Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Grey's Anatomy - finale episodes - since the recaplets will 'go to internet heaven':

2-26 Recaplet 17 Seconds --Sunday
Well. To echo the constant refrain of the episode thread: HOLY SHIT. So Burke gets a call that there's a heart available for Denny across town at Mercy West. Cristina begs to go along with him for the ride, but he's still mad at her for falling asleep during sex and takes Alex out of spite. When they arrive, they're informed that there are two hearts available -- the dead guys are a pair of brothers who crossed the center line and ran headlong into a semi -- and the doctor getting the second heart is Burke's old med school rival. Alas! Burke's guy is already dead, so he runs into the other OR to try and steal the one good heart for Denny. Turns out the intended recipient of the good heart made the transplant list just seventeen seconds before Denny did, so other guy is technically the winner -- unless Denny's condition deteriorates dramatically within the next hour or so, that is.
And what do you imagine happens when Izzie finds out about this? Why, she comes up with a diabolically CRAZY plan to stop Denny's heart by cutting his LVAD line. It'll be okay, she says, because Burke is on his way back to the hospital any second to revive him! That way Denny can live, get the heart, and everyone will live happily ever after. And since it can never be said enough, Izzie Stevens COMPLETELY drops her basket, going so far as to drag George and Alex along for her insane little ride.
Meanwhile, a bunch of gunshot wounds arrive at the hospital, the result of a disgruntled ex-waiter attempting to shoot his overbearing manager (who didn't even get shot, just lacerated!). One of the more heartbreaking victims is a young pregnant girl who was shot in the head. She ends up brain dead, leaving her parents to decide whether to keep her alive long enough to deliver her baby.
In character relationship news, Mere, McDreamy, and Addison get the news from McVet that Doc has osteosarcoma. McDreamy is still stupidly upset with Mere for dating Finn, and he shows his ass in front of all of them. Poor Addison finally realizes what's going on -- after a particularly painful conversation with Meredith, in which she pathetically asks her husband's dirty ex-mistress if they're still sleeping together -- and confronts McDreamy. Unfortunately, she does it in front of the entire hospital. Callie is a total bitch to Meredith in re: Doc's illness, but redeems herself slightly after a little talking-to from George. Callie sadly unredeems herself by telling George she loves him -- and George, bastard that he is, leaves her hanging to go help Izzie with her "plan."
Speaking of which. Just as Izzie is getting ready to cut Denny's LVAD cord (in front of a totally stricken George), the original-target restaurant manager is released from the hospital. What nobody could have imagined is that his shooter is waiting for him outside. Shots are fired. Bailey hears them from inside the hospital and runs outside. The manager is down. And, as much as it pains me to say this, my friends, so is Burke. BURKE! Dr. Burke is on the ground and he has been shot, is what I am saying to you. Izzie doesn't know this, though, and cuts through Denny's LVAD line with a pair of scissors, saying, "It's okay, Dr. Burke will be here in a minute." Holy shit!


