An excited Shepherd tracks down Christina to share joyous news, probably because Yang gets overly excited and happy about things. He shows her the ring Mamma D gave him and asks for her opinion. Yang reminds Derek that she recently returned her half of the BFF necklace, so she might not be the jewelry sounding board he is looking for. Derek, who does not want to have to dance with Grey in the living room any more, tells Yang that Meredith misses her and can't they just give peace a chance? Derek knows that once he proposes, Grey is going to have another emotional breakdown and she'll need somebody to freak out to. He also guesses that Yang has stuff in her life she wants to share with somebody, as the camera casually turns to the Major. Yang lets him know that she isn't interested in being the loading dock for Mer's shit anymore, but thanks for asking.

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I'd like 'em to be about to here, but I'll make do with what she's got.


As Izzie checks on Jackson, Denny is still hanging around. Izzie compares him to the guy who graduated high school and still goes to all the football games. Ha ha, that guy's such a tool. The only difference in, the high schoolers keep getting older and Denny stays the same age. Doesn't have as nice a ring to it as McConaughey's theory. Denny once again begins to stress to her that he is here for her, she broke up with him and he is still here for her. He doesn't want to see her bang Alex in the on call room, but he can't leave. Izzie asks for an explanation and Denny reminds her that she's a doctor, figure it out. This is when I begin to say, "Don't do it Grey's.....don't do it.." But I have a feeling, their gonna do it.

Yang finds Meredith and asks how everyone's favorite serial killer is holding up. Meredith keeps up a brilliant poker face by stumbling over her words and saying he's fine and that she's handling it. Yang reads Meredith like a book and gives her a, oh no you didn't... look. She rushes into Dunn's room and sees him crashing. She asks Meredith if she paged Shepherd. Meredith tells her she didn't and asks her to not page him either. If looks could bitch slap, Grey would have a massive Yang shaped hand print on her botoxed face. Just then, Dunn pleads to Yang for help and tells her he doesn't want to die. What as asshole!

*Side note: Am I more like Meredith than I realize because when he told the story of him killing 5 women I listened impassively, yet when he changes face in front of Yang that's when I call him an asshole?

In Jackson's treatment room, Izzie is preparing to insert Jackson's catheter. She is trying to get instructions from Arizona, but it keeps getting drowned out by the incessant rambling of Denny and all the places he wants to travel too. He keeps getting louder and louder and asks Izzie, why would he still be there if he didn't have to be. And again, he reminds her that he is there for her. He drives Izzie to a breaking point and she finally screams at Arizona, why don't you just tell me already!? Arizona tells Izzie to go take a little break. It's been at least 2 days since Izzie's gotten off at work, so she's probably due.

Hmm, I think somebody on the writing staff was recently burned by the penile species. First Sloan gets bent in half. Then poor Jackson has Izzie putting a catheter in him during a post break up fight with a ghost.

Speaking of Sloan and his broken penis, the interns are discussing it and trying to figure out who rode and broke Sloan. One of the interns comments that whoever it is, is a girl he wants to meet. Huh? Really....wouldn't bending someone be a sign of a bad lay? This comment confused me, so I did a little informal research on the matter. From all accounts, a girl who "bends" a dude's junk isn't great in the sack, she is either uncoordinated or a moron. I'm open to debate this though, if I'm wrong.

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Comments (15)

blazergirl:

I thought it was a good episode with the exception of Izzie/Denny. And what the hell did she mean when she finally got what he was saying and she said "I choose life?"

DP Hooker:

Yeah what a downer about Izzie. It's exactly what everyone thought. Thanks for dragging that shit out more than half the season.

I thought it was a pretty good episode otherwise, but it cracks me up about how little George is given. Seriously like 6 lines an episode, if that. What a joke.

And I also didn't get how Lexie breaking Sloan's dick meant she was awesome in bed. I don't buy for a second that that bumbling hoe is a rockstar in the sack, sorry.

Clair:

I cried like a baby too.

scottywrangler:

TWSS, it was a good episode! I didn't even delete it from the DVR, thinking I might watch it again.

So, is Izzie leaving the show or what? I am so over the Denny crap I could scream.

The execution scene was gruesome and the whole ending was just sad.

I liked it! Great recap!

pixielated:

To me, it seems like there would be two ways to break a man's dick (during sex). First, if the woman is on top and falls off (backward, especially) or leans too far back. Second, if the man is not completely hard and the woman (on top, again) pushes down too hard trying to get him inside her. I'm sure there are others. Those just popped into my mind. I can't think of a GOOD way to break a man's dick! Of course those interns are idiots.

You know, interns are doctors. They are first year residents who have graduated medical school. Scary, huh?

Yes, this was a good episode, maybe because there really wasn't all that much of Izzie and Denny. I can't help but think this will have an impact on his career. I hate him now. I don't even think he's that good looking. I never want to see him again.

It seems that Sloan and Lexie are going to be a couple, which sucks. She sure got over George fast. Even moved into a different apartment without anybody knowing about it. I don't dislike her, I just don't see her with him. That man needs a REAL woman, not a little juice box girl.

dani2526:

I thought this episode was really well done. It reminded me, after sooooooo long, why I started watching in the first place. My husband, on the other hand, refuses to forgive the show for all the crap episodes in the last couple seasons.

So...Izzie is gone? I had to rewind and watch that last scene with her and Denny a couple times and I still don't completely get it. Is Denny her hell because he represented her demise? Why was he kept from 'dying all the way'? Because he needed to bring Izzie with him first? I don't get it...

Would have been nice if they had come to this conclusion with Izzie and Denny 10 episodes ago!

BlahBlah:

It's my theory that Grey's writers hate Katherine Heigl and wanted us to hate her (even more) by dragging this completely predictable storyline out to forever long. Jeffrey Dean Morgan was collateral damage. I was more affected by Dunn's death than Izzie's bad news. All I felt was joy that she will finally be gone from the show (*crossing fingers*). And take George with you. I will hate those two forever for pressuring GA to get rid of Isaiah W.

Now just get rid of Major Issues and I'll be even happier.

This was the best episode of the season so far because of the Izzie death news, Bailey, and Eric Stolz' great acting. He creeped me the freak out. I agree about the Emmy nomination.

Thanks for the awesome recap. I thought ya'll forgot about this show...

TWSS:

Ok, so i'm glad it was not just me about the bending the cock issue. I was afraid there was some amazing sexual maneuver that I didn't know, and was outing myself for not knowing in this recap. Pixie, I love your explanation of it. Because that was my thought too, there is no good way to break a cock.

So here are my thoughts about the Denny/Izzie conversation. I think Denny was saying that in the beginning, he thought his opportunity to "go back" to Izzie was his heaven. But he was supposed to go back to let her know she was dying. Once he was "back" he was unable to tell her that she was dying, because he was so happy seeing and banging her. So, him not telling her until it was potentially too late makes him now think that he is her hell. Because he didn't tell her sooner.

Does that make sense? Of course not. The whole thing is completely ridiculous. When did Grey's get so soap-operaish?

I don't know if Katherine or T.R. are leaving. I know they have both expressed that they wanted too in the past...but i'm not sure. I know people leave shows all the time, and they get replaced, and the show keeps going, but what do you guys think? With Isaiah, T.R, Katherine H and Kate Walsh gone, would the show ever be able to find the magic it once had again? On one hand, they were all so key, on the other hand, what made this episode great had nothing to do with any of them.

Yanksfan24:

WOW TWSS...you gave George more play in one recap than he has had all freakin' season. Thanks for that! Yeah, maybe he wasn't my favorite character ever but they are stringing the poor guy along. That doctor with Asperger's got more screen time than him and she was only in two episodes!
Despite that, I am back with Grey's too. I was so going to break up with it but these past few eps have pulled me back in. Bailey and Dunn were going for Emmy's in this last ep. Great recap as always! Thanks.

cattyfan:

"The whole thing is completely ridiculous. When did Grey's get so soap-operaish?"

Uhm...from the very first episode when Merideth jumped into bed with a stranger, and then discovered the stranger is essentially her new boss.

This show has always been a soap opera with the occasional outrageous medical story thrown in...people just don't like to admit it.

I won't miss George (as far as I know, he IS leaving.) Don't know if I'd miss Izzie at this point. But with those two gone, maybe they can bring Isaiah W. back and give Christina a dilemma: Major Issues or Dr. Ego (although why any man would want that moon-faced bitch is a mystery to me.)

As for Sloan, he should be with Torres. Wasting him on Light Grey is just wrong.

fire@will:

FYI - A penile fracture is an extremely rare injury caused by the rupture of the tunica albuginea, which envelops the corpus cavernosum penis. It is an uncommon injury, most often caused by a blunt trauma to an erect penis.

Penile fracture is a medical emergency, and emergency surgical repair is the usual treatment.

(from Wikipedia)

cherin:

Pixielated: I agree, I never want to see Denny ever again, anywhere. They ruined him for tv by making him the most annoying ghost everrrr.

I miss Izzie as the rags-to-riches story of the trailer park girl that became a doctor and wanted to be badass. Now she's just annoying. I wish instead of bringing Denny back they did more with her and Alex and their on and off relationship.

pixielated:

As I remember, there was bad blood between Isaiah and Patrick Dempsey. They were the ones who had the big fight over the f-word on set. (They were ready to shoot a scene and T.R. Knight was late, so Isaiah let fly with the epithet and he and Patrick Dempsey got in a fight.)

Anyhow, that's how I remember it. But what Isaiah really did wrong (in addition to being stupid and/or homophobic), was that he ticked off Shonda Rimes and that is the kiss of death.

For some reason, I have the idea that Izzie is going to survive. (Read it somewhere?)

carmelicious:

I'm so glad I have a place to vent my frustration about this show! (great recap - btw!)

I agree with everyone, I do think this particular epi was a vast improvement over the past few seasons. But, I remember thinking during the Izzie/Denny scenes, "you know, this entire story could've been done in one episode - with an awesome cliffhanger" But now, its like, we all know what is coming and now we don't give a shit. I think I'm in the minority here, but I actually like K. Heigl a lot, and Izzie used to have depth to her character. I guess it's not easy to keep a show relevant in its 5th season - but sex with ghosts? Broken penises? Interns operating on each other? Are you fucking kidding me?!?!

You know Isiah W. and Brooke Smith are like sitting at home grinning ear to ear - all, "F U bitches, that's what you get for shit-canning my ass!"

Not that I'll stop watching, but I'm not gonna like it!

cattyfan:

pixielated said, "As I remember, there was bad blood between Isaiah and Patrick Dempsey. They were the ones who had the big fight over the f-word on set. (They were ready to shoot a scene and T.R. Knight was late, so Isaiah let fly with the epithet and he and Patrick Dempsey got in a fight."

That's how I remember it, too...and I always thought it was interesting Patrick Dempsey was more upset about a stupid word uttered in frustration than he was about T.R.'s repeated lack of professionalism and lousy work ethic (as he was/is often late to the set.)

Difficult stars are nothing new (see David Caruso.) TPTB could have worked something out with Dempsey and Washington. Instead they got rid of one of the best actors on the show. Big mistake.

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