Picking up right where we left off last season, half of the staff is operating on George while the rest are trying to bring Izzie back to life. While they succeed with the latter, Derek has to admit defeat with George. They leave him on life support as his organs are still viable, but no one knows if he is a donor or not. Mrs. O'Malley arrives and pleads with Callie (who, she insists, is still George's wife in God's eyes) to make the decision about whether or not to donate his organs. Callie, however, realizes that Izzie knew him best and should be the one to make the call. Alex is against telling her but they finally convince him it's the right thing to do and Izzie of course says George would want everything to go to help people. Everyone is mourning in their own way but currently Bailey seems the worst off -- she barely speaks and seems to be going through the motions in an angry, gutted, haze. The one thing that seems to make her feel a little bit better is ordering all of the doctors there for the organs to tell her specifically to whom they are going, so that she can at least visualize all of the people that George will save.
The gang all go to the funeral, and when Izzie runs off with her shoulders shaking, Meredith, Alex and Cristina all run after her to find that she was laughing. Everyone grieves in their own way, obviously, and it wouldn't be Izzie if it weren't super-inappropriate, right?
Things are generally a mess at the hospital even without taking George's death into consideration. The board wants to oust Richard and put Derek in his place. Derek stalls for time and warns the Chief, but Richard would rather pout about it than figure out an actual plan of attack. Callie goes to him to find out about the status of her application to be an Attending and finds out that it's been pushed, so she pitches a royal fit and tells him he's making a huge mistake and storms out, which of course takes place in front of the Chief Richard-Hating Board Member. Arizona is trying to treat a teenage patient with inexplicable crazy spinal pain but when she orders an expensive procedure, Richard blows up at her in an effort to assert his dominance and orders her to cancel it. It's not going to make the kid's mother, Martha Plimpton, very happy as she's been wary of the care at Seattle Grace from the beginning. To top it all off, there's a girl there whose arms and one leg were severed in a boating accident. They reattach her arms and Lexie is ordered to be her friend as she has no one else and refuses to tell her mother in England that she's had the accident. When Lexie tries to tell her that she's lucky to have lived, the girl pitches a fit and begins screaming that they should have let her die; from the looks of things, during her fit she might have pulled some sort of important tube as last we see her she's bleeding through all her many bandages and possibly making her death wish come true.
And finally, it looks like we might have some moves coming up -- when Mark goes to visit and comfort Callie he notices the apartment (condo?) across the way being renovated and looks seriously interested. Back at Meredith's house, Alex and a newly-discharged Izzie walk in on Meredith and Derek having sex on the stairs, and Derek declares that as newlyweds Izzie and Alex should have their own place and gives them his keys to the trailer. With that, we then launch immediately into the second episode of the season...
Hello my lovelies, and welcome back to another season of Grey's! We're picking up immediately where we left off last season, so let's get right to it. As the doctors work on both Izzie and George, both seemingly about to die, Mere leads us in with her VO: "According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, when we are dying, or have suffered a catastrophic loss, we all move through five distinct phases of grief." Derek is working on George while Mere, Hunt and Callie look on, while at the same time Alex is breaking down watching the Chief, Cristina and Bailey all work on his wife. (It's unfortunate that we already know due to the wonder of casting news that she's probably going to make it. Though I guess technically she could die and then Alex could start having ghost sex, but then I think I might have to pitch myself out of my apartment window if that happens. And I only live on the second floor, so I'd most likely only succeed at breaking one or both of my legs, which would really, really hurt. And then I'd still be watching Grey's but with two broken legs.)
Mere continues, "We go into denial. Because the loss is so unthinkable, we can't imagine it's true." Cristina has her brow well-furrowed into denial at what is happening in front of her. "We become angry with everyone, angry with survivors, angry with ourselves. Then we bargain." Derek starts begging George to live. "We offer everything we have; we offer up our souls in exchange for just one more day." Callie looks on, eyes as wide as I've ever seen them. Back in Izzie's room, she finally wakes up as she gets another shock, and looks around confused until she finally obeys the Chief's order to look at him.
"When the bargaining has failed, and the anger is too hard to maintain, we fall into depression [and] despair until finally we have to accept that we have done everything we can. Derek curses as his attempts continue to not work, Hunt slumps, and Callie succumbs to her panic. As Derek takes his hands away the exposed bit of brain swells back up, and Hunt quietly asks if anyone knows if George is a donor. Callie begins to hyperventilate as we see written, "Day One" and then fade into white and the title card.
