I'm happy to report this week that Grey's Anatomy seems to be back. The last couple episodes have been great, and though I do worry that they're juggling a few too many plot threads at once, some loose-end-tying appears to be imminent. Anyway, after a couple cross-country technical delays and heaps of tryptophan-laden poultry, here's the first of two recaps to catch everybody up.
We open to a horrific sight of Meredith and Shepherd "starting fresh" by bathing together amid scented candles that were clearly bought from the TJ Maxx clearance table. Meredith half-heartedly insists on taking it slow, saying she wants things to be fun since she's in a mood to be "bright and shiny." Fortunately, things in the bathtub don't get hot enough to elicit Meredith's much-feared O face.
Post-god-knows-what-kind-of-coital-perversion, Meredith goes to the nursing home to visit her mother, who still harbors delusions that she's working in the O.R. and "too busy to eat." Well, at least now we know where Meredith gets her 'rexia. Dr. Webber arrives, interrupting this moving reverie with a present for Ellis; she immediately lights up and runs over to the chief for some heavy petting she won't remember ten minutes later. Meredith wisely decides this is a good time to leave.
"Frankly, in five minutes I won't remember shit, so say whatever the hell you want"
So our girl goes to the hospital, where she declares that "dark and twisty" Meredith is gone forever to make way for bright and shiny Meredith. The other interns are mortified about this, so they quickly rain on the parade by informing her that George's dad has been admitted to the hospital. Apparently he fell and broke his collarbone but also has oddly severe abdominal pain. And lupus. And goiter. Oh, and a second uterus. Bailey interrupts this by grabbing Mr. O'Malley's chart from George and declaring that doctors aren't allowed to treat their own family members. She then instructs Izzie to shadow Alex for the day.
Dr. Montgomery, meanwhile, is baffled by Shepherd's sudden, near-constant smiling. Shepherd claims it's merely general happiness, but clearly it's residual glee from Meredith goosing him with one of those TJ Maxx candles. Shepherd notes that Addison's still wearing her wedding ring; she says it's stuck, so he suggests soap. Actually, I'd recommend olive oil mixed with just a soupçon of WD-40—it got me out of more than a few jams back in altar boy school. Schwing!
Callie, meanwhile, is bonding with all of George's low-rent gringo brothers, who have come to visit their dad in the hospital. George notes this with horror, which is worsened when his brothers make their standard demeaning allegations that George isn't a "real" doctor.
"See, I can look girly and demure! I CAN, BITCHES!!!"
Alex and Izzie report to Sloan, who demeans Izzie as just a "hot blonde" and then gives the interns slips for two weeks' worth of his dry cleaning to pick up. Oh, and a sandwich request. What an asshole.
Unburdened with menial tasks, George asks to help with his dad's endoscopy; Bailey refuses but invites him to pick another intern in his place. Not long after, George, observing Burke and Cristina in the O.R., notices that Burke is letting Cristina do basically the entire—very complicated—surgery herself. He realizes that something is up.
An ambulance arrives carrying a small child and a hysterical woman who inadvertently backed over the child with her SUV. Whoops! Even worse, turns out that 1) the woman is merely the nanny, not the mother, and 2) the real mother is a frigid, waspy bitch who's ready to have the nanny de-ovaried. The father then shows up and makes things even more annoying, condemning his wife as irresponsible. There's so much blame being evaded that for a second I think we're in the Bush White House! ANYWAY, as Shepherd takes the child for an exam, the mother blows up and screams for the nanny to leave.
George, meanwhile, accosts Cristina and asks how she managed to decannulate a heart all by herself during her last surgery with Burke. She insists she did no such thing and merely assisted Burke, who did it himself. George, aware that normal Cristina is about as modest as George Foreman, smells something fishy and asks why she's being so modest. She ducks this, so George asks whether she'd at least be the intern on his dad's case. Burke okays this but asks Cristina to push back his scheduled surgery so she'll be available for both procedures. OH REALLY.
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Comments (14)
Great recap!
Thoughts:
1. You really think there might be a hook-up with Callie and Addison? Hmmmm
2. I never bought George and Callie as a couple. They are just tooooo opposite. But hey, if they get married, she would be CALLIE O'MALLEY! I like the sound of that.
