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Grey's Anatomy: Time Has Come Today

In the fallout of Izzie's decision to quit the program, the interns try to help Izzie come to terms with the death of her fiancé, Denny. Meredith is forced to decide who will be the man in her future after her fling with Derek during the prom. Meanwhile, Dr. Webber is confronted by his wife after spending the night at the hospital; George asks an unlikely person for relationship advice; and Addison must find out which one of a group of teenaged girls is the mother of a baby found in a trashcan.


9.6/10 (7 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 3x1
Production Number: 301
Airdate: Thursday September 21st, 2006

Director: Dan Minahan
Writer: Shonda Rhimes

Alternate Airdates:

AU (Seven) Mar 04, 2007
DE (ProSieben) Apr 03, 2007
FI (Nelonen) Aug 29, 2007
NL (Net 5) Jul 17, 2009

Guest Stars
Chris OChris O'Donnell
As Finn Dandridge
Recurring
Kate BurtonKate Burton
As Ellis Grey
Recurring
Loretta DevineLoretta Devine
As Adele Webber
Recurring
Robin Pearson RoseRobin Pearson Rose
As Patricia
Recurring
Sarah UtterbackSarah Utterback
As Nurse Olivia Harper
Recurring
Steven W. Bailey (1)Steven W. Bailey (1)
As Joe
Recurring
Jessica TuckJessica Tuck
As Shannon's Mom
Joanie Fox (1)Joanie Fox (1)
As Sara's Mom
Mis QesleyMis Qesley
As Karen's Mom
Pepper SweeneyPepper Sweeney
As Lisa's Dad

Co-Guest Stars
Jeremy RabbJeremy Rabb
As ER Doctor
Recurring
Wayne LopezWayne Lopez
As Paramedic
Recurring
Damon StandiferDamon Standifer
As Hazmat Guy
Frank MerinoFrank Merino
As Funeral Home Guy
Haley RammHaley Ramm
As Shannon
Matt CrabtreeMatt Crabtree
As IDC Dude
Nicolette CollierNicolette Collier
As Young Meredith

Uncredited
Main Cast
Ellen PompeoEllen Pompeo
As Meredith Grey
Sandra OhSandra Oh
As Cristina Yang
Justin ChambersJustin Chambers
As Alex Karev
Chandra WilsonChandra Wilson
As Miranda Bailey
James Pickens, Jr.James Pickens, Jr.
As Richard Webber
Sara RamirezSara Ramirez
As Callie Torres
Patrick DempseyPatrick Dempsey
As Derek Shepherd
Katherine HeiglKatherine Heigl
As Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
T. R. KnightT. R. Knight
As George O'Malley
Isaiah WashingtonIsaiah Washington
As Preston Burke
Kate WalshKate Walsh
As Addison Montgomery-Shepherd
Episode Notes
This is the first episode to air at the new Thursday at 9:00 timeslot.

The song "How to Save a Life" by The Fray was used to promote season 3 prior to its premiere.

Ratings: 25 million viewers; placed first in its timeslot

Starting with this episode, the opening credits sequence is no longer used. Instead, a title card with the words "Grey's Anatomy" appears after the opening scene and the credits are shown during the segment after the first commercial.



Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
The Dixie ChicksLullaby 
Emiliana TorriniNothing Brings Me Down 
Gnarls BarkleyGone Daddy Gone 
Grant-Lee PhillipsUnder The Milky Way 
Mat KearneyAll I Need 
Sleeping At LastQuicksand 
Tegan & SaraTake Me Anywhere 


Episode Quotes
Callie: Don't take it personally. It's the doctor-thing.
Finn: What?
Callie: 4 years of high school. 4 years of college. 4 years of med school, at the time we graduate we're on our late twenties and we haven't done anything except go to school and think about science. Time stops we're socially retarded. I mean look at me, I'm in love with a guy who won't say he loves me back and here I am in his kitchen cooking just hoping he comes home and notices me. I mean I'm a total freak. I'm that girl in the back of the class who eats her hair.

Adele: You're not going to retire are you?
Richard: Adele, you threw this on me today. I need more time.
Adele: I don't have any more time to give.

Derek: (to Meredith)I'm in love with you. I've been in love with for ... forever. I'm a little late. I know I'm a little late to tell you that. I just want you to take your time. You know? Take all the time you need. Because you have a choice to make. And when I had a choice to make, I chose wrong.

Derek: Oh, look now, here's the motherload. I got granola, cookies, muffins. Who eats this much?
George: That's Izzie's locker. She ate a lot so she kept energy up.
Derek: Eats.
George: What?
Derek: Eats. You said ate. Eats - present tense; she didn't die.
George: Feels a little like she did. She's never coming back here. I don't think she's ever gonna be the same.

Cristina: You had sex with Derek in an exam room at the prom?!
Meredith: Yes.
Cristina: Last night, you and Shepherd did it. You and McDreamy did the nasty nasty.
Meredith: Cristina!
Cristina: I am not judging. I am just trying to rap my mind around it. I mean you're with Finn and he's with Addison.



Cultural References
Episode Titles: Time Has Come Today

"Time Has Come Today" is the title of a song by both The Ramones and The Chambers Brothers.



Episode References
The mixer flashback shown in the beginning of the episode was first mentioned by George in "A Hard Day's Night".



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