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(S05E01/S05E02) "The person that invented the phrase 'happily ever after' should have his ass kicked so hard." - Meredith
Another September, another Grey's Anatomy season premiere. Hard to believe that we're already into a fifth season. But you know what isn't hard to believe? That we're still dealing with the same "Meredith and Derek - will they or won't they" mess. Grey's has reached the point that regardless of what happens, I'm going to keep watching it because I've invested too much of my time to walk away now. I really am a fan of the show, which is why I don't feel bad when I say that this was quite possibly the most ridiculous season premiere ever. It was all over the place like some strange metaphor for all the ups and downs Mer and Der have had over the years. A random army doctor, two limousine accidents, ninja attack icicles... and god, the cherry on top - Denny Duquette. Really?
The episode picked up fairly soon after last season's finale - I'm guessing no more than a day or two elapsed. So Meredith's "candle house plan" (I'm sure Smokey The Bear loved that) did the trick, Derek ended things with Rose, and TV's favorite couple that's never a couple is now a couple again. Honestly, it's what we've come to expect from them. I will say that I'm glad that it appears they're going to make bigger steps forward this season. Derek half-seriously asked Meredith to marry him and he's even getting rid of the Airstream and moving in with her.
The one thing that really surprised me about the whole situation was how much Meredith actually weights her decisions on what Cristina thinks. Yang is a train wreck! Why would Meredith care what she thinks, friend or not? However, now that Mer has realized that she has some sort of inner fear of actually getting the happy ending (she keeps dreaming of Derek dying), I suppose it's worth getting a second opinion. It'll be interesting to see them living together though.
OK, back to the overarching plot. Early on we found out that Seattle Grace dropped significantly in the "top teaching hospitals" rankings to number 12 in the country. Webber is pissed, he put the whole hospital on notice, and after chastising his staff for knowing nothing, he challenged them to become better doctors and teachers. I think we may be seeing a more bad-ass side of Richard this season. He's angry about the hospital and he's angry about Adele still. Everything he touches seems to fall apart. I thought it was ridiculous that he blamed (or at least insinuated) that his going soft was correlated to having Ellis' daughter (Meredith) working with him. Very cowardly tactic, especially for him.
The case du jour (and yes, it was the same one for the full two hours) focused on three husbands and three wives, who were in two different limousine crashes. The story itself was fairly uneventful. There were some adultery secrets, one woman got some sort of brain-resetting amnesia, one guy died, one severed his vocal cords, and another got the same surgery (therapeutic hypothermia) that Buffalo Bill Kevin Everett received. That was one of the better threads because Callie spearheaded it when Derek said it was a bad idea. It allowed us to see the tension that had grown between her and Hahn since the big smooch. By the end of the ep, it got awfully awkward though and for a moment felt like scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm with the"you're the only girl I want to kiss" line. We found out that Callie is Hahn's first too - so they're both just bi-curious. OK then.
Back to the freezing surgery though. Let's talk about who suggested it. Major Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), a US Army trauma surgeon. He was involved in the husband's limo crash and triaged them at the crash site. So he made it back to the hospital and quickly became a love interest for Cristina. She helped staple his leg and he removed the icicle from her stomach. Oh right... that happened. Fell from the roof and stabbed her in the gut. This is what I meant earlier when I said ridiculous.
As you'd expect, they randomly locked lips at the end and Webber offered Hunt a job. Call me crazy, but maybe Seattle Grace is #12 because Webber offers jobs to nomadic Army surgeons who wander in off the street and operate on "his patients" with no one really stopping him. I know how to build computers, but something tells me if I hopped behind the Geek Squad counter at a Best Buy and started tinkering with someone's hard drive, I'd get noticed.
Bailey had the least to do in this episode. There was no mention of her home life and Tucker, she no longer has the clinic to worry about, and Webber (in his zeal to be "better") took over her one case. The only shining moment was when she had Karev change a clock in the OR so that one of the limo survivors who had expired health insurance would still be covered.
It was a noble thing to do, but it should be noted that she only did it because she was pushed/guilted into it by Karev. As Izzie said, he really is a good guy. I think it's safe to assume they're going to end up together (again), but not until Alex becomes comfortable with shedding his asshole costume. After everything that happened with Ava (nuts!), that might take some time. So it was no surprise that by the end of the episode, he went home with some nondescript brunette. Izzie saw him, and defeated, she began to fantasize about Denny. Ugh. She still isn't past him. That is creepy.
The highlight of the episode for me was definitely listening to Sloan berate George. I'm sorry, but he's funny. Jerk, yes - but funny too. He called him a "special moron!" The whole Lexie wants George plot feels forced to me though. At this point, with Ellis dead and Thatcher swimming in whiskey, the point of Lexie being around is lost. The same sort of goes for George too. His failing the intern exam the first time around threw him into this weird limbo and hooking up with Lexie is all that really makes any sense right now. Well... it make more sense that him hooking up with Izzie at least.
Oh and how could I forget Rose? First off, remember that big promo? The one where she told Derek she's pregnant? Bogus! Turns out she was just being a bitch! See, this I don't really get either. I liked her last season, a lot. Partially because she wasn't Meredith, but regardless - I liked her. You knew it wasn't going to last but it never struck me that she was the "bitchy ex-girlfriend" type. This felt forced too, as if we're meant to hate her now and I sort of do. I mean, she did hand Derek a scalpel blade first. However, no worries because she transferred to pediatrics. Goodbye Rose.
A few more thoughts...
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I love that Yang killed a guy. That line Hahn hit her with was gold. The one about how she lacks general surgery knowledge because she spends too much time on cardio-thoracic stuff. She's not as good as she thinks.
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What the hell was with that dream Yang had? Her and Meredith old? My interpretation? She told Mer that it wouldn't work with Derek because she has no one and she selfishly needs someone to grow old with. Then Hunt entered the picture...
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I hated the whole "Mercy West is getting all the good patients" thing at the beginning because of the new, lower ranking. "Guess we'll just stand here and wait." "Oh look, a limo with no windshield is barreling towards us!" It was just so obnoxiously predictable and worst of all, it's been done before.
Overall, just not that great. The ridiculous moments (the icicle, Denny, Hunt smooching Yang, Yang's grandma dream) coupled with the forced behaviors from Rose, Lexie, and George just really killed any momentum this episode might have had. The scary thought? Did you see the previews for the new episode in two weeks? It looked like a bathtub fell through the ceiling into the OR. Oh no.
| Mer and Der | |
|---|---|
| Yang and Hunt | |
| George and Lexie | |
| Old Meredith and Old Yang | |
| Izzie and (Dead) Denny | |
| Karev and The I Miss Ava Brunette |
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