Sorry to say that he is. A chief of surgery who intentionally harms a patient then threatens him is abusive. No excuse. He's a doctor. He is not above the law. It is irrelevant if he was having a bad day. It was illegal, violent, deeply unpleasant and an abuse of power.
I'm interested now, which patient are we talking about here? The only one I can think of is the one who was threatening Kepner, and to be honest, if another Doctor is in trouble I think's clearly justified.
He walked down a corridor telling his co-workers to book an OR for a broken jaw and possible concussion on a patient that he was intending to hit. It was not self defence. That was intent to cause bodily harm. That is a criminal offence. He could have justifiably sedated the patient. It is irrelevant that the patient was violent. However, the really deeply unpleasant completely unjustified abusive action he takes is later, in the patients room, grabbing his broken jaw, and threatening the patient is hypocritical, again illegal and an enormous abuse of power. That is not perception. They wrote it, they filmed it, I saw it.
Violent and deeply unpleasant. Very true. Illegal? You betcha. Not self defense? Also correct. Was it irrelevant that the patient was violent? From a legal standpoint, yes. Was it irrelevant to the people he hurt or the others he probably would have hurt? Absolutely not.
It's been a long time since we met Arizona, so I could be forgetting, but it seemed like she was pretty established with who she was when we met her - she didn't want to get involved with Callie if it was just going to be some sort of experiment, which sounded like she'd dealt with a lot of that in the past. So I think she'll still be a lesbian
The original argument was he's not abusive. I argue he is. Motivations and sentiment are irrelevant for that point. They are, of course, mitigating facts, I don't deny that, but they can't hide Owen's actions. A man who can do what Owen did in the patients room, without remorse, is an abusive man.
I agree. It is vigilante justice. No argument there. But again that is sentimental justification for his actions. The act itself is abuse. So I end there. Apparently there are others below - not you - who don't like a bit of banter and argument. I do. I hope you do to.
Hells no, he is not abusive, maybe he's PTSD ridden, but not abusive. A great deal of his development has been how he has gotten help from his trauma :(
He held Cristina's hand trough the abortion. He's no saint, but no one is in this show, and it makes me think we are not watching the same thing.
I agree, Arizona is a lesbian, and unless the episode changes intrinsical things about the characters instead of just the circumstances, I really doubt it.
Callie has been pretty much been established as bisexual, or genderblind.
Brouhaha, it's not a sentimental justification. It's the exact fit of two definitions of vigilante -
noun 2. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.
adjective 3. done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante justice.(also: Yes, it's unfortunate that some people take a civil discussion to such an ugly place.)
He violently attacked someone and then when he was told to apologize he actually HURT THE MAN FURTHER.
But honestly, if I had a friend with a man like Owen I would be desperately scared for both her physical and emotional well-being, considering how controlling he is.
I'm sorry, are we talking about the same man that threatened the safety of a room full of patients and staff, a man that mauled a man half his size, a man that was in complete berserk mode?
Owen is a man of action, a man of war and even if what he did was "politically incorrect" that was damn the right thing to do. How else would you have expected him to neutralize a man in that set of mind, a man, that lets remember, was not the freshest apple in the bunch?
Basically, the bastard deserved it.
And you can't, can not possible call Owen controlling when he, after some heavy struggle, supported Christina in her decision. Call him short tempered, emotionally scarred and headstrong, but you cannot call him controlling.
He has many faults and flaws, but don't demonize him.
That's how I see it, and I'm sticking with my opinion, feel free to stick with yours, I won't hold it against you.
i think despite callie being with owen she still will be curious about girls. dr hann did happen, she probably wont have forgotten that, i bet she willl be secretly feeling repressed and secretly lusting after arizona or some other woman. - i think this because the writers in Alt universe eps always try to not just make things different but also entertaining and still finely tethered to the shows reality.
