The Other Side of This Life
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"The Other Side of This Life", which aired as the 22nd (Part 1) and 23rd episodes (Part 2) of season 3 of the TV series Grey's Anatomy
, is a backdoor pilot episode for the spin-off
show, Private Practice. The episode was written by Shonda Rhimes
, the creator of both of the series, and the episode was directed by Michael Grossman
. The episode aired on ABC
in the United States
, and in Canada
, on CTV
, on May 3, 2007. The first part runs for 43:04 minutes, while Part 2 runs for 43:02 minutes.
However, Naomi isn't exactly pleased to see her since it's been more than a year since they talked. Addison says she's had a lot going on, such as the divorce, and Naomi tells her she and Sam are also divorced. Sam is now a medical guru with a best-selling book. Addison is surprised to find that they still work together.
Addison tells Naomi, a fertility specialist, that "she's come to see her because she wants to have a baby;" she's finally decided that the men in her life aren't going to come through for her in that department
Sam treats a woman, Kathy, with her fourth sports-related injury in three months. She confides that she needs an outlet because her husband, Paul, hasn't had sex with her in 18 months. He refers them to the co-op's therapist, Violet, who tells Paul to just have sex with her already. That doesn't work and now Paul is crying and Kathy is sorely tempted to just cheat on him already.
Violet has to go pick up Cooper, a pediatrician at Oceanside Wellness whose internet date stole his car, a common problem for him, apparently. Violet runs into her ex, Alan, with his new bride of eight weeks. She tells a colleague she's a lousy therapist since she can't even get over her ex after six months.
Everyone at the co-op comes to help when a patient visit of Cooper's turns violent. A surrogate mother, Lisa, had sex with three men -- her own husband, the adoptive mother Carol's ex (who was the sperm donor) and Carol's new husband -- before undergoing embryo implantation. Now everyone is fighting over who the father is. The entire staff consults on the case and Addison says that she's concerned that Lisa's had no prenatal care.
They mention that the group's last OB/GYN left suddenly, implying that it was all the fault of acupuncturist Pete, the hot guy Addison already met in the elevator, who is evidently quite the womanizer.
Addison offers to examine Lisa and finds that the baby is Lisa's own and not Carol's. And also that there's a problem: an abnormality with the placenta that could make delivery dangerous for both mother and baby. Cooper wants her to tell Lisa since his people skills are so bad. When Lisa hears of her life-threatening condition, she insists that Addison stay on as her doctor. The other doctors exchange hopeful glances.
Pete tells Sam they should ask Addison to take over the empty slot at the co-op but Sam tells him he's only saying that because he finds Addison attractive. Pete advises Sam to move on with his life and start dating after his divorce.
Over dinner at Naomi's, Addison looks over potential sperm donors. She says how much she envies Naomi, who "did everything right" by getting married young and having a child. Naomi tells her she thought she'd done everything right too, until the day Sam came home and asked for a divorce. When she looks at her family photos, what she sees are missed opportunities.
Addison's plans for a baby are dashed when Naomi tells her that she's now infertile. Addison can't believe it: She put off having a baby with Derek to focus on her career and then she didn't have Mark's baby because he wasn't the right guy and now she has no guy and no baby.
Addison tries to come to terms with the news that she's infertile. Naomi and Violet show her their form of depression therapy: admiring the physique of the Oceanside Wellness Group's young receptionist, Dell, as he walks by in just his shorts on his way out to surf every lunch hour.
Pete wants to show Addison that he's not a quack, so he does some acupuncture to relieve her stress. He tells her that she's blocking some serious emotion and that the acupuncture will give her a rush of emotion. He leaves the room and she lies there, insisting she doesn't feel anything, until she starts to cry.
Lisa, the pregnant would-be surrogate, goes into labor a month early and Addison scrubs in at the local hospital. Carol and the three possible fathers clamor to know her condition and Addison snaps at them to back off, since their arguing has just made everything worse. The baby isn't crying when it's born and Lisa is bleeding badly and needs surgery. Addison is able to save both mother and baby but all Carol and the others want to know is who the father is. Addison yells at them that Lisa and the baby almost died and that she was too busy saving their lives to determine the paternity. "What's wrong with you people?" she asks them.