2-27 Recaplet Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response --Monday 2-part finale
In the aftermath of the episode-ending shooting from all of a day ago (this has been the longest 24 hours of my life!), Burke is down, out, and shot. Izzie has cut Magical Heart Patient Denny's LVAD line in anticipation of Burke's return, and had dragged George into her insanity. Denny, I don't so much care about anymore, but Burke? Burke's condition has me in serious conniptions. As I told AB, I gave up ER YEARS ago, because I can't take this sort of stress, yet here I am, smack dab in the throes of another medical drama.
At first, Bailey tries to keep Burke's condition secret from Christina. Cristina tends to the restaurant shooter, who ended up shooting himself, but sees what's going on with Burke and sort of seems to care a little bit. Once Burke is stable, it becomes clear that he might be paralyzed in one of his arms. McMeany knows what sort of operation Burke needs to potentially fix it, but doesn't trust himself to promise its effectiveness and is honest with Burke about this. In the interim, Burke requests ice chips, morphine, and Cristina to ease his pain. Guess which is the most effective? Because it's not the one he sleeps with. Burke asks Cristina what he should do regarding the surgery, but Cristina turns tail and runs away from him. She does the same damn thing when, during Burke's surgery, Webber requests she come in and keep Burke calm while they wake him up for some crucial tests. When Cristina bails and Burke and his intubated lungs flail, McMeany gets in Burke's face, telling him, "It's just you and me." Ssshhhh -- did you hear that? That's the sound of a thousand fanfics being launched. McMeany's calming works, Burke moves his fingers, and Cristina leaves the OR. Presumably to pack up her stuff in Burke's apartment to save him the trouble of kicking her ass to the curb.
Adele Webber is back on the scene and has her teenaged, prom-going niece with her. Turns out, niece tried to lose her virginity and finds instead that her ovarian cancer is back with a vengeance. Adele flips out (righteously so) on Webber for sending his niece's converging promlets home and reads him the riot act for EVERYTHING, including his affair with Ellis Grey.
Denny is in all sorts of trouble and so are every single one of the interns. They've all been dragged into the scene of Izzie's potential murder and are all now trying to help kill Denny only to bring him back. After lots of screaming, hand-pumping, and Bailey's scary looks, Denny finally goes in for transplant surgery. As Izzie looks on from observation, Denny's Magical Transplanted Heart That Belongs To Another Man Who Has Two Kids By The Way beats.


2-28 Recaplet Losing My Religion
Things really -- what's the opposite of "pick up"? -- in the second hour. Izzie verifies with Denny that he really did propose to her just before he went into surgery. It's a go, and Izzie is ecstatic. Webber lines up Fool and the Gang for questioning regarding the severing of Denny's LVAD line; when they each confess to the crime, he sentences them to no surgeries until someone spills it. No one does, so he decides a little one-on-one interrogation might be a better method. It's not, despite some great performances by the actors involved, so Webber tries to think what to do next.
Things are not going well with Doc, and according to McVet, the disease has spread to his brain, and they're going to have to put him down. Mere, Addie, and McDreamy are all there with Doc when McVet gives him the fatal shot, but then Addie is called away to the hospital, leaving Mere and McDreamy to accidentally brush hands and weep over the death of their dog and their friendship.
On Webber's order, Bailey tasks the interns with planning the Best Prom Ever for Camille and her friends. The teenagers bicker about everything from the theme to the signature colors until Bailey demonstrates, again, how awesome she is in every way: "Silver and black. It'll make your dresses POP." The interns help to blow up balloons and hang streamers, and the hospital prom looks to be one fine shindig. Everyone gets all dressed up, even. Webber dances with his dying niece, and they have a sweet moment together. Callie is still upset with George about the whole "I love you" thing, but then he says he just needs some time to get there, and they make out. Mere dances with McVet, and McDreamy with his wife, but they can't stop looking at each other. They both leave their respective dates and find a quiet room in which to argue a little, then cry a little, then remove their clothing and have sex. After the deed is done, McDreamy disgustingly asks Mere what this means for them now.
Meanwhile, Izzie has arrived at the prom looking gorgeous and radiant. She's ready for the dance, but wants to pay her fiancé a little visit first. Unfortunately, Denny has just recently expired from what they think is a stroke caused by a blood clot in his sutures. Izzie calmly climbs into bed with him, and that is how her friends find her when they hear the news. The rest of the Gang try to get Izzie to get up and release her vise-like grip on her dead husband-to-be, but nothing works. Until, that is, Alex -- evil, awful, perfect Alex -- physically gathers her into his arms and carries her over to a chair, where he holds her until she can get up on her own.
The Gang walks back to the prom as a group, shocked and beat down. Izzie confesses to Webber that she was the one who cut Denny's LVAD line; she then says she was never a surgeon, quits, and walks out. Cristina goes to Burke's bedside and finally shows some support. And Meredith is left to choose between McDreamy and McVet. What the hell kind of cliffhanger is that?


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