02.15 Break on Through

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"Break on Through"

Episode Number: 15

Season: 2

Original Air Date: January 29, 2006

Writer: Zoanne Clack

Director: David Paymer

Special Guests: Betty Garrett, June Lockhart, Rae Allen, Kali Rocha

Synopsis

Hookups

The nurses go on strike, forcing the doctors and interns George, who refuses to cross the picket line, to soldier on all by themselves. With Bailey on pregnancy leave, her replacement is Dr. Sydney Aaron, the polar opposite of Seattle Grace's infamous "Nazi". Meredith makes a mistake while treating a patient, and the error does not go unnoticed by the patient's gossipy friends. And elsewhere, the beleaguered doctors must cope with a sullen pregnant teenager and a mysterious skin ailment.

Recap of Events:

Amidst a strike by the nurses at Seattle Grace Hospital, Meredith finds an elderly patient short of breath and revives her. However, upon meeting the patient's long-winded friends (June Lockhart, Betty Garrett and Rae Allen), Meredith learns that the patient was not supposed to be given treatment, and the hospital must wait for the arrival of the patient's daughter to sign papers ordering the hospital to cease treatment of her mother and allow her to die. Izzie treats a pregnant teenager with whom she has much in common--not only are they both from the same small town, but Izzie reveals that she also gave birth as a teen and encourages her patient to consider adoption, which upsets the patient's mother. Cristina is irritated with the perky new resident, Sydney, and asks for Burke's intervention when Sydney attempts a risky procedure to save a woman's infected leg from amputation. Meredith is initially upset with Dr. Webber for visiting her mother, but following the death of her patient decides that she doesn't want her mother to die alone and allows Webber to continue his visits.

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Opening Statement/Quote:

In surgery there's a red line on the floor that marks the point where the hospital goes from being accessible to being off limits to all but a special few. Crossing the line unauthorized is not tolerated. In general, lines are there for a reason: for safety, for security, for clarity. If you choose to cross the line, you pretty much do so at your own risk. So why is it, that the bigger the line, the greater the temptation to cross it?

Ending Statement/Quote:

We can't help ourselves. We see a line, we want to cross it. Maybe it's the thrill of trading the familiar for the unfamiliar. A sort of personal dare. Only problem is, once you've crossed it's almost impossible to go back. But if you do manage to make it back across that line you find safety in numbers.

Music:	Title Reference:
Break on Through "Just In Case" by Leeroy Stagger "The Suggestion Box" by Aqueduct "Scratch" by Kendall Payne "Wanna Fly" by Flassy "Sailed On" by Landon Pigg "Someone To Love" by Kate Earl "Big Big World" by Emilia "Small World Big World" by Rebecca Lynn	The episode's title refers to a song by The Doors.
Goofs:	Aha! Moments

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