"Here's to Future Days" (originally "Here's to the Future") is the twenty-third episode and the first part of the two-hour season finale of the fifth season of the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 series, Grey's Anatomy

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. It aired on May 14, 2009.
Episode Summary=
Spending time with a fellow cancer patient puts Izzie into a dilemma of whether she wants to undergo a risky surgery at all. Mark decides to take his relationship with Lexie to the next level. Owen gets a reality check thanks to a new patient at Seattle Grace.

Title reference

This episode's title refers to the song, Future Days, from the album Here's to Future Days

Here's to Future Days

Here's to Future Days is the fifth album by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was released in September 1985 and it reached no.5 in the UK, and no.20 in the US....

 by British pop group Thompson Twins

Thompson Twins

The Thompson Twins were a British pop group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid 1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives...

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