Izzie认为由于Meredith与Derek的私情，使得Derek favours Meredith，而对他们两个耿耿于怀。但通过与Meredith的这段谈话，Izzie发现原来事情没她设想的那么复杂与恶劣。

Meredith: I thought you'd be asleep by now.

Izzie: Yeah, well, I'm not. ____1____. Baked it chock-full of love. Actually, chock-full of unrelenting, all consuming rage and hostility, but it's still tasty.

Meredith: So you know?

Izzie: I know.

Meredith: Well, do you want the long, sordid version, ____2____, where I started sleeping with a guy who turned out to be my boss?

Izzie: Neither.

Meredith: Izzie, ____3____.

Izzie: No. You want to Dartmouth. Your mother is Ellis Grey. You grew up... Look at his house! You know, you walk into the OR, ____4____. I grew up in a trailer park. I went to state school. I put myself through med school by posing in my underwear. You know, I walk into the OR, ____5____. Y-you have their respect without even trying, and you're throwing it away for...what? A few good surgeries?

Meredith: No. ____6____. It's not about getting ahead.

Izzie: Then what? A little hot sex? You're willing to ruin your credibility over that? I mean, Meredith, ____7____? (Izzie stares at Meredith who rolls her eyes) Oh, my God. ____8____.

Meredith: I am not.

Izzie: Oh, you so are.

Meredith: No, I'm not.

Izzie: You so are. Damn it, you poor girl.

Meredith: You know, it's just that he's just so...And I'm just...I'm having a hard time.

Izzie: Wow, you're all, uh, mushy and...warm and full of secret feelings. (Hands her cake)

Meredith: I hate you! And your cake.

Izzie: My cake is good. So, um, how hot is the sex?

Meredith: Izzie.

Izzie: What? Come on, I'm not getting any. ____9____.
If you wait a few minutes, you can have a piece of cake or do you want the short version cut me some slack here and there isn't anyone who doubts that you should be there and everyone hopes I'm the nurse It's not about the surgeries what the hell are you doing You're falling for him Help a girl out with a few details