[Season 4, Episode 2: Originally aired October 4, 2007]

Recap of Events:

In the hospital, we see addiction everyday. Its shocking how many kinds of addiction exists, it would be too easy if it was just drugs and booze and cigarettes. I think the hardest part about kicking a habit is wanting to kick it, i mean we get addicted for a reason right? Often, too often, things that start out as just a normal part of your life, at some point cross the line, to obsessive, compulsive, out of control. It's the high we're chasing, the high that makes everything else fade away.

The episode starts with George pacing the living room telling Izzie how he feels "exhilarated", it then shows Meredith and Derek in Meredith's bed. She says that "this is the best break-up ever". Derek wants to sleepover but Meredith kicks him out and they agree on Sex and Mockery only, not a relationship. Back in the living room George tells Izzie that he should never have gotten married and that he is going to tell Callie that the marriage is over. In Burke's apartment, Christina is sitting looking at all the unopened wedding gifts. She starts vigorously opening and tearing off the wrapping paper and throwing the presents around.
The chief is examining the board to an exhausted Derek. He says that he is going to make more time for his wife and walks off as a delegater. Mark comes to talk to Derek and noticing how tired Derek is guesses that him and Meredith are back together,despite the fact that Derek tells him that they are "just friends". Mark says that Derek has a problem and that the first step is admitting it.
Christina is giving away her wedding gifts in exchange for good surgeries. Izzie is desperate for the "Mix-master" but Christina tells her that she has nothing that she wants. George attempts to tell Callie the truth but she is too busy.
Two ambulances come in, one with a a 35year old woman with third degree burns, the second with a 1year old and his very anxious father, all who were involved in an explosion.
Callie assigns Alex to the baby case despite the fact that Izzie clearly wants to do it. It is obvious that Callie has some serious issues with Izzie and suspects that something is going on between her and George. A 60year old man who was also involved in the accident named Mr Brooks with third degree burns makes the doctors promise to take care of the couple and their son as they are as good as his family. Another young man with possible internal bleeding, who claims that he was simply on his way to work when he visited his friends is assigned to Meredith and George.
Bailey attempts to get a resident from Callie to help down in the clinic with the new interns and is offended when Callie says she can't. Meanwhile Christina is shocked when she sees Dr Burke's mother coming into the lobby! She manages to hide from her but Mrs Burke says that she will wait in the lobby for her.
Christina sends a reluctant Meredith to get rid of Mrs Burke. Mrs Burke recognises her as the maid of honour and accuses her of either being "inappropriate" or "selfish" for her "its so over" speech at the wedding. Mrs Burke says that she will continue waiting for as long as it takes for Christina.
Alex attempts to comfort the crying baby and smells something off his skin and orders an MRI and a toxic screen test. Bailey attempts to teach the interns, which includes Lexie, the rules of the clinic but is annoyed by how little they know.
Izzie seems to be very nervous around Callie and continues to knock things over while she is in the room. Mr Brooks tells Mark not to make the same mistake that he did and to not be a bachelor all his life. When Callie says that she is very happily married Izzie goes to find George and tells him not to tell Callie the truth because she is in a bad mood already. George reluctantly agrees but they agree that until she knows they can't be together.
When Bailey sees Meredith she tries to convince her to help out in the clinic because the "idiot interns" know nothing and that she knows she doesn't have the authority anymore to tell her to do anything but that as Bailey saved Meredith's life she owes her some thanks! Meredith is horrified to discover that Lexie is in the clinic and wants to talk.
Meanwhile, Georges patient goes into Cardiac Arrest and George has to handle the code on his own, while Alex gets the lab work back and discovers that the couple were running a meth lab and that the baby was exposed. Callie tells Alex to call the police and social services but he is reluctant to leave the baby alone with his father. George accidentally lets slip that Bailey sent Meredith to work in the clinic and thats why he ran the code himself. Callie is angry at Bailey for disobeying her orders.
Meredith and Christina are freaked out by Lexie who keeps staring at them while they are trying to have a normal conversation. George talks to Burke's mother and tells her that Burke did the right thing because marriage is hard. Derek asks Meredith to have lunch with him but she reminds him about S and M only.
Meanwhile Alex confronts the baby's father and tells him that his son is in withdrawal from crystal meth. Alex tells him that he will be sent jail and the father punches Alex, knocking him out, takes the baby and runs.
The chief accuses Callie of being an irresponsible chief resident when he tells her that a resident has been attacked and a baby is missing on her watch. Izzie tells her that she thinks she is doing a good job and Callie is so surprised that she kicks her out of the OR.
Derek talks to Mrs Burke about Preston and she tells him that he and Preston are honourable men and that they know when to walk away and not take more then they deserve, which makes Derek think about his "addiction" to Meredith.
George's patient who was actually at the house to get meth and not just visiting as he had insisted eventually goes into withdrawal and dies because his heart can't take the pressure. Callie is beginning to break down because she thinks that she is a bad chief resident and confesses to Mark that she thinks that George is having an affair. Mark says that she should talk to him.
Meanwhile, down in the clinic Lexie attempts to get Meredith to talk to her by pointing out that they have the same dad. Meredith tells her that they don't because her dad left when she was five. Meredith tells Lexie that she kicked "the perfect man" out of her bed this morning because she can't let him love her because their dad chose Lexie. (or something like that).
Derek finds the baby and father in a closet where the baby has suffered a stroke! Alex tells Bailey if she wants to yell at him she can. She does and then she thanks him for letting her get some of her frustration out. Christina eventually goes to talk to Burke's mother. She wants the key to their apartment so that she can get some of Burke's things and the necklace that she gave to Christina for the wedding. Before leaving, she tells Christina that she is sorry that she lost the man she loved but she is more sorry that she lost her teacher. Christina seems a little shocked at these words but she needed to hear them. Later Christina tells her patient (the mother of the baby) that she know that it must seem like everything is falling apart but that she can get through it.
George tells Izzie that he has to tell Callie but later Callie begs him not o say anything, "not tonight" as she as already had a horrible day. Izzie tells Mr Brooks, who was devastated to discover that his "family" were drug dealers, that just because people do terrible things it doesn't mean that they are terrible people.
Derek admits to Mark that he has a problem, referring to his addiction to Meredith and sends Mark to tell Meredith, who he was supposed to meet in the lobby that he is held up with a patient. Derek looks on as Mark tells Meredith and he looks incredibly sad as he watches her turn to walk away. He calls after her and runs to meet her and they walk off together. Christina returns to find her apartment empty (she told Burke's mother to take the wedding gifts).

The thing about addiction is; it never ends well, because eventually, whatever it was that was getting us high stops feeling good and starts to hurt. Still, they say you don't kick the habit until you've hit rock bottom..... but how do you know when you're there? Because no matter how much a thing is hurting us, sometimes letting it go hurts even worse.


Best Moments:
When Bailey uses a guilt trip to get Meredith to help out in the clinic by saying "If i ever did anything for you, like saving your life!" Smart move!


Hookups:
Meredith and Derek in bed at the beginning.

Best Lines:


Songs/Artists:
1."From My Heart To Yours" by Laura Izibor
2."The Yard" by Trolle Siebenhaar
3."Castle Time" by Chris Garneau
4."Little Bit Of You In Everything" by The Rentals
5."Carousel" by Amy Obenski
6."Moon and Sun" by Gomez

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