Episode Report Card Lauren S: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Take Another Little Piece of My Heart
By Lauren S | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.06.2008
Callie is in helping out with John Doe, and when Hunt muses that he might be able to tell them what happens once he wakes up, Callie expresses doubt that he will. Hunt then watches Cristina send Lexie for tests and an unclaimed body form. Lexie asks if he's going to need a chest tube, because with the solo surgery coming up... presumably she was going to point out that she'd like to actually learn how to put one in, but Cristina tells her that with the solo surgery, her only job is to impress Cristina. Once Lex leaves, Hunt tells Cristina that with the solo surgery approaching her job is to impress him, and so far she's not doing that by planning for John Doe's death. Cristina apologizes sincerely but reasonably defends that she was trying to be prepared -- it's refreshing to see someone firm but yet not combative nor whiny. He doesn't seem to think so, though, and tells her, "I can't use sorry, I could use a doctor. Be one."
Derek and Bailey are meeting with their elderly patient and her husband, Mrs. and Mr. Bullard. She has a tumor, and while Derek warns her that she could live for months with it as-is, she tells him she can't live with the pain like she is now. He's told her about how this surgery is extremely risky, but she definitely wants to go through with it. She and her husband gaze at each other and finish each other's sentences, and he echoes her wishes and seems to understand, as does she, what it really means when she signs the DNR orders. Both insist she wouldn't want to be on life support and "live" like that. All of this of course means that they are very likely to not have a happy storyline this week. Once all of the papers are signed, she tells her husband, "Bye, darling," and he replies, "Goodbye, love," and they share a rather passionate kiss. Bailey watches, seemingly in shock, as they have a long hug. Mr. Bullard smiles and tells them they do this every time -- sign the paper, kiss goodbye, "And after the surgery, we say hello again." Bailey looks incredibly affected, and as she walks out she whispers to Derek, "That there is the Holy Grail of marriage." Derek agrees, "Something to aspire to." Might be hard for you, Derek -- he doesn't seem to act condescending towards his wife on a semi-regular basis.
Lexie finds herself in a dim room surrounded by bodies -- it's like the most morbid lost & found imaginable. She picks up the forms for their accident victim asks what happens to the bodies. The tech explains that if they go unclaimed for a certain amount of time they are either cremated or preserved for medical research, and Lexie realizes that means that they could be used as practice bodies for med students. It's enough to make me want to wear an ID bracelet for the rest of my life, that's for sure. He catches on to what she's saying and turns around, but when he sees her he's blinded by her beauty and loses all power of speech.