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Grey's Anatomy: Thanks for the Memories

 

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9.2 Superb
555 votes

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Air Date

Sunday November 20, 2005

Production Code

205

Episode Summary

It's Thanksgiving at Seattle Grace Hospital but the holiday's festivities are less than in order. Meredith and Derek try to counsel a family after their relative has had a seriously traumatic accident. The woman doesn't respond well to the ideas of medical diagnosis and treatment. Izzie is planning a big get-together but the RSVP isn't going so well. George goes turkey-hunting with his family. All that and lots of general socializing among the interns.

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    9.3 Superb

    This tv show is getting better and better for me. hide show

    This episode was more special than the others until now because the action took part not only in the hospital, but outside it as well.
    It's Thanksgiving and Izzie is cooking a big meal for friends, but none of them really wants to celebrate.
    Meredith runs at the hospital and spends much of her whole day with Derek, helping a man who had suffered a sever traumatic accident.
    George goes hunting with his father and his 2 brothers, but he has no fun and the day ends bad, with his dad in the hospital.
    At the end of the day, Derek goes home to his wife, who had waited for him the whole day. Meredith ends again in Joe's bar.

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    9.5 Superb

    Surgical thanksgiving. hide show

    Thanksgiving is here and how to they all celebrate it. Richard is "going home right after the surgery". Bailey loves thanksgiving becasue people get stupid and do all sorts of things and that is good because of the surgeries.
    A doctor from Mercy West comest to Grace and he tells Bailey that he only wants to work with someone named Nazi and she plays dumb and tells him and she doesn't know who The Nazi is.
    Meanwhile Holden woke up after 16 years of coma and he died on surgical table. Meredith was so attached to him and she was heartbroken.
    Izzie is making thanksgiving lunch for everyone but only Burke is there. Crisitna went to "buy liqoure" but she went to the hospital.
    George is with his family hunting turkey...and it ends with little accident.
    Amazing and classic episode !

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    9 Superb

    Very funny and nice episode. hide show

    I gave 9 to this episode, but I don't mean anything bad, the episode was great! It was really funny. In this episode, the funniest character was the Nazi...khm, khm, I'm sorry, dr. Bailey. :) And the medical cases that they had weren't bad at all, they were really interesting, and I'm so sorry because the man died in the episode. And seeing Burke acting like he and Izzie are doing operation on the turkey was sooo funny! Definately! And the funniest scene... well I had several, but the one where Cristina tells Izzie that she's going to buy some drink, and she actually goes to hospital with a smile - more surgeries for her, more job for her which is actually ( of course ) good for her.

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    10 Perfect

    A very funny episode. It shows how hard the life as a doctor/intern can be. I liked it very, very much! hide show

    It's Thanksgiving. Izzie have a big plan about a Thanksgiving party with the other interns. But things start to go wrong allready with the invitations. George have to go turkey hunting with his father and his two brothers. The only thing they can talk about, is cars. They also think George have a bad job. George think that his father is'nt proude of him. His two brothers get drunk, so they (with an accident) shot their father in the but. Meanwhile, Izzie's Thanksgiving-dinner is starting to be a disaster. Christina and Burk comes by, and Burke starts to help Izzie at the kitchen. He suprises everybody with his skills. George's father tells George he is very proud of him. At the end, everybody makes Izzie's Thanksgiving party.

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    9.5 Superb

    'The stupidity of the human race.'
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    'The stupidity of the human race.'

    This episode was hilarious. Dr. Bailey as the Nazi, Christina's quest for liquor, Izzie and Burke in the kitchen, George shooting a turkey, Alex not showing up, Meredith feeling so freakin' miserable, Derek and Addison with their own problems and dr. Webber who doesn't want to go home.

    But as much as I loved this episode I can understand Merediths feeling and I can't stand Derek right now. After sleeping with Meredith he convinses her that they can have a relationship, he makes her fall in love with him, but somewhere in the process he just 'forgot' to tell her he is married. And she finds out when his wife shows up, she forgives him but then he dumps her. And I really think that Addison and Derek should be together but sometimes it's like he just doesn't want to forgive her. So what's the point?

