Grey’s Anatomy

This was a really good one, wasn’t it? I finally felt like I was watching an episode of Grey’s Anatomy for season one or two (or the first half of season three). Let’s get to it.

Bailey! Finally, finally, Bailey was heavily featured in an episode and attention Emmy voters, Chandra Wilson’s Emmy reel will be spectacular this year. And I love that she spent most of the episode with George. Those two are always a great pair. Speaking of which, if you watched Private Practice this week, what about Addison helping a scared, reluctant patient with labor exactly like George helped Bailey through hers? Anyway, Bailey fell all over herself when a former high school classmate showed up in the ER. I loved see another side of Miranda or “Mandy.� The self assured surgeon turned into a love struck teenager and even though she saved the guy’s life he still didn’t see her. George called Bailey out on it, too, but instead of giving the guy a long speech as he suggested poor Derek took the brunt of it in the lobby. What a great scene between those two. Wow.

Speaking of Derek…. Derek’s dating now and Meredith is just letting him do it. Derek went out with Sydney and at the end of the episode she let him down gently by telling him she didn’t think he was quite ready for a real relationship. Loved it. A little bit of Sydney goes a long way, but she provided some much needed comic relief last night. Looks like Derek’s new love interest will be the nurse from the OR just as we suspected. And you know what? Good for him. I’m sorry, but I’ve been a die hard Meredith and Derek fan from day one, but if she’s not willing to try, then it’s time to just let it go.

And I hate to say this, because I think Ellen Pompeo is a great actress (remember the scene with Ellis last year before she died?) but seeing Meredith get knocked off her high horse by Lexie was fantastic. Their dad came in all drunk and charming and telling Meredith that he loved her and that he was sorry. Meredith felt better about him and told Lexie to keep a better eye on him. And Lexie tore into her, reminding Meredith that she isn’t the only one in the world in pain and with Daddy issues. It was about time. Again, get into therapy.

What’s up with Cristina? I know she’s never been into the whole friend thing, except with Meredith, but where’s the loyalty? Just because Callie has moved in with her, does that mean she has completely tossed her friendship with George and Izzie aside? I don’t like that one bit. Some of my favorite moments on the show have been when the five interns (now residents) are together. They created a little pseudo family and to see Cristina side with Callie bothers me. But you can’t blame Callie for being pleased to hear that George and Izzie are having problems. I wish that storyline would move forward one way or the other. I know fans are split on which way this should be, but either way, let’s get it going already, because I miss George and Izzie as BFFs, just like they do.

The whole high school theme last night was perfect. I’ve said on here many, many times that these people behave like they are teenagers and it was nice to have it finally acknowledged on the show. Sometimes Grey’s can knock you over the head with the theme, but I thought it was nicely done.

Oh, and Patrick had on the orange bracelet again, love it!

So, thoughts? Did you love it or was it just me?

Grey’s Anatomy, Chandra Wilson