grey's : "i stare at them, too..."

[waltzmatildah]

My immediate thoughts on "Can't Fight Biology".

I literally, just this minute, finished watching and I wanted to post my reaction before I read anyone else's so I wouldn't change my mind and grow all bitter and twisted because...

I DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS BUT I LOVE APRIL!!

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

And it's been so long since I had an unpopular character to go into bat for... RIP Izzie :( that I have decided to make her my newest cause! And yes, slybrunette I have you in my fic reading sights! Haha! Nah, just kidding. I COMPLETELY understand that there is lots about her that is annoying, but... I dunno. I just like her. And she reminds me a little of one of my really good friends. And yeah. So there you have it!

HOWEVER! Do not think that she is going to come ANYWHERE near Alex as far as my levels of LURRRVE go (or Izzie for that matter!). Don't worry. I haven't completely lost my brainz!

Alas, I also know that 99.9% of the people likely to read this won't care one iota about my new-ish found love for all things Kepner, so... moving on...

ALEX!!! He had something to DOOOOOO! AND he got to give Arizona a semi-smackdown, which, gotta tell you... GO ALEX! And sticking up for Mark? MAN! My boy is growing! (AND it makes me feel much more inappropriately tingly in my girlie bits about the Lexie/Alex/Mark smut/angst fest that I'm 4/5ths of the way through... leobrat -- *wink wink nudge nudge*).

Couple of things that bugged with the cancer kid's storyline... Firstly, the dance sequence? WHAT was that? Made me all squirmy and uncomfortable inside because it just felt so... manipulative. And I didn't even think the kid was that great... (but I was a gymnast at 15 and we kicked the ballet kids ASSES so... maybe that's just my own personal biases! Haha!). Also, the procedure they did? Not that rare!! Not at all! At least, not here in Australia. Obviously kinda rare, because the cancer/candidate combination itself can be rare but... yeah. No great breakthrough and REALLY shouldn't have taken them that long to figure it out! I mean, I knew the answer straight away and I'm no bone surgeon so I didn't really buy that. It just felt like another plot device to spice up the April/Lexie green eyed monster of doooooom.

Lexie? Oh. I'd forgotten what a bitch you can be! I enjoyed it despite the fact I felt you were being an immature child. "Wah, wah, wah, what about meeee?" The redeeming factor for me was that she recognised it at the end and came to a semi-truce with April and Meredith.

LOVED Meredith this episode! Meredith and I? We have our moments... but I thought she was great with the Huntington's Disease patient, and I liked the way she dealt with Lexie at the end... ie. telling her to get her head out of her ass and grow up but in a way that wasn't harsh and bitchy at alllll. GO MERE! It's not only Alex that is growing!

The Arizona/Teddy/(Mark) scene was predictable and boring... Why? Because, like 3/4s of the recent storylines, THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE... gah. I reiterate my message from last week. GET NEW MATERIAL PEOPLE!

Good to see that Arizona is keeping up her selfish bitch-face and looking out for numero uno first. Nice character development there. Not. Also, nice hypocritical "you can't look at my boobs but I can look at Jackson 'cause he's pretty..." arc, too.

Um... I didn't mind the worm dude, even if I did feel like I'd been slapped in the face with a fish by the end of it! MAN! How massive were THOSE anvils! It's like they (the writers) decided to go with THE most UNSUBTLE speech they could possibly write there at the end! Jeez. BUT, I did enjoy that we didn't have Cristina's 'issues' shoved down our throats all episode. I still think Owen doesn't get her. Not even close. And his underhanded tactic to get her into the OR was just further proof.

But, I hate Pig Murderer so... yeah! I'm cool with that!

Finally? Teddy? UM, maybe Jackson should report YOU for only letting him scrub in because he batted his eyelashes at you! And maybe he should report YOU for completely vagueing out in surgery because he was looking at you all dreamily... Get over yourself. Also, might wanna keep the bitching down to a dull roar when the object of said bitching is within hearing distance. Unprofessional cow. Also, to quote alittlembrace_x, Tedd.d.. *snore*...

Oh, and speaking of unprofessional. Callie and Arizona and pretty much every scene they were in together beyond the intitial sexytimes scene. Nothing further needs to be said, really!

