Posted by Dustin on 03.22.2009 at 6:46 pm

So the last episode of “Grey’s” was probably one of the best in a long long time, in my opinion.

Bailey was put in charge of bringing Derek back to the hospital. She sent both Callie and Owen out to retrieve him, but Derek only seemed to bring them both down with all his “how do you keep going after you kill someone on the table” talk. He ended up having them all drinking beer with him!

Bailey told the Chief how she sent Callie and Owen out there, neither had come back, and how she was sure they had been picked up, killed and roasted on a fire by some crazy person in the woods. Loved it! I probably would have thought the same thing myself honestly. The Chief finally went out and talked sense into all of them, saying death isn’t on them, it’s the one thing they can’t control. They can prolong it, but everybody dies.

The main patient in this episode was nicknamed blowhole by the docs and interns, which annoyed Izzie. It was a man who lost have his face in an accident, leaving a large open wound much like Two-Face in “The Dark Knight.” It was really hideous to look at throughout this episode I must say! He came to the hospital for a face transplant, which as far as we know, succeeded at the end of the show. I did have some issue with the fact that the doctors just unwrapped his face for him and his friends to see right after he woke up. Yeah not likely! But hey it was for TV.

Meredith and George had to deal with some intern drama this week. They were all sleeping with one another, fighting over one of the girls, who ended up pregnant with a “who’s the daddy” story of her own. Meredith gave them a huge speech about checking their personal lives at the door and acting like doctors. George, who rarely says much anymore, had the line of the show when he told her “That was very Bailey!”

Yang received her first solo surgery, a hernia operation for an old woman. The old woman was frightened and had questions, which Yang brushed off initially. She was consumed most of the show trying to get Izzie an appointment with an oncologist, who Izzie ended up blowing off.

Izzie claimed she didn’t know if she wanted treatment, which upset Yang. Yang wondered why she told her in the first place? At her surgery, Yang couldn’t focus on her patient until she told Alex and Bailey, who were assisting, what was going on with Izzie. They of course told everyone else. Yang’s patient also, before being put under, told Yang she knows she thinks her questions were silly, but she was afraid and needed to know she would be okay. Yang finally made a connection with a patient, telling her that her fears weren’t silly, this surgery was important to her and she would be just fine. I loved seeing Christina finally connect with a patient rather than treat them like a lab rat. Izzie obviously factored into her new found compassion as well.

The show ended with Meredith going to see Derek, who apologized to her. I would have liked his apology better had he found the ring to be honest. But she took him back. However she also made it clear she couldn’t respect him if he walked away from the gift he had. She gave him Izzie’s file to look over.

Back at the hospital Izzie’s friends checked her into a room and hooked her up to machines, officially making her a patient. It was so emotional! They just played music, no words were needed.

For once I find myself on the edge of my seat waiting for the next episode. This one was just that good. I can’t wait to see what happens. I refuse to believe they’ll kill Izzie, only because to do so really would make Derek never return to the hospital. I can see her being cured and finding a new outlook and purpose for her life, leaving the hospital and medicine.