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After a series of deaths at the hospital some of the staff become very superstitious. Izzie worries about Denny and gets confronted by Alex. A patient with OCD drives Cristina crazy. Derek and Addison discuss their relationships with Meredith. Richard treats a friend from 17 years ago who reveals a secret about a dark time in his past that involves Ellis. George gets an earful about the women he's not talking to. Burke and Cristina argue about kicking George out.moreless
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  • I hate Alex, Izzie let go, George grow up, Yeah for the Fat love interest!

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    I hate Alex so much right now. I was feeling the Alex/Izzie thing till he had to go all psycho jealous. He only told Denny he was going to die because he was jealous and though George needed to be told, Alex was just upset about being dumped and took it out on George 'cause he knew he wouldn't go anything about it. Though I was hoping George would have punched him good. He's just mean and such a jerk. Props to Izzie for dumping sorry butt.

    Loved the trailer park speech, but Izzie needs to let go. I see why she likes Denny (imagine how charming he'd be if he were well), but he is her patient and what she's doing is just wrong. She needs to give the case to someone else and walk away.

    I love that Bailey is back, but what women goes back to such a stressful job less than a month after giving birth and her husband must be still recovering from brain surgery. She should be at home.

    I'm liking Addison and McDreamy more and more every week. I really hope things work out for them.

    Christina and Burke were cute as always. I love them.

    The chief was interesting, they need to go into his past a bit more. We need more Chief!

    I really like George's knew love interest, many people don't 'cause she's fat. But I like the idea of George hooking up with a large woman of color, maybe she'll make him grow up a bit.

    None of the medical cases really stuck out tonight, there was nothing that interesting.

    Anyway, overall, it was an ok episode.moreless

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  • Better than the last; still not great

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    I definitely did not expect Richard to be an alcoholic.

    The awkwardness between Meredith, Derek, and Addison was just irritating. As much as I love Addison, I just want Derek to end it already and stop putting them and us through all this pain.

    As much as I don't like Denny and do like Alex, I think the way Alex is trying to push Denny away from Izzie is disgusting. I get that he's jealous, and he has every right to be, but to be so insensitive to a dying man is just unforgivable.

    I love Sara Ramirez (Callie)! I hope she is on the show for a while. I think she might be the perfect solution to George's problems!moreless

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  • WOW...so much to talk about!!!

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    The show opens with a very sad note as there are 4 deaths in the OR. What scares the surgeons the most is that all of them were the 1st operations of the morning and the story around the hospital is that deaths come in 3s and 7s. So all the surgeons are panicking as they do not want anyone else dying in there OR. All the doctors reach for there good luck charms. Also there patients admitted that are very superstitious. One refuses to have surgery because her horoscope told her to stay home, and the other has serious OCD. George finally calls Dr. Torres, and Dr. Burke puts him on a mission to find his lucky cap. Alex (that S.O.B.) is jealous of Danny and starts to tell him that it would be best if he does not lead Izzie on and this lead to a huge fight between Izzie and Alex. Finally the most interesting thing we learn in this episode is that Dr. Richard Webber is an ex alcoholic when an old friend of his is admitted into the hospital when she her liver is failing. I have to mention I love Addison, in my opinion Dr. Shepard is a total idiot to even consider Meredith as a friend, and I have to say I still have not forgiven Meredith for what she did to George. On the whole this episode was a good one and will certainly be the building block for many episodes of the future.moreless

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  • Refer to the actual summary of the episode, why should I write it again?

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    This show is obviously running out of steam. Week to week the quality decreases in proportion to the extremely outlandish story lines. It just seems to get more ridiculous with each "revelation" of a character, such as the Chief of Surgery\'s now apparent alcoholism and Meredith's annoying dilemma of relationships, not to mention the crass behavior of Alex (who acts like that?) The dialogue needs a serious adjustment; I just cringe each time they refer to coffee as "ju-ju."moreless

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  • Music from Superstition...

