Round Table: "There's No 'I' in Team"
While fans gather in our Grey's Anatomy forum to discuss each character, couple and plot twist, the Insider staff comes together to talk about some of the best moments and share opinions regarding the latest episode of our favorite drama.
Topics for our Round Table for "There's No 'I' in Team" include memorable quotes, Mer-Der, George-Lexie, Callie-Erica, and Izzie-Alex drama ...
1. What was your favorite Grey's Anatomy quote from the episode?
McCritic: When Izzie said to Alex: "I care about you, and I'm not gonna go crazy, and I'm not gonna try to kill myself and I'm not gonna stop caring about you no matter how hard you push me away." I'm sorry. Didn't Izzie already go crazy when she broke up George's marriage to Callie?
missingBurke: Izzie's Good Will Hunting-esque "I care about you, I care about you, I care about you ..." That scene was really powerful and I like them together.
iheartizzie: After his intern referred to him as O'Malley and leaves, I loved George's meek reply (to no one in particular), "He probably should say Doctor O'Malley." Vintage George. As for whether Lexie going off on him was warranted, see next question.
2. Is Dr. O'Malley really a jerk or was Lexie out of line?
iheartizzie: George is unbelievably clueless if he can't pick up her signals, and why he didn't explain to her that he didn't ask for any interns is beyond me. But he's no jerk. As a venerable Lexipedia, young Grey should know that you have to be particularly overt with George or he won't take a hint. You can't get mad at O'Malley for being O'Malley.
McCritic: With Meredith maturing, I guess the show needed one Grey sister to enter Irrational Land. Lexie was very much out of line. And would you even wanna be an intern for the man you're in love with? Might lead to seriously - seriously! - awkward situations.
missingBurke: I'm with Lexie. It's one thing to not realize someone has feelings for you, but ignoring the poor girl is quite another. He made her feel invisible.
3. Was Derek ungrateful to Meredith or did he have a point?
missingBurke: I liked this story line because they both had good points. Derek should have been sensitive to how Meredith would react, but in his mind he is the attending and that's pretty much it. He can be stubborn sometimes, but as usual, McDreamy came around having thought it over a little.
McCritic: Meredith went too far when she referenced the "Shepherd-Grey" method. She already has a show named after her. Isn't that enough?
iheartizzie: Derek is the attending, sure, but since it wasn't even his idea to do the clinical trial, that argument is weak. Fortunately, Bailey talked some sense into Derek and - ever the romantic - he made amends with the timeless gift of a diseased kidney.
4. Will Callie and Erica last or fizzle out?
McCritic: I'm fully aboard the Horres bandwagon! While skeptical of the sudden lesbian angle at first, the show has handled this relationship in a realistic manner.
iheartizzie: The unfamiliar terrain makes this difficult to handicap. A lot may depend on the effectiveness of the famed Sloan method. The man's a genius, after all.
missingBurke: Callie has more chemistry with Mark. I see these casual lovers turned BFFs ending up together.
5. Is it too late for Izzie and Alex?
iheartizzie: No. They've had great chemistry from the start, and the way they're growing closer - or appear to be - makes a lot of sense, and the pacing feels just right.
missingBurke: No. They may still have a future as a couple. But it is too late for Alex to be Izzie's soulmate, as Denny wrapped up that title years ago.
McCritic: Yes. If only because there's no coherent nickname for these two. Azzie? Ilex? Nothing works.
What do you think of Alex Karev and Izzie Stevens as a couple on Grey's Anatomy?
October 24th, 2008 12:23 PM
Well their haters call Alex and Izzie lexziepuke. That works for me. This couple is abusive and Izzie telling him she cared about him as he continue to yell at her and abuse her verbally like he has been doing for weeks proves that.é I use to want George wqith Izzie, but now I get that Izzie is seriously messed up and disturbed,. She only wants a guuy if he is either unavailable, dying or treats her like scum. Abuse is love on Grey.
George so didn't deserve that jerk title.
October 24th, 2008 12:32 PM
Alex and Izzie are great! George is invisible to me, weak character. Callie and Erica are awkward and disturbing, hope that ends quickly. Meredith and Derek are very nice together but I sure hope the fighting and making up every episode stops. It woul be nice to see them facing something as a couple, together against the world and not fighting each other.
October 24th, 2008 12:49 PM
Alex and Izzie make me puke. I also read Lexzieyuck as a nickname but Lexziepuke describes them better. Alex is an ugly troll of a man who abuses women and people for fun and gets rewarded by a beautiful, but obviously mentally unstable woman like Izzie with no self-esteem kissing him. I would watch ehr mouth if I was her, think of all the STD he must have there.
George is a million times the man little boy Alex would ever dreamed of being.
But hey after this episode, I am done with the show.
October 24th, 2008 12:54 PM
Alex and izzie is like a bad stomach flu. They leave you wanting to throw up all the time. They disgust me.
And yes why are they trying to portray George as the bad guy because he didn't notice Lexie? The writers were praising her for acting like an irrational teen. Hello. Is this show written by 12-year old idiots?
October 24th, 2008 1:27 PM
I get so mad at how this show treats George. I love George. I thought they couldn't make me madder than when they killed Gizzie (and don't get me started on the 30 seconds of shared airtime those two got in 4 months), but now what they are doing to George makes me even angrier, so much so that I am leaving the show. I am tired of jerks like Alex winning, I hate AI, while George never does.
And God have any fanbase ever been treated more badly than Gizzie?
October 24th, 2008 1:47 PM
I am sorry but aren't we Gizzie fans depressed enough already without you putting in an anti-Gizzie comment AGAIN. Really I thought this site was better than that. It is bad enough Shonda acts like they never happened and weren't even best friends and that we have to watch that disgusting AI business, without you making nasty comments.
The ratings were bad again and I couldn't be happier.
October 24th, 2008 2:32 PM
Yikes, everyone is so cranky today! I loved this episode, although I also wish Meredith and Derek would work together instead of fighting and making up every episode, and at least if they are going to do that, we should get to see some of the making up in bed after. The thing is, as much as I miss the old steamy MerDer scenes, I love the sweet ones now too. As for Izzie and Alex, I am still undecided on this couple. George and Izzie were sweet, but I have several very Barbie/Izzie like friends who tend to end up picking the abusive hot guy over the cute sweet guy all the time. So, although people may not like it, I find it pretty true to life. Long live MerDer! Grey's rocks!
October 24th, 2008 2:53 PM
I hate that meredith dropped a kidney and that she's always in her mother's shadow, when lexie is viewed as a genius
October 24th, 2008 2:56 PM
Barbie Izzie, LOL, I'll call her that now. I loved her with george. They were amazing. But now any girl who picks the abusive loser over the cute guy is not worth it? George can have better. I am not watching anymore.
The ratings were 14,21 millions so doesn't seem like only the Gizzie fans are getting tired of the show and their awful couples.
October 24th, 2008 3:32 PM
LEXZIE FOR THE WIN. They will work as a couple. They are meant for each other.