Burke and Alex meet up with Digby in the hallway. Digby asks how Burke's trumpet playing is going, and he says it's a lot safer than getting shot as hobbies go. Burke says that the bullet nicked his rib, which is causing blood to flow into his lung. Digby seems to think that this is just fine. "No pain, no gain," he stupidly says. He then equates himself with doctors and how they push and push and push. Digby and Alex share a moment and we learn that they were actually at different schools, and therefore rivals. "But here in Seattle," says Digby, "we're brothers." And then he starts to cough and asks what they're going to do about his lung and Alex tells him they're going to drain the blood out and re-inflate the lung. "Oh, please," says Digby, "tell me I get to watch." Oh, gross. Burke agrees with me because he just walks off as Alex cajoles his Iowa buddy.

Claire's resting comfortably in her room, wondering if she can declare irreconcilable differences and divorce her parents, when they walk in and throw their version of concern her way. Her mother tells her that there's a healthy way to lose weight and Claire says that doesn't work for her the way it does for her mother. Her father tells her she doesn't need to lose weight, but her bitch of a mother just asks what she's eating and how much she's working out. She keeps harping on Claire about weight loss until finally Claire says that college is stressful and everyone gains weight and there's not enough time to work out. "I just thought that...if I wasn't worried about my diet, I could focus more on my studies," she says.

"So, what? You took another shortcut?" snaps her mother. "Tina!" yells her father. "What, you want to argue this?" she shoots back. He immediately shuts up. Tina, it would seem, wears the pants AND the balls in this family. Meredith finally steps in and tells them all to start focusing on Claire's health instead of her damn waistline. She tells Claire that they've agreed that she has to reverse the bypass, but Claire doesn't want them to. "There are serious complications," says Mere. "And this is about your health." "But, I'd rather be thin," says Claire. "Well, I'm afraid the choice isn't up to you," snaps her mom. Yeah. I'm getting the feeling there are a LOT of choices that aren't up to Claire. Her weight, her hair, her studies, her boyfriends, her sense of well-being and general self-esteem...