These are 15 of the best "Grey's Anatomy" episodes for Meredith-and-Derek fans. Say what you will, but Shonda Rhimes reinvented the meet-cute with the funny, romantic pilot episode of the series.

Get your tissues (and feelings) ready: here are the nine episodes that capture the best Derek and Meredith moments, from their postcoital meet-cute to Derek's soul-crushing departure from Grey's.

While Meredith waits for Derek to pick between his two loves ... Quite simply, it’s the best episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” ever made.

Some fans love the earlier seasons the best. Others fans prefer the ... Meredith Grey is great on her own, but the episodes when Meredith and Derek were ~thriving~ are top tier and make us the ...

Grey's Anatomy season 11, episode 23, "How to Save a Life ... He made me feel something that I haven't felt since Derek." However, Meredith is now in her best romance, which is in some ways ...

At the end of the episode, Derek's spouse, Addison Shepherd (Kate Walsh), appears in a fabulous fur coat and delivers a legendary line after she introduces herself to Meredith: "And you must be ...

The accident actually occurred one episode ... as Derek Shepherd, who was was doing a terrible job of convincing anybody — least of all his wife — that he wasn't in love with Meredith.

Most might remember "Elevator Love Letter" as one of the best Meredith and Derek episodes where the latter proposes, but it also has a powerful subplot featuring Cristina. While they're sleeping ...

But if I have to choose, I’m going to pick me, I pick my kids, and I pick what’s best for us ... t hear him before hanging up. Meredith’s episode-ending narration drove home that the ...

During the season-11 midseason finale, Derek (Patrick Dempsey) and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) agreed that it would be best for him to ... wrote a line in one of the episodes that comes up where ...