After all they've tried and been through, which is a lot, George and Izzie just can't seem to "get it right." They both pull Meredith aside (separately) to complain about how bad it is and how hard they're trying, but it's just not working. They finally decide they will have to just talk to each other about the issue. They do and both decide that things were better when they were "just friends." As much as they want it to work, it doesn't look like it's going to. That leaves George silently confused and Izzie doing some more soul searching. The more things go wrong in their relationship, the more competitive Isobel Stevens is at the hospital. She keeps trying to prove herself and competing with Cristina Yang (who seems to actually know what she wants). Izzie wants what she has and is frustrating Cristina's attempts to get on Hahn's good side.

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