In Part 2 of our two-part premiere, we cover ALL THE THINGS and with 25% less giggling (it's a process guys): the unbearable heaviness of Meredith Grey (03:00)...Cristina Yang and (also Sandra Oh's lesbian heroine in Under the Tuscan Sun) (10:00)...the power of female friendship (13:00)...the ethics of Mer/Der (19:25)...Miranda fuckin Bailey (26:00)...Preston Burke as a devastatingly attractive jerk (31:00)...the cultural dilution of Sophie's Choice (39:00)...and our bits! (43:00), including a very special Medical Fact of the Week at the 52:00 mark where we take a deep dive into the horrifying practice of medical repatriation #immigrationreform

The First Cut Is the Deepest

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We're BACK and excited to recap our first TO BE CONTINUED of Season 3. Join us as we practice our airhorn noises, discuss the show's most egregious use of montage, and describe how we're coping in quarantine this week (5:00). Then, we get into our Rounds (10:40); watching loved ones as they sleep (12:40); the ongoing misery of the Burke/Yang relationship (20:00); Harold O'Malley is the new Gene McFoot (28:00); parental white lies (emphasis on WHITE) (37:35); Mae Whitman, VATER syndrome, and that $8.7 million check (39:20); Thatcher and our abundant dad issues (49:00); the Karev/Addison ship is ready to leave port (56:25); and our episode M&M (57:15).
See you next week!

Episode 47: Six Days, Part 1

Code Grey(s) continues IN QUARANTINE MODE with a very special return (Hi Megan!!!) and a very relevant episode 10 of Season 3. Join us as we review "What's Making Us Respond Irrationally in Quarantine This Week; our new segment "Meredith's Monologue" (10:00); our episode Rounds (12:20); the adult conjoined twins and a heated debate over whether supporting this throuple means supporting incest (21:30); the father-son emoting of George and Harold O'Malley (36:50); Molly Not-Grey and Meredith's Susan/Ellis tension (50:00); the Chief YELLING (1:02:25); and this episode's M&M (1:08:11). 
See you next week!

Episode 46: Don't Stand So Close To Me

Welcome to another episode of Code Grey(s): Quarantine Edition! We recorded this a week ago and boy howdy has everything gotten so much worse! We start out with some quarantine chatter before getting into Co-Star vs Pattern and, eventually, our Season 3, Episode 9 Rounds (14:23). Then, we ask ourselves if we would help our partners rob a bank (16:20); how George makes his only good choice so far this season by consulting ERICA HAHN, MD (38:40); can we remain friends with exes? (43:40); George's new role as the alpha asshole at Seattle Grace (47:05) and the climactic showdown between Burke and Yang (55:00). PLUS our M&M (1:04:45) which includes some vintage Damien Rice...
Stay safe! See you next week.

Episode 45: From a Whisper to a Scream

We're BACK to break down S3E07 of Grey's Anatomy. This week, PATRICE starts us out and we enjoy a TV on the Radio appreciation tangent before a debate on bath-time. Then, we jump into our episode Rounds (10:15); the Alex/Izzie ship sails again -- briefly (18:05); the very tired Working Moms dilemma (26:00); the compelling enigma that is Ellis Grey (31:35); the infantilization of the O'Malley brood (37:25) and Cristina's slow-motion heel turn (45:00). Plus, don't miss our M&M (52:50) with a hearty helping of teardrops!

Episode 44: Staring at the Sun

We have a LOT to cover with Episode 7 of Season 3 -- mostly related to weird gender essentialism and unhelpful depictions of trans lives! We start, as always, with our episode Rounds (3:43) plus a discussion of our respective positions on THE GREAT OUTDOORS. Then, we move into Yang's much-deserved poop duty (13:00) and a comprehensive guide to the Monopoly tokens; the unrealistic idea of any of these men camping (23:55); what are we doing with this "manliness" storyline and why do Walter and Joe have to be subjected to toxic heterosexuality in their free time (28:00); unpacking how Grey's tries (and mostly fails) at its first trans storyline (34:50); Addison and Callie -- a ship that never really got its chance to sail (51:25); and this episode's M&M (1:02:40) which features some very comforting words from Kali Rocha's Dr. Sydney Heron.
Wash your hands and see you next week!

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