Walk On Water

Season 3, Episode 15, Aired
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The staff is trying to deal with antsy patients while dealing with a major disaster when a cargo ship strikes a Ferryboat in Seattle. The Chief must choose a team to go out on location and save what is left of the few lives spared.
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  • OMFG!!!!!!OMFG!!!!!!!

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    By NBCisNUMBER4, Feb 03, 2012 Report Abuse
    meredith freaking fell off the dock!!!!!!OMFG!!!!!!!.....i seriously didnt sleep at all after i saw that cause i was soooooo freaking shocked!!!!!....that is the best episode of greys for the simple reason that exacly 1 day after i saw it, IM SILL SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....and not the kind of shocked when ur like wow that was pretty goood....the kind of shocked that u feel rate when that moment happens and ur like OMFSCICBTHG!!!!!!!!!!!........

    well ok u no that guy that was freaking out and pushed her off the dock?....i dont like him cause rate after she fell he was relaxed and ok....i mean wtf it up with that?moreless

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  • Worth the waiting! It was all I expected. It was hard to watch, but excelent anyway.

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    By g_anatomy, Dec 05, 2007 Report Abuse
    I'm gonna start with few things that made bad this epi and then move on to the best.
    Something that may make this show worse is Meredith losing her thoughness, her willingness to fight and also her fortitude.
    When she tried to commit suicide (or whatever) by drowning in the tub, that was awful, and really stupid of her. Then, the highlights of the chief? I really hated it, he seemed like a puppy sitting aside of the road. One thing of Cristina that I didn't like was her attitude of "it's a mess, how bad, whatever, I wanna scrub in!" The time goes by and she seems to be less and less human. And how to forget SIDNEY! How annoying can she be?!
    Good things: the whole plot and tension. The first shot of the ferry on fire was absolute surprising (I knew it was a ferry, owing to the spoilers). I liked to see the human side of the doctors there, except Cristina. Cristina scenes when she tries to tell Mer about her engagement, really funny. Music was great, and the drama scenes were amazing.
    The first part was as great as the other two parts.moreless

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  • The staff of Seattle Grace race to save the lives of people involved in a tragical disaster when a cargo ship strikes a ferry boat. The chief sends a team of interns out with a couple doctors to help where they can.moreless

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    By breezy2281, Nov 26, 2007 Report Abuse
    I was a bit confused in the beginning of this episode because i couldn't figure out if Grey was actually trying to drown herself in the bathtub or if she was simply trying to disappear for a few minutes to escape the world. Also apparently Izzie is either having a relapse of her bad depression since she's eating everything in the refridgerator including a tub of butter, or perhaps she never got over it and has just been pretending to do better. I thought the scene where Callie was telling Bailey about her sex life with George, in which Bailey responded "stop, right there. I don't need to know this!" was funny. I like Callie more and more every episode. I also thought it was funny when she told the flakey doctor "I bite." Burke puts pressure on Yang to tell all her friends about their engagement before he does it, but he seems to beat her to the punch anyway when he tells Derek, and then the news travels on down the grape vine as usual. On a more serious note the plot of this episode is absolutely horrible. I can't believe all those poor people. A very clever episode though. Since when do you ever hear of an accident involving ferry boats? I do remember asking myself when do they ever send a surgical team consisting of residents and interns to a multiple trauma disaster outside of the hospital? Isn't that what search and rescue, and EMT's are for? Alex finds a pregnent woman who he thinks is dead at first, and pulls her out of the water after pulling a concrete pillon off her. Her face is completely crushed to the point you can barely recognize her as a person. I have never seen a face look so horrible. It reminded me of the movie Mask that Cher played in. He seems to have become attached to her and really wants her to make it through surgery. So far it's not looking too good for her to be able to carry the baby to full term though. Meanwhile, George finds a woman who needs immediate surgery but won't have it until he finds her seven year old son, who George promised to find. He tries to ask Callie for help but she response by telling him she can't be his wife right now because she has to work on patients that need surgery. Izzie is confronted with a man that has multiple injuries and needs immediate attention and must get to the hospital, but he is pinned between two cars. Search and rescue was supposed to come help but they are busy with everything else going on, and it doesn't seem like they are going to get to the man in time. He starts to have a seizure and Izzie is faced with the fact that she's probably going to have to find a way to save this man without the help of search and rescue. Grey is faced with trying to do her job, and has to keep an eye on a little girl who got separated from her mother in the accident. She sends the girl with someone to bring her back to a triage tent, but he looses track of her when he tries to help someone. The girl finds her way back to Grey who has pulled a man out of the water that has been swimming and has a serious leg injury, where he is bleeding significantly and she must stop the bleeding to help him, while being preoccupied with the little girl. Grey sews his leg up to stop the bleeding and the man freaks out, kicking Grey over the ledge into the water. Oh my got i couldn't believe it. I can't wait to see the next episode.moreless

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  • What will happen next?

