He-Shepherd is busy ignoring She-Shepherd, who's chattering away and looking remarkably like a young Catherine Deneuve, hair all done up in a French braid. She looks great and all, but I have to say the last time I saw a French braid at a social function was the afterparty for my middle school's production of Little Women.

"Oh hell no they did not just start playing Journey"

Cristina and Bailey stand on the sidelines and barely tolerate this prom bullshit. Webber, meanwhile, cuts in to dance with his niece. Camille, practically glowing wiht prom-mania, tells "Uncle Richard" she's very happy and asks him not to be so hard on her boyfriend because he loves her and that's something everybody should have at least once in their life. AWW.

"You'll note that I worked on the hair for hours"

"See? Don't I look EXTRA PRETTY TONIGHT??!?!"

In other news, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE because Dr. Torres is BARRELING down one of the back hallways in eveningwear, with her "natural endowments" barely under control. Ha I LOVE this character. George asks her why she's dressed up, since she'd told him earlier she didn't want to go to the prom. She retorts that she's going—just not with him. She's very pissed about the unreciprocated "I love you", since she had never said those words to anybody before and now feels humiliated because George is avoiding her. He insists he just wants to wait until he's ready to reciprocate. Callie tries to storm off, but George grabs her by the arm and basically pins her against the wall. Great, didn't know George was a RAPIST. He insists that she just needs to give him some time, and then he leans in and basically EATS HER FACE in the hallway. Romantic!

Meanwhile, Meredith and Finn are dancing the no-chemistry polka on the dance floor. She says she appreciates that he's such a patient man. He muses that when his wife died he stopped making plans, but when he sees Meredith's face it puts him in the mood to make all sorts of plans. Like what, JUICE FASTS? Meredith appreciates this sentiment but gets a little nervou sand starts to look over toward her favorite mistake, He-Shepherd. They keep watching each other, and suddenly both of them make up excuses to leave the dance floor.

Meredith flees into a back room, and He-Shepherd follows her to "see if she's okay"—read: go spelunking in her caves. Meredith says she most certainly is NOT okay. Finn the vet is making all kinda plans, and she likes him a lot and he seems perfect for her, yet it's hard to be happy when He-Shepherd is constantly watching over her shoulder. He-Shepherd says it's just as hard for him: he'd much rather be looking at his own wife and her mesmerizing French braid than be tortured by Meredith's pouting, voluptuous sexuality. Of course, he plants one on Meredith, and they start going at it. GREAT.

A few shades whiter and she could star in Powder 2: Bride of Powder

So He-Shepherd takes off Meredith's panties, and I am shocked to see that she's wearing a little lacy black number and not JCPenney granny panties. Oh great, now He-Shepherd is NUZZLING THE BOOBS. I'm not a goddamn Harlequin romance writer, so I'll refrain from additional details aside from the fact that the song playing during this scene includes lyrics about wanting to "fill this empty space." Ah, subtle penetration metaphors.

Izzie comes out by the stairs in her Cinderella dress and admittedly looks amazing. She asks Alex if he brought a date, but he says he woudn't "waste a girl" on an event like this. As Izzie gets into the elevator to go up and visit Denny, we cut to a shot of Denny in bed reading. Suddenly he gets a confused look on his face, his eyes close, and he slumps back against he pillow. They show a shot of his EKG, and he is suddenly flatlining.

As Meredith and He-Shepherd zip up, he keeps asking her what this sex romp "means," which frankly seems out of character. Meredith avoids answering. They're suddenly interrupted by Callie, who's searching for Dr. Webber because a nurse has asked for him. Callie holds her tongue and even helps tie up the back of Meredith's dress, which Meredith forgets to do in her rush to leave. But Callie does shoot He-Shepherd a death glance as she leaves.

Dude, her arm is bigger than Meredith's waist

SHIT. She heard me say that

Bailey finally finds Dr. Webber up in the gallery over the O.R., where he's musing about his career and life choices. Bailey informs him that Denny died a few minutes ago. Upstairs, we learn that nurse Olivia noticed Denny flatlining and didn't know what to do. Izzie, now curled up in bed with Denny's body, says she thinks Denny probably had a stroke since he was prone to blood clots.

Damn, that's some fast turnaround from the Madame Tussaud's crew

Izzie is stunned. She laments that Denny died alone, saying she was running late because she changed her dress three times to try to look especially nice. Wow, I didn't know the SEATTLE GRACE HOSPITAL COSTUME AND EVENINGWEAR WING was open this late. Anyway, Izzie wants to stay with Denny, but the other interns try to convince her that they should all leave so the hospital can take care of his body. Alex in particular shows some sensitivity, imploring Izzie to try to let go, since the real Denny is no longer there. Izzie breaks down crying on the bed, and Alex picks her up and takes her out in the hall to try to comfort her. He is very caring toward her and wins back a lot of points.

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