6x12 Review : "Take Off my Gauze Paws"

Alright, so this week's episode of Grey's Anatomy did not disappoint!

It begins with the amazing Dr. Bailey in the OR performing a breakthrough procedure on a patient with a large audience in the gallery, Callie and Arizona included. A few minutes into the procedure, Callie says that she has a headache and needs coffee. Arizona, the little minx, leans forward from her seat behind Callie and, in an extremely sexy voice, propositions Callie, receiving an annoyed/amused look from Cristina.

Callie: Okay, she saw me. Now I can go.
Cristina: She's just getting started.
Callie: Yeah, I have a headache. I need coffee.
Arizona: (leans down to whisper in Callie's ear) I have a cure for a headache that doesn't involve coffee.

Whoa! Where the heck has this Arizona been?! Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I rather like the take-charge Arizona we've seen in the last two episodes. (flash back to "Blink" where Arizona had Callie pinned to the shower wall...)

Okay, back the this episode...

We next see Callie and Arizona in an on-call room... and they aren't playing scrabble! Once again, we see Arizona's ridiculously sexy dominating side come to life as she pushes Callie against the wall and kisses her senseless, complete with ass-grabbing! : )

(Be still, my heart...)

But in the middle of their massively hot make-out session, Arizona make a discovery that thwarts their sexy plans...

Arizona: You're hot.
Callie: You're hot, too. (continues kissing Arizona)
Arizona: (feels Callie's forehead) No, you're hot.
Callie: Oh, okay, thanks. (continues kissing Arizona)
Arizona: (pulls back) No, no, no. You have a fever. You-You have-You have a fever. What is that? (moves Callie's scrub top aside)
Callie: What?
Arizona: Oh, my God.
Callie: What?
Arizona: Pox! Pox! You have Chicken Pox!

And that's the end of the make out session... Le sigh...

But I love Callie's facial expression when she realizes that Arizona is right...

So, poor Callie has the Chicken Pox. : ( She's admitted to the hospital, which I guess is for safety precaution? Anyway, we learn that Arizona has never had them and thus, must stay away (awe...).

Callie: (as Arizona and Lexie enter Callie's room) Wha-? Oh, Little Grey? That's the world class specialist you wanted me to see?
Arizona: Okay, Little Grey has had the Chicken Pox vaccine. (to Lexie) I snooped through your personnel file. (to Callie) I, on the other hand, have not. Nor did I ever have them as a child.
Callie: You're a pediatrician, how have you never had the-
Arizona: No, I am a pediatric surgeon. I don't do little diseases on little people, I do big surgeries on... little people.
Callie: Oh, you know what? This is ridiculous. (gets up and starts to leave the room) I'm going home.
Arizona: No, no, no! (backs away) Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! You're not going anywhere. You're highly contagious right now. You leave this room and you're going to touch doorknobs and elevator buttons and then you'll be the... outbreak monkey.
Callie: (scratching behind her neck) I'm...going to kill you.
Arizona: I love you. Stop scratching 'cause you're just going to make it worse and then you're going to scar.

Poor Callie. Having the Chicken Pox as a child is bad enough... Having them as an adult is torture! (I know this for a fact... I didn't get the pox until I was 19 and it was pure torture...) And you know what they say about doctors... they make the worst patients... And I also feel bad for Lexie. She has to try and distracted a cranky, itchy, "I'm going insane" Callie.

Lexie: (enters Callie's room) Arizona thought work might take your mind off the itching.
Callie: Scratching will take my mind off the itching... Take off my gauze paws.
Lexie: She said that you'd say that and that I should say no. So, how about we start with the tibial plateau fracture, room 2240?
Callie: Hey. Hey! I'm an attending, you're a resident. As your superior I am ordering you to take them off!

Ah, Lexie, don't you know better than to get between a woman and her pox rash?

Callie finally gets some sleep and the first thing she sees when she opens her eyes... MARK! That's right, bad boy Mark is back and he helps Callie relieve some of the itching by rubbing her down. (Okay, this part I wasn't thrilled about. It was too... sexy? But I was appeased by later scenes, so I'll let it slide this time...)

