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Who's Zoomin' Who?

Episode Number: 9    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday May 22, 2005    Prod Code: 109
A sexually transmitted disease breaks out and affects several members of the hospital staff. Chief Webber promptly calls a meeting. Meanwhile, the chief reluctantly tells Dr. Derek Shepherd about his own medical concerns. Izzie and Cristina worry about a patient's wife and daughter who can't agree on his care. Burke treats his college buddy Bill, whose medical diagnosis raises some questions regarding his wife's actions. Then just as Meredith and Derek grow more intimate, a surprise is revealed.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Harry Werksman, Gabrielle Stanton
Director: Wendy Stantzler
Star: Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey),  Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang),  Katherine Heigl (Isobel "Izzie" Stevens),  Justin Chambers (Alex Karev),  T.R. Knight (George O'Malley),  Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey),  James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber),  Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke),  Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd)
Recurring Role: Robin Pearson Rose (Patricia),  Kate Walsh (Addison Shepherd),  Sarah Utterback (Nurse Olivia)
Guest Star: Wayne Wilderson (Bill Adams),  Jack Shearer (Jordan Franklin),  Jack Merrill (Lab Tech),  Catherine Dao (Dr. Knox),  Wendy Davis (Holly Adams),  Lauren Bowles (Alice Franklin),  Patricia McCormack (Mrs. Franklin),  Joyce Guy (Ms. Henry)

Notes

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Sandra Oh ("Cristina") & Kate Walsh ("Addison") have worked together in "Under the Tuscan Sun." (edit)
International Air Dates:
Italy: January 4th, 2006 on Italia 1
Sweden: January 17th, 2006 on Kanal 5
Netherlands: February 28th, 2006 on Net 5
Germany: May 9th, 2006 on ProSieben
Norway: August 8th, 2006 on TV2
Croatia: October 30th, 2006 on NOVA TV
Finland: November 1st, 2006 on Nelonen
Portugal: January 7th, 2007 on RTP1
Romania: March 6th, 2007 on TVR1
Serbia: February 16th,2008 on B92 (edit)
Awards and Nominations:
At the 2005 Emmy Awards Grey's Anatomy received a nomination for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. In addition, Sandra Oh received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performances in "Save Me" & "No Man's Land."
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Music Featured In This Episode:
1. "Big As the Sky" by A.M. Sixty plays at the beginning of this episode,
2. "End of the World Party" by Medeski, Martin & Wood plays when Cristina, Izzie and Meredith injected George penicillin because of the syphilis,
3. "Naked As We Came" by Iron & Wine plays when Meredith, Izzie and Cristina are arguing whether or not perform the autopsy,
4. "The Dog Song" by Nellie McKay plays while Cristina is waiting in line to get injected,
5. "Whatever Gets You Through Today" by The Radio plays at the end of this episode. (edit)

Quotes

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Chief: Meredith? He's an attending. You're an intern.
Meredith: You saw us? You can see.
Chief: I'm gonna tell you what your mother would say if she were here. You're making a mistake, a big one.
Meredith: And I would tell my mother it's not a mistake. (edit)
(Cristina and Izzie are performing the autopsy when Bailey enters)
Bailey: Don't even tell me you're doing what I think you're doing!
Cristina: Um...
Bailey: Not only did you disregard the family's wishes, you broke the law! You could be arrested for assault! Do you like jail? The hospital could be sued! I could lose my license, my job! I like my job! Did you think about any of this before you started cutting open a poor man's body? I could seriously kick both of your asses right now. Do you have anything to say?
Izzie (picks up Mr. Franklin's heart): Look at his heart.
Bailey: It's huge!
Izzie: It's over 600 grams, and there's some kind of grainy material in it.
Cristina: We want to run some tests.
Bailey: Oh, now you want to run tests?
Cristina: At this point, what could it hurt?
Bailey: I hate both of you right now. (edit)
Bailey: Page Stevens and Yang. Tell them I want them covering your patients. I need you to stay and monitor the chief.
Meredith: Cristina and Izzie, um...I think they're already swamped.
Bailey: With what?
Meredith: Labs. They had to check on some labs.
Bailey: Oh, you are lying. I know you're lying. You know how I know? Cause you're a bad liar! I hate a bad liar. (edit)
Meredith (opening voiceover): Secrets can't hide in science. Medicine has a way of exposing lies. Within the walls of the hospital, the truth is stripped bare. How we keep our secrets outside the hospital – well, that's a little different. One thing is certain, whatever it is we're trying to hide; we're never ready for that moment when the truth gets naked. That's the problem with secrets – like misery, they love company. They pile up and up until they take over everything, until you don't have room for anything else, until you're so full of secrets you feel like you're going to burst. (edit)
Burke: Why are you in this line?
Cristina: It's the syphilis line.
Burke: You don't need to be in this line.
Cristina: I don't?
Burke: There's no one else. That surprises you?
Cristina: Nothing surprises me.
Burke: Do I need to be in this line?
Cristina: No.
Burke: Okay, then.
Cristina: Okay. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof (medically incorrect): Bailey takes down her mask in the middle of a sterile O.R. No surgeon would do that. (edit)
Goof (editing continuity): After George comes out of the bathroom and is talking to Izzie and Meredith, he is seen wearing gray sweatpants and black shoes. The camera shot then switches to Izzie and Meredith talking, and when it goes back to George storming away, he is still wearing the gray sweatpants, but he is now barefoot. (edit)
Goof (editing continuity): When Meredith is administering the shot of penicillin to George, you can see that she has no gloves on, then she does, and then she is gloveless again. (edit)
Goof (medically incorrect): When Dr. Bailey, Dr. Yang and Dr. Stevens are trying to get consent for the autopsy they already performed (without the family's permission) Dr. Yang tells the wife that they know what killed her husband. Dr. Yang explains that he has a genetic blood condition that causes too much iron to build up in the body. She calls it Hematomachrosis. The correct name of the condition is Hemochromatosis, otherwise known as Iron Overload Disease. (edit)
Goof: In the season one DVD, the episode summary says that Meredith and Derek go on their first real date and get a suprise at the restaurant. The suprise is that Derek is married. However, they did not make it to dinner, and when Derek's wife is revealed, they are still in the hospital. (edit)

Allusions

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Cristina: Meredith, this is Fight Club! Nobody talks about it!

Fight Club is a film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. It was directed by David Fincher and starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. This particular line alludes to the first and second rule of Fight Club, that no one talks about it. (edit)
Episode Title: "Who's Zoomin' Who?"

The title of this episode is an allusion to an Aretha Franklin song titled "Who's Zoomin' Who?" (edit)
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