I’m going to be reviewing the last two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy together since it was a two-parter. To be honest, though, I don’t know why it was a two-parter. Sure, it was an emotional couple of episodes but it wasn’t too surprising or dramatic. I knew from the beginning that George’s dad was going to die. You can just tell as Grey’s has pretty much been “on hold” lately. They needed something to shake things up a bit. Will it work? We have to find out in later weeks. For now, lets see what happened.
The main storyline during these two episodes was George’s dad. He had heart surgery and at first everything seemed fine. It didn’t stop me from knowing that he was going to die. You could just tell. This is going to change George that’s for sure. How? I’m not sure, but I think it’s a good idea. George is still George but he has been getting less George, if that makes any sense.
The previews for next week’s episode look to feature George as “old George”, which is a good thing. George is awkward, he’s good at heart, but he is no “ladies man”. He is the nice guy that has been burned too many times. That being said, I DO NOT like George and Callie together. I don’t understand why the writers keep shoving their relationship down our throats. I know Callie really digs George, but I still refuse to believe that George really is into Callie. To me, Callie is just the “rebound girl” for George. George is glad she is there during this time, but not because he really cares about her. That may just be me, though.
I will say one last thing about George and his father’s death. After the fact, he seemed to blame Bailey and Webber for his father’s death, but I don’t think he really thought that. He was just sad and angry. I hope he doesn’t turn into Izzie and not want to be a doctor anymore after this. It doesn’t look to be that way as I mentioned above. George will resort back to being his awkward amazing self or so it seems. We’ll find out next week, though.
Next up we have Izzie and her 8 million dollars. She finally deposited her check in the bank. The crying/anger/laughing/happy/crying thing at the bank was a little odd, but pretty accurate. It’s a lot of money, so you should be happy about that, but she got it because someone she loved died. Even though, I didn’t think Izzie and Denny being together was a good idea to begin with, I can at least appreciate what she is going through.
Now about the money. I really wanted her to open up her own hotel or restuarant or whatever that idea they had earlier this season when she was baking all of the time. That would have been fun. Get the cast out of the hospital and into new settings every once and awhile. But I suppose spending the money on patients who need it to live is good as well. This way she can learn what being a doctor is all about anyways. It’s not about the people you can’t save, it’s about the people that you can and DO save. And I’m glad that she finally told Bailey who she was, so that know Bailey can start trusting her more.
Meredith and her dad are next. Meredith snores, which is cute I suppose. I don’t like Derek and Meredith as a couple, but their scenes together in these two episodes didn’t make me sick as they have in the past, so that’s a step in the right direction. I’m glad that seeing George and his dad together made her actually want to get to know her dad. I think there is a time where you have to forgive. That doesn’t mean forget the past. But forgive and look to the future knowing what has happened in the past. Meredith is starting to forgive and trying to know her dad, which is always good after so many years of not knowing him.
Now to the Addison/Alex/Marc thing. First off, I said I didn’t like the couples of Callie/George and Meredith/Derek. Well, I LOVE the Addison and Alex being together. They work for me! That’s a couple and I’m glad they are together. I don’t know what to make of the whole Addison/Mark baby thing, but I guess it served a purpose. Addison aborted Mark’s baby. Addison didn’t want to have a baby with Mark. Mark has a sensitive side and seemed to want a baby. Addison is right, though. He just wanted to beat Mark and have a baby with her before Derek did. It was really great to see Addison rub it into Mark’s face, though. He wouldn’t make a great dad that’s for sure.
Finally, we have Cristina and Burke. Their story didn’t really interest me. Cristina can’t ask Burke how he is doing, but wants to know. Cristina was wrong and instead of admitting it and asking Burke how he is doing, she tries to get other people to do her “dirty work” for her. Eh, not that interesting to me. Cristina just needs to admit she was wrong and try to move on with Burke. But she didn’t. So BOO to Burke for giving in first and telling her that he was doing better. At least, it’s clear he is the better person in this relationship. He will willing to give in and move on before Cristina was.
I should mention something about Cristina’s final speech to George here. “Dead Dad’s Club”? Could have come up with a better name than that, but the point is that Cristina actually was trying to reach out and help someone else and not just caring about herself. So that’s good. She did have a great line that everyone should learn and understand. George says “he doesn’t know to exist in a world where his father doesn’t.” Cristina says “that never really changes.” You can’t be the same person after you lose someone like that. But you still have to move forward. You can’t be stuck in the past, when the potential is there for greatness in the future. So at least Cristina makes up for earlier by helping George see that he shouldn’t give up being a doctor, because he couldn’t save his dad.
Things are getting a little better, but still this season is sucking compared to last season. Although, it was in February of last year where things really picked up and made me want to watch this show every week. We will see if that happens again this year. There is a lot to live up to, but the potential is there.
