The ghost heart transplant starts as Izzie....and Denny, watch from above. She continues trying to ignore him, but he begs for her to touch him because he is real and wants her to believe. During the surgery, Bailey lets Dr. Dixon knows about the official "rule" about following cultural beliefs they have to oblige. Dixon says fine and asks to get back to the surgery. Dixon might not be a people person, but I would rather her working on my heart over any person I've ever seen on this show.
Mid-surgery, a miracle happens and the heart begins to beat on its own. It defies science and shocks everyone in the OR. After the surgery they share the miracle with the Navajo who isn't surprised as it mirrors his beliefs. Dixon can't comprehend this miracle, especially in a #12 hospital on a non-experimental surgery.
Izzie gives him the heart, which he tells her has to completely burned in order to rid himself of the haunting. He explains you cannot touch or keep anything of the dead's or the haunting won't stop, especially clothes. And since Izzie woke up today and hugged Denny's sweater, put his favorite underwear on beneath her clothes and braided a lock of his hairs into hers, she is pretty much screwed. Side note-: this should have been the Halloween episode.
Meanwhile, the homeless guy's surgery looks like a car mechanic's shop. They have hammers and wrenches and a truck load of titanium. Sloan notices that Lexie is performing a very impressive type of stitch on the homeless guy.
Chief is impressed by Lexie's stitches as well, and compliments Yang on her excellent teaching. He continues to say that this type of teaching might award Yang the solo surgery. How badly does Lexie want to throw a piece of titanium at Yang right now? The only reason she can do the impressive stitch is because she learned on Sadie's abdomen earlier this afternoon.
Torres is feeing pretty positive about the surgery, and is excited about rebuilding the guy's skeleton. Shortly after she says this, the man begins to crash and eventually flat lines. They call the man's time of death and Torres flips out on everyone. She demands why everyone let him die while she built his bones from scratch. She goes completely postal and I'm no psyche major, but I'm willing to guess that there might be something else behind this rage. If only I knew what...
Bailey follows Dixon out to say goodbye. Dixon and Bailey board the elevator and Dixon tells Bailey that she loves the heart, it is her main interest. She also tells Bailey that she has asperger disorder. (Same as the girl from ANTM!) She let's Bailey know that she might not always immediately catch-on to sarcasm, but that she isn't an idiot. She knows that she's been manipulated and spoken down to all day and lets Bailey know she doesn't like the hospital and won't be returning. Damn, and Bailey's the NICE one!
Finally, a McBro convo! McD tells Sloan that Meredith has some concerns....Sloan responds with, "what a surprise." LOL Sloan, snarky and protective? McD tells Sloan to keep Little Sloan out of Little Grey, other wise Big Grey, won't let Little Dreamy in the little cobweb cave. Well, he said part of it at least. Sloan is only offended that he was called little Sloan. He seems otherwise uninterested in Little Grey.
My theory on this is, that earlier this season they were going to put Sloan and Lexie together, but now that Hahn left....a little early, they are going to put him with Torres, so they need to quickly stop the Lexie-SloMance. Thoughts?
Izzie begins to leave for the day and is confronted again by Denny. She tells him that she loves him, and that she had wanted to marry him and have kids together, but life didn't work out that way. She asks him to be at peace and leave her alone.
Yang storms into the intern locker room and discovers stitches and wounds. She calls them out on what they are doing and tells them to shut it down. She reminds them it is insane and disgusting and has to stop. PS. I hate this story line. But I wasn't a very good student and would never do this kind of study, so who am I to weigh in.
In the Mer/Der bed, McD asks to learn the Deth stories of the past. He says he is owed after he asked Sloan to keep his little out of the little. Nothing like a little emotional blackmail between two lovebirds. Grey is thrilled and shares the Deth secrets from the past.
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Comments (12)
Too bad there isn't a song that is called "You've got to be F*cking Kidding Me" because that is what this episode should have been called. The Denny storyline is beyond words how crazy and stupid it is. I am so tired of him, so tired of hearing "I'm real..i'm here for you" vs. "You're not real." Give it up Shonda, you killed him off. He's gone.
