Episode Report Card Lauren S: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kids, Don't Pee In The Amazon
By Lauren S | Season 3 | Episode 21 | Aired on 04.25.2007
In an x-ray room, everyone gathers to check out Skinner's insides, and Mere informs Derek that she'll be right over there. "Easy to locate, right? Girlfriend comes with a GPS?" Mercifully, this ends when they all look at the x-ray, which looks like it shows a skeleton with barbs of some sort. Meredith adds that it looks like "a teeny tiny catfish." Just then Richard enters and tells her she's close, but it's actually a Candiru fish. Cristina is once again delighted, asking, "A penis fish? This guy has a penis fish! In his, in his... wow." It's just like really disgusting Christmas.
Alex goes back to Crush's room; she asks what he did to her. He tells her pregnant women love epidurals, but she counters that she's not in labor. He tells her that this is supposed to keep it that way. More importantly, however, she's mad that she can't even sit up, and is therefore missing "The Seattle Grace Show." He helps her up, and she tells him she's glad they're friends again, to which he replies that he tried to stay mad at her, but it didn't work. Now that they're friends again, she asks if he made a move on Addie and that she has an update. The update isn't delivered, though, since it's at that very moment that she begins to have a seizure, and Alex yells at someone to page Addison.
Richard explains the Candiru to Skinner. The fish is a parasite that lives in the Amazon. Skinner is offended, saying he knows not to drink the water. Drinking, however, isn't the problem, it's peeing in it. Cristina looks far too excited as she explains that the fish is attracted to urine and will swim up the stream and straight into one's urethra. I just crossed my legs, and I don't even have a penis for the penis fish to swim up. This whole story is revolting yet hilarious. Skinner is appropriately appalled, and Cristina goes on to tell the story of one man who actually saw it swim in and tried to grab it, but the fish was too slippery. Richard finally stops her, but she protests, "It's in the literature!" Apparently, now the fish is living next to his bladder and they need to go in and take it out before it causes sepsis. Skinner is caught off-guard by the idea that he could possibly die from this.
Crush is rushed into the OR, and we see Alex and Addison from her perspective as she comes to. Alex is telling Addison the epidural didn't help, but she says it will in delivery. They tell Crush that because of the blood pressure spike and resulting seizure, they need to deliver the baby by c-section. When she protests that the baby's too young at 30 weeks, Addison tells her the survival rate is really high. It's one of those things that's meant to be comforting but totally isn't, and Crush panics that she can't do it alone. Alex grabs her hand and tells her it's a good thing she's not alone, then. After this he's clearly going to go light up a barbeque.