Dr. Sloan's real name is Eric Dane...He also appeared in one of the X-Men films I believe...

To Kathy: "Dr. McSteamy's" real name is Eric...the wife and I had the opportunity to meet him Saturday 3/11 at LAX while waiting on a plane. Very very nice guy...I'm doing a little research online to establish his last name. When I find it, I'll post again.

I really don't understand why majority of the viewers were saying "poor george".For pete's sakes,he's not a 12 year old who doesnt know what he was doing,he's an adult,just like Meredith, as what the saying goes,"it takes two to tango" so if there is somebody to blame its both of them!

"WHO PLAYED DR. MARK SLOAN (A.K.A. McSTEAMY)?"

Eric Dane. If he looks familiar, you have probably watched Charmed once or twice - he played Phoebe's boyfriend, Jason. He has had some small roles on other shows, and a few movie parts, but nothing major yet. He's yummy though, and I think that Hollywood would eat him up if he could get his "break-out part."

I'm for sparing George's feelings. George is our big ole' teddybear guy. The guy you trust with your intimate secrets and late-night crying jags. I think the fact that all these characters don't do exactly what we with the perfect hindsight would do is what makes this show soooo believable. Who among us doesn't have a friend who makes irrational life-changing decisions and then wallows in the self-deprecation for weeks afterward? And who hasn't loved without logic...? Anyone? And kudos to Bailey! She's the new best line gal...I don't even need to repeat it...we all committed it to memory seconds after she uttered it to George!

The show may have a romance-serial quality to it, but it's more about short stories involving people in many real life situations. I think that's what draws veiwers in versus troubled, medical staff relationships and hypocrisies. Sometimes themes are reflected throughout the show. For example - infidelity and a parent leaving a small child to forever wonder why, even in adulthood. The tests that relationships go through (giving up an apartment; not telling a lover to leave the city so one can rebuild a marriage).

Meridith's mother is coming across more and more as a heartless b*tch that was wild and always an uncaring mother. The theme of the pain she caused her weak husband, was reflected in the man who made the hate tapes over loves lost and insults never rebuffed because of timidity.

Physical embarassment was reflected between the multiorgasmic woman and the boy with lionitis, both who yearned to be normal and fit in.

No show is perfect, but few rate a ten in my book week after week. This is one of the few.

I do think that there's a lot of these parallels going on between McDreamy/Meredith/George and the chief/Meredith's mom/dad and I think one of the reasons behind why Meredith would kind of say yes to George is because she wants to be the opposite of her mom.

I think Meredith does treat George like her mom treated her husband, like he was just there, the kind of wimpy solid rock kinda guy who isn't particularly exciting. Except George is completely different in so many ways that if Meredith is just using him to work out her issues with her parents, I say screw her. Because I love George. He's just an amazing character and has such integrity and is sooooo ... schmoopy. And SO sweet and I would SO go for someone like him rather than someone like McDreamy. But there's so many obvious parallels between what happened to Meredith's mom and what's happening to her.

George is so sweet - how he handled Bailey last week during the infamous "Va-Jay-Jay" scene was incredible and definitely made all of the ladies heave out a instantaneous "awwww". My husband has the same philosphy about Meredith as he did about Jerry on "Seinfeld", the show would still be just as fantastic without the "Lead" character. And to see Meredith use George like she did this week, I am going to have to agree with him - that is the lowest of the low, especially since any woman with any type of instinct would totally be able to sense that George is in love with her - ESPECIALLY after he gave that beautiful speech to her (right before she prepared to break his heart). But Grey's is the BEST show on television and I am hooked and ready for some more McDreamy vs. McSteamy action!!!

George is just like Mer's father. That is why we meet him in this episode.

It seemed to me that Meredith bedding George was her way of quieting his "boyish pining." After his endearing speech she seemed completely unmoved and then just removed his shirt with as much enthusiasm as she would brush her teeth with (maybe mer and cristina should have a toothbrush party). i was waiting for george to stop her and say "no mer, no. love comes from here (points to heart), not here (points to crotch)." but you know its good stuff when you're yelling at a tv character and calling her Slutty McSlutenstein/Ho-bag Trampsterwhore.
PS Dr Mark totally looks like an over-pruned wax figurine. somebody tell dis bitch to lay off the facial trimmage! or join a boy band.
PPSS What the crap!? Was i the only one who saw the bomb squad guy explode last week? couldn't the show acknowledge that his ability to eplode was something less than fun times? because I know I was not pleased.