We then meet Alex' patient, who has such a ridiculously disgusting and stupid storyline that I'm going to recap the whole thing here and be done with it. Yanksfan24 commented last week that Alex was getting the total shaft in the storylines. The only way you could have been more dead-on buddy is if you said Alex' story lines were complete shit. Keep reading to fully enjoy the play on words.
Alex' patient is a massive hypochondriac in denial about her severe hypochondriac-ness. Her husband keeps telling her how ridiculous she is, that she doesn't have cancer, or mad cow disease or a receding hairline. Her fear has made her overmedicate herself so severely that she has terrible diarrhea but her body is unable to fight it, because she has killed all the antibodies she'd need. And, as it would happen, the only way to treat this is with a fecal transplant from someone who you have day to day contact with. Yes, you read that correct: FECAL. TRANSPLANT . So her husband has to poop in a bowl, and then it gets transplanted through a tube that has to run through her mouth and into her body. Needless to say, she won't be getting a kiss anytime soon, but a dirty sanchez might not be out of the question. Too far?
I used to be on a show in primetime....now I'm pooping in a bowl. The economy isn't the only thing in the shitter.
Seriously? Pooping around other people is like impossible. At work, I call it the poop foot shuffle. You know what I'm talking about. It's so obvious. You walk into the bathroom, and there is one lone set of feet. And they are sitting there kind of shuffling their feet and clenching. They might throw in a cough, or unroll some toilet paper to kill time and make noise, but really, they are counting down the seconds until you leave so they can finish the job in peace. The worst part about the poop foot shuffle is that it completely freaks me out. If I'm the one doing the shuffle, I pray the other person doesn't recognize my shoes or clothing, thus outing me as the mysterious shuffler.
Anyways, I assure you that the poop foot shuffle story was 4 times more interesting and relevant than Alex' entire storyline this episode. So let's move on.
Sloan is treating Torres for what appears to be a broken nose. I feel really bad for Torres in the scene because she is beyond defeated. And she just breaks down with pain, humiliation and defeat as he tries to treat her. He is very sweet and nurturing towards her though.
Bailey, Meredith and Yang are performing the appendectomy and the residents are showering Bailey with questions. Usually I would comment that they are just kissing ass, but they seem surprisingly and genuinely interested and willing to learn. First, Meredith has been happy and now she is interested in the patients!? Way to go Deth!
Down in the intern's house of horrors, Sadie is under full-body anesthesia. The interns surround Sadie and have books and diagrams all around so they don't mess up. Is it just me, or is cutting the LVAD wire suddenly looking totally brills? As Lexie gets closer and closer to making the cut, she panics and begins to back out. Sadie, annoyed by Lexie and her smiley face poster attitude, takes the knife and makes the incision herself. Yeah, party girl Sadie...I might want not party with you.
Sadie lies there as the interns use her body as a guide. She gets antsy and asks to see what is going on inside of her. Something on her insides looks abnormal and different than the books, causing the interns to panic a little. Another no-named intern completely freaks and bails on the black market team. I nominate her as the only intern who gets to transfer to Mercy West.
Hmm that book doesn't have the answer, try the Operation game.
Back with the sleepwalker, we've learned that he has been doing this ever since his wife died. He usually has it under control with pills but he forgot tonight. His little night owl daughter leads us to believe otherwise. Sloan probes a little deeper and finds out that the little night owl hasn't slept in months because she talks her dad down during his night terrors every night. She seems upset, but don't all little kids want to stay up late every night?
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Comments (12)
Great re-cap, extra funny this week! The plot line with Denny may suck but the jokes had me laughing out loud!
1 of 12 | Posted by jamz | Posted on November 25, 2008 2:25 PM
OMG, February! No no no no no! I've already reached my limit of being skeeved by this story. It has made me hate Denny, that overly possessive bastard. Where is the Ghost Whisperer when you need her? (Having her own problems with a dead guy, actually.) I wish Izzie would just ask him "Why are you doing this?" and have him give her a straight answer. This way, it just makes him seem like a pig. And why come back after so long? Because Shonda Rimes can't think of anything else, I guess.
2 of 12 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on November 25, 2008 5:35 PM
Love Denny. I just starting watching Grey's this summer, and he was the one that hooked me in. Now that he is back, it is almost bittersweet. I love to see him, (and ohhh if only the lighting was better when he took off his shirt!), but I cannot help to think that he isn't real. HOWEVER I am interested to see where this is going, or HOW it can continue to go on. . . The Denny jokes were very amusing, I too wondered where it was that he needed to go in order to get out of bed. I should have known it would have been facebook. Love the recaps. I have been reading them all season, so I thought it was about time I registered and gave you due credit!
