Make Me Lose Control

Season 2, Episode 3, Aired
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Cristina and Meredith try to figure out if Cristina should tell Burke that she's pregnant right before Cristina faces an emergency. Alex and Izzie get closer while Meredith's mother gets too close. Relationships are revealed among older members in the staff and George gets a tough assignment.moreless
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  • This episode was a marvelous balance of heart warming & heart breaking. Grey's Anatomy just keeps getting better!

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    By luvmekickboxers, Dec 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    It is seldom that a show leaves me wanting more at the end of an episode and this seems to be the way Grey's Anatomy is headed this season.

    After what seemed to be a rough series premiere last season, this show has won it's way into my heart. This episode in particular was the best I have seen.

    Whether it is the heartbreaking revelations about Meredith Grey's family life exposed by her Alzheimer's stricken mother or Bailey, who prides herself on being exacting with her interns, holding the head of one of Cristina during her emergency surgery you can't help but connect with these characters.
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  • Great episode

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    By matzaa, Sep 04, 2010 Report Abuse
    I have always liked Alex, I really don't know why. And now, as I can see, other people (Meredith and Izzie) like him too. So I am very happy of what happened in this episode regarding him. I still hope that he wouldn't mellow that much and be the same as*hole as usual, if not, only a little bit. Anyway, it was a very nice episode, all because of the Ellis Grey character. Almost everything revealed from yang's pregnancy to meredith's mother. So I can wait to see what would happen next, now that all the cards are on the table.moreless

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  • This show is "losing it's control"... in a good way! =)

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    By blacked_line, Sep 04, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode was definately one of the best episodes in this season and in the previous one. Mostly because... (finally)... Meredith's mother is back! I couldn't stop laughing. Oh, I felt so sorry for George... or should I say, Thatch? =)

    Anyway, Izzie and Alex are warmin' up... well, I agree with Izzie, why is he such a jerk with other people.

    Now, the interesting part. If you watched the episode, or you will watch there's a part where Cristina scrubbed in the operation, I think she scrubbed... anyway, Burke was talking to her as "Dr. Yang" and from the moment she lost consciousness, it was "Cristina!"

    I think she will be a very... a very... hard and exhausting patient, and I can't wait to see what will Ellis do! Oh, poor George =)moreless

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  • Solid episode.

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    By attilasd, Sep 04, 2010 Report Abuse
    Bailey finally shows her softer side. She almost cries in surgery, but is strong enough to stick up for Cristina's privacy but not letting Meredith in the room. Then, she sits by Cristina's bedside

    I'm actually kind of glad Derek and Addison have some sparks between them. As tough as Meredith's life is, she's a little too whiny. She acts like the world is just out to get her. Yeah, Derek made a mistake. But she doesn't have to bite his head off every time he tries to be nice. And yeah, her mom is sick. But now people know, so she should find comfort and a support system, rather than just pretending like she's okay.

    I'm glad Burke finally found out about Cristina's pregnancy. It was a good way for him to do so.

    I must confess that I, like Izzie, am beginning to like Alex. He showed genuine compassion to Meredith, which was really sweet. I just hope they eventually explain why he IS so arrogant and obnoxious so much of the time.

    And I still love George!!!!moreless

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  • Another fine example! The truth about Meredith's mom comes out!

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    By Shiny-Star, Sep 04, 2010 Report Abuse
    Another fine example of an episode

    I like how they brought out the light about Meredith's mom and the complications around it.. It's nice to see that meredith has so much trouble with the fact that her mom has Alzheimer and then her showing up at the hospital.
    The scenes with the mom were very funny btw!

    Meredith and Derek?! I said it every time but I love them! Their scenes are good and Addison should just go and let them be happy!

    Izzie and Alex seems to be building up.. It takes an interesting turn.
    Cristina and Dr. Burke... Really sad that she lost the baby... I wonder how they'll both deal with that fact.moreless

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    • Goof: When Addison and Derek are in the room with the premature baby addicted to narcotics, she is listing options for her and Derek's relationship. The chair that Derek is sitting on has a blanket over it and it changes position throughout the scene many times. Edit
    • Goof: The surgery board has a circled 'R' indicating the removal of the right fallopian tube and ovary. In the next scene Bailey explains to Yang they had to remove her left fallopian tube and ovary. Edit
    • Goof: After George talks to Dr. Burke about a biopsy, the camera shows Cristina's procedure on the board and we see the term "salpingo-oopherectomy", which would be spelled "salpingo-oophorectomy" - the surgical removal of a fallopian tube and an ovary. Edit

