Callie's New Girl

Calzona Review 12x05  “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”



“I think i need more liquor. I'm not ready” – was Arizona’s opening line as she and April, sitting by the window at the famous dinner party,  saw Callie and Penny arrive. 

This is exactly what I felt pre-show. I wanted all the liquor i could get my hands on.

 The episode did live up to its promotional hype and more!  We all knew Penny was coming to dinner, and  I was just clueless on how I could handle it--. Seeing Callie with a new girlfriend, and seeing Arizona there. Much as it hurt,  the episode just kept us glued to the screen. It was that special, that it did not really bother to give us  the usual voice over.

Callie and Penny debut

Callie was on call. Club soda with lime was all she asked for and asked for white wine for Penny.

Penny and Mer obviously recognized each other and Penny wanted to leave but Callie innocently asked her to stay. She wanted Penny to get to know her friends. She had no inkling whatsoever of Mer and Penny's familiarity with each other.

Callie was all bubbly and I sensed a little nervousness about introducing her new friend. Good thing all of them were nice and cordial

While Callie enjoyed introducing her new girlfriend  to everyone, Penny was trading  brief glances with Meredith. She wanted to leave but Callie said everyone would love her.

Penny: Callie can we go?
Callie: What is going on?
Penny: I’m sorry i just need to

Callie: Is it Arizona? Cause it seems like a big deal but it's not . I promise, she's great.
Penny: No it's not
Callie: Come on. Come on let's rip the band aid. I will introduce you

From Callie’s words I surmise she does have high regard for her ex-wife. And she wants Penny and Arizona to get along well.

In fairness to Penny, she wanted to leave and get rid of the already brewing awkwardness with Meredith but  didn’t get a chance.

Callie introduced her to April and then to Amelia who thought the legendary Penny is lovely.

Callie held her hand as she introduced her to Penny. More pleasantries with Mer was making Penny feel more awkward.

Penny meets Arizona

Callie even thought it was Arizona that made Penny feel uncomfortable so yep. The scene we wanted and felt queasy to see, ;

Callie: Is it Arizona? Cause it seems like a big deal but it's not . I promise, she's great.
Penny: No it's not
Callie: Come on
Come on let's rip the band aid. I will introduce you

From Callie’s words, she does have high regard for her ex-wife. And she wants Penny and Arizona to get along well.

The Arizona-Penny convo went this way:

Callie: Penny, this is Arizona Robbins.  Arizona, this is Penny

Arizona: Hi! We've heard so many things about you

Penny: Gosh I’ve  moved all over . I’m three naval bases in the States, Guam, Bahrain

Arizona: Whoa hold on we lived in Bahrain

Penny: Get out

While Callie was busy on the phone, Arizona became chatty with Penny and except for the tipsy element, they seemed to hit it off.

Penny: My mom's a petroleum seismologist. Every two years, new school, new language, new food. I was in college before i even tried mac n cheese

Arizona: My gosh, try telling a class your name is Arizona, "no honey, not where you’re from. Whats your name?"

Penny: Okay all right you had it worse.

Arizona grabbed bestfriend April and told of her  drunken Penny thoughts. As Arizona chatted with April, we saw Arizona try to start to come to terms:

Arizona: I met her. Penny. I don’t hate her. I like her. I like Her a lot.
She’s genuinely great and Callie's so happy and im drinking and…

However, April had her own topic so all we had to do was listen in to gather Arizona's feelings about Penny.

When the argument of whether to order pizza or cook, Arizona butts in

Who are you trying to impress? Penny? Cause Penny will roll with it. She's a delight. She's smart, she's funny. We have a crazy amount in common.       

And then a drunk realization which is downright hilarious, “ Oh God, maybe I should date Penny”.

Alex: No
Amelia :Ill advised

Arizona: Callie... Callie picked a pretty a penny

Alex: How much have you had to drink?

Keep an eye on her

Still holding hands, Callie had to go on call and told Mer

Callie had to go to the hospital to take care but told Penny to stay and have a good time. She kissed Penny goodbye. On the lips. And my heart was on the floor. Lifeless. never to be revived again.

Callie asked Mer a favor as she felt  bad to leave. With her words, it was obvious she really cared about Penny and that she wanted her to have a good time with her friends. Also, she put emphasis on how Arizona positively received her,

Callie: Will you keep an eye on her and make sure she has fun? Thank you.

