good mourning grey anatomy good mourning episode sixth season american television medical drama grey anatomy episode overall written directed episode originally broadcast abc united_states september good mourning physicians seen dealing revelation dead beloved worker knight dealing aftermath near death experience storylines include stevens trying decide donate organs offered chief surgery job episode hour season premiere second goodbye took place fictional good mourning episode knight appear following early release contract episode received star billing having upgraded recurring star mitch_pileggi reprised role guest star addition shannon good mourning opened generally positive critical reviews performance praised particular initial airing episode viewed million americans garnered nielsen rating share demographic ranking night plot episode opens voice narrative explaining ross model stages grief conclusion season finale knight cancer dragged bus respectively opening episode reveals stevens revived pronounced brain dead wife informs colleagues died suffers emotional breakdown death implied episode asks gon survive right grey answering unknown organ donor chief surgery calls mother following stevens unaware died husband decides tell fear shock lose consciousness surgeon introduced patient body pain growing pains arrives hospital asks decide organs donated victim accident arrives hospital ambulance arms legs attended plastic surgeon informs cut arms hospital president mitch_pileggi explains substantially completing role chief surgery offers shepherd job reveals death stevens seeks help deciding donate organs stevens organs come mutual conclusion donation correct option prior harvesting organs mentor uneasy organs soon comes terms situation days later funeral woman saved shannon shown crying stevens meredith laughing unable deal true emotions funeral best friend designated job locker breaks bailey subsequently stevens body pain patient returns chronic pain unable approaches seeking information application attending surgeon accepted explains job longer available surgeon going retire ultimately enraged saying current surgeon job dinosaur storms superstar episode closes victim production good mourning written directed edited episode served production designer featured music includes rock wade water speaking dead language good mourning episode feature knight character knight released contract conclusion season following disagreement series creator lack screen time character asked flashback appearance season knight declined offered thoughts death heartbreaking fell love george like season big hearted yeah heart jump moving bus save life devastating end beloved character argue said wasn fitting end episode shepherd offered position chief surgery postponed decision friend offered insight pretty noble noble cause know wants job promise brought seattle begin right job taking loyalty friendship went warned scene colleagues laughing funeral favorite scenes added gave smart notes enhanced writing wonderful director amazing crew support visually beautiful actors damn bring game scene editors music folks people color correct mix sound collaboration takes good huge coming great artists takes great plus little magic little luck feel like scene funny sad reception broadcasting good mourning originally broadcast september abc united_states viewed total million americans eastern time slot episode series second viewed season premiere point ahead season premiere hard day night comparison previous episode good mourning decrease terms viewership episode viewership ranked time slot entire night beating cbs csi addition success viewership episode ratings good mourning nielsen rating ranked time slot entire night rating share demographic episode received rating demographic beating cbs ranking ratings shares demographic critical reception episode opened generally positive feedback aired episode goodbye hour season premiere special alan_sepinwall commented episodes week going forth good idea better speeches weeks isn shouldn tears speeches george death matter marginal season huge event lives characters raced famous stages grief false making hurry past events wildly uneven fifth season problem episodes rhythms pace acts build emotional briefly start predictable life emotion away sepinwall praised wilson chamber performances addition laughing funeral huffington_post praised performance calling genuine character enjoyed performance critical rest episode writing funeral wasn sad thought pre episode pictures thought funeral half minutes wasn sad core group walked away spread laughs fact cancer like badly written wait blend critical episode writing don think based episode grey headed new direction think writers making effort bring series greatness earlier seasons said grey anatomy comes usual drama sex love medical mysteries thrown mix things moving looking think enjoy season premiere fine buddytv noted special dark season adding talk george mom proved heart breaking scenes episode heartbreaking
Good Mourning (Grey's Anatomy)