I know, I suck, but who knew my graduation yesterday was going to last as long as it did leaving me so little free time. Anyway, here is what was promised - an awesome post about what happened on Thursday's awesome episode of Grey's Anatomy. To start, the overarching theme of the episode was forgiveness, more specifically, when and how it is appropriate to say sorry.
-Izzie is preparing for another surgery and we find out that she has set up a wedding website for Meredith and Derek, one that she updates regularly with obscure details like how the food tastes. Also on this episode, Izzie's mother comes to the hospital. When the mother first arrives, she hits on Alex, and their interaction was cute. When we see Izzie and her mom together, we notice that her mom is a bit much to handle. Later in the episode we also find out that Izzie grew up in a trailer park, one that her mother always knew she was better than. Izzie's mom also refuses to listen to how suck Izzie really is. She calls psychics, looks at tarot cards, anything but listen to what Izzie has to say. When Izzie does hint to how truly sick she is, her mom freaks out and Izzie has to take it back and say she isn't actually that sick. Izzie knows that her mom needs to hear good news or she will not leave. We also find out that Bailey was the one who called Izzie's mom and it was good intentioned; Bailey thinks every parent deserves to know if their child is sick. After Izzie's scan, Bailey goes to the room and tells Izzie's mom that the cancer is gone so that the mom will leave. The real news is not as happy but Bailey remains positive. As the episode ends, Izzie goes into surgery.
- Owen and Cristina are not talking. He keeps saying awkward phrases like "take care now" to her. They work together on a surgery and Hunt only lets George help, not her. At one point during the surgery he even send her running to her car to get a bag, a task she does not appreciate. When Cristina gets back we find out that what she was sent to get was a powder he used in Iraq that is not FDA approved. But the powder worked to help stop the bleeding and it bought them time. As they are leaving the hospital, Cristina catches up to Hunt and gets mad that he treats her like every other doctor. But he says he is treating her differently as a way to let her off the hook. He is trying to make things right. And as for the weird phrases he keeps saying to her, they are casual three word phrases to replace the one three word phrase he really wants to say, but can't - I love you.
- Cali's family is not speaking to her following last week when she told her father she would not move back home and that she did not like how he does not respect her. Cristina mentions that she should just lie and say she broke up with her lesbian girlfriend since it is none of her family's business anyway. On a side note, because her father is no longer providing her with money, Cali has no money to pay rent. Cali is upset because she was expecting yelling from her family but never silence, and she is realizing silence is harder to stand. Arizona even tells Cali that she would support her if Cali decided to lie to her family. But, at the end of the episode, Cali says she refuses to pretend she is someone she isn't.
- Meredith and Lexie's father, Thatcher, is in town. He is just out of rehab and sober. He stops by the hospital and goes to the chief first. Thatcher needs to make amends with those he hurt as a step in his road to recovery, so the chief tells the daughters to hear him out and help him. Meredith listens, wishes him luck and leaves the room. Lexie, on the other hand, forgives him. Lexie even wants Sloan to meet her father, but Sloan is worried and says he does not do well with fathers. At the end of the episode, Sloan arrives at the restaurant where Lexie is having dinner with her father. In this case, actions speak louder than words.
- There are two main medical storylines of the night. The first is about a woman who fell out of the tree she had been living in and broke all of her limbs. We find out that she thinks trees are her friends and the reason she was living in the tree was to make sure it wasn't chopped down. She is trying to save forests. Her sister comes and tries to talk sense into the tree lover. It is obvious the two do not see eye to eye. When the sister starts talking about how crazy her sister is, Cali jumps in and says the word she would use to describe the tree lover is brave. She stayed in the tree even though they were attempting to bulldoze it down because she was trying to make a difference.
- The other storyline surrounds a mom, dad and daughter. The father is brought in having been shot 17 times and we find out that it was his roughly 6-year-old daughter who shot him. The mom immediately tries to explain that the little girl did not mean to hurt her dad. The daughter then asks Meredith, while Meredith is trying to clean up her cuts, why her dad didn't die, which essentially proves it was not an accident. We then find out that the father is abusive and that the little girl was trying to make him stop. As for the dad, he had major internal injuries and needed surgery. But, Meredith stands up for the little girl saying it was a brave thing she did to save herself and that the mother should be ashamed for putting the child in harm's way in the first place. The chief witnesses Meredith's talk with the mother and pulls her aside. Before he can say much, Meredith yells at him for treating her differently than the other doctors in the hospital so he treats her as he would anyone else by yelling at her and threatens suspension. Meredith goes to Derek to complain about the chief and she has to stop and ask Derek to be on her side; She even tells him Richard is not invited to the wedding. Derek confronts the chief and in their discussion we hear from Richard that he treats Meredith differently because of Derek and not his past with her mom. Derek then points out that Richard acts as if he considers Meredith family, regardless of what he thinks. After the chief banned Meredith from talking to the family of the little girl who shot her dad, she does anyway. She tells the mother she has to stand up for her daughter and that she cannot go back to her husband for the daughter's sake. Meredith then turns to the chief and says she will pack her things. The chief goes to the locker room and tells Meredith that he now knows he should have stood up to Meredith's mother while he was having an affair with her as a way to protect Meredith, who was helpless at the time. The two then hug. As for the mom and daughter, at the end of the episode they go to see the father to say their goodbyes. The mother decided to leave him.
During the final moments of the episode we hear Meredith mention to Derek that they need to move up the wedding date so that Izzie can attend and she even slides in that the chief is invited. Next week is the show's 100th episode and it is the wedding everyone has been talking about. Do you think Meredith and Derek will actually get married? And what did you think of this week's episode? Leave me comments.
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