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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 01:56 AM
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	RECAPS & REVIEWS & RATINGS BUDDYTV 'Grey's Anatomy' Aftergasm: Conservation of Happiness at Seattle Grace - March 27, 2009 Look, people, I like to think that I am immune to grand romantic gestures. I was recently made to watch Twilight in its entirety while live blogging it with my coworkers, and the so-called romance between Bella and Edward went right over my head. (I was more interested in the mundane details of the Cullens' lives, like whether they move every four years so that the kid vampires can go to a new high school, or why Carlisle and Esme don't home-school the kids, or why Carlisle is a doctor, even. Do you need a profession if you are undead?) But back to my original point. I tend to roll my eyes at things like proposals and romance and love, but Derek's proposal on last night's Grey's Anatomy was absolutely perfect! How glad am I that Derek (Patrick Dempsey) didn't go through with his original, hackneyed proposal idea of lighting candles and scattering a bunch of rose petals on the bed! Instead, he decorated the elevator, where so many consequential moments have occurred throughout the series, with brain scans chronicling the medical journey he has taken with Meredith (Ellen Pompeo). It was beautifully done, and so perfectly them. I was seriously swooning when he did it, and I usually hate him!....... leap http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-aftergasm-conser-27326.aspx Grey's Anatomy: Could It Be - Gasp - George? - Thursday, March 26, 2009 After trying to figure out which of the Grey's Anatomy couples are headed for the altar, there's another piece of juicy blind item that, if it were indeed about Grey's Anatomy, can send the world of Seattle Grace in shambles. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello says, as a matter of fact, that a “major character” on a show we are “obsessed with” will commit suicide before the season is over. Going back to Grey's, from the looks of things, the final stretch of the ABC medical dramedy's current season is going to be charged. We are four short episodes away from the two-hour finale that will change the face of Seattle Grace as we know it. If the rumors are true, on- and off-screen best friends Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight are on their last season on Grey's Anatomy. If you failed to watch the last episode, everyone finally, finally found out that Izzie is terminally ill. For the first time, the then-interns-now-residents stood up and paid attention, and perhaps realized that they'd been neglecting each other, or at least not paying enough attention. Izzie told the robot – Cristina (Sandra Oh) – first, who told everyone just before making the first cut on her first solo surgery. Derek (Patrick Dempsey) was sulking in his trailer, until Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) told him to straighten up because Izzie needs him. Back to the real world. While Heigl's character Izzie has a pretty thorough exit strategy (namely, cancer), At this point, George O'Malley's storyline does not exactly lend well to a departure, which leads me to my next point. Could it be – gasp – George who commits suicide? Of course, the clues that Ausiello gives are so vague that he doesn't even specify which show will have the suicide. He could be refering to practically anyone on Lost or Gossip Girl or even House, and even if it is indeed Grey's Anatomy that is the show in question, Knight isn't the only one who is rumored to be leaving the show, so it could be anyone. While terribly out of character, it will be quite easy to understand if George does indeed kill himself in the event of Izzie's death. After all, the two are best friends, and his concern for Izzie is unmatched, even by Alex (Justin Chambers). George was among the first to notice what would turn out to be symptoms of Izzie's disease, so it's possible that he may start blaming himself for not acting on his concerns sooner and more definitively. On second thought, if guilt were the issue, no one should be more guilt-stricken than Alex, and his eyes showed every bit of that emotion after hearing the news from Cristina. I hope it's not George. POLL http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-could-it-be-gasp-27274.aspx?pollid=2001761&answer=2006098#poll2001761 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CINEMA BLEND TV Recap:- Elevator Love Letter - 2009-03-27 What an incredibly emotionally heavy episode! Nobody seems to be taking the possibility of Izzie dying very well, especially Alex. Meredith has lured Derek back to surgery, but he's not sure he's ready. Derek asks Meredith to marry him, but she's not sure that he's ready. McBadass's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder hits a crisis point and he'll have to face up to it. This really could have been a season finale, it was so packed with