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I also believe Derek is in a place where he has had no physical affection, with probably the exception of his children, and Maggie may have been the first hug for him in quite a while. Yes, Meredith is angry and upset, but so is he. He's hurt, too.

I totally agree. Derek isn't perfect, but she knew who he was and how great he was, USED his skill as "one of about 20 people in the world" who could save Izzy, and told him if he weren't a surgeon and walked away from his gift. I think she is still stung from what Cristina said about her last year, and she assumes Derek shares Cristina's view. He was right, at this point, his career is more important. Just as she was jealous of Cristina, she's jealous of her husband. And that "I am the sun" crap has got to go.

I just rewatched Meredith & Derek's scene, and Derek and Dr. PsychoSister's scene and what neither of them care to see that as much as they're annoyed and upset, Derek is in such pain. He gave up chief the first time around because Richard put a bug in his ear that he shouldn't lose a chance to be with Meredith for the Chief job, Meredith messed with his groundbreaking Alzheimer's research which ended his involvement in the research, gave up a chance to work at Harvard (which he pursued because she was pursuing her attending career at Brigham and Women's hospital, and now this. I remember when she told him he has a gift, she told him she wouldn't still love him if he wasn't a surgeon, she wanted him to operate on Izzy, so sure enough, she used one of the world's best neurosurgeons when it was convenient. Maybe the problem isn't that Derek thinks his career is more important, maybe the problem is that Meredith thinks she'll never measure up - not to his skill, not to Cristina's, not to Ellis'. I'm not saying that she can't, I'm wondering if SHE thinks she can't. Oh, who am I kidding? Probably not. Probably Meredith is the sun, because Cristina said so.

Oh, and if I have to hear, "I am the sun" one more time, I'm gonna toss my cookies.

YES!!! I actually thought, I wonder if they filmed that over and over, and let SaRa go sit down or something.

Uh huh! I know I should have been paying attention to Derek's temper tantrum, but damn, I was distracted by all the hotness.

So much to hate. So little to like. I continue to like Alex and Meredith's relationship, which is so golden. I'm heartbroken that he lost the seat to Bailey, who has become insufferable. My husband did say, "Why don't they just create another seat on the board?" Yup. I also liked every scene Derek was in - PD's blue eyes are electric when he's portraying po'd Derek. And, here's a first for me, I actually liked Callie this episode. Never happened before, might not happen again. I hated Amelia before she came onto this show, and now, well, nothing has changed. I cannot stand her. I understand Derek is being a pain in the ass, but she IS the ass. Why is she here, and can she go away? Maggie was horrid to Richard. Way to dump your every insecurity on Richard, and give him no time to adjust to his new normal. What people do this crap? Finally, I got a little dizzy watching Owen's soliloquy. Good lord, Kevin McKidd twitches instead of acts.

Preach it, sister. I have such a grudge against Shonda that I will never watch one of her shows, unless Patrick Dempsey is in it. I, too, am watching until Patrick is gone. I am not a fan of this new sister, and still wish she was a psycho liar and not Ellis' daughter.

During the cafeteria scene, I swear the actress(es) who plays Zola was about to blurt out her real name(s?) - they are really beautiful girls, and I enjoyed the parts of the scene were she was paying attention to Dr. Fake Grey. Something that surprised me (even though this episode was "blah" to me) is that at least last week, the loss of Yang/Oh wasn't nearly as detrimental as I thought it might be.

Ellis regretted having Meredith, saying something, "I should never have had a child!" So, I'm not so sure she regretted giving up Maggie. I would really love it if she weren't Ellis' daughter. THAT would be a plot twist I could get behind.

Not since Dr. Lucy Knight dominated the season 4 premiere of ER have I been so turned off about a new character dominating an episode of my favorite show. Not enough Derek for me, but I know racing season is almost over, and definitely too much Amelia. I wish the two of them would get a spin-off show and leave.

