(As We Know It)

Infobox Television episode | Title = (As We Know It)
Series = Grey's Anatomy
Season = 2
Episode = 17
Guests = Christina Ricci (Hannah Davies), Kyle Chandler (Dylan Young), Loretta Devine (Adele)
Airdate = February 12, 2006 (ABC)
Production = 217
Writer = Shonda Rhimes
Director = Peter Horton
Episode list = Episode chronology


Prev = It's the End of the World
Next = Yesterday "(As We Know It)" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the ABC series, "Grey's Anatomy". The episode was written by Shonda Rhimes and was directed by Peter Horton. It originally aired on February 12, 2006. This episode is the second of a two-part story.

Episode recap

Without her husband by her side, Bailey refuses to have the baby. Addison strongly disagrees -- that baby has to come out, and Addison would much rather have Bailey's cooperation on this. George works with Addison to convince Bailey to have the baby, and it's George who finally gets through to her. Richard isn't doing so well, though, with the stress, and he suffers an anxiety attack that lures Adele to the hospital.

Dr. Bailey is in labor, and is still refusing to give birth. George helps her out by giving her a little motivation, and ultimately holding her while she delivers the baby. Izzie and Alex have some more love-making. Chief Webber is under a lot of stress from everything that's been going on, and it is believed that he had a heart attack. However, it proves to be just an anxiety attack, and he is up and about by the end of the episode. Bailey's husband survives, after going into cardiac arrest. Meredith removes the explosive from the patient and then Dylan Young, a member of the bomb squad, removes it and leaves the room. Shortly thereafter, the bomb explodes, killing Dylan and another bomb-squad member. Meredith, who followed Dylan out into the hall, is knocked unconscious by the explosion. There is a revival of the "shower scene" from the first part, but with a more serious tone: the fully-clothed Izzie and Cristina wash blood off of a stunned Meredith as George looks on. The man who had the explosive embedded in his body also survived. At the end of the episode, Preston and Derek become friends, overcoming their initial rivalry in the series beginning, and call each other by their first names for the first time in the show. Cristina says "I love you too" to a sleeping Preston. Derek comes visiting Meredith and says "You almost died today" and Meredith tells him that she can't remember their last kiss. Derek tells her about it in detail and then leaves.

Title reference

The episode's title refers to "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M..

Music

*"I Tell Myself" - Correatown
*"Stay Where You Are" - Ambulance Ltd
*"World Spins Madly On" - The Weepies
*"Back in the Wild" - Los Chicros remixed by Greenskeepers
*"Breathe (2 AM)" - Anna Nalick
*"Unlike Me (A'cappella Version)" - Kate Havnevik
*"Homebird" - Foy Vance