Into You Like a Train
episode of Grey's Anatomy (S2 E6)
"Into You Like a Train" is the sixth episode of the second season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the show's fifteenth episode overall.
Written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Jeff Melman, the episode aired on ABC in the United States on October 30, 2005.
The track was also covered by the band Jawbreaker as a bonus track for the 2004 reissue of their album Dear You (1995).
On its initial airing, the episode garnered an American audience of 16.67 million viewers and received universal acclaim upon telecast, with critics referring to it as the best episode of the show at numerous occasions.
Vernoff received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for her work on the episode.
Plot
The episode opens with a voice-over narration from Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) about balancing the need for control with embracing uncertainty and hope.
As Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) nervously awaits Derek Shepherd's (Patrick Dempsey) final decision about their relationship, her thoughts are interrupted when a train crash brings several critically injured patients to Seattle Grace Hospital, including Bonnie Crasnoff (Monica Keena) and Tom Maynard (Bruce A. Young), two passengers who have been impaled on the same metal pole. The only way to remove the pole is through a high-risk surgery where one of the two must be slid back on the pole, an action that would likely result in their death. Tom, a man in his 50s, offers to sacrifice himself to save Bonnie, who is in her late 20s, engaged, and awaiting her fiancé's arrival at the hospital.
Despite Tom's offer, the doctors determine that Bonnie's injuries are more severe, making her the one to be moved on the pole.
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