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
Derek finds Mark and with no preamble, tells him he needs him to have sex with Cristina. I'd say it's a much better plan than having Mere ask Cristina to not call so late, or, say, ask Mere to do her reading downstairs where she can talk away. Mark tells him there's no way, since she's serious and "un-fun," which is not his type. Derek thinks she should be his type, since she's intelligent and complicated. "She's like a single malt scotch, and you're used to beer bongs." Mark tells him that Callie is no beer bong. True. But Derek sees an opening, and teases Mark that he doesn't think he has a shot. He seems to almost get him with presenting it as a challenge but Mark still won't do it -- that is until Derek reminds Mark that he owes Derek for sleeping with Addison. Reluctantly, Mark agrees.
Lexie moseying along in the hospital basement, like you do, when she hears whispering and finds her fellow interns injecting needles into each other's arms. But it's not a drug party, but instead an IV party. The new intern, Ryan, tells her they did it all the time at Baylor (which, ew) but Lex refuses to think it's okay, and as she walks out they implore her not to tell anyone.
Hunt is in an empty ER room and takes a long, deep breath as Richard finds him for a word. Hunt warns him that something is coming in but Richard quickly explains that they're about to give a solo surgery to a second year resident, and asks for Hunt's opinions. Before he can reply the paramedics bring in an unidentified guy who sounds like he has just about every single injury a person can have. Cristina takes over and the paramedic explains that the cops found him under a freeway overpass, and they suspect that someone threw him over. Hunt asks Richard about the solo surgery while watching Cristina, and Richard explains that Hunt has no personal relationships with anyone and instead is a set of fresh eyes, "Which is rare here." Heh. Also, I guess he doesn't realize that the second someone walks through the door to Seattle Grace, they immediately start up some sort of inappropriate relationship and that Hunt does have a bit of history. Fortunately it's not too much, as these things usually go, and Hunt tells him he'll think about it. Cristina then takes a moment from her ministrations to ask the Chief what kind of surgery the solo will be, while Hunt looks disgusted that she'd think about it right now. Richard doesn't bat an eyelash, though, and just tells her that they'll all find out at the same time. He then turns to Hunt and comments that he's been working for three days straight, trying to sound light as he asks if he ever gets any sleep. Not entirely amused, Hunt asks if he keeps tab on all the attendings or just the new ones. Upcoming PTSD storyline, anyone? Alarms start to ring since John Doe can't breathe, and while Cristina promises she's taking care of it, Hunt grabs some sort of needle and pops it right into the guy's chest to solve the problem. He admonishes her that if she was caring for the patient rather than thinking about the contest, she might have thought of it.