TEXT: (Bailey is in front of the hospital helping Burke who has been shot) MVO: Human beings need a lot of things to feel alive. (Denny's heart monitor is flatlined) George Voice Over: Family. (Denny is lying in bed motionless.) Cristina Voice Over: Love. Izzie Voice Over: s*x. Derek Voice Over: But we only need one thing... Burke Voice Over: To actually be alive. (Derek is standing on the balcony overlooking the hospital floor) Cristina Voice Over: We need a beating heart. (Bailey is performing CPR on Burke.) Addison Voice Over: When our heart is threatened... Alex Voice Over: We respond in one of two ways. George: We either run... Burke Voice Over: Or... (Camera switches to Burke's point of view, he is seeing blurry and sees Bailey above him. Burke opens his eyes.) Izzie Voice Over: We attack. Richard Voice Over: There's a scientific term for this. Alex Voice Over: Fight... Addison Voice Over: Or flight. Bailey Voice Over: It's instinct. MVO: We can't control it. (Denny is flatlined and Izzie is standing next to him still holding the scissors.) Izzie Voice Over: Or can we? George: Izzie. His heart's barely beating. We need to call a code. I can't feel a pulse. Izzie, we need to call a code! Izzie: No! I have a plan. George: He's crashing! I need to call the... Izzie: No! If we call a code, they will rush him to surgery and replace his LVAD and then he will stabilize. He needs to get worse if he's gonna get this heart. George: Izzie, this is crazy. Izzie: He has to get this heart. He will die waiting for another chance. You know he will. George: We have to call a code! Izzie: No! You press that code button, I will hurt you. Not a lot, cause we're friends, but enough so that things will break
SUMMARY:
Part two of a three-part story arc. The interns help Izzie keep Denny alive after she's cut his left ventricular assist device (LVAD) wire. Derek must perform surgery on Burke's shoulder and risk doing irreparable damage to the nerves. Cristina freezes in the O.R. during Burke's surgery. Webber discovers his niece's cancer has returned. Adele reveals to Webber that she knew about his affair with Ellis Grey. Alex fights for Denny's heart at Mercy West, eventually offering Dr. Hahn the chance to scrub in at the surgery as Burke has been shot. Before surgery, Denny asks Izzie to marry him. However, after the heart has been inserted, it does not beat and back in Derek's OR, Burke still cannot move his fingers.