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Grey's Anatomy: Season 5, Episode 12

Sympathy for the Devil (15 Jan. 2009)

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Derek's mother visits, the death row patient starts angling for death in the hospital, Izzie craves more in her relationships, and Jackson's need for organs becomes critical.

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Derek refuses to let a death row inmate die from injuries sustained in a prison riot, Miranda refuses to let a little boy die because he can't get the badly-needed transplant, Denny refuses to let his relationship with Izzie die, Lexi won't let her budding relationship with Mark die, and Derek's visiting mother puts everyone's mother first on priority lists. Written by Moviedude1

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