Dark Was the Night
Season
8 | Episode 8 | Aired 11/10/11
As
Henry coughs up blood, Owen assures Teddy that they will take care of her husband.
Henry is bleeding in his lungs and trachea thanks to a new tumor. Taking the thing
out with a laser is the best option, but Richard's never done it that way. Teddy
thinks they should consider a new surgeon. More on that in a moment. Callie
informs a spinal fusion patient named Laura that she needs to take things slow
during her recovery. That's not easy when you're a mom to an active young boy.
Laura is heading home with her family when something goes wrong with her heart.
Teddy needs to operate. She doesn't want to leave Henry, but Laura will surely
die if she doesn't step in. Teddy wants Cristina to do the laser tumor removal
on Henry. Everyone thinks it'll be too much pressure on her, so they decide to
drape the patient's face to conceal his identity. Owen reluctantly agrees as he
convinces his somewhat cavalier and completely oblivious wife into doing the surgery. Teddy
and April discover that Laura's heart is spouting blood because a screw that came
loose from her spinal fusion surgery is shredding it. Jackson is the one who performed
the initial procedure while Callie supervised. Actually, she wasn't watching him
all that closely. Callie tells Bailey that she was reading a magazine at the time.
Now she has a first class case of the guilts.Things go south during Henry's
surgery. The laser option is out, so Richard takes over. But things go from bad
to worse. Cristina can't understand why such extreme measures are being taken.
There's no way they'll ever be able to get the heart beating again. The patient
is gone and Cristina still has no idea it's Henry. Shock and devastation
set in the instant Owen gives Cristina the news. But he can't tell Teddy about
Henry until she finishes the bypass on her patient. He knows she'll never forgive
him for that. Richard says her husband died on their watch. She's never going
to forgive any of them. Meredith gets the call she's been dreading. All indications
are that they are not getting Zola. She tells Derek that she doesn't want another
baby. Speaking of babies, a newborn is in trouble at a hospital that's not equipped
to deal with her medical issues. In short, the child has a condition that makes
it difficult to eat and breathe.With Arizona, Jackson and Mark busy tending
to a kid who was attacked by a dog, Meredith and Alex hit the road to pick up
the baby. They manage to get the air flowing in the infant's lungs, but they need
to get her out of there. Meredith convinces the baby's worried mom that she'll
take care of her child as they head out of the hospital on a stormy night. The
ambulance breaks down while traveling along a narrow mountain road. Before the
driver goes for help, he warns Meredith and Alex to get out of the rig, as they
are stuck on a hilly curve. The vehicle is filled with oxygen tanks. If they get
hit, it'll explode. The baby is in an incubator, so Meredith and Alex would have
to leave her alone. That's not gonna happen. Meredith and Alex are on speaker
phone with the hospital. Arizona gives medical instructions while others in the
room want them to get out of the ambulance. Alex wants Meredith to scram. There's
no reason both of them should stay. They argue back and forth. Then…CRASH!Meredith
and Alex are tossed around the inside of the rig. Something hit them from behind.
Everyone back home wonders what happened as the phone goes dead. Meredith is cut
on the head, but both she and Alex are in reasonably good shape. They mobilize
the baby with an oxygen tank and an IV. The rain has stopped, but a horrific scene
greets Meredith and Alex as they step out of the rig. Motionless bodies are strewn
across the road. A mangled vehicle rests on its side nearby. All this in the middle
of nowhere. Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011
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from ABC.com Next Grey's Anatomy Music
| Left Hand Smoke, "That's Rock 'n Roll"
| Arizona informs Jackson of a patient coming in. Meredith
and Cristina give Alex a hard time. Meredith gets a call from Janet. |
| Adaline, "Say Goodbye (I Won't Even)" | Richard
tells Owen to wait to reveal the news to Teddy. Derek updates Owen and Richard
on the ambulance situation. Teddy and April work on Laura. Meredith unhooks the
baby from the incubator. Meredith and Alex climb out of the ambulance to see an
accident. | | Charlie Winston, "She
Went Quietly - Unreleased" | Richard pumps Henry's chest.
Owen talks to Cristina. Arizona, Mark, and Derek speak to Alex and Meredith. As
Meredith and Alex talk to the doctors, something crashes into their ambulance. |
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