Spoiler: Grey's - "You can make your way back from anything"

I had a difficult time choosing which quote from tonight's episode to use as the title. In the end I chose this one, but here was the runner-up: "We show up the next day and we try to save the next life."

Now let's jump in:

- In a cute side-storyline during tonight's episode, there is major intern drama happening on the show, which also allowed Bailey to remind Meredith and George about the eloping, LVAT wire cutting and affairing with residents that their intern class participated in. But these interns have a love triangle that has gone wrong and led to one crying (later found to be pregnant) woman, a shiner and a bloody hand. We saw Meredith's claws come out and she told them they had to act like adults and be doctors.
- The major surgery at the center of the episode is a complete face transplant for a man with a deformed face. There isn't much more to say, but the storyline was interesting because of the psychological aspects of the procedure.
- Derek has still not yet returned to work, which worries the chief. Bailey notices this so sends Cali to retrieve him. Cali gets there and shares her own story to try to get Derek to understand that every doctor kills people. It is not long before Derek sucks her in and she too is soon wallowing. Bailey notices that Cali has not returned so she sends our favorite soldier/doctor Hunt. He too shares a story and also gets sucked in and stays. Richard eventually goes to retrieve them all, mostly because Bailey mentions that her soap opera watching self is envisioning them all dead on the side of the road. Once Richard gets there, Derek gets mad at him, saying "you destroyed me" because Richard told Meredith about the ring. The two fight but Richard does not back down. He tells Derek he will be there for him when he is ready to come out of the deep hole he is digging.
- Last week Izzy confided in Cristina that she has very terminal cancer. This week we see Cristina jumping into action, taking the reigns and making a plan as well as setting up appointments with the best doctors for Izzy. Izzy does not go to the appointment and says she does not know if she even wants treatment. Cristina fires back and asks her why she told her if she did not want help. Later in the episode, Cristina tells Bailey and Alex, who then tell everyone else, even though Izzy explicitly told Cristina to not tell about her illness. When Cristina later goes to Izzy, and is expecting her to be mad, Izzy instead thanks her. Now it is in the open and everyone can come together to deal with it.
- Derek finally calls Meredith and she goes to his trailer. When she gets there he tells her he loves her and asks if she would still love him if he were not a surgeon. She tells him no. She says he is one of only a few surgeons in the world who can save Izzy and she refuses to allow him to ignore his gift.

As the episode ends we see Izzy as a patient. In the preview for next week we see her being prepared for surgery. Derek is in the hospital, but will he come through when it means the most?

What did you think of the episode? Personally, I thought it was one of the best in a while. Did I miss anything? Let me know your favorites parts of the night.