Good 'ole Mark coming to the rescue. He's still rubbing her down when Arizona comes to check on her. (don don DON!) But Lexie is there too and they have a conversation outside the room where Arizona reveals a secret...

Arizona: (walks up behind Lexie and sighs) That should be me.
Lexie: Don't be jealous. They're just friends. Best friends.
Arizona: I had the Chicken Pox. I told her I hadn't because... I... I find her miraculous. Breathtakingly stunning. I just... I can't stop looking at her. And I was afraid that with the ooze and the fever and the scratching that... I wanted to stay in the sexy part of things, so I lied to my girlfriend. And now... He makes scratching look sexy.
Lexie: He makes everything look sexy.

We see a new side of Arizona... I didn't even think she was capable of lying. But I get it. I don't necessarily agree, but I get it. But no one can be perfect all the time. But she makes up for it later when she decides that Callie's comfort is more important than her own by snuggling up to Callie in her hospital bed.

Arizona: (walks into Callie's room and kisses her cheek)
Callie: What are you doing? You'll get the Chicken Pox.
Arizona: (climbs onto the bed behind Callie) So, I get the Chicken Pox.

Although I wish that Arizona had come completely clean with Callie, I'm glad that she finally went to cuddle with Callie and comfort her.



::LIKES::

-Of course I'm going to say the girl-on-girl action between Callie and Arizona. And the super cute cuddling in the end. Who wouldn't? : ) Thank you Shonda/Grey's Writers/ABC! It's MUCH appreciated!!!

-Alex telling Izzie to leave. Enough said.

-POST-IT! : )

-Lexie and Arizona's heart-to-heart (even though Lexie didn't say much... lol)



::DISLIKES::

-The Owen/Cristina/Teddy triangle... It's already getting old... and Cristina's "I choose my gift [of surgery] over Owen" speech

-Derek's "Ill hire Izzie back if you let me tell on the chief" spiel.

-Mark's treatment of Lexie. You slept with someone else, too, Mark!



::BEST LINES OF THE NIGHT::

-"I have a cure for a headache that doesn't involve coffee." (Arizona)

-"McDreamy is being a McAss!" (Meredith)

-"...and then you'll be the Outbreak Monkey!" (Arizona)

-"Take off my gauze paws." (Callie)

-"I have pox between my butt cheeks." (Callie)

-"He makes everything look sexy." (Lexie)



Well, that's it for now, Calzona fans! Unfortunately, we have to wait until Feb. 4 for a new episode... but I've heard it's supposed to be a good one! ::crosses fingers::

Much Love,
Callie Lawrance

Who am I? I'm Callie Lawrance and I'm AWESOME because I'm so much like Callie Torres! : )

Okay, so I got a few questions from followers about me... more specifically, my name and seemingly life-parallels to Callie Torres' life...

Yes, my name is really Callie, short for Calista. But I hate "Calista" and go by Callie. See, this is why I think I love Callie Torres so freaking much... it's crazy-ridiculous how much my life parallels hers! (Yes, I realize that Callie Torres is a fictional character, but the similarities are still mind-blowing...) Here are ten examples:



001. The name.

My birth-name is Calista, but I've gone by "Callie" since grade school. Callie Torres' birth-name is Calliope, but she also goes by "Callie." We both hate when people call us by our birth-names, except when our parents or significant others do it. (Although, the only reason my gf calls me "Calista" is because Arizona calles Callie Torres "Calliope." Yes, we're both kind of insane... and addicted to Grey's Anatomy. lol)


002. I'm Pre-Med

I am a Junior at the University of Georgia and I'm pre-med. And before you ask, no, I did not choose Pre-med because of Callie Torres... I've always wanted to go into medicine. Although, I'm also a mathematics major and am leaning more towards going into a math-related field...


003. If I do go into medicine, it'll probably be orthopedics.

Alright, so I can't say that this has nothing to do with the awesomeness that is Callie Torres. While I've always been interested in medicine, I never really had a specialty in mind... That is, until I started watching GA and fell in love with Callie Torres. After researching (A LOT) about ortho, I've decided that if I do go into medicine, I want to do ortho. It's so hardcore, like me. : )


Which brings me to number 4...

