Last night's episode of Grey's Anatomy followed the them of commitment. ''To make it, to really make it, as a surgeon, it takes major commitment,'' Meredith's voice-over began. ''It's all about being committed, because if we're not, we have no business picking up that scalpel in the first place.'' This episode started off well and ended great. Cristina has secretly taken over operations for Burke, who's still got a bum hand. She's even writing on the OR board. She spent the whole episode stressed, busy, and committed. She barely even spoke to any of the other interns.
Meredith walked in on Derek coming out of the shower of his trailer, where a mystery woman, Nancy, was lounging on the bed. It could have been a new girlfriend but instead, yuck, she's his sister. Nancy came to gather information on Derek, Addison, Mark, and Derek's ''slutty intern'' and then report back to Mom. Nancy, in just a few scenes, managed to come off as ''McBitchy'' but also complexly thoughtful and sisterly.
Izzie came back to work in the hospital, but the Chief is wary, and he's only gonna let her trail a doctor around: no touching, no talking, ''no pre-op, no post-op, no anything having to do with an op,'' as Bailey put it. Bailey also got an earful from the Chief about how ''people'' are concerned about her judgment, since it was on her watch that Izzie cut the ol' LVAD wires in the first place. This sent Bailey into a crisis of confidence, as she started to wonder who in the hospital doesn't trust her. This week Bailey sprang to life when she was talking to Izzie and talking tough like she used to. She then passed her off to Meredith and spent the rest of the episode being vulnerable and asking others if they found her weak. I do get what they're doing, rounding out the character and all that, but I miss the tougher, Nazi Bailey and I hope she comes back soon.
Luckily, we saw glimpses of the Nazi at the end of the episode. It turns out that Cristina went too crazy taking over for Burke. She scheduled him to perform something called a ''Humpty Dumpty,'' which is apparently when you take out somebody's heart, cut it open, scrape out a tumor, and put the heart back in the chest. Burke and his crippled hand can't do one of those! Burke called Cristina out on her recklessness, and he was right. Cristina, it is clear, is not a good girlfriend and was essentially doing her own version of slicing LVAD wires here. She was gonna get caught, especially after Bailey signed on at the board to join in on the surgery. So Cristina secretly erased Bailey's name from the board. Bailey, ever-vulnerable and reeling, wondered why Burke took her off the surgery. Burke had to lie to protect Cristina. Bailey then went off on him and I was glad to see that spark again. Then, in that typical Grey's Anatomy last shot, Bailey looked to have figured out what Cristina had done, and she was pissed.
Another good thing about this episode was that opening bit in the elevator where George played Cristina and Meredith played Izzie. It was hilarious. Seriously. The Humpty Dumpty situation was very interesting as was the girl with the two uteruses. Karev also seems to be more interested in gynecology then plastics because he was desperate to be part of the c-section. Mark then declared Karev unfit for ''plastics'' because he chose to save a baby instead of staying on hold for Mark at the DMV. This Karev and Mark matchup could be very good. I also liked how Izzie talked sense into Gretchen the law student and identified with her situation. I felt so happy for her when the Chief complimented her on a job well done.
Finally, Derek and Meredith. Nancy, before she hopped her plane back home, told him to chill out, to take some time off from Addison and Meredith. In the stairwell, Derek told Meredith he needed some time to himself. I think it was smart to keep them apart for now. It's still early in the season. Next week, we get to see the little camping trip that led to an on set fight a few weeks ago.
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