Eight (ish) reasons why Callie and Arizona are becoming the best couple on television

I’ve talked often this season about how Callie Torres has really filled out as an amazing character (a lot of which had to do with the killer performances by Sara Ramirez). Much of it, however, is rooted in her relationship with Arizona Robbins. While they’ve not been together a full season yet, they’re quickly becoming my favorite couple on television. These are some of the reasons, just in this week’s episode, that you can see why:

1. The two racing down the hall for the only prepped OR, but Callie not getting too pissed for losing
2. Callie’s look when Arizona described how “her” Peds rotation works
3. Callie’s continued pride when discussing the 25 million donation
4. How Callie gave Arizona the confidence to do the surgery
5. I doubt the Arizona we first met would have the conjones to kick the Chief out of her OR
6. Chemistry, baby …  More than Mer/Der, more than Mark/Lexi, and yes boys and girls, more than Cristina/Owen
7. Callie staying awake (or trying to) for Arizona, and more importantly, the look in her eyes when Arizona told her that she loved her
8. (Note that I didn’t mention, at all, the lingerie Callie was wearing at the end of the episode … Erm … well, until just now, but hey, I’m not blind)

Other stuff

• Alex in Peds, while makes so little sense when you say it out loud, works so incredibly well on the screen.
• Reed crushing on Karev makes more sense than Jackson crushing on Cristina (but that’s because Reed comes across as Little-Izzie sometimes).
• Mark/Lexi, Cristina/Owen, and Arizona/Callie need to all hang out more often.
• “Surprised parties are hostile. They’re dark. People jump out and scream at you … they never come to any good.”
• The whole story with Izzie’s medical bills is, frankly, a bit too much.
• “Take off your shirt.”/”No, take off your shirt!”
• For all of the Coconuts, I don’t buy that Hunt would forgive Cristina so quickly for going rogue so quickly.
• For that matter, the whole intern/resident/attending dynamic seems all kinds of jacked up this season.
• We saw a flash, just for a second, of the old Chief, when he put Jennings in his place.

Clacked by Ivey West
on Nov 07, 2009 @ 09:00 EST5EDT