The liver transplant, lame though it might be, is Richard's 10,000th surgery (since he's a dinosaur); and the surgical staff is throwing him a party. But they never expected Adele to crash it — a neighbor found her walking the seven miles to the hospital and offered her a ride. Adele is incoherent, and she is demanding to see Richard. April (Sarah Drew) takes her to the gallery to watch Richard at work, but Adele freaks, thinking that Meredith is Ellis. Mer, an old hat at Alzheimer's protocol, tells Richard to remind her of a happier time, so he starts singing "My Funny Valentine." Adele joins in — and sings beautifully — and she starts calming down. Richard, maintaining the facade, tells her how excited he is to be marrying her on Valentine's Day. And Adele is so earnestly happy that everyone's hearts breaks. Richard, having lost the festive mood, ends up cancelling his own party.
But Meredith and Derek don't nix Zola's birthday party, and all the surgeons come. Banking on the fact that Zola won't remember the party anyway, Mer and Der change the message on the cake and present it to Richard in honor of his milestone. The gaiety is overshadowed, though, by an argument in the kitchen that becomes a blowout that everyone can hear: Owen is furious with Cristina for going behind his back and for always getting her way. But in the heat of the moment, he reveals that his anger all hearkens back to Cristina's abortion, for which he apparently has never forgiven her. He even says that Cristina killed their baby! Dude! Word choice!
In other news, Julia said "I love you" to Mark (Eric Dane) and he hasn't said it back... and Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) tease him relentlessly about it. Meanwhile, Meredith is having trouble deciding upon a specialty. Oh, and Alex (Justin Chambers), April, and Jackson (Jesse Williams) want to find their own digs. But none of that matters! Owen resents Cristina for the abortion! OMG! How soon till the next (non-hypothetical) episode?
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