(Not even gonna go there with unsupportive ass Derek at the end).

I feel like I've forgotten HEAPS (could be the fact that there are always 47 thousand storylines happening at once which I still have MASSIVE issues with...) so if you have something else you wanna chat about, then feel free to ask me!


SO!!! Sock it to me... I'm more than prepared to duck the flying tomatoes that are sure to come my way!

ETA: Next week's promo looks like the episode is going to be, quite possibly, THE MOST UNREALISTIC EPISDOE THEY'VE EVER ATTEMPTED!!! Up to an including Ghost Sex.

Comments

[alittlembrace-x.livejournal.com]

Dude, I jumped and clapped when Christina said: "You're more annoying!" to Lexie, LOL! I didn't expect to enjoy it that much, but OH MAN did Lexie Grey need some smack down! That girl's been a huge selfish bitch this season, and people's been WAAAY too nice to her. But most importantly, I recognized Christina for a second there! And I really REALLY want her back full time like NOOOOW!!!

And oh, guess who's with you on the April Love?! XD I always knew she is not a character I would be able to hate EVER, but I was totally 100% on her side this episode. She IS annoying, but she comes from a good place, and I see huge potential in her to grow as a character. I TOO think she reminds me a lot of someone in my life that I adore and protect. So I totally understand why Mer's so nice to her!

Jackson creeped me out. And Ted.d....*snore*....

This is as far as I can get to tonight. It's way too late here, and I'm way behind on sleep if I wanna make morning class tomorrow, so I'll come back for Alex later! But, overall, in the weird Season 7 Grey's universe? Better episode.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

But most importantly, I recognized Christina for a second there! ME TOOOOO!!! And then I got this giant grin on my face for a split second until she disappeared again!

Yay for mutual April love!

Jackson also creeped me out! Haha! It's like he was hypnotising people (well, actually only Tedd.d.. snore) or using some kind of nutso mind control on them! And his eyes are kinda colourless and fuh-reaky! I kept thinking his head was gonna spin all the way around!!!

And yes! Come back for Alex!chat!

[liljan98.livejournal.com]

Finally someone who also doesn't hate April, but rather likes/loves her. So do I, but I still have problems with the way Shonda is trying to push this new Mer/April friendship down our throats. I guess that's the stupid time jump's fault, because we missed the two months in which these two got closer while talking about the events during the shooting, had another (needed!!) conversation in the "my husbands is SO off-limits, so Back off!!" sense *g*... anything to show us how that became friends and why. Not just showing us again and again that they are friends now. So, that really bugged me in this episode.

Alex was awesome, I have to agree 100%. And I also loved Mer's interaction with the patient and with basically everyone.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree and I do think that the time jump is playing a massive role in the WTFery that is going on at the moment. Such a dumb move on the writer's part.

Off screen and disjointed. That's season 7 so far! Haha!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Worth watching this episode just for Alex's expressions while Callie and Arizona had their many very personal conversations right in front of him. It's good to see him back in Peds, but very frustrating that so much development tends to happen off-screen. Last time Alex and Arizona shared a scene she was all ragey about finding out he'd slept with Callie and threw him off her service. Of course, you would hope that she'd be over that by now, but wouldn't it have been nice to actually see it happen on-screen! Oh Grey's, you do so like to jump in and out of stories at random, rather than telling them smoothly, steadily and consistently!

I did love Alex's little speech to Arizona, sticking up for Mark because the man saved his life, but it kinda bugged me that he said he was sleeping with 'Mark's girl' at the time. He wasn't. Lexie had broken up with Mark and was a free agent while she and Alex were together. Mark might have still been in love with her/thought he was in love with her, but they were still broken up; he had and still has no automatic right to her, although he seems to think that he should. So describing her as his felt off to me.

But I enjoy Alex and Arizona working together professionally, and love it when Alex is allowed to be good at his job (leaving aside all quibbles over the actual medicine, because since when does Grey's care about that?). The dance sequence bugged me, though, because a) it dragged on forever and I would rather have spent that time with the characters I'm invested in, and b) I'm uneasy with the notion of a patient needing/wanting to prove that they deserve a particular kind of treatment!