Carol seeks out Addison and assures her they're not terrible people, but that she just wanted a baby so badly, she lost sight of everything else. She asks if the baby will be okay and Addison says she will be. Addison has the paternity results but Lisa says she doesn't want to know who the father is. She gives the| baby to Carol after all and the three potential fathers decide they'll raise the baby together as an extended family.
Sam determines that his impotent client Paul's hormones are out of whack, which may take more time to diagnose than his wife Kathy is willing to wait. Kathy tells Paul she had a chance to cheat, but didn't. When they learn that Paul's low libido is due to a tumor on his adrenal gland, Kathy is astonished to realize that Paul wasn't rejecting her, he was just ill. She apologizes profusely for yelling at him and tells him how much she loves him. The tumor is advanced, but Sam promises there's still hope. To Violet, Kathy confesses that she did sleep with another man and that she doesn't know what to do now. "Love your husband," Violet tells her.
Violet advises Cooper to stop picking up young women over the Internet and to try to meet a woman his own age in the real world. When they all go out for drinks, she tells Cooper about running into her ex and he tries to kiss her. She rebuffs him, telling him she didn't mean for him to hit on his friends.
Pete finds Addison crying in the stairwell and she blurts out all her troubles, including that she's barren and "dried up." He tells her he's going to kiss her and she says "Okay." When she asks why, he says it's to remind her that she's a long way from dried up.
Naomi is working late and Dell asks if she wants to get something to eat. She tells him she's already eaten, so he asks about the next night. She turns him down, saying he's far too young for her.
Addison wants to know why Sam is warning her against Pete. He tells her Pete's a good guy, but ever since his wife died eight years ago, he hasn't been able to connect with any one woman for long. Sam also tells her he woke up one day and realized he couldn't be with Naomi any longer, even though he's still not sure why.
Before Addison leaves to go back to Seattle, Naomi reminds her there's an empty office there if she wants it. Pete joins her in the elevator. He asks if she got what she came for and she says she isn't sure. He offers to kiss her again but she says no.
Cristina wakes up to find her mother and Burke's mother in her kitchen. They're here to plan her wedding, they tell her. They follow her to the hospital, where she has no choice but to ask a reluctant Callie to be one of her bridesmaids.
Izzie is very excited about Cristina's wedding and doesn't understand why Cristina isn't. She's also surprised to hear that Callie's a bridesmaid, but she instantly feigns enthusiasm. Overwhelmed by the mothers at the bridal dress shop, Cristina pages Burke and demands to know what happened to her wishes for a small, justice-of-the-peace type wedding. To her dismay, he thought she was joking and says he wants a big, traditional wedding.
Meredith tells Derek that now is not the time to give up on her, since her near-death experience has made her a different person, one who now has hope.
Meredith's stepmother, Susan, comes into the hospital with hiccups that won't stop. They treat her with an endoscopy. Thatcher is very worried about the procedure, so Meredith sits with him and reassures him everything will be okay. He asks how she's doing and she says she knows that Susan is pressuring him to reach out to her.
George has requested to be transferred to another hospital. He tells Izzie he's not the cheating type, and she wonders if that means he would be tempted to cheat with her again if he sees her every day.
Jane Doe, who prefers to go by Ava now, has bleeding on the brain. To fix it, they'll have to do a surgery where she remains awake throughout. That means Derek can map her brain while they work, which could help jog her memory. She agrees because she is more motivated than ever to regain her memory now that she's a mother.
During the surgery, as Derek touches different points of her brain, she speaks in Spanish, French and German. She starts to crash and they have to put her under. When she comes to after the surgery, the bleeding is under control, but she's devastated to realize that her memory still hasn't come back. Alex tries to tell her that maybe this is a blessing, having a clean slate, and she wonders how he can be so kind to her and yet run away from someone he has feelings for.
