Izzie is showing more and more how personal she gets with her work, most importantly her patients, and is additionally pretty sensitive after finding Alex, whom she thought was impotent, in bed with an ex. Fortunately/unfortunately, Addison has caught on to Izzie's painful habit of becoming too attached to patients, and the toll that it will inevitably take on her as a doctor. In light of Izzie's "quint" suffering from an inoperable, half-developed heart, Addison grudgingly decides to make the baby's inevitable death a teaching moment by showing Izzie the painful results of not maintaining distance.
This girl is set up for one bad day.
The first time I watched this episode through, I barely batted an eye at Addison's method, but as soon as I considered the situation, and the results, I started to wonder. Was her choice of teaching through struggle entirely sound? Admittedly, Addison gets the idea from her own experience when Weber did the same thing to her, and it worked as a potent reminder for distance. She even shows reluctance when consulting with Weber about Izzie's habits. It definitely highlights how hazardous this method could be, and how compassionate Addison really is to the situation. I don't understand why she couldn't just warn Izzie about the high potential for this baby to die, and then let her unfold as she characteristically does with any patient. She gives her false hope and then leaves her alone to crumble.
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| Look at that gorgeous, lying face |
There's no way Addison could have predicted any different outcome than the one she had to draw on, so I suppose her intentions were good, but was it worth destroying the trust she had between her and Izzie as a student? If I had been put in that position, regardless of the intended lesson, I'd have a really hard time trusting my safety net after that.
Season 2 Episode 11 - Owner of a Lonely Heart
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