I don't mind April at all, I just wish that she and Lexie weren't such similar character types. I was thinking in this episode that I could completely understand why Meredith would transfer a lot of her thwarted maternal instincts onto April and invite her into the house, but that we have not been shown any reason at all for Jackson to be living there. (Where does he even sleep? On the sofa like Sadie? Why???)

The Teddy-Jackson stuff was pretty dire - it felt so much like Grey's trying to recreate old magic but with peripheral characters we don't care about enough and without understanding what was so special about past storylines or why they worked.

I really enjoyed Mere in this episode, too, but then felt really cross with Derek's speech at the end, which came across as if we were supposed to agree with him about living in a bubble of ignorance forever more. I mean, Mere is the one who might have inherited the Alzheimer's gene, so if she wants to find out, one way or another, then that is her choice to make and he shouldn't be trying to talk her out of it!

I should be working. Must stop trying to remember stuff from my pre-work viewing.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Oh Grey's, you do so like to jump in and out of stories at random, rather than telling them smoothly, steadily and consistently! Oh, so MUCH WORD! Disjointed. I think it's the theme of season seven!

So describing her as his felt off to me. I heard that more as Alex never believing that Lexie really wanted to be with him in the first place. Like he was her second prize (as she was his, let's be honest)... My shipper heart made all kinds of Izzie connections in that moment! (ie. that Lexie was sleeping with Izzie's boy! Haha! Maybe that's why I could tolerate it?!).

I'm uneasy with the notion of a patient needing/wanting to prove that they deserve a particular kind of treatment! This is a very good point!

but that we have not been shown any reason at all for Jackson to be living there. Exactly! I still can't quite wrap my head around this and it feels like an attempt to get them all together under one roof without having to put any actual thought into it.

Don't even get me started on Derek's speech at the end. Way to be supportive! Not.

[leobrat.livejournal.com]

I love April too! Love love love her!

Also loving? The Kids Table! Which is what I am going to call Derek and Meredith's brood of strays, so when you see The Kids Table posts at my journal? I mean Alex-April-Jackson-Lexie (cast in the role of middle child). BOYS OUT! LEXIE CALLED 'BOYS OUT'. Why is she so precious!

ALEX!!! He had something to DOOOOOO! AND he got to give Arizona a semi-smackdown, which, gotta tell you... GO ALEX! And sticking up for Mark? MAN! My boy is growing! (AND it makes me feel much more inappropriately tingly in my girlie bits about the Lexie/Alex/Mark smut/angst fest that I'm 4/5ths of the way through... leobrat -- *wink wink nudge nudge*).

I screamed at that scene! I was like, YOU LOVE HIM! TELL HIM THAT!

Jeesh- after all the fangirly shit that I've been through, if *GREY'S ANATOMY* of all things pushes me over to the slashy edge...

[leobrat.livejournal.com]

Also, question...did you ever like Owen? In season 5, maybe?

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

So much April love here!

*rejoice*

I don't mind The Kids Table, but I really, truly don't understand it! I mean, I kinda get how/why April is there, but... Jackson? Huh? Why has he moved in and where the hell is he sleeping?!

Why is she so precious! She was a pissy little bitch all episode, but that totally made up for it! (Though, personally, I'd have been "Alex, you can stay if you take some more clothes off...").

I screamed at that scene! Haha! I have more fic written if you wanna see it!

[citron-presse.livejournal.com]

I screamed at that scene! I was like, YOU LOVE HIM! TELL HIM THAT!

THIS! &hearts

(sorry for butting in - you just said what I wanted to, as well as it could be said!)

[rorylie.livejournal.com]

I believe I am an April apologist for even farther back in the day than you were, so you know. I feel you.

My frustration with the character was that for so long (and I felt this about all the MWers, actually) she wasn't really playing a character and there was no point to any of them.

But the idea of this season as the "redemption of April" is so silly to me, because I'm not sure what she'd done that she needs to be redeemed for.

Whatevs.

I'm not sure this was the best way to do it, but then, Shonda has never really been subtle.

I mostly found this episode annoying.

I like Alex. I missing Cristina. I loved the hallway scene and the bathroom scenes and that was about it (I'm so iconning that first bathroom scene, that made me more excited than anything but Alex talking about boobs).

The more legitimate reasons they give for why Mer doesn't want a baby, the more trouble I have with this horrible storyline I'm trying to make myself like.

