Liver & Jewels

Last night was a quality episode, I called it that Meredith gave her dad part of her liver (but seriously, who didn't call that?).  I'm glad that it was as a result of Lexie's super emotional speech about knowing that Thatcher isn't her dad, but he is Lexie's and could Meredith please give Lexie her dad back?  Loved it.

I did think it was laying things on a little thick when Mark gave his impassioned speech to the penis patient's children and got all misty about how some children would do anything for their parents to give a little back blah blah blah.  I mean, I'm glad the old guy got his implant, don't get me wrong.  Although my favorite part of that was when the guys tricked Christina into being on the surgery.

Poor Christina.  Good for her telling the chief to cut her because she needs to be able to use her talent and if he can't give that to her she needs to be able to leave.  Obviously I hope she doesn't go (and I'm pretty sure she won't), and it did seem to give the chief his much needed wake-up call.  Finally he seems to have remembered that his job is to staff and manage a world-class hospital with the best surgeons possible, and not to be whiny and complainy about being an old guy.

Callie has her job back!  Now there was a shocker.  I couldn't get too into that storyline, but I liked Arizona's reality check about how she didn't have her favorite scrub nurse anymore blah blah blah.

What I'm waiting for now is this whole deal I keep hearing about that will lead to Izzie being absent for five episodes...here's what I've heard:  Something happens.  It's shocking.  Izzie disappears for awhile.  Alex has to deal with it.  Very descriptive, I know.  I'm sure the patient from this week's episode will have ended up setting a chain of events in motion that will lead to said absence... but until then we have bears and ticks to entertain us.

I didn't get to watch the episode until today so I didn't see a preview for next week's episode, I think that's about it for this week!