Episode Report Card Lauren S: B+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Here Come The Brides
By Lauren S | Season 7 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.05.2011
Owen and Stark are going over Asha's scans and it sounds like the surgery was successful. Once they are done, Stark decides to speak to Owen about April. He admits that he almost never gives formal feedback and when he does, it tends to be negative. I suppose at least it's good that he knows himself? Because he doesn't seem to regret that this is his pattern. But this time, he's going against the grain and tells Owen he's recommending April as Chief Resident. He tells Owen that she goes above and beyond and sees the patient as a whole person rather than just a list of symptoms, and you can't teach that. In a shocking display of sincerity, he finishes that the hospital would be lucky to have her in that position. Owen seems as surprised as anyone to hear Stark actually say something nice about another person, especially an underling, but he thanks him for the input.
Richard and Avery are looking at now obviously not-dead Mouse J, and Avery pets his head while they try to will him back to good health after fixing the position of his device. While they wait, Richard compliments Avery's work and dedication to the project, which hopefully will lessen the griping for a while and give us back the pretty face we know and love. Mouse J then twitches, and then after a moment springs back to normal. The guys cheer and (very awkwardly on Richard's part) high-five and Richard tells Avery that if he keeps this up he might get his own slow clap one day. I think I'm going to start making that a part of my everyday life. While TV and movies have no shortage of it, the real world I feel is sadly lacking in slow claps, so I'm going to start congratulating people that way. Found some info we've been searching for at work? Slow clap. Meticulously alphabetize the filing? Slow clap. It's going to catch on, I'm sure.
Mark knocks on the door to the girls' bedroom and calls out that the babysitter is there, he looks great in a suit (he's very much not wrong about that) and it's time to go. Interestingly, he's actually there to pick up Arizona rather than Callie, but she walks out of the bathroom with still-wet hair, in tears. By way of explanation she tells Mark the story of when she came out to her brother, and how he asked if this meant she would marry "a chick." When she told him yes, he said, "I'm going to dance so hard at your wedding." She's devastated because now that day is here but her brother isn't here to share it, and then basically tells Mark that the reason her dad scheduled every day down to the minute was to keep everyone from having to grieve. Right now, though, she just needs a moment to miss her brother. Mark just nods and then opens his arms towards her; after a second she goes into them and he holds her and lets her cry. It's a sad but really touching moment between the two, to see how far the two of them have come with each other that Mark can be there for her and Arizona can actually let him.