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    By javnah, Nov 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    The name of the show is Grey's anatomy so I guess Meredith will survive. But, oh, what an ending. Splash into the water. It just happened so fast and I didn't expect it at all. I wonder if the little lost girl will go and find McDreamy since she saw him and Meredith talk together before it happened. She was a good assistant so maybe she will get her saved in a way. I sure hope so. If not I don't know what I will do. This is seriously one of the most dramatic endings ever on Grey's anatomy. Can't see what happens next!moreless

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  • cliffhanger ending!!!!!!!!!!!

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    By 16adopted, Sep 19, 2007 Report Abuse
    Good episode- lots of reli gud humour, and lots of development in all the romantic relationships in the show. I dont no if i lik the direction meres and mcdreamys relationship is goin tho, he seems genuinely hurt that she wont talk to him. izzys case was unreal and alex's too- i was on the edge of my seat for both!!! And wat a cliffhanger of an ending- i was screaming at the tv wen it ended- but 1 thing reli bugged me, can meredith not swim, and y was that little girl so calm??? ok 2 things....cant wait to see the next episode..........................moreless

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    • When we see the helicopter approaching the "Seattle Grace" heli-pad, we can see the KOMO logo and "America's Best Newscast" on the side of the building Edit
    • A stunt person was available on set to take over for the scene where Meredith falls backwards into the water, but actress Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith, was determined to do it herself. It ended up being more difficult than she thought, since she had to fall backwards on a mat in a very specific way, but Pompeo says that she enjoyed the experience. Edit
    • Goof: When Alex is heading to the morgue and meets George on the stairs, Alex is heading upstairs. However morgues are usually in the basements of hospitals, and a short time later Alex says, "You didn't check down here right?" Edit

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    • International Titles: Czech Republic: Kráčet po vodě (Walk on Water) Germany: Katastrophenalarm (Red Alert) Edit
    • This episode does not have a closing voiceover. Edit
    • Awards and Nominations: This episode was nominated for a VES Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program. Edit

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    • Alex (to Jane Doe): Hey. I'm not going to be able to make it to your surgery today. (she reaches for his hand and grabs it) Here's the thing. You were crushed by a pylon. Dozens of people on that ferry boat died, but you're alive, so when I come back to check on you later, you better still be alive. Do you hear me? Edit
    • Cristina (excited): Hey, what was the site like? Was it gory? Was it trauma bonanza? (changes her tone to sound sad) I mean, obviously it was terrible. Alex: I don't talk to thieves. Cristina: What? Alex: You just stole my Jane Doe right out from under me. Cristina: I am not a thief. Man, you balked. You're a balker. Alex: I was thinking. Cristina: Well, again, it's my problem that thinking is such a time consuminng process for you. Alex: I rescued her. I climbed down, I pulled a massive pylon off of her. I got her here alive. Cristina (excited): Pylons, there are pylons on people? Alex: Whatever. Now I get stuck babysitting the patient's families while you get to scrub in. Cristina: Oh, I'm not scrubbing in. I'm stitching up patients in the pit. Alex: Who'd you piss off to get that? Cristina: I happen to be pulling gaping pieces of flesh back together. Alex: Mm. You're stitching, you're just one step closer to knitting your Grandma's sweater. Cristina: Well, at least mine's medical. Alex: You're knitting, I'm pulling pylons off of people. Edit
    • Cristina: I specifically told you that I needed to tell Meredith first. Burke: I was talking to Shepherd and it ... just came out. It's no big deal. Cristina: It is a big deal. Because she's not even gonna care about the fact that I'm getting married, all she's gonna care about is the fact that I didn't tell her myself. Burke: And why didn't you? Cristina: There was a major disaster. Burke: That was 45 minutes after we discussed it. You were with your friends for 45 minutes running triage drills and you weren't compelled to mention it? Edit

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    • Episode Title: Walk on Water This is the title of a song by Aerosmith. It is also the title of a song by Ozzy Osbourne and Milk Inc. Edit

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