Episode Report Card Lauren S: B | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Let's Go Crazy
By Lauren S | Season 6 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.01.2009
Bailey and Alex meet the incoming patient, Jodie, and her grown son, who she can't stop looking at intently. The EMT reports that she lost consciousness and hit a parked car, but the son claims that the car hit them. When Bailey asks who he is, he asks the question back, visibly paranoid, and then shies away when Alex tries to touch him to look at his arm, which is in a sling. Jodie tells them it's her son and that he needs to stay with her as he's a paranoid schizophrenic. Bailey's a bit thrown off but agrees to it, starts to examine Jodie and finds a mass in her abdomen. As her son, Tom, tries to tell her that they are trying to get to her through him, trying to hurt her, etc., she distractedly tells Bailey she's had the mass for a while. She orders Tom to look at her but he yells that someone has to believe him, "Aliens have impregnated my mother." It's a testament to James Frain's acting that this line comes off more alarming than humorous. (It's also a testament that after a little while I was able to stop seeing him as just calculating Thomas Cromwell from The Tudors.) Bailey's confused at all of the commotion and just pulls back Jodie's shirt to reveal... that suddenly this show turned into Fringe as Jodie has a giant pulsating mass in her stomach.
Cristina has her interns give her a full report on what the Chief has been up to as they walk down the hall -- he got food, fought with Shepherd, and then drew the blinds. She gets to Arizona and says she's ready for rounds, instructing her interns to, "Continue on your course of treatment" and keep her updated on any new developments. One might think they want to work and show their worth as doctors if there is a fear of getting fired, but at least they'll have spy skills if medicine doesn't work out. After they go, Arizona says that Cristina doesn't look ready. Cristina is all serious and worried, talking about the prep she did reading over all of the charts, but Arizona reaches over and pinks a pink stuffed bear in a hat on Cristina's lapel and declares that now she looks ready. Really, she just looks disconcerted.
Bailey tries to talk to Jodie about the growth, but the woman is distracted by her son staring at the clock, and she asks someone to cover it up as the number five bothers him. He then looks at the smoke detector and suspects it is a camera. She responds by asking him what they need at the store, and repeats the questioning until he answers that they need apples, pears and strawberries. She happily tells him to make a list and explains to the others that he needs something to distract him from the voices. Bailey asks again how long she's had the growth, and Jodie tells her it's been a while but she never got it checked out because caring for Tom is a full-time job.