Previously on Grey's Anatomy: Mere decides to be celibate, then meets Hot Vet Chris O'Donnell; Bailey is covered in mommy; Izzie falls for Magical Heart Patient Denny; George and Burke bond and play jazz instruments together and whatnot; and George discovers that Callie lives in the hospital basement. And also, it's been like a month! What gives, ABC?
We open in the hospital corridor just outside Callie's lair. Mere voice-overs, "The key to being a successful intern is what we give up: sleep, friends, a normal life. We sacrifice it all for that one amazing moment -- the moment when you can legally call yourself a surgeon." George and Callie are having an amazing moment of their own...in bed. George's haircut appears to have been a success; he looks less like a retarded monkey and more like an actual person. Callie thanks George for the good hot sex, and we cut to...
…Addison and McDreamy in bed, as well. Addison barks, "Thanks," and makes a pained face. MereVO: "There are days that make the sacrifices seem worthwhile." McDreamy and Addison giggle at the ridiculousness of their very bad sex. McDreamy: "You're thanking me for the most boring sex ever?" Hee. Addie says she didn't know what else to say. They commend one another for doing "their best," and as they go to hug, bang heads. Ow! An appropriate ending for this round of love-making, I'd say. Luckily, McDreamy's phone rings, and he tells the person on the other end of the line that he can pick up Doc this morning. Addie grabs the phone. "Dr. Dandridge? We're going to have to call you back. We're trying really hard to have some decent sex here!" Except, it's not Dr. Dandridge on the phone! It's Meredith! Oh, GOD. Mere hangs up her phone slowly, and voice-overs, "And then there are days where everything feels like a sacrifice."
Hot, hot, hot Chris O'Donnell walks Doc into the waiting room of his office and asks Meredith if everything's okay. First of all, when did Chris O'Donnell get fabulous? He's so...mousy! And secondly, keep it up, McVet. Keep it up. Mere says everything's fine, and tells Doc he looks good. McVet says it may be just a virus, and the dog can go home today. He then changes the subject: "So you and Derek...are you together?" Mere stutters that they're just friends, and she? Well, she is knitting a sweater. She rambles on some more until McVet interrupts, "So you're single." He's asking because he wants Mere to go out with him. Mere: "Out. With you." McVet: "On a date. Tonight." Mere, adorably: "Date. Tonight." McVet assumes that she's repeating everything he says so she can stall and figure out a way to let him down easy. Mere tries to make him feel better while also telling him she's just not dating at this time. She is welcome to send his previously-mousy self over this way, and go on about her knitting.
As we cut to the hospital, Mere voice-overs, "And then there are the sacrifices that you can't figure out why you're making." Bailey stands to Webber and Burke, staring at the surgery board. She can't believe her name isn't on the board for yet another day. "Chief, any reason my name isn't on the board?" Webber smiles and gives Bailey two little claps on the back as he walks off. "Slow day." Bailey puts on her oh-no-he-didn't face and turns angrily to Burke. "Tell me! When did I become a person who gets patted on the back!" Burke asks if she thinks Webber is mommy-tracking her, which Bailey absolutely does. Burke gives her Denny Duquette out of pity, and Bailey thanks him gratefully. Man, what is happening to my awesome Bailey?
Cristina bounds up with coffee for Burke, and for no good reason at all this annoys me. Perhaps I'm still upset about Bailey. Perhaps it's the ingratiating look on her face. Perhaps it's because she's clearly trying to one-up George when he's nowhere in sight. I don't know. Burke thanks her perfunctorily, which Cristina takes as a sign something's wrong. There is: he only ran two miles this morning without his buddy George there to push him -- they were up to six together. Cristina's all, "Missing George. Okay, drink your coffee." Burke declines and says he's actually waiting on...George, who runs up with a cappuccino. Cappuccino, Cristina. Obviously the way to Burke's heart is through specialty coffee drinks, probably with extra foam. On top of this, George delivers some great news: Eugene Foote is there at the hospital. Burke can't believe it. Cristina asks who Eugene Foote is. George looks at her incredulously. "Uh, genius violinist? Burke's hero?" Aigh, shut up, George. Just give the man a blowjob and be done with it. Cristina can only watch as her boyfriend and George discuss Foote's oeuvre with much enthusiasm. Burke asks George if he wants in on Foote. George does, but he's on neuro today with McDreamy, sadly. Burke makes an "I'll take care of it, my boy" gesture. George runs off, all happy. Cristina: "Uh, I want in? I laid on top of you naked last night, so why don't you wax nostalgic about that?" She leaves angrily, and while I can totally see her side, at this moment I kind of hate both of Burke's girlfriends.
