Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response

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“Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response”
Grey's Anatomy episode
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 26
Written by Joan Rater, Tony Phelan
Directed by Rob Corn
Guest stars Chris O'Donnell (Finn Dandridge); Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callie Torres); Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Denny Duquette); Loretta Devine (Adele Webber); Hallee Hirsh (Claire), Tessa Thompson (Camille); Tiffany Hines (Natalie); Brooke Smith (Dr. Erica Hahn)
Production no. 226
Original airdate May 15, 2006 (ABC)
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"Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" is an 26th episode from the medical drama show Grey's Anatomy, of the second season. It's part one out of two.

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Denny needs a heart or else. Izzie Stevens and George go crazy trying to get him one. Derek has the life of a friend in his hands as he operates on Burke who has been shot. Burke cannot operate on Denny after Denny's heart stopped and now Denny is in a dire condition. Christina gets put in charge of the ER and she is worried about Burke.

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Burke has been shot and Izzie has just cut Denny's LVAD wire. George, Meredith, and Cristina all wind up helping Izzie keep Denny alive long enough to get moved up the transplant list and get the heart in question. Addison figures out that Richard's niece's (Camille) cancer has unfortunately returned.Bailey and Derek are attending to Burke -- and it's Derek who must operate on Burke to help save his surgical skills. Richard and his wife discuss his past affair with Ellis Grey. Meanwhile Alex desperately stalls at Mercy West in order to maintain possession of the donor heart while the rest of the interns struggle with each other in their fear of losing their places in the program&as well as Denny, who makes a surprise marriage proposal to Izzie amidst the madness.

After Bailey discovers the interns and Denny's situation, she helps them confirm Denny should receive the heart. Burke decides to have the surgery performed, risking nerve damage. But during his surgery, Derek must perform a wake-up test to check for nerve damage, and he asks Cristina for her help. But Cristina, horrified at the sight of Burke in pain on the table, freezes. Alex travels with Dr. Hahn from Mercy West with the heart, scrubbing in with Dr. Bailey for Denny's transplant. However, after the heart has been inserted, it still does not begin to beat and back in Derek's OR, Burke still cannot move his fingers...

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  • The starting narration of this episode saw every main character apearing that episode contribute snippets of speech. The end narration though was done by Meredith.

[edit] Music

  1. "Universe And U" by KT Tunstall
  2. "Look At Her Face" by The Coral Sea
  3. "Through The Backyards" by Au Revoir Simone
  4. "How We Operate" by Gomez

[edit] Allusions

  • Bailey:
“ Do not pass go. ”


"Pass go" is making reference to the board game Monopoly. Players start on the square "Go" and receive $200 every time they pass it. The aim of the game is to buy property, build on them and monopolise the entire board. A player wins once everyone else is bankrupt.

  • Episode title: "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response"

This episode's title could be a reference to the 2002 The Flaming Lips song of the same title.