This week on Grey's Anatomy, the role of the overprotective mother is being played by Bailey. As she watches over Jackson, our sweet dying patient from last week, Arizona comes rushing down the hall. This is a 911 page at 2AM Arizona, stop running and start skating. Arizona makes up for her lack of skate use by being on full alert and ready to hear the cause of Bailey's 911 page. Bailey updates that Jackson's blood pressure is up slightly and maybe just maybe this will push him higher on the transplant list.
Frustrated, Arizona reminds Bailey that despite her perky nature she doesn't want to be woken up at 2AM to chat with Bailey about her patient, unless there is an actual emergency. BTW Bailey, how are your marital problems going? Your husband doesn't still complain that you obsess over work and that you spend more time with your patients than your family, does he? Just curious.
Derek is also burning the midnight oil checking in on our favorite wise-cracking inmate. The inmate protests that he requested Dr. Shepherd not be awoken from his beauty sleep but the inmate has developed brain contusions that are getting worse. As Derek reviews his charts, the prisoner begins to realize that his brain troubles will shortly kill him. This can be prevented if they get him into surgery immediately but the prisoner, who will be killed by the state in five days, refuses the surgery. He'd rather die at the hands of Dr. Shepherd.
I understand Derek getting pissed by the way the prisoner is presenting his case. Basically he wants Derek to feel like a piece of shit for letting him die. But I kind of agree with him. He is going to die anyways, why waste tax dollars on a super expensive surgery just to keep him alive, just to kill him. My bad, it's that pesky logic again....you have no place in Grey's Anatomy logic, get out of here and go justify the on goings of lost. (TOMORROW! YAY)
At the fraternity house, all the members and pledges are wide awake and we even have a shacker trying to do his walk of shame without being noticed. Sloan is hiding in Lexie's room (the attic) desperately trying to make his exit, but the house is still rockin'. Derek's mother is descending on Seattle and the whole house is on full alert to make it look less like a Sig Ep house and more like a Tri-Delt house. Sloan, thankful to have brought his own Metamucil, doesn't understand how these kids stay up all night.
The fact that he might not be able to grab some zzz's and spend time in the tanning bed is all secondary to the news that Mother McDreamy is coming to town. Since she was a second mother to him, she will be beyond disappointed to learn that he is tasting the very young and very forbidden fruit that is Little Grey. Um, if she could get over you sleeping with her daughter-in-law, I'm sure she can handle a 24 year old. As a side note, can a 24 year old really perform surgery on you? WTF? I couldn't even rent a car at 24 because I didn't have a credit card.
Downstairs, at 4AM, Meredith is clinging to a bottle of tequila terrified about the upcoming arrival of Mommy McDreamy. Turns out moms don't usually love 'Deth,' which I for one am shocked by. I mean, she's always so positive and bubbly and never tries to drown herself or talk about make-believe issues! But as the good friend she is, Izzie is on the case. Izzie is in her element as she bustles around like a 1950's house wife to make the home look presentable. She has hidden the condoms, tequila, dirty magazines, sex toys, bondage units, the kid from desperate housewives locked in the basement and her botox punch card. After that many surgeries the 10th one is free. Izzie's overall advice, act like me and you'll be fine. My advice, leave out the sex with ghosts part.
As Izzie and the gang continue giving Meredith advice, Sloan quietly sneaks out the door only to run into Derek. Sloan makes up a lie about wanting to have a drink at 4AM then hightails it out of there. Glad to see that none of the Doctors sleep during the night. Hopefully they only will have experimental surgeries the next day, so if they fail...hey it was only an experiment, what'd ya expect?
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Comments (11)
BTW Bailey, how are your marital problems going? Your husband doesn't still complain that you obsess over work and that you spend more time with your patients than your family, does he? Just curious.
OMG Between that comment and the 'shacking' refernce, this post wins. And I'm still on the first page.
1 of 11 | Posted by oodle_noodle | Posted on January 20, 2009 5:32 PM
Yes, I agree, this episode was really good. That fully-clothed shower scene was HOT!
