Grey’s Anatomy – Callie and Sloan vow not to get naked with interns

(Season 5, Episode 11 – “Wish You Were Here” )

“People die and other people get messed up about it.” – Alex to Izzie, after she tells him she’s been “seeing” Denny

Even when Grey’s Anatomy isn’t that good or does stuff that makes me go, “That would never happen in a real hospital,” I still enjoy it. The characters are like family to me. I like hanging out with them every week. Sure, they’re dysfunctional, but I celebrate their dysfunctionality.

The main thing that made me go “that would never happen” involved the Chief, sinking into a funk and lying on a table in a dark room all day. Sure, he had a good enough reason. He’d just lost a doctor who suffered a massive coronary and was bemoaning the fact that Seattle Grace is still in 12th place and yada yada yada. But really, it’s hard to believe that the chief of a large hospital would ever have the time — or self-absorption — to disappear into a dark room. He should have done what he told Bailey to do when she came complaining about the new pediatrician: Deal with it.

And speaking of dealing with it, Bailey’s whining is getting a little old. But I appreciated that the new wheely-wearing, pony-tailed pediatrician, Arizona, gave it right back to her. That’s Jessica Capshaw, by the way, daughter of Kate Capshaw and stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg. I hope she sticks around a while.

Meanwhile, the storyline about the Death Row prisoner with multiple stab wounds seemed a little forced to me. Like they just used it to make a point about the fight between Meredith and Cristina. Or they used it to bring up Derek’s past, how his father died after being shot during a robbery. Or to stir a debate on the death penalty.…

As Meredith said, “Good people do bad things. He’s still a person.” But Derek and the other docs are surly when it comes to working on him — as in, OVERLY surly. And then Derek disappears into the Chief’s lair and complains about the prisoner getting a stay of execution  because he might be paralyzed and that would help his case.

It seems like Derek might be suffering from burnout — when he said he watches people die all the time and didn’t want to deal with this loser (that’s my word, not his). He’s definitely got a point, but maybe he should go work in a third world country for a while or something to gain some perspective.

The story about Sloan and Callie vowing to create their own 12-step program about having sex with interns was funny. But why bother at this point? It’s clear there’s never going to be a no-sex thing at Seattle Grace. Everyone sleeps with everyone else! I say go for it. Oh, and right, it’s only one step: Don’t get naked with an intern.

It’s also interesting that Derek would tell Sloan not to sleep with Lexie (OK, because Meredith asked him to). I mean, it’s not like Derek has never slept with an intern, and he and Meredith seem to be doing OK. Well, for the time being anyway. I’m sure there are probably still some bad feelings between Derek and Sloan about what happened with Addison, too.

On the Izzie/Denny/Alex front, I’m glad Izzie decided to tell Alex about her ghost stalker (’cause really, that’s what Denny is at this point). It was funny that Alex didn’t seem to think it all that strange, and I loved the scene where he started making love (or something) to Izzie while Denny stood by and watched. Maybe Denny will finally get the point that he’s not doing Izzie any good by hanging around. Or rather, maybe Izzie will get that point. It’s hard to tell whether Denny is actually a ghost or if he was just conjured up by Izzie. What do you think about this? I kind of think he’s a real ghost.

I loved the last scene where Derek turned the music up and got Meredith to dance it out with him, just like she and Cristina would do after a rough day. He even sounded like Cristina: “Get your ass over here; I’m not doing this by myself.” 

Your thoughts on this episode?

Clacked by Jane Boursaw
on Jan 09, 2009 @ 15:00 EST5EDT