Calzona Review 11x24 “You’re My Home”
“I remember in school someone telling me I came from a broken home. That’s
what they used to call it when your parents got divorced. Even though getting
divorced was the least broken thing they ever did. When I heard that as a kid,
I wondered if broken homes were where the broken people lived.
It was silly. I mean I was just a
little kid. But to this day, I still wonder.”
Calzona In sync
As Meredith
voiced these words about broken homes, as if as a fitting parallel, we saw Callie and Arizona on screen, together
with Steph, together attending to Joan and her baby, pushing the bed from the
elevator on the way to the O.R.
Callie: Still feeling those toes,
Joan? Good.
Arizona: You guys, let’s stop. Let’s
stop for a sec
Joan (patient): What’s happening?.
Arizona: There’s just a little bleeding which is normal
after a delivery, but we’re gonna get you checked before you get your spinal
surgery. Gonna take her
Joan:No, no what are you doing?
Arizona: Just for a while
Joan: No please, we were crushed in a
car. My fiance’s dead. You’re not taking
my baby.
Callie: Joan your baby’s doing fine,
we just need to check you out
Arizona: Okay you need to take him to
the NICU and page Karev
Yes, Arizona
was handing the baby over to Stephanie, which means she will be left with just
Callie and the patient. Goody
Joan: No (crying)
Arizona:It looks like uterine atony.
We need to move fast.
Callie : We move fast, we paralyze her
Arizona: We move too slow, and she
bleeds to death
And the two
slowly push the bed together, ever so carefully, but not too slow. They were in
sync. They were a team. At last they looked at each other and talked to each
other and it was such a big moment!!!---them talking to each other…about a
patient…
Here I go
again with my shallowness because even seeing them just talking to each other about a
patient makes my heart pound … yes this
is what it all has come to… happiness in the smallest things Calzona.
The camera work in this scene was superb. Like they were showing how Callie and Arizona were doing this together, and how they were pushing the bed. And most important of all, the camera focused on their stride, their shoes—Callie taking steps backward, while Arizona moving forward…seeing those lovely pumas and Arizona’s prosthetic shoes … and they had a shared mission. They were going to save this woman’s life as a team.
In the O.R.,
my hopes of only Callie and Arizona there with the nurses were dashed because
Amelia was there. But I love Amelia so that’s okay.
Before they
put Joan under anesthesia, Jo caught up with them in the O.R and after she
announced that Keith was there at the hospital and was alive, Joan was elated
although it made her pressure drop and they had to perform surgery
When at last
the catheter was working, and they successfully
stopped her bleeding.
Workplace dating policy
This conversation happened in the O.R. And i did notice that Arizona and Callie were at the right place and time when Amelia made her unforgettable speech on workplace romance:
Amelia: So an
intern opened her collar?
Callie: Stu--
Arizona: Wait,
was that the intern we thought was an attending?
Amelia: You
mistook an intern for an attending?
Arizona: Yeah
he was pretty much running the trauma
Callie :Like
a boss. Like a hot, hot boss. Somebody should get into that
Arizona: (Chuckling)
Maybe you should get into that
Callie: You
know what? You should get into that
Amelia: I
don’t think so. Have started a strict no
workplace dating policy
Arizona: I
hear you
Amelia: It’s
all too…you know..They see you , all of you , then you come to work and they
see you here too and you try to keep it professional and get things done but
suddenly you’re thinking “I was naked on you before,” or “I wish you were naked
now” “hey, remember when you were at my very rock bottom and I went down the
rabbit hole and dragged you in with me and bared the darkest part of my soul in
the midnight hours, so now let’s have a budget meeting.” It’s a solid policy.
Trust me.
The wisdom from Maggie
This line
from Maggie, who was dealing with her parents’ breakup, was a very important
line as she spoke with Jackson and Meredith in the O.R., and I just had to take a moment to write it on here:
“You don’t just shrug your shoulders
and call it quits. You find a way to work through it. You don’t just give up
and throw it all away like it was nothing”
Cough cough,
pay attention to this, Callie and Arizona.
Then with Joan being rushed to the
O.R, Callie was
there first and Arizona arrived to learn it was a Leaking carotid
pseudoaneurysm
Arizona: And what about her right
side, did she get her motor function back?
Callie: I’m worried about brain death
at this point. She can easily throw a clot and have a massive hemispheric
stroke
Arizona: Well it’s a good thing that
you caught it
Callie: No Edwards. Edwards did
Mer’s good advice
I could
not help but single out this scene with Mer calling Catherine and Richard out
on their petty arguments, where the words were strikingly relateable to Callie
and Arizona…
Mer:
“…But the both of you are very very
much alive, and breathing and driving each other crazy. And you yell and you
argue and fight, and you both should be thrilled to be able to do those
things.I would give anything to be able to do those things. And none of those things are reason enough to
not be with the person that you love, especially when there just isn’t enough,
there will never be enough time. And you both know that and whatever it is that’s coming between you
two, will you just please figure it out?
