Losing My Mind

Season 4, Episode 15, Aired
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Dr. Wyatt refuses to let Meredith give up on therapy. Alex learns something else about Rebecca. The Chief wants Erica to perform a daring surgery. Cristina continues to act strange.
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  • Awsome. Dr. Wyatt won't let Meredith quit therapy. Christina is still in the dark place and their is an unexpected kiss.

    9.5
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    By biincs_xx, Jun 09, 2008 Report Abuse
    I loved it.
    I also thought that Callie's face after the kiss was priceless!!!!!

    Everyone knows Sloan can't and won't change but it is funny watching him try.

    Derek and Rose will never last.
    He will always love Meredith. Chistina may be acting really mean but everything she says is true!

    I think that Callie is also starting to realise that she might have feelings for Erica.

    It was really sad when Andre came because no-one believed her but deep down i think derek new.

    This was a great episode leading up to the 2 hour finale.

    I hope the finale is as good as this if not better.moreless

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  • Full of it.

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    By krazy4crack, Jun 06, 2008 Report Abuse
    Hahn, Sloan and Callie look like they're going to turn into a steamy threesome, unless, Hahn wants Callie all for herself, which I think is very possible. I don't really know what I want from those three, it could get interesting, it could get boring. I say ditch the resident and get the two attendings to hook up.

    The patient with the Cinderella story wasn't so nice and so was that patient who mentored the Chief.

    Rebecca is really becoming annoying. I mean, what's her purpose on the show? To give Alex a storyline? Her character just pisses me off. I used to like her actually, but now she's not doing anything for me as a character.moreless

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  • The most exciting this was Callie, Sloan and Hahn

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    By allways_ty, May 24, 2008 Report Abuse
    Meredith wants to quit therapy. A famous doctor wants the chief to operate him with Hanh, but she doesnt want it.
    Meredith is more screwed up every day hehehe
    Rebecca is going crazy and Alex cant see it.
    Miranda has another crise with her husband.
    Yang is getting more annoing by the day, im getting very tired of her and that attitude.
    Alex and Rebecca ia kinda annoing too, i wish she would go away and dont come back.
    And i knew that the b/f was real hehehe even when no one belived.
    Mark is funnier by the day, great character and i loved the whole Hahn, Mark and Callie triangule.moreless

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  • Don't get me wrong, I definately ENJOYED this episode, but it was very obvious that it was getting ready for the season finale this coming week. That being said...

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    By KoreanPrincss, May 21, 2008 Report Abuse
    Meredith: In the beginning, and most of the episode, we saw Meredith being pretty typical, stubborn, and a little selfish, but that is who she is. I found it interesting that even though she "fired" her therapist (actually quite therapy), she still chases the therapist around the hospital trying to say how normal she is and how she doesn't need therapy. The scene in the bathroom was equally humorous and sad, because of what Meredith realizes about how she treats Lexie. I think that the end, when she reveals that Ellis tried to kill herself after Richard left her, was sad yet very revealing.

    Cristina: I feel for Cristina, because I think that we have spent the whole season watching Cristina try to cope with Burke leaving her at the aisle. She may have not wanted THE wedding, but I think she did want him. And Cristina doesn't really know how to deal with emotional situations, even after Meredith almost died. However mean her comments may have been, I think they were (for the most part) not too bad, because a lot of what she said is what other people dare not say. And I think that, even as she pushes Lexie away, the two of them will develop a strong teacher-intern relationship.

    Lexie: She is the only intern we have ever seen fight back against Cristina, and it helps her development, like when Cristina tells her "to be a force... there are no teams". And I think she and Meredith need to meet in the middle on the whole sister issue. Lexie wants a loving sisterly relationship, and Meredith doesn't want anything to do with her. They need to co-exist in Seattle Grace, and I hope they realize that.

    Derek: He still loves Meredith and he's trying to tell himself that he doesn't. I think he knows that Rose is not his soulmate, nor the "love of his life" like Meredith. She is filler, like his sister pointed out. He doesn't know how to be single. And I think he's miserable right now.

    Sloan: Hilarious, but I do think he has good intentions inside. DEEP down inside, but I think they're there, despite his self-admissions of being a man-whore.

    Izzie: I can tell how badly she wants to help Alex, but the rules of the hospital prohibit her from doing so until it is, seemingly too late. I think she still loves him, but deeply as a friend, not that she's IN love with him.

    Alex: I really wish we knew more about his personal life growing up. We know tidbits about the other characters' families, but Alex is very closed. I think there is something deep in there, repressed, that makes him so stand-offish and so... "Karev". I hope Shonda fills us in more in the future :o)

    GEORGE: is still too adorable. Once again he is running his brains out trying to help the Chief and Bailey and everyone. He works so hard, yet is still "stuck" as an intern. As much as it sucks though, I think his "repeat" year will be beneficial to him.

