page_title: Going, Going, Gone (Grey's Anatomy)
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Going, Going, Gone (Grey's Anatomy) / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor Patrick Dempsey at the presentation of the film Made of Honor in Madrid (Spain). Español: El actor Patrick Dempsey en la presentación de la película La boda de mi novia en Madrid (España).
context_page_description: "Going, Going, Gone" is the first episode of the ninth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the show's 173rd episode overall. Written by Stacy McKee and directed by Rob Corn, the episode was originally broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States on September 27, 2012. The initial airing was viewed by 11.73 million people and garnered a 4.4 Nielsen rating in the 18–49 demographic, registering the show as the week's highest rated television drama.
  Grey's Anatomy centers around a group of physicians struggling to balance their professional lives with their personal lives. In this episode, the doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital cope with the physical and emotional reverberations of the aviation accident that took place in the season eight finale, while several surgical residents are promoted. Further storylines include Dr. Cristina Yang relocating to a different hospital, and a group of new interns being intimidated by Dr. Meredith Grey.
  The episode saw the death of Dr. Mark Sloan; the actor was let go due to budget cuts by the producers.
context_section_description: Running for approximately 43 minutes, the episode was written by Stacy McKee and directed by Rob Corn. The episode featured the songs "Body of Work", "My Heart Goes Boom Boom", "My Oh My", "Feels Like the End", "Portions for Foxes", "Without You", and "Into You". George returned to the episode as Warren, while Daniels, Culp, Casnoff, Charles, Luddington, Majorino, and Hinton made their first appearances as Thomas, Parker, Barnett, Ross, Wilson, Brookes, and Edwards, respectively. The episode's initial script read-through took place on July 16, 2012. Scenes in the operating room were filmed at the Prospect Studios in Los Feliz, Los Angeles. While creating the visual of Robbins' amputated leg, the special effects crew digitally removed Capshaw's real leg, and replaced it with a graphically created limb.
  Prior to broadcast, series creator Shonda Rhimes did not release much information about the season premiere. However, it was revealed prior to broadcast that there would be a time jump in the episode. After it was announced that Dane would be departing shortly after the commencement of the ninth season, Dempsey uploaded a set picture on Twitter of Sloan in bad condition. Due to the unwanted release of spoilers, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) requested that he delete the photo, and it was subsequently removed. The cast and crew of Grey's Anatomy were being particularly quiet about the fate of Capshaw's character. This secrecy was compromised when McKidd posted a picture on his Twitter account of the editing room, in which there was a picture of Robbins alive on the screen. The picture has since been taken down.
  Discussing Robbins' storyline in "Going, Going, Gone", Capshaw revealed that she was "shocked" when it was made known to her that the character's leg would be amputated. The actress additionally noted that it was difficult to keep the fate of her character a secret. Following the premiere, E! Online reported that Dane's death and departure in the premiere were results of budgetary cuts, mandated by ABC. Speaking of Sloan's death, Rhimes said it was the "most tragic", adding that "he's part of the fabric of the show". Rhimes wrote that anything other than the character dying would entail him leaving his daughter behind, something the writers did not want. However, she noted that the writing team considered having him move to Los Angeles to be with Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) after her departure from Private Practice, but they feared it would have given the impression that his love confession for Lexie Grey was forgotten.
caption: Prior to the premiere, ABC asked Patrick Dempsey (pictured) to remove a set photo of Mark Sloan from Twitter.
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