Posted by Dustin on 01.23.2009 at 7:34 pm

So first up, let’s deal with the major and much welcomed development. We finally learned that Denny hadn’t come for Izzie, as in to be her ghost lover. He had come for her, as in to take her over to the other side. Izzie finally realized something was wrong with her. Hallelujah, some progress! However it’s not exactly the resolution spoiled about. I was expecting Denny to seriously be a hallucination caused by whatever is wrong with her. It seems he really is a ghost come to cross Izzie over. So basically we really are seeing a Ghost-mance? Grrrrr! I loved Denny’s character, but at this point he’s just got to go. At this point I feel like they are doing this hoping for some Emmy noms.

The serial killer and the little boy story had me on edge most of the show. Meredith continued to sympathize with the killer and even pulled Baily in on her scheme to let him die so the little boy could have his organs. Baily even tried to stop Shepard from saving him, but realized she had crossed a line. A line Meredith didn’t see. Hmmm, that has me a bit worried for Meredith’s future honestly. However when the killer seemed a bit too interested in the fact that Meredith was dating McDreamy, well that’s when I began to realize he was just a sick $#%#$^% playing a game. When Christina showed up, finding out what Meredith did, suddenly the killer was crying “I don’t want to die!” Yup, he played Meredith like a fiddle, later admitting he wanted to break her and her boyfriend up, it was a game, he got a kick out of it. To think even I was having some sympathy for him last week!

Meredith ended up trying to show him compassion, though he didn’t deserve it, and went to his execution. She came back bawling, which was when Derek had Christina talk to her. It looks like these too might finally be making up. As Derek told her this week, he knew she had something she probably wanted to talk to Meredith about. She did, Owen!

I have to say I loved that Derek did not just run from Meredith. I was so sure he’d see what happened with the killer as some reason they shouldn’t be together, but he didn’t. He even told her that his mom loved her, that she thinks she’s good for him. Dare I say we are finally over the break-up hump in their relationship?

Oh the little boy, at the last minute, received organs to save his life. Seriously, I thought I was going to curse up a storm. After two weeks of kids dying on “Private Practice,” well I couldn’t take another one!

Finally the humorous story, well not really, was Little Grey and McDreamy. Durring some on-call room sex, well Mark sprained his McPenis! Ow ow ow ow! A very serious thing actually, as if you don’t treat that immediately, you risk never being able to use it again. The other interns were on the hunt to find out who fractured his McPenis, and Lexi was clearly embarrassed. Sadie figured it out and took the fall for her among the others. I have to say, I hope this little fracture doesn’t break their relationship. They really are cute together and I’d like to see it continue. Though I do fear Meredith will flip when she finds out.