I don't think they mean Callie ends up with Owen in the sense of being in a relationship or something. Maybe they end up together working on a trauma or getting in a big problem that includes them both. I don't know. At least I hope so
"He has many faults and flaws, but don't demonize him". Well said. I'm so with you on this one. Watching GA, you can say that doctors are not cold robots, right? Before being a doctor Owen is a man who struggles with his feelings. He can be violent sometimes because he's impulsive, as we all could be - dealing with heavy situations, but I really don't see him as abusive or manipulative. On the contrary manipulative men are more thoughtful to get control on people. Of course it's my own opinion. :-)
Doesn't matter. I just read in a spoiler column that the Callie / Owen relationship is described as "the largest mistake of both their lives." Now, THAT makes sense. XD
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Callie/Owen should be interesting!
ReplyDeleteEwwwwww. My poor bb girl with that abusive jerk?
ReplyDeletehaha nice!! :D
ReplyDeleteOMG he is not abusive. You do a disservice to actual victims of abuse by misusing the word.
ReplyDeleteCallie and Owen?!? So strange!
ReplyDeleteSorry to say that he is. A chief of surgery who intentionally harms a patient then threatens him is abusive. No excuse. He's a doctor. He is not above the law. It is irrelevant if he was having a bad day. It was illegal, violent, deeply unpleasant and an abuse of power.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this one, Abby.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way. I'm not convinced that the show can bring these two together in a way that makes any sense.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Kay.... that is interesting....
ReplyDeletecurious. The evidence is on the screen. He's violent, both consciously and unconsciously. So I'm very curious.
ReplyDeleteWhat you see as evidence I see as merely your perception which I don't agree with.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested now, which patient are we talking about here?
ReplyDeleteThe only one I can think of is the one who was threatening Kepner, and to be honest, if another Doctor is in trouble I think's clearly justified.
wtf?! really cant wait to see how they ended up with that pairing. lol
ReplyDeleteinteresting
ReplyDeleteHe walked down a corridor telling his co-workers to book an OR for a broken jaw and possible concussion on a patient that he was intending to hit. It was not self defence. That was intent to cause bodily harm. That is a criminal offence. He could have justifiably sedated the patient. It is irrelevant that the patient was violent. However, the really deeply unpleasant completely unjustified abusive action he takes is later, in the patients room, grabbing his broken jaw, and threatening the patient is hypocritical, again illegal and an enormous abuse of power. That is not perception. They wrote it, they filmed it, I saw it.
ReplyDeletesee comment below. He is not justified in threatening the patient and grabbing him on the jaw as he does later in the episode.
ReplyDeleteNow, if Callie is with Owen, who is Arizona with?
ReplyDeletewow didnt see this coming, should be an interesting episode!!!
ReplyDeleteViolent and deeply unpleasant. Very true. Illegal? You betcha. Not self defense? Also correct. Was it irrelevant that the patient was violent? From a legal standpoint, yes. Was it irrelevant to the people he hurt or the others he probably would have hurt? Absolutely not.
ReplyDeleteWhoa...how?!
ReplyDeleteWoah interesting, also wondering who Arizona may be with, maybe she's not a lesbian either and could be with Jackson, Alex or even Mark.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, that's crazy! It should be interesting to see where they take it
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long time since we met Arizona, so I could be forgetting, but it seemed like she was pretty established with who she was when we met her - she didn't want to get involved with Callie if it was just going to be some sort of experiment, which sounded like she'd dealt with a lot of that in the past. So I think she'll still be a lesbian
ReplyDeleteThe original argument was he's not abusive. I argue he is. Motivations and sentiment are irrelevant for that point. They are, of course, mitigating facts, I don't deny that, but they can't hide Owen's actions.
ReplyDeleteA man who can do what Owen did in the patients room, without remorse, is an abusive man.
You call it abuse. I call it vigilante justice.
ReplyDeleteYeah I think the majority is against you so... Shut up,
ReplyDeleteWait...what Callie with Owen? Ummmmm nope can't see the two of them together....not even in this episode...
ReplyDeleteOMG!! this ep is going to be a twist fest!!!
