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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 13 |
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| Directed by | Jessica Yu | ||
| Written by | Kip Koenig | ||
| Production code | 213 | ||
| Original air date | January 15, 2006 (ABC) | ||
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Stephen Spinella as Malar Pascowitz. |
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"Begin the Begin" is the 13th episode of the second season of the ABC series, Grey's Anatomy. The episode was written by Kip Koenig and was directed by Jessica Yu. It originally aired on January 15, 2006, running for 43:05 min.
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Dr. Webber enforces an 80 hour per week maximum rule for the interns. Meredith is sent home for working too long of a shift. She does laundry and then goes to visit her mother at the nursing home—where she finds Derek. Derek wants to help Ellis, but Meredith doesn't want his help. Derek needs Richard to intervene. Izzie seems to be getting over Alex when she shares an undeniable chemistry with Denny Duquette, a patient awaiting a heart transplant. Bailey goes to retrieve Denny's heart, taking Cristina along for the ride. Meanwhile George and Addison treat Bex, a young teen with a tumor pressed against what they believe is an ovary, but later discover is a testis, making her intersexed. She talks to George about how she feels different from everyone else. Her parents don't want her to know about the testis, but George forces them to tell her. After talking to George, she asks for scissors and George cuts her hair, implying she chooses to live life as a boy. Her mother comes in and takes the scissors from George and cuts Bex's hair herself, implying she's okay with Bex's decision.
The episode's title refers to a song by R.E.M., itself a reference to a song titled Begin the Beguine, written by Cole Porter.