Episode Report Card Lauren S: D+ | 1 USERS: F YOU GRADE IT My Favorite Mistake
By Lauren S | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 03.21.2007
In a less happy setting, Callie, Izzie and George are speaking to Nina after telling her that her mother passed away. Nina berates herself for not bringing her mom in sooner and won't hear anything else from the doctors, especially when Izzie tries to tell her that her mom was ready to go. But Izzie continues. "What she was afraid of, was that you had taken on so much of her disease that you were freezing up too... Messing up, it's what makes a person. It's how we learn. Where we find joy. In the things you don't plan for, the things you never see coming." Thunk. Whoa, what's going on? Oh wait, gosh, sorry, I'm just a little bit disoriented from the ANVIL that just hit me in the head to convince me that George and Izzie's mistake was really, truly Oh So Right.
George and Izzie are finally using their words with each other. She wonders how they're going to tell Callie, but he seems surprised and says they aren't going to. He refuses to hurt her just to clear his conscience, and he can't believe that after all of her support, this is how he repaid her. He tells Izzie this has to be their secret, and she sadly agrees. Her track record with secrets and tact is really sparkling, so I'm sure this will remain something that they deal with alone and which doesn't get out in some big, kooky mix-up very soon. But for the first time in a long time, she seems sincere and sad rather than angry and bitter, so it remains to be seen how all of this will play out.
Meredith starts to wrap things up. "The thing about plans is, they don't take into account the unexpected. So when we're thrown a curveball, whether it's in the OR or in life, we have to improvise." Cristina asks her patient how he's doing; he's understandably depressed since his foot is gone. He asks what he does now, and she instructs him to move forward and try to keep his other foot. A little light bulb goes on over his head, since he clearly forgot until this moment that he had a second foot. So Burke is Cristina's second foot! And Colin was her first? Or her rigid beliefs were her first? I... still don't get it. But I'm sure she'll still cherish her remaining foot. Or whatever.
Mere points out that some people are better at the improvising than others, and in the "better" category we see Alex monitoring Crush. Addison comes in and compliments him on his work and on not complaining about watching a monitor all day. He claims he does what he's told, depending on who is doing the telling. She wishes him a good night filled with magical dreams of what-if in her voice. Crush is awake and perceptive, and asks him what was up. He deflects and asks her how she's doing, but she's persistent about "the redhead." He explains that the redhead is his boss but trails off, and eventually at her prodding just admits that it's complicated and won't answer anything else. For now, at least.