assignment one revised

Grey’sAnatomy-AssignmentOneSeptember16,2015

Relevant Background Information:

Figured World: a large social form that has rules and regulations that is within the appropriate behavior. The figured world is where everything takes place. Figured worlds have their own way of behaving. Something’s might not be appropriate if it was in another setting but a figured world has its own rules and conventions.

The figured world I am observing is Greys Anatomy. In this I will be looking at how Greys is different then the actual medical field. Because I have spent ample amount of time interning at hospitals, I can kind of see the difference. The place where my figured world takes place is Seattle Grace Hospital. There really is no business here besides health care because that is what goes on in a hospital. The people who normally are at the hospital are the nurses, doctors, pharmacist, and of course the patients. In the beginning of Greys, it mainly focuses on the surgery dept. As the show develops more characters come on that are part of the surgery dept. but they have specialized in other areas. Mainly because they aren’t interns anymore. So a lot of things can take place. Not more than one patient can be in the surgery rooms though, well because that goes against surgery protocol. Though I am not a doctor,

The observation that I took of Grey’s Anatomy (I also call it Grey’s within this assignment) takes place in Seattle. The hospital is called Seattle Grace Hospital. There is also a close hospital by called Mercy West Hospital. Sometimes patients from Mercy get sent to Seattle because Seattle Grace is the bigger and better hospital. Seattle Grace also is a trauma hospital. In my opinion, Seattle Grace would be the equivalent or better of Wake Forest Baptist Hospital or Carolina Medical Center that we have here in North Carolina. There are a lot of characters in the show of Greys. There are also a lot of actors that are only there for the one show and we really never know their names or really anything about them. There are 5 interns that just graduated Medical School that are in the Seattle Grace surgical internship. There is a resident that is above them and she seems to always be stressed out because she is over them and if something goes wrong it is her fault. Greys Anatomy doesn’t follow much of a story line, but the romance always builds off each other on every episode. It’s more of a romantic doctor show.

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Grey’s Anatomy is totally different then real life. I’ve never really heard of doctors going to the call room and having sex in real life. But in Greys unfortunately it probably happens every episode. Doing that would not be accepted in the real world but in the figured world, it is okay. Also in the real world, doctors aren’t as blunt as they are on Greys anatomy. On Greys, if you’re dying, well they tell you that you are dying. Where as in the real world they would be sincere about it. Also the doctors flirt with each other a lot on Greys and normally doctors in real life normally have a wife or husband. Actors/Actresses: within the community, the actors and actresses play a specific role to make the figured world make sense. The actresses are normally there for each other and there to be a support figure. Sometimes the actors/actresses do have conflict but just gives more to the show. Meredith Grey- Meredith could be considered one of the top interns at Seattle Grace. Meredith’s mother was an awesome surgeon and had many awards for surgery. She was excellent. She had a actual surgery after her called the “Greys Method” (Her mother now has Alzheimer’s and doesn’t recall her surgical career. Sometimes when Meredith goes to see her mother, her mother doesn’t really remember her either.) Meredith is in love with Derek Sheppard, which is an attending doctor at the hospital. Meredith goes out of her way to make sure her patients are okay and she sometimes don’t always follow the rules. Derek Sheppard- Dr. Sheppard is an attending neuro physician. (He is a neurologist, which means he operates on the brain.) Sheppard actually has a wife, Addison Sheppard but when the show first came on she was not in the show and Sheppard fell in love with find out that Addison cheated on Derek and Derek moved away from her. She comes in after Derek and Meredith have already fallen in love. Derek then forgets about Meredith for a while and tries to fix his relationship with his wife, which doesn’t work in the end. Derek is a really good surgeon and is recognized all over the world. Alex Karev- Alex is also another surgical intern at Seattle Grace. Alex doesn’t have the best attitude and he can be sort of a mean person. He says what he thinks. He doesn’t care if it isn’t the best thing to say or if it might hurt someone’s feelings. Alex is really good with kids. He can calm kids down like no other. He just isn’t good with patients that he doesn’t agree with what they are doing. Alex didn’t pass his boards the first time so he had to retake them. He passed the second time. George O’Malley- George is also a surgical intern. George lets a lot of people influence him and his decision. George and Dr. Burks are really good friends now because O’Malley did a really crazy open-heart surgery in the elevator when the elevator got stuck. Everyone praised O’Malley afterwards but O’Malley is a top-notch doctor to a lot of people. He gets thrown around a lot between doctors. O’Malley has a really hard time with relationships. He can’t really keep them and


