Amish Country
Updated 2007-01-30 16:00:00
George has become the love doctor, chasing after Callie like a dog in heat. This freaks Izzie out, because she thinks he's not dealing with his grief. (It freaks Callie out, because she's getting kind of sore.) But in dealing with a patient and her best friend, she realizes that she can't force George to deal with things the way she does and that she has to let him go a little bit in order to help him. Meanwhile, the rumor is flying that the Chief is retiring, setting off a race among the attendings to land the job. Derek learns that the Chief had offered the position to Burke, and he becomes bitter and jealous. Addison also decides that she'd like to go for it. And Mark changes his plans to move back to New York once he learns about the opening. By the way, the rumor turns out to be true, but the Chief declines to name a replacement for the moment.
In other news, Bailey has decided that Seattle Grace needs to open a free clinic. She spends most of the episode running around trying to get each of the attendings to sign off on the idea, with little success. And then she finds her inner Bailey and kicks their asses into giving their support. To top it off, Izzie offers to provide initial funding for the clinic. We also see Addison doing her damnedest to avoid Alex after their unfortunate kiss. He finally confronts her and tells her that he'd rather be her surgical intern than her boyfriend. And Cristina and Burke are still not speaking to each other -- at least not until the shocking final moments of the episode.
And shocking those moments are. First, the Chief returns to his wife to tell her he's finally retired -- only to find that she's already moved on to another man. Cristina finally caves and speaks to Burke -- and he responds by proposing to her. And George runs into Callie's apartment, and when she tells him she can't take any more sex, he responds by proposing to her. Neither of the proposals is answered this week.