don't waste your pretty self in me. I'll always be just fine.
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I was finally able to watch Grey's Anatomy 3x09, and I have mixed feelings. I mean, I don't even know where to start, other than saying 'bloody brilliant'. So...
So, where to begin? How 'bout Cristina and Burke? For the first time in weeks I wasn't annoyed with them, but I suppose that's because they stopped being BurkeandCristina, The Team, The Well-Oiled Machine, to be Burke. And Cristina. Which was basically what we'd all been waiting for (and it was a long time coming). The fallout was great, because both of them were somehow right; I understand Cristina feeling forced to do whatever she thought necessary (because Burke's grand 'my hands are my life' speech did pretty much that), and I understand Burke feeling dragged into this whole thing (because she was way too eager to interrupt him whenever he was about to confess). And then all of her guilt for leaving him when he got shot, and still doing the right thing...
And George. I like bitchy George; he's less whiny. And he is right. Calling Dr. Hahn (who was great, btw), and standing his ground. I love Callie to pieces, but I can understand him not being able to deal with her at that particular moment (although, didn't we see that already? with Meredith and Derek, or sth?). Two out of my three favorite parts of the episode featured George: 1) him asking Cristina to explain to Izzie why Burke was not operating on his dad, and 2) telling Izzie off. Now, I'm a huge fan of BFF!Izzie/George, and I love snarky!Izzie (as in last ep's Iz), but I feel she has no idea whatsoever of what she did, the lines she crossed, with the whole Denny thing. Her guilt, her pain, and her not being ready (and everybody else's reactions -- except maybe for Bailey) has to do with Denny dying -- and I have a problem with that. Because, let's face it, bad things happen. People die. All the time. But she stole a heart. She plotted, and deceived people, and was totally and completely out of control. The other guy, the one that had two small children, the one that did deserve the transplant, probably died (but why mention it, right? The less we remember about him the better). Nothing can justify that.
Nothing.
So, while George was mean to her, all of her righteous anger? Is not righteous at all. She shouldn't get to demand apologies, because George didn't lie or imply anything wrong. Her judgement cannot be trusted. Not until she realizes what it is that she did wrong. Which won't happen, because apparently only Bailey - and maybe Burke - see the extent and the gravity of what she did. That's mostly why I really want Dr. Hahn back; because she was just as invested on her transplant guy, and this was the one that actually deserved (and owned) the heart. And I think that the only way we might get a reaction from Iz is with a confrontation (or maybe just an exchange of words) with Hahn (and Hahn/Burke OTP!).
In any case, Katie Heigl was magnificent. Her pained-yet-confused expression while watching George and Cristina interact (when he asks her to explain why Burke will not operate on his dad) was the best acting I've seen in a while. And her interacting with Meredith when Callie wants to beat her up in the locker room was awesome. That's my third favorite scene -- you just knew Callie was going to kick her butt. I love her.
Meredith was great. And surprisingly, so was Derek. At the end :P He was great in the CT scene, but I wanted to kill him while he was in the elevator of lust. What a jerk! Dude, remember the time when you were a doctor? Burke's surgeon, to be more specific? He *is* somewhat responsible for this whole thing -- he cleared him for surgery. He was so eager to clear him that he failed to realize all the times Burke tried to tell him (and even if he hadn't tried, throwing it to his face? Jerk). I'm glad Meredith called him on it. But. BUT. I agree with him telling Meredith that 'this is not how it works'. Because, call me old fashioned, I still believe in doing the right thing. Of course, after such a raw conversation it was pretty much obvious they'd end up sleeping together. It was either that or a break up.
McSteamy has been shockingly decent-yet-devilish for the past few eps. 3x08 was great for him, and this time he was okay. There was not near enough Addison. I cannot love her enough. And I cannot get enough of her. Then again, her screen time has been decreasing, although I suppose that with all of the Alex/Addison coming that'll change. Speaking of which, I find it forced. Despite what everybody else says, I haven't seen any chemistry. I knew they'd try and shove it down our throats, because Alex is a less-hot/more-politically-incorrect version of Sloan, but still. It doesn't work, because so far we've seen Addison only being all teacher/boss on him. She's never seen him as an equal (or an individual -- on 3x08 she complained to Mark abt the way he treated 'students', not 'Alex'), which is what the last scene was trying to show us. Perhaps I'd buy if I thought they'd take this slow, building up a real relationship, but it's as artificial as Alex saying 'Addison requested you' to Burke. Since when it's just 'Addison'?
Not. Buying. You know what? Somebody actually got it right.
Anyways, I suppose this is it. There where many good lines in this ep, but I'd rather highlight a couple of great facial expressions. I've mentioned Izzie's pained look, and I would like to say that Sara Ramirez totally got Callie's expression right, when George tells her 'oh, that's why you slept with Mark Sloan'. I could actually see her feel that familiar sinking feeling in your chest, that fear that grips your heart and lies heavy on top of it, and won't allow you to breathe. She went pale on camera. That's not something you do easily.
And I also loved George's dad. I loved that when George told Izzie to get out, he realized the seriousness of the situation. 'you don't talk like that to anyone' could have been a chastizing line, but the expression in his face spoke of fear and realization that something really bad was taking place between those two, and that 'Georgie' was not to be crossed at that moment. It was great.
So, moral of the story? Grey's is one of those rare shows where I might not like all that happens in the episode, and still LOVE the episode.
I also watched The Nine 1x07, but that'll have to be dealt with later. For now, I'll only say I totally called Jeremy & Lizzie's secret. From day one. I don't know whether to be amused or disappointed.
Still, more people needs to be watching this show, before it becomes so crappy that it's impossible to save.
