Episode Report Card AB Chao: B+ | 3 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Into You Like A Train
By AB Chao | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.29.2005
"WHAT?!?" The paramedic actually utters the words, "Easy, Killer," then tells him that they found the leg. He hands it to Alex, whose demeanor has changed instantly from "anger" to "Christmas miracle." He takes off with it, and we cut to......the OR of Amputation. Cristina walks in sadly, and starts telling Webber how extremely sorry she is. Then she notices what Webber is doing, which is reattaching the leg to its owner. "Oh! You...you found the leg?" Alex turns around from his spot at the table, and gives Cristina the most awesome evil raised eyebrows ever. Cristina's face is all, Must...find...way...to kill...stupid American..., but she leaves without a fuss.
Cut to the OR of Sadness and Poles. Bonnie and Tom are stoically leaned against one another. Bonnie says to Tom, "Can I ask you a question? Do you believe in heaven?" Tom, with tears in his eyes, answers, "I do. Don't you?" Bonnie gives Tom's shoulder a little pat, and says she wants to. Tom tries to talk: "Bonnie...I just want to say..." And then Bonnie breaks all of our hearts by whispering, "I know. Shh. I know." They're both crying now, along with the REST OF THE WORLD. McDreamy tells Bonnie that, when she's ready, the anesthesiologist is going to put her to sleep. Bonnie is reassured that it won't hurt a bit. But Bonnie's not done killing us yet: she asks McDreamy if he's going to be the one to talk to her Danny. McDreamy nods solemnly, and asks what she would like him to tell Danny. We don't get to hear Bonnie's answer, because we pan over to the scrub room, where Bailey is asking George and Burke, "Why do I feel like we're about to kill this girl?" Mere interrupts to tell Bailey that her labs are in, and she would like to scrub in. Burke tells her to do it fast. While she's getting ready, McDreamy walks out of the OR and to the sink. They exchange sweet little smiles, and McDreamy says, "You know, I went to the bar." Mere says she heard. McDreamy doesn't offer anything else besides telling her to take some aspirin with the banana bag, because it helps with the hangover. Meredith understands immediately: "Oh. You're staying with her." I'm not sure how "aspirin" translates to "I love my wife more than you," but I'm just here to report the facts. McDreamy affirms Mere's worst fears. "She's my wife." LAME! Since when was that a good excuse for anything? "Oh, yes, well, he does beat the shit out of me on a daily basis. But hey, he's my husband!" It pains me to say this, but...shut up, McDreamy.
Back in the OR, Bonnie is crashing because the pole has shifted somehow. Burke says they need to move her now if they're going to have any chance of saving her. With two teams on each side, they prepare to move Bonnie. Burke counts, "One, two..."
And we cut to Izzie counting, "Three!" with Jana. Cut quickly to Addison in surgery: "He's wedged under her ribs; we're going to have to pull him out." Cut back to Bonnie and Tom, now both knocked out. Bonnie has now been de-poled, and someone starts a saw over on Tom's side. He's stable for now, but Bonnie needs work. Meredith assists Bailey and Burke, but Bonnie quickly flatlines. Tom is losing pressure, so everyone but Meredith leaves Bonnie to work on him. Meredith stands there holding a retractor, saying over and over, "You can't just abandon her!" Well, she's kind of dead, Mere, so they pretty much can. Even though you think this is a sad reflection on your sad, sad life. Bailey has to sternly tell Meredith, who is still shrieking that they have an obligation to Bonnie, that it's over, and there's nothing they can do except try and save Tom. Bailey calls it, and Meredith stands sadly over Bonnie's body. Commercials.
We come back to much less tension and mayhem. Izzie and Addison check on their two new moms, who are both doing fine, and when they leave the room Addison asks Izzie, "So, have you made a decision yet, Dr. Stevens?" Izzie is all, "Huh?" Addison: "Whether or not you're going to hate me. You're Meredith's friend? I'm the wicked witch who came in and ruined her life and cheated on Doctor...wait, what is it that you guys call him?" Awesome. Izzie mutters, "McDreamy." Addison goes on to say that, by all rights, Izzie should hate her, except she's going to be staying in town for a while, and she'd do well to learn what she has to teach. Izzie doesn't know what to say. Addison finishes, "So, when you decide how important it is for you to hate me...let me know." Izzie's like, "Goddamn it! I think I might love her." You ain't the only one, Dr. Stevens.
Cut to Bonnie's Danny, who is asking McDreamy if she suffered. McDreamy assures Danny that she wasn't in any pain. Danny, clearly in shock, says that's good. McDreamy hits us all right where it hurts: "She asked me to tell you...she wanted you to know...that if love were enough, she'd still be here with you." Meredith witnesses this, and flounces off to cry, because she still thinks this whole thing is all about her. She then voice-overs, "As surgeons, there are so many things we have to know." Cut to Reattached Leg Man being wheeled out of surgery, and Webber congratulating Alex on a job well done. Oh, Alex, you sly fox. MereVO: "We have to know we have what it takes." We see Jana and Burny with their babies. "We have to know how to take care of our patients." And now we see Tom in his hospital bed, and Burke telling Tom's wife that he's doing just fine. "And...each other." Cut to McDreamy and Bailey in the elevator. McDreamy is on the verge of breaking down, so Bailey, without a word, pulls the alarm to stop the elevator. When McDreamy's done crying, Bailey asks if he's okay, and starts it up again. This, my friends, is the best scene of the episode.