TEXT: (Seattle Scenes) (Izzie and Alex, outside of the house) MVO: Pain comes in all forms. Izzie (cold and sarcastic): I had a good time. Really. Thank you. It was the perfect evening. Best date ever. Whatever. Alex: Izzie... Izzie: You know, I especially liked the part where you treated me like crap the entire night. That was fun. Alex: I had a good time. Izzie (confused): Really? Alex: Yeah. (They move into kiss) MVO: The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain. The normal pains we live with every day. (Alex pulls away) Alex: I gotta go. (Izzie is left with a look that says unbelievable. Alex walks out the door) Izzie (yells): Seriously? Seriously!?!? (She slams the door shut) MVO: Then there's the kind of pain you can't ignore. (Izzie comes storming into George's bedroom. She flicks on the light switch) Izzie (loud): Seriously? (Izzie enters George's room waking him) MVO: A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else. Izzie: Move over. (He rolls over) George (sleepily): I'm sleeping! Izzie: Oh, shut it. George (rubbing his eyes and still groggy): Shut... MVO: Makes the rest of the world fade away. (Derek and Meredith, outside the house) Meredith: I don't want to have this conversation again. Derek: Meredith... (Meredith opens the doors) Meredith: You didn't sign the divorce papers. Fine. I get it. End of discussion. (They both walk in) Derek: Meredith. Meredith (yells): What?!? (He just stands there) MVO: Until all we can think about is how much we hurt. Derek: Oh... I usually just say "Meredith" and then you yell at me. I haven'
SUMMARY:
Meredith and Derek have to use more than medicine when a young Hmong woman's traditionalist, religious father forbids her to have a life-saving operation unless a shaman is called upon to "retrieve her souls". George and Alex are trapped in an elevator with a patient in critical condition after a gunshot wound to the heart. Burke tells them they must perform the surgery in the elevator because there isn't enough time to try to get to the OR. Burke hands Alex the scalpel through the elevator door, but Alex freezes. George steps up and successfully gets the patient to a stable condition and the rescue team gets them out. Izzie treats an old lady who seemingly has a heart attack on the same day every year, whilst Cristina treats a man who has to watch porn to handle his pain, and has to come up with a different way to manage it when the power cuts. Derek struggles with his decision to either try to repair his marriage with Addison or divorce her and start a new life with Meredith. After trying to play it cool, Meredith breaks down and asks Derek to choose her. Ellis is discharged from the hospital.