Assorted thoughts on last night’s Grey’s…

Posted by Dan February 2nd, 2007 at 12:25pm In Grey's Anatomy

Imagine you have an exquisite, rare songbird that is in a cage in your house.  Despite your efforts to coax it, though, she never sings.  It's frustrating and you nearly give up.  But then, one clear August day, she puffs out her little bird chest and opens her beak and starts to sing. 

And all that comes out is Manilow.

That's what Grey's Anatomy was like last night, as Meredith's mom regained her lucidity and immediately began sucking.  She was all lip-pursing and crazy-eyed, telling Meredith that she was horrible.  I mean, she is, but for none of the reasons that Mama Grey said.  But I guess it's all water under the bridge at this point, because by the end of the episode she was back at square one.

I don't know how I feel about Addison sexin' it up with McSteamy again.  On one hand, she's kind of spinning her emotional wheels, but on the other hand — hot sex.  I did like the little "I'm not thinking about you" bit at the end, but I'm guessing the lesbian commenter mini-mafia were none too pleased about the whole escapade.  But, then again, I'm sure they were thrilled with her little running-into-the-toxic-O.R. adventure.  So there was something for everyone. 

So then we have the marriage proposals.  I missed the first few minutes of the show, and I was a little grossed out to discover George and Callie actually went to Vegas and got married.  Especially since by the end of the episode she had picked an annoying fight with him, making him give a little sermon to Christina, Meredith and Izzie at the end that didn't really appear to be all that necessary.  Maybe I just missed something in the beginning.  As far as Christina and Burke go, this is going to make it really hard for them to kill him off (according to my masterplan).  If we have another "my fiance died, let's lie on the floor in a prom dress and then act like assholes for the rest of the season," Grey's is going to officially be on probation.