Oct 31 2008
Grey’s Anatomy Episode 5-6
TV.com: Life During Wartime - The chief gives Bailey new power and responsibility. He also gives her a very difficult surgical assignment: remove a girl’s inoperable tumor. Meanwhile, new trauma chief Owen (Kevin McKidd) challenges the attendings’ methods and the residents’ skills.
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Recap & Review: Things are about to change drastically at Seattle Grace Hospital with the addition of a new doctor to the staff. Kevin McKidd officially joins the cast this week after an appearance that turned heads, especially Cristina’s. He is now on staff with Seattle Grace, and in this first appearance he is teaching the interns and residents how to save lives quickly by using pigs. There is a note at the start of the episode that says no animals were hurt in the process of this episode, but he does make you wonder. Yang continues to try to hide from him after the kiss they shared. Lexie is ignoring George, Hahn calls Callie her glasses, and Alex and Izzie are already having trouble in their one week relationship. Nothing is ever boring or easy when it comes to these doctors and their love lives. Oddly enough, the only ones truly happy right now are Derek and Meredith. Talk about a switch.
Once Izzie sees what Owen has done to the pigs, she walks out of the lesson. Owen doesn’t even show that he recognizes Cristina after they kiss. Izzie thinks Owen is a monster, and she tells Derek that he disgusts her. Yang is stuck with all of the pigs when there is a trauma call that comes in. Owen is already shaking things up, and he has barely been there a day. Meanwhile, Bailey is trying to do the impossible, operate on an inoperable tumor of a little girl. She brings Grey in on her team, and she gives Hahn no other choice than coming in. Hahn is having her own issues though because now she knows she is gay, but Callie isn’t so sure. She even sleeps with Sloan again to test a theory.
With the help of Anatomy Jane, Meredith comes up with a plan to operate. A plan that they all move forward to complete. They will remove five of her major organs. Meanwhile, Grey knows something is up with Chief, but he denies it. He can’t even look at her though. Could it be Anatomy Jane? She used to carry the doll with her at the hospital when she was a child. Is this reminding him of his past affair with her mother? Could be possible! As for Derek, he has issues with Owen’s tactics, but once again the Chief won’t listen. His focus is on the surgery of the little girl. Yang’s focus is on the pigs. Lexie has even named them, and one does end up crashing. This is not acceptable because Yang was left in charge, and she was told to keep them all alive. She ends up opening Wilbur.
The surgeries are never boring at Seattle Grace. All the operating rooms are busy. Bailey figures out a plan for the little girl, and Yang finds what the problem with the pig is. Izzie also stands up to Owen for God’s creatures. All are saved. Torres figures out that sex is amazing for her no matter who she sleeps with. However, Sloan tells her that with Erica not knowing Callie is sleeping with him. Once Owen is confronted by Shepherd and Sloan, he then returns to his pigs. They have all survived, and this is where Yang draws the line. He tells her to terminate them all, and she walks out. She finally ends up doing it though. The pigs would suffer needlessly. By the end of the episode, Torres has come clean with Eric about sleeping with Mark, Alex and Izzie have decided to go steady, and Meredith finds another box full of her mother’s diaries. How much can one woman write?
We can see just with this one episode that Owen is really set to shake things up. I think he is a great addition to the cast of Grey’s Anatomy. No one really likes him, so that adds conflict with the staff. This is something that adds spice to any series. Spice is something that has been lacking a bit when it comes this show, but they do seem to be headed in the right direction now. What did you think of this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy? Don’t forget to check for what’s hot on tv daily here .
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