The Miracle? Meredith MAY have gotten over herself.

The last of the three-part ferry accident episode was entitled "Some Kind of Miracle." Given that, PLUS the fact that this show is called, "Grey's Anatomy" made me pretty certain that Meredith was NOT going to die.

Of course, in the end, she didn't... but the journey she took, and how it affected her and all those who love her, was interesting, fun - even funny at times, and quite revealing. Hopefully, it pointed several characters in new directions as well.

Meredith took the walk toward the white light and woke up on a gurney in the hospital to be greeted by Denny Duquette and Kyle Chandler, the "bomb guy". Soon after, her mom's scrub nurse and the girl that died after being impaled by the pipe (from an early Season 2 episode)

Through Denny's prodding, we eventually learn that Meredith fought only for a little while when in the water, but soon decided, "What's the Point?" and gave up, allowing herself to drown. McDreamy, we learn, suspected that this was the case. He tells Addison that "She (Meredith) knows how to swim." Derek feels that Meredith's mother is the cause. Ellis Grey was always hard on Mer. Nothing ever pleased her, even Mer putting much of her own life, goals and dreams aside to care for her, and yet, she called her "ordinary" and belittled her every chance she got. Ellis, who is in SGH herself during this time, awaiting heart surgery, is visited by Derek, who calls her out over this. "If she dies, it'll be on you." he tells her.

Each of the satellites orbiting around Meredith reacted to her impending "death" in different ways. Izzy, at Callie's insistence, went back to work. Callie and Izzy had it out over George while trying to distract themselves through working. Callie telling Izzy she will have to accept her as part of George's life or she would become "That girl George used to know." George gave it to Izzy too. George told her he really needed her support and friendship since his father died, but he felt she kept "taking it away" from him.

Alex seems to be connecting with and perhaps even falling for the pregnant woman he saved at the ferry scene. Sounds like she will be around for several more episodes.. and that the swollen face will soon be gone to reveal ... ELIZABETH REISER.. who starred in "Saved" on TNT last summer and has also been in "The Family Stone", among other things. She is a real cutie... and if we learn that her husband hasn't come to claim her because HE is dead.. I wouldn't be surprised if Alex decides to step right in.

This is good, because it looks like Alex is out of the Addison picture, at least for awhile. Addison realizes that McDreamy never felt for her what he feels for Meredith. McSteamy tells her, "But I did." They decide to give their relationship one more good try - IF and ONLY IF - He can make it without womanizing... NO SEX with Addy or anyone else - for sixty days. He agrees to this, but only if Addy doesn't sleep with anyone else during that time either. "Who would I have sex with?", Addy says.. just as Alex appears ...

Cristina is NOT dealing with the possibility of losing Meredith well. In fact, she tries not to deal with it at all. First, she walks out of SGH in the middle of a shift and buys out the local 99 cent store. Later, she shows off her purchases to Joe while getting schnockered at the bar. Burke find her there and tells her she will never forgive herself if she doesn't come and say goodbye to her friend. She agrees to come.

We knew that Cristina was a member of the "Dead Dad's Club" and that this was at the root of much of her "distance." We learn, through Meredith's conversations with Denny, that Cristina had witnessed her dad's death. They were in a car accident together when Cristina was nine, and dad bled out in front of her while waiting for help. This certainly contributes to her reluctance to get close to anyone, and I'll bet, is at the core of her desire and drive to be a surgeon.

Cristina arriving at Meredith's side to say goodbye coincides with Meredith realizing, while "on the other side", that she really doesn't want to be there. Denny does a marvelous job of pointing out to Meredith that while "checking out" might be the easiest thing for her, her loss will break all of those she is closest to.

She sees her mother walk past, in the distance at first. Mom comes to her and tells Mer, "You shouldn't be here."
"Neither should you", Meredith says. Mom says it's OK and tells Meredith, "You're anything but ordinary." That, and Cristina's insistence that Bailey and Webber try one more time to revive her, are what bring Meredith back.

Touching moments abound in this episode.. but my favorites were: Cristina arriving at Mer's bedside, touching her feet, and then deciding NOT to give up and say goodbye, but rather demanding that Bailey and Webber try one more time. When they succeed, Cristina telling Mer, "her person", that she is going to marry Burke. "You're the only one I wanted to tell", she tells her.

Derek seeing Meredith again, Addison realizing she and Derek never had what Mer and Der have, and best of all, the moment where Izzy and Denny "see" each other at the end.

Now that Feb Sweeps are over, it may be awhile before we get a new GREY's... so if you want to relive some of those special moments from this episode.. Here's a link from a great YouTube montage put together to encapsulate it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3spvh3khRVc

Let's hope that when we return to SGH, Meredith will have come through this a little less "all about Meredith" and a little more cognizant of and appreciative of, her friends. We certainly learned more about each of them, and each of them more about themselves, through this experience.