5x14 Beat Your Heart Out: Pros & Cons

Pros

1. "Use it wisely"

2. Tater tots guy says "Cracked"

Tater tots guy is my favorite intern. I like tater tots too, tater tots guy!

3. The "Anal Man" (Ashley dubs thee)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this might be my favorite patient ever to walk awkwardly into Seattle Grace Hospital. Note to self: Don't do #9

4. Confused Meredith. Priceless. (Not nearly as good as morphine Meredith, but I'll take what I can get)

I could edit this picture into something really dirty, but I won't

5. Dr. Dixon's meltdown and the lesbian threesome that ensued (You say it's hugging, I say heavy petting)

Primetime softcore porn, for sure.

6. Meredith and Derek without all the drama and sadness

7. ARIZONA ROBBINS BEING THE WOMAN OF MY DREAMS!

For the record, I legit screamed when this happened.

8. George was only on for 10 seconds

Cons

1. I had to see George for 10 seconds

2. Izzie is still alive... and using hospital equipment on herself (Expensive tests for free? But then again when was Izzie ever ethical?)

3. Christina/Hunt and the awful song choice.

I really like them as a couple, honest. But really? I know Dorrie analyzed this and found meaning but to me, a very immature person, it was totally awkward and out of place.

4. Who's this bitch?

Obviously here to mess shit up. You can tell by her blouse. What? You can't?

5. Derek doesn't propose. But honestly, this should be a PRO since the screen cap below shows how tacky the proposal would have been. Quit being cliche, Derek. Meredith would hate this:

6. THIS EPISODE WAS NOT A CROSSOVER. Well, it kind of was. But remember how ABC advertised it as a "Two hour special event"? Well the closest we got to a cross over was:

Addison: Derek

Derek: Addison?

Addison: I need you

Okay, so then I sat through Private Practice (which I hate) waiting for the crossover part. Guess what, it ended at the same moment! Tonight's episode better make up for this, or else...

In conclusion, I want to marry Arizona Robbins and be besties with Dr. Dixon (I bet she can kick it old school, for sure).

-Ashley

Eureka!

Cristina's Victorian Romance?

Okay, so I'm re-watching 5x14 [Beat our Heart Out] right now. And I came to an immediate realization.

Upon first watching, I thought 'why the hell is this creepy music playing every single time that Cristina and Hunt lay eyes on one another?'. And then, it made sense.

At the beginning of the episode, when Cristina and Meredith are talking about Ellis's journal, Cristina says:

"...it's kind of...uhm.. hot. Actually. but like chastely hot...it's all stolen glances and illuded exchanges. The thing reads like a Victorian romance novel.."

And it clicked.

Cristina and Hunt are comparable to Ellis and Richard in the respect that they're hiding what they have. Meredith, for the most part, is the only one who knows there is something going on there. And now, there is the introduction of this woman who spooks Hunt, which leaves me to think that maybe he isn't so honest about his love like as we'd like. They're hiding from everyone.




Every time their eyes meet, there is the music. They walk together, their hands brush. It's a small gesture, one that nobody else would think anything of. Yet, it speaks novels with the brush of their fingers. This is Cristina's Victorian Romance, complete with cheesy music.



I only caught on because I listened deeper into the music, and I was like 'this is something they'd play in Pride or Prejudice' and it fell into place.

Now maybe I'm completely wrong in this assumption. Or maybe someone else caught this before I did. But I had an epiphany and I had to share it somewhere, with people I know would understand it just as I had.

The more I think about it, the more I find myself comparing Cristina to Ellis. And I don't know necessarily if that is a good thing, but Cristina circa the earlier seasons had the same drive for her work, the same kind of cold attitude towards her relationship with Burke. I just wonder if maybe there is more to Shonda's Cristina than we're catching onto.

But maybe I'm just overthinking. What do you guys think?