Grey's Anatomy News

The summer repeat season is in full effect, and tonight, Grey's Anatomy will air "The Heart of the Matter," at 9 p.m. This is the fourth episode from Season Four.

We've got all the action covered in our episode recap, as always. Grey's Anatomy Insider has a list of music selections, as well as our gallery and quotes.

There's also the Insider staff's entertaining round table from of the episode, and our forum, where you can discuss all things Grey's Anatomy with fellow fans!

Potentially bad news: the media buzz is about the pending actors' strike, so we hope you enjoyed your few months of new flicks and fresh TV.

If the Screen Actors Guild strikes and our favorite stars walk, you can say goodbye to new fare on the screen. The only place you'll be able to see A-listers like Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo will be the picket line.

To clarify, it's still possible to avert the strike. But we've already seen what happened to Grey's Anatomy the last time, with the WGA Strike.

On one side of the bargaining table is the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. On the other: the Screen Actors Guild.

Will stars like Sandra Oh be involved in yet another work stoppage?

The issue at hand is once again money - residual payments for DVD sales, reimbursements for work-related trips and fees for Internet content.

Without an agreement, Hollywood's actors have two options: work without a contract or strike. Of course, in order to strike, the guild needs a 75 percent authorization vote, a process that may take up to three weeks.

Will this be a rerun of the 2007-2008 writers' strike that delayed last season's production of Grey's Anatomy and all our other favorite shows?

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Five burning questions we've been pondering regarding Grey's Anatomy, which despite of its ups and downs, will start its fifth season in this fall:

1. Will Izzie leave Seattle Grace? Some have speculated that Katherine Heigl's recent comments about Grey's Anatomy were an effort to get out of her contract, which is said to extend through 2009-10. See broader examination of this topic here.

2. Meredith and Derek: What next? Amazingly, Shonda Rhimes was saying well in advance how she wanted to get Meredith and Derek together for good by the Season 4 finale. And she did, with a terrific season ender. But if they really are together for good, and everything's blissful where's the drama? The tension? The entertainment? Can this normal, happy couple really sustain itself on TV, or are we really addicted to watching our two favorite lovers be torn apart by one issue after another?

Will Grey's Anatomy as we know it cease to exist with these two actually together?

3. Will ratings rebound? Grey's Anatomy started its fourth season battling for the best ratings of any scripted show on TV, but after the writers' strike, the show took a hit. Granted, the strike hurt everyone, but Grey's Anatomy seemed to lose its buzz along with the ratings. Was it just a blip, or is this a sign that interest is waning?

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This spring, Grey's Anatomy introduced a lesbian story line with a romance between the confident, sexually voracious Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and the professionally ambitious yet personally restrained Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith).

The plot line, culminating in the season finale, "Freedom," offered both the drama Grey's Anatomy has become known for and a groundbreaking truthfulness network television has rarely achieved when it comes to lesbian relationships.

For Callie and Erica, the season ended with a passionate kiss...

With that kiss, Callie and Erica became the only regular lesbian or bi-sexual female characters currently on network television.

This is also the first time that two regular stars on a network show have begun a lesbian romance, as opposed to one becoming involved with a new lesbian character introduced expressly for that relationship.

To prepare for the story line, which will continue next season, the Grey's Anatomy producers consulted with GLAAD, which worked with the series on a previous story line about a transgender character with breast cancer.

To read more about how the Callie-Erica story line was developed on Grey's Anatomy, and for hints at what's to come, follow the link here ...

Romance â€" both onscreen and off â€" was the topic of the day at the Chrysalis Ball, held Saturday night at a private estate in Brentwood, Calif.

The hosts: Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart.

Dane's character, Mark Sloan, had a rough season as far as his love life goes. But as far as his own marriage to Gayheart goes, he couldn't be happier:

"It is great. I don't know how I got so lucky," he said.

Eric Dane added that he and Gayheart are "working on" kids.

Several Private Practice stars â€" Kate Walsh and Tim Daly included â€" as well as other stars (like Eva Mendes, pictured) were there to support Dane and Gayheart.

Among the Grey's Anatomy contingent was Katherine Heigl, who momentarily misplaced her spouse, Josh Kelley, and began joking that married life is "Great ... except that I've lost my husband, so it could be over now, I guess!"

Heigl is managing to juggle working on a hit show and a busy movie schedule (she is now filming The Ugly Truth): "It's a real blessing because I love both and so I can do them both and not be completely ready to blow my brains out."

T.R. Knight and boyfriend Mark Cornelsen were all smiles, saying that their relationship is "very good, so far," but even with same-sex marriage now legal in California, they're not about to tie the knot anytime soon.

As far as romance on Grey's Anatomy, Knight was as surprised as anyone by George's kiss with Lexie at the end of the May season finale.

"What was up with that?" he asked.

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By popular demand, here's the romantic, climactic scene from "Freedom," in which Meredith Grey awaits Derek Shepherd in a house full of candles...

The Season Four finale of Grey's Anatomy is tomorrow night and we've compiled a ton of promotional photos that give us a pretty good indication of what's to come in this much-anticipated, two-hour episode ... or at least make it fun to speculate.

Take this one for example ...

Meredith Grey appears to have champagne. Will there be something to celebrate?

What do you think will happen tomorrow night? We have our theories, and the photos below sure give us some interesting ideas. Click to enlarge the thumbnails below, and follow the jump for many more photos from tomorrow night's "Freedom" ...

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Below, you will see a sneak peak from Thursday's two-hour Season 4 finale, "Freedom." Cristina Yang is unusually cheerful - and there's a reason for it. George, meanwhile, is reveling in his role as the Chief's intern, while Izzie stresses about Alex and Rebecca ...

Looks like a terrific Grey's Anatomy season-ender. Follow the jump for another "Freedom" clip, in which Callie and Mark flirt, Cristina and Izzie argue over the sparkle pager, Bailey thinks they're all weird, and there's also a really... big... trauma ...

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In the clip below, from tomorrow night's episode of Grey's Anatomy, "Losing My Mind," Mark Sloan is determined to turn over a new leaf... with hilarious results. Meanwhile, Cristina is still down in the dumps, and Richard just wants some respect!

Follow the jump for another "Losing My Mind," preview, in which Meredith Grey wants her therapist, Dr. Wyatt, to apologize for (or at least clarify) her previous remarks, but ends up finding some forgiveness from someone else we know...

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Grey's Anatomy is getting closer to reuniting Meredith and Derek for good, and this sneak preview from tomorrow night's episode, "The Becoming," is a wonderful indication of what's to come. You can see it in the way he looks at her ...

Looks amazing. Can't wait to see what else happens tomorrow!

Follow the jump for another promo for the new episode.

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