Music:
Grey's Anatomy Theme: Cosy in the Rocket by Psapp
TITLE: Enchantment PERFORMER: Lily Frost LABEL: Aporia Records Burke has Derek and Meredith to a dinner party at his house and Cristina sits in the kitchen counter tossing cereal into her mouth and drinking wine from a bottle. TITLE: Ships PERFORMER: Umbrellas LABEL: The Militia Group Callie, Cristina and Richard operate on a patient. Derek yells at Meredith about telling Sloan about the chief. Bailey asks Burke for help. Izzie talks to Rachel about letting go of Jilly who is going to die of a disease. TITLE: Love Show PERFORMER: Skye LABEL: Atlantic Addison invites Alex to a surgery. Meredith and Derek fight, but make up. Cristina and Burke make up. George and Callie make up.
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Synopsis:
Bailey proposes the creation of a free clinic; a Seattle Grace doctor receives a proposal.
(From ABC)
While rumors of the Chief's departure spread among the hospital staff, Bailey proposes the creation of a free clinic, and a Seattle Grace doctor receives a proposal of a different sort.
Not one but two characters proposed marriage on this week's episode of the ABC hit "Grey's Anatomy." But don't expect a painfully sweet, double-wedding "very special episode" on the horizon.
In the fictional world of Seattle Grace Hospital, happiness is always tempered by a strong dose of heartache. This week was no exception. (Spoiler alert: Stop reading now if you've saved the episode for later viewing.)
In an hour sprinkled with nice comedic moments, we saw George mourn his father's death by embracing life _ first by indulging in nonstop sex with Callie, then by sharing his feelings with her more honestly than ever before.
"Every time I look at you, I feel better," he told her. Then came the kicker: "Marry me?"
George also shared a lovely scene with Izzie, who has been his surrogate mom since the series began. Much as it pained her, she realized George no longer needs her. "I have to let you go," she told him.
Meanwhile, the Chief made his retirement official, setting off frantic competition for his job. Derek was furious to learn that Burke already had been offered the job and turned it down. He got angrier after learning that Mark Sloan had canceled his plans to leave Seattle because Meredith told him the chief's job is open.
Derek yelled at Meredith and stalked off, leaving her wondering whether they were over. Once Derek's anger had cooled, he gently reassured her: "You can expect that I'm going to show up," offering his McDreamiest smile. "Even if I yell. Even if you yell."
Things were less rosy for the Chief: He showed up at home with flowers and told his wife that he'd finally retired, but it was too late. She'd already moved on. (Which, conveniently, frees him up to finally have a relationship with Ellis.)
The Chief wasn't the only one who faced a rude awakening. When Cristina discovered that a marathoner nearly died because he was so focused on winning, she abandoned her stalemate with Burke. "I'm in this for the long haul," she told him. Apparently, so is he: "Marry me," he replied.
In other developments: Bailey proposed that the hospital open a free clinic and she forced the top surgeons to support the idea. You all have "your messy love lives, your secrets and your silliness," she barked at them. "But I need this. I need to believe in something the way I used to believe in you all." Ouch.
To Bailey's surprise, Izzie offered to foot the bill for what she's dubbing The Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic.
And Addison dodged Alex all of the episode, only to find that he's not after a relationship. He simply wants to scrub in on as many surgeries as possible. Or so he told her.
Derek changes the subject to Richard's stepping down and Cristina reveals that he first asked Burke to be the next Chief of Surgery. Derek is hurt that he was passed over and that Burke never told him.
Mark had been preparing to leave Seattle Grace but when he hears from Meredith that the Chief is retiring, he joins Derek, Addison and Burke in jockeying to be his replacement. Derek yells at Meredith for telling Mark the news because now he's staying and she says she didn't realize it was a secret. He storms out, still mad.
Alex finally corners Addison and says she doesn't need to avoid him after that kiss since he's not interested in her; he just wants back in on her surgeries.
Callie is worn out from nonstop sex with George but he won't take the hint from her or anyone else that there are other ways to cope with the death of his father.
Miranda tells the Chief she wants to start a free clinic but he says she needs the department heads' support and funding first.
A young woman, Jilly, comes in for a pelvic exam and her best friend Rachel is there to lend her support. They find a large cervical tumor, but when they open Jilly up, they realize it's spread too far and it's inoperable. It's too similar to his father's case for George, who has to leave the o.r. before the surgery is done.
Now that they know Jilly is dying, Izzie wants to call Jilly's parents but Rachel says that she's Jilly's only family. But the Amish couple who wander into Seattle Grace turns out to be the parents. Jilly and Rachel both left their community together, swearing they'd be friends "cradle to the grave." Since Rachel had already been baptized, the other Amish must shun her, but not Jilly, who hadn't been baptized yet.
Izzie realizes that it was Jilly who called her own parents and that she'd rather die at home, among her Amish family. She convinces Rachel the best way to be her friend is to let her go.
Jilly's tumor might have been caught earlier at a free clinic, so Miranda is more determined than ever to make it happen. She convinces the other surgeons to sign off on the idea. She's so busy with her task, she doesn't realize that the Chief is retiring until she sees the other surgeons all lined up outside his office to argue their case to be the next Chief. She's the only who doesn't ask for the job, and the only one who seems sorry to see him go. And she's not expecting it when he selects her.
Miranda tells Izzie she has everything now but the funding for the Seattle Grace Free Clinic. "The Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic," says Izzie, offering up the $8 million that Denny left her.
Richard hurries to see his wife, Adele so he can tell her that he's retired, as she had demanded in her ultimatum a few months before. But when he arrives, he realizes she has someone else already. "It's too late," she tells him sadly.
Meredith is surprised to see Derek show up at her house after he yelled at her. He realizes she's never had a relationship that survived past the first argument, so he assures her that even if they fight, he's not going anywhere.
Cristina finally talks to Burke: She says that she's still convinced she did the right thing, so she doesn't need him to forgive her. What he says in response takes her by surprise. "Marry me, Cristina Yang."
George tells Callie he's realized something with his father's death, that he loves her and he wants to be with her. He drops to one knee and asks her to marry him.