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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:45 AM
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	RECAPS & REVIEWS & RATINGS BUDDYTV Grey's Anatomy: Episode 5.15 "Before and After" - February 12, 2009 The Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice crossover event begins (or rather "continues" because I guess last week's episode in which Addison made a two-second phone call to Derek at the very end of the episode counted as a crossover). Addison (Kate Walsh), Naomi (Audra McDonald) and of course, Archer (Grant Show) who has parasitic worms in his brain, spill out of an ambulance at Seattle Grace Hospital. Do they know that Seattle Grace dropped to number 12 in the rankings now? I wonder if they would have chosen to go to another hospital if they knew this information. They rush Archer into an ICU room where he starts seizing because of a reaction to a drug they are giving him. Derek (Patrick Dempsey) orders them to stop the IV drip, and when Archer starts crashing, they order a crash cart to start his engines back up again. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) has cleared her schedule to help support Addison. Derek exposits to Addison that her brother hates him, that he hated him long ago when Addie and Derek were still together. Naomi sheepishly admits that she's sort of with Archer now, and Derek and Naomi chit-chat awkwardly and incredulously about how their tight-knit medical school group has become so dysfunctional and broken now..........cont’d http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-episode-515-befo-26339.aspx Grey's Anatomy: Spotlight on Cristina-Owen - February 10, 2009 The last episode of Grey's Anatomy showed us a pretty new dynamic in the Yang-Hunt thing – whatever it is – and judging from the comments, everybody loved it. Cristina, the hardened cynic, and Major Hunt, the hot army surgeon with a lot of baggage, brushing hands ever so slightly on the corridors of Seattle Grace, flirting like crazy like high school kids after sending each other crazy mixed signals in the past. As for me, I can't help but feel a little weirded out by Hunt. Of course, there's probably some logical, perhaps even medical explanation to how he reacted upon seeing the mystery girl (who, if we'd remember some news way back, will turn out to be someone from his past). The way he reacted upon seeing this woman was downright bizarre, and it just goes to show that there was a lot going on in Owen's (Kevin McKidd) past. And if anyone is capable of knowing how the past can go back to haunt us, it's Cristina (Sandra Oh). Initially, we already know that Owen is a “tortured” character who is "fighting his own set of demons," little did we know that it is this intense. Do we like people with a lot of baggage? We are fans of Grey's Anatomy. Of course, we do. With the way the audience is reacting, however, it seems that this new tandem might just overshadow the central couple MerDer. Then again, with that crossover with Private Practice coming up, something will be shaking in the so far calm MerDer waters. And the fact that it all happened oh so close to the proposal will probably make it doubly heartbreaking. Going back to Owen and Cristina, however, if we'd remember, McKidd was originally cast for a no more than five-episode arc. In an interview, McKidd had described Oh's character as his “soulmate.” For his part, it seems that the character of Major Hunt figures as an encouraging and welcome counterbalance to the jerks that are the other guys. Obviously, as Owen and Cristina are equally intense people, a relationship between the two will predictably be intense. There is very little drama yet, just pure passion. Perhaps it was a welcome break from all the drama between the other couples, namely MerDer, and those who just didn't make sense, such as Dead!Denny! and Izzie, and Gay!Callie! and Arizona. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-spotlight-on-cri-26280.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CINEMA BLEND TV Recap: Grey's Anatomy - Before and After - 2009-02-13 Archer’s brain tenants have multiplied! Addison prays! McBadass tends to lose touch with family and friends, just like me! It’s revealed that pretty much nobody likes Archer, which makes me feel less guilty. Annnnnnnd an intern finally gets to scrub in on a surgery. Addison, Archer, and Naomi arrive via ambulance at Seattle Grace. While Derek is trying to find a way to operate, word spreads throughout the hospital that Addison’s in town, to the delight of most. Derek discovers that the initial single cyst in Archer’s brain has multiplied into eight, meaning the worms are spawning. Derek doesn’t think he can maneuver the probe without breaking one of the cysts, and decides he can’t operate. Addison gives him a speech about needing him to be a god and save her brother and goes off to pray, something she apparently never does. Derek keeps looking at the CT scans and still sees no way to pull the operation off until Sam shows up and suggests that Derek just remove each cyst as he goes. Archer begins to refuse until Derek calls him a coward and goes into a rant about how all neurologists are cowards, preaching drugs and non-surgery until there’s no choice and then passing the patient on to a neurosurgeon so they won’t have to take responsibility. Derek says he’s ready to take responsibility and questions if Archer is as well. It’s a very harsh speech, but Archer’s an ass so nobody cares and it apparently does the job because Archer agrees to the surgery. ...........cont’d http://www.cinemablend.com/television/TV-Recap-Grey-s-Anatomy-Before-and-After-15271.html Videos From Grey's Anatomy Private Practice Crossover Ep - 2009-02-07 You know, I thought the whole penis-fish story arc in Grey’s Anatomy a couple seasons ago was kind of nasty but brain worms? Ew. This week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy will feature some of the cast of ABC’s GA spinoff series Private Practice, who are in need of Derek’s expertise. We have some clips from the episode to share with you. (Spoilers ahead!) If you’re like me then you haven’t watched passed the pilot episode of Private Practice and have no idea what’s going on on that show. Fortunately, our Grey’s recapper Dustin was kind enough to cover last week’s episode of Private Practice as well so those of us who aren’t down with PP can know a little bit about what’s going on in Addison’s world. You can read Dustin’s recap of the episode here, which explains why Addison is coming back to Seattle Grace. In a nutshell, her brother (played by Grant Show) has what he thinks is a brain tumor and turns out to actually be worms and eggs in his brain. I’ll give you a moment to swallow the vomit in your mouth. Good? Ok, from the clip below, Derek doesn’t look too optimistic about Archer’s chances. And in non-PP news, Miranda’s taking the whole pediatric surgery idea seriously enough that she’s applying for a fellowship. But is she really cut out to be a Ped? insert gagging reflex Okay..... So I knew about the worms..... BUT nowhere did it say anything about worms AND EGGS!!! gags ..... repeatedly http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Videos-From-Grey-s-Anatomy-Private-Practice-Crossover-Ep-15098.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TIMES 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Private Practice' prepare for a joint operation - February 8, 2009 'Grey's Anatomy' and spinoff 'Private Practice' are crossing over as fan discontent mounts. Will the experimental surgery save viewers' patience? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/02/greys-anatomy-p.html http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/crossover-episode-article.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NY Post Article - February 09, 2009 'GREYS Anatomy" is barely hanging on, struggling to keep viewers from pronouncing the show dead. "Grey's" started out as a fresh and quirky hospital drama that focused on the personal lives of the doctors rather than bizarre medical anomalies, but in recent seasons has distracted viewers with disturbing patient cases and depressing plotlines. This year, love is back on the fever charts. Desperate for a ratings boost, ABC has paired "Grey's" with its spinoff, "Private Practice," in a two-hour crossover event this Thursday, which will feature the return of Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh) to Seattle Grace Hospital. The timing couldn't be worse for the show's main character, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). Despite having its ups and downs, the only remnant of the good old days on "Grey's" is the romantic relationship between Chief of Neurosurgery Derek "McDreamy" Shepard (Patrick Dempsey) and resident Meredith. Last week's episode was supposed to end with Derek's marriage proposal to Meredith, which would have been a landmark event for fans rooting for MerDer to find their version of happily ever after. "Supposed to" because, alas, McDreamy's plan went awry when he received an urgent call from his ex-wife Addison, begging for his help saving her brother's life and setting up this week's crossover special. Fans seem to cling to Derek and Meredith because the rest of the "Grey's" world has fallen to pieces around them. Several original characters on the show have found their lines drastically reduced or rendered irrelevant. George OMalley, played by T.R. Knight, had the misfortune of being paired in one of the worst on-screen relationships ever with Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), and now it takes 30 minutes for him to even make an appearance in an episode. Reformed jerk/lothario Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), who's sup posed to be in a relation ship with Izzie now, also finds himself without a solid storyline. Connecting the dots here is Izzie, who's gone from being one of the most emotionally riveting cast members to a sigh-inducing spaz. It seems as though "Grey's" writers, led by creator Shonda Rimes, are exacting revenge on Heigl by giving her the worst storyline to date: a fling (yes, sex included) with her dead former patient and soulmate, Denny Duquette. Heigl made waves when she withdrew her name from Emmy contention last year saying that her character wasn't worthy of nomination, a slap in the face to "Grey's" writers, including Rimes. She was rumored to have demanded more money and was really more interested in furthering her movie career than in developing Izzie's character. It seems that Denny is finally out of the picture, but