Season 5 Episode Guide
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Season 5, Episode 1 | September 25th, 2008 Dream a Little Dream of Me (1)
Seattle Grace is dealt a serious blow when it falls to a twelfth ranking among teaching hospitals. Richard takes the ranking personally and has no time for Erica when she asks for tips to improve her teaching... more
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Season 5, Episode 2 | September 25th, 2008 Dream a Little Dream of Me (2)
Major Hunt comes to the rescue, carrying the injured Cristina inside. He instructs her not to remove the icicle until they've determined the extent of the damage and Richard agrees. Hunt is also on hand... more
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Season 5, Episode 3 | October 9th, 2008 Here Comes the Flood
Meredith is so happy now that Derek's moved in that she quits therapy. Alex and Izzie try to persuade Meredith to let them stay, even though Derek expects them both to move out. "Remember the muffins!"... more
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Season 5, Episode 4 | October 16th, 2008 Brave New World
Richard reminds the residents that they can no longer specialize. Cristina is upset about being assigned to the clinic, but shares her best cardio tips with Meredith, including how to perform a complicated... more
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Season 5, Episode 5 | October 23rd, 2008 There's No 'I' in Team
Miranda pulls all the surgical residents and interns for a "domino surgery," -- 12 kidney transplants in six O.R.s at the same time. "This whole surgery is a giant house of cards. If we lose one donor,... more
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Season 5, Episode 6 | October 30th, 2008 Life During Wartime
Dr. Owen Hunt, the military field surgeon, is back at Seattle Grace, where he's been named chief of trauma. He leads a "skills lab" to help surgical interns and residents learn how to deal with trauma... more
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Season 5, Episode 8 | November 13th, 2008 These Ties That Bind
Cristina surprises Meredith and Derek in bed to announce that Erica Hahn has left Seattle Grace. Just then, one of Meredith's oldest friends, Sadie arrives, flinging herself into Meredith's arms. "I've... more
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Season 5, Episode 9 | November 20th, 2008 In the Midnight Hour
Sadie, who's staying with Meredith, asks her, "What do you think of your sister, Lexie, as my new BFF?" "I don't see that," cautions Meredith. "She was raised right, with parents and rules, and smiley-face... more
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Season 5, Episode 10 | December 4th, 2008 All By Myself
The attendings choose Cristina for the solo surgery, but the Chief has put her on probation and orders her to select another resident to take her place. The residents all plead their cases to her: George... more
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Season 5, Episode 11 | January 8th, 2009 Wish You Were Here
William, a heavily guarded death row patient, arrives at Seattle Grace with a serious stab wound. His presence amps up the tension between Cristina and Meredith, who still aren't talking. It also causes... more
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Season 5, Episode 12 | January 15th, 2009 Sympathy for the Devil
Dr. Robbins is not sympathetic when Miranda pages her at 2:30 in the morning because Jackson, the boy who needs a liver transplant, should be moved up on the transplant list because his blood pressure... more
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Season 5, Episode 13 | January 22nd, 2009 Stairway to Heaven
Jackson, the little boy in desperate need of organs, will die unless new a new liver and small intestine is found for him in the next 24 hours. Dr. Robbins suggests they try an experimental liver dialysis... more
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Season 5, Episode 14 | February 5th, 2009 Beat Your Heart Out
Now that Izzie realizes that she's ill, she tries testing herself at the clinic, but doesn't get far before her interns arrive. When she has to show Sadie the right way to take blood from a patient, she... more
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Season 5, Episode 15 | February 12th, 2009 Before and After
Addison arrives at Seattle Grace with her brother Archer, who's collapsed due to a parasite in his brain. Archer suffered a seizure during sex with his girlfriend, Naomi, who also happens to be Addison's... more
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Season 5, Episode 16 | February 19th, 2009 An Honest Mistake
Addison delays her return to Los Angeles to help with Derek's pregnant patient, Jen, who's suffering mini-strokes and needs another surgery. The husband tells them, "If it comes down to a choice, save... more
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Season 5, Episode 17 | March 12th, 2009 I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Derek is in a serious depression and refuses to go to work after losing his pregnant patient and being hit by a lawsuit. more
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Season 5, Episode 18 | March 19th, 2009 Stand By Me
After his fellow surgeons try and fail to bring Derek back to work, Meredith must summon the strength to convince him. Meanwhile the hospital is abuzz as Mark attempts a rare face transplant surgery, Cristina,... more
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Season 5, Episode 19 | March 26th, 2009 Elevator Love Letter
Owen has a nightmare, triggered by the helicopter-like blades of Cristina's ceiling fan. She wakes to find Owen choking her. He only stops when Callie hears a commotion and comes in to check on her. Callie... more
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Season 5, Episode 20 | April 23rd, 2009 Sweet Surrender
Meredith tells Derek she's not into church weddings or "poofy white dresses," but it's out of her hands: Izzie has declared herself their wedding planner and arranges for several wedding dresses to be... more
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Season 5, Episode 21 | April 30th, 2009 No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance)
Now that her father has cut off her trust fund, Callie can't pay rent and her other relatives are no help as they aren't even answering her calls. Cristina and Mark advises Callie to tell her family that... more
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Season 5, Episode 22 | May 7th, 2009 What a Difference a Day Makes
The big day has arrived and Izzie is ecstatic about attending the "perfect" wedding she's planned for Derek and Meredith. more
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Season 5, Episode 23 | May 14th, 2009 Here's to the Future (1)
Derek figures out a way to get to Izzie's tumor. He wants to remove part of her hippocampus, a common surgery for seizure patients, but one that could affect her memory and her speech. Given the severe... more
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Season 5, Episode 24 | May 14th, 2009 Now or Never (2)
Derek figures out a way to get to Izzie's tumor. He wants to remove part of her hippocampus, a common surgery for seizure patients, but one that could affect her memory and her speech. Given the severe... more