when he gets someone that actually likes him, he doesn’t know how to treat them or how to like them back. Izzy Stevens- Izzy is also an intern in the surgical program. Izzy and Alex had a thing but then Izzy fell in love with a patient. Izzy seriously risks everything for this patient. She could have lost her license and everything else for what she does for the patient. Izzy seems to be a very sweet soul. She doesn’t really do anything extraordinary so far but that doesn’t mean that she isn’t a great surgeon. Izzy usually gets along with everyone and has great bedside manner. Miranda Bailey- Dr. Bailey is a fun character for sure. She is a resident and she is over the interns. She is called the Nazi because she is very strict and it’s her way or no way. At first the interns are really scared of her and do everything exactly how she says but as the show progresses, they kind of do what they want. Miranda seems to be stressed out a lot because the interns do a lot of things that aren’t sociably acceptable. But Miranda does have a kind heart and goes out of her way to make sure her patients are doing well. Addison Sheppard- Addison is an OB/GYN attending doctor. Addison is really nice but gets annoyed with Derek and Meredith, well because Derek is her husband. She cheated on Derek and she regrets it (or so she says) everyday. She is an awesome doctor and is really good with her patients. Addison wasn’t in the show when it started but came in a few episodes later. She wants her and Derek to move back to New York, but Derek is not having it. Cali Torres- Cali is an attending orthopedic surgeon. Cali just came into Grey’s Anatomy and has probably only been on two or so episodes. She has a love crush on George but George doesn’t really give her a chance. Richard Webber- Richard is the best doctor at Seattle Grace. He is the Chief of Surgery and everything has to go through him. Everyone loves Dr. Webber. He tries to make sure that everyone that goes through makes everyone happy. He likes to see people happy. Webber does the really hard surgeries and is always there in case something happens. Preston Burk- Dr. Burk is a cardiovascular surgeon. Which means he operates on the heart. Christiana Yang and Burk have something going on. Burk goes out of his way to make sure his patients are okay. He will preform surgeries that might not be acceptable just because there might be a glimmer of hope for the patient. Christiana Yang- Yang is an awesome surgeon. She always wants to be in the hardest surgery. She doesn’t have a problem with doing hard things. She is an awesome doctor. She doesn’t have very good bedside manner at all though. She says awkward things and she doesn’t stop herself from saying what is on her mind. Yang and Meredith are best friends. They tell each other everything. Yang


isn’t one to let her emotions take over what she does at work.

Communities of Practice- three or more people who have common interests and ways of communicating in the figured world. The people within usually interact with the other groups as well. Sometimes they want to be apart of the other groups. In this case, the interns are working to be residents and residents are working to be attending doctors. “The interns”- The interns are very important to the show because they are really what the show is about. The interns are Meredith, Izzy, George, Christiana and Alex. “The Residents”- In this how you aren’t exactly sure who the Residents and Attending’s are. But the residents are very important because that is who is over the Interns. Miranda and Cali. “The Attending’s”- These are the doctors that are actually doctors. They are the ones that have been through all the schooling and internships. They are official doctors. Burks, Derek, Addison and Richard. Literacy Practices- way to communicate, can be written or spoken. In the show, there are lots of face to face talking because in a hospital that is the main way of communicating. While the pager is very important, face-to-face is the main one.

