- As Cristina begins to make new "friends" in Minnesota, Meredith struggles with whether or not to tell Derek about an extremely rare case she is working on. Meanwhile, Arizona begins work with her new prosthetist and tensions flare around work when Jackson's mother comes into town.—Nadia Nassar
- Meredith and Derek are doin' it. But, wait, Cristina's doin' it somewhere else. But with who? It's her boss. April and Jackson have also been doin' it. But they agree it's "the last time," just like the previous last times.
Webber shows up wearing a tie, and gives Hunt his spare after noticing that Hunt was missing it. Bailey sees Webber and also wonders why he's wearing a tie. He says it just felt like a tie kind of day. Soon enough, we see Avery's mom, Catherine, is at the hospital and she likes Webber's tie.
Alex is frustrated about not getting the password to work on a computer. He asks Callie when Arizona is coming in, and Arizona spills that Arizona is coming in for her first prosthetic fitting. She wasn't supposed to share that.
Arizona meets David, her prosthetist. He says they'll be working together for a while "until one of us dies, or your leg grows back." She says nothing, and he acknowledges "that joke is always a risk."
Meredith tells Cristina over the phone to stop having sex with her boss, who Cristina calls her "sex friend." Cristina shares that "ancient" Dr. Thomas is her "bestie." Meredith's intern brings her a scan that shows a rare mass in a patient.
Webber brings Catherine to meet a patient, Brian. He appears to have basketballs in his pockets but they aren't basketballs.
Catherine doesn't understand why he let his condition get this bad before seeking treatment. He says a few months earlier everything just "blew up." He's nervous about going to his 10-year reunion. His friend, Paula, says the only reason he is there is because she dragged him in.
Cristina and Dr. Thomas are working on a regular Abbott & Costello routine, these days, with Cristina teasing him about his age and him mocking her for lacking a sense of humor.
Meredith and her intern's patient is upset after having lived a perfectly healthy life, but now he has a tumor that will be difficult to remove.
Derek is lecturing a class of students who seem to be annoyed that they are there and not assisting on surgeries. One student is sucking up, though.
Cristina's boss asks her if she recommended to Dr. Thomas a quicker, more efficient approach on a patient of theirs who needs two procedures done during one operation. She says she did and reports to her boss that Dr. Thomas said they're a hospital not a pizza delivery service they don't need it done in 30 minutes or less. Her boss tells her to enjoy her time with Dr. Thomas while she can. She asks what that means, but there's no clear answer.
Catherine tells Webber he's playing a dangerous game because she's been trying to keep Avery out of the ongoing adventures of Catherine and Webber. They're holding hands, but Webber pulls his hand away when Bailey shows up. She asks if they need help on the case and Webber says he wants to bring April onto the case. Bailey is upset.
Alex meets David, the prosthetist, and asks how soon Arizona will be back on her feet. David doesn't know yet and offers to tell Arizona that Alex stopped by. Alex tells him not to.
In his class, Derek's eager student is wowed by Derek's approach, but makes what would have been a fatal mistake on a model.
Bailey looks at the scans of Meredith's patient and says it is a mess. Bailey tries to steal the surgery, but Meredith won't let it go.
Catherine talks to April and tells her that she needs to get "l-a-i-d." April is embarrassed. Catherine says she's being uptight, and offers to give her the phone number of a fellow she's working with.
Jackson asks Webber why his name is on the board for the scrotal lymphedema surgery the next day. Webber explains it's the other Avery Jackson's mom. Webber covers his tracks by telling Jackson that his mom wanted him to do a consult on the skin flap. Jackson agrees to do it.
Callie shows up to get Arizona, who yells at Callie for not checking her voice mail message saying she'd be there longer. Callie leaves and David trying to calm the awkward situation tells Arizona that his brother used to never check his messages and it was maddening.
Cristina and Meredith talk on the phone and Meredith explains that she's hesitate to tell Derek about her "impossible" tumor removal because he's not operating anymore and that he's trying to be cheery about teaching. Cristina asks Meredith if she imagines never being able to do surgery again, and Meredith says she does imagine it, but Derek never saw this coming. Cristina repeats, "Oh my God, he doesn't see it coming." She has to go.
Derek gets home and tells Meredith he hates teaching. Meredith doesn't tell Derek about the tumor.
Jackson and April are doin' it again, and they start talking about the next day's surgery. Jackson says he'll be in it, and April says they can't be in the same surgery together. She explains that Catherine told her she's having the best sex of her life, and that she's pressuring April to try doing the same. Jackson realized Webber's still hooking up with his mom and, well, he's done.
Callie gets to the bar and order a "big" white wine. Hunt is there. Callie explains the whole situation and realizes she's shared a lot of information. Hunt says he hasn't been sleeping too well, either. She orders him another drink, then tells him the tie he's wearing (Webber's) is the worst one she's ever seen.
Cristina goes to her boss' house and asks him what the deal is with Dr. Thomas. She asks what he meant when he said, "Enjoy him while you can." Cristina asks if they're firing Dr. Thomas, and her boss explains they can't fire him but they can force him to retire. He says Dr. Thomas hasn't made a mistake, but he will and when he does his age will make it a malpractice suit that the hospital will lose. She tells her boss he should've told her earlier. He says he never thought she'd have a problem with it.
Alex and Jackson are stunned when they see the swollen scrotum guy. April tells Jackson that his mom keeps asking her why she looks so tired. Meredith asks April why she looks so tired, and April just smirks, looks at Jackson and walks away. Meredith and Jackson are left looking through the hospital room window at Catherine and Webber inside talking and laughing, and she says they look cute together. She asks Jackson if he thinks they look tired.