But mostly I just spend the hour fearing the last two minutes ending with Mark and Lexie making out, so anytime that doesn't happen I walk away happy.

Also, I have no idea where they're going with this Cristina thing and that makes me fearful too. Like I feel like they've written themselves into this corner and I don't really know how they get out of it.

Which would be totally weird and something that never happens on this show!

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I'm actually pretty sure you are to BLAME for my April love! Haha! I think the April redemption isn't so much about what the character has done... (except for the Derek crush storyline), but more about the fact that she exists at all.

I also think it's a super unsubtle storyline. And, as much as I loved Cristina's comment about finding Lexie more annoying (heee! it was the real Cristina back for a split second!), it kinda didn't ring all that true and did seem forced for the sake of Operation Redeem April. Likewise, the Alex/Lexie/April treatment option scene. Because, like I said in my post, that option isn't really all that radical and Callie especially should have definitely come up with it.

I don't want babies on the show, so I don't care how/why Meredith doesn't have them as long as she doesn't...! And, as long as I don't have to hear too much about it during the episodes!

I'm also confused with what they're hoping to achieve with Cristina. Because, so far, all it's doing is making me dislike her.

Which would be totally weird and something that never happens on this show! Ha!

[hallonpaj.livejournal.com]

IT'S AMAZING HOW DIFFERENT OUR OPINIONS ARE.



~TEAM ARIZONA.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

When I saw your reply to this I thought...

"Heee! This will be interesting!"

(you get a Callie icon because I don't have an Arizona one...)

[niennatru.livejournal.com]

This was the first episode of this season that I actually enjoyed for the most part, start to finish. I mean, yes, there are things that continue to confuse and bug me, but I kind of felt like those things (finally) took a backseat to a more even and engaging episode.

What I liked:

Alex, of course. I *love* that they decided to have the character go into Pedes, because, as Callie noted, he doesn't seem like an obvious fit to do so, but he clearly excels there.

I also continue to love his interactions with Arizona, and I adored his "boobs" speech at the end. I actually missed a good bit of what Alex said the first time around, because I couldn't stop laughing. The look on Arizona's face was too cute, as well.

And Alex stepping up to defend Mark! That was both surprising and satisfying. It showed a great deal of maturity on Alex's part and made me wonder what Mark would think should Arizona let it slip that it was *Alex* who convinced her to give Mark a chance (*hint, hint, fic anyone?*). And the fact that Alex showed such maturity and then immediately followed it with his remarks about breasts in general and Arizona's in particular is one of the reasons I love this character so much. ::smiles::

I also loved Meredith this episode. I thought her decision to get tested for the Alzheimer's gene was very brave and very mature. I'm not always a Meredith fan, but I've been enjoying her character very much this season (apart from the premiere).

I like her developing friendship with April, as well as her moment with Lexie at the very end. I always love it when Meredith's maternal side shows itself, so I found her talk with Lexie to be a nice moment for the two sisters.

I was also very glad that Christina's PTSD did not take over all the other storylines this week. Had the writers handled her *this* way from the start, I know I would have been happier with the start of this season. Her trauma was acknowledged (and nicely handled by Bailey, I thought, who asked her into surgery but didn't force the issue, apparently understanding the decision *has* to be made by Christina in order for her to heal) as serious without overwhelming all else in the episode.

I *loved* the mention of Izzie in conjunction with the Chief's desire to turn the clinic into a bariatric center, because it got me hoping/thinking/wishing that this might be how Izzie is brought back to resolve some things with Alex. In other words, she hears of the Chief's plan and comes back to SGMWH in order to convince the Chief to keep the clinic. And along the way makes up with Alex and makes my A/I shipper heart explode with happiness. ::sighs:: A girl can wish.

What I didn't like:

Probably only the Jackson and Teddy story, because I'm not particularly fond of either character. But again, I was happy with the majority of the episode that even this did not bug me so much.

Derek, sort of. I didn't particularly care for his decision at the end of the episode (Let's pretend nothing's wrong! That always works, right?), but then again, I kind of understand where he's (possibly) coming from, if this decision was made in light of his recent trauma. In other words, I can't deal with any more bad news right now, so right or wrong I'm going to focus on the good and ignore the bad. ::shrugs:: I don't know. Maybe I'm way off base, but that's how I sort of read it.

