Posted by Dustin on 05.25.2008 at 11:37 pm

The show opened with Meredith talking to Dr. Wyatt about her mom’s suicide. She did in fact try and kill herself over The Chief. She slit her wrists in front of Meredith and told her not to call the hospital, she wanted to die. Meredith waited for her mom to pass out before calling for help. Wyatt thought she must still be angry with her mom, but she wasn’t. She was angry with someone else . . . The Chief!

Derek made the decision to sell the land he bought where he had planned to build his dream house. He decided to just get a place in town. Yeah, this isn’t the actions of a happy man at all. Danger Will Robinson, danger! Derek needs to open his eyes and realize he needs to be with Meredith.

Derek and Meredith got two new patients this week, a boy named Jeremy and girl named Liz, who met in a support group over their tumors and of course fell in love. Liz’s parents were against this because they were afraid of the heartbreak if one of them died.

Rose told Meredith that Derek was planning on selling the land he bought, and she told Meredith that she’s intimidated by her and the legend that is Mer-Der around the hospital. Meredith claimed there was no legend and she had nothing to be worried about. Frankly this should be the sign to Rose that she needs to get the hell out of this relationship with Derek as clearly he’s still in love with the ex and the ex with him!

The Chief warned Meredith that the IRB board overseeing clinical trials was going to shut hers down if one more patient died, she had one last shot! Of course she and Derek had two patients, and Jeremy was up first as he went into seizures. Before he went into surgery, Derek and Meredith snuck Liz into his room to see him so they could get it on. You know this wasn’t a good sign as it was the final tryst before death basically. Derek joked that he felt like a pimp, he never actually arranged for to get a patient laid before. Funny, but given they use closets and on-call rooms as hotel rooms for quickies, why should he really find it all that odd?

Meredith continued her sessions with Dr. Wyatt. Meredith admitted it was The Chief she was angry at. Dr. Wyatt pointed out to Meredith that her mother didn’t want to die, no matter what she said. Meredith didn’t understand, and Wyatt wouldn’t help her figure it out. She told Meredith this was her puzzle to solve. I really have gotten to love Dr. Wyatt and hope they keep her for next season. It struck me that they really don’t have a psych doctor on this show!

Derek and Meredith Jeremy in the OR. In spite of that, Liz insisted she still have the surgery. Meredith then talked Derek, who didn’t want to kill one more patient, into doing this. As it turned out, Derek felt he had let Meredith down in all of this, that he had failed her. Uh huh, so not over the Mer-Mer! He made that slip to Rose, who basically could probably see the writing on the wall at that point.

Derek finally agreed to do the surgery on Liz, and she made it through but was unconscious afterwards. They had no idea if it worked. The Chief confronted Meredith for convincing Derek to do it when she knew she was to be shut down. Meredith finally let The Chief have it, telling him about her mom’s suicide attempt. He had no idea. She said her mom was an extraordinary and gifted surgeon; all she wanted was to be loved. Then something clicked. She went to see Wyatt and told her she got it, that if her mom wanted to kill herself she would have cut her carotid artery and bleed out immediately, her mom didn’t want to die really. She also realized when her mother told her to be extraordinary that she wasn’t talking about being a surgeon.

Liz meanwhile pulled through and woke up as Derek was with her. He realized they had done it, and he had to tell Meredith the good news. Meredith meanwhile was looking at the CT scans of Liz and saw her tumor had decreased, the treatment was working. Rose, who was with her, told Meredith she had to go tell Derek. I think this was the final realization for Rose it was basically over for her and McDreamy.

Rebecca seemed almost in a vegetative state this week, and in spite of Izzie protesting to Alex that something was wrong, he insisted she was fine and he could handle it.

Rebecca eventually broke down, not understanding how she could have thought she was pregnant when she wasn’t. She even said she’s sure she was pregnant and lost it. Alex had to rush her to the hospital when she fell and supposedly cut herself. Izzie however wasn’t convinced it was an accident at all. She decided since Rebecca was her patient, she was holding her for a psych consult. Alex told her to mind her own business and called her a stupid bitch! OH NO he did NOT! She then told Alex if he even tried to take her from the hospital that she’d have him arrested. Go Izzie! I love that she’s finally found her lost backbone and is standing up to everyone. Alex needs to be taken down a few levels too.

Alex broke down and told Izzie he could handle this, he did it with his mom and could get Rebecca through it too. Izzie realized Alex had done this before. Now it’s all starting to make sense. Clearly he’s projecting his mother’s issues onto Rebecca. I also wonder how much of his woman problems have to do with his mother issues. Oy! I’m sounding like Freud here!

Alex finally faced the music and told Rebecca that she had a bipolar personality disorder, most likely brought on about by both the accident and her new face. He said it was probably coming on for awhile really. It looks like this is the end of the road for Rebecca, who will probably be hospitalized and not seen anymore, or anytime soon. The actress has a new show on ABC next season anyway.

Callie and Mark continued their on-call room sex. Hilariously Mark kept going on and on about Erica as they were doing it, trying to get her to imagine Erica was there with them! This unfortunately got her turned on more than him, and he started to see it. I was actually stunned by how graphic their talk got.

