Episode Report Card Lauren S: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The One Where George Admits It
By Lauren S | Season 4 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.10.2007
VO: "Deep down, nobody wants to hear it, especially when it hits close to home." The queen of Not Wanting To Hear It, Meredith, approaches an angry Lexie. She explains that she's got her mom's death note, which is an account of everything that happened that day, and which Meredith wrote. She explains that she'd like to go over it with Lexie if it's okay, and Lexie looks confused, but nods. She starts by gently telling her about how every single thing that happened only had a 1% chance of happening and then, before she goes on, adds, "For what it's worth, I was very fond of your mother. She was...I was very fond of her." Lexie looks at her, and as Mere begins to explain again, Lexie tears up. It's a really nice moment both between the sisters and in memory of Bonnie, about whose death I'm definitely still mad. This is what made you, Grey's, moments like these! More of this, less of George and Izzie, please. Especially Izzie.
To lead us gracefully into the next scene, Meredith's voice explains, "Sometimes we tell the truth, because the truth is all we have to give." Bailey decides to suck it up and give Callie the truth, albeit haltingly. "I've been having trouble. With this whole pecking order of things." She explains she's used to being number one, but as she's not now, she'll be the best number two ever, and that they'll be a team. "Because...look, girl, you seem to be having a hard time." What tipped her off? The sitting alone in a darkened room all day? Bailey says she's having a hard time too, but that they can do it together. Callie looks relieved and nods happily as they share their awkward, alpha-female bonding moment.
VO: "Sometimes we tell the truth because we need to say it out loud to really hear it for ourselves." Alex and Lexie are in the elevator at the same time again; wouldn't it be funny if these two somehow started a romantic entanglement somewhere down the line? I'm sure it won't happen, and it's just uncanny that they do all of their floor-to-floor traveling together. Some other interns get in and again are fawning all over George, and Alex can't take it any more. Cruelly, he announces that George is so good at this because he's repeating his intern year, and "If you wanna learn from someone, really, really learn, go to a resident. Not this dude." Satisfied, he leans back while George's humiliation seeps from every one of his pores. Embarrassed, he stammers that Alex is right, and that they definitely shouldn't emulate him. Lexie looks terribly sad -- I guess Alex shouldn't quite count on any supply-room antics with her now, at least for a while. Norm turns to him and opens his mouth, but Alex demands, "What the hell are you looking at?" He then turns to Lexie and laughs, "Interns." It's quite a poor job of reading his audience, as she's clearly angry.