Mere whines to Alex about turning down McVet. Alex could not care less. "You want to do him? Do him." Mere corrects that she wants to date him, not do him; she's not doing anybody. Cristina comes over looking for Eugene Foote's chart, and asks what they're talking about. Mere says it's weird for her to date McVet, right? He's Derek's vet, he's Doc's vet, he's her vet. Cristina leaves the weird part out of it and tells Mere she can't date a vet. "He's not even a real doctor!" I believe that this line, more than any other, was the subject of much uproar in the forums, which...nope, it didn't make me think about it even one little bit.
Addie walks in with coffee all over her coat, just another link in her awful-morning chain. Mere tells Cristina under her breath to run if she sees Addison looking at her. Addie does just that, grumbling, "I need an intern!" Cristina and Mere make quick exits, leaving Alex with Addison. Alex tries to get away by saying he doesn't do vagina. Hee. Addie tells him he just bought himself a big old case of it. Oh, this should be fun.
Bailey checks on Denny, who says he's doing great, and would be doing a lot greater if he could get off this machine. Bailey: "Oh, Denny, you know I would, but then your heart would stop, and Dr. Burke would yell at me, and that would make for a very bad day for both of us." Denny shoots her a charming grin, which I actually find charming. What is happening to me? The moon must be in Jupiter, or something. Mere asks if Denny is a candidate for the portable LVAD. Denny's all, "Now that's what I'm talking about." Unfortunately, Izzie walks in and ruins their fun. "I've already told him he's not ready for it yet." Bailey reminds Izzie that she assigned her to neuro this morning. Izzie says she's on her way there, but couldn't resist sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong. She asks them to tell Denny about all the scary complications. Mere says he would be risking air embolus and V-fib. Izzie adds eagerly, "Yeah, and the tubing could kink INSIDE YOUR BODY, in which case we'd have to rush you to EMERGENCY SURGERY!" Geez. Bailey tells Izzie that, unless Denny's heart has suddenly grown a brain, she is currently not doing her job. Izzie says she's going. Bye! Izzie has to get just one last word in; she tells Denny not to be stupid. Denny shoots back, "You're not the boss of me today, woman." Mere stands there awkwardly as realization dawns on Bailey's face.
Over in Eugene Foote's room, the genius violinist is telling Burke he would like his pacemaker removed. Burke doesn't understand; Eugene's heart function has improved exponentially since they put the pacemaker in. Eugene says that may be, but Burke's contraption has changed his heartbeat, and his rhythm
. "I can't play, and that's a sacrifice I am unwilling to make." Cristina asks if he'd be willing to sacrifice his life for his music. Foote says they are one and the same. Aw, Eugene. I love a man who loves his music. I do not love hearing the exact same guitar riff one frillion times in one night of practice, but it's a small price to pay for being married to a man who leads the best drunken sing-alongs this side of the Mississippi. Uh, anyway. Burke tells Mr. Foote to let him try one more setting on the pacemaker before they do anything drastic. Eugene reluctantly agrees to this, but looks like he already knows how it's going to turn out.
Addie greets her patient, a hugely pregnant woman surrounded by her husband and about thirteen children. "Rose" reports to Addison that she's feeling large, and also cow-like. She tells her kids and husband that she needs a quiet talk with the doctor. The husband takes his brood off for ice cream, and Rose drops this bomb on Addie and Alex: she needs this baby to be her last, so she wants a tubal ligation that day during her C-section, and she really, really wants them not to tell her husband. Dramatic music plays as Addison gapes at Rose, and we finally get us some credits.