Artifacts: can be actual objects, ideas and emotions within the figured world. A lot of times within Grey’s it can be names. Names are really important like the one listed below because it has an important role in the show. “McDreamy”- McDreamy is what Derek Sheppard is called. This is important because everyone calls Derek that. Meredith and even patients think that Derek is the best looking thing ever. “Surgery Board”- The surgery board is very important because its pretty much what the whole show is based around. Any surgery that goes on, goes onto the board. “Medical Machines”- All of the medical things are important because that is what the doctors and nurses use. That’s normally how all the patients stay alive. “The On Call Room”- The place of the on call room is important because that’s normally where all the romantic situations happen. They also happen at Meredith’s house but a lot happen in the on call room and you don’t normally see that during the day at a real life


Pager- A lot of times within the show, the doctors communicate through the pager. This is how they get the “Code Blue” which is where a patient is normally dying. There are lots of “Codes” that come through the pager though. “Code Black” which is when there has been a disaster in the area. “Code Red” when there is fire. “Code Grey” is when someone is missing. Those are the main ones. The pager comes into play a lot because if someone is needed, you page him or her. This is still used in hospitals today. Pagers might consider “Old School” but they are still very important. Face-to-fact- there is a lot of face-to-face communications within Greys Anatomy. With any show they are obviously going to be talking to each other. Domain- A domain has an identity that is shared by everyone in the group or community. A domain can also be defined as being a set of rules or a ruler. Domains are usually powerful. The domain is only within the community. It doesn’t know things that are outside of the community. It might but its not going to know like it knows the community. Difficult Surgeries- all of the surgeons (interns, residence, and attending’s) are all very competitive. They all like to do really difficult surgeries so that they look better and are considered to be a top surgeon. Christina Yang and Meredith Grey are probably the most competitive interns where as Miranda Bailey is for the residents. Healing the Patient- Obviously the main goal of being a doctor is making sure the patient survives and heals. If this isn’t a top priority I would be scared to go to that doctor. Every doctor on Grey’s wants to make sure that their patient gets to leave the hospital and doesn’t die on them. Practices of Communities- what is being done within the figured world. This is what everyone is doing. This is extremely important within the figured world because it is what is being done in the figured world. Surgery- The whole figured world is based on the surgery aspect of the hospital. All of the interns, residents, and attending’s are there for surgery. The attending’s are specialized in the surgery categories where as the residents and interns are trying to figure out where they fit in. Romance- all of the surgeon’s are for some reason after romance. Romance is a big thing within the show and kind of what the show is going around. It makes up a big chunk of the show. This affects the show because one of the big things that the audience is waiting for is to see who is going to fall in love next. The characters are all involved in the love. Its what makes the characters who they are. We can associate the characters a lot of times by who they are in love with.


Observation #1- “Blues for Sister Someone”- Season 2; Episode 23 (1:00min means 1 minute into the episode) 1:00 min-(Meredith’s House) the episodes start out with a sex scene. This is common way for greys anatomy to start off. Derek Sheppard is back with Addison, which is real wife. He was with Meredith but Addison came to Seattle and was hired on at Seattle Grace. This really bothers Meredith because she in love with Derek. Meredith calls McDreamy (Derek) to ask if Derek could pick up the dog. (It was Meredith’s dog but her roommates didn’t want it at the house so she gave it to Derek but she still takes care of it sometimes). He says yes but Addison gets on the phone thinking that it’s the vet and she says “can you call back later we are in the middle of sex”. This really upsets Meredith because she still is in love with Derek. This is finally when she realizes that she is single and admits it. 3:00 min-(Hallway in hospital) Dr. Bailey just got back from maternity leave and she is upset that her name is not in the surgery board. Christiana is mad at George because George has moved in with Burks and Christiana. They are literally best friends now. The vet asked Meredith if he would go on a date with her and she said that she was giving up guys but she said that she is thinking about going on a date with. His nickname is “McVet” Bailey has a patient that Izzy has fallen head over heals for. Dr. Burks favorite violinist is at the hospital to get Dr. Burks to operate on his pacemaker and remove it. But Dr. Burks had other plans because he doesn’t think that is a very good idea.