I dont know what she was worried about. I mean Arizona loves her. They were like talk talk talk  talk

But Mer didnt want to have anything to do with her.

And there we saw Callie talking to Owen at the hospital gushing about her girlfriend.

Callie: Arizona loves her...Everybody loves her..you have to meet her...

Back at Mer's, Arizona was praising April for bringing order to chaos in the kitchen but April had to take the knife away from Arizona who was totally drunk

Arizona: Jackson is an idiot. You cook you’re pretty, youre...youre a Penny. Why dont i have a Penny? Callie has one. Jackson has one but he threw it away.

April: Will you please stop?

At the dinner table, as Callie had not come back yet, Penny was thinking of how she would get a ride home:

Arizona: Well she better come back soon otherwise I'll take you home myself.  Find a Penny, pick it up

Bailey: Dr Robbins you’re drunk. Dont think I've never seen that. I like drunk Dr Robbins

Aww Calliope. I used to call her that..

She was as drunk as could be. And i must say that was the easiest way to handle it. It would've been more difficult if she were sober. I was sober when i learned Penny called Callie Calliope and it hurts. At least Arizona isn’t.

Penny Is Here To Stay 


Further on, we learn from Bailey that Penny is set for an interview with her as a transferring resident

Then there was a painful silence when Meredith blurted out that Penny killed her husband.

It was all too much to take for everyone present, including drunk Arizona.

As everyone was letting it sink in and Arizona verbalized it as "youre coming  to work with us?"

Penny had handled everything gracefully. The dinner table full of Derek's colleagues and even his own sister had that expected animosity and handling a group of people like that required grace and poise and Penny had that.

Then Callie arrived with Owen  unknowing of the tension that had gone on inside the room

Oh whats going on?
Penny's coming to work with us.

And then Amelia let out the bombshell that Penny killed Derek

The confusion and bewilderment etched all over Callie's face was just too much. The tension in that dinner table was too thick it felt suffocating.


We could see the struggle within Callie.

She was there for her girlfriend of course. Telling Penny she didn’t have to engage Amelia's "interrogation".

But she was also torn with why Penny didn’t tell her about this earlier.

Amelia asking Penny about being one of the last people to see Derek prompted Callie to stop Amelia right there. "Amelia, thats enough"

Penny was being sort of harassed.

"Before you killed him, can you tell me what his last words were?"

Amelia was not intentionally bullying Penny. She was just voicing out her deep sentiments for she never saw her brother during his last moments. They never got to say goodbye and It's not apt to judge Amelia's actions either. This is a grieving sister in pain.

But Callie was already feeling the pressure on Penny and as her girlfriend, she felt for her and banged the table and asked Amelia to stop.

Maybe she felt it was unfair to corner Penny in this way in view of everyone. But she had her own stuff to settle with Penny.

Poor Penny. We know she did try to tell Callie but she just was not able to.

She did ask Penny when she confronted her why she didnt even tell about Derek when she was going to transfer as resident to GSMH. For sure, it would spark an uproar that was actually happening then.

Callie: I still dont understand. You were coming to work here. Why didn’t you tell me?

Penny: Callie it’s a big hospital. I didn’t know you knew him

Callie: He was my friend. Meredith, all of them

Arizona being the designated “light moment provider” did her job :

Arizona: Am i supposed to do anything? Cause she’s my ex but on the other hand she’s my ex so i guess that means no?

Callie was still the thoughtful  good friend amidst it all and went to check on Mer who was in her bedroom, but Mer answered she was okay and closed the door on Callie.

Callie looking for Penny, chanced upon Jackson and asked for much needed advice. She needed to let it out. And he gave a direct realistic answer.  Here was a new friendship born:

Callie: I don’t know how to do it. I don’t know how to shrug it off. How i feel about her. I dont even know if i want to

Jackson: Well even if you want to, I’m not so sure that you can.

Notes:

It was painful  to see Callie holding hands with Penny. And it killed me to see them kissing..

By the way they talked with each other, It feels like they have known each other long enough and it was obvious that they got along.  I felt familiarity and it seemed as if Callie has told Penny every detail about everyone.

