This week of Grey's Anatomy, annoyed the shit out of me. Last week's episode, they focused solely on one case in hopes that we would have some type of emotional connection to him, despite knowing nothing about it. Once again Grey's, A+ on character development. So this week...they take the easy way out, by still not developing a character to create an emotional tie, but they make it a child. Everyone cares about a cute kid! So that's my rant, and this is how I feel about Grey's right now.
And one other F-you to ABC, stop upgrading your video player. I have to re-install a new player like every 3 weeks. Now that I've revealed the super mood I'm in, let's dive right in shall we? We kick off the episode at 4AM with all the Doctors getting pages and Meredith tells us there is no scarier feeling than that moment you get paged. Really? I thought the scariest moment was last week when McD had to choose the red or blue chord to save the guy nobody cared abouts life? Guess that's old news.
Torres meets her patient who is a young girl who broke 50 bones and whose legs look like she's halfway through the Violet Beauregarde transformation in Willy Wonka.
Violet, you're turning violet!!
Arizona and Karev's patient is a pregnant woman who had a car accident and the baby inside of her has a brain hemorrhage. Arizona and Torres both rush their patients to the OR which turns into a race down the hallway. Arizona ends up winning, as she should since she technically has 2 patients and one is a baby, and heads to the OR much to Callie's annoyance.
Karev and Arizona take out the baby as McD takes over the adult patient. Aww, remember when Karev was really good with babies and you got the idea that the bad boy was going to OB, and then they just dropped that storyline. Arizona and Karev look over the teeny tiny baby and agree that having a stroke before you are born is a tough way to start your life.
Plus you are at Seattle Grace, so...strike 2.
Arizona rounds up the crew that will follow her through rotation today. She gives them a very Walt Disney World speech about how pediatrics is different then general surgery, and she runs it that way. Her patients believe in magic and fairy dust and she treats them like precious little humans, not a file folder. Her audience looks on with different expressions, Yang annoyed at having another day playing pretend with kids, Torres adoringly, Jackson smiles happily and Forehead blinds me with his glare.
After her speech, they enter the children's ward where they are met by a mini Dr. Burke checking on the broken bone girl. He cutely welcomes Arizona to the room. Yang steps in to give the patient's full update, awkwardly maneuvering around the small child. We learn that the bone girl broke 50 bones falling off the roof of her house. Arizona asks the other doctors what the diagnosis should be and even has a math question for Dr. Mini Burke, which he gets right.
Smart and Cute, if you can perform surgery on hearts and spew hateful slurs then watch out for Yang.
They follow Mini Burke to the next room which turns out to be his own. He gives the full update on his diagnosis and tells us that he's 10 years old and has been in and out of the hospital for months and had had multiple surgeries.. Tiny Burke is super cute as he tells the other doctors how Arizona helps him with his homework and lets him go on rounds with her. Once again confirming why she is the only redeemable doctor in this hospital, as Yang looks on annoyed, once again confirming why she is a total bitch.
The conversation is interrupted by Tiny Burke's parents. The father tells Arizona that he has requested a meeting with the Chief and someone from the board and they would like her in attendance. The music goes serious as Arizona nervously agrees. When Arizona enters the conference room, the board member (asshole) tells Arizona they she better not have done anything to piss these people off, as Seattle Grace is far enough in the shitter.
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Comments (4)
Lololol! This was a good recap. I love the amount of subtle humor you use. I acutually laughed out loud!
1 of 4 | Posted by Chozengirl | Posted on November 11, 2009 2:34 PM
Wow, thanks chozengirl! That's like the nicest thing you could say to someone like me. Especially with this show, it's a little tougher to bring the snark. The only thing nicer would be you telling me I look skinny, but your compliment I actually believe! :)
2 of 4 | Posted by twss | Posted on November 11, 2009 2:47 PM
Great recap. I personally don't mind that they've gone a little heavier on the medical drama and eased back on the soap opera for a couple episodes, but you make a valid point. A couple seasons ago they would have had the kid and family be recurring characters for a few episodes so the audience could develop a connection with them. I guess it's cheaper to get the guest stars in and out in one episode. I think it's funny how they figured out an excuse to have Meredith lying down all the time to hide her pregnancy . . kind of like the "These Dreams" video from Heart, when Ann Wilson porked up and they kept shooting her at all these funny angles to make everyone think she didn't weigh 200 pounds.
P.S. why would any of the male characters on this show find Yang attractive? She's not particularly good looking. Maybe it's her winning personality.
3 of 4 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on November 11, 2009 2:54 PM
I totally agree... this kid has been there for 3 years, and "helping" with rounds yet we've never seen him before?
Blech to Izzy being back. Seems like she just left. The show has been so much better without her.
Great recap, not too snarky or even "funny" but you do have a good feel for the show, and it's an entertaining read (and I totally agree with you on everything lol)
4 of 4 | Posted by CrazyTrain | Posted on November 12, 2009 7:52 AM