ONE OF MEREDITH'S OLDEST FRIENDS BECOMES AN INTERN AT SEATTLE GRACE, CAUSING TURMOIL AT THE HOSPITAL AND IN MER'S PERSONAL LIFE, ON ABC'S "GREY'S ANATOMY"

Guest Starring Kevin McKidd ("Rome") as Owen Hunt and
Melissa George ("Alias," "In Treatment") as Sadie

Also Guest Starring Academy Award ®-nominated Actress
Mary McDonnell ("Passion Fish," "Battlestar Gallactica")

"These Ties That Bind" - One of Meredith's oldest friends, Sadie, becomes an intern at Seattle Grace, but Mer's friends are less-than-welcoming to her; Lexie leads her fellow interns in secretive, unorthodox surgical training sessions; and a new surgeon, Virginia Dixon, brings rules and order to the OR, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network

"Grey's Anatomy" stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O'Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey and Brooke Smith as Erica Hahn.

Guest stars TBD.

"These Ties That Bind" was written by Stacey McKee and directed by Eric Stoltz.

'Grey's Anatomy''s Newest Additions!

This week on "Grey's Anatomy," one of Meredith's (Ellen Pompeo) oldest friends joins the staff of Seattle Grace as an intern, throwing Mer's personal life into chaos because her bff Cristina (Sandra Oh) and her bf Derek (Patrick Dempsey) are less than thrilled with the new addition.

"She has never mentioned this woman. How good of a friend can she be?" questions Cristina, when Sadie (Melissa George) replaces her in Mer's bed. And Derek points out, "Good enough to get us both kicked out of bed."

George explains her character: "She lives on the edge-- just says what she thinks-- does what she feels."

And Chyler Leigh (Lexie) reveals, "She's supposedly a bisexual intern coming in to wreak havoc on Seattle Grace!"

Also scrubbing in will be Mary McDonnell, who is a new heart surgeon -- Dr. Virginia Dixon -- with a twist. She has Asperger's Syndrome (a form of autism), which, according to Chandra Wilson (Dr. Bailey), adds another dimension to all the other craziness taking place at Seattle Grace.

"Grey's Anatomy" airs Thursday nights at 9 p.m. on ABC.

Chills. The Denny/Izzie scenes give me chills, but in a good way. Okay, in a sad way too.

And then, of course, there’s Izzie. Who is clearly still connected to Denny, even beyond the grave…

Here’s what I’ll say about Denny.

I want you to take a moment, and just think for a second. About what you would do if someone you lost, who was unbelievably important to you, suddenly showed up in your room. Right now. While you’re sitting at your computer and reading this blog and suddenly feeling a chill on the back of your neck and hearing, from behind you, in a familiar voice: “Hi.” It’s someone – your lover, your parent, your grandparent, your best friend, your ex-fiancée… someone you thought was gone forever and suddenly now they are right there. Standing next to you. Asking you to talk to them, asking you to hold their hand.

Sure, at first you’d be scared and freaked out and seriously considering the possibility that you might very well be crazy… but in the next moment, what would you do? You have wished every day since that person left that you could see them, touch them, just one more time. What would you do?

I know what I’d do. I’d take my dead dad’s hand. And we’d sit there and stay up all night talking about all the things we never got a chance to talk about. And I wouldn’t care if he was dead or if I was crazy because it would be so great just to hear his voice again.

So, can you imagine, if you were Izzie, what you might do if Denny suddenly appeared to you? And after trying to ignore him, and trying to say goodbye to him, and even after BURNING his fricking sweater, he was STILL there…

All I’m saying is… maybe this is one connection that gets to defy all logic and common sense and, instead, maybe it just gets to be. Even if it does seem too good to be true.

Izzie Stevens has lost it. I mean it. She’s gone. I caught her talking to herself today. Several times… just having a little conversation. I know that what happened to her with Hahn and the whole transplant gone wrong guy really affected her. How could it not? I mean, besides the massive guilt, she’s probably overwhelmed with Denny Duquette thoughts. She’s probably depressed and missing him again. I bet anything that’s why she’s talking to herself.

....Anyway, Izzie was in the gallery. Alone. And she was sitting there, holding a conversation with someone. It kind of freaked me out so I told Nurse Tyler at the end of the night. He told me that he saw Izzie saying “goodbye” to absolutely no one before leaving the hospital.

It’s like, she's on the verge of a nervous breakdown. How long can she continue to talk to the air before someone, like the Chief witnesses this behavior? I honestly feel bad for her. I mean, she’s had it tough here. I hope things get better for her because it looks like Izzie Stevens can’t take one more bad thing happening

weird episode... felt sad for Izzie....felt sad for Callie.....
Christina jealous )) funny ))
Felt in love with Sloan just because the way he treated Callie....

Seeing Denny again is kind of great. And, also kinda creepy. Re: Denny's clothes (if you watch the show carefully) - When he died he was wearing a hospital gown. When he came back to Meredith in S3 he was wearing black sweat pants and a tee shirt. This return, he asked to change his clothes. Shonda said no, he made a charmingly compelling argument for why he should be able to change his clothes. He pointed out to Shonda that he died in a hospital gown, so he's not walking around in the clothes he died in, obviously changed his clothes after Meredith drowned herself, where'd he get those clothes? He hugged Shonda when he asked so she let him change his clothes. He wouldn't have had to ask, just make Denny eyes at Shonda. She really wants to see Denny in formal wear. JDM is a lovely person, not Denny though. Loves his dog. Shonda is not stalking him, as you guys can report to the judges later.

Remember that for the holidaysm think about that for gift giving. The way Izzie imagining him or seeing him, whatever you believe, is magical. You could believe either one. She is clearly seeing him and it doesn't seem like anyone else is seeing him. From now on they will talk about it from Izzie's perspective because it makes it easier for Shonda not to sit and wonder what he is. The fact that Izzie sees him makes him real. Nobody else sees him, that's an issue. But she does. You start to feel like you're not sure - can he leave the hospital. The progression - the first episode he's just appearing and around. He's not speaking - what's going on? Maybe she's having visions or flashes of him in her head. Then at the end of the episode he speaks. Which Shonda loves. The next episode, he's speaking, he's with her and she's really trying to ignore him and find a way for him to go away. We don't see him outside the hospital until the very end, when he's in her bedroom, another step forward. After she burns his sweater. Incredibly moving that the patient sees that she sees the ghost and is trying to find an answer of why. The progression of Denny - seeing, talking, touching - you can only hope what else happens.

Next episode - In the Midnight Hour. Betsy loves this episode. The episode is so incredibly good and so incredibly haunting. All lot more there then meets the eye and everyone is going to get pushed. A lot happens, more then you'd ever expect. Crucial episode to watch in real time.