7:50min-(Patient Room/Hallway) Addison Sheppard has a new patient that is pregnant women has 6 kids and she is 36 weeks pregnant. She wants it to be her last kid. She has had enough but she knows that her husband won’t be okay with it because of there religion. She wants her tubes tide. Addison can’t tell the husband so the patient wants to pay it to herself directly to Addison without going through insurance because then her husband would find out. Alex is with Addison with this patient and he isn’t very happy with what the patient is saying. He thinks that she should tell her husband because he would understand. 11:00min-(Patient Room) Derek Sheppard gets a new neuro patient and she is a divorce attorney and can pretty much see through about his marriage. Her being a divorce attorney is actually very ironic because his marriage is really in the dumps. Dr. Sheppard wants to induce a seizure so he knows where he can operate. George falls for Cali until Cali starts liking him back. Why this is ironic is because Dr. Sheppard could possible be going through a divorce soon and the lawyer can tell that. So obviously Derek makes it extremely obvious. 13:58min-(Patient Room) the violinist that Burks likes plays for him so that Burks can listen. The artist knows that he isn’t good anymore so he asks Burks knows that but he lies anyway. The artist knows that he is lying and calls him out on it. The violinist talks to him about the first time he picked up a violin. Burks tells him that he cannot remove it because of all the scar tissue that was built up. But artist doesn’t care and says that if Burks don’t operate that he will go find another doctor that will. Burks is really thinking about letting him go somewhere else because he just doesn’t think that he can do that. Christiana tries to talk him out of letting him go somewhere else. 16:05min-(Denny’s Patient Room) Denny, the guy that Izzy likes that is a patient, gets the approval to get up and walk around. This scares Izzy because she is so protective of him. Like extremely protective of him. You can tell that Izzy is head of heals for this guy and she doesn’t know him all that much. Bailey doesn’t know what is going on but she wants to know and she wants someone to tell her. Grey is knitting these days. Bailey said “maybe you’re not stupid” because Grey is giving up on guys, or so Bailey thinks.


(www.popsugar.com) 18:00min-(patient room)The interns are still trying to induce the seizure on the divorce attorney and Addison tries to get patient to talk to her husband about getting her tubes tied. She still refuses to because she knows that her husband will be upset. Alex is being very mean and is very angry with this and the patient notices it. Which makes sense because you would think that something that big would be discussed by the husband and wife because it is an important factor in a relationship. 20:30min-(Operating Room) Addison does the surgery on the pregnant women. Addison says that while she was operating that there was “extra bleeding” and we all know why she said that. So she could tie the women’s tubes without it being like she did it behind the husbands back. She ties her tubes and goes back to the women and tells her “There was a complication” Alex isn’t very happy about this at all. He thinks that Addison is crazy and proceeds to tell the husband to get a lawyer. 22:30min-(Elevator in Hospital) Meredith gets on the elevator with Derek. This used to be awkward for them right when Addison moved into town but now this is where they do the most talking. She tells Derek that she is thinking about going on a date with the vet. Derek doesn’t really respond to this. Derek’s patient is still trying to be induced into a seizure and the way that the interns are trying to induce the seizure. 24:40-(Denny’s patient room) Denny, Izzy’s lover, is getting ready to stand up and get to use the new medical thing that he is hooked up to. Izzy does not like this. But Denny is happy about this. He knows this is a step in the right direction to get better. But Izzy can’t protect him as much with this step forward because he can actually get out of the bed for once. It is kind of like she doesn’t want him to do anything because she thinks he is fragile. 25:55min-(operating room) Burks is operating on the violin patient. Izzys friend is going into v-tack. (Which is a bad heart thing) Birks is loosing the violin patient. Izzy and George start arguing about Denny. Alex is actually being nice to his patient and do the patient’s husband. (This isn’t normal) Burk’s patient is literally non-existent now but he wants to keep going because he really upset about losing him. Derek’s patient finally had her seizure. Denny came back around and was saved.


