Episode Report Card Erin: A | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Young Doctors in Lust
By Erin | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 03.26.2005
Out in the OR waiting room, Mrs. Heart Patient and her family wait to hear the results of the routine procedure. George walks up and tries to get through his "your husband died due to complications" speech without sobbing. Mrs. Heart Patient doesn't understand. George tells her that her husband died and that he's sorry. He steps forward to hug her, and she just pushes him off with her words. "Thank you," she says, starting to cry. "Please...just go away."
Hour Forty. Shepherd's shaving Katie's head and telling Mere that he promised he'd make her look cool. "Did you choose me for the surgery because I slept with you?" asks Mere. "Yes," says Shepherd. Hee. "I'm kidding." Double hee. Mere wants out of the surgery. "You're Katie's doctor," says Shepherd. "And on your first day, with very little training, you helped save her life. You earned the right to follow her case through to the finish. You shouldn't let the fact that we had sex get in the way of you taking your shot." Meredith seems to consider this.
Later, outside the hospital, George and Meredith, 007 and the boss-fucker respectively, sit on a windowsill and discuss how they wish they wanted to be ski instructors or postal workers instead of doctors. George's parents tell everyone he's a surgeon like he's a superhero or something, and Meredith's mother tried to talk her out of being a doctor, saying she didn't have what it took to make it. "We're gonna survive this, right?" he asks. Meredith doesn't answer him.
Back inside, Meredith watches as the Chief starts grilling Karev about his ancient pneumonia patient. Karev doesn't have any answers. The Chief asks Karev to name the common causes of post-op fever. He can't. The Chief asks the room, and the only person who has the answer is Meredith. "Wind, water, wound, walking, wonder drugs," she says. She goes on to say that it's usually wind or pneumonia, and that pneumonia is easy to assume, especially if you're too busy to do the tests. The Chief shoots Karev a look, and then he asks Meredith what she thinks is wrong with the patient. "The fourth 'W'," she responds. "Walking. I think she's a prime candidate for a pulmonary embolus." The Chief asks for her diagnosis, and she rattles off a lot of words I don't understand. The Chief does, though, and he tells Alex to do exactly as Mere said and then tell his resident that the Chief wants him off this case. Heh. "I'd know you anywhere," says the Chief as he passes Meredith. "You're the spitting image of your mother. Welcome to the game." Nice.