(S04E05) "Get it? He's trick-or-treating. For ears."- Meredith
She's baaaack! Ugh... before I even get to you know who, let me just say a thing or two about theme episodes. I hate 'em. Halloween. Christmas. National Bologna Day. I don't care what's being celebrated. I hate that simply because of the season, good shows are forced to come up with ridiculous episodes that too often suck. That being said, this one wasn't so bad. It was far less Halloween-y than the previews led us to believe.
One thing they didn't mislead us on was the return of Ava/Rebecca/Large Foreheaded Former Patient. She deserted her husband and newborn daughter (who she loves) to come back to Seattle Grace and sleep with Alex. Within two minutes of her arrival, they were getting naked in the on-call room and that's where they remained almost the entire hour. Balderdash. At first, when she was still a patient, it was comparable to the Denny Duquette fiasco. It was weird then. Now it's something entirely different.
Oddly enough though, I want to know what happens next. She took off and left her shirt (did she leave the hospital wearing only a bra?!?) but I'm sure she'll be back. Is she going to leave her husband? Will Alex actually settle down with this obviously crazy woman? I mean, she has to be a little nuts right? A concrete pillar fell on her face.
So anyway, I mentioned Denny. At this point, he could rise from the dead and marry Izzie and I'd be OK with it. Why? Because I hate iGeorge. They made it official. George isn't getting back together with Callie. He and Izzie are an item and it sort of makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little. At least Callie was willing to spill the news to everyone. So the whole hospital knows about the affair. The unexpected result of all this is that Cristina and Callie have now bonded over their botched marriages. Callie's moved in with Cristina now too. Burke is gone, so she has some extra room. Talk about the odd couple. I can already see this leading to future conflict when Cristina stops using Meredith as her gossip pal and instead gets the hallway giggles with the former Mrs. O'Malley.
For the most part, a lot of the episode was filled with things that were sort of expected. They've been hinted at and now it's all just coming to fruition. First off, Dr. Hahn has officially taken Preston's job. Makes sense. I never found her character to be particularly engaging, but it seems like she has a bit more of an attitude now. So it'll be fun to see how Cristina reacts knowing that this is who she has to learn from now.
Next up was Bailey's marriage. Last season, when Webber didn't make her chief resident, it was sort of hinted that he did so because he regretted losing his family because of the job. Coincidentally, Adele filed for divorce in this episode presumably because of last week's tragedy involving their niece. Despite not getting the promotion, Bailey is working just as hard as ever and she missed her son's first Halloween. Needless to say, her husband isn't happy. More to come from this I'm sure. Especially since I don't see Bailey making any adjustments to her work habits.
Meredith actually made some positive advancements in this episode. Seems like Derek's little pep-talk from last week set her straight. She's cleaning up her life and that starts with letting go of her mother. I thought it was appropriate that she washed her mother's ashes down the drain in the scrub room. I'm glad Webber got to say goodbye to Ellis too. It was a good moment. Here's where I see conflict now. Meredith is trying to patch herself up so that she's more acceptable to Derek's standards. She's also starting to bond with Lexie. Each of them having a dead mother seems to help in that department. Derek on the other hand, has realized that he needs to start dating. The obvious choice? Lexie. If that does go down between them, maybe we'll find out somewhere down the line that he went for the Grey Trifecta and slept with Ellis too. OK... probably not, but I bet he definitely hops in the sack with Lexie.
More ramblings...
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Were Meredith and Sloan getting flirty or was that my imagination? Cause if they are, I think I'd support that. Makes sense for Sloan anyway since the nurses have sworn him off: Nurses United Against Mark Sloan. NUAMS. Apparently they realized they were all (or had been) sleeping with him.
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I want to go to a chainsaw pumpkin carving contest.
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Body Dismorphic Disorder freaks me out. I remember that one episode of Nip/Tuck when John Billingsley played a guy with it and he tried to freeze his leg off. Slicing your foot off with a chainsaw is just as insane.
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I felt really bad for the kid who needed the ear surgery. He had no open ear canals! And no one wanted to do the pro-bono work until Meredith convinced them all. That was another big step for her though, to go and take charge on something like that.
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It looks like Norman is being written out already. Good. I didn't like McOld. The idea of a 60 year old intern just didn't do it for me.
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For those that are curious about the song title for this episode, "Haunt You Every Day" is by Weezer and it's from their album, Make Believe.
