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December 17, 2023

"Going, Going, Gone" is the first episode of the ninth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the show's 173rd episode overall. Written by Stacy McKee and directed by Rob Corn, the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on September 27, 2012. The initial airing was viewed by 11.73 million people and received a 4.4 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 demographic, registering the show as the week's highest rated television drama.

"Going, Going, Gone"
Grey's Anatomy episode
The episode honored Mark Sloan with a title card of his lifespan.
Episode no.Season 9
Episode 1
Directed byRob Corn
Written byStacy McKee
Featured music"Body of Work"
"My Heart Goes Boom Boom"
"My Oh My"
"Feels Like the End"
"Portions for Foxes"
"Without You"
"Into You"
Original air dateSeptember 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)
Running time43 minutes
Guest appearances
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Grey's Anatomy centers around a group of physicians struggling to balance their professional lives with their personal lives. In this episode, the doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital cope with the physical and emotional reverberations of the aviation accident that took place in the season eight finale, while several surgical residents are promoted. Further storylines include Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) relocating to a different hospital, and a group of new interns being intimidated by Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo).

The episode saw the death of Dr. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane); the actor was let go due to budget cuts by the producers. Excessive spoilers were not released, in order to keep the fates of select characters unknown. However, multiple cast members leaked pictures from the set. Jason George returned in a guest capacity. Long-running cast member Camilla Luddington makes her first appearance as Jo Wilson in this episode. The episode received positive reviews from critics.

Plot edit

In the season eight finale, Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Dr. Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), Dr. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), and Dr. Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) are caught in an aviation accident, leaving Lexie Grey dead, and the rest of the doctors stranded. "Going, Going, Gone" picks up about one month after the crash, and throughout the episode, features home videos of Sloan. The episode begins with Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital's new interns, Dr. Shane Ross (Gaius Charles), Dr. Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington), Dr. Heather Brooks (Tina Majorino), and Dr. Stephanie Edwards (Jerrika Hinton), expressing fear of Meredith Grey, who is now an attending general surgeon. It is revealed that former resident Dr. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) will be pursuing a pediatric surgical fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The scene switches to Minnesota, where Yang is now a cardiothoracic surgical fellow.

Back in Seattle, Dr. Ben Warren (Jason George) surprises his fiancée Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) with a visit. The couple reunites with constant sexual activity, for which the interns tease Bailey. Meanwhile, Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) allows Shepherd to operate on a spinal cord, despite his hand being broken from the plane crash. Thereafter, it is revealed that Sloan is in a comatose state, and will be taken off life support that evening. In the hospital cafeteria, Meredith Grey announces that Wilson will be given the honor of performing a supervised appendectomy, a procedure historically used as a reward for interns. The hospital's chief of surgery, Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), introduces the new pediatric surgery attending, Dr. Mel Barnett (Philip Casnoff), to Torres and Karev. Barnett informs Karev that he will not be continuing with the African orphan charity program (a function to treat ill children from Third World countries), something that was initially finalized by the latter and former chief of pediatric surgery, Robbins. Karev becomes upset about this, and asks Torres to prevent Barnett from discontinuing the program, though Torres shows no interest in helping Karev.

During Shepherd's surgery, his hand becomes numb, and he frustratedly exits the operating room. In the intern appendectomy, Wilson makes a mistake and freezes, leading to a scolding from Meredith Grey. Back in Minnesota, Yang is annoyed by the peppy attitudes of her superiors at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Craig Thomas (William Daniels) and Dr. Parker (Steven Culp), so she decides to take a trip to Seattle for Sloan's death. However, her post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) hinders her from boarding the plane, and she ultimately remains in Minnesota. Meanwhile, Dr. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams), now a plastic surgical fellow, sits by Sloan's bedside and talks of medical cases to him. Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) enters Sloan's hospital room and removes him from life support. Unable to cope with Sloan's death, Meredith Grey boards a plane to visit Yang, but panics before it takes off. Shortly thereafter, Meredith Grey finds Karev at the airport bar, where he reveals that he will be remaining at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. The next morning, Hunt visits Dr. April Kepner (Sarah Drew) at her family's farm, and asks her to begin working in Seattle again. At the conclusion of the episode, Torres returns home to Robbins, who is revealed to have had her lower left leg amputated as a result of the crash.

Production edit

 
Prior to the premiere, ABC asked Patrick Dempsey (pictured) to remove a set photo of Mark Sloan from Twitter.

