recap: grey's anatomy 2.0

last night, abc aired a special 2-hour grey's anatomy. and in case you haven't heard, they did it because it served as the platform for the rumored grey's spinoff.

in a nutshell, addision takes a leave of absence from seattle grace and drives to la for a much needed vacation and visits old friends. of course, she ends up working (delivers a baby) and finds out there's a vacant spot (how convenient) at her friends' private practice (that'll apparently be the title of the show if abc decides to pick it up). back at seattle grace, christina can't seem to get excited about planning to her wedding to burke, izzy and george still have feelings for each other, and meredith's stepmom dies and her dad slaps her.

to be honest, the show was kinda boring to me. both the grey's part and the spinoff part. will i continue to watch? of course. would i watch the spinoff if abc picked it up? probably. but even though the 2 hour borefest wasn't all that exciting, i did notice something that peaked my interest.

there was a particular scene where addison (kate walsh) is sitting in the lobby of her friend's practice. addision and her friend naomi (merrin dungey) are talking when naomi asks what time it is. addison replies with "five to one". then, naomi's colleague comes over to sit with them and again repeats that it's five to one (below). at that moment. the cute receptionist dell (chriss lowell from veronica mars and life as we know it) starts walking by all slo-mo like. shirtless and carrying a surf board. (below)

i swear, it took me back to the 80s and reminded me of this diet coke commercial:

i'm onto you grey's writers. or private practice writers. or whoever wrote that scene. i'm onto you...