Grey’s Anatomy 3x13 – 3x24 Recap

ON (poor, sad, tragic) MEREDITH

Meredith is not having a good time this year, after the first half of the year being all happy and cute with Derek. First of all there was that episode when her mother was lucid for like a day, and they still managed to have an argument over Meredith being a disappointment, only to fall back to her Alzheimer’s before Meredith could have that mother daughter talk with her. Then of course Ellis dies. Which leaves Meredith all suicidal. And then she tries to kill herself accidentally almost dies. Of course, now Derek gets all wishy-washy with his career and his love, given his love is one emotional suicidal mess, and the Chief basically told Derek he couldn’t be the Chief because he needs to take care of Meredith.

And just when things are on the upswing with her dad and his family, her kind of surrogate mother dies, which Dad Thatcher conveniently blamed her for it. And slaps her for it, right before her really big cannot fail intern exam.

I liked how dark Meredith’s storyline had become, but at the same time, I feel like the writers are kicking her while she’s down already. Do we need her to be any more tragic than she already was after she tries to off herself and her relationship with Derek is on the rocks? I think they could have held off her surrogate mother dying.

ON (don’t be like Derek) GEORGE, (awesome) CALLIE, and (really, really, annoying) IZZIE

George got married, right after his Dad died. Probably a bit premature, but all right, I’ll buy it. Plus, I like Callie, and Callie and George as a couple. I know some people don’t like her much, but I think she’s a necessary strong female character. We need more women (given that Addison is leaving) in the higher ups of this hospital, and Callie is that – you don’t choose to be a female orthopaedic surgeon for nothing, guys. Which makes me really annoyed that Izzie didn’t like her at all for no particular reason. I mean, Izzie didn’t need to be Callie’s best friend either, but to repeatedly tell George he made a mistake? Makes me like Izzie less and less. And I already thought she was annoying (but tolerable) ever since that whole Denny debacle.

Of course, then they dropped that hideous bombshell of George and Izzie. Ew. I’m not even sure how that happened. The couple that has never shown anything (NOTHING. NADA. NO FLIRTING, NO ROMANTIC GESTURES. NOTHING!) but platonic friendship somehow got drunk and slept together. You know, coz they’re like, best friends. And you know, like guys and gals can never be like platonic best friends. It, you know, means they like, luuuurrvve each other. Like, true love, you know?  George and Izzie Forever.Geeeeeeeeez. What am I, twelve?  And the Ew factor is off the charts.  Basically this horrendous move makes me want Izzie to move to L.A. with Addison. Makes me detest not only this coupling but the character Izzie Stevens.

Sidebar: Ok, I realize the super hotness that is Izzie Stevens and the not so much Callie. And as a man George would probably love to sleep with Izzie way more than Callie.  But that is no reason why George would suddenly fall in love with Izzie. I’d even buy George if he still loves Meredith the most and he falls in love with her again, but Izzie was never ever someone he ever thought of in a romantic way. So, no, George and Izzie still makes no sense, despite all the hotness that is Izzie Stevens. In fact, doesn’t anyone think it strange for all the hotness that is Izzie Stevens to fall in love with an arguably not so hot and manly but cute and nice George? Come on, George was no Denny. Even though Denny was in a bed for all the times we see him, he was still  WAY more manly than George. So how exactly would the hotness that is Izzie Stevens fall in love with George? *Shudder*

ON (awesome) ALEX and (awesome) ADDISON

Loved her continuous flirtations with Alex, and her continuous eyeing of the boy toy. They had a lot of chemistry together. Which leads to the next topic…

...Addison jumping Alex. Yay! Of course, that becomes one of the catalyst for Addison to move away when Alex reverts to his protective shell as a dick and rejects her. Her other reasons? I think it includes working with your ex, wanting a baby, and all that darn rain in Seattle.

Which brings us to  Addison’s eventual move to L.A (a.k.a. new show)- which from that two hour show a couple weeks ago resembles  Ally McBeal in a feel good hospital. Yuck. When exactly did Addison become so Ally? It’s really all too goofy, which was especially jarring with what was happening at Seattle Grace. Too bad, since the cast is made up of every actor I like (or not hate):- Judging Amy’s Amy, Prison Break’s Kellerman, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, Veronica Mars’ Piz, Sydney’s dead evil best friend from Alias, and of course, one of my favorite docs from Seattle Grace, Addison. So let’s hope they lose that cutesy David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal/Boston Legal shit next year.

Back to Seattle Grace. So far I’m liking more and more of Alex. He hasn’t been given as much storyline as the rest of the gang, but his character development had been fun to watch, and his scenes are one of the things I look most forward to each episode. Through the Jane Doe patient and the attraction to his superior Addison, we have seen Alex revealing himself be a sincerely nice guy under all that dick-ishness. So, now we know he is capable of being a good guy, just like George without the lame-ness. I’m going to bet that his previous relationship with Izzie and how he screwed that up has made him more cautious with women he likes, i.e. Addison. When he turns her down as a potential girlfriend, he did it with a kind heart. And though the whole Jane Doe arc is getting a wee bit too long, I really enjoy Alex and Eva (or now, Rebecca) in their scenes together. I totally understood why Eva pretended not to remember her past with a doctor and friend an as awesome as Alex. I hope he gets a hell of a lot more screen time next season. With Addison on the way out, he is currently my favourite doctor from Seattle Grace.