Running for approximately 43 minutes,[1] the episode was written by Stacy McKee and directed by Rob Corn.[2] The episode featured the songs "Body of Work", "My Heart Goes Boom Boom", "My Oh My", "Feels Like the End", "Portions for Foxes", "Without You", and "Into You".[3] George returned to the episode as Warren, while Daniels, Culp, Casnoff, Charles, Luddington, Majorino, and Hinton made their first appearances as Thomas, Parker, Barnett, Ross, Wilson, Brookes, and Edwards, respectively.[4] The episode's initial script read-through took place on July 16, 2012.[5] Scenes in the operating room were filmed at the Prospect Studios in Los Feliz, Los Angeles.[6] While creating the visual of Robbins' amputated leg, the special effects crew digitally removed Capshaw's real leg, and replaced it with a graphically created limb.[7]

Prior to broadcast, series creator Shonda Rhimes did not release much information about the season premiere.[8] However, it was revealed prior to broadcast that there would be a time jump in the episode.[9] After it was announced that Dane would be departing shortly after the commencement of the ninth season,[10] Dempsey uploaded a set picture on Twitter of Sloan in bad condition. Due to the unwanted release of spoilers, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) requested that he delete the photo, and it was subsequently removed.[11] The cast and crew of Grey's Anatomy were being particularly quiet about the fate of Capshaw's character.[12] This secrecy was compromised when McKidd posted a picture on his Twitter account of the editing room, in which there was a picture of Robbins alive on the screen. The picture has since been taken down.[13]

Discussing Robbins' storyline in "Going, Going, Gone", Capshaw revealed that she was "shocked" when it was made known to her that the character's leg would be amputated.[14] The actress additionally noted that it was difficult to keep the fate of her character a secret.[7] Following the premiere, E! Online reported that Dane's death and departure in the premiere were results of budgetary cuts, mandated by ABC.[15] Speaking of Sloan's death, Rhimes said it was the "most tragic", adding that "he's part of the fabric of the show".[16] Rhimes wrote that anything other than the character dying would entail him leaving his daughter behind, something the writers did not want. However, she noted that the writing team considered having him move to Los Angeles to be with Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) after her departure from Private Practice, but they feared it would have given the impression that his love confession for Lexie Grey was forgotten.[10]

Reception edit

Broadcast and ratings edit

"Going, Going, Gone" was originally broadcast on Thursday, September 27, 2012 in the United States on ABC. The episode's total viewership of 11.73 million ranked the show second in its 9:00 EST time slot, trailing CBS's Person of Interest (14.28 million), and fifth for the night, behind CBS's Two and a Half Men (12.54 million), Elementary (13.41 million), and The Big Bang Theory (15.66 million). The installment's 4.4 Nielsen rating in the target 18–49 demographic ranked the series first in its time slot and second for the night, trailing only CBS's The Big Bang Theory (5.0).[17] In the key 18–34 demographic, the episode earned a 3.9 Nielsen rating, qualifying Grey's Anatomy as the top television program of the night in that demographic.[18] "Going, Going, Gone"'s total viewership and 18–49 rating tallied the show's highest numbers since "Suddenly" on Thursday, January 5, 2012 (4.5 18–49 rating, 12.12 million viewers).[19]

The 11.73 million people tuned into the episode marked a 3 percent viewership increase from the season eight finale (11.44 million),[20] and a 13 percent increase from the previous season premiere (10.38 million).[18] The episode's 4.4 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 demographic was a 7 percent increase from the season eight finale and previous season premiere, which both received 4.1 18–49 ratings.[20] The Nielsen score additionally registered the show as the week's highest rated drama and third-highest rated scripted series in the 18–49 demographic, placing behind CBS's The Big Bang Theory (5.0) and ABC's Modern Family (5.5).[21] Seven days of time-shifted viewing added on an additional 1.5 rating points in the 18–49 demographic and 3.28 million viewers, bringing the total viewership for the episode to 15.01 million viewers with a 5.9 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 demographic.[22]

Critical reviews edit

 
Eric Dane received praise for his portrayal of Mark Sloan.

"The videos so well helped to illustrate what a great guy Sloan ultimately was, because it seems that people mostly just remember all his skirt-chasing and general pig-headedness. The fact is that last night's episode was celebrating a great man, who was a father, a mentor, a friend, and a great doctor."

