Grey's Anatomy

Notable Plots

Season 1

The first season of Grey's Anatomy was broadcast from March 2005 until May 2005. Although it only contained nine episodes, many significant events took place. Various situations included:

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• Meredith sleeps with Derek, not knowing at the time that he is one of the surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital.
• Cristina and Preston start sleeping with each other, putting a strain on both of their personal and professional lives.
• Meredith places her mother, once an excellent surgeon but now suffering from Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home. Izzie and George move in with Meredith.
• Alex discovers a magazine with provocative pictures of Izzie posing for a lingerie advertisement. He posts copies of the pictures all over the doctors' locker room, infuriating her.
• Preston and Derek both learn that Dr. Webber promised them his position (chief surgeon) upon his retirement.
• Izzie throws a party for her visiting boyfriend, only to have everything blow up in her face, including the breakup of the couple.
• Miranda happens upon Meredith and Derek making out at the aforementioned party. She later explains to Derek that he will not play favorites to Meredith over the other interns. Meredith, caught in the middle, feels an overwhelming amount of pressure and abuse.
• After a gay male patient hits on him, George has to convince the others that he is not a homosexual like many of them originally thought.
• Meredith comes to terms with her mother's illness after she confides in a former nurse who worked with her mother at Seattle Grace.
• Dr. Webber asks Derek to remove a tumor that was pressing on his optic nerve. However, he emphasizes that the surgery remain low-key, so that his position as chief surgeon will not be placed in jeopardy.
• George has a date with a nurse, Olivia, and ends up sleeping with her. The next day, he realizes that he has contracted syphilis from her. After other various hospital staff recieve syphilis, George learns that Olivia received it from Alex.
• Cristina finds out that Preston has gotten her pregnant. She contacts a doctor about having an abortion, but has second thoughts after encountering a pregnant patient. She does not tell Preston about the pregnancy. This situation is still unresolved as of this writing.
• Meredith and Derek's romantic relationship begins to grow stronger. In the season finale, however, Meredith learns that Derek is actually married. The details of Derek and his wife's marriage were left open, but were answered in the first few episodes of season two. Derek's wife, Addison, cheated on Derek with his best friend, driving Derek to leave her, take his current job in Seattle, and eventually pursue a romance with Meredith.