Episode 11:
Lay Your Hands on Me Air Date: 01/10/2008
Miranda's husband, Tucker, chooses not to speak to her until she's ready
to leave for work. She tells him she doesn't have time to discuss their relationship.
Mark tries to tell Derek how hot Erica was for him the night before but
finally admits it wasn't a date with Erica, but that Callie was there too. Derek
shows Mark the breathtaking hilltop that's the site of his future house. Derek
tells Meredith about the house he's planning and asks for her opinion since it's
for both of them. She drops an egg -- she's making breakfast for Lexie since she
had a bad night. Meredith dodges the question of moving in with Derek while everyone
else tries to pretend they like her terrible cooking. It's worst for Lexie, who
eats the eggs, even though she's allergic! Callie and Eric bond in the elevator
about how much fun they had the night before, which is rare since neither one
of them like "people." The elevator doors open and there stands Mark.
"Case in point," laughs Erica. Izzie tells Alex she dreads going
into work since she's been on cardio rotation with Erica. She admits she's jealous
of Cristina's confidence in herself and her career. When Izzie passes on cardio
rotation for the day, Erica chooses Alex over Cristina. Cristina points out she
knows everything about Erica's aortic dissection case, a woman named Elizabeth,
but what she doesn't know is where that patient is. Elizabeth is found standing
over another patient whose breathing has been irregular. She collapses, but the
other patient miraculously stabilizes. Elizabeth informs them she's a faith
healer. She keeps stalling her own heart surgery until her healing "team"
arrives. She wants Erica to talk her through her own surgery so she can visualize
it and heal herself without actually being cut open. Erica instructs Alex to do
the talking-through and to page her when Elizabeth inevitably codes. Tucker
keeps calling Miranda at the hospital and she keeps telling him it's a bad time.
Finally, he pages her. She scolds him until she sees him in the E.R., with Tuck.
One of them forgot to close the baby gate and Tuck fell down the stairs, badly
injuring himself. Tuck's ruptured his appendix and his stomach is pushed up around
his heart. Erica is called in to operate. Everyone is understandably alarmed but
Cristina tells them they can't think of the boy as Miranda's child, but as just
another trauma case. Izzie brands Cristina a "robot" for being so unfeeling.
Miranda begs to be in on the surgery but Erica orders her out. When Miranda
pleads to be able to hold her boy's hand, Cristina hands her scalpel to Lexie
and promises to hold his hand herself and Miranda finally agrees to leave. Even
when Erica offers to let Cristina take over an important step in the surgery,
she refuses and continues to hold Tuck's hand. George's mother shows up
at the hospital with baby clothes: Last she heard, Callie and George were trying
for a baby. Izzie mistakenly admits all -- including the infidelity and breakup
and George failing his intern exams -- to Mrs. O'Malley, who is crushed. She wants
him and Callie to go into counseling, as they're Catholics who don't believe in
divorce, but George tells her it's too late. Callie tells Mrs. O'Malley
she no longer believes in marriage, or God, but that she believes in second chances.
She also says she loved being an O'Malley, even for a little while. George convinces
his mother that his marriage is really over, but admits that he's disappointed
in himself. She asks him to move back in with her so she can take care of him
and he says it's time he started taking care of himself. George overhears
Rose and Derek talking about their kiss and how it wasn't a big deal. He tells
Meredith about it, hoping to reassure her, not realizing that she doesn't even
know who Rose is. She asks Derek about Rose and is astonished to learn he was
kissing Rose yesterday and all but proposing to Meredith today. She says this
is why she can't ever trust him. He accuses her of always finding reasons not
to trust him and announces he can't deal with her anymore. They break up, seemingly
for good this time. The surgery on Tuck is a success, but there's still
fluid around his heart. Richard persuades a distraught Miranda to have Elizabeth
lay her hands on the baby. A bitter Tucker, who blames Miranda for the accident,
is skeptical but Elizabeth encourages them to hold hands and forgive each other.
Tuck improves dramatically. Alex's skepticism, meanwhile, troubles Elizabeth
and she tells him that he's "blocked," and that he was a nice boy but
something terrible must have happened to him because he's turned into a not very
nice man. He's shaken by her insight. He still doesn't believe in the faith healing,
but he grabs Izzie and tells Elizabeth she'll be perfect since she's full of light
and hope, unlike him. Izzie is touched by his confidence in her and talks Elizabeth
through the complicated operation. George tells Lexie he's getting his
own apartment and he'll need a roommate. Erica is tired of Mark's constant
attempts to hit on her and tells him what a jerk he is. Later, she relents, saying
that if they weren't working together, there might be a possibility, but since
they are, there's no chance. She and Callie are going out for drinks and he offers
to come with them, but Erica just smiles and tells him good night. Derek
asks Rose out to dinner. She says she thought he wasn't free, and he replies,
"Turns out I am." - description by ABC.com Next Grey's
Anatomy Music
TITLE: Sweeter Than This
PERFORMER: Katie Herzig | The
song plays at the beginning of the episode. Derek leads Mark on a hike. Meredith
cooks breakfast while Derek attempts to show her blueprints of the house. |
TITLE: Up To The Mountain
PERFORMER: Patty
Griffin | The song plays as Bailey assures Tucker they will
find time to baptize Baby Tuck. Izzie tells Alex she wants to have faith like
Cristina. Richard tells Bailey that faith may not heal, but it can't hurt. |
TITLE: Broken
PERFORMER: Lifehouse | The
song plays as Meredith and Derek part ways. Elizabeth tries her hand at healing
baby Tuck, while Tucker and Bailey hold hands. The gang watches from a distance.
| TITLE: God Only Knows
PERFORMER:
Joe Henry | The song plays as George explains himself to his
mother. He tells her that he needs to take care of himself. |
TITLE: Ten Thousand Angels
PERFORMER: Caedmon's Call | The
song plays as the episode comes to an end. Tucker runs to get Bailey, Izzie talks
Elizibeth through her surgery, Erica tells Mark why they won't work, and Derek
goes to find Rose. | | 