I guess I don't care a whole lot, because the idea of Meredith and Derek going through all kinds of pregnancy drama did not thrill me, so if they're just going to drop the issue, "have a lot of sex," and just go from there, I'm okay with that.

But I still think Mere should know if she has the Alzheimer's gene, regardless of what Derek thinks about it.

[niennatru.livejournal.com]

A couple of other things I forgot to mention...

I thought it was interesting that Alex referred to Lexie as Mark's "girl" when he was talking to Arizona. I wasn't quite sure what to make of that, and I'm still not entirely sure, though I'm kind of leaning towards waltzmatildah's interpretation on that one.

Also, I enjoyed the Lexie and Alex moment in the tunnels. Alex seems to be moving past his feelings of guilt regarding Lexie, but Lexie is still, clearly pissed at Alex for what she thought was his abandonment of her. Yet, thanks to Alex's "his girl" comment, we can see that, in Alex's mind, Mark was the better guy for her, the guy who could (and should) care for her. (That, in addition to Alex's feelings of inadequacy regarding the "crazy" women in his life.) Thus, however angry Lexie is at him, in his mind, he did the right thing.

Alex giving April his fries was a nice moment, too, as were the interactions between Alex and Jackson. As I said in my earlier post, I don't really care about Jackson as a character, but I like the idea of Alex having a guy friend at the hospital.

[violet1979.livejournal.com]

made me wonder what Mark would think should Arizona let it slip that it was *Alex* who convinced her to give Mark a chance (*hint, hint, fic anyone?*)

wow, awesome idea! I second that! :)

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I dunno about Alex not seeming like an obvious paeds fit. I think it's been pretty obvious since season two... I think the writers now think it's a great idea, but really, I've been getting that vibe from them since the kid in the wheelchair that wanted him to kiss her...

In other words, she hears of the Chief's plan and comes back to SGMWH in order to convince the Chief to keep the clinic. And along the way makes up with Alex. If this happens, I will quite probably have a heart attack and die... But, alas, I shall die happy!

I guess I don't care a whole lot, because the idea of Meredith and Derek going through all kinds of pregnancy drama did not thrill me, so if they're just going to drop the issue, "have a lot of sex," and just go from there, I'm okay with that. Oh, HELL YES on all of this!

[summys-lj.livejournal.com]

Don't have much time, but have to write something.

Just wanna to say - I always liked April. When they invaded, i hated all the three others, except April, so I was pissed, that she had to leave that soon. And since last weeks episode, I'm totally in LOVE with her. Really. So, no tomatoes.

I hate the Pig Murderer too. I like to call him McWhiny, since he started whining about his issues and grr... Liked the first episode with him, he seemed kinda cool, but then he comes back, all broken from the war und he was all McWhiny for me.

Next one - McShiny, that's how I like to call Jackson with the great shining eyes.. :-) I was glued to the Computer and said dooooon't you dare take that shirt back on.. He's gorgeous...
Uh, my Friend told me, after I showed her the men-shower-video, "I guess you would like to have Jackson and Alex in it."

Talking about the Shower Video - The first scene, the guys and the girls (who apparently really have moved in, and I don't get where they all are sleeping?? o.O) in the Bathroom.. my friend pressed pause and started laughing cause she had to think about the men-shower Video.

Uh, and Alex.. I was sooooo happy about the fact we saw SO much of him. More than in the first 3 episodes, I guess? And that he worked so hard to find another cure for that dancing boy (I didn't like the dancing thing. I found it very boring...) And I also loved the kind-of-defending-Marc Thing.


You can have my fries

[niennatru.livejournal.com]

"The first scene, the guys and the girls (who apparently really have moved in, and I don't get where they all are sleeping??"

I'm not sure of the logistics either--it's enough to make your brain explode if you let it, and I'm really, really, really trying not to let it. ;)

After last night's eppie, I can kind of see why April might move in (Meredith explaining that she had done so because of Reed's death, and weren't they roommates?), but I don't understand why Jackson is there. Was he living with Reed and April as well? And then after the shooting, April left and Jackson went with her?

I don't know.

Must stop thinking about this, must stop thinking about this, must stop thinking about this...