So amidst Mer's dilemma on welcoming Penny, Amelia's worries on no one cooking for the houseful of hungry surgeons and Maggie's UTI troubles, surprise! Arizona and Penny hit it off as they did customary small talk at the party. They shared things in common.  Both of their families moved around a lot. And both lived in Bahrain!

Arizona and Penny chatting and laughing was both a funny and amusing thing to see. And Callie was i guess happy about that.

When Penny mentioned “Calliope” as she was talking, I could not take it.  They were "Team Penelope and Calliope." They rhyme. 

Calliope--we know how special it is when  Arizona calls her that. It seems only special people her call her by that name. And here was Penny…it goes without saying how special she is to Calliope. However what was supposed to be a painful blow to Arizona and to us, was cushioned by Arizona's amusing drunkenness:

The acting of all those people in that scene was just excellent. I was trying to play critic in that highly charged scene but everyone and i mean EVERYONE displayed IMPECCABLE acting. Especially Samantha Sloyan. She played the beleaguered Penny so well. Every expression was just on point.

No one would have wanted to be on that kind of hot seat! The hottest seat where all these attendings and residents of Grey Sloan Memorial seemed to be collectively analyzing her, even nearly judging her.

Amelia was irrepressible. Her unfinished business about her brother's death being unearthed once again and how…...at the expense of Penny.

It isn’t even an issue anymore if  Penny did kill Derek. She DID NOT.

We all saw how she tried to stand up to the more superior neuro attending but to no avail. If ever we could fault her with anything, it was that the resident assigned  happened to be her. No resident could've convinced those egotistical snotty doctors at Dillard.

Penny did want Derek to have a head CT but didn't stand a chance against that stubborn doctor, although as down to earth as she is, she did tell Meredith that she wasn't a good enough doctor.

Recounting all these, was just too heavy for the whole Grey Sloan dinner group. And it was too, for us watching. It was too painful having to recall what happened in that darned hospital. And with all the doctors present hearing all these for the first time, with bated breath and simply shocked, we just could not take away our eyes from the screen. Wanting to see everyone's reaction, most especially Callie's.

Not that my love for Calzona is lessened but Penny and the actress who plays her are pretty decent and beautiful.  And they did have chemistry to be honest.

Callie was simply hurt and torn. We could see her struggle within.  She was proud to bring her girlfriend to meet her friends. And now this? Her gf was being humiliated and was forced to answer loaded questions about something  even she regretted; but she was torn on why Penny didn’t tell her in advance. She knew Derek was from Grey Sloan. Maybe she could've told Callie about him?

I'm not judging Penny though. It was a delicate topic. It was a ‘damned if you do, damned if u don’t’ kind of topic.

And can we talk about how emotional Callie was? When the confrontation was so heated and Amelia's grilling was too much for Callie's limits, she  pounded on the dinner table. It was badass Callie suppressed, because she wasn’t angry. She was a mixture of confusion, pacifying the turmoil inside her and around her.

Penny is beautiful. She seems like a good person. She seems to be okay for Callie. But of course, this isn’t my ship and this goes against the “Calzona Forever” rulebook. This is a ruiner. So is it bad to say that i was sort of rooting for Mer. She was angry at Penny. So yeah i took sides. I did want her not to treat Penny well. That’s just bluntly the Calzona kind of fan I am. Just being honest but no harm intended. I do like Penny. But not her relationship with Callie.

At the end of this episode, Callie and Penny were not so fine with each other, but Callie was concerned. Confused but she did care. And with Jackson’s words to her in the end, we concluded it was complicated.  She was torn between love and her loyalty to her friends. Take noet that this is just the beginning of their relationship, and we already spot kinks. But yeah, they're solvable. 

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Love In Its Own Time

Calzona Review 12x04 "Old Time Rock n Roll"

"You might be surprised but anatomy classes can be uncomfortable for surgeons. We're trained to put bodies back together. We prefer our tissue warm. Alive. Usually when a surgeon is staring at dead tissue, it means that something is very very wrong."

Still reeling from the awesomeness of this episode. Grey's  magic is all over this ep as it made me cry and then laugh and then amazed and then awed in all its airtime minutes. That kind of effect by old Greys episodes. All i can say is that Greys is back to its old awesome self.

