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This *is* Grey's Anatomy .. it's supposed to the mix bag of scattered emotions and frustration. That's the show.. stop complaining about it -- I realize you have to find 1000 words .. but stop complaining about the style of the show. It's not new .. it is what it is. It's entertaining. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

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Whine whine whine.

I thought the episode had a good mix of heartwarming scenes (i.e father and adopted baby, Lexie telling Mer 5 things about her) and comic scenes (Chief and Derek acting like a couple).

Some of you guys need to lighten up, or quit watching the show.

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I think it's clear that Callie was fired as chief resident rather than totally fired from the hospital. Great bone crackers are hard to find.

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I always liked the idea of George and Izzie. Lexie and Alex freak me out though a bit. Dunno what it is. And it seemed pretty clear that Callie was just fired from being Chief Resident not from being an attending.

And please god don't let there be another Ferry Boat storyline. Actually more specifically don't let there be another main character supposedly dying storyline.

Last week Hahn was with Izzie, and this week she was with Meredith. I think it is more likely she will be slowly rotating around the residents.

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I hope callie wasn't fired from SGH entirely, only from the CR job.

This episode, like so many others, drives home how much I can't stand the character of Meredith Grey. Why is she the title character of this show? She's worthless, selfish, mean, irrational, socially dumb, and a complete bitch. And I don't even find her the least bit physically attractive. Is she Shonda Rhimes' stereotype of the "annoying white girl" she has hated all her life? No character is more dispicable, worthless, and unlikeable than Meredith. And I think, at this point, the writers need to explain why Dr. Shephard is still "with" Meredith, even if they're only having sex. Could one imagine a worse girlfriend than Meredith over the past few seasons of this show? Maybe an axe murderer. Although with the way Meredith has treated George (that whole sex crying thing was horrifyingly unforgivable), Derrick, and now Lexie is sociopathic on an axe-murderer level.

On another topic, I don't get why Dr. Hahn hates Christina so much. When they first encountered each other, when George recommended Christina to help Dr. Hahn do his dad's surgery, it was abundantly clear that Hahn though quite highly of Christina and her surgical abilities, in fact I recall Hahn saying CHristina was a robot, which was a good thing, and which reminded her of herself. I suppose it wasn't clear whether she knew, at that time, that Christina was engaged to Burke. But even when she inevitably learned this fact, why hate Christina so much? So what. Hell, if anything, Hahn should thank Christina for causing Burke to leave, so that she could have his job (which must pay a lot more than her old one, to cause her to leave it). Christina doesn't deserve the treatment she's getting from Hahn, and she shouldn't have to give up cardio just because of Hahn's personal issues with her. And Meredith, who claims to be her best friend, has said nothing to Hahn as she takes Christina's place next to her in the cardio room. Ugh, I hate Meredith so much. I wish she had drowned last season. Yet another reason I despise the fact that Meredith is the title character -- she'll never be killed off. Can't they call this show something like "Seattle Grace"?

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Who was the constipated guy? I've seen him a million times in something.

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Jonathan, I agree completely with your first paragraph. I think Shonda Rhimes has hit on the perfect brand of tv. It's like a car crash you can't help but watch. No matter how much people complain about the decline in quality of the show they're all still watching and it is still No. 1 or 2 in viewership. I don't know how she does it.

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I fast forwarded through all the iGeorge stuff and wanted to bitchslap Meredith for being such a biatch to Lexie. But other than that, I think it was a good episode.

So yeah, mixed blessing indeed.

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Do you even watch this show? If it's so painful, trade it off to someone who might enjoy it.

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He (Mr. Constipation) was in Ghostbusters II as the mayor's right hand man (and got fired post-Titanic arrival I believe). He's been a character actor (or regular) in a lot of shows, including last seasons "Big Day".

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Everyone seems to have forgotten to ask the obvious; Why in the world did you eat magnets???

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Actually, Mer ISN'T the only family Lexie has left; she DOES have the sister who had the difficult pregnancy last season, remember? Where the hell is she in this whole mess?

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Who was the red-headed woman getting plastic surgery? It's driving me crazy, I know I have seen her on something before. Help!

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I have to say that I think you are way off on the Christina/Hahn thing. Christina would never consider anything but cardio, that was the point. It was showing that no matter what she has to do she still thinks there is nothing as great as holding a heart in your hands. It really showed her love beyond just being the best at something that is the hardest.

