The fifth-year residents return for the first day of a year that will make or break their careers: Meredith faces the consequences of tampering with Derek's clinical trial and is terminated at the hospital; April tries to step up to the plate as Chief Resident in the wake of a giant sinkhole in the middle of Seattle; and Cristina and Owen are still at odds over their drastically different feelings for their unborn child.
Elenco: Ellen Pompeo , James Pickens Jr. , Chandra Wilson , Justin Chambers , Kevin McKidd , Jesse Williams , Patrick Dempsey , Sara Ramirez , Sandra Oh , Jessica Capshaw , Sarah Drew , Camilla Luddington , Caterina Scorsone , Giacomo Gianniotti , Kelly McCreary , Katherine Heigl , Chyler Leigh , Eric Dane , Kim Raver , T.R. Knight , Jerrika Hinton , Jason George , Isaiah Washington , Kate Walsh , Martin Henderson , Brooke Smith , Jake Borelli , Greg Germann , Chris Carmack , Tessa Ferrer , Gaius Charles , Anthony Hill , Richard Flood .