surgery because a large glass shard has punctured her heart. Janelle also reveals that her baby's father does not know about the baby because he cheated on her and she did not want him in the baby's life. Alex tells her that the baby's father may be a jerk, she doesn't have to be one since the baby will grow up and ask about his father.

George's parents ask Izzie about his love life, and she unintentionally shares details about George's life that he did not want his parents to know. On top of that, Izzie is full of praise for Burke but George decides to ask Dr. Hahn to replace Burke on his father's surgery. This is witnessed by Cristina, who thinks that Dr. Hahn is replacing Burke entirely. Her fears increase when the Chief asks to talk to Burke urgently.

Cristina tells Burke that the Chief asked for him. She wants to align their stories to hide the truth but Burke is sick of lying. He wants to tell the Chief the truth about his hand and leaves angrily. However, the Chief decides to retire and wants Burke to take over his position of Chief of Surgery instead. Cristina is pleased as George did not tell the Chief about Burke's hand, and Burke gets the position he worked so hard for. But Burke does not want it because there is blood on it, blaming Cristina for making him cross the line with her. They argue heatedly over whose fault this is.

Mr. and Mrs. O'Malley decide to let Burke operate instead because of Izzie's compliments for him. George gets upset and tells them that Izzie is on probation and it is because she easily gets too emotionally involved with her patients and one of them died because of it. This betrayal hurts Izzie and she leaves.

George once again reminds Callie that she does not have to be concerned about him and his family because they have broken up. He also reveals that he knows that Callie slept with Mark. Furious at the assumed betrayal, she confronts Meredith in the lockerroom, slamming her repeatedly into the lockers for good measure. Meredith tells her that Callie only told her she slept with someone, and it was George who told her that that someone was Mark. Shocked at the sudden turn of events, Callie leaves and looks for George. She tells him that she did not betray him because she only slept with Mark to get over him after their break-up, but it did not work. Overwhelmed by everything going on, he tells her that he cannot deal with her for the moment, which causes her to flee.

Derek finds out that Mr. Dickerson has advanced spinal stenosis, the narrowing of the spine due to ageing. The intense numbness of his legs and feet meant that he should not have been driving. On top of that, he has a subdural hematoma and a hole in his trachea. He would require a cardio-thoracic surgeon to repair the trachea while Derek works on his brain. He calls Burke to help and Burke starts to tell Derek the truth about his hand. However, Alex interrupts and tells Burke he is needed to work on Janelle. Burke decides to take Janelle and asks Derek to call Dr. Hahn to work on Mr. Dickerson. He tells Alex he wants Cristina to scrub in with him, and Alex quietly remarks that everyone else gets a surgery but him.

Mrs. Dickerson is filled with guilt when she sees Janelle being wheeled in for surgery and tells Bailey that she knew her husband should not have been driving. She did not want to make him feel betrayed by siding with their daughter when she took away Mr. Dickerson's car keys. She breaks down and Bailey leads her to the police to record her statement.

The glass shard is successfully removed from Janelle's heart and the heart is on bypass. Meredith enters and asks Burke to assist Dr. Hahn with Mr. Dickerson. He tells Cristina to stay and watch Janelle but she follows him anyway. Meredith is shocked at her defiance and realises that something is up between Cristina and Burke. Cristina warns her not to breathe a word about it as she returns to Janelle.

During Mr. Dickerson's surgery, Meredith observes Burke intensely even though she is working on his brain with Derek. Mr. Dickerson's surgery is a success and Burke returns to Janelle's operation. Cristina sees Burke having difficulties with his hand and asks to help, but he rebuffs her. He asks Bailey to scrub in and assist him and feeling betrayed, Cristina leaves the OR. When the surgery is over, he heads to the Chief's office to talk to him, but realises Cristina is already there.

Alex and Addison talk about Janelle and whether she would tell her baby's father about the baby. Addison tells him that he is a decent guy and it would be a sad thing if Mark diminishes that quality in him. They share a very meaningful look and after a while, feel embarrassed about staring at each other for so long. Alex sheepishly thanks Addison as she leaves.

Running into each other in the elevator, Derek asks Preston why he did not tell about his hand, since they are friends. He brushes him off, saying that Derek is only his surgeon. Meanwhile, Meredith and George leaves the hospital together and see Cristina sitting outside by herself. George strides past her angrily, while Meredith sits down next to her. Cristina tells her that the bank robbery was both Burke's and her idea, and Meredith replies saying that she did the right thing. Cristina sadly realises that she cannot go home and asks Meredith where is she suppose to go.

Back at Meredith's place, Derek asks Meredith why she did not tell him about Burke and Cristina when she knew. She tells him that Cristina is her best friend and she couldn't betray that friendship. After all, she was there for her when he was not. Then, they fall out of scene and have sex. Meanwhile, George tries to apologise to Izzie for his inappropriate outburst but she tells him she is not ready to forgive him yet and to try again tomorrow.

Cristina finally sums up the courage to return home and takes tentative steps into Burke's house. He looks at her with an unreadable expression, and closes the bedroom door in her face.

[edit] Music

• "You And I Are A Gang Of Losers" - The Dears
• "9 Crimes" - Damien Rice
• "New Day" - Kate Havnevik

[edit] Don't Stand So Close to Me

• Original air date: November 30, 2006
• Directed by: Seith Mann
• Written by: Carolina Paiz
• Guest Stars: George Dzundza (Harold O'Malley); Brooke Smith (Erica Hahn); Mare Winningham (Susan Grey); Debra Monk (Louise O'Malley); Mandy Siegfried (Molly Grey Thompson); Kate Burton (Ellis Grey); Randy and Jason Sklar (Jake and Pete Weitzman); Jennifer Aspen (Elena).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by The Police.
• Trivia: This episode only features the closing voice-over and does not feature the opening voice-over.

[edit] Summary

This episode opens with Ellis Grey fretting over Richard Webber leaving her, and Meredith tries to tell her that this had happened a long time ago but cannot get through to her mother. Meredith is hurt when Ellis cries that she should not have had a child so that Richard will stay with her.

Back at the hospital, Bailey insists that the Chief punish Burke and Cristina for their severe lapse in judgement but the Chief refuses, saying that no one was killed because of their cover-up. However, the Chief orders Burke to get his hand fixed by Derek immediately. Derek tries to help Burke fix his hand, but Burke coldly brushes him off and refuses his help because he feels that Derek is responsible for his hand tremors.

All the interns avoid Cristina and treat her shabbily except for Meredith, who comes to her best friend's defense. George is particularly miffed because Cristina was willing to let Burke operate on his father despite his shaky hand. However, Cristina refuses to let Meredith defend her or her past actions.

