Tragic Loss, Family Trauma, Decision-Making under Pressure, Unexpected Joy.

("Dark Was the Night")

Lily (played by Stella Maeve), who just turned 18, is forced to decide to take her father off life support, a scene noted for its intense emotional impact.

Takes the fall for a mistake made by Jackson Avery regarding a screw in a patient's heart. Reception and Commentary

The episode centers on an all-hands-on-deck situation in the Emergency Room following a severe car crash involving an entire family.

Meredith Grey and Alex Karev handle the victims of a massive car crash. The family’s grandmother dies at the scene, and it becomes clear the father will not survive.

This episode continues the storyline where Teddy Altman is unaware that her husband, Henry Burton, died on the operating table in the previous episode.