Early in the episode, we saw a tearful Teddy and as Callie revealed, "Oh... you didn't. She got attached." Yup. She so did. To his hair. Like me. Perfect hair, what more can I say? She wasn't able to follow Callie and Arizona's advice to not get emotionally involved. "Oh no. No no no. You were supposed to be smart and cool and G.I. Jane," Arizona explained.
"I'm not G.I. Jane, I'm Attachment Barbie!" Teddy moaned.
James Tupper was only signed on for three episodes so he had to go. My life is ruined! I need that pretty hair in my life! "I like you more than I wanted to," she admitted to Perkins. He cuddled her and said, "You fall for men who aren't available, engaged and only in town for a few weeks. You're making some lousy choices, Altman. You deserve a little more." And my heart just melted.
Alex was also battling his own form of trauma. Apparently, getting shot and almost bleeding to death in the elevator caused him to have a phobia of riding the elevators. So he had been taking the stairs all day and he smelled and the Chief pointed out that he needed a shower. Then he forced Alex to ride the elevator with him, up and down, until he was "not scared, just bored". And it worked.
The episode ended on a less happy note. April pointed out to Lexie that the reason why Mark kept staring at her was because he still loved her. Not because she was a freak. Lexie, full of hope, went to his apartment and found him getting hot and steamy with McDreamy's sister and she watched, disappointment clearly etched on her face.
So, what do you guys think? Was last week's episode up to your expectations? Will Cristina get over her new found fear of scalpels? Will April be de-cherryised? Will Lexie and Mark ever find their happily ever after? Sound off in the comments!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Grey's Anatomy recap: Use protection, people! Seriously.
In this episode, we were introduced to two medical cases. One was major, the other was well... funny. A patient in a hoodie shows up at Seattle Grace Mercy West but refused to come out of the car. Apparently, his wife forced him into the car and drove them there. And when he did come out, Lexie screamed and we realised why. He was covered in fungus-like warts and had claw-like hands that resembled a tree.
Mark explained that he had contracted HPV and in rare cases like his, his immune deficiency caused the warts to go out of control. It is, by the way, a real thing. The doctors offered to surgically cut and stitch each wart and offered to graft his skin as much as possible to make up for the damage. He initially refused but his wife, frustrated with spending years in the house, threatened to leave him if he didn't.
He got the surgery and we had very graphic and disturbing scenes as Bailey maneuvered her way through his tree hands. "You're going to be doctors, caregivers. You need to be able to handle anything the human body throws at you." she lectured, before screaming like a "bitch baby" when a spider (!) emerged from the tree-like hands. To make things worse, there wasn't enough healthy skin left for a skin graft so he was going to look like Frankenstein for about six months to a year. His wife had had enough. "I think love isn't enough anymore," she said to Mark. "Is that possible? That two people can really love each other and it just isn't enough?" She left.
On a lighter note, another couple came in and the girl complained of breathing difficult which she thinks is cancer. She disclosed freely that she was a virgin and she was waiting for their wedding night, which is going to be special. We soon found out that there was a blockage in her lung which turned out be a condom. She explained to her boyfriend, tearfully and adorably, that she put a condom on a banana at her bachelorette party and accidentally inhaled it in the process. "I just wanted you to have a good time on our wedding night," she wailed.
This led to a hilarious discussion among our doctors of the time they lost their virginity. April (Is it just me or did she have a new hairstyle? She looks much prettier.) said her first time was on a beach, at sunset. Right. Seriously? Alex burst out, "HA! You're a virgin!" Ooo... someone got busted! But we all know that in this horny hospital, that cherry ain't gonna stay forever.
Mark explained that he had contracted HPV and in rare cases like his, his immune deficiency caused the warts to go out of control. It is, by the way, a real thing. The doctors offered to surgically cut and stitch each wart and offered to graft his skin as much as possible to make up for the damage. He initially refused but his wife, frustrated with spending years in the house, threatened to leave him if he didn't.
