Stand By Me Recap
Wow. Great episode tonight! This one reminded me of Grey’s days of old.
Finally we got to hear an official diagnosis for Izzie – stage 4 skin cancer that has spread to her brain and liver. Of course, Cristina is the only one she told and Cristina spent the whole day trying to get Izzie an appointment with an oncologist and Izzie didn’t even go. It took the patient that needed the face transplant to realize that she too needs her friends.
Cristina told Alex and Bailey in the OR before her first solo surgery about the cancer. And they told George and Meredith and the Chief. Love or hate Katherine Heigl, there’s no denying that the girl can act. And this was one of her best episodes. I really don’t want her to leave the show. Or if she has to leave, couldn’t they have come up with a better exit strategy?
Derek’s still depressed and drunk in the woods. Bailey sent Owen and Callie after him, but instead it was the Chief who finally started to break through to him. Derek confessed he didn’t know if Meredith would ever forgive him and the Chief urged him to fight for her. When she showed up, Derek apologized and asked if Meredith could love him if he wasn’t a surgeon. She said no because that would mean he couldn’t help Izzie and she didn’t know if she could love someone that would throw away a great gift.
So what did you think?
Grey’s Anatomy, Katherine Heigl
March 24th, 2009 at 6:02 am
[...] As we learned last week, Izzie is suffering from skin cancer that has spread to her brain and liver. It’s widely rumored that actress Katherine Heigl will be making her exit from Grey’s Anatomy this season, hence the visit from Izzie’s mother. If you remember, Izzie comes from a “trailer park” background, so I’ll be interested to see what direction they take the character of her mother. [...]