Izzie pulls at her breathing tube and she's deemed well enough to have it removed, but as he prepares Meredith arrives at the door sporting a Very Bad News face. She's there for Bailey, but Cristina sees it too. Callie is still hyperventilating in the OR and Hunt is the only one to finally go to her and try to help. The Chief and Bailey arrive as she finally starts to get a hold of herself; everyone else in the room is silent. Derek tells them that he did everything he could, and as Bailey gapes in denial Hunt tells them that George's organs are only going to be viable for a short time longer. Richard doesn't know if he's a donor, but he called George's mom and she's on her way. He orders Derek to close up George and get him to the ICU in case his mother wants to see him. Would there seriously be any question of that? But regardless, everyone just stands there, shell-shocked.
Amanda, the girl who George pushed out of the way of the bus, walks up to Lexie and Mark and asks them who George is. They're kind of confused until Amanda says that she's heard a bunch of folks saying, "John Doe is George," and crying. They don't give her an answer, though, as they both immediately run to the OR.
Alex tells Mere and Cristina that they can't tell Izzie what happened as she just technically died in his arms a moment ago, but he promises to tell her when she is stronger. He seems fairly sincere, but this is TV, so most likely he'll keep holding off forever until she finds out on her own. Cristina and Mere just agree for now, though Meredith looks more skeptical about the plan than Cristina, surprisingly. Izzie calls Alex and we're bludgeoned with a close-up of the post-it that says, "George joined the Army," just in case we forgot. Iz tells Alex that she had a dream where she saw George in his uniform, and that he's going to die if he joins the Army. She asks for her phone and Alex hands it to her, kind of stunned, but still he says nothing.
Mark and Lex run into the scrub room to find Bailey and Callie, and they all watch as Derek closes him up and someone pulls back the sheet and takes off George's socks. Lexie demands to know why they think it's George, and Callie can only mumble that Meredith told them. Still in stage #1 herself, Lexie takes a look and declares that those legs and feet belong to someone too tall to be George. She announces that it's not him, while Callie and Bailey stare closely and weigh if this might in fact be true. Unfortunately, you can sense some hope through the grief, which I think we all know isn't going to last for very long.
Mere is facing an inquisition from her colleagues, all of whom are being extra harsh because they don't want her to be right. She wearily defends that George wrote in her hand so Bailey grabs said hand and quickly writes something, then when Meredith guesses wrong about what she wrote, everyone continues to berate her. Seriously folks, a patient writing in someone's hand isn't unusual -- my grandfather has done it -- and I think it has even happened on this SHOW. Don't act like it's a new concept just to make this more dramatic. Everyone then tries calling him but of course only get voicemail. After Mere says, basically to herself, that she could have sworn it was him, Callie recalls that he has a freckle that looks like Texas on his hand and she goes to check and see if John Doe has it too. She's by far the most wrecked looking of everyone, and floats into his room in a haze. Everyone watches through the window as she goes in, looks at his hand, and then visibly deflates before breaking down in sobs. Bailey looks wooden, like she's become a husk of a person. Everyone's pagers start going off but no one even responds, even after the Chief orders them to answer. He then reminds them that George jumped in front of a bus to save someone's life, so the least they can do is answer their pages and take care of the lives that can still be saved. Even this doesn't really do much, but once Hunt turns to go everyone starts to shuffle off, many crying. Bailey and Richard remain, watching Callie cry over her ex-husband and Richard whispers to himself, "Dammit, O'Malley."
Arizona isn't with the whole gang at George's room; she is down with a teenage patient, Andy, and his mom Pam. (Pam is played by Martha Plimpton -- an actress with one of my very favorite names to say. It's cheerful sounding! "Plimpton!") He's been having debilitating pain, enough to just fall down while playing soccer, and their doctor said it was growing pains. Andy is embarrassed in that particular way of 15-year-old boys whose moms are making a fuss and says she's being dramatic, but she insists that this is dramatic to her. Arizona agrees that it's a good thing they came in and is going to examine him. Pam's attention is momentarily diverted and she's confused and a bit alarmed to see the nurses nearby holding each other and crying.
