This is when shows work best: when they mix professional life with personal life. This episode had it all. I loved the party scenes; especially watch Cristina go all psycho. But our characters deserve some fun. Plus: Meredith got down and dirty with McDreamy while getting caught by a certain someone.

          Izzie planned the party that goes out of control. Her boyfriend is coming in to see her; she wants to impress him. Hank doesn’t care for her doctor friends. He cared for her model friends. That life is so over. I don’t see why Izzie thought planning a party could impress a guy. Anyway, he turns her down, leaving her in the hospital all night. How do people just do that? When I’m off work, I run for my house…or anywhere else for that matter. But they are surgeons. It’s a whole different ballpark.

This would explain Meredith’s need to go crazy in her house. She is going through a lot. All her mother’s paperwork, her estate, her medical care are being transferred under Meredith’s name. I can certainly understand her frustration when her mother refuses to sign the paperwork. Meredith is surprisingly patient. For a short while. Then she realizes that her mother’s lawyers are incompetent. Why did they wait this long to sign the papers? Ellis doesn’t have unlimited time. She also has periods where she’s extremely lucid and periods where she’s not. But Meredith can’t be there every second of the day. She has a life and more importantly, a demanding job.

Responsibility is our major theme this week. All these adults are all grown up, yet no one really wants to be an adult. With adulthood comes responsibility. What’s responsibility? Meredith slices through her glove. She feels responsible for Mrs. Patterson’s condition. But at first, Meredith can’t accept responsibility. Did she really cause the huge tear in her heart? We don’t know. I’m glad she confessed though. It shouldn’t have been in front of Mr. Patterson, but she at least confessed. She takes responsibility for her actions. I keep saying that word and it hurts my ears.

And so does Burke. He knows that he’s in a position of authority. He knows he needs to set a good example for his interns and residents. I have to admit that I liked the way Bailey handled the situation. Going straight to the chief would have been inconsiderate. She gave Burke the opportunity to explain himself. He did what he had to do. He stands up for Grey in the meeting. He confesses about his own mistakes. Oh and in the end, he kisses Cristina.

Didn’t Cristina learn anything from Meredith’s struggling relationship with McDreamy? Dating your boss is a bad idea. Meredith and Derek thought they were being sneaky in his car until the Nazi comes out and finds them having fun in Derek’s car. Is Meredith in for it now or what? The Nazi is going to be on fire again. But I think there’s going to be a difference in the relationships. Where is Meredith and Derek like expressing their love openly (to some degree), Cristina and Burke will without a doubt be more subtle. Cristina is not someone to spread the newsflash that she’s dating an attending. That’s just my thought.

Dear Diary

Meredith: How much longer can I pretend this thing with my mom isn’t real? I feel like I have to tell someone. I don’t have time to cater to everyone’s needs at the nursing home. Why did they wait this long to transfer the paper work to me? I tell myself that I shouldn’t have gotten angry, but I think I had to. I’m working 100-hour weeks and I seriously don’t have time for incompetence. Today, I faced a lawsuit and a chance to get kicked off the program. That was fun. It’s just there’s only so much I can handle. So I came home then just started drinking. I didn’t care if the house was being torn apart. I didn’t care. Oh and the worst of the worst: Bailey saw me having sex with Derek. This should be fun.

Cristina: I don’t know what I did. I couldn’t help it. I just went into his room and that was it. He was dropping hints. He gave me a coffee which I found to be extremely weird. I took it and that was it. And then he had to go save Meredith’s ass and I felt attracted. Whatever it’s no big deal. It happened. Don’t even get me started about what might be next for us. As far as I’m concerned…I don’t know. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. Oh and I have to tell you about the party. I don’t remember a thing, but I do remember being heavily drunk. What? I can have as much fun as the next person. Anyway, I was stuck cleaning up Meredith’s house. I hate cleaning.

Today’s Baileyisms

-          “You could touch that, but I’d have to kill you.”

-          “We’re not gonna talk about it is what’s going to happen, we clear? Or you had too much alcohol to understand me?”

Quotable Quotes

-          Cristina: “You invited the preschoolers to Meredith’s house. The next thing you’ll say is you invited the shrinks. (Izzie looks away) She invited mental defects. This party’s DOA.”

-          Izzie: “Hank just needs to realize that doctors can have fun. We’re not all workaholics with God complexes.”

Cristina: “We ARE workaholics with God complexes.”

-          Meredith: “We’re adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?”

-          Izzie: “You have a very annoying way of sneaking up on people. Maybe if you were a little less creepy.”

Alex: “I wouldn’t come anyway. I hate big parties.”

-          Meredith: I’m not driving. I’m not on call. I'm in my own house. My life is crap. And it’s my party and I’ll get drunk if I want to.” Somebody make sure she doesn’t slit her wrists.

-          Cristina: “You must be Hank... he’s very large and hockey-like. No, Izzie’s not here right now.”

George: “You and Izzie will give birth to very tall blonde people. Kind of like Barbies.”

Hank: “Izzie said she was going to be at home, she didn’t say there was gonna be a party.”

Meredith: “Which pisses both of us off.”

-          Izzie (seeing the party’s mess): “Holy Mother of Destruction.”

Meredith: “You missed Doctor Palooza.”

Izzie: “Apparently you didn’t.”

Meredith: “I should probably never speak to you again.”

-          George: “Do you even know who’s that was?”

Izzie: “I’m hoping it was yours.”

George: “Nope.”

Some Final Notes

-          I’m always surprised with people’s attitude towards lawsuits. Mr. Patterson was eagerly waiting to win a lot of money. He didn’t even let her explain. That was surprising.

-          Mr. Sterman was hysterical. Izzie would come in every so often to ask if he pooped. I laughed when he yelled through the window that he pooped.

-          I can’t believe Burke left a towel in Mrs. Drake’s thoracic cavity. We all make mistakes, right?

-          Mr. Frost is addicted to Demerol. He’s been to seven hospitals in four months.

-          Alex can’t follow orders. He can’t stand authority. When Dr. Shepherd tells him to stars a central line, he completely disobeys him. He pisses me off.

-          The jocks of the hospital according to Cristina: surgery, trauma, plastics. Peds are preschoolers.

-          The whole hospital found about the part—even the patients. The funniest moment was when Bailey asked if she was invited the party. George had to say yes.

-          How odd was it when Burke offered Cristina a coffee? That felt like it came out of nowhere.

-          I never knew Bailey could look that good. She looked great at the party Chandra Wilson is beautiful.

-          Speaking of the Nazi, she is going to give Derek and Meredith a hard time. We all saw the way she stared at Derek on the stairs.

-          Alex’s father was an artist and an addict.

-          I laughed when Izzie grabbed someone’s beer from the table. She had no idea who that belonged to. George giving her a face was hysterical.

This was good. Four stars

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