    But when I put that aside it was a wonderfull episode. The look on that doctor's face when he finds out dr. Bailey is the Nazi was amazing. And when George's brother shoots his father in his ass, great! This episode is definitely worth staying home for. But when you think of all the people there...

    'Like I said, the stupidity of the human race.'

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  • Goof: At the end when Derek finally confronts Addison his hair is wet and theres a large strand in his face. The camera goes to Addison and than back to him and there is no hair in his face! []
  • Original International Air Dates:
    Sweden: May 30, 2006 on Kanal 5
    Bulgaria: July 3, 2006 on bTV
    UK: September 21, 2006 on Living TV
    Norway: October 10, 2006 on TV2
    Germany: November 14, 2006 on PRO7
    Croatia: January 1, 2007 on NOVA TV
    Finland: January 3, 2007 on Nelonen
    Italy: March 16, 2007 on Italia 1
    Portugal: April 8, 2007 on RTP1
    Romania: May 8, 2007 on TVR1
    Ireland: May 15, 2007 on RTE Two []
  • Music Featured In This Episode:
    1. Nu Nu (Yeah Yeah) by Fannypack plays when Izzie is preparing for Thanksgiving dinner,
    2. New Song (From Me To You) by Dressy Bessy plays when Cristina calls George to ask where they keep the liquor,
    3. Too Hard by Mark McAdam plays when Alex tells Meredith he failed the medical boards,
    4. Dance by The O.A.O.T.'s* plays when Burke and Izzie perform surgery on the turkey and Joe and his boyfriend are taking bets,
    5. Serenade by Emiliana Torrini plays when Bailey and Cristina perform the surgery on the patient that swallowed the wishbone,
    6. Not Going Anywhere by Keren Ann plays when George tells his dad about how he saved the man's life in the elevator,
    7. Sad Eyes by Josh Rouse plays when Meredith says "Goodbye Derek."

    *For the first time ever the show uses a song it has already used in previous episode. In the show's pilot A Hard's Day Night the song Dance by The O.A.O.T.'s is played during George's 007 surgery with Burke. []
  • Meredith: Do you love her?
    Derek: I don't know.
    Meredith: It’s good that you’re trying. You wouldn’t be you if you weren’t the kind of person that was trying to make it work.
    Derek: You think so?
    Meredith: Yeah. (smiles) Means I wasn't wrong about you.
    Derek: Thanks.
    Meredith: Goodbye, Derek.
    Derek: Goodbye, Meredith. []
  • George: Today I committed bird murder and I was forced to touch my Dad’s ass. I get extra points for showing up at all.
    Cristina (sets some bottles down): I brought booze.
    Izzie: Let's just eat. []
  • Cristina: Dr. Bailey, why are you working on Thanksgiving?
    Bailey: Work the extra shifts and get the extra practice. Trying to get in all the practice I can … before the baby comes (Cristina looks up at this) and I have to take time off. Husband isn’t thrilled I’m working Thanksgiving but he isn’t a surgeon so he doesn’t get it.
    Cristina: Oh.
    Bailey: You and Dr. Burke?
    Cristina: Yeah.
    Bailey: He would've have made a good father. []
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Allusions

  • George: I'm in the woods with shotguns, and liquor and car talk. It's like Deliverance out here.

    This is a reference to the 1972 movie Deliverance in which four businessmen plan to enjoy a weekend canoeing trip down a river in the Georgia back country. However, their trip will soon become scary and threatening. []
  • Episode Title: Thanks for the Memories

    This is a song by Frank Sinatra and also Fall Out Boy have a song with the same title. The title is also a variation on Bob Hope's trademark song Thanks for the Memory, first sung by Hope and Shirley Ross in the movie The Big Broadcast of 1938. []