TV.com: These Ties That Bind: Meredith’s old friend Sadie (Melissa George) becomes an intern at Seattle Grace, but Meredith’s other friends aren’t exactly welcoming; new surgeon Virginia Dixon (Mary McDonnell) brings rules and order to the OR; and Lexie leads the interns in secretive, unorthodox surgical-training sessions.
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Recap & Review: Things are certainly changing at Grey’s Anatomy. Last week, Brooke Smith was fired because her storyline wasn’t going as hoped. Earlier this week, it was announced that Kevin McKidd would be bumped up to full cast member as Owen Hunt. Now we have two new people coming in. Melissa George as intern that has ties to Meredith and a new doctor played by Mary McDonnell. Things are definitely shaking up at Grey’s Anatomy. Will the changes improve the show? Only time will tell.
This week’s episode opens with Yang coming in and telling Meredith that Hahn is gone. She has left Seattle Grace. She kicks Derek out of bed in the process. However, it is not long we see her kicked out as well as an old friend of Meredith’s arrives at her door. She is the newest Seattle Grace intern, and this is her first day. She arrives at the hospital with everyone else, and it is clear Cristina and Derek don’t like the new arrival. Sadie is Meredith’s old person. Cristina feels threatened.
At the hospital, a man somehow impaled on himself comes in, and everyone works on him, while a new heart surgeon also arrives. This one is a bit different though. Izzie is still on the case, and she is still seeing Denny as well. She does her best to ignore him though. The man getting the heart doesn’t want the heart though. In fact, he wants the donor heart in his chest now also removed. Denny has his own comments on this.
The new doctor, Virginia Dixon, has her own tough love to give. The case interests Izzie though because the man thinks he is haunted. She feels haunted herself. She even thinks Denny is bringing heart transplant cases to her. Something Denny laughs at in his own way. Denny stays with her, and he tells her that he is indeed real. Something she is making herself not believe. He even tries to get her to touch him, but she won’t do it. The man’s donor heart is removed, and miraculously his own heart begins to beat.
As for the other case, the man needs a new leg after being crushed in the garbage truck, and this task falls to Callie. She is trying to deal with Hahn’s departure. Hahn didn’t even say good-bye to her before she left. Ouch. Kind of cold there, huh? That’s how the writer’s wrote it though. The man is against surgery though, even if he is bleeding to death. However, he finally changes his mind. He dies during the operation though. This is what sets Callie off, and she breaks down. Yang and Sloan kick everyone else of the room. When no one moves, Hunt speaks up. The three end up at Joe’s bar after Yang figures out what the interns are doing. When Hunt leaves, Yang follows and these two have a moment together.
The ending of this episode might be what keeps people talking the week ahead though. Izzie asks Alex to burn Denny’s sweater, thinking it will free his soul. However, it doesn’t work. He shows up in her bedroom, and she finally touches him. He is real. Real to her, but real nonetheless. We know Alex can’t see him, or he would have said something. The couple is reunited though, and it looks like Denny is sticking around for another week at least. This is one of the better episodes of Grey’s this season. The dialogue at points had me laughing out loud, and the scenes with Izzie and Denny had me near tears. This is the Grey’s I fell in love with. Nice to see it back. For daily tv listenings, check here .
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