emotion, conflict, and resolution. The big surgery that all of the drama revolves around this week is, of course, Derek's surgery to remove Izzie's brain tumor. Through Izzie's Oncologist - a very cold, abrasive woman, think Yang and Bailey mixed together and dialed to 11 - we learn that this is just one of many surgeries and procedures that Izzie will have to go through to get all of the tumors in her body. Before heading to Seattle Grace, Derek comes by Meredith's house (he has a bag, so he could be moving back in, too) and puts the ring that he had previously knocked into the woods in front of Meredith. Not much of a proposal, and Meredith is worried that he's asking for the wrong reasons, so tells him not yet. Derek looks disappointed, but just goes to take a shower. And that, other than Alex telling him not to screw this surgery up like he did the last one, a conversation with McBadass that we'll talk about later, and minor conversations with other characters, is the last we really see of Derek until the surgery. The rest of the core group are having alot of trouble dealing with Izzie's illness and avoid her room all day, claiming to be busy, though none of them really do anything. Meredith and Yang bicker over McBadass's PTSD which we, again, will discuss shortly. George begs Torres for some cases to work on, but we only really see him smashing plaster casts to relieve anger. Alex, Sloane, and Lexie all work on an elderly woman who is about to die. Her niece and nephews, who have all flown in to say goodbye, seem in a rush for it to be over so they can go on with their lives. When Alex finally snaps and goes off on them for being so callous (He's obviously a bit sensitive about death at the moment), they explain that they were told she had hours to live almost a year ago. At least once a month, she goes into the hospital, they're told she's about to go and fly out to say goodbye, and then she recovers. They just want it to be over with. He isn't very convinced and tells Lexie to keep them out after they bring the aunt back to life once again, but the patient tells him that she wants them there. They are her people, and people are better than no people, which seems to slap some sense into Alex and he runs to be with Izzie before her surgery, but she's already in the OR. ........leap http://www.cinemablend.com/television/TV-Recap-Grey-s-Anatomy-Elevator-Love-Letter-16500.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EW.COM 'Grey's Anatomy' Recap: Forward Motion - Mar 27, 2009 Cristina and Owen take it to the next level, in more ways than one, Izzie starts her treatment journey, and Derek gets back on the horse and steps up his game with Meredith Hey, so this Grey's Anatomy episode was kind-of a big deal, huh? For starters, I was heaving sobs in under three minutes, despite the fact that I was well-prepared for Owen's post-traumatic-stress-disorder-induced sleep-choking of Cristina. Callie heard the commotion and broke it up, otherwise things could've gone much worse. And that's just the point. At the risk of getting all public service announcement here, I truly believe this is a fantastic story line to tackle — the phenomenon of post-war night terrors that can endanger your bed partner is very, very real (my Vietnam-vet dad went through this for years, when I was too young to appreciate the strain on both him and my mom), and few people realize (or really want to think about) what soldiers go through once they get home. It helps, in this case, to have a pair of sublime actors handling this sensitive topic. As good as they've been at amping up the romance crackling between Owen and Cristina, Kevin McKidd and Sandra Oh brought the Emmy consideration tonight from scene 1. Another sign that Grey's has returned to its second-season dramatic glory? A T.R. Knight sighting in under six minutes! (Theory: T.R. Knight sightings are directly proportional to the quality of an episode, whether or not he directly contributes to said quality. Discuss.) He veered ever-closer to his very own emotional arc, too, by asking to be on ex-wife Callie's service. Just one instance of this episode's particular knack for mending previous rifts and acknowledging series history while forging new partnerships — which, by the way, is the definition of a quality soap/drama. Case in point, Izzie's brain surgery day brought everyone together and tore them apart at the same time, multiple times. We knew from the first second the doctors mentioned harvesting Izzie's eggs to save them from chemo destruction that Alex might have some quick thinking to do about the future. It was only a matter of time before he was contemplating whether to offer up some sperm (apparently the eggs keep better when they're fertilized). He did, with noticeably little deliberation, even if he did have some trouble, um, getting going on that sperm sample at first. (One can understand a guy not being particularly in the mood when his girlfriend is preparing for brain tumor surgery. ''This isn't how Izzie and I were supposed to make a baby,'' he told Meredith.)................ leaping http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20268378,00.html 'Grey's Anatomy' star Kevin McKidd on his character's turning point this week and other explosive revelations - Mar 26, 2009 Since the moment Kevin McKidd walked onto Grey's Anatomy, his swashbuckling Iraq-war medic Dr. Owen Hunt has had us swooning for him almost as much as Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) was. Their star-crossed, post-traumatic-stress-disorder-impaired love affair has kept the show afloat even as it drifted through sex-with-ghosts storylines and a barrage of ill-advised guest stars. And now, as the drama suddenly rights its course heading into the final stretch of season 5, things will get even more complicated for Seattle Grace's hottest new couple. The Scottish actor (last seen on Journeyman) talked to us about Cristina and Owen's tough times ahead -- and what's to come (SPOILER ALERT!!) in the season's remaining bombshell-laden (weddings, therapy, brain surgery, etc.) weeks. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So this week features some pretty serious developments between Cristina and Owen. KEVIN McKIDD: It's scary, what happens. Basically it's a night terror. He's unconscious and asleep and he starts to hurt Cristina. That’s his rock-bottom moment. So he starts to reach out for help. He starts to go into therapy and reach out to people like Derek Shepherd [Patrick Dempsey] to solve this thing. Derek at some point says, Look, this is treatable. With the proper treatment and therapy, you’re not trapped. I think that’s so important to talk about, with so many vets now. There’s such a stigma attached to admitting to something like that, and I think it’s important to discuss it in such a high-profile way. How did you feel when you first took this role, knowing you'd be dealing with such a touchy issue? We’ve worked on making sure this isn’t sort-of a fluffy representation of somebody who has this problem. He’s a good guy. He’s just deeply damaged right now. [When I started on the show], we knew he was a great trauma surgeon, and we knew he was going to get involved with Cristina. We didn’t know how much we were going to deal with the aftermath of being in the Iraq War situation. It was going to be more romantic then. But we realized pretty quickly that there was a lot there. It’s a really interesting opportunity for acting moments, and to follow the romance into that. Do you think they really love each other, or are they just sort of clinging to each other for emotional support? I think they’re really in love. I think Owen—I’m not speaking for Sandra, but I think Owen pretty much in the season premiere, Cupid’s arrow shot him in the heart when he saw her across the room. Something happened. And this whole season is about them fighting through all this crap so they can get back to that thing. What’s cool about it is they’re both such intellectual, badass people in their work. It’s cool to see that happen to these people who are so straight ahead, showing each other their vulnerable sides and not showing them to anyone else. And she’s such a good actor. I think we’re really bouncing off each other well. Will this poor couple ever just get to have sex like everyone else at Seattle Grace? I think they will. Just keep watching. A lot happens this week. I think they’ve drawn that one out a lot, and I know people are getting frustrated. I think it’s good because they’ve really connected on a mental and emotional level. And now I think it’s time they connect physically. What's up with the rest of the season? There are so many rumors about weddings, and Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight leaving... You’re only just scratching the surface [in episodes that have aired] with where this Izzie [Katherine Heigl] thing is going. All I know is they’re in every episode. She’s not dying, or at least she hasn’t yet. What I can tell you about T.R.'s character is Hunt sees something in him that no one has seen before. Because his character’s been kind of a dark horse this season. There’s an event that happens and I realize there’s a lot more to him, that he has a set of skills that maybe he isn’t even aware of. Hunt starts to mentor him in a way that gets really interesting. So that’s cool to see. What has it been like, joining such a huge series with a history of off-screen drama? I’ve always joined a show on day 1 -- and on top of that it’s a hit show, so I was expecting the worst. But the transition has been really nice. It might have been different a few years ago in the middle of the hoopla. But now everyone seems to have settled in; they’re all thankful to be there. I was nervous when I started. I didn’t really know the show. I watched the first two seasons because [creator] Shonda [Rhimes] wanted me to, but she said she didn’t want me to watch seasons 3 and 4 because she didn’t want Owen Hunt to know about the recent past. So I watched some to get a feel for the