Betty and Grey's 2/1/07

Well, let's start off with Betty for my Thursday night TV. I swear this show keeps getting better and better.

First of all, I loved the addition of Bailey Chase as Becks. He was great in that role. Of course, I've liked him since his days on Buffy. (He was Graham, an Initiative guy for those of you that don't remember.) Becks definitely seemed like the type of guy Daniel would hang out with in his playboy days.

How great was it that Justin and Henry were on this week as well? I love how Justin took over Marc's role as Willie's "seeing-eye gay." He's such a natural, and I could see him taking over Mode in the future. And Henry is just such a sweetie. He's such a dork, but in a cute, lovable way. I am really looking forward to seeing he and Betty get into some sort of relationship. He's a much better match for her than Walter.

I'm really liking Alexis. Yes, the transgender story is a bit hard to buy, but they're selling it for me. (It helps that I watch All My Children, too, which happens to be telling a similar story at the moment.) I'm very interested to see where her storyline is going to go.

I feel really sorry for Ignacio. I wasn't expecting that sort of relationship with his case worker. That's a bit creepy, yet intriguing enough to keep me interested.

I also really liked how they brought up the sibling rivalry between Hilda and Betty. It makes sense, and it was wrapped up quite nicely.

And last, but not least, Amanda and Marc were just hilarious. And Willie talking to a mannequin was just too funny for words.

On to Grey's. Talk about surprise when it was revealed that George and Callie eloped to Vegas. I totally didn't expect that, but it completely makes sense for them. I actually think their marriage may have a chance of working, regardless of George's slight ineptitude when it comes to talking to Callie in general. I think the thing I like most about them is their mini-fights, because it's all grounded in reality. I could totally see that happening with any random couple I'd meet on the streets.

I have to say poor Callie, though. Her parents were just cruel to give her so much name to drag around with her.

I couldn't help but laugh at how intensely Izzie was staring at the door to the free clinic trying to use telekinesis to get patients in. And I loved how everyone asked what was wrong with Izzie when they walked in. I had fun watching Izzie and Alex steal patients from the ER. They have a good chemistry, and I wouldn't mind seeing them together again.

Speaking of chemistry, there's quite a bit between Alex and Addison, too. Callie totally called it when she said Addison was staring at Alex like she was starving in a cartoon and he was a large steak. I think Alex is playing with her a bit, too. Of course, he just oozes sex appeal, so it's not surprising that lots of women swoon around him.

Mark certainly got some brownie points with the chief when he suggested they go visit Miranda in the free clinic while Derek and Burke were vying for his attention with really exciting procedures. Gotta give him some credit there.

As much as I like Miranda being a harda** in the operating room, I really enjoyed seeing her being maternal with her one patient. She was firm, but still caring, and I can tell that she was incredibly pleased that she got even one patient through the doors to the clinic.

I felt incredibly bad for Meredith. She has this chance to talk to her mother with her mother actually lucid enough to understand her, but it doesn't work out. It's just sad that they live such polar opposite lives. And I felt even worse at the end when Meredith came in to see her mom and her mom had already regressed again.

As for the main case, it was very interesting to me. I didn't realize that someone's blood could be toxic enough that the slightest contact with it can make you so sick so quickly. My only problem with that specific case is that it seemed like people were getting sick just from being exposed to the air around it, but when George was taking blood the patient's husband was in there and didn't have any adverse reaction to the blood. Was that just because it was a small puncture wound so it was more localized? I'm confused. (I know, I know, I'm getting bogged down in details, but I tend to be like that, so bear with me.)

Anyway, yet another great night of TV. If this is what sweeps starts with, I'm very excited to see what happens for the rest of the month.