1 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head 2 Enough is Enough (No More Tears) 3 Make Me Lose Control 4 Deny Deny Deny 5 Bring the Pain 6 Into You Like a Train 7 Something to Talk About 8 Let it Be 9 Thanks for the Memories 10 Much Too Much 11 Owner of a Lonely Heart 12 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer 13 Begin the Begin 14 Tell Me Sweet Little Lies 15 Break on Through 16 It's the End of the World 17 (As We Know It) 18 Yesterday 19 What Have I Done to Deserve This? 20 Band-Aid Covers the Bullet Hole 21 Superstition 22 The Name of the Game 23 Blues for Sister Someone 24 Damage Case 25 17 Seconds 26 Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response 27 Losing My Religion
thanks to
Grey Matter
written by
Zoanne Clack MD
November 9, 2005
As the doctor/writer on the show, I can really relate to
trying to have a real life while going through internship and residency. I
did my training in emergency medicine, but I was this close (showing fingers
really close together) to going into surgery. At the last minute I decided
to do emergency medicine instead which gave me the flexibility to pursue
other interests (like, um, writing). I moved out to LA with my good
"day job" (and I still work in the ER, too, though mostly at
night) and was lucky enough to land my first writing job soon after I made
the move. Grey's Anatomy is actually my second show but this
is my first produced episode. I think the most amazing moment on set for me
was watching Chandra Wilson humanize Bailey. When she had to call the
parents to tell them Jeremiah had died, it brought up memories of the many
times I've had to do that myself. It was heart wrenching to watch and I felt
like it captured the intensity of the emotions that medicine rigorously
trains doctors to shut down. Through the characters on Grey's, real
emotional issues and medical cases are explored. In fact, in this episode
the case of the gunshot wound to the head was based on a guy I took care of
during my residency. In the real case the patient shot himself in the head,
but that seemed too morbid for our show, plus we'd already had an episode
with a self-inflicted gunshot wound (and how many times do you want to see that?!). Putting out accurate medical information is a task that we
take very seriously. We realize we could be an important source of
information for medical and public health issues and see it as our
responsibility to make our medicine as accurate as possible. That said,
there is a fine line between drama and reality. Drama is king, or maybe
queen would be more accurate for our show. We research the medicine very
intensely and have outside doctors that we consult but our main focus is the
relationships of our main characters and the impact that the cases have on
them. As a result, sometimes (but not often, I promise) medical details are
sacrificed to highlight dramatic moments. Bit of trivia for you: Kalpana Vera is the lady with
Munchausen's. The translation of her name is "imaginary truth." (Kalpana:
Hindi, Vera: Latin)
