Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is one of my favorite shows but lately it's been getting me down. I'm sick of the Christina/Burke story line.

A quick catch up for non-watchers: Burke is a surgeon whose hand was injured in a shooting. After surgery on it things seemed ok, but it turned out he has tremors sometimes. He is reluctant to share this at first. Then his girlfriend Christina finds out. They then work together to hide these tremors from the hospital. I feel Christina really pushed Burke to hide this. She really loves his talent and ability. Anyways, Christina goes into all the surgeries with Burke and takes over whenever he can't do the procedure.

So for the past 4 episodes, they go through great lengths to hide Burke's disability. It's seen as the most shameful thing possible. Eventually people start finding out and Christina gets worried and tells on Burke. It's dramatic/sad and Burke has to stop operating. People are disappointed that they hid stuff but moreso that Burke is disabled.

This week the head surgeon told him to "fix it." Burke says he doesn't want another surgery. Head guy says that if he didn't get his hand cured, he would be a disappointment to himself. There's also comments about the "million dollar hands" or somesuch. At the end of the episode Burke chooses to get his shoulder looked at again.

Throughout all of this, no one ever says "we love you even if you can't be a surgeon" or "there's more to you than hands or nerves" or "isn't it funny that we put so much faith and admiration in our bodies?"

Ho hum.