So we're five episodes in and thus far, I'm fairly pleased with how this season of Grey's Anatomy has been playing out. It's not great, but I think it's already better off than season three was at this point. Everybody knock on wood.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
10-26-2007 @ 7:47AM
Phish said...
this show, along with heroes, is going down the toilet and fast.
but as long as the numbers are still high, nobody will care!
thank god for Lost and BSG!
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10-26-2007 @ 12:49AM
bruce said...
The only thing I like about George/Izzie is that the non-fratboy George ends up with the hot chick (who looks a lot like that model Katherine Heigle, ya know) while fratboy Alex Kerev does not. Life usually does not work that way, so when it does it's something to cheer for and be in favor of. The fact that Alex is pissed about it makes it even better.
Yes, Alex's chick is crazy, the fact that she expected him to drive to (forget where her family is) wherever to "come get her" or whatever she said, when they both know she has a husband and child, was just insane. You should have come to my family's house and tried to break up my marriage? Come on. Also, it would be nice if she still had a few scars from her massive facial surgery. Nobody goes through that much facial reconstruction without some scars. It would give Alex's character some more depth if he loved/liked a girl who was not a beautiful hollywood actress (though certainly with a big forehead) with flawless skin and everything. As far as I can tell, he wants to screw his hot patient. And it's what I'd expect from him.
Considering all drains go to the same sewers, I thought it was kinda tacky to be pouring her mom's ashes down the scrub-in sink. It's no different than flushing them down the toilet. Next time Mike Rowe is cleaning a sewer on "Dirty Jobs" her mom's ashes will be mixed up with all the feces and sludge. The dead are dead, but it was tacky at best and hostile at worst. Drains don't really empty out into the ocean, and just because a 9 year old boy with no ears believes that they do doesn't mean Meredith and the chief of surgery should have a tender moment over the same underlying theory. If meredith did it with the understanding it was "dumping her mom into the sewers" out of spite and anger as a final goodbye, then I would accept that -- certainly Meredit would be entitled to such. However, it was portrayed as the complete opposite, a tender loving moment, leaving her mom in her favorite place. The surgery room was Ellis Gray's special place, not the sludge-filled sewers of Seattle. Geeez.
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10-26-2007 @ 7:48AM
Nicki said...
Why does tonight's song title get special recognition? My personal favorite title song was Guided By Voices' "I Am a Tree" from the episode with *gaspshock* the kid with the tree in him.
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10-26-2007 @ 7:48AM
D Colin said...
I loved the ending and the scrub in sink. But Bruce I didn't take it to be that Mer actually thought the drains would end up in the ocean, or spite. I took it as a moment of her letting her mom go in the place she spent her life.
It's not like she was going sprinkle the ashes in the actual operating room on the floor
I don't know, just my thoughts
but a great episode
Like Callie and Cristina's budding friendship
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10-28-2007 @ 12:36AM
Deborah said...
Didn't Bailey's husband die when she was giving birth in the hospital? She mentioned Tucker tonight (being mad about missing Halloween) but I thought he died dur
ing the whole Denny fiasco.
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10-26-2007 @ 10:40AM
Tony said...
I wonder why the George and Isabella thing makes the reviewer ill? I have never been clear on the hatred for that relationship. They had a friendship that became something more. What is the big deal? It is nice to see George do well after Meredith crushed him.
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10-26-2007 @ 10:40AM
Alison said...
Sloan and Meredith hooking up just be too disgusting. Almost as disgusting as the thought of Derrick and Lexie.
Shonda please don't go there!!!!
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10-26-2007 @ 10:41AM
Bailey said...
First, all of the titles are songs, usually having something to do with the show. Granted, the tree thing was a little obvious...
Second, as much as I hate iGeorge, I don't see it lasting, so I'm ok with watching the increasing discomfort. It makes for good watching. Good for Callie, getting hers. I'm mildly proud. Next is for her to actually get hers, and I'm excited to see who that will be from.
Third, Alex and Ava have had something all along. When the residents went on their little 'break', all of them aluded to the fact that Alex had probably gone to see Ava. Obviously he didn't, but obviously he was thinking about it. But Alex as a step-dad? I'm not sure... Yeah, he's good with kids, but he's good with vaginas, too...
Finally, Cristina and Izzie....
*Spoiler Alert*
I've heard that there will be a new male character introduced, and that he will be a love interest for both Izzie and Cristina. Add Callie being Cristina's new roommate, and they'll be at eachother's throats for sure!
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10-26-2007 @ 10:42AM
Lora said...