004. I am hardcore. Seriously. Oh, and a bit of a badass. : D

I have friends to attest to this fact.


005. I'm a lesbian. ;-)

I realize that Callie Torres hasn't officially dubbed herself as a lesbian, but whatever. Close enough.


006. My girlfriend's name is Dakota.

Dakota... Arizona... U.S. States... Blown away yet? Dakota and I have been together now for four years... and she's blonde... and she's perky (most of the time, that is).


007. My ex-girlfriend's name is "Erika"

She wasn't my first, though, and we're still pretty good friends... And she was the one that freaked out, but still... pretty freaky, huh?


008. I'm a Latina!

Okay, so I'm 1/4 Spanish (i.e. from Spain), 1/2 Irish and 1/4 Welsh, but I have Latin blood in me! I can't speak Spanish fluently, though (dammit!).


009. My bffl's name is "Maddison"

Which is basically "Addison" with an "M" in front of it.


010. I used to live in Miami, FL

Callie Torres was raised in Miami, FL. I was born in Hiram, GA, but moved to Miami when I was 4 and lived there for seven years before moving back to GA, where I currently live.



See? Isn't that INSANE?! It would be insane even without the whole name thing... I think Shonda stole my life. lol. Just kidding!! (LOVE YOU, SHONDA!)

I don't really look like Callie Torres/Sara Ramirez, though (dammit!), so that's something to distinguish us, I guess... Of course, if I did look like Callie Torres/Sara Ramirez, I'd never be able to stop looking at myself in the mirror. LOL!

::thinks about Callie Torres' gorgeousness and drools a bit before getting back to business::

So, I do believe the reason I'm so addicted to Grey's Anatomy/Callie Torres/Calzona is by the parallels between Callie Torres and myself. When I first began watching last fall, I was in shock at this awesome character that was so much like me. I mean, seriously?! How freaking cool is that?! : )


Much Love,

Callie L. <3

A few links for you...

First of all, y'all should check out my first ever fanfic at Fanfiction.net! It's a Callie/Arizona pairing (duh) and I think it's pretty good... for a first fanfic, that is. Check it out here and let me know what y'all think! : )


Also, I was going through some articles on AfterEllen.com and came across a few really interesting ones about Callie/Arizona! Enjoy!

Why Arizona Got the Girl

Sara Ramirez interview

Jessica Capshaw interview about Calzona

Sara Ramirez talks Calzona



And my personal favorite... SARA RAMIREZ MADE The 2009 AfterEllen.com Hot 100 at #8 for the second year in a row! That's ahead of Angelina Jolie (#9)! Yeah, I'd choose Sara over Angelina any day. : ) Congrats Sara, you hottie! ;-)


Last, but not least, here's a youtube music video I came across today that is quite nicely done! Click here to view!



Alright, that's it for now. Thanks for reading!

Season 6, Episode 11 *Knock much?*

Alright, so I've been waiting for this episode for quite a while! We only got one scene with Callie and Arizona together and it was very short... but the fact that they were locked in a passionate embrace and later only wearing towels totally made up for the lack of Callie/Arizona interaction!

Lexie is now living with Mark and Mark's new-found 18-year-old daughter, Sloan Riley. Sloan is pregnant and monopolizing the bathroom, so Lexie goes over to Callie and Cristina's to use one of their showers. Cristina's shower is being used by Owen, so Lexie tries Callie's. Of course, she doesn't knock and is in for a bit of a surprise...

Told you, totally makes up for lack of Callie/Arizona! : )

The shower-nakedness only lasts for about a second or so, but both Callie and Arizona's expressions are amazing as Lexie retreats after her outburst of "Oh, my God!"

Arizona is like, "oh, crap" but Callie is amused. You can just barely see her smile as Lexie shuts the door. (be still, my heart...)

A few minutes later, we are treated to another mind-blowing image of these two lovely ladies in nothing more than towels as they exit Callie's bedroom.

