Here Comes the Flood

"As surgeons we are trained to fix what’s broken. The breaking point is our starting line... at work. But in our lives the breaking point is a sign of weakness and we’ll do everything we can to avoid it. Bones break. Organs burst. Flesh tears. We can sew the flesh, repair the damage, ease the pain. But when life breaks down...when we break down...there’s no science. No hard and fast rules. We just have to feel our way through. And to a surgeon there’s nothing worse, and there’s nothing better."

- Meredith Grey

 is the third episode of the fifth season and the 81st overall episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Short Summary
George attempts to re-take his exam, Lexie discovers she has feelings for George and the hospital suffers severe flooding. thumb|300px|right

Full Summary
Episode in detail.

Main Cast

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

Guest Stars

 * Amy Madigan as Dr. Wyatt
 * Daniel J. Travanti as Barry Patmore
 * Jim Ortlieb as Jack O'Brien
 * Samantha Quan as Shelly Boden
 * Suzy Nakamura as Jenn Smith

Co-Starring

 * Candice Afia as Intern Laura
 * Amrapali Ambegaokar as Intern Dani
 * Kate Anthony as Nurse Kate
 * Tymberlee Chanel as Intern Claire
 * Ariel Felix as Anesthesiologist
 * Gloria Garayua as Intern Graciella
 * Molly Kidder as Intern Megan
 * Nelson Mashita as Proctor
 * Miguel Nájera as Janitor Mike
 * Joy Osmanski as Intern Lucy
 * Mark Saul as Intern Steve
 * Winston Story as Intern Leo
 * Jennifer Sydney as Naked Hot Chick
 * Joseph Williamson as Intern Pierce

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode's title originated from the song Here Comes the Flood, originally sung by Peter Gabriel.
 * This episode scored 14.54 million viewers.

Quotes

 * Izzie: Eat the muffin, Mer. Taste the muffin. Remember. The muffin.


 * Cristina: Um, how did you diagnose that nerve, because I've never even heard of that condition before?
 * Lexie: I remembered an article from the "british journal of E.N.T.". And it was issue number 47, page 19 from 1964. Photographic memory.
 * Alex: Dude, lexipedia.
 * George: I hate you.
 * Lexie: Don't hate me. I can help you.


 * Cristina: (to Derek) Don't ever use me again to try to influence her. Me and you are not Team Meredith.


 * Erica: We have a problem. Mark Sloan has found us out.
 * Callie: Mark's known from the beginning. I told him.
 * Erica: He's Mark Sloan.
 * Callie: What? You don't have a person that you talk to about things?
 * Erica: You are the person that I talk to about things. And I like to keep my private life private, from everyone. And most definitely Mark Sloan.


 * Richard: (to the entire staff) Okay, we're busy people here, so I'm gonna try to be brief. I am intementing a new teaching protocol here at Seattle Grace. Some of these rules are new, and some are old that are gonna be newly enforced. First, second, and third residents will no longer be aloud to defactal specialize, the practice inferes with the developement of a fully rounded surgical education. No more. Personal relationships, personal loyalites, and personal favorites will no longer be a factor in our training program. Attendings you will spread your wealth of knowledge equally amoung all the residents. In addition, we will refocus our attention on patient communication and bedside manner. For some us this means using the lost art of humanity and compassion. For others this means learning how to treat patients without becoming emotionally involved with them. This is a surgical program, psychiatry is on the 5th floor, let's not confuse the two. In addition, residents, your interns reflect on you. If they fail, you fail. If they succeed, you succeed. Attendings that goes for residents as well. Teach with enthusiasm, learn with enthusiasm. We are surgeons, we cut out belignacies. Let's start at home people.