(He dies and gets saved a lot within this episode). Dr. Burks finally lets go of his patient. 28:20min-(Denny’s patient room) Meredith is talking to the guy that Izzy likes, Denny. She is telling him that everything looks good now even after the horrible episode that he just had. Grey then sits down and has a long talk with him about Izzy. Denny then says, “even if you can’t do something you are going to do it anyway” and that’s when Grey realizes that she still wants Derek even if he does have a wife. Observation #2- “Damage Case”- Season 2; Episode 24 (1:00min means 1 minute into the episode)

(greysanatomy.wikia.com) 1:00min-(laying in bed at “McVets” house) Meredith and the “McVet” are having a conversation about cooking and “McVet” said that she is damaged. Meredith isn’t sure what he means by damaged and doesn’t really know how to take it. Afterwards, Izzy asks Meredith if she liked him and Izzy says that she is proud that she hasn’t actually slept with him yet. (Not saying that Meredith is a bad person, but she does get around a lot.) Cali walks into the bathroom where Meredith and Izzy are, naked. Meredith and Izzy don’t think this is right and are kind of disgusted by the fact that she did that. Since Cali done that, Meredith and Izzy won’t leave George alone about it. 3:20min-(outside of hospital) All of the interns are standing there and arguing and Yang (who normally isn’t ever happy and usually the Debbie downer) wants everyone to be happy. She doesn’t like that no one gets along anymore. She starts dancing around which surprises all of the interns. McDreamy (Derek Sheppard) walks up and asks Meredith how “his” dog was going. Meredith doesn’t like that he said that it was his dog. She looks at him and says that the dog is good but its “our”


dog not just yours. McDreamy walked away looking very annoyed. You can tell that he is not very happy with Meredith at all and she doesn’t really know why. 4:15min-(outside of hospital waiting on patients) The inters get there first patients of the day and it’s some car crash victims that need to be “cut open” as Yang said. Bailey is giving directions of where people should be going. The patients are a husband, wife and wife’s parents that were in the car crash. You can tell that the wife and the wife’s parents are extremely southern. The wife is pregnant and keeps asking how her mom and dad are. The interns are getting a little annoyed because the patients keep yelling back and fourth in the middle of the Emergency Room. The mom starts putting on makeup while being checked out. The person that caused the wreck also comes into the Emergency Room and the father goes at him to try to beat him up but is stopped. 6:20min-(patient room in the Emergency Department) The mother needs a pelvic exam and Alex is the intern that is with OB/GYN that day but the woman refuses to let a man do her exam. She says that she doesn’t have any panties on and she wants a “lady doctor.” The guy that caused the accident is a surgery intern at the Mercy West hospital, which is a neighboring hospital right down the road. It is shown that Meredith has sympathy for this guy. Also, Meredith keeps trying to talk to Derek but he is just not having it and keeps saying “not right now.” The mom and dad of the wreck patients get discharged. They think that the husband and wife are doing fine but they do need surgery. 7:50 min- (Emergency Room) Addison comes in asking why Alex wasn’t up on the surgery floor. He said “because we got a 911 call in the Emergency Room of a pregnant women in a car crash and I thought that was serious enough that she needed to be checked out by us.” Addison is trying to get back at Alex and tells him that he get sto stay with the women all day and that Bailey is to make sure that Alex does stay with her. Stevens gets to go into an orthopedic surgery but its with Cali and she isn’t too happy about that. Pregnant goes in for a CT scan. She is telling them that today was her baby shower. She won’t be quite. 9:05min- (Patient Room) George walks in on his patient reading his own chart. (Remember, this was the surgical intern from Mercy West Hospital) George tells him that is not a good idea for him to be looking at that. The patient goes on to say that he wanted to know what caused him to cause the accident. Stevens gets with Cali and she is still making fun of her for not washing her hands the other day. Really, anything that Cali does wrong, Izzy is probably going to make fun of her. Derek walks into the room that the surgical intern is in and starts yelling at Meredith because she hasn’t taken him up for a CT scan yet. Yang goes to ask Birk if he has any heart patients that she could scrub in on. She is tired of the “country folk.” He kind of ignores her and keeps going on with what he is doing. Turns out that Birk was mad because when Yang and him were doing the dirty, Yang fell asleep. Short Video Clip Here


