15 Alex Karev Moments That Prove He's the Best Character on Grey's Anatomy

Admittedly, Alex is still boorish in the first season of Grey's, but we do see him be a team player in this episode and split up scut work with Cristina. While delivering news to their patients as fast as possible, the two interns also try their best to duck hugs and other schmaltzy forms of affection. Their subplot brings levity to the heavy episode, in which Izzie helps out a Chinese woman's undocumented daughter and Meredith puts her career on the line by saving a newborn.