Episode Report Card Lauren S: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
By Lauren S | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.06.2008
Next thing you know, she's wheeling a gurney into a room where we see she's accumulated around eight bodies. Dude, she's cute, but that tech must not get out much to just hand over eight bodies like that. She welcomes the bodies to the room, apologizes for their having to die, and runs to get instrument trays.
Callie and Hunt are working on John Doe, and after they patch him up to at least get him to surgery, he asks for her opinion on the second years with regards to the solo surgery. She tells him that Yang is awesome and adds that one day she'll be a "cardio god," adding that they are roommates. About Izzie she tells him that Iz is supposedly compassionate and good with patients but that she also did sleep with Callie's husband. Hunt cuts in to explain he just wants the doctor part. But how do you untangle those things in this hospital, really? Cristina comes in with the results of the guy's scan, but as she starts to point things out Hunt cuts her off to inform her that he can do that by himself, and dismisses her to update the guy's chart -- all of which Callie watches with a raised eyebrow.
Out in the hall, Mark finds Cristina and turns on the charm as he asks if she paged. She did; she tells him all of the problems that John has going and directs him to the trauma room. Mark tries again, hoping that she wanted to see him, but she makes a phone call and again just directs him to the patient. Mark clearly has never had this happen before. (You know, except for how Hahn totally didn't react to his flirting either.)
Speak of the she-devil, she's got Mike's catheters in and is about to start the procedure. She tells a cowering Izzie to go sit with him, and manages to growl and whisper at the same time (not an easy task) that she chose Izzie specifically because it would make this a compelling, if not totally obvious storyline. Whoops, that was me -- she chose her because Izzie connects well with patients. Izzie actually chooses this moment to tell Hahn that she's been told to work on not connecting so well, but Hahn rightfully snaps back at her that Mike is nervous and needs someone there to help guide him through the procedure and she has to step up. Izzie sits but keeps looking like a lost kid over at Hahn, who has to prompt Izzie with what to say. Once she injects Mike he starts thrashing in pain, Hahn needs to remind Izzie to tell him to try and calm down. Izzie can't manage to act like a professional at the most important moment of his career, and instead sees a defeated-looking Denny in the room. While Hahn yells at her to talk to Mike, she furrows her brow like there's no tomorrow and breathes heavy while staring at her dead fiancée. And, after all that, Mike still can't breathe which means the procedure failed. Conveniently, Hahn explains that she could have chosen two routes, and that clearly she chose the wrong one but they can try again. Mike, though, declares there's no way he will or can go through it again. Izzie apologizes and flees.