Episode Report Card Lauren S: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Daddy Dearest
By Lauren S | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.08.2009
Cristina asks Mere about any possible surgeries and is disappointed to hear that one patient died before they could make it to the OR. She gripes about needing surgeries, because she's only had 100 hours in the OR that month and she's sure those with the most hours will be saved. Meredith is back to being calm and amused, and I'm fairly certain that as Cristina moans about being kicked off two services in one month, she wasn't guessing that her bestie's reaction would be a giggle. Meredith has got an optic glioma surgery coming up with Derek, so she is excited, while Cristina checks out both Stinky's and Izzie's patients nearby to see if she can poach anything. Izzie calls her on it and the two begin to argue but they're broken up by Lexie leading in a very ill-looking Thatcher, explaining that his neighbor noticed he wasn't getting his mail. Mere rolls her eyes as Thatcher mumbles congratulations for getting "married on a sticker." Mere assumes that Thatcher is just drinking again, but he swears that isn't the case and then proceeds to throw up blood all over Mere's shoes. Cristina says, almost admiringly, "Now that would be surgical."
Bailey has taken over Thatcher's care, and while he continues to vomit blood Lexie asks all sorts of questions and the residents all vie to help out. Bailey has no patience for it and just keeps Alex, kicking out a mad Izzie and Cristina. Lexie tries to convince Meredith that Thatcher made amends and isn't drunk, but Mere is skeptical and just walks away.
Meanwhile, Mark is burning something off of an elderly patient's skin. His name is Irving, and his son (Doc Abbott!) and daughter-in-law are there and couldn't be more condescending. Doc says to his wife that the nursing home staff should examine him for these spots when they bathe him, and when he points out that he bathes himself, the wife tells him too loudly, "Of course." They continue being jerks and finally Irving gets them to leave and go get him some coffee, reminding his loud-talking daughter-in-law that he's just old, not demented. Once they are gone, he admits he's not worried about the skin thing as he's dealt with them for years. He's really there because he wants a penile implant. Mark's a bit shocked and tells him that the first step is drug therapy, which he's happy to prescribe. But Irving tells him he's tried that and it never helped, and then his wife died and he stopped trying. But now he's dating a, "new gal from the east wing." She's younger, and he doesn't want to disappoint her. Mark understands that completely, but mentions that there are still safety questions given his age. Irving grouses about being old and then says of the golden years: "There's just got to be more to life than eating pudding and watching CSI. I mean, come on. Can you give an old man a working Johnson?" Mark laughs, but we don't hear an answer. However, I don't think Irving could have gotten a better doctor for the task at hand.