Excellent writing and directorial credits go to Austin Guzman and Nicole Rubio. The episode was supremely engaging. No dull moment at all.

And it's not just a lead-in for the much talked about  250th 'Who's coming to dinner" episode. This episode stands proudly on its own with its magnificent writing and excellent directing.

The Callie Arizona saga makes a soft-sharp turn in this ep and much as i Iove for them to be together , it was bittersweet and fun to watch them get on with this new chapter in their lives as exes. It's the stage where  they're friends, and it's time to meet the new girl in the other's life.

I didn't quite know how to react to the encounter between Aprizona and  Callie.

First, i was taking in all of Arizona's and April's jitters about going to the dinner party at la casa de seestra grey-shepherd, worried if Callie and Jackson were coming.

I felt a flutter in my tummy when Arizona was worried about whether Callie was to bring her new girlfriend. It was sad that Callie had moved on without her but it was kind of fun to see her jealous or bothered by this new chapter in Callie's life. It is rare that we see her jealous. It was always Callie who had bouts with the  jealousy pangs.

Clever how April asked about Penny and Arizona asked about Jackson, in a scene that made my heart beat loudly, and made me hysterical.

Just seeing Callie and Arizona in a scene like that makes me blush. Goodness, i'm still here for the sparks even if they're estranged.

April: Are u going? Please tell me youre going
Arizona: I don't know . I mean, Callie's gonna be there.
April: Since when was that an issue?
Arizona: It's not. I don't  wanna make her girlfriend feel uncomfortable. You know, intimidated by me. I mean if she's bringing her out.  You know if she's bringing her,  Do you?
April: Well she's right over there. Do you want me to ask her if she's bringing her girlfriend?
Arizona: Yes, please

April: You ask about Jackson, I'll ask about Penny.

Callie: Hey, about that thing tonight, im not sure any of them cook. Should I bring food just in case? I dont wanna starve.
Arizona: I think its gonna be fine. Do you know if Jackson's coming tonight?
Callie: No idea
April: Are you bringing Penny?
Callie: Oh! I hadn't. Oh i didn't know if you would be okay with that. And uh I didnt want it to be awkward or uncomfortable for her. You know.
Arizona: Okay. Me? Oh I'm fine. Are you kidding? Bring her. Totally .. Bring her cause ...i wanna meet her. I think that we all want to meet her . Yeah i mean not just me. Mostly me..
April: I would  really love to meet her
Callie: I will see if she's available
Arizona: Cool!

Arizona : See i can do this. I can do this. I'm excited. It's cool. I'm cool.
April: Cool people don't say they're cool


In truth, seeing a Calzona scene nowadays is like worth much more than gold.

My take on this scene:

1. Callie purposely didnt consider bringing Penny because she was concerned about Arizona's reaction. And that was very thoughtful and kind of her. Just like in episode 2, where she didnt want to tell Arizona about Penny. See, Callie still cares about Arizona and doesnt want to hurt her at this stage. How sweet.

2. Arizona was funnily defensive and was in panic, struggling for words to not appear like she was bothered or jealous. It was not in her plan to be caught off guard but she was. The opposite of what she wanted happened. She had to have pride, and then some. Face to face with Callie, of course she had to show that she was okay with the new girlfriend, even going overboard saying she really wanted to meet her.

I honestly was so overwhelmed by this scene and was laughing so much at how Arizona struggled to put up an unaffected front, but ended up like she so wanted to meet Penny.

thank goodness bestie April saved her from the awkward struggle by saying "I would really love  to meet her"

I wanted to hug April.

Jessica pulled off this bittersweet hilarious scene so well, one of the many brilliant scenes she had in this episode.

3. Callie was so pure in her surprise and delight in that Arizona wanted to meet her new girl. And she is so radiant in this scene. Gosh, she must really be in love.

The only concern that Callie had was about bringing food to the dinner party. She was doubtful if the grey-shepherd seestras could even cook, so when Arizona and April brought up the subject of inviting Penny, she liked the idea and decided to ask if Penny was available. Finally, her friends could meet her new girlfriend.

All was fine.
But not fine for me :)

Effect of this scene:

In a nutshell, this scene made me excited, thrilled to see them talk to each other about the new girl,then  made me laugh so hard, then made me want to shed tears. I don't know why.

