Episode Report Card Lauren S: B+ | 2 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Gizzie's Last Dance?
By Lauren S | Season 5 | Episode 24 | Aired on 05.14.2009
Mark walks into the chaos that is John Doe's room as he crashes, and someone shows Mark his arm, which seems to have a giant chunk taken out of it. Derek then makes his own grand appearance and asks what they've got -- Mark tells him "Roadkill." Thankfully, Hunt points out that John pulled a woman to safety, which makes him a hero. John responds by crashing again. Mark notes that his fingers are blue, so if he's going to save the arm it has to be in the next few hours. Derek shaves off a bit of hair -- no, seriously! My pleas for just an ounce of realism have been answered! He gives Meredith a giant drill and some instructions about what to do, but when she lowers it to his skull I cower into the sofa. Through my fingers I see blood gush out of the hole she just made and everyone yells, but it actually is just what they needed and John's vitals come back and his eyes open, at least as much as they can. Meredith welcomes him back and tells him that he had them all worried, and one terrified eye turns and looks at her. I never would have caught it before, but once you know what's coming, that eye looks very familiar.
Lexie is stitching up Amanda's arm, and she asks if John is going to make it. When Lexie answers honestly that she hopes so, Amanda replies that he has to. Mark has been watching Lexie and then walks up to point out a flaw in her work and tells her to start over. Realizing this might not really be out her stitching prowess or lack thereof, she asks if she can ask him a question. It's fine with Amanda, so Lexie pulls him aside to remind him that he brought up moving in together and marriage and she put it off. She tries to plant her face in front of his, but he won't let her, and she points out that now he's embarrassed and won't make eye contact. She plays psychologist and tells him it's because now she has all the power in the relationship, but she doesn't want it and she's happy to share. She asks if they can skip this whole part, but he, ever so maturely, just tells her to go get something and that he'll stitch up Amanda.
Amanda gives him a pointed look as he sits down and tells him she'll pretend she didn't hear any of it. It's all the opening Mark needs and he bitches that women do this to him, and not the other way around. She comments, "Sucks being the girl, huh?" He growls that he's not the girl. I want to write this off as a completely sexist stereotype, and I guess it still kind of is, but I have been there myself and seen many a girlfriend through this scenario that is about to unfold, so there's some definite truth to it. Mark seems to realize that he IS the girl after all, and asks what other girls do when this happens. She tells him they start with the cold shoulder, so he's right on track, and then they bitch to their girlfriends at which point said girlfriends tell them that they don't need a man to build the future. If he wants to buy a house, buy a house. He contemplates this advice and then tells her she's good. She replies that she can help other people but sucks at her own love life, nicely setting up how she quickly falls for the John Doe who jumped in front of a bus for her.