The Best Episodes Written By Mark Wilding

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(17 votes)

   #1 - Stairway to Heaven

   S5:E131/22/2009

   Bailey grows desperate as a patient's condition becomes more and more dire. Everyone in the hospital is stepping up to try to find the boy a new organ donor, including Meredith, who considers a death row patient's wish to die before execution. Meanwhile, an injury leaves Mark in a compromising position in the OR and Cristina awkwardly avoids Owen.

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   8.8/10(15 votes)

   #2 - 17 Seconds

   S2:E255/14/2006

   George and Derek work together, Denny still doesn't have a heart, and Meredith gets paired with Callie. A 12-week pregnant girl dies in the O.R. and her parents try to keep the baby alive. This causes tension between Derek and Addison. One doctor's overreaction unites two bickering patients. Finn is still treating Doc for medical problems.

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   8.5/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Migration

   S8:E235/10/2012

   The residents determine their future as they make their final decisions regarding post residency positions; Mark admits to Derek that he is torn between his love for Lexie and the fact that Julia can give him everything he's ever wanted; Ben plans something extra special for Bailey, but she is preoccupied with her work; and Arizona encourages her childhood friend, Nick, to have surgery. Meanwhile a couple on their third honeymoon come to the hospital complaining of mysterious symptoms.

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   #4 - Life During Wartime

   S5:E610/30/2008

   The chief gives Bailey new power and responsibility. He also gives her a very difficult surgical assignment: remove a girl's inoperable tumor. Meanwhile, new trauma chief Owen (Kevin McKidd) challenges the attendings' methods and the residents' skills.

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   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #5 - Where the Boys Are

   S3:E711/9/2006

   The men of Seattle Grace go on a camping trip together, Addison and Callie must team up to work on a patient, Meredith assists Sloan with a procedure unlike any she has experienced, and, suspicious of her recent actions at the hospital, Bailey confronts Cristina. A 9-year-old is seen by Cristina after he swallowed Monopoly game pieces. A pregnant 25-year-old, is brought in after she slipped in the shower. She doesn't want medicine to take away the pain from her injury so not to put her baby's growth in jeopardy. Doctors take care of Daniel, a man who wants a sexual reassignment surgery and who now goes under the name Donna. Accompanying Daniel is his wife of the past 10 years, who was surprised to see him want that surgery but, after much struggling, decided to stay by his side.

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   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #6 - Let the Truth Sting

   S4:E310/11/2007

   The doctors meet the world's oldest intern. Marcy brings in her son Henry because she finds his change in behavior suspicious. A patient named Connie may lose her vocal chords unless Mark and Richard can perform a radical new surgery. George impresses the other interns at work but at home he is trying to deal with his guilt about having sex with Izzie.

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   8.2/10(15 votes)

   #7 - Desire

   S3:E214/26/2007

   The attendings vie to be Chief. Two people who haven't slept together before, will. McSteamy's 60-day vow of chastity has a conclusion. We meet a boss, his assistant, and his wife. We also get to see someone being treated in the clinic. Derek has more questions about his relationship with Meredith. The chairman of the hospital board is admitted as patient. Callie confronts Izzie about her relationship with George.

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   8.2/10(16 votes)

   #8 - Owner of a Lonely Heart

   S2:E1112/4/2005

   Cristina Yang has little sympathy for Constance Ferguson (special guest star Rosanna Arquette), a prison inmate who jeopardizes her health just to get out of solitary confinement. Meanwhile the interns all keep careful watch on the family of premature quintuplets with a variety of serious health challenges, Izzie's anger at Alex reaches boiling point, and Dr. Addison Shepherd decides to teach Izzie a very painful lesson.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Heart Breaker

   S3:E111/8/2001

   Everyone makes fun of John when he starts dating an attractive 27-year-old lawyer (Angela Shelton) and even he begins to wonder if everything is fine after he experiences chest pains when the subject of sex comes up.

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    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Forever Young

    S4:E811/15/2007

    There has been a bus crash and the patients are in the ER. Meredith and Derek's relationship gets more complicated when he dates a fellow doctor. Meredith's dad goes to visit her at the hospital.

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    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)

    S7:E132/3/2011

    Derek breaks ground on his Alzheimer's clinical trial and Meredith can't help but feel left out; Bailey's attempt to take the hospital into the age of new media with live tweets from the OR does not go over well with the Chief; and Callie, Mark and Arizona must learn to navigate through the pregnancy together, which starts off with Callie driving her new obstetrician crazy.

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    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Invasion

    S6:E510/15/2009

    The residents of Seattle Grace and Mercy West vie for surgeries and their careers as day one of the hospital merger begins. Meanwhile, Arizona stands by an enraged Callie when her father, Mr. Torres, employs a priest to help convince her to date men, and Izzie experiences the brunt of her new surgical competition.

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    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Superfreak

    S7:E310/7/2010

    Issues surface when Derek's estranged sister, Amelia (Caterina Scorsone), visits unexpectedly; Meredith and Derek continue to try to ease Cristina back into surgery.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Cheaper by the Coven

    S7:E39/26/2004

    When Paige and Phoebe summon Grams for Chris's wiccaning, Grams puts a spell on the children to try to end their sibling rivalry, but instead it reverts the sisters back to bickering teenagers. Meanwhile Phoebe, still acting like a teenager, attends an award ceremony with Les, and Leo consults a demonic seer to find out who is behind the attack on Wyatt.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Dave

    S4:E43/28/2021

    Phoebe inches closer to the trio's entire operation, which allows the Secret Service to make an interesting deal with Beth. Stan's boss forces dangerous errands. Ruby imagines a new life for them. Annie struggles with the possibility that her son no longer needs her.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Ordinary Witches

    S7:E111/16/2005

    When Piper switches powers with Phoebe, to allow her to see the vision of the utopian world, Zankou interferes, and causes their powers to be transferred to innocent bystanders, who run amok. Meanwhile, Brody's murderious desires prompt Paige to take him on a journey back to his childhood to learn the truth about his parents' death.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Witches in Tights

    S5:E510/13/2002

    When a demon coerces a boy into turning him into an evil comic book villain so he can steal an Elder's powers, the boy transforms The Charmed Ones into comic book heroes with superhuman strengths to prevent this from happening.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Freaky Phoebe

    S7:E195/1/2005

    A powerful sorceress switches bodies with Phoebe, who ends up trapped in the Underworld. Meanwhile, Paige faces a big problem when her new charge refuses her help.

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    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Jeff

    S2:E125/19/2019

    As Dean explores a new beginning, the ladies unpack Mary Pat's dark past. Meanwhile, Annie digs deeper into her own suspicion.

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    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Shutdown

    S1:E84/16/2018

    Rio’s feeling the heat from the FBI investigation, so he abruptly shuts down operations, cutting off Beth, Ruby, and Annie's money supply. Their attempt to go back to being ordinary housewives is short-lived when Mary Pat puts the financial squeeze on them -- forcing the three women to commit another heist.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - We're Even

    S4:E157/22/2021

    The girls are forced into a heist by the Secret Service. Ruby tries to repair Beth and Stan's relationship. Rio offers an unexpected proposal. Stan and Dean form an alliance.

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    5.2/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Broken Toys

    S4:E85/9/2021

    Flashbacks reveal the road that led Rio to his present life. Beth gets a surprise visit from Nick, who warns her against a relationship with Rio. Dean is roped into a pyramid scheme by his biker gang.

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