At the clinic, George asks Miranda if she ever had any doubts about her marriage. She's too busy to answer but when Burke also tries to get marriage advice from her, she orders the two of them to talk to each other about their problems and not to her. Burke wants to know if George was more ready than Callie to get married and George says it just seemed like a good idea at the time. George suggests that maybe it's better to know someone really well, like Burke and Cristina do, before getting married. He asks Burke if you can love two people at the same time and Burke replies that he's still working on trying to love just one person. Burke accuses his mother of having secret doubts about his and Cristina's relationship. He tells her he's always had to lead Cristina and that she eventually follows. He knows marriage is a big step for Cristina but he's confident she will be happy someday. His mother wants to know, if he's so sure about this, why he's yelling at her. Cristina tells Burke she's finally picked a dress. "Are you happy?" he asks her, and after a pause, she answers. "Yes." He tells her he's happy too.
Callie asks Izzie if George has told her he wants to transfer to Mercy West and Izzie says he has. "We're fine, right?" Callie asks Izzie about working together without George and she insists they are.
Alone with George in the elevator, Izzie protests it's not fair that he's transferring and she's losing her best friend because of what happened between them. They start to kiss and he tells her, "We can't." The door opens and Callie is there, waiting for George. She can't help but pick up on the tension between George and Izzie.
Susan comes back to the hospital with a fever and a murmur, which could be a result of the treatment for her hiccups. They keep her overnight and put her on antibiotics. When Derek inquires about Susan's condition, Meredith tells him it's weird that she and her father are talking now. The next day Susan starts having cramps. Meredith thinks it might be a bad reaction to the antibiotics and reassures Thatcher that everything will be okay. But then Susan becomes septic and they have to rush her into surgery. Thatcher paces anxiously in the waiting room and Meredith comes out to tell him they did everything they could, but that Susan is dead. Thatcher slaps her. "She had the hiccups!" he says over and over. "I trusted you." Derek tries to grab Meredith before she runs off but she won't stop.
Derek goes by Meredith's house later. He sees her knocking back tequila shots with Izzie and Alex and just walks away.
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Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
, is a backdoor pilot episode for the spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
show, Private Practice. The episode was written by Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Rhimes is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of acclaimed television series Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice. In May 2007, Rhimes was named one of Time magazine's 100 Time 100 people who...
, the creator of both of the series, and the episode was directed by Michael Grossman
Michael Grossman
Michael V. Grossman is an American television director.He has directed a number of episodes from dozens of different television series, perhaps most notably his work on Grey's Anatomy and the backdoor pilot of its spin-off, Private Practice...
. The episode aired on ABC
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in the United States
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, and in Canada
Canada
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, on CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
, on May 3, 2007. The first part runs for 43:04 minutes, while Part 2 runs for 43:02 minutes.
Cast
- Ellen PompeoEllen PompeoEllen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress, known for playing the title role of Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
as Dr. Meredith GreyMeredith GreyMeredith Grey is a fictional surgeon and the series protagonist on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Ellen Pompeo. In 2007, Pompeo was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Meredith... - Sandra OhSandra OhSandra Oh is a Canadian actress. She is best known for the role of Dr. Cristina Yang on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, for which she has won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. She also played notable roles in the feature films Under the Tuscan Sun and Sideways, and had a supporting role on the...
as Dr. Cristina YangCristina YangCristina Yang is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Sandra Oh, who won a Golden Globe and a SAG Award in 2006 for the role... - Katherine HeiglKatherine HeiglKatherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...
as Dr. Isobel "Izzie" StevensIzzie StevensIsobel 'Izzie' Katherine Stevens is a fictional character from the medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy, which airs on ABC in the United States. The character was created by series producer Shonda Rhimes, and was portrayed by actress Katherine Heigl from 2005 to 2010... - T. R. KnightT. R. KnightTheodore Raymond "T. R." Knight is an American actor. Knight's most high-profile role to date was his role as Dr. George O'Malley on ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
as Dr. George O'MalleyGeorge O'MalleyGeorge O'Malley was a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor T. R. Knight. Knight appeared as George from the beginning of the show until its fifth season finale. Knight will not be returning to the show and has been released from his contract... - Justin ChambersJustin ChambersJustin W. Chambers is an American actor and former Calvin Klein male fashion model. As of 2005, he is starring in the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Alex Karev....
