Love/Addiction

Season 4, Episode 2, Aired
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A patient is in the hospital because they fell asleep in a hazardous situation. A patient's home laboratory blew up in an apartment building and the victims flood the hospital. Alex investigates the cause of the incident by talking to an elderly resident of the apartment building. Jane Burke shows up to deal with what her son left behind. Lexie tries to talk to Meredith. Callie is overwhelmed by her new position while Bailey is searching for things to do.moreless
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  • I was bored

    5.0
    "Mediocre"
    By Plonked, Oct 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    I didnt think I would ever feel this was about this show. I was so bored all the way through until the last 5 minutes. I was expecting this episode to be so great after the season finalie, but no. Come'on I thought Izzy would have finally known that she has to get her act together but no she decides to take her interns outside to revive a deer. She could have called a vet.
    Yeah so we met the interns and the residents tried to act like Bailey all tough, thats what made it so boring. For me the only interesting thing about this episde was Bailey finding out why she wasnt chosen and when george knocked on Izzys door at the end to tell her that he loves her. I really hope that the next episode steps up for me.moreless

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  • When Mer was talking about addictions I knew everything was gonna be diastrous.

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By g_anatomy, Oct 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode disapointed me. I expected more; it was getting good, but it fall to pieces in the middle of the episode.

    Good things: Mark has done such a great growing up and it was shown here in this episode, Mama Burke's speech to Mer, Derek, George and Cristina, Meredith's narration abour addiction (but not the acting part!).
    Bad things: MerDer attitude (S and M, the last scene), Izzie's attitude throughout this episode('Just because do bad things it doesn't mean that they're bad people', when she said a couple things to Callie on surgery), Alex's stupid act, how this episode's cases dealed with 'addiction', and Lexie Grey (again).

    Good things
    A) Mark: I liked how he tried to help Derek, and also the dialog with Callie. I think Mark's one of the caracthers that made the most incredible growing up. He's not that ol' manwhore that we saw at the beginning. B) Mama Burke: I liked how she spoke herself out whit Mer, Der, Cris and George. Her apperance was great and saved this episode.
    C) Meredith's narration: It was the point of view of a junkie, and it was good, but also it refered to other kind of addictions. I think this speach was great, and even if it scared me at the beginning, I think whoever wrote that one deserves this kind of good coments.

    Bad things
    A) Meredith and Derek: M and S? seriously, it was just dumb. If they're going to break up they had better stop doing that kind of things! It's no good. And we heard Derek and Meredith talking about each other with other people. Again, they're meant to be togheter and that's all. I still don't understand from where does this drama come from.

    B) Izzie: What she said to Callie was the beggining of the end. That brown-nosing act was that, and everyone realised: if you're sucking at your work...why so you have to tell otherwise? Add to this that she's George's mistress and that Callie is suspicious. Boom. I saw Callie's reaction from miles away. And that was suicidal!Also, I didn't like when she said "Just because people do bad things it doesn't mean they're bad people" I don't quite agree with that. Bad things turn you into a bad person (preogressively), even if you're the greatest. E.G.: a very good person (good towards people, polite, smart) steals money from his/her friends. In that case, is he/she still a good person ? Come up with another example and check. Even if you're a good person, if you do bad acts, that turn you into a bad person.

    C) Alex: It was stupid to do so. Sometimes you have to hold things to yourself to avoid legal trouble, and in this case, when they had called the police, Alex's action was unnecesary. Not to mention Callie's hiney is the responsible one for this.

    D) Lexie Grey: her stalking attitude was really disturbing. I know she wants to talk to Meredith, but it was easier to ask her for a drink/coffee to talk. Even if Meredith doesn't want to, Lexie has to try this way, not to bother the rest.

    E) Addiction cases: They weren't good enough. I expected more. I think that something was missing, I don't know what, but this cases needed something more, because they kinda ruined Meredith's narration. This wasn't a great episode because somethings were just bad and incomplete.moreless

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  • Meredith and Derek continue their strange situation after breaking up. Burke's mother shows up at the hospital looking for Cristina. The team deals with a case involving what appears to have been the results of a gas explosion.moreless

