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Meredith's attempts to get over McDreamy end horribly when her latest one-night stand shows up at the hospital with a case of priapism -- or, for those of you who are blessedly unaware, when the little general refuses to stop standing at attention. As if that weren't bad enough, the problem appears to be neurological, so McDreamy is called in to consult on the case, and to make fun of Meredith. She is absolutely mortified, but also secretly happy that McDreamy has a hard time with her moving on. A lady who is pregnant with quintuplets is admitted at 32 weeks, and every single hospital employee ever is recruited to assist with the delivery, as three of the babies have significant health problems. Thoroughly Judgmental Izzie, of course, has a problem with the woman's fertility decisions, and says so. It is just as helpful as you might have imagined. The babies are delivered and all whisked away to their respective surgeries. Meanwhile, Cristina tries to get Burke to change his mind about their moving in together by showing him her incredibly messy apartment, and Alex gets it on at work with Nurse Olivia of the Syph, setting his stupid self up for Izzie to walk in on them. Which she does. Oopsie! Want more? The full recap starts right below!
We open with a darkened shot of legs and feet, stumbling through a hall. Giggles and falling clothes accompany this scene, and Meredith voice-overs, "When you were a kid, it was Halloween candy." A door opens, and our two headless bodies fall through. One of these is skinny and pasty-white, so we know that it's Mere. Her conquest removes her shirt, and we cut to Burke and Cristina, in just about the same position. MereVO: "You'd get it from your parents, and ate it until you got sick." In between gropes, Cristina pants, "So this is...where you live?" Back to Mere's house, only now it's Izzie and Alex tumbling through the door in the throes of make-out. Mere tells us that, in college, it was the heady combo of youth, tequila, and...well, you know. "As a surgeon, you take as much of the good as you can get, because it doesn't come around nearly as often as it should." And here, we get a hot, hot shot of McDreamy in the shower with...Meredith? Unfortunately, they are both in bed with other people, and Meredith finishes her VO, "Because good things aren't always what they seem. Too much of anything, even love, is not always a good thing" Poor Addison looks over at McDreamy in their bed and tells him, "That was amazing." McDreamy's like, "Uh, yeah." Mere rolls over so her back is facing her partner. He asks if she...? Mere says, unenthusiastically, "Yeah. I did."
Mere is up now, and on the phone with Cristina. She says there's a boy in her bed. Cristina, brushing her teeth at Burke's (probably with his toothbrush, which would probably give him a stroke if he knew), asks where she found him. At Joe's, of course. Cristina spits into Burke's pristine kitchen sink and tells Mere that she's there alone. Mere: "You're not going through his stuff, are you?" Cristina says there's no stuff to go through; you could do surgery in the place. It does seem to be a little on the obsessive-compulsive side of clean. Cristina notices his bookshelves and yells, "OH! He arranged his books using the Dewey Decimal System! Mere, I'm scared." Mere tells her to get out, just as her own boy toy wakes up. She tells him she has to go take a shower, and "when I get back, you won't be here, so...goodbye." Wow, very tactful.
Cristina goes to make coffee in Burke's immaculate kitchen, and finds that he's set out a coffee mug for her. Aw. Inside the coffee mug is a key and a note reading: "'C' -- I had a key made for you. --'B.'" I cannot tell you how adorable I find it that Burke put quotation marks around their initials. He's my grandmother! Cristina, however, finds none of this adorable, and makes an "oh shit" face.
Back at Mere's, George and Izzie are having breakfast downstairs. George complains that he didn't sleep at all. Izzie: "Who was it this time? Hairy Back Guy?" George says he misses Inappropriate Facial Hair Guy, because he did his own dishes. Izzie and George both agree that they loved Tattooed Ass Guy. George tells Izzie unconvincingly that he's totally over Meredith. Just then, Mere's latest goes bolting out the door. Izzie: "And I shall name him...Running Guy." Hee. George asks how it was with Alex last night. Izzie confesses that there were, um, technical difficulties, and makes this hilarious little gesture with her hand to illustrate. George begins laughing uproariously, and Izzie grabs him by the collar and hisses, "I just need some sex, George. I NEED SEX NOW!" George tells her that no matter how hard she begs, he is not doing her. Ha! I bet.
