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Grey's Anatomy: Begin the Begin

 

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9.2 Superb
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Air Date

Sunday January 15, 2006

Production Code

209

Episode Summary

Cristina is bothered by a new year's mandatory work limit. Izzie patient, Denny Duquette, wants two things: 1. a heart transplant, 2. Izzie. Addison detests Derek's trailer, Derek visits Meredith's mom, George treats a young teen hermaphrodite frustrated by her pre-pubescence. Other news includes patients doing uncanny things and relationship havoc being wrecked between the doctors, as per usual.

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    9 Superb

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    Izzie ne sait comment réagir face au comportement d'un patient. En attente d'une transplantation cardiaque, Denny Duquette ne cesse, en effet, de faire la cour à la blonde interne et espère bien la faire craquer. Derek, toujours perturbé par sa situation conjugale, rend visite à la mère de Meredith. Quant à George, il doit traiter le cas d'une jeune hermaphrodite, perturbée par les premiers signesHide Another Mistake par The 88s
    One of These Days par Kraak And Smaak
    Ride par Cary Brothers
    Break Your Momma's Back par Slow Runner de l'adolescence.Guest stars : Kate Burton (Ellis Grey), Shannon Cochran (Mme Singleton), Becca Gardner (Bex Singleton), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Denny Duquette), John Prosky (M. Singleton), Stephen Spinella (Malar Pascowitz) et Lauren Tom (Audrey).

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    8.6 Great

    Greys Anatomy did it again!! hide show

    This episode was great fun! Christina entertained us again..with her "I dont do..." attitude, bailey and her were the exact ingredients needed to make this episode fun and WORTH watching!! As they also provided some serious talks and let us understand more about them and their baby decisions!!
    I was also glad that the whole Alex/Izzie fight was over...they ROCK together and so them talking again is just GREAT!!:D:D As for Denny...I really like him hes soo funny and sweet:)I can see why **SPOILER** Izzie fell for him!!
    Moreover I loved the fact that Addison and Derek get along nicely, tis nice to see them talk and be funny

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    9.5 Superb

    January gives as a possibility of fresh start ! hide show

    Izzie meets Denny for the first time in this episode. He needs a heart transplantation and Cristina goes with Bailey to retrieve it but something goes wrong and heart can't be transplanted. Denny says goodbye but he will be back too soon.
    Rebecca a girl with a tumor on her ovary...testicle acctually is brought into the hospital and parents want to hide the truth from her but George tells her.
    Mauer a writer comes with abdominal pain and he tells Alex that he ate his novel...every last piece of that trash.
    80 hour weekly limit is set to the hospital and interns have more free time but they want to work :D
    Amazing episode...loved it.

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    10 Perfect

    This episode was very good. I liked it very much! hide show

    Izzie started to get strong feelings for a patient, Danny Duqette. She has started to forget the relationship with Alex. Dr. Bailey and Christina traveled to find a heart to Danny, but failed. Derek and Meredit had a akward time in the elevator. Addison and Derek had a fight about Derek's trailer. The staff was shocked about a new work-rule. They could only work eighty hours a week. Christina didn't really have premission to travel with Bailey. Dr. Burke was a little bit angry at Christina because of that. George had a patient with hemafroditt. She was a fourteen year old girl. She decided to become a boy.

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    whao is denny hot or what?!not more than 80 hour a week roaster,how will christina survive? the elevator scene between mer/der is so not interesting anymore if all they're gonna do is banter back and forth with no declaration of some sort. hide show

    whao was that alex showing a self less emotion like jealousy? denny duqutte is so hot? i hope he lasts long.the bex was really cool in his/her scenes, i like the way she accepted her state atleast now she had an insight as to why her life has been so weird. i love the way george stood his ground to dr addison montgomery sheperd, he was really passinonate. it was really amazining of her parents to accept the situation. it was a weird medical case really. the mer/derek in the elevator again, they shpuld get together already! they're wearing me out.really addison's charater is really belittling herself over the der/mer issue.

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  • Goof: When George talks to Bex about his years at school, you can see a little microphone taped on her shoulder. []
  • This is the last episode the opening credits sequence appear in. []
  • Original International Air Dates:
    Bulgaria: July 10, 2006 on bTV
    Australia: July 24th, 2006 on Channel 7.
    United Kingdom: October 18th 2006 on LivingTV
    Norway: November 7th 2006 on TV2
    Sweden: November 7th, 2006 on Kanal 5
    Germany: December 12, 2006 on PRO7
    Croatia: January 29th, 2007 on NOVA TV
    Finland: February 1st, 2007 on Nelonen
    Italy: March 30, 2007 on Italia 1
    Romania: June 5, 2007 on TVR1
    Ireland: June 5, 2007 on RTE Two []
  • Music Featured In This Episode:
    1. Hide Another Mistake by The 88s play when George and Izzie talk in the bathroom,
    2. One of These Days by Kraak & Smaak plays when Meredith and Derek talk in the elevator,
    3. Ride by Cary Brothers plays when Addison and George talk to Mr. and Mrs. Singleton about Bex's surgery,
    4. Break Your Momma's Back by Slow Runner plays as Meredith asks Derek to tell her about the Alzheimer's program. []
  • Bailey: Yang?
    Cristina: You know what’s wrong with having an 80 hour limit? It protects the weak. It levels the playing field. Which not only sucks. It’s, it’s dangerous.
    Bailey: 80 hour work week. That’s what’s on your mind? (Cristina looks down) I thought about it. Not keeping it.
    Cristina: You did?
    Bailey: My husband and I ... we tried for years but still when that stick turned blue ... Well you can’t work the way we work, you can’t want the kind of careers that we want and not take pause. I took pause.
    Cristina: You paused?
    Bailey: I paused. I paused for a very long time.
    Cristina: So why did...
    Bailey: I sat up one night. Middle of the night ... and I knew I could do this... I still don’t know how I’m gonna do this but ... I knew I could do it. You just have to know and when you don’t know then no one can fault you for it. You do what you can when you can, while you can. And when you can’t, you can’t. []
  • Bailey: Cristina, call Burke. I’m feeling some fairly extensive damage from coronary artery disease.
    Cristina: Um...
    Bailey: Yang? (Cristina walks over to the phone, scene switches to Burke answering the phone)
    Burke: Talk to me, Bailey.
    Cristina: It's me.
    Burke: I can’t talk I’m waiting for a call from Bailey.
    Cristina: I'm with Bailey.
    Burke: You're in Idaho? (scene switches to Cristina)
    Cristina: Yeah.
    Burke: You're breaking the rules?
    Cristina: Yes. (scene now switches to Burke. Webber is walking up to him)
    Chief: Preston. What’s happening with our heart?
    Burke: Hello, Dr. Webber. Tell me what I need to know about Denny’s heart, Dr. Bailey. (shows Cristina who has an 'oh, shit' look on her face) []
  • Cristina: Uh, hi. I heard that you were going to Twin Falls, Idaho. I’ve never been.
    Bailey: You reach 80 hours?
    Cristina: Technically.
    Bailey: You’re off work Cristina. Go enjoy your day.
    Cristina: I’ll enjoy my day if I can help retrieve a heart. Promise. []
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Allusions

  • Episode Title: Begin the Begin

    Begin The Begin is the title of a song sung by the group REM. []