The action picks up right where it left off, with Burke lying shot on the sidewalk and Izzie having just cut the cord on Denny's LVAD. Shocked at what Izzie has done, George says they have to call a code—please just let it not be a code black, cause that would mean a guest appearance by Christina Ricci. But Izzie, still in Mommie Dearest mode, screams that if George uses the code button to call somebody she'll hurt him.

God, he even BLEEDS neatly

Webber doesn't want Cristina to learn that Burke's been shot. So he assigns her to run an entire trauma room by herself, which makes her giddier than Kathie Lee Gifford at a sweatshop-child swap meet. Webber diverts Burke to the other trauma room, where Burke, delirious and not adapting well to the "patient" role, keeps trying to get off his stretcher.

Despite Webber's efforts, Cristina glimpses Burke from afar. She runs over, but the others assure her that things are under control and send her back to her own patient in the other trauma room. This patient of Cristina's turns out to be the gunman, who turned the gun on himself after shooting Burke and the restaurant manager. Cristina resolves to save this guy so he doesn't just to take the easy way out and just die on the spot. I wonder what happened to this guy, cause they dropped this plot thread faster than Emily's Reasons Why Not.

Burke's bullet wound is serious and may have caused nerve damage to his arm. Cristina runs back over to his room, and Burke asks the other doctors to give them a moment in private. As he starts to speak, Cristina interrupts. But rather than say something even remotely appropriate to the moment, she blurts out that she knows he's sorry for not letting her go pick up the transplant heart—but she forgives him. Are you kidding? I mean she says it all nicely, but BITCH THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BESIDES YOU. Burke lets her finish—apparently he's just as condescending even after massive blood loss—and says what was going to say was that he needs somebody to check Denny Duquette's lab results. HA.

George pages Cristina and Meredith to Denny's room, and the girls freak out when they find out what Izzie has done. Izzie, still going pretty insane, keeps saying that when Burke gets back everything will be fine because he'll know what to do. Finally Cristina gets a word in edgewise amid all the shrieking and conveys the news that Burke has been shot. At this, Izzie shifts from screaming banshee mode to acute panic mode. Meredith tries to calm everybody down and says she might have a plan if she could just have a minute to think.

Since we needed more tension, Webber's no-nonsense wife shows up at the hospital, direct from chaperoning their niece Camille's high school prom. Turns out the niece picked prom night to sleep with her boyfriend for the first time, but then lost consciousness during the dirty deed. Honey, that's called ROOFIES. Anyway a bunch of the niece's friends are in tow, dressed up like drapery. Mrs. Webber tries to keep Webber from finding out his niece's hymen was breached, but he catches on pretty quickly. We learn that the niece, Camille, had a bout with ovarian cancer a couple years ago and the cancer may have returned.

"Girl you would not believe the honky dancing I saw tonight"

In Denny's room, Meredith asserts control and tries to implement a plan, figuring that among the four of them they know enough about cardiology to stabilize Denny's condition themselves. Cristina balks, saying this is some serious shit that could really get them into trouble. She and Izzie trade the predictable barbs about falling in love with patients and falling in love with attendings. Oh LADIES, one can't help who one falls in love with—I mean just look at Liza Minnelli.

At Mercy West, Dr. Hahn tells Alex that unless they hear back from Burke within the hour, she's going in and ripping out the transplant heart with her bare, reptilian hands. Alex calls Meredith and learns that Burke has been shot. Meredith implores him to stall with Dr. Hahn to get more time, but Alex says that'll be tough because "this chick is hardcore." Right on, bro. When Alex conveys the news to Dr. Hahn, she laments that Burke is still alive because he would've made a great donor. Biyatch. She decides to go ahead and remove the transplant heart even though Denny's test results aren't back.

Posted by m_ruv on May 21, 2006 11:34 PM