Grey's Anatomy: Let The Truth Sting

ORIGINAL EPISODES, THURSDAYS @ 9PM ON ABC

Just like a few other shows in the past few weeks I'm not really sure what to say for last night's Grey's episode. It was just bleh. I mean, it wasn't all that bad; I did come away satisfied and no disappointed. I just didn't come away with that feeling you get in your gut when you just saw an amazing hour of television; when you can't wait to find out what's coming next or to talk to your friends about what just happened. It was just bleh. It was there and it was alright but nothing special.

Meredith and Derek are still bouncing around the hospital, both figuratively and literally. Derek, although recognizing he has a problem, still can't walk away from the relationship in which he is getting less than what he deserves. I agree with Mrs. Burke from last week, you have to walk away from a situation like this. Derek has been there for Meredith time and again yet she always chooses Christina or pretty much anything else over him. That's no way to be and he needs to get out. By her own admission Meredith acknowledged that she can't love even though she has a great man. The truth is that she's using her past as an excuse to be selfish. She could love if she really wanted to, it's just easier to be friends with people than to actually love someone because love is hard.

Speaking of Meredith and selfishness, she is still treating Lexie horribly. At first, I didn't understand how Lexie could be mad at Meredith tonight. From my perspective Meredith was ditched by her father, treated horribly by her mother, the one woman who was a good mother-figure to her died under her care, her father hit her and blames her for the death, and then her real mother dies. So in what world could Lexie, who grew up with the caring and loving father and family, be mad at Meredith who just wants to move on? Well, Bailey set me straight and I guess I understand now. Lexie was left in the dark about what happened to her mother. As far as she knew, Meredith had a rocky relationship with her father, her mother comes to the hospital where she's treated by Meredith for hiccups and dies, and Meredith treats her like dirt. Of course she's going to think Meredith basically killed her mother. In the end Meredith made a gesture; she read the death note to Lexie so she would know it was a freak chain of events that killed her mother. Maybe this is the beginning to a relationship for the two as sisters. It could be good for both of them, especially Meredith.

As for Callie, George and Izzie - Izzie is being incredibly selfish. She wants George to break it off and considers them in this together when it's George that needs to end the marriage, not her. Izzie has always been a bit selfish and self-centered so it's not all that much of a surprise. I feel bad for Callie in all this, I do. I mean, no matter what the situation no one should ever cheat. As much as I like George you don't do that; end the marriage then do whatever you want but don't cheat. However, Callie has to know that she married a man in the midst of an emotional upheaval. He was devastated by the death of his father. She should have told him to wait and then they would get married. Even if they never did at least she wouldn't have married a man who was in it for the wrong reasons. I was a bit shocked at how quickly it came out at the end of the episode. Next week should be very interested when Callie confronts Izzie.

Izzie's patient ("Really Old Guy" a.k.a. Charlie) was a refreshing breath of honest air in this place. With everyone walking around with secrets, it was nice when Charlie called them all out with his honesty. It was sad that he was so far down the road that he wanted nothing else but to die. I guess it's possible for us all to end up like that someday, it just makes it worse to see it happen. These are the kinds of stories that "Grey's" has been missing for a while now; those that tug on the heartstrings.

Now, I have a question. After watching "ER" for the last decade-plus, and especially Dr. Benton, I noticed that whenever a surgery comes up that's new, or at least new for that surgeon, they study for hours on end before performing the surgery. So how could Sloan and the Chief perform the tongue surgery without studying every possibly contingency? They had never performed a surgery like it before! It was irresponsible and probably the biggest mistake we've seen the Chief make in the past four years.

The worst move of the night belongs to who else but Alex. What in the world was he thinking when he told the other interns that George is a repeater? He can't stand to see anyone else get credit for anything. Just when Alex started becoming likable he shows his evil side once again. I feel terrible for George since the only reason he didn't pass the intern exam was because he couldn't concentrate with everything going on in his life. It's not even like he got the answers wrong, he just didn't answer.

Hopefully next week's episode will be better. With the Callie and Izzie confrontation looming it's already more exciting than this one.