Season 5 - Episode 22: What A Difference A Day Makes

Episode 22: What A Difference A Day Makes

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Potentially the biggest day of Meredith and Derek’s lives starts with a trip to the church, where they're due to marry later that day, after a shift in the hospital.

Meanwhile, Alex, George and Callie are roused froma slow day in the ER to deal with a terrible road accident involving a group of students on the way to their graduation ceremony. All have suffered life-threatening injuries, and they share their stories with the medics: one could have started a relationship with another but will now never have that chance; and Becca, the class valedictorian, will never get to make her speech.

Meredith is annoyed when Richard scrubs in on what is supposed to be her solo surgery. Mark then also joins in, but he helps little – just insists that she had better not leave Derek as he does not want to be his best man for a third time. After a successful operation, Richard tells Meredith that her mother, Ellis, would have been very proud of her.

Izzie’s condition worsens as she again hallucinates about Denny and, fearing that she has another tumour, is given a repeat brain scan. When this reveals nothing, Derek wires her up to a sensitive monitor in the hope that when she has another vision, the machine will direct them to a specific part of the brain. Tragically, when the machine does its job, it's with heartbreaking results.

Later, on her way to church, Meredith finds Alex himself in tears after getting news of Izzie - and, inspired by one of Bailey’s ideas, decides upon some last-minute alterations to her special day.

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Comments (21)

  • Charlie

    4 months ago

    Charlie

    ... and yet again this is not online yet. Please hurry up channel 5 we can't all be up at 4am to watch this!

  • chris90upton

    4 months ago

    chris90upton

    I'll second that - it's so frustrating. Would be better if it was shown at a decent time in the evening. There surely can't be that many people that watch TV at 4am?

  • Julia

    4 months ago

    Julia

    Why oh why is such a brilliant programme on at such and unearthly time and why is it not available to play on demand?

  • julia

    4 months ago

    julia

    Where is my weekly fix of Grey's? Cannot believe it was put on at such a bad time and now not available on demand 5? What is going on?

  • Emma

    4 months ago

    Emma

    Here here, Seriously you can'tr expect people to wait up till 4am to get their fix of McDreamy. PLEASE reschedule

  • Rora

    4 months ago

    Rora

    I wonder if the techy geeks were out drinking last night and haven't got into work yet to load this weeks episode up? LOL! C'mon 5 do your "thing" I need my Grey's Fix!

  • Melisma

    4 months ago

    Melisma

    Sort it out Channel 5. First you put it on at a stupid time when no one can actually watch it live, and then you don't bother to put it online so we can catch up?

  • Nina

    4 months ago

    Nina

    no signal on chanel 5 last night so gray's didn't record and now find can't see it on your demand site!!! can't believe will have to miss my favourite show - which shouldn't be on at 4am anyway!! shame on you 5!

  • Rebecca

    4 months ago

    Rebecca

    I wondered why it didn't record last night! I've spotted that this series is being re-repeated on Channel 5 at 10:35am on Sunday mornings.

  • Bright Blonde

    4 months ago

    Bright Blonde

    It's playing online now, I just watched it

  • Fiona

    4 months ago

    Fiona

    I didn't get a recording either, but have just watched via On Demand - tissues are needed ladies...and plenty of them

  • Greys fan

    4 months ago

    Greys fan

    Can't wait until next week .... Rebecca I noticed the other week perhaps that is called they finally took notice but did not have the decency to admit defeat !!!

  • Chrissie Drummond

    4 months ago

    Chrissie Drummond

    Still think that this is scheduled badly (then problems with iplayer) and done deliberately so that viewer figures fall until ch. 5 don't recommission the series. Big mistake. Make it prime time viewing ang your audience (and therefore your profits) will shoot up.

  • Tindella

    4 months ago

    Tindella

    I've just watched my recording and sobbed my heart out. If this programme doesn't deserve a proper slot, nothing does. What are you thinking of, Five? You show plenty of rubbish at peak times!

  • SlinkyMalinki

    4 months ago

    SlinkyMalinki

    I thought it was just last week they put it up on Sunday at 10:45? What happened? I don't care... aren't we meant to be commenting on the episode? Personally i loved it! I hope izzie gets all her hair back after the... no spoilers!

  • meredith

    4 months ago

    meredith

    please ch5, can you sort out your demand tv ? for a 41 minutes episode, it took me 1h 30 as it just froze all the time. beautiful episode, cried a lot and izzie was a beautiful bride.

  • Elaine Stocks

    4 months ago

    Elaine Stocks

    please ,please please put Greys annatomy on @ a more suitable time .why as it been dropped to a stupid hour in the dead off night

  • Greys anatomy is the best !!

    4 months ago

    Greys anatomy is the best !!

    Wow dont think i have been so emotional during an episode in my life. What an Amazing bride Izzie was :))

  • J Smith

    4 months ago

    J Smith

    Come on Ch5 please let us see 17th Jan episode on Demand 5 without all the freezing screens!!! Tried to record it, thought it was my tv/recorder at fault so how about repeating it at some point?

  • Alison

    4 months ago

    Alison

    Wow, despite having to watch it in demand 5, I think this episode needed to come with a major tissue requirement warning. Great episode don't think i've sobbed like that at a tv programme for ages.

  • Cate

    4 months ago

    Cate

    Great episode, and wish I'd read the comments/warnings first so I knew I'd need tissues to hand! Not only do Ch5 show it at an unreasonable record-or-watch-on-Demand time, but because of the gap since the last series, we are way behind the US. Please please Ch5, show the next series without delay after this finishes in a couple of weeks.

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