Who enjoys Denny/Izzie? Just me? No? Okay then. Looks like we'll be getting more of it, as Denny wasn't kicked outta the hospital at the end of the ep.

I hope he doesn't die. I dislike the pairing, but an "Izzie learns her lesson" storyline would just be annoying.

I've found that I like any scene with Izzie in it, and thus, any pairing with Izzie. I think Denny and Izzie have sizzling chemistry.

I adore the pairing. Their chemistry is awesome... they giggle and grin at each other like kids. :) It's been a while since I saw two people that giddy about each other, and I'm definitely going to enjoy seeing where it goes. :)

I love them together. They're completely adorable. Plus, Denny's whole attitude on life just makes me smile and I really like Izzie around him.

I love the two of them together too, great chemistry. I'm really touched by Denny's attitude about the whole thing, he's so sick, he'll die without a new heart and he's not letting that stop him from flirting. He thinks she's a nice girl and pretty at that and he's being a guy, flirting and just being sweet. It's all just so very sweet and cute. I love that Izzie isn't just humouring him because he may die. She really does like him. It's very real. And I love that she's not trying to disconnect from him so that she won't get hurt when he dies, she's taking a real chance here, opening up her heart and caring for him. It's just so sweet and lovely. I love every scene with the two of them. I absolutely hated that Alex asked to handle the paddles (his tone of voice... grr!) and then took such pleasure in it! It made me so angry. Poor Denny!

This is my favorite pairing on the show at the moment. They just seem so genuine and so damn CUTE. It's so cheesy and heartwarming and awesome.

It's totally cheesy but I love it! They've got delightful chemistry. What does Denny do for a living? Is he a writer?

I'm totally on their train as well. He is soo damn charming and cute. They make me smile. This is totally going to be the cheesy pairing on the show. I don't think its going to end well though.

ITA, lucyinthesky. I love them together too and the sweetness gives me toothache. Which is why he's going to die (pure speculation!).

I'm a new veiwer of the show and I love Denny/Izzie. I get the feeling it's going to end tragically though, they'll get very close very fast, and then he'll die.

I'm a total Izzie/Alex shipper, so I'm probably biased, but I don't really see the whole mutual attraction thing between Izzie and Denny at all. They're cute together, sure, but so what? I think she does have an (inappropriate) attraction to him, but who's to say that he's into her? To me, in this past episode and the first episode he was in (Begin the Begin), his flirtatious interaction with her seems to be nothing more than just a sweet, charming guy with a very good outlook on life considering his not-so-good prognosis, but he's positive enough about life to enjoy flirting with and being nice to the pretty girl who makes pleasant company in the sad and lonely hospital room -- all of which makes him a nice guy and a delightful type of patient to be around, but that doesn't mean he's *attracted* to her, not in the way Izzie seems to be attracted to him. Just my two cents.

sjbrown25, I agree with you that he's flirting because she's cute and he's got a great attitude about the possibility that he may die, there's nothing wrong with that. I don't think Izzie is all into him like she wants them to get married and have babies or anything. She is being nice though, and I think she really does care. They make a cute little couple in their own way. It's a bit of a strange relationship but it's oddly refreshing. They're both just being sweet and nice and they have a really interesting-to-watch sort of relationship and I think that's why we've all taken to them so quickly. A lot of people liked them from the first time he appeared. I mean, he is cute and as sick as he is... he finds the energy to flirt with Izzie. What girl wouldnt find that sweet? If it were me, I certainly wouldn't have been able to leave him all alone in the hospital... he obviously doesn't want to be alone. Flirting was his way of reaching out. Had it been another female intern he probably would have done the same thing... but he got lucky. It's Izzie and she has a heart! Which probably doesn't make for a really good surgeon...

I ship these two so hard. I don't know why but I think for me is just the chem between the actors. I watch this show for the personalities and the relationships.

Absolutely correct. And with this Denny situation, it's clear that Izzie has not yet gotten the point of Addison's "trick" on her re: the quints' case. "Stop getting so involved, woman!"

