fisticuffs and meltdowns

So last night's Grey's did not shy away from bringing the drama.  Derek & Addison's showdown in the OR, the husband of the pregnant lady having a total breakdown, Christina taking on 'ye olde timey', Izzie getting confirmation that she's sick sick sickypoo, Derek's taking out of his anger over everything in his life on Mark, Bailey having a showdown with the chief, just so many things.

So let's get the unpleasant out of the way first, shall we?  I did not AT ALL like the Derek we saw in this episode.  I don't like him randomly taking out parts of people's brains because he doesn't want to give in and say that the patient is lost.  He's a better doctor than that.  I know he's been on a downward spiral (apparently since the clinical trial?  I'd need to review) but if you ask me he should have just held his ground the first time around when he was exhausted and the lady insisted that he do her surgery anyway.  Just sayin'.  And did you see how much booze he drank in the last two minutes?  Yikes.



The husband was really hard to watch (and I think those two people are actually married in real life, so that probably had something to do with it - nevermind, I just looked that up and the chick is actually married to Jon Hamm.  Sometimes I just make stuff up).  He did a great job of being completely devastated, but I would not say that I enjoyed watching it.

I don't like that 'Arizona' (I'm going to continue using quotation marks because I refuse to accept that as a real first name) kept calling Callie Calliope (even if that is her name).  It was almost as annoying as the fact that she was wearing roller-shoes.


It is extremely frustrating that we still don't know what Izzie's issues are.  It's lovely that she's using whatever is wrong with her as a way to teach the interns, but seriously I need to know NOW.  And then I'm gonna need for the show to remember that Izzie and George are best friends and she can hang out with him again when everyone finds out about the issues.  Before they both inevitably leave the show.  OOh, maybe that's what'll happen.  Izzie will kick it due to the brain issues and George will leave because he will be too sad to stay there.  Or something.  I don't know, I'm just spitballing here.


OK, and moving on to the stuff I liked.



I say this all the time but Mark Sloan is the cutest ever and I thought it was adorable when he once again failed to tell Derek about him and Lexie and then again when he finally admitted it.  I'm pretty sure he didn't deserve a punch to the face for it, but at least he gave as good as he got.


Owen and Christina continue to be cute as ever, even when they disagree over Faye Dunaway and the really scary surgical scar she left on her patient.  Which doesn't really seem to cause that much friction because they're both brutally honest kind of people and that's what they like about each other.  The first time he told her he was going to pry a scalpel out of her hand in 40 years I was like, "aww, he wants to stick around!" and when he stopped her to make sure she realized the point was that he wanted to be around in 40 years I was all "awww" again and then I realized that knowing this TV show that means they're going to break up very soon.  Alas.


I kind of liked how even though it bugged Meredith that Addison was around and that Derek wanted here there to help with the patient, Addison deferred to Meredith to ask about Derek's mental state and to get her to step in when he started crossing the line.  Yay acceptance from the ex wife over the new relationship.  Although I'm afraid that after this little meltdown Derek is never actually going to propose and instead he's going to become king of the bastards for a little while.  Because you know, now that Meredith has gotten over most of her crazy it's obviously time for him to have some.  Whatever.



But that's what makes this a dramatic show and that is why I love it.  Even though what I really want is a happy ending for everyone in the manner I choose.  When I rule the world....