(Callie and Arizona exit Callie's bedroom)

Callie: (to Lexie) Knock much?
Lexie: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. (walks towards Callie's bathroom)
Callie: Oh, there's... no more hot water...

There aren't any more Callie/Arizona scenes, but I the shower scene more than makes up for that fact... Hope there's more like that one to come!

Callie still has several other scenes without Arizona, though, and she looks gorgeous, as usual. First, Addison is back! : )


I love Callie and Addison's friendship! The conversation between Callie, Addison and Derek about Bailey's love-life is quite amusing...

Like I said, Callie looks gorgeous as usual, but in this particular scene, she looks stunning!


Callie/Sara, I want to hate you because of how freaking gorgeous you are! But, alas, it just makes me adore you so much more... : )


Well, that's it for Season 6, Episode 11... Let's hope we get more Callie/Arizona in the episodes to follow!!!!

So far in Season 6...

The premiere of season 6 is a shocker... George dies and everyone is devastated, Callie included. George's mom asks Callie to decide whether George's organs should be donated and Callie turns to Izzie to help her decide. Izzie says that George would give everything.

Time passes and Callie goes into Chief Webber's office to inquire about her application for attending. Chief Webber states that the job is no longer available and Callie is highly upset and tells Chief Webber off...

Callie: I'm a superstar! A superstar with a scalpel!
Chief: Torres...
Callie: (turns around to face the Chief) No! Don't say my name. Do not. I am too big a star for you to say my name. I build arms out of nothing! And legs like God! And when I win the Harper Avery and every other prize there is, you will rue this day, Chief Webber. (turns and walks away, then turns back) That's right. I said rue!

We then see Callie get on an elevator next to Bailey and break down crying...

Callie is now out of the job and the full effect of what has just happened finally hits her. Mark goes to her apartment to comfort her and Callie breaks down crying again in his arms.

Mark: (knocks on Callie's apartment door) Open up! Open the door, Torres. (knocks again) Open the door. I'll keep knocking and potentially damage my million dollar hands.
Callie: (comes out of the apartment, crying) My ex-husband died He died. He actually got hit by a bus. George got hit by a bus. And now... now I have to get a new job and I'm never gonna see my friends anymore and Arizona keeps bringing me doughnuts...

Callie acquires a job as an attending surgeon at Mercy-West Hospital and Mark moves into the apartment across from her, much to the surprise of Lexie. As Mark and Lexie are moving Mark's things into his apartment, Callie comes out of her apartment and proceeds to ask Mark his opinion on her "first day at Mercy-West" outfit. Then, she changes in the hallway in front of a startled Lexie.

Callie: (comes out of her apartment, holding two dresses) Okay, okay. Which one? It's my first day at Mercy-West and I wanna look nice. You know, serious, talented, hardcore, not someone you can push around. Nice, but hot... like me.
Mark: That one.
Callie: Really? I thought this one.
Mark: Mm-mmm. Too hot. Better for a date. That one.
Callie: Okay. (throws the dresses she's holding at Lexie, who looks uncomfortable) Here, take-- (she takes off the dress she's wearing, throws it at Lexie to hold, and changes into the other one while Mark is there) Okay. Less hot?
Mark: Less hot.
Callie: Okay, okay, good. Wish me luck, or not luck since I'm all talented and hardcore.
Mark: You're an attending, Torres. Go kick some ass. (walks back into her apartment)
Lexie: So um... did you forget to mention that your hot, hardcore, ex-sex friend lives right across the hall?
Mark: Did I?
Lexie: Yeah! Yeah, you did

Ah, but Callie gets a small revenge on the Chief when he's in a minor car accident and has an ankle injury. He's taken to Mercy-West where, you guessed it, Callie is the on-call attending and attends to him.

Meanwhile at Seattle-Grace, Arizona is fighting her own war with the Chief. She needs a very specific, very expensive scan on a teenaged boy, but the Chief denies her request over and over again. Knowing this is what this kid needs, she sends him to Mercy-West and his mother implores Callie to do the scan. Back in Callie's apartment, Arizona is waiting for Callie to get home (she has a key to Callie's apartment? SCORE!). When Callie gets home, she's mad at Arizona for manipulating her, but she did the scan anyway. Unfortunately, the scan didn't show anything and Arizona is upset. Callie helps her to fugure out what's wrong with the kid. Eventually, Arizona discovers that he has a tethered spinal cord and works with Derek to repair it.

