After being blackballed by most of the surgeons, Meredith uses Lexie to spark Derek's interest in her patient's rare brain tumor case and, in secret, gives guidance to April with Bailey's clinical trial; Callie's wish for Arizona and Mark to form a friendship comes to fruition and she realizes it's more irritating than helpful; Alex and Teddy research alternative surgeries for a very superficial patient; and Callie and Cristina struggle with a very difficult spinal surgery.
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 .