Sneak Preview From "Stairway to Heaven"
Awesome scene alert! It's a clash of the titans as Miranda takes on Derek in the middle of his surgery in next week's all-new Grey's Anatomy, "Stairway to Heaven."
What's great about this show is that there are so many characters (with some great actors driving them), we don't always get to see how they will react when pitted against one another, and the results can be both unpredictable and intense. Like this particular scene.
As he operates, Miranda bursts in and asks Derek to stop trying to save William Dunn (the death row inmate), who's been trying to kill himself as we saw at the conclusion of "Sympathy For the Devil" so he can die naturally and his young, fellow patient can have his liver.
If he's executed by the state, as is scheduled for five days from now, they can't harvest his organs right now. Derek defiantly holds his ground. Who will win this standoff Thursday?
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January 20th, 2009 6:56 PM
OMG....what a is Derek to do? I don't thing Derek could live with himself if he agrees with Miranda and does nothing. Derek is too honorable for that so I believe that the patient will code or the damage will be unrepairable and he will become brain dead. Only then could I see a happy ending to this situation and the boy getting the organs. Plus, isn't Derek proposing to Meredith soon...I don't see him doing that after "killing" or "allowing" a patients death. Just my opinion
January 20th, 2009 4:13 PM
i think the dude is just gonna kill himself anyway!
January 20th, 2009 10:57 AM
Maybe, just maybe Dunn reinjured his brain so badly that Derek can't save him despite trying so hard. So if that's the case and Dunn rendered himself brain dead, won't everyone somewhat win? Derek gets to feel like he tried (but will still have serious issues that Dunn got away with it) and Bailey gets to use his organs (assuming they wouldn't still kill him on death row if he's brain dead). A little anti-climactic maybe but I think still good.
January 19th, 2009 11:10 PM
I like to sit on the fence here. I can see both sides so well. This storyline is great-- this scene between Bailey and Der is great, although I'm wondering where Miranda the rock went???
Stefan-- you raised a VERY significant point. The two doc override comes into play when the docs deem the patient unable to make a clear, sound decision. Suicidal is a gray area here... especially on an otherwise healthy patient, but assume you calculate the fact that he is to executed in 5 days as equivalent to having major health issues.... what would a doc do in this situation given a cancer patient in pain who knows he has days - a week left and then end will be painful??? In such a case would the doc deem the patients refusal of surgery and other medical care as coming from a person unable to make clear, sound decisions?? Hmmmm.... and then there is the fact that we all have our own feelings about such an extreme criminal and the consequences that their actions bring with them.... ???
This is a very sticky one! I'll play it safe and sit on the fence for now... and wait for it all to unfold before me on Thursday!!
fanoftheshow-- I'm sorry, but your comments don't make too much sense. They are quite confusing-- maybe you could explain what you're trying to say a little better?
Here's to hoping to see a glimpse of George on Thursday!!!
January 19th, 2009 11:06 PM
I don't understand why this is even an issue. The patient said he did not want any intervention to save his life. He was not hypoxic, nor did he have an altered mental status to affect his decision. Thus, by giving him this surgery is going against the patient's rights AND the oath. In other words, this surgery should have happened in the first place and the kid should have gotten the organs.
January 19th, 2009 9:48 PM
this episode is going to be so good! the drama is going to be awesome! between mer and derek with the serial killer and bailey trying to save the little boy! by the looks of all the promos and the sneak peeks this looks like a great episode!
January 19th, 2009 9:34 PM
Okay, thanks ILOVEELLENPOMPEO. I had thought that part of the operation had worked... I guess not. (I haven't seen the full episode myself yet.)
January 19th, 2009 7:48 PM
fan of the show what the f*** are u talking about??
January 19th, 2009 7:47 PM
he needs intestine to
January 19th, 2009 6:44 PM
The serial killer may have a week if they fix him up but the boy does not. SK is his last chance to live. And the whole thing is all the more heartbreaking because Bailey will always second guess herself if the boy does. Arizona said he should have been listed long ago!