Wishin' and Hopin' (Grey's Anatomy) for their new clinic, Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) dealing with the repercussions of his upcoming retirement, and Dr. George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) facing negative response from colleagues on his unexpected marriage to Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez). Although the episode was fictionally set in Seattle, filming occurred in Los Angeles, California. Burton reprised her role as Dr. Ellis Grey in a guest star capacity, in addition to Sarah Utterback, who portrayed Olivia Harper. The title of the episode refers to the song "Wishin' and Hopin'", by British pop musician Dusty Springfield. The episode received mixed to favorable reviews,
Wishin' and Hopin' 'Wishin' and Hopin'' [as a single] because she had some ambivalence about it." A New York disc jockey, Jack Lacy, began to play "Wishin' and Hopin following some encouragement from David and Bacharach, and Philips' US label issued it as a single in May 1964; "Wishin' and Hopin broke nationally that June entering the Top Ten in July to peak at #6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 (#4 in "Cashbox" and #4 Easy Listening). The release of "Wishin' and Hopin as a concurrent UK single release for Springfield was precluded by the presence on the UK charts of Springfield's single