Writer:	Shonda Rhimes
Director:	Tony Goldwyn
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:	Kathleen M. Darcy (Anesthesiologist),  Steven W. Bailey (Jeremy)
Guest Star:	Keith David (Lloyd Mackie),  Zina Zaflow (Nurse),  Claire Lautier (Shelly),  Kelsy Kemper (Shelley's Daughter),  Rudolph McCollum (Viper's Male Friend),  Callum Blue (Viper),  Kristy Munden (Nurse #2 (as Kristy L. Munden)),  Dinah Lee (Grungy Chick)

International Air Dates:
Australia: August 22nd, 2005 on Channel 7
Sweden: December 6th, 2005 on Kanal 5
Netherlands: January 17th, 2006 on Net 5
Germany: March 28th, 2006 on ProSieben
Ireland: June 18th, 2006 on RTE One
France: July 3rd, 2006 on TF1
Norway: July 18th, 2006 on TV2
Croatia: September 18th, 2006 on NOVA TV
Finland: September 20th, 2006 on Nelonen
Portugal: November 26th, 2006 on RTP1
Romania: January 23rd, 2007 on TVR1 (edit) Music Featured In This Episode:
1. "Fools Like Me" by Lisa Loeb plays at the end of the episode.
2. "I Won't Be Left" by Tegan and Sara plays when Meredith fights Alex in the locker-room.
3. "There's A Girl" by The Ditty Bops plays at the beginning of the episode.
4. "Wishful Thinking" by The Ditty Bops plays when Meredith and Cristina are talking in the parking lot and Alex joins them.
5. "You Are My Joy" by Reindeer Section plays when Cristina convinces Izzie to scrub in to the harvest. (edit) If you really pay attention, Callum Blue who plays Viper is wearing the same t-shirts in this episode as in Season 2 Episode 5 "Hurry" of Dead Like Me. The similarity doesn't stop at the clothing, in that same Dead Like Me episode, Callum Blue, the Reaper, is driving a bike to get hold of a guy to take his soul before it is too late, the diffrence is in Grey's Anatomy he's a great biker while on Dead Like Me he can't even bike in a straight line. (edit)

(Surgical team prepping, for Viper's surgery, this is including Dr. Bailey. Meredith is still straddling Viper)
Bailey: Well, this is a new one. Somebody get her off my patient. (Meredith climbs down) Ah Meredith, go get cleaned up and scrub in. Alex, get back downstairs.
Alex: Yeah, but I helped.
Bailey: Helped? Yeah they tell me down in the Pit that you only want to take the hot cases. In every pack of interns there’s always one fool that’s running around trying to show off and Alex, this time that fool is you. Get out. (Alex storms out) Somebody get me something to stand on, lower this table. The mountain’s going to have to come to me. (edit) Derek (amused): You're askin' my advice?
Meredith: Yes.
Derek: Now, who's chasing?
Meredith: Not funny. This is important.
Derek: Okay. You want to get around Burke? You gotta find a way to get the Chief involved. (edit) Meredith: The Dead Baby Bar.
George: Every year, they hold this underground bike race.
Izzie: Don't you wonder why someone would name a bar something so disgusting?
Cristina: Keep your panties on, Nancy Drew.
George: The race is completely illegal and--
Meredith: Crazy, a bunch of bike messengers racing against traffic trying to beat each other for free shots of tequila.
Alex: All-out, no holds barred competition. Sounds like fun.
Izzie: Yeah, you would think that.
George: The race, the race doesn't even have any rules. Except eye gouging. No eye gouging. (Izzie laughs)
Cristina: Oh great, we're going to be trapped in the Pit bandaging up idiots when we could be up in the O.R.?
George: What kind of people engage in a race that has, as its only rule, that you can't rip out the eyeballs of another human being?
Alex: Men, Georgie, Men. (edit) Derek: Mornin', Dr. Bailey.
Bailey (holds up her hand, preoccupied): Shut up.
Derek: You realize that I’m an attending and you’re only a resident? That you work for me, right? (edit) (Meredith wakes up scared to find Izzie hovering over her bed with a cup of coffee)
Izzie: George's room is bigger than mine. (Meredith sighs and gets up. She trips and falls flat on her face. Scene switches to Meredith moving hurriedly down the hall with Izzie following her)
Izzie: I have more clothes. I should have the bigger room. (they walk pass George, who is guarding his door)
George: I got here first.
Izzie: It's Meredith's house, she should decide. (George runs after them. Cut to Meredith walking down the stairs, Izzie and George are following her)
George: My room is like, two inches bigger than yours.
Izzie: You have a bigger closet!
George: So? Why is everything always a competition? I – (Izzie and George argue in the background. Meredith enters her laundry room and rummages for some clean clothes) … you could put your clothes somewhere else!
Izzie: Everywhere else is filled with Meredith’s mom’s boxes.
George: Meredith? When is your mom coming back to town anyway? (Meredith grabs her clothes and starts making her way back up the stairs) Because maybe we can put her boxes in storage.
Izzie: Or unpack a few things, make this place a little more homey. Some throw pillows, some lamps, a few paintings.
George: Oh, paintings would be nice.
Izzie: Yeah. You have all this amazing stuff just packed away. In the back hall, I found this box with like a hundred tapes of your mother performing these amazing medical procedures. (Meredith walks down the hallway quickly and enters her bathroom)
George: Really? We should watch them. Meredith do you want to watch –- (Meredith slams the door in their faces. A moment later she opens it again and takes Izzie’s coffee from her and shuts the door again)
George (quietly): Meredith, do you want some privacy? (edit)

Goof: The door of the bathroom that Meredith and Cristina find Dr. Burke in has the handle on the wrong side of the door. There is no way for the bathroom occupant to pull the door open. (edit) Goof (editing continuity): Viper's head bandage is there when he signs the AMA, and disappears when he stands up and turns back to kiss Meredith. (edit)

Episode Title: "Winning a Battle, Losing the War"

The episode title is a reference to a song by Kings of Convenience. (edit)