He got the surgery and we had very graphic and disturbing scenes as Bailey maneuvered her way through his tree hands. "You're going to be doctors, caregivers. You need to be able to handle anything the human body throws at you." she lectured, before screaming like a "bitch baby" when a spider (!) emerged from the tree-like hands. To make things worse, there wasn't enough healthy skin left for a skin graft so he was going to look like Frankenstein for about six months to a year. His wife had had enough. "I think love isn't enough anymore," she said to Mark. "Is that possible? That two people can really love each other and it just isn't enough?" She left.
On a lighter note, another couple came in and the girl complained of breathing difficult which she thinks is cancer. She disclosed freely that she was a virgin and she was waiting for their wedding night, which is going to be special. We soon found out that there was a blockage in her lung which turned out be a condom. She explained to her boyfriend, tearfully and adorably, that she put a condom on a banana at her bachelorette party and accidentally inhaled it in the process. "I just wanted you to have a good time on our wedding night," she wailed.
This led to a hilarious discussion among our doctors of the time they lost their virginity. April (Is it just me or did she have a new hairstyle? She looks much prettier.) said her first time was on a beach, at sunset. Right. Seriously? Alex burst out, "HA! You're a virgin!" Ooo... someone got busted! But we all know that in this horny hospital, that cherry ain't gonna stay forever.
Grey's Anatomy recap: Don't flame out on me
It didn't end there. Amy insisted on joining the surgery. Derek refused. She questioned him further on how he felt when he got shot. "I feel pain," he quipped, "Only because you won't stop talking." Oh snap! He told Cristina to book an OR 'cause she was scrubbing in. Cristina tried to worm her way out of it but Derek was having none of it. He was determined to help her regain her mojo. He posed some questions to Cristina about the surgery and all she could managed was "I don't know" and tried to push the surgery to Amy. Derek flatly refused and she walked out, presumably to book the OR.
Amy looked on, increasingly perplexed, and when Derek still refused to let her in, she said, "That's my patient. And you're going to let what's-her-face with the learning disability scrub in? Why don't you just shoot the guy?" Oh, crap. Big mistake. "Don't talk about shooting people in this building," he growled, "Don't criticise my surgeons."
Being the annoying person that she is, she then bounced up to Meredith and requested if she could put herself in Derek's surgery. But alas, her plan failed as Derek walked in on them. What impeccable timing! See? He knew you were up to something. He told her, "You think I'm going to let you do to him what you did to my Mustang? I don't think so." And she walked away, looking really pissed. And for the first time, I really felt sad for her. As much as I love to see her getting put down, maybe she was getting too much.
Meredith was all like "She's your sister" and "We all make mistakes" but Derek explained to her that she was high on pain pills when she crashed his car and she stole their mum's prescription pad to feed her addiction. She put their mum through so much pain after their dad died. Ok, so is he just angry with her? Or is there something else?
Predictably, Amy scrubbed in anyway and luckily she did, for Cristina broke down at a critical moment and she quickly took over and saved the guy. When the Shepherds were done, Cristina said the most un-Cristina line ever in the history of the chronicles of Grey's Anatomy. "So you're done, I can go?" she asked nonchalantly. Amy told Derek she was a dud and wondered how she ever passed her intern exam. "Cristina Yang saved my life. She saved my life. I owe her everything. Get out. Get the hell out!" he shot back.
Cristina paged Owen to the on-call room and asked him to tell Derek to back off. "Would you love me if I wasn't a surgeon?" she asked. "I would love you if you were a plumber," he said. "But would you love you if you weren't a surgeon?" She replied, "I don't know. Maybe."
Derek wasn't finished with Cristina. He was hell bent on helping her find her footing. He found her in the residents' lounge playing Solitaire and started his Derek speech. Apparently, he wouldn't pick her to be a part of his life. Professionally, yes but personally, no. But now they're family and he cares about her. "You're flaming out," he told her, "and as someone who cares about you, it's not okay." She explained that she could only remember bits of pieces of the surgery and it always comes back at very inconvenient times. So end of story. Really?
