<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (July 2011) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (July 2011) </Td> </Tr> <P> Dane auditioned for the role during the casting of the pilot and ultimately received the role, which was only later introduced in the show . He initially appeared as a guest - star in the episode "Yesterday" of the second season, becoming a series regular from the third season episode "Sometimes a Fantasy", first broadcast in October 2006 . Casting director Linda Lowy gave the insight: "You can't forget about McSteamy . We cast (Dane) for one episode, and I think the women across the nation went kind of crazy . Everyone was talking about him, so we decided to make him a regular ." In July 2012, TVLine announced Dane would leave the show after the first two episodes of the ninth season . Rhimes said she and Dane decided to end Mark's storyline after much discussion . She added: "It was a thing that Eric had been thinking about for a while, but it felt like the right time to him ." However, E! Online reported that Rhimes had been forced by the network to reduce the cast for budget reasons and that Dane had not asked to leave the series . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (June 2013) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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