3. Meredith and Sheppard in the tub. Yuck Yuck Yuck. I hate bright and shiny Meredith just as much as, well, whatever the hell she was before.....I just friggin hate the way she says "bright and shiny". (and just about everything else she says too)
4. Sloan WAS extra cheesy in this ep! What was up with that?!?
1 of 14 | Posted by anniedawg25
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Posted on November 24, 2006 2:19 PM
It's just a pet theory. But please humor me—they would be the hottest lesbian couple IN HISTORY.
2 of 14 | Posted by m_ruv
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Posted on November 24, 2006 2:46 PM
ha ha TRUE! Less dry heave inducing than Addy and Sloan, and Callie and George together. HA
I am actually liking Addison more and more with each episode!
3 of 14 | Posted by anniedawg25
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Posted on November 24, 2006 2:54 PM
"The Yangbot? The OHBOT??"
R-Oh-bot?
4 of 14 | Posted by brilliantmistake
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Posted on November 24, 2006 3:22 PM
"would that be Frankinsense?"
BRILLIANT! Well done m_ruv!
I wish someone would bitch slap the "bright and shiny" right out of Meredith. Maybe a wayward soap bubble to the cooter might do the trick too! :)
5 of 14 | Posted by zoobabe
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Posted on November 24, 2006 3:40 PM
"m_ruv can't believe this shit."
Captain can't believe this shit either.
Oh shaz, Alex and Izzie.
6 of 14 | Posted by Captain
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Posted on November 24, 2006 5:16 PM
YOu saw it here first...I'm calling a hoe-down between Addison and Karev.
7 of 14 | Posted by jusaplyr
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Posted on November 24, 2006 5:40 PM
the others were mentioned, but this was also one of my fave moments in ths recap:
'Shepherd claims it's merely general happiness, but clearly it's residual glee from Meredith goosing him with one of those TJ Maxx candles.'
HA! thx, m_ruv. I liked Izzie (for a change) & Alex in ths episode, liked the 3rd person bit. oh shit, Cristina & Burke are gonna be in hellatrouble soon!
8 of 14 | Posted by Tati
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Posted on November 24, 2006 6:41 PM
"YOu saw it here first...I'm calling a hoe-down between Addison and Karev."
Actually I thought I saw it on Watch with Kristin and Spoilerfix first, jusa.
"I do think they need to shit or get off the pot "
Haha, wow I'm going to try and work that into my vocabulary for the day. I thought this was a good episode, I'm surprised you didn't mention the Mark Pickle thing?
9 of 14 | Posted by ThursdayMorning
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Posted on November 25, 2006 8:55 AM
Great recap m-ruv. I enjoyed the "Frankinsense" and birthing hips, comments.
And, who the hell wants to see Meredith "oh" face????
10 of 14 | Posted by may1
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Posted on November 25, 2006 9:49 AM
Awesome recap!
I liked the ep too- Meredith's foot in mouth comment to Bailey was so wonderfully unlikeable but something so many people have done (ooops!)
Lesbian or not, I'd just like to see Addison get some friends. I think she's great and he-sheppard is not the one who deserves friends in this situation. what a gleeful gloating loser.
11 of 14 | Posted by Leah3t
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Posted on November 25, 2006 11:50 AM
Hey, let's look on the bright side - at least George's dad doesn't have the plague. Izzie and Alex are the best - I loved the third-person dialogue down in the basement. PS: m-ruv, we're all going to chip in and buy you some TJ Maxx candles for the holidays, just to say thanks for all the great recaps.
12 of 14 | Posted by tvtvtv
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Posted on November 25, 2006 1:07 PM
Like other people are saying here, I love Addison now. I kind of have a girl crush on her.
And I agree- she and ALex have been getting close on the vagina rotation. I predict he will leave Sloan and end up in OBGYN and with Addy.
13 of 14 | Posted by dent
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Posted on November 27, 2006 6:19 AM
"and I'm like OH REALLY PART DEUX"
Ha! That was adorable XD Great recap, get on the next one soon, I can't wait to read it ^^
14 of 14 | Posted by Apple_Candy
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Posted on November 27, 2006 6:31 PM