11:40min- (Stairway inside the hospital) Stevens gets called to Denny because he was walking up to many stairs and collapsed. They get Denny back to the room and Denny is really annoyed with his health. He says that Birk cannot make the decisions for him and that it was his life. Birk argues back at him and tried to get him to understand what is going on. They then start arguing about the heart machine and Denny says that he wants to go home. Izzy is getting all worked up and stressed about the things that Denny is saying. 13:40min- (CT Scan Room) Melody, which is the pregnant women, is in the CT scan now. They are looking at the damages and seeing how bad everything is looking. They page literally every surgeon in the different specialties because the woman is literally bleeding out everywhere. The woman ends up crashing and they have to bring her back. George has to go tells the woman’s husband what is going on. Plus the country Mom and Dad. Her injuries are pretty bad. 15:30min-(Operating Room) All of the surgeons are working on this one patient. Alex is watching the baby monitor but wishes he was doing something else actually on the patient. George reassures the family that the doctors are going to do whatever they can to help Melody out. Melody starts declining and bleeding out very rapidly. They are all working very hard. They decide that it would be best just do “damage control” which means that they get done quickly and once she reaches the triangle they stop. The triangle is where the blood becomes acidic. After this happens, they will just put her in the Intensive Care Unit where she will be wide up with a warming thing over her. The surgical intern that caused the wreck realizes what happened and why the crash occurred. He fell asleep at the wheel. He had worked 18 hours and then watched a 12-hour surgery. While Meredith is talking to the CT technician, the guy runs away because he finds out that the women might die. 18:50min- (Denny’s hospital room) Izzy tries to cheer Denny up but it is not working. Denny is very upset. He starts talking to her about her not understanding. He is a man but he doesn’t feel like a man with his weak body that he has to deal with. Melody still isn’t doing very well at all. They have reached the triangle as this point, which means everyone has to stop. They don’t close her. They left her open and put her in the ICU. Meredith’s patient was found in the surgery overview watching what was happening. 21:10min- (Stairway in the hospital) Derek starts yelling at Meredith and tells that she needs to start taking responsibility for her actions. He doesn’t understand how she could lose the patient. Derek looks very upset. Bailey explains to Melody’s family of what they are doing and why. Addison then chimes in. Bailey explains that Melody would die if they took her back into surgery too quick and that she would die of they take her back to late. The mom looks very upset and confused. Alex is still forced to sit there and watch the fetal monitor. Addison fuses at him because


she wants him to understand the importance of sitting there and making sure that the baby is okay. Short Video Clip 24:20min-(Patient Room) Cali is in the room with the husband and George comes in to tell her that he found Izzy and one of her patients needed her and that is why she didn’t prep the surgery room like Cali told her to. Cali gets mad and says she knew that George would take up for her and then Cali walks out of the room. The patient is awake and makes fun of George. George asks the patient if he understands what’s going on with Melody. He starts crying because she could be dying and he doesn’t want to think about it. 27:20min- (Hallway outside of patient room) the surgical intern from Mercy West wants to apologize to the family. Derek doesn’t think that is a good idea. Meredith chases after Derek and Derek tells her that she gets around and Meredith says that she should have told him anything. She thought that they were friends. But doesn’t look like they are. Derek is really mad about what Meredith did with the Vet. Meredith brings up the point that he chose Addison over her. Derek tells Meredith that everything that their friendship is over. Observation #3- “17 Seconds”- Season 2; Episode 25 (1:00min means 1 minute into the episode) .60min- (At the Bar) Most of the interns and doctors are at the bar and Birk is throwing darts and Yang says that Birk is thinking about her skull while throwing the darts. Meredith and Derek make an awkward eye contact and Izzy says that Derek is throwing darts at Meredith’s skull. Derek finally said that he thought Meredith was a whore. 1:30min- (In the Hospital) Izzy makes fun of Alex for being a Gynecologist. George and Cali walk in and they are all super excited about seeing George but no one really likes Cali. Meredith and Derek meet with Vet and Addison asks if they are still friends. Derek and Meredith both just look at each other and say no very quickly. Yang tries to talk to Birk about going with him to get a heart but Birk won’t let her. He still seems to be mad at her for falling asleep during intercourse. 3:30min-(Emergency Room) The interns get patients that have been involved in a shooting at a store. The women is mad because her fiancé ducked behind her as the shooting was going on. He tells her that the bullet hit them both but she says she has whole through her arm so he needs to shut up. Cali and Meredith are actually working together. Meredith seems like she can get along with anyone and doesn’t


