Forever Young

Season 4, Episode 8, Aired
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There has been a bus crash and the patients are in the ER. Meredith and Derek's relationship gets more complicated when he dates a fellow doctor. Meredith's dad visits her at the hospital.
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  • A very powerful episode!

    10
    "Perfect"
    By stewie1423, Jul 18, 2008 Report Abuse
    I loved this episode, it could be one of my faves of the season. The whole concept was good, the hospital was being compared to a high school. One great thing about this episode was that Bailey had a big part, her speeches are great as Gerorge says and she is really funny. So Izzie and Georges relationship seems to be over but is there friendship? I don't know, I hope not. Sloan being compared to someones dad by that teenage girl was very funny and his face was priceless. Now Thatcher, still annoys the hell out of me. I loved Lexis speech to Meredith, everything she said was so powerful. I hope they give us a bit more info on Thatchers drinking problem. So a potential love interest for Dereck, weirdly I kinda liked this woman, Rose I think it was, though she was hardly in it. Can't wait to see how Meredith and Derecks relationship will go. Sydney was funny and the whole idea of her dating Dereck was funny too. I've actuallty warmed to the idea of Alex and Lexi so I hope they start dating soon. Cristina was as usual funny, the brown noser remarks was great. So this episode was brilliant and I can't wait for more season 4 of Grey's!moreless

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  • This is one of the episodes that makes Grey's so lovable.

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    By Steph__x, Apr 14, 2008 Report Abuse
    A school bus crash leaves many students injured. One boy, Danny, is left with a pencil stuck in his eye. Much to the devastation of his only and best friend, Marissa, he does not make it through the surgery. This sees an outburst of fake sadness care of the classmates that never knew him. The students force the doctors to look at who the were in high school, a somewhat painful reflection for some.

    This was truly Grey's back at it's finest. It contained all the elements that made Grey's so lovable in the first place: identifiable drama, heartbreak, comedy, lust and interesting patients and cases. It was interesting to see who everyone used to be and that Miranda Bailey actually did, and does, have a weakness. I felt sorry for her. People always expect so much from her, and she always delivers, yet the second she slips up people are jumping down her throat. This episode also led me to hate Dr. Hahn. Who does she think she is...but why didn't Bailey stand up to her or her old high school "friend"? I did enjoy her speech to Derek, I love all of her speeches. When she broke down it showed the little girl behind the tough women exterior, and I felt for her.
    Also felt for Meredith in this episode. It was depressing for her (and me) that all the things she always wanted to hear from Thatcher was just the alcohol talking.
    Mostly I felt for Marissa. Losing the only person in the world who understood her! I was so proud when Izzie told those girls to get out of Danny's room, then went on to comfort Marissa.
    This was just such a touching and memorable episode.moreless

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  • HELP!!!! I live in Australia, and I will not be able to watch this episode!!! If anybody could send me detailed info on it (or the podcast???) it would be greatly appreiciated. . chelsea_rocxs@hotmail.commoreless

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    By seriouslygreys, Apr 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    HELP Me please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please pleasemoreless

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  • In this episode, they show what kind of teenagars are there in the world. Who didn't feel identified with (at least) one of the teenagers? The best episode of the season so far, WAY better than the previous seven episodesmoreless

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    By g_anatomy, Apr 01, 2008 Report Abuse
    Before reading this, I have to say that I'm from Argentina , I'm 16, and the educational system has some diferences. Any thoughts written about this episode have to do with my society. If you agree or not, have in mind that my society is different from yours (or maybe not in all ways) and I'd like to have some kind of feedback about this episode with anyone who'd like to share their past or recent experiences.

    Even though the topic of Mer's narration is repeated (in 02x18"yesterday"), this episode is excelent.
    Because I'm a teenager myself, I felt like at least three of the teenagers in this episode, and I have to say that (except the cheerleading, because such thing doesn't exist here) anyone who hadn't feel like any of these teenagers in the past, have no idea of how hard is to be a teenager this days.
    True, there will always be some people isolated because they decide to be this way, there will also be "freaks", the slutties, the tortured because of other people's words and actions (and that may change things about the way they are because of the need of fitting in, which is, in my opinion, overrated) , the hot boys and girls who get around like all the time, the fake girls that say they gonna be best friends but later they betray you and it's like a vicious circle.
    Like Alex and Derek said (paraphrasing), "being a teenager sucks". Our teenagers discriminate more, they are blind because of new (unnecesary) technologies, fashion, silly relationships, and specially because of the "I want this and I will have it now (asking daddy to give me money!)" way of thinking (like babies...). Seriously, mobile phones, laptops, extravagant clothing (which is a repeated pattern), same hair looks and all those shallow items are keeping us really away from truth and the real world.
    Do we need to discriminate because of people begin different? Do we need all those shallow props to fit in? Why do we need to fit in anyway?

    Well, this episode shows the aforementioned items. I didn't like how Mark is being treated (everyone is turning him down!), how Hahn is annoying for no reason at all... Gizzie drama is just frustrating... But yesterday I watched a (little) stronger Meredith. She doesn't have to hate Lexie anymore...(maybe she did in the first two episodes).
    I liked Jeff Perry's performance, but I hate Thatcher.
    Poor Miranda, I felt really bad about her... There are always people that do other's homework just to like them, or to be seen or noticed... But those lazy ones only take advantage of that need of being noticed. You have to get through it, and realize that they're using you. Marcus deserved the speech of his life, he's a dog! People who want their homework made by others: Start doing this for yourselves! People who other's homework to fit in: open your eyesd! they're using you! Don't keep everything in, say what you feel!
    That nurse...that was odd, I'd like to see Derek hanging out with that nurse in order to make Meredith use her brain and realize she can't live without him...

