Grey’s Anatomy

First of all, wow, now that is what I am talking about! This was finally a Grey’s Anatomy that felt like the glory days. We had serious medical drama, relationship drama and even some humor thrown in for good measure. I feel as though we got back to the heart and soul of the show that we all love so much.

Poor George. He spent the entire day with a dummy (Insert your own joke here). Little did he know that the Chief was the voice of the dummy and controlled its activity. It was good for a couple of laughs, but I kept wondering why he was all alone in this episode.

Elsewhere, Derek is losing sleep because Meredith and Cristina stay on the phone all night. He challenges Mark to sleep with Yang and provide a good distraction. Mark says no until Derek reminds him that he slept with Addison. And speaking of Addison, I like that she was mentioned by name in another part of the episode. (More Private Practice news later…) Mark had no luck with Yang, much to his dismay.

Hunt (Major Hottie? McHottie? Does he have a McName yet?) is a welcome addition to the staff and I really hope he sticks around. After watching Alex, Lexie and Yang fight over procedures on a patient he had enough. Later he confronted Yang about her drive and ambition. Uncharacteristically, she had a quiet moment and explained about her father’s death and how it motivated her to be a surgeon. Those two are going to heat up very soon – it’s coming, y’all.

Bailey and Derek had a very emotional case with an elderly couple. The wife had a brain tumor and signed a Do Not Resuscitate order. When she began to crash, her husband did chest compressions on her. And that’s when I started to cry… Bailey took over for him and then Derek finally had to take over and let the patient go. To me, this was one of the most gut wrenching medical cases so far this season. Chandra Wilson and Patrick Dempsey were brilliant in those scenes.

Now to the most heart wrenching story of them all – Denny. Like or loathe Katherine Heigl, there is no denying that the girl is ridiculously talented. Hahn’s patient needed a heart – the heart Izzie had stolen for Denny should have been his. Wracked with guilt, she kept seeing Denny everywhere she turned. She was picked for the case to talk the patient through a procedure, but she froze. Furious, Hahn threatened to take her off her service. Hahn mentioned this to Callie and Callie explained Izzie’s engagement to Denny, etc. Hahn was outraged and went to the Chief and demanded Izzie be fired, etc. The Chief told her it had been addressed and he would not cause Izzie to lost her career over her mistake.

The Denny and Izzie stuff was great. Even though he was just standing there, the emotion on his face was so good – and her reactions were also. Oh how I loved Denny. Anyway, at the end she told Denny she needed to let go and move on and she was relieved to see Alex next to her. I love Alex and Izzie together – I’m so glad they are going that route. I’m pretty sure Katherine does indeed have material for the Emmy reel this year… We’ll see if she submits it.

And the “Callica” romance imploded as Callie defended Izzie and begged Hahn not to report the incident. Hahn told Callie she had to make a choice, and when Callie said the Chief was right, Hahn ended their relationship and left. We all know that is the end of Hahn on the show, but I am curious to see what the fall out is.

Thoughts?

Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey, Chandra Wilson, Katherine Heigl