If we never see Denny again, it will be too soon.
I think Tyne's show was "Judging Amy", though!
Nevertheless, great recap!
2 of 11 | Posted by scottywrangler | Posted on January 20, 2009 5:41 PM
Darn, I didn't watch the show last week (watched football) so I was counting on your recap! Shucks.
It looks like Denny will be out of the picture soon. Way to take a beloved character and make everybody hate him!
I hate to be the grammar police but...when talking about Izzy and Alex, say "She and Alex..." not "Her and Alex..." Sorry, it just annoys me.
Love your recaps, though!
3 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on January 20, 2009 11:30 PM
Hey guys! Thanks for checking the recap out.
scottywrangler you are def right, that the show was Judging Amy. Was Chasing Amy a movie about a lesbian?
pixielated-Sorry about the grammar. Me usually speak so good. ;) You made the RIGHT choice by choosing the National Championship over Greys last week. I went to the game which is why the recap was so late. Still not sure what happened to it in recap land. Sorry. But to give you a quick recap, last week's show was literally just to set up this week and tomorrow's show. Honestly. It was super boring. So I was so excited that this episode was so much better.
I feel like tomorrow is going to be a good one! Thanks again for reading!
4 of 11 | Posted by TWSS | Posted on January 21, 2009 6:19 AM
Another great recap. (But I envy your going to the champ game!)
I have the same irritation at them saving death row guy - and who is paying for that? The same tax payers who can't get free treatment for their own child.
I (still) like Arizona. Better than almost everyone else there.
The shower scene was good, and the whole episode was far better than the prior one.
5 of 11 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on January 21, 2009 8:09 AM
So I must be drawing a blank but since when did Lexie move into Meredith's attic? I thought Lexie lived with George.
6 of 11 | Posted by blazergirl | Posted on January 21, 2009 12:57 PM
You're right, blazergirl. Maybe that was one of those things that happened the previous week??
I was thinking about death row guy, and couldn't he sign a "do not resuscitate" order or have a living will or one of those things like that old lady did a few weeks ago? You know, the one whose husband kept trying to keep her alive and it was so sad?
7 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on January 21, 2009 8:47 PM
Grey let Lexie crash there after the whole intern surgery debacle, but I didn't realize she was moving in. I guess once the other intern told George, "She's like in love with you" Things got a little awkward. I wonder why nobody lives in Derek's trailer.
Pixie, good call on the DNR form. That kind of logic would mess up the "explosive" next new episode though.
8 of 11 | Posted by TWSS | Posted on January 22, 2009 6:43 AM
Thanks TWSS; I have seen every episode and knew I was forgetting something but didn't think I had missed a major part. I guess it wasn't given too much notice on the show.
9 of 11 | Posted by blazergirl | Posted on January 22, 2009 10:18 AM
I know this is like beating a dead horse, but poor George. Another week with only a few lines and now Lexie doesn't even live with him (I didn't remember her moving in with Deth either). But I did like this Grey's ep...now if they can keep the momentum going!
10 of 11 | Posted by Yanksfan24 | Posted on January 22, 2009 10:45 AM
Remember when Sloan said to McDreamy, "you take her home or I will" about Lexie/Little Grey? I think that meant that McDreamy and Meredith decided to let her move in. that might have been around the same time that Meredith thought Lexie was a cutter and Mcdreamy was like you need to be a big sister...
about the prisoner, maybe since he doesn't have any rights, he can't sign a living will or whatever.. there's a Jodi Picoult book about a prisoner on death row who wants to give his heart to the daughter of a man he killed..but the mother doesn't want a killer's heart in her daughter. It's kind of frustrating that the prisoner just can't give his organs to Jackson, but wouldn't that be like helping to kill someone if they let the prisoner die just to get his organs? isn't it weird that callie and george never talk even tho they used to be married?
11 of 11 | Posted by User Name | Posted on February 20, 2009 11:28 AM