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    By breezy2281, Nov 19, 2010 Report Abuse
    So Grey and Derek are still at it. While they do seem to be addicted to each other, i don't see this heading in any other direction other than one that will cause even more problems. If they decided to break up, they should break up. Sleeping with each other while there are still such intense feelings involved will only lead to trouble, and it can only end badly. Speaking of bad relationships George and Izzie are dealing with their feelings for each other. George wants to tell Callie that he loves Izzie and that he doesn't want to be in their marraige i guess, but Izzie sees that something is bothering Callie, so she asks George not to tell her yet. Izzie tries to ease her guilt some by telling Callie she's doing a good job as chief resident, after seeing how much pressure she is under. I remember saying to myself "If Izzie doesn't stop acting so nervous around Callie, she's going to figure it out." Turns out she did. Callie isn't stupid and i think she's known for a while. I feel bad for Callie. She then begs George in tears not to tell her today of all days, after having to deal with everything she had going on that day. I think Callie is going to crack under the pressure of this position. I think the head butting between Callie and Miranda is hilarious. I thought Bailey was more hilarious than ever this episode. She unleashed the nazi and i also thought it was funny when she was asking Grey for help after being stressed out because her interns were running the clinic, and referred to them as idiots. Lexie is still trying to get to know her sister, and Meredith is pushing harder to resist that. At first i didn't understand why Meredith was being so mean and why she was trying so hard to resist getting to know Lexie. However, when the episode went on i realized it was because Meredith resents Lexie because she got to have a father and Meredith didn't. Yang was funny this episode. She seems to be getting back to her old self, especially with auctioning off her wedding gifts for favors. I also thought she was funny helping Meredith out by being Cristina-ish to Lexie. "If you have time to stare, you have time to get me coffee!" I thought that was funny. So Burke's mother comes around to speak to Yang after being dodged for quite a while. She did tell Cristina that she was a strong woman, and that she was sorry Cristina lost the man she loved and her teacher. So the team had to deal with a case that appeared to be a gas explosing possibly from a stove. An older man, a younger man, and a couple with their infant wind up in the hospital because of this. Alex orders a toxic screening on the baby and finds out that he has crystal meth in his system. He then figures out that the couple with the infant were running a meth lab in their apartment, and that's what caused the explosion because it blew up. The older man turned out to be their neighbor who even babysat for them and considered them family. The younger man who's name was Clark passed out on the CAT scan table and had to be shocked back. He later dies because his system was so shot from being an addict. The father of the infant knocked Alex out and took the baby after Alex told him he was going to jail. Alex winds up with stitches in his head, but Derek finds the man and his baby in his wife's bathroom in the hospital. I have to say i miss Addison. This episode would have been right up her alley. I also noticed during this episode that Alex's experience with Addison helped him to work so well with children. The baby Alex was working with suffers from withdrawl and has a stroke and needs surgery. When the mother wakes up she finds out that everyone knows what's going on, that her baby was sick because of what they were doing, that her husband got hauled off by the police, and that they would be wanting to talk to her. When she seems to be freaking out because of this, Cristina (much to my surprise) acted very compassionate towards her, which is a noticable change i saw in her this episode. I was surprised because normally in this kind of situation Cristina would never have shown even an ounce of compassion for a person like this. This was of course another great episode and i can't wait to see the next one.moreless

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  • It is a good episode but compare to other Grey's Anatomy epsiodes,it is just good and average!

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    By martooo_m, Sep 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    The episode circles around the addiction and love.It is good taht the episode shows personal life problems together with related medical cases and taht was great.But the thing because I rate the episode only 9 is that the medical cases were not good enough in my opinion and were not so well showed and written for the viewers to feel the real love addiction that is actually the theme of the episode.For me,the medical cases are maybe the biggest part of the show and taht's why I love and adore seasons 1 and two.The personal life of the doctors is important too but I think that the two stuff should be kept together without one replacing the other.
    I lile the storylines.They were good but not great as the typical Grey's Anatomy ones.
    Meredith deals with Lexie.She acts horrible to her and Lexie is getting cuter in my eyes.Meredith and Derek relation is shown to be an addiction and they end up together despite of their break up.
    Izzie tells George not to tell Carrie but he actually wants.At the end of the episode Carrie doesn't let him tell her.He is thrilled to discover his love addiction to Izzie as his patient dies.
    Carrie is now a chief resident and struggles taht nobody listens to her,nothing's under her controll and is confronted by the Chief.
    Miranda Bailey doesn't find things to do in the hospital.
    Mark and Derek are getting closer as friends.
    Christina is shocked to see Burke's mother coming to the hospital.
    Alex deals with a baby who just can't stop crying.
    Just good,not great but there is a deep improovement in the show's quality after the comparably disappointing third season.I hope for Grey's Anatomy to be great again,not just good like in season three and the show is actually improoving.moreless

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  • I liked this episode better than the previous one. I found what happened in this episode a bit more realistic than usual. I know Grey's a drama series, but I think a good drama should still have as many realistic elementas as possible.moreless

    10
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    By QQboo, Sep 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    After watching Christina's story, I wondered what would have happened if the actor who played Burke hadn't been fired. Would they have lived happily ever after? What about in a real life situation? If they two were a real life couple, would the woman have acted that way and would the man have really ended it? I don't know. I don't think so. At least I don't hope so. It would certainly disappoint me a great deal if people in real life would toss away relationships so easily like that.

