Episode Report Card Lauren S: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Good Night, and Good Luck
By Lauren S | Season 7 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.18.2010
Of course Kid is still in massive amounts of pain and his mom insists to Meredith that this isn't just gas. Meredith lamely tries to say that the medicine needs time to work, but Mrs. M knows better and lectures her that she's worked the night shift before and knows what's what. She growls that patients can fall through the cracks and she won't let that happen to her son. She sounds melodramatic but I have to say that when I needed it my mom went and kicked ass like this for me, so it makes me rather fond of this character. And Mere knows she's right and admits she doesn't think it's gas either, and will run some tests.
Mark joins Derek at the bar and chides him for leaving his own party, and when Derek voices his worry for Cristina, Mark just writes it off as a phase and reminds him that this night is about his winning a prestigious grant. He knows Derek, though, and realizes that he's not going to get Derek back to his own party, so he goes back to the table alone.
By the time Mark gets back to the table, the ladies are all pretty drunk and having a Deep Conversation the way only drunk people can. Callie is jealous of Cristina in a way, because she's living the life that none of them ever did because they were too busy in med school. Mark thinks about cutting Bailey off by asking how many drinks she's had but she informs him that her son is with his dad for the night, so she can do what she likes. Unfortunately, Callie is turning into a sad drunk, and she asks Teddy if Arizona talks about her. Teddy has had too much booze to mask her deer-in-the-headlights reaction, and though Bailey shakes her head and tries to stop her, Teddy awkwardly says that Arizona just got right down to the medicine and is only focused on that right now. Callie starts to throw a full-on pity party for herself, moaning that she can't believe she's back here again and though Mark tries to stop her, she's too far gone. As she moans that she doesn't know how to be single again, Mark announces that she needs a "sexual palate cleanser." Teddy is thoroughly grossed out but Bailey is utterly delighted and laughs out loud at the idea of "sexual sorbet." It's a nice touch that her tongue is turning blue from the EOAs. Mark then tells Callie that a redhead across the bar has been eyeing her all night and though Teddy doesn't think it's a great idea, Callie decides to go for it.
In the OR, Jackson, Lexie and Owen can't even identify what it is that they are pulling out of Lucas' abdomen. Owen tries to get Jackson to slow down but he's thrown himself into the surgery like this will solve all of his problems and he just keeps at it. When a nurse announces that his parents are here Owen tries to send him out but he kind of flips out and announces he's staying, which he then amends to a request at a look from Owen. He agrees, and sends Lexie to talk to them, giving her a break from all of the worried looks she's been shooting Jackson's way.