George was not a saint. He cheated on Callie (and please don't give me the whole "he and Izzie loved each other" line, it's still wrong). He continued to hold out hope for Meredith despite knowing she was in love with someone else and then slept with her knowing how emotionally fragile she was (not that she doesn't bear some blame in that). When he failed his intern year, he stopped hanging around with the core group and started hanging around with other interns, then when he passed, he dumped the other interns as friends and went back to the core group.
Overall I really liked George. He was a good character and he was a great counter-balance for Alex. However I think it's unfair to both of them to pit them against each other. So Alex doesn't remember George as fondly as Meredith and Cristina do. I bet Derek doesn't remember Addison as fondly as Mark does. This idea that because Alex is willing to admit that he wasn't George's biggest fan that he's a total ass has been proven over and over again to be untrue.
All that said, I do miss George, even if I found him obnoxious and self-righteous at times. He was a sweet and caring doctor with a legitimate interest in patients. I disliked Izzie on the whole, but her friendship with George was one of my favorite parts of the first several seasons. He was generally supportive of his friends and obviously cared about people as a whole, instead of just their medical issues (a flaw that Cristina struggles with).
Did anyone else wonder if the person Addie is talking to is an adoption caseworker? It would make sense since she told Sam she still wants a baby, she's talking about making plans that don't work out (her being able to conceive naturally) and then discussing what kind of mother she hopes to be. Just wondering if that thought popped into anyone else's head.
I think that EJ's the one selling information. That would explain why she took whatever it was from her agent's arm. It would also put her quitting NCIS into context. She could have been using her uncle for information and since he's not SecNav anymore, she might be worried about getting caught. It would make sense with Tony's face when he opened the file. Obviously her story isn't done, or they wouldn't have given us that clip of her taking the item from under her agent's skin and then not explained it by the end of the episode (and season).
I thought it was pretty awesome as well. Just wish we got more of Abby interacting with the team more. She seems to mostly just talk to Gibbs so far this season. I'd like some more interaction, please!!
@BJ VanDewater - Teddy's reaction wasn't really over the top in context. She's not mad that he's flirting with her, she's mad that he's using it as a way into surgeries instead of using the brains she knows he has. I very much doubt any woman would honestly object to being flirted with by Jackson, but as she said "batting your eyelashes at me when I'm inside a chest cavity?". I really like the fact that Teddy seems to focus so much on teaching and working with her residents, as some of the other residents seem to lose that focus at times.
I loved this episode. I'm not sure which I liked better, Ziva and the British guy, or Palmer's completely inappropriate jokes. And as always, Abby rocked my world.
I have a theory that the gunman is aiming for Derek and April throws herself in the way of the bullet. Then next season Derek has to deal with the fact that someone died instead of him.
I enjoyed the episode, though I felt it was uneven in some areas. I really loved Alex's and Cristina's storylines. I felt Derek's wasn't working. While I understand his dilemna, I just wasn't getting enough of a feeling of how difficult this was for Derek. Could have been a result of the pacing of the show. I also wasn't really feeling the Callie storyline, it just seemed like a plot device for them to realize it wouldn't work, and it wasn't as well done as it should have been. I'm really enjoying seeing Webber in his role as a surgeon and exploring that avenue, though I'm fairly certain Derek will ultimately hand the Chief-ship back to Webber, as he doesn't seem to be cut out for the stresses of it. Owen's a jackass in my opinion and doesn't seem to be worthy of the admiration that Teddy or Cristina heap on him. I also actually like Alex and Lexie together. I don't think it's going to be a long-term relationship, but I think it will be the one they both need to grow and move on from failed relationships and past mistakes.
It's not that bad. I thought it was cute, especially the whole "we were on a break" thing from Pierce. Obviously someone has seen Friends a couple of times too many. I always wondered whether they had worked those issues out. I like that we see what Charles means when he talks about Reed not even knowing he's alive. If you don't want to watch these, by all means don't. No one's going to make you.
