Episode Report Card LTG: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Amish Country
By LTG | Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.24.2007
And they walk right into the next scene, in which they are examining a runner who dislocated his knee while running in a marathon. Apparently he passed out while running. The cause of the passing out is a mystery, and Callie talks to the patient to try to identify the cause. The crucial clue is that he took two aspirin to fight a cold that was coming on. Look at me, I'm just like Blue, putting my pawprint on the important clues. Unlike the real Blue, I don't get to nuzzle Steve with my wet nose. Anywho, while Callie is getting the runner to talk about his routine, she casually, um, undislocates? relocates? locates? his knee. She gives some instructions to Cristina and tells the runner that the next time he has a cold he should skip the race. And she and Cristina give each other one last dirty look before walking away from each other.
Walking down a hallway, Izzie tries to get George to talk about his feelings, asking him if he'll be okay working on a cancer case. You know, since his father just died of cancer. But George sees Callie, so he doesn't want to talk about his feelings. Unless it means feeling up Callie. He calls out her name and she practically runs in the other direction. George asks Izzie if Callie's avoiding him. She claims not to know but tells him that she's always there if he wants to talk. He asks, "Why are you making this about you?" Izzie: "It's not about me. It's about me wanting to talk about you needing so much sex your girlfriend's vagina is broken." George: "Puritans." Izzie takes offense, but George wasn't talking about her; he was talking about the man and woman in Amish garb looking very scared of the hospital hubbub surrounding them. George and Izzie approach them to see if they need help. At first, the Amish dude talks to them in Pennsylvania Dutch (or Low German, or whatever -- don't email me). Did he really think he would find random people in a Seattle hospital speaking his language? Anyway, they speak English and we learn that Jillie is their daughter. Commercials.
In Jillie's room, Rachel is trying to reassure Jillie that if her health problem is serious, Rachel will switch her schedule around at work to help take care of Jillie. And then Jillie looks up and sees her parents walking in the door. She seems pleased to see them. Mrs. Jillie greets her, nervous but happy. Also, Mrs. Jillie only talks out of one side of her mouth, kind of like she had a stroke at some point. Rachel is angry that Mr. and Mrs. Jillie are there, and she accuses Izzie of calling them. At this point, I assumed that they were from some Amish/Mennonite/Brethren community in eastern Washington or Idaho. Izzie denies calling the parents, but Jillie implies that it was indeed Izzie. In their natal tongue, Rachel tells Jillie's parents that everything is fine and that they should go away. They don't respond, and Jillie helpfully informs us all that her parents can't speak to Rachel because she's been shunned. Which I guess Rachel already knew, but thanks for explaining it for us slow kids. Addison enters with the bad news. But before she can even give the news, Jillie's dad confirms that it's cancer. So either he has prophetic powers or there's something going on that we don't know about. Addison tells them that they have to perform a radical hysterectomy immediately. And Jillie (the patient) has to comfort Rachel (the friend) over this news. Mrs. Jillie tries to ask questions, but Rachel throws a hissy and demands that the parents leave. And Jillie gives in and asks her parents to leave.