Bailey and Callie are in the lobby, watching the Chief speak to George's mom. Callie comments that she can't believe it's real, when Mrs. O'Malley sees her and starts to come over. Callie wants to flee but Bailey comes out of her stupor long enough to mumble at her to stay. Callie tells Mrs. O how sorry she is, and in response Mrs. O gets right to the meat of the conversation: crying, she tells Callie that in God's eyes she is still George's wife, and so she should decide what to do with his organs. It's not an order but a desperate plea, as she's going to have to tell his brothers when they get home from a fishing trip and she can't do this. After my comment above when the Chief said his mom might want to see him, it turns out she can't bring herself to see him in this state. She begs Callie, who is trying to hold herself together, and eventually Callie nods yes.
Hunt and Cristina are waiting in the ambulance bay and without saying a word, he takes her hand. They stand there a moment, not looking at each other, until the ambulance arrives and they spring into action. Their victim of the day is a 19-year-old girl who fell out of a speedboat into the propeller which chopped off both of her arms and left one leg just barely hanging on. As they rush her inside a car screeches up and two Australian girls hop out, one of whom has the girl's arms, which they found floating in the water, wrapped in a towel. Cristina is kind of grossed out as she takes them, and the girl who was driving asks if they can sew them back on. These girls are clearly airheads -- the way the question is asked it sounds like they consider sewing them back on to be as easy as popping Barbie's arm back on after she just got into a tragic pink Corvette accident. Good as new! After Cristina walks in, the girl who had the arms drawls, "Oh my God, Jojo, that was sooooo gross." Her friend tells her breathlessly, "Jasmine, you just saved her life." Jasmine proudly and happily asks, "You think?" and they walk inside.
Meredith is sitting at a desk when Derek finds her and asks if she's gone home or eaten. She hasn't, nor has she cried. Derek tells her she should but she cuts him off and tells him that his just being there and saying nothing helps. She asks him how he is doing but doesn't have a chance to hear the answer as Alex comes and says that they need her and she runs out. Together they wheel Izzie into George's room. Amanda has been with him and has a hand on his arm while she sobs how sorry she is before she shuffles out. Izzie, meanwhile, is in shock with her hand over her mouth. She leans forward and tentatively takes his hand before she starts to cry, and Alex turns away clearly worried for her and not wanting to watch. Meredith waits as well, her own eyes still dry.
Arizona is back with Pam and Andy and tells them that these really could be growing pains, especially as Andy had mild scoliosis which could have been aggravated. She is planning to send him home for a couple of weeks with pain meds and if things aren't better, they'll do the test. Pam understandably wants to know why they don't do them now, but when Arizona points out they involve thinks like sticking needles in Andy's spine, he quickly says it all sounds good. Pam asks if she's sure, and an honest Arizona admits that she's not but she's going to give him some muscle relaxants and will be at the hospital if they need her. While it sounds kind of horrible, I really do appreciate her honesty as I've been to the doctor where they try and make up an answer to what's wrong, and that's almost worse when then it turns out not really to be the problem.
Derek finds Richard gazing into an OR from above, and when Richard runs off to see if there has been a decision made about George's organs Derek stops him so they can talk. He acknowledges that it's not the best time but tells Richard that the Board is planning a coup, that they want to oust Richard because they think it's his fault the hospital's ranking is low, and they want Derek's support and for him to be Richard's successor. Rather than be grateful for the heads up, Richard is pissed, especially when Derek adds that he told them he'd think about it. Derek points out that he bought the Chief time but that he needs to come up with a plan. But, rather than thank his friend and take it all into consideration, he flees the second he is paged about George's organs. Yes, it's an important and time-sensitive issue. No, he doesn't need to treat it like an escape. I like the Chief but he's not doing much to prove that he isn't a failure with behavior like this.
Cristina heads out to the waiting room but instead of Tweedles Dee and Dum, she finds Lexie carrying Clara's backpack. Dee and Dum left to catch a plane to Vegas so they wouldn't miss a concert. Cristina is aghast and takes it out on Lexie, yelling about the dozens of surgeries Clara will need if she survives the one right now, and how she needs a support system. Taking only a second to think, she assigns the job of support system to a shocked Lexie, who asks if Cristina really just ordered her to be Clara's friend. Cristina talks about what it's going to be like for Clara to wake up from surgery and confirms that indeed, that's exactly what she ordered, "Because I'm sure as hell not going to do it." That's our girl. Cristina then looks down the hall and sees Mere, Alex, Izzie and George's bed heading in a grim procession to the OR. Mere sees her and makes eye contact, but Cristina just flees back to Clara's surgery.