Doctor Sweetheart and Abe

A very interesting part of the episode was the encounter between Arizona (called sweetheart by Abe and she corrected it to Dr Sweetheart) and 90 year old patient Abe, who was part of the silver flood at Grey Sloan, caused by an accident involving senior citizens.

Abe had an incidental chat with Arizona and served as inspiration to Arizona, his love chronicle was something that Arizona needed to hear at a time like this. They had a brief but meaningful talk over cups of jello.

He was 85 when he met the love of his life and he was set to propose. He even showed off the ring to Arizona, who was all so mesmerized by Abe's romantic description of his proposal plan and with Abe's loving description of the girl of his dreams, Gabby. Arizona was paged so she had to leave and thus cut short the conversation.

The talk, however had ceased permanently with Abe's unexpected passing on.

This short, fun conversation though, had hit Arizona hard. After checking on Gabby's (Abe's girlfriend) status and Owen assured her she'll be taken care of, she didn't  realize how it affected her until she was in the supply closet where she broke down in tears.

Jessica played this part so well with the step by step stages of tears that developed into a downright bawling.

Before i talk about how cute Arizona was when she started to cry, i need to reflect first on her  talk with Abe.

We saw her obviously upset or worried  but feigning happiness about Callie's new gf at the beginning of the ep.

This was picking up from her reaction about the girl in episode two where she defensively told Callie , "you can tell me, Callie , you can always tell me.."

Maybe she was trying to suppress the feeling of loneliness or being left behind. She was trying to appear strong to everyone especially to Callie. She didn't want to be pitied.


There was her ex-wife Callie who apparently had already totally moved on and seemed to have found someone she adored a lot;  and here she was, all alone with no love life to speak of.

If we look back at the past season where Callie had several short-lived romantic entanglements, Arizona was centered on her career and her self growth. She did not have a romantic relationship after all the not-so-pleasant relationships she had. Leah was the last one we knew of on-screen, and we never really saw her yearn or search for anyone.

She seemed to be satisfied with focusing on her second specialization--fetal surgery and was busy helping out her mentor conquer her brain tumor. It was laudable that she had no succeeding partners even if Callie had.

On our part, we knew we wouldn't have been able to withstand seeing her again with another girl. It was just too much for us to handle  at the time.

Now that Callie had seemed to find someone who was worthy of her, maybe Arizona had a mixture of feeling left out or alone, combined with the feeling of not finding anyone worthy of her love yet.

Her brief chat with Abe triggered those emotions, so when she finally found solace, while gathering surgical necessities at the supply closet, that's when she let it all out.


The Supply Closet Chronicles Part 2

Arizona was distraught. I could only guess that maybe she was very sad about Abe and a love story cut short by death, or maybe she felt sorry for herself or maybe she thought that when she finally had someone inspire her to find hope in love again, he was suddenly gone.

Good thing bestie April entered the supply closet and comforted the dreary Arizona.

April: What happened?
Arizona: Nothing I'm fine
April: What happened?
Arizona: I don't even know why Im crying. He wasn't even my patient. He wasn't even a baby. He was 90.
April: Who was 90?
Arizona: Abe. He was..in love. He met the love of his life when he was 85 and he was gonna propose to her but he died.
April: I'm sorry
Arizona: I felt that i could talk to him forever. He made me feel like.. I never really believed that I'd find love again. Not anything real or true. I thought i had it, i screwed up and that was over. Then he was madly in love at 85. And that is proof that there is more love out there. And Callie might have found hers, and I can find mine, even if It's in 60 years.

April: But I don't wanna find my soulmate when Im 90. I met mine already and he wants a divorce.

Sarah Drew's/April's perfect segue was so hilarious that my emotions for Arizona turned to a howl of laughter for what I knew would be a punchline waiting to be said...

Arizona: Oh sweetie, this is about me. This isn't about you.

Before i say how much this scene made me cry and laugh again, I have to mention these points to remember from Arizona's speech:

1. The reason why she had not been searching for a new relationship is that somehow she had given up hope on finding a new love. Maybe she had believed that after screwing up her marriage, she just gave up hope of finding a relationship that was at least up to par with her relationship with Callie

2. Abe's story remarkably inspired her and spurred new hope that there is still a chance for a new love, even if it will take a long time.

