Meredith Grey gets stuck helping her half-sister in the ER which does not make her happy. The last thing she wants is to have to see or speak to Lexie and here she is - working with her. After putting her off and trying to ignore her as best as possible, she comes to a point where helping the new intern out is inevitable. I'm watching this moment between Meredith and Lexie Grey when I think that Lexie is totally striking out for the third and final time-no chance to be sisters, but then you actually catch the glimpse of hope that maybe, just maybe, Meredith will finally let someone into her life. I really hope so. As much as Lexie really bugs me and is way too desperate, I think Meredith needs some family. Everyone should have someone and with how her and Derek are acting who knows if she'll be left out in the cold all alone. I think I'm going to have to learn to like Lexie despite all her faults and rally for her to give Meredith some support through all this. At least she's not going after Derek-I was going to be really upset if the writers had her pursue Derek like they had us believe at the end of last season.

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