4.4/102,717 votesLoading...#1 - Leave a Light On
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2020
Bailey and Ben face a huge, life-altering decision, while Meredith and several of the doctors reflect on the past.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Elisabeth R. Finch
5.2/101,576 votesLoading...#2 - In My Life
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/2021
After a heart-wrenching loss, Teddy struggles to cope and it triggers memories of her past. When Owen brings her home, she must face some long-standing truths. Meanwhile, Amelia tries to help the situation by encouraging Owen to accept and forgive Teddy.
Director: Kevin McKidd
Writer: Tameson Duffy
5.6/103,616 votesLoading...#3 - How to Save a Life
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2015
Derek witnesses a horrible car accident and springs into action to save lives.
Director: Rob Hardy
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
5.8/10710 votesLoading...#4 - The Makings Of You
Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 3/17/2022
Nick whisks Meredith away to his Minnesota cabin for a romantic weekend, leaving Winston and Maggie to care for Meredith’s children. Meanwhile, Amelia and Kai grow closer.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Felicia Pride
6.2/104,513 votesLoading...#5 - Song Beneath the Song
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2011
A cataclysmic event leaves the doctors shaken; Callie, on the verge of a life-changing moment, starts imagining about the hospital and her friends.
Director: Tony Phelan
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
6.2/101,011 votesLoading...#6 - The Last Supper
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 2/6/2020
Jackson creates an uncomfortable situation when he invites new girlfriend, Vic, to what he thinks is Richard and Catherine’s anniversary celebration, only to discover the dinner was called for different reasons. Elsewhere, Levi brings Nico on a trip to visit an ailing family member.
Director: Debbie Allen, Nicole Cummins-Rubio
Writer: Jason Ganzel
6.2/10649 votesLoading...#7 - I'll Follow the Sun
Season 19 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2023
It’s Meredith’s last day at Grey Sloan Memorial and the doctors plan a goodbye surprise, while Nick confronts her about the future of their relationship. Elsewhere, the interns compete to scrub in on Maggie and Winston’s groundbreaking partial heart transplant procedure, and Richard asks Teddy an important question.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Krista Vernoff
6.3/101,265 votesLoading...#8 - Sign O' the Times
Season 17 Episode 12 - Aired 4/15/2021
Maggie is preoccupied with Winston while trying to treat a patient wounded in the Seattle protests. Meanwhile, Levi is tested by an emergency, and the doctors struggle to treat a patient who doesn't believe in COVID.
Director: Michael Medico
Writer: Jase Miles-Perez
6.6/10433 votesLoading...#9 - Love Don't Cost a Thing
Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2023
Simone is met with a life-changing decision upon the return of someone from her past. Blue shadows Maggie on a risky procedure, while Jo and Link tend to a pregnant woman. At the intern house, Lucas and Mika throw a party filled with surprises.
Director: Kevin McKidd
Writer: Jess Righthand
6.7/10955 votesLoading...#10 - Look Up Child
Season 17 Episode 14 - Aired 5/6/2021
Jackson pays a visit to his father that helps set him on the right path.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Felicia Pride, Elisabeth J. Finch
6.7/10447 votesLoading...#11 - All Star
Season 19 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2023
Teddy makes a challenging decision. Meanwhile, Maggie and Winston aren’t on speaking terms, and Link leans on Jo for emotional support as he preps for a surgery on a well-known athlete. Simone and Lucas are surprised by an unlikely visitor.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: Briana Belser
6.8/10952 votesLoading...#12 - Love of My Life
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2020
Richard preps to present his PATH pen at the LA Surgical Innovation Conference but becomes distracted by his issues with Catherine. Maggie and Teddy run into people from their past at the same conference, while Hayes relives moments from when he met his late wife.
Director: Debbie Allen, Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: Kiley Donovan, Andy Reaser
6.8/101,022 votesLoading...#13 - No Time for Despair
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 12/17/2020
Grey Sloan Memorial faces new pressures as Seattle Pres is overloaded, and Grey Sloan Memorial is now on surge capacity protocol. Meanwhile, Owen and Amelia are faced with one of the most controversial surgeries of their careers.
Director: Pete Chatmon
Writer: Jase Miles-Perez
6.9/101,628 votesLoading...#14 - The Other Side of This Life (1)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/2007
Meredith works on her relationship with Susan and Thatcher. Cristina has to deal with her mother and Burke's. Alex continues to tend to Jane Doe/Ava. Meredith and Derek's relationship has a problem that needs resolution quick. Addison sees her god-daughter which leads to a job offer outside of Seattle. Derek has to perform surgery. Burke has a reservation about marrying Cristina. Many new people guest star in the course of Addison's road trip to California. Addison considers moving to be closer to her old med school friends until she discovers that drama she wishes to leave behind isn't exclusive to Seattle. Her friends who she thought had it all, are divorced. A pregnant woman must discover who the father of her child is.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
6.9/101,839 votesLoading...#15 - The Room Where It Happens
Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2016
A difficult surgery brings back pivotal memories for Meredith, Richard, Owen and Stephanie, as they work together to save a life.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Meg Marinis
7.0/101,006 votesLoading...#16 - Civil War
Season 13 Episode 15 - Aired 3/9/2017
Richard, Jackson, April and Catherine tackle a grueling trauma case intensified by hospital politics. Amelia finally faces her feelings about Owen, and Meredith gets caught between Nathan and Alex over a patient.
