TEXT: MEREDITH: At some point during surgical residency, most interns get a sense of who they are as doctors, and the kind of surgeons they're going to become If you ask them they'll tell you. They're going to be General surgeons. Orthopedic surgeons. Neurosurgeons. Distinctions that do more than describe their areas of expertise. They help define who they are. Because Outside the operating room, not only do most surgeons have no clue who they are, they're afraid to find out. (Everyone gets ready for the day in the locker room, and Meredith, looking very sickly, swallows down a big gulp of Pepto. ) BURKE: Time me. CHRISTINA: I've been timing you. BURKE: My last time was off by 6 seconds. CHRISTINA: Well it's not about speed, it's about accuracy. And your sutures are fine. BURKE: My sutures are textbook. The edges are perfectly aligned. CHRISTINA: You're ready. BURKE: I need more chickens. CHRISTINA: No more chickens. It's bad enough that Meredith is dating a vet, I'm not dating a chicken surgeon. Stop second guessing. it's not like you. Your hand is fine and Shepherd will clear you for surgery. (Burke looks to his hand which is trembling) BURKE: Christina? CHRISTINA: Yeah baby? BURKE: Nothing. CHRISTINA: Okay. GEORGE: So Izzie left the house this morning. That's a good sign. ALEX: Yeah. GEORGE: Are you okay? MEREDITH: I'm just... not feeling like myself. ALEX: O'Malley has that effect on Women. Ask Dr. Torres. GEORGE: What's that supposed to mean? ALEX: You threw her out on her ass. GEORGE: I did not. Who told you that? ALEX: Torres. Don't worry. I get it. She's hot... but she's not for you. GE
SUMMARY:
Meredith's appendix bursts and she is admitted for surgery. Addison works with a pregnant woman who wants to give birth naturally, but needs to have a cesarean section . Addison begins to doubt her abilities as a surgeon after Derek broke up with her; Addison takes Alex off her rotation. Meredith is high from the painkillers and she and Addison speak frankly and apologize to each other. The interns work with a car salesman who wants to get back to his regular routine after he has a risky surgery, however, he lights a cigarette that catches his face on fire. Derek and Mark argue over the best way to treat him, each believing that their specialty is the most important and pressing. Callie breaks things off with George after he stands her up for Izzie, and she later hooks up with Mark. Derek clears Burke for surgery again, but Burke has serious doubts about whether his hand is ready or able to perform surgery again. He keeps his doubts to himself, except to tell Cristina. He practices on a corpse and he and Cristina realize his hand can't perform surgery unless he has help. They decide together to hide the truth by having Cristina assist him in his surgeries. After her surgery, Meredith makes a decision between Derek and Finn, telling Finn that he is a good man and probably a better man, but Derek is "the one". Izzie meets Denny's father, who gives her 8.7 million dollars according to Denny's wishes.