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
It turns out that Chandra Wilson directed this episode, which I'm sure is why she's not in it that much. But when she does show up, she certainly makes the best of it. She finds Callie lying on the sofa in her unlocked apartment, totally defeated. She's got the video baby monitor in one hand, showing Sofia sleeping, and a wad of soggy tissues in the other. She tells Bailey that she knows why she was sent over but that it doesn't matter because the wedding is off; her mom was right, it's all a joke. Though she can only speak in a monotone, she manages to keep cutting Bailey off so she can continue her pity party -- she can't have a priest, has no minister, isn't going to be given away by her dad and it's not legal, so what is the point? She's thoroughly convinced that nothing about the wedding is real, and then finally stops so that Bailey can speak.
We all know that Bailey is the Queen of Awesometown, and when she finally can answer Callie she lives up to the title with aplomb. She assures Callie that she doesn't need those things to make it real, and that the church is anywhere she wants it to be because God is inside her. Gently, she tells Callie that her mom and the church just haven't caught up to God yet, and Callie finally starts to cry. Bailey continues that her mom might never catch up, but that's okay, because if Callie is willing to stand up in front of her family, friends and God and commit herself to the person she loves, then that is truly a marriage, and that's all that matters. Callie finally smiles. Bailey adds that by way of comparison, she got legally married to a man in a church, and look how well that turned out! She then lets out a chuckle that's just the tiniest bit scary -- it's clear she's still dealing with things herself -- but her talk seems to have done the trick.
Mark walks in to the OR where Arizona and Teddy are working, and as Cristina knew would happen, Lexie is helping with the repair while Cristina gets to provide suction. Teddy goes in to repair some small defect and Lexie asks if she's going to use a particular blade, but Cristina can't seem to stop herself and replies that she's just going in blind. The tone of her voice implies that Teddy is nuts to do it this way, and there's a lot of dramatic music and pointed looks over surgical masks, but then Teddy finishes and Lexie gets to tie it off. I think the hope is that Cristina might realize that Teddy does know what she's doing, even when Cristina might do something different. Just then Bailey walks in to the scrub room and waves to get Mark's attention; when she does she grins and gives him the O.K. sign of success.