    It was an excelent episode... The first 9 of this season! I hope the next ones are as good as this one!moreless

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  • Bailey meets up with an old high school friend when he winds up in Seattle Grace. Rumors fly about George and Izzie's relationship problems. Callie gives Yang advice about Dr. Hahn. Derek tries to date other women.moreless

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    By breezy2281, Jan 06, 2008 Report Abuse
    The episode starts with Derek and Sydney having a drink at Joe's. God that woman is so weird! Sydney is such a flake. The episode revolves around clicks, and whether or not we truly grow up when we become adults. A bus crashes and lands some people in the hospital. One girl, a cheerleader, comes in with cuts on her face and some broken bones. When she said "I broke my a**?" I thought that was cute. When she finds out that one of her "friends" is replacing her as team captain and she might not be able to have things go back to the way they were before, she feels like her life is over. However, Callie tries to bring some insight and tells the girl that she'll probably be ok. Mark struggles with his age during this episode after some teenie boppers tell him he looks like one of their fathers. George and Izzie are having problems with their relationship and George starts avoiding her. They both admit that they want their best friend back so they can talk to each other. I wonder if this is the end of their intimate relationship already. Dr. Bailey gets to reminice with an old high school friend when he shows up and they learn there's something wrong with his heart. After Miranda saves his life, he still doesn't really see her for who she is. After George brings it to her attention that the man is taking advantage of her, she realizes George is right and that he even did it in high school. This upsets her and she takes it out on Derek. A nurse named Rose tells Derek that the staff at Seattle Grace is clicky, and backs this up with the fact that she's assisted on 36 of his surgeries and he never even noticed her. The two share a couple moments that we really don't think anything of, but i wonder if we're going to see more of Rose in the future. Later on at Joe's, Sydney and Derek agree that they aren't really meant for each other, and Derek leaves with Meredith, but he did notice Rose's presance. Meredith's father winds up in the hospital drunk because he had cut his hand. After he tells Meredith all the things she wished he'd said to her before now, she confronts Lexie and tells her she should keep a better eye on their father. Lexie puts Meredith in her place by giving Meredith a play by play of all the things her father probably told her, and backs it up by saying he does the exact same thing to her. Meredith gets upset and has to have a moment with the chief to calm down. Yang was still not impressing Dr. Hahn this episode as Hahn made obviously clear. Hahn also had some choice words to say to Miranda, such as calling her a blithering idiot. Finally, Callie gives Cristina some advice and tells her to back off a little because she's coming off as a brown noser. Yang tries to take this advice and Hahn finally pages her. A boy named Danny comes in with a pencil lodged in his eye, and his best friend by his side. When Derek tries to take the pencil out, Danny's brain swells which puts him in a coma for the rest of his life. His friend gets mad because there are kids there from the school that were in their own clicks pretending that they cared about him, when in fact they really didn't know him at all. This was a pretty good episode, but i thought it was just a tad bit average.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • The sign on the notice board announcing that Callie is Chief Resident lists the names of "Arriving interns/General surgery" underneath. These names are all of members of the show's crew. Edit
    • We get to know that Bailey and Derek played in the marching band in high school. Miranda played the oboe and Derek played the saxophone. Edit
    • Lexie is 24 years old. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Věčně mladí (Forever Young) Slovakia: Navždy mladí (Forever Young) Edit
    • Awards and Nominations: 2008 Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Norman Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Thomas Burman, Bari Dreiband Burman) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Italy: February 4, 2008 on Foxlife Latin America: March 31, 2008 on Sony Entertainment Television Sweden: April 2, 2008 on Kanal 5 Germany: April 9, 2008 on ProSieben Australia: April 13, 2008 on Channel 7 Finland: April 16, 2008 on Nelonen The Netherlands: April 28, 2008 on Net 5 Croatia: May 1, 2008 on RTL TV Israel: May 5, 2008 on YES Stars 1 Norway: October 14, 2008 on TV2 Romania: November 25, 2008 on TVR1 Serbia: February 6, 2009 on B92 Czech Republic: February 26, 2009 on Prima Edit

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    • Derek: Apparentally, I'm not good at meeting needs. Meredith: And I'm akward and freaky. Edit
    • Sydney: Derek, I'm a lot of woman. I bring home the bacon, and fry it in a pan, serve it with eggs, or on a sandwich, or crumpled up in a cobb salad. Derek: Oh, you do a lot with bacon. Sydney: Not just bacon. But Derek, I bring a lot of things to the table and I'm looking for a man who can do the same, who can meet my needs. All my needs. And I just don't think you're ready. Derek: I think your right. Sydney: I won't let this affect our work unless you don't. Derek: I won't. Edit
    • Alex: I don't do secrets. I don't do any of that 15 year old girl, ooh, I'm gonna tell you but don't tell anybody else. Lexie: We're not just talking about who made out with who at the Halloween dance, okay? This is a private family issue. Alex: You're dad is a drunk. I had to start cleaning up my dad when I was seven, okay? That's why I turned into the grown up of the family, okay, so you got to wait until you were twenty-four. Good for you. Edit

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    • Episode Title: Forever Young Forever Young is a song by Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Alphaville, and many other artists. Edit

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