In Minnesota, Cristina asks Dr. Thomas why they aren't doing her proposed surgery. It comes to the point where she asks him if he doesn't want to do her plan, or if he can't do it. He says he's capable and she asks him to prove it.
Brian asks about his recovery time and wonders if there's any chance he won't be able to walk for a while. Paula tells him to stop hiding from Amy Miller. She tells him he's good enough actually too good for Amy. She says he would be the perfect guy, except... He interrupts and says, "except that I've got giant balls."
"No," she says. "Except that you don't."
Bailey is still trying to negotiate to take Meredith's tumor. Meredith's intern, meanwhile, is chasing her patient through the halls. He gets all the way outside. Meredith talks to him and he says that the intern was in the hall bragging about the "once-in-a-career" tumor, and that Meredith didn't even know where she was going to start. Meredith says that's the way it goes sometimes. They have a quick heart to heart, the man says the intern has a big mouth and Meredith agrees.
Alex asks Callie about Arizona and says he's worried about whether he did it wrong. Callie tells him his name never comes up.
David is trying to help Arizona with her prosthetic leg and she yells at him after he tries to help lift her so she can take a few steps. He tells her she's going to need help and adds that she's lucky to have people in her corner who care. She insults him and he leaves.
Derek goes to teach her class and his students ask if they can go watch Meredith remove that rare tumor. Derek is surprised to learn this.
Cristina's boss comes into her O.R. and asks what she told Dr. Thomas. He says he could be in trouble if she told Dr. Thomas too much. She says she was surprised that Dr. Thomas agreed to take the challenge of going with the more modern approach. Her boss says it might work out just fine, if and when Dr. Thomas "craps out" in surgery.
In surgery, Meredith's intern apologizes for having said too much to their patient. Derek barges into the gallery, where Hunt is the only one watching. He tells Hunt that Meredith is "bubble wrapping" him. Hunt tells him he's got a reputation for needing to be bubble wrapped. He goes on a whole speech about how Derek disappears to drink and grow a beard when things get messy personally. Derek also realizes during Hunt's speech that he doesn't think Cristina is coming back. Hunt admits, he doesn't.
Meredith opens up the patient and sees the tumor and they now have to figure out where they start.
Bailey is in the scrotal surgery, having a great time. She's giddy and says April volunteered her spot in the surgery.
Cristina is in her surgery with Dr. Thomas and he struggles with threading the catheter. He nearly gives up and hands it over to Cristina, but she gives him one tip and he's off and running.
Arizona sits in the room alone and tries to stand. She stands OK for a moment, but Alex walks in and she falls when she turns to look. He catches her. He looks at the scar and says the incision's healed well. She asks him if he's completely destroyed her department, but he says he's the only one keeping it together. He says Barnett is "a one-man wrecking crew." He tells her they need her back.
"I'm trying," she says.
Alex is about to leave and says, "You know, Callie's trying, too."
Cristina's boss says it went well with Dr. Thomas. She can tell he's disappointed, but he says that on the bright side, she's out early. He proposes they hook up, but she says she's meeting a friend for drinks, and walks away.
Arizona stands again on her prosthetic leg. David walks in and she says it's a little loose. She tells him a couple of spots where it pinches and hurts. He says they'll see what they can do about that.
Derek's eager student shows him that he's "visualizing the anatomy" better now, and demonstrates how he can now do the procedure he messed up earlier. Derek smiles and congratulates him. Hunt asks Derek if he has a minute to talk.
Catherine tells Brian that his procedure went just as planned, and that Amy Miller's got a lot to look forward to. Brian says it's not really about Amy. He and Paula have been friends for so long he's never really sure how to say it. Webber says it's none of his business, but it seems to him that they just removed the only thing he had to be embarrassed about. Paula comes back into the room and Brian asks the doctors to leave. They look back through the window and see Paula smile and hug Brian. Catherine wonders if they'll be invited to the wedding.
Jackson comes back to talk with Webber. He gives him a whole manly speech. Jackson tells Webber that if he hurts his mom, he'll get hurt. Webber says he won't hurt her because he likes her. "And I don't like that you like her," Jackson says.
Webber steps up to him and says, "Well, man to man, you're just going to have to deal with it. You don't want a piece of this. Not today."
Jackson warns, "I'm watching you," and walks away. Webber says, "I hope you like the view."
Bailey sees all this. Webber goes over to her and says he knows shes thinking about the fact that he's married. Bailey says she was actually thinking that what Webber just did took "some pretty big balls."
Derek asks Meredith how the tumor went. She says it was no big deal, but he tells her he's not going to run off to the woods and grow a beard. If she has a good day, he wants to hear about it. And she starts spilling how excited she was and explains everything she did and how she was able to figure it out.
At home, Callie is about ready to leave when Arizona invites her to sit with her and watch TV. She does.
Catherine gives Jackson a kiss goodbye as she leaves the hospital with Webber. April is there. She asks Jackson how he is, and he says he's fine. She asks if he wants to have sex, and he does. So they do.
Dr. Thomas and Cristina are having drinks at a bar. He says he knows they're trying to push him out. He shows her a watch they gave him at a "surprise retirement party" four years earlier. He says it's a piece of junk, but he wears it "just to screw with them." He tells her everyone there is so polite that they don't dare say anything directly. He tells Cristina, "It's been a while since I've had anyone who cared enough to give me grief."
She orders a drink and insists that Dr. Thomas gets something with actual alcohol. He stammers for moment, then orders an Old-Fashioned, which cracks Cristina up.
Hunt, meanwhile, heads out to the woods and sits outside Derek's trailer.
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