The next morning at the hospital Izzie is giving Grey last minute advice, including a hair critique. After a mini-Izzie makeover, Grey is sporting a high ponytail adorned with a hot pink scrunchee. Looks ridiculous, but Izzie is right. I once sported a hot pink scrunchee and mom's loved me. Granted I was seven. Christina walks down the hall to see the new and improved Meredith, gives her one wtf face, and keeps walking.
Grey, Shepherd and Yang update inmate Dunn on his condition. He is still approaching death's door, and despite his wishes, once he goes unconscious the Doctors can make the decisions for him and bring him into surgery. He again argues this point and makes the valid argument of would you fix a TV before throwing it away? No, let him die! I see Shepherd's point about him cheating the system, but give me a break, I still stand by not making tax payers pay for massive medical bills for a person who doesn't want it, and is going to die 4 days later.
We then meet Calle's patient. I've done this once before, and I'm going to do it again. Calle's patient has nothing to do with the rest of the storyline and is seriously revolting, so I'm going to recap the whole thing here. Calle has a patient who grew up his whole life short. It ruined his entire life as he has obsessed over his insecurities about it, and struggled with having a taller brother. This insecurity led him to have a controversial surgery in Thailand and basically f-ed himself. Now his legs have this disgusting fungus growing out of it and he can't walk. When I say disgusting....I have to stress that, that is an understatement of a lifetime. I literally gagged for about 3 minutes after they showed it.
So, when they perform the surgery to fix him, he loses another inch making him even shorter. This news devastates the man since now he can't rent go-carts at celebration station anymore. He and his brother fight about this because the brother has also had to live his life tip toeing around shorty's insecurities. They relate this-kinda-back to the overall story as Calle can relate to shorty's sadness as she too feels like she has been knocked down a few inches metaphorically by her issues over the last few seasons. She said that she used to walk tall within the hospital, but how tall could you actually be walking when you were homeless living in the hospital basement, but really we found out you were a secret millionaire? Whatever, moving on.
The team updates Jackson's mom on the status of his transplant. While they are updating her, Sadie jumps in with encouraging news for the mom saying that he should be an easy match. This, isn't exactly true though as Bailey quickly corrects her while simultaneously shooting Sadie an "I hope you die look." When the mom leaves, Bailey attaches a very tight leash on Sadie telling her that unless she raises her hand before speaking, she better keep her aussie trap shut. Don't be too concerned Sadie, per last week Bailey hates all newbies.
Grey wheels prisoner Dunn down the hall and he tries to convince her to not be mad at him for killing all those women. He makes up a story of his childhood asking Grey if a history of violence would redeem him in her eyes. Are you really having an ethical discussion with a woman who has a pink scrunchee holding up a disturbingly high ponytail? They run into Jackson and Bailey, and Jackson and Dunn have the highly promoted scene where Dunn offers Jackson his organs.
And finally we are introduced to the much hyped Mamma McDreamy who is none other than Tyne Daly! We learn immediately that Mamma bear is a no-nonsense, salt of the earth type gal. And that's just from her haircut. Suddenly the pink scrunchee doesn't seem like such a good call. As Mamm and Derek catch up, Mary Sunshine herself approaches with a shiny and thoroughly awkward smile on her face. The smile turns to terror when Mamma D lets her know they are eating lunch together and she hopes Meredith likes it 'grilled.' Meredith is a bit overdramatic. She's all peaches and cream with a guy who killed five women, but she's afraid of Tyne Daly?
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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