Music:
Grey's Anatomy Theme: Cosy in the Rocket by Psapp
Eric Hutchinson, "Watching You Watch Him - Unreleased"
Susannah enters the room to find her husband reading the paper. Zola cries in her crib. Derek and Owen lay bricks for the fireplace. Lexie and Jackson have an intimate moment and they hear the baby cry.
Delay Trees, "Gold"
Meredith plays with Zola as Janet enters. Tara, a daycare worker asks Meredith if she's taking Zola home. Alex operates on Nick...
AM, "Boundaries"
Danny and Susannah drive. The Chief fires Mer. Danny watches as Susannah exits the car.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich, "Box Of Stones"
Meredith approaches Janet. Derek works on Nicky. Meredith walks down the hall. Derek continues to work on Nicky. Meredith moves quickly.
New Cassettes, "Bite Your Lip"
Janet the social worker asks a nurse to page Derek. Teddy finds Cristina not doing her chest tube. Henry arrives. Derek and Arizona work on Nicky. He gets a message about Zola.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich, "Atlas Hands"
Susannah is overcome with relief when she sees Danny. Cristina tends to Alex, and teases him for being a baby…
Emma Louise, "Jungle"
Danny asks Owen questions about Susannah's condition. Cristina, April, Alex and Jackson bicker about how to proceed with the patient…
Big Scary, "Thinking About You"
Mark wakes Sofia up. Richard calls Adele and tells her he's on his way home. Owen holds Cristina's hand as a doctor begins the abortion…
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Synopsis:
Meredith loses her job; April tries to fill the roll of chief resident; Cristina and Owen butt heads; Zola's adoption counselor worries about Meredith and Derek's relationship; Cristina makes a difficult decision.
(From ABC)
"Free Falling" (9:00-10:00 p.m.), the fifth-year residents return for the first day of a year that will make or break their careers: Meredith faces the consequences of tampering with Derek's clinical trial and is terminated at the hospital; April tries to step up to the plate as Chief Resident in the wake of a giant sinkhole in the middle of Seattle; and Cristina and Owen are still at odds over their drastically different feelings for their unborn child.
An unemployed man named Danny is feuding with his working wife Susannah. She angrily exits their car. Moments later there’s a rumbling sound. Then Susannah is gone. Danny steps out of the car. More rumbling. Soon, Danny’s gone, too. Both have been swallowed up by a gigantic sinkhole. Their car flies downward, too.
Susannah’s leg is stuck under the car. The sinkhole is still extremely unstable, so Owen and Callie are tasked with talking Danny through the impossible. They need him to amputate his own wife’s leg. Danny is scared, yet somehow he musters enough courage to begin the procedure. But there comes a point where he can’t continue. It’s just too much to ask. That’s why Owen risks his own life to go down into the sinkhole and finish the job.
Alex is hiding out at the sinkhole scene since he’s persona non grata at the hospital. He finds the hand of a young boy who has been buried alive. Alex is able to stabilize him. The kid is transported to the hospital where Jackson has stitched up a gash on his dad’s face. Did we mention young Dr. Avery is interested in plastics now? As you may have guessed, Mark is pretty darn rough on him when he finds out.
Word of the Mer-Der separation gets back to the adoption counselor even though Meredith tried to hide the news. She also failed to mention she’d been fired. Now a slew of red flags have been raised regarding Zola’s adoption. Needless to say, Derek is not happy with wife.
Owen isn’t happy with his wife either. He has no idea that Cristina still hasn’t had the abortion even though she desperately wants to. Meredith gives him the scoop. She’s speaking as kid who was raised by a mom who didn’t want her. She knows that Cristina will resent her child if she has one and that will ultimately destroy her. Clearly, her words hit home with Owen.
Teddy has been pretty darn giddy lately because of all the earth-shattering sex she’s been having with Henry. Earth-shattering sex tends to put people in good moods. Teddy is now willing to teach Cristina again. They’ll be getting back to basics, focusing on all the things Cristina was able to gloss over because she was so brilliant right out of the gate. Sounds like fun! Well, not for Cristina.
There’s trouble in the OR when Bailey almost performs a procedure on the wrong patient. There was a mix up on the big board. Fortunately, Lexie suspected something was amiss just before scalpel hit skin. Bailey stares ahead with daggers in her eyes. She believes the team needs a Gunther. The woman with the amputated leg will serve that purpose well. What’s a Gunther, you ask? We have no idea. But I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
With Derek in surgery, Meredith tries to find out the worst case scenario from the adoption counselor. She fears they may take the baby away. The social worker doesn’t want to discuss the matter until Derek is there, too. Meredith says she’ll go find him. Instead, she runs to get Zola. Meredith looks completely unhinged as she carries the baby down a corridor. She mutters softly, “What did I do? What did I do?” We’re kind of wondering the same thing right about now.