Episode Report Card Lauren S: C- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Wish I Wasn't Here
By Lauren S | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.08.2009
Eric is still moaning about the pain in his legs, and Hunt comments that it would be better if they could get him off the board. Given a sympathetic opening, Mere points out that Eric has decreased feeling in his leg, but Derek says that's just what he's saying, and he could be saying anything. Eric asks for more morphine and Cristina chimes in that they aren't there to feed his drug habit, though Eric reminds her that the drug traffic in solitary is rather slow. Meredith wants to wait and look at the films to see what could be causing his pain, but Derek and Cristina think it's a waste of time and Hunt can only glance furtively from person to person. A tech then comes and puts the debate to rest by delivering the films, which show that Saintly Meredith is right -- he's got something long and stabby-looking lodged in his spine. Eric is delighted because if he's paralyzed, his execution date for the following week could possibly be postponed but that gives Derek a reason to work his hardest to make sure he's in working order to be put down. Hunt continues to do nothing but look troubled.
Bailey finds Patricia putting a bit "Do Not Disturb" sign up on a door to what I think is one of the operating rooms where Richard is apparently hiding out. Bailey insists she needs to see him, but Patricia just explains that ever since he heard about Kenley's death, he wants to be alone. Bailey's put out and just stares at the door. It's riveting TV.
The docs all look at Eric's x-rays, but they can't tell if the stabby item is going through his spinal cord. Mere and Cristina snipe at each other about a CT vs. an MRI, and Hunt futilely tells them that they will look at both. Derek orders that they are going to do everything by the book so that a lawyer can't try to stay Eric's execution by saying he didn't get the proper standard of care. Hunt is surprised that Derek is pro death penalty, but Derek corrects that he's "pro-punishment." Meredith simpers that good people do bad things, and Cristina rolls her eyes. I'm sick of Cristina being so passive aggressive -- it's not like her -- but I do agree with the eye roll. Mere continues that they don't know what he did and can't judge, but Cristina gets the last word that a jury can judge and that they put him on death row. Hunt is all about only making an array of surprised and worried facial expressions and looks incredulous, while Derek is pissed that they're even debating the issue. He spits instructions at them and the girls flounce off. Hunt comments that he thought they were friends and Derek says that they were, but that now the men are just in for a very long day. Aren't we all.