Music:
Grey's Anatomy Theme: Cosy in the Rocket by Psapp
TITLE: Love Save The Empty
PERFORMER: Erin McCarley
LABEL: Universal
Derek sleeps while Meredith reads Ellis' diary. Callie and Erica drink wine and make out. Izzie and Alex brush their teeth. Derek shows Meredith the "Shephard Method" article. Bailey and the Chief discuss the Shepherd Method and their upcoming surgery.
TITLE: Ordinary Day
PERFORMER: Emilie Mover
LABEL: Balonka
Lindsay explains herself to Cristina. Mark won't listen to more of Callie's sex problems. Izzie, Meredith, Cristina, and Alex humiliate the interns.
TITLE: These Quiet Times
PERFORMER: Shady Bard
LABEL: Static Caravan
Bailey reminds Nancy that five people besides her husband could benefit from her kidney donation. Chief briefs everyone on the surgery. He suspects Bailey changed Nancy's mind. Bailey, Meredith, and George remove Mrs. Patel's kidney.
TITLE: Comes And Goes (In Waves)
PERFORMER: Greg Laswell
LABEL: Vanguard
Richard chooses George's interns for him. Kurt's monitors start blaring. Bailey, Izzie and Alex respond. It looks hopeless. Cristina and Lexie check up on Lindsay. Lindsay is angry that Stan hasn't contacted her yet. Alex tells PJ that Kurt is dying.
TITLE: Hiding My Heart
PERFORMER: Brandi Carlile
LABEL: Columbia
Bailey takes Nancy to see a grateful Ms. Chen and her family. Richard tells Meredith to stop beating herself up about dropping the kidney. Richard shows Meredith Kurt, who is dying. Alex brings PJ to see Kurt.
TITLE: Live Like Your Dying
PERFORMER: Lenka
LABEL: Epic
Cristina and Meredith discuss Derek and interns. Derek brings Meredith a kidney. Callie orders Erica to drop her pants. Izzie tells Alex she cares about him. They kiss. In bed, Meredith complains to Derek that she's not as good of a surgeon as her mother.
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Synopsis:
Bailey leads a team of doctors performing a string of surgeries in which each procedure depends on the one that precedes it; Derek gets all the credit for the brain tumor study he did with Meredith; Lexie tries hard to get George to notice her.
(From ABC)
Bailey heads up a team of surgeons performing a "domino procedure" in which each surgery hinges on the one preceding it; Derek gets sole credit for the brain tumor study he did with Meredith; Lexie goes to great lengths to have George notice her romantically, and Sloan counsels a desperate Callie on the ways of love.
Complications arise with one young man whose estranged father is paying him $10,000 to donate his kidney. Izzie complains to Miranda, but they all agree to turn a blind eye so that the surgery -- which is making national news -- can go on.
The surgeries are canceled when a female donor learns that her husband's donor is also his lover of three years and decides not to donate her kidney. Miranda reminds her that five other peoples' lives are on the line as well and the woman agrees to go ahead with the surgery.
A medical journal features Meredith and Derek's clinical trial -- but it's Derek's face that's on the cover for "The Shephard Method." She's bitter that Derek didn't give her credit and says, "You can't call it the Shephard-Grey Method because then people would think you had help!" Derek replies that as a second-year resident, she doesn't "deserve" the credit. Derek tells Miranda that Meredith is being "silly", but Miranda scolds him, "That girl worked her ass off for you and you got all the credit," and advises him that "thank you" goes a long way with "'silly, emotional' women." Derek gives Meredith a prized gift, a kidney in a jar, and tells her, "I couldn't have done it without you." Meredith forgives him but has not forgiven herself for not being as good a surgeon as her mother was at her age.
Erica and Callie finally have sex, but the next day Callie confides to Mark, " It was not good at all. I choked." Callie is shocked to hear that Erica considered the evening "fun" and that she wants to see her again tonight. Callie tells Erica that she might not be into the whole "girl touching" thing but then realizes that's not her problem.
"I like to be good at things," she explains to Mark, and asks him to show her what to do. "I'll show you the Sloan Method," Mark smiles. The next time she sees Erica, a newly emboldened Callie orders, "Take off your pants."
Alex and Izzie take sides over who's to blame for the rotten father-son relationship among the kidney patients. Izzie is clearly talking about Alex when she tells the father, "Some people are just broken. All you can do is try not to care too much so you won't be disappointed." The father crashes after the transplant and Alex, who had been taking the son's side, yells at him to make amends with his father before it's too late.
That night, Izzie confronts Alex. "It is not too late for us," she tells him, saying, "I care about you," over and over until he finally kisses her.
The residents each have to give up one intern to George. They squabble over who to keep and Miranda reminds them they weren't exactly the cream of the crop either. She calls Alex "lazy," Izzie "whiny," Meredith "depressing," and Cristina "annoying."
George's new residents give him no respect and Lexie is hurt that he didn't even ask for her. "You are a jerk. Screw you, Dr. O'Malley," she says in disgust.
Just as Cristina announces to Joe, "There are no real men left in the world," she overhears Owen, the military doctor, telling the bartender that he's, "Starting work tomorrow."