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
Jackson is in with his mice, and he's gotten punchy enough that he's started talking to them like they are his buddies. It's cute, though, and much preferred to his recent bitterness; seriously, a face that gorgeous shouldn't be doing so much glowering. They appear to all be doing great, until he sees that Mouse J looks like a tiny mouse mummy, and he starts to freak out.
Callie is alone with her mom for a moment and is excited to surprise her with her veil that she had made to look just like her mom's. But her mom's reaction is just like every other reaction she's had to anything, which is to say lukewarm and covered up with false cheer. Callie tries to ignore it but as her mom gazes at the wedding picture that Callie brought in for comparison, Callie finally demands to know what is up. Her mom tries for a moment to pretend that nothing is wrong but Callie knows better, and points out that she's been bending over backwards to make her mother comfortable. Her mom's hackles go up and she points out that she didn't ask for anything, but Callie goes on that she's getting married in a church for her. That sends her mom over the edge and the truth comes out: she's appalled and disappointed by her daughter having a lesbian wedding and also having a baby out of wedlock. [Editor's Note: No mention of the fact that this is Callie's second wedding? And her first was an impulsive elopement? Isn't that almost equally bad? -- Angel] It's now 1963 again, apparently. Callie is pretty blown away by all this and points out that her mom is an attorney, a professional woman out in the world who knows and even works with other gay people. But that doesn't make a difference, and after a moment her mom tells her how devastated she is to know that Callie is going to go to hell because of how she lives her life. Callie cries out but there's not much she can say to defend herself against her mother's religious beliefs. Not content to have told Callie she's eternally damned, she declares that Callie isn't a bride, she's not the mother of a bride, and this isn't a real wedding. She then adds that she can't stay any longer, and she stands up and leaves. Callie is both furious and terribly hurt, but she tries to hold it together as she sits there in her veil.
It appears to be the middle of the night, and Arizona finds Sefu sitting in the hall outside of his brother's room. He admits that he can't sleep, and every ounce of his being is radiating sadness. She sits down next to him as he tells her how scared he is of losing his only brother. Arizona understands, but what is there to say when the kid is about to have an extremely complicated heart surgery? Rather than make any guarantees, she just sits with him.