"Didn't Bailey's husband die when she was giving birth in the hospital? She mentioned Tucker tonight (being mad about missing Halloween) but I thought he died dur
ing the whole Denny fiasco."
No, he made it through his surgery, and we saw him again in an episode after that. I'm not sure why he's so pissed at Bailey's long hours and everything NOW ... I seem to recall early in the series that Bailey mentioned that she's been married for 10 years. Wouldn't Tucker be pretty well accustomed to his wife blowing off plans at the last minute and being stuck at the hospital all night? I suppose they're trying to tell us that it's different now that they're a family, with the baby. Oh well.
I'm sick to death of iGeorge. (Love the nickname, by the way.) I am not hating on them for the adultery aspect in itself, it's the way they have handled everything in the wake of it and how they keep justifying everything they're doing and what they've done to Callie--no remorse, no care for anyone but themselves, selfish, immature, selfish, selfish, and did I mention selfish and immature? And WTF was up with Bailey saying that it takes two for a marriage to reach the point it does? Yes, because she and George shouldn't have gotten married so quickly and during a time when he most likely wasn't thinking clearly, Callie has a hand in her marriage falling apart ... IF the marriage just "fell apart." But the marriage DIDN'T "fall apart"--George CHEATED ON HER. She has no culpability in that, none whatsoever. George did that all by himself. If the only way to point blame at the other partner for the marriage's failure is by saying "She shouldn't have married him in the first place," then that's not an argument. Callie does not become responsible for that on the grounds that, oh, she never should have married him in the first place. That is total B.S.
I can only hope that this iGeorge disaster is on its way out now that they're free to be together all they want--all the quicker for them to realize they don't really want each other. I am hoping the promo of them planning "hot sex" is part of that. The promo never gives away the whole story, so to include that suggests that they are not going to actually end up HAVING this hot sex. Let's gear up for the inevitable and long-overdue realization on their parts that the ONLY reason the sex was apparently good that first time was because they were stinking drunk. The description for episode 7 (two weeks from now) says their romantic chemistry is put to the test. I am assuming it's because of what happens--or doesn't happen--NEXT week. Fingers crossed that this abomination is about to be dead and buried.
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10-26-2007 @ 1:15PM
Josh said...
Lora:
Not that I'm defending iGeorge by any means (did I seriously just type a cutesy couple nickname for the first time in my life?), but I seem to remember someone telling Callie that she should've known better.
She knew George was emotionally unstable after the death of his dad, and she went ahead and married him anyway. Cheating with Izzie is just his way of admitting what a mistake it was to get married a week after his dad's funeral. He could've just TOLD her that it was a mistake though... cheating on your wife with your best friend is pretty f'ed up.
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10-26-2007 @ 1:15PM
cooties said...
Best part of the episode was the kid calling Sloan..."Daddy"
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10-26-2007 @ 1:37PM
pinkpearlhtml said...
OH MY GOD! You guys like this episode? Have you all cut your heads off with chain saws? Where do I begin? There is a man who came in with a chainsaw with a finger stuck in it, yet he doesnt see anyone take it from him? The man who did take it from him cut his leg off with the saw??? What the hell? With the blood spattering all over the place? I mean come on! This is as bad as ER.
The kid with no ears..."Trick or Treating for ears". Was that supposed to be cute? Obviously they thought so, they said it over and over and over. Where was his parents the whole time? Nice to see that Merideth has nothing to do except spend the day with ear-boy.
The forehead chick with Alex. Another doctor that can spend the whole day having sex and sharing tender sleeping moments all day in a hospital cloak room. What the hell? I loved the person that said "Did she walk out with her bra?" Hahaha.
What is the big deal with George and Izzie. That is the only thing that is atleast believeable. They were friends and now lovers. OK.
Oh and these stupid IGeorge and Gizzie and the rest of the nicknames...ugh! They are as bad as this show.
I watched a man cut his leg off with a chainsaw and not seem to mind. I will never watch this show again.
Thanks kids, and good luck with the rest of the year
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10-26-2007 @ 2:44PM
Kir said...
I hope that Derek does NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT sleep with LEXIE!!!! That would be TOO sick and TOO wrong.... iGeorge is bad enough... don't go that far... NO Derek and Lexie!!!
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10-26-2007 @ 2:44PM
drivinmecrazy said...
What was the last song playing on last nights episode? 10/25/07?? When Grey was "letting" her mom go? Its such a pretty song!
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10-26-2007 @ 2:44PM
Galley said...
Elizabeth Reaser is gorgeous.
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10-26-2007 @ 2:53PM
Where's the Grey? said...
