Grey's: "I think she'll be back"

Though last night's Grey's Anatomy episode lacked a certain character named after a ship who has become the highlight of the show in my eyes, the episode was still entertaining. Below is a recap.

- It is Meredith's first day back at work following her liver surgery and she is finding it difficult to cope now that she is behind in getting to know the new doctors. As I said before, I didn't even really miss her while she was gone and I think the show has evolved so far beyond this main character that she is unnecessary.
- Izzie is back in Seattle and only because her high school mentor has recently been diagnosed with dementia, but she thinks there is something more seriously wrong with him. When Alex sees Izzie, he doesn't even really acknowledge her, instead just walking away. When they finally do talk, Alex stands up for himself and tells her he did not get her fired. At the end, they agree to not forgive one another and things are still rocky between them. At this point we don't even know if Izzie is back for good or if she will go back to live with her mother. But as a side note, Izzie's persistence does lead to the doctors finding out what was truly wrong with her mentor and he leaves the hospital with years of healthy living in front of him.
- As a present to Cristina, Owen has brought a cardio doctor named Teddy to work at the hospital. Cristina is very skeptical of the new doctor and does not think she is good enough. Cristina is known to scare away cardio doctors and we see her being extremely critical of the new doctor, even thinking she is better than her. But then, while in surgery, Cristina realizes Teddy is a great teacher for her, one who has faith in Cristina's abilities and allows Cristina to think for herself. By the end of the episode Cristina is very thankful to Owen for her present, though she does not yet know that Teddy has romantic feelings for Owen, which will probably change her perspective.
- There is something obviously going on with the chief. His wife, Adelle, goes to Bailey and demands to know who the chief is having an affair with, even accusing Bailey of the crime. So Bailey begins putting the pieces together and even does some detective work of her own to see who he is sleeping with. But the chief is not having an affair, instead he is extremely distracted. During a surgery he makes a very serious mistake and Bailey has to fix it. Richard then tells Bailey he is stepping back from surgery and he wants her to take on his responsibility. We then see Richard at the bar, complete with a montage highlighting how difficult a time he has been having lately, and we see that he is drinking, which is probably leading to his mistakes and distractedness.

Among other things, next week Mark finds out he has a teenage daughter! Promises to be a good episode.