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Tis the season for Valentine’s Day themed TV episodes, and Grey’s Anatomy’s V-Day episode offered plenty of falling in and out of love stories amidst harrowing life and death situations, except for the most adorable docs on television, Callie and Arizona, whose Valentine’s Day went pretty smoothly save for Arizona’s aversion to camping, which thereby shattered the lesbian stereotype! Here’s what Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) got up to in a VD episode that would make romantics out of the Grinchiest of lovebirds, but that’s Shonda Rhimes for you.
Ep. 8:14 “All You Need is Love”
It’s morning in the Calzona household and Arizona is trailing a slinky-nighty clad Callie through the house.
“So did you make a reservation at somewhere beautiful – lots of flickering candles?” Arizona asks as Callie pours a cup of coffee (my kind of girl).
“I made a plan. I think you’ll like it,” Callie says somewhat cryptically. “You should pack a bag.” Arizona perks up at the thought of an overnight as Callie explains that Mark (Eric Dane) has gotten a sitter for baby Sofia.” Although, if you’ll recall, the last time Callie and Arizona headed out for an overnight it ended with a horrific car crash, Callie in critical condition, a musical episode, a baby and a wedding…
Attempting to plan for their getaway, or perhaps, just digging for clues to the surprise, Arizona asks what she should bring – “a bathing suit?”
“No bathing suit. Boots wouldn’t hurt,” Callie says to Arizona’s chagrin.
“So, cool,” Arizona says.
“It wouldn’t hurt to bring long underwear, extra fleece,” Callie says, clearly setting Arizona up but then chiding her for making a face. “It will be fun…romantic,” Callie says.
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Later, Arizona and Mark arrive at work together and Arizona is picking Mark’s brain.
“Is it camping?” Arizona asks. “I mean, does she think I’m going camping on Valentine’s Day?”
Mark says he doesn’t know what the surprise is but Arizona’s not really listening anyway as she’s into Arizona-obsessing-about-the-small-stuff mode.
“I mean, do you think camping is sexy? It’s not sexy,” Arizona continues. And despite camping being an integral activity in the lesbian handbook, she’s kind of got a point – all that flannel fabric getting in the way, plus the mélange of bug spray, campfire and smores lingering on your loved one…
Aside from the whole camping thing there’s another wrinkle as Mark says he never promised to get a sitter and that it’s Arizona’s turn to watch Sofia.
But Arizona is not buckling. “I need to have sex with my wife -- apparently in the woods on cold, hard ground,” Arizona declares. And let’s just pause to enjoy how far the networks have come. Even in 2012 that’s kind of a great declaration on network TV, plus the visual is not bad either.
“You promised a sitter, so get us a sitter,” Arizona says.
Not content with just shutting up and getting a sitter Mark later pages Arizona to come and settle the matter in a fair and square – and highly adult – match of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Being that she’s Arizona and a highly-competent-at-just-about-anything lesbian, Arizona beats Mark’s ass at Rock, Paper, Scissors using “rock” every time. I don’t have to remind you of the implications of Arizona beating Mark out with her fist…
Later, Callie leads a puffy coat / pink bandana as a blindfold clad Arizona through the woods.
“I’m not afraid of surprises. I wish I was but I know we’re camping, and I’m pretty sure we’re smack in the middle of one of Washington’s fine national parks and…”Arizona blathers on.
“Wow. This is you with a good attitude,” Callie says, still guiding her whiny beloved by the arm. Then, Callie flashes her multi-million-dollar Sara Ramirez grin and removes the blindfold –which, if she’s the kind of girl I think she is, she’ll save for later.
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It turns out that Callie has taken them to Derek’s trailer. “We really are camping,” Arizona deadpan. And who knew Arizona was so thankless? Valentine’s Day in an airstream is kind of my idea of wonderfully tacky heaven.
Once inside Arizona discovers that Callie has tricked it out to look like Scheherazade with dozens of Arizona’s requisite “flickering candles” and drapery.
“We’re not really camping,” Arizona says.
“No, you hate camping,” Callie says. “It’s almost camping, only there is a bed and lingerie,” she says unzipping Arizona’s puffy coat.
“And no one’s around for miles,” Callie adds. By that time the formerly uptight Arizona is putty in Callie’s surgical hands, and the rest of their V-Day is left to our imagination!
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
