How much longer will this show be this good? Right now, I am just in total and complete shock. Lovely Harold is thankfully no longer suffering. Unfortunately, he had to die for that to happen. How is this going to affect George? How is this going to affect the show? So far, Harold’s storyline has been rock solid—sort of like Denny’s storyline last year. What else are the writers going to pull out of their pockets? I’m dying to know.

          It beautifully started and it beautifully ended. The O’Malleys stay in the hospital brought us tears, a bundle of laughs, some shockers and a kick-ass story arc. Our attention was focused on the rest of the O’Malley clan this week and it was well deserved. The chemistry between all the actors was right on. It felt like they were a real family. The hallway scene where Jerry had to pass gas was great. Another classic moment in the world of Grey’s Anatomy. There sure are a lot lately. There are a lot of these scenes in the episode. I particularly loved the scene where the family has to make a decision; the brothers look up to their younger brother. Louise holding all her sons’ hands was very touching…and real. I’m going to miss them.

          George has become the father figure of the family. He more or less carried the family for so long. It was no surprise when he fell apart in front of the Chief and Bailey. George has a lot to go through. I don’t blame him for freaking out. I want to see how George is going to recover from this. There’s obviously going to be some tension between him and the Chief…and even Bailey. It might never be the same again. Bailey really screwed up this one. George as the father figure is going to be an interesting plot point for the writers to toy around with. And judging on the previews, it looks like George is going to become a post-mortum-sex-addict. This show has a way of stunning me.

          Interestingly enough, Thatcher is like Meredith. They both are a mess; they both are a bit everywhere. I loved watching Izzie and Cristina analyze Thatcher saying Meredith takes after him. It’s great to finally know that Meredith has something in common with her father. Throughout the whole two-parter, she wishes that she could just care about him. She says she wanted to be in George’s position. She wants her life to change if her father died; that’s not her life. She wants to have something in common with him. The snoring….definitely from her father. He snores like a trucker. I liked the idea that the snoring was one thing Meredith wanted to hang on too. She wasn’t going to make any sacrifices; Derek was going to have use wax ear plugs. She wants to hold this tiny connection close to her heart. Beautiful stuff.

          Cristina is continuing to mature…more than I ever thought she would. So her father died and she entered the “Dead Dad’s Club” early. I loved when she told George that everyone can sympathize with him, but they never will know how he feels until they enter the club as well. That sounds just about right. I take my father for granted. I can’t imagine a world without him. And that feeling never leaves supposedly. That has to be tough to live with. I hope that doesn’t happen to me any time soon.

And I still can’t believe she hasn’t spoken to Burke yet. They haven’t spoken. That sounds insane to me. She found out he hasn’t had any tremors. But she hasn’t spoken to him. At least he was decent enough to tell Shepherd about his condition in front of her. That was very nice.

Izzie has decided that she’s both: she’s a surgeon and a person who gets emotionally involved. You can definitely be both and I’m glad she made that clear to Bailey. I strongly believe that to be a good surgeon, you need to care about your patients. If you don’t, there’s no one worth fighting for. Bailey does get that. This is exactly why she’s so passionate about turning Izzie away from that conflict: surgeon vs. person. Bailey is still suffering from this problem. It really hits her again when she has to intubate Mr. O’Malley. Tearing up after talking with Izzie, Bailey is definitely going to go through something big coming up. Chandra Wilson rocked in this scene.

Addison was a fantastic character this week. She aborted Mark’s baby eight months ago. This week was supposed to be his birth week. It makes total sense. Although Krista Vernoff said this plot point was out of the blue, it makes sense looking back on the episode where Addison fell apart when she found out her patient’s baby died. And she kissed Alex. Yeah, she did. Where Addisex is going to go is really intriguing me. I want to know more.

Dear Diary

Meredith: I do have something in common with my father. I finally felt something worth holding onto. Yeah, he snores. I snore too. He told me that the best thing to do is have Derek wear wax earplugs. Now we’re all happy. I couldn’t let go of this. It’s the only connection I’ve ever had with my father. It’s something I’m going to keep. Izzie and Cristina told me I’m exactly like him, meaning I’m a messy person. I am not a messy person. You had to see him. He was spilling his coffee and using newspaper to wipe it and spilled more… I can’t believe I’m like him. I am not. And George’s father passed away. He looked ripped apart. The stupid thing was that I wanted to be in George’s position. I wanted my father to die so I could care. I just don’t care about him. He could die and I couldn’t care.

Izzie: I am both. I am a surgeon and I am a person who gets emotionally involved. It’s worth it. When I saw Heather walking, I just felt so happy. I had made a significant difference in someone’s life. But you had to see Bailey. She was so angry and she was disappointed. But I don’t care. I told her I learned my lesson. Denny was a mistake. It won’t ever happen again. But I can’t be a surgeon without caring for my patient. It’s not doable. I felt horrible for George. Mr. O’Malley passed away. I hope he can recover from this because I know what it’s like to lose someone you love. It’s hard and it’s rough. I’ll be there for him.

Today’s Baileyisms

-          “My son has the same name his son. I need a minute.”

Quotable Quotes

-          Alex: “So, you’re together but you don’t talk to each other.”
Cristina: “Uh huh.”
Alex: “I wish I could find that in a woman.” I’m sure you’d want to.

-          Callie: “You didn’t want a baby?”
Addison: “I wanted Derek. I wanted to have a baby with Derek. I never thought I’d end up alone.”

-          Meredith (to Cristina): “You’re the messy one.”
Cristina: “No, my apartment’s messy, my locker’s messy, but I am not messy. Sometimes, you know, you have like food and stuff in your hair.”
Izzie: “Yeah, food. Band-aids on your face. I can kinda see the indentation from the nose strip you were wearing last night.”
Meredith: “(to Cristina) You are in a relationship with no words. (to Izzie) And you are a millionaire in twenty dollar shoes. Whatever.”

-          Izzie: “You made me burn my french toast.”
George: “You can buy new french toast!” I want some french toast.

-          Izzie: “I depositied it. Okay?”
George: “You didn’t deposit it in the garbage disposal or something like that, did you?” Can you imagine?

-          Derek: “I didn’t sleep much.”
Meredith: “Maybe it’s because you were too busy shoving me every five minutes.”
Derek: “I wasn’t shoving you. I was nudging you to stop the very loud sawing of wood.”
Meredith: “I wore the nose strip.”
Derek: “Oh, it’s cute but it doesn’t work.”

Some Final Notes

-          I loved watching Meredith wear nose trips. It was funny to see her wear like three at a time.

-          George was crawling on the floor looking for the Izzie’s cheque. He was pissing her off so much. He can be a bit tiresome. But I cracked up when he compared dollars to rosebuds.

-          I loved the Addisex “good” scene. They must have said “good” like twenty times.

-          Addison and Callie hang out now. That’s nice.

-          Callie left in the middle of Heather’s surgery. That’s why I love Callie.

-          Jerry farting was hysterical. Thank God I don’t have that nervous tick. I still can’t imagine that.

-          The scene where Bailey intubated Mr. O’Malley was a genius scene. The chief wanted Bailey to handle the situation.

-          Mark has been miserable this whole week. He really wanted to have this child until he realized that he would be a bad father. His talk with Callie was embarrassing. He can never be a family man that’s for sure.

-          Cristina tried holding Burke’s food away from him. I laughed.

-          Burke and Cristina haven’t spoken yet. I love this couple.

-          Addisex made out. How much more are we going to get from them? I want more Addisex.

Excellent episode. 5 stars

-          Next episode

-          Grey’s Anatomy season 3

-          Grey’s Anatomy main