Cut to the hospital, where Dr. Mrs. Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd is just finishing up signing her contract. Webber reminds her again how awesome it's going to be for her to be there, how great she is, how much money she's going to make, etc. Addison answers with: "Quintuplets, Richard. The mother-to-be called in just this morning." Webber says there's nothing he likes more than a high-profile case. Addison, trying to act like she is above all that silly publicity, says not to call the press yet, as it's an extremely high-risk case, and she's going to need to pull people in from all departments. Webber: "You're my star. Whatever you need." Why is Webber suddenly reminding me of Jessica Simpson's dad?
In another part of the hospital, a man in an MRI machine yells, "Is there meal service on this flight?" On the other side of the glass, Alex tells McDreamy that this guy, "Robert Martin," fell and hit his head, causing a small subdural hemorrhage and delirium. McDreamy calls into the microphone to ask Robert how he's doing. Robert: "I need a drink! Are you the stewardess?" Heh. McDreamy tells Robert that they're actually called "flight attendants" these days. Robert keeps screaming for his drink, and he's going to kill me if he keeps it up, which I am sure he will. McDreamy sees that Robert has a cyst on his pituitary, making him hyponatremic, which is why he's so thirsty. Alex tells McDreamy a bunch of medical jibba-jabba about how they should treat it, and McDreamy tells Alex to get to it. Robert continues to annoy me by yelling, "Hey! When does the movie start?" Sigh.
Addison has called Izzie in to assist her with the quintuplets case, and introduces her to the expectant mother, a cute little blonde thing much too tiny to be pregnant with a Raisinet, much less five babies. "Dory" is 32 weeks along, and good little student Izzie recites that the normal gestation period is 40 weeks; with twins, 36 weeks is optimal, so with quints, 34 weeks would be good. Dory's husband is just outside the door to the room saying something about giving their other kids acetaminophen, and we find out that not only is Dory pregnant with quints, she has triplets at home. Izzie can't keep her mouth shut: "Guess when you take those fertility pills, you should read the fine print, huh?" Hee. Addison admonishes her, and Izzie apologizes. Dory says it's okay, she's used to it. "I just really wanted a girl." Her husband chimes in that they just didn't bank on five girls. Dory says dreamily, "But think of all the clothes!" Yes, and all the vomit, and poop, and screaming. Lord, can you imagine eight children all screaming at once? It's giving me heart palpitations just thinking about it. Anyway, Dory and her husband are all happy-happy about their five babies, which I find incredible. Addison leans in to Izzie and tells her she doesn't have to say everything that pops into her head, and hands her the chart. Izzie takes it sheepishly.
Outside, Cristina and Mere are having a little post-coital coffee. Mere quips, "They always look so sad when I kick them out." She doesn't understand why, when you pick up a guy in a bar and take him home for sex, there are no picket fences or kids in their future. Cristina pulls out her key and shows it to Mere in full agreement. "I got freaking keyed before coffee!" As if on cue, Running Guy walks up holding his jacket over his crotch. He asks Mere if she works there, because he's having a little problem. "Actually, I'm having a big problem." He removes his jacket so the girls can see his big old boner. Cristina: "Hi! I'm Cristina." Hee. Running Guy explains that ever since they did it, "it" won't go away. Everyone is mortified except Cristina, who giggles, "Oh, there are so many things I could say right now. Champ."
Mere and Cristina lead Running Guy into the hospital. He asks if it's serious, because it hurts like it's serious. Mere wants to find somewhere to stash him until they figure out what's wrong, because she can't have the whole hospital finding out. Cristina: "It's not my fault you broke this guy's penis." Oh, poor Mere. Kind of. They're busted by Bailey, who calls after them, "Hey. Hey! Don't make me chase you down, I'm growing a person here!" Cristina hauls ass, leaving Mere to face Bailey alone.
Back in Dory's room, Izzie is examining Dory and the babies. Dory grimaces, then explains that "Kate" kicks her really hard. Izzie can't believe she's named them already. Dory says she knows Izzie
thinks she's crazy (which she IS, by the way), or maybe just a little bit stupid (ditto). Izzie says she's sorry if she's done something to offend. Dory: "Don't even pretend that you haven't been judging me since the minute we met." Izzie tells her that if she had reduced the fetuses, even by two, the other three could have been carried longer, been more developed, and born healthier. Dory then tries to win Izzie over by taking her hand, placing it on different spots around her abdomen, and introducing her to each baby. Charlotte is stubborn, Lucy is a badass, Emily has the hiccups, Julie is mellow, and Kate, the kicker. Izzie is clearly touched; your recapper would like Dory to give her a freaking break.