When we return, Addie informs Rose that her husband is not her legal guardian, so telling him would be entirely up to her. Rose says yes, but if her insurance is charged, he'll see it. She says she's got some money saved up to pay for it privately. Addie understands that Rose wants her to do the surgery and leave no record of it. Alex gets the wrong impression, and tells Rose that if she's being abused, there are people she can talk to. Rose says her husband is anything but abusive -- he's just incredibly Catholic. "I think God understands what I'm going through, and will forgive me. For Chris, religion isn't like a buffet table where you choose what you want to take and leave the rest. And the Pope says no to birth control, so I need your help." Alex tells her flatly that she doesn't need their help; if her husband isn't abusing her, she doesn't get to lie to him and blame it on the Pope. Whoa! And...why not? I can think of lots of things I'd blame on the Pope. Stupid Pope. (My grandmother just had a heart palpitation and doesn't know why.)
Outside in the hall, Addie is upset with Alex. Alex says no offense, but he has no interest in obstetrics or gynecology, so if she wants to throw him off the case, feel free. Addie: "Dr. Karev. I may be a board-certified OB/GYN, but I also have fellowships in maternal-fetal medicine and medical genetics, AND I'm one of the foremost neonatal surgeons in this country. When you can top that, you can mouth off. Until then, you will do your job, and you will do it right. You keep your mouth shut until I give you permission to open it, understood?" I just want you all to know that I typed all those words out so now you don't have to argue about what Addie's specialty is anymore. You're welcome.
McDreamy bids his patient a good morning. "Ms. Graber" is played by Jayne Brook, a.k.a. Hannah's mom on Everwood (CALL ME EVERWOOD I MISS YOU!), and it probably says something about me that I keep mistyping her name as "Janye," and no I'm so sure it's not because I love Kanye West and everything he does. AB Chao doesn't care about Kanye West. Anyway, Janye (let's just go with it) tells McDreamy that it is most certainly not a good morning, as he hasn't let her sleep in three nights, and the ridiculous hat he's making her wear is destroying her self-esteem, and she still hasn't had a seizure. I personally think the hat is kind of cute: it's black, and form-fitting, and you can barely notice all the wires coming out of it. McDreamy explains to Janye that they're mapping her brain, so they can locate the area where the seizures originate, so they can remove the affected area with minimal damage to the surrounding tissue. Actually, Izzie explains all of this, but I'm mad at her so she gets no credit. Janye: "Except for the fact that it's not working, and I am losing billable hours. Unless...any of you are looking to get out of a bad marriage?" Izzie and George are all, "Nope!" and McDreamy is all, "No way!" and the rest of the world is all, "Awkward!" Janye tells McDreamy that she's an excellent divorce attorney, and besides, there was a look she noticed between Izzie and George. McDreamy just stands there, mortified, but Janye soldiers on. "Let me guess, you married young and now you have nothing in common? Oh no, don't tell me. I know. The conversation is still good, but the sex has gone to pot." Heeeee.
Outside the room, Izzie and George ask McDreamy just how they're supposed to make Janye have a seizure. McDreamy says he doesn't care if they hit her with a strobe light or get her drunk or hang her upside down and hit her with a whiffle ball bat. "Just make her seize, because until she seizes, I don't know where to operate, and I can't get this woman out of my life. And this woman? Is not how I like to start my mornings." He stomps off, leaving Izzie and George to giggle about it.
As they research how to make the nice divorce attorney have a seizure, Izzie says she's just curious (George) where he lives. George ignores this, and says there's an archaic video game known to induce seizures once you reach level 53. Izzie: "An archaic video game. Oh, by the way, where do you live?" George says he's busy doctoring, and doesn't have time for chit-chat. What he does have time for is Callie, who sexies in all tall and shiny-haired. They play kissy-face with each other until Izzie interrupts, with eyes rolled, "Dr. O'Malley! How's all that doctoring going?"