Where on earth are you people getting this whole Teddy splitting Calzona up thing? Because I'm not seeing it. I don't think Owen actually said her friend was male or female, but even if he did say it was a woman, that doesn't automatically make it her girlfriend. It could have been her best friend from childhood or something. Arizona liking her scrub cap and saying "I like her" doesn't mean that she's going to going running after her. It means that she might have finally found a friend of her own from the hospital. She and Teddy seem to be of the same personality (fairly happy people who are serious about their jobs). And if you watched the episode, you would see that Teddy has serious feelings for Owen. Even if she is bi (which I've seen no evidence of period), I don't think they're going to be running from her caring deeply for Owen to "hey, here's a happy coupled up lesbian, let me seduce her". Come on people. I love Arizona and Callie together too, but I just don't see what everybody is going on about.
If you were Alex, would you really want to be hanging out with all the happy cheerful couples while your wife's run out on you and you're stuck with her medical bills? My question is where's Callie and Adele? I see Arizona and the Chief, surely they didn't leave their better (literally) halves home?
TDS, thank you for your thoughtful, well-stated personal opinion. I understand how you feel. I'll try to write a post that runs contrary to popular opinion on here and I either get ignored or attacked. I happen to like several relationships that aren't well-liked apparently (Mexie, A/I, etc.) and sometimes just mentioning how cute I thought they were in a particular episode gets me posts commenting on how I must be an idiot, immature, etc. to like such a couple, how incestuous, abusive, etc. said couple is and so forth. It's gotten to the point where some of the time I don't even post because I don't feel the need to have my opinion savaged by other people. I don't write that anyone needs to "love" my couples more than others, and I don't attack the other couples beyond stating why I personally don't care for them, but that doesn't seem to stop people on this site. Who knows, I might get blasted for this post, for stating that I'm tired of getting tirades just for stating my opinion. Go figure. It's amazing how normal adults can get so vicious and worked up over characters that don't exist.
Everyone keeps saying they don't understand why Izzie didn't tell George herself. Well I do. Imagine your best friend, the person you care about, that you empathize with and share with, who supposedly knows you better then anyone else. Now imagine telling that person that you had stage 4 malignant cancer that had spread to your liver, skin and brain. That you probably only had a few months to live. That the treatment was intensive, painful and only gave you a five percent survival shot. Can you imagine telling someone you loved that? Imagine what that would do to your best friend. How heartbreaking it would be. I'm not saying she wouldn't have ever told him, but I'm saying she would have put it off as long as possible, because she didn't want to put that burden off on him. Or really any of them.
At first I thought it was odd that she goes to Cristina, but the more I think about it, the more sense it makes. Izzie's scared right now, but she also knew something was wrong. She wants options, possible treatments, chances of survival rates. This is information Cristina can give her. If she goes to Alex or George, they're going to go all emotional on her, inspirational "you can fight this stuff". That's not bad, but it's not what she's looking for right now either. I watched the video that greysaddiction posted the link to for Izzie and George fans. I always preferred Izzie with Alex romantically, but her and George's friendship meant the world to me. Watching this video will remind you of how wonderful it was and how ridiculous they're playing it out now. I don't know what's going on with the actors, writers, producers, etc., whether someone's being a drama queen (or king). But I know that the viewers that keep this show in the ratings deserve more from this friendship then what we've been given lately.
Arizona did kiss Callie, but after she found out that Callie had only been with one other woman, she turned down the date Callie offered her because she said Callie "had no experience and was a newborn". When Callie came up to her at the bar and started pointing out everything she had to offer, Arizona pointed out that she was with a date.
This was actually a very intense, but good episode. I like seeing Gizzie again. I liked the debate between Meredith and Alex on who's "guy" was right. I liked seeing Mark get up the courage to come clean to Derek about Lexie. I liked seeing them take a twist with the whole Callie-Arizona story. I liked seeing Callie stick up for herself and what she has to offer. I liked seeing Bailey tell the Chief off. And I loved the very wonderful moments between Cristina and Owen and when Dr. Campbell asked what Cristina would have left in forty years. This was a pretty excellent episode and I have to give kudos to the writers for once.
