Wishin' and Hopin'

Season 3, Episode 14, Aired
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The chief's announcement of his retirement sparks competition between Derek, Burke, Addison, and Mark. A surgical patient endangers the lives of those surrounding her. Meredith's mother becomes lucid. Cristina and Callie consider marriage proposals. The Denny Duquette Memorial Clinic opens and Izzie cannot wait for the first patient to arrive.moreless
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  • Again, an excelent epi with both action and revealing stories. Ellis being lucid again: flawless.

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    By g_anatomy, Mar 30, 2011 Report Abuse
    It was an excelent episode. I liked how Ellis became lucid (totally uncalled for but excelent anyway) and didn't save anything for herself and spoke out loud what she thought throughout this episode. She is the strongest woman of the show, let me say.
    Seeing Izzie and the clinic was really funny. The marriage between Callie and George, I didn't like it at all, but it was funny to see the rest of the gang lashing out at her. The drama of the lady with toxic blood was original, and I really liked how everyone risked their lives to save the rest. I liked the chief, Meredith, and seeing the Addison hormonal situation about Alex! Funny! Just funny! The thing is, I didn't like when she slept with Mark, when she's thinking about Alex. Only this time I have to say no to the idea of them being togheter.
    Ellis lucid final scenes were great, with the chief, and the scene when she says "You remind me of my daughter"...that was the best, really well written, but I saw it coming from miles away, it was obvious it was going to be a revolution of only one episode.
    Excelent episode! It will always be remembered by all the tv watchers!moreless

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  • This episode is a series classic, the best of season 3 and if I had to choose one episode of Grey's I liked best, this would win hands down!

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    By survivorgal, Mar 30, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode is brilliant. Meredith's mother is lucid and she's very nasty. I liked how Meredith told her off and blamed her for everything, because in my opinion, she needs someone to tell her that she can't continue to treat people like they don't matter. I love the fact that all of a sudden, I could actually sympathise with Meredith and in this episode, I really didn't find myself wanting to slap her as much as usual. Izzie's one of my favourite characters, but I hated the fact that she turned her back on helping a patient with a legitimate question. Obviously the clinic will take time to get on it's feet, but she expected results. In my opinion, the clinic was an excellent idea of Dr Bailey's and I'm glad she took the time to help the patient, which I respected. George and Callie are prehaps my least favourite couple on TV. They're just not suited to each other. I mean, George just lost his father and it seems like Callie's taking advantage of that. But even though I hated them getting married and them as a couple, I like George and I like Callie. I love Alex's reaction "Dude, she's Callie O'Malley!" That was brillant. But the main reason I watch this episode is because of the toxic blood storyline. I did not see that coming myself. When George was acting weird, I thought it was because of Callie and when Olivia said she was sick, I thought she was faking it because of her earlier conversation with George. I think Addison was heroic in that episode by putting the patient back under the ansethesia. I do think that they set up the end to make the girls look like the heroes by going in, but in my opinion the hard work was already done. This episode to me is one of the best in the entire series and I don't think that that will ever change for me. It's brillant, superbly acted and it's just got a great storyline that kept me hooked the entire time!moreless

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  • Meredith's mother winds up at Seattle Grace lucid, and with her memory back. George and Callie announce their marriage in Vegas. Cristina struggles with giving Burke an answer. Izzie and Bailey start the free clinic.moreless

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    By breezy2281, Nov 26, 2007 Report Abuse
    Well it appears that Izzie spent her eight million dollars to help open the free Denny memorial clinic at Seattle Grace with Dr. Bailey. I thought it was funny the way she and Alex were tracking down patients and trying to seal them from the E.R. to bring them to the free clinic. So we find out this episode that George and Callie ran off to vegas pretty impulsively and got married. I thought Izzie's comment about small diamonds was hilarious, especially when i saw the way Cristina cracked up and Bailey cut in with "ok, that's it..." George gets reamed out by Callie and learns to stand up for her and for their marriage. Speaking of rings, i can't believe the one Burke gave Cristina. a three carot diamond cut platinum ring. I am so hating Cristina right now. She asked Meredith's mother if you can have both, a life and become a heart surgeon. Grey's mother said she didn't try hard enough herself. Yang eventually says yes to marrying Burke. Backing up a bit, Meredith's mother wound up at the hospital and was completely lucid and had all of her memories back. I thought it was a little harsh the way she reacted to Grey saying she was happy. She basically told her daughter that she was a disappointment. Meredith was a bit harsh back though later on when she went off on her mother. However through all of this Meredith retains some hope about her mother's condition, until she sees her mother at the end of the episode who had relapsed back into her condition of not recognizing her daughter. I feel very bad for Meredith's mother. The chife sort of ruined her. She was so in love with him and wanted him so badly, but he never would have left his wife. She even thinks that she should have fought harder for him when she could have before she got sick. I wonder if she even knows that it was never going to happen because he wouldn't have ever left his wife. He does speak though like he regrets not being with Grey's mother. Whether that's because he's getting divorced now or if he really wishes he could've been with her is another question. So, Addison keeps looking at Alex like a piece of meat. It's a bit funny how she's acting like a love sick school girl. My mouth just about dropped at the end of the episode when she was sleeping with Mark again, and then i realized she was thinking about Alex while she was doing it. The first patient of the free clinic was a little girl who appeared to only need assistance with feminen products and how to use them because she just started her period. However, Bailey is a little shocked when the girl asks if she might be pregnent. Bailey has a heart to heart with the little girl, explaining that if she continues to do the things she's doing, she's going to wind up with an STD or a child or something. Bailey feels pretty good about helping the girl, even though she was the only patient the free clinic got all day. So the hospital had a crisis when a cancer patient's blood turns out to be toxic. The entire team performing her surgery wound up unconscious, and the interns and remaining doctors had to take turns holding their breath and finishing up the procedure by holding their breath and not going in for more than twenty seconds at a time. Mark refuses to go in because of the toxic blood. I did find it a bit humerous when Yang's hand went up and she announced that she could swim three lengths of her parent's pool underwater. Addison takes a heroic risk when she runs in without a protective suit to put the patient back to sleep. I thought the end of the episode was very sad though, when we find Grey's mother has slipped back to her previous condition. When she looked at Grey and said "you remind me of my daughter", i just about cried. This was a great episode.moreless

