Grey's Anatomy – Episodes 6-18 & 6-19 – Review

So where were we?

Let’s start with Hunt. He’s been having some crazy ‘Raq flashbacks, thanks to being asked to assist in Teddy’s cancer patient’s assisted suicide, and the memory of his friend Dan being injured in a roadside bomb attack and convincing Owen to let him die is haunting him. Poor Owen wanders around looking even more traumatized than usual, and to make matters worse, Teddy gives him a public chewing-out for trying to change her patient’s mind, and Cristina, not being the possessor of strong emotional empathy, has no idea what the heck is wrong with him. Teddy tells her that Hunt needs therapy, but won’t go if he’s asked. She still somehow manages to persuade him, proving that Cristina really can do pretty much anything.

Hunt provides the voiceovers for ‘Suicide is Painless’, and Kevin McKidd pulls off some great character acting from the very first line, growling, “Dying isn’t easy. The body was designed to stay alive … ” He continues in this vein for the entire episode, managing to stir some impressive amounts of sympathy even from me, a strong believer in euthanasia.

Mark and Teddy are dating and not having any sex. That is, until Teddy gets so pissed off over the whole Hunt situation that she decides she needs sex. And it is mind-blowing. Then, in the middle of a steamy session, who should pop up but a very pregnant Sloan, who’s going into labour then and there. What a mood killer.

Callie’s still unnerved about Arizona not wanting kids. They have a lot of unseen conversations about it. It doesn’t go anywhere throughout two episodes but at least they haven’t made like most Grey’s couples do and thrown their hands up and ended it. Also, I really hope they write Jessica Capshaw’s real-life pregnancy into the show and give them kids after all. They dropped the ball with Meredith and Derek, IMO.

Speaking of whom, things are going swell for the McDreamys even after Chief Jerk Ass steals a really cool surgery of Meredith’s,  just because he can. She’s pissed, until her new friend Jackson tells her to make like the Whos of Whoville and still be happy even after the Grinch stole her presents. Jackson is really crap at these little talks. I didn’t think it could get worse than “my family doesn’t think I’m smart because I’m so pretty”, but “Sing, Cindy Loo, sing!” really does top it. So she’s happy, and McAss says sorry, and he wants babies. Meredith freaks for about five minutes, then decides what the hell. Babies it is.

Richard is having trouble fitting in with the younger generation. And it is hilarious. Seriously.”I’d hit her. I’d hit her hard.” Alex: “Uh sir, I think you want to say I’d hit that.” Bailey: “I don’t think you want to say THAT at all.” Poor Richard. But all’s well that ends well, and Mark gives him some advice on how to hang with the homies, while Richard gives Derek advice on how to be a good Chief, and it doesn’t involve stealing surgeries from your wife.

In “Sympathy for the Parents”, Alex’s long-lost brother Aaron shows up needing an operation to fix an abdominal hernia. While there, he decides to blab to the staff of Seattle Grace about the details of Alex’s Tragic Past (the full works, there’s foster homes and everything), and Alex thumps him one, but they kiss and make up before Aaron heads home.

Two semi-decent, if not outstanding, episodes. We’re getting closer to the season finale, which Shonda promises will be “shocking”. I hope she lives up to her promise.