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

My initial favourite was always Reed... :(

(I even wrote Alex + Reed fic because I wanted them to be friends...)

Haha! Your friend sounds awesome!

And yeah, the dancing thing? What was that???!!!

you can have my fries. LOL!!!

[lizzy29.livejournal.com]

You know that I adore Lexie I was so happy with Alex this episode when he called Lexie Marks girl OMFG!!!! I freakin melted.

I loved the Lexie and Meredith stuff and I do like April she grows on me I would like a friendship to happen between Lexie and April. I felt bad for my Lexie feeling left out I always want to hug her when shes sad.

I loved the last scene with April and Lexie so cute.

So, even though there was no ML scenes I loved this episdoe.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I don't think Alex quite meant it the way that would 'melt your heart', but that's just my speculation, so I'm all for you and your melting heart!!!

Haha!

Also, how the HELL did Meredith know that Mark slept with Amelia??? That seemed weird. I can't imagine either of them would have been straight to Derek with the news, so it seemed a little left field to me... Unless Lexie bitched about it to someone (though, who?) and Meredith found out that way... Just another one of those things for me to throw my hands up in the air at, I think!

I LOVED Cristina telling Lexie she thinks she's more annoying than April... HHEEEEE!! Finally!!! A Cristina that I recognise!!! Also, awesome continuity... because Cristina DID think Lexie was an annoying pain in her ass!

[violet1979.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I'll try to find something to disagree on... :-)

you were being an immature child. "Wah, wah, wah, what about meeee?"
I'm still on team Lexie, yo. And I like my Lexie assertive and, yeah, bitchy. She can be pretty unforgiving, and oh dear, having someone move into, literally, her bathroom, and simultaneously "steal" someone she loves has always been a MAJOR issue with her. Avoiding/bottling up her feelings has been a huge problem of hers for far too long. (But then again, I'm still stubbornly clinging to the stupid old theory that she's still repressing her guilt over the shooting/triangle.)

And I'm so relieved that she finally let some FEELINGS out in a way that could be easily understood by a fellow human being (and I'm very touched by Meredith's awesome reaction. And wow, 36 hours? EPIC!). It even comes close to facing the real cause of a problem! I think that once again, she shows superb insight into herself. And oh god, how much I hope that one of these days until the end of the show, she'll be able to face her complicated, scary, but eventually inescapable love for Mark in a similar way.

April, on the other hand – I still don't care for her, but more importantly, I just don't buy that Meredith is now her friend. It's strangely one-way, with Meredith somehow feeling responsible for April, yet never sharing anything of substance with her.

And sticking up for Mark? MAN! My boy is growing! (AND it makes me feel much more inappropriately tingly in my girlie bits about the Lexie/Alex/Mark smut/angst fest that I'm 4/5ths of the way through

Your boy is in love!!! OMG, I squeeeeeeed like crazy. Last week, that LOOK, this week, this EPIC DEFENSE OF MARK'S HONOR - this ship is becoming canon!!! ;-)
And please let's take a moment to enjoy the fact that Alex took his sweet time before deciding to defend Mark to Arizona - undoubtedly thinking about a lot of things Mark in the meantime! :))))))

And I love how what he says is so honest and insightful and yet simultaneously, so gorgeously alpha male. I'm such a sucker for male rivalry, lol! And I can just picture Alex and Mark, both staring at boobs, in companionable silence, so very clearly now. Or wait outside a lesbians' sleeping room. I want to say thank you to the show. :D

And just in case you didn't realize, I can't wait for this fic of yours!

[niennatru.livejournal.com]

"Last week, that LOOK, this week, this EPIC DEFENSE OF MARK'S HONOR - this ship is becoming canon!!!"

Wait, what look? A look between Mark and Alex? Why don't I remember this????

[javiera.livejournal.com]

Here are my 2 cents about it.

I was very happy with this episode until Derek ruined it for me with his "I don't care one way or another". You ass! The important thing is that MEREDITH cares, and it's HER freaking life she wants to know about, and she could give it to a child that can end up hating her for it, which is a big issue for her, and damn, she actually knows what a complicated thing is to care for someone that sick and you don't, so listen the hell up, asshole!