really have enemies. Another patient is questioning Izzy and asks if she knows what she is doing. She then gives him a long speech about how he is probably the reason the place was shot up. She tells him that he needs to be more serious because people were actually hurt in the shooting. 6:00min- (Emergency Room Hallway) The shooter has not been caught yet so they think that there may be more people to be shot but Webber insist that Birk continue on to get the heart. Alex and Yang both want to go so Birk has to make a decision. They are both running to the helicopter. Birk lets Alex get on the case with him. This makes Yang so very upset. Denny is the lucky patient that gets the heart. 7:30min- (Walking down the hall) Izzy wants to get on the case with Denny. She says she knows more about his lab and his heart then anyone does. Bailey doesn’t like this idea. Izzy keeps pushing and finally Bailey gives in. Derek is really upset about this 19 year old getting shot. The girl is also pregnant. The guy that Izzy gave the speech to is now talking to his friend “Chug” about how he should have went to management because he would get covered. Chug wants more morphine because the guy won’t shut up and is really bugging him. Cali jumps on Meredith and Meredith isn’t sure why. 10:00min- (Denny’s Hospital Room) Izzy walks in and tells Denny that he is getting the heart. Denny makes her repeat it multiple times. Then Izzy finds out that Denny is wanted to sign “DO NOT RESITUTATE” papers. Izzy is extremely upset about this. Denny just doesn’t know if the heart will actually come though or not. If he doesn’t get the heart, he said he is through fighting. He said he can’t do it anymore. Izzy refuses to let him make this decision but she really can’t do that. Denny said he would choice heaven rather then being on earth. 13:00min- (Mercy West Hospital) Birk gets to Mercy Wests and finds out there are two hearts that are perfect matches. Birk explains to Alex that the hearts are already assigned so they can’t just pick which one that they want. Birk and of his old classmates that don’t seem to like each other, talk about being first in class. Birk walks in the operating room to find that his heart donor has crashed and he has to try to bring him back. He can’t therefore the heart is useless now. 15:00min-(Pre-Operation Room) Birks runs into his classmate’s surgical room and wants the heart she has. She is not happy about it and calls him pathetic. 15:50- (Nurses Station and Conference Room) Meredith asks Cali about bone cancer in a dog. She wanted to know the survival rate and Cali freaks out because they have a patient that may never walk again and Meredith is worried about her dog. Birk and his colleague are still fight about who should get the heart. 17 seconds is the time between when both patients that need to receive the heart were admitted. Birks colleague should get it because her patient was there first.


17:30min- (Denny’s Hospital Room) Izzy starts freaking about learning that Denny might not get the heart. Addison asked if Meredith and Derek had a problem (again) and this time Meredith tells her that she is dating the Vet and that she has nothing with Derek. Izzy lies to Birk to Denny moved up on the list in front of the other patient. Transplant personnel says that Birk has an hour to prove that his patient needs the heart worse. 20:20min-(Operation Room) Derek is working on patient and pronounces her brain dead before he really even gets started. They go to tell the patient parents, and the parents end up wanting to get the girl alive on life support so that they can save the baby. The “manager guy” down in the Emergency Room still hasn’t shut up. Bailey is fed up with it and freaks out on him telling him that everyone was tired of hearing his mouth.

(www.wetpaint.com) 22:10-(Walking down the hallway) Yang is complaining about Birk not letting her on a surgery case this week just because he is still mad at her. Izzy admits to friends that she lied to Birk about Denny and made him seem worse then he really is. Yang tries talking to her about doing the right thing and waiting on another heart but Izzy refuses to understand. Out of everyone, Yang thinks Izzy would be the one to go bat crazy and shoot up the hospital. 24:00min-(Denny’s Hospital Room) Izzy tells Denny that the guy that was supposed to give the heart to him did not survive and to get the other heart, Denny would pretty much need to die. She told him not to worry because she would be right there and would not let him die. Denny said that he was not okay with that and it was not happening. Izzy fights back and says that she will make it happen no matter what. Denny is freaking out on Izzy because she is literally being crazy. Izzy still pushes back. Izzy explains that the difference was only 17 seconds and that he needs this heart. Denny can’t get Izzy to understand. Izzy makes it about herself and asks “what about her.” She continuously begs.


