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"Grey's Anatomy" Stand by Me (2009)


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"Grey's Anatomy" (2005): Season 5: Episode 17 -- Cristina scolds Izzie for not seeing a surgical oncologist, while Meredith enlists Derek's help.
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005): Season 5: Episode 17 -- Meredith tells Derek that he is one of the few people in the world that can save Izzie.
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005): Season 5: Episode 17 -- Cristina tells Izzie that she wants her to fight and to not give up.

Overview

User Rating:
8.6/10   94 votes
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Shonda Rhimes (creator)
Zoanne Clack (written by)
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Original Air Date:
19 March 2009 (Season 5, Episode 17)
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Plot:
Sloane's facial transplant fades to the background as the interns begin squabbling, Bailey attempts to reach Derek unexpectedly clear surgeons from the hospital, and Cristina juggles her first solo surgery with treating a resistant Izzie. full summary | full synopsis
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60 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Every episode of the show is named after a famous song. "Stand By Me" is a song by Ben E. King. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The patient awaiting a face transplant - the one they call "Blowhole" - has no visible lips nor moving mouth parts. Yet he is able to clearly form the "b", "m", and "p" sounds which require the lips to interact with each other, as well as the "f" and "v" sounds which require the teeth to interact with the lips. The actor was either wearing a full prosthesis and speaking with his normal mouth behind the prosthesis, or his entire dialog was dubbed later without the prosthesis on. A patient with such a facial deformity would have a severe speech impediment, particularly with the letters listed above. more
Quotes:
Dr. Meredith Grey: Meredith
[closing voiceover]
Dr. Meredith Grey: Practicing medicine doesn't lend itself well to the making of friends. Maybe because life and mortality are in our faces all the time. Maybe because, in staring down death every day, we're forced to know that life, every minute, is borrowed time. And each person we let ourselves care about is just one more loss somewhere down the line...
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Soundtrack:
A Mirror Without more

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Beautiful, Touching and Wonderful., 28 March 2009
10/10
Author: Cléverton Silva from Brazil

I just don't have enough words to describe this amazing episode.

All the sadness, hopefulness, truth and beauty... I just spent the whole episode amazed with was surging on the screen.

The story of the patient with a deformed face was important and at the same time hopeful (besides the make-up is incredible) and the actor who plays the character is great as well.

The Derek plot(necessary for a long time) gets to a moving edge and will probably continue until this season finale.

But what's most wonderful in this episode is Izzie. Who'd say that such a supporting character would become the fifth season's dramatic factor? Katherine Heigl, Sandra Oh and Patrick Dempsey are perfect and I hope that the three of them get Emmy nominations.

And finally it's so great to see that Grey's Anatomy's writers found the inspiration to (hopefully) turn this season finale into the best one ever.

Just perfect.

Rating: 10 out of 10.

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