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Moment of Truth
Season 8, episode 21

Meredith and Cristina waiting to take their oral boards.
Episode Information
Airdate	April 26, 2012
Written by	Zakiyyah Alexander
Directed by	Chandra Wilson
Episode Guide
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Next	Let the Bad Times Roll
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"Picture this - you've spent the last five years of your residency training to become a surgeon. But those five years suddenly don't matter - the only thing that matters, the only thing between you and the rest of your career is a test in a random hotel, in a random city, with a random examiner asking you random questions. Nervous? You should be."

—Meredith Grey

Moment of Truth is the twenty-first episode of the eighth season and the 169th overall episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Short SummaryEdit

After eight years of practice, the residents head to San Francisco for their oral boards; sparks fly between Catherine and Richard when they bump into each other at the hotel; Bailey intervenes after Owen and Teddy get into a heated argument about their young car crash patient; and Mark tries to recruit Lexie for one of his cases. Meanwhile, Alex feels guilty for being away from the hospital when Tommy's health begins to fail.

Full Summary Edit

Episode in detail.

Cast Edit

Main CastEdit

Guest StarsEdit

Debbie Allen as Dr. Catherine Avery
Amanda Fuller as Dr. Morgan Peterson
Kari Coleman as Mother
Thad Luckinbill as Kevin Banks

Co-StarringEdit

Thai Douglas as Examiner
David Pevsner as Examiner #2
Susan Oritz as Examiner #2
Jim Lau as Examiner #4
Cathy Diane Tomlin as Examiner #5
Richardson Chery as Kevin's Friend
Nicole Cummins as Paramedic Nicole
Kate Mines as Nurse Gloria
I. Elijah Baughman as Resident

Medical Notes Edit

Music Edit

Song	Performer	Scene
"This Head I Hold"	Electric Guest
"Illusion"	Poor Moon
"The Sun"	The Naked and Famous
"All or Nothing"	Au Revoir Simone
"Lake House"	Of Monsters and Men
"80 Miles"	Washington
"Young Blood"	Birdy

Notes and Trivia Edit

This episode's title originated from the song Moment of Truth, originally sung by Gang Starr.
This episode scored 9.45 million viewers.

GalleryEdit

Episode StillsEdit

Behind the ScenesEdit

Quotes Edit

Miranda (to Teddy Altman): I hope blaming him is helping you, because its not helping him.

Miranda: They started off with such little promise, it's like I'm looking at a miracle.

Callie (to Miranda Bailey): It’s awful, it’s tense and it’s cold and it’s dangerous, it feels like defusing a bomb, in an haunted house, that’s built on a minefield, and there are bears everywhere, and the bears have knives. You have to tame them, or you will die, we will all die. Their hate will destroy this hospital and then the whole planet. I am counting on you Bailey… We’re all counting on you.


Grey's Anatomy Season 8
#01	"Free Falling"	#09	"Dark Was the Night"	#17	"One Step Too Far"
#02	"She's Gone"	#10	"Suddenly"	#18	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
#03	"Take the Lead"	#11	"This Magic Moment"	#19	"Support System"
#04	"What is It About Men"	#12	"Hope for the Hopeless"	#20	"The Girl with No Name"
#05	"Love, Loss and Legacy"	#13	"If/Then"	#21	"Moment of Truth"
#06	"Poker Face"	#14	"All You Need is Love"	#22	"Let the Bad Times Roll"
#07	"Put Me In, Coach”"	#15	"Have You Seen Me Lately?"	#23	"Migration"
#08	"Heart-Shaped Box"	#16	"If Only You Were Lonely"	#24	"Flight"
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