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Post by trinity on Apr 4, 2013 17:09:33 GMT -5
MEREDITH ASKS CRISTINA TO TAKE ON A BIG ROLE IN HER CHILDREN'S LIVES, ON ABC'S "GREY'S ANATOMY"
"She's Killing Me" - Upon receiving some unsettling news, Meredith and Derek take preventative steps for their children's future; a group of Syrian doctors arrive at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for a crash course in basic surgical skills that they plan to apply in the field; and April decides to come clean to Matthew regarding the truth about her virginity. Meanwhile, multiple pre-op patients develop infections, causing one doctor to wonder if she is at fault, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, APRIL 4 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Grey's Anatomy" stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt, Jessica Capshaw as Arizona Robbins, Jesse Williams as Jackson Avery and Sarah Drew as April Kepner.
Guest cast TBA.
"She's Killing Me" was written by Debora Cahn and directed by Nicole Rubio.
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Post by browncoatwhit on Apr 4, 2013 21:06:44 GMT -5
"Mer -- you had me at lethal injection." That has GOT to be the line of the night!
I really liked the Syrian civil war subplot, although April's theft issues should have her ass fired. (Anyone else question how two those two Syrian docs get through airport security with all those electronics?? One of my friends was put on no-flight list for being from Kenya and having only a memory stick in his pocket!) I HATE the set-up against Bailey. Poor Bailey is not getting adequate respect this season.
I do like to see Cristina actually investing consideration into Owen, and worrying about what he's going through. I loved watching her face as she realized how wrapped up Owen is in Ethan's situation. Before the end of the season, I do expect Cristina to turn around and tell Meredith that she'll sign the forms and become legal guardian for Zola & Fetus. (Only if it happens in the next-to-last episode, then I DO expect something terminal to happen to Owen in the season finale. Just sayin'...)
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Post by shc0102 on Apr 5, 2013 9:55:14 GMT -5
Very quite here.. so I will go!!
Overall the episode was strictly OK. I did like that Cristina didn't say yes to Meredith and also that Meredith didn't push it. I also liked how Webber somehow still is quite the authoritative figure and everyone listens to him. He definitely looks like the one to hold everyone together. The Bailey part was quite a surprise, maybe they would end up having Bailey being sick..this will give something to do with he character next year!!
Now from Owen/Cristina point.. I am glad that Cristina finally got the point as far as Owen is concerned!! Now only if they resolve this thing!!! I do like that they are showing Cristina as the one to take step this time around.. Hopefully that sticks.. she is the most inconsistent character portrayed I feel in this show!!
Oh and no Jo..yay!!!!!
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Post by S5fan on Apr 6, 2013 7:20:11 GMT -5
The scene between Cristina and Meredith on the park bench with the view of Seattle definitely goes with the scene between Arizona and Callie in season 6. Cristina was sitting where Arizona sat before and Callie was sitting in Meredith´s place. The scene ended with Arizona patting Callie´s shoulder just like Cristina did to Meredith. The only difference is that then Callie lay on Arizona´s shoulder.
This is not a coincidence - the similarity of both scenes is striking. I may be the only one but I have always felt a weird lesbian undertone between Cristina and Meredith /minus the physical part/ heavily supported with Shonda´s soulmate lovestory between these two although they both pretend to love men.
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Post by raachel2008 on Apr 6, 2013 12:57:52 GMT -5
It's very hard to buy that Owen, from all people, would be surprised that the Syrian doctors have to work under such bad conditions back home. But hey, let's just pretend that someone who was a doctor in the Army and has fur tours in Iraq under his belt would have never thought about loca doctors being forced to work like that in their civil war contry.
And someone please explain me if people are really supposed to believe that Meredith believed there was a chance Cristina would be the mother of her child.
Speaking about Meredith, one of the very few times these speeches wuld be nice - take your chances, don't put your life on hold because of things that may or may not happen to you - and nada.
Shonda wrote herself in a corner there with Cristina/Owen and I don't think she can "solve" this mess. Either Owens give up on kids for good or Cristina lets Owen go because she thinks she cannot deny him the chance to be a father.
:::hitsheadonthedeskabilliontimes:::
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Post by trinity on Apr 6, 2013 13:59:17 GMT -5
It's very hard to buy that Owen, from all people, would be surprised that the Syrian doctors have to work under such bad conditions back home. But hey, let's just pretend that someone who was a doctor in the Army and has fur tours in Iraq under his belt would have never thought about loca doctors being forced to work like that in their civil war contry. I rewatched that scene especially for this reason. Owen's face doesn't look surprised at all. Arizona and April do, but Owen doesn't. He looks like someone who expected things to be more dire than he thought. No matter where they were deployed, US Army were better equipped than some Syrian doctors.. The conditions those 2 doctors had to deal with are far worse than US Army had to deal with wherever they were. But I was extremely disappointed that Owen, being a trauma surgeon and having the extensive experience he had working in Iraq so long, did not have one scene with those 2 Syrian docs where he was showing them how to do procedures in dire conditions and with minimum equipment. Am I supposed to believe that all those docs AZ, Callie, Cristina, Mer, April have come up with ideas in like 5 minutes after they were presented with that list, when their initial reaction was shock and said it is impossible to do. None of them has any experience working with limited resources. They have always worked in a top hospital having everything they wanted medical equipment wise. But they don't give Owen who was most indicated to teach one scene with those docs. That is called character undermining in order to boost others. Can Shonda get more unrealistic than that. ITA with you Cristina and Owen. She has written them in tight corner. Where it's very hard, if not impossible to get out of.
