As Meredith and Izzie are taking a break in the locker room, Callie bursts in in a fury and says she's gonna kick Meredith's ass. She can't believe that after she covered for Meredith by claiming her panties from the bulletin board, Meredith would then backstab her by spilling the beans to George that Callie slept with Sloan. In her words, Meredith broke their code of silence "WITH [HER] McSEX." This is fantastic. Izzie tries to defend our poor anorexic heroine, saying "She's very little and you're hurting her." HAHA, this couldn't get much better. But Meredith insists that Callie merely told her she slept with someone and didn't name a specific person—in fact, Meredith heard from George himself that it was Sloan. Hmm, so now they wonder who told George. OOH, I can't wait for the inevitable Callie-Alex wrestling match. Does this mean they're laying the groundwork for a Callie-Addison-Alex love triangle? I love outlandish theories. Somebody call Oliver Stone!
Ah, if only they were wearing tiaras and armed with nerf bats
Izzie returns to Mr. O'Malley's room and informs George that his ex is really hardcore. Not to mention busty and terrifying. The O'Malleys ask again why George wants Hahn rather than Burke to do the surgery. George retorts to Cristina that maybe she should explain that, not him. Izzie tries to reason with George, but George warns her to stay out of the matter. After all, ever since the LVAD incident Izzie's job isn't to do, it's merely to watch. Ooh smack. That was mean, and Izzie is clearly hurt.
Alex, meanwhile, is still picking shards out of the bad actress who's playing the fish market girl who got hit by the car. Still annoyingly delirious, the girl explains that all her friends think she's wrong not to tell her unborn baby's father about her pregnancy. Sensitively, Alex asks her what she plans to do when the kid is six or seven and wants to meet his father. This question apparently proves vexing to the patient, whose vitals start crashing.
Shepherd then breaks the news to the elderly driver's wife that her husband has spinal stenosis and that they'll need to do both brain surgery and a tracheotomy at the same time. Plus a cesarean, a knee replacement, and a penile implant, ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Just for realism.
Burke goes into Webber's office as requested, and Cristina spies on the whole meeting trying to figure out what's going on. Afterward, Burke walks out and tells Cristina that she was totally right: Webber does want to replace him with Hahn—so that Burke himself can be promoted to chief of surgery, since Webber is planning on retiring. OOH, gotcha.
Lady Macbeth-Yang is quite pleased with this news. Burke himself, though, is a little freaked out at the enormity of what chief of surgery would mean, especially given that his coverup about his hand has now taken on gigantic proportions. Cristina launches into a truly Lady Macbeth moment, saying she can learn more surgeries, continue to help Burke, and nobody will ever know. AMBITION, anyone? Burke's conscience weighs heavy, though, saying he wanted the chief of surgery post his whole career but now that he gets it there's blood on it. Jesus, did they just borrow this whole scene verbatim from Macbeth? Whatever, it still works for me. Burke and Cristina start blaming each other for crossing the line, until Burke finally blows up that they are no longer a team, since he does all the work, making allowances for Cristina's emotional shortcomings. Well isn't somebody TESTY TODAY.
George goes back to his dad's room, where Mr. O'Malley admits that he went ahead and rescheduled his surgery for the next day and asked for Burke to be put back on the case. George immediately blows up at Izzie, accusing her of trying to influence his parents when he asked her to stay out of things. When his mom scolds him for shouting, George asks his parents whether they realize that Izzie is on probation because the last time she interacted with a patient she killed him. Ouch. Mean George!
Shepherd approaches Burke in the lounge, asking him to scrub in on the elderly driver's surgery. But Burke has also been asked to scrub in on Montgomery's surgery on the pregnant fish-market woman. Burke elects to do Montgomery's surgery and tells Shepherd to ask for Hahn's help instead. This is getting to be like that old Abbott and Costello routine.
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Comments (16)
M-ruv, you Grey's recaps just make me...happy. They may be the best since B-Side's recaps of Season 2 Laguna Beach...
Glad Burke cut Christina out...she was getting annoying with all of that Lady MacBeth/ambition crap.
And what the hell is Izzie so mad at? George had every right to be pissed at her, and she had no right to open her mouth. If this were "real life," that crazy b*tch would not only be out of a job...she'd be in prison.
1 of 16 | Posted by TheEmancipationofGigi
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Posted on November 30, 2006 10:51 AM
m_ruv - you forgot the part when Burke blamed Shepherd for his hand problems while they were in the elevator.
George was annoying this ep. He was acting like a total bitch. I wonder which ep was being filmed when the whole burke/shepherd fight about george happened?
2 of 16 | Posted by carol
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Posted on November 30, 2006 11:33 AM
Man that Meredith gray is so fugly. Every week she gets paler, squintier, skinnier, and uglier. It's grotesque.
Torres looks like a dude with a bad wig. and maybe im looking at the wrong woman, but she doesnt look that busty to me. Shes doesnt ahve that much going on up top. How can a chick be that chunky and still have smaller breasts than Marilyn Grey?
Also, the plastic surgeon stud needs to know that beards that don't connect with moustaches just look retarded.
Why can't a big shot brain surgeon afford a razor?
Izzie is gloriously insane. I hate that she’s still allowed in that hospital, I hate that she got mad at George for telling his parents the truth, that she killed a guy. Are we all supposed to forget that she did that? I mean I know the fact that she’s back in the hospitals a writers gimmick because it would never happen in real life, but damn. Also, her wierd teeth keep her from being considered hot.
