1x04 No Man's Land - Grey's Anatomy Episode Guide

Grey's Anatomy

- Episode 01x04

Episode: 01x04
Title: No Man's Land
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 104
First Aired: Apr. 17, 2005

Season 1 » Episode #04 - No Man's Land

Summary: While George begins to feel that he's loosing his masculinity due to Izzie and Meredith treating him like a sister, Izzie's newest patient may loose his masculinity to prostate cancer. Cristina assigns herself to a sick woman, who she believes will need surgery, but ends up learning more from the woman then standing in on a surgery would ever give her. Meredith faces the reality of her mother's Alzheimer's when Derek treats a patient with nails in his brain. Meanwhile, Alex tapes up pictures of Izzie's racy spread all over the locker room.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Dr. Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens	played by Katherine Heigl
Liz Fallon	played by Anna Maria Horsford
Jorge Cruz	played by F.J. Rio
Zona Cruz	played by Valerie Cruz
Rick Humphrey	played by Taylor Nichols
Ellis Grey	played by Kate Burton
Fluoroscope Tech	played by Tom Choi
Dr. Harry Victor	played by Chris Hendrie
Nurse Tyler Christian	played by Moe Irvin

Season 1 / Episode 4: - No Man's Land

Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Here, my share of the grocery money. When are you going?
Dr. George O'Malley: Tonight.
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: Okay. Seriously, George. Please don't...
Dr. George O'Malley: Yeah, could we not talk about it here?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: What? Tampons?
Dr. George O'Malley: Did you not hear a word I said?
Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens: You're a man, we know.
Dr. Alex Karev: [everyone in the room starts to laugh] Talk about shrinking the salamander.

Season 1 / Episode 4: - No Man's Land

Dr. Alex Karev: So, Grey and Stevens really walk around in their underwear?
Dr. George O'Malley: Um... Not all the time. I mean, some of the time. But not all the time.
Dr. Alex Karev: Sexy underwear?
Dr. George O'Malley: Yeah...
Dr. Alex Karev: And they just let you look at them?
Dr. George O'Malley: Well, uh... yeah.
Dr. Alex Karev: Like sisters?
Dr. George O'Malley: No! Not like sisters. Uh... no! I don't think of them like sisters.
Dr. Alex Karev: But they're no coming on to you?
Dr. George O'Malley: Not exactly.
Dr. Alex Karev: They don't expect you to do anything.
Dr. George O'Malley: No, but...
Dr. Alex Karev: Like sisters. Just like sisters

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: In the scene where Cristina is examining Fallon and you can see the monitor behind her, the screen goes from a Windows desktop screen with an error message, to a patient monitor screen, to a patient monitor screen with a Windows error message.
CONT: When Izzie is talking to her patient, her bangs are on the right side of her face. In the next shot, her bangs switch sides and are on the left side of her face.

TRIVIA

Every episode is named after a famous song, this episode may refer to Alice Cooper's or Billy Joel's "No Man's Land".
When Izzie Stevens had to rip off her clothes in the locker room, Katherine Heigl said, "If I have to take off all my clothes, then some of the crew should have to take off their clothes." The episode's director, the director of photography, and the show's producer all stripped down to their skivvies.