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9:00 - Does it really count if you wish on an air vent?

9:01 - McDreamy and Meredith all snuggled up (very sweet). It’s been a nice change of pace to see them as a stable, functional couple for so long. Mer’s request for a quickie? Cute, but people who find sex energizing puzzle me. It’s soporific, like a Thanksgiving turkey feast.

9:02 - PDR = “Prisoner, Death Row” (cue dramatic techno music). Hunt seems rather unimpressed. Being a doctor in a warzone prepares one for just about anything, I suppose. Derek, on the other hand, looks as if he’s just found a fingernail in his salad.

9:03 - What a cordial murderer. “You have a lovely voice.”

9:03 - PDR compares being a serial killer with being a doctor. Ooo, burn!

9:04 - Who hasn’t broken a couple fingers doing yoga?

9:06 - Sick kid has the forethought to snatch the lollipops before his doctor hits the ground. Nicely done.

9:09 - Oh, Izzie. Such a dilemma. Hot alive dude or hot dead dude? Denny is right, though. Telling Alex about all the posthumous or hallucinatory sex they’re having is a monumentally bad idea. Also awkward to inject into a conversation.

9:12 - “She violated me with the nakedness.” Both Callie and Sloan are having trouble resisting interns. Apparently being groomed like a monkey is a big turn on for Callie, who gets all stammer-y when Sadie picks lint out of her hair. Sloan tells Lexi she can watch the surgery but “no touching anything.” Seriously. The worst teaching hospital ever.

9:13 - Heelys! I hope Dr. Arizona takes those off when armed with a scalpel.

9:14 - Sheesh. I guess Derek and PDR won’t be braiding each other’s hair anytime soon.

9:19 - I think we can all assume what he did was pretty bad. Death row ain’t for shoplifters.

9:19 - So, Hunt is unaffected by a battered death row patient, but the bickering of Christina/Meredith makes him raise his eyebrows in amused bewilderment?

9:20 - A). Alex’s grandmother appeared in a dream to tell him not to fiddle with his junk? B). “Tell him I said hi”?!? Alex is definitely too comfortable with crazy.

9:21 - Next week on Grey’s Anatomy: Yang stabs Grey in the spinal column with a toothbrush shank.

9:22 - Sick kid is campaigning hard. I think, even if he isn’t dying, he deserves a wish after 12 bowel resectionings.

9:24 - Broken bones patient is irritating. Here’s hoping she breaks her jaw next so she can’t shout “Come on!” anymore.

9:28 - “You thought Shepherd was just a haircut, you didn’t like Hahn, and you think Dr. Sloan is a hussy. Can you name any attending you thought was good?”

9:29 - Hunt ignored Yang when they first got the PDR case; now he brings her coffee? He may be a little douche-y but his orange beard is hott (note the additional t).

9:31 - Callie’s relationship record: Impulsive marriage to George, who slept with Izzie on the sly; Nouveau lesbian experiment with Dr. Hahn; Friends with benefits sexy-time with Sloan. These people are aware that there are datable humans outside the hospital, right?

9:31 - Mocking the bouncy house? Blasphemous!

9:34 - It’s important to consider alliteration when plotting the death of others.

9:42 - I sense a bromance blooming between Hunt and Shepherd.

9:43 - “I’d rather you fantasized about me…or chicks. But whatever.” A totally normal reaction to the news that his girlfriend is fucking a ghost.

9:43 - Uh, is Alex pleasuring Izzie to make Dead Denny jealous?

9:45 - As my gift to you on this the day of your birth, I bequeath an open, multi-dimension relationship.

9:46 - Why is Bailey being stupid? Get the boy some new intestines!

9:47 - I don’t think Hunt is hot/cold on purpose to play mind games. I think he’s just naturally abrasive and unable to be consistently sensitive to others. Sound like someone we know?

9:54 - I will not cry. I will not cry. Damn you, GA writers!

9:56 - I knew Sloan would give in. He is a hussy, after all. I wonder if downing shots and gnawing on the straw means Callie plans to make a move on Sadie.

9:58 - Poignant, uncannily related, personal anecdote revealed! Derek hates killers cuz his dad was shot by a watch thief. Meredith reacts to the tragic tale by furrowing her brow and saying: “Sorry, just a bad day all around, I guess.”

9:59 - McDreamy’s goofy faces and hoe-down moves are enough to cheer up even the most self-absorbed whiner (*cough* Meredith *cough*).

10:00 - I guess I’m hard to please, but I wouldn’t be delighted by the prospect of birthday cake with “funny” tasting innards. No matter how “okay” the frosting may be.

This may contain future spoilers so stop reading here if you don’t want to know. Most of you have probably read about the Grey’s Anatomy rumor being reported. If not, here’s the gist: An original member of Grey’s is supposedly not getting along with producers and will be leaving the show. I instantly thought of Katherine Heigl, who has fought with producers over salary and pissed off writers after withdrawing her name from Emmy consideration and releasing a statement about not having been given material worthy of a nomination. But I don’t think it’ll be her who leaves (much to her chagrin) for two reasons: 1). It’s been reported frequently that she’s under contract and therefore can’t make an exit. 2). It’s also been reported that the soon-to-be-offed character has been a subtle part of the storylines this season. It’s not exactly inconspicuous to have crazy sex with a figment of one’s imagination.

My prediction is that it will be Dr. Shepherd (McDreamy) who leaves. He’s been almost absent this season, mainly popping into scenes for one-liners. Last episode he had a line that I believe was written to foreshadow his departure. He said, “I’m sick of the death.” He was heavy-hearted, depressed even. And, other than Heigl, Patrick Dempsey is the only cast-mate to have a real career outside of the show. He also made it clear he isn’t happy being a puppet for ABC producers when he was on Ellen last month (during the Erica Hahn lesbian controversy). Anyway, they said he won’t be killed off, which is good. Although, as we all now know, death wouldn’t guarantee he’d be gone permanently.

Update: TR Knight has decided to leave the show. Although I considered him before making my prediction, I was sure he wasn’t dumb enough to give up such a great meal ticket when he’s got nothing else going on. But I was wrong. Most of you can now rejoice: McDreamy stays! For now, anyway…

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