In a very quiet operating room, the Chief and Bailey wait as another doctor announces that they are recovering George's organs and asks for the receiving doctors each to speak. First up is someone from a children's hospital in Boise, and they'll be taking the kidneys. In her best "don't mess with me" voice, Bailey demands to know who it is for. The doctor is a little put out as she gave the info already (I guess no one briefed them on why all of the doctors involved would be especially on edge today) but Bailey orders her to tell them. His kidneys are going to a Molly Kemper, who is eight years old. Bailey nods as if she's deemed this worthy, and moves on to the . His lungs and heart are going to a 22-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis. Shakily, she moves down the line.
Day 7 Post-George. Hunt and Cristina are making out like teenagers in the on-call room when she ups the age comparison a little bit by ripping off her lab coat to reveal black lacy lingerie underneath. (I'm sure there are teenagers wearing that kind of thing, I just don't want to think about it, because somewhere along the line I became a full-fledged grownup -- and I also want those dang kids to get off my lawn!) He calls her evil and reminds her that she knows the rules, but she declares the rules stupid. He asks if she thinks his shrink is stupid and she thinks a moment before calling her a prude and "misguided." They continue to make out while he protests that Dr. Amy wants him to keep getting into himself and not burying himself in Cristina, which he'll do if they have sex. Seriously? She goes for the very easy comeback and tells him seductively that he's now the evil one. He tells her it won't be much longer and asks if she wants him to quit therapy; after making a face she admits she doesn't. He gets up to get ready for the funeral but she declares that she's not going and that they can move up ceviche's surgery. He's confused until she explains, "Chopped up fish!" Oh, poor Clara. He tells her she's sick and orders her to go to the funeral.
Lexie is cleaned up and in a black dress, reading a postcard that the Tweedles sent from Burning Man. Clara's pretty put out by it as they didn't even know what Burning Man was before they met her, and she begins to cry as she says she hates them. Lexie, doing her job as friend well, rips up the postcard and orders her to forget them. Today is her final somethingorother surgery and after that the physical therapist will come in to help her move her arm, so Lexie saves one piece of the postcard for Clara to rip up once she can't. She then asks Clara (clearly not for the first time) if she wants Lexie to call her mom before the surgery. Clara doesn't, but has Lexie write her an email. Clara dictates a totally fabricated message about how amazing Burning Man was, and although Lexie furrows her dainty brow, she goes along with it.
And it's time for George's funeral. Mrs. O'Malley looks like she's not stopped crying for the past week, but keeps herself contained as the Priest reads Ecclesiastes 3. (Or, for those of you less familiar, "Turn Turn Turn" by The Byrds.) Amanda is there, and her sobs are quite noticeable given how quiet everyone else is. Bailey just looks mad. Izzie throws her hand over her face, seeming to break down, and then runs off with Meredith, Cristina and Alex in pursuit.
They find Izzie sitting against... I guess it's a crypt? I'm not that familiar with cemeteries. Her face is in her hands and her shoulders are shaking but when Cristina and Alex sit beside her, she lifts her head and shows that she's been laughing the whole time. (Mere is standing facing them and I know it's because Ellen Pompeo was uber-pregnant at this point but I have to say that the show has done quite a good job of covering it up without being silly and obvious about it.) Everyone is aghast at the laughter -- I know this kind of thing happens, and emotions come out inappropriately at times like these, but because it's Izzie who can be so inappropriate all the time anyway, it just totally rubs me the wrong way. She laughs as she points out that George is dead, and the Priest is reciting rock lyrics, and Amanda is crying harder than even George's mom. Cristina's rather proud at how twisted Izzie is, and they all start laughing and hollering about how everyone got married, and Izzie got cancer, and George got hit by a bus. Eventually the adrenaline dies down and they all get quiet, but when Amanda walks past, still sobbing, Izzie points at her and they all start laughing again.
A reception afterward takes place at Joe's bar, as quiet and somber as we've ever seen it. Derek approaches the Chief, who is acting as much like a bratty child as before and tells Derek he doesn't want to do this now. Derek reminds him that it's been a week, and over Richard's protests reminds him that he's buying the Chief time. Richard comes back vehemently defending the work he's done for the hospital and Derek has to remind him that he's on his side. Richard doesn't seem to hear this important fact, and tells Derek to back off and give him more time. He then reminds Derek that George was his intern and he's trying to take a minute, which while true, sounds again like an excuse. Derek finally just nods and leaves. What a nice thanks from the man he's trying to help.