Patients will die, it's inevitable no matter how hard they try to save them, but if she keeps getting attached she's going to make herself crazy.

It's just the way she is and it can't be helped. She's a caring person and... she's a woman. He totally said the right things to suck her in. He was charming. It's what a gal wants. It was great! Their relationship (however long it lasts) will be amazing to watch. I hope they take advantage of this pairing to the fullest! The actors do have great chemistry.

I agree with nearly all of the posts on this ship, and I'll add one more thing. I think that if Denny dies after he and Izzie have developed a relationship, then this time, she will get the lesson that Addie was trying to teach her, and become a better doctor for it. I don't think that she'll cave and decide she doesn't want to be a surgeon or anything like that, I think that she will learn something from the experience and gain a little maturity. It's something I often forget about this show, but all of the interns are meant to be immature and inexperienced and apart from teaching them about being surgeons, the program also allows them to have experiences which will make them better doctors. I think Denny will be one such experience for Izzie.

I like them because they're not Alex/Izzie. I don't care how lame a reason that is to 'ship a couple, it's true. I love Alex too much to be healthy and Izzie is annoying me more and more with each episode, so the sooner he can get away from her the better. If that means Izzie/Dennis, then so be it.

I'll chime in on the popular opinion here, the two have great chemistry.

I just can't wait for Denny to die and Izzie to grow up a little. Die, Denny, Die!

I wouldn't have minded Denny if he was played by another actor. For some reason this actor creeps the hell out of me, so I can't watch him on screen. Because of that I can't root for this couple.



Funny, I was thinking the almost same thing during yesterday's episode, only my exact words were "die motherf*cker, die!!!".

WORD to the last two posts. Denny is creepy as it gets, and I don't understand how a woman can find him even remotely charming. Besides Izzie's behaviour in all this is simply outrageous. She is a doctor and she CANNOT behave like that with a patient, period. She is totally unprofessional and totally over the line. And I am appaled that Burke didn't remove her from the case. It's just plain ridiculous.

Denny needs to die and the sooner, the better. Unfortunately, we'll have to watch him creepily playing sexy scrabble with Izzie for at least another two episodes. Yuck.

It's funny, because the first time Denny was on I kind of thought he was cute (only kind of...). But he looked downright scary at the beginning of this ep. Like something that would be crawling into your tent in the middle of the night with a knife. And I know that he's supposed to be sick...but they bathe you in hospitals...wash your hair, help you shave. Hell, if he's got it together enough to play scrabble, he can pick up a razor!

I don't get the Denny hate at all. Alex just seemed like a jealous asshole during the whole ep and Denny to me was a total sweetheart. In fact I seriously believe that the ONLY reason people have for disliking Denny is the Alex/Izzie pairing which is a pretty stupid reason imo.

I have nothing against Denny, but I can't get on board Denny/Izzie because it's completely inappropriate and this storyline is making her even more infuriating, both for the inappropriateness of the doctor/patient relationship and because she's just being annoying about it.

I don't ship Izzie with anyone. I just can't get on board with how hypocritical she is. If it was anyone acting too friendly with a patient, she would be the first to question their motive. Why doesn't the rules apply to her? She can be compassionate with Denny, but still remain professional.

She is more than happy to criticize and judge Meredith for using George, but there is nothing wrong with what she's doing with Alex. Sigh.

I would love for someone to explain to me how Izzy and Denny became sooo connected. I realize he was in the hospital, but did she really have time to fall in love/like with him? How does she know he is such a great person? This is the oddest and most inappropriate relationship on GA yet.

If we are to believe their connection happened this fast, then Mer and Der had a very serious relationship from their one night stand.

Why is Izzy allowed to act all weepy, b/c Alex cheated(?) on her and now b/c her true love(?) is going to die, yet Mer cannot act upset b/c Der is married, she almost blew up, her roommates suck and her mother is sick?

I so dread KH's overemoting ass next week! Admit it, she is going to cry and look soo upset, just like when she was helping with Alex's board, the quints and her adopted daughter revelation. Same cry and upset appearance, different week. KH seems to really be working on showing her acting range, too bad she sucks.

