Grey’s Anatomy

Let me just start out with the obvious – I love this show. Love it. So let’s recap, shall we?

Before Mr. O’Malley’s surgery, he made the Chief and Bailey promise him that they would remove the tumor, no matter how severe it was. The Chief told him he would have less of a chance of survival if they did that, but O’Malley wouldn’t relent. He shared a few sweet moments with George before the surgery. Meredith assisted with the surgery and they found that the cancer had spread extensively. Meredith asked why they didn’t stop and Bailey told her it was Mr. O’Malley’s wish and that no one was to know.

Meanwhile, George was a wreck and leaned on Meredith, Izzie and even Callie for support. He asked Burke for advice about his dad’s case and he closely monitored him after the surgery. When he noticed his father’s urine output level was good, he was so excited he danced around with Callie and then kissed her. It was a sweet moment. I think these two are about three seconds away from getting back together. Even though I didn’t like Callie in the beginning, I do like her now. I hope George takes his dad’s advice and gets back with “the only person that ever really got you.�

Izzie was assigned to a case with a girl with a spine disorder which made her life horrible. Callie was also on the case and she asked Bailey how she could convince Derek to consult on the case. Bailey showed her how to stare down Derek and it worked. They convinced the girl to go through with the complicated surgery. The girl’s mother didn’t want her to do it, but she said, “There are things that are worse than death� prompting Izzie to finally have a breakthrough – you could see it on her face. She took the check to the bank to deposit it. While there, she broke down and told the banker she needed to do something good with it and she really just needed to be done with it. Good for her. Now she can really move on. This did set up a bit of a clichéd plot point, though. Her patient’s insurance won’t cover the $200,000+ surgery, so guess who will? Yeah, see that one coming a mile away. But I’m hoping this will further her story and she’ll use the money to form a foundation of some kind to help people with medical bills, etc.

Derek and Meredith are happy now, except for Meredith’s snoring. But Thatcher is at the hospital a lot visiting his sick granddaughter and Meredith keeps bumping into him. She finally gets some advice from the Chief that she might actually take. He encourages her to ask Thatcher what happened to his relationship with Ellis and why he never tried to contact Meredith. Looks like that big show down is coming next week.

McSteamy is in a bad mood and is particularly mean to Addison. When she tells him she’s sorry he is hurting, he retorts, “Are you sorry I’m hurting or are you just sorry?� Where did this come from? Is he upset that he moved to “this hell hole� thinking he’d be with her and she ditched him? Hasn’t he been pretty busy bedding Callie and trying to pick up Meredith to be sad? But did you see the preview – my, oh, my – he says to Addison, “You didn’t want to have a baby� and she responds, “No, I wanted to have a baby, I just didn’t want to have one with you.� OUCH. I can’t wait to see how this plays out. When Mark was rude to Addison, Alex got back at him by bringing in him a latte instead of a bone dry cappuccino (whatever that is). As they were caring for Meredith’s neice, he told Addison that and they almost kissed. Ok, I’m just going to tell y’all, I was the number one Alex hater from day one, but I love that the writers have shown him to be more than just a jerk. We’ve seen him be a rock for Izzie when she needed someone and now he’s actually standing up to the person that could help him land a career as a plastic surgeon because he cares about Addison. I love it. And I love these two together. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

And last and least, Christina and Burke are still playing a ridiculous game of “uncle.â€? Someone has to give in eventually, grow up people. I’m about tired of these two, am I the only one? Remember how intense and emotional their relationship was before? With the miscarriage, etc.? Now they just seem to silently hate each other and spend all their engery trying to get the upperhand. I’m sick of it.

Other thoughts: how cute is Derek? I mean, seriously. With his morning breath and all – so cute. I was so glad Bailey was featured more in this episode. And teaching the stare down to Callie – loved it.

Talk to me, people, what did you think?

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