The big trauma even during this episode was a young man named Andrew trapped in a block of cement. It seems he was dared to jump into some quick drying cement by his “friends.” Actually they weren’t his friends, and he only did it to impress a girl, Lola. Callie was furious with them and wondered how long they waited to call the cops for help? How long after he started screaming he was unable to move did they wait to get help? They said nothing, which gave them away. All I know is Callie should have called the cops herself! I don’t know how they could have been charged, but I’m sure there is some kind of neglect charge that could have been filed against these asshat kids. The way they sat in that waiting room laughing through the episode infuriated me to no end.

Mark, Hahn, Callie and others started arguing over what to do for the kid and how to treat him. The Chief had to tell them all they were basically running out of time here, they probably had at most four hours left to get him out and save him before he died. Bailey meanwhile spent this episode looking for the bigger picture in everything, and felt they were missing something with the way they were treating the boy. It finally clicked, they had been hydrating him the whole time, and it had not place to go . . . his bladder would explode!

Meanwhile Callie went to see Lola about Andrew. She wanted her to sit with him, hold his hand as he was scared. Lola was too afraid of what her friends would think. Callie realized she liked this boy back but was afraid of the stigma from her friends. It was pretty obvious that this story was a metaphor for what Callie was going through with her conflicted feelings for Erica, afraid to come out because of what others might think. In the end Lola went to sit with the Andrew, who survived the whole cement-trauma, and they kissed.

Before Andrew was saved however, there was an issue in the OR. Erica was no where to be found and something needed to be done with his heart. The Chief convinced Yang to do it and talked her through it. When Erica showed up she was angry she was not paged and told Yang that there was a better way to do what she was doing. She demanded to take over, but Christina yelled at her that she had it! The Chief then sided with Yang, telling Erica that she had started it and would finish it. Booyah! It’s about time Christina stood up for herself to Erica! I had been waiting for that scene since the minute Erica showed up.

Mark later talked with Callie. He had finally realized that Callie liked Erica, liked her a lot more than she liked him. He basically told her in so few words to go for it if that is what made her happy and turned her on.

The Chief meanwhile talked with Erica Hahn, saying she should be proud that Yang flew solo in there, it would mean she had did her job as a teacher. Hah, she didn’t do squat and she and The Chief both knew it! The Chief then told her she had to learn to teach without crushing student’s spirits, and if she wanted to stay in his hospital she better become a better teacher. Oh yeah, finally she gets told off for the way she’s been treating Christina. I’m not the biggest fan of Christina’s, but Erica has annoyed me since she showed up with the way she has blown Christina off.

George found with his position as The Chief’s intern, he had access to files in The Chief’s office, files on everyone. He told Lexie this, and Lexie snuck in to read the files. She has a photo graphic memory, so she remembered everything about everyone! She told George that she read all the letters of recommendation for him and his friends, and he had the most letters and his were far better than anyone else’s. She also told him that he failed the intern exam by one point! ONE FRICKEN POINT! Are you kidding me? I cannot believe this all came down to one point! George said he’d been busting his ass to prove himself around here only to find out that it was one point that separated him from the rest, not something like fifty. He was not happy and not happy that Lexie told him this. I have to say I’d be obsessing over that till the day I died!

George finally confronted The Chief, saying he knows he failed his exams, but deserved a second chance. He said everyone around here, in his class, had gotten second chances, but not him. The Chief agreed to let George take his exams again. Yes! I so hope he passes them, because I’ve hated this whole storyline with George.

The show ended with a series of kisses, none of which I found to be shocking or surprising as we were told in the spoilers.

Bailey came to the realization she couldn’t do it all, she had to give something up, so she gave Izzie the clinic. Izzie went home where Alex was breaking down, and they ended up smooching.

Callie went to talk to Hahn, on Mark’s insistence. He watched as Callie pulled Erica into a major lesbian lip lock! Wow I wonder what Mark was thinking at that moment?

Richard went to see Adele and told her he was a good man, he had made mistakes, but he was a good man. He realized he had been a good man for everyone but her, but as her husband he loved her and wanted to come home. He said it wasn’t a request, but an order. She said it was about time and pulled him into a kiss. Okay, did anyone find this totally caveman and offensive on all fronts?

George returned home and told Lexie he was going to retake his test and it was all thanks to her. He gave her a quick peck on the lips and ran off. Clearly this is the start of whatever is going to happen next season! However I do not want to end up seeing some imitation Mer-Der with them, with George passing his exams and Lexie being his intern.

Finally Meredith set up a candle-lit house pattern on the hilltop land Derek had bought and was planning to sell. She told him how this was to be there house, she pointed out where their kids’ rooms would be. Derek wondered where the bedroom was? She had realized that apart they were ordinary, together they were extraordinary, and this is what her mother was telling her. They kissed, but Derek said before they went any further he’d have to break it off with Rose so he had a clear conscience. Ohhhhhhhh no! Why do I see Rose ending up knocked up next season?

I don’t know, aside from the George stuff and Christina finally standing up to Hahn, there wasn’t all that many shocks and surprises for me. Usually Grey’s ends on some insane cliff hanger that makes you curse the networks for having to wait till the fall to see what happened. On one hand I’m glad they didn’t do that again, especially after the writers strike issues; but on the other that was what I was expecting to see.

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