“Bright and Shiny�
Meredith and Derek are all happy and together and all “bright and shiny� now. I wonder how long that will last. Since he’s shiny, Derek decides to be civil with Addison and they team up to talk to the Chief about his depression. Instead of listening though, they end up arguing about what he should do. The Chief tells him tha the wants to go back to Adele and try to make his marriage work. To do this, he must give up Ellis. He tells Meredith and she has to break the news to her mother. I’m glad to see Meredith is back involved with her Mom – for a while there, I thought they had dropped that storyline. Side note – did you know the actress that plays her mom is Richard Burton’s daughter?
Elsewhere, Alex and Izzie report to Sloan for work. Sloan asks Alex if it is “Bring a hot blonde to work day.� And Izzie responds with “cough SEXUAL HARRASEMENT, cough!� Too funny. They are tasked with going to get his dry cleaning and to bring him lunch. Addison witnesses this and reminds Mark that he is supposed to be teaching the interns not just bossing them around. Alex and Izzie bond while working on a patient with pec implants. The guy tells Alex that he can see he how much he cares about Izzie and he should do something about it – a grand gesture. Alex allows Izzie to perform a minor procedure on the patient as his grand gesture. Afterwards, he kisses Izzie, shocked, she says “I didn’t know you still felt that way about me.� Alex admitted he was surprised to find this out himself. They shared a good laugh and a drink. I was proud that Alex took her rejection so well. In the past he would have angrily sulked and left. He’s growing on me.
Meredith and Bailey work on a little girl that was ran over by accident by her babysitter. The little girl is so attached to her nanny that she doesn’t want her parents, just the nanny. During surgery Meredith wonders why any parents with high end careers would chose to have kids. Clearly touching a nerve, Bailey barks that parents do the best they can do and tells Meredith to shut her mouth. Ouch! Later, Bailey calls and her husband puts her son Tucker on the phone and she sings to him. It was so sweet – I was crying.
George’s father was diagnosed with cancer and a leaky heart valve. Concerned, he asked Burke if he was fine. He put the pieces together when he saw that Burke allowed Christina to do a complicated surgery by herself. Christina denied it when he asked her about it, but the big news was that Bailey overheard George’s accusation. The jig is about up, y’all. I love George – this was one of TR Knight’s best performances yet. When he was in the stairwell with Meredith and Izzie, I was crying.
Geez, I love this show. Let’s discuss, y’all.
Grey’s Anatomy, Izzie, Bailey, TR Knight
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