The best episodes of Grey's Anatomy Season 4
Season 4 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Meredith and Derek have one last shot at a successful outcome in their clinical trial, as the other surgeons work to free a boy from a block of cement.
- 02
Having just returned from her honeymoon with Meredith, Cristina searches for Burke, but he's nowhere to be found. Meredith, Cristina, Izzie and Alex spend their first day as residents with their own groups of interns - among the interns are George, repeating his intern year after failing his exams, and Lexie Grey, Meredith's half-sister whom she has never met. Now that Derek's relationship with Meredith has reached an emotional impasse, he looks to his fellow doctors for friendship; Bailey wrestles with her place within the hospital now that her former interns report to new Chief Resident Callie; and Richard resumes his position as Chief of Surgery.
- 03
The residents and interns treat the victims of a massive explosion at an apartment building, while Alex investigates the cause of the accident, Mama Burke returns to collect her son's things just as Cristina trades her wedding presents in exchange for surgeries, Lexie tries to have a heart-to-heart with an unwilling Meredith, and while Callie is overwhelmed with her duties as Chief Resident, Bailey searches for an outlet for her pent-up leadership skills.
- 04
The new interns are dazzled by the skill level of fellow intern George, while Lexie helps keep his "repeater" status a secret; Meredith half-heartedly helps Lexie with her first emergency patient; Sloan and Richard attempt a radical, new surgery to save a woman's ability to speak; and George is compelled to tell Callie of his past indiscretion with Izzie.
- 05
The Chief's wife, Adele, rushes their niece to Seattle Grace, the hospital where she once had her prom, Izzie reveals her feelings for George to a mutual friend, and the reaction is not what she expects, Derek teaches Cristina how to be a better teaching resident, and the world's oldest living intern, Norman, misdiagnoses one of Meredith's patients.
- 06
With his marriage in turmoil, the Chief turns to his fellow male surgeons for a "gentleman's evening," Cristina and Izzie heatedly compete for the same surgeries and the favor of the doctor performing them, Meredith treats the survivor of a skydiving accident, and the doctors treat two injured finalists who are competing in a promotional competition.
- 07
The ER is filled with teenagers after a schoolbus crash, Bailey treats a patient who was her high school crush, Derek goes out on a date with a fellow doctor, and Thatcher enters the ER looking for Meredith.
- 08
An ambulance crash endangers the lives of the paramedics involved, as Meredith and the Chief work on-site to save them, Bailey treats a patient who refuses her help, and Ava returns for Alex and meets his other girlfriend in the process.
- 09
In the stunning conclusion of a two-part episode, Meredith furiously works to save the life of a paramedic trapped inside an ambulance, as her sister, Lexie, holds the life of a patient in her hands; Derek must rely on the help of a nurse to save a patient's life, as Bailey struggles to balance her personal life with her work.
- 10
Physical Attraction... Chemical Reaction
George and Izzie's romantic chemistry is put to the test, Mark develops a crush on a fellow surgeon, and Callie's role as Chief Resident is in jeopardy.
- 11
Bailey's family faces a medical trauma, just as her marriage is falling apart; a surprise visit from George's mother comes as a shock to both Izzie and Callie; a faith healer challenges Erica and Alex's beliefs in traditional medicine; and Derek must deal with the aftermath of his kiss with Rose.
- 12
On the two-hour season finale of "Grey's Anatomy," Meredith and Derek have one last shot at a successful outcome in their clinical trial, as the other surgeons work together to free a boy from a hardening block of cement. Meanwhile, Izzie helps Alex care for an ailing Rebecca, and Lexie discovers critical information about George's intern status.
- 13
It's Halloween, and the day is full of surprises for the doctors of Seattle Grace - Alex receives an unexpected and welcome visit from his former patient, Ava/Rebecca, Meredith is convinced that her mother's ashes are haunting her, Cristina is snubbed by a surgeon she admires, and Callie announces George and Izzie's affair to their fellow doctors.
- 14
Dr. Wyatt refuses to let Meredith give up on therapy, Alex learns the truth about Rebecca's medical condition, the Chief insists that Erica perform a risky surgery on his mentor, and after receiving news of Burke, Cristina continues to do things contrary to her nature, going so far as cleaning her always-messy apartment.
- 15
The nurses' objections to McSteamy's trysts lead to the instating of a new "date and tell" policy. Meanwhile news of Burke's latest career achievements force Cristina to face her feelings for her ex, Meredith and Derek admit a veteran soldier into their clinical trial, and Callie turns to Sloan in her time of need.
- 16
Meredith and her fellow residents compete in a surgical contest. Meanwhile George and Lexie adjust to their new apartment.
- 17
Addison returns to Seattle Grace to perform an operation and is taken aback by all of the changes in her old co-workers' lives.
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