3 of 12 | Posted by fehrever | Posted on November 25, 2008 6:20 PM
"Izzie, I was just..." but she interrupts him. He was just what? What were you doing Denny? You were just in the bathroom? You were just changing your Facebook status to "Denny is not dead"? What do ghosts do when they slip out of bed in the night?"
haha, i love these recaps! the izzie/denny storyline is soo stupid..but atleast we're gettin lots of laughs out of it :)
im so pissed, the ONE week i dont watch greys on ABC but on ctv, i miss the lost commercial...but i saw it during the ama's :) so its all good now.
4 of 12 | Posted by pirate1505 | Posted on November 25, 2008 7:31 PM
TWSS, you always pull the extra funny out of this show. Thanks.
I never thought I'd say that the 2nd least believable storyline on this show is the ghost sex. How in the ShondaLand are all these women falling in love with GEORGE? In real life, a dude like George is that guy who pines after a woman who doesn't know he exists (See Season 1) - or the gay sidekick. TR Knight has zero chemistry with every woman they've paired him with on this show. I really wish they'd stop putting us through this.
I also wish the GA writers would Sloan + Callie already.
Fehrever, you just started watching GA? You poor thing. These last two years really haven't done the show justice.
5 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 25, 2008 10:10 PM
This was the funniest thing I have read in a long time!
6 of 12 | Posted by rlr123 | Posted on November 26, 2008 7:41 AM
TWSS, thanks for the shout out!! That made my crappy day at work. Denny is dead and gone please leave it alone. I too did not understand the fight between Mer and Christina. I looked at my viewing partner and said "Did I miss something?" I guess it was all that pent up rage for listening to Mer complain for the entire life of this show. Watch out though Christina...another icicle might puncture your abdomen.
7 of 12 | Posted by Yanksfan24 | Posted on November 26, 2008 8:26 AM
Denny is hotter than 3/4 of the "romantic" leads on this show. No wonder they found a (tenuous) way to bring him back.
I completely agree with blahblah's assessment of George/TR Knight. He's like watching paint dry. But after the big Isaiah Washington dust-up, they aren't likely to write George out.
I would love a Sloan/Callie pairing. They're the two best things about this show.
Please kill off Sadie...and make it Deth's fault. Write 'em both out. (We have another Grey now to justify the name.)
8 of 12 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on November 26, 2008 9:12 AM
Okay - while reading your amazing recap, I was once more depressed by the idea that you recappers are not paid appropriately. I wish there was some way you could be properly compensated - especially in today's scary economy.
This was an outstanding recap. Thanks!
9 of 12 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 26, 2008 11:38 AM
Your recaps are always hilarious, and point out some of what I might have missed during the show; I love them.
Just one question - I did not discover your recaps until this season so maybe I missed the explanation behind it (if there was one), but why are you calling Derek 'Derrick'??
Like I said, if it is intentional then I'd love to know the joke behind it. But if it is just a type, please correct it - IT DRIVES ME BAT SHIT CRAZY to see his name spelled out this way. Thanks, and keep the laughs coming.
10 of 12 | Posted by renata | Posted on November 26, 2008 7:04 PM
HA! @ Yanksfan re: Cristina getting re-punctured by the Karma Icicle. I feel her pain, though. She has been a very good friend to Meredith, what with the endless whining about her should-they-or-shouldn't-they rship with Derek, mom's death, almost-suicide, etc. Does Meredith EVER ask Cristina how her day went? How she's feeling post-Burke? While funny and lovely at times, their friendship is so lopsided it's sickening.
I'm with Catty about killing Meredith off for good. Although, that would leave us with a permanent Lexie to justify the title. Ugh. Or maybe...the new interns can finally get a human body to dissect in the form of *drumroll* GREY'S ANATOMY! Too morbid? Sorry.
fire@will, wait a minute...TVGASM recappers don't get paid? WTF? I'm voting for a Recapper Bailout this instant! No wonder some take awhile to post their recaps. We're lucky to get them at all...
11 of 12 | Posted by blahblah | Posted on November 28, 2008 1:02 PM
Thank you TWSS! Your recaps are where I turn when I need some lol funny. Your recap was again dead on. I also appreciated the poo shuffle story. Here I was thinking I'm the only one who does that.
12 of 12 | Posted by kelmel | Posted on December 9, 2008 6:08 PM