Apparently not. Derek took her to the morgue, I presume, and made her re-enact the surgery on a cadaver, step by step. She said it was stupid. He said it wasn't. "What's the worse that could happen? You'll kill him?" he joked. And she took her first cut.
Derek tried to make things right with his sister. Apparently, their tension go way back. Right to when their father was shot when they were kids. “How am I supposed to call you up and tell you I’ve been shot?” he said. “I can’t tell you about my pain. I don’t want you to know that pain exists.”
Amy looked on, increasingly perplexed, and when Derek still refused to let her in, she said, "That's my patient. And you're going to let what's-her-face with the learning disability scrub in? Why don't you just shoot the guy?" Oh, crap. Big mistake. "Don't talk about shooting people in this building," he growled, "Don't criticise my surgeons."
Being the annoying person that she is, she then bounced up to Meredith and requested if she could put herself in Derek's surgery. But alas, her plan failed as Derek walked in on them. What impeccable timing! See? He knew you were up to something. He told her, "You think I'm going to let you do to him what you did to my Mustang? I don't think so." And she walked away, looking really pissed. And for the first time, I really felt sad for her. As much as I love to see her getting put down, maybe she was getting too much.
Meredith was all like "She's your sister" and "We all make mistakes" but Derek explained to her that she was high on pain pills when she crashed his car and she stole their mum's prescription pad to feed her addiction. She put their mum through so much pain after their dad died. Ok, so is he just angry with her? Or is there something else?
Predictably, Amy scrubbed in anyway and luckily she did, for Cristina broke down at a critical moment and she quickly took over and saved the guy. When the Shepherds were done, Cristina said the most un-Cristina line ever in the history of the chronicles of Grey's Anatomy. "So you're done, I can go?" she asked nonchalantly. Amy told Derek she was a dud and wondered how she ever passed her intern exam. "Cristina Yang saved my life. She saved my life. I owe her everything. Get out. Get the hell out!" he shot back.
Cristina paged Owen to the on-call room and asked him to tell Derek to back off. "Would you love me if I wasn't a surgeon?" she asked. "I would love you if you were a plumber," he said. "But would you love you if you weren't a surgeon?" She replied, "I don't know. Maybe."
Derek wasn't finished with Cristina. He was hell bent on helping her find her footing. He found her in the residents' lounge playing Solitaire and started his Derek speech. Apparently, he wouldn't pick her to be a part of his life. Professionally, yes but personally, no. But now they're family and he cares about her. "You're flaming out," he told her, "and as someone who cares about you, it's not okay." She explained that she could only remember bits of pieces of the surgery and it always comes back at very inconvenient times. So end of story. Really?
Apparently not. Derek took her to the morgue, I presume, and made her re-enact the surgery on a cadaver, step by step. She said it was stupid. He said it wasn't. "What's the worse that could happen? You'll kill him?" he joked. And she took her first cut.
Derek tried to make things right with his sister. Apparently, their tension go way back. Right to when their father was shot when they were kids. “How am I supposed to call you up and tell you I’ve been shot?” he said. “I can’t tell you about my pain. I don’t want you to know that pain exists.”
Grey's Anatomy recap: Soulmates, perky sister and not-so-perky brother
"I'm not G.I. Jane! I'm Attachment Barbie!" Ok, that quote was pretty epic. Really. I think it's possibly the best quote from tonight's episode although said episode was jam-packed with a lot of awesome quotes. But we'll talk about that in a second.
Tonight's episode was very Grey's. It was filled with the drama, the medicine and the humor. And as an avid fan of the show, I'm glad to see that six years later, the show still manages to retain the essence of what made it an award winning TV series. Like EW.com's resident Grey's recapper, Jennifer Armstrong mentioned, the shooting last season only served to benefit the plot for the upcoming episodes. Let's face it: Grey's got kinda strange last season, but now it's back. And better.
