Grey's Anatomy: An Honest Mistake

(S05E16) "In Human please Doctor Yang." - Doctor Campbell

When I learned a few weeks back that Faye Dunaway was going to guest star this week, I was a tiny bit worried at what her role would be since Grey's Anatomy has not been very good lately at introducing new characters and Dunaway deserves better. Luckily for her, the role of Doctor Margaret Campbell was introduced with some humor and her presence helped Cristina become a better doctor while touching the topic of when doctors should retire.

Dunaway's performance as Doctor Campbell was solid; I totally bought her as a doctor who once was an OR God and who now must admit to herself that she isn't in her prime anymore and needs to retire.

What I enjoyed most about her storyline was her interaction with Yang. Campbell is right: Cristina is too set in her technological ways and needs to learn a few "dinosaur" tricks to become the best doctor possible. Cristina is at her best when pushed a little and that's what Campbell gave her, a push. Not only did it allow Cristina to learn what she could do when her gadgets can't be used, but it also allowed Cristina and Owen to grow a bit more as a couple since Campbell put them at odds.

Speaking of people on opposite sides, Derek and Addison continued their feud over medical procedures. I enjoyed the showdown between them last week but this week, it was getting old. I get it that Derek wanted to correct his mistakes at all cost but Addison was right about Jen's future as a woman and a mother. Was cutting her frontal lobe really a good option? Would she be able to live in this condition? Would they be able to save the baby? Derek was not seeing the big picture here since he was too focused on keeping Jen alive. It must not be easy for doctors to decide that they must let go of a patient. And I'm not surprised by Derek's reaction to let out his anger on Mark. The first punch he threw may have been because of Mark dating Lexie, but all the others were definitely out of anger to have lost a patient.

Congrats to LcsNJ for being the first a few weeks back to mention that Sadie more than likely mixed up the blood work and that Izzie must be the one with cancer. I was surprised though that Izzie decided to have the interns discover what she really has instead of asking Dr. Bailey or the Chief to check it out. Izzie said that the interns were not that good... I guess that Bailey's speech about Izzie & co. not being good doctors when they were interns helped Izzie decide to use her test results to teach the interns. However, going to Bailey or the Chief could have provided answers more quickly, no? Maybe Izzie doesn't want the Seattle Grace Powers That Be to know she is sick so not to be fired? Then again, Izzie did say she was sick of Seattle Grace... As you can see, it's not making sense to me even when I try to think it through. In any way, we now know for a fact that Izzie is not anemic and has something more serious.

I'm starting to like Arizona since she definitely is not like any other character. It's refreshing to see a character on GA who knows what she wants and who she is. Plus, I'm curious to see if ABC will let Grey's Anatomy have another lesbian love affair since they were quick to tank the Hahn/Callie one.

Oh, and George got a bit more screen time! However, his presence was not that useful to the episode... Seeing him get a few more seconds on screen every week looks like the show wanted to smooth things over, yet, prepare his exit. What do you think?

In case you didn't know, the next new episode of Grey's Anatomy is slated for March 12. In the meantime, ABC is said to air reruns of episode 5.08, "These Ties That Bind," and episode 4.13, "Piece of My Heart" the next two Thursdays.