I've heard some comments on other boards that Callie crying over Erica leaving was unrealistic, because she had more of a relationship with George, and didn't seem that upset when they split. The thing is, Callie knew something was wrong with George and her's relationship. She knew it was on the rocks, and I don't think it came as much of a surprise when it finally ended. In Erica's case, their relationship had barely begun, they were just in the first steps. And then they have one major fight, and Erica just disappears on her. No make-up, no goodbyes, nothing, she just leaves. No wonder it broke Callie up so much. It's one thing to lose a relationship you know isn't working and hasn't been for a while (e.g. her and George), it's another for someone to just abandon you when you've only begun getting to know one another. Also Callie and Erica weren't just lovers, they were friends first, something she never had with George. So she lost out in two ways. Just my opinion, but I thought it should be mentioned, since so many people seem to think the Grey's writers just put it in there for stupidity or something.
I agree that Cristina's lack of teaching skills (to the interns) contributed to them starting the club. But as Cristina pointed out, they ALL had interns in that room. All five of the residents (our original five) weren't teaching the way they should have. And yes, Cristina was aware they were up to something, but all she knew about were the sutures and she told them to shut it down. And Cristina assumed they would, because she's scary for one, and because she thought they'd realize how stupid it was. There's no way Cristina could have made the leap from "they're making tiny cuts and putting in stitches" to "hey, let's take out an appendix". The interns should have far more punishment then they seem to be getting, especially Sadie. Lexie at least tried to back out of it before it went too far. But if I was the Chief, I'd have already kicked Sadie out of the program. As far as the age difference between Mark and Lexie, anyone who's done the math knows that age seems to fly out the window when it comes to Grey's hookups. Don't hate on Mark for doing basically the same thing Derek is doing, or that Addison and Alex did/Burke and Cristina did. For that matter, I'm willing to bet there was a decent age difference between Izzie and Denny. It doesn't mean we don't love the couples anyways. Sorry this is so long, just needed to rant!
I think it's going to be amazing, whatever it is. We finally get to see Cristina being interested in pursuing a relationship, instead of the other way around. I think she's finally ready to open up the possibility of being with someone.
There were two sweet moments between Cristina and Owen. One when she showed up at the hospital and he was waiting on a trauma, and he was all word-less (in his words, later) and finally asked how she got there so fast. She told him she lived across the street. At the end of the episode, she walks home and he's sitting on her steps. She asks if he wants to come in and he says he doesn't think it would be appropriate. She asks if he wants to go somewhere and he says no. So she just sits down beside him. He stares at her for a moment and then tells her "I think you're beautiful). She doesn't say anything and it just switches to another scene with them just sitting there. A very quiet but lovely moment.
I think this was a much better written episode than last week's, the Dizzie situation aside. In an interview for TV Guide last summer, Shonda said that the biggest love story this season was going to be between Meredith and Cristina, the journey that their friendship takes. I think we're beginning to see part of that. And I think that maybe the residents (the original five interns) are finally going to step up and start taking responsibility for their interns, instead of letting them run loose like they have been. I also loved seeing more of George, the Bailey-Callie conversation, the tidbit we got of Sloan's past, and Derek bringing a "stray" home. I think it's great that someone is encouraging Meredith to form a relationship with her half-sister. I also liked how the Chief acknowledged how Meredith and Cristina have matured. I think next week's episode is going to be pretty interesting.
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