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03.02 I Am a Tree

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"I Am A Tree"


Episode Number: 02

Season: 3

Original Air Date: September 28, 2006

Writer: Krista Vernoff

Director: Jeff Melman

Special Guests: Diahann Carroll, Roxanne Hart, Richard Roundtree, Chris O'Donnell, Steven W. Bailey, Elizabeth Sampson, Javier Grejeda		 Episode 3.02 I Am A Tree

Synopsis
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Surprisingly, it is Baileywho is the loudest voice as the staffers try to persuade Izzie not to give up medicine. Meanwhile, Mark Sloanscores again, and Addison is once more the prize; Cristina has an uncomfortable meeting with the parents of the convalescing Burke; Meredith remains torn between Derek and Finn; and Webberconfronts Callie over her quirky behavior, just as George walks in. And on the "patient roster" front, a lung cancer victimdecides to throw caution to the winds, with wide-ranging results.






Recap of Events:

Derek, since confessing his love to Meredith is now promptly flirting with her whenever he sees her, which is noticed by a patient who because of his brain tumour is forced to say everything he is thinking out loud!!

Burke's parents walk in on Cristina as she straddles Burke wearing only her lingerie. Cristina then has coffee with Burke's mother, who first suggests that once Burke and Cristina marry she should change her specialty to OB/GYN. She also states that Cristina is selfish. Bailey starts being much harder on her interns, as she feels she could have stopped Izzie from cutting the LVAD wire had she not "gone soft". In the end, Bailey tells Izzie she can come back to the hospital. In order to save the interns from Bailey's wrath, Callie claims the panties on the noticeboard as her own, leading to George being jealous having never seen Callie wear them before. Izzie bakes dozens of muffins to deal with her grief and lack of work. After being discovered by the Chief living in the hospital, Callie moves in with George.

The doctors must deal with a boy who while street luging was thrown into a pile of tree clippings, and is left with a large branch protruding through his abdomen. Derek operates on a man who, due to a brain tumor, vocalizes all his thoughts and does not realize when he offends people. A lung cancer patient lives what may be her last day to the fullest, which includes having sex with Alex in the toilet of Joe's bar.

At first Meredith decides to choose Derek over Finn, but then finds that Finn brought Izzie food. This forces Meredith to flip a coin to choose, but in the end she decides to try dating both of them. Addison, after finding Meredith's panties in Derek's tuxedo has turned to alcohol and takes a break from her hospital duties. Derek comes to the conclusion that his marriage is over and tells Addison this, after meeting her in a hotel room. The episode ends when Mark, with whom Addison originally cheated on Derek with, appears from the bathroom of the hotel room with only a towel on. Derek laughs when he sees this as he is still in the room, much to Addison's dismay.

Best Moments
Best Quotes





  • Derek: Now do you have any questions?"
    Patient: "Is that blonde your Girlfriend? Because the way you keep looking at her, you might as well just mount her right here and now!"





Opening Statement/Quote:

At any given moment, the brain has 14 billion neurons firing at a speed of 450 miles per hour. We don't have control over most of them. When we get a chill...goose bumps. When we get excited...adrenaline. The body naturally follows it's impulses, which I think is part of what makes it so hard for us to control ours. Of course, sometimes we have impulses we would rather not control, that we later wish we had.

Ending Statement/Quote:

The body is a slave to it's impulses. But the thing that makes us human is what we can control. After the storm, after the rush, after the heat of the moment has passed, we can cool off and clean up the messes we made. We can try to let go of what was. Then again...


Music:
Title Reference:


This episode's title refers to a song by Doug Gillard and performed by Guided by Voices.


Goofs:
Aha! Moments


  • A Patient who is forced to say everything he is thinking blurts out what he thinks about each of his doctors including what he thinks of Meredith and Derek! (See best lines!)






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