Addison calls Meredith and tells her that her half-sister Molly has been warded for an emergency C-section. Meredith tells her that Molly is not her family, but offers to be assigned to the case anyway. When Bailey assigns Cristina to George's father's valve replacement case, the interns are shocked because her mistake did not result in any repercussions. Bailey warns them not to jump to conclusions and shows the remaining interns their case for the day - adult conjoined twins Jake and Pete seeking to be separated. Jake wants to be separated from Pete so that he can pursue a real relationship with his girlfriend, Elena. The interns fight over who gets in on the case but because of the massiveness of the surgery, Bailey reluctantly allows George, Alex and Izzie to all be in on the surgery. The Chief, Derek and Mark are also performing the surgery. Mark whisks Izzie away to be his intern, to both Izzie's and Alex's disdain, albeit for different reasons.

In typical fashion, Izzie is delegated to get coffee for Mark. She is unfazed and refuses to get him any coffee, telling him where to find it himself. When he threatens her with the surgery, Izzie reluctantly gets him the coffee but tells him that he does not deserve any respect until he does something worth respecting.

The Chief lambastes Burke for blaming Derek for his hand when Burke was fully responsible for himself. He is also upset because he was ready to retire and pass on the torch to Burke but he "blew it out", so now he cannot mend his relationship with Adele. The Chief tells Burke that if he does not let Derek treat his hand, he is letting himself down.

George gets himself involved in his father's case and disregards Dr. Hahn's authority in the process. He is pulled aside by Bailey, who gives him strict orders to stay 50 feet away from his father because of her past experience with emotionally involved interns. But George nevertheless disobeys orders and finds Callie in his father's ward. Mr. O'Malley wants to know why George has been so angry at Callie and everyone else lately when the real person he is angry at is his father. George denies this but his father tells him that it is okay because he is angry at himself as well for contracting cancer. At this moment, his brothers return and tease him about how he is forbidden in his father's ward. He blows up at them once again, causing his father's heart to beat too fast. Callie pages the available cardio-thoracic surgeon and Burke comes in to assist. George reluctantly lets Burke help his father.

Meanwhile, Derek suffers his own crisis of confidence because of Burke blaming him for his hand. He is not confident of pulling off the separation surgery and does not see why the surgery should go ahead because of the complexity and risks involved. The Chief insists that he proceeds with the surgery because it can be done and a successful separation will generate immense publicity for the hospital. Bailey shares with Derek about her own crisis of confidence after the fall-out of the M&M conference. She tells him that he was not responsible for Burke and it was Burke's own fault for keeping his hand tremors a secret.

During the separation surgery, Mark asks Bailey if Izzie can observe the surgery in the operating theatre instead of up in the gallery. Bailey approves despite the Chief warning her about Izzie's probation status. She counters saying that Cristina made a mistake too, but she is performing the valve replacement surgery with Dr. Hahn. Derek gets his confidence back after Bailey's pep talk and the surgery is a success.

George goes to observe his father's operation but is unable to bring himself to see his father go under the knife. At this moment, Burke walks in and allays his fears, convincing him of Cristina's stellar cardio-thoracic capabilities. Burke gives George a blow-by-blow account of his father's procedure when he is unable to look. His father's operation is also a success and George thanks Burke for his kind gesture.

During Molly's C-section, the baby is found not breathing and requires follow-up surgery for its jejunal atresia. Meredith tries to be emotionally distant, but fails when she is unable to tell Susan and Molly about the baby's medical complication. Addison refuses to let her in on the follow-up surgery because it was a mistake letting family treat family, so she sends Meredith to give hourly updates to Susan and Molly about the baby's condition during the surgery. When Meredith informs her step-mother and half-sister about the baby, she sees how other mothers provide comfort and care to their children. The baby manages to get through her procedure and Meredith informs a grateful Susan. Susan invites Meredith to be part of their family but Meredith coldly declines.

At the end of the day, Meredith castigates the other interns for being cold to Cristina. She reminds them that Cristina was there in their time of need, when Izzie cut Denny's LVAD wire, when Alex needed to study for his boards and when George was being called 007. She insists that they should return the favor now that she needs their support. George coldly replies that Cristina was calling him 007 and leaves, but Alex and Izzie apologise for their actions. Cristina asks Meredith why she cannot just mind her own business and is told that she is Meredith's sister and the only family she's got.

Meredith and Cristina see Derek and Burke going up in the elevator, so that Derek can take a look at Burke's hand. Cristina decides to follow and steps into the elevator as well. Back at home, Ellis is still ranting about how she should not have had Meredith and Meredith reaches forward and gives a hug, calling her Mommy. Ellis regains a moment of lucidity, calls her Meredith and returns the hug.

[edit] Music

• "Sociopath" - Anya Marina
• "Show Me" - John Legend
• "World Waits for You" - Son Volt

[edit] Six Days, Part 1

• Original air date: January 11, 2007
• Directed by: Greg Yaitanes
• Written by: Krista Vernoff
• Guest Stars: George Dzundza (Harold O'Malley); Jeff Perry (Thatcher Grey); Debra Monk (Louise O'Malley); Greg Pitts (Jerry O'Malley); Tim Griffin (Ronnie O'Malley); Mae Whitman (Heather Douglas); Judith Hoag (Rhada Douglas); Sarah Utterback (Nurse Olivia); Rhomeyn Johnson (manager); Jake Mailey (Uncle Jim); Michael James Thompson (Cousin Joe).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by DJ Shadow.
• Trivia:
  • "Six Days" was originally intended to be one episode, but was later expanded to a two-parter.
  • The song that closes the episode, "Love Will Come Through" by Travis was originally written for Moonlight Mile, a film that Ellen Pompeo appeared in. In an odd coincidence, the movie's title (like all Grey's Anatomy episode titles) come from a song, in this case a song by the Rolling Stones.
  • This is the first episode to feature a "To Be Continued" frame instead of the normal end title card, and also the second one to feature no opening and closing voice-over.

[edit] Summary

Derek is rendered sleepless by a snoring Meredith, and is forced to tell her after she realises that he has not been sleeping well. She seizes the opportunity to tell him about his bad morning breath, but finds out that he has been stealing away every night to sleep elsewhere and creeping into bed before she wakes up.

Izzie is assigned to prepare Heather Douglas, a cynical and bitter teenager with severe scoliosis, and a past medical history of VATER syndrome. Heather is in to have kidney stones removed to improve her quality of life, and Callie feels that she is suitable for a spinal surgery that will straighten the curvature and enable her to stand straight. However, a consultation was not requested for, so Callie seeks advice from Bailey on how to get Derek to perform the consultation. Callie successfully manages to stare Derek down and forces him to perform the consult. Izzie wants in on this rare surgery, but Bailey refuses on the grounds that her psychiatrist has yet to clear her for surgery because she has not deposited her 8.7 million dollar check. After being pressured into doing so by George and Bailey, she eventually deposits the check, but not before breaking down at the bank. However, the surgery cannot proceed as the insurance company deems the surgery too risky and experimental, and Heather's mother cannot afford the otherwise expensive surgery.

