Don't mess with Miranda Bailey. If there was ever anyone you didn't want to get on your bad side-it's her. When she says "Jump," others say "how high?" (Except for the new Dr. Hahn who doesn't seem to understand who Bailey is). It's was her job to make sure the interns did their jobs and there was no messing around with her. Miranda has a little boy named Tuck and is "happily" married (until recently). When she was in labor with Tuck, her husband was in neurosurgery. She was determined to wait for him, but there would have been danger to her baby if she waited any longer. George O'Malley helped her through the ordeal as an intern and even got behind her to help her push. Her son's middle name is George after him. Miranda doesn't mess around, she doesn't get involved in the love interests of everyone else and was the sure fit for the position as chief resident, but Callie Torres was given the position instead. This really upset Bailey, but Chief assured her it was because greater things were in store for her. She eventually got the position anyways as Callie couldn't handle the position while her marriage was falling apart. Bailey also started a free clinic (which everyone hates working in). It was funded by Isobel Stevens who inherited money from the love of her life, Denny, and was named after him. Most recently Bailey has been finding herself in a mess with her husband. He's been getting tired of her long hours, leaving him at home to take care of their son virtually alone. Tuck, her son, ended up in the ER after a bookcase fell on him which really rattled Bailey. She blames herself for forgetting to close the gate behind her. She was really upset, as well, when Erica Hahn refused to let her be in the room while they performed her son's surgery. (I wouldn't want to be on Bailey's bad side!) Despite the scare, Miranda's husband leaves her. Now she's juggling all her duties at Seattle Grace while taking care of son, Tuck, and making sure he's doing okay at daycare. She's being her usual strong self, but we know she's dying inside that her husband left her (she admitted to Addison Shepard on her last visit).   She's been working it out, looking at the "bigger picture" she calls it and is able to see it.  She lets the clinic go, gives it to Izzie Stevens to run for her.  Now she's going back to her husband to try again.

As much as she tries to stay out of the gossip, Miranda is brought into the 'know' about Callie and Erica's new relationship.  She does her best to give Callie some advice, but for the first time, she's at a loss.  She is, however, doing a great job of proving herself in surgery.  She successfully pulls off a "domino surgery" of kidney surgeries.  7 donors and 7 recipients all in one day.  Then she saves a 10-year old girl who was unsavable.  It is becoming clear that the Chief is intending for her to be his successor as Chief of Surgery and she is doing a good job proving that she is.      

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Season 5:

Izzie's Haunting (episode 8)

The Holy Grail of Marriage (episode 7)

Anatomy Jane (episode 6)

Seattle Grace "Back On the Map" (episode 5)

Nervous! (episode 4)

Hospital Ratings (episode 1 & 2)

Season 4:

The Bigger Picture (episode 16)

George O'Malley Running the Halls (episode 15) 

"Telling Off Chief Webber" (episode 14)

The Contest (episode 12)

Miranda Bailey's Trial of Faith (episode 11)

Miranda Bailey's Dilemma (episode 9)

Callie Torres Loses the Chief Residency (episode 7)

Miranda Bailey Makes Callie Torres' Job Difficult (episode 2)