Can I just say that I was thrilled that Alex did not apologize to Izzy for his smackdown in the closet. Alex, step away from the beast!!!!

I said almost the exact same thing in the episode thread for 2-21. She's not going to be able to blame anyone but herself.

All that aside, I like Denny and Izzie. Yes, it's ridiculously inappropriate, but I find him charming, more so than Frat Boy Bitch. Alex was really out of line this past episode when he interfered and told Denny about his relationship with Izzie. Well, they're both out of line. I'll just stop now.

But what is so inappropriate about what we've seen so far? Izzie had dinner with a patient. There was no kissing, no hand-holding. There's been some light flirtation. I'm baffled as to how any of this could be considered completely inappropriate. In some ways, except for the dinner, this is similar to the flirtation Meredith had with that biker guy.

I personally LOVE Denny. I think his introduction to the show and his subsequent fauxrelationship with Izzie is quite forced, but if Denny was jsut a one-episoder, I would have sympathized with him a great deal. I love the actor as Mary Louise Parker's deceased husband in Weeds, and I feel like he's basically playing the same guy on GA.

That being said, I cringe every time I see the Dizzie on screen, because I know it's not going to last, and we're going to get a ruined Izzie (a ruined Izzie that will last exactly one episode, mind you.)

What is so inappropriate is that she neglects her job as a doctor to play scrabble with Denny and swoon around Denny. That she spends the entire day being flirty with a patient and that she behaves TOTALLY unprofessional when it's time to be professional (like for example when she has to choose what dosage and what drugs should be given to him, and Burke needs to step in and tell her to chill the hell out). It is totally wrong to have such a bond with a patient as a doctor period.

The situation isn't comparable at all to that of Meredith and Viper. Meredith didn't neglect her job to spend time with Viper. It lasted the bare time he needed to be there while she was suturing him. And it was him being flirty far more than her. Also, her judgement as a doctor was perfectly there, and not blinded by flirtation like Izzie's with Denny. She did tell Viper he needed to take more exams and that he was leaving against her own advice, and when he came back she didn't go like "OMG it's Viper, make me run after the ambulance, tell everyone I know this guy and yell at everyone what to do sounding histerical, so the attending will have to step in and tell me to chill out.". She kept her cool so well that she saved his life. And then she went back to his friends and told them he was going to be fine.. and left him ALONE.

Izzie behaves like she is Denny's wife or fiancee everytime he shows up at the hospital. And he is only a patient. Her conduct is seriously inappropriate on many levels. Burke should wake up and have her removed from the case. There is no way that in a hospital they would let an intern behave like that with a patient.

Word to everything you just said, Alessandrab.

Alessandrab you're freaking brilliant. Excellent.

Again, I ask. What caused Izzy to become so interested in Denny?
Cause I just do not get this powerful connection they are supposed to have. If she was soooo invested in him, why didn't she call after he left to check on him? I guess it people can't SEE her acting compassionate and caring, what's the point? Maybe she was just too busy feeding the beast!

Thank you sjbrown25 and Aoedele . I am glad I am not the only one who feels like that. This storyline really pisses me off because it's one of those that I find insulting to my intelligence. There is no way anything like that can happen in a hospital, with an intern behaving like that with a patient, and even if it is a show, fiction has limits as well. Especially if writers pride themselves on creating "real, true-to-life characters".



No you're not the only one who doesn't get the powerful connection. Because there isn't one. It is just yet another of the latest lame plot devices. It is just Izzie behaving unprofessional and him being the usual "oh let me flirty with this cute doctor" patient. The connection hasn't been either built or explained, Izzie didn't exactly call him after he left the hospital, it was pretty clear she has not seen or heard from him again ever since his first showing up at the hospital. So it is a cheap storyline for this reason too, it doesn't have background, solidity, buildup.

Plus Denny is seriously creepy, and looks like he could seriously be Izzie's father. And for heaven's sake, can they give him A RAZOR? As elsncy said, people DO shave and DO take showers in hospitals! If they have to make him stick around they could at least give him a CLEAN aspect.

