3.18 Scars and Souvenirs
Featuring your favorite mutt, Doc!
Important points:
The Interns
- The intern house has officially been completed! Cristina spent the night. Obviously. Alex is staying there in George's place, which was relatively funny what with his walking into the bathroom as Izzie gets out of the shower. 'Not interested'. Gotta love Alex.
- I particularly enjoyed Meredith's reaction to this entire escapade, talking about how 'People Matter' and, my personal favorite, quoting the Pocahontas song. Paint with all the colors of the wind.
- I love how George sits around and talks about how Izzie is so selfish, but not selfish, but self-absorbed, but not self-absorbed with patients. And how she should at least be able to channel some of that into talking to her best friend. It's like, he wants to be mad at Izzie, but he can't stay mad at her. It's hard to find bad in your best friend, it really is. Callie was a little irritated by that bit, preferring not to talk about her. xD
- I adored the scene where Izzie asks for Bailey and walks in on all of the interns watching the Chief talk with Marlow. 'It was okay when it was just two of us, but now that it's eleven it's a bit more obvious' or whatever. Love it. Cristina's talking about Stanford, and Stanford people loving her was funny. Loved George's 'look away' strategy when the door opened. And then when Burke walked up in time to meet Marlow and witness him practically groping his fiance, that was simply priceless. The looks on the other interns' faces...
- Okay, the scene where Izzie's talking to Meredith about what she's doing tonight and Meredith sees Thatcher and ducks into the supply closet, and then Cristina pops up and Izzie continues her conversation with her but then Cristina sees Marlow and ducks into the closest was hilarious. I was busting a gut laughing there.
- And when Marlow was all 'We can hear you, you know' about the 'Cardio God' conversation, I fell off the couch.
- George finally figured out what Callie had in common with Hilton. She's an heiress, and apparently, incredibly insecure. You know how men are, though. They need to bring home the most money or they fell all inferior. And George was already all stressed out about the marriage being a mistake...
- I love intern lunch scenes. They're always so funny, even if the story could progress without them. Any scene with the interns alone together is awesome in my book. George talking to Meredith about the whole Callie being rich thing, and then Izzie coming along. I found it funny how George was referring to Izzie as 'her' and Izzie answered with 'I don't have a name now?' Nice.
- ...And after George left, there was discussion about Cristina's sex life with her former professor! Yay! I especially loved the entire persuasion thing Izzie had going on about the little blue pills. 'After all we've been through, you won't tell me anything?' Those pills work miracles. xD I love Cristina.
- Alex and Izzie's conversation about 'moving on' was actually really nice. I love how he's there for her, even if he's not interested, and how she obviously still feels that scar of what she had with him. She doesn't want to see him with anyone else. The little peck on the cheek was actually sweet.
- Cristina appeared in a burst of not-so glory with a potential crisis regarding her and Burke. I loved how she came immeadiately to Meredith, and especially when she stayed the night after Derek returned to the hospital, even going so far as to hog the middle of the bed.
- I really loved the bit with everyone coming in and out of Meredith's house, and Meredith telling Susan 'it's not always like this'. And there's a pause. And Cristina adds 'Actually, it kind of is...'
- After his fight with Callie, George goes to the only person he knows will get him through this: Izzie. My favorite was the line George had about thinking his marriage was a mistake, and Izzie's response 'Everyone who's been married has thought that at least once' or something to that effect. See? She was there for him. Except, I don't think the alcohol needed to be involved... And, while they did get drunk, Izzie did tell him to just go back 'like a dog with its tail between his legs' and try and make it work.
- Meredith Grey: The daddy issues of past seasons come back to haunt her in the form of her father's wife Susan and, -gasp-, Thatcher Grey himself. Despite the fact that she seems to have recovered from the whole Ferryboat thing and her mother is cremated and chilling in the back of her closet, Meredith still doesn't want anything to do with this new 'family' being pressed upon her by everyone (including Derek, who agrees that she should at least have dinner with them). Meredith sucks it up and has Thatcher and Susan to dinner at her house, with Izzie cooking and Cristina ready to bail her out if needed. My favorite had to be when Meredith called him out on it being her, not Molly, in the picture.
