Ooh... throw Alan Alda in there and this could get HOT

In the kitchen, an amused Izzie watches as George suddenly notices that the $8.7 million check is missing from the refrigerator door. He panics, thinking the check has gone lost, but Izzie remains blasé, lost in yet another of her daily My Little Pony daydreams. She lets George squirm a tad longer and then tells him the check is at the bank. George remains incredulous for far too long—seriously George, STOP BEING SO INCREDULOUS, this isn't OPRAH'S FAVORITE THINGS—but then settles into nouveau-riche jubilation. He reminds Izzie that it's a lot of money, so she can travel! buy things! something about "gather ye rosebuds"! George becomes positively giddy.

At work, Dr. Montgomery gets trapped in the hallway between Dr. Sloan and Alex, which is awkward as shit. Then Thatcher Grey, the Grand Poobah of Awkwardville, comes up to ask inane questions, tripling the awkwardness quotient. If I hadn't seen Maria Menounos "interviewing" America Ferrera at the Golden Globes, I'd call this the awkwardest moment ever.

Meredith watches her father's awkwardness parade from a safe distance, wondering how she—a graceful princess, a true flower, not bony or hoarse in the least—could be related to such a clumsy man. Cristina retorts that Meredith is exactly like her father: she stammers constantly, talks nervously for no reason whatsoever, often has bits of food stuck to her face and hair—it's like snack time at Philip Seymour Hoffman's! Meredith fires some lame insults in self-defense but fails miserably.

Dr. Bailey pages Izzie to spinegirl's room (the one from last week, with the vertebrae made of Silly String), where Izzie tries to act surprised when Shepherd announces that some anonymous batshit donor has ponied up $200K to pay for the girl's procedure. Bailey of course knows the donor was Izzie.

Bailey follows Izzie out in the hall to confront her with some dubious MHMMs. She asks Izzie whether she spent all that cheddar simply so she could scrub in on a cool spine surgery. Izzie protests that no, she donated the money because poor spinegirl is miserable, and she wanted to help. Trouble is that Bailey was hoping Izzie had spent it simply so she could scrub in. She insists that Izzie must decide whether she's a real surgeon or someone who gets emotionally involved—the two are mutually exclusive, so Izzie is officially not allowed to scrub in. ZING!!

After a requisite Space Needle flyby, we make a welcome return journey to the ever-popular SGH quasi-outdoor cafeteria. Dr. Torres pulls up at a table with Dr. Montgomery and babbles about how George kissed her during their urine-soaked revelry in Mr. O'Malley's room the previous day. Callie keeps talking and talking as Addison just stares blankly, listening to nothing whatsoever. This must be what evenings at the Ford-Flockhart household are like.

Then, Montgomery suddenly blurts out that she aborted Dr. Sloan's baby. EGGHHH. She confesses that she got pregnant with Sloan a while back but, despite Sloan's giddiness about fatherhood, decided to get an abortion. The baby's due date would've been, well... today! Oh great, a CAPRICORN. That baby would've been an asshole. Anyway, Montgomery tells La Torrecita that she did want a baby—but only a Derek Shepherd Limited Edition McBaby® and not some cheap Mark Sloan generic knockoff. She gets teary and says she feels like her life has gone nowhere. They share a nice, quasilesbian emotional moment, but no body fluids are exchanged. Actually, this is a nice scene.

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Last Comment: m_ruv on Jan 28, 2007 06:41 PM.

Comments (14)

eightyschica :

say it ain't so!

1 of 14 | Posted by eightyschica | Posted on January 25, 2007 8:58 PM

eightyschica :

say it ain't so!

2 of 14 | Posted by eightyschica | Posted on January 25, 2007 9:00 PM

Tati :

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! m_ruv, NOOOOOOOOOOO! i was laughing (snorting really) all the way thru this recap, til i reached the last page.

now where will i get my fill of gems like these: 'bathtub full of vichyssois'?? sigh. i know you said you have grad school or such so good luck, you will be missed! but at least we'll be in good hands.

oh & thanks for that slamming picture of yourself, you look just the way i pictured!

sniff :-*(

my 2 cents on the show: this episode was better than any all season. I liked the scene w/ Xtina & George at the end w/ the dead dad's club.

