Episode Report Card Lauren S: B- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Doe, A Deer
By Lauren S | Season 4 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.26.2007
Richard comes into the ER to tell everyone that three victims from a multi-car crash will be coming in, and they'll need everyone. Thank goodness they have approximately 85 interns hanging around. Callie asks him if there's anything she should do and, surprised, he offers up that she could save lives. Sometimes they need reminding there at Seattle Grace. She meant as Chief Resident, and he tells her to make sure her residents are set. It's at this moment that he notices none of them are there, and after Callie unhelpfully says she paged them, she asks Bailey about them. Bailey shrugs and offers, "When I page them, they come running!" Richard orders Callie to get the residents under control, so she turns on Bailey for making her look stupid. I feel like Callie was a lot more kick-ass when we first met her, but now that they have Izzie hating her and sleeping with her husband, they somehow also turned Callie into a whiny, pathetic, ineffectual leader. Looking back, I'm not sure when it took place, but it makes me sad.
The residents show up, Cristina looking for and not seeing Burke, and Callie screams at them to take charge of their interns. They actually listen, and Cristina orders hers off by referring to them as numbers. Mere laughs, and I realize that this is the first genuine smile she's had in a long time -- turns out, she looks kind of awesome when she's happy. George raises his hand, informing them that he does not respond to being called a number. Still smiling, Mere sends him outside to the ambulance. Alex orders his interns to stand against the wall until they're needed, and Izzie continues to try to be a teacher, telling them to expect a lot of action coming in. As she walks away, one of her interns mutters, "I heard she, like, freaked out and killed a guy and had to go on probation." Izzie hears him, and turns around, only to hear another reply that they're stuck with the dud. There was a time I'd have disagreed with that statement, but that time isn't right now.
Outside, Lexie notes that George is an intern again, but promises not to tell anyone. She then asks which one is Meredith, and is surprised to learn that George knows who she is. She also asks what Meredith is like, since apparently her dad won't tell her anything. Just then, Bailey comes out and shouts an order to Meredith herself, so that Lexie can see and stare meaningfully after her. Seriously, there are now about 20 people out there. The interns seem to multiply like rabbits.