Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 2)

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Grey's Anatomy Season 2
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Network ABC
Original run September 25, 2005 – May 15, 2006
No. of episodes 27
DVD release date September 12, 2006
Previous season 1
Next season 3

This article contains episode summaries as well as directing and writing credits from Season 2 of the American medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. Season 2 aired starting in the U.S. on September 25, 2005 and concluded on Monday, May 15, 2006. Additionally, two one-hour recap specials were aired. The first entitled "Straight to the Heart" was aired on January 8, 2006 as a recap episode highlighting the first two seasons. The second entitled "Under Pressure" aired April 23, 2006 recaping the previous ten episodes.

The second season DVD was released in Region 1 on September 12, 2006.

No. Episode title Original airdate
1 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head September 25, 2005
2 Enough is Enough (No More Tears) October 2, 2005
3 Make Me Lose Control October 9, 2005
4 Deny, Deny, Deny October 16, 2005
5 Bring the Pain October 23, 2005
6 Into You Like a Train October 30, 2005
7 Something to Talk About November 6, 2005
8 Let It Be November 13, 2005
9 Thanks for the Memories November 20, 2005
10 Much too Much November 27, 2005
11 Owner of a Lonely Heart December 4, 2005
12 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer December 11, 2005
-- Special: Straight to the Heart January 8, 2006
13 Begin the Begin January 15, 2006
14 Tell Me Sweet Little Lies January 22, 2006
No. Episode title Original airdate
15 Break on Through January 29, 2006
16 It's the End of the World February 5, 2006
17 (As We Know It) February 12, 2006
18 Yesterday February 19, 2006
19 What Have I Done to Deserve This? February 26, 2006
20 Band-Aid Covers the Bullet Hole March 12, 2006
21 Superstition March 19, 2006
22 The Name of the Game April 2, 2006
-- Special: Under Pressure April 23, 2006
23 Blues for Sister Someone April 30, 2006
24 Damage Case May 7, 2006
25 17 Seconds May 14, 2006
26 Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response May 15, 2006
27 Losing My Religion May 15, 2006

[edit] Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

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As Meredith and Cristina are discussing their woes in the local bar, the bartender, Joe, passes out on the floor and is rushed to Seattle Grace. It turns out that he needs various operations, requiring a very expensive standstill surgery. Since Joe is not able to pay for the procedure, George manages to find a loophole in the hospital system which will allow for his surgery to be paid for in full.

Meanwhile, it is explained that Derek's wife Addison came to Seattle because Dr. Webber asked her to come and perform a special operation. Addison requests that Meredith be the intern that will work with her, which obviously brings many problems. It is eventually revealed that Addison was the one who cheated on Derek first (with Derek's best friend, Mark), not the other way around as season one's finale left viewers to assume. However, after learning this, Meredith still does not forgive Derek.

Dr. Webber is still recovering from surgery, and asks for George to be his "eyes and ears", reporting anything he knows back to Webber. Preston is appointed as temporary chief surgeon because Dr. Webber feels that he does not let any personal issues get in the way of his career.

Cristina tells Meredith that she is pregnant, but does not say who the father is. Meredith later finds out that Preston is the father. Preston asks Cristina to make up her mind about their relationship. Cristina plans to tell Preston about the baby, but when Preston breaks off their relationship (because of what Dr. Webber told him about his work ethic), she decides not to.

Izzie and Alex's personal bond grows closer as he shows a more emotional side to himself that he does not normally display. Izzie sees this and finds it attractive.

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[edit] Enough is Enough (No More Tears)

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As Preston continues to head the surgical team while Dr. Webber is still recovering, Mrs. Webber cuts her vacation short to come and care for her husband. Even though he isn't particularly happy about her presence, he makes the best of the situation. Addison Shepherd is still lurking around the hospital, which causes tension in her relationships with both Derek and Meredith.

Cristina and Meredith both express a great deal of bitterness toward their past doctoral flames (Preston and Derek, respectively). However, as their work shifts progress, it seems as though they begin to see the happier sides to their men. Even George is having love life issues of his own. Several times he is teamed up with nurse Olivia, with whom he had previously had a relationship. In the end, though, he admits to her that he doesn't see them together in the future, and that he likes "another girl" (Meredith).

Meanwhile, a car crash brings a couple and their son to the hospital. The other driver involved in the accident dies, and the husband will die as well unless he can have a liver transplant. The only possible donor is his son, but he is unsure if he wants to make that donation because of the way his dad abuses his mother. Alex is able to talk (and relate) with him. Eventually, the son chooses to make the donation, but he asks his mother to leave his father and inform the cops of the situation.