Bailey has been apprised of Running Guy's situation, and asks him which erectile dysfunction drug he took. Running Guy denies taking anything. Bailey explains, as if to a five-year-old, that his condition is called priapism, usually brought on by the overuse of EDs. Running Guy denies it again. Bailey, getting aggravated, tells him that they'll just have to take his word for it, but they'll have to look for other causes. "There'll be lots of labs, lots of needles, and painful procedures. Procedures which might make you wish you never had a penis. You sure you don't want to change your story?" And Running Guy denies for the third time that he hasn't been popping the Cialis. Well, Jesus did say that the cock would not crow until Judas had denied him thrice. Bailey tells Mere to start his workup and get him some pain meds. "As of now, your...friend...is admitted." Mere looks like she could use a pain med or twelve of her own.
Addison informs Burke and McDreamy that they'll be helping with Dory's delivery. After some ribbing from both, Burke agrees to meet the mom after his surgery. Addison and McDreamy walk off towards Dory's room, and she tells him that she didn't hear him leave the hotel room this morning. Why are they staying in a hotel, pray tell? McDreamy says he had an early surgery. Addison pushes, "You sure? That's all?" McDreamy says yes, that's it, just an early surgery. They find Dory in her room, struggling to heave herself back onto the bed. McDreamy introduces himself, and Dory finds out they're married. "Oh, look at you two! Everyone must hate you." McDreamy and Addison, in unison: "You have no idea." Hee. Addison tells Dory that McDreamy is going to talk to her about Baby C, also known as Lucy. McDreamy explains that Lucy has hydrocephalus, which is a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid on the brain. If it's not fixed, it could result in brain damage. Dory is flabbergasted, but McDreamy says they caught it early enough that they can take care of it very easily, by installing a shunt to drain the fluid. I just want to say now how much I love the word "shunt." We should use it more often. Dory: "No brain damage?" McDreamy, kindly, hotly, madly: "No brain damage." Dory sighs in relief, all, "Okay, couldn't you have led with that?" Everyone laughs.
Cristina confronts Burke about her key. She holds it up in his face and asks, "Why?" Burke responds, "Why is it a key? Are we feeling existential this morning?" Aw, so nerdy. Cristina rolls her eyes. "Well, if a key turns in a lock and nobody asked for the key, or even wanted the key, does it make a sound?" Before he can answer, Mere interrupts, so Burke says he's going to take this opportunity to be someplace else.
Mere is freaking out. She tells Cris that Running Guy's labs came back clean, and so now someone needs to induce vasoconstriction. Cristina: "Oh, nice try with the fancy words. He needs an enema." Mere says she can't do it. Cristina says she ain't doing it. Mere promises to do all her enemas for a month if she'll just do this one. Cristina: "Wow, you really don't want to do this." Meredith looks absolutely unglued. It's awesome.
Annoying Pituitary Cyst Man's room. He yaps. I refuse to recap it. McDreamy tells him that he needs surgery to remove his cyst, which is congenital, and then he will be all better. APCM orders a milquetoast-looking guy sitting in the corner to look McDreamy up and check his credentials. Lord. Alex tells APCM that they need to stabilize his sodium levels first, which means no more water. APCM: "But I'm thirsty!" Alex says they'll hydrate him intravenously. The assistant goes to remove the water from the table. APCM: "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Assistant says it's the doctor's orders. APCM looks just as annoyed as I am right now.
Oh my God, they're playing the Lotion and the Basket song. If you haven't seen the video, please, I beg you to go watch it. As this little piece of musical brilliance plays, Running Guy tells Cristina he can't believe this is happening. Cristina acts entirely unsympathetic as she gives him the enema.