    I know there is soooo much more to write, but I have already written a ton.moreless

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  • A plentiful episode that included drama involving all of our favorite characters. Truly an ensemble cast at its best and a fine example of how just an hour of television can actually offer so much.moreless

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    By hesonlylonely, May 18, 2008 Report Abuse
    Stimulating opening, with vomit coming out of Ava/Rebecca's mouth, and dust going into the mouth of Christina's vacuum clearer. Meredith and Derek have to deal with a patient suffering from a tumor, but this patient has an imaginary boyfriend called Andre. And of course, they eventually link their medical case to their philosophies on love. And also, Meredith wants to quit therapy, then accidentally walks into one of Hahn's sessions looking for her chart. The face on Ellen Pompeo's face was priceless. Then Meredith gets a piercing analysis of her carelessness in life from Dr. Wyatt, which was actually really emotional to watch personally.

    Later on, Derek tells the patient that they can wait until three for Andre, despite her sister insisting the patient's story was similar to Cinderella, but meanwhile, ignoring Rose and everything that Meredith had to say.

    Callie gets freaked out by Christina cleaning the apartment and not wanting to see Dr. Walter Tapley. Meredith asks her if Christina is in "the dark place" and that was that. Funny. Hahn and Richard have to perform high-risk surgery on Dr. Walter Tapley, due to his "aortic mitrocynosis with tricuspid regurge". Oh and also, he has "chronic aphid, pulmonary hypertension and a clot in his left atrium". Wow, scary, astonishing. Bailey, Christina, Alex, George and Lexie all have to help out with the surgery. Christina then gives Lexie a difficult errand, but I don't see what Lexie is complaining about. It's probably a great opportunity to prove yourself, doncha think? Christina insults George greatly, and this must've been "the dark place" Meredith referred to earlier.

    But this doesn't put off George from helping his favorite resident, Bailey. Bailey has trouble with her son when there's an incident with him punching another student at school. Bailey argues with Tucker about her duty as a mother, Tucker's meant-to-be fondness of being a father and her duty as a doctor, while Big George (in a very breezy manner) tells Little George that everything will be okay. George also tells Bailey the same thing, and encourages her to work things out with Tucker. It surprises me how mature George is about marriage and parenthood, given all of his own personal (and hilarious!) moments in past seasons.

    The darkness that is Christina then also creeps over to Lexie as she has an outburst about the relationship between Lexie and Meredith, prompting Lexie to tell Meredith she forgives Meredith for being such a failure, in terms of fulfilling her fantasy of her big sister. Really a different kind of scary, I mean, from the scare and dread that comes with the sound of surgical beeping, the beeping that pretty much brings death.

    Hahn must've figured out her stance on the surgery earlier in that therapy session, telling Richard she will not risk the surgery, but Richard stands his ground too and convinced it was going to be okay, Hahn then freaks out during the surgery, making it the most dramatic scene of the episode.

    In the end, Dr. Wyatt's was a success and George gets a few words of advice from "the God", basically to keep running. George really touches me when he takes all the other possible errands, apart from surgery. The surgery also inspires Lexie to ignore Christina's advice about the absence of teams and how being alone is better.

    Rose asks Derek why he's avoiding her and not calling her back. Sloan swears he's going to call back women from now on. And Richard asks their advice on whether to call his wife back a second time. That conversation was hilarious. Mark insists that he's turning over a new leaf, but this proves difficult for him as Derek tells him it's okay to be a carefree whore and as Callie and Hahn taunt him with the thought of a taped threesome. Oh, and of course, Ava/Rebecca also shows him her breasts. How totally Grey's Anatomy.

    Izzy challenged Ava/Rebecca about Alex. Then Alex shouts at Izzy for not minding her own business, which I totally agree with by the way. Mark and Izzy try to find out for sure whether Ava is pregnant or not by having a sonogram. There clearly is no baby, but that's not the issue for Alex. It's just her, just not minding her own business, as usual. The whole baby thing was Ava/Rebecca's guilt over losing her first one. At this point, it was pretty clear that Ava/Rebecca and Derek/Meredith's patient were the examples of 'crazy' the opening referred to.

    Derek's patient finally realizes her boyfriend isn't real which was quite touching. The expression on Derek's face as he looked at Meredith for a bit of courage and more understanding was quite emotional. During surgery, the man appears for real and Meredith sheds a tear reflecting on the incredible and fantastical story the patient told.

    Which brings us to the final wrap-up of all the storylines. Mark, Callie and Hahn meet in the elevator of love, and talk about a threesome. It's been sounding all along like Callie was the one who actually wanted a threesome, but Hahn caught her off guard when she daringly kissed Callie for a whopping four seconds (!), arousing Mark ever more.