as Dr. Alex KarevAlex KarevAlexander "Alex" Michael Karev, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor Justin Chambers. The character was not included in the original pilot script, but was added in after the pilot was shot, meaning initial scenes with him were either reshoots or... - Chandra WilsonChandra WilsonChandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
as Dr. Miranda BaileyMiranda BaileyDr. Miranda Bailey is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Chandra Wilson, who won a 2007 Screen Actor's Guild Award for the role... - James Pickens, Jr.James Pickens, Jr.James Pickens, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.- Early life...
as Dr. Richard WebberRichard WebberRichard Webber is a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor James Pickens, Jr., and was created by Shonda Rhimes... - Kate WalshKate Walsh (actor)Kathleen Erin "Kate" Walsh is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.-Early life:...
as Dr. Addison MontgomeryAddison MontgomeryAddison Adrienne Forbes Montgomery , was a fictional character on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, and is currently starring on its spin-off show Private Practice. Addison is a world-class neonatal surgeon with board certifications in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Maternal and Fetal... - Sara RamírezSara RamírezSara Ramírez is a Mexican-American singer/songwriter and actress. She is known for her role as Callie Torres in Grey's Anatomy and as the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.-Early life:Ramírez...
as Dr. Callie TorresCallie TorresCalliope Iphegenia "Callie" Torres, M.D., is a fictional character from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actress Sara Ramírez... - Eric DaneEric DaneEric Dane is an American actor. After appearing in television roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he became known for playing Dr...
as Dr. Mark SloanMark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy)Mark Sloan is a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by Eric Dane.-Storylines:Mark first appears in season two, introduced as a highly-respected otolaryngologist sub-specialized in plastic surgery and the former best friend of neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd...
(Credit Only in Part 2.) - Isaiah WashingtonIsaiah WashingtonIsaiah Washington IV is an American actor. A veteran of several Spike Lee films, Washington is best known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2007.-Personal life:...
as Dr. Preston BurkePreston BurkePreston Xavier Burke, more commonly known as Burke, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character was portrayed by actor Isaiah Washington, up until the third season.-Storylines:... - Patrick DempseyPatrick DempseyPatrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Prior to Grey's Anatomy he made several television appearances and was nominated for an Emmy Award...
as Dr. Derek ShepherdDerek ShepherdDerek Christopher Shepherd, also referred to as McDreamy, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey, who was nominated in 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for...
Addison's trip
Addison takes a leave of absence to visit her old friends Naomi and Sam in Los Angeles, a couple who work at the Oceanside Wellness Group. She immediately thinks of Seattle Grace when the first person she encounters at the co-op is a hot guy in the elevator.Addison tells Naomi, a fertility specialist, that "she's come to see her because she wants to have a baby;" she's finally decided that the men in her life aren't going to come through for her in that department
Sam treats a woman, Kathy, with her fourth sports-related injury in three months. She confides that she needs an outlet because her husband, Paul, hasn't had sex with her in 18 months. He refers them to the co-op's therapist, Violet, who tells Paul to just have sex with her already. That doesn't work and now Paul is crying and Kathy is sorely tempted to just cheat on him already.
Violet has to go pick up Cooper, a pediatrician at Oceanside Wellness whose internet date stole his car, a common problem for him, apparently. Violet runs into her ex, Alan, with his new bride of eight weeks. She tells a colleague she's a lousy therapist since she can't even get over her ex after six months.
Everyone at the co-op comes to help when a patient visit of Cooper's turns violent. A surrogate mother, Lisa, had sex with three men -- her own husband, the adoptive mother Carol's ex (who was the sperm donor) and Carol's new husband -- before undergoing embryo implantation. Now everyone is fighting over who the father is. The entire staff consults on the case and Addison says that she's concerned that Lisa's had no prenatal care.
They mention that the group's last OB/GYN left suddenly, implying that it was all the fault of acupuncturist Pete, the hot guy Addison already met in the elevator, who is evidently quite the womanizer.