Touching as
it was, how I wish Calzona heard all this.
And as if to
stress the point further, the scene between Keith and Joan could have opened the characters’
eyes to being thankful for what they had at present and making the most of what
was existing. Learning not to take things for granted just because of the
shallow unimportant matters. The new perspective was inspiring.
My baby, is my baby okay?
He’s doing just fine
Joan: And Keith, is he…
Keith: Im here
Joan: You’re here
Keith: I’m right here
Im looking right at you
After watching the finale four times, i noticed some things.
I noticed the way Callie and Arizona worked with each other was just the same as they cooperated during the Gary Clarke epi. There was tension in the situation and they had to work well together.
It was teamwork-- especially when the camera focused on their stride and shoes, moving in sync, with each careful step.
And all was well. They finally talked to each other after working together on the patient giving birth on the elevator, in the previous episode.
I was slightly uncomfortable when they talked about the hot new male intern and Arizona ribbed Callie that she should get into that. And Callie in turn ribbed Amelia to get into that.
First, as a person who roots for the Calzona reconciliation, it hurts that Arizona was egging Callie on to have a date with another person and that was just a damper on my Calzona spirit.
However, in a different view, it was a good thing to hear Arizona fully accepting of Callie's bisexuality.
When before, she had her qualms about Callie also being into men, this time, we saw her supportive of that fact and that is a good sign of progress.
This talk then paved the way for Amelia's hilariously serious "speech" about romance in the workplace and i would like to think that there was a reason that it happened with Arizona and Callie in that same room.
This did not happen randomly, i would think. It was awkward but it was meaningfully funny.
It allowed us a tiny bit of an eavesdrop into the minds of these docs who work together, in this case Callie and Arizona, and that they try to keep it professional, yet they know each other as intimately as possible, and just brush that aside when work beckons.
At the wedding reception, seeing Callie dance to her heart's desire swinging her arms high up in the air, it was refreshing, it was invigorating. Like it was an antidote to all the tragedy, it was a way of coping, which was inspiring, and setting up for a fresh start.
Seeing Arizona being the dutiful best friend to April at a difficult time, as they shared a similar tragedy that April had been trying to handle, which was losing an unborn child—Arizona consoling her was heartwarming.
She was able to weather her own storms and was now capable of being strong enough to help her friend April to get through her challenges.
And as season 11 closed, we saw a great big progression in the characters and relationship of Callie and Arizona from the pilot to the finale
In Catherine and Richard's wedding reception, i was hoping Callie and Arizona would at least sit close to each other, or at least talk, but we did not see any of that.
Much talk had been made about the missing vase scene that didn’t make the final cut, and it does lead one to think that whatever the plans for Calzona for this season may have to be seen next season.
This ending voice over was as relevant to Calzona as it was to the other main characters…
“You can build a house out of anything. Make it as strong as you want. But a home..a home is more fragile than that. A home is made of the people you fill it with. And people can be broken, sure. But any surgeon knows, what’s broken can be mended…what’s hurt can be healed. That no matter how hard it gets, the sun’s gonna rise again.” This season, we saw Callie and Arizona break up, and it came to a close with them still broken up.
I never expected they would not get back with each other this same season, but we saw the season end with them as just friends.
Even if their marriage was broken, they were not broken as individuals.
In fact, we have seen them on their journey of self-rediscovery, of strength in the face of challenge, of facing the new possibilities of career advancement and new love.
This season we saw Arizona take on the baton from the best fetal surgeon in the country, therefore we saw her with a new specialty and she had been badass at it.
Callie had finally seen much success from the brain mapping project she started with Derek.
And she saw it work in Dan, her new friend.
It was an episode that symbolized new hope, new strength. That after a long journey of pain, strength was to be found.
Whatever their fate will be, I am still hoping fervently that they continue their growth as individuals to finally be right for each other. And happy together.
The journey may have twists and turns. But no matter how dim hopes may be, I have confidence that the sun will shine on the Calzona love story once again.
Shonda expressly says new romances are in store for both.
That makes my heart break but if this is necessary in this road to growth and wholeness, then I accept that with a broken but open heart.
It is comforting to know that Shonda is a giant fan of Calzona and she roots for them, so I take confidence in that. It pays to have the creator of the show on your side, shipping along with you.
I'm so stoked to see the drama and the funny moments unfold in Season 12.
Good and ready for a brand new season. Just six weeks to go.
Ready for new lives, new loves, and ready for Calzona to finally be ready for each other, and reach their happy ever after.
Calzona Forever in Season 12 and beyond..
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