Grey's: "We look at the patient from every possible angle"

The theme of last night's Grey's Anatomy episode was the importance of looking at things with a fresh perspective. And this was fitting since the story of the episode was told in a different way. Instead of a usual character-centric episode, this episode was more action-centric, based on one event and seen through multiple people's eyes.

During a mass casualty - a fire at a hotel - all of the doctors were scattered and working on multiple patients, but when a patient who came in with minor injuries dies, someone has to be held responsible. So the chief and a few board members talk with all of the doctors and relive the day from the beginning. We see events multiple times, through different perspectives, as the chief tries to piece together what happened. As for the patient, no one took sole responsibility for her care because her injuries seemed minor; They kept passing her off as more interesting cases and more injured patients were brought in.

By the end of the episode we find out that the initial doctor who checked her vitals missed a step and didn't check her throat, which if she had, the woman would not have died. This doctor, who was a Mercy West transfer, was fired on the spot even though she is a good doctor. Cristina, while talking with some of the other doctors who worked on the patient, recognizes that it could have been any of them who made the simple mistake and got fired so they should not be so happy with the outcome.

In other happenings: Meredith was discharged from the hospital; Alex tried multiple times to get in touch with Izzie and when he finally does she says she may not be coming home; Derek confronts the chief about who is really to blame about the death since it is easily noticeable that there is chaos in the ER since the merger because there are too many doctors who do not trust one another.

I really enjoyed this episode that strayed from the normal Grey's formula. I hope to see more episodes like this one as the show tries to find its footing with new characters as well as the absence of some fan favorites.