Where the Boys Are (Grey's Anatomy)
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"Where the Boys Are" is the seventh episode of the third season of the ABC
series, Grey's Anatomy
. The episode was written by Mark Wilding
and was directed by Dan Minahan
. It originally aired on November 9, 2006, running for 46:38 min.
Alex is irritated when George picks on his inappropriate camping attire and inaccurate fishing techniques. In tit-for-tat fashion, he tells George that Callie had been sleeping with Mark. This culminates in a fight between the two, which only adds to Derek's displeasure. The Chief does not want either intern to damage their prized possessions - their hands, and sets up ground rules for their brawl and officiates their match. However, they knock into Walter, causing him to dash his head on a rock. Joe insists on having an attending to stitch Walter's head up and Burke successfully pulls off the makeshift surgery under the intense scrutiny of George, who earlier witnessed one of Burke's hand tremors.
Burke tells George that his expectations of other people are too high and that he attacks when he sees flaws in them. Meanwhile, Alex tells the Chief that he only went on this trip because he wanted to have some fun with the guys, to make up for the lack of a father figure when he was young. On the trip, the Chief learns that Joe and Walter are a couple and that Joe is willing to do anything, including giving up his bar for Walter. Upon seeing how happy the two men are together, he realises how much he misses Adele.
Addison and Callie work together on a pregnant woman, Jamie Carr (Alexandra Holden
), who broke her wrist after falling in the shower. Addison breaks down after she realises that the baby died in the fall. Both doctors can relate to how a happy relationship can be destroyed so easily. The unlikely pair bond over their sleeping with Mark.
Cristina is assigned to a kid who swallowed several Monopoly pieces by Bailey. She is banned from all surgeries until she tells Bailey why she erased her name off Burke's humpty-dumpty surgery. She is forced to sift through his stool and make sure all the pieces have been passed out. After a game piece perforates the boy's intestine, Bailey performs surgery to remove the piece and bars Cristina from the OR until she tells her why she erased her name. Cristina decides to keep quiet to protect Burke's secret.
Izzie is given a peer counsellor and is shocked when it turns out to be Sydney, the perpetually perky resident, who had substituted for Bailey temporarily during her maternity leave. She seeks refuge from her by helping Cristina with her patient, but fails when Sydney decides to wait for her. She blows up at Sydney telling her that she would rather sift through feces than talk to Sydney about Denny. Sydney tells her that she once suffered a nervous breakdown
after losing a kid through her fault, and since then she put on a perky exterior to show people that she's fine. Izzie confesses to missing Denny constantly and it scares her that she doesn't know whether she wants to be a surgeon.
Meredith is assigned to work with Mark on a gender-reassignment surgery on a man, Daniel, intent on becoming a woman, Donna. Donna insists on the surgery even though her hormone replacement therapy
is causing her breast cancer to grow. Meredith realises that Mark is not as callous as he appears to be through his interactions with Donna. Mark tells her that Derek has too much emotional baggage
even though he does not show it. He also seizes every opportunity to flirt with Meredith and urges her to start afresh, preferably with him. She rejects his multiple advances.
George returns to the hospital, and decides to talk to Callie. She shows him his father, who has been admitted.
Meanwhile, Derek back from his camping trip, decides to start fresh with Meredith. He finds her at Joe's bar, where they first met, and begs for her to start over. At first she rejects him, claiming there is "too much water under the thing or whatever", but after more begging and seeing Mark in the background, she does as Mark suggests and "starts fresh" by kissing Derek.
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series, Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
. The episode was written by Mark Wilding
Mark Wilding
Mark Wilding is a two-time Emmy nominated American television producer and screenwriter, most notably for the series Grey's Anatomy and Charmed....
and was directed by Dan Minahan
Dan Minahan
Daniel Minahan is an American television and film director and writer.Minahan has directed several episodes of the HBO original series, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, True Blood, and Game of Thrones; also The L Word on Showtime and Grey's Anatomy on ABC...
. It originally aired on November 9, 2006, running for 46:38 min.
Starring
- Ellen PompeoEllen PompeoEllen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress, known for playing the title role of Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
as Dr. Meredith Grey. - Sandra OhSandra OhSandra Oh is a Canadian actress. She is best known for the role of Dr. Cristina Yang on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, for which she has won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. She also played notable roles in the feature films Under the Tuscan Sun and Sideways, and had a supporting role on the...
as Dr. Christina Yang - Katherine HeiglKatherine HeiglKatherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...
as Dr. Izzie Stevens. - Justin ChambersJustin ChambersJustin W. Chambers is an American actor and former Calvin Klein male fashion model. As of 2005, he is starring in the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Alex Karev....
as Dr. Alex Karev. - T.R. Knight as Dr. George O´Malley.
- Chandra WilsonChandra WilsonChandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
as Dr. Miranda Bailey. - James Pickens, Jr.James Pickens, Jr.James Pickens, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.- Early life...
as Dr. Richard Webber. - Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery.
- Sara RamirezSara RamírezSara Ramírez is a Mexican-American singer/songwriter and actress. She is known for her role as Callie Torres in Grey's Anatomy and as the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.-Early life:Ramírez...
as Dr. Callie Torres. - Eric DaneEric DaneEric Dane is an American actor. After appearing in television roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he became known for playing Dr...
as Dr. Mark Sloan. - Isaiah WashingtonIsaiah WashingtonIsaiah Washington IV is an American actor. A veteran of several Spike Lee films, Washington is best known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2007.-Personal life:...
as Dr. Preston Burke. - Patrick DempseyPatrick DempseyPatrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Prior to Grey's Anatomy he made several television appearances and was nominated for an Emmy Award...
as Dr. Derek Shepherd.