— Tanner Stransky, Entertainment Weekly[23]

E! Online's Kristin dos Santos called the installment "gut-wrenching", saying it was the type of episode that "rips out your heart and feeds it to you with a spoon".[15] Ann Oldenburg of USA Today summarized that the episode required viewers to "reach for the Kleenex".[24] TV Guide's Natalie Abrams called the episode "heartbreaking", and praised the performances by Dempsey and Ramirez for their realism.[25] Writing for Newsday, Verne Gay called Sloan's death scene "touching", and opined that the show will be different without the character's presence.[26]

Kelly Schremph of Hollywood.com said the installment was "emotionally exhausting", adding that it foreshadowed a "drama-packed season".[27] Schremph commented that all of the changes made it feel like an alternative reality episode, such as was featured in season eight.[27] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Tanner Stransky expressed similar viewpoints with Schremph, commenting that the installment paved the way for a great season, and that it resembled season eight's alternative reality episode. Stransky appreciated the "dignity" provided in Sloan's death scene, noting that the song played during the scene was "killer" and "so fitting".[23] Jason Hughes of The Huffington Post called Sloan's death day "fateful".[28] TV Fanatic gave a largely positive review to the season, "Grey's Anatomy always knows how to bring the drama and they did not fail in the Season 9 Premiere."[29]

The International Business Times' Arlene Paredes concluded that the episode "raised the bar for deeply emotional yet again", and noted that it was "one of the most high-anticipated TV [returns] this fall".[30] TVLine's Michael Ausiello opined that the attempt to hide Robbins' fate was the "worst kept secret in TV land".[31] Writing for AfterEllen, Bridget McManus threatened to boycott the show if Capshaw's character was killed, but thought the FaceTime calls between Yang and Meredith Grey were humorous.[32] Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald was critical of the time it took to rescue the doctors, and deemed the flashbacks featuring Sloan "unconvincing".[33] Zap2it's Carina Adly MacKenzie opined that it "became increasingly clear" that Sloan would die as the episode progressed, and praised Capshaw's performance, noting that it was "brief but truly striking".[34]