Song still playing. Alex fills out a chart near Nurse Olivia of the Syph. He's all, "Still not talking to me?" She replies, "You gave me syphilis! And I am talking to you, I just don't have anything to say." She asks how George is. Alex says he's a whiny fetus, then pisses her off by saying it's no big deal he didn't tell her about the syph. She jerks the chart from him and walks off. They're so about to do it, but not before Izzie walks up and tells Alex she's on the quints case. Alex says he heard. Izzie says they're going to need multiple surgeries once they're delivered, so she put him on the pager list. Alex is less than thrilled with this information, which Izzie automatically translates to their "technical difficulties." "Was it me? We seemed to be having a normal time." Alex assures her that it wasn't her; he was just tired, and didn't feel like it. Izzie asks him if he feels like doing it tonight. Alex says he's on call. Ugh! Izzie, not taking no for an answer, is all, "Oookay, so do you feel like doing it now?" She backs away with the bedroom eyes, and Alex looks like he just might feel like doing it now.
George slams into the stairwell and finds Meredith sitting on the steps all forlorn. He tells her he's got to find a way to get in on the quints case. Mere says she's guessing she doesn't stand a chance, since it's Addison's case. George blurts, "Penis!" Mere sighs, and wonders why every guy she meets comes with his own unique set of nightmarish humiliations. George stutters, "Maybe it's a, a m-matter of volume?" Mere's like, "Oh, so now I'm a slut?" George says he thinks she's taking some risks, and one day she might find herself in a hole in someone's basement. And just as the song says it, George says, "Being ordered to put the lotion on its skin, or else you'll get the hose again." Brilliant. George goes on to say that Mere deserves better than meaningless one-night stands. "And hey. Not every guy's a nightmare." He does not add, "Like, say, one George 'Manly' O'Malley," but I wish he would. Mere thinks this over as we go to commercials.
We come back to Alex and Izzie making out in one of the doctor's rooms. They're just getting to the good part when Izzie's pager goes off. Stupid quints!
Izzie walks into Dory's room to find that she's having contractions. "Where have you been?" barks Addison. Izzie: "I...uh...I? The nurse was here!" Heh. Addison says they're going to try to keep the babies in as long as possible. Dory knows that Addison is going to try Trendelenburg on her, and Addison is impressed with her knowledge. Dory says they did it with the triplets, so she's been through it before. Yet another reason not to want to try it again with two more, eh, Dory? Her husband looks concerned, but Dory assures him that they did it once, and they can do it again. Addison says that's all they can do for now, then asks Izzie if she's on call tonight. Izzie says no. Addison: "You are now." Izzie looks pleased in spite of herself.
Our shot is from under Running
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Guy's drape. I guess you could say we've got a penis-eye view. Bailey lifts up the drape to check Running Guy's parts. They are still, uh, at attention. No one can believe the enema didn't work, especially Cristina, who remarks, "Huh. Well, it was an excellent enema." Bailey asks what they do , and the answer is a needle aspiration. Running Guy: "A NEEDLE? My PENIS?" Poor thing. Mere says they have to drain the blood. Running Guy freaks out and tells them no way, forget it, they're not getting a needle anywhere near his manhood. Bailey: "Well, the step is penile infarction or gangrene, so if you want it to fall off..." Running Guy thinks about this for about two seconds, and relents. Bailey tells them to get to it. "What goes up? Must come down."
Alex runs into APCM's assistant on his way out of the room, and tells him not to let APCM to drink any water until his surgery the day, even if he begs. He asks if there's any family or friends they should contact. Assistant says he doesn't really get along well with most people. Surprise, surprise! Assistant's like, "But he does have me. Three years as his assistant. I guess I'm his friend." Assistant runs into the room with his sad little tweed-jacketed self.
As Mere and Cristina drain the blood from Running Guy's penis, they discuss the keying of Cristina by Burke. Cristina doesn't want to use it, but knows Burke will be hurt. Mere asks why she kept it, then. Cristina argues that a key in a coffee cup isn't like some kind of binding legal contract. Running Guy cuts in, "Your boyfriend gave you a key to his place?" Cristina: "Why is he talking?" Running Guy says she can't not use the key; Burke put himself out there, he's taking the step. Cristina tells him he's not really in the best position right now to be handing out relationship advice. Running Guy starts to say more, then notices his newly-deflated penis. Cristina congratulates him on being flaccid. Running Guy: "Never thought I'd be so happy to hear that." Aw, Running Guy is kind of cute.
