Grey's Anatomy writer Jenna Bans, who authored last night's episode, has posted her thoughts on "There's No 'I' in Team" on the writers' blog.

Below is an excerpt, with a link to the full version at the bottom.

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What I love about “The Shepherd Method” (how awesome was that American Neurosurgery magazine – props to the props people!) is that both Meredith and Derek have completely valid arguments. Meredith, as Bailey points out, did work her ass off on that clinical trial.

And it was totally her idea.

However, Derek is the attending and in the medical world, would absolutely get the credit. So it’s a classic professional standoff – complicated by the fact that these two people share a bed. Now if Meredith did the clinical trial with say, Erica Hahn, could we see her getting all riled up?

Think about that. Not a chance, right? (Not like anyone in their right mind would ever pick a fight with Erica Hahn anyway) So it’s not just about the medicine, or about the principle of the thing, it’s also about Mer’s hurt that Derek never said thank you. There are feelings involved.

Big picture point is, when you fall in love and move in with your sort of boss, the personal bleeds on over into the professional, and it gets messy. And happily for us writers who are constantly looking for ways to exploit the Mer-Der drama, there’s no easy way out of that.

As Bailey tells Derek in the end, he’s gonna have to learn to live in the mess.

It’s not simple. But it’s fun to watch. And if anyone can wade through it and make a kidney in a jar look all fun and sexy, it’s these two.

Izzie and Alex, huh? I don’t know about you, but I’ve felt that kiss coming on for weeks. Kind of like a good flu. Iz takes a huge leap of faith tonight – telling Alex, I’m on your team and I’m not going anywhere. That’s a brave lady.

Continue reading Jenna's column here ...

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