"Grey" made me laugh :: "Betty" made me cry

Of all of last night's season premieres, I didn't think it would be "Ugly Betty" to make me cry. I thought "Grey's" would, because that's what "Grey's" does. But, no, it was "Betty." To be fair, it made me laugh hard and smile a lot, but in the final minutes...tears.

• Christina - "Call me Mrs. Matt Damon. I'd like to give him a Bourne Ultimatum." Hilarious.
  


• There was not nearly enough Daniel in this episode, though he did vocalize something that Betty and I have in common: "It's no secret you turn to potatoes in times of need." And I loved the "funeral" for the memories of Henry, especially Daniel's silent prayer.
  


• Favorite plotline this season so far: Amanda, adopted, really Fey's daughter. Is Bradford Meade her dad? Somehow I doubt it (ew, incest). Her adopted parents, however, are hilarious...and apparently swingers. "We're not here, just looking for some more wine."
  


• Claire vs. Wilhelmina is a pretty epic showdown. I love that they're both so smart, and so conniving, and so willing to do anything to get their way. Anything. I know that I'm supposed to root against Wilhelmina, but Vanessa Williams is just so excellent that I can't. I want them both to win.
  Justin is, as usual, amazing — only now with a lining of sadness (more on that in a second). At least he has his fashion.

And then, the last five minutes of OMG-ness:

• Alexis is awake and she thinks she's Alex again?!?
  The moment before they showed Hilda alone in her room hugging her pillow and we realized that Santos didn't really survive the convenience store shooting, right when she was begging Santos not to go home...my heart dropped. It's funny, because my notes from the beginning of the episode were a little pissy that the Santos shooting plot was so tidy — if only that had been the case. It's been a long time since a show made me cry (not just well up), but that was like a punch to the stomach. So, so sad.


• Henry's back!

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The episode picks up about two weeks after the third-season finale. Cristina and Meredith have gone on Cristina's honeymoon, Alex has grown some questionable facial hair and taken a road trip vaguely in the direction of Ava/Rebecca, and Izzie doesn't seem to have done much of anything besides mope around and wonder why George isn't speaking to her. For his part, George is back with the new interns, hoping to keep his status as the repeat intern a secret.
Among those interns, of course, is Lexie Grey. I'm going to put all my cards on the table here and say that I really like the introduction of Lexie. It shows that no matter how much Meredith tries to separate from her family now that her mommy and fake mommy have both died and Thatcher won't speak to her, she can never really cut the cord. Lexie seems to share Meredith's proclivity for discussing her personal life right in the middle of medical procedures (introducing herself as Meredith's sister while Meredith is dealing with an incoming trauma?), but I think she adds an interesting element to the show — as long as they don't have her start going after Derek.
Izzie and George are still burning … meaning, that George ended the episode with an “I love you” to Izzie – that is definitely going to bring the Callie O Mally bitchy machine back!

Points of interest:

• Loved the residents giving their interns the Bailey speech from the pilot (and failing miserably).
  


• I liked the way Lexie cheered George up and volunteered to keep his secret. But I still doubt his status will be secret for long; I'd say he's going to have a pretty tough time explaining why he's married to the chief resident if he's never set foot in the hospital before, for one thing.
  


• Poor Cristina really thought Burke would be back. She's going to have a tough road ahead.
  


• Meredith and Derek? So not broken up.
  


• Quote of the night: "I came to Seattle to get you back." — Mark to Derek.

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