Eugene Foote is playing the violin in his hospital bed. It's nice. When he finishes up, he looks at Burke accusingly. "You tell me." Burke says it's an honor to hear him play. Foote says he knows Burke knows his timing is off, his rhythm is off, and this man playing has no business calling himself "Eugene Foote." Burke tells Foote that in the months since the pacemaker was installed, scar tissue has formed around it, and removing it will not be as simple as it sounds. Foote tells Burke a long, sad story about the first time he played violin, and how it was a beautiful moment in his life. "I know this surgery could kill me, but I also know you're the best. I'd like you to be the one to operate, Dr. Burke, but if you won't, I'll find someone who will." Well, then. Eugene Foote don't play, literally or figuratively. Commercials.
In the stairwell, Cristina asks Burke if Foote can't play. Burke says he can't play like Eugene Foote, and tells her he says he'll go somewhere else if Burke refuses. This storyline, though it probably should be, is really...not interesting. Cristina says he can't let Foote go somewhere else, and tries to guilt him into it. "What if it were you? What if you couldn't be a surgeon anymore? Or, you could still be one, but not a great one. Just average. He could get his surgery somewhere else, but that surgeon might be average." Burke cleans his glasses and ponders this. Wow, guilt really gets him -- he must be Catholic, too!
Denny's Room of Magical Hearts. Mere reports that all his stats look good, and there's no reason why he shouldn't be up and walking around. Denny is pleased, but Bailey says they can put it off if he has questions or is worried. Denny says he's got twenty tubes coming out of his body, including one stuck in his you-know-what, and at some point he'd like to use it for something besides peeing into a bag. At Bailey's utter embarrassment, he adds, "Like, for instance, peeing into a toilet." Uh huh. He tells Bailey and Mere that Izzie gave him medical advice, and they gave him different advice; it just so happens that theirs is the advice he wants to hear. Mere says Bailey outranks Dr. Stevens, so her advice is the one to follow. Bailey correctly surmises
that that's not what he's worried about -- he's worried that Izzie might get her ego bruised, and her little feelings hurt, isn't that right? Denny's like, "Oh, no. No. No way." Bailey says that's good, because it would concern her if Denny were making medical decisions based on how our Dr. Stevens might feel about it. Denny: "Then I say we do this thing. Screw that dizzy blonde girl." Bailey isn't convinced at all, but points to Denny for trying.
Out of earshot of Denny, Bailey asks Mere if it's a crush, or a flirtation, or is Izzie actually crossing the line? Mere lies that she knows Izzie likes him, but she can't imagine Izzie would cross the line. Bailey: "Uh huh. I couldn't imagine you and Yang would be stupid enough to fall for your attendings, and I was wrong about that one, too." Mere says she's knitting, these days, but she's also thinking about accepting a date with a veterinarian. Bailey: "Grey. Do you actually believe I care?" Mere: "No." Bailey: "Good. Maybe you're not so stupid after all." Hee.
Izzie and George position a TV screen about two inches away from Janye's face. They explain that having the TV this close makes the flickering more intense, which can cause seizures. I'll have to remember that time I'm running late on my recap. "I'm sorry, Sars! I was writing really close to the TV, and the thing I knew? Grand mal!" Janye says she normally doesn't have time to watch TV, but this week she's discovered Oprah. Aw. Izzie and George sit back and watch Janye watch the TV, but after a second Izzie can't take it anymore. She grills George about why she's suddenly on the outside of his inside jokes with Callie. George tells her she's being paranoid. And also annoying. Shut it, Izzie. Janye reports that she's not seizing, but she is having an acid flashback. "Does that count?" I'll say it does.