Addison offers to examine Lisa and finds that the baby is Lisa's own and not Carol's. And also that there's a problem: an abnormality with the placenta that could make delivery dangerous for both mother and baby. Cooper wants her to tell Lisa since his people skills are so bad. When Lisa hears of her life-threatening condition, she insists that Addison stay on as her doctor. The other doctors exchange hopeful glances.
Pete tells Sam they should ask Addison to take over the empty slot at the co-op but Sam tells him he's only saying that because he finds Addison attractive. Pete advises Sam to move on with his life and start dating after his divorce.
Over dinner at Naomi's, Addison looks over potential sperm donors. She says how much she envies Naomi, who "did everything right" by getting married young and having a child. Naomi tells her she thought she'd done everything right too, until the day Sam came home and asked for a divorce. When she looks at her family photos, what she sees are missed opportunities.
Addison's plans for a baby are dashed when Naomi tells her that she's now infertile. Addison can't believe it: She put off having a baby with Derek to focus on her career and then she didn't have Mark's baby because he wasn't the right guy and now she has no guy and no baby.
Addison tries to come to terms with the news that she's infertile. Naomi and Violet show her their form of depression therapy: admiring the physique of the Oceanside Wellness Group's young receptionist, Dell, as he walks by in just his shorts on his way out to surf every lunch hour.
Pete wants to show Addison that he's not a quack, so he does some acupuncture to relieve her stress. He tells her that she's blocking some serious emotion and that the acupuncture will give her a rush of emotion. He leaves the room and she lies there, insisting she doesn't feel anything, until she starts to cry.
Lisa, the pregnant would-be surrogate, goes into labor a month early and Addison scrubs in at the local hospital. Carol and the three possible fathers clamor to know her condition and Addison snaps at them to back off, since their arguing has just made everything worse. The baby isn't crying when it's born and Lisa is bleeding badly and needs surgery. Addison is able to save both mother and baby but all Carol and the others want to know is who the father is. Addison yells at them that Lisa and the baby almost died and that she was too busy saving their lives to determine the paternity. "What's wrong with you people?" she asks them.
Carol seeks out Addison and assures her they're not terrible people, but that she just wanted a baby so badly, she lost sight of everything else. She asks if the baby will be okay and Addison says she will be. Addison has the paternity results but Lisa says she doesn't want to know who the father is. She gives the| baby to Carol after all and the three potential fathers decide they'll raise the baby together as an extended family.
Sam determines that his impotent client Paul's hormones are out of whack, which may take more time to diagnose than his wife Kathy is willing to wait. Kathy tells Paul she had a chance to cheat, but didn't. When they learn that Paul's low libido is due to a tumor on his adrenal gland, Kathy is astonished to realize that Paul wasn't rejecting her, he was just ill. She apologizes profusely for yelling at him and tells him how much she loves him. The tumor is advanced, but Sam promises there's still hope. To Violet, Kathy confesses that she did sleep with another man and that she doesn't know what to do now. "Love your husband," Violet tells her.
Violet advises Cooper to stop picking up young women over the Internet and to try to meet a woman his own age in the real world. When they all go out for drinks, she tells Cooper about running into her ex and he tries to kiss her. She rebuffs him, telling him she didn't mean for him to hit on his friends.
Pete finds Addison crying in the stairwell and she blurts out all her troubles, including that she's barren and "dried up." He tells her he's going to kiss her and she says "Okay." When she asks why, he says it's to remind her that she's a long way from dried up.
Naomi is working late and Dell asks if she wants to get something to eat. She tells him she's already eaten, so he asks about the next night. She turns him down, saying he's far too young for her.
Addison wants to know why Sam is warning her against Pete. He tells her Pete's a good guy, but ever since his wife died eight years ago, he hasn't been able to connect with any one woman for long. Sam also tells her he woke up one day and realized he couldn't be with Naomi any longer, even though he's still not sure why.
Before Addison leaves to go back to Seattle, Naomi reminds her there's an empty office there if she wants it. Pete joins her in the elevator. He asks if she got what she came for and she says she isn't sure. He offers to kiss her again but she says no.
