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"In life we are taught that there are seven deadly sins. We all know the big ones... gluttony, pride, lust. But the sin you don't hear much about is anger. Maybe it's because we think anger is not that dangerous, that you can control it. My point is, maybe we don't give anger enough credit. Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than we think. After all, when it comes to destructive behavior, it did make the top seven. So what makes anger different from the six other deadly sins? It's pretty simple really, you give into a sin like envy or pride and you only hurt yourself. Try lust or coveting and you'll only hurt yourself and probably one or two others. But anger, anger is the worst... the mother of all sins... Not only can anger drive you over the edge, when it does you can take an awful lot of other people with you."

- Meredith Grey

 is the twenty-fifth episode of the second season and the 34th overall episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Short Summary
Derek ignores Meredith, Addison gets suspicious, Meredith worries about Doc, everyone gets busy treating gun shot wounds, Burke fights to get Denny a new heart and Izzie goes to drastic measures to make sure he gets it.

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
 * Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd
 * Isaiah Washington as Dr. Preston Burke
 * Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd

Special Guest Star

 * Chris O'Donnell as Dr. Finn Dandridge

Guest Starring

 * Sara Ramírez as Dr. Callie Torres
 * Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Denny Duquette
 * Brooke Smith as Dr. Erica Hahn
 * Ken Marino as Brad Ackles
 * Michael Milhoan as Doug Thomas
 * Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Deborah Fleiss
 * Jesse Head as Will
 * Michael Arden as Neal Hannigan
 * Steven W. Bailey as Joe
 * Robin Pearson Rose as Patricia

Co-Starring

 * Patti Tippo as Cindy Thomas
 * Kathleen M. Darcy as Derek's Anesthesiologist
 * Jeremy Rabb as ER Resident
 * Keith Sellon-Wright as Surgeon #1
 * Carmen Mormino as Monnie
 * David Paluck as Surgeon #2
 * Kate Mines as Burke's Nurse

Featuring

 * Toby Meuli as Chaz

Uncredited

 * Jennifer Nyholm as Kendra Thomas

Denny Duquette, Jr.

 * Diagnosis:
 * Doctors:
 * Treatment:

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode's title originated from the album , originally sung by The Cure.
 * This episode scored 22.60 million viewers.

Quotes

 * Cristina: (about Burke, who is playing darts with Derek) He is picturing my face. He is totally picturing that dart puncturing my skull. Ooh, look at that.
 * Izzie: (to Meredith) Derek, Derek is picturing you.
 * Meredith: He called me a whore. He lost the right to picture me.
 * Cristina: So I fall asleep during sex. So what? Ass!
 * Meredith: (about Derek) Ass!
 * Izzie: (Alex walks over) Oh, ass! Hey.
 * Alex: (to Izzie) Isobel Stevens has finally left the hospital. Does this mean heart patient dude finally kicked it?
 * Izzie: (to Alex) I'm sorry, this section of the bar is for surgeons. We don't socialize with gynecologists.


 * Brad Ackles: (to a nurse) Even with all these cuts, I don't feel any pain. I swear, I have the highest pain threshold of anybody I know.
 * Will: (quietly, to Bailey) My God! If I could say something to that guy and not get fired!
 * Miranda: He can't fire me. (walks up to Brad) Mr. Ackles, Brad, I'm happy for you that you're not feeling much pain from your very minor injuries, but there are many people in this hospital, who are in a great amount of pain. See, they have bullets in their bones, in their chest and in their brains. Bullets from a gun that was aiming for you. And although they can't say it because you're the boss of them, most of these people, at this moment, are praying. Not that they'll live, not that the pain will subside, they're praying to God, for you, at this moment, to shut the heck up.