Quints! Addison introduces Dory and her husband to Burke and George, who will be assisting Burke. Yay! He's Burke's Guy! Burke explains that the quint named Emily has a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which will require extensive surgery. Burke starts to say something about odds, but Dory interrupts, "I don't believe in odds." Indeed. Burke says he doesn't either, and explains what will happen during the surgery. Dory looks relieved that such a strapping young doctor (I trust you realize I'm not speaking of George here) will be taking care of her baby.
Burke runs into Cristina in the elevator. After several seconds of uncomfortable silence, Burke offers, "It's a key." Cristina is all, "Okay. Good, good." More silence, then Burke drops the bomb. "Or...you could start thinking about moving in with me." Hee. Before she can respond, the elevator door opens, and she takes off. Burke looks for all the world like he's trying to keep from laughing his ass off, which makes me love him even more.
An upset-looking Assistant runs into Alex on his way out of the hospital room. Alex calls after him, "Don't mind me," and I swear to God, my hearing must be going or something, because he says it with an Australian accent. "Dain't moind may!" I actually had to go look it up on IMDb to see where Justin Chambers is from. The answer is Springfield, Ohio, so I'm guessing that's a no. Anyway, APCM says he had to fire Assistant, and without missing a beat complains about how thirsty he is. Hate. Alex says the IV's keeping him hydrated, and that's just the tumor talking. He asks why he fired Assistant. APCM says he could see it in his eyes that he didn't respect him anymore. "Illness is a sign of weakness! Once they see it, they never look at you the same way again!" That is about the most retarded thing I've ever heard. APCM says he's sure Alex, a hotshot doctor, doesn't let any of the other hotshot doctors know about his problems. Alex: "I don't have any problems." APCM says he probably doesn't have any friends, either. Ooh, burn!
Penis-eye view of Bailey again. Bailey takes a look, then says, "Oh my Lord. Ooh, child." Mere's all, "Don't tell me!" Cristina claims that the flag is flying once again. Bailey says they've tried everything, so it must be neural. Cristina gleefully tells Mere that Bailey's already called for a consult. Mere is even more mortified than before, because we all know what that means. And speak of the devil, McDreamy walks in just then, all smiles. "Hello, everybody. What's up?" Heeeeee. Commercials.
McDreamy checks Running Guy out, and asks when the problem started. Running Guy says it started this morning. Bailey excuses herself to consult on one of the quints. McDreamy asks Running Guy when he last ejaculated. Running Guy: "I'm not sure...Meredith?" Oh, NO. Meredith makes a "D'oh!" face as realization dawns on McDreamy's. Cristina takes the opportunity to haul her own ass out of the room. Running Guy makes it TOTALLY worse by leaning over and asking, "Meredith? What time did we, uh...you know?" McDreamy: "Yes, Meredith! What time did you two?" Yes, Meredith, what time? The whole world would love to know.
In the Room of Quints, Addison shows Bailey an ultrasound image of the "omphalocele." Dory's interjects that that's the scariest word yet. Cristina, nonchalantly, "Oh, all it means is that some of the baby's internal organs are growing in a sac outside its body." Lordy, no wonder Cristina can't handle the key. She's completely incapable of feeling emotion. Also, awesome. Dory gets kind of hysterical here. "'All it means?' Her organs are growing outside her body, that's ALL IT MEANS?" Izzie tells Dory it's going to be okay. Bailey explains gently that she's going to remove the sac containing the organs, make a small incision, and put them back inside. Dory leans back and covers her eyes with her arm. "Oh, Julie. She's the quiet one." Okay, fine. I hate that this woman is having five babies at once, but I do feel kind of sorry for her.
Burke finds Cristina in the locker room. She asks him what makes him think they can live together; he doesn't know anything about her. Burke says he knows that she prefers an eleven blade; that she likes saying "pickups" instead of "forceps"; that she likes her coffee from the cart by the front entrance. "I know you." Cristina says those are just little things -- details. Burke repeats, "I know you. You don't want to move, but I can't always be the one that takes the step. Any more steps, and I'm walking away." Ooh. And he does, leaving Cristina to think about how she likes that.
Cut to Nurse Olivia of the Syph banging on APCM's bathroom door. He's locked it, and won't let her in. Alex runs in to help as APCM screams, "I don't need any doctors! I am an island! A beautiful island surrounded by water!" Kill me. Alex tells Olivia to go get some restraints and turn the water off to the floor, as he tries to pick the lock.