3 of 14 | Posted by Tati | Posted on January 25, 2007 9:01 PM

JasonR :

Oh m_ruv, I will miss your Grey's recaps. Will anyone ever be able to match your "Izzie is crazy" jokes or continually come up with fresh and humorous commentary on Sara Ramirez's huge breasts? Thanks for all the laughs and hope we'll be seeing you here in the peanut gallery.

4 of 14 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on January 26, 2007 6:31 AM

citychick416 :

everytime thatcher grey stumbles over a word it brings me back to that scene in my-so-called-life when Ricky is doing his "Mr. Katimski" impression.

seattle grace may be seeing a bit more of thatcher grey now that he shot himself in the face over on Prison Break

thanks for the hilarious recaps and good luck!

5 of 14 | Posted by citychick416 | Posted on January 26, 2007 9:12 AM

brilliantmistake :

Thanks for all the great recaps, m_ruv. You'll be missed. If only we could give you a musical montage of depressed doctors as a proper send off.

6 of 14 | Posted by brilliantmistake | Posted on January 26, 2007 11:03 AM

TheEmancipationofGigi :

M_ruv, well played. Your Grey's recaps the past 1.5 seasons have been the best of any tv series, along with B-Side's historic Laguna Season 2 coverage. The Oprah Legends Ball stands proudly with "Riding the Bus with my Sister" as the best stand-alone recap ever.

Well played, indeed. Best of luck!

7 of 14 | Posted by TheEmancipationofGigi | Posted on January 26, 2007 11:36 AM

nurseratched :

m_ruv, i will miss the way you make fun of izzy's clinical craziness and meredith's self-absorption. giving to the torch to j-unit will be good but different. i feel like we are all breaking up with you. never knew you looked so much like blanche. you old hussie you.

8 of 14 | Posted by nurseratched | Posted on January 26, 2007 12:55 PM

zoobabe :

goodbye and good luck to you m_ruv. I have enjoyed your writing here and wish you all the best!

No matter what happens- stay funny!

9 of 14 | Posted by zoobabe | Posted on January 26, 2007 4:20 PM

Miss Information :

I would like to second this:

Thanks for all the great recaps, m_ruv. You'll be missed. If only we could give you a musical montage of depressed doctors as a proper send off.

And also add that you cannot be replaced. No disrespect to J-unit intended or implied, but you had a way with Grey's. I mean, sure, B-side schmoozes with the reality stars, but who else at tvgasm has had their character nicknames co-opted by the show writers? (I'm looking at you, doctor formerly known as She-Shepherd)

Good luck in all your future endeavors, and thanks so much for always making my nurse wonder what the hell my receptionist and I were laughing at alone at our computers.

10 of 14 | Posted by Miss Information | Posted on January 27, 2007 12:44 PM

Ness :

Aww m_ruv, I'll miss your hilarious recaps.
Good luck with everything.

11 of 14 | Posted by Ness | Posted on January 27, 2007 1:44 PM

Helenann :

I heart m_ruv. *schniff*
God bless you. You've blessed me.
The Pomp, INDEED!

12 of 14 | Posted by Helenann | Posted on January 27, 2007 7:29 PM

tvtvtv :

sniff, sniff. m-ruv, your recaps are what brought me here, and i'll miss them so!

13 of 14 | Posted by tvtvtv | Posted on January 28, 2007 6:21 PM

m_ruv :

Thanks everybody. I may not be recapping anymore, but I'm not going anywhere—I'll still be around. Sorta like GODDAMN DENNY DUQUETTE.

14 of 14 | Posted by m_ruv | Posted on January 28, 2007 6:41 PM

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