Miranda deals with an unusual surgery of a man who has blocked bowels. He doesn't say what caused the blockage, but X-rays reveal the heads of ten Judy Dolls (similar to Barbie dolls) lodged in his bowels.

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[edit] Make Me Lose Control

  • Original U.S. air date: October 9, 2005
  • Directed by: Adam Davidson
  • Written by: Krista Vernoff
  • Guest Stars: Kate Burton (Dr. Ellis Grey)
  • Title reference: The episode's title refers to a song by Eric Carmen.
  • Goofs: In the elevator, Dr. Webber has post-op bandages underneath his hat. When he walks out of the elevator, the bandages are gone.

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Havoc strikes Seattle Grace when Meredith's mother, Dr. Ellis Grey, is brought to the hospital for having possible diverticulitis. No one at Seattle Grace knew of Dr. Grey's Alzheimer's disease, but after her visit, everyone now knows. George is assigned to her case but cannot help her much because she thinks that he is her ex-husband, Thatcher. There is a possibility that Dr. Grey actually has liver cancer, but that comes up negative. At the same time, Alex is dealing with a patient who suffers from idiopathic craniofacial erythema and wants to have surgery to have that fixed. However, there is a chance that many other after effects will occur. Fortunately, none of them do.

While Cristina is in the operating room with Preston, she collapses on the floor. Miranda and Izzie rush her into another operating room, where Addison, who is still at Seattle Grace, performs surgery on her. Cristina has problems with her pregnancy and she will have to lose her baby. It is obvious Preston still has feelings for Cristina, because he is highly concerned for her. He also finds out about the baby by looking on the "Upcoming Surgeries" board and sees Cristina's information.

At the end of the shift, Meredith cracks under all that has gone on during that day and eventually tells Derek that she misses him and it is hurting her. She delivers this news to him only after he and Addison seem to be getting along much better than they had been before.

Alex and Izzie's relationship goes to bigger heights as she defends him in front of the others. She claims that "he is really sweet once you get to know him."

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[edit] Deny, Deny, Deny

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Cristina is still recovering from her surgery while receiving a visit from her caring, yet annoying, mother. Cristina refuses to abide by the doctor's orders and stay in bed, so she takes it upon herself to be helpful around Seattle Grace. She helps herself to a patient file of Izzie's and determines that the patient is taking medicine so that she can receive medical treatment. At first, Izzie and Preston do not believe Cristina's theory, but after the patient's urine turns blue (which is an effect of the medication that she had been taking), their feelings change.

Cristina also has to deal with Preston in regards to the baby. He asks her for her reasoning behind concealing the truth. At the same time, Meredith is dealing with the continuing problem of Derek and Addison. Addison gave Derek divorce papers, but Derek is unsure if he wants to sign them. Another relationship is taking to newer heights when Alex asks Izzie on a date. Things turn bad for Alex though when he finds out from Dr. Webber that he did not pass an exam to remain in the Seattle Grace intern program. Dr. Webber, however, will give Alex a second chance to take the test.

Bailey shows a side of herself rarely displayed when a longtime patient of hers comes to the hospital for another procedure. The patient is reluctant to call his parents for fear of worrying them for something that seems very minor. The young man in his late 20s ends up dying in surgery. She spends over ten minutes trying to revive the young man, but her efforts fail. Miranda makes a phone call to his home and speaks to his mother, who it appears that she immediately remembers, and gives her the bad news in tears.

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[edit] Bring the Pain

  • Original U.S. air date: October 23, 2005
  • Directed by: Mark Tinker
  • Written by: Shonda Rhimes
  • Guest Stars: Steven W. Bailey (Joe), Kate Burton (Dr. Ellis Grey), Brent Briscoe (Henry Lamott), Sally Ann Brooks (Marie Lamott), Michelle Krusiec (Anna Chue)
  • Title reference: The episode's title refers to a song by Method Man.
  • Goofs: When George and Alex are in the elevator preparing for heart surgery in one scene Alex already has his gloves and surgical gown on and in the next scene he doesn't and the scene after that he does again.

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Meredith and Dr. Shepherd have to use more than medicine when a young Hmong woman’s traditionalist, religious father forbids her to have a life-saving operation unless a shaman is called upon to "retrieve her souls". Meanwhile, George and Alex are forced to perform surgery in a trapped elevator in an attempt to save a patient’s life which George shows his potential while Alex shuns the challenge, and it is decision time for Derek and the two women in his life.

