Grey's Anatomy (season 5)

Grey's Anatomy (season 5)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 24
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 25, 2008 (2008-09-25) – May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
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Season five of Grey's Anatomy, an American medical drama television series developed by Shonda Rhimes, began airing on September 25, 2008 on ABC. The season concluded on May 14, 2009 after 24 episodes had aired.

Contents

Cast

Main articles: List of Grey's Anatomy cast members and List of Grey's Anatomy characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

Special guest stars

Episodes

Series
#		 Season
#		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
79 1 "Dream a Little Dream of Me (Part 1)" Rob Corn Shonda Rhimes September 25, 2008 (2008-09-25) 18.29[2]
A military doctor piques Cristina's interest -- and she helps him -- and he helps her when she gets stabbed by an icicle. Meredith and Derek attempt to work on their "happily ever after", and the attendings are stressed over Seattle Grace's ranking of #12. 
80 2 "Dream a Little Dream of Me (Part 2)" Rob Corn Shonda Rhimes September 25, 2008 (2008-09-25) 18.31[2]
Alex is offended when Izzie talks to Meredith about how great a man Alex is. Derek is stabbed with the scalpel in the palm of his hand by Rose, while the Chief is stunned over Mercy West's increase in the number of patients, a deadly ice storm ravages Seattle. 
81 3 "Here Comes the Flood" Michael Pressman Krista Vernoff October 9, 2008 (2008-10-09) 14.54[3]
A plumbing leak causes a flood at Seattle Grace, as the Chief tries to implement new teaching policies and George retakes his intern exam. Derek tries to move Izzie and Alex out of Meredith's house. 
82 4 "Brave New World" Eric Stoltz Debora Cahn October 16, 2008 (2008-10-16) 14.57[4]
George finds out he's passed his intern exam and is now a resident. 
83 5 "There's No 'I' in Team" Randy Zisk Jenna Bans October 23, 2008 (2008-10-23) 14.21[5]
After sleeping with Hahn, Callie finds comfort in talking to Mark and she cheats on Hahn with Mark, twice, though that gives her a motive to try having sex with Hahn again. 
84 6 "Life During Wartime" Jim Frawley Mark Wilding October 30, 2008 (2008-10-30) 15.05[6]
In the skills lab, Dr. Hunt, the new chief of trauma, stabs several anesthetized pigs and tells the interns to save them. Richard encourages Bailey to operate on a little girl with an inoperable tumor, and Meredith finds her old Anatomy Jane doll. 
85 7 "Rise Up" Joanna Kerns William Harper November 6, 2008 (2008-11-06) 15.63[7]
Izzie faces her past of Denny Duquette when a certain patient comes into the hospital. Hahn finds out about the Denny/Izzie relationship for the first time, and blames Izzie for the patient's current condition. While talking over the situation with Callie, Callie takes Izzie's side, leading Hahn to say she can't be "kind of" a lesbian, and she walks off. Meanwhile, Derek asks Mark to sleep with Cristina so she'll stop calling Meredith in the middle of the night, but he is dreadfully unsuccessful, and Izzie begins to see hallucinations of Denny, and she can't figure out why. 
86 8 "These Ties That Bind" Eric Stoltz Stacy McKee November 13, 2008 (2008-11-13) 15.59[8]
Sadie (Melissa George) arrives. A man wants his transplanted heart removed. The interns continue to practice on each other. It is revealed that Hahn has resigned from Seattle Grace and moved away. 
87 9 "In the Midnight Hour" Tom Verica Tony Phelan & Joan Rater November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20) 15.74[9]
Izzie relives her passionate love to Denny and Mark discovers that he has feelings for Lexie. The interns open up Sadie to remove her appendix, but when things get complicated, they have to approach Cristina and Meredith for help. When the chief finds out about the appendix operation, tensions flare between Cristina and Meredith. 
88 10 "All By Myself" Arlene Sanford Peter Nowalk December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04) 15.15[10]
Cristina is awarded the first solo surgery among the residents, but she has to relinquish it and choose her replacement; Mark performs a cutting-edge procedure to restore a patient's speech, impressing Lexie in the process. Callie cannot figure out if Sadie is flirting with her or just being friendly and Mark desperately tries to get Lexie out of his head. 
89 11 "Wish You Were Here" Rob Corn Debora Cahn January 8, 2009 (2009-01-08) 13.71[11]
Meredith and Cristina still fight while George has a young patient who put her life on hold because she keeps having accidents. While Dr. Webber mourns the sudden death of the pediatric surgeon, Dr. Bailey is unhappy with the new one and Derek and Meredith disagree about the treatment of a death-row prisoner. Izzie tries to tell Alex about Denny and Mark finally stops fighting his attraction to Lexie. 
90 12 "Sympathy for the Devil" Jeannot Szwarc Jenna Bans January 15, 2009 (2009-01-15) 12.95[12]
Derek still doesn't approve of Meredith showing sympathy for the death-row prisoner and Dr. Bailey continues aiding Dr. Robbins to save a boy who needs a new liver. Callie treats a short man who underwent a risky procedure for two extra inches and Meredith freaks out about Derek's Mom (Tyne Daly) visiting Seattle Grace. Hunt asks Cristina out and Izzie breaks up with Denny. 
91 13 "Stairway to Heaven" Allison Liddi-Brown Mark Wilding January 22, 2009 (2009-01-22) 14.25[13]
Izzie is trying to figure out what Denny means by "I'm there for you". In the meantime, matters around the death-row patient get really rough while Bailey's patient continues to get worse, causing Bailey and Webber to cross the line. Lexie "breaks" Mark and Izzie comes to realize that she is sick. 
92 14 "Beat Your Heart Out" Julie Anne Robinson William Harper February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05) 15.20[14]

