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Joe watched as Cristina and Izzie counted up the money they'd made selling tickets to Shane's surgery. Shortly after she left, Derek walked in and Joe broke the news that Meredith had left. He tried to convince Meredith to stay for a cup of coffee before going to the hospital. Joe turned on the news so they could see what had happened. (" Bring the Pain")Īs Meredith waited for Derek and got progressively more drunk, the news of a train crash caused all the doctors to get paged. (" Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head") Train Crash Īfter confessing her love to Derek and asking him to choose her, Meredith went to the bar and asked Joe if he believed Derek would pick her. Luckily, George O'Malley was able to convince the Chief to have Joe's surgery funded by donating his body to science and qualifying him for a research grant since he would be briefly "dead", allowing him to keep the bar. He feared he would not be able to keep his bar which was his life. Joe didn't want the surgery because he was concerned about the cost. To clip the aneurysm, Derek and Burke planned a stand-still surgery. He walked across the street to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a basal artery aneurysm. Joe collapsed one day on the floor of his bar. He served them their drinks and watched as they talked. Joe was at the bar the night Derek and Meredith met. (" Overheard at the Emerald City Bar") Meredith and Derek's Meeting After opening their own bars, the competition was whose bar was the most successful, which has been going on ever since. In high school, it was who could get a date to the prom first, and upon graduating, it was who could get into the better college. When they were nine, it was who could assemble the Lego castle the fastest. When they were in preschool, it was who brought home the best finger painting. Joe, and another child, Larry, were always in competition with each other, as were their mothers. He was born and raised in Seattle, Washington.