Season 6
🎬 24 Episodes 📅 2009 ⏱ 43 min
Behind the sterile walls of Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, ambition collides with humanity in ways no textbook could prepare them for. Grey's Anatomy captures the raw, unfiltered journey of surgeons learning that saving lives means first understanding their own. Every patient on the operating table becomes a mirror, reflecting the doctors' own struggles, failures, and the fragile beauty of second chances that make them whole.
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📊 Season Stats
24
Episodes
2009
Year
43
min / ep
17.2
Watch Hours
6/22
Season No.
⭐ 9.2
Best Episode
Ep. 23 · Sanctuary
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🎬 Episodes 24 episodes
1
⭐ 8.5
Good Mourning
The hospital staff is left to deal with the aftermath of George's passing. Hitting the staff hard, they all find unique ways to get through the various stages of grief. George's mom returns, faced with the difficult task of deciding what to do with his organs.
🎬 Edward Ornelas ✍️ Krista Vernoff
2
⭐ 8.0
Goodbye
Everyone is struggling after losing one of their own and are turning to any distraction they can find. Meredith and Derek seem to be consummating their marriage anywhere and everywhere, while Cristina and Owen have been instructed to abstain from sex by Dr. Wyatt.
🎬 Bill D'Elia ✍️ Krista Vernoff
3
⭐ 8.2
I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me
Several weeks after her near-death experience, a recovering Izzie returns to work. Meanwhile, nervous that there will be layoffs in the hospital in the wake of an announcement from the Chief, the Seattle Grace residents compete to survive the cuts, including Cristina, who attempts to work alongside …
🎬 Michael Pressman ✍️ Joan Rater
4
⭐ 8.0
Tainted Obligation
When Meredith and Lexie's father, Thatcher, returns to the hospital with a failed liver, it's up to Meredith to save his life. Meanwhile, Izzie empathizes with a patient riddled with tumors, as Mark, annoyed with Cristina's competitive zeal, tricks her into assisting on an unusual surgery.
🎬 Tom Verica ✍️ Jenna Bans
5
⭐ 8.1
Invasion
The residents of Seattle Grace and Mercy West vie for surgeries and their careers as day one of the hospital merger begins. Meanwhile, Arizona stands by an enraged Callie when her father, Mr. Torres, employs a priest to help convince her to date men, and Izzie experiences the brunt of her new surgic…
🎬 Tony Phelan ✍️ Mark Wilding
6
⭐ 8.7
I Saw What I Saw
After a burn victim unexpectedly dies in the midst of a chaotic ER, the Chief and board member Jennings interrogate the residents to find the culprit, as all the Mercy West and Seattle Grace resident defends their actions in an effort to save their jobs.
🎬 Allison Liddi-Brown ✍️ William Harper
7
⭐ 8.6
Give Peace a Chance
When Isaac has an inoperable tumor wrapped around his spine, he wants Derek to do the impossible. Derek tests the Chief's authority when Richard objects to moving forward with the risky surgery.
🎬 Chandra Wilson ✍️ Peter Nowalk
8
⭐ 8.3
Invest In Love
A generous 25 million donation is offered to Seattle Grace by the parents of Arizonas 10-year-old patient, she finds herself in a conflict of interest when his condition worsens. Cristina tests her boundaries with Owen at the hospital. Alex is left with all of Izzies hospital bills to contend with.
🎬 Jessica Yu ✍️ Stacy McKee
9
⭐ 8.1
New History
Owen recruits Dr. Teddy Altman, a former Iraqi veteran, as the new cardiothoracic surgeon. Cristina questions her abilities in the E.R. and relationship with Owen. Izzie returns to Seattle Grace with her high school mentor seeking treatment for his dementia. Richard's responsibilities, post-merge…
🎬 Rob Corn ✍️ Allan Heinberg
10
⭐ 8.0
Holidaze
As Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's pass, Miranda gets a visit from her father, William who disapproves of her choices in life. Mark and Lexie cope with an arrival of a woman from his past. Thatcher questions the Chief's recent behavior as Meredith comes to his defense.
🎬 Robert Berlinger ✍️ Krista Vernoff
11
⭐ 8.1
Blink
Mark flies Addison to Seattle to help with a difficult procedure on his pregnant daughter, Sloan, Owen questions Teddy's motives when she assigns Cristina the lead on a complicated surgery, and Derek's suspicions are raised when the Chief recruits Meredith to assist with a high profile operation on.