ON (awesome) CHRISTINA and (you’re ok now, since you haven’t open your big bazoo since and things are finally blowing over, but don’t dare say something bad about gays) BURKE

The about to be married couple. From the start of the engagement, her hesitation to answer, her feelings on marriage , his knowing of her feelings on marriage, her feelings on the ceremony – small and civil, his feelings on the ceremony – big and traditional, cakes, their mothers, etc, raise your hands if you think they WON’T go through with it?

See my hand here? I like them as a couple, but I think Christina is too career oriented at this point to really get married. There’s no time for anything else but for her to finish her internship at the top, and she makes no apologies about that. Good for her. Frankly, I think Burke is rushing things. Being a competitive top of his career surgeon, he should completely understand where she is at as well. Throwing her into a wedding gown is the last thing she’d care about. I sincerely think they care for each other and works (at least for now) as a couple, but I’m not sure why they are getting married now.

But anyway, Christina’s reaction to everything about the wedding for the past two months has served as the comic relief of the show. And it’s been nice seeing how Burke or Christina have compromised their own beliefs (albeit with some strain) to make their relationship work. They’re adults, and they’re trying to keep it together (hear that, Derek?) BUT, it’s also a sign that shit will hit the fan soon. And I’m guessing it’ll be about the doomed wedding. We’ll see.

ON (the still awesome but where are you?) BAILEY

Well, she got Izzie to finally put her check in the bank, and out again to open the clinic she so desperately wanted for the hospital. Good job, Bailey. I like that Miranda is taking on more responsibilities at the hospital – my question is why Bailey is not one of the four people considered for the Chief’s job (like, is she less qualified than Addison, Shepard, Burke or McSteamy for that? But I see her doing surgeries all the time. I guess it’s because she doesn’t have a specialty? Hm.)  But anyway, I’m ok with he’s still vying for that Chief of Residents job, and just recently realized it wasn’t a sure win. Hee! My guess is that the Chief will have reservations on giving Bailey more responsibilities – in that episode where he noticed Bailey always being at the hospital. There’s a sense of Bailey becoming more like the Chief work wise, which I gather is not unnoticed by him.

But story wise, not much progression for this character thus far. I still enjoy the few scenes she’s in, and given the lack of those recently, I have a feeling that we’ll get some big moments with Bailey in the season finale this year. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for!

ON (Richard the) CHIEF

-Poor Chief. To finally hand in his resignation only to get ‘there’s a man in my house’? So much for quitting. My guess is that the Chief would remain the Chief for now, much to the disappointment of those who were in the running for his place. I like the actor, and I don’t see how the character can stay in the show without being Chief, and I can’t really imagine any of the candidates to be Chief.

But anyway. Loved how he dealt with Ellis’ lucid day as well as her death, and his choice to be a father figure for Meredith despite her just-because-you-slept-with-my-mother-it-doesn’t-make-you-my-father protest. The Chief has been so entangled with Meredith’s family it seems like he would always be there for her. It’s all very sweet. I liked the scene where he lets her retake the test – he supports her by putting his arm around her shoulder, but lets her breathe and have her space as well by not hugging her. Very poignant. 

Oh, that scene at the end of last episode? I was really surprised to hear that Adele’s pregnant – would be interesting to see what happens next after that bathroom scene.

ON (the still boring, annoying and wishy-washy) DEREK

-Oh, right. There’s this doctor in Seattle Grace. He used to be called McDreamy all the time. But somehow, other than his relationship with Meredith, I don’t know of anything I can recall that has happened to him at all. Let’s see. He’s still wishy-washy, this time with Meredith and his chances of being Chief. Only he blames it on her suicidal tendencies. Nice, Derek. From what I saw, he’s my last pick for Chief, with or without Meredith. He’s just around the hospital, being annoying and indecisive. I just wish he’d finally move out of that trailer. What is he, twelve? I bet he’d still be boring. I guess he’s purely there as something nice to look at in the show.

ON (what’s your name again?) MCSTEAMY

-I have no idea what this cosmetic surgeon’s name is anymore. I liked how he impressed the board and the Chief on his quest to be Chief, but at the same time, I don’t see any point in his character at all now that Addison is leaving the show. Who has he bonded with on the show thus far? This is a character that I don’t like or dislike – I suppose he’s also there as eye candy now? Too bad I don’t dig his looks.

FINALLY

Have I missed anyone else? Hm. Oh well, anyhoo – finale next/this week? So we have Meredith all depressed again, Derek feeling more and more disconnected with Meredith, the results of who's going to be Chief, George's maybe move to Macy West, Christina and Burke's nuptials, and more! All I know is that it should be a long one, and I will be happy with it as long as George and Izzie are OVER for real. *Shudder Barf Ew*

Seriously. It’s the biggest misstep of this show.