Luckily, Jeffrey Dean Morgan didn't finish filming his scheduled number of episodes because he has another project to stick to, so he'll die sooner than we expected. According to ABC Medianet pics, he is still alive in the "Name of the Game" episode (which will be broadcasted on Apr. 2). But I think they took just pics of him alive.. before his departure at the end of the episode.

I don't think Izzie spent the entire day with Denny, ignoring her other duties. At one point, Denny asks Alex where she is and he tells Denny that she's off doing other work. I was also under the impression that Denny was someone who needed more attention than your average patient and that's why an intern was always with him. When it wasn't Izzie, it was Alex.

I agree that Izzie is emotionally involved, and, I'm sure that's not such a good thing but I have a hard time believing that it doesn't happen. As for the connection, sometimes, you just really like a person, right off the bat. That's what happened here. It didn't mean that Izzie was looking to hook-up with Denny. She just really liked him. And, his coming back into the hospital reinforces her initial impression.

If that were true, she should've called him when he wasn't at the hospital, or try and get in contact with him in some way. She hasn't.

And thank God this sort of thing does NOT happen in reality. A doctor would be fired for behaving like that. She DOES neglect other duties to be with Denny, he asks about her because for a bit he has to be with Alex and of course "oh my precious Izzie I need you here".

In any case she is not just being friends with him, which would be still wrong but acceptable. She is being totally flirty and totally over the line. It is plain and simply unacceptable and something which would NEVER take place in a hospital, especially NOT with an intern behaving like that. She'd get her ass kicked out of the program faster than Dylan turned into pink mist.

mjforty , I agree with you here! Izzie didn't neglect her other duties. Denny does need extra care. He is her patient and so it's natural that she would check in on him frequently and spend a lot of time around him. Not to mention, he is very sick! And while a flirting doctor may be inappropriate in many situations, I don't think that holds true in this particular case. Denny started the flirting, he welcomes it. It's not like Izzie's throwing herself at some new patient she has NO history with. She's treated him before. She knows him. He flirted with her before. It's cool. It's no different than having a friendly conversation with a patient as long as the patient and the intern/doctor are on the same page.

I think she really cares, really likes him. Sometimes that happens. You meet someone and you just click. It's like instant feelings! They're fun and easy to talk to, you share good times, you smile a lot, you laugh and all is good. Besides, the poor guy is sick... seriously sick! Without a new heart, he WILL die! I think it's ok for a pretty girl to engage him, be sweet to him, and spend some time with him. It's obvious that he doesn't have any other visitors. If I were Izzie, I'd spend some time with him too.

It does appear that Izzie is very emotional about the whole situation. She'll probably be broken when he dies. She'll have to learn from that. Being a caring doctor, and being friendly with a patient isn't a problem in and of itself... the problem will come when she can't handle his passing. I hope she'll learn from this but I don't want her to become unemotional and disconnected. I hope that she continues to be a caring and sensitive doctor.

I still love Izzie and Denny. I think this will be an interesting storyline for Izzie.

Not necessarily. Just because you really like a person who you've come into contact with during the course of your job doesn't mean you automatically follow-up it up. Sometimes an office flirtation stays an office flirtation.

I agree. I don't think this is necessarily a good thing that Izzie is doing. I think, in the end, she's going to be really hurt. Maybe it will teach her a much needed lesson.

Everything about Izzie and Denny's relationship is completely inappropriate for the mere fact that he is her patient, and she is his doctor. People can't control or predict the way they feel, and I don't blame her for that part of it. I do blame her for not removing herself from his case as one of his treating physicians, because in this situation, it's ridiculous for them to be carrying on this kind of relationship when she's still responsible (at least partly) for his medical decisions. She practically manipulated him into staying at the hospital and getting the L-VAD procedure even though he clearly didn't want to because of the negative aspects of it (never leaving the hospital, etc.). But she played on his emotions, while acting upon her own, and persuaded him to do it anyway not as his doctor, but as his not-just-a-friend. That is horribly inappropriate and grossly negligent. If she can't be objective about his treatment, then she has no business treating him and she needs to get off the case pronto.

