Episode Report Card Lauren S: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT At Last
By Lauren S | Season 4 | Episode 17 | Aired on 05.22.2008
Callie comes out of Andrew's room to find Lola waiting in the same clothes from the day before, and drily asks if she slept in the waiting room. Lola doesn't argue, she just takes a breath and admits that she likes Andrew. But then she undoes any good from that statement saying that neither Andrew nor anyone else needs to know that. Callie turns on her like a momma bear, not able to believe that she's worried about what her friends think. When Lola gets defensive, challenging her to imagine what it would be like if everyone knew, Callie just quietly tells her she thinks it's better to be honest. "He's alive."
Ava seems to have been admitted, as she's wearing a gown in a private room. Alex comes in and tells her that he called her husband, and he said that he left with the baby two months before. She won't look at him, but her eyes do show that she heard. He walks around the bed to face her before going on, that he told Alex she has Underlying Borderline Personality Disorder. She was fragile to begin with, so this was probably coming on for a while, most likely since the ferry accident. He tells her that then they changed her face -- he helped change her face -- and...he can't seem to go on, and sadly tells her she needs help that he can't give. Her eyes have been filling up and now start to spill over. Alex tells her that she'll stay in the hospital until tomorrow, when she'll be transferred to a psychiatric facility. She finally speaks, mumbling that she really tried to be better for him. "I know how hard it is for you to trust people, and I wanted to be someone you could depend on." So, in other words, viewers: don't forget that he's Got Issues, so all of this is a-okay! She cries and apologizes, and he tells her that it's okay, that she tried.
Meredith walks down the hall and as she passes Richard, he notes sternly, "So you convinced Shepherd to do two surgeries without my approval." Clearly emboldened by her therapy, she responds, "So." He's appalled, asking if that's how she talks to the Chief. That question really means a lot less considering that a number of the doctors have talked to him like this -- it's not really a new situation. Meredith just decides to use her, "Get out of unapproved surgery free card." She tells Richard that her mom attempted suicide after he left, and demands to know if he knew that. He didn't, and he's sad and horrified. Meredith doesn't make it any better as she yells, "She was a brilliant surgeon. How could you do that to her? She was a talented, gifted, extraordinary surgeon." Something in what she just said jolts her with some realization, and she runs off as Richard calls after her.