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“Grey’s Anatomy” recap: Episode 7.16 – “Not Responsible”

Good morning to Seattle! Alex butters his toast in Meredith’s kitchen (does that sound dirty?) while Derek shows Meredith the blue prints for their McDreamhouse. Meredith squints because the blueprints are blurry. 

Meredith doesn’t care about the layout of the house as longs as she has a tub that is “deep enough to cover her knees and boobs at the same time.” Derek exits and Meredith tells Alex that the fertility drugs are making her eyes dry. Alex encourages her to see the “hot” Dr. Lucy and get a consultation. I’d like to give her a consultation. I’m not sure exactly what I meant by that but it was something sexually inappropriate.

Callie gets an ultrasound and Dr. Lucy recommends that she schedule an amniocentesis test. Mark protests and Arizona protests Mark’s protest and insists that Callie get the amnio to ensure the baby is OK.  Here comes another episode of Three’s Company! Dr. Lucy says it best, “It’s so nice that there are three of you!”

Meredith checks in with Nancy Travis, who is going to partake in the Alzheimer’s clinical trial. Nancy has a hot hubby and adorable little son named Kyle who has been taking care of her while she’s sick. 

When Nancy forgets the side effects caused by her medicine, her son remembers them. Is Kyle missing school to take care of his mother? Please tell me this is summer vacation. P.S. Remember when Nancy starred in So I Married An Ax Murder?  I bet she wishes her Alzheimer’s would help her forget that.

Teddy checks in on a past cystic fibrosis patient named Ricky. Ricky is in the hospital awaiting a lung transplant and has brought along his girlfriend, Julia. Julia seems a little sketchy and on edge when Teddy asks for her phone number. Calm down, Julia; Teddy’s not interested in you. She only dates guys who hang out in cafeterias. Ricky’s new lungs are getting flown in from Portland, so Avery and Lexie prepare Ricky for surgery.

Owen interrupts the Chief, who claims to be very busy, because there is a VIP patient who needs the Chief’s attention. As they walk out of the elevator and down the hallway the Chief bitches and bitches and bitches about how he doesn’t have time to handle this patient and Owen should just take care of it himself. When did the Chief become such a whiny bitch?  In the end, Owen pulls back the curtain and reveals that the VIP patient is the Chief’s wife, Adele. Adele is back in the hospital with an ice pack on her head and covered in blood.

Meredith tells Nancy Travis that she’s ready for surgery. The family hopes that she gets the real drug instead of the placebo and Meredith notices a bump on Kyle’s neck. Kyle hides it but Meredith insists that a doctor should look at it and make sure it’s OK.

Lexie and Avery are prepping Ricky when Julia starts having a massive coughing fit. Julia freaks out and reaches for an inhaler, and a bottle of pills falls out of her purse. Lexie picks up the bottle and reads that it’s medicine for cystic fibrosis and Julia’s name is on the bottle. Julia tries to run out of the room but Lexie stops her. Avery reminds Ricky that cystic fibrosis patients are potentially deadly to each other. CF patients can infect each other, but Ricky and Julia don’t care because they are in love. 

Meredith asks April to check out Kyle’s neck bump and April says Meredith now “owes her one.” I’d like to give April one punch in the face.

The Chief makes Bailey take care of Adele and run every test they have on her. (I don’t think she’ll need a testicular scan.)

Meredith pages Alex so he can check out her vision. Alex says her cornea looks fine, but Meredith can’t read the chart.

Back at the Three’s Company camp, Mark yells that he doesn’t care if the baby is special needs, he doesn’t want Callie to get the amnio.

Arizona lays down the law that the amnio is necessary because if the baby is special needs they need to know because it’s “not all hugging and special Olympics.” Mark and Arizona fight over Callie and both want to have a minute alone with her. If I were Arizona, I wouldn’t let Callie and Mark ever be alone together again. Callie is sick of the bickering and goes off to tend to her patient. Good, that’s what you’re being paid to do!

Alex tracks down Dr. Lucy and vaguely asks about Meredith’s eyesight problem. Dr. Lucy, being a chick, thinks Alex is looking for reasons to talk. She comments that he should just ask her out again so Alex does and she blows him off, again. Dr. Lucy seems like a drama queen, and I don’t wish that on even Alex.

Dr. Stark joins April, Meredith and Arizona to look at Kyle’s X-rays. Stark is concerned that Kyle hasn’t been treated sooner and Meredith explains the boy’s mother has Alzheimer’s and his father is too busy working.  Stark tells them to call child protective services and they all protest. Stark insists that Kyle needs to be taken care of as much as his mother does.

Bailey is dealing with Adele who doesn’t remember which store she was in when she was injured.  Bailey wants her to do a breathalyzer to make sure she’s not drunk. Adele insists that she’s not drunk and isn’t on any drugs.

In the cafeteria Teddy takes her pants off … I wish!  No, really, in the cafeteria Mark, Arizona and Callie are bicker about the baby. Mark yells at Callie and says she and her vagina don’t get a bigger vote than he does. He yells, “I’m a parent too!”  Mark storms off.  The kids not even here yet and it’s going to need therapy.

Teddy learns that Julie has CF and tells Ricky that he has to end his relationship with her or else he doesn’t get the lung transplant. Is that legal? 

Meredith touches base with Nancy Travis and her family and tells them that child protective services will want to speak with them. Nancy and her husband are fearful that Kyle will be taken away and Nancy Travis starts to scream.  Kyle calms Nancy down by singing Johnny Cash‘s “Walk the Line.”  When Karman is stressed I sing Stevie Nicks‘ “Stand Back.”