In the official writer's blog for the show, Shonda Rhimes noted the following about this episode:

"Bring the Pain" was originally conceived, written and shot to be the finale of Grey's Anatomy's first season. But then we aired after Desperate Housewives and, well…everything changed. Ratings, timeslots, a really great audience following…it was mind blowing and humbling for all of us. The network made a decision — our first season needed to end in conjunction with DH's season. And so suddenly, the arrival of Derek's wife became our perfect season-ending cliffhanger. And this episode became one of a series of big episodes to launch our second season.
But if you watch it with that in mind — the fact that this was the final episode — you can see me trying to bring the characters full circle from the pilot."

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[edit] Into You Like a Train

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As Meredith nervously awaits a final decision from Derek, her fear is interrupted when a train crash brings several seriously injured patients to the hospital, including Bonnie and Tom, a pair of passengers who’ve been impaled on a metal pole. The only way to remove the pole from these two is a very risky surgery where one of the two must be slid back on the pole, more than likely causing them to die. Tom, an older man in his 60s, offers to give his life to save Bonnie because he is older and has had a shot at living. Bonnie, an attractive woman in her late 20s, is engaged to be married and waiting for her fiancé to arrive at the hospital. Since Bonnie's injuries are determined to be worse than Tom's, she is the one chosen to be moved on the pole. All the doctors involved in the surgery promise they will do everything they can to try and save both Bonnie and Tom. In surgery, after being removed from the pole, Bonnie begins to crash. Doctors work on her only for a short time before they deem her "unsavable" and turn to help Tom, who has a greater chance of living. As the doctors move to Tom, Meredith stays by the dying Bonnie saying "What about her? You can't just abandon her!" This particular situation becomes very ironic to Meredith's situation with Derek. She feels that she has just been dropped when Derek returns to his unfaithful wife. At the emergency department, Alex is doing sutures but eventually fails to notice a woman bleeding internally which leads to her death. In the mean time, Addison Shepherd sees great potential in Izzie, who must decide whether her loyalty as Meredith’s friend outweighs professional gain.

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[edit] Something to Talk About

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Cristina, Izzie and Meredith aggressively pursue the case of Shane, a male patient who seems to have a hysterical pregnancy, which fascinates them and the entire medical staff, and also angers Meredith because noone in the hospital is respecting the privacy of the patients. In a parallel situation, many hospital workers whisper continuously about Derek and Meredith and give them little privacy as well. A sheltered young patient inspires Alex to better express his feelings for Izzie. The episode ends with Alex arriving at the bar where Meredith, George, Cristina and Izzie are having a drink - Alex pulls Izzie and kisses her.

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[edit] Let It Be

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Derek and Addison Shepherd’s professional relationship is challenged when their friends from Manhattan come to Seattle Grace seeking a radical, preemptive operation to avoid breast and ovarian cancer. Sav's husband can't seem to give her the support she needs, and this reflects on the situation between Addison and Derek. However, when she goes for the surgery, her husband does come to support her through the surgery. Meanwhile, George can’t understand why a patient who fell five stories doesn’t seem happy to have survived; an elderly gentleman makes a difficult decision upon learning that his wife has only a few months to live; Cristina and Burke try to have a “normal” date, and Chief Webber is disappointed by Bailey’s fellowship decision -- until he learns her reasons: that she is pregnant.

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[edit] Thanks for the Memories

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The Thanksgiving holiday is more difficult for the interns and residents than any of them is willing to admit, as Izzie plans a big dinner at Meredith's—but it remains to be seen who among the invited guests will actually show up. Meredith sneaks off to the hospital, Alex doesn't turn up and George endures the O'Malley tradition of hunting turkeys with his less-than-sophisticated family. George is rather hurt when his brothers say he isn't a real doctor when he explains that interns observe most of the times. Later on, when his brother accidentally shoots their father, George realizes that his brothers weren't the ones making him feel stupid—he was the one making them feel stupid. As George's dad says, one of his brothers is a dry-cleaner, the other one works in a post-office and he himself drives a truck, while George is a surgical intern.

Derek and Dr. Webber arrive at the hospital, saying they'll go home in a minute, when they intend on staying at the hospital.

Meredith treats a patient who's been in a vegetative state for 16 years but finally wakes up to find that his family has moved on. Alex doesn't turn up to help Izzie out either—he is at the hospital as well. Cristina and Burke do turn up, however, when they find Izzie doesn't know how to cook (she claims she is an excellent baker, but she doesn't cook) and is still attempting to make Thanksgiving dinner. Burke helps her out, proving himself to be an excellent chef, and Cristina storms out of the kitchen asking Burke to give her the keys of his car, making an excuse that she needs to go buy some liquor, something she has been complaining about since she arrived. But, she ends up going to the hospital herself. When Burke and Izzie get talking while preparing the meal, Izzie says that she just likes Thanksgiving because finally they get a day off their duties. They work 16-hour-shifts all year and finally on this day, they get to be normal people. No one lives or dies under their watch. Although no one except Burke helps Izzie out, eventually Alex, George, and Cristina come back to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, while Meredith goes to Joe's bar and meets a one-night stand.