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    In response to ferfey's post, ABC has the music, artists, and labels listed on their episode guide. For "Superstition", here's the link:

    http://abc.go.com/primetime/greysanatomy/music/season2/music21.html

    I was looking for a song from the episode too, and came across your post. I'm not sure what the title was and who it was by, but I'll try all of the ones listed... Good luck to you...

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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    • Last episode Izzie told Alex that the thing between them was over. Everything was done, but in this episode Alex asks her about sneaking out as if they were still together. Edit
    • Goof: When you first see Izzie looking at the OR board, after she's been thrown out of Burke's operation, there are some sections of one of the operations rubbed out. When you next see her looking at the OR board, the row is magically filled up. Meredith and Bailey come along and Meredith rubs out the same sections again. Edit
    • Goof: At the end of the episode, when Derek leaves his dead patient at the operation table and is followed by Cristina, the dead patient can be seen moving his eyelids. Edit
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    • Original International Air Dates: Bulgaria: July 24, 2006 on bTV Spain: September 19, 2006 on Cuatro Australia: September 18, on Channel 7 Switzerland: October 23, on SF 2 The Netherlands: October 31, on Net 5 UK: December 14, 2006 on Living TV. Sweden: January 2, 2007 on Kanal 5 Germany: Feburary 13, 2007 on Pro7 Croatia: March 26, 2007 on NOVA TV Finland: March 28, 2007 on Nelonen Italy: April 27, 2007 on Italia 1 Ireland: July 3, 2007 on RTE Two Romania: July 31, 2007 on TVR1 Edit
    • Music Featured In This Episode: 1. You Don't Know Me by Greenskeepers plays at the start of the episode/ Meredith's beginning voiceover 2. Catalyst (Acoustic) by Anna Nalick plays when Ollie asks Richard why he hasn't been to any meetings 3. Free by Luke Doucet plays when Meredith, Izzie, George and Cristina are having lunch 4. How To Save A Life by The Fray plays during Burke, Webber and Derek's surgeries 5. Gabriel And The Vagabond by Foy Vance plays when victims of the "7", 5 and 6, die 6. Multiply by Jamie Lidell plays when Burke and Cristina are leaving the hospital/George is asking Callie out Edit
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    • George: Hey. I didn't call. I should've called. I just- (Callie walks away) Oh. (George shakes his head and grabs out his cell phone. He starts dialing. He watches as Callie's phone starts ringing. She opens it up and sees it George calling. She shakes her head but answers it anyway) Hi, this is George O'Malley calling. You gave me your phone number. I know I should've called you sooner but I'm calling now and I just wanna know maybe you wanna go out with me sometime … because I love to watch you set bones and I oh I rarely spend that much time in a women's rest room. (Callie starts to smile) and I really like you. (Callie smiles broadly) So, is that a yes? (Callie nods and smiles) Edit
    • Alex: Izzie paints a pretty picture because she likes you, you know. Denny: Okay. Alex: I'm just saying that she likes you. Which is going to be hard on her. Denny: You mean, when I die. Come on, I'm asking you man-to-man. Alex: With the clot in your pulmonary artery, it'll cut of the oxygen to your lungs. You'll die of hypoxia. If the hypoxia doesn't kill you, the strain on your heart will. Denny: And the surgery? Alex: It's not a routine procedure. You're at a serious risk for bleeding because of the anti-coagulants already in your system. (Denny is silent) What I'm saying is that Izzie likes you and she's not going to be the one to pull away. Edit
    • Meredith: Uh, I'm getting the feeling she's a little bit of a stalker. Bailey: Do we need to call the police? Meredith: I don't think so. I think she's more of a gentle stalker than kill you with a knife stalker. Bailey: Right. Well let's hope she lives to gently stalk another day. Edit
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    • Izzie: It's like saying 'Macbeth' in a theater. This is a reference to the widely believed superstition that saying the name of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth inside a theater brings bad luck to the production and cast. Edit
    • Episode Title: Superstition The title of this episode could be a reference to the hit song Superstition by Stevie Wonder. Edit
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