Grey’s Anatomy recap: Communication Studies

Meredith told us in voiceover mode that this episode was all about deception, but I beg to differ: I think it was about communication — lots and lots of exceedingly true and open and honest communication, arguably even too much of it at times. (Think: Tweeting surgery, watching your Alzheimer’s-suffering husband canoodle with his paramour.) A look at the big truths revealed this (also exceptionally funny) hour:

Callie and Mark’s pregnancy

Truly, I couldn’t be more thrilled that Grey’s has given these two a lasting bond without linking them romantically. I love them together, but not together together. I would love to have these two as my parents. (I would be hot and witty and smart and bantery and extremely open-minded!) I was so relieved when he “proposed” and she snarked, “I’m all for raising a baby with you, but there’s a line.”

This makes Arizona and Callie more interesting, too — though I loved them just fine already. I’m intrigued that Arizona was particularly galled by Callie’s bisexuality coming back into play: “You slept with someone else. And I’m even madder that that person had a penis.” (Question for discussion: Is this true for you, too? Would you be madder that your mate cheated if it were with a person of the gender you are not? Is it because you feel you can’t compete with their equipment? Because I can kinda see being less mad, myself, like, well, you wanted to try that, now you’re back with me, okay. But I am straight, so that could be the complication.) Anyway, I’m thrilled that Callie wants Arizona to be a part of her plan, and that Arizona wants to be that part. I love this extremely easily conceived baby. It has made all my Grey’s dreams come true.

Poor Sloan didn’t have it as easy with Lexie. Callie gave him an opt-out plan, telling him he could just be the cool uncle. But he already declared his desire to be a dad a while back (nice work, Grey’s Anatomy), so he couldn’t do it. “I’m not the cool uncle,” he boldly declared. “I’m the dad.” Callie told him he better tell Lexie, then, before “this kid comes out looking all Sloan-y.” I really do wish this kid were real.

Arizona was still in for the ride, though struggling to make sense of it. “I might be having Mark Sloan’s baby,” she told Teddy. Loved Teddy’s reaction: “Oh, good lord, he got to you, too?” Devastated that she got paged before Teddy could answer her question: “Can you say something to me that will make me want to have Mark’s baby with Callie?” I would really like to know what that something would be.

Maybe it would be: Callie has a really hot blond lady OB-GYN. This could be an enticement for a variety of reasons, among them: She is hot and thus just fun to look at sometimes for anyone who is attracted to women (and even those of us who prefer men). Also, this could distract Mark significantly in the future once he gets his mind off Lexie, and Arizona would probably prefer Mark and his penis were distracted, since she was clearly still smarting a bit from the baby-making tryst. To wit, this exchange: