Spoiler: Grey's - Sometimes it is just better to give up

The title to this post has bigger implications and was a theme throughout this week's episode. It saw Derek and Sloan get in a fist-fight, Cristina get kicked out of an OR, Bailey with a new hair style and more Addison. Here is a rundown of some of the highlights from the episode.

- I usually do not like the voiceovers at the beginning and end of episodes and thus usually tune them out. But this week, when Meredith talked about how people see doctors as Gods because they have to or else they will see the doctors' flaws, I liked the message that opened the show.
- The pregnant wife was still on the episode this week and was the reason for Addison's stay on Grey's. Derek is still trying to make up for the mistake he made during her first surgery, which leads to multiple other surgeries. The baby is in distress and Addison has to take the baby out. But not before Derek takes out parts of the mom's brain and eventually the mom dies. Derek got too close to the case, which becomes all the more evident when the chief has to come to the OR to tell Derek to stop the surgery and to also pry Derek from the room. I think the stand off between Addison and Derek was supposed to be emotional, but at that point I felt no sympathy for Derek.
- In my post a few days ago about ER I mentioned how I like when storylines carry over from week to week. I should clarify by saying that when we meet memorable characters who have interesting storylines, then seeing them in future episodes is interesting. With this recurring storyline, the one with the husband and wife, I don't like their characters or their storyline so I did not like that they were at the center of three episodes in a row. I am glad to see them go.
- The first ever female surgeon at the hospital, Dr. Campbell, makes an appearance on the show (not like she had ever before been mentioned). She is old fashioned and Cristina realizes she botched a previous surgery, therefore needing to redo it. At the end of the episode she says she knows she has to retire and tells Cristina to be careful because at some point Cristina will be in the same place Campbell is.
- Bailey is trying for a new position in pediatrics surgery and therefore a new hair style is in order. She is also attempting to get letters of recommendation from anyone willing to write one. Her face-off with the chief at the end of the episode, when she confronts him about using a form letter and he yells at her for looking into another position when she was supposed to replace him, was well written. I liked when she threw in his face that she is not his son and therefore does not have to follow in his footsteps.
- As I was watching the Derek/Sloan fight I could not help but think that they are way too old to get in such a fight. Not that it was not entertaining, but they are adults so they should act like adults. On a similar note, I loved Lexi's line at the beginning of the show when she called Sloan her Anne Frank boyfriend because she has to hide him in the attic. It was a humorous exchange.
- At this point, does anyone doubt that Izzy is dying? Why are the writers stringing us along? She needs to just figure it out so that the rest of the cast can be let in on the secret.

Though ABC called this week the third and final in the crossover with Private Practice and Grey's Anatomy, the only thing crossing over was Addison. Addison's presence on Grey's linked the two shows, but as I have said in previous posts, I am happy that the combination is done. I like these shows when they stand alone, so here's to a return to that formula.

So what did you think of the episode? Anything stand out that I missed?