Mr O'Malley decides to let the Chief and Bailey remove the entire tumor even if the cancer has spread, despite their medical advice. They reluctantly agree to the private request, and resolve not to tell George of this arrangement, even though George has requested to be told the truth about his father's condition. During the surgery, the cancer is found to have spread but the surgeons proceed anyway. Meredith, who is also in the operating room, is sworn to secrecy. Meanwhile, George approaches Burke to better understand his father's condition. Delighted at his father's supposedly successful surgery, he kisses Callie in joy, surprising both her and his family.

Despite not being assigned to her niece's jejunal atresia surgery, Meredith repeatedly bumps into her father Thatcher, who is visiting his granddaughter. She avoids him every time as he unsuccessfully tries to approach her.

Mark is in a foul mood as he fails to adapt well to Seattle and Addison's rejection. Alex bears the brunt of his temper as Addison tries to intercede on his behalf, admonishing him for abusing his interns. Things seem to deteriorate as Alex fetches Mark his hated beverage, and also decides that plastics is not for him. As Alex and Addison bond over Meredith's niece bowel perforation complications, he reveals that he deliberately gave Mark the wrong coffee because of how shabbily Mark was treating her. They almost kiss, but get interrupted when a nurse barges into the room, causing them to part on awkward terms.

Cristina and Burke refuse to speak to each other as they are too proud to give in, causing Cristina to seek all sorts of avenues to find out about Burke's hand without asking directly. She gets everyone from Meredith, Derek, George and even Olivia to pry, but fails.

Meredith tells Derek that she has abandonment issues, and wants Derek in the same bed as her every night. Derek agrees, but is once again plagued by her incessant snoring.

[edit] Music

• "Lonely Hearts Beat The Same" - The Research
• "Passion Play" - William Fitzsimmons
• "Beggars Prayer (demo)" - Emilíana Torrini
• "Rest of My Life" - Michelle Featherstone
• "Love Will Come Through" - Travis

[edit] Six Days, Part 2

• Original air date: January 18, 2007
• Directed by: Greg Yaitanes
• Written by: Krista Vernoff
• Guest Stars: George Dzundza (Harold O'Malley); Jeff Perry (Thatcher Grey); Debra Monk (Louise O'Malley); Greg Pitts (Jerry O'Malley); Tim Griffin (Ronnie O'Malley); Mae Whitman (Heather Douglas); Judith Hoag (Rhada Douglas); Steven W. Bailey (Bartender Joe); Moe Irvin (Nurse Tyler).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by DJ Shadow.
• Trivia: "Six Days" was originally intended to be one episode, but was later expanded to a two-parter.
• Episode Dedication: After the closing title card, a dedication to Bob Verne was displayed. Bob Verne was the father of the episode's writer, Krista Vernoff. The entire plot of George's father's illness was a dramatization of Verne's "very short battle with esophageal cancer". In an online posting^[5], Vernoff recounted the details of her father's short fight and eventual death, and her personal anger at his surgeons who agreed to his wish to remove all of the tumorous cells which led to his death.

[edit] Summary

Heather Douglas, the girl afflicted with scoliosis, is able to continue with her spinal surgery when an anonymous donor offers to foot the entire bill of 300 thousand dollars. Bailey confronts Izzie about the donation and refuses to let her scrub in, because she has gotten too emotionally involved. As Derek and Callie work on Heather, Callie decides to leave the surgery halfway to give George emotional support for his father. Her surgery succeeds and Heather is able to walk upright. Izzie sees this and tells Bailey that she is a person that gets emotionally involved with her patients, but she is also a surgeon and is not willing to give up either part of her. Bailey nods and she leaves.

Meredith's relationship with Derek deteriorates as her snoring is preventing him from sleeping in peace. Upon seeing George's close relationship with his father, she decides to approach Thatcher and gives him a chance to explain himself. He tells her that he did not contact her because her mother told him not to. He also tells her that she inherited her snoring from him, and that wax ear plugs are very effective. At night, Derek returns home to Meredith and finds ear plugs on his pillow. He puts them on and snuggles up to her.

Mr. O'Malley's condition takes a turn for the worse when a kink is discovered in his intubating tube. After battling her nerves, Bailey manages to re-insert a new tube. However, George realises that under normal circumstances, the Chief and Bailey would not have proceeded with his father's surgery because his cancer had spread to other organs. He confronts them about it, and nearly breaks down in the process. Unfortunately, Mr. O'Malley's body is unable to withstand the trauma from the surgery and lapses into multiple organ failure. He is now entirely dependent on life support. The O'Malleys turn to George to make the final decision and he decides to save his father the pain and let him go.

Both Cristina and Burke still refuse to give in and say 'Uncle', and will only communicate via other people if necessary. She tries to withhold his food in order to break him, but the attempt is foiled when he calls the nurse in. However, when he learns from Derek that the O'Malleys are letting Mr. O'Malley go, he relents and tells Derek, in the presence of Cristina, that he has not had any tremors for a week.

Addison confides to Callie that the reason why Mark and herself have been so out of sorts this week. She aborted Mark's baby while in New York and the baby's due date would have been this week. Addison tells Mark that he did not want the baby and only wanted to trump Derek. She was only willing to have Derek's baby and not his, because he would have been a terrible father. A hurt Mark talks to Callie and realises that he would have made a terrible father. Meanwhile, Addison and Alex keep running into each other and are extremely awkward around each other.

After pulling the plug on his father, George heads outside for a breather and is followed by Cristina. She tells him about the 'Dead Dads' club and reveals that her father died when she was nine. George realises that he does not know how to live in a world where his father does not exist, and she tells him that that never really changes. Meanwhile, Alex heads to Joe's bar and breaks the bad news to Joe. He meets Addison there, and she kisses him.

[edit] Music

• "Here It Goes Again (UK Surf Version)" - Ok Go
• "Fidelity" - Regina Spektor
• "The Way I Am" - Ingrid Michaelson
• "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
• "Falling Awake" - Gary Jules
• "Life In Disguise" - The Slip

[edit] Great Expectations

• Original air date: January 25, 2007
• Directed by: Michael Grossman
• Written by: Eric Buchman
• Guest stars: Loretta Devine (Adele), Rachel Boston (Rachel), Jessica Stroup (Jilly Miller), Joe Holt (Steve), Michael P. Byrne (Mr. Miller) and Kathleen Mary Carthy (Mrs. Miller)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by KISS.
• Trivia: The episode was formerly known as Always Something There to Remind Me.

