Grey's Anatomy

Winning a Battle, Losing the War

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired 4/10/05

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When a bike race leaves one pedestrian brain dead, interns Cristina and Izzie face an emotional crisis of conscience: how long does one wait before they start harvesting his organs? Cristina is all detached professionalism, but ever-hopeful Izzie prays for a miracle. Meanwhile, George avoids a flirtatious patient while Meredith copes with living with roommates and tries to dodge Derek's ever-increasing advances.moreless

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Ellen Pompeo

Meredith Grey
Sandra Oh

Cristina Yang
Katherine Heigl

Isobel "Izzie" Stevens

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By owenkravekiv2, Aug 28, 2010 Report Abuse

There is a lot of compitations in this episode. We see the struggle between the residents about harvasting organs and we see that it effects some of them more then others. Merediths's kiss was funny and sweet. Derek's reaction was priceless. Throughout this whole episode the compitation between them all grows and it is evident that their friendships don'y play a part in this compititions. Another great installment on the series. We learn a little more about how how the character's inner beings work next episode, which shall take place next week. I'm gonna be really, really lookin foward to the next ep.moreless

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Dead Baby Bike Race

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By sweet_em, Aug 28, 2010 Report Abuse

One of my favorite episodes actually.
Meredith tried to avoid her growing attraction to Derek and regrets inviting George and Izzie to live with her. Cristina and Izzie operate on an organ harves patient and George deals with a special friend of the Chief's. The interns go over Burke's head to get in on surgeries and Alex benefits from their sneaking.
Cristina and Meredith bond over being dark and twisty while George and Izzie are happy and shiny. Alex displays more chauvinism and Bailey calls him on being a patient hog.
Meredith gets kissed by one of the Dead Baby Bike Race contestants and Derek gets jealous.
This is the third good episode in a row for this show, something rare and it shows that this show has great promise.moreless

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Another good episode

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By shaneypoo_88, Aug 28, 2010 Report Abuse

So far each episode ive seen is pretty much as good as the one before it. I like how this show keeps it self at such a high standard and im starting to realise why it's so damn popular and im just catching on like 2 years after it started.

An annual death defying bike race brings in a host of patients to the hospital and the main patient of the episode, a brain dead man caused by a crash with the race.

George gets assigned to one of The Cheif's VIP patients who is in need of a liver and appears to be hitting on George. George soon realises that most people think he is gay.

Izzie and Cristina decide they can make the brain dead man's life mean something and harvest his organs. They pull in Meredith & then Georg as they go over Dr Burkes head straight to the Cheif and get him to help save the brain dead man so they can then take his organs.

Geroge organises that a liver be given to his VIP and the brain dead man is harvested after his wife is contacted. The VIP recieves the liver and gets through surgeory without complications.

Meredith has an interesting patient called Viper who plants a big wet one on her while Dr Shepard is watching on. (very ammusing). Meredith tell's Derick that he is only in it for the hunt but he later makes it clear that he actually likes her. He still wont go out ith him but.

Overall a really good episode. Had alot of intresting stories and some great character dvelopment. Im looking forward to seeing how Shepard & Meredith progress, and how Izzie, George & Meredith handle being around each other like 24/7

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By gpd1991, Aug 28, 2010 Report Abuse

This show is so tense
Preston Burke is an amazing cardio-thorastic surgeon.
He is such a good actor (despite his homophobis slurs) Isaiah Washington is a great actor
But out of everyone, Chandra Wilson is the BEST
she is so good at playing the Nazi and she seems like the kind of person who seems very tough but hides her true feelings inside. Chief Webber is very funny.
I think he makes a fine character in playing the chief
Not only do the surgeries make this show so exciting but also the love stories within the hospital
Also, the serious competition between Burke and Shepherd for the place of the chief of surgery is very good.moreless

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Natural selection. Everything is a competition.

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By vukcevic, Aug 28, 2010 Report Abuse

Bike race is in the Seattle and there are a lot of people injured in the hospital. Meredith heals Viper and he kisses her. Derek is so jealous. They have a hard time with one brain dead patient and they want to harvest his organs for transpalntation surgery. Izzie is too emotionally involved and Cristina is having a hard time talking about organ donations. Finally Viper will return with a lot of damage and Bailey will yell at all those bike racers and that scene is hilarious. Finally Meredith will have to try to live together with Izzie and George who are living completely different way then she is.
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- Goof: Notice the scene after one of the patients has died, and Cristina is talking with his wife and daughter about organ donation. When the wife starts crying and getting upset, Cristina gets up to leave, and the woman has her arm around her daughter. In the very next shot, though, a second later, the daughter is suddenly hugging her mother. Edit
- Goof: The door of the bathroom that Meredith and Cristina find Dr. Burke in has the handle on the wrong side of the door. There is no way for the bathroom occupant to pull the door open. Edit
- Goof (editing continuity): Viper's head bandage is there when he signs the AMA, and disappears when he stands up and turns back to kiss Meredith. Edit
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- It is ironic that T.R. Knight (George) is so afraid the Meredith might think he is gay because in real life, he actually is openly gay. Edit
- Patrick Dempsey (Derek) and Steven W. Bailey (Jeremy) also worked together in the 2001 TV movie Chestnut Hill. Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Australia: August 22nd, 2005 on Channel 7 Sweden: December 6th, 2005 on Kanal 5 Netherlands: January 17th, 2006 on Net 5 Germany: March 28th, 2006 on ProSieben Ireland: June 18th, 2006 on RTE One France: July 3rd, 2006 on TF1 Norway: July 18th, 2006 on TV2 Croatia: September 18th, 2006 on NOVA TV Finland: September 20th, 2006 on Nelonen Portugal: November 26th, 2006 on RTP1 Romania: January 23rd, 2007 on TVR1 Edit
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- (Surgical team prepping, for Viper's surgery, this is including Dr. Bailey. Meredith is still straddling Viper) Bailey: Well, this is a new one. Somebody get her off my patient. (Meredith climbs down) Ah Meredith, go get cleaned up and scrub in. Alex, get back downstairs. Alex: Yeah, but I helped. Bailey: Helped? Yeah they tell me down in the Pit that you only want to take the hot cases. In every pack of interns there's always one fool that's running around trying to show off and Alex, this time that fool is you. Get out. (Alex storms out) Somebody get me something to stand on, lower this table. The mountain's going to have to come to me. Edit
- Derek (amused): You're askin' my advice? Meredith: Yes. Derek: Now, who's chasing? Meredith: Not funny. This is important. Derek: Okay. You want to get around Burke? You gotta find a way to get the Chief involved. Edit
- Meredith: The Dead Baby Bar. George: Every year, they hold this underground bike race. Izzie: Don't you wonder why someone would name a bar something so disgusting? Cristina: Keep your panties on, Nancy Drew. George: The race is completely illegal and-- Meredith: Crazy, a bunch of bike messengers racing against traffic trying to beat each other for free shots of tequila. Alex: All-out, no holds barred competition. Sounds like fun. Izzie: Yeah, you would think that. George: The race, the race doesn't even have any rules. Except eye gouging. No eye gouging. (Izzie laughs) Cristina: Oh great, we're going to be trapped in the Pit bandaging up idiots when we could be up in the O.R.? George: What kind of people engage in a race that has, as its only rule, that you can't rip out the eyeballs of another human being? Alex: Men, Georgie, Men. Edit
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- Episode Title: Winning a Battle, Losing the War The episode title is a reference to a song by Kings of Convenience. Edit