My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Grey's Anatomy is back after seemingly decades of reruns. Admittedly by this point I can barely remember any of the characters' names, let alone major plot points. But never you mind.
Amazingly, this week's episode starts without the usual voiceover. O dearest Pomp... whither thy throaty croak? How will we survive without it? Ooh, but even better than a voiceover, we're treated to the sumptuous sights and sounds of Meredith SNORING, in bed with Dr. Shepherd. After a nice throaty grunt and a vigorous chortle, she snaps awake, realizing with dread that Shepherd was watching her sleeping.
In the kitchen, Izzie's $8.7 quadrillion check falls on the floor as George closes the refrigerator door. He implores her to deposit the check immediately, saying that its presence ruins his mornings as reliably as that tramp Ann Curry. Izzie tries to change the subject, then goes into the den to drop some acid and play with her Nerf Crotch Bat.
At the hospital, the interns are dying to know whether Dr. Burke's hand is better. Cristina informs everyone that she and Burke aren't speaking, so she has no idea how the hell his hand is doing. Upsettingly, as the interns enter Mr. O'Malley's room, we see that the entire extended O'Malley clan, from Grandpa Seamus to lame old Aunt Gertie, are shitfaced, cheering, and inexplicably decked out in party hats.
It's a St. Patrick's Day nightmare!
George presents his dad's case for the day, using lots of big words. This impresses the assembled Celtic hordes, as the O'Malleys all cheer lustily. Bailey then ushers all the extended family outside, at which point Mr. O'Malley explains that the party hats were meant to celebrate the last day before his surgery, because his post-surgery chemotherapy might, well, put him in a mood not to wear party hats.
Bailey and Webber warn Mr. O'Malley that the surgery may not be smooth sailing: they have no idea how much his cancer has spread, and if it has indeed spread widely, chemo isn't really an option. Hmmm, it's like an hour before surgery and they're just now explaining this to him? GET WITH THE PROGRAM, MIRANDA.
The next patient is some girl who comes stumbling out of the bathroom, bent full over at the waist like she's Marilyn Musgrave robbing the graves of our troops. The girl has what might be described as scoliosis to the tenth power, with a spinal column shaped like fusilli pasta. Izzie informs everyone that this is called "VATER syndrome" because it affects the Vertebrae, Anus, Trachea, Esophagus, and let's not forget Renal system! This disease is like GODDAMN MEGAMILLIONS for the Grey's Anatomy writers. Anyway this girl is in the hospital to have a few ribs removed, or some such foolishness.
Darth Goiter turns out to be a very angry, bitter young woman. She mocks Izzie and responds with hostility to Dr. Torres, who's fairly drooling at the prospect of trying a more radical procedure on the girl. Basically, the girl just wants them to fix her spine enough so she can get laaaaaaid. Whatever lady, just get some Botox and wax your cooter and you'll be all set.
Meredith, meanwhile, presents the case of her half-sister, who you may recall is recovering from an emergency C-section after delivering a baby that had some manner of circulatory or digestive or urinary problem of some sort. Midway through this, Meredith's dad, Thatcher, walks in, having arrived at the hospital to check on his newborn grandchild. He and Meredith have a horrifically awkward moment, so he leaves nervously.
Dr. Bailey decides to assign Meredith to Mr. O'Malley's case and gives George an extra day off so he can spend time with his family. George thanks Bailey and implores her to be completely honest with him about his father's condition as things progress. She assures him that she will—which of course means she'll probably either start lying or be forced to lie within ten minutes or so.
Izzie begs Bailey to be allowed to scrub in on the spinetastic girl's surgery, but Bailey refuses, because Izzie still hasn't deposited Denny's inheritance check as the hospital psychiatrist has requested. Not only is Izzie refusing to heed the doctor's orders, she's also losing thousands of dollars a day in interest! Who knew Bailey was such a crack financial planner? Is she with Charles Schwab?
