Sean Moran

Meredith and Dr. Shepherd have to use more than medicine when a young woman's traditionalist, religious father forbids her to have a life-saving operation. Meanwhile, George and Alex are forced to perform surgery under less than ideal conditions in an attempt to save a patient’s life, and its decision time for Derek and the two women in his life.

Caroline promises Earl that she will drop his tax return in the mail, but when she learns that Max has never filed her taxes, she gets sidetracked trying to help Max.

Addison and Charlotte fight to save the lives of a woman in a coma and her unborn child; members of the Oceanside staff clash with Meg; when a patient is suspected of murdering his wife, Violet seeks Kevin's advice.

Addison falls for a colleague at St Ambrose. Elsewhere, Pete and Sheldon convince Violet to take a pregnancy test.

Kelly and Sipowicz probe the kidnapping of a doctor's daughter; a woman and her son claim to have been robbed while hitchhiking.