Episode Report Card Lauren S: C- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Wish I Wasn't Here
By Lauren S | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.08.2009
Callie tells Mark she's got a parathyroid tumor for him to remove, and Lexie jumps in because she just loves her some tumor removal. She does actually seem genuinely more excited about the tumor than about working with Mark -- I'll hand it to her that for the entire hour I got that it was all Mark's problem, his uncontrollable lusting after her. Callie says it's fine while Mark tells her it's not, but when he sees Callie's look he tells Lexie it's fine as long as she touches nothing. Lexie leaves and Callie totally calls him on sleeping with her. He tries denying it only for a second, and then admits that he was weak against the whole "teach me" thing. He admits that Derek will kill him but can't seem to go along with Callie's simple solution of not being alone with Lexie. Callie asserts, "Hey. You? Are a professional." Sadie then comes up and seductively pulls some lint out of Callie's hair which turns her into a spacey, mushy mess, and Mark has to remind her what she was just saying about professionalism. After Sadie walks off the two older docs watch she and Lexie and whisper about how the interns are out-of-control stalkers. Mark expands, "Sexed-up stalkers." Oh, the pot and kettle of it all... But despite my jabs, these two and their natural chemistry even in a comedic b-story are what saved this episode from getting a solid "D" from me this week. Their scenes are the awesome bright spots.
Arizona Robbins -- an extremely peppy Jessica Capshaw -- is the new pediatric surgeon who happened to be available to start a new job on 5 minutes notice. She introduces herself to Bailey but immediately ends up on Bailey's bad side by wondering why Kenley kept up a course of treatment that wasn't working. Bailey stands up for the deceased doc and protests that they hadn't turned the corner yet, but Arizona counters that Jack's case is severe. Bailey icily corrects her that the boy's name is Jackson, and it's apparent that this will be a long first day for poor Arizona. She tries to smooth things over by agreeing to do the procedure that day but that afterwards if it doesn't work she'll look for other options. She then excuses herself to take care of Kenley's big, invisible caseload, turns the corner and zooms off on those tennis shoes with little wheels in the soles. Do they even really make those shoes in adult sizes? I'm not buying it. We get it, guys -- she's young and CRAZY.