Grey's Anatomy season 1
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No. of episodes | 9 |
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Original network | ABC |
Original release | March 27 May 22, 2005 | –
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The first season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on March 27, 2005, and concluded on May 22, 2005, and consist of only nine episodes, making it the shortest season to date. The first season introduces the main character, Meredith Grey, as she enrolls in Seattle Grace Hospital's internship program and faces unexpected challenges and surprises. Season one had nine series regulars, three of whom have been part of the main cast ever since. The season initially served as a mid-season replacement for the legal drama Boston Legal, airing in the Sunday night time slot at 10:00, after Desperate Housewives. Although no clip shows have been produced for this season, the events that occur are recapped in "Straight to Heart", a clip-show which aired one week before the winter holiday hiatus of the second season ended. The season was officially released on DVD as two-disc Region 1 box set under the title of Grey's Anatomy: Season One on February 14, 2006, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
The series' protagonist and title character is Dr.
The season's reviews and critiques were highly positive, and the series received several awards and nominations for the cast and crew including three nominations at the
The last four episodes, written and shot to air as the final episodes of the first season, actually aired as part of the beginning of the second season,.
Episodes
The number in the "No. in series" column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the "No. in season" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live. The first season's episodes are altogether 387 minutes in length. Each episode of this season is named after a song.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "A Hard Day's Night" | Peter Horton | Shonda Rhimes | March 27, 2005 | 101 | 16.25[2] |
Meredith Grey ( T.R. Knight) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) proves eventful and backbreaking. While working, Meredith realizes that the man from her one-night stand is Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey ), her attending. Derek enlists the interns' work to solve the case of a teenage girl baton twirler who has seizures. Meredith and Cristina realize that she has an aneurysm that was burst by a fall. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Peter Horton | Shonda Rhimes | April 3, 2005 | 102 | 17.71[3] |
Meredith looks for roommates to share her mother's house with, but initially does not want to room with Izzie and George. Derek and Meredith tend to a rape victim. While looking at newborn babies in the hospital, Meredith and George discover an ailment with a newborn baby, but a fellow intern tries to dismiss their concerns. Izzie helps out a Chinese woman whose daughter is in need of medical care. Derek and Dr. Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) quarrel over the Chief of Surgery position. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" | Tony Goldwyn | Shonda Rhimes | April 10, 2005 | 103 | 17.99[4] |
Competition between the interns over patients ensues after an annual unauthorized bike race causes many injuries. Izzie has trouble locating the family of a near brain-dead man, and Cristina is excited when the patient's family agrees to harvest his organs if he dies, leading James Pickens, Jr. ) flirts with George. One of the patients from the bike race flirts with Meredith. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "No Man's Land" | Adam Davidson | James D. Parriott | April 17, 2005 | 104 | 19.18[5] |
When a retired nurse at Seattle Grace is admitted, Cristina takes on her case and befriends her. A patient who recognizes Izzie from a modeling photo does not want her to treat him. Meredith and Derek treat a construction worker who surprisingly survived his injuries, but they have bad news for his wife about his future. Alex humiliates Izzie in front of the staff by posting her modeling photo all over the hospital. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Shake Your Groove Thing" | John David Coles | Ann Hamilton | April 24, 2005 | 105 | 17.90[6] |
Izzie plans a party for her boyfriend; however, when she elects to perform brain surgery instead of go to the party, he realizes their lives are going in different directions and breaks up with her. Meanwhile, Meredith believes she may be in trouble when something goes wrong during a procedure. Bailey and Webber extract a surgical towel from an old patient of Burke's. At the party, Bailey spots Derek and Meredith together in Meredith's car. Cristina and Burke have sex in an on-call room. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | Scott Brazil | Krista Vernoff | May 1, 2005 | 106 | 17.88[7] |
When Derek picks Meredith to assist in surgery on a patient with Parkinson's disease, Bailey thinks he is showing favoritism and is tough on Meredith. Alex befriends a patient who has a very large tumor, but when he talks about her behind her back, she requests he be removed from her case. Alex's pager runs out of batteries, which means Izzie has to perform a dangerous procedure on her own. Absent: James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber | |||||||
7 | 7 | "The Self-Destruct Button" | Darnell Martin | Kip Koenig | May 8, 2005 | 107 | 18.86[8] |
Derek spends the night at Meredith's, which they try to keep secret from Izzie and George. George suspects an anesthesiologist of drinking before major surgeries but is scolded when he speaks up. Alex treats a man who enjoys being in pain. Izzie treats a man who swallowed his girlfriend's keys to stop her from leaving, whilst Meredith treats a teen who had a gastric bypass in Mexico that she doesn't want her parents knowing about. It turns out that the anesthesiologist does drink before surgeries, and he gets kicked out of the OR. Cristina believes she's caught the flu, only to discover that she is pregnant. Absent: James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Save Me" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Mimi Schmir | May 15, 2005 | 108 | 18.33[9] |
Alex treats a teenage Orthodox Jew who refuses surgery when she learns the procedure goes against her beliefs. Cristina has trouble relating to a pregnant woman who has terminal cancer and refuses to abort the baby. Meredith and Derek clash over their relationship and how best to treat a man who is becoming paralyzed. Izzie is mesmerized by a patient who has psychic abilities; the patient is later diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation .
