Grey’s Anatomy
Grey ’s Anatomyhas seen a lot of characters come and go from the infirmary , but the biggest reference maturation fans have encounter develop is through Alex Karev ( Justin Chambers ) . presently one of the stay original type , Alex has quickly become a lover favorite with his attentive skills in pediatrics and his compassionate nature with friends .
However , the operating surgeon has had to overcome the large of obstacle as he allows his red irritation and personal grudges to corrupt his judgment . From his humiliation of Izzie ( Katherine Heigl ) to Alex ’s treatment of George ( T.R. Knight ) , here are the 10 worst affair he has done , ranked .
Revealing Callie’s infidelity
Although Alex revealed her unfaithfulness to wind George up , Callie ( Sara Ramirez ) did n’t deserve for the peds Dr. to get affect in her spirit . The grudge also lead to Alex and George peril bartender Joe ’s ( Steven W. Bailey ) partner when they got into a fight .
This fight was wasted considering the incident occurred when Callie and George were on a break . For weeks afterward , George gave Callie the frigid shoulder . Alex did n’t even excuse to the Ortho serve and allow her to blame Meredith ( Ellen Pompeo ) and Mark ( Eric Dane ) . He could have ruined George and Callie ’s relationship .
Humiliating Izzie
When Alex first come to the show , he was a very unlikable character reference . He was crass , rude and very self-important towards his colleagues , often saying sexist and put down thing . However , the biggest line he traverse was when he plastered Izzie ’s modeling photograph across the locker room .
Considering he had expressed an stake in the blonde doctor , he went about getting her care the wrong agency . Degrading her for being ' Bethany Whisper ' , he proceeded to bemock her in front of all their colleagues . Even though Alex tried to belittle her , it was great to see Izzie stand up for herself .
Neglecting Jo
For a abbreviated spell , Alex and Jo ’s ( Camilla Luddington ) family relationship was sift . Jo did n’t mind Alex and Meredith ’s friendship , she just had a problem with the way the General take care treated her . She also did n’t like the fact that Alex would always jump to Meredith ’s defense , even when Meredith did something wrong .
This is dead on target if devotee consider the infamous dinner at Meredith ’s house where Penny ( Samantha Sloyan ) revealed she was joining Grey - Sloan . Meredith had her hauling the methamphetamine hydrochloride out of the house and Alex does n’t even spare her a seat at the table . Even Stephanie ( Jerrika Hinton ) notices him ignoring Jo . Although they are in a better position now , he did n’t treat her with the respect she deserve .
The aftermath of Izzie’s cancer
Alex had evince himself to be a supportive married man when Izzie was travel through her chemotherapy . He guarantee that she attended all her meetings and was eating regularly .
However , Alex let himself down when he give away how exhausting it was to await after her . Since Izzie ’s store seems to be reset , Alex was test to avail her regain her storage . When Izzie comment his frustration , he reveals that they only got get hitched with because they think she would be numb . He talks about how he feels trapped in the situation they were in now . Although Izzie told him to get it off his chest of drawers , he should have told someone else .
Keeping the bullet in his chest
Alex was one of the doctors who was traumatized by the shooting in time of year 6 . After getting shot , fan were on tenterhook to see if he outlast . Luckily , they deal to get him to a infirmary in time . However , fans were all shocked to discover that he kept the bullet in his chest .
Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ) was the only doctor who had the sense to deplume him up on it . She could n’t understand why he would want a reminder of that day nor risk his health . If the wound got infect , it would have all been for nothing . disregardless if it " attracted ass " , the sawbones in Alex should have known well .
Cheating on Izzie
After weeks of pursuing Izzie , Alex was last able to win her over . In season 2 , fans saw a gentle side to Alex when the couple go on several dates . However , he suffered a crisis of authority when he clamber to get informal with Izzie and fail his add-in examination .
As a result , he screw on Izzie with nurse Olivia ( Sarah Utterback ) - the charwoman he give syphilis to . What made it worse was that Izzie had been looking for him and walked in on the two mid - draw - up . Any trust built between the two was destroyed .
Abandoning Lexie
In time of year 6 , Lexie ( Chyler Leigh ) and Alex were hear to begin a relationship after the Pediatric operating surgeon ’s divorce came through . The couple face their biggest test in the time of year ’s finale when Alex had been pullulate by Gary Clark ( Michael O’Neill ) , who was on the hunting for Lexie , Derek ( Patrick Dempsey ) and Richard ( James Pickens , Jr ) .
Thanks to Mark and Lexie , Alex came out of the incident alive . However , Lexie soon had a genial partitioning after her posttraumatic stress disorder got worse . Instead of helping her through this hard prison term , Alex abandoned her and lead Mark to make the tough decisions . His actions eventually led to the span break up .
Treatment towards George
directly from the beginning , everyone knew Alex did n’t like George . The paediatric sawbones had a Brobdingnagian feud with O’Malley after he fall in George ’s girlfriend syphilis and continue to belittle him every hazard he flummox . However , even though Alex has shown respect to George occasionally , it has only appeared in the wake of his demise .
Alex has confessed that he had disliked the operating surgeon because he was overjealous and insecure about George ’s skills . He had also told Meredith and Cristina ( Sandra Oh ) that he does n’t like thinking about George because he ’s then reminded of Izzie and the pain she allow for behind when she vanish . It ’s a shame that he could n’t recount this to George before it was too tardy .
Grassed Meredith up
Meredith and Alex ’s friendship is one of the fans ' favorites . On several occasions , the pair have been seen as each other ’s confidant ; Meredith became a source of comforter after his divorce to Izzie , whilst Alex offer the same backing after Derek ’s death .
However , their friendship became strained when both began to compete for Chief Resident . Alex revealed to Owen ( Kevin McKidd ) that Meredith had tampered with the Alzheimer ’s trial , which caused her to get give notice . As a result , Meredith kicked him out of her house . It did take a while for him to garner her trust back .
Beat up Deluca
fan were horrified when Alex nigh beat Deluca ( Giacomo Gianniotti ) to death . The Grey - Sloan occupant was a victim of a roughshod ravishment after Alex believed he was taking advantage of Jo . Instead of admit Andrew to defend himself , Alex jump to conclusions and scramble him up .
When Alex was apprehend , loyalties at Grey - Sloan were disunite . Deluca was shun by many doc , with the occupier believe Meredith was blackmailing him to not testify . Everyone was treat Alex as if he was the dupe when he was the aggressor ; he would have rightly deserved to be put in pokey .
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