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    • Original International Air Dates: Sweden: April 18, 2006 on Kanal 5 Mexico: March 2, 2006 on Channel 29 Bulgaria: June 21, 2006 on bTV Croatia: November 20, 2006 on NOVA TV Finland: November 23, 2006 on Nelonen Italy: February 02, 2007 on Italia 1 Canada (French): February 17, 2007, on Radio-Canada Romania: March 27, 2007 on TVR 1 Serbia: March 15, 2008 on B92 Germany: September 26, 2006 on ProSieben Edit
    • Awards and Nominations: TV.com Awards 2005: Best Episode - "Make Me Lose Conrtol" (1 of 5) Edit
    • Music Featured In This Episode: 1. Sleep by Get Set Go plays when Meredith and Cristina are jogging, 2. By Heart by Sylvie Lewis plays when Meredith and Alex are talking to Kelly (the blushing girl), 3. Ruby Blue by Roisin Murphy plays when Cristina collapses in the operating room, 4. Fools In Love by Inara George plays when surgery is being performed on Cristina, 5. Song Beneath The Song by Maria Taylor plays when Derek approaches Meredith who's crying on the bench. Edit

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    • Bailey: Need something? Meredith: I'm coming in. Bailey: No, you're not. Meredith: I am. I'm her friend. Bailey: Exactly. She's lying on the operating table, naked, exposed. She's sedated but she's probably scared out of her mind. Now right now she's not a doctor. She's not your friend. She's a patient and she deserves to have all the privacy I can give her. You're not going in there. Meredith (sighs): We went jogging this morning. I made her go jogging. There's no way that could of...? Bailey: No. It started out this way. Nothing caused it to happen. Meredith: You have to let me in there. Bailey (jokingly): You can try. I'd have to take you down. Hey I might be short but you're pretty tiny. I could do it. Meredith: Right now. Just in this moment. I hate you. Bailey: Hmm, yeah well I can take it.
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    • Burke: There is an arryhtmia when I pressed down on the tumor. That is a sign of what Yang? Cristina: Uhm... Uhm it's a sign of uhm... It's a s... (having difficulty to breathe) It's a sign that the tumor has infiltrated the pericardium. Burke: Possibilities? Cristina: Uhm...you know I'm sorry, I... Burke: Do your homework, Yang. It could be causing a tearing in the hard muscle of the heart. (Cristina looks dizzy, in pain and collapses) Nurse: Doctor Yang! Burke: Cristina! Cristina! (Bailey and Izzie are in the gallery, they stand up, look inside the OR and go to help) Somebody help her. Cristina! Don't just stand there somebody help her! Get in a gurney in here! Don't just stand there damn it, somebody help her! Cristina! Izzie (enters with Bailey): Cristina! Bailey: We've got it Dr. Burke we've got it! Burke: Okay talk to me, talk to me, what do we know? What do we know? Talk to me Stevens! Izzie: I don't know. Burke: Come on people, let's move! Edit
    • (Glass shatters) Ellis: Get away from me, you insipid little man. George: Dr. Grey calm down. Ellis: Get out of here, get out of my room! George: Please calm down. Ellis: Get away from here, get away from my house! Nurse (enters): What can I do? George: Please get some haloperidol. (Nurse leaves) Ellis: Don't give me that look. That sad little soulful, little puppy routine, I know it by heart Thatch, and I'm over it. I don't want to hear about your day, or your students, for your pathetic little research grants! (pants) My-my work is what counts. It's what pays for this house, it pays for... it pays for you and it pays for... it pays for Meredith, and your precious lifestyle. So why don't you just leave me alone and let me do it? (awkward pause) Meredith may think she needs you but I sure as hell don't! George: Dr. Grey! Edit

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    • When acting deliberately awful with Izzie, Alex adresses a nurse as "Nurse Ratched". Nurse Ratched is the abusive head nurse in One Flew Over The Cuckcoo's Nest. Edit
    • Chief: I've been sitting home for a week watching Oprah give away things on T.V. - Oprah, Derek! Oprah is a popular American day-time chat-show. It is hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Edit
    • George: Make the lambs stop screaming! George says this in response to the idea that Alex and Izzy are becoming friendly. It refers to the film, The Silence of the Lambs, whose lead character Clarice Starling had nightmares about lambs. Edit

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