Grey's Anatomy: Season 2
Episode 12

Title: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Episode: 2.12
First Air Date: December 11, 2005
Writer: Krista Vernoff
Director: Peter Horton
DVD: Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 Guest Stars:
Jenny O'Hara as Andrea
Helen Slater as Nadia Shelton
Michael Hyatt as Marion Davison
Andrew Bilgore as Tim Epstein
Kathe Mazur as Jillian Epstein
Richard Jenik as Jimmy Shelton
CJ Sanders as Justin Davison
Steven W. Bailey as Joe
Robin Pearson Rose as Patricia

Music:
Grey's Anatomy Theme: Cosy in the Rocket by Psapp

Title Performer Label 
"The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" by Lou Rawls (EMI) 
"This Christmastime" by Mascott (Red Panda Records) 
"Back Door Santa" by Jet (Elektra Records) 
"Christmas After All" by Maria Taylor (Maria Taylor) 
"Here Comes Your Ride" by Holidays On Ice (Cloudybutfine) 
"Latke Clan" by The LeeVees (Reprise Records) 
"Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" by Catie Curtis (Rykodisc) 
"It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" by Sixpence None The Richer (Nettwerk Productions)

Fan Rating: 10/10 (Average of all fan submitted ratings)


Synopsis:

Burke and Yang disagree on how to treat a young boy who does not seem to want a needed heart-transplant.

(From ABC)
A young boy needs a heart transplant but doesn't seem to want it, and his treatment causes Burke and Yang to have philosophical differences. Meanwhile, when the interns rally to help Alex prepare to re-take his exam, 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


(Recap From ABC)
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.

Derek and Izzie treat a father who has a major attitude change after brain surgery the family thinks that Derek may have broken their dad, and Izzie doesn't necessarily disagree. George and Bailey deal with a woman needing minor surgery that keeps getting her surgery delayed. The woman's family is loud, obnoxious, and crazy, and George has to really stand up to them at the end. As for Derek, despite a reconciliation with Addison, Derek isn't in a festive mood. Christmas is about being with the one you love, and he doesn't think he's with that person.