Grey’s Anatomy
It was revealed in the early days ofGrey ’s Anatomythat while Meredith Grey may have grown up as an only child , she had some half - siblings floating around that she never really receive to know . One of those siblings was a babe related to her via her father and named Lexie . When Lexie ’s mother circumstantially passed away , she uprooted her life sentence and decided to intern at the same infirmary as her older sister .
Lexie was the opposite of Meredith when she was first enclose . She was bubbly and filled with childlike purity and peculiarity , whilethe sr. Grey babe was more detachedand reserved . As sentence went on , Lexie ’s character became a sports fan preferred and one whose journey viewing audience fuck to watch unfold until she met a tragic end .
“A Change Is Gonna Come” (Season 4, Episode 1)
Though she was introduced first as a mystery girl butterfly with Derek at the bar in the time of year finale of season 3 , Lexie ’s first existent debut was in the premiere of time of year 4 .
Lexie go her internship at Seattle Grace with a hatful of new kids and George O’Malley , who had to repeat his interne class after go his test . Lexie tried her effective to develop a relationship with her quondam baby , but Meredith continually pushed her away . The episode was bang-up for fans to get acquainted with a new character and see a Grey who was filled with a little bit of optimism .
“Where The Wild Things Are” (Season 4, Episode 12)
Lexie and George became fast friends while she kept his secret that he was repeat his medical intern year . This friendship eventually turned into a one - sided crush , though the two did decide to move into an apartment together .
In " Where The Wild Things Are,“Lexie uproariously ( and shamelessly ) steal aesculapian suppliesand interior decoration to make full her drabby apartment . When she break into Meredith in the hallway of the hospital , she uncover what she was doing and begged Meredith to allow her get off with it . It was the first sign of sticky rebellion fans got to see from Lexie , and it made for an excellent Bel - plot in the episode .
“The Becoming” (Season 4, Episode 14)
As Lexie root into her use as an intern at Seattle Grace , she try on harder and harder to impress her resident physician including her baby ’s best ally , Cristina Yang .
In this episode , Lexie watch Cristina down to the morgue when she practiced surgery on corpse in her bare time to mend from her dissolution with Doctor Burke . In an endeavor to attach with her occupier , Lexie joined in as Cristina sang ' Like A Virgin ' by Madonna , and it was one of the whacky moments in all ofGrey ’s , but one that was much appreciated amid the usual grief and tragedy the show had to offer .
“All By Myself” (Season 5, Episode 10)
Season 5 was a bit of a breakthrough for Lexie Grey as she began to retrieve her footing and make real friends and relationship at Seattle Grace . This includedher kinship with Mark Sloan , one that took fan by surprise when it bulge in this instalment .
After making the rounds interning in plastics , Meredith ’s friend Sadie agnise that Mark was developing a crush on the younger Grey . Lexie shrugged it off but eventually found herself crushing on him too , and showed up at his hotel way demanding to be taught by him . This lead to the two of them sleeping together and the start of their secret , adorable human relationship that gave Lexie a promising time of year 5 plot line .
“Stairway to Heaven” (Season 5, Episode 13)
Honestly , Lexie and Mark were the less spectacular versionof Meredith and Derek , which is what made their relationship healthier and more bearable at times . They acquire fun storylines that were n’t filled with angst and bicker , but or else with hookup - link injuries lead in MD hospital care .
This episode gave fans a peek into Lexie ’s nurturing side , as she climb into bed with Mark and stroke his hair to ease his pain . The hair’s-breadth stroke was used later in the series when Lexie was pass away , bringing Mark and Lexie ’s relationship full circle and countenance viewer to recollect her kind nature years prior .
Mark and Derek got into a scrap after the latter found out that Mark was seeing Lexie , resulting in a lot of bad blood between the former friends . Lexie comforted Mark and apologized for breaking him , but he assured her that she was the one who put him back together . to boot , this was the episode where Lexie solved the ' Patient X ' font , confirming that the mystery patient role ( who was revealed to be Izzie Stevens ) had cancer .
“PYT (Pretty Young Thing)” (Season 7, Episode 14)
The usual happy - go - favorable Lexie Grey was nowhere to be found in the episode where her father is admitted to the hospital accompany by his much young girlfriend .
Lexie ’s disdain for her Church Father ’s girlfriend is a bit out of quality for her , but that ’s what make this episode such a practiced one for her . Because she was usually the voice of reason and logical system , it ’s was interesting to see her revert to a childlike enviously and ira . This also allowed for Meredith to act as a proper older sister for Lexie , as she informed her that she was being selfish and need to grow up .
“Put Me In Coach” (Season 8, Episode 7)
For so much of the sixth and seventh seasons ofGrey ’s AnatomyMark was chasing down Lexie , but season 8 was the first meter viewers actually got to see Lexie jealous and envious of Mark in a romantic kinship .
At a baseball game between two Seattle hospitals , Lexie famously throw the ball right into Julia , Mark ’s fresh girlfriend ’s , chest after being hatchel by her . The episode gave perceptivity into Lexie ’s competitory side and the indicant that she might not have been as ' over ' Mark as she had antecedently exact to be .
“Let The Bad Times Roll” (Season 8, Episode 22)
Chyler Leigh had one of her good performance as Lexie Grey in the time of year 8 episode , " Let The Bad Times Roll . " In this episode , Lexie delivered a heartbreaking speech to Mark declaring her love for him even though he was seeing somebody else . She broke down and finallyadmitted with an aroused quotethat she was " infected by Mark Sloan , " after what seemed like season of her deny her true feelings for him .
What makes this speech ten times sad is the fact that Lexie and Mark meet their demise just a couple of episodes later , never amaze the chance to make Lexie ’s dreams of them being together come reliable .
“Breathe” (Season 17, Episode 10)
Almost 10 twelvemonth after her character ’s demise , Chyler Leigh reprised her role as Lexie Grey in a season 17 sequence that featured yet another Meredith dream chronological sequence .
On Meredith ’s ambition beach , Lexie and Mark were happily reunited in the afterlife and offering her all sort of dependable advice as to why she should live . Lexie shared how much she miss her older sister , and the two finally got proper closer given that Lexie passed away from the plane crash before Meredith could say au revoir . It was a beautiful , excited reunion but a giving for fans to see Lexie Grey on their screens again nine seasons later .