Bailey is promoted Attending Surgeon by the chief, but when she finds herself having another child-patient, she seriously doubts herself. Dr. Webber treats a couple who tried to spice up their sex-life and Derek prepares to propose. Dr. Dixon has a nervous breakdown when her patient's parents try to hug her, causing Bailey and Yang to give her a special treatment and Sadie makes a bad mistake. Hunt and Cristina find themselves engaged in old-fashioned courting and Dixon and Robbins both suggest that Dr. Bailey will make a good pediatric surgeon. Sheperd decides to postpone the proposal when he receives a call from Addison and Arizona Robbins hits on Callie.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Mary McDonnell Guest star. 
93 15 "Before and After" Dan Attias Tony Phelan & Joan Rater February 12, 2009 (2009-02-12) 15.70[15]
Addison (Kate Walsh) arrives with her brother Archer (Grant Show), who has worms in his brain. Cristina learns that Owen was engaged and has family over, but Iraq has changed him so much that he doesn't want his mum to see how hard he has become and Bailey considers a pediatric surgery fellowship. Izzie makes the interns play a surgery-game and George finds out that Sadie is behind with her skills, forcing her to make a decision. Derek grabs the chance to relive his med-school days with Addison and the rest of the LA-crowd. 
94 16 "An Honest Mistake" Randy Zisk Peter Nowalk February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19) 15.39[16]
Addison stays to help delivering the baby of one of Derek's patients and Cristina gets into trouble with a senior doctor. Callie is being called a baby and Bailey has trouble getting a decent letter of recommendation from the chief. Izzie gets the news about her false test-result and investigates the matter further. Mark tells Derek about his seeing Lexie. 
95 17 "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" Rob Corn Jenna Bans March 12, 2009 (2009-03-12) 13.54[17]
Izzie walks the interns through diagnosing Patient X after receiving her troubling test results. Bailey and Meredith perform a surgery where they remove a woman's stomach to protect her from a very invasive form of stomach cancer that runs in her family. Hunt and Karev treat a high school marching band player with seizures. Shepherd has to come to grips with killing one of his patients. Cristina receives some disturbing news from one of her colleagues. 
96 18 "Stand By Me" Jessica Yu Zoanne Clack March 19, 2009 (2009-03-19) 14.67[18]
Izzie doesn't want to fight the brain tumor, despite Cristina's efforts to help her. This starts affecting Cristina's surgery performance so she tells everyone and Izzie is admitted at the hospital as a patient. Big surgery going on, facial transplant. Interns started creating chaos in the hospital due to a love fight. 
97 19 "Elevator Love Letter" Ed Ornelas Stacy McKee March 26, 2009 (2009-03-26) 16.10[19]
Izzie undergoes surgery to remove her brain tumor. Derek proposes to Meredith in the elevator. 
98 20 "Sweet Surrender" Tony Phelan Sonay Washington April 23, 2009 (2009-04-23) 13.55[20]
Bailey learns of the heart-wrenching practices in pediatrics. Callie's father (Hector Elizondo) visits her at work, and after learning of her relationship with Arizona, he tries to take her home (by transfering her to another hospital, in exchange for a donation to the hospital), but ends up having no success. Izzie undergoes chemotherapy as she begins to plan Derek and Meredith's wedding. Owen tells George that his specialty is definitely trauma surgery. 
99 21 "No Good at Saying Sorry (One More Chance)" Tom Verica Krista Vernoff April 30, 2009 (2009-04-30) 14.12[21]
Izzie's mother comes to visit her. Callie is dealing with loss of her trust fund, which her father took away when he found out her new lesbian status. Meredith and Lexie's father shows up. He's recovering and getting sobered up, but Meredith's not able to forgive him and gets caught up in drama with the chief. Mark gains the courage to meet Lexie's father. 
100 22 "What a Difference a Day Makes" Rob Corn Shonda Rhimes May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07) 15.33[22]
Izzie has another brain tumor, which leads Derek and Meredith to give their wedding to Izzie and Alex who get married instead. 
101 23 "Here's to Future Days" Bill D'Elia Allan Heinberg May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14) 15.58[23]
Izzie's surgery to remove the brain tumor could have dire consequences. 
102 24 "Now or Never" Rob Corn Debora Cahn May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14) 17.12[23]
The doctors focus on the victim of a near-fatal traffic accident who is disfigured and unable to speak. Meredith discovers it's George, who was hit by a bus while saving the woman who accompanied him to the hospital. Izzie recovers her memory and tells Alex that she loves him before losing consciousness. The episode ends with both George and Izzie flatlining and meeting up with each other in a heaven-like scene, with no definite indication of whether either or both are dead or alive. 

See also

References

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