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oncetherewasaway	Jul 20 2009, 07:43 AM
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	RECAP - "A Hard Day's Night" 1.01 I could quit, but here's the thing: I love the playing field. Meredith Grey woke up next to a guy named Derek. And she promptly said good bye to him, presumably for good, as she went off for her first day of work as a surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. Meredith, along with fellow interns Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens, and George O'Malley, all get assigned to surgical resident Dr. Miranda Bailey, but they would all come to know her as "The Nazi" (for her abrasive treatment of interns). Meredith's first patient, a teenage beauty pageant contestant, recently began suffering from seizures so severe they threatened her life. As a neurological disorder that might need surgery, a neurosurgeon new to Seattle Grace gets put on the case to work with Meredith. That neurosurgeon is none other than Dr. Derek Shepherd, Meredith's would be one night stand. Derek wants to talk to Meredith about the previous night, but Meredith wants none of that. He's an attending, she's an intern, that's what their relationship should be. Meredith forms an immediate bond with Cristina that gets quickly tested when Derek chooses Meredith over Cristina to scrub in on brain surgery (it would've been a first for either of them). Izzie is assigned to do rectal exams amidst frustrating bouts of deciding when it's appropriate or not to bother Bailey. And George gets selected by the arrogant Dr. Preston Burke to actually perform a surgery an honor he allegedly bestows on the intern who shows the most promise, but in actuality is for the intern he just wants to torture and make an example of in front of the others. George freezes up during an appendectomy with Burke and gets branded "007" license to kill by a fellow intern that rubs everyone the wrong way Alex Karev. Alex also insults Meredith, but he gets his comeuppance when she is able to offer a proper diagnosis for one of Alex's patients in front of Dr. Richard Webber, Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace. Dr. Webber, by the way, turns out to be a friend of Meredith's mother, the famous Dr. Ellis Grey (whom all the interns hold in the highest regard). We get the impression that the relationship between Meredith and Ellis wasn't the best Ellis didn't think Meredith had what it takes to go to medical school but no one, save for Meredith, knows that early onset Alzheimer's Disease has left her a shell of the person she once was, relegating her now to a nursing home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- new version - 7/09 Posted Image Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) jolts awake and stumbles over the naked guy next to her. Derek (Patrick Dempsey) attempts to reintroduce himself but Meredith has a big day ahead and she doesn’t have time for awkward chit chat. One night stands are supposed to sneak out in the morning never to be seen again, even if they’re hot and charming. Did we mention Derek was BOTH? Today is her first day as a surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. She doesn’t need any complications. Later that morn, Meredith meets fellow interns Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), and George O’Malley (T.R. Knight) who are all assigned to surgical resident Dr. Miranda Bailey a.k.a. “The Nazi.” She is tough—as in one glare will make you cry tough—but you know you’ll love her. Bailey’s make-your-knees-knock speech has Meredith worried she’ll never live up to her mother’s legendary reputation. She pioneered laparoscopic surgery after all. Posted Image Bailey’s pager goes off and they all rush to the rooftop helipad to unload a teen pageant contestant suffering from life threatening seizures. Bailey barks orders to the interns and assigns the patient to Meredith. Izzie asks, “What about me?” and Bailey assigns her to rectal exams. We told you she’s tough. She doesn’t put up with whining or ass-kissing. Pageant Girl’s parents want answers but Meredith doesn’t have them. She turns to Bailey but she just directs her to the new attending covering the case—Dr. Shepherd. Meredith looks across the room. It’s Derek! How mortifying? Your one night stand is your new boss. Really? Meredith runs to avoid him but Derek catches up to her and of course wants to talk about last night. She just wants to act like none of it ever happened. Posted Image Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) announces that the intern who shows the most promise will get to perform surgery. Every one is shocked when he chooses George—especially George himself. Dr. Burke admits to Dr. Bailey that he actually wants to torture George so the others will fall in line. We want so badly for him to succeed. George is performing beautifully at the beginning of the surgery. He might just pull it off. All of a sudden, the patient crashes. George freezes and Burke takes over. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), the intern that rubs every one the wrong way, brands George “007: License to Kill” and the nickname sticks. Poor George. Posted Image Pageant Girl’s seizures are still a mystery and Derek offers a challenge to all the interns. Whoever solves the case will get a chance any intern would kill for—to assist in brain surgery. Meredith wants nothing to do with Dr. Shepherd, not even this surgery. Cristina can’t understand why she would pass this up. Meredith agrees to help Cristina diagnose the seizures but she definitely does not want the surgery. Cristina can have it. In the middle of their research, Meredith swears Cristina to secrecy and reveals that she slept with Dr. Shepherd but before she knew he was Dr. Shepherd. Who wouldn’t want to brag about that? Meredith has a stroke of genius—an aneurism might be the cause of the seizures. They race to tell Shepherd and win their prize. Posted Image Shepherd chooses Meredith over Cristina for the brain surgery. Cristina cannot believe Mer goes back on her promise and confronts her, “I don’t get picked for surgeries because I screwed my boss, and I didn’t get into med school ‘cause I have a famous mother. “ Wow, a double slap across the face. Meredith is torn about doing the brain surgery or giving it to Cristina. Shepherd convinces her that she earned it and she should see her patient through to the end. Meredith comes out of the brain surgery exhilarated. “I don’t know why anyone does drugs.” Cristina congratulates her on the surgery. They agree to bypass an awkward emotional apology. Friendships are so complicated. Posted Image Meredith survived her first day as a full fledged doctor despite the fact that her one night stand ends up being her boss. She got to do brain surgery. How cool is that? Her mom should be so proud. She should understand. She was a doctor too. But as Mer tells her mom about her new friends and her first patient, her mom just looks at her blankly and asks, “Are you the doctor? What’s your name? I used to be a doctor, I think.” Your heart just breaks for them. Edited by oncetherewasaway, Aug 10 2009, 09:06 AM.


1.01 A Hard Day's Night · SEASON 1