Episode Recap
Derek decides to go on a camping trip in the mountains for some peace and space to himself, and invites Burke along. He in turn invites George and so on, and the Chief, Alex, Joe and his boyfriend Walter end up tagging along. Derek is irritated when his plan for a peaceful camping trip falls to pieces because Burke invited "half the hospital" along.Alex is irritated when George picks on his inappropriate camping attire and inaccurate fishing techniques. In tit-for-tat fashion, he tells George that Callie had been sleeping with Mark. This culminates in a fight between the two, which only adds to Derek's displeasure. The Chief does not want either intern to damage their prized possessions - their hands, and sets up ground rules for their brawl and officiates their match. However, they knock into Walter, causing him to dash his head on a rock. Joe insists on having an attending to stitch Walter's head up and Burke successfully pulls off the makeshift surgery under the intense scrutiny of George, who earlier witnessed one of Burke's hand tremors.
Burke tells George that his expectations of other people are too high and that he attacks when he sees flaws in them. Meanwhile, Alex tells the Chief that he only went on this trip because he wanted to have some fun with the guys, to make up for the lack of a father figure when he was young. On the trip, the Chief learns that Joe and Walter are a couple and that Joe is willing to do anything, including giving up his bar for Walter. Upon seeing how happy the two men are together, he realises how much he misses Adele.
Addison and Callie work together on a pregnant woman, Jamie Carr (Alexandra Holden
Alexandra Holden
-Life and career:Holden was born in Northfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Kristi and Barry Holden. She played film roles in Drop Dead Gorgeous as Mary Johanson and in Sugar & Spice as Fern Rogers. She also starred in the low budget slasher film Wishcraft.Holden has also had roles in TV and music...
), who broke her wrist after falling in the shower. Addison breaks down after she realises that the baby died in the fall. Both doctors can relate to how a happy relationship can be destroyed so easily. The unlikely pair bond over their sleeping with Mark.
Cristina is assigned to a kid who swallowed several Monopoly pieces by Bailey. She is banned from all surgeries until she tells Bailey why she erased her name off Burke's humpty-dumpty surgery. She is forced to sift through his stool and make sure all the pieces have been passed out. After a game piece perforates the boy's intestine, Bailey performs surgery to remove the piece and bars Cristina from the OR until she tells her why she erased her name. Cristina decides to keep quiet to protect Burke's secret.
Izzie is given a peer counsellor and is shocked when it turns out to be Sydney, the perpetually perky resident, who had substituted for Bailey temporarily during her maternity leave. She seeks refuge from her by helping Cristina with her patient, but fails when Sydney decides to wait for her. She blows up at Sydney telling her that she would rather sift through feces than talk to Sydney about Denny. Sydney tells her that she once suffered a nervous breakdown
Nervous breakdown
Mental breakdown is a non-medical term used to describe an acute, time-limited phase of a specific disorder that presents primarily with features of depression or anxiety.-Definition:...
after losing a kid through her fault, and since then she put on a perky exterior to show people that she's fine. Izzie confesses to missing Denny constantly and it scares her that she doesn't know whether she wants to be a surgeon.
Meredith is assigned to work with Mark on a gender-reassignment surgery on a man, Daniel, intent on becoming a woman, Donna. Donna insists on the surgery even though her hormone replacement therapy
Hormone replacement therapy (male-to-female)
Hormone replacement therapy for transgender and transsexual people changes the balance of sex hormones in their bodies. Some intersex people also receive HRT, either starting in childhood to confirm the sex to which they were assigned, or later, if this assignment has proven to be incorrect...
is causing her breast cancer to grow. Meredith realises that Mark is not as callous as he appears to be through his interactions with Donna. Mark tells her that Derek has too much emotional baggage
Emotional baggage
Emotional baggage can be defined as 'Painful memories, mistrust and hurt carried around from past sexual or emotional rejection'.It is an image of 'a big sack that you carry around with you at all times...[with] every disappointment, trauma, and wrong that you've ever experienced....This image, the...
even though he does not show it. He also seizes every opportunity to flirt with Meredith and urges her to start afresh, preferably with him. She rejects his multiple advances.
George returns to the hospital, and decides to talk to Callie. She shows him his father, who has been admitted.
Meanwhile, Derek back from his camping trip, decides to start fresh with Meredith. He finds her at Joe's bar, where they first met, and begs for her to start over. At first she rejects him, claiming there is "too much water under the thing or whatever", but after more begging and seeing Mark in the background, she does as Mark suggests and "starts fresh" by kissing Derek.
Music
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- "Make Right With You" - Luke TempleLuke TempleLuke Temple is an American pop-folk singer-songwriter, born in Manchester, Massachusetts. He is an alumnus of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. While living in New York, making a living by painting murals in wealthy New Yorkers' apartments, he released a four song self-titled EP,...
- "Greedy" - Inara GeorgeInara GeorgeInara Maryland George is a Los Angeles, California-based singer-songwriter, one half of The Bird and the Bee, a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson, and a member of the trio The Living Sisters, with Eleni Mandell and Becky Stark...
- "Something In The Water" - The Jealous GirlfriendsThe Jealous GirlfriendsThe Jealous Girlfriends is a rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. Their music video for "How Now", directed by Sarah Soquel Morhaim, won first place for the iPod Music Video Contest.-Biography:...
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- "12:59 Lullaby" - Bedouin SoundclashBedouin SoundclashBedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as reggae and ska.-History:The band's current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, and bassist Eon Sinclair with Sekou Lumumba on drums. Their debut album, Root Fire, released in 2001...
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