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By Lauren S | Season 5 | Episode 16 | Aired on 02.19.2009
Derek is dropping a piece of brain into a pan to a background soundtrack of alarms when Richard walks in. Like a kid going to mom and dad to mediate an argument, Addison tells him the baby is in distress and she needs to deliver. Derek single-mindedly repeats that the bleeding could stop and he could stabilize Jen, but taking the baby out will kill her. Addison sadly points out that she is already dead, but Derek still sternly orders her to wait. Addison repeats, "Most of her brain is gone. For all intents and purposes, she's dead." She then seems to have decided that discussion time is over, and has Alex page a team to let them know a preemie is coming. She then begins to cut and ignores Derek as he protests. Derek then asks for more blood, but Richard firmly tells him, "No more blood, Derek. No. More. Blood." I really wish I found Derek more sympathetic here, but with how this all unfolded I just think he's even more of a jackass.
Daisy is taking the offending spot off of Izzie's back and cheerfully tells her that she was right to have it checked but doesn't think it looks too suspicious. Izzie dully asks what it means if she also has high LDH levels. Daisy remains optimistic and cheerful, saying that could be due to anything. But when Izzie mentions neurological episodes and hallucinations, Daisy's façade cracks for just a moment. Izzie can't see her as she puts some gauze over the wound, and Daisy has composed herself in a moment to remind Izzie that they see patients like this every day, but that as doctors their job is to not worry until there is medical proof. Why, by this time tomorrow she'll be laughing about it! Izzie is clearly not convinced.
Addie pulls out the tiny newborn and hands him to Arizona, and they comment that he looks strong. As she cuts the cord, Jen flatlines, and Derek pulls off his headpiece and shuffles out of the OR. Stupid show. Always killing the patients I actually like.
Rob is shaking -- clearly they have broken the news. He seems to not be hearing them as they explain that the steroids they used helped the baby's lungs, and the 3 days Derek postponed surgery gave him more time to get stronger. She's hopeful that the baby will survive, but Rob is thinking of Jen right now. He stutters that he doesn't understand. "She just died?" All Derek can say is he's sorry. Rob, with a hint of anger, says that Derek said that, but he's asking how Jen died. Mere explains that Jen's high blood pressure burst the bypass, which caused bleeding and swelling, and there was too much damage to her brain, so they delivered the baby. Rob then recaps for all of us at home. That she had her first surgery, there were complications, then they were fixed, but then the baby got sick and Jen got sick again, but Derek said he fixed that too. "And now she's dead?" Maddeningly, Derek again apologizes and Rob flips out, yelling at him to stop saying he's sorry. "You killed her. You're a murderer. A murderer." He then, horribly, starts asking for his wife as the sad doctors all look on helplessly.