Holy crap Izzie got fired.  Well, I guess now we know why she's taking a 5 episode break!  I kind of can't believe she would leave Alex without a face to face confrontation, but I guess she needs something to do when she comes back for one to two episodes maximum later on.  It seems unlikely that she would ever get hired back given her history.  I feel for her that she had to go out that way after all the other shenanigans she's pulled and that Mercy West guy was a total douche, but losing a woman her kidney is no joke.  (I have to say this again...PLEASE tell me the doctor who accidentally cut off a BABY'S ARM last week got fired.  Seriously)

Who I feel really bad for in this situation is Alex.  Bummer for him to finally open up and let someone in and then almost lose her to cancer and then have her get better and take off.  Then again, that does assure him of good angsty storylines for the next few seasons.  And how can she really just TAKE OFF after a half finished comment by the chief?!?  She doesn't even know what he was actually going to say!  I do want to know what that note said, they better tell us next week. 


I'm sure I've said it before, but any episode that has Christina experiencing an emotional breakdown is automatically a good episode.  No one cries quite like Sandra Oh.  She made me want to go out and hire a new cardio god so she can have something to do.  She and Meredith are super cute together, as always.  Here's a thing I know:  Without the two of them and their dynamic this show really doesn't work for me.  In addition to the Christina meltdown, episodes that have good Meredith/Christina scenes are also always very good. 



Now clearly this is the intention, but I really don't like any of the new Mercy West people.  Douchy McSurgicalBitch, CubbyStealing DoeEyes, SelfHelp NoseJob and Football ERZones are not cool and I want for them all to get their comeuppance in a bad, possibly unhealthy way.  Especially CSDE.  She is pretty much just a completely unpleasant person and I don't think much of her doctoring skills.  What I did like was the sound tongue lashing she and Alex got from Luke's sister (Gilmore Girls reference)...you know, not that it stopped them from being petty and immature.


Ah Callie.  Callie and her dad.  Callie and Arizona, who I have a new level of respect for after getting the background story on her name.  I like that she's a good man in a storm.  I like that Callie's dad finally came around and realized that even though she's a lesbian now she's still traditional enough to want a big white wedding and kids.  I have to wonder what the priest's take on the whole situation was, given the fact that he was never able to get a word in edgewise.  The scene in the conference room where they were screaming Bible verses back and forth at each other was one of my favorites.


I also just finished watching Private Practice and it's entirely possible that I could be reading things into this, but Sam used to be a heart surgeon, the preview for next week has him suddenly getting back into heart surgery against Addison's wishes....could he be getting primed to get a job up at Seattle Grace as the new cardio guy?  Possibly?  'Cause I gotta say, I wouldn't hate that.