Addie ultrasounds Rose and asks if she's sure about this. Rose says when they were first married, they were so broke that she went on the pill for a while, and Chris stopped taking communion. "When he does that, he thinks he's..." "...Going to hell," Alex finishes for her. Addie shoots him a look, but he is unapologetic. Rose tells them that the reason they haven't had a baby in four years is because they abstained for three. Wow. Addie suggests the pill again. Rose says he would find out, she can't hide that. Alex: "If he found out, what? I mean, he won't divorce you. He doesn't believe in it." Ha! Addie, clearly wanting to kill, says Dr. Karev was just leaving. Rose says she can't have her husband looking at her like the way Alex is looking at her right now, which is with contempt and disgust; she also can't have any more babies. Addie doesn't know what to do, so she stands there looking conflicted. Alex stands there looking evil, which...heh. I'm sorry, I know he's awful, but I love him.
Mere, Izzie, and Cristina take a little snack break in the middle of the day. Mere's eating some delicious-looking ice cream and asking Izzie if she really dumped Alex for a heart patient. Cristina interjects that Mere can't talk; she's going out with a vet. Mere says she's just considering going out with him, and warns Izzie that Bailey's on the warpath about her and Denny, so watch out. Izzie nonchalantly munches on a plum, one she probably stole from the icebox, and which someone was saving for breakfast.
Rose's C-section. After the baby is delivered and wheeled away, Addie starts closing up. She says she sees some extra bleeding. Alex tells her he doesn't see any, nope, sure doesn't, and Addie asks icily, "Are you the surgeon here, Dr. Karev?" Alex looks on angrily as Addie severs Rose's "bleeding" Fallopian tubes. Drums of Drama start to play as we go to commercial.
We return to Addison handing Rose what will be her last baby, a little boy named Joseph. Addie sits down on the bed and tells Rose, "Before we bring your family in to see you, I wanted to let you know that there was a complication with your surgery. We had some unexpected bleeding that caused damage to both your Fallopian tubes. You won't be able to have any more children." Rose's eyes fill with tears, and she thanks Addie. Alex pouts in the corner, while Addie reminds Rose again that it was just a complication. Rose says she understands.
Alex, who does not understand anything that doesn't involve him getting his way, confronts Addie in the hallway. "A complication? Really? Because that has to be one of the most bizarre complications in obstetric history." Addie turns on Alex, and tells him that Rose is their patient, and their obligation is to her and to her only. Alex brushes past her, nearly knocking her over with his shoulder, and storms away. Aw, I bet he's gonna cry about it.
Mere barely makes it into the elevator, which just happens to contain one McDreamy neurosurgeon. She's all teased and grinny, and they discuss Doc for about ten seconds before dissolving into laughter. Mere says she's not laughing at him, it's just that bad sex isn't really something that wives want announced to the dirty ex-mistress. McDreamy says she's not the dirty ex-mistress; they're all friends. Mere: "But you didn't tell her." McDreamy shakes his head, and asks how her day's going. She replies, "The vet asked me if we were together, and I set him straight." Now McDreamy doesn't look quite as happy as he did a second ago. He exits the elevator and bids her good day. Mere looks so cute in this episode, I think McVet might be the equivalent of an entire bag of hamburgers.
Janye tells Izzie and George that she's not taking one more shot of espresso. "I can't! I can't!" Izzie and George have lined up at least twenty paper cups before her, and they tell her that she can kick that espresso's ass. Aw. She knocks it back like a champ, then says, "Okay, the caffeine's for seizures. What are the donuts for?" Izzie says they're to absorb the coffee so it doesn't put a hole in her stomach. Janye thinks this is a fine idea, and shoves a whole powdered donut in her mouth. She groans. "I really, really, really really really like donuts!" George asks why she hasn't had them in so long, and she says she doesn't have time for exercise, and besides, it would be bad to have a sugar crash in court. She then hyperactives, "Stupid court. Court is stupid, because I LOVE DONUTS!!!" Hee. She's adorable. McDreamy walks to the doorway and looks in disapprovingly. Izzie and George jump up, and Izzie, with a donut still stuffed in her mouth, tells Janye, "Good. You're making really good progress." Awesome.