it's possible that we're seeing the beginning of the end of Izzie Stevens. In last weeks episode, Izzie, convinced she was ailing, duped her interns into running a battery of tests. Her results indicated anemia, but they are delivered at the same time as a patient who gets a surprise cancer diagnosis. Old-fashioned TV savvy suggests that the test results might have been switched and that Izzie is headed for the Big Pink Slip. Reportedly, Melissa George, who plays Meredith's resurfaced friend Sadie Harris, said of Rimes, "She's really lovely, until she wants to punish you." http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/ny-post-article.html BUDDYTV Grey's Anatomy: Episode 5.15 "Before and After" - February 12, 2009 The Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice crossover event begins (or rather "continues" because I guess last week's episode in which Addison made a two-second phone call to Derek at the very end of the episode counted as a crossover). Addison (Kate Walsh), Naomi (Audra McDonald) and of course, Archer (Grant Show) who has parasitic worms in his brain, spill out of an ambulance at Seattle Grace Hospital. Do they know that Seattle Grace dropped to number 12 in the rankings now? I wonder if they would have chosen to go to another hospital if they knew this information. They rush Archer into an ICU room where he starts seizing because of a reaction to a drug they are giving him. Derek (Patrick Dempsey) orders them to stop the IV drip, and when Archer starts crashing, they order a crash cart to start his engines back up again. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) has cleared her schedule to help support Addison. Derek exposits to Addison that her brother hates him, that he hated him long ago when Addie and Derek were still together. Naomi sheepishly admits that she's sort of with Archer now, and Derek and Naomi chit-chat awkwardly and incredulously about how their tight-knit medical school group has become so dysfunctional and broken now..........cont’d http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-episode-515-befo-26339.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CINEMA BLEND TV Recap: Grey's Anatomy - Before and After - 2009-02-13 Archer’s brain tenants have multiplied! Addison prays! McBadass tends to lose touch with family and friends, just like me! It’s revealed that pretty much nobody likes Archer, which makes me feel less guilty. Annnnnnnd an intern finally gets to scrub in on a surgery. Addison, Archer, and Naomi arrive via ambulance at Seattle Grace. While Derek is trying to find a way to operate, word spreads throughout the hospital that Addison’s in town, to the delight of most. Derek discovers that the initial single cyst in Archer’s brain has multiplied into eight, meaning the worms are spawning. Derek doesn’t think he can maneuver the probe without breaking one of the cysts, and decides he can’t operate. Addison gives him a speech about needing him to be a god and save her brother and goes off to pray, something she apparently never does. Derek keeps looking at the CT scans and still sees no way to pull the operation off until Sam shows up and suggests that Derek just remove each cyst as he goes. Archer begins to refuse until Derek calls him a coward and goes into a rant about how all neurologists are cowards, preaching drugs and non-surgery until there’s no choice and then passing the patient on to a neurosurgeon so they won’t have to take responsibility. Derek says he’s ready to take responsibility and questions if Archer is as well. It’s a very harsh speech, but Archer’s an ass so nobody cares and it apparently does the job because Archer agrees to the surgery. ...........cont’d http://www.cinemablend.com/television/TV-Recap-Grey-s-Anatomy-Before-and-After-15271.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EW.COM 'Grey's Anatomy' Recap: Thanks For the Memories - Feb 13, 2009 Addison returns to Seattle Grace to save her brother in this 'Private Practice'-'Grey's Anatomy' crossover and reminds us how good things used to be...at the hospital and between her core group of friends It's official: Addison Montgomery makes ''Grey's Anatomy'' a better show. We can curse this Grey's/Private Practice crossover for forcing us to watch Practice, or we can celebrate the fact that it brought Kate Walsh back to Seattle Grace. I choose B, as I am a glass-half-Addison kind of girl. (Addison half full? Ugh, I want there to be a pun there that just isn't.) Point being, this little promotional stunt (with Addy bringing her dying brother to possibly be saved by Derek) has proven a golden maxim of television: You never know what makes shows great, and messing with any of a great thing's variables is riskier than it looks. Take Addison — a character that transcended her once-secondary status — away from Grey's, and it changes. Put her on a different show with different characters, and she diminishes, too. Upshot: Can we all just stop watching Practice so it fails and Addy can hightail it back north? Thanks. The revival of our beloved live-but-departed-to-LA character even made that Denny ghost incident feel far in the past — you know, something we lightly joke about and move on. Like, Izzie was making little construction paper props to use in a ''game'' to make the interns excited