3. Maybe she still wanted to talk to Abe so that he could continue to inspire her. Maybe her hopes were not as strong and maybe she needed someone else to remind her that she could still find true love.

So maybe she broke down in tears because she was afraid and was feeling a lack of courage about finding a new love. Maybe she was grieving the fact that her new found hope died too, together with Abe.

4. I hope that Arizona will just use this moment to inspire her more and give her courage.

As she said, Abe wasn't even her patient and not even a child. So in essence, it was like fate had her meet Abe, and Abe was a significant passer-by to remind her of new hope.

I wish that she takes this experience with Abe as a positive one and lead her to find love again.

I knew I was almost crying with Arizona but then April shifted the sorrowful attention to herself and it became a drama turned comedy instantly. And to make things even more hilarious was Arizona stating the obvious fact that the spotlight was on her and not on April. My tears of sadness turned into tears from laughing too much.

What began as confiding of feelings and thoughts became a tug of war of tears and vying for who was more lonely and who deserved consolation.

One thing i know for sure, trust  that : Arizona plus April plus supply closet plus drama, equals non-stop laughter.

Team Aprizona always rocks.

And kudos to Grey's for giving us drama then making us laugh.

Perfect perfect comedic timing from both Sarah and Jessica. They're the funniest comedic onscreen besties  nowadays. Woot woot.

Arizona Is Not Ready

Finally, at the dinner party, Arizona and April were on the couch when April announces that Callie has arrived with her redhead girlfriend.



Arizona: Is that Jackson?
April: No it's Callie

Arizona: Oh God
April: I didn't know her new girlfriend was a redhead.
Arizona: Oh no. I need more alcohol I'm not ready.

Seems that to Arizona, every detail about this new girl will be something to react about.

When it sunk in that Callie and her new girl were about to make an entrance, Arizona was all nerves, she made that one big long glass-emptying gulp of her wine to probably drown her jitters or awkwardness upon finally seeing Callie's new girl. She just was not ready.

It hurts. I could feel Arizona's tension. Should I say every Calzona fan felt the same way Arizona did? Suffice it to say, we all shared Arizona's anxiety about seeing Penny.

Personally, i had been waiting for this, yet deep inside, I dreaded it too. And the time of reckoning has come.

The closing VO may be applied to  Arizona's current situation:

"...No matter how uncomfortable they make us, and there can be rewards for stepping outside our comfort zone, even when the thought of it makes us wanna puke even when we want nothing more than to run screaming for help.

That's why people love to say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But sometimes those people don't know what the hell they're talking about."

Postscript

Since I am a self-confessed die hard true-blue Calzona fan, it is easy to know whom I do not like to see on my screen. And of course, any character who stands in the way of my OTP can kiss the screen goodbye.

Honestly,  at this time when this separation is mutually agreed upon by Callie and Arizona and that they are peacefully apart, I have to respect their life choices.

Also, we saw how happy Callie is right now, i would have to say that she deserves that so much. It has been too long since we saw Callie genuinely happy. And i think that as much as we want them to be together now, it is not realistic because they are not in that place right now.

In stark contrast to Callie's present happiness, Arizona as we have seen is kind of lonely and sad. And even pained by the thought of Callie having a new girl.

It is cute really because there is a strong possibility that she does still love  Callie. Why would she be bothered if Callie didn't matter to her romantically anymore? By the way she reacted at the dinner party where she needed the aid of alcohol to shield herself from facing the reality of Callie's new girl, it goes without saying she is jealous because by these actions, it can be interpreted as she does still care about Callie.

Callie too cared about Arizona enough by being careful about "flaunting" her new girl. She respected Arizona enough and cared that she did not feel awkward nor hurt.


The thought of seeing Callie with another woman has always been a dreadful thought for any Calzona fan.   Seeing Arizona with other women in the past seasons had injured my heart enough.

And just like Arizona, we have to face what we fear. With alcohol or not. For that may not kill us nor make us stronger, will sure build our and Arizona's character. And we have to face it for the sake of their individual happiness.

Next episode  is the day we will see that encounter. Where Callie, Arizona and Penny will see each other face to face. In front of their friends and colleagues.

