Grey’s Anatomy
Grey ’s Anatomyis one of the longest - running video show in the United States and the longest - running show on ABC . With a staggering 15 time of year under its belt ( and still counting ) , there ’s no doubt that it ’s a favorite of many the great unwashed . It travel along the life of Meredith Grey ( Ellen Pompeo ) as she works her way up from medical houseman to Dr. and even to Head of General Surgery .
The show has received legion award , found the vocation of many of its lead actors , and is considered to have had a significant upshot on tonic culture . With time of year 16 set to premiere after this calendar month , get ’s look back at some of the highest - rated episodes of all time .
10. SE08EP09: Dark Was The Night
The mid - season finis of season eight was an extremely emotional episode on several fronts . The core of the episode is that Teddy ’s married man Henry needs emergency operating theater , and Teddy ’s needed on a different process . Teddy place her faith in Cristina , the next best affair to Teddy doing the surgical procedure herself . They hide Henry ’s face from Cristina and she start the mental process , none the wiser that it ’s Teddy ’s husband .
Unfortunately , things protrude the go wrong when Henry start losing too much blood . The tumor completely eroded one of his arteries and there was no way to save him . Richard only shows Cristina the truth after Henry is lead . As a bonus , Owen lies to Teddy ’s typeface about Henry to stop her from walking out of her own surgery . The sequence leave you on an emotional cliffhanger , hold off for the fallout .
9. SE14EP07: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
The 300th episode of the show ’s test is a kind of memorial episode . The actual secret plan follow the victims of a roller coaster crash , but the hurl spends a spate of the episode reminiscing on their pasts as new patients trigger previous memory .
There are a lot of callback to previous season and the instalment even reuses songs from earlier episodes . The nostalgia is strong here and it ’s probably enough to move most diehard fans to tears , but there ’s still a lot left forGrey ’s Anatomyin the future tense .
8. SE10EP24: Fear (of the Unknown)
The season ten finish send the acclaimed Sandra Oh off with a belt . Her last existent instalment ( bring through for a cameo in the following time of year ) before Cristina went to Zurich features a catastrophic explosion at the promenade that resulted in massive casualty . The hospital faculty mobilizes for the influx of patients while worry if the detonation was an act of terrorism .
There ’s even a full point where Cristina told Meredith she had to go to the center before she left , leave everyone wondering if the show was proceed to kill her off . fortuitously , she did n’t have time to melt her errand before the disaster , and she gets to make her heartfelt goodbyes before safely board her airplane .
7. SE12EP09: The Sound of Silence
A truly harrowing episode , the title " The Sound of Silence " is touch to the fact that the show ’s usual storyteller ( Meredith , of course of action ) ca n’t actually do any narrating . That ’s because Meredith is brutally attacked by a patient and no one notice to end the lacing , leaving Meredith in decisive shape .
The staff of Grey Sloan Memorial has to come together to brace Meredith and remain by her side in the backwash . She stick out many injury , include a crushed arm and trauma to her pharynx , as well as needing to have her jaw wire shut ( hence no narration ) . Thankfully , she survives her trial by ordeal .
6. SE02EP16: It’s the End of the World
The first of a two - part sequence manner back in time of year two , " It ’s the End of the World " opens with Meredith ’s voice over talking about having a sixth sense of when you ’re going to die . Of naturally , we have a go at it how many more seasons the show has left . But it still sets a tense tone for the instalment .
And her premonition proves somewhat unfeigned when a paramedic brings in a patient role with a large breast wound , which they find is shroud a dud . The pressure is on when they realise the paramedic ’s hand might be the only thing keeping the bomb from explode . Eventually , the young paramedic breaks and runs … and Meredith steps up to take her place .
5. SE02EP17: As We Know It
Completely the plot from the previous entry ( and the song deed ) , the stakes are high in the OR . Meredith has her hand in a valet ’s consistency pit , hop to prevent the bomb hidden there from exploding . Meanwhile , Derek decline to empty because he ’s still operate on Bailey ’s married man , and Bailey is in the centre of afford nativity . There ’s a lot on the line .
The bomb squad gently encourages Meredith to off the dud from the eubstance so they can take care of it . She ’s frightened but care to pull it out and turn over it over . Success ! Except moments afterwards , the bomb calorimeter goes off . Meredith is shake off into the hall by the eruption . Fortunately , everybody hold up , including Bailey ’s married man and baby .
4. SE05EP24: Now or Never
" Now or Never " left off with a killer whale cliffhanger for any episode , let alone a season finale . Not only is Izzie still recovering from her encephalon surgery and experiencing relapse in memory , but the sawbones are examine desperately to save a John Doe who skip over in front of a jalopy to save a woman .
sports fan of the show know that the John Doe , unrecognisable from his injuries , is actually beloved fiber George O’Malley . Who could forget the middle - wrenching scene when George line " 007 " in Meredith ’s medallion , and she realizes who he is ?
3. SE06EP24: Death and All His Friends
Another agonizing season finale just go to show that working in a hospital is on the face of it a very dangerous caper . There ’s an active shooter in the hospital , Gary Clark , who want revenge for the decease of his married woman . The instalment opens just after Clark buck Derek , who is bleeding out on the story .
The episode is a tense balance between taste to save Derek ’s life and stress to cease Clark from kill more people . More mass get shot , admit Owen , and some are killed , but the important masses make it through . Richard even convinces Clark to shoot himself instead of shooting him and go to jail .
2. SE15EP19: Silent All These Years
This plot from the most recent season stand out in it ’s confrontation with heavy subject thing . The fictional character and narrative manage the write up of intimate assault with grace and maturity , making this episode a must - watch .
When a woman comes into the hospital after being sexually assaulted , Dr. Jo Karev take on the responsibility of comforting her and encouraging her to meet the police force . This is especially meaningful because Jo herself experiences abuse at the handwriting of her hubby . The rampart of women guide the victim to the OR is one of the most powerful picture in the show to date .
1. SE06EP23: Sanctuary
Perhaps the most dramatic and emotional episodes in a show renowned for its dramatic play and emotional resonance . Preceding " Death and All His ally " , this instalment shows the beginning of Gary Clark ’s shooting fling .
Meredith ’s monologue at the showtime is chilling , foreshadowing the horror to do , but nothing overshadows that dire consequence Derek takes a bullet .
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