"Grey's Anatomy" fans! Anyone else as annoyed as I am...

[kay1864]

with Sandra Oh's character? Last night if she said "Your hand is fine" one more freakin' time, I was going to hurl the remote at the screen. It's like all she cares about is that her bf be the brilliant surgeon again, instead of being actually, I dunno, concerned about him?

Yeah I know, we knew from the first episode she was manipulative and uncaring, but now she's like a starfucker instead of a girlfriend.

[mark414]

1. sit down...take a deep breath...and remember

it is just a television show

[kay1864]

5. Gee, thanks Dad

:eyes:

[Shakespeare]

2. Did you even watch the whole show?

She didn't know he was having tremors in his right hand, and had presumed (and was partially correct) that Burke was having confidence issues over his hand. As soon as she learned he was still having tremors, she stopped, and stepped over to help him--it was a complete reversal of her preceding impatience with him. I found it very human and very moving.

Her character has shown more growth this season already than any of the others--yes, she's selfish and impatient (NOT uncaring, just tries-too-hard-to-be-tough), but we see her trying to be better (ref. a week or two ago when she started putting Burke's needs before her own).

[Divameow77]

3. I think she is trying to convince him

and herself at the same time. She really, really wants his hand to be okay, as he does and she's scared that she couldn't handle it if it wasn't.
The episode was great last night, some of the best lines.

"How's the dirty mistress?"
"Haven't you heard, I'm the the adulturous whore now"

[huskerlaw]

4. I disagree.

She had no idea that anything was wrong with his hand. After all, he was cleared by McDreamy to do surgery (of course that was a whole other issue). She was trying to push him to get back to work...work which she knows he love and which he, in fact, admitted actually defines him. How is that bad?

Not her fault she didn't know about the shaking. And once she did, she was very supportive.

[kay1864]

6. True, she didn't see the shaking

What I'm talking about though is her jumping to his defense "His hand is FINE", as if he can't speak for himself. That's what came across as desperately wanting the star surgeon bf back. Or even as denial. Not as pushing him back to work. No dialogue about "You need to get back in the saddle" or helping him overcome any self-doubt.

It reminded me of Seinfeld's Elaine with her mimbo bf Tony, "But his face, his *face* is okay, right?"

[Shakespeare]

8. But she DID help him.

Bringing home the chickens for him to "operate" on was brilliant physical therapy, and it helped.

[huskerlaw]

9. I think she

saw his reluctance as a mental block to getting back to what he loved. She was overcompensating, to be sure, but I don't think it was because she wanted her "star surgeon bf" back. She wanted him to have the life that he wanted back. After all, he defines himself by his occupation as much as she does.

[kay1864]

10. I can buy that.

I just wish the writers had put "I want you to have the life back that you want, as much as I do" in her mouth instead of "Your hand is FINE" over and over. Your line is better at conveying that than theirs is.

BTW, the remote is making a full recovery :hi:

[BigMcLargehuge]

7. Yes!

The skinless guy isn't in the show at all! He's all over the freakin book, you'd think they'd at least get that right!