McDreamy tells Running Guy that his CT shows a tumor on his lower spine, which is pressing against a nerve, which is causing the perma-woody. Poor Running Guy is like, "A tumor? So...I should be scared, right? This is the time for scared?" He grabs Mere's hand as if they're an old married couple, which McDreamy notes with much amusement. He tells Running Guy that he'll remove the tumor, and everything should return to normal. Running Guy, to Mere: "Can you call my mom? Her number's in my wallet." Mere, hating herself, says she will. McDreamy asks how long they've been seeing each other. Mere immediately says they're not, and Running Guy says they met last night at Joe's. McDreamy: "I met a girl there once myself. A very long time ago." So McDreamy!
Back in APCM's room, Alex is trying and failing to pick the lock. So he breaks down the door, and we are treated to one of the most disgusting things I think I have ever seen, and I watch Nip/Tuck, people: APCM with his head in
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side the toilet, splashing toilet water all over his face and into his mouth. GAAAAAG. Alex and Olivia wrestle him off the toilet and back into bed, where they restrain him. APCM yaps and spits and yells the whole time, and I'm sure that toilet water he's spraying all around is most delicious for Alex and Olivia. Alex tells Olivia to give him a 3% hypertonic solution, 500ccs per hour for the four hours, to stabilize him. Olivia nods as she struggles with the restraints. APCM spits some more at Alex and says he thinks he's such a hotshot doctor, but he's going to fire him, too! Shut up, APCM. Alex: "Go ahead. Fire me."
Oh, my. Burke is at his house using one of those ab roller exercise wheels, the kind where you can see all the muscles popping out of one's t-shirt? Yes. Cristina walks in, and -- no! -- he stops. She stands there for a second, no doubt reeling from the hotness, then says, "I used the key." Burke says that's a step. Cristina walks towards him slowly and asks if he really wants to know her. Burke: "There is nothing you could reveal about yourself that I wouldn't want to know." Aw! Seriously, he's perfect, y'all. Cristina gives him a long look, then we cut to...
...her opening the door to her apartment. Strummy la-la music starts playing as Burke looks around Cristina's place, which is absolutely filthy. Well, not so much filthy as strewn with books and clothes and other unidentifiable objects. There's a white shirt flung across a lampshade! If Al Lowe were here, she would give you a death glare, then sternly remind you that that is a fire hazard. I once left my Chi iron on at her house while we went to Target or something, and I suddenly had six feet of burnt-down fury unleashed on my five-foot ass. It still hurts right there in the one knee. As Burke tries to get a hold of himself, Cristina announces, "This is where I live. My mother decorated it. I don't do laundry, I buy new underwear. The table? Six months of magazines I know I'll never read but I won't throw out. I don't wash dishes, vacuum, or put the toilet paper on the holder. I hired a maid once. She ran away crying. The only things in my fridge are water, vodka, and diet soda, and I don't care. But you do. Still think living together is a good idea?" Burke looks down at the "floor," then gives Cristina a grim little smile. Run away, Burke! Run from the fire!
Alex and Mere are getting coffee at the stand outside. Izzie runs up and tells them that Addison is putting them on notice for when the quints are born, because there will be multiple surgeries, and they'll need all the hands they can get. They both say that's fine. Izzie says she'll just page them when they're needed. They're both like, "Fine!" Izzie's all, "Oookay, then." Alex and Mere go sit down with their coffee. He says he was studying, and asks what her excuse is. Mere: "I was staring at the ceiling in abject horror." Hee. She tells him about Running Guy. Alex: "I heard you broke his penis. Nice!" Mere says things only get problematic when you start to care. Alex looks over at Izzie getting her coffee, and says, "Right." His pager goes off, so he doesn't get any more time to ruminate on all that stupid caring he's having to do.
It's Nurse Olivia who's paged Alex; APCM started acting all jittery, and slurring his words. Alex asks APCM if he can hear him, and APCM answers by having a seizure. McDreamy runs in and asks Alex what he gave him. Alex says he gave him 500ccs over four hours. Nurse Olivia of the Snitch corrects, "Actually, he ordered 500ccs per hour over four hours." Oops. McDreamy says his brain is swelling. "Why didn't you do a follow-up? I gave you one thing to do!" Alex says he's sorry, and asks if APCM is going to be okay. McDreamy says he can't operate like this. Alex looks sad. At least APCM isn't talking anymore.
