GREY'S ANATOMY - What the elavator sees
Well, they covered a lot of ground this week on Grey's. I feel like they're working up to a huge end of the season payoff - at least I hope that's what they're doing, because there are a lot of storylines that need wrapping up. Let's review, shall we?
Ava/Rebecca returns again this week with her phantom pregnancy and strange behavior. Izzie informs her that she's not pregnant, but Ava doesn't believe her because she's totally ape poo crazy. This week Izzie just comes out and tells Alex that Ava's not pregnant, even though last week she was acting all professional and wanted to keep that info confidential. Am I wrong, or did Izzie just do a complete flip-flop on the whole medical ethics thing?
Cristina is still in her "dark place" after receiving news of Burke's success last week. She totally rips into Lexie (who to her credit does not cry) in a way that's cruel even for Cristina, and she even cleans her apartment. Yes. Cleaning.
Meredith is still struggling with therapy this week and is apparently struggling with doctor-patient protocol, because she barges in on her therapist without an appointment and follows her into the bathroom to unload some emotional baggage. If I were a therapist, I would draw the line at impromptu sessions in the lavatory. It's like, I'm sorry about your issues with your mother, but I'm trying to do my business here.
The Derek and Meredith relationship seems to have stalled out this week. They continue working together on the World's Deadliest Clinical Trial - seriously, their track record sucks - and there's definitely some romantic tension between the two, but this time Derek seems to be the one getting in the way of a Mer/Der coupling. If he's so conflicted about the situation and feels guilty (presumably) for dating Rose while he's in love with Mer, there's an easy solution: stop dating Rose.
I don't hate Rose as a character, and this week's episode made me feel kind of bad for her. Derek's heart isn't in their relationship - he keeps blowing her off, he didn't call her after they had sex, he makes goo goo eyes at Meredith. If I were Rose, I'd say, "Listen, I know I'm just a supporting character, but I deserve to be treated with respect." And then I'd dump him and hook up with Sloan. Hey, at least a relationship with Sloan has a level of honesty to it.
Speaking of Sloan, I''m enjoying watching his attempts at chaste behavior after being called a whore in front of the entire nursing staff last week. He fends off all of Callie's requests for illicit workplace sex, but is preoccupied all day by the idea of a Sloan/Callie/Hahn threesome. When Hahn teasingly plants a kiss on Callie in the elevator, it's too much for the guy and he drags Callie off to a coat closet to get busy. Well, he almost made it a whole day.
Callie's reaction to getting kissed in the elevator was telling - she seemed shocked and confused but not entirely displeased. I think her friendship with Hahn has awakened some unexamined Sapphic urges in Callie and she's going to declare her lesbianhood on the season finale. Just throwing that out there.
Man, a lot goes on in that one elevator, huh? It could write a book.
--Dave Campbell







