Grey's Anatomy: Season 2
Episode 26

Title: Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response
Episode: 2.26
First Air Date: May 15, 2006
Writer: Tony Phelan and Joan Rater
Director: Rob Corn
DVD: Grey's Anatomy - Season 2 Guest Stars:
Chris O'Donnell as Dr. Finn Dandridge
Sara Ramirez as Callie
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Denny
Loretta Devine as Adele Webber
Hallee Hirsh as Claire
Tessa Thompson as Camille
Tiffany Hines as Natalie
Brooke Smith as Dr. Erica Hahn

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

Title Performer Label 
"Universe And U" by KT Tunstall (Relentless / Virgin)
"Look At Her Face" by The Coral Sea (Red Clover Records)
"Through The Backyards" by Au Revoir Simone (Self Released) 
"How We Operate" by Gomez (ATO Records)

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


Synopsis:

Pressure to find a new heart for Denny increases; Callie confronts George about his feelings for her.

(From ABC)
Izzie and George attend to Denny as the pressure increases to find him a new heart, Cristina suddenly finds herself in charge of an ER, and Derek grapples with the realization that the life of a friend is in his hands.


(Recap From ABC)
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