Grey's Anatomy Episode Review: Elevator Love Letter (26/03/2009)

He finally understands her! *cries*

I seriously, seriously, applaud Meredith for the way she's been lately. I mean sure, she hasn't been all gung-ho with the surgery and everything but, she's working on something bigger than that. Herself. And man, is it showing.
After that episode when she told off those interns, I knew she was getting there. It makes me kind of tearful really, to see how far she's come.

In this episode, Derek proposes. Twice, and both times she turns him down because she knows that she doesn't deserve to be proposed that way. She doesn't want to be proposed by Derek like that, while he's still unsure, and cornering her to say yes because he thinks if she does, he can ace the surgery. She wanted him to realise that even without her saying "yes", he's still a brilliant neurosurgeon. It was a little touch and go for awhile there but he got his groove back. And I'm glad, because Derek's dark side? So obvious that he hadn't encountered it very much in his life.

The things he said to her in that elevator though (how funny was the Chief trying to keep her off the other elevator?), when he said that her dark and twisty isn't a weakness, but a strength; I cried. He finally gets her. Before I was shaky and meh about them being together because of that simple fact. I knew they loved each other but loving each other isn't always enough to keep you together. But now he finally sees it, I know I will be okay and support this relationship. Meredith deserves someone who doesn't just love her, but gets her. And he finally does.

Derek Sheperd: "If there's a crisis, you don't freeze. You move forward. You get the rest of us to move forward. Because you've seen worse. You've survived worse. And you know, we'll survive too. You say you're all dark and twisty, it's not a flaw. It's a strength. It makes you who you are."

On the flip side, Cristina's not faring well. Breaking up with Owen.
My heart ached when she hugged him after coming out of the bathroom. Though on a side-note, I think it's very awesome that Callie and Meredith worked together to keep him away from her. Meredith really is a mini-Bailey because who else in that hospital can get a man to lurk away with a look. Ain't nobody else but Bailey!
I think it was brave of Cristina trying to move forward from the choking. And you can see trying to regain some control when she said to let her determine when she's had enough. I had a feeling that after the sex, she'll realise that she was way past enough.

I miss Cristina and Meredith time so I'm happy when they get time to be with each other. I love them as friends because they get each other the best. Even when they've grown up and gotten better, they'll still get each other.

The only part I was very eye-rolley about was George. I mean jesus, fine, Izzie told Cristina first. Omigod, what a crime. It doesn't matter that she's going to go for some majorly hard surgery, she told Cristina first! Bitch!
I know that he's scared that she might die but it just didn't feel right to me.

The patient, the old lady that just kept coming back to life, and her people who'll always come, no matter how busy they actually are? I like that it was done in a light-hearted manner. Well, as light-hearted as possible since the old lady did actually finally die. It was a simple message that no matter what, having people around, ain't such a bad thing.