"Grey's Anatomy" The First Cut Is the Deepest (2005)

Director:

Peter Horton

Writers:

Shonda Rhimes (creator)
Shonda Rhimes (written by)

TV Series:

"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Original Air Date:

3 April 2005 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

The surgical staff tries to be optimistic as a young woman clings to life after a brutal attack. Meanwhile...

Plot Keywords:

Intern | Mother Daughter Relationship | Medical | Shipper | Punctuation In Title

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 30

6:00 PM

LIFE

The First Cut Is the Deepest

#1.2

Cast

Ellen Pompeo	...	Dr. Meredith Grey
Sandra Oh	...	Dr. Cristina Yang
Katherine Heigl	...	Dr. Izzie Stevens
Justin Chambers	...	Dr. Alex Karev
T.R. Knight	...	Dr. George O'Malley
Chandra Wilson	...	Dr. Miranda Bailey
James Pickens Jr.	...	Dr. Richard Webber
Isaiah Washington	...	Dr. Preston Burke
Patrick Dempsey	...	Dr. Derek Shepherd
Alice Lo	...	Qing Lu
Scarlett Lam	...	Ahn
Robin Pearson Rose	...	Patricia
Kerry Carney	...	Intern #1
Kerri Higuchi	...	Dr. Elizabeth Chen
Dennis Gubbins	...	Paul

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Mark Gordon Company, The

Trivia:

Christina is the first person to call Shepherd "McDreamy"

Goofs:

Continuity: George has toothpaste on the side of his face in the locker room, but in the next shot the toothpaste has disappeared.

Quotes:

Dr. Miranda Bailey: An intern was reassigned so he's mine now. Have him shadow you for the day, show him how I do things.
Dr. Alex Karev: Alex Karev, nice to meet you.
Dr. Cristina Yang: The pig who called Meredith a nurse. I hate you on principle.
Dr. Alex Karev: And you're the pushy, overbearing kiss ass. I hate you too.
Dr. Cristina Yang: Oh, this should be fun then.

Movie Connections:

References Mary Poppins (1964)

Soundtrack:

Sister Kate

A step in the right direction

The pilot episode was watchable but occasionally irritating for its Meredith-centric script. In the second show, series creator Shonda Rimes seems to have understood the supporting characters are much better and sidelines the heroine, while still, unfortunately, feeding her chunks of nearly indigestible narration.

Among the highlights of the episode we have Dr. Burke's (Isaiah Washington) discovery of the fact he might not become chief of surgery once the boss retires, Cristina (Sandra Oh) being forced to work with the unbearable Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and Izzie (Katherine Heigl) taking care of a Chinese woman who can't afford proper medication (one of the few truly moving moments of the season). As for Meredith, she is stuck with the dullest job of all: looking after the severed penis of a rapist, whose victim is struggling to survive in the O.R., until the police arrive.

The penis storyline provides several laughs, most of which are quite cheap - a clear sign of how badly that kind of comedy matches with a medical drama. Only Dr. Shepherd's remarks to the rapist near the end of the episode are likely to raise a sincere smile, thanks to Patrick Dempsey's faultless charm, a weapon he employs repeatedly, especially in the doc's hilarious attempts to seduce Meredith. Not that he's alone in the scene-stealing: Oh, playing the most interesting of the interns, has a ball squaring off with Chambers, who injects his role with a "bad boy" charisma that makes up for any lack of depth, and Chandra Wilson is simply unmissable when her character, Dr. Miranda "The Nazi" Bailey, tells Burke what a jackass he really is - in less than 10 seconds! So, how does this rank in the end? Well, it's above "good", that's for sure, but still not quite "highly recommendable".

7,5/10