Alex is bouncing a ball angrily against the wall. Olivia comes in and apologizes. She says she wasn't trying to get him in trouble, but McDreamy needed to know. "It doesn't mean you're not a good doctor." Alex says it sure is crappy. They agree that they've both made mistakes. Alex asks if, when they were together, "it" was good. Nurse Olivia says yes, it was; in fact, it was pretty great. And suddenly, as if you didn't see it coming, they're making out. Izzie's gonna be so mad!
Mere is assisting McDreamy on Running Guy's surgery. McDreamy says he thinks Running Guy's going to be fine, then jokes that he and Mere shouldn't try it out for a few weeks, though. Mere: "Funny. You're a funny man." McDreamy says he just didn't know she was dating. Mere says he had to know it would happen eventually. McDreamy says "eventually" feels a lot different than "actually." Mere agrees that it does. McDreamy: "It's surprisingly painful." Mere says it gets better; well, she doesn't really know that, but she's determined to be optimistic. Aw, you two! Just kiss and make up already.
Not so fast. McDreamy finds Addison at the surgery board, and congratulates her on officially signing her contract. Addison chirps that it's time to move forward, then asks him, "We're okay, right?" Lord, if you keep asking him, he's going to remember that he doesn't actually want to be with you, sister, so how about zipping it? McDreamy says they are. Addison's pager goes off; it's Dory. Izzie tells her there's fetal distress. Dory screams that her contractions are really hurting. I'd imagine so. Addison lifts up Dory's drape, and the sheet is covered with blood. Shit. Izzie explains that the placenta's tearing, and Addison says the babies have to come out now. Dory starts to cry, and Izzie consoles her perfectly: "It's okay. We're going to take really good care of you. Just keep breathing." Go, Izzie!
Addison tells Dory that the OR's prepped and ready, and asks where her husband is. He's home with their other three children, obviously. Izzie says they'll call him. Addison tells her to go page everyone on Dory's team, but as she starts to go, Dory grabs Izzie's arm. "No! No!" Addison tells Dory everything will be fine. "Nothing about this is fine! They're too hurt!" cries Dory. Izzie totally takes over with the awesome bedside manner. She tells Dory that she's carried her girls this far, and now it's their turn. "You have to trust us to bring them into the world. Tom's on his way." Addison looks at Izzie with pride and wonder, as she should.
Mere checks on Running Guy. She tells him that McDreamy removed his tumor without any complications. Running Guy thanks Mere for sticking with him, then adds, "Maybe when I get out of here, we could..." Mere, having learned her lesson, is all, "I don't think so. You know, when I saw you at Joe's, I was just looking for a replacement. Looking for something to make me feel better. You deserve better than that." Her pager goes off, as does George's, and we hear over the intercom, "Dr. Bailey, Dr. Burke to OR 1." Mere tells Running Guy she has to go.
Cut to Cristina and Burke, adorably asleep on the floor of her apartment. Aw, he accepted her squalid ways! Their pagers go off, and they both bolt upright. "The quints."
Addison is wheeling Dory into surgery. Izzie runs up and tells her that everyone answered their page except Dr. Karev. Addison's like, "Well, go find him, fool!" And fool she is, because guess where she finds him? That's right, doing the nasty with Nurse Olivia. Izzie just gives him a disgusted look, and says, "It's time for the quints. We need you."
Surgery. A team of about ten thousand doctors dress out and scrub in. Five incubators are prepared for the babies. A sweet song starts playing as Addison gets to work. When the first baby is delivered and handed off to Burke, Mere voice-overs, "How do you know how much is too much? Too much too soon?" Izzie stands ready for the baby, while Dory's husband kneels at her side and comforts her. Tears! The baby is delivered to Bailey; Mere: "Too much information?" Bailey works on putting the tiny little organs back inside the tiny little body. Babies three and four come. MereVO: "Too much fun? Too much love? Too much to ask?" McDreamy gets his baby, the fifth, and we pull back to an overhead shot of the bustling room, then to a close-up shot of Dory. Mere finishes up, "And when is it all just too much to bear?" The babies are all wheeled away in their incubators, and Dory gets a quick glimpse of them as they go. Tears fill her eyes, and we hear the sound of a baby crying over the credits. Good work, you guys!
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