    I am glad that Meredith finally told Lexie what the problems were. Lexie seemed so clueless and ridiculously naive. I don't feel any sympathy towards Lexie though Meredit has been mean to her. Meredith is the one who's fatherless. Think about that. Such pain must have caused her so much damage that she doesn't know how to love and trust a man despite the world's most perfect man, Derek, is madly in love with her.

    I really hope Derek keeps trying. I firmly believe that one day Meredith will be able to love like how most other 'normal' people love. I have a lot of faith in this couple. I feel that I am very much like Meredith in a lot of ways. Both my parents, not just my father, have caused me a lot of damage as well by leaving me and my sister behind at a very young age. I am still trying to learn how to love and trust. I don't think I've got it all figured out yet, but I'm certainly trying, like Meredith.moreless

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    • International Titles: Czech Republic: Láska a závislost (Love and Addiction) Slovakia: Láska (Love) Edit
    • Awards and Nominations: 2008 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series (Diahann Carroll) Edit
    • Original International Air Dates: Italy: Monday, December 17, 2007 on Foxlife. Australia: Sunday, February 17, 2008 on Channel 7 Latin America: Monday, February 18, 2008 on Sony Entertainment Television. Germany: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 on ProSieben Finland: Wednesday, March 5, 2008 on Nelonen The Netherlands: Monday, March 17, 2008 Croatia: Monday, March 24, 2008 on RTL TV Czech Republic: May 18, 2008 on Prima Norway: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 on TV2 Romania: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 on TVR1 Edit

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    • (they are lying in bed naked) Meredith: This is the best break-up ever. Derek (laughs): I don't know why we didn't break-up along time ago. (he turns off the light, and moves to cuddle with her) Meredith: What're you doing? Derek: Sleeping. Meredith: No. No, sleepovers. Derek: Yes, come on, please. It's three in the morning, I gotta work tomorrow. Meredith: We agreed, no sleepovers. Broken-up people don't sleep over. Sex only, it's the only part of the relationship that works. Derek: Oh, I know. And why screw it up with everything else, right? Dinner, conversations, sleepovers. Meredith: You're mocking my severe emotional limitations. Derek: You know, I can live without conversations, I can live between meals, and sleepovers... we shouldn't have sleepovers because you snore. (they laugh) Mockery, mockery, that's the deal breaker. Meredith: Okay, sex and mockery it is. (they start kissing) Edit
    • (Cristina is giving away all of her appliances that she got as wedding gifts) Nurse Tyler: It is beautiful. Izzie: I know. It's the Belgian Round, Flip Pro. Nurse Tyler: What do you want for it? Cristina: What do you got? Nurse Tyler: The next time that I get a projectile vomiter, I can loose your pager number. Cristina: Oh, you can do better than that. Surgeries, baby. Preferably cardio. Meredith: Are these all wedding gifts? Izzie: Yes, she's giving them away. I have dibs on the mix-master. Cristina: I'm not giving you the mix-master. Meredith: I think the tradition is that you're supposed to return them. Cristina: Burke registered for this crap and now I'm the one who's stuck dealing with it. So, I'm using it for professional game. Mark (indicating the espresso maker): Are you sure you're ready to part with this? Izzie: She's not. I want it. I want it. Cristina: I am if I can help with the ram boy flap on your next most defect repair. Mark: Come to Daddy. (takes the espresso maker and walks away) Alex: You steal all of this stuff? Izzie: Make her give me something. Alex (to Cristina): Give her something. Izzie: Give me the mix-master. Cristina: Face it. You have nothing that I want. Bailey: Would you look at the residents, big snazzy residents, standing around playing with housewares. Cristina: Turn a blind eye and the soup tureen's yours. Edit
    • Nurse Tyler: I want the waffle maker. Cristina: Didn't we already cover this? Nurse Tyler: Yeah, but now I got something that you want. Cristina: Oh, yeah, what? (Cristina sees Burke's mom and ducks behind the counter) Jane Burke: Hello, I'm Jane Burke. Nurse Tyler: Dr. Burke's mother, how nice to see you. Jane Burke: I'm looking for Dr. Cristina Yang. Nurse Tyler: Yang, Yang, lemme see…. Dr. Yang… (Cristina hits his leg from under the counter) I'll page her, but I think that she's in surgery. Jane Burke: I'll wait. (walks away) Nurse Tyler: Waffle maker. Cristina: Fine. Edit

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    • Bailey (to Meredith): I'm just saying that if I ever did anything for you, like, I don't know, save your life...if there was any debt of gratitude you felt that you owed me, now is the time that I would like to collect. Bailey is referring to when she helped revive Meredith in Season 3's Some Kind of Miracle, after she nearly drowned. Edit
    • Alex: Because I said so Nancy Drew. This is a reference to Nancy Drew, the teenage detective from the mystery novel series. Edit
    • Episode Title: Love/Addiction The title of this episode is a reference to the song by Morris Day and David Gray. Edit

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