In the below sneak previews of this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “Give Peace a Chance,” Dr. Derek Shepherd learns that a hospital employee has a spinal tumor.

Eric Dane, the actor known as the handsome plastic surgeon nicknamed McSteamy in “Grey’s Anatomy,” told People magazine that he has been diagnosed with A.L.S.

“A state government that cannot maintain an atmosphere of peace has no justification to remain in power,” said the Union Communications Minister here.

We saw two sides of Derek in “Give Peace a Chance.” Defiant (against the surgical odds, and a Chief of Surgery he’s butted heads with all season) and yet Zen-like. At peace. When the ...