about medicine again, and Alex asked, ''Is this some kind of dead boyfriend art therapy?'' See, that's funny now. And on the not-funny-because-it's-true side of things, he added, ''The interns are losers.'' Now, this brings up a more serious issue even Addison can't fix. Namely, that this hospital officially sucks. I know we talked about this last week. I know it's been addressed with this ''No. 12'' crisis this season. But I'm starting to think they're damn lucky to get 12. I'm thinking more like 312. I'm thinking this is a place where the interns more than likely mixed up Izzie's test results with those of that dying lady in the clinic last week — not good. It's a place where the interns need scavenger hunts to learn medicine — not as bad as not telling someone they're dying, but not comforting.......cont’d http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20258961,00.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TIMES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MSNBC Addison returns to ‘Grey's’ in crossover - Feb 13, 2009 Brain worms, babies in danger, and mysterious blondes fill the show Where we left off: McDreamy postponed his proposal to Meredith to help Addison rid her brother, Archer, of a revolting case of brain worms (really!). In other news, Owen “McArmy” Hunt spotted a blonde he clearly recognized, and a nice pregnant lady who’d accidentally run over her husband had a brain aneurysm. (Bad day for her.) Brain-worm drama: Archer’s situation deteriorated when Derek announced that his many cysts were effectively inoperable. Addison was insistent, however, that Derek “be a God.” So Derek came up with a daring surgical gambit and insulted Archer’s manhood when he resisted. Of course, Archer relented, lest he be thought a wimp. Derek completed the procedure with only one rogue worm he had to — and did — chase down. Tumor hilarity: Izzie, suffering increasing effects of whatever malady brought on Dead Denny, continued decompensating as she obsessed over preparing silly games for the interns. In a storyline that seemed in poor taste even for this show, music tootled playfully in the background as a principal character that has been around since the pilot crept, it appears, ever closer to the grave. .................cont’d http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29165887/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK MAGAZINE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TV GUIDE Grey's Anatomy Episode Recap: "Before and After" - Feb 13, 2009 n this episode of Grey's Anatomy, Addison returns to Seattle Grace with a medical crisis she's praying Derek can fix, Owen's past comes back to haunt him, and Izzie makes the interns play a game for a "really big prize." Addison is back this week because her brother has a serious case of neurocystic sarcosis (that's fancy talk for parasites in the brain), and she's hoping Derek can come to his rescue by performing a risky surgery to save him. At first, Derek considers Archer Montgomery's (Grant Show) condition inoperable, but after a pep talk from Addison and a renewed look at the X-rays with Sam (Taye Diggs), Derek changes his mind. What follows is an intense surgery where Derek attempts to remove all eight of Archer's cysts without rupturing them. The first 7 go smoothly, but as could be predicted, the eighth one bursts and the worm escapes. Suddenly, Archer's future isn't looking so bright as Derek frantically searches to find and remove the worm in one piece. Whether it was Addison's prayers in the chapel or pure luck that did the trick, Derek ably finds that worm and the surgery is a success! Addison's return this week also uncovered more hidden gems from Derek's past. Who would have guessed that Derek was the guitar-playing, serenading type of guy? Certainly not me, but I'm enjoying the mental image. The idea of Derek performing a song for Addison on their wedding day is pretty endearing, although I have to admit his lyrics could use some work. I guess the question now becomes: Will he pen another melody for Meredith?............cont’d http://www.tvguide.com/Episode-Recaps/greys-anatomy/Greys-Anatomy-Episode-1002857.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TV SQUAD Grey's Anatomy: Before and After - Posted Feb 13th 2009 (S05E15) "I need you to be a God." - Addison to Derek The Private Practice/Grey's Anatomy crossover reached its peak this week with a two-hour event. Both episodes were so action packed, thanks to patients Jen and Archer who were part of the two episodes, that this week you not only get a review for the Grey's Anatomy installment but also one for the Private Practice episode. Before we get down to the crossover action, I want to comment on the Izzie, Sadie, and Owen storylines. I know the interns have not showed much skills lately, but I was a bit surprised that the Chief allowed Izzie to have all the interns play her little games. Yes, the games allowed the staff to test and teach interns, but it prevented them from actually treating real patients and helping the doctors out. This is surprising, especially at a time where most doctors are busy either in surgery or watching a surgery. In any case, it was nice to see a happy Izzie, even if her happiness may be partially due to her condition. It also gave George a chance to be on