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Comments (11)
Yes!! I have been waiting forever for Alex and She-Shephard to somehow act upon their blatant sexual tension. I actually think they'd be really good together.
McSteamy's role in this show is becoming kind of pointless. I'm curious to see what the writers will do with him now.
m_ruv, I also enjoyed the spine girl plot, and as obvious as Izzie's role will be in this, I definitely can't wait to see what happens.
1 of 11 | Posted by TVCheese
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Posted on January 18, 2007 12:52 PM
god the Izzie check thing is becoming sooooo annoying!!!! And I thought the bank scene was ridiculous, as was her hair. She looked like a blonde Callie!
And, I know George's dad is near death and all, but DAMN his family is so annoying...so is his dad for that matter! Sheesh spare the heorics and just let the doctors do their jobs!
McSteamy's lines are so damn cheezy "I said I wanted vanilla!" what a friggin lame ass!
Anyway, I am glad the show is back from hiatus! Look forward to more recaps, Mruv!
2 of 11 | Posted by anniedawg25
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Posted on January 18, 2007 3:10 PM
I can't believe they tried to play the latte switching trick as some kind of chivlarous move. Since when did passive aggressive behavior become a turn-on? At least Izzy had the balls to tell McSteamy off to his face. That should get her to second base with She-Shepard.
I also find it hard to believe Meredith could make it to 30 without anyone telling her she snores.
3 of 11 | Posted by brilliantmistake
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Posted on January 18, 2007 10:30 PM
m-ruv, fab recap as usual! I missed 'em during the hiatus. And I'm pretty sure you called the Alex-Addison affair a long time ago... Now, SERIOUSLY (Shonda made me say it) what was the deal with the Izzie's crazy curly hair? Between that and the terrible bank scene, not a good episode for her. But the rest I loved!
4 of 11 | Posted by tvtvtv
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Posted on January 19, 2007 9:27 AM
i think the spine girl was George Michael's girlfriend Bland/Ann on Arrested Development. Anyone agree?
5 of 11 | Posted by jobu
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Posted on January 19, 2007 10:23 AM
Above: You're right, Mae Whitmann was on "Arrested Development"
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"O'Malley! O'Malley! Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!" HAH! That's gold, Jerry...gold!
6 of 11 | Posted by Shaz
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Posted on January 19, 2007 10:29 AM
The only worst acting than Izzy at the bank was Meredith sleeping. It reminded me of when you pretend to be asleep when you are five so your parents will carry you.
Maybe the writers were all sitting around in their Dartmouth t-shirts wondering how to make the annoyingness of the Denny story line last forever. I know- turn him into a food spattered check on the fridge for half a year! If Izzy really had good intentions, why would she torture her roommates by flaunting all that money on the fridge? obnoxious.
very interested to see where the meredith/thacher convo will go. very hopeful that almost kiss will become a real kiss. very surprised that the burke story line is becoming interesting to me again.
glad to see you again m-ruv!
7 of 11 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on January 19, 2007 9:22 PM
Just a little factoid: that shot of Addie in the elevator during the montage is from the episode "Yesterday" in season 2. So she really only had 2 hairstyles this season.
8 of 11 | Posted by UDog07
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Posted on January 20, 2007 11:52 AM
excellent recap m_ruv! the mental image of Izzie and spine girl baking muffins made em LOL.
I guess I have a heart of mush b/c this show makes me cry (or well up with tears) every week. Damn emotions!
9 of 11 | Posted by zoobabe
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Posted on January 22, 2007 6:36 AM
brillantmistake- perhaps no one has stuck around long enough to tell the pomp that she snores. she is too skinny to be a good cuddle.
10 of 11 | Posted by sweetjane
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Posted on January 22, 2007 12:49 PM
I could really care less what the hell McSteamy says-as long as he is there to look at! That man is HOT! Oh the things I would do to him!
Anywho-I love Alex/Addison!! Cant wait for this weeks recap!!
11 of 11 | Posted by Emily
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Posted on January 23, 2007 2:55 PM