Due to the tough financial times, it is announced that Seattle-Grace will be merging with Mercy-West... not a good thing for Callie since Chief Webber will be the head of the new Seattle Grace-Mercy West Hospital.

Arizona is so adorable when she pretty much demands (in a non-threatening way) that Callie go to the Chief and "beg" for her job back.

Arizona: I hate, hate, hate this merger because I hate long distance relationships. I don't believe in them. So, you can't move to Portland.
Callie: Well, when you mentioned it this afternoon you didn't seem to mind. You were like, "move to Portland."
Arizona: I didn't know that I was allowed to mind. I didn't know if we were girlfriends. But, then you said girlfriend. You called me your girlfriend. So, I need to know. Am I your girlfriend?
Callie: (smiling) Yeah.
Arizona: Okay. (smiles) Good. So, yeah, no, you're not moving to Portland. No, but what you are gonna do is you're gonna go into the Chief's office and you're gonna beg for-
Callie: I'm not gonna grovel.
Arizona: Ah, yes you are. Seriously. You don't wanna mess with me.

(Callie's absolutely gorgeous in this scene when she smiles, don't you think?)


Callie eventually goes to the Chief to ask for her job back, but sees that he's having a rough time of it, so she starts to leave. The Chief, however, stops her and offers her a position as an attending surgeon. : )

Callie's first day back at Seattle Grace-Mercy West is full of drama when Papa Torres returns! And this time, he's brought company: a priest! Callie, in perhaps one of the most dramatic and you-go-girl scenes to date, lets her father know what she thinks of that...

Callie: Daddy, is that Father Kevin?
Father Kevin: Hello, Calliope.
Callie: (steps away from Papa Torres) What... are you two here to... You think you can pray away the gay.
Papa Torres: We can just sit and talk-
Callie: Oh, no. You can't pray away the gay. (turns and walks away)
Papa Torres: Calliope Iphegenia Torres!
Callie: (turns back) You can't pray away the gay!

Callie: Jesus is my savior, Daddy, not you! And Jesus would be ashamed of you for judging me. He would be ashamed of me for turning your back on me. He would be ashamed. (walks out crying)

Arizona finds Callie crying and comforts her.

Arizona: (walks into room and sees Callie crying) Didn't go well, huh?
Callie: Well, at least now I can move on with my life, stop entertaining thoughts of actually getting back together with my family.
Arizona: (sits next to Callie)
Callie: I don't need a father. I don't. Not one who won't accept me. (continues to cry)
Arizona: (continues to comfort Callie)

Arizona finds Papa Torres in the waiting room and goes over to him. He tries to avoid her, but Arizona rises to the occasion and tells him about her name and coming out to her father. Then she tells him that she loves Callie and that she protects the things that she loves. This is the first time that love is mentioned in Callie and Arizona's relationship.

Arizona: Most people think that I was named for the state, but it's not true. I was named for a battleship-- the "U.S.S. Arizona". My grandfather was serving on the Arizona when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and he saved 19 men before he drowned. Pretty much everything my father did his whole life was about honoring that sacrifice. I was raised to be a good man in a storm, raised to love my country, love my family and protect the things I love. When my father, Colonel Daniel Robbins of the United States Marine Corps, heard that I was a lesbian, he said he only had one question. I was prepared for "how fast can you get the hell out of my house?" But instead, it was, "Are you still who I raised you to be?" My father believes in country the way that you believe in God. And my father is not a man who bends, but he bent for me because I'm his daughter. I'm a good man in a storm. I love your daughter, and I protect the things I love. Not that I need to. She doesn't need it. She's strong and caring... And honorable. (voice breaks) And she's who you raised her to be. (walks away)

As Callie is leaving the hospital that evening, Papa Torres is waiting for her. Callie doesn't want to fight and tries to avoid him, but he stops her and, in magic TV Land, finally accepts that she's gay. (Only on TV does a parent do a 360 in one day...) But, Callie and her father are finally reunited.

