After eight years of practice, the residents head to San Francisco for their oral boards; sparks fly between Catherine and Richard when they bump into each other at the hotel; Bailey intervenes after Owen and Teddy get into a heated argument about their young car crash patient; and Mark tries to recruit Lexie for one of his cases. Meanwhile, Alex feels guilty for being away from the hospital when Tommy's health begins to fail.
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 .