Tonight on Grey's Anatomy, Cristina struggled to use her gift, Izzie was told she can't be a patient and a doctor, and Meredith made an incredibly selfless decision to help her ailing father, Thatcher, who needed a liver transplant after years of alcoholism.
The guy below? Well, he was pretty much awesome.
What did you think of tonight's Grey's Anatomy?
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October 8th, 2009 10:19 PM
I think the episode was exactly how i thought it was going to be bc mer and lexie are sisters and if merideth loves lexie than she wouldn't let her break down over that so it's like she healed her.
Lexie was really good in this episode bc i think its really hard to cry on demand so she did really good.
Im really excited about next weeks episode bc i want to know who gets cut and i also want to know why christina was crying. Christina was in one of the four pictures showed in the promo when chief webber was telling them that one would be cut but i don't think it'll be her. Whenever it shows someone breaking down then its usually not about that. So i think she will cry bc she didn't get cut. i don't know but i love derek and i want to marry him but i would love to see him get cut bc what would merideth do? would he make her feel guilty and then make her quit? i want to know how merideth cut off her belly bump when she was in the hospital room lying in the room at the end of the episode? I THINK she was still pregnant then right? i don't know but i think this was probably the best episode from season 5 and 6 but hopefully more to come!!!
October 8th, 2009 10:25 PM
who played old guy in tonights episode
October 8th, 2009 10:37 PM
Family members stick together and that's exactly
what Lexie and Meredith did hooray for sisterly love
so glad that Mark and Lexie are dating they are so cute together and he treats her good no more manwhore! What happened to Lexie's father just proves how being a alcoholic is truely horrible great episode loving Grey's as usual :) Can't wait to see the next one
October 8th, 2009 10:42 PM
very hard the Meredith decision & funny the Cristina surgury!... I think that is not easy donate an organ to someone that hurts you and never be at you side...
October 8th, 2009 11:05 PM
Kinda disappointed because I wasn't surprised by the ending but I thought it was an excellent episode.
I hated Lexie's begging. Hated it but CL did an excellent job. I also hated how she just left Mark out of it until later. Lexie should learn from her big sis about letting the guy out. Never ends up well, really. I have to admit that she got on my good side at the end.
I loved, LOVED, Cristina's begging for surgeries and even more, how she tried to seduce Shadow Shepherd. That made me laugh. She's great. Also, I liked how she stood to the Chief. Good for her.
Alex and Izzie? I'm sorry...but they are whiners. Derek lived there for what, 2 years after having a really luxurious life in NYC and never once complained. He liked it, defended it to Addie and all. From Addie, I expected it but really.
They need an apartment but they can't return to her home. I want that land ready for the McMansion.
Mark's case was funny and he was semi-back to his usual self. I enjoyed those two minutes.
Derek was beyond adorable tonight. I couldn't stop smiling after he said to Bailey "This is my wife you're cutting". It made the entire episode to me. He sat by her side through the surgery. I liked that he stopped Cristina from talking to Mer. This had to be her decision. I want him.
Finally, I have to learn to be like Meredith. She has to be the most compassionate person ever. I wouldn't had been able to do what she did, and I admire her for it. I can't say that I'm fully happy to see that Mer left 'the door open' for her and Thatcher but I am so happy that she did it really for herself. True, Lexie pushed a little bit but she did it for herself. That makes me happy.
Next episode looks interesting, even though I know already who is in the Chief's office.
October 8th, 2009 11:14 PM
LOVED Alex's scream in the beginning. So flippin funny!!
October 8th, 2009 11:33 PM
The "old guy" was played by Ralph Waite - best known as (Daddy) John Walton.
October 8th, 2009 11:51 PM
Ralph Waite also played Kevin Costner's dad in the Bodyguard.
October 9th, 2009 12:10 AM
This was a pretty good episode. Alex and the trailer was hilarious and honestly if I saw a bear around where I lived then I would want to move too. Anuflas Izzie wasn't really whining about moving until she saw the bear (LOL funny!) Christina looking for surgeries was just pure christina and of course Bailey with the "Don't try anything funny on this OR table grey" was soo amazing I love Bailey and I want to see more of her.
Now to Mer and her dad. Honestly I'm not surprised about what she did and this just shows how far Meredith has come since S1. I think Lexie begging meredith to do the transplant was normal (it might be annoying for some but really it's natural for a kid to do something for their dad) Also good cover-up for EP maternity leave and Mer/Der they are awesome!
Sloan's case was just too funny to me
Next wk looks good but I already see what this means for Izzie :'( ugh! hopefully we'll see how this all works out after the 5 episode leave
October 9th, 2009 12:30 AM
anyone else notice the babies that was in Callie and Arizona's first scene? it was a baby girl as Callie was talking. and after she left, Arizona was telling the baby how her girlfriend was moving to Cleaveland. And all of a sudden it was a boy. hahaha, oops!