    Derek approaches Rose and convinces her to take a simpler, easier relationship of fun with less complicated. And finally Meredith goes back to Dr. Wyatt, and gives the chance to fix her.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Bailey's baby, Tuck is 14 months old. This means 14 months of Grey's time has passed since the two-part, superbowl episode which aired in season 2. The episodes are It's The End of The World and (As We Know It) They were episodes 16 and 17 of season 2. Edit
    • The Chief's phone is a Blackberry Curve 8000 series. Edit

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    • International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Riziko ztráty zdravého rozumu (Risk of Losing a Healthy Mind) Slovakia: Zbláznim sa (I Will Go Crazy) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Australia: June 8, 2008 on Network 7 Italy: July 21, 2008 on Foxlife Germany: September 24, 2008 on ProSieben Sweden: October 1, 2008 on Kanal 5 Belgium: October 30, 2008 on VijfTV The Netherlands: November 3, 2008 on Net 5 Finland: November 26, 2008 on Nelonen Norway: December 2, 2008 on TV2 Romania: February 3, 2009 on TVR1 Czech Republic: April 16, 2009 on Prima Edit
    • Music Featured In This Episode: 1. Walk Like An Egyptian by The Puppini Sisters plays when Meredith quits Dr. Wyatt and Cristina vaccums 2. Your Red Dress (Wedding Song At Cemetery) by Alaska In Winter plays when Meredith and Cristina are eating lunch and Cristina tells Lexie, Meredith hates her 3. Uh Oh by Electrocute plays when Meredith is in the bathroom with Dr. Wyatt 4. About Today by The National plays when Meredith and Derek are waiting for their patient's boyfreind to show up 5. The Wolves (Acts 1 & 2) by Bon Iver plays when Cristina s sitting in the hallway talking to Lexie 6. Sky by Joshua Radin (featuring Ingrid Michaelson) plays when Meredith and Derek tell Andre, Greta won't wake up Edit

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    • Rose: We spent a night together and then you vanished, now I wish that I was secure enough to handle that without a bruised ego and a lot of processed sugar, but I'm not. (moves to leave) Derek: Wait, wait, wait. Can't we just make this easier? Look, I don't want... See, I've done complicated. I don't wanna do that again. Can't this just be easy? Fun? We don't need that fairy tale thing right now. We just need a little happy. Hmm? (they walk hand-in-hand out the door) Edit
    • (Mark goes to get on the elevator, the doors open and Erica and Callie are standing there) Mark (smirks): Ladies. Callie: He's thinking about a threesome. Mark: I am not. Callie: You are. You have been... all day. Mark: Okay, fine. I got a new leaf, not a lobotomy. Erica: You couldn't handle the two of us. Mark: Oh, but I could. I won't, but I could. Erica: You wouldn't find it intimidating? Mark: Not at all. (Callie laughs. Erica grabs her face and kisses her) Erica: See? Too much for 'ya. (exits the elevator, leaving Callie standing there shocked and dismayed) Mark: Damn it! On-call room, right now. (he exits the elevator, Callie is still in shock, it takes her a minute to follow him) Edit
    • Bailey: Our son has been punching other children. Tucker: Yeah, I know. Bailey: Whatch'u mean you know? Tucker: It's happened before. I'm dealing with it. Bailey: Wait a minute. I had to bribe the director of the day care center to get him back in. I had to promise to bring apple slices and give free mamograms to the teachers. Now, why aren't you telling me what's happening? Tucker: I don't judge how you do surgery, don't judge how I deal with the baby. Bailey: Well, obviously you didn't deal with it. He's punchin' other children. Tucker: Of course he's punching people. He used to be with me all day. Now, he's in day care every day so he can spend ten minutes with you every three hours. Bailey: Oh, so that's what making him violent? (George hears them fighting, and knocks on the door, and offers to play with Tuck for a minute. Bailey agrees, George exits with the baby) Look, if you can't communicate well enough to tell me that... Tucker: Don't lecture me, Miranda Bailey. I'm not one of your students. I know with all the time you spend around here, it's hard to defrienciate sometimes. Bailey: No, I spend my time here because I'm building a life for us! I spend my time here because I don't have the luxury of being able to take a year off and spend it with our child, and- and knowing that my career's going to be there waiting for me when I'm ready to go back! Tucker: Luxury? So you think spending all day every day wiping noses and changing diapers is a luxury? Bailey: No, I think it's a beautiful thing that you get to do. And you take it for granted! Tucker: I take it for granted? Bailey: Yes! Tucker: You think I take our family for granted? Bailey: No, I did not say... Tucker: You did say! Bailey: I work because we... Tucker: You love your work! Bailey: And I love my family, too! Edit

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    • Episode Title: Losing My Mind The title of this episode is a reference to a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1971 musical Follies. It was first performed by Dorothy Collins and has since been covered by many artists such as Shirley Bassey, Liza Minelli and Michael Ball. Losing My Mind is also a song by Maroon 5 and The Black Crowes. Edit

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