Six Days - Part Deux

How many hankies?
I’d give this one a four-hankie out of five.
(Denny dying remains the perfect five-hankie episode.)
Fatherhood kept bubbling to the top for me.
We learned about Mark’s lost chance of being a father.
Alex admitted he didn’t really have a father.
We watched Meredith’s delicate dance to avoid her father… then saw her (reluctantly) reach out to him.
The crowning moment was letting Mr. O’Malley go. George summed it up in the conference room saying that the man on machines “isn’t Dad.” The background music contributed, but I think I cried a river during that whole sequence. Removing the tube. The hand-holding. The last kiss. The flatline on the monitor. I boo-hooed hard.
Can I get an ‘Amen!’ for Izzie?
I love the fact she decided she’s “both” a surgeon and someone who cares a lot about her patients. When Bailey told Izzie she wished Izzie had bought the girl’s surgery in order to scrub in… I was mortified. That just seemed wrong! Even for Sergeant Bailey! Maybe she was trying to protect Izzie from more heartache down the road. Maybe it’s something Bailey knows a thing or two about. Maybe denying that part of herself is a manner of protection, and it’s something she had to learn to keep doing her job, every day. Bailey was certainly emotionally invested in the O’Malley case, wasn’t she…?
Alex and Addison are an interesting pair. They’re cute. And HOT. I’m not seeing a long-term thing here, though. I think Addison is feeling (more) loss, and she’s reaching out. But I think Alex is the one who has real potential for heartbreak. His stammering in the surgery-viewing room told the whole story. He’s got it bad.
Thank goodness for ear plugs. People who last in relationships know that overlooking or learning to live with some (unpleasant) things is part of the deal. I’m kind of hoping, though, that the mundane daily life of Meredith and Derek doesn’t become part of the ongoing plotline. I am missing some of their chemistry and magic. Where are the butterflies and starry gazes? (By the way, I loved that Meredith actually took advice from her Dad.)
What is WITH Mark Sloan? Does he really FIT in this show anymore? He just seems like a cold, grumpy, self-centered, sex-crazed, condescending, narcissistic SOB! He’s not even good looking to me, anymore. I’m ready for something to materialize with him, or he should go back to New York. I am sort of feeling that way about Callie, too. Now that George’s father has passed away, I think George and Callie need to figure things out or move on. Of course, if you believe the previews… it looks like George and Callie will be spending A LOT of time together. What did George say to Izzie about depositing the check? “Gather ye rosebuds…” Guess he will be gathering his, too. I am really hoping for something more suitable for Callie to come up. (Pardon the pun.) I have never really bought into the whole Callie-thinks-George-is-her-McDreamy thing. Just hasn't been believable for me. But I LIKE Callie. And I LOVE George.
I'm really tired of Cristina and Burke. Grow up! Do you love each other or not? Do you just like to taunt and torture each other? I guess because I don't know anyone remotely like those two, I just cannot relate. I don't understand being mean to someone you supposedly love... even if both of you have egos the size of the universe. And I'll admit that some of the real-life behavior by actor Isaiah Washington is disturbing me. It's just not okay to say the word "faggot" -- much less use it in reference to someone -- even if you're DENYING, at the Golden Globes, that you said it in the first place. Uh-huh. Okay. Yeah. Whatever.
Can't wait for the next ALL NEW episode, though. I'm a Grey's junkie. I admit it.