Candice Afia

Derek's mother arrives in Seattle and meets Meredith for the first time; the patient on death row wants to donate his organs to Bailey's young patient, Jackson; Callie has a patient who had surgery to make him taller, only it caused massive infections in his legs; Owen asks Cristina out on a date.

Bailey arranges a domino kidney surgery involving all the residents and interns; Meredith is upset Derek didn't include her in the article on their clinical trial.

Derek prepares to perform his first surgery since his breakdown; Owen has a PTSD episode which injures Cristina and puts their relationship in jeopardy.

Derek is being sued for malpractice and stays in a depressed state at Meredith's; Alex has an epileptic girl who's most recent seizure caused heart failure; Adele tries to help settle issues between Richard and Bailey.

Cristina and Meredith try to put their differences aside to treat a prisoner on death row with a serious brain injury; Bailey is put on her heels by a new pediatric surgeon.

Cristina tells Alex and Bailey about Izzie's condition; Mark is doing a face transplant on a patient and Owen and Alex are the donor gathering team; Bailey sends Callie after Derek to bring him back and Callie ends up staying in his vortex of self-pity.