AMEN sjbrown25 . It is not even a point of discussion whether Izzie is being completely inappropriate. She is a doctor and he is the patient, so the whole thing is TOTALLY inappropriate. Plus she couldn't even handle giving him the right doses and number of drugs when he came in because she was all like "OMG OMG DENNY!". Burke had to walk in and tell her to chill out and direct the situation.

And seriously. You want to say that she is not neglecting her duties when she stands in a patient's room playing SCRABBLE instead of going to work?? That is not extra care for him that is total flirt and waste of time. AND totally inappropriate.

I don't have transcripts or anything, but I thought Burke said that someone had to be in there with him at all times. Am I misremembering?

It would have been a bit strange for her to track down his chart, pull his phone number, and call him up. It's quite possible she thought about him from time to time. She did, after all, remember exactly who he was when he came in. Maybe she thought she'd never see him again. Sometimes it takes a second meeting to really seal the deal. It did all seem pretty innocent during his first hospital visit. Then maybe when she saw him again she remembered all that... and then there he was again and it made it really easy for her to develop feelings.


I don't think she manipulated him really. I mean, I think we've seen Izzie (and other doctors, even on other shows) push for a procedure because it could save the patients life and being doctors they like to save lives. Even if she didn't have feelings for Denny the way she does, she still would have asked him to reconsider. I think that's just how she is. She wanted him to live just like she wants all her patients to live, though they can't always.

Burke was the one who came in to tell him about the option of the L-VAD, and all he did was tell him the facts. He didn't try to tell him which was the better option because the facts of both are sucky. Izzie pushed for the L-VAD because it had the better probability of more time, but it really wasn't necessarily the best idea. He told her he hates being at the hospital, and now he can't ever go home until he finally gets his heart, which, by the way, still has yet to become a certainty. Sometimes as doctors, they should also allow patients to choose an option that may not give them the best chances for medical recovery if it's what they earnestly want emotionally, if it's the one with the best chance at a decent quality of life. It's not like the donor heart is signed, sealed and delivered but they can't operate until X date on the calendar, so let's make sure Denny makes it to that date; they don't know if he'll ever get it at all.

It may have been weird to track him down after he left, but I think it is just as weird to get dressed for a "date" with a patient in the locker room after work. Still think if she felt this passionately about the situation, she would have contacted him after he left the hospital. I do think this is in character for Izzy. She makes the situation personal and all about her so called pain. Get over yourself Izzy.

At first I like Dizzie...now not so much. I think this storylines serves to show that Izzies till gets way to involved with her patients. She won't be able to handle it if Denny dies. Maybe a reason for her leaving if she is the intern who does leave?

I'm bothered that she conviced him to have a major surgery because THEY need more time. I thought it came out of left field that she is all of a sudden head over heels for this guy? What does she really know about him besides that he flirts with her and they get a long well?

I didn't suggest that Burke was one of those doctors or that doctors like Burke (those who wouldn't push) did not exist. I just meant that sometimes there are doctors who feel very strongly about doing whatever it takes (no matter how extreme it may be) to save a patient. We see this a lot in young doctors especially (on TV).


In all fairness (and I know this is a stretch), we don't know that she didn't check up on him. We don't always see everything.


I believe Izzie said "You need more time, we need more time." Initially I thought she meant Izzie & Denny need more time, but she could have meant "we (the doctors) need more time" to find him a new heart. Just a thought...

Yes, and Denny asked her which she meant and she didn't say.

I guess I missed the part where he asked her what she meant. If she didn't say... I would guess she probably meant a little of both then.

I know they're not really a couple, but boy oh boy is this couple experiencing some serious ups and downs! I found Izzie a touch annoying last night but I still think the two of them are so cute. It makes me sad to think Denny will die. And I really didn't like the way Alex was talking to him. What a jerk! Poor Denny!

I love Denny! Love love love. Even if he and Izzie don't end up together, I don't want him to die. Not at all.