A Hard Day's Night (Grey's Anatomy)

"A Hard Day's Night"
Grey's Anatomy episode
The cast of the first season of Grey's Anatomy, excluding Alex, all of whom appear in the pilot episode.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Directed by	Peter Horton
Written by	Shonda Rhimes
Featured music	"Cosy in the Rocket" "Portions for Foxes" "Super Cool" "They" "Dance" "Ready to Rise" "Life is Short" "Into the Fire"
Original air date	March 27, 2005 (2005-03-27)
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Kate Burton as Ellis Grey Moe Irvin as Tyler Christian Martin Ighani as Rectal Exam Patient Billy Wood as Senior Resident Josh Bywater as Intern No. 1
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"A Hard Day's Night" is the pilot episode of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, which first aired on March 27, 2005 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode introduces main characters and surgical interns Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens, Alex Karev and George O'Malley. Other main cast members include Derek Shepherd, Miranda Bailey, Richard Webber and Preston Burke. These five interns become faced with what their future holds as they enter the realm of surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital.

The episode was watched by an American audience of 16.25 million, and received positive reviews from television critics.

This chronicles the first 48-hour shift for the new surgical interns. Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) meets Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), with whom she had a one-night stand the night before, and discovers he's the new attending and chief of neurosurgery at Seattle Grace, and also her "boss". All the interns are introduced to their resident in charge, Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), nicknamed "The Nazi" for her serious demeanor and strictness. They are also introduced to the Chief of Surgery Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) and the head of cardiothoracic surgery Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington), who catches the eye of Cristina (Sandra Oh). Meredith has trouble with her first case, a teenage girl who's having unexplained seizures. Izzie (Katherine Heigl) dislikes Meredith, as she thinks she's trying to "get ahead" by sleeping with an attending surgeon; it is revealed Izzie had a past career as a model, which is how she put herself through medical school, and she is teased by Alex (Justin Chambers). George (T.R. Knight) earns the nickname "007" after all of his initial patients are pronounced dead.