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[edit] Much too Much

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Meredith is mortified when her “one night stand” shows up at the hospital suffering from priapism and needing medical attention. Izzie, Addison and Derek are assigned to a case where a woman carrying quintuplets (all females) is overwhelmed by numerous medical issues as she navigates her high-risk pregnancy. Alex’s shortcomings frustrate Izzie, especially when she catches Alex and Olivia having sex, when she needs Alex to help deliver her patient's quintuplets. On the other hand, Alex again shows his incompetence in treating one of his patients by administering the wrong dosage. Cristina questions Preston wondering why he would leave a key to his house for her. Cristina then shows Preston where she lives which at first she is reluctant as she finds the two of them are quite different. The episode ends with Izzie's patient's babies being delivered by the doctors.

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[edit] Owner of a Lonely Heart

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Cristina Yang has little sympathy for Constance Ferguson, a prison inmate who jeopardizes her health just to get out of solitary confinement. Meanwhile the interns all keep careful watch on the family of premature quintuplets with a variety of serious health challenges, Izzie’s anger at Alex reaches boiling point, and Dr. Addison Shepherd decides to teach Izzie a very painful lesson which she too once received from Dr. Weber. She wants Izzie to know the consequences of being too attached to her patients.

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[edit] Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

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A young boy needs a heart transplant but doesn't seem to want it, and an argument over his treatment exposes major philosophical differences between Burke and Cristina -- he's spiritual, she's not. Burke won't operate on the boy until his mind accepts the heart, because he believes the body will reject it if he doesn't. Cristina, though not a believer, makes a connection with the kid over their shared skepticism, and gets the boy to want the heart. Meanwhile, when the interns rally to help Alex prepare to re-take his exam, Izzie feels betrayed (after all, Alex just cheated on her). Meredith has to remind Izzie of the true spirit of the Christmas holiday;and despite a reconciliation with his wife, Derek isn’t in a festive mood. Shepherd performs brain surgery on the patriarch of a mixed Jewish/Christian family who discuss celebrating Chrismukkah.

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[edit] Special: Straight to the Heart

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A special recap episode showcasing the series' first two seasons with clips from the show and insight on what is to come on future episodes.

[edit] Begin the Begin

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Dr. Webber enforces an 80 hour per week maximum rule for the interns. Meredith is sent home for working too long of a shift. She does laundry and then goes to visit her mother at the nursing home—where she finds Derek. Derek wants to help Ellis, but Meredith doesn't want his help. Derek needs Richard to intervene. Izzie seems to be getting over Alex when she shares an undeniable chemistry with Denny Duquette, a patient awaiting a heart transplant. Bailey goes to retrieve Denny's heart, taking Cristina along for the ride. Meanwhile George and Addison treat Bex, a young teen hermaphrodite. And the new dog proves troublesome to all who dwell at Casa de Interns—including Meredith, after he destroys her freshly washed laundry.

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  • "Hide Another Mistake" - The 88
  • "One of These Days" - Kraak And Smaak
  • "Ride" - Cary Brothers
  • "Break Your Momma's Back" - Slow Runner

[edit] Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

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The truth is in short supply as Meredith and Cristina lie to each other about the status of their relationships. Cristina is angry with Derek since he has Meredith calling him McDreamy again. Cristina 'kinda' moved in with Burke. George is given the unpleasant task of discharging an elderly patient who refuses to leave the hospital despite no longer being sick. A patient named Yumi Miyazaki is presented with a tear in the lining of her esophagus. Alex is so nervous about the results of his exam that he eventually asks Izzie to open them for him (he passes).

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[edit] Break on Through

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Amidst a strike by the nurses at Seattle Grace Hospital, Meredith finds an elderly patient short of breath and revives her. However, upon meeting the patient's long-winded friends (June Lockhart, Betty Garrett and Rae Allen), Meredith learns that the patient was not supposed to be given treatment, and the hospital must wait for the arrival of the patient's daughter to sign papers ordering the hospital to cease treatment of her mother and allow her to die. Izzie treats a pregnant teenager with whom she has much in common--not only are they both from the same small town, but Izzie reveals that she also gave birth as a teen and encourages her patient to consider adoption, which upsets the patient's mother. Cristina is irritated with the perky new resident, Sydney, and asks for Burke's intervention when Sydney attempts a risky procedure to save a woman's infected leg from amputation. Meredith is initially upset with Dr. Webber for visiting her mother, but following the death of her patient decides that she doesn't want her mother to die alone (this is stated in a tearful conversation she has with Derek in a supply closet, where she went after the overwhelming task of letting her patient die) and allows Webber to continue his visits.