If this Dr. Dixon is so well-known in her field, wouldn't they also know she has Aspergers?
What was up with Callie the professional surgeon losing it after the homeless guy crashed? Give me a break. I'm so tired of seeing these people break down after one of their patients die while dragging all their personal shit into it. Was she even that into Hahn? She wasn't sure she could be a lesbian, then she's sleeping with Sloan, and now she is falling apart. She wasn't even this upset when George left her for Izzie.
I really have alwyas loved this show and can't believe how far it's fallen. I feel like I should just stop watching, but ghost sex, like a car crash, you just can't look away from it.
1 of 12 | Posted by DPHooker | Posted on November 18, 2008 8:16 PM
This used to be one of my most favorite shows on TV ever! Unfortunately, it went the way of 'Desperate Housewives', and most other recent TV undertakings, where there is constant, painful and clueless search for anything that would one-up the competition. Too bad the producers did not realize they had no competition - they were head and shoulders above the rest of the field. But by those forays into ridiculous, 'spooky' or outrageous, they brought the show down to the level of the rest of the field. I am very worried that the show can only go lower from here - they already entered the dangerous territory other series had traveled before them on their way to extinction. I.E. they pretty much have had everybody sleep with everybody, they are now recycling old relationships (or rather hookups; calling them relationships is rather too generous), they tried to spin off one of the most popular characters, Adison (so what that her show is acceptably successful - this show lost part of its soul with her departure), and now they started bringing in new characters by the dozen. It is a downhill slope, and if this continues for the next few episodes, I will not watch anymore, I'm so disappointed. Even regardless of any other considerations, it is offensive to the intelligence of a viewer to have the show dredge such bottoms of inspiration.
As for Denny and Izzy, I'm sure the only reason they are so painfully dragging it out is that they are going to kill off her character. She earned this with her 'Emmy' debacle, and her character has been losing significance ever since this season started. Plus Denny pretty much told her what will happen - just maybe not everyone wants to hear it. He said clearly and repeatedly, actually ad nauseam, 'I'm here for you'. To me this means only one thing - he knows she is going to die, and he is hanging around to meet her soul on the other side.
Whether you agree with my interpretation or not, we all agree that having his character coming back from the dead is not working. I hope they drop this storyline, or fix it somehow. It is rapidly turning me off.
P.S. Dear ‘That'sWhatSheSaid’ I like your recaps very much – they are entertaining and smart. I appreciate that you run your write-up thru the spell check, but I’m sure you know that a lot of times spell check does not catch errors, especially whey it substitutes and word that makes no sense for what you meant. It’s a fact that we’re all guilty of it. I wish you would find time to proof read your recaps – reading sentences that make no sense, or are grammatically damaged (though spelled correctly) is seriously annoying, and takes away from the pleasure and fun of a really clever recap (which yours are, so keep them that way). Lots of Love. Ren.
2 of 12 | Posted by renata | Posted on November 18, 2008 9:42 PM
Hey, TWSS, another great recap!
Oh, Denny, just go the FUCK AWAY!!! PLEASE!!! That's what I yelled at the TV every time he showed up on this episode. He really is giving me the creeps. I can't stand a man who doesn't know when to leave.
I have a theory: the writers on this show cannot write relationships. Have you noticed how dull Mere and McD are? It's like they are Mr. & Mrs. Ward Cleaver all of a sudden. Do they even kiss? That's why relationships never last on this show--and why they had to get rid of Hahn. It's fine to have a bisexual party girl like Sadie sleeping with anybody and everybody, but a real relationship is beyond this show's ability to handle.
I vote for Sloan and Callie. Sloan and Lexie would be a disaster. (Therefore, it will happen.) Did you notice they way he looked longingly at Lexie when she walked in the bar? Right after Cristina looked at Major Hottie?