Lexie is back at the hospital and sits in her dress in front of George's locker. Mark comes in and she explains that she was going to clear out George's stuff to give to his mom. She tells Mark she realizes she was a bad friend for moving out and not talking to him any more just because he didn't like her the way she liked him. Mark tells her he knows what he's about to say is bad timing but he has to ask, "What did that guy have?" Hee! It's funny because it's true -- I'm sure Mark has been dying to ask this for years. He points out that George had Lexie, Izzie and Callie (and he doesn't seem to even know about the Mere of it all too) and asks if George was hung. She shakes her head in disgust and can't even form words, and he repeats that he knows it was bad timing. He goes on and she starts giggling, but that's all the release she needs and she then begins to cry, so Mark pulls her into his arms. If I ever have to cry, I want arms like those around me -- mm-mmmm.
Day 10. Bailey is examining Izzie and after confirming she has no pain or dizziness, tells her that she's finally going home. She'll be back in 12 days for more IL2 and a scan two weeks after that, but won't have to live in the hospital. She congratulates her former charge by telling her she's still a cancer patient, but no longer a surgical patient. Izzie grabs her in a grateful hug, but Bailey just looks over her shoulder and holds her arms ahead, uncomfortable, not returning anything. Izzie seems to realize that wasn't quite right but just thanks her sincerely for everything she's done. Bailey clearly can't take it, and responds by telling Izzie to remember to sign a particular form, and then she flees the room.
Arizona rushes into the ER where Andy is back and grimacing with pain and fever. Pam tells her that he was throwing up all night, and orders her not to try and call these growing pains.
Clara, meanwhile, is trying to move her fingers while Lexie and Hunt watch her. Nothing happens and she gives up, frustrated, but Lexie tries to cheer her on and tell her she's doing great. Clara clearly doesn't believe this, and instead has Lexie send another email to her mother. While Hunt watches, Clara dictates one about how great the Grand Canyon is. Hunt, being one of the more professional doctors in this hospital, jumps in to say that he thinks her mom would want to know what's up and help her daughter, but Clara thinks otherwise. Her mom would always say that she made Clara "from scratch," and would use that to discourage her doing the crazy things she wanted to do, like skydiving. She then turns and defiantly dictates the last of her cheery, fake email and Hunt leaves, but clearly he has reservations about all this.
Callie goes into Richard's office and visibly gathers up her courage before asking about her application to be an Attending. He nonchalantly tells her that Dr. Chang's 401K took a dive and he's now putting off retirement. When Callie expresses her surprise, Richard continues his self-centered reign of wimpiness and tells her that he assumed she'd heard. It's too much for Callie and she starts getting feisty, informing Richard that Chang is a figurehead and that when people want the best they page her. She steps too far, however, when she calls Chang a dinosaur and Richard yells back, "And so am I!" Callie just chuckles that he's going to regret this and as he tries to stop her she yells that she's excellent and any other hospital would be glad to have her.
Of course this is taking place while Derek and Jennings are meeting just outside the office -- because they are planning the least secretive coup of all time. Derek tries to push him off some more but Jennings is done with that game and says he'll offer more money but not more time. Both men turn as Callie storms out of the office asserting, "I'm a superstar with a scalpel!" She continues to rant about her surgical prowess and tells Richard (and everyone within a two-story range) that when she wins all sorts of medical prizes, "You will rue this day, Chief Webber. That's right! I said rue." As Derek and Jennings watch, she swaggers off and Jennings makes a snide comment about the tight ship Richard is running. Behind him, Derek gives the Chief an I Told You So Eyebrow.
Callie storms to the elevator and gets in to Bailey. As Bailey stands there looking numb, Callie breaks down in sobs. Bailey can't muster up anything, though, and just averts her dead gaze to the floor.
Day 11. Mere is surprised to see that her patient is Amanda, who can't sleep. Tearily, she explains that she can't sleep because she keeps seeing George's face, and she also keeps seeing him at bus stops, first as he looked before and then as he looked after. She's clearly there for therapy more than anything else but has no idea that she came to the very worst person for that kind of response. Mere's clearly shaken and her defense is to ignore everything that Amanda asked, merely telling her she's writing a prescription for anti-anxiety meds as sleep deprivation can be harmful. Amanda just looks disappointed.
