A Hard Day's Night (Grey's Anatomy)

Infobox Television episode
Title = A Hard Day's Night
Series = Grey's Anatomy
Season = 1
Episode = 1
Guests = Kate Burton as Ellis Grey
Skyler Shaye as Katie Bryce
David Veigh as Tony Savitch
Laura Carson as Gloria Savitch
Randall Arney as Mr. Bryce
Robbie Troy as Mr. Bryce
Airdate = March 27, 2005 (ABC)
Production = 101
Writer = Shonda Rhimes
Director = Peter Horton
Episode list = Episode chronology


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Next = The First Cut is the Deepest"A Hard Day's Night" is the pilot and first episode of the ABC series, "Grey's Anatomy". The episode was written by Shonda Rhimes and was directed by Peter Horton. It originally aired on Sunday March 27, 2005.

Episode Recap

Meredith Grey is a first-year surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. There, she is introduced to what will become her "home away from home" for the next seven years, along with fellow interns Cristina Yang, George O'Malley, Isabel "Izzie" Stevens and Alex Karev. The first three and Meredith are assigned to resident doctor Dr. Miranda Bailey, nicknamed "The Nazi" because of her blunt attitude and strict way of doing things. Two attending doctors, Dr. Derek Shepherd (a handsome, flirtatious man) and Dr. Preston Burke (who is ready to make the interns cry), oversee most of the surgical procedures and have the interns follow in their ways. The chief surgeon is Dr. Richard Webber.

The night before Meredith's first day on the job, she sleeps with Derek (not knowing where he worked) after meeting him in a bar. The next morning, Meredith asks him to leave, only to see him hours later at Seattle Grace. Meredith is very uncomfortable about the situation because she does not want personal matters to get in the way of her career.

Preston asks George to be the first intern to perform a surgical procedure. He does well, but when a small mistake causes the patient to bleed profusely, George freezes and Preston takes over. In another case, George makes the mistake of promising the wife of a man who is going to have open-heart surgery that he will be okay. However, the condition was worse than what was expected and the man died. Meredith has to deal with a young girl who is having seizures, but the reason is unknown. After Derek asks the interns to research potential explanations, Cristina and Meredith find the answer. As a reward, Derek asks Meredith to stand in and watch the girl's operation. Cristina is furious because she feels that Derek is playing favorites towards Meredith.

After her first day at the hospital, Meredith tells her mother, Dr. Ellis Grey, about what went on. However, Ellis does not understand what Meredith is saying because she has Alzheimer's disease.

Music

*"Portions for Foxes" - Rilo Kiley
*"Super Cool" - Bang Sugar Bang
*"They" - Jem
*"Dance" - O.A.O.T.S.
*"Ready to Rise" - Vaughan Penn
*"Life Is Short" - Butterfly Boucher
*"Into the Fire" - Thirteen Senses

Title Reference

The pilot episode title refers to the 1964 song composed and performed by The Beatles.