screen for longer than 30 seconds! * Even if most of us knew that Melissa George, who plays Sadie, was set to leave the show at the end of this episode, I must admit that I was a bit surprise to see her go that way. I always thought that Sadie wasn't too bad of an intern. Yes, she was a bit unorthodox and borderline crazy, but she seemed to know what she was doing until last week, no? I am not sad to see her go however, as I never really connected with the character and could care less what happened to her. It'll be interesting though to see if she did mix up the blood tests last week as some of you speculated. If so, Sadie's actions will have major repercussions in upcoming episodes. * Looks like I was right about Beth: she and Owen did date. Even more, they were engaged, and he broke things off in a two-liner email! That is almost as bad as being dumped on a post-it note, no? I didn't care much for the storyline, as it didn't change who Owen is to Cristina. I'm sure the two of them will resume their love affair next week.....there’s more http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/02/13/greys-anatomy-before-and-after/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ZAP2IT 'Grey's Anatomy': Crossover Part 2: Derek is a god - February 12 So after last week's crossover fake-out, this week we get real action on Grey's Anatomy. Addison and Naomi show up at Seattle Grace with an ailing Archer, and Derek's their only hope to save him. But even I have to admit, this one is gnarly. Worms in the brain: Right from the start, Archer's in a bad way -- there seems to be no way to treat him that doesn't involve his heart failing or his brain literally crawling. Turns out that the one cyst that showed up on the last scan has now become eight -- that's right, eight opportunities for worms to make their way all over the inside of his skull. I wouldn't want to operate if I were Derek either -- there are too many, the risk of rupture is just too great. And then Addison starts to work on Derek with an impassioned plea. It's time for her to let him out of the teeny box she's had him in since the divorce, and make him be something big: a god who can save her brother. Into all this walks Sam -- hey, everybody, it's Taye Diggs! -- who's actually an old friend of Derek's that Addison basically got custody of in the divorce. Sam's pep talk to Derek gives him an idea about how to get the cysts out of Archer's head, one at a time. Archer balks, but Derek busts out with the fightin' words, calling him a coward (Do you really want to dare someone to go through with incredibly risky brain surgery?), and it's on. And I have to say, it's really cool. The visuals are awesome, and of course Derek is appropriately god-like until the last cyst, which breaks, and he has to chase after the worm inside Archer's skull. This is so much better than the penis fish. I'm particularly impressed with Derek's cool under pressure. I realize that's what brain surgeons are supposed to be, but talk about keeping your powder dry when everyone else wants to start compressions on the guy because his heart's stopped. For this hour at least -- you have to check out the Private Practice recap for more on the second half -- Archer's fine.....cont’d http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/02/greys-anatomy-crossover-part-2-derek-is-a-godso-after-last-weeks-crossover-fake-out-this-week-we-get-real-action-on-greys.html Private Practice': Roadtrip! - February 12 Oceanside Wellness gets a nice jolt of Seattle's best drama this week during Part Two of The Crossover Event between Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. Like a high school reunion, everyone dances around each other, posturing and checking their own internal checklists, but when asked point-blank by one of Seattle Grace's doctors if she's happy, Addison can't answer. Not to start off with a non-Private Practice character, but Meredith got to be in the middle of Addison's Welcome Home to Seattle Party as old friends Derek and Addison, Sam, Naomi, and Mark Sloan gathered around Archer's bedside. With Sam's help, Derek was able to figure out a way to get each of the eight wormy cysts out of Archer's brain. But after the successful surgery, Archer starts complaining of blurred vision and pain, but Derek refuses to do another CT. So Addison goes over Derek's head and gets the Chief to do it. There's a moment that everyone thinks Archer is going to die, which makes him come clean to everyone about the ass he's been, but turns out he's misread his own CT. He's going to be fine. He's going to be with Naomi for the time being too. Addison then scratches Derek's back by helping diagnose a complication suffered by his aneurysm patient. Addison demands the baby be delivered at 24-weeks to save his life, but Derek overrides her by saying Addison should do an in-utero procedure to repair the baby's heart issue. Derek admits that he nicked the aneurysm, leading to the complication. The procedure is at first a success, but goes wrong. We'll find out what happens next week............cont’d http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/02/private-practice-roadtrip-1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by oncetherewasaway, Feb 19 2009, 09:26 AM.


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