OK, now that we have that out of the way... It was kind of amazing how everyone had stuff to do and a patient to take care of. It helped that Derek didn't had much to do so he almost didn't show up! yay!

I didn't mind Lexie acting all bitchy this time around. Although the reason behind it is kind of the same now than in the premiere, and while she was very whiny, from her POV it made sense to act so hostile. She didn't know what happened to Mer, she couldn't understand why Mer would get close to April just like that, Alex dumped her and Mark was suffocating her and then "moving on" from her. She was/is all over the place so she couldn't/can't see the rest of them dealing with their shit as well. But she acknowledged her bitchiness this time around, even though she has always been a bit nasty with April (she has always find her annoying!), so she's growing too. Plus, she was mean to April, but she was damn cruel with Alex in the premiere, so this is an improvement!

And damn it, a part of me still wants for her to *get* what Alex did for her and have them dysfunctional together for a while longer. She could get out of the attic that way!

Alex, of course, was amazing. I loved the way the kid looked up to Alex, knowing he would be honest with him. I loved the way Alex looked annoyed when in between stupid conversation too. Those two things are very *Alex*. Since before Addison came around Alex has been good with kids and helping them make the right (and their own!) decision. And he has never been very patient with silly conversations around him, specially when in the middle of work.

And Of course, I LOVED his speech at the end. He managed to stick it up for Mark and made Arizona eat her words at the same time! AND he got to be very Alex about it by mentioning he looks at her boobs too XD shame he didn't stick up for Jackson as well, considering Arizona has no problem looking at him for his all pretty (and damn is he pretty...)

So, Jackson. While the plot was boring, I liked that it was kind of realistic lol If a guy like Jackson looked at me like that, and he spoke in a sweet voice like that and asked me to do something? I would do it in a heartbeat. SPECIALLY if he is without a shirt. Damn, is he a hot piece of ass.

Also, I kind of liked that he is a bit slow. Meredith is suppose to be a great doctor even when she was an intern. Cristina obviously is/was pretty much the best. No one has said it since season five, but Alex rocks as a doctor, and has show a lot of growth when it comes to patient care (not just the medicine. which is saying a lot, considering he probably still lacks a bit in the bedside manners department). But we can't have just hardcore doctors. We need average ones as well!

Going back to Alex, the way he said "his girl" didn't sound so much as he does believe Lexie is Mark's girl, to me. It sounded more like he understands that for *Mark*, Lexie was "his girl", and he saved the guy that thinks "stole her" anyway. Can you tell the difference? While I do think Alex believes Lexie is better off with Mark and that's one of the big reasons he dumper her, I don't think he believes Lexie IS "Mark's" (which is an incredibly chauvinistic idea anyway), that she "belongs" with Mark. Mostly because I don't think Alex believes in that kind of thing, or even understand it. But he can understand a dude being hostile to another dude if said dude starts going out with your ex when you are still in love with her, and then you have to save him from dying. And you do it, so you're a good guy.

Of course, now I want a "deleted scene" or something with Arizona and Mark going out and Arizona telling him it was Alex who open her eyes. Cus really, it's not Alex, or Mer, or Lexie, who need growing, it's the attendings!

[javiera.livejournal.com]

Forgot to mention.

I think Jackson's excuse for living in the frat-house is that he was rooming with Charles. It's a cheap idea because April and Reed were roommates already, but it can be a reason. As for why Mer lets them in, she could have feel the house too empty right after the shooting. Derek and Alex probably stayed a while in the hospital. Lexie was a big mess, SHE was a big mess, Cristina was a big mess. Mer needed more *people*. And she still does, she likes the house full of people, so Derek better gets used to it!

Also, the look of hate Lexie gives April after Alex gives her his fries for helping her? Totally adds to the lists of reasons of Lexie still having feelings of some kind for Alex. She was angry at April for stealing her sister, and then she goes stealing Alex, who is also "hers". Ha.

And I too like April. Not love her, really, but I don't dislike her. I want to see her interacting more with Jackson to understand their dynamic better, and with Alex to see how she reacts to him. That will probably help me decide about her more firmly. I also kind of want a girls night out with Mer, Cristina, Lexie and April, see what can come up out of that :P

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I can't even.

Who ARE you?

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[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Who ARE you?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hey, we all have our flaws!