And making its second cameo of the season, the church chapel! Torres and Arizona sit in the chapel as Torres beats herself up because she used to desperately wish Izzie would die. Arizona tells her that as long as she isn't still wishing her to die, she should let herself off the hook. However the dance she did earlier might have been in poor taste.
Granny Dies-A-Lot begins to flat line again. Karev is not ready to let this old bag die, so they pound her with the paddles and revive her again! He tells Granny that he'll give her a break from all the faux love being dished out by her crew. She stops him and says that they are her people, and no matter how many times they've had to come, they always come. She also reminds him that any people, are better than no people. Translation: Your girlfriend has had no people all day, because she apparently has no friends or family in the whole world who care about her other than the people in this hospital and even you assholes couldn't be bothered to go and see her.
Before Izzie's surgery, Derek has a momentary freak out. He asks Meredith if she'll love him even if things go wrong, and she says no. She won't validate Derek if he kills Izzie. But go get 'em tiger! Alex rushes to Izzie's room to find out that he's too late, she's already gone to surgery. Before they put Izzie under, she tells Bailey that the scarf was made for her. It probably would've been given to anyone who visited Izzie all day, which made the recipient decision ridiculously easy. Izzie could 100% die in the scene, and nobody could be bothered to hang out with her all day. I understand you don't know what to say, or you feel hurt that she didn't confide in you, but WTF. What if she died? This scene made me hate all the residents. And it also made me really hope that Izzie will live. (If only to keep her from coming back as a ghost).
During Izzie's surgery, the residents and interns begin to anxiously wait for her in the hall. George, after having a complete meltdown to Torres, finally realizes that this isn't about him, this is about the fact that his "best friend" could die In the OR Derek is mid-brain and Bailey reminds him to be calm they are all on his side. As she said this, Cancer bitch appears out of nowhere to question his surgical decisions. She begins to literally question every utensil he requests and every cut he makes. This is when I miss old school Derek who would've yelled "Get out of my OR Cancer bitch!" Instead, Bailey defends his decision.
Old lady dies. Heart keeps beating, but she's really dead. When Sloan calls the time of death, the family finally begins to cry. I wrote this to remind myself to write about it later, but that about covers it.
After the surgery, the tons of people who were waiting out in the hall for her, but couldn't give up two minutes to spend time with her in the hospital ask Bailey for an update. The surgery went well and the tumor in the brain has been completely removed. But this is only phase one of a very long process. And Bailey gives the speech she knew she'd have to give all day reminding Izzie's "friends" to act like friends and not suck so much tomorrow.
The Chief finds Derek to congratulate him on a successful surgery. Derek is having trouble enjoying his success because after two failed marriage proposals to Meredith, and the fact that she's been treating him like a 4 year old all day, he's convinced its over between them. The Chief encourages him to hang tough. Meredith is pretty used to the dark and twisty sides of people, since that is the state in which she lives.
You know who does celebrate though? Yang and the Major. Apparently there is no better four-play than an almost murder and an almost loss of a best friend to cancer. They finally do it, and it'd probably be hot if he didn't have scratches on his neck, she didn't have bruises on her neck and he wasn't all red everywhere.
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Comments (11)
"She reiterates that fact, when she tells everyone in the room that she is overseeing all of Izzie's surgeries and that they all now answer to her."
Izzie should have stopped her at that point, and said, "NO. You all answer to ME." Because everyone on this show forgets that the patients aren't lab rats...they're people who are suffering.
(Sorry...it's a sore point with me, having just watched the care my brother-in-law recieved while he was dying of cancer.)
1 of 11 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 21, 2009 11:51 AM
I seem to remember from one of the earlier seasons that Izzie's family was trailer trash...Remember Izzie was a teenage mother and gave her daugher up for adoption. Sharon Lawrence is going to be on sometime in the next few weeks playing izzie's trashy mom.
2 of 11 | Posted by mariabird522 | Posted on April 21, 2009 7:26 PM
Does anyone else feel this way: I used to think the Major was hot, but now I just look at him and notice he has no eyebrows. Maybe it's from seeing his pearly whites--pecs that it.
3 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 21, 2009 9:23 PM
Odd coincidence, but I'm the wife of a an army doctor who was in Baghdad from 2005-2006. Yang handled the situation exactly the way I would have (including the sex part to make him feel better after almost killing her). I was pissed at Grey/Callie for treating the Major like he was going to lunge for Christina while he was awake. He's not a serial killer, people, he was having a flashback. I also love that she broke it off to force him to finally get help.
I was a lot more shocked that the writers spared us a long, irritating good-bye scene between Izzy and Denny, since the surgery would send him away for good.
4 of 11 | Posted by Emmyloo | Posted on April 22, 2009 6:30 AM
I found the strangling scene upsetting for the reasons others have stated, but also because I've lived my adult life with the effects of all that simplistic stereotyping of vets (in my case Vietnam) on TV and film - of us being loose cannons that could randomly go off at any time. I don't expect to benefit from my service, but I shouldn't have to hide it, as if I were some sort of sick pervert, either.
Semper Fi
5 of 11 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on April 22, 2009 9:44 AM
"I think they could've stressed how messed up he is from war without having this creepy strangling story. But that's just me."
It's entirely possible that they could've gone another direction to show how Owen's PTSD is really affecting him. But, I think that it had to be something as drastic as him nearly killing Christina during a flashback in order for her to break it off with him, thereby serving as the catalyst for him going to get help.
6 of 11 | Posted by crmsnkatt | Posted on April 22, 2009 10:21 AM
fire@will...may I say, very sincerely, thank you for your service.
7 of 11 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 22, 2009 11:17 AM
cattyfan:
You may. (and thanks)
8 of 11 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on April 22, 2009 8:17 PM
these comments are too intense for my liking... I'm just glad Greys is back again I was literally going out of my mind. Any idea how they're gonna kill George off?
9 of 11 | Posted by nyla23 | Posted on April 23, 2009 4:21 AM
nyla23:
I envision Izzie needing some sort of crazy transplant..George, of course, will step up to the plate. Everyone will be concerned about Izzie obviously, but it will be George who dies, giving his life for Izzie.
10 of 11 | Posted by mariabird522 | Posted on April 23, 2009 4:49 PM
fire@will, I remember those days in the late '70s and early '80 when the killer on every cop or detective show became was always a Vietnam vet, either nuts or getting revenge for something, or both. It's appalling how little care and attention war veterans get without adding a stigma to having served your country in a war. Mental and physical trauma and illness is something to be treated, not ignored and/or stigmatized.
Anyhoo, I didn't realize George was going to die. I figured that Izzie either goes off to die somewhere, and he goes with her, or some variation on that. But maybe they will pull a thirtysomething and unexpectedly get killed in an accident just as Izzie gets the news that she is in remission. (I knew he was leaving, but I didn't know how.)
11 of 11 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 23, 2009 9:43 PM