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
Izzie runs up to her nurse after getting a page, and is told that Charlie has checked himself out. Izzie whines that he can't leave, because he's sick and also because she got him lobster. I hope this isn't supposed to make us sympathize with her.
Alex runs into the clinic after being paged to find Hunter on the floor. The kid is in awful shape with a blown pupil, so Alex calls for Shepherd. They put him back in the bed as the mom demands to know what's happening. Alex asks Bailey what to do, and she has to admit she doesn't know. Since Derek's not responding to pages, Alex runs to find him in the ER. He explains what's going on and Derek orders, "Okay, you need to do exactly what I say or that kid's going to be dead in the next ten minutes. Can you do that?" Alex says he can, and Derek tells him to get the biggest needle he can find. The very idea gets me limbering up for the fetal position.
Alex sprints back in and finds a needle; Mrs. Chapman continues to demand what's up. He finally thinks to have her removed, despite Norm saying she should be told what's going on since she's the boy's mother. As they leave, Bailey asks what he's doing, and he instructs her to hold Hunter's head -- Shepherd told him what to do.
I have to admit right now that I didn't watch this scene the first time I watched the episode, and I didn't exactly watch it the second time. At least there was less horrified screaming from me and my friend the second time. I saw Alex go for Hunter's eye, I remembered the phrase "biggest needle you can find," and I turned and started studying things in my apartment and realizing that I really need to dust. On first viewing, I turned around after a moment, thinking they weren't really going to show it -- it would surely be a close-up of Alex's worried face, right? I got treated to a tongue depressor holding up Hunter's eyelid. At which point I buried my face into the sleeping cat on my couch, hoping the purring would take me to a happier place. From what I can tell from the aftermath, the fluid was drained, Alex did a good job, and Hunter will be fine. The End.
I really was in a happier place -- a purring cat can do that for you -- until my inner peace was broken by Izzie's voice. It's horrifying in its own way, although very different from anything involving needles and eyeballs. She walks into Charlie's room where he's sitting in a wheelchair in street clothes, looking out the window. To his back, she sincerely asks him not to go. She says she knows he thinks his life is over and he doesn't have anyone. But his life isn't over and he has her. Run, Charlie! She admits that she doesn't think George is going to leave Callie, and says she needs Charlie's advice. Charlie hasn't moved the whole time, through this impassioned speech, because rather than listen to Izzie, he has chosen to pass away. She just mutters, "Crap," and sits down on his bed.