I feel like I've aged a few years since we last saw Dr. Grey and her cohorts. I've been going through Denny withdrawal. Luckily we get lots of cute dimples in this episode.
Having a face like that when you're in bed with that man, there's something wrong with YOU
We start with George and Callie going at it. Going at it good. Unfortunately, at the same time, McDreamy and Addy are trying to do it too. They get through it but she points out that it's quite boring. I coulda told you it was gonna be. While they're in bed Derek gets a call about Doc. Addy grabs the phone and tells who she thinks is the vet that she's trying to have sex with her husband and way too much information to be telling whoever it is on the other end.
Turns out it's Meredith on the other end who hangs up. She's with hottie vet Chris O'Donnell. He's obviously smitten and asks if she and Derek are together. It's cute how she stumbles over her words and eventually says no. He asks her out and wonders why she's repeating everything he's saying. She's stalling. She eventually says that no, she can't go out, that she's knitting. Is she still on that bullsh*t? Is she looking at him?!?
At the hospital, the Chief, Bailey and Burke are looking at the board. Bailey's name isn't on it again and when the Chief leaves, Burke comments about whether or not the Chief is "mommy tracking" her. She's happy someone else has noticed and he offers his support. When she walks away Christina comes up. She offers coffee but Burke says no because... he was waiting for George to show up. He's brought specialty coffee, just the way he likes it and it's obvious he's been missing the guy. They have really cute banter as Christina looks on, still a little jealous of the relationship. George tells Burke that a famous musician is there and he's having trouble with his pacemaker. Burke's excited because this guy is his hero. Christina doesn't know who the guy is and Burke offers the case to George. He's already on something with McDreamy so he takes off. Christina wants in on it and Burke seems disappointed it's not George.
Meredith and Alex are talking about the vet and Alex is confused because he's not one of her girlfriends. He gets assinged to Addison and complains. He says that he "doesn't do vagina, at least not as a doctor". Ha, that Alex.
If he scooted over just a little, I could totally fit in bed with him. On my side. With half of me hanging off. But still
Finally I get to see Denny. He's looking pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Meredith has his case today so Izzie's not around. She does stop by even though she's assigned to Derek today and puts her two cents in. Bailey sees there's a connection with Izzie and ushers her out, telling her some comment about the heart not growing a brain or something. I don't know, I'm staring at Denny still.
Burke’s up with his heart patient, the musician. The man tells him that he wants the pacemaker taken out. He tells Burke that because of the pacemaker, he doesn't have the same body rhythm he had before and his music isn't sounding as great. Since taking out someone's pacemaker may not be the best way to keep them alive, Burke wants to change a few setting on it first. The man agrees to this, not convinced it's going to help.
Addison's stuck with Alex for some reason and their patient is a woman who's pregnant with her seventh child. She doesn't look too happy. She has her husband take out the other six screaming banshees. When they're alone she tells Addy that she wants her tubes tied. Not just that, but she doesn't want her husband to know. Since it is doctor/patient privilege she doesn't have to worry about it. Unfortunately, her husband is a nosy bastard and when he sees the insurance paperwork come through, he'll pay attention to it and notice that he was charged for a tube tying procedure. She's saved up some money, without her husband knowing, and wants to pay for it separately. It's their religion that doesn't allow them to use birth control. Alex is extremely insensitive to the whole situation, as usual. Addy pulls him outside and runs down her resume. She's not just a coochie doctor, she's a respectable surgeon and he should treat her that way. Yeah, a respectable surgeon that a few weeks ago was walking around scratching her butt because it had poison oak and who told her husband's ex girlfriend she was trying to have sex with him that morning.
Izzie's finally showed up and is with Derek and George. Their patient is a woman who's having seizures. She has on a funny hat thing and they're monitoring her brain activity. When she says she's a divorce attorney Izzie and George shoot Derek a look. She picks up on it and wonders if he's in a happy marriage. She busts George and Iz for giving a look and he tries to deny that he's anything but perfectly happy with Addy. Anyway, the reason the woman has on the hat thing is they're going to try to induce a seizure. Once they know where she's having it in her brain, he can operate. He makes it Izzie and George's job to make the woman have a seizure. He obviously wants to just get rid of her so she's not standing around judging his marriage.
Later, Izzie and George are researching how they can give this woman a seizure. Izzie wonders where George is living and he just ignores her questions. I'm not sure why he's not telling her. I know it's embarrassing to tell someone you live in the basement of the hospital, but he's getting ass. And if you tell your friend you're getting ass, they'll overlook the other stuff for a few high fives. George tells her he heard about a video game that if you play it'll cause seizures. I'm immediately taken back to that episode of The Simpsons when they go to Japan and watch the TV. Callie comes into the room and she and George flirt. Again, I'm not really sure what Izzie's problem is but she watches them with disdain. She interrupts them with some rude comment to get George back on track.