[edit] Summary

Not able to handle the grief from losing his father, George seeks escape by having a lot of sex with Callie. She is confused over his unusual grieving methods, and starts avoiding him because she is unable to take the frequent sex. Izzie tries to reach out to her best friend, but George refuses to talk about his loss. The pair, together with Addison, work on a young woman, Jilly, who has a large cervical tumor. Jilly undergoes radical hysterectomy to remove the tumor, but the cancer has spread to the bladder, making it stage 4 and terminal. The doctors cannot do anymore for Jilly, causing an affected George to leave the operating room. Rachel, Jilly's best friend, turns Jilly's Amish parents away when they come to visit. The best friends left their Amish community at 16, and promised to be with each other "from the cradle to the grave". Rachel has been baptized and she is forever shunned by the Amish community. Since Jilly has not been baptized, she wishes to return home to die and have an Amish funeral, but is torn because she would have to shun Rachel if she returns home. Rachel then forces Jilly to return home with her parents even if she has to shun her. An inspired Izzie decides to let George go, so that he can pursue his happiness with Callie. George then proposes to Callie after realising he is in love with her.

Burke and Cristina are still not talking to each other, even when Burke invites Meredith and Derek over for a dinner party and excludes her. Cristina is assigned to Callie, but they rub each other the wrong way. The two treat a runner, who passes out during a marathon due to dehydration. They do not realize the aspirin he took for his cold is accelerating the dehydration and muscle break-down process, until his condition is critical. Callie has to slice open his legs immediately without anaesthesia in order to save his life, and Cristina is impressed by this. The Chief assists with the surgery. Cristina realises through this that she does not have to win every race, sometimes finishing it is enough. She breaks the silence by talking to Burke first. He responds by saying "Marry me", leaving her stunned.

The Chief decides to step down, so that he can patch things up with his wife Adele. Derek is upset to find out that the Chief had previously asked Burke to succeed him, before the hand tremor incident was exposed. Derek was promised in private that the Chief position would have been his if he came over to Seattle Grace. Meanwhile, Mark sends Meredith and Alex to debride a comatose patient with stage 3 decubitus ulcers every 2 hours. He forbids them from getting any assistance from the nurses, as a farewell gift to them because he is leaving Seattle Grace. He is informed by Meredith of the rumors that the Chief is stepping down, and decides to stay to fight for the position. Derek finds out and blows up at Meredith for making Mark stay in Seattle when he was just about to leave. However, he apologises to her and the two make up.

As the rumors of the retiring Chief spread through the hospital, the attendings immaturely fight for Richard's affections. Meanwhile, Bailey decides to open a free clinic because she feels disillusioned at how little she can do as a surgeon. Her experience with Jilly, whose cancer could have been caught much earlier and cured, validates this. However, she cannot persuade the attendings to sign off her proposal, and is shell-shocked to find out that Richard is retiring. She is upset that Richard made her run around getting support for her proposal without informing her of his retirement plans. He tells her that he was trying to make her get used to doing things without him because one of the attendings will be Chief, but eventually in a few years, it will be her that will be Chief. Confidence reinstated in her, she manages to force Derek, Addison, Burke and Mark to sign her proposal. She faces another obstacle of funding, but Izzie offers her inheritance to Bailey, on the condition that her free clinic with be named the Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic in honor of him.

When the Chief returns home to Adele, he rings the doorbell and surprises her with flowers and says along the lines of "I'm home." She tells him that when she told him that she couldn't wait any longer for him a few months back, she meant it, and it turns out that another man is in the house. Adele shuts the door on Richard, and he will most likely cancel his retirement.

Elsewhere, Addison has been avoiding Alex since she kissed him in Joe's bar. He gets tired of her avoidance and drags her into a linen closet. He tells her that he is not interested in a romantic relationship with her, and only wants to work with her on her surgeries, and he is unable to do that if she keeps avoiding him. She agrees to stop avoiding him, and offers to let him scrub in on an ovarian torsion that needs emergency surgery.

[edit] Music

• "Enchantment" - Lily Frost
• "Ships" - Umbrellas
• "Love Show" - Skye

[edit] Wishin' and Hopin'

• Original air date: February 1, 2007
• Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
• Written by: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater
• Guest stars: Sarah Utterback (Nurse Olivia) and Kate Burton (Ellis Grey)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Dusty Springfield and has been covered by Ani DiFranco and Stephanie Macintosh.

[edit] Summary

Eight days have passed since the events of Great Expectations and Cristina has yet to give Burke an answer to his proposal. Also, Bailey's and Izzie's free clinic has been set up. Meredith is informed by the nursing home that her mother is now lucid and is asking for her. Ellis Grey's memory has returned except for the last 5 years of her life, and hence she is unaware of her Alzheimer's condition. Meredith is forced to break the news to her mother again, and a stunned Ellis collapses from substernal chest pains. She is brought to Seattle Grace, where Meredith informs Burke and the Chief of her mother's lucidity.

Meanwhile, Izzie, Cristina, Alex, Olivia and Bailey are at the free clinic on its opening day. The Chief and Mark, who has won over the Chief by offering his attendance at the free clinic, are also present. Izzie is disappointed when the clinic has no patients, but Bailey tells her to be patient. At this moment, George and Callie enter, and George announces that he has married Callie in Vegas. This prompts Alex to laugh "Dude, she's Callie O'Malley.". Izzie mocks Callie (and indirectly George) about the small size of her diamond ring. An irritated Bailey decides to send all the interns away. George is sent to the Chief, Cristina is assigned to Burke, while Izzie and Alex are instructed to find patients for the free clinic.

Callie sees that Addison is lusting after Alex and approaches her. She denies her obvious attraction towards him, saying that she will not 'sleep with the help'. Callie replies saying that she 'married the help'. Although initially shocked by the sudden marriage, Addison is genuinely happy for her friend.

George's patient is a woman suffering from radiation poisoning due to the chemotherapy she is undergoing as a follow-up to her colon tumor removal surgery. The woman, Marina, has a boyfriend who is shocked to find out she has cancer. He remarks about how little he knows about her, like not knowing her middle name, despite being very in much in love with her. George tells her it's Rose. This leads George to ask Callie about her middle name, but she rebukes him for letting his judgemental friends get to him and not defending her when she is his wife. Feeling weak after handling Marina's blood, he heads to the free clinic to lie down, and Alex is sent to replace him. When he sees that Olivia and the lab technician are feeling weak and nauseous as well, he realises that Marina's blood is toxic. He tries to contact the OR, but is too late. Alex and the Chief have already opened up Marina's body, and are unconscious on the floor.

Ellis Grey is Cristina's patient for the day. Ellis requires heart surgery for her cardiac arrhythmias. She refuses surgery, but is told by Cristina that that is Meredith's decision to make, not hers. Ellis wants to know Meredith better, but is disappointed to find out that the daughter she groomed to be passionate, focused and extraordinary is nothing more than ordinary (and tells her so). She also chastises Derek for causing Meredith to be less than extraordinary. However, Cristina unexpectedly gets along well with Ellis. When Ellis has a run of supraventricular tachycardia, she instructs Cristina to perform a carotid massage. Ellis' heart rate returns to normal, and she tells Cristina that she would make an extraordinary surgeon. Cristina asks Ellis if it is possible to be an excellent surgeon and have a life because Ellis tried to have both, but failed. Ellis replies that she didn't try hard enough. Later, Meredith castigates her mother for being the reason she is so unfocused, and insists that she undergo the heart surgery.