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I was finally able to watch Grey's Anatomy 3x09, and I have mixed feelings. I mean, I don't even know where to start, other than saying 'bloody brilliant'. So...
So, where to begin? How 'bout Cristina and Burke? For the first time in weeks I wasn't annoyed with them, but I suppose that's because they stopped being BurkeandCristina, The Team, The Well-Oiled Machine, to be Burke. And Cristina. Which was basically what we'd all been waiting for (and it was a long time coming). The fallout was great, because both of them were somehow right; I understand Cristina feeling forced to do whatever she thought necessary (because Burke's grand 'my hands are my life' speech did pretty much that), and I understand Burke feeling dragged into this whole thing (because she was way too eager to interrupt him whenever he was about to confess). And then all of her guilt for leaving him when he got shot, and still doing the right thing...
And George. I like bitchy George; he's less whiny. And he is right. Calling Dr. Hahn (who was great, btw), and standing his ground. I love Callie to pieces, but I can understand him not being able to deal with her at that particular moment (although, didn't we see that already? with Meredith and Derek, or sth?). Two out of my three favorite parts of the episode featured George: 1) him asking Cristina to explain to Izzie why Burke was not operating on his dad, and 2) telling Izzie off. Now, I'm a huge fan of BFF!Izzie/George, and I love snarky!Izzie (as in last ep's Iz), but I feel she has no idea whatsoever of what she did, the lines she crossed, with the whole Denny thing. Her guilt, her pain, and her not being ready (and everybody else's reactions -- except maybe for Bailey) has to do with Denny dying -- and I have a problem with that. Because, let's face it, bad things happen. People die. All the time. But she stole a heart. She plotted, and deceived people, and was totally and completely out of control. The other guy, the one that had two small children, the one that did deserve the transplant, probably died (but why mention it, right? The less we remember about him the better). Nothing can justify that.
Nothing.
So, while George was mean to her, all of her righteous anger? Is not righteous at all. She shouldn't get to demand apologies, because George didn't lie or imply anything wrong. Her judgement cannot be trusted. Not until she realizes what it is that she did wrong. Which won't happen, because apparently only Bailey - and maybe Burke - see the extent and the gravity of what she did. That's mostly why I really want Dr. Hahn back; because she was just as invested on her transplant guy, and this was the one that actually deserved (and owned) the heart. And I think that the only way we might get a reaction from Iz is with a confrontation (or maybe just an exchange of words) with Hahn (and Hahn/Burke OTP!).
In any case, Katie Heigl was magnificent. Her pained-yet-confused expression while watching George and Cristina interact (when he asks her to explain why Burke will not operate on his dad) was the best acting I've seen in a while. And her interacting with Meredith when Callie wants to beat her up in the locker room was awesome. That's my third favorite scene -- you just knew Callie was going to kick her butt. I love her.
Meredith was great. And surprisingly, so was Derek. At the end :P He was great in the CT scene, but I wanted to kill him while he was in the elevator of lust. What a jerk! Dude, remember the time when you were a doctor? Burke's surgeon, to be more specific? He *is* somewhat responsible for this whole thing -- he cleared him for surgery. He was so eager to clear him that he failed to realize all the times Burke tried to tell him (and even if he hadn't tried, throwing it to his face? Jerk). I'm glad Meredith called him on it. But. BUT. I agree with him telling Meredith that 'this is not how it works'. Because, call me old fashioned, I still believe in doing the right thing. Of course, after such a raw conversation it was pretty much obvious they'd end up sleeping together. It was either that or a break up.
McSteamy has been shockingly decent-yet-devilish for the past few eps. 3x08 was great for him, and this time he was okay. There was not near enough Addison. I cannot love her enough. And I cannot get enough of her. Then again, her screen time has been decreasing, although I suppose that with all of the Alex/Addison coming that'll change. Speaking of which, I find it forced. Despite what everybody else says, I haven't seen any chemistry. I knew they'd try and shove it down our throats, because Alex is a less-hot/more-politically-incorrect version of Sloan, but still. It doesn't work, because so far we've seen Addison only being all teacher/boss on him. She's never seen him as an equal (or an individual -- on 3x08 she complained to Mark abt the way he treated 'students', not 'Alex'), which is what the last scene was trying to show us. Perhaps I'd buy if I thought they'd take this slow, building up a real relationship, but it's as artificial as Alex saying 'Addison requested you' to Burke. Since when it's just 'Addison'?
Not. Buying. You know what? Somebody actually got it right.
Anyways, I suppose this is it. There where many good lines in this ep, but I'd rather highlight a couple of great facial expressions. I've mentioned Izzie's pained look, and I would like to say that Sara Ramirez totally got Callie's expression right, when George tells her 'oh, that's why you slept with Mark Sloan'. I could actually see her feel that familiar sinking feeling in your chest, that fear that grips your heart and lies heavy on top of it, and won't allow you to breathe. She went pale on camera. That's not something you do easily.
And I also loved George's dad. I loved that when George told Izzie to get out, he realized the seriousness of the situation. 'you don't talk like that to anyone' could have been a chastizing line, but the expression in his face spoke of fear and realization that something really bad was taking place between those two, and that 'Georgie' was not to be crossed at that moment. It was great.
So, moral of the story? Grey's is one of those rare shows where I might not like all that happens in the episode, and still LOVE the episode.
I also watched The Nine 1x07, but that'll have to be dealt with later. For now, I'll only say I totally called Jeremy & Lizzie's secret. From day one. I don't know whether to be amused or disappointed.
Still, more people needs to be watching this show, before it becomes so crappy that it's impossible to save.
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