The second episode of Season 7 of Grey's Anatomy seemed more like part two of the season premiere, than a new episode. We pretty much picked up where we left off. But I will say this. The season premiere showed us everyone in recovery mode, or what they think counts as recovery. The second episode is where the reality of the entire thing actually began to set in.
Meredith still has yet to be cleared for surgery and we see her in a whole mess of tears and blubbering in her counseling session--obviously faking it. Cristina is not even one day into marriage, ring and all, and you can tell she's well on her way to a town called panic. Alex is still walking around with that bullet inside him, but once Miranda finds out, she makes it her mission to get it out. Everyone, specifically Mark, is keeping a close eye on Lexie--much to her chagrin. And Derek is just pissed at Meredith for leaving him in jail, causing him to miss Cristina's wedding.
Meanwhile, everyone's beepers are, well, beeping and we just DON'T KNOW WHY! Well, we know why: there's going to be some big accident with multiple trauma victims and blah blah blah. We just don't know what the accident is. Soon, we discover that an entire flag football team was seriously burned due to a bolt of lighting--yup--striking one player and then bouncing off that player to burn the other players. That's right. What will those writers think of next? Turns out, there is one girl on the team, Carrie, who everyone else on the team appears to be in love with. They're all so eager to express their feelings because, well, they were all struck by lightning, and how often does that happen, am I right?! But Carrie wants to express her feelings too, to one player: Warren. We eventually learn that Warren is the player who was struck by lightning, causing the other players to get hit. But thanks to Lexie, we discover that Carrie was actually pushed by Warren (because they were practicing) and hit the ground before the lightning. This meant that she had sustained a severe head injury well before the team was affected by the lightening. So, basically, Lexie saved Carrie's life. She may have had a minor freak out due to the shooting that occurred last season, but she's recovered, and people need to understand that. And while Mark at one point, took a cue from the football players, and went to express his love to Lexie, she would have none of it, and asked for him to leave her alone. I guess, now, Mark will have to wait a while for that moment to happen again.
Of course, the lightening accident wasn't the only bit of trauma (drama) occurring this episode. Let's get back to Cristina and Owen and what is sure to be a drama-free marriage. Cristina was not technically cleared for surgery but Teddy and Owen want her to get back on that horse, so they get the chief to clear her. Turns out the heart patient they'll be working on used to be a patient of Dr. Burke's, and yeah, they knew ALL about Cristina and Burke--except that Burke had bolted on their wedding day and Meredith had to literally cut Cristina's gown off of her. The moment in the patient's room was awkward, to say the least. And from that moment on, Cristina looked as if she was floating through the entire day. She was there, but she wasn't herself. In fact, she didn't become herself until a lightening bolt of her own--in the form of Avery accidentally hitting some trays during the surgery, causing a raucous--struck her back into reality. Cue Cristina hitting the floor--and the memories of the shooting are all coming back to her. She basically freaks, and there is no way she can recover in time to get back on the surgery horse. She is lying on the floor and can't move. And tears are shooting out of her eyes sideways (oh Sandra Oh, you never cease to amaze me). But of course, Meredith comes to the rescue. Oh, and the heart patient was fine.
As this episode started to come to a close, it seemed that everyone had truly brought themselves back to reality. Meredith confessed to Derek about her miscarriage (she also finally told her counselor, who then cleared her for surgery). Miranda persuaded (kind of forced) Alex to let her remove the bullet--thereby removing the final physical reminder of the shooting. And Cristina gave her ring back to Owen and decided to stay at Meredith's place. But moments later, we see that Owen has come to get her, and they go home.
I'm glad Cristina went home with Owen--their marriage may be off to a rocky start, but it's a start. And who knows? Maybe they'll get a divorce, or maybe they'll realize that the marriage part of their relationship is only a piece of paper, just as the marriage part of Meredith's relationship is a measly post-it. They're the same people, just married. It took me a while to warm to Owen (and the actor playing him) but now,I think I like him. And as long as I like him, he's not going anywhere, right? Right.
Perhaps in the next episode, Cristina and Owen will be back to their own pre-marriage iffy relationship.
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