show, but I don’t know what happened with whoever and whoever, which is the way my character is. After the incident this week, what's ahead for Cristina and Owen? He’ll be focusing on himself for a while. He and Cristina will very reluctantly realize they have to separate, which is hard because they’re really, really involved with each other. But they know they have to have some time apart. It’s going to be pretty emotional. He’s having to heal himself. They’re so clever, these writers. Some episodes you think it’s so light and fluffy, but they’re ratcheting up the emotional stuff a lot in the last part of the season. And that’s good television. At the end of this season there’s going to be a big curveball for Owen and Cristina that neither of them see coming. Just as he starts to get over his thing, something else happens. Which is good and bad. It’s like, Oh my God, this is big. It will be interesting to see how it leads into next season. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/kevin-mckidd-gr.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TIMES LA Times Show Tracker - 'Grey’s Anatomy': A night to remember - Mar 27 2009 Thursday night was not the night to miss “Grey’s Anatomy.” Derek returned to work at Seattle Grace. Izzie underwent — and survived — brain surgery. Owen nearly strangled the life out of Cristina. And Mer-Der finally got engaged. It was an episode in which much went down but nothing felt rushed, a genuinely moving installment that provoked laughter and tears. It was the kind of episode that made you nearly forgive, if not entirely forget, all the craziness that threatened to permanently derail the beloved drama earlier this season. Tensions were running high as Derek prepared to operate on the tumor in Izzie’s brain (the first in a long line of surgeries and hellish treatments awaiting her, it seems). His confidence was thoroughly shaken, and it certainly didn’t help to have Izzie’s hard-nosed oncologist (Kimberly Elise) questioning his every move. For her part, Izzie tried to put on a brave front, knitting a bright green scarf and encouraging her friends to go about their usual rounds. None of her fellow Seattle Gracers, outside of Bailey, seemed to know how to deal with the enormity of what was going on so they kept their distance. Alex, taking over voice-over duties from Meredith this week, battled guilt over not questioning Izzie’s hallucinations of Denny, as he struggled to make a “deposit” that might still allow Izzie to have kids one day. Callie felt guilty too for often wishing Izzie dead after she had an affair with George. And George was so hurt by the fact that Izzie hadn’t shared her medical crisis with him — but had shared it with Cristina — that he was willing to work with his ex-wife for the day. Cristina, for one, could be forgiven for being a little distracted. One moment she was sleeping peacefully and the next she was gasping for air as her Iraq war vet boyfriend, wiggy with post-traumatic stress disorder, tried to choke her to death. The scene was appropriately disturbing, as was Cristina’s behavior afterward. Not unlike a domestic violence victim, she was quick to make excuses for her guy’s violent outburst and just as quick to take him back after he profusely apologized. Wearing a turtleneck under her scrubs to hide the handprints on her neck, she went about her business at the hospital, pretending nothing out of the ordinary had happened. The aftermath of the attack wouldn’t have seemed like the ideal time to have sex for the first time, but one tender embrace in the on-call room later and off came the clothes. Lying beside him afterward, afraid to fall asleep, Cristina finally realized that maybe this was a situation she couldn’t handle after all. And, I admit, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Owen seems like a good guy in the grand scheme of things, but the dude clearly needs help, and, by the end of the episode, he had turned to Derek for just that. Owen and Cristina would seem to have a long, bumpy road ahead of them. If they’re lucky, they’ll be able to work through their issues and come out the other side as healed and whole as Derek and Meredith. Could the scene where they finally got engaged have been any more perfect? For the couple who’ve weathered so many ups and downs, it took place, fittingly, in an elevator (and thanks to the chief, Meredith waited to board the right one). The doors opened and there was Derek, clean-shaven and radiating the full powers of his McDreamyness, surrounded by CT scans that marked pivotal points in their relationship, including the first time they scrubbed in together, the surgery that prompted their first kiss and their most recent case — Izzie — which proved Meredith could not only handle a crisis but could also get others, including her man, to face things head-on as well. “You say you’re all dark and twisty, but it’s not a flaw, it’s a strength,” Derek told her, as “Grey’s” fans surely collectively cheered. “It makes you who you are.” He did not get down on one knee, and he didn’t actually pop the proverbial question — there was no need. Rather, he told her, simply, beautifully, that he loved her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, a sentiment she sweetly echoed. Engagements are a dime a dozen on TV, yes, but this one managed to feel both original and well-earned. ........ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/03/greys-anatomy-a.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MSNBC Owen tries to strangle Cristina on ‘Grey's’ Mar 26, 2009 Dr. McArmy scares Cristina, and Izzie’s surgery scares everyone - War memories plagued Owen Hunt, but he refused until the end of the episode to seek Derek's help. Choke on it: Snoozing beside Owen turned dangerous for Cristina when McArmy woke up in the middle of a nightmare and tried to choke her. He apologized profusely, and Cristina was quick to forgive. Later, as Owen watched a helicopter’s blades, he began having flashbacks. Derek tried to persuade Owen to get treatment for post-traumatic stress, but Owen wouldn’t — he simply had sex with Cristina instead. Later, though, she confessed that she was afraid to fall asleep with him and they sadly broke up. But at least he finally went to Derek for help. That’s what friends are for: Derek struggled with nerves before Izzie’s surgery, his first since his mountain-man trailer exile. When it came time to operate, he balked, wanting Meredith to agree to marry him first. Showing a rare modicum of sense, she refused, and he sucked it up and performed the surgery. Happily, success keeping Izzie alive inspired Derek to shave off his self-pity beard. Later, he decorated the elevator with mementos of past surgeries he’s worked on with Meredith (romantic!) and proposed again, and this time, she said yes. Meanwhile, Izzie’s friends spent the day awkwardly avoiding her cancer room. George’s pain over Izzie’s failure to confide in him was the hardest to break through. It took a talking-to from Callie, of all people, to get him to wait with the others — including sweetly concerned interns — for her surgery to be over. Once Izzie came through safely, Bailey barked at her friends to do a better job in the future. ................ jump http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29898871/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK MAGAZINE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TV GUIDE Grey's Anatomy Episode Recap: "Elevator Love Letter" - Mar 26, 2009 In this episode of Grey's Anatomy, Derek works through the jitters as he returns to the OR for the first time since he lost his last patient, and Cristina continues to deal with Owen's post-traumatic stress disorder when it takes a seriously dark turn. Plus, Karev learns the importance of sticking by your loved ones while the other residents deal with Izzie's sickness in their own ways. So did Izzie come out of her first (of many) surgeries OK? Let's find out! Hey guys, I'm Adam Bryant, srcubbing in for a travelling Erin this week. She will be back to her regular recapping duties for the next episode. The episode opens with a Karev narration about how trauma messes everybody up, and truer words couldn't be spoken as far as this episode is concerned. Everyone at Seattle Grace is reeling in their own ways: Callie feels guilty for having felt angry toward Izzie after she stole George; George is furious that Izzie told Cristina instead of him; Derek is afraid Meredith won't stay with him if he is unsuccessful in the OR, and Karev is having trouble making his "contribution" to Izzie's harvested eggs. That's right, the Chief comes to Alex to ask for a sperm specimen because harvested eggs perform better if fertilized. Although Alex agrees, he struggles with the decision, particularly because, as he says, "this isn't how Izzie and I were supposed to make a baby." It's nice to see Karev's emotional side peek its head out every now and then. But even so, Karev never told Izzie what he was doing, mainly because he didn't visit her throughout the day. Instead, he was tending to a very old patient who was on her last leg...and had been for three years. Although her family was initially pushy and impatient about flying out of Seattle (they had been coming across the country every time she almost died), they did help teach Karev a lesson: "Some people are better than no people." Karev put that lesson in motion when he allowed the interns to wait with the residents — who also had been avoiding Izzie all day — outside the OR, breaking the no loitering rule...... jump http://www.tvguide.com/Episode-Recaps/greys-anatomy/Greys-Anatomy-Episode-1004452.aspx VIDEO: Kevin McKidd Reveals What's Ahead for Grey's Anatomy's Haunted Dr. Hunt - Mar 25, 2009 Will Owen's PTSD get worse before it gets better? It sure looks that way. As Kevin McKidd shares in Part 1 of his TVGuide.com video Q&A, the haunted Dr. Hunt once again — and to an even scarier degree — misdirects a nightmare at his lady love, Christina, in this Thursday's episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Previewing this latest dark moment, McKidd tells TVGuide.com, "It's going to become a catalyst for him to really sort his stuff out and become whole again. He really loves [Christina] and wants to make things good for her, and not to be this burden." In tackling such tricky fare, McKidd declares himself "lucky" to have Sandra Oh as a scene partner, saying, "She's such a committed artist." McKidd also gives kudos to Grey's for journeying down this rocky road with his war vet. "Post-traumatic stress has a stigma attached to it, so I think it's great that the show is telling this story properly and exploring it and getting dirty with it," he says. McKidd goes on to share how the depths of Owen's despair — and the advice of a certain peer — will lead him to seek help from Dr. Wyatt, the psychiatrist played by Amy Madigan. "It's hard for him," notes the actor, "because he's not the most verbal guy ... but they work through a lot of stuff." Might it eventually lead to lighter moments for Owen and Christina? Get McKidd's answer at the 3:00 mark. VIDEO http://www.tvguide.com/News/VIDEO-McKidd-Greys-1004410.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TV SQUAD Grey's Anatomy: Elevator Love Letter - Mar 27th 2009 S05E19) After the commercials continued to mention how wonderful Grey's Anatomy was going to be, I was brainwashed. This episode had to be good. For me, it delivered. In the first five minutes, we were given Owen's PTSD situation and it set the tone for the rest of the episode. Then we get the wonderful voiceovers from Alex, a good change from Meredith. There were definitely serious tear inducing moments, along with two really funny situations. We also had a believable patient. When does this hospital get normal patients? Probably when they went down a few ranks. More thoughts and analysis after the jump. The Owen/Christina situation is touchy. PTSD is a subject not often covered on television, and I appreciate that they are making mention of it. I'm sure there are many veterans that are too proud to admit things, and I hope shows like this (and the Real World: Brooklyn) pushes them in the right direction. I get why Christina couldn't sleep with Owen, but the two of them work really well. I'm not sure if it's just good acting by both Sandra Oh and Kevin KcKidd, or the fact that Christina's cold nature was warmed by Owen's situation. They work in that weird way that Meredith/Derek and Callie/Arizona work: opposites attract.................. leap http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/03/27/greys-anatomy-elevator-love-letter/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ZAP2IT 'Grey's Anatomy': Izzie's surgery, Owen lashes out -- and a ring - Mar 26, 2009 Tonight was not your average episode of "Grey's Anatomy" -- which you could tell from the opening moment, when Alex and not Meredith did the voiceover. But while everyone waited for Izzie to go into -- and then out of -- surgery, and while saw in an up-close and horrifying way what PTSD can do to someone, you couldn't help but come away with one thought: You need your people. No one quite knows how to handle Izzie as a patient. Alex, Cristina and Meredith are trying to sort through their conflicting instincts to be both doctor and friend. George is beside himself and putting some distance between him and Izzie, because he feels as though he's been the last to know anything, and blown off when he tried to talk to Izzie about what was wrong. Outside Izzie's room before rounds, Bailey makes it clear to Grey, Yang and Karev that when they go into Izzie's room, they have to do it as her friends, because she'll be surrounded by doctors and she'll need them. But their discomfort, agitation and helplessness is palpable, and they're only too eager to go off and be doctors when she tells them to go and save lives. Derek's the surgeon, and before he goes to the hospital he show's up at Meredith's with his bag -- and the ring. And she turns him down. Not like this, she says -- it's your first day back, and this has to be about Izzie. I cannot believe that this is Meredith, but she's amazing. During rounds we meet Izzie's oncologist, who is bossy and abrasive, so of course she's clearly the best, and she pretty much gives everyone in the room what for -- including Izzie. She passionlessly tells Izzie about the three surgeries in four weeks that she's scheduled for, including harvesting as many healthy eggs as possible before Izzie undergoes radiation. The will find more cancer that's spread, she says, and the aggressive and harsh treatment that they're going with is going to be tough. Everyone has their role here. Cristina's being exceptionally watchful and working with the oncologist. Meredith's trying to be there for everyone. Alex is struggling to be brave -- and "answers the call" when the chief asks him for a specimen because Izzie's eggs have a better chance of surviving frozen if they're embryos. George is hiding on Callie's service. Callie's feeling guilty