This week on Grey's Anatomy, Izzie takes the "I'm fine, really!" line one step too far, a sexy bromance is rekindled, Lexie cleans out craft services and the producers pull out all the stops to make sure the audience is in tears by the end of the episode. Oh, and Meredith accomplishes a feat I didn't think was possible. She becomes the first woman to ever look horrendous in a wedding dress.
*Side note, that is not the last time you will see that scary image this episode so if you are eating, you have been warned.
The episode kicks off with our favorite doctors in various states of the morning. Der and Mer are still in bed while Meredith analyzes her newly acquired bling. Alex is sitting with Izzie as she gets chemo and reads a bridal magazine. Arizona and Torres flirt in the hallway and Yang avoids Major Redface.
Der and Mer cuddle in bed laughing and cuddling and talking about their upcoming nuptials. This feels very realistic. Most couples spend this type of quality time in the morning before leaving for work. No couples hit snooze 4 times, deciding who will take out the dog and who will get the first shower without kissing because you both have awful breath. None, at, all.
Meredith wants to make sure that Derek understands why she isn't wearing the diamond he gave her. She just isn't that type of bride. She isn't a poofy dress, married in a church kind of bride. She'd rather it be really simple and low key... There are few things I know for sure, but there is one thing I'll bet anyone on. The first time you hear a girl say those words....those are ALWAYS the most high maintenance brides of them all. The more someone tells you how uninterested they are in the wedding planning, the more they want to talk about it. And YES I am talking to you, girl at work!!!! Sorry for the rant. But back to Meredith, fine you don't want to have a big wedding, that's cool. But too not wear a diamond? That's just ridiculous.
They finally leisurely get out of bed and Mer tells Der that she handed over the wedding planning to Izzie because it helps take her mind off the chemo. Plus, that'll ensure that the wedding will stay simple and low key, because that's just the kind of girl Izzie is. They head downstairs to find Sloan and Lexie eating breakfast and making out. What is it a Sunday? I know they don't have kids, but where is the running around? Where is the stubbing of toes and struggling to find the car keys? Who hangs out like this in the morning? Sloan and Derek give each other menacing looks, because remember they still hate each other because...um, because Sloan hooked up with Mer's little sister? Still not sure why that was such a crime, especially when you could be mad at him for breaking up your marriage, but whatev. The two ignore each other and Lexie randomly stuffs an entire piece of toast in her mouth.
At the hospital were greeted by a familiar face. The resident shrink sits with Owen to discuss the reasons why he might have tried to strangle his girlfriend in the middle of the night. Not to be outdone by the indignation of Meredith at the beginning of the season, Major Redface also argues vehemently that there is nothing wrong with him, other than he tries to murder people in the night. He doesn't have post-traumatic stress, he just has side effects probably brought on by too much ambien.
Meanwhile, Izzie is pacing around her newly decorated hospital room. Izzie has utilized the glossy pages of every wedding magazine in the gift store and turned it into wallpaper. She has her Bluetooth in ear and is in full wedding planning mode. Why'd she become a doctor, she seems way better and having way more fun being a wedding planner. She tells a vendor on the phone that they need to bring wedding dresses to her because she is dying in the hospital and after some very convincing coughing, the vendor agrees. The Chief who is watching on fatherly, is joined by cancer bitch. Izzie reassures them both that she feels great and making a lot of progress on wedding plans. The Chief is proud, but Cancer Bitch quietly tells the Chief that once the chemo takes affect Izzie will wish she were dead. Way to be Debbie Downer Cancer bitch.
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Comments (5)
Yet another hilarious recap. This site just makes my day, I only wish you guys would cover more shows. BTW, what happened to the Terminator recap of the finale?
1 of 5 | Posted by sanen85 | Posted on April 30, 2009 2:35 PM
Very funny, TWSS.
The only dress that Meredith looked passable in was the one she was wearing when she ran out to revive Izzie. It covered up her shoulders more. She's too thin too wear spaghetti straps, and that last dress looked too big on her.
Her face looks better now. I think it is filling out a little because Ellen Pompeo is pregnant.
2 of 5 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 30, 2009 8:20 PM
The one who plays Lexie is also pregnant in real life. Must be something in the craft services water...
3 of 5 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 30, 2009 8:26 PM
Lexie is looking very pretty, but I don't like that they have "glamourized" her now that she's involved with Mark. She used to look like a real person, with little/no makeup and her hair pulled back.
Why is this show starting to get good right at the end of the season after wasting all that time on that awful dead Denny story line?
4 of 5 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 30, 2009 9:42 PM
TWSS, I highly second your recommendation on Cheats being the funniest movie ever.
I bet no one knows karate like your karate!
5 of 5 | Posted by PopPrincess! | Posted on May 1, 2009 9:53 AM