Grey's Anatomy News

Grey's Anatomy returns tonight with "Here Comes the Flood," as you're surely aware!

We invite you to discuss this episode, the second of Season Five, and everything else Grey's Anatomy - in our Grey's Anatomy forum, and/or by leaving comments below.

We also invite you to check out our gallery of pictures from the episode, as well as some of the previews / sneak peaks we've posted (two here and three more here).

Tonight and tomorrow, we'll be posting our official recap along with a list of the top quotes, a Grey's Anatomy music guide, our staff's Round Table discussion and more!

Thanks for visiting and watching Grey's Anatomy along with the Insider!

George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leight) are becoming close friends on Grey's Anatomy... and she clearly wants to be more than that. Both are very cute, but do you think they should go there, or are they better off as friends? Tell us below ...

Should George and Lexie date?

The title of Thursday's all-new episode of Grey's Anatomy, "Here Comes the Flood," is to be taken literally. A plumbing leak causes a flood at Seattle Grace, and the Chief tries to maintain order through the chaos while at the same time implementing new teaching policies.

Meanwhile, George retakes his residency exam, and Derek tries to get Izzie and Alex to move out of Meredith's house so they can start "their life" together ... with interesting results. Click to enlarge these photos from the episode - and follow the jump for many more!

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A quick Grey's Anatomy spoiler / news items from Kristin at E! Online ...

Q: I have a weird question: Why is the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy, "Here Comes the Flood," airing in two weeks? Is it because of the two-hour premiere? How about some scoop on that episode? Maybe the reason why the flood started and what will it do?

A: Grey's Anatomy is off this week because of the good ol' American election campaign: the vice-presidential debate is this Thursday night. Most major networks will preempt their regular programming for Biden vs. Palin. As for the flood, it's caused by a good ol' plumbing leak.

Here's ABC's promo of "Here Comes the Flood" ...

The relationship between Callie and Erica took a back seat for much of this week's premiere, but the exchange at the end hinted at good things to come.

That is, unless a certain ex-Alias vixen has something to say about it.

Melissa George is in final negotiations to join the Grey's Anatomy cast as an intern with, an, um open mind. Or so Entertainment Weekly reports.

Michael Ausiello indicates that she's being groomed as a love interest for either Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) or Dr. Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith).

Rumor has it that Shonda Rhimes was so enamored with Melissa George that she tweaked her initial plans for the role - which reportedly involved her being a patient in just one episode.

It will be interesting to see if this has long-term potential.

The probable hiring caps a busy couple of weeks for Grey's Anatomy casting department - The L Word's Janina Gavankar and newcomer Brandon Scott will both be new interns and Battlestar Galactica's inimitable Mary McDonnell is on board, too.

Not that it matters to you, since you watch it anyway, but it's interesting to see that the Grey's Anatomy Season 5 premiere was a powerhouse in terms of national viewing.

It helped that CSI hasn't debuted yet (it will square off against its old nemesis Grey's Anatomy October 9), but Grey's dominated last Thursday night's ratings.

According to Nielsen data, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" had 18.3 million viewers in its two-hour premiere, easily topping last season's average of 14.4 million.

That's down 12 percent from last fall's 20.9 million premiere, but with DVR usage increasing, Grey's Anatomy should get a huge bump in viewership once those numbers are out, pushing it close or over the 20 million threshold. Good to see the show deliver on the hype!

Suffice it to say, the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy, "Dream a Little Dream of Me," lived up to the hype - no small feat, especially with the fans on this site!

What was your favorite part?

We loved last night's season premiere, and it's so great to have Grey's Anatomy back after more than four months. Seriously, terrific episode.

But if you had to pick the worst thing about "Dream a Little Dream of Me," what would it be?

The wait is finally over!

Grey's Anatomy returns to the air tonight with "Dream a Little Dream of Me," a two-hour episode (9 p.m. EST) to kick off the much-anticipated fifth season on ABC.

We invite you to discuss this big episode - and anything else Grey's Anatomy - in the Insider's official Grey's Anatomy forum, and/or via leaving comments below.

We also invite you to check out our gallery of pictures from the episode, as well as some of the video clips we've assembled (both promos and previews) thus far.

After the show, we'll be posting our official recap along with a list of memorable quotes, a guide to the night's music, our staff's Round Table discussion and more!

Thanks for watching along with Grey's Anatomy Insider!

Not really. But if he did, this is how it would go down!

Below is the previously-mentioned Grey's Anatomy spoof featuring Michael Phelps that appeared during Jimmy Kimmel's pre-Emmy Awards special Sunday night. It features the Olympic legend along with several of our favorite cast members: