lexie grey joined grey's anatomy in season three.
lexie grey joined grey's anatomy in season three.
when does lexie grey join grey's anatomy?
season three
mark everett sloan, m.d., f.a.c.s. is a fictional character from abc's medical drama television series "grey's anatomy", portrayed by eric dane. created by showrunner shonda rhimes, the character was introduced in season two as derek shepherd's best friend who caused the end of shepherd's marriage by sleeping with his then-wife, addison montgomery. he moves to seattle in season three to make amends with derek and becomes seattle grace hospital's new plastics attending, after which he is dubbed "mcsteamy" by the female interns for his good looks. mark's focal storyline in the series involved his romantic relationship with lexie grey (chyler leigh), one of the interns who was on his service when they started dating. both he and lexie sustained fatal injuries during an aviation accident in the eighth-season finale, and seattle grace mercy west is later renamed grey-sloan memorial hospital in their memory.
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lexie feels immense guilt following george's death, having abandoned their friendship after he failed to reciprocate her romantic feelings towards him. she is consoled by mark and, after becoming a surgical resident, agrees to move into his new apartment with him. lexie and the other residents grow increasingly stressed in the wake of chief webber's announcement that there will be an administrative merger with mercy west hospital, meaning that seattle grace will have to layoff a large portion of its staff members. mark encourages lexie to relax and just try her best during this period, advising her not to worry as she deserves her job. lexie soon finds that while she is safe from the layoffs, many of her friends have been cut from the program. to take everyone's minds off the merger, owen takes lexie, mark, derek, meredith, and cristina to play baseball together. thatcher is later admitted into the hospital with liver failure stemming from his former alcoholism. when lexie discovers that she is not a suitable transplant candidate, meredith steps in and donates part of her liver to thatcher to spare lexie the grief of losing her father. following the merger, lexie develops a rivalry with mercy west resident april kepner (sarah drew), who desperately attempts to undermine lexie while they are both on derek's service. lexie retaliates by stealing april's notebook and using its personal contents to humiliate her, though lexie later apologizes. when a patient dies from a medical negligence mistake committed by one of the many surgeons who treated her, webber starts a witch hunt to trace back the culprit and identify the cause of death, and lexie is among the doctors who are questioned; it is ultimately discovered that april was the one at fault. derek later recruits lexie for his unauthorized "rogue surgery" on hospital technician isaac's (faran tahir) "inoperable" tumor, with lexie acting as derek's own caregiver during the long and exhausting procedure. lexie is supported by mark and, to avoid having to leave the operating room, resorts to using a diaper so that she can sufficiently hydrate herself before and during the surgery. near the year's end, mark and lexie receive a shock when a pregnant teenage girl named sloan riley (leven rambin) shows up claiming to be mark's daughter, and her parentage is soon confirmed. mark quickly agrees to let sloan and the baby move in permanently without consulting lexie, resulting in her ending their relationship as she feels she is still too young to be a grandmother. an upset and drunk lexie then engages in a one-night stand with alex but feels guilty and confesses to mark, who becomes furious with her despite also admitting that he had a one-night stand with addison montgomery (kate walsh). although she secretly suppresses her feelings for mark, lexie and alex assume a casual relationship that lexie flaunts to make mark jealous. lexie later breaks down in front of meredith when alex tells her that mark has started dating teddy altman (kim raver). after sloan gives her baby up for adoption and leaves seattle, however, mark approaches lexie and confesses his love to her. a stunned lexie hesitantly states that alex is now her boyfriend, to which mark replies, "i know. i'm just saying you could have a husband." lexie takes part in a surgery on alison clark (caroline williams) and informs her husband gary (michael o'neill) that it was a success, only for alison to suffer a stroke and fall into a coma that derek and webber state she is unlikely to wake from. as alison had signed a dnr form, lexie is forced to turn off the machines keeping her alive despite gary's pleas for her to stop. after failing in an attempt to sue seattle grace mercy west, a grief-stricken gary clark later returns to the hospital with a gun, seeking revenge on derek, webber, and lexie. mark shields lexie during the shooting and the pair attempt to save a critically wounded alex. lexie heads out into the evacuated hospital to search for supplies and comes face-to-face with clark. before clark can shoot her, however, a swat team member wounds him and lexie manages to escape. lexie and mark proceed to save alex's life, during which lexie realizes that alex is still in love with his ex-wife izzie, as he calls for her while delirious and on the verge of death. after having a conversation with webber, gary clark eventually commits suicide, having killed eleven people and wounded another seven as well as causing meredith to suffer a miscarriage.
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