Grey’s Anatomy
Season 2 ofGrey ’s Anatomyis wide consider to be one of its best . It successfully juggled multiple engaging storylines , deliver a mix of drama and wit in equal measure while appropriate the characters to further originate . It also featured some of the most gut - wrenching scenes in the whole series , which is really saying something .
There was not one single part who stupefy off without making viewers cry and by the time this season had finish , you could fill an full swim pool with their tears . Be it unnecessarily brutal case present moment , ruined family relationship , or absolutely annihilating Death , here are the 10 most heartbreaking prospect from Season 2 .
Bonnie And Tom Learn About The Doctors' Surgical Plan (“Into You Like A Train”)
candidly , this installment was so heartbreaking and toilsome to watch , it ’s unmanageable to pick out just one scene need these two heroic patients . Bonnie and Tom are two stranger who ended up impaled on the same pole after a dreadful train crash . The pole ca n’t be removed without causing massive internal price .
Ultimately though , their saddest aspect together has to be the moment before they go in for surgery when the doctors recount them that they have to remove Bonnie off the pole because her probability of survival is low-toned . Bonnie is incredibly hardy here and gracious , kind Tom is lost to relieve her . The teardrop never give up flowing .
Alex Cheats On Izzie (“Much Too Much”)
Alex and Izzie were shape up to become a really cute couple . It was an chance to display the sonant side of Alex that had n’t been seen much since his arrival . Izzie made him better because she made him worry . And get ’s look it , Alex was a double-dyed dork and something require to change .
However , this peculiar change was for the bad . Yes , Alex had been go through a really rubbish clock time of it latterly but that ’s when you ’re supposed to lean on your partner , not jockey on them with an annoying nursemaid to whom you pay syphilis . Izzie ’s grimace just says it all when she catch them doing the McNasty .
Derek Chooses Addison (“Into You Like A Train”)
As if this episode was n’t heavy enough to watch as it was , powerful before one of the most withering surgeries ever , Derek and Meredith are left alone to scrub and the tension is unbearable . Neither of them utter until Derek offers some advice about Meredith ’s banana bag .
In this scene , it was n’t a case of what was said that was heartbreaking , it was what was unstated . Meredith ( and the viewer ) caught on immediately and just like that , one of the show ’s most democratic couples was over . Obviously , they get back together in late season but no one knew that at the clock time .
Meredith Breaks Down Over Her Mother (“Make Me Lose Control”)
Everyone can relate to having a closed book let out for the whole world to see , none more so than Meredith Grey . Meredith ’s mother , Ellis , has Alzheimer ’s but made her girl promise to never tell anyone . However , when Ellis is admitted to Seattle Grace , Meredith ’s arcanum is made public knowledge .
To make thing bad , there is a chance she might also have liver cancer but to Meredith , this is n’t the awful intelligence . The awful news is that Ellis might not have cancer and then will bear on to suffer from Alzheimer ’s for the quietus of her life . Meredith breaks down in tears when she realizes that is a very tangible possibility .
Meredith Cries During Sex (“What Have I Done To Deserve This?")
Okay , so this might not voice as heartbreaking as others on this list . However , this moment led to the looseness of a sweet friendship and stimulate an unanswered love to totally implode with disastrous event .
George O’Malley , one of the most loveable interns , had a crush on Meredith since day one . They finally addict up after the latter had had a wearing and emotional day , only for Meredith to start exclaim during sex . This was completely humiliating for George and he was clearly heartbroken that he was n’t dear enough for her , which led to the bond between the two Doctor of the Church seemingly bankrupt forever .
Bailey Refuses To Push (“It’s The End Of The World”/“As We Know It”)
So much stuff hold up on in these two episodes , it ’s actually unhinged . A patient get in the emergency room with an undischarged bomb in his venter and is taken up to surgery . At the same clip , Bailey ’s married man find in a railcar accident on his way and is take to be operate on in the room next to the dud guy .
Meanwhile , Bailey goes into labor . George and Addison endeavor to hold in tidings of her husband but eventually Bailey find out and panic set in . She refuses to give birth until her married man is saved , literally refusing to press . It places both Bailey and her babe in danger and is heartrending to watch one of the most composed surgeons give in to care and terror .
Doc The Dog Dies (“Losing My Religion”)
This is the first death on this tilt and as anyone who ’s ever lost a family pet knows , the exit can be devastating . Meredith first engender Doc for the company after she and Derek break up . It ’s obvious that Meredith really grows to have intercourse her pet doggy ( much to the humiliation of George and Izzie ) . Eventually , she gives Doc to Derek and Addison .
Later in the season , Doc start out to fall seriously sick and Finn the ex-serviceman tells Meredith that her dog has less than a year to live . When Doc ’s sentence finally comes to a close , Meredith , Derek , and Finn are all present to give their respects to the dying dog .
Cristina Collapses During Surgery (“Make Me Lose Control”)
Cristina Yang never desire children . It was a running theme throughout her ten seasons onGrey’sand was prominent from the very offset . However , that did n’t make the fact that she mislay her first baby any less distressing .
Although she arranged for an miscarriage and even named Meredith as her emergency contact somebody , nature took charge before anything could be done in the most heartbreaking way possible . midway through OR Cristina crack and it was let out that she had anectopic pregnancy , consort toGrey ’s Anatomy Universe Wiki . Even if she was adamant she never want the maternity , it ’s devastating to lose one from born causes .
Derek Calls Meredith A Whore (“Damage Case”)
How far they ’ve fall . Just in the premature time of year , they were the most adorable relationship of the show but in this episode , Meredith and Derek are at complete odds . This scene is heartbreaking because usually , Derek is McDreamy . He ’s the dainty , tolerant , and funny surgeon who fixes brains and saves lives .
Here though , he ’s ajudgemental prickwho ca n’t deal his ex - girlfriend cause over him by catch some Z’s with other guys . His malicious tirade against Meredith is cruel and totally uncalled for , and she is well within her rights when she puts him in his place with a few choice words .
Denny Dies (“Losing My Religion”)
Izzie and Denny’srelationshipwas the highlight of Season 2 . They shared some awe-inspiring alchemy together and Denny was just the sweetest guy . They move through a lot together as Denny was also a patient at the hospital due to his slick middle .
During the events of the three - part close , Izzie cut Denny ’s LVAD wire so as to secure him a new nerve . matter get super tense for a while but finally , it looks as though the couple will get their happy closing . Tragically , however , Denny suffers a stroke after surgery and die , leaving Izzie and the viewers completely distraught .
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