Episode Report Card Lauren S: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The One Where George Admits It
By Lauren S | Season 4 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.10.2007
Apparently the residents have their own lounge, and Callie is using it to be depressed and look at paperwork. Bailey comes in to report that Alex is in the clinic. When Callie only mumbles that this is fine, Bailey eggs her on, saying that she knows Callie likes to be told, so she's telling. Callie won't take the bait and continues to study her papers. Bailey, however, seems determined to rile up her superior, and continues to tattle that Alex tried to dump his intern and clearly isn't interested in teaching. It's kind of a strange character turn; I never would have imagined Bailey as a tattletale. And now I've lost any train of thought I had after that statement, because you try saying the word "tattletale" a few times fast. It and everything else will lose all meaning. Callie just thanks her, and after a moment of staring and deciding if she really wants to stop prodding the sleeping dog, Bailey decides to leave for now.
Mark is researching his Dare Surgery, and Derek joins him, eating a Bowl-o-Something. Mark asks if he ever feels old. Derek: "I'm young. I'm a fetus." Mark means does he think eventually new techniques will pass them by, but Derek maintains his genius status. He tells Mark that Mere hasn't told Cristina about them, but that she tells Cristina everything. It's said in a tone that's lighter than air, which clearly means it's the only thing he can think about. Mark's surprised to hear that Derek didn't end it, and then calls him out -- Derek thinks he and Mere will get back together. "You think she's gonna grow up, and get all whole, and want a relationship!" The insight is very Mark, but the use of "get all whole" seems meant for a different character entirely. Derek is smiling like it's a crazy idea, which means Mark is totally right. Mark tells him he's a bad liar; Derek calls him old.
Cristina sees Meredith coming, and goes from normal to, well, Izzie-Cristina: head in hands, moaning about how sad she is. She asks if Mere is on the complicated-ectomy. Mere confirms it, and by way of response Cristina moans about being in the pit with her dumb interns. Then Cristina sighs dramatically, wishing she could catch a break. Mere asks if they're ever going to talk about Burke. With how close they are, it's a bit of a stretch to think Meredith hasn't caught on immediately to the act, as she herself knows it's not about them talking. Cristina tells her basically that, but better: "I'm not Izzie. I'm not going to lie on the bathroom floor all day." Then she remembers that she sounds too assertive and that "Izzie" is what she's going for, and says she'll lie there, putting her head gently down on the counter. Mere says she'll trade the surgery and take Cristina's interns in the ER. Cristina weakly asks Mere if she's sure; she is. Once Meredith leaves, Alex calls Cristina on being a big fat faker. Cristina says dryly that she's not pretending, and cocks her head to say, "Me so sad." He says maybe he should try that so that Mere will take his new intern, but Cristina snaps, "Hey, sad is mine. Go find your own pretend emotion."