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[edit] It's The End of the World

  • Original U.S. air date: February 5, 2006
  • Directed by: Peter Horton
  • Written by: Shonda Rhimes
  • Special Guest Stars: Christina Ricci (Hannah Davies), Kyle Chandler (Dylan Young)
  • Trivia: The episode aired immediately following the 2006 Super Bowl XL which was broadcast on ABC. The episode was watched by 38.1 million viewers. [1] The show opens with the three females leads (Meredith, Izzie and Cristina) showering together as George watches them. They call George to join them and then cuts to George in his bed, which all turned out to be his dream. The fan base prior to this episode was upset that this scene was "too sexual" by showing girl on girl action in an attempt to catch the attention of the males who may have tuned in after the game.
  • Title reference: The episode's title refers to a song by R.E.M., whose lead singer, Michael Stipe, collaborated with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for a cover of the Joseph Arthur song "In The Sun", which closes the episode.
  • Note: This episode is the first of a two-part story.

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The episode begins with a dream of Izzie, Cristina, Meredith and George in the shower together. It's George's dream. Meredith refuses to go to work. She has this feeling that she will die. George and Izzie can't get her out of bed, they have to call in Cristina. Once at the hospital, the premonition seems to have some validity. A trauma victim is brought in by a paramedic with her hand still stuck inside him to stop the bleeding. As Alex soon discovers though, her hand isn't the only thing inside of him -- after trying to make a homemade bazooka, he's also got a piece of unexploded munitions inside of him. This places the hospital on Code Black, which essentially shuts down the surgical wing -- save for the one operation that has already begun: Derek and Cristina operating on the brain of a man who happens to be Bailey's husband.

Bailey's husband got into a car accident trying to get to the hospital on time because Bailey is now going into labor. Though the bomb squad, led by Dylan Young, wants to clear out the ORs of all unnecessary personnel, Derek, Cristina, and Meredith all insist on staying (Meredith is with the paramedic, Hannah, who's got her hand in the patient). After a chat with George about being "doers versus watchers" (they feel Cristina and Meredith are the "doers"), Izzie decides to ignite things with Alex -- in the supply closet. Richard is trying his best to keep the hospital in some sort of order amidst the chaos, but he's having a tough time. In fact, things degrade quite quickly all around, most notably when an anesthesiologist leaves Hannah alone with the patient and the bomb while all the other doctors are strategizing with Dylan. Meredith finds Hannah having a nervous breakdown, about the pull her hand out and potentially put them all in danger (not to mention kill the patient whose bleeding she's suppressing). Hannah does pull her hand out and run away -- but not before Meredith can take her place as the girl with her hand in the explosive patient.

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[edit] (As We Know It)

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Without her husband by her side, Bailey refuses to have the baby. Addison strongly disagrees -- that baby has to come out, and Addison would much rather have Bailey's cooperation on this. George works with Addison to convince Bailey to have the baby, and it's George who finally gets through to her. Richard isn't doing so well, though, with the stress, and he suffers an anxiety attack that lures Adele to the hospital.

Dr. Bailey is in labor, and is still refusing to give birth. George helps her out by giving her a little motivation, and ultimately holding her while she delivers the baby. Izzie and Alex have some more love-making. Chief Webber is under a lot of stress from everything that's been going on, and it is believed that he had a heart attack. However, it proves to be just an anxiety attack, and he is up and about by the end of the episode. Bailey's husband survives, after going into cardiac arrest. Meredith removes the explosive from the patient and then Dylan Young, a member of the bomb squad, removes it and leaves the room. Shortly thereafter, the bomb explodes, killing Dylan and another bomb-squad member. Meredith, who followed Dylan out into the hall, is knocked unconscious by the explosion. There is a revival of the "shower scene" from the first part, but with a more serious tone: the fully-clothed Izzie and Cristina wash blood off of a stunned Meredith as George looks on. The man who had the explosive embedded in his body also survived. At the end of the episode, Preston and Derek become friends, overcoming their initial rivalry in the series beginning, and call each other by their first names for the first time in the show. Cristina says "I love you too" to a sleeping Preston. Derek comes visiting Meredith and says "You almost died today" and Meredith tells him that she can't remember their last kiss. Derek tells her about it in detail and then leaves.

