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The reason why Burke was not available to attend to Dr. Grey was that he and Shepherd were getting ready to sew up the cancer patient. Addison already had to rush inside, sans protection, because the woman was coming off anesthesia and was fighting the intubation as well. Luckily, the hospital had biohazard suits for such an occasion. They were fully sealed and would circulate the air to keep it clean. Unfortunately, somebody forgot to keep the batteries charged, which would give them only thirty minutes inside.

It was all very brave of them and everything, but really, if these suits are supposed to be used in emergencies, why aren't they plugged in? Isn't the whole point of preparing for emergencies to avoid situations like this one? I understand it is difficult to remember to charge your batteries sometimes. For example, I hate it sucks to come home from IKEA only to find out you didn't plug in your electric screwdriver, meaning your new coffee table will have to stay in its box for a few more hours. But you know what I really hate? When I have to do surgery on a toxic patient and I only have thirty minutes left because some idiot forgot to PLUG IN MY BIOHAZARD SURGICAL SUIT.

Let's let the suspense build in that scenario a little bit longer and take care of some loose ends. Everybody will be happy to know that Bailey put some good sense into Kelly, the tampon girl. She had to tell Kelly's dad, but she was able to get some scary lines about STDs in there, so let's hope she can keep her legs shut, at least until she meets a cute investment banker or something.

They tried to scare us a little bit with George and Dr. Torres, but I think these two are staying together. When the cancer patient's boyfriend was filling out her forms, he realized he didn't know her middle name. That got George to thinking that he doesn't know his own wife's middle name. He still loves her but if you marry somebody without knowing their middle name, some people would say that you rushed it. Personally Callie just hated her middle name, Iphegenia, which I don't know how to pronounce, but I am guessing sounds close enough to vagina that she doesn't advertise it to other people. Her middle name, her choice is what I always like to say.

But really, let's get back to the surgery. That's why we all watch the show, right? Asking Burke and Shepherd to get the patient ready for transport in thirty minutes was sort of like entering Della Reese into a marathon. There is a chance that she will finish, but there's also a good chance she'll keel over well before the end. Burke and Shepherd got really close, but they were having trouble with some swelling in the intestines and soon they ran out of air as well.

I'll be honest, at this point I would have given up, but they really wanted to save this patient. There were only a few good bodies left and it was going to come down to Christina, Izzie, and Meredith. They would finish off the surgery in shifts. I would have thought that Sloan, being all macho that he is, would have volunteered, but he said it would be irresponsible for him to go as the sole healthy surgeon, especially when we don't know the long term affects of the toxin. Whatever. I say that he is a big pussy and I'm surprised nobody said anything, and I hope somebody brings it up in the near future. The girls are able to finish it off, and Sloan is happy to take all of the credit for supervising after they are done.

Well, look at that! Another catastrophe adverted. Yet another miraculous save, and I still act like I don't know it's going to happen every week. I thought they best pat of the episode was outside of the operating room. After things had settled down and the interns felt like they had finished scrubbing off the entire toxin, George finally stood up for Callie. In front of all of his friends, he told them that she is his wife and they should be happy, even if her middle name sounds like a part of the female anatomy. More importantly, he said if they pushed her away, they were pushing him away as well. Slowly, but surely, George is starting to grow a sack, and I find that he is becoming one of my favorite characters as his part becomes more complex. I like they two of them together, so I'm happy he's not going to try and ruin it.

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