"Let It Be" is the eighth episode of the second season of the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 series, Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...

. The episode was written by Mimi Schmir

Mimi Schmir

Mimi Schmir is an American television producer and screenwriter. Her most notable work has been for the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she has served as producer, supervising producer and writer for over thirty episodes, and the legal drama Shark, for which she has served as writer and...

 and was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. It originally aired on November 13, 2005, running for 43:06 min.

Starring

• Ellen Pompeo
  Ellen Pompeo
  Ellen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress, known for playing the title role of Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
  
   as Dr. Meredith Grey.
• Sandra Oh
  Sandra Oh
  Sandra Oh is a Canadian actress. She is best known for the role of Dr. Cristina Yang on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, for which she has won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. She also played notable roles in the feature films Under the Tuscan Sun and Sideways, and had a supporting role on the...
  
   as Dr. Cristina Yang.
• Katherine Heigl
  Katherine Heigl
  Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actress and producer. She is possibly best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on ABC's Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series in 2007...
  
   as Dr. Izzie Stevens.
• Justin Chambers
  Justin Chambers
  Justin W. Chambers is an American actor and former Calvin Klein male fashion model. As of 2005, he is starring in the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Alex Karev....
  
   as Dr. Alex Karev.
• T.R. Knight as Dr. George O'Malley.
• Chandra Wilson
  Chandra Wilson
  Chandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy.-Early life:...
  
   as Dr. Miranda Bailey.
• James Pickens, Jr.
  James Pickens, Jr.
  James Pickens, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.- Early life...
  
   as Dr. Richard Webber.
• Kate Walsh
  Kate Walsh (actor)
  Kathleen Erin "Kate" Walsh is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.-Early life:...
  
   as Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd.
• Isaiah Washington
  Isaiah Washington
  Isaiah Washington IV is an American actor. A veteran of several Spike Lee films, Washington is best known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2007.-Personal life:...
  
   as Dr. Preston Burke.
• Patrick Dempsey
  Patrick Dempsey
  Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor, known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy. Prior to Grey's Anatomy he made several television appearances and was nominated for an Emmy Award...
  
   as Dr. Derek Shepherd.

Episode Recap

Derek and Addison Shepherd’s professional relationship is challenged when their friends from Manhattan come to Seattle Grace seeking a radical, preemptive operation to avoid breast and ovarian cancer. Sav's husband can't seem to give her the support she needs, and this reflects on the situation between Addison and Derek. However, when she goes for the surgery, her husband does come to support her through the surgery. Meanwhile, George can’t understand why a patient who fell five stories doesn’t seem happy to have survived; an elderly gentleman makes a difficult decision upon learning that his wife has only a few months to live; Cristina and Burke try to have a “normal” date, and Chief Webber is disappointed by Bailey’s fellowship decision -- until he learns her reasons: that she is pregnant.

Title Reference

The episode's title refers to the song "Let It Be

Let It Be (song)

"Let It Be" is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band...

" by The Beatles.

Music

• "Sexy Mistake" - The Chalets
  The Chalets
  The Chalets were a five-piece band from Dublin, Ireland, active from 2001 to 2008.-Members:* Chris Judge – lead bass* Caoimhe "Pony" Derwin – singer* Dylan Roche – bongos* Enda Loughman – guitar* Paula "Peepee" Cullen – singer, songwriter, lead g-tar...
  
  
• "No Sleep Tonight" - The Faders
  The Faders
  The Faders were a British female pop rock band, formed in January 2004 by Polydor Records. Bassist/keyboardist Toy Valentine and drummer Cherisse Osei were the first members to get through the first audition...
  
  
• "Bang Bang to the Rock n Roll" - Gabin
  Gabin (Italian band)
  Gabin is an Italian nu jazz band featuring Massimo Bottini and Filippo Clary. Their name is a reference to the most popular French actor of the ’30s and ‘40s – Jean Gabin, a classic world-weary screen antihero.They have collaborated with numerous jazz artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater,...
  
  
• "I Melt With You" - Nouvelle Vague
• "Far Away Blues" - Joe Purdy
  Joe Purdy
  Joe Purdy is an American folk singer-songwriter who has recorded and released ten albums in eight years.- The band :Joe Purdy's band members have included: Chris Seefried, Brian Wright, Willy C. Golden, , and .- Career :...
  
  
• "Miss Halfway" - Anya Marina
  Anya Marina
  Anya Marina is a singer-songwriter based in San Diego, California. Her music has primarily gained notice after being on a variety of television sitcoms and has been featured on prime time dramas.the ABC television drama Grey's Anatomy as well as CBS's How I Met Your Mother, MTV's The Real World,...