Episode Report Card LTG: B | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Yatta! Hello, Seattle!
By LTG | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.04.2006
Cut to the non-credits. Oh, how I miss you, ironic eyelash curler. I also worry about those poor foot models, who have now lost their residuals.
McDreamy is quizzing Cristina about the procedure that's going to be performed on Taylor. Basically, they're cutting the corpus callosum in half to sever the connection between the two halves of his brain. Leanne, Taylor's wife, is in the room, holding their utterly adorable baby. She tells the baby, "Daddy's letting them chop his brain in half because Daddy's a big dummy." That's a bit of an oversimplification, even for this show. What we learn in the ensuing argument is that the procedure will prevent seizures that Taylor has been having up to five times a day. He points out that Leanne won't leave him alone with the baby, because his seizures make him dangerous. I would think they also prevent him from doing things like driving a car or holding down a job. But Leanne thinks it's a stupid, risky procedure that he doesn't need to have. McDreamy tells them that they can delay the surgery if there's any uncertainty, but Taylor wants to be able to take care of the baby. And maybe, you know, operate a stove without fearing that he's going to burn down the house.
Alex tracks down Bailey and tells her about Megan, claiming that either Megan is psycho or her foster parents are abusing her. Why does it have to be either/or? Couldn't both things be true? Alex tells Bailey about the bruises and the staples, and Bailey asks if her parents stapled her. Alex tells her that Megan did it and that she also believes she's a superhero who can't be hurt. Bailey tells him that while Social Services speak to Mr. and Mrs. Foster Parent, he should run a "cold pressure" test. Alex is as confused as I am, and Bailey tells him to use ice water to test Megan's responsiveness to pain.
George reports for duty with Callie. She tells him he was weird that morning, and he denies being any weirder than he ever is on any other random morning. And I think he's telling the truth there, because he's always a little bit weird. He goes on about how difficult morning is, what with the light and the hordes of people crowding their house. She looks doubtful, and then tells him that they have "a radical case" to work on. Whoa, dude! Is it, like, a gnarly procedure? And why am I suddenly recapping Bill and Ted's Anatomy? (Although that would be a wicked fun show to recap). Callie leads George into a patient's room. Callie and the patient (whose name is Jasper) greet each other with some enthusiasm. Jasper is very excited about the triathlon he's training for, but before he can compete he needs the new ankle that Callie is going to install for him. (And the triathlon is coming up on June 12th. Since the prom was just a few weeks ago, doesn't that mean the triathlon should be happening any minute now?) George seems put off by the number of surgeries Jasper has had in the last year (three so far), but Jasper and Callie are completely unfazed. Jasper asks whether he can meet "his guy" -- by which he means the week-old cadaver that is providing his new ankle joint. Callie thinks Jasper and the dead mean would have little to discuss, and then she leaves the doubtful George to run Jasper's labs.