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[edit] Yesterday

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Dr. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) arrives in Seattle to try to convince Addison to continue their relationship, and is greeted with a punch from Derek, just for flirting with Meredith.Meredith then stitches Sloan where he points out that even though Derek caught him having sex with Addison, he just walked out but flirting with her earned Sloan a punch. Despite the tension between the former best friends, Dr. Webber allows Sloan (whom the female interns dub "McSteamy") to assist Derek in a risky surgery to fix a teenage patient with facial tumors that make his face resemble that of a lion. When the patient dies during surgery, Sloan proceeds with the plastic surgery to fulfill the boy's dying wish of appearing normal. Cristina and Preston's relationship is strained when he learns that she still leases her original apartment. Izzie treats a patient with spontaneous orgasms, causing Izzie to satisfy her own needs with Alex. Meredith's mother tells her about having an affair, and after Meredith deals with a cancer victim who is intent on recording angry messages to all those who have hurt him, she confronts her father about the affair. It is the first time she has spoken to him in twenty years. Later, Dr. Webber tells Meredith's mother that Meredith is finding out about their past; due to her Alzheimer's, the elder Dr. Grey thinks that Meredith is still five years old. George is unable to tell Meredith how he feels about her until the end of the episode, when he comes clean and they appear to have sex.

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[edit] What Have I Done to Deserve This?

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Following their sexual encounter, Meredith and George avoid each other at work, and George ends up falling down a stairwell and dislocating his shoulder. Frequent heart patient Denny is readmitted and grows closer to Izzie, causing Alex to be jealous. Although Bailey is on maternity leave, Addison asks for her treatment after exposure and an allergic reaction to poison oak in an especially uncomfortable and personal place. George flashes back to the previous night with Meredith, when she cried out of regret while they were having sex, and he moves in with Burke and Cristina. Throughout the drama, George catches the eye of Dr. Callie Torres, a resident who had heard of George's 'elevator heart surgery' exploit.

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[edit] Band-Aid Covers the Bullet Hole

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After Dr. Bailey is called into surgery, Cristina is forced to watch baby Tucker for the remainder of the day. Meanwhile, George and Meredith are still on the outs as she confides in Derek with her problem. Izzie continues to warm up to Denny who is having problems breathing. George meets a new friend.

Meredith and Derek try being friends -- but she won't go far enough into the friendzone to tell him about George. Izzie and Alex both have talks with Denny. Alex tells him that he and Izzie are back together. Izzie convinces him that he needs to stay with her in the hospital. Cristina is stuck babysitting for Bailey's baby, and George and Callie further their flirtations over a teenaged patient who decides to chop off his own finger after Callie refuses to do it for him. Burke shows a preference for living with George over Cristina, and Addison gets a long-awaited admission from Derek that shows some hope for their marriage after all.

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[edit] Superstition

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When a series of deaths occur at Seattle Grace, the uncanny events bring out the doctors' superstitious sides, namely the belief that deaths "come in threes and sevens". The four deaths that morning implies that three more deaths are due for the day. This makes Izzie nervous about Denny's surgery, and a jealous Alex informs Denny of to the likelihood of his death, prompting Izzie to completely end their relationship. Meanwhile, Derek and Addison discuss making a more permanent living arrangement, and Richard treats a former sponsor from his alcoholic's anonymous group. After Denny survives his surgery Izzie kisses him.

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[edit] The Name of the Game

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George begins to overstay his welcome at Burke's apartment; Meredith learns a secret about her father; Bailey worries her colleagues will not treat her the same now that she's a mother; and Alex gets a lesson in bedside manners. George finds Callie living in the hospital and begins a relationship with her.

Meredith takes up knitting -- and a vow of celibacy. Cristina competes with the Chief during classroom exercises. Burke tries to teach Alex a lesson about bedside manner, but it's a lesson that falls on deaf ears. Izzie knits, too, makes a sweater for Denny, and when she's not knitting, she's trying to get George to move back into the house and at the same time find out from Callie what her secret is (she seems to be hiding something, according to Izzie). George carries around the burden of discovering that Meredith's sister -- a sister she never knew she had -- is a patient of Addison's. And Bailey becomes Derek's intern for the day -- so she can get more OR time. Meredith meets Doc's vet, and takes a shine to him.

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[edit] Special: Under Pressure

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A special recap episode detailing the 10 previously aired episodes of the series' second season.

