The WORST episodes of Grey's Anatomy
Every episode of Grey's Anatomy ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Grey's Anatomy!
A drama centered on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns and their supervisors.
#1 - In My Life
Season 17 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/2021
After a heart-wrenching loss, Teddy struggles to cope and it triggers memories of her past; Amelia tries to help the situation by encouraging Owen to accept and forgive Teddy.
#2 - The Room Where It Happens
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2016
A difficult surgery brings back pivotal memories for Meredith, Richard, Owen and Stephanie, as they work together to save a life.
#3 - Leave a Light On
Season 16 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2020
Bailey and Ben face a huge, life-altering decision, while Meredith, Jo and Bailey reflect on their past.
#4 - Love Don't Cost a Thing
Season 19 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2023
Simone is met with a life-changing decision upon the return of someone from her past. Blue shadows Maggie on a risky procedure, while Jo and Link tend to a pregnant woman. At the intern house, Lucas and Mika throw a party filled with surprises.
#5 - Danger Zone
Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2017
In a flashback to Iraq in 2007, the events leading up to Megan’s kidnapping are revealed. In present day, Owen and Megan hash out old wounds.
#6 - Take Me to the River
Season 22 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/26/2026
Bailey and Blue are forced to confront the emotional costs of experimental care. Meanwhile, Owen, Teddy, Simone and Dani help out at a busy rural hospital, and Richard attempts to spread information about early prostate screenings to the community.
#7 - Unbreak My Heart
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/25/2016
The evolution of April and Jackson's relationship is revealed through a series of flashbacks dating back to when they first met. Simultaneously, we follow the years-long progress of one of Jackson's patients.
#8 - Song Beneath the Song
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2011
A cataclysmic event leaves the doctors shaken; Callie, on the verge of a life-changing moment, starts imagining about the hospital and her friends.
#9 - The Makings of You
Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/17/2022
Nick whisks Meredith away to his Minnesota cabin for a romantic weekend, leaving Winston and Maggie to care for Meredith’s children. Meanwhile, Amelia and Kai grow closer.
#10 - If/Then
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2012
As Meredith puts Zola to bed and falls asleep, she begins to wonder -- what if her mother had never had Alzheimer's and she'd had loving, supportive parents? The reverberations of a happy Meredith Grey change the world of Seattle Grace as we know it. What if she had never met Derek in that bar and he had never separated from Addison? What if Callie and Owen had become a couple long before she met Arizona? And what if Bailey never evolved from the meek intern she once was?
#11 - Look Up Child
Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/6/2021
Jackson pays a visit to his father that helps set him on the right path.
#12 - Fortunate Son
Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/22/2026
Richard continues to navigate his health. Meanwhile, Meredith and Nick are visited by Nick's estranged sister from Boston.
#13 - Where the Wild Things Are
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2008
Time has passed but not much has changed. Sexual angst still runs rampant in the halls of Seattle Grace. Derek and Rose have been dating and Meredith has noticed the activities of her current off-again ex-boyfriend. The doctor's are in the midst of a competition.
#14 - If Only You Were Lonely
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/2012
As Adele's condition continues to deteriorate, Richard considers altering their living situation; an explosion at a local coffee shop results in a busy day in the ER for the doctors; Callie takes Meredith under her wing by helping her study for her boards; Lexie joins Arizona and Alex in peds, as they continue to care for intern Morgan's premature son; and when Jackson snaps at a patient, Mark encourages him to find ways to relieve his stress. Meanwhile, Cristina lets her suspicions get the best of her.
#15 - Sign o' the Times
Season 17 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/15/2021
Maggie is preoccupied with Winston while trying to treat a patient wounded in the Seattle protests. Meanwhile, Levi is tested by an emergency, and the doctors struggle to treat a patient who doesn't believe in COVID.
#16 - One Flight Down
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2015
A small plane crash in Seattle causes multiple casualties and brings back horrible memories for the doctors, especially Meredith and Arizona. Meanwhile, friction between Owen and Amelia makes for an uncomfortable working situation for Stephanie.
#17 - Love in the Ice Age
Season 21 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2025
Bailey welcomes a renowned surgeon, whom she greatly admires, to Grey Sloan to help on a challenging case. Meanwhile, Teddy, Owen, Jules and Ben team up to save the life of a patient who has been impaled by an ice pick.
#18 - Wish You Were Here
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2009
Bailey teams with Seattle Grace's new pediatric surgeon, Dr. Arizona Robbins, to save the life of a young patient near and dear to her heart, as the admittance of a death row inmate at the hospital stirs anger in Derek and further erodes Meredith and Cristina's friendship; meanwhile, Callie and Sloan work as a team to fight their respective attractions to Sadie and Lexie, and Izzie tells Alex that she's seeing Denny.
#19 - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Season 21 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/3/2025
Amelia and Simone attempt to perform a high-stakes and groundbreaking brain surgery. Meanwhile, Teddy runs into Cass while at a medical conference with Bailey, and Jo struggles with her irritation toward Marcus.
#20 - All Star
Season 19 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2023
Teddy makes a challenging decision. Meanwhile, Maggie and Winston aren’t on speaking terms, and Link leans on Jo for emotional support as he preps for a surgery on a well-known athlete. Simone and Lucas are surprised by an unlikely visitor.
#21 - Before and After
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/2009
Addison, Naomi and Sam rush the ailing Archer to Seattle Grace and reunite with old friends Derek and Mark to help save his life; meanwhile, Izzie employs her fellow doctors in a medical game designed to help teach the interns, and Owen runs into a significant someone from his past
#22 - Here Comes the Flood
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2008
When the plumbing springs a leak, chaos breaks out at Seattle Grace as the Chief tries to put in place new teaching methods. Meanwhile, George takes his residency exam; and Derek attempts to get Meredith's roommates to move out, much to their surprise.
#23 - Do You Know?
Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/2014
Cristina imagines the two routes her life can take based on one decision she makes. Meanwhile one of the hospital’s patients decides whether or not to live.
#24 - I'll Follow the Sun
Season 19 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2023
It’s Meredith’s last day at Grey Sloan Memorial and the doctors plan a goodbye surprise, while Nick confronts her about the future of their relationship. Elsewhere, the interns compete to scrub in on Maggie and Winston’s groundbreaking partial heart transplant procedure, and Richard asks Teddy an important question.
#25 - Bust Your Windows
Season 21 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/17/2025
A window washer’s platform crashes through a hospital window, testing the Grey Sloan team’s limits. Meanwhile, Blue and Simone clash over their living arrangements, and Lucas strives to impress Catherine while on her service.