Grey's Anatomy

Shake Your Groove Thing

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired 4/24/05

Episode Summary

Meredith realizes that she must take on a lot more responsibility when she is told that her mother needs to sign over all of her assets to her. As Izzie prepares to have a party for her boyfriend Hank (the scale of which is unknown to Meredith), Meredith participates in her first heart surgery. During the surgery, she fears that she has damaged the patient's heart and is unsure of whether or not she should speak up, because she could get kicked out of the program. Meanwhile, Cristina and Burke share some comments over coffee. At the party, Meredith and Derek do some sneaking.moreless

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Ellen Pompeo

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Sandra Oh

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Katherine Heigl

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Really good episode, with some unexpected turns.

9.0

"Superb"

By Stephanie61593, Aug 29, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode was really good. As a teenager I can identify with what Meridith said throughout the episode. As you grow up responsibility hits you harder than ever. The episode is really good feel bad for Meredith when she thinks she may have punctured the patient's heart. As the episode progresses we see a little bit more of Izzy and her boyfriend. Loved the party seen with Cristina, Meredith, and George. Really fun and you see their relationship develop. Love that Derek showed up at the party really funny when he and Meredith get caught by Dr. Bailey. I thought it was really nice of Dr. Burke when they were in the Chief's office. Loved that Derek asked Mer what had happened and he was glad that it was just probation. Also the end for me was not expected at all. I wonder what will happen with Cristina and Burke.moreless

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Responsibility sucks...

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By mythillos, Aug 29, 2010 Report Abuse

Wow, what an episode! I felt sorry for Meredith when she discovered that something went wrong with the surgery. For the record, Meredith loses her sleep because of responsibility(yeah i know) and she needs her mother to sign some contracts when she's 'consious', thing that she usually isn't. She attends in her first heart surgery but fructures the heart because of lack of sleep. Dr. Webber surges a woman that's got a lung problem, diagnosed that it was due to smoking, but when he opens her up he finds a clothe that was left there in a surgery 5 years before. It's only discovered that the responsible was Burke when Meredith went through an interview with a hospital lawyer and Burke's point to let Meredith continue her career was that great doctors also make mistakes.
Also, Izzy's boyfriend's in town and she's having a party for him that at the end didn't go that well for her....moreless

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Meredith feels the weight of responsiblity.

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By shaneypoo_88, Aug 29, 2010 Report Abuse

An excellent episode, the best since the pilot. Meredith is in a open heart surgery but could she have caused a cmplication? A nail pierced her glove while she was holding the heart and she suspects that perhaps she has caused a problem.

Meanwhile Izzie is planning a party at Merediths for her boyfriend that is coming to town. It seems like the entire hospital staff will be attending and Meredith has no idea of how big it will be.

George has a patient who has been experiencing chest pain every since a surgery 5 years ago. When she gets opened up everyone is shocked to find a towel inside. Cristina looks over the records and finds out that Dr Burke was the one who did the initial surgery.

Izzie has a patint who just can't seem to poop and Alex has to deal with an addict who he thinks is just waisting his time.

Complications arise with the heart surgery patient and Meredith admits to Burke that it might have been her fault, right in front of the woman's husband.

Meredith arrives home to find a massive party in her house. She decides to just go with it, forget responsiblity for awhile and get drunk. Derick shows up at the party and he and Meredith sneak off for a little fun. But wait Dr Bailey catches them in the act.

Burke and Meredith have to face the Chief over the heart patient and Burke stands up and admits to leaving the towel in the other patient. He claims Meredith should'nt be punished because she actually spoke up.

Izzie's boyfreind realizes that he isn't her number one priority anymore and Cristina and Burke share a moment in one of the change rooms. And Alex doesn't act like a complete dick toward's Izzie for once.

Very interesting episode. What's going to happen now with Meredith & Derick, Cristina and Burke, is George just going to watch Meredith and Derick get together and can Alex continue to not be a jerk?

I can't wait to find out.

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Responsibility !

