Grey's Anatomy Season 8, Episode 12 Hope for the Hopeless Drama IMDB 8.228 Country United States Duration 43 min Air Date 2012-01-19 Actors Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey) James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber) Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) Kevin McKidd (Owen Hunt) Camilla Luddington (Jo Wilson) Kim Raver (Teddy Altman) Chris Carmack (Atticus Lincoln) Jake Borelli (Levi Schmitt) Anthony Hill (Winston Ndugu) Caterina Scorsone (Amelia Shepherd) Overview Richard performs a monumental surgery in his career; Derek and Lexie attempt to work miracles for a patient with an inoperable tumor