So we started with Cristina bursting into Mer's room in the middle of the night 'cause Owen was on-call and she was afraid to be alone. Mer then asked her to bunk with her and Derek on the bed for the night. Cristina said it was kinda weird but Mer told her not to worry since he's asleep and Cristina gave in.
Ok, hold up a minute. I really am enjoying this sisterly/soulmates bond that Mer and Cristina have going on which has clearly strengthen in the wake of the shooting, but isn't that overkill? I'm all for it. Power to the bonds of women, I say. But in all seriousness, isn't bunking with your best friend and her husband really creepy? And yeah, kinda weird? Doesn't it just seem wrong on so many levels when you imagine it? Ok you twisted people, heads out of the gutter. That being said, thank god we know Derek isn't that kind of guy.
And as expected, Derek woke up in the middle of the night, found Cristina on the bed and went back to sleep feeling really awkward 'cause he accidentally touched her hand.
Clearly, Cristina wasn't herself this episode and we saw the writers tackle the aftermath of last week's crawling-under-the-surgical-table fiasco. The Chief, the attendings and Dr Perkins (the most gorgeous and hottest trauma counselor ever with the most perfect hair) gathered around the round table (no, seriously, it was a rectangular table) to discuss the fate of Cristina Yang. A few suggested that she be relegated to admin duties because apparently, she wasn't hardcore enough to take on surgeries yet.
But Derek put forth an ultimatum. "She goes," he said, "I go." Wow, what powerful words. He knew that Meredith wouldn't be happy if Cristina got kicked out of the program or if she was assigned to admin duties because God forbid, Yang should not touch a scalpel again. So after a flurry of opinions around the "round" table, Derek strode out of the room and proclaimed, "Dr Yang, you're with me."
Yes! Yes Derek! I will go with you. Take me anywhere. Yang doesn't want you but I do! Ok, I had no idea what that sudden outburst was. Moving on. Let's pause here for a second so I can talk about James Tupper a.k.a Dr Perkins.
Though he was an ass to both Meredith and Cristina, refusing to clear the former for surgery when she's obviously the one who's ready to go back and wanting to assign the latter to admin duties (For crying out loud, you wanna put Yang in the corner? Shame on you Perkins, shame on you), he's definitely the hottest trauma counselor I've ever seen. I would fake craziness just so I can spend a private hour or two with him and gaze into his blue, blue eyes. And did I mention his perfect hair? His perfect, perfect, perfect hair? Wouldn't you just want to run your fingers through it? To quote Armstrong again, Grey's guys have a look and he's the prototype.
In bounces Derek's sister, who's a neurosurgeon as well -the Shepherds grow them like weeds- , who requested to be pointed in the direction of his office though she didn't have an appointment. Deja vu much? To be honest, I cannot stand Derek's sister. She's called Amy or Amelia for the record, just to put it out to the universe. She's so perky, and sunshiny, annoying and spoilt. And Meredith likes her! Oh my, how much our titular character has grown. I remember how much she used to hate happy, sunshiny people.
Anyway, she came to visit Derek because in her words he's "an ass who got shot and won't return her calls". And she brought him a present! Ho ho ho! A brain tumor in the form of a gorgeous guy with a stunningly cute grin whom she met when they hooked up in the airplane bathroom. Damn it! Why do these people have all the luck???
So when Derek met Amy, it wasn't pretty. I'm actually loving bitchy Derek. I mean, it's so rare to see this other side to him, except when he first met Mark and Addison. He exposed her hookup, brushed her off and rejected to "have coffee and catch up" with her. "I have a lot of sisters. If I bought them all coffee, we wouldn't have anything," he told Mer. You go Derek! I love him even more now.
