Grey’s Anatomy

Finally! Yea! I loved this episode of Grey’s Anatomy. It seems like fans have been longing for the good old days of Grey’s when the show made you laugh and cry in one episode. I think Shonda Rhimes and company finally got back on track last night. And I’ve decided is that I’m going to try and just enjoy each episode and not be so critical of it. No television show is perfect every single week and I shouldn’t expect Grey’s to be, either. So I’m going to let the season unfold and just enjoy the ride!

So last night Derek made friends with Lexie. This was completely inevitable and it irked Cristina to no end. She punished Lexie for bonding with Derek but Derek admonished Cristina for being selfish and unprofessional. I get that Cristina in her twisted way was trying to be on Meredith’s side but she went about it all wrong. And good for Lexie for telling Yang to call her by her name instead of calling her “Three.”

Meredith traded Norman for Saturday off so she could go on a trip with Derek. I wasn’t too sure about Norman last week, but this week? I loved him. He’s just trying to fit in, all saying seriously every two minutes and dude, etc. Too cute. And I loved his relationship with Meredith. Finally, we got to see Meredith interact with someone besides Derek and Cristina. And guess what? She seemed to be a lot less whiny, too.

Of course the big news on the MerDer front was, when confronted about his budding friendship with Lexie, Derek told Meredith he liked that he could talk to Lexie about things. Things like wanting to marry Meredith, have children and grow old together. But, he said he knew Meredith wasn’t ready and he would wait, but he wasn’t sure what would happen if he met someone before she was ready. If that isn’t a wake up call to Meredith, then I don’t know what is. Girl has got to get herself together before it is too late.

The Callie/George/Izzie drama came to a head last night. And hello, Sara Ramirez! Girl can act! I’ve admitted numerous times on this blog that I don’t like Callie, but last night? Yeah, I was feeling her pain. She just wanted to talk to Izzie, but when she got to the cafeteria Izzie put up her dukes to battle for George and it finally dawned on Callie that this wasn’t just a one time fling - George and Izzie have feelings for each other. What about Alex’s reaction to Izzie’s admission of sleeping with George? Ouch. But he’s right – he was married and oh yes, Izzie did tell Alex she wasn’t ready to be with anyone after Denny. Maybe that was the writers way of acknowledging the fan outcry about the George/Izzie pairing and the end of the Izzie/Alex pairing. Gotta love Izzie for reminding Alex that he was no saint either. And from the previews next week it looks like Izzie won’t be the only adulterous one on the show for long.

Thoughts? Did you love it? Was it just me or was this a better episode than we’ve had in a while?

Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes