In the hallway, the elderly driver's wife sees the young woman being wheeled into the O.R. and breaks down, confessing that she knew her husband had trouble with his feet and never did anything. In fact, their daughter took the old man's car keys away from him so he wouldn't be able to drive, but she secretly took them back. Ooh, speaking of BLOOD ON ONE'S HANDS, maybe PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE, DR. YANG. Bailey empathizes but says that the woman will still need to tell the police.
Burke and Cristina scrub in together tensely and wordlessly. Burke takes out the glass shard that's lodged in the patient's heart, but when Cristina offers to do her famous running whip stitch to sew the heart back up, Burke smacks her down and orders her to move to the other side of the operating table. Ouch.
In the other O.R., Hahn, Shepherd, and Meredith are doing their wham-bang tracheotomy-brain-surgery combo. Halfway through, they discover a tear in the man's aorta, and Hahn frantically requests that they summon Burke from the other O.R. for help.
Burke, though, is just about to start rewarming his patient's heart, which had been bypassed and cooled while they removed the shard of glass. Nonetheless, Meredith tells Burke that Hahn is calling for him, and he agrees to go help. Cristina freaks out for like the twentieth time in this episode, insisting that she MUST come along with Burke, even though he commands her to stay put. She even follows Burke out into the hallway, which prompts Meredith to chime in, asking Cristina facetiously whether she really thinks Burke can't operate without her. Suddenly, it hits Meredith: Burke in fact can't operate without her. Cristina commands Meredith to shut up, because she knows that Meredith has just figured everything out. Ooh, drama.
Burke arrives in Shepherd and Hahn's O.R., where Meredith watches his hands like a hoarse, Botoxed hawk. As Burke gets to work, Meredith is so distracted from her end of the table that Shepherd reminds her several times to focus on her own work and not on Burke's hands. Toward the end of the procedure, Burke pauses several times to shake out his hand, and it seems that some tremors are imminent. Shepherd asks him whether everything is okay, and Burke again says things are fine.
Cristina by this point has completely lost her shit, because her chilled-heart patient is overdue to come off bypass and now runs the risk of a stroke. Finally, Burke comes back in and tells the nurses to take the patient off bypass. His hand, though, continues to act up. Then suddenly the patient blows a stitch—I guess Burke's sutures weren't so great this time after all—and blood sprays out from the patient's heart all over Cristina. What is this, the Robert Blake household?
Burke insists that the blown stitch is just a common complication from this type of surgery and that it happens often. He tells Cristina he doesn't need her for the rest of the procedure, so she's free to go. So Cristina leaves and walks down the hallway covered in blood. Emmy! EMMY!!
Um, next time be a dear and MIND THE EXPLODING ORGANS
Later, after all the surgeries are done, Burke goes to Webber's office and says they need to talk. Webber says yes they do indeed need to talk—because we suddenly see that CRISTINA is sitting in Webber's office and clearly has spilled all the beans. The look of anger on Burke's face at this point is priceless.
A few minutes later, Cristina observes from outside as Webber shouts at Burke in his office. Hahn picks this moment to approach Cristina and admit that Burke is brilliant, and that if Cristina can actually retain anything Burke teaches her, she could become a pretty amazing surgeon. Ooh, ironicalness.
Alex, meanwhile, approaches Montgomery to ask how the pregnant young woman from the fish market is doing. He says he doesn't like being Sloan's lackey. Montgomery replies that Alex is a decent guy and that she'd hate to see Sloan beat that out of him. At this point there is PALPABLE TENSIÓN SEXUAL in the air, and Alex and Montgomery share quite a glance. Good god, is this woman pansexual? She and Alex and Callie should just go ahead and jump into bed all at once to try to sort things out.
At the end of the day, Burke and Shepherd share an elevator ride that's massively awkward to say the least. Shepherd says that he would've helped Burke had Burke told him about his hand. Burke refuses to talk about things because it's been too long a day. And he has some homosexuals to go persecute.
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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