[edit] Blues for Sister Someone

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Izzie grills George about the personal details of his life, such as where he is living after being kicked out of Burke's. Addison and Alex treat a Catholic woman who is pregnant with her seventh child and wants Addison to perform a tubal ligation during the caesarean section. However, she does not want her husband to know. During the surgery Addison cuts the fallopian tubes and puts it down to a complication, but the husband does not accept this and begins talking to lawyers. Burke performs surgery on his musical hero who wants a pacemaker removed as it has ruined his ability to play the violin. George moves back in with Izzie and Meredith.

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[edit] Damage Case

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A husband, pregnant wife and her parents are involved in a car accident caused by a surgical intern from another hospital, who fell asleep at the wheel. The wife has massive injuries and eventually dies, though Alex performs a caesarean section to save the baby. Derek is angry at Meredith after he sees her at the veterinarian's. Burke is angry at Christina after she fell asleep during sex the previous night. After Callie spends the night with George, Meredith and Izzie see her leave the bathroom without washing her hands. George does not stand up for Callie to his roommates. He later finds out that Callie did not want to bother them (they were at the sink) and washed her hands in the kitchen downstairs. Denny is becoming angry at being stuck in bed with no end in sight.

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Finn diagnoses Doc with osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Derek is still angry with Meredith for dating Finn. Addison sees that this relationship is bothering her husband and is angry with Derek because he didn't get angry after finding out she cheated on him. The ER is full of people who have suffered gunshot wounds after a disgruntled former employee of a restaurant returns with a gun. One of the victims is a 12-week pregnant woman who dies, but whose parents want her to be kept on life-support so the baby will reach its third trimester. Meredith is assigned to Callie for the day, and in the end Callie tells George that she loves him. A heart is found for Denny, but the donor dies before Burke arrives for the organ harvest. He attempts to get the heart from another donor, but Denny is second on the transplant list, having been entered 17 seconds after the first placed person. On hearing this, Izzie takes matters into her own hands, cutting power to his LVAD (left ventricular assist device) so that he will go to the top of the UNOS donor list. She also does this because she knows Burke will arrive soon and will be able to operate quickly. In the end of the episode, Meredith and Derek ride in the elevator together. They look at each other, realizing that they both still love each other. Meredith asks Finn about Doc's real condition, and he admits he's been downsizing it. He apologizes, and talking about Doc, he says "I'm sorry, I know you love him." Meredith, talking about Derek, says, "I do. I love him so much." Then, the gunman from the restaurant finds the manager at the hospital and opens fire. The episode ends with Bailey finding Burke shot and apparently unconscious in front of the hospital.

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Burke has been shot and Izzie has just cut Denny's LVAD wire. George, Meredith, and Cristina all wind up helping Izzie keep Denny alive long enough to get moved up the transplant list and get the heart in question. Addison figures out that Richard's niece's (Camille) cancer has unfortunately returned. Bailey and Derek are attending to Burke -- and it's Derek who must operate on Burke to help save his surgical skills. Richard and his wife discuss his past affair with Ellis Grey. Meanwhile Alex desperately stalls at Mercy West in order to maintain possession of the donor heart while the rest of the interns struggle with each other in their fear of losing their places in the program & as well as Denny, who makes a surprise marriage proposal to Izzie amidst the madness.

After Bailey discovers the interns and Denny's situation, she helps them confirm Denny should receive the heart. Burke decides to have the surgery performed, risking nerve damage. But during his surgery, Derek must perform a wake-up test to check for nerve damage, and he asks Cristina for her help. But Cristina, horrified at the sight of Burke in pain on the table, freezes. Alex travels with Dr. Hahn from Mercy West with the heart, scrubbing in with Dr. Bailey for Denny's transplant. However, after the heart has been inserted, it still does not begin to beat and back in Derek's OR, Burke still cannot move his fingers successfully.

