obligation fourth episode sixth season american television medical drama grey anatomy episode overall written directed episode originally broadcast abc united_states october episode father admitted hospital seeking liver storylines include getting nervous losing job attempting perform surgery terminal patient episode set seattle washington filming primarily took place los_angeles california reprised role guest star appearances episode title refers song obligation american alternative rock group obligation opened generally positive critical reviews performances praised particular initial airing episode viewed million americans garnered nielsen rating share demographic ranking night terms viewership plot leaves trailer work approaches bear outside wants house insists forward life brings father blood emergency room treats admits elderly patient skin later reveals wants receives revealed needs liver stevens assigned patient wants ask chief surgery job attending surgeon nervous reject goes lunch girlfriend fearful cut hospital staff tries surgical board stevens hunt operate revealed terminal wants donate liver viable candidate asks meredith subsequently agrees wife dismayed outcome surgery stevens proposes plan hunt save hunt agrees surgery suffers complications patient pronounced dead hunt stevens meredith undergoes surgery success yang confronts tells surgeon hired cut program conclusion episode stevens sees bear ultimately agrees need relocate forest production episode written directed edited episode served production designer episode title refers song obligation american alternative rock group featured music includes trading things come good pregnant episode filming crew work episode advocated meredith donate liver unable commented easy understand episode cause imagine grew mother night movie night issues help dad needs liver recovering alcoholic gon thinking chief upcoming merger fact recovering major surgery bench game month doesn family isn obligation like lot people gift scene meredith offers liver originally intended relationship later changed following request offered insight thought wrote reconciliation story father thought wrote episode going bad blood good way tells door open pretty huge incredibly hard work courage knew thing let alleviate guilt allow save life happened story shooting process changed subtly substantially started came day shooting wanting change speech gives wanted add simple line want ellen story wasn reconciliation story story story women awkward dance seasons finally sisters ellen insisted main reason completely vulnerable man hurt ways count point called getting new emotional scene write adding loved story hate idea old life hate people treat aging parents like old furniture want rid find place stick corner forget commented character storyline writing poor girl living cancer lost best friend got married dragged husband away live woods takes lot person need seriously recover couch hour grocery store imagine emotional physical fatigue feeling right think end episode owen tells experience patient strength doctor wondering mistake wondering owen right came work soon emotionally ready cutting people think doctor wants believe terminal patients odds tell story reception broadcasting obligation originally broadcast october united_states episode viewed total million americans previous episode feel like somebody garnered million viewers terms viewership obligation ranked night cbs csi episode win viewership nielsen rating ranked eastern time slot entire night rating share key demographic beating csi office rating won night decrease previous episode garnered rating share demographic critical reception episode generally received television critics buddytv commented perry character man hour addition praising performance writing got love called yang having surgery hilarious praised chemistry characters called title episode appropriate praised performance adding felt meredith heartfelt begging pleading happy mere finally grows casts aside seasons ago meredith dreamed putting proud giving liver offer know dad bigger milestone enjoyed performance commenting enjoyed vulnerable writing overall episode felt lackluster cinema blend found yang guide called scene bear funniest moments week praised story arc adding like honest arizona way puts place positive performance writing gave powerful performance episode speech meredith little forget emotion bond growing meredith nice meredith finally saying loud feels wakes glad sisters happy huffington_post gave positive review episode commenting love grey anatomy bounce moments old people wanting bears attacking alex drama ignored father arriving hospital blood praised writing character storyline performance
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