And watch the same thing happen to the homophobic doctor with his hand. Even though he’d normally be fired and lose his license, it will instead become a 6 episode story arc of redemption so once May rolls around hell be right back where he was before.
Dr. Bailey looks like a bull dog. No joke.
can people have so much angst that their heads explode? THis show can answer that question.
Im sick of the end of episode montages. Stop it. Stop it now.
I still hate Denny and am glad that motherfucker is rotting in the ground.
Adn dont even get me started on how much these "extedned running time" episodes screw with my TiVo scedules.
Ahhh. That felt good....
3 of 16 | Posted by EdHill
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Posted on November 30, 2006 1:02 PM
Drama... shadows... Burke®
hahaha that was great. Awesome episode and great recap m_ruv
so glad the cristina/burke thing finally ended- it was getting annoying.
4 of 16 | Posted by memyI
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Posted on November 30, 2006 1:57 PM
mama_ruv is the poo, she knows a good episode when she sees one. I liked this one too, tho I thot that may have been from all the wine from turkey dinner, so thanks for clearing stuff up. I second EdHill's comment, especially the Denny/Izzie parts.
what happened to Burke, he used to be one of my faves??!! poor Cristina, does that mean she's stuck out on the couch? should've kept that crappy apt.
5 of 16 | Posted by Tati
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Posted on November 30, 2006 2:28 PM
Oh man! This was such a great ep......and GREAT recap! I am dyin' over here!
thoughts:
1. I am also tired of Denny this, Denny that. Am I wrong, or did Izzie know him for like a month, and was engaged to him for a day when he died? Get over it!
2. I am also gald the Christina/Burke conspiracy is over with. And gawwwd Christina was annoying in this ep! She WAS going for the Emmy in this one.
3. George's mom thinking every woman in Seattle Grace was hot for him. Kinda werid. Makes me think the writers thought of that gem to make the viewers forget he is gay in real life.
4. One more question, hopefully someone can answer" I LOVE the pic of Meredith's "O" face! But....I just started watching this season...so is she crying, who is she with in the pic? what's going on?!?
5. Yes! Fish market girl...annoying! I hated how damn non-chalant she was, considering she HAD A FREAKING SHARD in her heart!
6 of 16 | Posted by anniedawg25
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Posted on November 30, 2006 4:27 PM
Great recap, I was so entertained. It seems like Grey's is getting better lately. George finally stood up to his family, made some decisions, and frankly grew a pair. He normally is way too whiney. The Pomp is looking pretty bad, and Addison is looking pretty damn good. I'll be He-shepard may rethink his choice.
7 of 16 | Posted by may1
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Posted on November 30, 2006 4:37 PM
First off, that hanging wall decoration in the house? Looks like a huge nipple.
The fish market girl played Francis' wife on Malcolm in the Middle, I believe. When she first uttered "I think I parked in a red zone" I thought "Wow, I don't remember her being such a crappy actress." But, to be fair, that was a really shitty line.
At the end of the episode, I actually thought that Burke might slap Christina :o
8 of 16 | Posted by Apple_Candy
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Posted on November 30, 2006 5:00 PM
Loved the recap, but what's with the overuse of CAPITALIZED WORDS?
9 of 16 | Posted by tikilights
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Posted on November 30, 2006 6:16 PM
anniedawg - the O face is from the episode last season when George and Meredith in a moment of weakness had sex and then Meredith started bawling halfway through. The overacting was truly horrendous. Anyway, the full recap is here: http://www.tvgasm.com/shows/greys-anatomy/just-desserts-1730.php?page=1
10 of 16 | Posted by m_ruv
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Posted on November 30, 2006 7:10 PM
thanks m_ruv!
What??? The POMP over-react? Neeeeeever!
luv the recaps!
11 of 16 | Posted by anniedawg25
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Posted on November 30, 2006 7:23 PM
George's mom was probably acting that way because she is afraid he is gay. Now that he's come out in real life, his character seems gayer to me. A little whiny, insecure bi-otch.
12 of 16 | Posted by suebee
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Posted on November 30, 2006 7:41 PM
Wow - kind of not cool to mock the Mormon church like that. Since when is religious intolerance part of this site? That's the kind of humour people use when they just aren't good at being funny.
13 of 16 | Posted by bestsariah
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Posted on November 30, 2006 8:26 PM
Great episode and another great recap, m_ruv. All through the episode, it was driving me crazy where I'd seen Dr. Hahn before. I'll give you a hint: "It puts the lotion in the basket!"
14 of 16 | Posted by JasonR
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Posted on November 30, 2006 9:52 PM
awesome recap. it made me excited to watch tonights new episode! though george was such a little bitch last week, which is annoying.
as for the mormon stuff, well i dont view it so much as mockery since it, you know, actually exists.
as for mocking religions, funny how bestsariah doesnt seem to take issue with all the other groups this site mocks from time to time.
15 of 16 | Posted by jash
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Posted on November 30, 2006 9:58 PM
"Due to staff cutbacks at ABC's continuity department..."
Ah yes, this is why m-ruv recaps are my favoritest. And are you trying to sneak the Mer O face into each one? Like it.
16 of 16 | Posted by tvtvtv
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Posted on November 30, 2006 11:22 PM