The Story

The series tells the story of five young assistant doctors in the hospital Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle. The focus is on the young doctor Meredith Grey, together with their colleagues Cristina Yang, Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, George O'Malley and Alex Karev, she completes her first year training in surgery. Meredith falls in the good-looking doctor Derek Shepherd, also called McDreamy, what other colleagues and doctors do not like. Between examinations, surgery, patient and emotional chaos, and love affairs, the junior doctors keep a cool head in order to cope with the situation. Meredith Grey, the daughter of the once-renowned surgeon Ellis Grey, becomes an intern at the Seattle Grace Hospital. She meets fellow interns Cristina Yang, Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, and George O'Malley who will be her closest friends during the intern program. Other characters include Dr. Miranda Bailey, who is nicknamed "The Nazi" due to her "tough love" capability; Alex Karev, another intern who is not very popular with the other interns (especially Izzie); and renowned surgeons Dr. Derek Shepherd and Dr. Preston Burke. The chief of surgery is Richard Webber, who was once more than close friends with Meredith's mother. The season chronicles the first few months of the intern program and the day-to-day life of a surgical intern. Recurring plots include Meredith's battle to keep her mother's Alzheimer's disease a secret and her relationship with Dr. Shepherd. Others include George's infatuation with Meredith and a power struggle between Dr. Burke and Dr. Shepherd in the hospital. The season's end introduces Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd, Derek's estranged wife.