Webber walks into Denny's room as Mere and Bailey are prepping him for his procedure, and Bailey immediately thinks he's just there to check up on her. "Is there something I can do for you, Chief?" Webber asks a couple of questions, then says everything's looking good. Bailey rolls her eyes with her back turned to him. "Thank you. SIR." Ooh! Okay, who do you think would win in a cage match between Bailey and Webber? My money's on the tiny lady doctor.
Back in Janye's room, the archaic video game has clearly been found and implemented. Janye is totally excited about it, wielding her controller and yelling, "Go! GO! God, this is exhilarating!" George tells her to keep going; she only has twelve more levels before she reaches prime seizure potential. Izzie says this is fun, then turns to George. "You know, like we used to have at home? Like, not where you live right now. Uh, where do you live?" George doesn't want to talk about it, but Izzie presses on. She tells him if he has something to say, just say it. Janye has stopped her game to watch this little demonstration. George finally admits that he's upset with her because of what happened between him and Meredith, but we cut away before finding out the rest.
The genius violin music of Eugene Foote plays as Burke prepares to open the man up. He tells Cristina that the music they're hearing is nothing but brilliant. Cut to Rose's husband asking Alex about the complications from her surgery. Cut back
to George and Izzie arguing. "I told you to tell her how you feel! I did NOT tell you to jump into bed with her." Janye watches curiously, and says to herself, "Adultery?" George wonders if Izzie just did it to humiliate him. "If you knew she didn't love me, why? What kind of friend is that?" Cut back to Rose's husband Chris, the violin music still playing over everything. Chris is shocked by the complications; now, he says, everything changes. And now we cut to Denny, who is (for the thousandth time, say it with me) having trouble breathing. And now we see that Eugene Foote is crashing. Burke tells Cristina to replace his hand with hers, a situation I do believe we've been in before. Cut back, again, to Izzie and George, yelling now. Izzie tells George he didn't want to hear it, and George argues that he did. Janye: "Yes, yes. Some denial, I think we can work with that." Heh. Back to Denny; Mere asks if they should intubate. Okay, so over in baby-land, Chris tells Alex that maybe it was a blessing. Alex says unconvincingly that, yes, maybe it was a blessing, this complication. More violin. Louder violin! This is getting kind of intense. Eugene Foote's heart stops. Denny continues to not be able to breathe, and Bailey argues with Webber over whether she's got it under control or not. Enough with the switching scenes, people! Izzie and George's argument escalates until Janye finally has a damn seizure, and they stop when they hear the thud of her body hitting the floor. Last one, is this the last one? Alex tells Chris that this "complication" might be God's way of helping him put his seven kids through college. Chris asks Alex what he's saying. Alex: "I'm saying, get a lawyer." Damn! Denny pushes the oxygen mask away, feeling a little better now. And as the music winds down, we switch back to Burke's OR and the sound of a flatline. Burke announces the time of death, and oh my Lord, it's finally over. Commercials.
Mere checks on Denny and tells him everything looks good. Denny asks Mere to thank Bailey for him. "I already thanked her once, but this here deserves a double scoop." Aw. Mere sits down on the bed, and Denny knows she wants to talk to him about Izzie. He thinks she disapproves. Mere says no, she's the last person to get on some kind of high horse, but there are strict rules about doctors dating patients. Denny says she knows Izzie pretty well, and if he went to her and told her this would be really bad for her career... "You think that would have any effect at all? The thing is, I was healthy my whole life 'til I wasn't. And for the last year, I've had a lot of time to lay around in bed and think about my life. And the things I remember best? Well, those are the things that I wasn't supposed to do and I did 'em anyway. So the thing is, Meredith, life is too damn short to be following these rules." Mere gives him a big smile. That was pretty cute. Still hate ya, Den, but that was real cute.
