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Grey's Anatomy Episode: "The Other Side of This Life"

Season 3, Episode 22
Episode Synopsis: Addison takes a leave of absence to visit old medical-school friends in Los Angeles; Meredith's stepmother (Mare Winningham) arrives at the hospital with hiccups; Cristina reluctantly plans her wedding, with the help of her mother (Tsai Chin) and Burke's mom (Diahann Carroll); and Derek must perform emergency surgery on Ava as Alex continues to lend emotional support. Paul Adelstein, Amy Brenneman, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, Merrin Dungey and Chris Lowell make guest appearances. Original Air Date: May 3, 2007

Guest Cast

Elizabeth Reaser: Jane Doe/Ava Bellamy Young: Kathy Gary Hershberger: Doug D.W. Moffett: Allan Mary Joy: Tillie Paul Adelstein: Cooper Amy Brenneman: Violet Raphael Sbarge: Kathy's Husband Stephanie Niznik: Carol Taye Diggs: Sam Tim Daly: Pete Tsai Chin: Helen Becky Wahlstrom: Lisa Chris Lowell: Dell Merrin Dungey: Naomi Cameron Watson: Rick David Anders: Lisa's Husband

May 3, 2007: The Other Side of This Life

Raise your hand if you're already hooked. Shonda, you have just sold me on Grey's 2.0, or what you are currently planning on calling it: Private Practice. I can't imagine ABC not picking the show up for the fall. To make this easier for me to write, but more importantly, to give it a more reader-friendly approach, I'd like to split this in two. I'll get to my comments on the very well-executed Kate Walsh pilot later. First, let's talk about Grey's...I. GREY'S ANATOMYWhen I heard that Meredith was going to be experiencing another family death, my initial thought was Thatcher, but then I felt that it would be silly to kill off her father right after her mother. When her step mom Susan (Mare Winningham) showed up again at Seattle Grace, this time with perpetual hiccups she claimed were due to her acid reflux, I agreed with Meredith and Thatcher. I figured Susan was faking it as an excuse for Thatcher to spend needed quality time with his daughter. As Susan kept returning with worse sym... read more

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Premiered: March 27, 2005, on ABC
Rating: TV-14
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Premise: Surgical residents at a Seattle teaching hospital hone their bedside manners on and off the job in this medical drama, which parlayed a cushy initial time slot (post-'Desperate Housewives') and a hefty dollop of sex and romance into immediate success. Indeed, in the opener, intern Meredith Grey sleeps with attending Derek ('McDreamy') Shepherd the night before starting work at Seattle Grace and discovers the next day that he's her boss. Their romantic ups and downs became the series' keystone.

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