I’m guessing the whole episode was about seizing the day and Carpe Diem. This was a nice episode. It wasn’t huge or was it significant to the overall story, but it had some nice moments. I loved Savvy’s story and how it affected a lot of the doctors in the hospital. It was a nice episode with a nice message.

          The Savvy storyline was interesting. Her mother died of ovarian cancer and since it’s genetic, Savvy fears she’ll get it. She and her husband are good friends of the Shepherds. They come to Seattle to see Addison. She wants Addison to remove her uterus. I thought about what Izzie said. If a man were to remove the only organ that made him a male, it would feel like castration. Why isn’t it the same with a woman? I understand what she was saying. If I had cancer, I would fight like hell to survive. I wouldn’t rely on procedures that would render me fake and superficial. I wouldn’t feel good about myself. I was surprised to see Addison so easily give up on her friend. She became her doctor rather than the very person Savvy needed the most, her friend.

          This was a hard decision to make. Savvy knew that she would instantaneously go through menopause, lose her real breasts, and lose her sex drive. But she only had a fifteen per cent chance of not getting cancer. What would you chose? It’s hard to put yourself in this situation, but it’s inevitable in order to truly understand the story. It brings up more questions…about yourself and the person you love. I’m going in deep now. Savvy was trying to figure out if she was strong enough to go through with the surgery. Looks aren’t that important to her. They are not as important as they should be at least. And I liked the fact that she didn’t back down. She made her decision and she stayed by that decision with or without her husband.

          Weiss had a lot of soul searching to do. Was his wife just there to be screwed or did he really love her? Weiss in a way is exactly like Derek. There’s a difference though: Weiss stayed by his wife. He stayed by her when times were rough; Derek didn’t. Both couples are alike. They are young, good-looking people in the same situation. Their marriage is in trouble. Weiss prevented himself from hating his wife. He is with her now and they’ll grow old and grey together.

          I’m a sucker for these kinds of stories. Mr. and Mrs. Sorrento are a couple. Both are in their mid-sixties and both are willing to keep secrets to protect one another. Meredith first tells Mr. Sorrento that his wife has four-six months. He begs her not to tell his wife. Bailey orders Meredith to tell the patient. Mrs. Sorrento doesn’t want her husband to know. It would be devastating for him and she’d rather protect him from the truth. He wouldn’t have to wait for her death. I thought this to be beautiful. Get over it. Let’s compare this couple to the Shepherds. Rather than wanting each person to suffer, the Sorrentos hope for each other to be happy. Addison and Derek are keen on making each other hurt rather than doing what’s right: forgiving each other. What I liked even more is the fact that the Sorrentos are going on vacation at the end of the month to Venice. They want to take a gondola on a river and live together for eternity. Am I wrong? Isn’t that how couples should act?

Dear Diary

George: I understand. There aren’t happy endings and there aren’t pigeons that will sweep me up from my feet. Mr. Vargas fell from the fifth floor and lived to tell the story. I thought he fell accidentally; he was a jumper. In my mind, if I was a jumper who lived, doesn’t that mean that I’m meant to live? That’s what I would think. And then he had the nerve to lie to me about Daisy. He left her ten years ago. How can he expect me to make them a couple again if he left her the way he did? And when I finally see him smile, he dies. How does that happen? Seriously. How does he just die on the table? I had finally given him a reason to live…or so I had made him think. And he made the pigeon die for no reason. That pigeon saved my life. I could have died.

Izzie: I don’t get it. Men consider losing their penises as a way of castration. They lose the only symbol of their manhood. So, why is removing a uterus and breasts not considered castration? This just shows what type of world we live in. Women are inferior to men. They have made for us a world to live in where the same rules don’t apply to them. Alex told me he loves my rack. Yeah I’m sure he does. But then he tells me that he would love me for me if I lost my rack and my sex drive. I didn’t think he could say that. So I slapped him. And then I kissed him. What do you want from me? He’s gorgeous. He’s nice. He’s hot. He’s funny. I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore.

Today’s Baileyisms

-          “We’re all part of the cosmic joke. Now, leave me alone.”

-          “I’m hungry. I’m tired. You’re in my way.”

-          “I’m pregnant you blind moron.”

Quotable Quotes

-          Alex: “Izzie, I kissed you, with tongue, and I plan to do it again and again - get used to it. End of discussion.”

-          Burke: “So...It’s date night.”

Cristina: “Yeah, it’s a night...with a date.”

-          George: “You lived. We both did. Carpe diem, man. ‘Seize the Day!’”

Fall Guy: “Any chance you can make him leave?”

Cristina: “I really, really wish I could.”

-          Addison: “Medicine aside, our friends are going through hell in there, and we can’t even act like we like each other long enough to help them.”

-          Meredith: “Oh, yeah, my ex-boyfriend moved his wife to Seattle. Reason? To torture me.”

-          Cristina: “Plus I’ve already spent an hour picking bird parts out of the guy. I’m over it.”

George: “Carpe diem.”

Meredith: “Right, you and my forehead. I’m beginning to look how I feel. Carpe that.”

George: “This is the luckiest day in the world!”

Cristina: “Tell that to the bird.”

-          Izzie: “You’d look hot in any of them.”

Cristina: “Clearly! But that's not the point.” This was the best.

-          George: “It’s easy to get nervous on dates. It’s especially hard if you're out of practice so you’ve just got to be mellow—“

Cristina: “Yeah, I know how to date, George. How about you?”

-          Izzie (about Savvy): “I couldn’t do it.”

Alex: “What? Make yourself all hot and sexy for your boyfriend like Yang?”

Cristina: “Go wrestle something.”

-          Cristina: “I can do hot in my sleep! I look hot in scrubs! I’m a hot person.”

-          Derek: “Well, this is fun, again. Love the Hello Kitty, by the way. Very pink. Very cheerful.”

Some Final Notes

-          Addison waits for Derek on the ferry boats. That must ruin it for him.

-          Meredith’s pimple was huge. Addison had to be there to see it. That woman is everywhere. I loved the Hello Kitty band-aid.

-          Alex says he plans on kissing Izzie again and again.

-          Bailey got five offers for a fellowship. She doesn’t know which one she wants

-          BECAUSE SHE’S PREGNANT. I don’t understand something. Does her pregnancy prevent her from doing a fellowship? I didn’t understand that.

-          Webber was going crazy when he thought Bailey wouldn’t accept his fellowship. She’s pregnant you blind moron.

-          I didn’t really like the Mr. Vargas storyline. I was expecting more from it. He’s a jumper who survived who turned out to be a fake. It was a subtle storyline, but it could have been better.

-          Cristina trying on her dresses was hysterical. She really is sexy. I didn’t know she could look that good in a dress.

-          Izzie asks Alex how it would feel for him to lose his penis. He answers by saying he has a lot to spare. Only Alex would say that.

-          Vargas’ girlfriend works in the hospital in the Billing department.

-          Burke assumed Cristina was going to have lobster. She was going to have steak. They are polar opposites.

-          Oh, I forgot to mention the man who had a heart attack a few tables down from Cristina. Burke and Cristina are a great team. I love them together. And if you guessed, I like Burke a bit more now.

-          Cristina tells Burke that this was the best date ever. I’m glad.

Not the best. 2 stars. Should it be higher?

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