Burke’s patient is a violinist. He plays and Burke says that it's an honor to hear him play. He still feels like his timing and rhythm are off. Burke thinks maybe there's some scar tissue around the pacemaker and that could be what's causing his rhythm problem. He can do the surgery but it's not an easy one and it has lots of complications. There's a great moment when the man talks about when he first picked up the violin when he was a little boy and playing a note. He asks Burke if he had that moment. He tells Burke that he knows he's the best and wants to best to work on him. If he won't, he'll find someone who will. When Christina and Burke are talking later, he confides in her that he might not do the surgery. She wonders if it was him that needed it, if something happened and he wasn't a great surgeon, just an average one, would he want it.
In Denny's room Bailey and Meredith are talking about his care. He's ready to sit up. Apparently after heart surgery like this sitting up is a big deal. Sounds like Izzie's given him different advice. Bailey picks up on this and says that she hopes he's not trying to avoid Izzie's bruised ego and embarrassment in front of her boss. Bailey wonders to Meredith if there's more going on there then should be and Meredith tries to play it off.
George and Izzie start trying to induce a seizure on the seizure lady by putting a television close to her face. She admits that she hasn't had any time to watch television because of her busy schedule as an attorney. Izzie and George talk and she wonders how she got on the outside of his conversations. She's feeling left out with this whole Callie thing. I don't know why he'd want to put her into it since she obviously doesn't like the girl.
The pregnant lady's still trying to convince Alex and Addy to do the tube tying surgery incognito. Alex is rude again and the woman points out that she doesn't want her husband giving her the same face Alex is if she brought up the idea of tying her tubes. I agree with Alex, God would be cool with her decision, not so sure about the whole lying thing though.
"Oh no you di'int"
Christina, Meredith and Izzie are finally all together. Meredith warns Izzie that Bailey's on the warpath. I think she's getting out her frustration with not being assigned a surgery. Izzie's still hung up on where the hell George is living these days and you know how much I like my girl crush but she's really irritating me with this. Corner the dude and ask him.
Addy and Alex are in surgery and Alex demonstrates that although he's an a**hole, he does know a thing or two about medicine. He's hold the cauterizing thingy, helping out on it. She slyly asks for it and says there's a bleeder near her tube. Alex picks up on this, as do I, and he doesn't hand over the instrument. She gets authoritative and he does. She then starts burning away at the tube which is quite nasty. I mean I guess it's safe or she wouldn't do it, but thinking she's holding it there like that scene in Ruthless People with the burger is just gross. Afterwards, Addy gives the baby to the mom. She tells her that there was a complication and unfortunately she won't be able to have anymore children (wink wink). The woman thanks her. Outside the room Alex confronts her and she insists that the woman is their patient, and they should do what the patient wants. Alex isn't happy.
The inevitable moment where Meredith and Derek meet up in the elevator happens. They talk about Doc since he's home now, and Meredith starts laughing. She wonders if he told Addison it was her on the other end and he says he didn't. She admits it would have been weird for her to know but Derek tries to convince her that they're all friends. I guess that's the fantasy world he's living in. Trying to be slick she tells him that the vet asked if they were together but she set him straight. Nice, I love jealousy.
The seizure lady's high on espresso. They're having her do shots of it like it's tequila. She's also eating doughnuts. Apparently she hasn't eaten any for a long time because she's do damn busy. Derek comes in and sees this and George and Izzie are a bit embarrassed by it. He leaves and next they have her playing one of the video games that's supposed to cause seizures. It seems fun to me, like a sleepover. While she's playing, Izzie again asks him where the hell he's living. He's still evasive but finally admits that he's mad at her for giving him such awful advice about Meredith. In fact, he blames her for what happened between them.
And so it begins...
The Chief comes into Denny's room and looks over Bailey's shoulder as they prepare Denny to sit up. She becomes agitated at him. Everything looks good for Denny though. Burke's in surgery listening to the violinist's music as he operates on him. The pregnant lady's husband approaches Alex and asks about the "complications". Izzie and George start arguing. I have to admit, I'm not really sure exactly what they're saying because when Denny starts sitting up he's not doing good, breathing heavy and the monitors are going off. At the same time, Burke's violinist starts crashing. The Chief is still standing over Bailey as Denny still struggles. He's barking orders to her and eventually she finds what the problem is. Not sure what exactly it is but she plugs something in and he starts to get better. Thinking maybe it was the pacemaker thingy they put onto his heart. That'd be messed up if she was stepping on the cord. As all this is going on Alex is still with the husband and tells him that if he wants to put all his kids through college, to get a lawyer. Oh that little bastard. Izzie and George are arguing so loud that the seizure lady's attempts to get their attention don't work and she collapses.
