Columns: No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) | Rank (week) | Original air date
87 | 1 | " Dying Changes Everything " | Deran Sarafian | Eli Attie | 14.77 | 2 | September16,2008 | 88 | 2 | " Not Cancer " | David Straiton | David Shore & Lawrence Kaplow | 12.37 | 15 | September23,2008 | 89 | 3 | " Adverse Events " | Andrew Bernstein | Carol Green & Dustin Paddock | 12.97 | 13 | September30,2008 | 90 | 4 | " Birthmarks " | David Platt | Doris Egan & David Foster | 13.26 | 10 | October14,2008 | 91 | 5 | " Lucky Thirteen " | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Sara Hess | 13.08 | 16 | October21,2008 | 92 | 6 | " Joy " | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton | 13.49 | 13 | October28,2008 | 93 | 7 | " The Itch " | Greg Yaitanes | Peter Blake | 13.06 | 14 | November11,2008 | 94 | 8 | " Emancipation " | Jim Hayman | Pamela Davis & Leonard Dick | 13.26 | 13 | November18,2008 | 96 | 10 | " Let Them Eat Cake " | Deran Sarafian | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | 12.51 | 12 | December2,2008 | 97 | 11 | " Joy to the World " | David Straiton | Peter Blake | 14.05 | 7 | December9,2008 | 98 | 12 | " Painless " | Andrew Bernstein | Thomas L. Moran & Eli Attie | 15.02 | 5 | January19,2009 | 99 | 13 | " Big Baby " | Deran Sarafian | Lawrence Kaplow & David Foster | 15.69 | 9 | January26,2009 | 100 | 14 | " The Greater Good " | Lesli Linka Glatter | Sara Hess | 14.87 | 8 | February2,2009 | 101 | 15 | " Unfaithful " | Greg Yaitanes | David Hoselton | 14.19 | 10 | February16,2009 | 102 | 16 | " The Softer Side " | Deran Sarafian | Liz Friedman | 14.85 | 6 | February23,2009 | 103 | 17 | " The Social Contract " | Andrew Bernstein | Doris Egan | 12.38 | 16 | March9,2009 | 104 | 18 | " Here Kitty " | Juan J. Campanella | Peter Blake | 13.13 | 12 | March16,2009 | 105 | 19 | " Locked In " | Dan Attias | Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Foster | 12.51 | 15 | March30,2009 | 106 | 20 | " Simple Explanation " | Greg Yaitanes | Leonard Dick | 13.29 | 10 | April6,2009 | 107 | 21 | " Saviors " | Matthew Penn | Eli Attie & Thomas L. Moran | 12.19 | 11 | April13,2009 | 108 | 22 | " House Divided " | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Matthew V. Lewis | 11.69 | 18 | April27,2009 | 109 | 23 | " Under My Skin " | David Straiton | Lawrence Kaplow & Pamela Davis | 12.04 | 14 | May4,2009