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Post by S5fan on Apr 6, 2013 14:44:54 GMT -5
But I was extremely disappointed that Owen, being a trauma surgeon and having the extensive experience he had working in Iraq so long, did not have one scene with those 2 Syrian docs where he was showing them how to do procedures in dire conditions and with minimum equipment. Am I supposed to believe that all those docs AZ, Callie, Cristina, Mer, April have come up with ideas in like 5 minutes after they were presented with that list, when their initial reaction was shock and said it is impossible to do. None of them has any experience working with limited resources. They have always worked in a top hospital having everything they wanted medical equipment wise. But they don't give Owen who was most indicated to teach one scene with those docs. That is called character undermining in order to boost others. Can Shonda get more unrealistic than that. I totally agree with you. It was as if done on purpose, Owen with his knowledge and experience should have been the one to teach them the most. I don´t understand the writers on this show but this deliberate exclusion of Owen was too much.
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Post by raachel2008 on Apr 6, 2013 15:12:47 GMT -5
It's exactly the surprise on his face that didn't work for me, but we agree to disagree. I'm well aware of that, my point is that it makes no sense for Owen, from all people, be surprised by the conditions the Syrans had to deal with, I'm sure that conditions in regular Iraq hospitals are as bad, if not worse, than the Syrians, a fact Owen would know and probably has seen first hand. We Crowen fans are so screwed.
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Post by trinity on Apr 6, 2013 15:46:07 GMT -5
It's exactly the surprise on his face that didn't work for me, but we agree to disagree. I'm well aware of that, my point is that it makes no sense for Owen, from all people, be surprised by the conditions the Syrans had to deal with, I'm sure that conditions in regular Iraq hospitals are as bad, if not worse, than the Syrians, a fact Owen would know and probably has seen first hand. Absolutely he would be aware of them. But he didn't look surprised. At all. He looked like he was kinda expecting it. But as you said we agree to disagree. And yes we are very screwed.
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Post by browncoatwhit on Apr 6, 2013 16:36:37 GMT -5
This is not a coincidence - the similarity of both scenes is striking. I may be the only one but I have always felt a weird lesbian undertone between Cristina and Meredith /minus the physical part/ heavily supported with Shonda´s soulmate lovestory between these two although they both pretend to love men. Time to take off the Sapphic-goggles. Sometimes a cigar really IS just a cigar! REALLY! I have no doubt whatsoever that if Shonda had ANY intention at all of Meredith and Cristina having a lesbian relationship, Shonda would have pursued this storyline already for ratings gold! I would have enjoyed seeing more Owen with the two Syrian docs -- but I assume that there weren't minutes enough in the hour, and that if I was going to get my limited minutes of Owen in an ep, I was more invested in seeing him with Cristina and with the kid. So I just happily get to imagine those Owen/Doc. scenes as having taken place offstage, along with Owen meeting them at the airport, escorting them to their hotel room to get them settled in comfortably, and treating them to one of the fantastic Dim Sum restaurants in Seattle's International distract for dinner (or breakfast!). I would also agree that when I watched the scene being debated, that Owen was ruefull but not really surprised. In Owen's defense -- having the Syrian doctors eliminate even more of their bare-bones surgical supplies would have been a fantastic "WOW" moment/teaching moment for his personnel who witnessed it. If I were in his shoes, I would have set that moment up, knowing what an emotional impact it would make on my jaded staff. And I am not going to give up the hope that Cristina DOES decide to compromise in her relationship, and that she chooses to have Owen AND a kid in their lives together, over a life alone. Because seriously... if Cristina fails to make that leap of faith in choosing children with Owen, than life without him, (or even a life with Owen, but Owen having been cheated of something), then Cristina's story arch for the entire first half of this season is wasted. Either I'm the Shonda Rhimes apologist in the room here, or else I'm April everyone else is Meredith. (And wow, how unflattering of it to think of myself that way... )
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Post by trinity on Apr 6, 2013 16:53:03 GMT -5
And someone please explain me if people are really supposed to believe that Meredith believed there was a chance Cristina would be the mother of her child. Yes! Also I find it very hard to believe that Cristina even if she does not want to be a mother, or more especially because of that - would know that what a child needs is NOT a bunch of superorganized nannies. It's very bothering that Shonda repeatedly puts those kinds of words and ideas in Cristina's mouth, that are not consistent to her character and to what Cristina has said in the past. She knows that want a child needs is people who love them and care for them not an army of "German nannies". That's why she choose not to have them. I really have the impression that Shonda and Co. have no idea how to write this character. She is the most inconsistent written..
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Post by raachel2008 on Apr 6, 2013 17:51:14 GMT -5
I think Cristina does know it, but the writing always go for the cheap lines.
Well, one could say the same about Owen, that Owen does decide to compromise in her relationship, and that he choses Cristina and no kid in theirs lives together, that he should chose Cristina over a kid,a leap of faith, blah blah blah.
This is where Shonda failed: someone there has to give up on something, period. And since Shonda didn't even consider making Cristina at least acknowledge that she may or may not change her mind in a few years - that biological clock is a real b***h -, there is no way she can "solve" it.
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Post by browncoatwhit on Apr 8, 2013 20:27:42 GMT -5
I think the element that's stuck with me since Thursday night has been Bailey's situation. The last minute or so of the show really made it seem like Bailey was gonna get fired, and the more I think about that the more it puts my panties into a twist. Seattle Grace didn't fire Izzy for stealing a transplant heart, or Meredith for purposefully & deliberately buggering up a clinical trial. Bailey's day or two of being the hospital's Typhoid Mary just strikes me as SO much more innocent a professional error, rather than deliberate, unethical abuses of power we've seen other characters pursue... just sayin', it ain't freakin' FAIR!
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