re: piece of my heart, re: the becoming

i know, this is long overdue...things have been so busy, i haven't been able to blog about my favourite show. it's been killing me that i haven't been able to read the writer's blog either, since i don't like to read it before writing my own blog...so i will do a quick summary of my thoughts on the past two episodes so i can finally read the writer's blogs! here goes:

it was interesting to see them bring back two characters from last season, addison in the flesh, and burke through a more spiritual means. they both had their impact. when addison returns, her first remark is that nothing has changed...on the outside, i suppose not, but this only brings to the viewer to realize how much really has changed since last season. i like how she was able to give her opinions and views as a true outsider and really stirred some pots in the process. burke stirred the pot just by being him.

cristina refused to talk trash about burke in front of erica, but instead it all comes spilling out to the people who actually matter...not to say that the chief matters, really, but moreso than just gabbing with co-workers. in the first season, in the very first episode, meredith scrubs in on her first surgery and afterwards, she babbles onto derek, i think about how amazing it was...he doesn't say anything in this scene except a couple words; he had to convey his thoughts and feelings through facial expressions and opening his mouth to say something but not actually saying it. i know this because i watched the first episode with commentary, so sue me! i don't know if i just haven't noticed it since, but it seems like the writers are using this technique more; when lexie stole all the stuff from the hospital and george came home, she babbled and he emoted...then during cristina's fabulous monologue, there were snippets the chief wanting to say something but just letting her talk. it was so well-written, and i like how robotic cristina was with her crying...so different from the hysterical wailing when she lost her baby...

isn't it funny although they're supposed to be residents now, our ex-interns still really seem to be interns? they're still scrapping for surgeries and trying to impress the big guns...i wonder if that's going to change.

i love, i like, i don't like, i hate:
i love meredith and cristina's strange friendship where being more messed up than the other is like a badge of honour. i love where alex's life is going right now...not that i'd like to be in his shoes, but oh boy, this is going to turn into something big! who knew ava/rebecca/blueberry yogurt was so crazy? i feel for izzie and how she's trying to help her friend, but only making herself look bad in the process. it takes a strong person to do what she's doing, so good on her. but for the record, i still don't like her. i do like mark sloan these days though and his whore-ship has actually grown on me. i love that instead of having a "moment" with sloan to ease him out of his funk, bailey just smacked him. i wonder if the nurse's protest will change him or if he will remain the same old mark "10-points-if-you-sleep-with-her-20-if-you-get-her-friend-too-and-5-if-you-sneak-out-before-anyone-wakes-up" sloan. i don't like sloan's icky leather coat, it's so skin-tight it looks like it's made of black spandex. i think i actually hate it. speaking of coats, i don't like rose's either...too much sherpa. it's all about the material, people! i love derek christopher shepherd's name. sigh. i love that him and meredith aren't all goopy over each other this time, they are keeping their composure in front of each other and everyone else, but you can tell they still pine for each other. i like meredith's therapist and i feel that only good can come from their blow-up, i hope it will be a cathartic experience for meredith so she can continue to patch up her wounds and move on with her life (with derek).

i guess that wasn't the quickest of summaries, but oh well. off to read the blogs!