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This episode is a masterpiece! Still one of my all time favourites, 15 years later.

I have seen this episode at least 10 times, but I still manage to get excited, anxious, and my pulse go up.

The shower scene in the beginning is so awesome, and combined with the one at the end, it is simply perfection!

The episode is filled with heroes, some might say it's a bit much, and that it's unrealistic that all our favourite actors behave brave and heroic. But I think they managed to make them perfectly brave without it being cheesy. Cutting it close, but still. I love heroes!!

Every little second in this episode is necessary and belongs there.

An answer to the viewer who wrote in another review here: Alex never mentioned anything about code black. Alex knows that a bazooka has a grenade inside. And when he learned that it was a bazooka that shot Mr. Carlson, he ran to find out if the grenade was still in the patient. It was Dr. Burke who called it a code black first, and all of the attendings knew the code. The interns didn't.

And to the one who asked why they didn't wheel the pasient out of the hospital once they found out it was a bomb in him: Their job is to save lives. It would not be natural to just wheel the pasient out of the hospital....and then what? Let him die? And what about Hanna? She could die if she tries to just pull out her hand. They have an obligation to save lives, and you cannot measure who deserves most to be rescued. They would not be able to save Mr. Carlson outside of the OR, and they would never just leave Hanna alone with him like that.

This episode is so brilliantly written. Every major plot thread was woven with incredible precision, almost like a living tapestry with converging, though separate paths. I loved how unpredictable everything felt; as the jolts of dread set in after each twist and turn, you're left hanging on to the edge of your seat, fingers clenched tightly around the remote. There are so many remarkable moments that reveal how we're supposed to feel about these characters. Whether it's Burke-with his seemingly supernatural equanimity from the instant he was apprised of the situation-or the courage Derek displayed in fighting to save Bailey's husband, this episode was such a gratifying way to cement our relationships to these characters. It also raised the stakes in a significant way, exposing many established regulars to mortal danger for the first time (although this would later become a trope deployed ad nauseam in "Grey's"). Worth noting is how incredible it was that they got two outstanding guest stars for "It's the End of the World...As We Know It" in the form of Kyle Chandler and Cristina Ricci. I'm not sure there's ever been such a great double-whammy on guest stars in the same arc, really incredible stuff from those two. Even the minor plot lines were engaging, such as George and Izzie tacitly acknowledging their status as less capable of excellence than their peers, Meredith and Cristina (which, if we're being tough here, is true when you see how everyone's career progressed). All around superb episode of television. While I also enjoyed the follow-up to "It's the End of the World," I found the melodrama a tad heavy. Might be my favorite of the series.

This episode of Grey's was the first one I saw of the show. What an intro!! The fact that it was a two-parter hooked me in to waiting for the conclusion back before streaming was a thing.

It would take too much detail to explain why this is important to me, but then Shonda blew up the guy from Early Edition, one of my all time favorite shows. I was traumatized but intrigued and totally hooked.

Still an avid fan.

This Episode begins with George, he had a fantasy dream about Meredith, Izzie and Cristina showering together. James Carson has been brought to the Seattle Grace Hospital. James is heavily wounded. Mindy is screaming after her husband. Tucker gets a seizure. Tucker is Bailey her husband. Mindy tells to Alex that James shot himself with a bazooka. Alex tells Preston that there is a body inside of James his body. There has been a code black in the hospital. Addison tells Bailey that Tucker is in surgery. Hannah removed her hand out of James his wound, where the bomb is. Meredith puts her hand into James his wound. Amazing Episode of Grey's Anatomy Season 2, this was the best Episode of Grey's Anatomy so far. This Episode gets a 10!

I'm sorry... I love this series, but this particular episode was hard to watch... ridiculous plot just for the sake of maximizing drama. So, a home-made bomb gets shot into a man and doesn't explode. He probably falls on the ground when that happens and the bomb still doesn't explode. The paramedics load him into an ambulance and one of the paramedics puts her hand in the patient to stop the bleeding. Eventually, they wheel him into the OR while the paramedic still has her hand in him. Now, when they finally find out there is a bomb in the guy, it's the end of the world... they don't even think to at least wheel the patient back out of the hospital... no, that would reduce the drama of the bomb exploding in the hospital while Dr. Shepherd is performing brain surgery on Dr. Bailey's husband.

This show is the best! Everyweek I can't wait for Sunday just so that I can see McDreamy and Meredith once again. I love the connection that they have. This particular episode had me at the edge of my seat. I can't wait until Sunday to watch the conclusion PART 2. ABC had to show it again on WED for anyone who missed it and it was just as exciting... I LOVE THIS SHOW. My favorite part of this episode was when Meredith says.... "She took my McDreamy and my McDog well I meant to give my dog to him not to her but she's got my Mclife... I just want to feel like I want to die. I need something to keep me going and until then I'm staying in bed." ....Then the preview... "how's the girl with the bomb" .. "It's Meredith" ... oh it just gave me chills...