Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Panty Raid, Meet Muffin Brigade

(You can view our recap of last week's Grey's Anatomy as six days late or just in time for tonight's episode. It's completely up to you.)

Episode 2 is all about urges. The neurons in our brains may be firing like crazy but our bodies still have a mind of their own, Meredith informs us.
Izzy can't control her OCD urge to bake muffins, Cristina can't control her urge to strip to her red skivvies in front of a bed-ridden Burke, and then she's interrupted by Burke Mama, played by Diahann Carroll of Dynasty fame. Woo-hoo. And that's just the intro!

Addison can't control her need to drink and asks the chief for the day off to get sloshed 'cause she's knows it's over with Derek, and a woman diagnosed with lung cancer even though she's never smoked decides that control didn't serve her so well, so she's binging on cakes delivered by a bakery. Baked goods and lingerie, your sweetness is my weakness!

Though she appears to steer clear of the scones, the one with the least control is Meredith, whose panties are still pinned to the wall. In a surprising act of mercy, Callie claims them, saving Meredith's little hiney. Doctors, heal thyself.

Against the backdrop of a patient who can't control what he says due to a brain tumor, we learn that certain people, like Mc Dreamy, no longer feel the need to control their urges. He's still waiting for meredith to decide, but he's made up his mind to end things with the wifey.

McDreamy and Meredith nearly kiss 'til Callie walks in, returning her panties and giving Meredith just enough attitude to let her know she's Callie, not catty, though she's got a right to be.

Meanwhile, McDreamy gets an earful from the Chief, who chides him for leaving said panties in the pocket of his tux... and he ought to know, 'cause his messed with a Gray lady in his day. Wow, maybe Diahann Carroll is bring a bit of Dynasty with her. Could a Krystal Carrington catfight be next?

Callie's claiming of the panties makes Georgie jealous, which makes her hot and him confused. She saunters in to surgery with giant hoops swinging from her lobes, keepin' it real in the OR, y'all. But can she save a kid inexplicably gored by a tree trunk?

Overwhelmed by a bumper crop of muffins, Izzy has no choice but to drop them off at Joe's Bar, whereupon she sees a slurry Addison, who utters what may be the show's best lines yet: "Did you know about the slutty sex your slutty friend had with my super-slutty husband?"
Shellshocked Izzy can only offer her a muffin, which must be magic; "They're good," she says. "They'll help you."

Um, maybe she should baked those magical muffins last season, to ward off evil husband-stealers!

Speaking of, Meredith flip-flops between Finn and McDreamy, and then decides, what the hell? I am freakin' Meredith... I'll have them both, by "dating" each one. Atta girl, Meredith.

Back in her SGH basement abode, Callie is shaking her groove thang solo when the Chief walks in. Yeah, she may be living in the basement, but the Chief is living in his office, so there. But why, Callie? Just because you're a resident doesn't mean you have to actually take up residence, k?

Miranda visits Izzy in the kitchen, takes the blame in part for not stopping her in the Denny debacle, and tells her to back away from an astounding array of muffin tins.

An alcohol-addled Addison has retreated to a hotel suite and swaddled herself in a luxury robe ( at the Sorrento, reckon?), where a hangdog Derek appears at her door, apologetic.
This is very sad, he says of the end of the marriage, sounding not at all sad.
Then who walks out of the shower, wrapped in nothin' but a plush hotel towel, but McSteamy himself!!!
Very sad indeed. But Izzy was right. Muffins are good. They help you. Especially when they're fresh, hot studmuffins.