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By vukcevic, Aug 29, 2010 Report Abuse

Izzie is preparing a huge party for her boyfiredn Hank and Meredith is the only persone who doesn't know the size of the party.
Meredith had a first heart sugery and she thinks that she damaged the heart. A junkiee comes to Seattle Grace complaining about back pain and he has a self perscription and Alex doesn't want to treat him.
Mrs.Drake comes to the hospital for yet another lung surgery and they find a towel inside of her that was left 5 years ago from her first lung surgery. Burke messe up.
On party Bailey sees Meredith and Shepherd. They will have a hard time now...
The best episode so far.moreless

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Izzie's party planning at Meredith's house began to stir things up, later on when Izzie couldn't make it home because of a surgery it got even better. Meredith and Derek's romance started to heat up which made the end of the episode very exciting.moreless

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By kittycatster10, Aug 29, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode had a great story line to it!!!! When the news about Izzie's party began to spread I knew that it was going to get interesting. In the very end of the episode it was extremely exciting when Derek and Meredith were together in the car. This was a great way to end the episode when Bailey saw them together, you automatically knew that there was going to be some struggles between the three of them. Once you get to the very end of the episode there is a very strange but very exciting cliff hanger!!! This was one of the best episodes in the first season.moreless

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- Goof (storyline continuity): Richard mentions that Mrs. Drake underwent this surgery before in '99. But when Cristina is looking at the paperwork for the original surgery, it says the surgery date was 10-18-2000. Edit
- Goof: The interns complain they work 100-hours a week when regulations governing residency programs only allow 80-hour weeks for all residents/interns and they cannot work more than 24-hours straight, even though in the pilot, they were working 48-hours. Possible Explantion: They probably weren't working 48 hours, they were just on call for 48 hours. Another Possible Explantion: Later in the series Chief Webber states that interns are not allowed to work more than 80 hour weeks and enforces that, because, he states, some interns have been working 110 hours a week. This leads to Cristina being called off in the middle of surgery and being angry that she has to be at home, which she isn't used to (Meredith also isn't used to it and gets bored after she does 5 loads of laundry). This will also later lead to the nurses strike. Edit
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- Original International Air Dates: Australia: September 5th, 2005 on Channel 7 Sweden: December 20th, 2005 on Kanal 5 Netherlands: January 31st, 2006 on Net 5 Germany: April 11th, 2006 on ProSieben France: July 10th, 2006 on TF1 Norway: July 25th, 2006 on TV2 Croatia: October 2nd, 2006 on NOVA TV Finland: October 4th, 2006 on Nelonen Portugal: December 3rd, 2006 on RTP1 Romania: February 6th, 2007 on TVR1 Edit
- Music Featured In This Episode: 1. Edge of the Ocean by Ivy plays when Izzie's boyfriend leaves her. 2. Evil by Interpol plays when Meredith, Cristina and George are drinking and dancing at the party. 3. Money Girl by Dee plays when Meredith arrives to her house and finds the huge party. 4. Sparkle Me by Buffseeds plays at the end of the episode. 5. Tiger, My Friend by Psapp plays when Burke gives Cristina a coffee. 6. Wake Up by The Ditty Bops plays at the beginning of the episode. Edit
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- Meredith (closing voiceover): Responsibility, it really does suck. Unfortunately, once you get past the age of braces and training bras, responsibility doesn't go away. It can't be avoided. Either someone makes us face it or we suffer the consequences. And still adulthood has it perks. I mean the shoes, the sex, the no parents anywhere telling you what to do. That's, pretty damn good. Edit
- (Cristina is at the food table. She reaches for something. Bailey takes it instead) Bailey: You could touch that, but I'd have to kill you. Cristina (quietly): So about that towel thing? Bailey: It's been taken care of. Cristina: Okay. Bailey: You don't need to concern yourself with it. Cristina: So what's going to happen? Bailey: We're not gonna talk about it anymore is what's gonna happen. Are we clear? Or have you had too much alcohol to understand me? Cristina: We're very clear. Bailey: Good. You have any bourbon? (Cristina walks away) Edit
- Izzie (to George): Do you think you could get home to sign for the beer? Alex: Why don't you have your boyfriend sign for it? Izzie: You have a very annoying way of sneaking up on people. Maybe if you were a little less creepy. Alex: I wouldn't come anyway. I hate big parties. George: Is Meredith the only person in the hospital who doesn't know the size of this thing? Izzie: I'm telling her. Cristina: You can't. She's gone already. Izzie: What? Already? Cristina I think she had, excuse me, an errand to run. (walks away) Izzie: You don't think Meredith's really going to mind about the party, right? George: I want you to make it very clear to her that I had nothing to do with this party. Nothing. Edit
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- Meredith: It's my party and I'll get drunk if I want to. This might allude to Lesley Gore's 1963 hit It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To). Edit
- Bailey: Something careless this way comes. This is a variation on a line from Shakespeare's Macbeth. The line from the play is: "by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." Edit
- Episode Title: Shake Your Groove Thing The title of this episode is a reference to a song by Peaches and Herb. Edit