27:50min- (hallway in hospital) Cali and George are talking. He explains that Yang, Meredith and Izzy are family. If she wants to be apart of the family she has to be okay with that too. Birk explains that the testing and what he has to do for Denny shouldn’t take long. Then Izzy explains to Birk that she is going to do something but doesn’t tell him what. The transplant people are confused as to what is going on and so is Birk so he decides that he is going to go back to Seattle and check on Denny himself. Interview- By: Shelby Thompson, Freshman. Shelby is 18 years old and is a female. She loves Grey’s Anatomy and watches it all the time.

1. What different approaches do you think Shonda Rhimes could have done to make show more relatable to the actual Medical Field? I understand the actual procedures done within the show are not accurate. If Shonda had the goal to portray how the actual hospital is run, she should have taken out some of the drama. The social aspect of the hospital is not the same as a realistic one. The way some of the doctors speak to the patients or how leisurely the chief of surgery is with the rules is much more lenient than what would happen in a hospital in our world.

2. Describe how you would write the script of Grey’s Anatomy if you were the director. I would write the script very similar to how Shonda has. Personally, I would be sure to include realistic information about how a hospital is run. Since I plan to go into the medical field I would help, as many people understand it as possible.

3. Reflect on what you think of Grey’s Anatomy. Although the practice medicine is incorrect throughout the series, I found Greys Anatomy to be quite intriguing. It had many incidents where is brought real-word problems into perspective. The newest episode showed how same-sex relationships were evolving. I may not agree with the morality of some of these situations but I respect Rhimes for including such important scenarios happening in our daily lives.

4. Has Greys Anatomy influenced you wanting to go into the Medical Field? If no, why? If yes, why? If I am being completely honest, when I was in the heart of Greys I wanted to become an Orthopedic Surgeon. I had just had a metal plate put in my collarbone and the idea of mending someone’s broken body back to where it needed to be was enticing. I slowly realized how much school and money that would cost and result back to my original plan of becoming a Physical Therapist. It was inspiring to see the way that Arizona recovered because I knew that I wanted to give that feeling to


others. Greys showed me a prime example of how rehabilitation could completely change someone’s life and how much joy it could bring them.

5. Why do you think Shonda Rhimes puts so much romance within the show? I think Rhimes understood that not all of the medicine practiced was accurate. She needed something that took the show to a new level, letting people overlook the errors pertaining to the medical field. The drama is what makes the show and without it the medicine would have to be spot on.

Interview from a Guy About Grey’s Anatomy: By: William Kent, Freshman. William is 19 years old. He hates Grey’s Anatomy and only time he watches it is when he is forced to by his girlfriend. He doesn’t like many TV shows.

1. How do you feel about Grey’s Anatomy? I am not the biggest fan of it. I think its more of girly show. One of my friends wanting me to watch it with him saying that it was good but I never got interested in it. I love the medical field and this show is a lot of false hope for the medical field.

2. How do you feel about the romance of Grey’s Anatomy? I guess that is the part that I don’t like about it. I think that is what makes it girly and makes a lot of guys not want to watch it. It has a lot of surgical parts that could be interesting but in the next scene is goes back to the romance part of it.

3. Do you think you would do well at writing the script for Grey’s Anatomy? I don’t think I would be well at it. Since a lot of girls watch the show, I don’t think I would write it like they want it. Shonda Rhimes does a fantastic job at appealing to what the girls want.

Survey of What 3 People Would Want to Happen on Grey’s Anatomy: Question- What would you like to see happen on Grey’s Anatomy? Answers-

1. I would like to see Meredith and Derek to stop arguing so much and actually get married. I think that would act an extra spunk to the show that is needed because right now on every episode they end up arguing every time.

2. I would like to see Grey’s Anatomy to relate more to the medical show. Since it is considered a medical show that should actually show what its like. The romance and stuff is fine but little more actual medical things would be nice.


3. Honestly I don’t think they need to add or change anything to Grey’s

Anatomy so far. I absolutely love this show and it I get so excited to be able to watch it.

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