There was actually a Gizzie scene where he's trying to ask her for help because he's writing a recommendation for Bailey's peds residency application. Bailey was trying to get other stuff done and blew Izzie off and she was mad at Bailey, so she told George to write that Bailey was an ass. It was funny to be honest. We also got to see George interacting with Bailey which was great, because I always really liked their relationship. Oddly we didn't see much between Izzie and Alex this episode.
This should annoy some people. I'm pro-death penalty and I agree with Cristina. The guy was judged. Not by the doctors, but by a jury of twelve peers who found him guilty. As shown in the preview, he's been turned down on all of his appeals. He wants to be paralyzed, just to avoid execution. I'm not really a fan of Derek's, but for once I agree with him. Meredith's too much of a Pollyanna for me, she thinks everyone deserves extra chances. I think that some people use their extra chances the first time they commit a truly vicious, cruel or inhumane crime and they SHOULD have to pay for it. No killing the person doesn't make you better then them. But why the heck should they get to live out the rest of their natural life living on free room and board at the local prison. Why should good people have to pay to keep these animals?
Here's the thing. I'm fine with the Callie as bisexual/lesbian thing. I think her relationship with Erica was very well portrayed (in the beginning) especially building the friendship first. And then about three episodes into season 5, I think they threw it to hell. First off was Callie running to Erica going "I slept with Sloan, I might never see leaves". Creepy and how many people admit they might have cheated on each other? Then the absolute ridiculous fight between them over Izzie and Hahn just absolutely disappearing. Unrealistic to the extreme. Now all of a sudden, after weeks of agonizing over her sexuality, she starts drooling the minute an intern smiles at her? Seriously people? Callie is not a, well I guess we'd say "persson" hopper now. Her relationship with George was built up slowly, same with Erica and Mark and her's relationship has been a long process. Callie never just jumped around from person to person (unlike some characters I could name, but won't). I'm fine with her being with girls, but I'm not fine with her suddenly being a giant flirt going after any pretty blonde that winks at her. It's ridiculous and completely out of character.
I think it's great that Alex got it. He actually talked like a surgeon, telling Cristina what he was going to do and how he had done it before. Everyone else was like "give me the surgery cause I'm your friend and a good person". Whoopee! I think Cristina made a good choice.
Does anyone else think that Cristina had a point about Meredith not being able to seperate her personal and professional life? I'm sure I'm going to get yelled at for picking on Meredith, but seriously. Izzie came to Cristina and told her about great sex, George came and told her he's grown as a doctor (don't get me wrong, he really has), and Meredith said pick me cause I deserve it. But Alex came to her and told her exactly what he would do and how he's done it before. She picked Alex because he was the only one who talked like a surgeon, not a friend. The thing people are forgetting is that this isn't just a solo surgery, it's a patient. A patient with leg cancer who needs an amputation. Cristina is literally putting that guy's life in one of their hands and she choose the person she believed knew what he was doing. I'm so sick of the Dizzie storyline. I was glad to see George talking to Alex about Izzie, even if he got defensive. And it was nice to see Alex turn to Meredith when he was freaking out about the surgery and Izzie not being there. I've mentioned before how much I love the Alex/Meredith friendship and how we don't see much of it anymore. Totally hate Sadie/Callie. It's just wrong.
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Overall I really liked George. He was a good character and he was a great counter-balance for Alex. However I think it's unfair to both of them to pit them against each other. So Alex doesn't remember George as fondly as Meredith and Cristina do. I bet Derek doesn't remember Addison as fondly as Mark does. This idea that because Alex is willing to admit that he wasn't George's biggest fan that he's a total ass has been proven over and over again to be untrue.
All that said, I do miss George, even if I found him obnoxious and self-righteous at times. He was a sweet and caring doctor with a legitimate interest in patients. I disliked Izzie on the whole, but her friendship with George was one of my favorite parts of the first several seasons. He was generally supportive of his friends and obviously cared about people as a whole, instead of just their medical issues (a flaw that Cristina struggles with).
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