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Season 5
GREY'S ANATOMY - "Stand By Me" - Izzie treats Mark Sloan's face transplant candidate, a patient that other SGH doctors have nicknamed "Blowhole," on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 19 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/CRAIG SJODIN) LARRY SULLIVAN, KATHERINE HEIGL
Stand by Me
Season 5 | Episode 18 | Aired 03/19/09

Our favorite brilliant neurosurgeon, Dr. Derek Shepherd, is hiding in the woods. He’s smack in the middle a crisis of confidence because of the many patients he’s lost. The big blow-up with Meredith also weighs heavy on his mind. The Chief is at a loss, so Bailey takes it upon herself to send Callie, then Owen, out to talk some sense into Derek. But misery loves company. Now three of Seattle Grace’s top docs drinking their pain away in the great outdoors!

Mark throws himself into his work after his fistfight with Derek. He preps for a rare and prestigious face transplant surgery. The patient is a sweet, young guy named Dave, who happens to be missing half of his face. This leads some of the Seattle Grace team to nickname him “Blowhole.” Izzie take exception to the moniker. She snaps in front of the patient, forcing Mark to kick her off of the case.

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  • GREY'S ANATOMY - "Stand By Me" - Derek's spirit is broken after he realizes how many patients he's lost, and he's retreated to his trailer in the woods, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 19 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MICHAEL DESMOND) PATRICK DEMPSEY
  • GREY'S ANATOMY - "Stand By Me" - Dave is surrounded by his friends as Mark explains his status following his face transplant procedure, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 19 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/CRAIG SJODIN) CANDACE BROWN, LARRY SULLIVAN, MICHAEL MERTON, GRETA SESHETA, ERIC DANE, CHYLER LEIGH
  • GREY'S ANATOMY - "Stand By Me" - Izzie treats Mark Sloan's face transplant candidate, a patient that other SGH doctors have nicknamed "Blowhole," on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 19 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/CRAIG SJODIN) LARRY SULLIVAN, KATHERINE HEIGL
  • GREY'S ANATOMY - "Stand By Me" - Alex and Bailey react to the news that Izzie has cancer, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 19 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/CRAIG SJODIN) JUSTIN CHAMBERS, CHANDRA WILSON (BACKGROUND)
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