Elsewhere in the hospital, Bailey is confronting Webber about undermining her in front of her patient. Webber says she's sleep-deprived, just came back from maternity leave, and still isn't convinced she's on top of her game. Bailey can't believe it. "Every doctor in this hospital is sleep-deprived!" She thinks she's being punished. Webber tries to convince her this isn't a punishment, or any reflection on how highly he values her. Judging from the look on her face, Bailey is both unconvinced and also about to launch into one of her excellent tirades. Too bad she's interrupted by a nurse telling Webber that the man over there -- the nurse points to Chris -- is waiting to talk to him. Uh oh!
Cutie McVet is closing up when Mere bounces in the door. He says he thought she was knitting a sweater. Mere says she is. "But I'm also dating. You. If you still want to." McVet makes a face, and Mere says she should have called. McVet jumps up, all, "No, no, wait. Don't call. Never call. Always...show up." Aw. And yay. Mere says okay. McVet says he can't tonight, though -- he's got an errand to run. Mere smiles sweetly and says she runs errands. Cut to a stable. Ha! File that one under "Sentences I Never Expected To Type When I Took This Job." McVet says they can get dinner as soon as "she's" done giving birth. Mere, bemused, says, "You're birthing a horse? That was your errand. You're birthing a horse." McVet says he guesses he could have said that before she decided to come, but he was afraid that would scare her back to her knitting. He sees that the horse is getting anxious, and tells Mere she can stay outside the stall -- it can get a little messy in there. Mere: "Are you kidding? I wanna birth a horse!" McVet falls in love immediately, as he should.
Back at the hospital, Addie finds Webber to talk to him about Alex Karev and his bad, bad attitude. Webber has to break it to Addison that she's got way bigger problems than Alex Karev. "Mr. Ward has been speaking with our attorney regarding his wife's surgery. I read your chart, and I read the nurse's notes. Can you explain to me what kind of complication from a C-section leads to the severing of both Fallopian tubes?" Addie goes white as a sheet, and says nothing. Man. I'm glad she got to rattle off all her credentials earlier in this episode, because she's going to need that to hold onto after her career is ruined.
McDreamy tells Janye that the bad news is she had a grand mal seizure, but the good news is they mapped her brain, so now they can operate. Janye says, actually, she's decided against the surgery. McDreamy's all, "Huh?" Janye says the risks of craniotomy aren't terribly appealing. McDreamy says yes, but she has to weigh those risks with the detrimental effect her seizure disorder is having on her life. Janye shoots back, "Unless my life is having a detrimental effect on my seizure disorder. It's like you and your wife. Is the bad sex the biggest problem, or are the problems causing the bad sex?" McDreamy doesn't know whether to shit or go blind, and settles for saying he's not going to answer that question. Hee. Janye says her point is, she had more fun today than she can remember. She doesn't have any fun, or any friends, only work and seizures. "It's no coincidence that when the work stopped, the seizures stopped. Watching people fight has been my whole life for fifteen years. So I'm changing my life, and if that doesn't work I'll come back and let you cut open my brain, okay?" McDreamy finds this fair enough. I find Janye fantastic.
Aw, hello, baby horse! Mere and McVet check out their handiwork whinnying all around its mother. "It's pretty good, huh?" "It's pretty good."
Addie checks in on Rose, who says she's a little sore. Addie says that's normal, then gives her an expectant look. Rose apologizes for spilling it to Chris about the "complications." Addie gets very serious. "Rose. I need you to tell him that you asked me to tie your tubes." Rose is all, "No can do, ma'am. For you it's just insurance. For me, it's my marriage." Oh my God. Addie says it's her career, her reputation. Rose says she's sorry, because she's so grateful to her, but she just can't do it. Addie walks out angrily. Rose is a bitch.
Burke puts on one of Eugene Foote's CDs, sits down to the player, and listens sadly to it in the dark. And now, one very weirdly timed commercial break.