Izzie is unsatisfied with her free clinic treating stolen patients and sick hospital staff, because she feels that she has let down Denny's legacy. When the free clinic finally gets a patient, her disappointment worsens when she finds out it is a girl's father asking her to teach his daughter how to use tampons. After teaching the girl, she asks Bailey for permission to go back to the hospital where she can actually learn something. Sensing that there is something more, Bailey asks the father to leave while she speaks to the girl in private. Bailey is shocked to find out that the girl has had sex, and advises her against it because she is too young and is exposing herself to many dangers.

The Chief and Alex are brought out of the OR in time. Derek and Burke are suiting up, so that they can complete Marina's surgery. Addison realises that her anaesthesia is wearing off, as she is fighting the intubation. She rushes in, without any protective gear on, and gives Marina more anesthesia. Addison barely makes it out in time, collapsing in Mark's arms. Derek and Burke only have 30 minutes to finish the surgery before the batteries in their protective suits run out. They finish the surgery, but run out of time when they cannot fit Marina's swollen bowels back into her body.

Mark and the female interns, the only ones still healthy enough, have to close up Marina's body with the Chief walking them through it. Because of the lack of protective gear, they have to take 20-second shifts in the contaminated OR. Mark opts out, saying that it would be irresponsible to let the remaining healthy attending to expose himself to an undetermined threat, so Cristina offers to go in first. She rotates shifts with Izzie and Meredith, and they manage to successfully close Marina up. Marina's boyfriend is glad to see her safe, and affectionately calls her "Marina Rose".

Callie visits George, scolds him for not standing up for her, and tells him her middle name is "Iphegenia". Subsequently when Izzie treats Callie shabbily, George defends Callie saying that she is his wife. Should they drive her away, he will leave with her. Meanwhile, Izzie apologizes to Bailey for leaving the clinic, but Bailey tells her that the 8 million dollars is worth it even though they only helped that one girl. Addison is seen having sex with Mark. Cristina returns Burke the ring he gave her, but agrees to marry him. He hugs her in joy.

Meredith asks the Chief to visit Ellis, but he is hesitant as he does not want to lie to her. He did not regret staying with his wife, even though he knows Ellis wants to hear that he did regret it. Despite this, he later visits her and tells her that they would have been very happy together and have had a happy family. She hugs him in response. When Meredith visits Ellis later, she tells her mother that she wants her to undergo the surgery, because one day when the cure for Alzheimer's is found, they would get a second chance to know each other better. Ellis replies, "You remind me of my daughter." The Chief sadly tells Meredith that Ellis has lapsed back into her muddled Alzheimer's self. Meredith leaves with tears welling up in her eyes.

[edit] Music

• "Runaway" - Sybarite(Musician) ft Psapp
• "Elevator Music" - Beck
• "Barracuda" - Miho Hatori
• "Canal Song" - Iain Archer
• "Believer" - Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
• "Fireworks" - The Whitest Boy Alive

[edit] Walk On Water

• Original air date: February 8, 2007
• Directed by: Rob Corn
• Written by: Shonda Rhimes
• Guest stars: Elizabeth Reaser (Pregnant Jane Doe), Kali Rocha (Sydney Heron), Kate Burton (Ellis Grey)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Aerosmith. Alternately, the title is also that of songs by Milk Inc., Ozzy Osbourne, and Eddie Money.
• Trivia: In this episode, Kate Walsh's character Addison Montgomery mentions dyeing her red hair blond. In real life, Kate Walsh is a natural blond, who frequently dyes her hair red for various projects, including Grey's Anatomy.

[edit] Summary

A melancholic Meredith submerges herself in the bathtub, only to be pulled out by Derek, who is worried that she may be contemplating suicide. She denies it, and does not want him to be her "knight in shining whatever".

Cristina does not want Burke to break the news about their engagement until she tells Meredith about it. She tries to tell Meredith, but is unable to sum up the courage to tell an irritated and cranky Meredith. Burke confides in Derek about their engagement, but is overheard by Mark. Eventually, the news of her engagement spreads and Cristina, upset, confronts Burke about it. He subsequently pulls her off surgery and sends her to the Pit to do sutures.

Meanwhile, the male attendings are amused to see that the newly single Chief has dyed his hair. Addison tells them to leave him be, and confesses to the Chief that she dyed her hair blond when Derek left her because change is good.

Bailey and Callie are annoyed when the perky resident Sydney announces her plans to go all out to fight for the post of Chief Resident. Also, Callie feels that George is not treating her with the appropriate respect while at work, even though she is his superior.

The interns are undergoing triage drills, when the Chief announces that he needs to send a team to respond to a mass casualty incident. A ferry boat had collided with a container ship in the Puget Sound and the interns have to respond to the calamity on site. Cristina is chosen to stay behind in the hospital to assist the incoming wounded, but she is not entirely pleased with this arrangement.

Izzie is led to a man pinned under cars on the ferry by his friends. Her confidence is shaken because she failed the triage drills just prior to the accident. The victim's friends are giving her a lot of pressure, and she is unable to do much because he has to be removed from under the cars first. Search and Rescue is delayed tending to the other wounded, and Izzie is left helpless when the victim starts seizing from his massive injuries.

George meets a woman with serious stomach injuries, but she is refusing all medical treatment until she can locate her son. She reluctantly leaves for Seattle Grace only after making George promise to look for her son. However, George is unable to locate the boy, and the woman requires immediate surgery that she refuses to undergo until her son is found.

Alex finds a pregnant woman crushed under a cement pylon suffering from severe injuries. He pulls the pylon off her and follows her back to Seattle Grace. Alex is able to keep her alive while transporting her, and he motivates her to stay alive. However, the Chief pulls him off her surgery and replaces him with Cristina. Despite that, he visits her before surgery and warns her to still be alive when he checks on her afterwards. Addison witnesses this tender moment, but when Alex asks her about the baby's safety, she does not give him a definite answer.

A lost little girl becomes attached to Meredith, while she attempts to save lives. She follows Meredith around, but refuses to say anything. Meredith locates an injured man at the edge of the harbor, and rushes to help him with the lost girl in tow. The man flails from the pain and knocks Meredith into the water. This is witnessed only by the girl, who silently walks away from the scene. The episode ends with a shot of the calm water, and no sign of Meredith.

[edit] Music

• "The Hop" - Radio Citizen
• "Opposite Direction" - Union of Knives
• "Liar" - 8MM
• "Make This Go On Forever" - Snow Patrol

[edit] Drowning On Dry Land

• Original air date: February 15, 2007
• Directed by: Rob Corn
• Written by: Shonda Rhimes
• Guest stars: Elizabeth Reaser (Pregnant Jane Doe); Kali Rocha (Sydney)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to songs by Tab Benoit, Fish Soup, and Blues.
• Trivia: Kyle Chandler (Dylan Young) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Denny Duquette) are billed as "Special Guest Stars" during the closing credits.

