Fun With Morphine
Updated 2006-10-17 17:00:00
The day started off normally enough, but Meredith's stomachache turns into vomit, just as a patient lights a cigarette while hooked up to oxygen. People can light on fire, as it turns out. Thank goodness Dr. Webber has just hired the country's foremost plastic surgeon to work at Seattle Grace -- one Dr. "McSteamy" Sloan. On his first day he establishes himself as a complete jerk who can't be bothered to remember his co-workers' names and thinks the interns are there to get coffee. This is going to go well, I'm sure. Even though Cristina thinks Meredith is pregnant, it turns out she has appendicitis and needs an appendectomy. While high on morphine, she bonds with Addison and flirts with everyone, including her two boyfriends, who continue their pissing match for her affections. Derek, however, finally gains some perspective, realizes Finn is a better person than he is, and bows out of the race, which of course leads Meredith to realize he's The One and break up with Finn.
George, meanwhile, is trying to make up with Callie and is also called to assist on Meredith's surgery. Fortunately, he does a good job and she comes through with flying colors. Things with Callie go from bad to worse, however, when he cancels their late dinner to help Izzie. She spent the day with Denny's father, who is highly suspicious of how she and Denny came to be engaged. But after explaining his complicated relationship with his son, he also comes to realize the relationship that Denny had with Izzie is real, and gives her an envelope from Denny. Once home with George, she listens to the last phone message Denny left for his parents, apologizing for his mistakes and inviting them to meet Dr. Stevens, the love of his life. As she's listening, George finally opens the envelope, which contains a check for a cool $8.7 million dollars. Finally, Callie and McSteamy wind up meeting at Joe's, and she decides to get over George by inviting McSteamy up to her hotel room, where I think they might burn the place down with some hot, hot, dirty sex.