In his new role as Chief, Derek restores the hospital lecture series, and Richard, Bailey and Callie present to the group pivotal surgical cases from their pasts – Bailey reflects on her first days as a shy resident, Callie looks back on a polio case, and Richard recalls a case in which he and Ellis worked on a patient diagnosed with GRID, a disease later called AIDS. The flashback-heavy hour sheds light on the beginnings of the affair between the Chief (played by J. August Richards) and Ellis (Sarah Paulson) in 1982.

Interested in becoming a fan columnist? We‘re looking for several writers right now. Check it out. I give Grey‘s Anatomy credit.  Six seasons into a hit show it would be very easy to coast along doing the same old, same old...lather, rinse, repeat.  But exceptional television is built upon finding just the right balance of novelty and predictability, of taking a calculated risk from time to time.  So I have to give the writers their due for trying some new things this season:  a story from multiple perspectives, "I Saw What I Saw"; an exclusively Derek-centric episode, "Give Peace a Chance"; and now a journey into the past with three flashbacks all linked to the present, "The Time Warp".
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