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
Owen, Jackson and Lexie are out of Lucas' surgery and Jackson insists that Owen go home and try to get a couple of hours of sleep and he'll take care of the follow-up. Owen agrees and again compliments his work, tells Lexie to go give the parents some actual good news, and then takes off. Once he's gone, Lexie cautiously approaches Jackson and tells him that he can talk to her. He plays dumb, which is one of my total pet peeves -- dude, she hears you screaming every night. Clearly something is on your mind. She tells him as much, but way nicer than that, and adds that she had sleep problems too, that turned out to be real problems. Seriously, of all of the people there she really can empathize better than anyone. He just haughtily announces that he doesn't have any problems and then reminds her that he just kicked ass in surgery and saved a kid's life, which he considers a great night. Lexie just looks skeptical at his bravado, which clearly irks him, so he just asks what her problem is and then walks away. Ugh. He's making himself less hot by acting like a jackass and I don't like that. Lexie just raises her eyebrows, because she knows that she's the one who is right.
Meredith and Alex work away on Kid since Stark still hasn't answered his phone. As they work, they marvel at their balls for calling in a whole OR team, and they also marvel at the fact that the team actually came and here they are.
Mark gets up for some water and when he sees Callie, he worries that he woke her up. But she couldn't sleep, and she has a certain look in her eyes; when he asks if she wants some water too, she haltingly admits that she wants... sorbet. There's something endearing to me in the fact that he doesn't immediately get what she means, thinking instead that she wants actual dessert. After she gives him a very pointed look he catches on and seems skeptical, but also not averse to the idea. He asks her if she really means it, and she does. Oh Mark, this is where you play the good friend and gently put a stop to it because you know it's a terrible idea even though you two have always been totally hot together! But he doesn't, and they start ripping each other's clothes off, and they are still totally hot together.
Lexie walks out of Lucas' room, having just given them an update, and asks Jackson if she should mention any of the risks, since she doesn't want to worry them more than she has to. Jackson just says to tell them that he's going to feel pretty awful, and that every time he feels glad to be alive he'll hate himself for it since his brother died. He then adds that Lucas won't want to talk about it, but he'll be glad they know. Finally!! I'll take talking in totally obvious metaphor if it just means he's getting something off his chest. Lexie looks at him, understanding, but he can't really look at her after saying all that and he takes off.