🎬 Randall Zisk ✍️ Debora Cahn
12
⭐ 8.1
I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
After learning of Richard's drinking problem, Derek confronts him for the sake of his friend and the hospital, Izzie returns, hoping to reconcile with Alex, and tensions run high between Teddy, Cristina and Owen in the aftermath of Cristina's startling confession.
🎬 Donna Deitch ✍️ Joan Rater
13
⭐ 8.1
State of Love and Trust
As Derek begins his role as interim chief, he faces a potential lawsuit when Bailey and Meredith's patient awakens from anesthesia mid-surgery. Meanwhile, Teddy refuses to place Cristina on her service, as Arizona tests Alex out in Pediatrics, and Mark refuses to speak to a heartbroken Lexie.
🎬 Jeannot Szwarc ✍️ Stacy McKee
14
⭐ 8.2
Valentine's Day Massacre
It's Valentine's Day, and the doctors must treat dozens of injured people after the roof collapses at a popular romantic restaurant; Derek tries to manage his busy schedule as Chief of Surgery; Meredith wrestles with her new duties as the Chief's wife; and Mark and Callie team up to convince Sloan t…
🎬 Stephen Cragg ✍️ William Harper
15
⭐ 8.7
The Time Warp
In his new role as Chief, Derek restores the hospital lecture series, and Richard, Bailey and Callie present to the group pivotal surgical cases from their pasts Bailey reflects on her first days as a shy resident, Callie looks back on a polio case, and Richard recalls a case in which he and Ellis w…
🎬 Rob Corn ✍️ Zoanne Clack
16
⭐ 8.2
Perfect Little Accident
When famous surgeon Dr. Harper Avery is rushed to Seattle Grace-Mercy West, the staff is surprised to discover that one of their own is related to this legend, and his unorthodox request for his surgery causes tensions t between Derek and Richard. Meanwhile Callie and Arizona try to help Teddy and S…
🎬 Bill D'Elia ✍️ Peter Nowalk
17
⭐ 8.4
Push
A patient who needs an extremely difficult surgery comes to Seattle Grace, and it's Richard and Owen who vie for the opportunity to tackle it. But the decision lies in the hands of Derek, who deems that Owen should take on the surgery, leaving Richard bitter. Meanwhile, Bailey deals with her own per…
🎬 Chandra Wilson ✍️ Debora Cahn
18
⭐ 8.2
Suicide is Painless
When Teddy's patient seeks to end treatment and her life, she turns to Hunt for help. The situation triggers Hunt's memories of his life at war and his past relationship with Teddy. Meanwhile, Callie and Arizona have a difference in opinion on what their future holds, and Richard tries to adjust to …
🎬 Jeannot Szwarc ✍️ Joan Rater
19
⭐ 8.1
Sympathy for the Parents
When Alex's younger brother, Aaron, shows up at Seattle Grace-Mercy West with a hernia, it's up to Alex to get Bailey's approval for his pro bono surgery. Matters are further complicated when Aaron discloses that his family has not heard from Alex since he arrived in Seattle, and parts of Alex's pas…
🎬 Debbie Allen ✍️ Allan Heinberg
20
⭐ 7.9
Hook, Line and Sinner
Sloan returns to Mark's apartment, just as she's going into labor, and Teddy, Mark and the still-fighting Callie and Arizona are there to help with the birth and to get Mark through his grandson's pending adoption. Meanwhile Teddy sees Derek's invitation to illustrious cardiothoracic surgeon Tom Eva…
🎬 Tony Phelan ✍️ Meg Marinis
21
⭐ 8.3
How Insensitive
Bailey preps the team with mandatory sensitivity training prior to admitting a 700-pound patient with compounded medical issues, and the case proves to be challenging in every sense of the word. Meanwhile Derek has to come face to face with a former patient's husband in a wrongful death deposition, …
🎬 Tom Verica ✍️ Shonda Rhimes
22
⭐ 8.4
Shiny Happy People
An elderly patient admitted into the E.R. for a heart condition sees a familiar face, a long lost love who happens to be in the E.R. as well for a fractured arm, and the staff find themselves caught up in their love story. Meanwhile, Karev treats a troubled teenage patient (guest star Demi Lovato) w…
🎬 Edward Ornelas ✍️ Zoanne Clack
23
⭐ 9.2
Sanctuary
Seattle Grace Hospital is hit with a crisis like no other in its' history.
🎬 Stephen Cragg ✍️ Shonda Rhimes
24
⭐ 8.6
Death and All His Friends
Cristina and Meredith's surgical skills are put to the ultimate test.
🎬 Rob Corn ✍️ Shonda Rhimes