Seattle Grace
Mark is upset to find that Addison has taken a leave of absence. He finds Alex and tells him it's all his fault for driving her away. Mark asks Derek why Addison's gone to Los Angeles and he surmises it was to visit Naomi and Sam. Mark confesses that he thought Addison wanted him, but he caught her with someone else. Derek finds the irony very amusing.Cristina wakes up to find her mother and Burke's mother in her kitchen. They're here to plan her wedding, they tell her. They follow her to the hospital, where she has no choice but to ask a reluctant Callie to be one of her bridesmaids.
Izzie is very excited about Cristina's wedding and doesn't understand why Cristina isn't. She's also surprised to hear that Callie's a bridesmaid, but she instantly feigns enthusiasm. Overwhelmed by the mothers at the bridal dress shop, Cristina pages Burke and demands to know what happened to her wishes for a small, justice-of-the-peace type wedding. To her dismay, he thought she was joking and says he wants a big, traditional wedding.
Meredith tells Derek that now is not the time to give up on her, since her near-death experience has made her a different person, one who now has hope.
Meredith's stepmother, Susan, comes into the hospital with hiccups that won't stop. They treat her with an endoscopy. Thatcher is very worried about the procedure, so Meredith sits with him and reassures him everything will be okay. He asks how she's doing and she says she knows that Susan is pressuring him to reach out to her.
George has requested to be transferred to another hospital. He tells Izzie he's not the cheating type, and she wonders if that means he would be tempted to cheat with her again if he sees her every day.
Jane Doe, who prefers to go by Ava now, has bleeding on the brain. To fix it, they'll have to do a surgery where she remains awake throughout. That means Derek can map her brain while they work, which could help jog her memory. She agrees because she is more motivated than ever to regain her memory now that she's a mother.
During the surgery, as Derek touches different points of her brain, she speaks in Spanish, French and German. She starts to crash and they have to put her under. When she comes to after the surgery, the bleeding is under control, but she's devastated to realize that her memory still hasn't come back. Alex tries to tell her that maybe this is a blessing, having a clean slate, and she wonders how he can be so kind to her and yet run away from someone he has feelings for.
At the clinic, George asks Miranda if she ever had any doubts about her marriage. She's too busy to answer but when Burke also tries to get marriage advice from her, she orders the two of them to talk to each other about their problems and not to her. Burke wants to know if George was more ready than Callie to get married and George says it just seemed like a good idea at the time. George suggests that maybe it's better to know someone really well, like Burke and Cristina do, before getting married. He asks Burke if you can love two people at the same time and Burke replies that he's still working on trying to love just one person. Burke accuses his mother of having secret doubts about his and Cristina's relationship. He tells her he's always had to lead Cristina and that she eventually follows. He knows marriage is a big step for Cristina but he's confident she will be happy someday. His mother wants to know, if he's so sure about this, why he's yelling at her. Cristina tells Burke she's finally picked a dress. "Are you happy?" he asks her, and after a pause, she answers. "Yes." He tells her he's happy too.
Callie asks Izzie if George has told her he wants to transfer to Mercy West and Izzie says he has. "We're fine, right?" Callie asks Izzie about working together without George and she insists they are.
Alone with George in the elevator, Izzie protests it's not fair that he's transferring and she's losing her best friend because of what happened between them. They start to kiss and he tells her, "We can't." The door opens and Callie is there, waiting for George. She can't help but pick up on the tension between George and Izzie.
Derek goes by Meredith's house later. He sees her knocking back tequila shots with Izzie and Alex and just walks away.
Title reference
This episode's title refers to the song The Other Side of This Life by David ByrneDavid Byrne
David Byrne may refer to:*David Byrne , musician and former Talking Heads frontman**David Byrne , his eponymous album*David Byrne , Irish footballer*David Byrne , English footballer...
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See also
- Private Practice (Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
spin-offSpin-off (media)In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
show) - List of Private Practice episodes
- Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
- List of Grey's Anatomy episodes