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  • heart breakingly tragic

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    By 16adopted, Sep 19, 2007 Report Abuse
    oh my god- some parts of this episode are absolutely heart wrenching!!! We see why meredith and her mom dont get on , her mother is unjustifiably cruel, "your ordinary"- how awful for poor mere!! We also see that her mother was a force to be reckoned with and that she "has her ways", shes very manipulative. I reli didnt like the mom, only for the moment when she told christina hat she sud have tried harder to make her marriage wrk and this makes christina say yes to burke.
    On a different note i think everyone was horrible to the newly-weds george nd callie(apart from addison), alex was preti funny tho-"dude, shes callie o' malley!" The storyline with the patient was awesome2!!!!!moreless

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  • I loved this episode...parts of it made me wanna cry but it was an absolutely amazing episode and extremely well written :D

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    By Sellyina, Aug 19, 2007 Report Abuse
    I don't know where to start with this, the whole episode was amazing and I was totally engrossed from start to finish.

    The trailer from last week's episode made me think that Meredith's mom would die - so it was a great surprise to see that she lives and more than that - she was lucid. I think this episode was unique in that we got to see first hand the relationship between Meredith and her mom and it was absolutely heart-breaking! Meredith had so little time and it was as if she knew it just wouldn't be enough to sort things out. When she argued with her mom and cried and then nearly cried again when she realised after explaining to her mom how she felt at the end of the episode that her mom had no memory again it was so upsetting. I love how the writers can write such a sad episode but still have light-hearted scenes which take the depressing edge off a bit. I was kinda surprised to find out George and Callie were married - in Vegas!?! I had sorta figured she would have been all weird about him asking and gone into one of her weird attitude things so George wouldn't have a clue about where he stood lol.

    The toxic blood thing was kinda funny...but I still jumped outta my skin when I saw all of the surgeons on the floor when George was calling them to tell them about it being toxic - though i have no idea why I was so shocked lol.
    I can't believe Addison is fantasising about Alex so much, maybe it's because he rejected her?! I can obviously see why she wants him- but the woman needs to remain professional!! :p

    So...I guess i've covered the main things - the funniest thing for me was seeing Christina laugh so hard at the end of the episode with Burke, it had me in stitches lol. It's so unusual to see her showing so much emotion!!

    Aside from all of that it was the scenes between Meredith and her mom that really got to me...my mom's gone on vacation and we're sorta not speaking at the moment for the first time ever, but I so appreciate my relationship with her more than I did before (didn't know that was even possible!)...and I will go sort things out with her as soon as she gets back :)moreless

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    • Callie's full name is Calliope Iphegenia Torres-O'Malley. Edit

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    • International Titles: Czech Republic: Přát si a doufat (Wish and Hope) Germany: Toxisch (Toxic) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: The Netherlands: April 9, 2007 on Net 5 Italy: May 7, 2007 on Foxlife New Zealand: May 10, 2007 on TV2 Australia: June 3rd, 2007 on Channel 7 Switzerland: June 2, 2007 on SF 2 Israel: June 11, 2007 on Yes Stars 1 Germany: September 12, 2007 on Pro 7 Ireland: September 11, 2007 on RTÉ Two South Africa: September 17, 2007 on Mnet Norway: November 13, 2007 on TV2 Finland: November 28, 2007 on Nelonen Croatia: December 10, 2007 on NOVA TV Romania: April 22, 2008 on TVR1 Edit
    • Music Featured In This Episode: 1. Elevator Music by Beck 2. King of You by Psapp 3. Fireworks by The Whitest Boy Alive 4. Canal Song by Iain Archer 5. Barracuda by Miho Hatori 6. Runaway by Sybarite featuring Psapp 7. Believer by Susanna And The Magical Orchestra 8. Make This Go On Forever by Snow Patrol Edit

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    • Bailey: Kellie, your dad told me that you lost your mother a few years ago, and I want to say how sorry I am. You probably have a million questions, and if your mother were here, I'm sure she would have more eloquent answers than I do. But I actually think that she and I would be saying the same thing, which is that if you keep going the way you're going, you will get an STD. You will get pregnant. You will increase your chances of getting cervical cancer. You're not being smart, and you're too young for anyone to expect you to be smart the way you need to be when you're having sex, which means you shouldn't be having it. Kellie (crying): I thought he liked me. Bailey: Oh, honey, I know you did. I know you did. Edit
    • Meredith (closing voiceover): When the patient's body has failed them and all the science we have to offer has failed them, when the worst case scenario comes true, clinging to hope is all we've got left. Edit
    • Ellis: Did I have a breakdown? I must have had a nervous breakdown. Is this a hospital? Because I can't remember anything for the past few months. The last thing I remember is the fight we had.. And listen, if you don't want to go to medical school, that is fine. It is your life. Just take me home. Meredith: I went to medical school. Ellis: I want to go home, Meredith. I need to go home. Meredith: You are home. I went to Europe five years ago. You got sick. You have Alzheimer's. This is your home. You live here now. Ellis: Noooooo! Edit

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    • Episode Title: Wishin' and Hopin' This is the title of a song by Dusty Springfield. It has also been recorded by artists such as Ani DiFranco and Dionne Warwick. Edit

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