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Grey's Anatomy :: Sympathy for the Devil (05x12)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Sympathy for the Devil
Episode #: 05x12
Production Number: 512
Original Airdate: Thursday January 15th, 2009
*Also Known As:
  • Sympatia paholaiselle ( Finland [Nelonen])
7.2/10 (26 Votes cast)
Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country: Aired On:
FI (Nelonen) Mar 18, 2009
UK (LIVING) Apr 09, 2009
NL (Net 5) Apr 20, 2009
Episode Crew
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Jenna Bans
 
Episode Summary
 

Derek's mother, Carolyn, makes a surprise visit and meets Meredith for the first time. Meanwhile, Mark tries to hide his relationship with Lexie; William, the death row inmate, asks to donate his organs to Bailey's patient; and Owen and Cristina go on their first date.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Special Guest Stars
Jeffrey Dean MorganplayedDennyRecurring (19th appearance)
Tyne DalyplayedCarolyn 
Guest Stars
Brandon Scott (2)playedIntern RyanRecurring (third appearance)
Eric StoltzplayedWilliamRecurring (second appearance)
Ernie GrunwaldplayedGaryRecurring (first appearance)
Jason KravitsplayedChuckRecurring (first appearance)
Jessica CapshawplayedDr. ArizonaRecurring (second appearance)
Kevin McKiddplayedOwenRecurring (10th appearance)
Melissa GeorgeplayedSadieRecurring (5th appearance)
Samantha MathisplayedMelindaRecurring (second appearance)
 
Main Cast
 
Ellen PompeoplayedMeredith Grey
Sandra OhplayedCristina Yang
Katherine HeiglplayedIsobel "Izzie" Stevens
Justin ChambersplayedAlex Karev
Patrick DempseyplayedDerek Shepherd
Chandra WilsonplayedMiranda Bailey
James Pickens, Jr.playedRichard Webber
Chyler LeighplayedLexie Grey
Eric DaneplayedMark Sloan
Sara RamirezplayedCallie Torres
T. R. KnightplayedGeorge O'Malley
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Anya MarinaAll The Same To Me 
Glass PearLast Days Of Your Life 
Johnathan RiceThe Acrobat 
Right Away, Great CaptainWhat A Pity 
WinterpillsTake Away The Words 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Meredith: (opening voiceover) My mother used to say this about residency: "It takes a year to learn to cut. It takes a lifetime to learn not to." Of all of the tools on the surgical tray, sound judgement is the trickiest one to master. And without it, we are all just toddlers running around with ten-blades.
 
Arizona: (to Alex) You don't think that I know that they just pulled the plug on the kid? You don't think that I get that? You don't think I know about the tiny, tiny coffin that they're going to stick him in? I know about the tiny coffins. I see them all the time. In my sleep. So if you don't mind, I'm going to keep talking relationships and rainbows and crap. And I'm going to make plans for tomorrow. Because that's what you do, Karev, you make plans. You have to. You turn your back on the tiny coffins and you face forward until the next kid.
 
Mark: Why do you have to live in Meredith's attic? How am I supposed to sneak out of here with a frat party going on downstairs? Don't you kids ever sleep?
Lexie: They're cleaning the house for Dr. Shepherd's mom.
Mark: Mrs. Shepherd's coming to Seattle?
Lexie: So?
Mark: So that woman practically raised me, taught me right from wrong. If she found that I was with you ... that we were ... you're Meredith Grey's little sister. You are forbidden fruit. You are twenty-five. You're a fetus.
Lexie: Twenty-four. I skipped third grade.
Mark: I feel dirty.
 
Derek: You are wearing an alarmingly high ponytail.
Meredith: Your mother is coming!
 
Izzie: (to Cristina) I think it's nice. Your date. I think you and the pig-murderer make a really good couple.
 
Mark: Pain and agony for a little bit of pleasure? I get it.
Callie: If it's that bad, why don't you stop sl -- ... doing what you're doing.
Mark: Because it doesn't feel bad when I'm ... doing it. It's good. It's great. And maybe if you weren't so scared of getting burned, you'd feel the same.
 
Carolyn: You've been avoidng me.
Mark: What? No.
Carolyn: You've got that same look on your face as you did when you were ten years old. You put Derek's favorite frog into the microwave.
 
Carolyn: How many sexual partners have you had? I won't judge.
Lexie: Six. No, seven. Kind of six. Kind of seven.
Carolyn: Criminal record?
Lexie: Speeding ticket.
Carolyn: How fast?
Lexie: Twelve miles over.
Carolyn: That's fast.
Lexie: It wasn't too ... it was way too fast, but I was downhill. I was coasting, ma'am.
Carolyn: Now I don't suppose you can tell me ... where the gift shop is?
 
Meredith: (closing voiceover) We're human. We make mistakes. We mis-estimate. We call it wrong. But when a surgeon makes a bad judgement call, it's not as simple. People get hurt. They bleed. So we struggle, over every stich. We agonize over every suture. Because the snap-judgements, the ones that come to us quickly and easily, without hesitation, they're the ones that haunt us forever.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Episode Title: Sympathy for the Devil

"Sympathy for the Devil" is the title of a song by the Rolling Stones.
 
 
Episode References
 
Izzie: (to Cristina) I think it's nice. Your date. I think you and the pig-murderer make a really good couple.

In "Life During Wartime ," Owen simulates a trauma situation by stabbing pigs and having the residents try to save their lives.
 
 
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