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Going Going Gone is the first episode of the ninth season of the American television medical drama Grey s Anatomy and the show s 173rd episode overall Written by Stacy McKee and directed by Rob Corn the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company ABC in the United States on September 27 2012 The initial airing was viewed by 11 73 million people and received a 4 4 Nielsen rating in the 18 49 demographic registering the show as the week s highest rated television drama Going Going Gone Grey s Anatomy episodeThe episode honored Mark Sloan with a title card of his lifespan Episode no Season 9Episode 1Directed byRob CornWritten byStacy McKeeFeatured music Body of Work My Heart Goes Boom Boom My Oh My Feels Like the End Portions for Foxes Without You Into You Original air dateSeptember 27 2012 2012 09 27 Running time43 minutesGuest appearancesJason George as Dr Ben Warren William Daniels as Dr Craig Thomas Steven Culp as Dr Parker Philip Casnoff as Dr Mel Barnett Gaius Charles as Dr Shane Ross Camilla Luddington as Dr Jo Wilson Tina Majorino as Dr Heather Brooks Jerrika Hinton as Dr Stephanie EdwardsEpisode chronology Previous Flight Next Remember the Time Grey s Anatomy season 9 List of episodesGrey s Anatomy centers around a group of physicians struggling to balance their professional lives with their personal lives In this episode the doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital cope with the physical and emotional reverberations of the aviation accident that took place in the season eight finale while several surgical residents are promoted Further storylines include Dr Cristina Yang Sandra Oh relocating to a different hospital and a group of new interns being intimidated by Dr Meredith Grey Ellen Pompeo The episode saw the death of Dr Mark Sloan Eric Dane the actor was let go due to budget cuts by the producers Excessive spoilers were not released in order to keep the fates of select characters unknown However multiple cast members leaked pictures from the set Jason George returned in a guest capacity Long running cast member Camilla Luddington makes her first appearance as Jo Wilson in this episode The episode received positive reviews from critics Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Reception 3 1 Broadcast and ratings 3 2 Critical reviews 4 References 5 External linksPlot editIn the season eight finale Dr Meredith Grey Ellen Pompeo Dr Derek Shepherd Patrick Dempsey Dr Cristina Yang Sandra Oh Dr Lexie Grey Chyler Leigh Dr Mark Sloan Eric Dane and Dr Arizona Robbins Jessica Capshaw are caught in an aviation accident leaving Lexie Grey dead and the rest of the doctors stranded Going Going Gone picks up about one month after the crash and throughout the episode features home videos of Sloan The episode begins with Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital s new interns Dr Shane Ross Gaius Charles Dr Jo Wilson Camilla Luddington Dr Heather Brooks Tina Majorino and Dr Stephanie Edwards Jerrika Hinton expressing fear of Meredith Grey who is now an attending general surgeon It is revealed that former resident Dr Alex Karev Justin Chambers will be pursuing a pediatric surgical fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital The scene switches to Minnesota where Yang is now a cardiothoracic surgical fellow Back in Seattle Dr Ben Warren Jason George surprises his fiancee Dr Miranda Bailey Chandra Wilson with a visit The couple reunites with constant sexual activity for which the interns tease Bailey Meanwhile Dr Callie Torres Sara Ramirez allows Shepherd to operate on a spinal cord despite his hand being broken from the plane crash Thereafter it is revealed that Sloan is in a comatose state and will be taken off life support that evening In the hospital cafeteria Meredith Grey announces that Wilson will be given the honor of performing a supervised appendectomy a procedure historically used as a reward for interns The hospital s chief of surgery Dr Owen Hunt Kevin McKidd introduces the new pediatric surgery attending Dr Mel Barnett Philip Casnoff to Torres and Karev Barnett informs Karev that he will not be continuing with the African orphan charity program a function to treat ill children from Third World countries something that was initially finalized by the latter and former chief of pediatric surgery Robbins Karev becomes upset about this and asks Torres to prevent Barnett from discontinuing the program though Torres shows no interest in helping Karev During Shepherd s surgery his hand becomes numb and he frustratedly exits the operating room In the intern appendectomy Wilson makes a mistake and freezes leading to a scolding from Meredith Grey Back in Minnesota Yang is annoyed by the peppy attitudes of her superiors at Mayo Clinic Dr Craig Thomas William Daniels and Dr Parker Steven Culp so she decides to take a trip to Seattle for Sloan s death However her post traumatic stress disorder PTSD hinders her from boarding the plane and she ultimately remains in Minnesota Meanwhile Dr Jackson Avery Jesse Williams now a plastic surgical fellow sits by Sloan s bedside and talks of medical cases to him Dr Richard Webber James Pickens Jr enters Sloan s hospital room and removes him from life support Unable to cope with Sloan s death Meredith Grey boards a plane to visit Yang but panics before it takes off Shortly thereafter Meredith Grey finds Karev at the airport bar where he reveals that he will be remaining at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital The next morning Hunt visits Dr April Kepner Sarah Drew at her family s farm and asks her to begin working in Seattle again At the conclusion of the episode Torres returns home to Robbins who is revealed to have had her lower left leg amputated as a result of the crash Production edit nbsp Prior to the premiere ABC asked Patrick Dempsey pictured to remove a set photo of Mark Sloan from Twitter Running for approximately 43 minutes 1 the episode was written by Stacy McKee and directed by Rob Corn 2 The episode featured the songs Body of Work My Heart Goes Boom Boom My Oh My Feels Like the End Portions for Foxes Without You and Into You 3 George returned to the episode as Warren while Daniels Culp Casnoff Charles Luddington Majorino and Hinton made their first appearances as Thomas Parker Barnett Ross Wilson Brookes and Edwards respectively 4 The episode s initial script read through took place on July 16 2012 5 Scenes in the operating room were filmed at the Prospect Studios in Los Feliz Los