Thursday, February 09, 2006

Pink mist and last times detector

Great episode of Grey's anatomy tonight.

A man and his pal reenact WWII and build a piece of artillery. They fire it but it backlashes and one of the gunmen takes one in the chest. Christina Ricci - a paramedic on her second week on the job - gets to stick her hand in the man's chest to stop the beeding. But only at the hospital, with the patient already in OR and the surgeon ready to go in (and Christina to remove her hand) do they realize that the granade DIDN'T GO OFF upon firing. It's in the man's chest, a bomb ready to explode. So everybody freeze: we're calling a code black, bomb squad gets in, Christina keep your fucking hand where it is. Pull a Wednesday Addams and FREEZE.

Someone later on in the episode mentions the "pink mist". Apparently it's the bomb squad's code for a target that blows up.

Someone else in the episode talks about last moments, how they're important although you never realize when you're living one (last kiss with your soon-to-be ex-boyfriend, last words with your soon-to-pass grandma). And it reminded me of yet another idea for a book I had. What if someone invented a "last times detector", a decoy that actually detects such moments and beeps every time, advising you that you'd better live it to the max, cuz it's the last one you'll have. Wouldn't it be cool?

Yeah, I already know what you're gonna say. No, it wouldn't be cool at all. Some things it's better not to know you'll never have again.

1 comment:

pookalu said...

man, YumYum, stop pimping that site. you got me addicted to it, and it pisses me off. i check them even after i watch the actual episodes.

GA is my new fave (since they're cancelling alias and AD, and nip/tuck and ANTM is on hiatus)....and esp. because i love love love mcdreamy from when i saw him in can't buy me love (the first movie i saw when i got back to the states. quite an impression, i tell ya!)