Where the Boys Are (Grey's Anatomy)

Infobox Television episode | Title = Where the Boys Are
Series = Grey's Anatomy
Season = 3
Episode = 7
Guests = Steven W. Bailey (Joe), Kali Rocha (Dr. Sydney Heron), Alexandra Billings (Daniel/Donna)
Airdate = November 9, 2006 (ABC)
Production = 307
Writer = Mark Wilding
Director = Dan Minahan
Episode list = Episode chronology


Prev = Let the Angels Commit
Next = Staring at the Sun

"Where the Boys Are" is the seventh episode of the third season of the ABC series, "Grey's Anatomy". The episode was written by Mark Wilding and was directed by Dan Minahan. It originally aired on November 9, 2006.

Episode recap

Derek decides to go on a camping trip in the mountains for some peace and space to himself, and invites Burke along. He in turn invites George and so on, and the Chief, Alex, Joe and his boyfriend Walter end up tagging along. Derek is irritated when his plan for a peaceful camping trip falls to pieces because Burke invited "half the hospital" along.

Alex is irritated when George picks on his inappropriate camping attire and inaccurate fishing techniques. In tit-for-tat fashion, he tells George that Callie had been sleeping with Mark. This culminates in a fight between the two, which only adds to Derek's displeasure. The Chief does not want either intern to damage their prized possessions - their hands, and sets up ground rules for their brawl and officiates their match. However, they knock into Walter, causing him to dash his head on a rock. Joe insists on having an attending to stitch Walter's head up and Burke successfully pulls off the makeshift surgery under the intense scrutiny of George, who earlier witnessed one of Burke's hand tremors.

Burke tells George that his expectations of other people are too high and that he attacks when he sees flaws in them. Meanwhile, Alex tells the Chief that he only went on this trip because he wanted to have some fun with the guys, to make up for the lack of a father figure when he was young. On the trip, the Chief learns that Joe and Walter are a couple and that Joe is willing to do anything, including giving up his bar for Walter. Upon seeing how happy the two men are together, he realises how much he misses Adele.

Addison and Callie work together on a pregnant woman, Jamie Carr (Alexandra Holden), who broke her wrist after falling in the shower. Addison breaks down after she realises that the baby died in the fall. Both doctors can relate to how a happy relationship can be destroyed so easily. The unlikely pair bond over their sleeping with Mark.

Cristina is assigned to a kid who swallowed several Monopoly pieces by Bailey. She is banned from all surgeries until she tells Bailey why she erased her name off Burke's humpty-dumpty surgery. She is forced to sift through his stool and make sure all the pieces have been passed out. After a game piece perforates the boy's intestine, Bailey performs surgery to remove the piece and bars Cristina from the OR until she tells her why she erased her name. Cristina decides to keep quiet to protect Burke's secret.

Izzie is given a peer counsellor and is shocked when it turns out to be Sydney, the perpetually perky resident, who had substituted for Bailey temporarily during her maternity leave. She seeks refuge from her by helping Cristina with her patient, but fails when Sydney decides to wait for her. She blows up at Sydney telling her that she would rather sift through feces than talk to Sydney about Denny. Sydney tells her that she once suffered a nervous breakdown after losing a kid through her fault, and since then she put on a perky exterior to show people that she's fine. Izzie confesses to missing Denny constantly and it scares her that she doesn't know whether she wants to be a surgeon.

Meredith is assigned to work with Mark on a gender-reassignment surgery on a man, Daniel, intent on becoming a woman, Donna. Donna insists on the surgery even though her hormone replacement therapy is causing her breast cancer to grow. Meredith realises that Mark is not as callous as he appears to be through his interactions with Donna. Mark tells her that Derek has too much emotional baggage even though he does not show it. He also seizes every opportunity to flirt with Meredith and urges her to start afresh, preferably with him. She rejects his multiple advances.

George returns to the hospital, and decides to talk to Callie. She shows him his father, who has been admitted.

Meanwhile, Derek back from his camping trip, decides to start fresh with Meredith. He finds her at Joe's bar, where they first met, and begs for her to start over. At first she rejects him, claiming there is "too much water under the thing or whatever", but after more begging and seeing Mark in the background, she does as Mark suggests and "starts fresh" by kissing Derek.

Title reference

This episode's title refers to a song by Connie Francis.

Music

*"Think I'm In Love" - Beck
*"Tell Me What To Do" - Jim Noir
*"Make Right With You" - Luke Temple
*"Greedy" - Inara George
*"Something In The Water" - The Jealous Girlfriends
*"It's Time" - Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys
*"There Is So Much More" - Brett Dennen
*"12:59 Lullaby" - Bedouin Soundclash
*"A Cold Wind Will Blow Through Your Door" - Bill Ricchini