ReplyDeleteHATE to wait till Feb :(
ReplyDeleteI agree. It is vigilante justice. No argument there. But again that is sentimental justification for his actions. The act itself is abuse. So I end there. Apparently there are others below - not you - who don't like a bit of banter and argument. I do. I hope you do to.
ReplyDeleteHells no, he is not abusive, maybe he's PTSD ridden, but not abusive. A great deal of his development has been how he has gotten help from his trauma :(
ReplyDeleteHe held Cristina's hand trough the abortion. He's no saint, but no one is in this show, and it makes me think we are not watching the same thing.
Huh?
ReplyDeleteI agree, Arizona is a lesbian, and unless the episode changes intrinsical things about the characters instead of just the circumstances, I really doubt it.
ReplyDeleteCallie has been pretty much been established as bisexual, or genderblind.
Brouhaha, it's not a sentimental justification. It's the exact fit of two definitions of vigilante -
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2. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.
adjective 3. done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante justice.(also: Yes, it's unfortunate that some people take a civil discussion to such an ugly place.)
Eww. Don't like that idea
ReplyDeleteVigilante justice is also abuse and completely unacceptable from a doctor in a hospital.
ReplyDeleteHe violently attacked someone and then when he was told to apologize he actually HURT THE MAN FURTHER.
ReplyDeleteBut honestly, if I had a friend with a man like Owen I would be desperately scared for both her physical and emotional well-being, considering how controlling he is.
I'm sorry, are we talking about the same man that threatened the safety of a room full of patients and staff, a man that mauled a man half his size, a man that was in complete berserk mode?
ReplyDeleteOwen is a man of action, a man of war and even if what he did was "politically incorrect" that was damn the right thing to do. How else would you have expected him to neutralize a man in that set of mind, a man, that lets remember, was not the freshest apple in the bunch?
Basically, the bastard deserved it.
And you can't, can not possible call Owen controlling when he, after some heavy struggle, supported Christina in her decision. Call him short tempered, emotionally scarred and headstrong, but you cannot call him controlling.
He has many faults and flaws, but don't demonize him.
That's how I see it, and I'm sticking with my opinion, feel free to stick with yours, I won't hold it against you.
lol
ReplyDeleteomg, what about Cristina?! and Arizona?!
ReplyDeleteoh, i can't wait.
Wierd. I wonder what the idea is behind this episode
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be shocked if she was with Mark, but Owen? I didn't see that coming! This should be interesting...
ReplyDeletei think despite callie being with owen she still will be curious about girls. dr hann did happen, she probably wont have forgotten that, i bet she willl be secretly feeling repressed and secretly lusting after arizona or some other woman. - i think this because the writers in Alt universe eps always try to not just make things different but also entertaining and still finely tethered to the shows reality.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they mean Callie ends up with Owen in the sense of being in a relationship or something. Maybe they end up together working on a trauma or getting in a big problem that includes them both. I don't know. At least I hope so
ReplyDelete"He has many faults and flaws, but don't demonize him". Well said.
ReplyDeleteI'm so with you on this one.
Watching GA, you can say that doctors are not cold robots, right?
Before being a doctor Owen is a man who struggles with his feelings. He can be violent sometimes because he's impulsive, as we all could be - dealing with heavy situations, but I really don't see him as abusive or manipulative. On the contrary manipulative men are more thoughtful to get control on people.
Of course it's my own opinion. :-)
Thanks! But it will be so strange!
ReplyDeletehow does burke fit into all of this??
ReplyDeleteNooooo are they serious? Hahah that should be funny to watch but I have to say, didn't see this one coming..
ReplyDeletei love this thread ahhh my fav ppl comment. Bruce_F i love that u broke out the dicyionary lmao
ReplyDeleteisnt that the point of an AU episode for the pairings and the reality to be strange and the most absurd pairings.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter. I just read in a spoiler column that the Callie / Owen relationship is described as "the largest mistake of both their lives." Now, THAT makes sense. XD
ReplyDeleteexactly its just so wrong, that even the characters know it.
ReplyDeleteThis should be interesting...
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