I love all holiday episodes. This episode is no exception. I would have wanted more of the actual dinner, but you can’t have it all. Grey’s Anatomy is at its best when it uses a variety of genres in one episode. I was laughing non-stop throughout the episode, but I still felt bad for our characters. All in one Thanksgiving episode.

          It’s typical of Izzie to go completely psycho over a Thanksgiving dinner. But when I watch her on screen, I see myself. I am not good-looking. I am one of those holiday freaks who love having everyone around one table. I like having my friends all together laughing and talking. It’s what I like best. Now of course, all of the other interns don’t share her point of view. They’re all surgery-obsessed people who can’t leave fifty feet away from the hospital. Dr. Webber is the worst. After every hour, Bailey tells him to go home, but he always finds an excuse. Dr. Burke has to start every morning with a surgery. Cutting someone open is not a good way to start your day. I could never be a surgeon.

          Why did Meredith have to have such a sad case on Thanksgiving? Was it really necessary? I feel for Holden. How can he wake up one day after sixteen years of being a vegetable and go on with his life? What’s even more sickening is the fact that the nursery home didn’t catch the fact that he was semi-conscious? I like the way Holden kept his hopes alive. He said his wife has moved on and so has his son; it’s time he does the same. Doesn’t it feel weird that Meredith got that case out of all the others? At least she couldn’t infect him with her depression like the way she thinks she does.

          I don’t like the way she treats herself. She’s just going through a hard time; she isn’t just a mistress. Meredith is too hard on herself. Would it have really killed her to go have dinner with the rest of her friends? Seriously. Even Evil Spawn went inside for his girlfriend. Why couldn’t she go inside for her friends?

          If there’s one thing I can’t stand is an arrogant doctor. It really bugs me. The annoying Dr. Kent was transferred from Mercy West for on day. He was looking for one person: the Nazi. I like how Bailey made him believe that the Nazi was running around the hospital when he was looking at the Nazi every time he spoke to her. This is what I like about Bailey: she doesn’t have time to suck up to the attendings and she doesn’t have time to impress them. She doesn’t kiss-ass. That’s for sure. She bosses them around. But Bailey is in a tough position. She’s in her last year of residency and her fellowship is coming up, but she’s pregnant. What has Bailey decided to do? I also loved the way she announced her pregnancy. She spoke about it as if Cristina already knew. The hospital is all business for her. And that’s it.

          It’s no wonder that all non-doctors regard all doctors as inhuman. They expect the holidays to bring in new surgeries; they won’t people to break their legs anything else for that matter. Bailey blames all of this on the stupidity of the human race. Because Bailey said it, I concur.

Dear Diary

Meredith: I witnessed something terrible today. One of my patients, Holden, has been a vegetable for sixteen years. He wakes up today only to learn that the rest of the world has moved on: his mother has passed away, his wife remarried, and his son is seventeen years old. It just seemed so cruel to wake him up. But he was my patient. I was his doctor. We had to. He has been semi-conscious for the past sixteen years. No one ever knew. When we phoned the family, I knew we were expecting bad news. In the waiting room, I was able to pick off his wife no problem. In waiting rooms, all family relatives expect good news; she was the only one who looked like she had given up. She has given up. It had taken her awhile to get over her loss. The worst news: Holden died during a surgery. He died. I couldn’t believe it. He was going to move on. And he died.

Izzie: I love Thanksgiving. But the others don’t. They hate the holidays. It’s like Hell for them. What’s the big deal with just hanging out together? We never hang out. We’re in that hospital day after day. All we do is practice medicine. All we smell is medicine. All we breathe is medicine. I had hoped that everyone would be in the kitchen at nine. No one even came. I had to stay with Burke the whole day. He turned out to be a nice guy. Cristina started freaking when we actually became compatible and storms off. They all went to the hospital. How obsessive can one be? I feel for George. He said he had to kill a turkey and touch his dad’s ass. Wow.

Today’s Baileyisms

-          Bailey: “The stupidity of the human race, Grey. Be thankful for that.”

Quotable Quotes

-          Cristina: “What was I supposed to do? Blow off my boyfriend for Thanksgiving? (whispers to Cristina) I tried to. He wouldn’t blow. He’s like something sticky that won’t blow off.”

-          George: “I’m in the woods. With shotguns and liquor and car talk. It’s like Deliverance out here!”

-          Cristina: “I’m going to need some liquor. Lots and lots of liquor.”

-          Cristina: “Meredith’s a WASP, isn’t she? Liquor is like oxygen for WASPs.”

George: “Which is...why we’re out of liquor.”

-          Joe: “Hey, this is my boyfriend, Walter.”

Cristina: “Whatever, tell me you brought liquor.”

Joe: “I brought pie. Pumpkin.”

Cristina: “You’re a bartender!”

Joe: “Did you bring scalpels?”

-          Meredith: “I feel like one of those people who are so freaking miserable that they can’t be around normal people. Like I’ll infect the happy people. Like I'm some miserable, diseased, dirty ex-mistress.” No you won’t.

-          George: “Today I committed bird murder and I was forced to touch my dad’s ass. I get bonus points for showing up at all.”

Cristina: “I brought booze.”  Don’t forget the booze.

-          Addison: “Derek, are you done? Hurting me back? I mean because I need to know. Cause if not, I gotta special order a thicker skin or something.”

-          Webber: “Adele’s sister’s in town. I hate that woman.” Anything to keep him in the hospital.

-          Dr. Kent: “Whatever, there’s only one resident I want in my OR; a guy they call the Nazi. Do you know him?”

Bailey: “The Nazi?”

Dr. Kent: “He gets a great word of mouth, stellar rep, balls the size of Texas?”

Bailey: “That big? Sounds like an impressively talented man, this ‘Nazi.’” Gotta love Bailey.

Some Final Notes

-          Meredith sneaked out of the house in the morning. Sneaky Mer.

-          I loved watching the three O’Malley men yell out “O-MA-LLEY.” George went throught hell.

-          Addison met Derek on his ferryboat to ask if he wanted to have sex on Thanksgiving night. That was a shocker.

-          Derek says they never scheduled sex. In med school, they would be studying and eating bad chinese food and having sex whenever they needed. No plans.

-          Grey is not a fan of Thanksgiving.

-          Dr. Kent was an annoying jackass. He only wanted the Nazi on his side. Turns out the Nazi didn’t want him.

-          Cristina was telling Burke how to act. Like as if he’s never been in a social situation before.

-          I laughed when Cristina was looking all over the house for liquor.

-          George’s dad tells George that he wants them to be a family. George treats his family like they’re stupid and they treat him like he’s stupid. At least he got that point across.

-          Alex told Meredith he failed the medical boards.

-          Burke’s mother owns a restaurant in Alabama.

-          Cristina was excited when she found out a man had a wishbone in his throat. She was hoping he tore his oesophagus.

-          Joe is gay. I would have never thought.

-          I can’t believe Ronny shot his father in the ass.

-          George’s father was in awe when he heard George did open-heart surgery alone in an elevator.

-          Bailey came in on Thanksgiving because she needs all the practice she can get before the baby comes.

One of my favourite episodes. 5 stars

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