The First Cut Is the Deepest

Quotes of this episode can be found here.

Brief Summary
Meredith looks for roommates to share her mother's house with. Izzie helps out a Chinese woman whose daughter is in need. Meredith visits the maternity ward and discovers something wrong with one of the babies. Preston Burke tries to change.

Full Summary
Two interns place their careers into jeopardy when they each do something they know they shouldn't. When Meredith visits the maternity ward, she notices that a newborn is discolored and looks unhealthy overall. After looking at the baby's chart, she feels that the baby may have a more serious condition then what the pediatric intern may think. She mentions this to Preston, who eventually performs surgery on the baby. Preston scolds her for stepping outside of her territory. Izzie has to help a Chinese woman who came into the hospital with a few minor cuts. However, the Chinese lady doesn't speak English, so Izzie has a difficult time communicating with her. The lady motions for Izzie to come outside with her, where she meets the child of the lady who has a much more serious condition. Since the child does not have a green card, she is afraid that she will go to jail. Izzie takes some materials from the hospital to the girl and fixes her wounds.

Alex is reassigned to Miranda, who has him shadow Cristina for the shift. Alex and Cristina have to deliver lab results to patients. George is working the code team and most of his patients die, which puts him into a depressed state.

A rape victim is admitted to Seattle Grace and, upon surgery, the doctors discover that she bit off her attacker's penis. Since Meredith identified the penis, she has to watch over it until the police come to take it into evidence. The attacker eventually comes to the hospital and is detained by the police after he recovers from his surgery.

After talking with Dr. Webber, Preston realizes that both he and Derek were promised the job of chief surgeon upon Dr. Webber's retirement. Dr. Webber says that Preston had the job in the bag, but various things, such as doing only what is asked of him and having a cocky attitude, have changed his mind.

Music
You Wouldn't Like Me" - Tegan and Sara "Sister Kate" - The Ditty Bops "Live and Learn" - The Cardigans "Wait" - Get Set Go "Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane
 * "Band/Singer" - Song

Hospital Staff
Ellen Pompeo ... Dr. Meredith Grey Sandra Oh ... Dr. Cristina Yang Katherine Heigl ... Dr. Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens Justin Chambers ... Dr. Alex Karev T.R. Knight ... Dr. George O'Malley Chandra Wilson ... Dr. Miranda Bailey James Pickens Jr. ... Dr. Richard Webber Isaiah Washington ... Dr. Preston Burke Patrick Dempsey ... Dr. Derek Shepherd Anjul Nigam ... Dr. Raj Sen (uncredited) Kerry Carney ... Intern #1 Helene McCardle ... ER Doc Robin Pearson Rose ... Patricia Kerri Higuchi ... Peds Intern Kristy Munden ... Trauma Nurse (as Kristy L. Munden) Andre Panossian ... Code Team Leader

Patients and relatives
Laurie Burke ... Mother of Newborn (uncredited) Shannon Burwell ... Crying Patient (uncredited) Sonia Jackson ... Patient #1 Scott Michael Morgan ... Patient #2

Hospital family/Friends
Patricia Harris-Smith ... Patient's Wife Nate Reese ... Father of Patient #1

Unsorted
Cindy Drummond ... Louis's Wife Dennis Gubbins ... Paul Stacey Hinnen ... Mr. Johnson (as Stacey R. Hinnen) Debra D. Holt ... Big Man's Wife (as Debra Holt) Chip Keyes ... Big Man Gary Kraus ... Louis Cardon Scarlett Lam ... Ahn Alice Lo ... Qing Lu Jeff Marlow ... Drunk Man Joan McCrea ... Louis' Wife's Mother Kylie Milne ... Ellen Parkins (as Kylie Dragna) Linda Nile ... Louis's Wife's Sister Elise Robertson ... Ms. Johnson Alex Thayer ... Allison Walter Wong ... Tech
 * Stephen Blackehart... Vic