Here is a sneak peek at the January 8th, 2009 episode of Grey’s Anatomy Episode 5.11 “Wish You Were Here”.

Here are two sneak peeks at Grey’s Anatomy episode 5.11 “Wish You Were Here”.

Click on page #2 to see the other video.

EW is reporting that Brooke Smith who plays Dr. Erica Hahn is leaving the show this Thursday. “They don’t really give her a goodbye,” an ABC source says. Brooke told EW “And I really hoped we were going to show what happens when two women fall in love and that they were going to treat it like any heterosexual couple on TV. And so I was surprised and disappointed when they just suddenly told me that they couldn’t write for my character any more.”

The gay-themed storylines and gay characters are being downplayed and even erased from upcoming scripts. Melissa George who is joining the show next month was supposed to be a love interest for either Callie or Erica, but apparently that isn’t going to happen. “Melissa came on as a lesbian character,” a reliable insider tells me, “but they changed the script and now she isn’t. She starts off flirting with Callie but it never goes anywhere.”

Not that I’ll miss Erica, but I’m disappointed that they’re doing this. I think they should have let it play out more, but I guess they decided to go in a different direction. I hope this abrupt exit for her isn’t going to be a stepback from what good they were trying to do with the storyline.

Battlestar Galactica’s Mary McDonnell will be doing a three episode arc on Grey’s Anatomy. She will be playing a well known Cardiac Surgeon.

DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED!

According to EW McDonnell will be suffering from “Asperger’s Syndrome” which is a autism-related disorder that causes the person to be socially awkward, and have eccentric behavior.

The arc of episodes begin Nov. 13th on ABC

The past comes back to haunt Izzy in the upcoming episode of Grey’s Anatomy 5.07 “Rise Up”.

BAILEY HEADS A TEAM OF SURGEONS CHALLENGED WITH REMOVING A YOUNG GIRL’S INOPERABLE TUMOR, ON ABC’S “GREY’S ANATOMY”

Guest Starring Kevin McKidd (“Rome”)

“Life During Wartime” – To help Bailey become the best general surgeon at Seattle Grace, the Chief gives her new power, new responsibility, and the challenge of removing a young girl’s inoperable tumor, as the new head of trauma, Owen Hunt, challenges both the attending doctor’s methods and the residents’ surgical abilities, on “Grey’s Anatomy,” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network

“Grey’s Anatomy” stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O’Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey and Brooke Smith as Erica Hahn.

Guest Starring are Kevin McKidd as Owen, Scott Haven as Randy, Lauri Johnson as Grandma Ruth, Brandon Scott as Intern Ryan.

“Life During Wartime” was written by Mark Wilding and directed by Jim Frawley.

Source: ABC

Melissa George (Alias, 30 days of night, Turistas, etc.) is in the final negotiations to join the cast of Grey’s Anatomy. She will be playing an intern at Seattle Grace Hospital, and will be a love interest for either Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) or Dr. Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith).

I think they need to back off of this, and quickly. I’m all for having Callie and Erica in a relationship on the show because I think it would be something different that we don’t normally see on television. However, I think adding in a third person to try and come between their new budding relationship will just be too much, and too soon. I think they should start Melissa George off with either Izzie or Lexie (can you say ratings through the roof?! Guy’s might outnumber the girls when it comes to viewers!)

Anyway, I think Melissa George will be a wonderful addition to the show. I loved her on Alias, and she did what she could with her parts in both Turistas, and 30 days of night.

Executive producer Shonda Rhimes and Katherine Heigl have had a bit of a strained working relationship since Heigl decided to remove her name from Emmy consideration saying that the writers didn’t deliver Emmy-worthy material. According to Shonda the rumors that Heigl is leaving are false saying “We have every intention of seeing Katherine for the entire season.” Then when asked if Heigl has asked about leaving she said “No, she has not.”

Kevin McKidd of last year’s time-traveling drama Journeyman (which was cancelled), joins the cast of Grey’s Anatomy, and will play a doctor named Owen Hunt who’s just come back from a tour in Iraq. He’s supposedly going to be a love interest for Christina, and might be around for a while.

Mary McDonnell of “Battlestar Galactica” is also going to be a guest star on Grey’s Anatomy. There aren’t any details about her character yet.