Episode Report Card Lauren S: N/A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hooking Up
By Lauren S | Season 7 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.02.2010
Jason's surgery is finally over, so Mere does the adult thing and goes to talk to Owen. Seriously, I'm not sure why this struck me as so refreshing -- maybe it's the general middle-school behavior that takes place around here? But I'm glad she didn't just sit in the locker room and seethe. The guys mopping up the lake of blood leave to give them a moment alone, and Mere launches into a tirade. She says she knew just what she was doing in the surgery and that Owen knew she could do it as well, but that he slapped her down with a good-sized audience just because she's questioned how he is handling Cristina. Owen retorts that Mere is reckless with her own and patients' lives and that he doesn't want that kind of person around his wife as she struggles to hold on. Mere points out that she's struggling because Owen married her and then made it okay for her to fall completely apart. Both are completely heated and it's sad because they both want exactly the same thing but have totally opposite opinions about what is right. When Meredith finally challenges him to say what he has planned once Cristina gets home from fishing -- and points out that the rest of them will all be working -- he tells Mere that he doesn't know, but Cristina has a right to figure that out on her own. Meredith thinks she knows better, and that Cristina needs to work because that's who they are.
And here's where it gets interesting. He yells at Meredith that she told the guy to shoot her, and Mere asks him what on earth that means. Seriously, I want to know what it means because I don't get it. We've seen Mere be a dark and twisty lunatic who tried to die, but I think that many significant others would beg a gunman to shoot them instead of their beloved. Owen's argument is that most people wouldn't tell a gunman to shoot them, and calls her fearless, but not in a good way. He then tells her that most people are like Cristina -- afraid -- and so what she needs isn't the same thing Meredith needs, because they aren't the same person. I've got to say, while I appreciate the sincere concern on both sides, I'm with Mere here. Poor Owen is floundering but instead of admitting it he's turning angry while actually becoming more useless as a support for Cristina and something's got to change. They are a couple I love, but things just aren't working for them right now and it's frustrating to watch.
Meanwhile, Bailey and the residents have pulled Eli's patient files and find that his fistula rate is 12% rather than the usual 42%. Lexie calls it a fluke but she's just mad because she thinks Eli is mean, and her ego is bruised. She's especially miffed when April keeps talking about how hot he is, even if he is just a lowly nurse. Bailey has ignored all the chatter to look at the charts and then finally lets herself get excited; she grabs the charts and sprints off happily, leaving the others quite confused.