Cristina Tells Owen About Why She Went Into Surgery
Episode: Season 5, Episode 7
What happens: Owen accuses Cristina of being callous and hypercompetitive. Cristina, of course, puts Owen in his place by sharing with him why she chose to go into cardiothoracic surgery. Cristina explains that as a child, she witnessed her father in a car accident and felt his heart stop beating when he died. Boy, do we miss Sandra Oh on this show.