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[edit] Losing My Religion

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The Chief discovers that his wife knew about his affair with Meredith's mother but stayed with him. The Chief launches an investigation to find out exactly what happened to Denny and who cut his wire. He suspects Izzie but all of the interns, even Alex, stand behind Izzie and each claims that they were the one who did it. Meanwhile, the hospital throws a prom for the chief's niece,Camille, who is dying of ovarian cancer and is unable to attend her high school prom. As punishment for the interns' lack of cooperation, all of them are pulled from surgery to plan the prom and cater to the chief's niece and her friends.
Much to Denny and Izzie's happiness, Denny's transplant surgery is successful. During a visit, Denny confirms to Izzie that he meant his marriage proposal; she is the person he wants to sleep and wake up with, and do everything in-between with. Scared by the pace of Denny's emotions and of her own, Izzie leaves without answering.
Cristina visits Burke, and witnesses his tremor from the surgery Derek performs on his gunshot wound. He tells her that he needs to take care of himself at the moment, and won't bear a grudge if she decides to leave him then. Cristina gives no answer.
Frustrated, the chief decides to interview each one involved with the cutting Denny's LVAD wire. Alex remains loyal to his friends, using sports analogies to justify his stance. Cristina begs the chief to help her reclaim her edge, which enabled her to stay cold and collected before, and would have probably kept her from participating from what happened with Denny and not stop her from revealing all. The chief dismisses her, refusing to participate in destroying Cristina's humanity. George seems to be the easiest to break, but is able to stay quiet. Izzie claims that she should feel guilty about participating, but does not regret it at all - she is too happy that Denny is well. During Meredith's interview, the chief says that he knows that she would never cut Denny's LVAD wire. Meredith responds by calling out his affair with her mother, and how it destroyed her parents' marriage.
During her interview, Izzie realizes that Denny is the only one who sees who she really is beyond her blonde, "pretty-girl" image. Rushing into Denny's room during his examination with Bailey, she accepts his proposal and leaves to get ready for the prom.
Meredith decides to have Doc put down to end his suffering with bone cancer and notifies Derek, who meets her at Finn's office with Addison. As Doc is given an injection to stop his heart, Derek briefly touches Meredith's hand. After the deed is finished, the pair decide to bury the dog in a clearing close to the trailer. Meredith then sadly leaves.
At the prom, Derek is unable to keep his eyes off Meredith as she dances with Finn from across the room. Meredith then pulls away from Finn claiming to be hot and claustrophobic and runs to get some water. Derek lies to Addison, pretending he needs to check on a patient and follows Meredith. Derek shouts to Meredith as she runs down a hallway, and she begs him to leave her alone. The two go into the exam room where Meredith vents her frustration: she's trying to be happy with Finn, who's perfect for her. But she tells him to stop looking at her because she can't breathe when he looks at her. Derek fires back, saying that he doesn't want to look at her; he wishes he could be looking at his wife instead. Addison doesn't make him crazy or make him unable to feel normal - like feeling sick to his stomach whenever he imagines his vet's hands touching her. After a sizzling moment of frustrated staring, Derek grabs Meredith and kisses her. She gives in to the kiss and the two of them have sex.
Callie refuses to go with George to the prom after he didn't reply that he loved her. She storms away from him as he wants to talk about what happened. Callie admits that she is humiliated because she has never told anyone that she loves them. George tries to get her to stay as she fights to pull away from him. He finally is able to calm her down and tells her that he could say it back but it would be a lie; he would rather wait until he actually means it. Callie replies, "I hate that I'm so into you," and the two begin to passionately kiss. Izzie arrives to the prom late, having changed her dress several times because she wanted to look nice for Denny. She meets a dateless Alex as she comes in, who compliments and stares at her as she walks away. Denny sits alone in his room, smiling and reading a magazine. In a split second, his smile disappears and his head falls backwards as his screen flatlines; dead by the time Izzie comes to see him.
After their tryst, Derek asks the question: "What does this mean?" Unable to come up with an answer, Meredith frantically looks for her black panties. Callie comes in to look for her and catches the two getting dressed. She tells Meredith Izzie "needs us" and even fixes Meredith's dress and throws a dirty look at Derek as they leave the room.
The Chief sits in an operating viewing room and Dr. Bailey arrives to tell him some upsetting news. She listens as he is distraught over his niece's imminent death. Bailey then says, "Denny Duquette died at 7:42pm," and he replies sullenly and in defeat, "Damn it."
The interns and Callie find a heartbroken Izzie holding Denny in bed. She knows what caused his death, a stroke due to a blood clot forming on the sutures fixing his newly transplanted heart. She knew he was prone to blood clots and blames herself for allowing it to happen though, as George points out, there was nothing she could have done to prevent it. She sadly asks the interns to leave her to be alone with Denny. Alex comes in and tells her "that's not Denny." Izzie tells him to shut up. Alex tries to get her to see that Denny is no longer here and he would not want this for her. She quietly comments on how just an hour ago he was proposing and is now dead. She calls it "the most ridiculous piece of crap [she's] ever heard" and breaks down in tears. Alex carries her away as she cries on his shoulder.
Cristina visits Burke, and as he tests out his tremor, she immediately grabs his hand and encases it with her own.
Bailey and the chief go to search for Izzie and the two ask Addison, Derek and Finn if they have seen any of the interns. The interns pass them in the main lobby, where Izzie admits to cutting Denny's LVAD wire and quits the program.
After George and Alex accompany Izzie home, Finn offers to drive Meredith home. Derek calls her name, and Meredith is left to decide between the two men.

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