When we return, Mere and McVet are back at his office. He suggests going upstairs to his place and having dinner. Mere balks; she does want to, but she doesn't. McVet tells her she has two options: "You could come up to my place, take off all your clothes, shower off the goo, borrow one of my shirts, and I'll cook you dinner. That's door number one. Door number two, you go home. I think you ought to take door number one." Me too! Take door number one, Mere! Mere says there is nothing he could say that would make her go upstairs with him, and she's kind of offended that he would think she'd go upstairs with him, and
he should know that she is celibate. "I absolutely cannot have...sex. With you." McVet: "If you choose door number one? I will absolutely not have sex. With you." Mere makes him promise, which he does, and when he tells her again to choose door number one, any idiot can see how this is going to end up. And if not, Meredith is d-u-m-b dumb.
MereVO: "A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it." George finds Janye packing her things up to go home, and tells her he hopes it works out for her, the changing her life thing. Janye says she does too, then offers a little advice: "I don't know much, but I do know fighting. And people who fight like you and Izzie? They love each other. She misses her friend." George tries to pretend Janye hasn't just made him cry.
MereVO: "What he meant is, nothing comes without a price. So, before you go into battle, you better decide how much you're willing to lose." Alex passes Addie on the stairs and snarks, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Oh, I'm thinking that was a huge mistake, Dr. Karev. Addie stops cold and turns around. "Dr. Karev! You did such a...good job today that I'm going to talk to Dr. Bailey and have you assigned to my service." Alex is stunned, and asks for how long. Addie: "For as long as I want. Your ass is MINE until I say otherwise. Congratulations." Ha haaaa! Who remembers when I hated Addison? Not me, baby.
Izzie finds Denny in his room, all up and about with his crazy heart-pumping device strapped on, and is surprised to see that he went ahead with the procedure she advised against. Denny says it's going to be great: "Look at this! Nice-sized batteries, colorful wires...it's what your best-dressed LVAD patients are wearing these days." Izzie: "Really? 'Cause it seems so last fall." They embrace, and make lovey noises, and Bailey chooses this moment to walk by and catch them in the act. Whoops! MereVO: "Too often, going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right." Uh huh. Just wait until Bailey gets a hold of them.
Cristina gets in bed with Burke, who is lying there depressed, and tells him he did everything he could. Burke stares at the ceiling. "There was an interview that Eugene gave. I saved it. I taped it to my bathroom mirror. He said that he wasn't the most talented student in music school, but what he lacked in natural talent he made up for in discipline. He practiced. All the time." He tells Cristina that he wasn't like her; he wasn't the most talented student in music school, or the brightest -- but he was the best. Cristina rests her head gently on his chest and says, "You practiced." Okay, not so annoying now. MereVO: "And letting someone in means abandoning the walls you spent a lifetime building."
McDreamy knocks on McVet's door in the middle of the night, carrying a sick Doc. And what to his wondering eyes do appear but Meredith, wet from McVet's shower and dressed in one of his shirts. MereVO: "Of course, the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don't see coming." I'll say! Mere asks McDreamy if he's sick again, and McDreamy flashes some Manson lamps and barks, "YEAH." He hauls ass into McVet's office. McDreamy! So angry! So hot! So hot when angry!
Izzie's just finished baking some cookies when George and Callie walk in. George gets a beer from the fridge and blithely announces that they stayed at Callie's last night, so they're here tonight. Izzie asks if it's just for the night. George is all, "I don't know. I mean, it's my room. I pay rent." Izzie, inwardly delighted, says, "Welcome home." She smilingly has her cookie (and eats it too).
MereVO: "When we don't have time to come up with a strategy to pick a side, or to measure the potential loss." McDreamy bangs into the trailer and finds Addison there getting undressed. She starts running down the list of awful things that happened to her that day, but McDreamy is not interested. He tells her to get in the shower. Then he starts undressing. Addie says it's a very small shower. McDreamy: "Wanna have hot sex?" Addison gets this look on her face, a look that is very sad when you consider how creepy her husband is being, and starts undressing too. She thanks him (ew!), and they start to get live. MereVO: "When that happens, when the battle chooses us, and not the other way around...that is when the sacrifice turns out to be more than we can bear." Okay, that was really gross. Fade out.