This was an AMAZING episode!!! Bailey with Hahn-- priceless! The Chief with Mer-- so needed. He is so the Dad that Thatcher never was. If he wasn't, if he didn't care for her like she is a daughter, he wouldn't be so upset and blaming himself for what he did wrong. We need this for Mer. And for the Chief. Cristina running and pulling Mer-- hilarious! BUT Cristina kicking *ss in surgery on all those pigs-- THAT is the doctor that she is. She is amazing. I liked what we saw of Hunt at the end. I have nothing but extreme pride and respect for those who selflessly defend our country and the freedoms we hold dear. I hope the GA writers intend to do U.S. soldiers honor in the character of Hunt. As for the Alex-Izzie moment-- I am glad he wasn't abusing her and he was being the Alex that we love. He will not change overnight, though-- that's not realistic. It will be bumpy. But I really still don't see it between them. They were sorta cute in that moment, but I see Alex in love with her (for as much as he's capable of right now) and I see that Izzie is lonely
. and Alex is somewhat family. That's all. For the here and now-- OK, so Shonda and writers have Izzie with Alex (even though I don't see it), but George hanging out there. I think that George is totally absorbed with trying to catch up right now-- he's had no substantial interaction with anyone close to him lately. And, let's face it, George is not so thoughtless a guy as he's been with Lexie (who, by the way, is way off her rocker and needs to reel in the crush emotions before it's unbelievably humiliating for her!)... it's not his nature. I think things ended with Izzie romantically and that made things a wee bit awkward-- then add to that the fact that George started to repeat his internship year and the others moved on to being residents and now I think George is just frantically trying to change gears and catch up. He's got no time and energy for the other stuff right now. That's my take. But my take is also that Shonda and writers need to have George catch up real soon, and work on the Gizzie friendship (b/c there is NO WAY that they are not best friends anymore) and work on George interacting more with all he's close to (like Mer). Also, I think Shonda and writers will have to address George finding out about Alex with Izzie and deal with a realistic reaction to that.
I loved the last scene with Callie and Mark. I don't think Callie's where Hahn is and I have to say that learning about their characters along the way will be good. I have never seen too much in Callie, or in Callie with Mark, but that last scene with them was kind of sweet and sparked my interest finally.
I do like how the writer's are taking MerDer slow and realistically with challenges that they are working through together... but we could use a little MerDer steaminess thrown in now and then :)
As for Lexie-- I'd really like her to realize how her feelings are to out there with George and how it's not even on George's radar to think of anything like that with anyone right now! I don't wanna see her embarrassed-- and if she doesn't reel it in soon, she's gonna be turning crimson soon! I would love to see more interaction b/t Lexie and Mer-- I was really enjoying that last season. I hope Shonda and writers have more plans for them in the near future.
All in all, this was a very powerful episode. Greys is so indulgent for me.
I look forward to the next one!
