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"All By Myself"


Episode Number: 10

Season: 5

Original Air Date: December 4, 2008

Writer: Peter Nowalk

Director: Arlene Sanford

Special Guests: Kevin McKidd, Melissa George, Mary McDonnell
 All By Myself
Synopsis
 Hookups
Cristina is awarded the first solo surgery among the residents, but she is forced to give it up and choose her replacement; Lexie is impressed when Mark performs a cutting-edge procedure; Callie doesn't know if Sadie is friendly or flirtatious.
  • Lexie shows up at Mark's door, and insists he teach her. He refuses, as she takes off her clothes for him, until she finally asks, "Am I so bad?" His response: "No, but I am."
    They hook up.
  • Izzie "sleeps" with (dead) Denny in the on-call room. Alex bursts in to tell Izzie about the surgery, and that he loves her. As he leaves, Denny says, "I am really starting to hate that guy."
  • Cristina and Owen kiss.

  • Callie and Sadie flirt.

Recap of Events:

The Attendings choose Cristina for the solo surgery, but the Chief has put her on probation and orders her to select another resident to take her place. The residents all plead their cases to her: George insists he's grown the most, Meredith believes she's the most qualified but tells Cristina to "do what she has to do," while Alex calmly recites the surgical procedure to her.

Izzie, meanwhile, is not even trying to win the surgery, she's far too occupied with Denny, who is now with her at the hospital. Izzie hasn't been at the clinic all week and makes excuses why she can't work when she does show up. George notices her talking to herself and tries to tell Alex he thinks there's something wrong with her. Alex just snaps at him, "Never talk to me about Izzie again."

Mark advises Callie not to flirt with "hot, crazy intern," Sadie, and to channel all her frustrated sexual energy into surgeries. Mark himself is trying to avoid Lexie: Ever since Derek ordered him to stay away from her, he can't stop thinking about her, but she's helping him wiht a patient whose voice box he is rebuilding.

Watching the residents scuffle for the solo surgery reminds Miranda when she was "young, gifted black, and everyone knew it." Hearing about Mark's cutting-edge surgery, she asks to scrub in, but asks him so many questions he wants to know if she'd rather just do the surgery herself.

Besides punishing Cristina by not allowing her to operate, Richard also makes her baby sit Dr. Virginia Dixon. "At the end of the day, I want that woman to be my next head of cardio. If she's not, I know who to blame." Virginia tells Cristina she should award the solo surgery based on science, not on feelings. At the end of the day, Virginia decides to stay on.

Cristina finally chooses Alex for the solo surgery. Alex eagerly tells Izzie and wants her to scrub in with him. In his excitement, he blurts out that he loves her and he knows she's been scarce because of the patient who reminded her of Denny. "I'm not going to die, Izzie," he tells her, assuming that her being so distant is fear of commitment.

He panics when she doesn't show for the surgery. He asks Meredith to scrub in instead and calls himself an idiot for telling Izzie he loved her. "You have to kick ass in there, Alex. You have no choice," she tells him, just as Izzie shows up and tells the Chief, "He's ready."

Cristina tells a hurt Meredith that choosing Alex over her wasn't a personal decision. "Unlike you, I can separate my personal life from my job." She angrily tells the other residents watching Alex operate, "None of you said anything. They were all our interns. I won this. They picked me. If I don't deserve this solo surgery, then none of us do."

Cristina is on the verge of tears after leaving the O.R,. so Owen tells her to follow him. He shows her his favorite place in the hospital: a ventilation shaft that he likes to stand on to clear his head. "Anything can happen on a vent," he says. "Like what?" she asks and they kiss.

Sadie tells Lexie to stop feeling guilty about the intern surgery ring --- and that Mark likes her. "You haven't noticed his eyes on your ass?" she asks. Lexie tells her she's "delusional," but that night, she goes to Mark's apartment to tell him his vocal reconstruction voice was a success. She starts stripping, saying, "Teach me." Mark tries to get her to leave, but when she asks, "Am I really so bad," he answers, "No, I am," and kisses her.

Best Moments
 Best Quotes

  • Mark and Lexie's hook-up for sure! They are so cute together!



  • Cristina: You won your solo surgery?
    Bailey: I was going to pretend you didn't feel the need to ask me that question. Yang, of course I won, I was good.




Opening Statement/Quote:

Mother called it the greatest and most terrifying moment in her life. Standing at the head of the surgical table, knowing that the patient's life depends on you and you alone. It's what we all dream about. Because the first person that gets to fly solo in the OR ... kind of a bad ass.

Ending Statement/Quote:

We enter the world alone and we leave it alone and everything that happens in between we owe it to ourselves to find a little company. We need help, we need support, otherwise we are in it by ourselves. Strangers, cut off from each other, and we forget, just how connected we all are. So instead, we choose love, we choose life, and, for a moment, we feel just a little bit less alone.


Music:
 Title Reference:
  • "Beggin" by Madcon
  • "In the Streets" by Lil Wyte
  • "Secret" by Max Morgan
  • "Street Lights" by Kanye West
  • "They Said I Said" by Sugarush Beat Company
  • "Winter Birds" by Ray LaMontagne
All By Myself - Eric Carmen

Goofs:
 Aha! Moments
  • During the scene where Cristina choose Alex for the solo surgery, she writes "Karev, A" on the OR board in the middle of the box. But later on in the scene when Meredith walks up next to Derek, the board says only "Karev" and it is higher up in the box.








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I would like to know which music was in episode when Dereck and Meredit finally had sucsessful surgery, and chief return to his wife,...
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#1hotchfan What do you think of the Mark/Lexie hookup? 12 Jun 22 2009, 2:43 PM EDT by xxaddiesloanxx
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Do you think they will make a good couple? Do you think they'll actually go the distance?I did like him with Callie....so it's interesting that he is hooking up with Lexie or going that route.
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#1hotchfan What are you thoughts on the Izzie/Denny/Alex storyline? 13 Feb 27 2009, 2:57 PM EST by Mark/Lexie4eva
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All I know is I wish Denny was truly alive. The storyline is a bit bizarre but to hear Alex admit her loved her...whoa! These 2 are coming full circle considering how they started out when they first met.
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