Episode 8 of Season 6 is full of Callie and Arizona. : ) It begins with Callie and Arizona asleep in Callie's bed when a pager goes off. Arizona is startled awake and goes to the dresser, hoping that it's not her pager that's going off. It turns out to be Callie's pager and Arizona sighs in relief, then returns to the bed to gently wake her girlfriend... or not... Instead, Arizona unceremoniously pushes Callie out of the bed, telling her "they're paging you." Callie groans and goes to the dresser just as karma for pushing her girlfriend out of bed kicks in and another pager sounds. Arizona, in her oh-so-adorable way, pulls the pillow over her head and states "I'm sleeping!" Callie chuckles that sexy deep chuckle and brings Arizona her pager.


Later at the hospital, Arizona finds out that the parents of one of her patients, Wallace, is donating 25 million dollars to the hospital. It's also revealed that Wallace and Arizona share a birthday, which is that Friday. At Callie's apartment, Callie, Arizona, Mark, Lexie, Owen and Cristina are discussing the generous donation when Lexie lets it slip that Friday is Arizona's birthday. Callie is surprised and asks Arizona how Little Grey (Lexie) knows that Friday is her birthday and she doesn't. Arizona replies that birthdays are no big deal to her and that she doesn't celebrate them and makes it clear that she doesn't want anything special. Then she quickly leaves for the hospital. Callie is suspicious and asks their friends if she should do something. Lexie, in her typical upbeat manner, suggests a surprise party, which Mark opposes.

Back at the hospital, Wallace is not doing well and needs another surgery, which he is not strong enough for, in Arizona's professional opinion. Wallace's parents insist on the surgery anyway. Wallace makes it through the surgery, but later has complications and dies. Arizona returns to Callie's apartment to what could possibly be the worst-timed surprise party ever. Arizona breaks down in tears and runs out of the apartment. Callie follows her and Arizona tells her that Wallace died and she can't stay.

Arizona returns to the hospital and talks to Wallace's parents, asking if they want to see Wallace. Wallace's father informs the Chief and a representitve from the hospital borad that it's because of Arizona that they will still be donating the 25 million dollars.

Arizona returns to Callie's apartment later that night to find a sleeping Callie on the couch.Arizona: (walks into Callie's apartment and finds Callie asleep on the couch) Callie: (wakes up when Arizona places keys on table) Oh! I'm awake. I'm.. I uh, I'm totally awake. I'm... there's hats and gifts and, uh, donuts and... lingerie. (blows on party horn, but no sound comes out) Really?! (laughs)
Arizona: I love you.
Callie: (pauses) You do?
Arizona: (smiles and nods) I do.
Callie: I love you, too.

Awe! It's love!! : )

Episode 8 of season 6 has a scene that, every time I watch it, it never fails to make my laugh hysterically. Adele (Chief Webber's wife) comes to the hospital and asks Bailey if she's having an affair with the Chief, while Callie and Mark are standing right there. Callie's reaction is priceless.

Adele: What I want is for you to tell me the truth. Are you having an affair with my husband?
Bailey: (looks astonished) I am not having an affair with your husband!
Adele: I saw the way you handled him just now.
Bailey: Hand- I did not handle him... There was no handling. We work together!
Adele: You spend every waking moment together. You finish each other sentences, you read each others' minds. You're more married to that man than I am.
Callie: Yeah, but that's just because they're husband and work wife.
Bailey: (looks incredously at Callie) Excuse me?
Callie: The Chief's your work husband and you're his work wife. You look out for each other, you take care of each other. There's nothing wrong with it. It's like me and Sloan.
Mark: Excuse me?
Callie: Nobody's talking to you. He's my work husband, but he has a girlfriend and I have a girlfriend, but there's noting going on between us.
Mark: Well, there was at one point.
Callie: You're not helping.

And that pretty much wraps up the Callie story so far in Season 6... Can't wait until 9:00pm EST tonight when Grey's Anatomy returns in a 2-hour crossover event with Private Practice!!!