Oh... for the love of God... where has the Grey gone? It's gone, people... gone, gone, gone. I'm just sick about it. I gave up my Thursday evenings for this show. I sat through one pain-staking episode after another during season 3, consoling myself with the notion that every show has a bad episode or two, or three, or four... *sigh* Shondra... darling, please... wake the hell up!! Get in the driver’s seat, woman! Your fifth-wheel is heading straight toward a cliff, and I think it’s quite possible the breaks have been messed with. I cannot... will not... sit through yet another ridiculous season like the last. The Grey’s Anatomy that held me captivated in my seat every Thursday has gone to pot, and I’ve lost my optimism that it’s coming back any time soon. Although there has been a twinkle of 1st-and-2nd-season-mojo, there are far more gaps than twinkles. The writing used to be snappy and quick... there was buckets of chemistry between the charactors, the story line flowed from one episode to the next, and the characters weren’t all McDreamy one episode and all I’m-gonna-start-dating in the next episode. And yes... just what exactly did fore-head girl wear out of the hospital, and where was the parent(s) of the little boy (who was the better of the actors combined in this past episode, in my humble opinion), and since when were Callie and Christina all chummy...and... and.... oh forget it. I’m done. Grey is turning into Dawson’s Creek or 90210... barf.
It’s really too bad to see something with such great potential turn into nothing more than a stew of bland. I’ll have to find something else to do on Thursdays, as I can’t bear to watch anymore. The nail in the coffin for me was McDreamy proclaiming his love and devotion (again!) to Merideth (and yet, another sparkle of hope, hope, hope), followed with ZERO chemistry in the next episode, topped with him moving on...dating?
What. Ever. How McDisappointing. It’s sooooo over. Seriously.
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10-26-2007 @ 5:00PM
ORKMommy said...
Come on people, it's just a TV show. It doesn't have to be real! If you want real, watch the documentaries on Discovery Health! This is a television drama created for amusement. If you don't like what you're seeing, turn the channel.
I happen to think that Grey's is fun and I don't look to it to solve the worlds problems like several of you seem to think it will!!!
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10-28-2007 @ 10:30AM
Dolores said...
This show really isn't tracking and hasn't for a couple of seasons. I'm not a big Meredith fan but it was Dreck who failed to mention he was married before starting a relationship with her, left her for his wife, told her to stay with Finn, declares his love to her, told her he has doubts, tells her he wants to grow old with her and now says he needs to date and SHE is the one who is painted as having issues. Seems to me she's just being self-protective.
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10-28-2007 @ 10:31AM
Where\\\'s the Grey? said...
Oh who am I kidding... I couldn't stop watching. It's not over... I was just venting. The comment about it just being a tv show... good point. I used to be a fan, and somehow I ended up being a critic. Not sure how that happend, but thanks for the reality check. Who really cares if Derek moves on. Heck, maybe it would bring about something fresh for the show... besides the on-again, off-again business between him and Merideth. It is, after all, ONLY A TV SHOW. Whew, so glad someone was brave enough to wave the reality flag! God, I need to get a life. And no... Tucker did not die.
I love Grey's Anatomy! I'm officially turning in my critic badge... just a fan, from here on out.
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10-28-2007 @ 10:31AM
justelise said...
I'm starting to get tired of people defending Callie by saying what George and Izzy did to her was selfish, etc. Callie marrying George and not letting him get space to grieve for the loss of his father.. that wasn't selfish? Marrying someone because you're jealous of the relationship he has with his best friend so that you can keep him to yourself.. that's not selfish? Truth be told, Callie is a spoiled rich girl who is used to getting everything her way. People seem to forget that she's loaded and that she's daddy's little girl. She only got with George because she had the means to fly him to Vegas at will and drag him down the aisle when he wasn't thinking straight.
You can hate the George and Izzie relationship all you want, but it's not fair to defend Callie's selfishness and immaturity using George's cheating as your only weapon. Bailey pulls George aside and tells him that he's not a bad guy because it takes two people to wreck a relationship. Callie has the common sense of a gnat and she's reaping what she's sewn at this point. She acted out of jealousy, desperation, and selfishness. At some point along the way George went from being the object of her affection to just an object Callie needed to possess because she's competitive and had to "win" him from his friends.
Stop blindly defending Callie and stop to take a look at the whole situation from the point where they met to current. She started out as a rebound relationship for George and became someone who willingly took advantage of him not thinking straight after a major life event. What kind of person does that and can sleep at night?
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