Tonight's episode was very Grey's. It was filled with the drama, the medicine and the humor. And as an avid fan of the show, I'm glad to see that six years later, the show still manages to retain the essence of what made it an award winning TV series. Like EW.com's resident Grey's recapper, Jennifer Armstrong mentioned, the shooting last season only served to benefit the plot for the upcoming episodes. Let's face it: Grey's got kinda strange last season, but now it's back. And better.
So we started with Cristina bursting into Mer's room in the middle of the night 'cause Owen was on-call and she was afraid to be alone. Mer then asked her to bunk with her and Derek on the bed for the night. Cristina said it was kinda weird but Mer told her not to worry since he's asleep and Cristina gave in.
Ok, hold up a minute. I really am enjoying this sisterly/soulmates bond that Mer and Cristina have going on which has clearly strengthen in the wake of the shooting, but isn't that overkill? I'm all for it. Power to the bonds of women, I say. But in all seriousness, isn't bunking with your best friend and her husband really creepy? And yeah, kinda weird? Doesn't it just seem wrong on so many levels when you imagine it? Ok you twisted people, heads out of the gutter. That being said, thank god we know Derek isn't that kind of guy.
And as expected, Derek woke up in the middle of the night, found Cristina on the bed and went back to sleep feeling really awkward 'cause he accidentally touched her hand.
Clearly, Cristina wasn't herself this episode and we saw the writers tackle the aftermath of last week's crawling-under-the-surgical-table fiasco. The Chief, the attendings and Dr Perkins (the most gorgeous and hottest trauma counselor ever with the most perfect hair) gathered around the round table (no, seriously, it was a rectangular table) to discuss the fate of Cristina Yang. A few suggested that she be relegated to admin duties because apparently, she wasn't hardcore enough to take on surgeries yet.
But Derek put forth an ultimatum. "She goes," he said, "I go." Wow, what powerful words. He knew that Meredith wouldn't be happy if Cristina got kicked out of the program or if she was assigned to admin duties because God forbid, Yang should not touch a scalpel again. So after a flurry of opinions around the "round" table, Derek strode out of the room and proclaimed, "Dr Yang, you're with me."
Yes! Yes Derek! I will go with you. Take me anywhere. Yang doesn't want you but I do! Ok, I had no idea what that sudden outburst was. Moving on. Let's pause here for a second so I can talk about James Tupper a.k.a Dr Perkins.
Though he was an ass to both Meredith and Cristina, refusing to clear the former for surgery when she's obviously the one who's ready to go back and wanting to assign the latter to admin duties (For crying out loud, you wanna put Yang in the corner? Shame on you Perkins, shame on you), he's definitely the hottest trauma counselor I've ever seen. I would fake craziness just so I can spend a private hour or two with him and gaze into his blue, blue eyes. And did I mention his perfect hair? His perfect, perfect, perfect hair? Wouldn't you just want to run your fingers through it? To quote Armstrong again, Grey's guys have a look and he's the prototype.
In bounces Derek's sister, who's a neurosurgeon as well -the Shepherds grow them like weeds- , who requested to be pointed in the direction of his office though she didn't have an appointment. Deja vu much? To be honest, I cannot stand Derek's sister. She's called Amy or Amelia for the record, just to put it out to the universe. She's so perky, and sunshiny, annoying and spoilt. And Meredith likes her! Oh my, how much our titular character has grown. I remember how much she used to hate happy, sunshiny people.
Anyway, she came to visit Derek because in her words he's "an ass who got shot and won't return her calls". And she brought him a present! Ho ho ho! A brain tumor in the form of a gorgeous guy with a stunningly cute grin whom she met when they hooked up in the airplane bathroom. Damn it! Why do these people have all the luck???
So when Derek met Amy, it wasn't pretty. I'm actually loving bitchy Derek. I mean, it's so rare to see this other side to him, except when he first met Mark and Addison. He exposed her hookup, brushed her off and rejected to "have coffee and catch up" with her. "I have a lot of sisters. If I bought them all coffee, we wouldn't have anything," he told Mer. You go Derek! I love him even more now.
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