<P> The episode opens to a voice - over narrative from Richard Webber ( James Pickens , Jr . ) . Addison gets to the ER with the woman from the bar , the previous episode . Burke starts treating her and decides that the babies must be born . Joe and Walter adopt them . Derek , Mark and Bailey start treating the climber . The other climbers eventually talk to the police . Cristina tries to write her vows . Callie writes them on Cristina 's hand . At work , Cristina discovers that the wedding has given her the day off . Jeff Pope arrives and hugs Rebecca . Alex asks Jeff why he did n't search for his wife before . Rebecca wants Alex , but he tells her to stay with her ' decent guy ' . Derek tells Meredith that he met a girl in the bar . Meredith seems confused . Meanwhile , Adele has a miscarriage , revealing Richard was the father . Mama Burke forces Cristina to remove her eyebrows ; she panics and convinces Bailey to let her scrub in . Bailey agrees , having found out that Callie is the new chief resident . Derek removes the axe from the fourth climber while Burke treats the new babies . Callie and George agree to have children , but Izzie tells George she 's in love with him . The interns receive their test results . George hides the fact that he did n't pass . Derek feels Meredith is taking him for granted . She evades responding and goes to the chapel . Mark , Addison and Burke are rejected as Chief candidates . At the chapel , Burke finds out Derek is not the new Chief , though Derek does n't explain . Addison tells Alex to fight for Rebecca . Outside SGH , Bailey and George talk . She thinks that she failed him , but he says : `` I failed you '' . Alex decides to find Rebecca . Callie tells Izzie she is planning to have a baby ; Izzie is stunned . Cristina realizes that she washed her vows off when she scrubbed in , and freaks out . Meredith convinces her to go on . Burke sees the delay and calls off the wedding , feeling he has forced her to change . He walks away . Meredith tells everybody that it is over . She looks at Derek , and leaves the Chapel . Cristina arrives at Burke 's apartment . He 's gone . Cristina starts shaking uncontrollably and crying . To calm her down , Meredith squeezes and hugs her . George runs into the new interns , and meets Lexie Grey , Meredith 's half sister . Richard tells Derek he is the new Chief , but Derek suggests he start over . We see the Chief looking over the Hospital . </P>
<P> The episode opens to a voice - over narrative from Richard Webber ( James Pickens , Jr . ) . Addison gets to the ER with the woman from the bar , the previous episode . Burke starts treating her and decides that the babies must be born . Joe and Walter adopt them . Derek , Mark and Bailey start treating the climber . The other climbers eventually talk to the police . Cristina tries to write her vows . Callie writes them on Cristina 's hand . At work , Cristina discovers that the wedding has given her the day off . Jeff Pope arrives and hugs Rebecca . Alex asks Jeff why he did n't search for his wife before . Rebecca wants Alex , but he tells her to stay with her ' decent guy ' . Derek tells Meredith that he met a girl in the bar . Meredith seems confused . Meanwhile , Adele has a miscarriage , revealing Richard was the father . Mama Burke forces Cristina to remove her eyebrows ; she panics and convinces Bailey to let her scrub in . Bailey agrees , having found out that Callie is the new chief resident . Derek removes the axe from the fourth climber while Burke treats the new babies . Callie and George agree to have children , but Izzie tells George she 's in love with him . The interns receive their test results . George hides the fact that he did n't pass . Derek feels Meredith is taking him for granted . She evades responding and goes to the chapel . Mark , Addison and Burke are rejected as Chief candidates . At the chapel , Burke finds out Derek is not the new Chief , though Derek does n't explain . Addison tells Alex to fight for Rebecca . Outside SGH , Bailey and George talk . She thinks that she failed him , but he says : `` I failed you '' . Alex decides to find Rebecca . Callie tells Izzie she is planning to have a baby ; Izzie is stunned . Cristina realizes that she washed her vows off when she scrubbed in , and freaks out . Meredith convinces her to go on . Burke sees the delay and calls off the wedding , feeling he has forced her to change . He walks away . Meredith tells everybody that it is over . She looks at Derek , and leaves the Chapel . Cristina arrives at Burke 's apartment . He 's gone . Cristina starts shaking uncontrollably and crying . To calm her down , Meredith squeezes and hugs her . George runs into the new interns , and meets Lexie Grey , Meredith 's half sister . Richard tells Derek he is the new Chief , but Derek suggests he start over . We see the Chief looking over the Hospital . </P>
why did burke leave yang at the altar
why did burke leave yang at the altar
feeling he has forced her to change
feeling he has forced her to change