that she used to wish Izzie would die. And Bailey's taking care of Izzie. And if I were sick, the person I'd want looking out for me is Bailey -- so amen for that. Bailey is particularly brilliant when she quizzes Izzie about the surgery Bailey has coming up that afternoon, because she doesn't want Izzie getting rusty, since she'll need her skills when she's teaching a year from now. When Izzie asks if Bailey really thinks she'll be here a year from now, Bailey firmly and unhesitatingly replies, "Yes I do." .................... lot’s more if ya jump Derek's nervous -- really nervous. And before he goes into the OR, he asks Meredith to marry him again. She says no -- not if committing to him so he can do the surgery will make it OK if Izzie dies. "I love you. You can do this. I know you can," she says. Rock on, Meredith. Before she goes under anesthesia, Izzie tells Bailey that if something goes wrong, the scarf she's been knitting in her room -- which she had time to finish since her friends didn't visit -- is for Bailey. During the surgery -- as Derek works his way through, with the oncologist second-guessing his every decision until he finally fights back -- even the no-good-very-bad interns assemble in the hallway to wait. In the end, Derek was able to take out all of the tumor. Izzie will recover, and her post-surgery CT is clean. Bailey takes the opportunity to dress down Alex, Cristina and Meredith for not going to see her. But for now, at least -- chastised, battered and freaked out, there's hope. And on this front, Izzie's OK. Now, on to the next thing. Another wonderful side effect: Derek seems to have gotten his mojo back. How he commandeered an elevator for long enough to turn it into a consult room displaying the files and scans of all the patients he and Meredith have saved, I don't know. But it's a really sweet way of walking through their relationship, to show her how he's known she's the right person for him -- and a way for him to show that he's coming out the other side. And he tells her he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. She answers the same -- no asking, no accepting, just equals coming together. Ladies and gentlemen, we have an engagement. But the day started a whole lot worse than it ended. Hunt stayed at Cristina's, and she awakens in the middle of the night to find him choking her, looking as though he's in a sleepwalking trance. Callie finally makes it into the room and snaps him out of it, but not before Cristina's hurt and bruised, Hunt is scratched, and everyone is shocked, scared and freaked out. Callie calls Meredith over, and between the two of them they're clearly wary and terrified for Cristina. But Hunt, who obviously was in the grip of something else, is really worried about Cristina, who ends up assuring him and everyone else that it's OK, he was asleep, and she's fine. Like the good friend she is, Meredith doesn't let it lie. But Cristina isn't the sort to do anything she doesn't think she can handle -- and she tells Hunt so, as he's trying to break up with her. "Let me decide what I can handle," she says, as he pleads with her, worrying about what could have happened. Later Hunt freezes up on the roof when a chopper brings a trauma patient in, and Derek immediately spots what's going on. He talks to Hunt about a trial studying the brains of PTSD patients, and getting them some help, but Hunt snaps that he, the kettle, is not the one with the problem, pot. There are really some beautiful moments between Sandra Oh and Kevin McKidd in this episode, particularly when they finally sleep together in the on-call room (I mean really -- wowza). And when it turns out that Cristina can't handle being with him, because she's afraid to fall asleep. Hunt goes to Derek and agrees to get treatment. Some other thoughts: * A minimum of Mark and Lexie this week, which is fine -- excellent call not to force it. But the case of the dying old lady and her nephews and niece fit into the rest of the episode with a nice touch. They weren't vultures and they didn't want her to die. And they showed up -- they were her people. * Also a really nice performance from Justin Chambers, who I've always thought was just a little too smarmy for his own good. He did great, heartfelt stuff in his scene with Meredith, talking about how he should've known something was up, and being anguished over the idea that this isn't how he and Izzie should be making a baby. * I watched live without the benefit of a DVR this week, so I didn't count them, but heavens there were a lot of commercial breaks this week -- at least four in the first 30 minutes, and that seems conservative. I get that a barn-burner episode would generate a whole lotta ad sales, but holy moly -- was anyone else put off? http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/03/greys-anatomy-izzies-surgery-owen-lashes-out-and-a-ring.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by oncetherewasaway, Mar 29 2009, 02:26 AM.


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