Grey's Anatomy: What Happened Between Derek and His Research Fellow?

Alright, Grey's Anatomy fans, after two weeks of wondering, let's cut to the chase: Did Derek (Patrick Dempsey) cheat on Meredith (Ellen Pompeo)? Ehh ... I guess it depends on your definition of cheating.

Here's Derek's story (which, honestly, is too simple to be true): His research fellow was the one who picked up his phone. Who knows why?! And he left it at the lab when he was on his way to the airport, and thus couldn't answer Meredith's calls. He flew back to Seattle because he realized he and Meredith had some things to work on.

But Meredith isn't buying it, thinking that Derek came back because he did something wrong and needed to fix it. After all, she was Derek's subordinate once upon a time, too.

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So then we start to get the real story. In a flashback, we meet Derek's research fellow, Renee (Scottie Thompson). And, as Meredith expected of the Other Woman, she is young and hot and has great hair (and great eyes, incidentally). There seems to be an instant spark between her and Derek the first time they're introduced, but maybe that's just the benefit of speculative hindsight on our parts.

Back to the present and Grey Sloan. Amelia (Caterina Scorsone) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) make awkward chit-chat in a scrub room while undressing each other with their eyes, and plan to meet up that night in hopes of getting some coitus sans interruptus. But it looks like their plans are about to get derailed: Owen's mother Evelyn is in the hospital after falling in the shower. And she's got her extremely handsome, extremely young, uniformed boyfriend, John, in tow. Owen takes immediate issue with their romance, noting that John is young enough to be his brother.

Elsewhere, Alex (Justin Chambers) introduces Meredith to a young liver patient named Danny, who keeps getting infections as he waits for a transplant. Meredith immediately suggests surgery, but Alex and Danny's sister would prefer a more conservative approach. And Jo (Camilla Luddington) is treating a patient who feels like she has a full-body headache. But, when Jo goes to wipe her "nose bleed," it retracts itself and she realizes it's actually a ... parasite? Worm? Whatever it is, it's horrifying.

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Maggie (Kelly McCreary), Alex and Callie (Sara Ramirez) all think it's a bad sign that Derek immediately hopped on a plane to come home. Obviously he must have something to apologize for, right? And they may be on to something. Another flashback shows Renee telling Derek that she wants to cure autism, which her little sister has. Much intense staring over microscopes ensues.

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Grey's Anatomy: What Happened Between Derek and His Research Fellow?