Grey's Anatomy: Into You Like a Train
I do like this program an awful lot, but with this week's episode, I'm starting to think the medical aspect of the show has not only jumped the shark – it's landed in the Ally McBeal Garden of Full-on Absurdity. When we last saw Meredith Grey, she was downing shots to ease her anxiety over Dr. McDreamy's indecision over his divorce. Soon the whole crew is forced to come back to the hospital to deal with the survivors of a massive train wreck. Izzie and Addison (that's Mrs. McDreamy to you) must deal with a badly-burned pregnant woman; Cristina has to run around collecting severed limbs; and most of the others are put to work ruminating on how to save a man and a woman who have been impaled by the same metal pole. I was actually relieved when the impaled gal, whose injuries, we were told, were much more serious than that of her male companion, was allowed to die; if they had gone and given her a last-second reprieve, I would have been pissed. But I can only take so much slapstick – I mean, Cristina running around with the wrong leg? And even if they tested her blood alcohol, would they really have allowed Meredith to go virtually straight from shot-downing into serious pole removal surgery? Especially after that episode last season with the drunk anaesthesiologist? It doesn't make much sense.
But on to the romance. Cristina and Burke are really together – to the point where she's referring to him as her boyfriend – and it's great. Not much new on the Alex and Izzie front, although both are dealing with interesting subplots of their own, with Izzie possibly being mentored by Mrs. McDreamy, and Alex (who, until recently, has been by far the least interesting character on this show) possibly realising that he's not cut out to be a doctor. Derek and Meredith? No dice. He's not only not signing the divorce papers, but he and Addison went off arm in arm at episode's end. But how long do you think THAT'S going to last?

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