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
She leaves a baffled and angry Cristina and heads back to her date; once at the table she downs an entire glass of champagne in one fell swoop. She and Andrew stare at each other a moment and then he tells her that he just took a permanent job at a hospital in Germany. She's taken aback but quickly composes herself and tells him sincerely that it is a great opportunity, but that isn't all he has to say. He tells her that he accepted only on the condition that they find his talented surgeon girlfriend a job there too. Suddenly, hottie secret husband seems like a teensy detail she maybe should have mentioned earlier. Andrew continues that he never saw himself settling down until now, and he wants to do it with her. She's stunned, and he slides a new, full glass of champagne her way to help her digest the news. Meredith voiceovers about life throwing curveballs.
Back on the dance floor, the DJ announces that it's time for the father-daughter dance. Arizona is mortified that she forgot to cut this from the program but Callie is very zen about it all and insists that Arizona dance with her father. Mark continues his streak as substitute and tells Callie that he's a dad and he can dance, so he's going to dance with her. Have I mentioned again in the last few moments how happy I am that the three of them have figured out a way to coexist, at least for now? SO HAPPY. I am so happy to not be recapping the same argument over and over. And hey, it only took one of them nearly dying to accomplish it!
At the hospital, Derek is having his own father-daughter dance with Zola, who is cooing and sticking her tongue out and generally being the cutest baby in the entire world. Meredith grins as she watches him, and though she tries to get him to leave so that they can make an appearance at the wedding, she realizes Derek is too happy there and they aren't going to make it. Oh dude, then Zola gives this wide baby grin. And now Derek really is all McDreamy again. It's the power of the baby, I swear!
Callie is super happy, but after all this crap with her mom she deserves the awesome surprise that awaits her. Unexpectedly, her father cuts in on Mark so that he can dance with his own baby girl at her wedding like he's always wanted to do. I now have visions of her mom just sitting in the car, wondering when he will return, a la Miss Farrell on Mad Men.
We wrap up the episode with all of the fathers and daughters dancing happily, and a shot of the wedding cake with two little brides on top, and Meredith says that the universe has a funny way of making sure you wind up just where you belong. It's true, it does. I am also wondering if it has a way of revealing shady goings-on in clinical trials, since that's hanging like quite a cloud over Meredith's possibly new family.