Angeles 6 While creating the visual of Robbins amputated leg the special effects crew digitally removed Capshaw s real leg and replaced it with a graphically created limb 7 Prior to broadcast series creator Shonda Rhimes did not release much information about the season premiere 8 However it was revealed prior to broadcast that there would be a time jump in the episode 9 After it was announced that Dane would be departing shortly after the commencement of the ninth season 10 Dempsey uploaded a set picture on Twitter of Sloan in bad condition Due to the unwanted release of spoilers the American Broadcasting Company ABC requested that he delete the photo and it was subsequently removed 11 The cast and crew of Grey s Anatomy were being particularly quiet about the fate of Capshaw s character 12 This secrecy was compromised when McKidd posted a picture on his Twitter account of the editing room in which there was a picture of Robbins alive on the screen The picture has since been taken down 13 Discussing Robbins storyline in Going Going Gone Capshaw revealed that she was shocked when it was made known to her that the character s leg would be amputated 14 The actress additionally noted that it was difficult to keep the fate of her character a secret 7 Following the premiere E Online reported that Dane s death and departure in the premiere were results of budgetary cuts mandated by ABC 15 Speaking of Sloan s death Rhimes said it was the most tragic adding that he s part of the fabric of the show 16 Rhimes wrote that anything other than the character dying would entail him leaving his daughter behind something the writers did not want However she noted that the writing team considered having him move to Los Angeles to be with Dr Addison Montgomery Kate Walsh after her departure from Private Practice but they feared it would have given the impression that his love confession for Lexie Grey was forgotten 10 Reception editBroadcast and ratings edit Going Going Gone was originally broadcast on Thursday September 27 2012 in the United States on ABC The episode s total viewership of 11 73 million ranked the show second in its 9 00 EST time slot trailing CBS s Person of Interest 14 28 million and fifth for the night behind CBS s Two and a Half Men 12 54 million Elementary 13 41 million and The Big Bang Theory 15 66 million The installment s 4 4 Nielsen rating in the target 18 49 demographic ranked the series first in its time slot and second for the night trailing only CBS s The Big Bang Theory 5 0 17 In the key 18 34 demographic the episode earned a 3 9 Nielsen rating qualifying Grey s Anatomy as the top television program of the night in that demographic 18 Going Going Gone s total viewership and 18 49 rating tallied the show s highest numbers since Suddenly on Thursday January 5 2012 4 5 18 49 rating 12 12 million viewers 19 The 11 73 million people tuned into the episode marked a 3 percent viewership increase from the season eight finale 11 44 million 20 and a 13 percent increase from the previous season premiere 10 38 million 18 The episode s 4 4 Nielsen rating in the 18 49 demographic was a 7 percent increase from the season eight finale and previous season premiere which both received 4 1 18 49 ratings 20 The Nielsen score additionally registered the show as the week s highest rated drama and third highest rated scripted series in the 18 49 demographic placing behind CBS s The Big Bang Theory 5 0 and ABC s Modern Family 5 5 21 Seven days of time shifted viewing added on an additional 1 5 rating points in the 18 49 demographic and 3 28 million viewers bringing the total viewership for the episode to 15 01 million viewers with a 5 9 Nielsen rating in the 18 49 demographic 22 Critical reviews edit nbsp Eric Dane received praise for his portrayal of Mark Sloan The videos so well helped to illustrate what a great guy Sloan ultimately was because it seems that people mostly just remember all his skirt chasing and general pig headedness The fact is that last night s episode was celebrating a great man who was a father a mentor a friend and a great doctor Tanner Stransky Entertainment Weekly 23 E Online s Kristin dos Santos called the installment gut wrenching saying it was the type of episode that rips out your heart and feeds it to you with a spoon 15 Ann Oldenburg of USA Today summarized that the episode required viewers to reach for the Kleenex 24 TV Guide s Natalie Abrams called the episode heartbreaking and praised the performances by Dempsey and Ramirez for their realism 25 Writing for Newsday Verne Gay called Sloan s death scene touching and opined that the show will be different without the character s presence 26 Kelly Schremph of Hollywood com said the installment was emotionally exhausting adding that it foreshadowed a drama packed season 27 Schremph commented that all of the changes made it feel like an alternative reality episode such as was featured in season eight 27 Writing for Entertainment Weekly Tanner Stransky expressed similar viewpoints with Schremph commenting that the installment paved the way for a great season and that it resembled season eight s alternative reality episode Stransky appreciated the dignity provided in Sloan s death scene noting that the song played during the scene was killer and so fitting 23 Jason Hughes of The Huffington Post called Sloan s death day fateful 28 TV Fanatic gave a largely positive review to the season Grey s Anatomy always knows how to bring the drama and they did not fail in the Season 9 Premiere 29 The International Business Times Arlene Paredes concluded that the episode raised the bar for deeply emotional yet again and noted that it was one of the most high anticipated TV returns this fall 30 TVLine s Michael Ausiello opined that the attempt to hide Robbins fate was the worst kept secret in TV land 31 Writing for AfterEllen Bridget McManus threatened to boycott the show if Capshaw s character was killed but thought the FaceTime calls between Yang and Meredith Grey were humorous 32 Mark A Perigard of the Boston Herald was critical of the time it took to rescue the doctors and deemed the flashbacks featuring Sloan unconvincing 33 Zap2it s Carina Adly MacKenzie opined that it became increasingly clear that Sloan would die as the episode progressed and praised Capshaw s performance noting that it was brief but truly striking 34 References edit Grey s Anatomy Season 9 iTunes Store Apple Retrieved September 29 2012 Writer McKee Stacy Director Corn Rob September 27 2012 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