They go in to help her, followed by Burke and the head of the bomb squad. Derek yells at Ellis, saying it's her fault, but Addison stops him. Meredith and Derek's relationship was on the rocks when he told her he had met another woman. Unfortunately for Meredith, Derek was already married. I love you Meredith Grey, and I wanna spend the rest of my life with you." -- Derek. Derek tells Meredith that he doesn't know if he can continue breathing for her. She has terminal cancer. Bailey is in labor. She gets upset and leaves his trailer. But I dont want to. S.H. Its a bold declaration of love, and Meredith tried her best to convince Derek that she was the one for him. Richard tells Meredith that he's going back to Adele and he won't be visiting her mother anymore. Five episodes into Season 2, Meredith was reduced to begging Derek to choose her over his wife. Derek clears Burke for surgery, not noticing his hand shakes. How could we not include it on this list?! Meredith wants romance, not fighting. Cristina is disturbed when she sees a small tree in Burke's living room. This leaves us wondering how his family actually felt about their relationship over time. Adele leaves Richard because he won't retire. Susan is rushed into surgery for sepsis. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Okay?" Burke compliments George on his first solo surgery. Is this the person you want to love? Season 9 Episode 9 : I Was Made For Loving YouSong: Signal in the Sky by Matt HiresMeredith breaks the news to Derek by showing him a shirt she bought for Zo. Dont worry, because they are more than happy to let the audience know. Bailey wants to start a free clinic. George thinks she might die and Izzie says she has hope. She wants something good to come from the money. Between bombs in bodies, Denny's LVAD wires, and Meredithlove life, this was an exciting season not to mention the continuation of last season'scliffhanger involvingDerek and Addison. He asks Burke if it's possible to be in love with two women at the same time. Samantha Highfill. His unfaithfulness to Meredith in season 11 was undoubtedly one of the worst things Derek ever did on Grey's Anatomy. Meredith's father comes into the hospital and tells her not to come to Susan's funeral. Later, George yells back saying he hates the way she talks to Meredith. Dr. Webber returns after being home for a week. The interns go into Webber's office and each says that they were the one to cut Denny's LVAD wire. When they're released, Derek goes to Meredith and tells her that she has a choice to make. Neither will concede. She figures out what happened and breaks up with Alex. She said, Okay, here it is. Eventually, as their relationship became more serious, Meredith and Derek would often butt heads when their work and personal lives intersected. Oceanside Wellness invites Addison to stay and join the practice, but she declines. Let there be Mavericks, Bollywood magic, and a Cate Blanchett maestro on the loose. Meredith would most likely have gone on to choose neurology as her specialty had she not messed with Derek's Alzheimer's trial. When he gets a tremor in his hand, she takes over. Cristina leaves every morning without even having breakfast with Burke. Meredith and Derek hooking up for the first time (Season 1, Episode 1), "It's not the chase" (Season 1, Episode 3), "I was drowning and you saved me"(Season 2, Episode 1; Season 11, Episode 20), Derek telling Addison the truth (Season 2, Episode 12), Heroic tendencies (Season 2, Episode 17; Season 6, Episode 23), Remembering his last kiss with Meredith (Season 2, Episode 17), Derek punching Mark (Season 2, Episode 18), The Great God of Neurosurgery (Season 2, Episode 26; Season 5, Episode 9; Season 5, Episode 15), The first "I love you" (Season 3, Episode 1), Derek telling Meredith to pick Finn (Season 3, Episode 4), "I'm always gonna show up"(Season 3, Episode 13), Derek saving Meredith from drowning (Season 3, Episode 16), Burke and Cristina's wedding (Season 3, Episode 25), The Post-it note wedding (Season 5, Episode 24), Derek shielding Amelia from pain (Season 7, Episode 3), Derek taking Cristina fishing (Season 7, Episode 10), Derek sitting with Mark (Season 9, Episode 1), Derek's return from D.C. (Season 11, Episode 17), Derek doesn't let people die (Season 11, Episode 21). Then, just as his young patient started to talk about her crappy first kiss, he snapped into full McDreamy mode, telling her that "every kiss before the right kiss doesn't count anyway." While there, she helps out with a patient. When she finds out that the chief is stepping down and wants her to do things for herself because she may be chief someday, she gets the attendings to sign off on her project. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke. Bonnie Covel is a TV writer with a passion for television dramas. Callie tells George that his father has been admitted to the hospital. Are you who you wanted to be when you grew up? We leave little bits of ourselves behind, little reminders [] Things to remember us by even when were gone.. While Derek is dancing with Addison and Meredith is dancing with Finn, Meredith and Derek stare at each other and then they both run out, go into an operating room, and have sex. George catches Cristina helping Alex and then Izzie catches George. I love you. Meredith, trying to walk towards him, asks. He wants them to decorate it. A.B. Meredith's tampering of Derek's clinical trial left many ramifications for her to deal with, but none more significant than the strain it put on her and Derek's relationship and thus, their adoption of Zola. You chose Addison. Looking at her with a smirk on his face, she still refused to go out with him. George decides to transfer to Mercy West. So, when Mark was on his deathbed, Derek took his place next to his friend, and made sure that Mark died in the company of people who love him. Bailey says she's getting overly involved again, but Izzie says that she's aperson who gets emotionally involved and she's not going to apologize. She is surprised that he's not angry.Addison hates living in Derek's trailer. "I don't want to fight anymore," she said, clearly exhausted with her marital woes. He'd made the wrong one. Many people find their love to be couples goals, but we are here to tell you that their relationship makes no sense. "Meredith avoids Derek and Addison. Meredith finally tells Derek that she had a miscarriage because she is so angry with him putting his life on the line with the speeding. Derek goes to Meredith's to find her asleep with a box of earplugs on his pillow. Burke tries to convince his mother that Cristina is right for him. Callie, Meredith, and Izzie agree to be Cristina's bridesmaids. The interns take their first-year medical exams. The chief's wife, Adele, comes to take Webber home. He goes to talk to her and tells her that he isn't going to tell Callie. Meredith's half sister, Molly, has an emergency C-section and her baby is born at 36 weeks and not breathing. S.H. He says that would be nice. Burke's best man can't make the wedding, so Burke asks Derek to be his best man. 11. She threatens Cristina and Cristina gives Burke the cap. The episodes "Free Falling," and "She's Gone," detailed the fallout of Meredith's actions, which led to Meredith taking drastic measures to keep Zola in her care. From the beginning of Grey's Anatomy, Meredith and Derek proved to have a great love story, and the chemistry they shared was palpable from the moment they met. She takes him to her incredibly messy apartment.Alex tries sex with Izzie again, but can't perform, so he sleeps with Olivia. It was a sly move on Derek's part, and the shock of Addison's arrival made the news ten times harder than it would have been had he just been truthful from the start. I'm not going to ask a question," Derek said to Meredith after walking her through the surgeries they worked on together. When Meredith wants Derek to choose her over his wife, she delivers a powerful, emotional speech that has stood out as one of the most memorable quotes from the entire show. "Derek, why can't I get anywhere?". Meredith and Derek were arguably one of the best couples on Grey's Anatomy, but by season 11 their relationship had become tense and the cracks were beginning to show. Meredith and Derek gave up their beautifully planned wedding so Izzie and Alex could take their slot instead. Meredith and Derek go through so many problems during their time together, and this is easily one of the weirder moments between the two. Derek was understandably struggling at the time, as a surgery he had performed went wrong and his patient tragically died. She knows that death is hardest on the people who are left behind. How do we know this? Derek knew that he was quickly developing feelings for Meredith and that she was reciprocating those feelings, yet never told her about Addison, which would have definitely altered the trajectory of their relationship. Meredith is trying to decide between Derek and Finn. George's father has cancer and a heart condition. Derek Shepherd. Derek gets to do whatever he wants, and Meredith just has to deal with that and accept it. We forget what we had once. I cant live without you. This season was all about Meredith learning who she is apart from Derek (pretty great, to be honest), so her response didnt exactly match his feelings. Alex and George get into a fight after Alex says that Callie is sleeping with Mark Sloan. Before his death in 2015 . She finally deposits the check while sobbing. Derek often acted impulsively when he was jealous, and this was particularly true when it came to Meredith. He died from his injuries after being hit by a truck. Webber says they're acting like clowns and won't talk to them. She's "leaving him" mentally because she's checked out of life because of the horrible things she's been through. However, this episode also introduced fans and more importantly, Derek to Merediths first surgical eye. Meredith has already fallen in love with him, but he repeatedly chose his wife over her. In Derek's final hour, he once again proved that he was both a hero and a romantic and, as always, so very dreamy. Burke is going to operate, but George still suspects something is wrong with his hand, so he doesn't want Burke to operate on his father. Meredith never really gets to know his family. Addison sees Alex in a different light and tells him he's an OK guy. Its a minor issue in a much more serious episode but is an example of Meredith expressing her emotional needs (a big feat for her and anyone, really), and Derek acknowledging them. 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