Teddy comes in to check on Ricky to make sure his relationship with Julia is over and he says assures her that it is.  Teddy tells Julia to say goodbye to Ricky forever.

Bailey asks Meredith what she thinks is really wrong with Adele.  Bailey is concerned and Meredith warns her that when she told the Chief she thought something was wrong with Adele, he jumped down her throat.

Owen kisses Cristina and she thanks him for not trying to “knock her up.” She says the “Three Musketeers” (Callie, Arizona, Mark) are fighting non-stop and Meredith is getting shot up with fertility drugs and she doesn’t want any of that. Owen laughs and then makes a comment about how they will have kids in the future. Excuse me? 

Callie decides she does want the amnio and Mark accepts her decision.

Derek and Meredith have Nancy Travis’s brain open on the table and when Meredith opens the secret drug package it says “Active Agent”  Meredith is very excited and Derek gives Meredith the needle to inject the drug in Nancy’s brain.  (The needle will ensure that she doesn’t star in any other Mike Myers films.) Meredith attempts to inject Nancy’s brain but says she can’t because she can’t see her brain clearly. 

Teddy complains that she knows Ricky and Julia will get back together in a couple of months.  Lexie starts reconsidering leaving Mark so abruptly and Avery reminds her of something very important. He asks her, “Do you really want to be dating a guy, two women and a baby?” Good point!

Cristina confronts Owen and says she doesn’t want to have kids. Owen figures she’ll just change her mind, which really pisses Cristina off. Owen tells Cristina that the decision to have or not to have children is not 100% her decision. He wants a vote too.  (If you wanted a vote in your marriage you shouldn’t have married Cristina Yang, buddy!)

Derek is worried about Meredith’s vision and he checks out her eyes. Meredith jokes that she hopes he’ll still love her if she’s blind.  Dr. Lucy says Meredith needs to stop taking her fertility pills because blurry vision is a side effect.

Lexie finds Julia outside sitting on a bench and she tells Julia that she has to leave and she needs to leave Ricky alone forever. Staying with Ricky and possibly infecting each other is suicide for both of them.  Lexie insists that Julia needs to move on and she will find someone else. Julia is heartbroken.

April pleads with Stark to not call protective services on Kyle’s family. Stark can’t believe no one has already called them. April promises she’ll personally check on Kyle every time his mother comes in for the Alzheimer’s check ups. Stark agrees to April’s terms. Am I the only one that thinks they should call child protective services? Kyle isn’t living his life as a child; he’s a caregiver and he’s not old enough for that role. 

Ricky wakes up from his successful lung transplant surgery and Lexie delivers the news that Julia is finally gone, for good.  Ricky has the sads and hugs his new lungs for comfort.

Bailey talks to the Chief and says something is “clearly wrong” with Adele. The Chief doesn’t want to hear it, but Bailey encourages the Chief to have Derek look at Adele and see if Alzheimer’s might really be an issue.

Lexie leaves the hospital and sees Avery outside waiting for her. Lexie feels guilty for forcing Julia to leave Ricky because she might have broken up two soul mates. Avery laughs at the idea of a “soul mate” and says there is more than one soul mate for everyone.  Lexie asks Avery if he’s in line to be her soul mate. And he says, “Yes.” Ooh la la! Something is going to happen with these two.

Cristina tells Owen they didn’t think their marriage through because he wants to have kids and she doesn’t. Cristina now starts doubting their marriage.

Did they get married to quickly? YES! Did she make a rash and uninformed decision about marriage because she had PTSD? YES!

Is Cristina really gay and in-love with Meredith?  YES, YES!

An awkward Stark asks an even more awkward April out on a date. April asks the important question, “If I say ‘no’ will you stop giving me surgeries?” He says no, but they might have to avoid eye contact for a while. April tells him she needs to think about it. These two should get married and move far away from Seattle. I hear property in Detroit is quite affordable these days.

Callie tells Arizona that she’s really proud of Mark for being so mature about her decision to get the amnio. Arizona is unfazed.

Arizona: I don’t get excited about Mark. I’m not delighted by Mark. I love you and I can honestly say that I’m gonna love this baby. But Mark?  I somehow ended up agreeing to a lifetime with Mark.  A lifetime of decisions.  Bottle or sippy cup? Basketball or tap?  Dartmouth or Berkeley? Christmas morning with Mark. I never picked him and I don’t hate him but I don’t want a life with him and yet somehow that’s what I got.

Callie: What am I supposed to do, kick him out? I mean it’s his kid!

Arizona: You don’t need to remind me of that.  I never ever forget that.

Callie: Wow. OK, we’re going to go down that road again.

Arizona: OK, can we just be honest about the fact that this is some kind of bi dream come true?  I mean, you get the woman that you love and then the guy best friend who’s also a great lay and a baby. You get it all but me, this is not my dream. My dream doesn’t look like this.

Oh snap! 

April runs into the bathroom while Lexie is talking a shower … with Avery. Lexie covers Avery’s mouth to April can’t hear him.

The Chief finds out about Meredith’s poor eyesight and tells her she’s not allowed to operate. Meredith looks to Cristina and says, “Did he just bench me?”

Cristina says, “Damn!” I love Cristina.

Mark, Derek and Owen are all on the top of the hospital roof golfing (is anyone else worried about the pedestrians below?) and comparing their relationships to the women in their lives.

The Chief comes out of the elevator and pulls Derek aside and explains that Adele is foggy and he needs Derek to check her out. Derek agrees and then heads back to his ball whacking.

So that’s it for this week’s episode. Will Arizona go back to Malawi? Will April and Stark settle down and buy a condo in Detroit? Will Cristina Yang finally come out? Tune in and find out!

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