As for Hahn I think she's as "obsessed" with Meredith as she is with Stevens. She's just using them as a way to not use Yang. And frankly if she is a lesbian I think it's because she and Christina are so alike, because maybe she does have a crush on Christina. However, I think there's no way that she can not teach Christina. She's at a teaching hospital now and has to suck it up. I think Christina would transfer before she'd give up cardio.

This is my favorite storyline. Hahn is a strong woman, as is Christina, and putting them together is a good serious counterpoint to all the bs. I want more about the characters as surgeons, what specialties they want, ambitions, careers, challenges. I mean what is Meredith going to specialize in? Can we please get an inkling? Can someone challenge these residents already?

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Whatever happened to Lexie's sister who had the baby last season? Remember that's how Mer found out about them. Lexie is not alone, she has another sister!

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Okay, first of all, Jonathan, your whining is well appreciated by me. This show has turned from an intricate collection of finely nuanced characters and situations to a slapstick clusterfuck. Who Meredith was and all her background were fascinating, and that is why the show was named for her. (Plus it's a clever name.) Now this mess is anyone's guess.

-I also couldn't figure out the bath joke. Talk about unrealistic, talk about a joke trying to work too hard. I'm sure there is a play on words there, (did Izzie simply say she liked rubber?) but uh... maybe they'd have figured it out before the moment that we, the viewers, saw? Ridiculous.

-I liked when Bailey cried, but the hug was unrealistic and again, a bit slapstick.

-Interesting how Lexie defended herself against Meredith, basically saying she isn't a slut. Not surprising that Meredith didn't respond to this, because she doesn't really respond to anything Lexie says, but am I the only one who remembers that Meredith is someone who, when not in a relationship, has lots of drunken, random sex?

-I too wonder if Callie is FIRED fired or just stepped down. But my goodness, how many hits is this woman supposed to take in one year before she breaks?

-Christina will continue to pursue Cardio... that became clear when Bailey was making her 'but if it were me' speech to the chief... 'if it were me I would have suggested to Christina that she find another specialty so she could see just how badly she wants to stay in Cardio'.

-Those magnets were huge. Marble sized. I don't know the medicine, but they were pretty intense.

I'm hardly watching anymore, because so much of it has become unbearable. These writers used to be on their game, now it seems they're just playing.

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Yes, the show might not focus on Meredith anymore, but you know what? I think it's for the better.

For me, Meredith is a completely unlikeable character with really no redeeming qualities. She is the least interesting of the bunch, and her self-absorbed and whiny nature are not missed at all by me.

How Meredith's character treated Lexie in this episode was the limit. "I'm setting rules for you, etc." How gross. I think it's a shame the writers don't explore any different avenues of this storyline.

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GA is the first show that makes me drop the C-bomb for the main character. Holy god she is intolerable.

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For those of you asking about Lexies other sister, wasn't her husband in Iraq when she was pregnant? I think he's probably back stateside and she's living with him wherever he is stationed. Just a thought. It seems like Lexie is taking on everything with her father, so I'm guessing the other sister is out of the state.

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I guess its just me but Im one of the few who still likes Merideth. What I don't want to see if Lexie be just like her. I can relate some to Merideth because my own father is something like that. He left my family to start a new family with a new wife. That is a real hard thing for child to grow up with that one of your parents doesn't really want you. I can see where Merideth is coming from in that she never really had a family that cared about her until she got her "hospital" family. Now one of the sisters that she thinks has had it all comes into her world and immeditately gravitates toward the one family that has loved Merideth. It may not make sense or be right but I can see where the emotions would come in. Also everytime she has reached out to her father's family eventually she has gotten shot down so why would she want to take a chance with a new sister who until she had to be at the same hospital had no interest in her.
For such a big hospital she sure seems intent on being in Merideth's space (as in sleeping with her roommate, hanging out with merideth's guy and so on). But for having said all that I do hope the two sister eventually bond and form a family tie.
I hope they resolve the Cristina situation soon too. I don't always like to see her get her way cause she can be kind of cutthroat at times but in another way she shouldn't have to change what her interest is because of the selfish attitude of one of the head doctors either. I still enjoy the show and it still keeps my interest. Never cared much for Callie and I kind of feel like she knew what she was getting in for by being with George (who had had a crush on Izzie for how long now...) I did have to laugh though at the scenes with merideth and izzie/george comparing notes.
All my opinion and just one of the minority I guess of ones who still like merideth and gray's.

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