- Alex Karev: While we still didn't figure out where he was staying during the entire first two seasons, Alex has moved into the intern house. Still working with the pregnant Jane Doe, he admits he talked to her like a sister instead of a patient. He gives her medical advice that puts her baby's life at risk, and feels guilty about it afterwards. I gave an out loud 'awe' when it was revealed that Alex's hot date was actually checking up on his patient. And she told him she trusted him, and asked him to read her a bed time story or something. While I like Evilspawn Alex as much as the next guy, I was simply awed that his 'date' was Jane Doe and not, say, Addison (which, I'll admit, I was thinking). So cute.
- Cristina Yang: A ghost from her past Stanford days comes back to haunt her in the form of Dr. Collin Marlow, whom she had a three year relationship with. After the somewhat awkward Public Display of Affection greeting, she reveals that she's engaged to Burke, and Marlow seems stunned, but puts on a happy front. However, he confides to Burke that Cristina saw marriage as pointless, as Marlow had proposed several times and she'd refused, causing a rift in Cristina and Burke's relationship. In a later confrontation, Cristina admits that it was a three year relationship with Marlow, and that she thought of marriage as pointless. But she wanted to do it to make Burke happy (how sweet is that?). Still, Burke seems to think that getting involved with mentors is a game of Cristina's, and their relationship is left uncertain while Cristina confides in Meredith.
- George O'Malley: Still struggling with his falling out with Izzie, George finds himself talking about her a lot to Callie, who seems irritated about it. In person, though, George makes a point not to be 'normal' buddy buddy around Izzie. After all, they're currently in a fight. Or whatever. After finding out that Callie is loaded and an heiress, George confides in Meredith, who tells Izzie, who eventually uses it against Callie, causing another argument, which ended with Callie declaring that Izzie had feelings for him, and George being kicked out of Callie's hotel room. George goes to the only person he feels he can trust, Izzie, and asks her to convince him the marriage wasn't a mistake. Things seem well, but with alcohol involved, you can never tell...
- Izzie Stevens: Struggling with ghosts from her past popping up everywhere in the form of Alex, who seems to have moved on, and with not being able to get over Denny, Izzie seems intent with keeping herself with at least one other person when around Alex. Still fighting with George, Izzie finds her clinic patient in need of Ortho care, which means she's working with Callie. Still not content with George's hasty marriage decision, she uses any information she has against Callie, but somehow ends up putting a rift between man and wife. George comes to her looking for answers, and she plays the best friend card well. When alcohol is involved, and George reveals that Callie thinks Izzie has the hots for George, things get a little...complicated.
Attendings and other such authorities:
- Apparently, Mark and Addison's 60 day bet is still on.
- The scenes with the Attendings fighting only seem to display how incompent any of them would be as Chief. While showing their worst qualities, I especially liked the one of Addison, Derek, and Mark. Derek was sort of defending Addison's view, which led Mark to snap back with 'She's not your wife, so don't defend her. And she's not your patient!' Nice.
- The one where Derek had to go in and save his friend via cardio was well done as well, with Burke angry that Derek didn't call him. Apparently, everyone thinks everyone else is only out for themselves, when it's all accidental. Meanwhile, Bailey seems to think the Chief has made a decision about his replacement...
- I thought it was sweet that Derek would walk Meredith through this awkward meeting with her father, and the conversation between Derek and Thatcher about Meredith was nice.
- Derek admitting he's an ass had to be one of the happiest moments of my life. xD
Other:
- Okay, George and Izzie...Fine, but did it have to be under those circumstances? Drunken roommates is not a good thing, even by my anti-shipping standards.
- Know what annoys me about Callie? I don't think I'd mind her all that much if she didn't keep bringing George's friends into everything. I mean, yeah, Izzie's been butting in. But she's backed off, apparently for a few weeks. When George told Callie he'd told Meredith about the heiress thing, she basically ragged on Meredith. What right does she have to do that? Seriously. It bugs me.
That's all for now, folks. Thanks for reading! 'Til next time!
-Doc.
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