Episode Report Card Lauren S: B | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Into the Wild
By Lauren S | Season 9 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.04.2012
Now that she has made that promise that we know won't be kept, Callie goes to Owen and they have a screaming fight over Arizona's treatment. Owen thinks Callie needs to help her prepare for the possibility of losing the leg but Callie refuses and tries to tell him about the new plan she's devised to fight the infection and save it. Owen asks her to define "save," since Arizona would have a way better quality of life with a prosthetic than with years of rehab and constant pain if the leg could actually be "saved." It's a good point but both of them are so mad that they aren't really listening to what each other is saying. Callie declares that she's just doing it but Owen yells back that she's not and reminds her that Arizona isn't a patient; she's her wife. This is where Callie finally loses it, and she and Owen actually start communicating. Callie cries that the person in that bed isn't her wife but instead is just a shell with all of actual Arizona removed. She's terrified because she thinks that if Arizona does lose her leg, Callie will never get her back again. She goes on that she needs his support and then afterward they will make a plan for him to get Cristina back, but she needs him to do this now. He admits sadly that he doesn't think he'll ever get Cristina back and then gives Callie a menacing glare, but after a moment he starts to ask her logistical questions about her plan and she relaxes as he seems to go along with it for now.
When we see the ladies next, Arizona is in much better spirits and Callie passes along a hello from Mark and a report that he is still doing great. Arizona's surgery (the one that was part of Callie's new plan) is the next day and she's already trying to be a perfect patient. Callie then gets a page -- it turns out that today is the day she is doing the nerve graft on Derek. She's really nervous but Arizona tells her she is amazing and they get a little bit goopy and kiss before Callie goes off to save the magic hand of Dr. Shepherd.
A little while later Alex comes to the doorway with a piece of Chunky Stu's Hawaiian pizza for Arizona and reports that he is eating thanks to them but now that Stuart is okay, it's time for Alex to leave for Hopkins. When she says nothing he tells her a bit defiantly that he busted his ass to make sure everything in pediatrics is running smoothly so now he's done and can go. Cautiously, he walks over and puts the pizza on the table next to her bed as a peace offering and when she still says nothing, tells her that he's sorry this happened to her and that it made her hate him. He turns to leave, but just then alarms start to ring and Arizona starts to convulse.