In this scene from "The Becoming," Meredith and Derek practice on a fake brain as they prepare for an operation in their clinical trial with Derek. Cool... and gross.

Meredith and Alex have drinks and catch up. Surely she's proud of him for his engagement to Jo, but will a talk with Alex be enough to convince Meredith to pursue something with the new transplant doctor who has eyes for her?

Meredith is none too thrilled about the new girl Derek met at the bar. The fact that it's her sister can't help matters, either.

Mark it down: Meredith looks happy

Mer, Cristina and April in a photo from "The End is the Beginning is the End."

Seriously, we are kind of looking that look on Mer.

A scene from "Sympathy for the Parents," the April 1, 2010 episode of Grey's Anatomy. Share your theories on what's going on here.

Meredith and Derek keep getting closer, only to be pushed apart. Is this trend ever going to end? Should we have faith?

In "Here Comes the Flood," the third episode from Season Five of Grey's Anatomy, Derek and Cristina work together on a case. Can't wait for it!

Meredith is being pressured by Derek to have Alex and Izzie move out of her house in "Here Comes the Flood," from the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy.

Bailey and the interns struggle with a patient.

Meredith Grey works with a patient in the two-part fifth season finale of Grey's Anatomy.