[edit] Summary

The episode opens with a view of open water and Meredith's voiceover stating that "disappearances happen... people fade away." She briefly surfaces and gasps for air, but she soon sinks again, possibly voluntarily. Her voiceover continues as she submerges deeper "there's so much more I have to say... but I've disappeared."

Alex is overwhelmed dealing with the families anxious to know the fate of their loved ones. The lack of an identification system does little to allay the frustration of the family members. Hitting upon an idea, he grabs a camera and begins taking Polaroid pictures of the patients. However, some people tell him that their loved ones are not on the board of photos he posted, including a man who cannot locate his pregnant wife. Alex excitedly informs Addison that their pregnant patient is no longer a Jane Doe, but she tells him to thoroughly make sure before giving the husband hope.

Meanwhile, George decides to lie to his patient by telling her that he had already located her son, in order to coax her into surgery. Bailey is furious that he made a promise he does not know he can keep, and sends him to find the boy. Although George scours the entire hospital, he is unsuccessful in his endeavor until he meets Alex, who takes him to the morgue. George is unable to find the missing boy there, but stumbles upon the body of a heavily pregnant woman. Desperate, George checks the O.R. board and realizes that Callie is operating on a little boy. Callie confirms that her patient is the boy he is looking for, and he excitedly informs of what he is going to do to her when she returns home. An embarrassed Callie cuts him off, saying that she is working.

Alex brings the photos of the pregnant women to the husband, showing him the photo of his patient first. Alex tries to convince him that her severe injuries might make her a little unrecognizable, but the man insists that it is not his wife in the photo. Reluctantly, he shows the man the picture of the woman from the morgue. The man confirms that the dead woman is his wife, and collapses in tears. Alex returns and tells Addison that their patient is still unidentified, and she ponders whether anyone would notice if she went missing. He replies saying that he would notice.

Back at the disaster scene, Izzie is at the end of her tether with the man pinned under the car. She decides to call the Chief for instructions. The Chief and Mark talk her through making burr holes in her patient's skull with an ordinary drill to relieve cranium pressure. Although freaked out, Izzie is successful and her patient is extricated and transported to the hospital. The Chief invites her to her patient's surgery, informing her that she is off probation. In surgery, Mark lets her start the craniotomy by making burr holes, but with a surgical drill this time.

Cristina is busy suturing patients while waiting for Meredith to return, so she can tell Meredith about her engagement. She gets worried when all the other interns return, but none of them know where Meredith is. Burke cannot understand why Cristina is so anxious to tell Meredith about their engagement, and she tells him that telling Meredith makes the engagement official because Meredith is her "person".

Meanwhile, Meredith's patient is located by rescue workers, but Meredith is nowhere to be found. Derek finds the little girl whom he saw with Meredith earlier and asks her where Meredith is. He coaxes the girl into telling him, and she wordlessly points towards the water. Derek rescues Meredith from the water, but she is already pale and not breathing. Although he performs CPR on her throughout the way to the hospital, his actions warrant no response.

At the hospital, the Chief orders Derek out of the trauma room. The Chief, Bailey, Burke and Addison all work together to try and revive Meredith, while a distraught Derek sits outside. Mark sits next to him, and puts his hand on Derek's, giving him support.

Meanwhile, the interns are informed of Meredith's condition, and rush down to the trauma room. Cristina tries to go inside, but Izzie stops her, saying that Meredith will survive this. Izzie makes a speech saying that she believes in the good. She feels that Denny is with her always, and that George's marriage to Callie was a huge mistake.

Despite the doctors' efforts, a hypothermic and asystolic Meredith flatlines. At this moment, Meredith sits upright and begins gasping for air. She looks around the empty room and sees Dylan Young, the demolition expert who was blown up while carrying an undetonated bazooka shell in "(As We Know It)". She asks him if she's dead, and Denny Duquette replies with a smile, "Damn right you are."

[edit] Music

• "A Bitter Song" - Butterfly Boucher (beginning and end of show)
• "Timeless" - Kate Havnevik
• "The Great Escape" - Patrick Watson (musician)

[edit] Some Kind of Miracle

• Original air date: February 22, 2007
• Directed by: Adam Arkin
• Written by: Shonda Rhimes & Marti Noxon
• Guest stars: Elizabeth Reaser (Pregnant Jane Doe); Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Denny Duquette); Kyle Chandler (Dylan Young); Kate Burton (Dr. Ellis Grey); Monica Keena (Bonnie Crasnoff); Anna Maria Horsford (Nurse Fallon); Kali Rocha (Dr. Sydney Heron); Sarah Utterback (Nurse Olivia); Moe Irving (Nurse Tyler); Steven W. Bailey (Joe)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to songs by Kelly Clarkson and Girls Aloud.

[edit] Summary

The team of doctors at Seattle Grace continue to fight for Meredith's life. Meanwhile, she is experiencing her "afterlife" with Izzie's dead fiancé Denny Duquette, bomb squad leader Dylan Young ("It's the End of the World", "(As We Know It)"), Meredith's patient Bonnie ("Into You Like a Train"), her mother's old scrub nurse Nurse Fallon ("No Man's Land"), and her dog, Doc.

The other interns worriedly wait for Meredith outside, and Addison comes out and tells them to prepare themselves for the worst. Cristina leaves saying "I'm not doing this", and runs off to a 99 cent store to do some impulse shopping. She later finds herself at Joe's bar, showing off her bargain buys to a concerned Joe. Later, Burke finds her there and encourages her to go say goodbye to her "person" - Meredith. Cristina replies saying although she is not proud of it, she cannot deal with the emotional trauma of losing her loved ones.

Alex follows Addison to tend to their pregnant Jane Doe, and they find her to be suffering from retrogade amnesia. She becomes hysterical when she realizes she does not remember anything, not even her own name or her baby's sex. She turns to Alex for support, thinking that he is her husband. He returns later, informing her that her baby is a girl.

Bailey puts Callie in charge of her remaining interns - George and a very reluctant Izzie. Izzie is very antagonistic towards Callie, who in turn confronts her about it. They fight over whose side George will take, with Callie telling Izzie she cannot afford to lose another friend because George will take her side. Meanwhile, George confronts Izzie about what she said to Callie. Izzie later apologizes to him at the end of the episode, but he brushes her off.

Derek confronts Ellis Grey in her room, saying that it was her fault Meredith decided to give up on her life. Addison calls him out, and he confides in her that he feels that Meredith's condition is his fault, and thinks that Meredith tried to kill herself. Derek is close to breaking down, but Addison tells him not to fall apart because there is still a chance for Meredith to live. Not long after, Ellis' condition starts to worsen and Derek rushes in to try save her.