Absent: James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber | |||||||
9 | 9 | "Who's Zoomin' Who?" | Harry Werksman, Jr. | May 22, 2005 | 109 | 22.22[10] | |
When a number of interns, including George, are diagnosed with STDs, Dr. Webber calls an emergency meeting. Meanwhile, Meredith, Derek, and Bailey have to perform an operation on Dr. Webber without anyone else knowing. Izzie and Cristina want to perform an unauthorized autopsy against the patient's family's wishes. Burke, George, and Alex treat one of Burke's male friends who is discovered to have an ovary and is sterile. Dr. Webber wakes up from his operation to find out that Meredith and Derek are together. Meredith is shocked when someone from Derek's past arrives at Seattle Grace: his wife, Addison (Kate Walsh ). |
Cast and characters
Main
- Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey
- Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang
- Katherine Heigl as Dr. Izzie Stevens
- Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev
- T.R. Knight as Dr. George O'Malley
- Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey
- James Pickens, Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber
- Isaiah Washington as Dr. Preston Burke
- Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd
Notable guests
- Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery
- Kate Burton as Ellis Grey
- Sarah Utterback as Olivia Harper
- Skyler Shaye as Katie Bryce
- Kathryn Joosten as Stephanie Drake
- Kevin Rahm as Mr. Duff
- Lauren Bowles as Alice Franklin
- Anjul Nigam as Dr. Raj Sen
- Anna Maria Horsford as Elizabeth Fallon
- Robin Pearson Rose as Patricia Murphy
Production
Development
The series was created by
The show was announced in May 2004, where it had originally been scheduled to air from January 2005 on Monday nights at 10:00pm EST, before its slot was switched to be the mid-season replacement for Boston Legal on Sunday nights, with the debut delayed until March.[13][14] It was originally scheduled to run in the Boston Legal time slot for just four weeks, but after receiving high ratings remained in the time-slot for the remainder of the season.[15] ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson commented on the scheduling decision: "Ultimately we decided that, without having adequate lead time or marketing dollars to devote to moving either show so late in the season, we'd continue to let Grey's build on its tremendous momentum through May".[16] Prior to broadcast, it was announced that the show's title would change from Grey's Anatomy to Complications, although ultimately this did not come to pass.[17] Francie Calfo, executive vice president for development at ABC Entertainment, commented on the show's conception: "I think there was a need for this kind of show on our air, specifically a medical show. And Shonda found a twist on it that made it perfect for where we're at right now. Medical shows are hard, and it was hard trying to figure out where ours could be different. But where everybody else is speeding up their medical shows, she found a way to slow it down, so you get to know the characters. There's definitely a strong female appeal to it". Rhimes explained that she had found the idea of a show about smart women competing against one another an interesting one.[15]
Casting
Nine actors had
The nine characters who appear as series-regulars in the first season all work in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. Five of the characters are interns:
Reception
Critical response
The first season of Grey's received positive reviews from critics. In regard to the first season,
Sandra Oh won
Ratings
The first season's ratings were consistently high, ranking #1 in its time-slot and leading its closest competition by 7.2 million viewers. It delivered ABC's best audience retention following Desperate Housewives, was the highest-rated show amongst 18-to-49-year-olds in 13 years since The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and produced ABC's strongest series performance in the hour in more than 4 years.[32] Commenting on the first season's high ratings, Magna Global USA media analyst Steve Sternberg stated: "Roughly 80 percent of households during primetime only have one TV set on. People are looking for shows they can watch with other household members. And just as Desperate Housewives reaches a broad audience – younger, older, male, female – so does Grey's Anatomy".[15] The season finale was watched by 22.22 million viewers, and was ranked No. 9 in viewership.[33]
DVD release
Grey's Anatomy: Season One was released as a
The first season was officially released on DVD in Region 1 on February 14, 2006, during the show's second season. Under the title Grey's Anatomy: Season One, the box set consists of episodes with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and widescreen format. It also contained extras available only on DVD, including extended episodes, footage from behind the scenes, audio commentaries and unaired scenes cut from the aired episodes. The same set was released in Region 4 on April 26, 2006, almost 3 months after its original release in the United States, whereas its release date in Region 4 was October 11, 2006. The UK set contained the original 14 episodes, being released as a 3-disc box-set.
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete First Season | |||||
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