Director: Nicole Cummins-Rubio
Writer: Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter
7.0/10725 votesLoading...#17 - Life on Mars?
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 3/12/2020
A wealthy inventor arrives at Grey Sloan and asks Koracick for help, while Meredith struggles to save a woman with diabetes who has been rationing her insulin. Jo and Link fight to save a young man who fell onto train tracks, and Jackson and Vic's relationship hits a snag.
Director: Debbie Allen, Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Jase Miles-Perez
7.0/10773 votesLoading...#18 - Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right
Season 17 Episode 11 - Aired 4/8/2021
The Grey Sloan doctors are stuck in the middle of a fight between a newlywed couple who are injured in a car accident and brought to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, Jackson’s generosity with COVID-positive patients goes a bit too far, and Hayes works to rebuild Maggie’s confidence and convince her to perform an extremely risky heart surgery.
Director: Giacomo Gianniotti
Writer: Julie Wong
7.0/10667 votesLoading...#19 - I'm Still Standing
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 5/27/2021
Levi gets accepted into the vaccine trial. Meanwhile, Amelia and Owen treat a car crash patient, and Hayes and Jo are met with Luna’s legal guardian.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Meg Marinis, Andy Reaser
7.0/10696 votesLoading...#20 - Some Kind of Tomorrow
Season 18 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2021
Meredith seeks advice from Amelia. Meanwhile, Richard is reenergized as he takes teaching to a new level at the hospital, and Winston treats a patient suffering from kidney failure.
Director: Kevin McKidd
Writer: Felicia Pride
7.1/101,507 votesLoading...#21 - The Other Side of This Life (2)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/2007
Meredith works on her relationship with Susan and Thatcher. Cristina has to deal with her mother and Burke's. Alex continues to tend to Jane Doe/Ava. Meredith and Derek's relationship has a problem that needs resolution quick. Addison sees her god-daughter which leads to a job offer outside of Seattle. Derek has to perform surgery. Burke has a reservation about marrying Cristina. Many new people guest star in the course of Addison's road trip to California. Addison considers moving to be closer to her old med school friends until she discovers that drama she wishes to leave behind isn't exclusive to Seattle. Her friends who she thought had it all, are divorced. A pregnant woman must discover who the father of her child is.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
7.1/101,458 votesLoading...#22 - Unbreak My Heart
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 2/25/2016
The evolution of April and Jackson’s relationship is revealed through a series of flashbacks dating back to when they first met. Simultaneously, we follow the years-long progress of one of Jackson’s patients.
Director: Rob Corn
Writer: Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter
7.1/10901 votesLoading...#23 - Here Comes the Sun (II)
Season 18 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2021
As the city of Seattle revels at the Phoenix Fair celebrating the city’s rebirth post-COVID, the Grey Sloan doctors treat a patient who encounters illegal fireworks. Meanwhile, Bailey has her sights set on hiring new doctors, but she’s having trouble finding viable options. Owen and Teddy attempt to take the next step in their engagement, and Meredith has a surprising opportunity when she meets a dynamic doctor from her mother‘s past. The crossover starts on Station 19 S05E01 Phoenix from the Flame (I).
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Meg Marinis
7.1/10566 votesLoading...#24 - Today Was A Fairytale
Season 18 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2021
Dr. Hamilton takes his frustrations out on Meredith, so Nick gives her a chance to blow off steam by scrubbing in on a surgery. Back in Seattle, Link and Jo take their kids to a fairytale theater performance that goes wrong. Bailey and Dr. Lin attend a recruitment fair in hopes of attracting more doctors to Grey Sloan but find themselves ill-prepared.
Director: Debbie Allen
Writer: Julie Wong
7.1/10513 votesLoading...#25 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Season 18 Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/2022
Bailey faces an unhappy Catherine who is facing audits for several of her Foundation hospitals. Meanwhile, Addison is back at Grey Sloan; tensions rise between Meredith and Richard, and Owen returns to work.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Jase Miles-Perez, Jess Righthand
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Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Leave a Light On" is the worst rated episode of "Grey's Anatomy". It scored 4.4/10 based on 2717 votes. Directed by Debbie Allen and written by Elisabeth R. Finch, it aired on 3/5/2020. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "In My Life".