Spoiler Alert: Grey's Anatomy - Episode 4

Did anyone else find this episode subtly depressing? Like the depression just creeped up on you? It starts out slightly humorous, with Meredith high-as-a-kite and then the episode just goes emotionally downhill from there.

Izzie & Denny
I know, Denny's dead. But he's still part of the story line. So Denny's father comes to visit Izzie and find out exactly what happened to his son. Izzie and Denny Sr. misunderstand each other and Denny Sr. insinuates that Izzie somehow tricked Denny Jr. into proposing. Izzie then accuses Denny Sr. of abandoning his son at the most crucial of times. After they clear that up, Denny Sr. hands Izzie an envelope and says that it's from Denny. He also tells her that the day Denny died, he called his parents' home and left a message for them. He gives her the code so she can hear the message.


She can't do it by herself so she calls George, which is why he has to cancel on Callie, which is why they break up (again). Denny's message is all about how much he loves Izzie and how he wants his parents to meet "his girl" - it's so heartbreaking! And then George looks in the envelope. It's a check, made out to Izzie, for $8.7 million. I think she should start a foundation in Denny's name!

Meredith, Derek , Finn
Derek, being the bastard that he is, decides to bow out of the little love triangle he's in. After speaking with Addison and the Chief, he realizes that Finn is the better man. He decides he wants to be the bigger person and, out of love for Meredith, out of fear that he may hurt her again one day, he walks away.

Meredith, however, is not takingDerek's decision as final. When Finn comes to visit her after her appendectomy, Meredith tells him (somewhat harshly in my opinion) that she's chosen Derek. We'll see what happens next between these two dramatic lovebirds.

George & Callie
As I mentioned earlier, Callie breaks up with George. What is this, the third or fourth time? It's like, damn bitch, he has other friends, one of whom has just lost her fiance! So then she decides to screw around with McSteamy...that's a grody couple if I ever saw one.

Cristina & Burke
Burke's hand is still all jacked up but Derek cleared him for surgery because he was distracted by the whole Meredith, Finn, Addison, McSteamy situation. Burke knows he's not ready for surgery, but no one wants to see it, especially not Cristina. After he scolds her, she helps him and they decide to keep his shakey hand a secret. That's not good, right?

And how cool was it when that guy blew his own face off? Awesome.