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Grey’s Anatomy, Rise Up, ABC TV series

This episode sees the second year residents bickering and competing over who deserves their first solo surgery. They’re sent off to their respective tasks: Christina with an unrecognizable and unclaimed accident victim, George & Karev with the creepy STAN, Meredith & Izzie with heart patient guy.

Meredith and Christina’s obsessive orating of dead Dr. Grey’s journals annoys McDreamy. Concocting a plan to break up the twosome, he asks Sloane to bed Yang. It’s amusing watching McSteamy use his most smoldering moves…and fail miserably. The fact that his charms have no effect on Yang makes me like her that much more.

Dr. Hunt’s observations of the staff at Seattle Grace disturb his sensibilities. He rightly compares Yang/Karev/Lexi to vultures, circling the nearly-dead rather than focusing on saving him. Hunt is a purist when it comes to practicing medicine; a welcome variant from the arrogant, apathetic style we’re used to witnessing on this show.

Showing unwavering determination to save the plastic, blood-spurting robo-patient, George stays until he’s in the clear. Turns out the gory doll was being voiced by the Chief, who took a break from pontificating in order to play prankster. Georgie. So sweet. So dim.

Hahn gets pissy when she realizes Izzie is to blame for her patient’s stolen heart. I don’t mean that figuratively. She literally stole the heart transplant meant for him to give to Denny…which didn’t exactly turn out rosy. Izzie’s fog of guilt causes her to see Mr. Duquette, wandering around in his favorite white cotton tee, looking as appetizing as ever. But seriously, he gets one line?

Erica Hahn is determined to make Izzie pay for organ stealing. For that reason alone, I’m glad Hahn is off the show. No one should have to hear “LVAD wire” ever again. I find it hard to believe the controversy about her leaving because of the lesbian storyline. I think it had more to do with the utter lack of chemistry between those two people. I didn’t believe that Callie was attracted to Hahn at all. 

I don’t care how often you hang around cadavers; no normal human would actually be able to eat next to one.

Can we have one show without a cancer patient? Please?

“It’s like a bouquet of corpses.” -Izzie

More Grey’s Anatomy articles available under “Thursdays” and “Grey’s Anatomy” in the category list.

The Hills, MTV series, Mondays

This week we meet Audrina’s tattooed sis, who has a much firmer grasp on sentence-forming, and Lauren gets told that she’s about to have one less roommate. Lo takes a stab at pretending to care.

Audrina asks JB if he wants to move in and his response is so Buddhist: “You know what, let it just happen and see what happens.” LC and Audrina have a nostalgic chat while they pack her abundant supply of candles and toothpaste. Apparently, Justin Bobby was supposed to help but he was working. Wait, what? Are the producers going to give him a pretend job too? Possibilities: jean vest distresser, professional leaner, Department of Transportation Roadkill Recovery trucker, mechanical engineer.

Heidi is determined to invite people to yet another important work event. She seems to be operating under the assumption that she’s always an honored guest and all her guests are honored guests. Spencer shows up, freshly shaven and disturbingly shiny. Always one to bestow sage advice, Spencer tells Justin Bobby to move in with Audrina. How is it that he talks without moving his upper lip? Heidi, clearly using her last handful of brain cells to stand upright, says: “I’m so wasted. Can I have another tequila?” Cue angry boss.

After being fired from her “job”, Heidi does her best to look upset. I wonder how many takes it took to perfect that I’m-totally-sad-cuz-my-fake-boss-is-mad-at-me expression?

Audrina: “Whenever you’re with someone more you almost become…”

Audrina’s sis: “Closer?”

Audrina: “Yeah.”