I'll be interested to see how they deal with Meredith and Derek - he's given up many things for her, including his research and a job at Harvard. She acts as though he's been unwilling to make sacrifices for her, but it's not the case.

Adore Derek and their marriage. They're the only reason I still watch. I'm a little tired of Meredith always being the one to decide their future, and don't forget the damage he's done to his career. Having said that, I'm sure during the "year of Meredith" that Derek will come back and Meredith will be free to decide their next move.

The problem is, who will Stephanie hook up with? There are way too many women on this show, and not enough men.

I really cannot stand the character. I find her very annoying.

They only got married because of Zola, Meredith had nothing to do at all with the building of the house, and said she wanted nothing, and Derek mentioned that he has family on the east coast when Meredith talked about her family/friends in Seattle. And the friends LIVED at her house. Of course, I'm talking about seasons and seasons of examples, not just the last few years. So most of it's not out at all, it happened.

You know, my first impression was that Meredith was right and Derek's been a jackass. Now that I've had some time to reflect, I think Yang's "You are the sun" was as wrong to say to Meredith as it would be for Derek to think it. Derek has given up a great deal for Meredith - (despite his promise which he SHOULD have kept) and he nearly always bends to her will. I want to date you and Finn, even though I don't give a hoot about Finn and I love you. We're going to have sex and mockery, but we can't sleep over or pretend we're in love. I don't want to get married. Not wearing your mother's engagement ring, sorry buddy. I don't want to build a house, I already have a house. I may or may not want you to move in with me. Oh, and my friends are living here no matter what you say, since it's my house and it's all about what I want. Cristina gets to sleep in our bed when I say so. I get to kick you out of bed when I say so if I want to talk to her. I don't want to have anything to do with building our dream house. I want no repercussions for screwing up your trial. I want to stay in Seattle because my family is here - don't give a rip about yours. I don't want to move to Boston when *I* got a job on my own. Yes, I did bristle at Derek's insistence that they just do what they want, and it was wrong for him to simply assume that at the time where she asked him for a chance to further his career, he did not take a step back. On the other hand, the list above shows that he's been the moon and she's been the sun for quite some time, too.

Derek didn't say JMU (one of our daughters just graduated from there), but James Madison Hospital, which is as fictitious as Mercy West and Seattle Pres. :)

I so wish Meredith and Derek would move to D.C., have a spin-off, and then I could watch that instead of this with whiny/stammering April, annoying/lispy Jackson, Tiny Human Robbins, and tough girl Callie. Goodness, I'd wait all week with excitement and anticipation for a show with more Meredith and Derek. The tiny human thing is ShondaSpeak, so that in and of itself annoys me. Jo acts like she's in high school, not like the adult she is. And I love Cristina and will really miss her, but I won't miss the make-out sessions with Owen.

I disagree about Patrick. When he's given the material, I think he's excellent. And I loved Burke, but Isaiah Washington still has problems pronouncing medical words (the one that always sticks in my head was season one where he said someone needed an "amdominal" CT. Even my iPad tried to correct that ;)

I think she's horrible. "Welcome to Whose Line is it Anywaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I'm your host, Aisha Tyyyyyyyyylerrrrrrrrrrr!" Lord, could she please stop prolonging and shouting everything?

I had surgery on Monday and was discharged Tuesday. Not only did they make certain *I* had no history of MRSA and that I wasn't sick, they had me brush my teeth and gargle before surgery to reduce the chance of pneumonia due to intubation. Every single person who came into my room used hand sanitizer coming in and going out, and any time they touched me or dealt with my drains, they used gloves and universal precautions. I was in pain and needed help getting out of bed due to the pneumatic stockings around my lower legs and they were meticulous every time. No way would anyone who was ill be able to care for me. It was beyond ridiculous seeing all those sick doctors touching everything in sight.

It was great to see Meredith pick up the slack for Derek. It was also nice to see Baby Bailey.