Will Arizona be drunk then? If she will be, if this is the way that she can manage it, then so be it,

Serious Note to self: Be nice to Penny. She did nothing wrong. She may have bungled  giving proper medical care to Derek but to us Calzona fans, the only thing she has done was make Callie happy. And that's reason enough to respect their relationship. Much as it hurts.

As we saw how Arizona is looking forward with hope for new love as inspired by Abe, maybe in the not so distant future, we will see her with a new girl too.

My insides are uncomfortable talking about my broken up OTP with their present and future lovers, but if this is a winding bumpy curve in that so called journey, then okay. I will wait and see how it unfolds.

Anyway, no matter how many partners they end up with, my faith in the love story of Callie and Arizona remains rock solid.

Timing is everything. This too shall pass. After all is said and done, they will find their way back to each other. And only genuine Calzona faith can make me say that.

For now, we already know who's coming to dinner.

So let's meet Penny.

And enjoy the ride.

Calzona Forever of course.

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The Mentor and The Adviser

Calzona Review 12x03 "I Choose You"

This episode tackled the progress in growth of two of its main characters, and our beloved Callie and Arizona were not just witnesses but supportive comrades to Alex and Meredith.

Arizona the Mentor

We saw Arizona as a very proud mentor to Alex. 

Alex was handling a difficult case of twin babies having fatal tumors at birth. He was facing a dilemma of having to choose between the two babies, which one to prioritize for liver transplant and Arizona was quite impressed by how her student had grown up and become mature enough to make sound decisions. That's because Arizona Robbins was a good teacher. She taught Alex well.

And she ably guided her former student when the going got tough.

Alex: Screw it im not making this call. If there's a decision  to be made about withdrawing care from an infant, ...Bailey should do it. She's Chief. She could do it not me

Arizona: Hey hey no Alex what are you doing? I have been watching you i have been in awe of you. Stepping up for these babies for these parents in a way ...do you remember that first time we ever talked? Really talked? We were on a plane and we just picked up a transplant organ from a kid who died and you were upset and pissy cause you felt that I didnt care but I thought "wow. This guy could do it. He cares enough about this work. This guy has it." And I knew that day Alex. And today, I had been so proud of you.  And so now you cant. You cant hand it over to somebody else. Because theyre yours. And they need you and you can do it and you have to because if you give it to Bailey, you wont be able to look yourself in a mirror. You'll always wonder what kind of doctor you could be. This is the job, Alex. And it's why you get paid the big bucks.

She was the voice of  reason. She was there for Alex at a crucial time like this
Also, she cared enough about Alex to remind him to get some much needed rest

"You need food and a shower and sleep. You need to walk away for a minute. Im serious."
And through all those times that Arizona gave him advice, it was always nice to see the respect that Alex has for her. He listened and he followed Arizona's reminders and wise advice.

Watching the mentor-student relationship between Arizona and Alex has always been  wonderful. And we missed it a lot. It's great that the show has given us another glimpse of this solid relationship  based on mutual respect. 

Callie the Adviser

Meredith, meanwhile had problems of not asserting herself enough to get the remuneration she deserves so she did not escape Callie's blunt repetitive reminders that "i make a lot more than you"

She did not fail to egg Meredith on to negotiate for higher pay, reminding Meredith (and herself too) how she negotiated for herself and was very successful about it.

While listening to Maggie's sob story though, Callie did mention something that i could not help but notice.

Maggie was drunk and consoling herself about her former dating partner who was now getting hitched. Maggie was lamenting how it has only been six months since they've been over and the ex is ready to get married over that short span of time.

Maggie: another 6 months, he finds someone else he's ready to spend the rest of his life with?
Callie:I get that, that can happen
So what did she mean by that?

Obviously Callie's past experiences made her to say that. She knows that even if  fresh from a break up, one can fall in love and decide to spend the rest of her life with that person.

Maybe too, that she is so in love with that mystery girl right now, and maybe she is implying that her current girlfriend is wife material? Hmmm.

That's how it sounds to me, and sure,  it's fine if she does think that.

The thing is, it won't happen because i say so. ;)

The suspense builds. We're getting closer to the day that we will meet this mystery girl that Callie is in love with.

I'm excited and not. Especially about who's coming to dinner on 12x05.

Let's wait and see how it plays out.

Holding on. And taking a deep breath.

#CalzonaIsEndgame.