Alex is helping Andy get into the MRI machine when the Chief storms into the room and demands to know if Arizona ordered this 3D MRI. Always perky, she explains that she did since with their insurance and all of the red tape it would have taken weeks... he cuts her right off and angrily finishes that she expects the hospital to pay for it. She is dumbstruck, having apparently not been around long enough to experience one of his temper tantrums to cover up his ineptitude at something, and before she can finish he orders her to discharge the patient and refer him back to his regular doctor, post-haste. Deflated, she pages Alex in the room to tell him there's a change of plans.
Day 13. Mark is pounding on Callie's apartment door but she's not answering, giving him time to ogle the place across the hall where workmen and cleaning up an empty apartment. After some more pounding she finally comes out and is a complete mess, sobbing about how George was hit by a bus and killed, and now she has to find a new job and never see her friends anymore. Wow, so I guess she did just walk out that day she met with Richard -- I feel like we see heated confrontations like these so often, that in the real world would amount to someone no longer working there, but generally all these characters then just pick right up again like nothing happened. At the end of her list of Bad Things, she adds, "And Arizona keeps brining me doooooonuuuuuuts." I want someone to bring ME a donut. But that's because I'm a baby with a cold, and not thankfully because my ex was run over by a bus. She falls into Mark's arms and he soothes her, but also manages to move her over a bit so that he can look back into the apartment (or condo, it seems) and ask if it's for sale. Callie's confused so he assures her it's nothing but keeps looking inside.
Alex and Izzie arrive back at Mere's house and walk in the front door to the sounds of giggling. Immediately they both exclaim and cover their eyes, and we are treated to Meredith's naked legs running upstairs while Derek grabs a tiny button-down shirt and pulls it around his waist. Meredith calls to leave them alone as they are newlyweds, which Izzie disputes on account of the post-it. Derek tells them they are newlyweds too and as he holds the shirt with one hand the other tosses them a set of keys. They are, in fact, the keys to his trailer: "Your new home. Enjoy." Alex and Izzie shrug at each other, but seem happy for this turn of events.
Mrs. O'Malley is back at the hospital and finds Hunt and introduces herself. He's very nice and tells her how sorry she is; she's extremely nervous and continues to say she hopes he doesn't mind her coming down here with how busy she is. He assures her that it's okay. Man, I missed having weekly Hot Army Major in my life. I've been able to get some Hot Army Major over the past couple of months, but I appreciate this good weekly dose. Mrs. O is having trouble asking her question, on account of her being upset and I think also genuinely confused. She finally tells Hunt that the George she knew and raised would never have joined the Army, so she's trying to understand what happened and how it came to be that he was headed to her house that fateful day to tell her he joined the Army in wartime. Richard directed her to Hunt for the answer to that question, and here she is. He sighs and collects his thoughts before answering. He tells her that while he didn't know George long, he had tons of potential as a trauma surgeon since he could think and act at the same time, on his feet, and how he also wanted to be better and save more life. "He was good. And he was thoughtful and generous." He tells her that in the end he was also heroic and noble, and that Hunt liked him very much and he gave his mother reason to be very proud. She wells up but seems to accept it. It's sad to see too how in some ways Hunt knew George better than even his friends, as he allowed George to have potential that everyone else seemed to brush off.
Lexie sees the two of them talking and walks quickly past to say goodnight to Clara before going home. Clara is clearly depressed, and when she says goodnight lifts a couple of fingers in a wave. Lexie is astounded and thrilled, but this makes Clara even more upset because she can't believe that this is the best she can now hope for in her life to come. Lexie puts down her purse to talk to the girl and is clearly not in the mood to deal with it. She points out Mrs. O and tells Clara about how her son just died after an accident not even as bad as hers. She points out that even if it doesn't feel like it, it's a miracle that she lived and she should also call her mom. Clara is incensed and calls Lexie a stupid bitch who doesn't get anything. "You should have let me die." She accuses the doctors of playing God and keeping her alive when she lost a leg and has one working hand. (Well, finger, but let's not point that out just now.) She then shouts that George and his mom are both better off and if this is a miracle, who wants to live? She begins to shriek, "Let me die!" over and over while thrashing about the bed and aggravating her wounds. As she starts to bleed through her bandages, Hunt runs in to help while outside, a stone Bailey just stares, disaffected, at the commotion.
Mere's finishing voiceover is simple but pointed: "In medical school we have a hundred classes that teach us how to fight off death. And not one lesson in how to go on living." Fortunately, as we've got roughly 22 episodes left this season, I think we're all going to figure that out too.