Once Denny's better, he and Meredith are talking about Izzie. She brings up that it's not right for patients and doctors to date. Hello Pot, this is Kettle, you're black. Denny says that Izzie won't care about rules and that life's too short to follow rules. Yes, he's right, I'm totally driving on the wrong side of the road, London style, tonight on my way home.
Bailey finally confronts the Chief about this whole situation with him not trusting her. He admits that it's true, that she's probably sleep deprived because of the baby. Yeah, those 36 hours straight hospital shifts don't make you sleep deprived. He doesn't want her to take it personal though, and that it's not a reflection of how he feels about her skill. He walks away and we see the pregnant lady's husband approach him.
With Denny's words ringing in her ears, Meredith goes back to the vet and talks to Chris. She thinks maybe going out with him is a good thing. Finally. He says that unfortunately he can't do it right now because he has to run an errand. She decides to go with him and it's a horse giving birth. He admits that he didn't tell her that's what it was because he didn't want to scare her back into knitting. Surprisingly, she's all for birthing the baby and quickly puts her hair back and goes first into the stall. It's obvious he's impressed. Nothin' like a woman who can stick her arm up a horse's ass. Unfortunately we don't get to see the actual birth. We can see some dude explode but not the miracle of life? Chris and Meredith admire their handiwork.
Addison goes to the Chief to complain about Alex. She basically says that although he has the potential to be a good doctor, he's an ass. Before she can explain anything the Chief points out the (not) pregnant lady's husband and that he's talking to the hospital's attorney. Uh oh. Later, Addison goes to the (not) pregnant lady and asks her what the hell's going on. Does she know she's fraking with her career? Yeah, well no good deed goes unpunished. The (not) pregnant lady is more concerned about her own life and doesn't want Addy to say anything. That damn patient/doctor agreement. When Addy's walking through the hall later, Alex passes by and makes some snide comment that makes her realize it was him who told. Because she can be a bad ass bitch, she tells him that he will now be assigned to her full time. Seeing he hates obstetrics, this is so perfect. She'll whip him into shape. I miss the slightly smarmy but still cute sexist we used to know and love. This bitter a**hole bugs me.
Derek's happy because Izzie and George were able to induce a seizure from the lady. She's happy too because seeing George and Izzie fight has made her realize it's her job that's causing this. She says that after she gets away from that for awhile, if she's still having seizures then she'll submit to brain surgery. Derek's cool with this idea. Later, she tells George that she can tell he and Izzie love each other.
Burke's in the on call room listening to the violinist's music. He's extremely sad. Eventually Christina finds him and does a good job at comforting him. He tells her that the violinist spoke about practicing, and that's what made him so great. He admits that he isn't like her, that he wasn't the smartest one in med school, but he was the best because he practiced, like the violinist.
Meredith and Chris get back to the vet's place. I guess he works out of his house. He invites her to come up so he can cook for her. Look, whenever a man offers to cook, you say YES. Especially if he's Chris O'Donnell, hello! She roundaboutly says she's not coming up. He basically tells her to sh** or get off the pot. He says that she can either come up, wash up, eat and hang out, or leave. I mean, obviously those are her choices. She thinks about it and tells him that she's celibate. He promises not to even kiss her.
That's my girl
At the hospital Izzie walks into Denny's room and he's standing. Damn that man is hot vertical. She's happy and hugs him deeply. She's closing her eyes and hugging him as Bailey comes into the doorway and sees. Izzie comments how tall Denny is.
At the vet's place Derek's shown back up with Doc, who's not doing good. Cue Meredith walking down the steps with wet hair in one of Chris' shirts after showering off the horse placenta. Derek sees this and is not too happy at all. Not only is he jealous but he's probably thinking what a hobag she is.
Izzie's in the kitchen and hears someone come in. It's George, with Callie. He plops down at the dining room table with a beer. Izzie wonders what he's doing and he says that he lives there, still paying rent. She wonders if he's back and he says that he is. Callie's a bit uncomfortable and so am I quite frankly. The three of them just need to be friends, and George needs to make up with Meredith. He's such a woman, holding all of these grudges. Get over it.
After seeing Meredith with wet hair, in the vet's shirt, and thinking she's doing the nasty with him, Derek comes home a man on a mission. Addy's sitting in the trailer and he turns on the shower and demands that she take her clothes off and get in. Don't have to ask a girl twice.
Shut your frakin' trap and get in there with him. HELLO!
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