Meanwhile in Meredith's afterlife, the ghosts from her past are trying to convince her that her place is not in the afterlife, but Meredith is nonchalant and seems fine with being dead. They accuse her of wanting to be dead, but she denies it, saying that she fought for her life while in the water. Bonnie angrily asks how Meredith can be a surgeon, when she has so little respect for life. At this point, Bonnie's wounds re-opens and she starts bleeding severely. Meredith tries to stem the bleeding, but cannot find its source. She tries to get the other ghosts to help, but they tell her it is pointless. Suddenly, the ghosts all disappear, leaving only Denny behind.

Denny tells Meredith she needs to live because her death would crush all of them, especially Derek. He tells her that Derek would never recover from her death, which will rob him of all his optimism and hope in life. Meredith eventually confesses that she decided to give up, thinking "What's the point?". At this moment, Denny stops her, saying that he can feel Izzie whenever they are in the exact same place and the exact same time. However, he tells her that he only gets fleeting moments with Izzie, and that is all Meredith is going to get, if she chooses to stay dead.

Back in the trauma room, Bailey, Chief and Burke manage to raise Meredith's body temperature to normal levels, but her heart is still not beating. After exhausting every possible avenue, they decide to give up when Cristina bursts into the room, telling them to try again.

In the afterlife, Meredith freaks out, saying that she does not just want moments with Derek and Cristina and she wants to live. The ghosts tell her that it may already be too late, leaving Meredith devastated. Then, Meredith sees Ellis in her afterlife and rushes out to meet her. Ellis hugs her, saying she is anything but ordinary and tells her to run towards the light.

Meredith's heart starts beating, and the doctors are all relieved. They let Cristina have some time alone with Meredith, and she gets Meredith to say her first word - "ouch". Cristina blurts out that she is getting married and that she wanted to tell Meredith the most. The rest of the interns rush to see Meredith and are relieved she managed to pull through. Later, Derek goes to Meredith's side, and she asks if her mother is dead. He confirms it, but she replies saying that she is okay with it. The Chief goes to say goodbye to Ellis.

Addison looks on wistfully as Derek talks to Meredith. She tells Mark that Derek never felt that way about her, and Mark replies that he did feel that way about her. She gives him the chance to have another try at a relationship with her, only if he can go sixty days without having any sex (with her or anyone else). He agrees, if she follows the same rules.

Izzie is leaving the hospital, and suddenly stops in her tracks. She stands in the same space as Denny is, and both of them smile sadly, enjoying their fleeting moment together. Izzie continues on her way, while Denny walks off into the light.

[edit] Music

• "The Lake" - Aqualung
• "Sleep Don't Weep" - Damien Rice
• "Swans" - Unkle Bob

[edit] Scars and Souvenirs

• Original air date: March 15, 2007
• Directed by: James Frawley
• Written by: Debora Cahn
• Guest stars: Elizabeth Reaser (Pregnant Jane Doe); Shohreh Aghdashloo (Helen Crawford); Roger Rees (Dr. Colin Marlow); Mare Winningham (Susan Grey); Jeff Perry (Thatcher Grey)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Mark David Manders.
• Trivia: This episode was formerly known as Old Wounds.
• Trivia: Dr. Miranda Bailey and Dr. Addison Montgomery are only seen twice in this entire episode.

[edit] Summary

Izzie is shocked to find Alex in the bathroom when she comes out of the shower naked. He flatly denies any attraction towards her, but she is not entirely convinced. Meredith explains that Alex is moving into George's old room, since George is living with Callie. After her near-death experience, Meredith wants to do something positive. However, Izzie is not pleased with the arrangement because George cannot move back in, should his marriage fail.

The race for chief heats up after a new competitor, Dr. Colin Marlow, enters the fray. Also a cardiologist like Burke, Marlow was Cristina's old professor while she was studying in Stanford. He meets Burke, but brushes him off when he sees Cristina. They hug, with Marlow groping Cristina's butt in the process, to the amusement of the other interns and the displeasure of Burke. Burke is shocked to find out through Marlow, that Cristina thought marriage was an "idiotic institution for the weak and undirected", and hence rejected many of his marriage proposals. Burke confronts Cristina and she admits that it was an old relationship, which lasted for three years. She also confesses that she only agreed to marry him to make him happy, but he does not want her to placate him by accepting his proposal.

Alex tends to Jane Doe, who has a critical decision to make. The vision in her right eye is declining and Mark wants her to undergo immediate surgery, but Addison wants her to withhold the surgery until the baby is settled. Jane Doe turns to Alex for help, and he encourages her to go ahead with the eye surgery. However, the baby goes into distress while in surgery, forcing Addison to take drastic measures and sew Jane Doe's cervix shut. Addison confronts Mark about rushing Jane Doe into surgery to impress Marlow, and Derek is roped into the argument. The Chief witnesses the ugly verbal sparring, and angrily tells them to stop. After the surgery, Alex apologizes to Jane Doe for encouraging her to go for the risky surgery, but she tells him she asked for his advice only because she trusts him.

Derek treats his old colleague and friend, Dr. Helen Crawford, who is in the hospital for an operation on a nasal tumor. Because of the tumor's location, Derek is only able to remove part of the tumor each time and has to operate on her every two years to prevent the tumor from growing too large. Helen tells Derek that this would be the last time she would undergo the operation as she wants to spend the last two years of her life in peace. He encourages her not to give up, but her mind is made up. Hence, Derek decides to let her undergo a very risky procedure to remove the entire tumor at one go. However, she flatlines during surgery, and Derek decides to cut open her chest to massage her heart instead of paging Burke. Helen's surgery is a success, but Burke accuses Derek of trying to impress Marlow, who was observing the surgery. Once again, the Chief arrives and has to defuse the situation.

Meredith is dealt with an unpleasant surprise when she sees her father, Thatcher, and step-mother, Susan, at the hospital. They had heard about Ellis' death and wanted to make sure she was okay. Meredith tries to avoid them, but Susan convinces Meredith to have dinner with them. However, conversation is stilted as Meredith has little to say to her father and vice versa. At this moment, Izzie accidentally causes a black-out, and Thatcher volunteers to look at it, leaving Meredith and Susan to talk and bond. Thatcher talks about an old picture of him and Molly that he is particularly fond of, until Meredith says it's really her in the picture. When they leave, Thatcher apologizes and takes a screw out of the swing on the deck. He says that when Meredith was little, she kept getting her fingers caught. He leaves, and Meredith is touched that he really did care about her.

Izzie examines a Korean War veteran, Mr. Scofield, who is complaining about a pain in his shoulder: he was shot and the army doctors refused to take it out because there was no reason to. However after 50 years, it has become infected, working its way into his scapula and needs to be removed. He tells Izzie, Richard and Callie that he was shot by his own men after he made a call they didn't like. The man agrees to surgery, providing they show him the bullet so he can prove who shot him. Richard is able to remove the bullet, but it is too badly damaged to be able to prove anything. Izzie encourages the devastated Mr. Scofield to move on and start over, but he tells she cannot understand his pain. She replies saying she does, and he tells her not to let it change her soul. Back at home, Izzie finds out that Alex has indeed moved on from their relationship. She wonders if she will actually move on from Denny. He tells her she will when she is ready, and kisses her on the cheek.

