Grey’s Anatomy: Holidaze

Grey's Anatomy This episode chronicles the doctors’ lives over the Thanksgiving-New Year’s Eve holiday stretch. It begins with the Chief tacitly admitting that he’s fallen off the wagon to Meredith. She busted him drinking last week, and he offers to mentor her this week as a passive way of buying her silence. She gives no indication that she sees it that way, but his timing is questionable, in my opinion.
Everyone continues adjusting to the newest doctor, Teddy Altman. She removes a patient’s heart until she can come up with a better treatment solution. The woman was on a date when she became ill, and the guy decides to hang around and wait with her in the hospital, despite not knowing her well. I thought that was very sweet and decent of him. Cristina assures the patient that she’ll probably get a new heart around New Year’s Eve, because there are usually a lot of accidents, which leads to an abundance of organs. That’s a macabre thought.
Family is a big part of the holiday season, and a few of our characters are in for a surprise. Mark finds out he has an 18-year-old daughter named Sloan. grey's anatomy dvd He ends up letting the girl move in, and doesn’t have the heart to give her the boot, especially after she tearfully admits that she’s pregnant and has no place to go. Mark suspected he had a child, but had paid for an abortion for Sloan’s mother and never inquired further about the matter. He probably feels guilty and that letting his daughter live with him for a few months is the least he can do. Meanwhile Bailey’s father comes for a surprise visit. Miranda has kept her divorce a secret from her family, and her father is very displeased when she confirms it. He blames Miranda for the demise of her marriage and the dismantling of her son’s family structure. He fails to see Miranda’s perspective and even calls her out about the situation in front of all of her friends around the dinner table. She finally puts her father in his place and sticks up for herself, saying that her son is happy and so is she.Things have been awkward between Teddy, Cristina and Owen. Teddy admitted to Owen that she was in love with him in the past and wished he had chosen her when he became single. He admitted that he had feelings for her at one point also. Despite all of this Owen remains committed to Cristina, and the two share a devouring embrace, with Owen swallowing up any doubts before Cristina could express them. So much for her hooking up with Dr. Avery.
This episode introduced new conflict and put others to rest. It also laid the groundwork for an explosive revelation about the Chief’s alcoholism. It’s nice to see that the series hasn’t stalled at the midway point, and I’ve come to expect nothing less than great storytelling from Shonda Rhimes. www.dvdorderonline.com