3 of 12 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on November 18, 2008 11:01 PM
TWSS, even when this show sucks donkeys your recaps are top notch. I agree with all the commenters in that the show after some mild improvement from the days of Meredith kind of killing herself has sunk back to the depths. The only highlights lately have been the scenes of Derek and Sloan interacting, as they always have great dialog and actually say things that guys would say to each other.
I would say I'm about to stop watching, but who am I kidding. Hell I'm still watching "E.R." after about 10 years of mediocrity. On the good side, my ability to remain loyal and put up with the less than ideal has allowed me to stay married for 13 years. Oh no I didn't just say that, did I?
4 of 12 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on November 19, 2008 7:23 AM
I agree with all...no more Denny. He is DEAD and GONE leave him there. Though I agree when he kept saying "I'm here for you" I think it means that he is there to take Izzie away. Ideas floating around are that Izzie has a brain tumor and is hallucinating though that story line has been done to death. I prefer to believe she is sinking slowly into madness. Barf!! And no Sloan and Lexie that's just gross...Sloan and Callie is much better.
One more thing, I am getting sick of George and Alex getting the shaft in the writing. Alex is either an asshole or a sweetheart but there is no depth. George is just MIA...where is he? He has had a total of 15 minutes of screen time in the past 4 episodes, poor TR Knight.
5 of 12 | Posted by Yanksfan24 | Posted on November 19, 2008 7:33 AM
great recap- so funny, spelling errors or not :-)
6 of 12 | Posted by jamz | Posted on November 19, 2008 8:07 AM
Great recap. (Again and again)
The show seems to be in trouble - for reasons you and various gasmi have stated.
I suspect that the peculiar heart surgeon may have been colateral damage from the early departure of Hahn. In fact, I would not be surprised to see a series of one episode screen tests for a replacement... with us gasmi as the impartial casting judges. (FTR - I vote nay for this week's attempt - no offense to the actor who played her.)
Even if I stop watching the show, I know I'll keep reading your awesome recaps!
7 of 12 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 19, 2008 10:50 AM
DPHooker, welcome to the club of hating Grey's but not being able to turn the channel.
I have a feeling Izzie's storyline is heading into Crazy Izzie Just Like Alex's Crazy Ex territory. Is it just a coincidence that when they finally put Izzie and Alex together, she goes (officially) nuts? Alex sure does know how to pick em.
Anyone else think McDreamy is no longer than dreamy? Just me? Ok.
I don't like this new trauma doctor. He's not hot or interesting or likable, no matter how many times he sexually harrasses Christina's mouth.
My fav thing about Grey's? No more George. :)
8 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 20, 2008 10:11 PM
renata, I agree with you about how the soul of the show is missing. Along with Addison, Burke took a piece with him, too. They really need to bring Burke back. He was so integral to so many plotlines as Christina's mentor/lover, George's mentor, Derek's rival/sometimes friend, Richard's mentee, etc.
This endless parade of new cardio docs is...frustrating to watch. Are they gonna keep going until we finally like one?
9 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 20, 2008 10:16 PM
Also...I LOVE your recaps, TWSS! When are you gonna do The Office? :)
10 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 20, 2008 10:18 PM
One more thing (sorry, I'm reading comments and they are sparking thought)...
I just rewatched my Season 2 DVD and Denny wasn't even alive in that many episodes! The way the writers keep carrying on, you would think him and Izzie had the Greatest Love Affair Of All Time. It mainly consisted of them flirting over games of Scrabble. It really didn't warrant all of this grief and haunting she's experiencing. I'm starting to think her grief is more about her "fiance" dying before she could get married...
11 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 20, 2008 10:23 PM
"Christina tries to join in but she is so not a Woo Girl."
hehe LOVE the HIMYM reference :D more people should watch that show! it truly is legen-wait for it-dary! legendary!
greys is startin to piss me off..whatever happen to the old old episodes? like the bomb one? ugh. they totally ruined the best season finale ever by bringing denny back EVER season!
12 of 12 | Posted by pirate1505 | Posted on November 25, 2008 6:58 PM