"Grey's Anatomy:" Pucker Up (The TV Zone)

We end the season on the subject of lips: Whose lips locked with whose, and why those lips locked and whether those lips will lock with someone else's next season or lock a little longer with the person whose lips they were already locked to.

Or whether, after the glow of finaletime wears off, the liplockers will wonder: What was the hell was I THINKING?

Lips on "Grey's" are no incidental characters, nosiree. This show is cast on the basis of lips and if your lips don't cut it, then try for some other show (say, "NCIS," where lip-locking is only incidental.) I'm not sure Hahn's lips necessarily cut the mustard, but they pretty much have to now, considering whose lips her lips are locked to.

Mer and Der, in the Dream House with A View of the World (still unbuilt, and I'm willing to bet, will remain unbuilt through next season too)? That's right - the most famous lips locked in the glow of perfectly arranged candles and (I don't know about you) but I'm glad there's never a drought in Seattle because (by God) I do believe Meredith would have been arrested for pulling the same stunt in (say) Los Angeles county.

Der had to run off to break the bad news to Rose. Here's the conversation: "Rose, I can't lock lips with you anymore because I just locked lips with Mer, and I can only lock lips with one woman at a time."

So can Torres - and what lockable lips she's got! Funny last scene, as the camera focuses onto Mark, his lips twitching. Here's what was going on in his mind: "I wonder what a three way lip lock would be like?"

Good old Mark. Always thinking about lips.

Lexie and George: They locked lips, though God knows whether Lexie was wondering whether she would have preferred to lock lips with Yang, who didn't force her to peel a banana. (Banana...hmmmmm.) Yang's suddenly being nice - and I honestly think she does "mean" better than "nice" - and so she deserves some lip-locking, but with who? (Miranda?)

Let's see...who else. Chief. Yes. Locked lips. Bailey? No locked lips. Dr. Wyatt. Ditto. Izzie and Karev? Locked, then unlocked.

I don't know about you, but I can hardly wait until next season. (Note to self: Buy chapstick.)