George finds out through Dr. Helen Crawford, about the exhorbitant cost of staying at the Archfield Hotel with Callie. Tensions escalate between Callie and George when Callie confesses that her family is rich, and she uses the money he contributes to tip the housecleaning. In a rage, Callie tells George that Izzie must have feelings for him, which would explain why she constantly publicly disapproves of their marriage. George scoffs at this, saying that Izzie is "stacked, blonde and a supermodel" and he is just George. Hurt, Callie then replies "What does that make me?". George stammers, trying to cover up his screw-up, but Callie kicks George out of her apartment. George buys alcohol to vent his anger, and confronts Izzie because he needs her back as his best friend. They both get drunk and have a moment together. The next morning, Izzie wakes up and is shocked to find George sleeping naked in bed with her.

[edit] Music

• “Come To Me” by Koop
• “Girlshapedlovedrug” by Gomez
• "Hi" - Psapp
• “Land Of No Return” by Wild Sweet Orange
• ”Move You” by Anya Marina

[edit] My Favorite Mistake

• Original air date: March 22, 2007 ^[6]
• Directed by: Tamra Davis
• Written by: Chris Van Dusen
• Guest stars: Elizabeth Reaser (Pregnant Jane Doe); Hector Elizondo (Mr. Torres); Roger Rees (Dr. Colin Marlow); Michael Boatman (Doug Kendry); Catherine Dent (Cathy Rogerson); Judi Barton (board member)
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Sheryl Crow.
• Trivia: When Cristina and Preston were lying on the bed, Preston was reading Dreaming of Bird

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Still reeling from her sexual encounter with George, Izzie quietly climbs out of bed from the still sleeping George. She realizes George is suffering from an alcohol blackout, and does not remember anything that happened the night before.

Callie puts aside her unhappiness with George because her dad is in town and wants to meet him. However, George is still badly hung-over from the previous night. Mr. Torres is not impressed with George, and proposes an idea that he will provide everything to Callie, under her name since George does not have any money. In a moment of anger, George has a sudden rush of memories of the night before. He politely refused his father-in-law's offer and leaves Callie with a smirk on her face. Mr. Torres, now impressed, finds George in the hospital and makes him promise to love and protect Callie, his only daughter.

Mark is performing a facial reconstruction surgery on Jane Doe, but she has to decide which face she wants. Jane Doe is overwhelmed by this, as she is intimidated by the repercussions of choosing the wrong face. Alex helps her decide which face to choose, by giving each look a personality for her to identify with.

Mark picks Meredith to perform a bone graft on Jane Doe by herself, in order to impress the Chief. Derek confronts Mark about it, but Meredith does not want Derek to protect her. Hence, Meredith decides to proceed with her bone graft despite being used by Mark to score points with the Chief. Despite the difficulty of the procedure, Meredith manages to pull it off.

Dr. Colin Marlow reveals to the Chief that he had prepared a 10-year plan for the surgical department to present at his board interview, much to the Chief's discomfort. The other attendings find out about the 10-year plan Marlow is going to present, and hurriedly scramble to put together their own 10-year plan. Mark seeks Bailey’s help with his 10-year plan, but she rebuffs him, telling him about her "right now" plan for her patients. An opportunist, Mark utilizes Bailey's "right now" idea to impress the Chief and the medical board.

Cristina tries to get things back the way they were with Burke by employing her "be kind, rewind" plan. However, Burke is only interested in moving forward and not backwards. Meanwhile, she sees a diabetic patient at the clinic with a large sore on his foot. His foot has to be amputated, and this makes Cristina realize that she has to move forward in order to be with Burke. She eventually caves, but demands a small wedding at City Hall without all the fanfare.

Callie treats a patient with a rare disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva which turns muscle into bone. On top of that, she is bleeding internally from her anti-inflammatory medication. A guilty Izzie tries to excuse herself by volunteering her services at the clinic, but is roped in when George is still affected by his alcohol consumption the night before. The patient, Mrs. Rogerson, has an overprotective daughter who insists on the risky surgery to stop the bleeding, even though Mrs. Rogerson does not mind dying sooner rather than later. Mrs. Rogerson subsequently dies in surgery, leaving her daughter devastated. Izzie tells the daughter that her mother wanted her to learn life's lessons by making mistakes, because she had taken so much of her mother's disease that she was freezing up as well.

George confronts Izzie about their fling, but is rendered speechless by his anger, and confusion of the whole situation. Izzie wants to tell Callie, but George refuses to hurt Callie just to clear his conscience. He makes Izzie promise to keep the fling a secret, and she sadly agrees.

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• "La Familia (Remix by Guy Sigworth)" by Mirah
• "Black Cat John Brown" by Alamo Race Track
• "Still Alright" by Adam Merrin
• "All I Want From You Is Love" by Let's Go Sailing
• "Sideways" by Let's Go Sailing

[edit] Special: Every Moment Counts

• Original air date: April 12, 2007
• Title reference: This episode's title is a phrase from "Friends & Family," a song by Trik Turner.

Loved by "Grey's Anatomy" fans for his role as "Denny," actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan hosts a one-hour special which highlights some of the most memorable moments from the last three seasons. The special will also include an exclusive, world broadcast premiere "Grey's Anatomy" music video set to singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile's song, "The Story."

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A recap episode.

[edit] Time After Time

• Original air date: April 19, 2007
• Directed by: Christopher Misiano
• Written by: Stacy McKee
• Guest stars: Elizabeth Reaser (Pregnant Jane Doe); Roger Rees (Dr. Colin Marlow); Dee Wallace (Joan Waring); Brent Jennings (Charles); Suzanne Cryer (Caroline Klein); Tim Hopper (Dustin Klein); Marc Vann (hematologist); Steven W. Bailey (Joe); Mare Winningham (Susan Grey).
• Title reference: This episode's title refers to a song by Cyndi Lauper.

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Izzie faces her past and finds comfort in George, while Alex becomes more attached to Jane Doe, Meredith and Derek question their own status, and Cristina resolves to fight for her relationship with Burke -- despite her past with Colin Marlow.

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[edit] Desire

• Original air date: April 26, 2007
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• Title reference: This episode's title refers to songs by Ryan Adams, Andy Gibb, U2, Talk Talk, Do As Infinity, Geri Haliwell, Pharoahe Monch and Savanah.

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[edit] The Other Side of This Life, Part 1

• Original air date: May 3, 2007 (First of Two-Hours)
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[edit] The Other Side of This Life, Part 2

• Original air date: May 3, 2007 (Second of Two-Hours)
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[edit] TBA

• Original air date: May 10, 2007
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[edit] TBA

• Original air date: May 17, 2007
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