This week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy was a real downer. From Izzie dying to Bailey cradling a dying kid to the guy leaping through a hospital window and crashing onto a car below … good f-ing grief!

OK, focus, Jane. Let’s talk about the Izzie-dying story. It was just weird. I sort of just want her to die already. She spent the first part of the episode pretending like she could just be the same person as she was pre-cancer. She was pulling these practical jokes where she’d seize up and have Cristina calling for a crash cart. That just seems weird and cruel. And then what if you really ARE crashing, and people just look at you like, oh, she’s just fooling around. Forget about it.

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I have to give it to Sandra Oh. Whenever I start thinking I’m getting tired of Grey’s Anatomy, she reminds me just what an amazing actress she is. Her performances alone are worth it for me to keep watching.

I was just utterly horrified watching Owen’s PTSD take over and cause him to nearly choke Christina to death, and her reaction after he let go. Consider my disbelief suspended. Although in the interest of full disclosure, choking/strangulation has to be my biggest phobia, so no real surprise there. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, I always knew there was such a thing as hug therapy. Now, according to this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, I know it’s also a medical treatment. Or at least, that’s what Dr. Dixon says, and I believe it.

Somehow, the sight of Bailey and Cristina hugging it out with Dr. Dixon to bring her vitals back to normal was both funny and sort of heartbreaking. I can definitely appreciate the hugging; need some of it myself every day.

But I’m still perplexed that Dr. Dixon has achieved her current rank and status. I’ve dealt with doctors like her — with zero bedside manner — and they’re awful! I think tonight’s episode hit a little close to home because a doctor much like Dixon once told my husband he wouldn’t last six months. That was five years ago, and he’s now healthier than most of the human population.

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(Season 5, Episode 12 – “Stairway to Heaven” )

“I believe in Heaven … I also believe in Hell. I’ve never seen either, but I believe they exist. They have to exist, because without a Heaven, without a Hell, we’re all just headed for limbo.” – Denny’s voiceover

Holy Talomey, what an episode! We had people cracking up all over the place, and I was gripped, GRIPPED I tell you. And Denny’s ominous words, “I’m here for you, Izzie Stephens,” now make sense. I think.

So it’s looking like maybe Izzie’s got that brain tumor … or something … we’ve all been speculating about. But whether she’ll actually succumb to it or not remains to be seen. You know, Denny could have helped her figure it out sooner. It might be too late now.  I totally understand why she was ticked at him.

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When Kevin McKidd showed up at Seattle Grace and started kicking butt and taking names, I thought great, here’s a guy who’s a man’s man. A guy who’s not afraid to take charge and do what’s necessary to save lives. A guy who grabs a girl and kisses her, just because he feels like it. A guy who’s seen it all, and isn’t afraid to use his worldly knowledge to save lives. A guy who’s not afraid to say what he feels, even if it’s not the most appropriate thing at that particular moment. A guy who stitches his own wounds and doesn’t cry like  a baby while doing it. A guy who’s a formidable mate for the similarly blunt and relationship-challenged Cristina.

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ABC

(Season 5, Episode 5)

“I’m exhausted, but if you wanna hop on and do all the work … ” – Sloan to Callie, who just wants someone to listen about her relationship issues with Erica

Well, kudos to Derek for seeing the error of his ways! I was ready to punch him through the TV set when he told Meredith that she had a lot to learn as a surgeon. I’m like, where is this coming from?! Is he so self-involved that he doesn’t recognize that “The Shepherd Method” was actually her idea?

But all was forgiven (by both me and Meredith) when he arrived at the bar with the kidney-in-a-jar gift. Aw, that’s so sweet. And I totally get that because my mom was an E.R. nurse and likewise fascinated by surgical stuff (while we all gagged).

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ABC

(Season 5, Episode 4)

“I’ll be in the clinic putting stupid band-aids on people who don’t have the balls to get real injuries.” – Cristina

Once again, I wonder how the heck Seattle Grace keeps running. It’s one thing to have interplay among the doctors, but it’s quite another when you involve the well-being of the patients. Grey’s Anatomy has a history of WTF moments in this regard, but the show isn’t meant to be a caricature of a hospital. It’s supposed to be a real hospital with real doctors and patients.

So here are my WTF Moments of this episode:

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