Episode Report Card LTG: B- | 2 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Oy, Gevalt
By LTG | Season 3 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.18.2006
Back in the hospital lecture room, the M&M conference has ended and the interns are telling Izzie how badly they feel that she heard all of that. She says about fifty more times that she's fine. She starts to walk away and George tells her that she can't go home -- she needs to be where the other interns can keep an eye on her. Izzie does not look pleased, so George brings out the big threat: "Either you hang out with us or we call your mother." Cristina is clearly impressed with George's bloodthirstiness. Meredith notes that Mama Izzie could likely be there in a few hours and would undoubtedly love to spend time taking care of her little girl. Izzie thinks they're bluffing, and George starts to dial his phone. And does he really have Izzie's mother's phone number programmed into his cell? Izzie caves and tells them that she'll hang out in the locker room. What's wrong with the cafeteria, or a waiting room? Does Izzie have a thing for smelly clothes? As Izzie leaves the room, she looks back at the stage. Burke is sitting there all alone, exercising his choking hand.
The Chief and Bailey walk up to the interns. The Chief wants to know what the hell Izzie was doing in the room. Bailey looks at Alex, and he freaks out, reminding them all that he had nothing to do with anything that happened. Alex walks away, and George volunteers to stay with Izzie. But he does it with the most stilted dialogue ever: "I'll stay with her today, if that's okay. I'll update charts and run labs and just keep an eye on her, if that's okay." Did David Mamet write this episode? The Chief walks away, and the remaining interns start to tell Bailey how awful they feel about how she was treated. Bailey: "No. You do not get to apologize to me for this. You do not get to feel better. Neither do I. Just get to work."
Savoy pushes the button for the elevator and sees that Bailey is standing next to him. I must confess, he's kind of hot in an arrogant sexist bastard kind of way. He tells her that his attack on her was "nothing personal." Bailey: "People talking about your hormone levels starts feeling pretty personal." She's trying to maintain her considerable toughness when Mr. Niles walks up, carrying the baby, and calls her "the baby whisperer." Apparently the sugar water trick worked and the baby took a bottle. Bailey smiles at the baby, but when Mr. Niles offers to let her hold him she realizes that she's undermining her toughness in front of Savoy and begs off. And then Mr. Niles asks her to speak to Mrs. Niles, who is having doubts about the surgery and thinking of switching to a lumpectomy. He wants Bailey to talk Mrs. Niles into having the mastectomy, but she tells him that it's not her job to talk the patient into anything. But she offers to send their plastic surgeon to speak with them so Mrs. Niles will know more about the cosmetic options. Savoy is hotly smirking at this entire conversation. Bailey should beat the shit out of him. Or have Burke choke him. And then send him to me to be tenderly nursed back to health.