And frankly Cuddy's "I'm always here" comment creeped me out in a really odd way. I have no clue what's up with them.

I agree, although the "No you're not" did redeem it a little (bitter about the infarction much?). I had expected the Huddy stuff to be somewhat tolerable, but Cuddy's being written horribly this season, and spoilers for next week just flat-out piss me off. There's no way a woman dean of medicine would behave like this. Edelstein is playing what she's given very well, but you just can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.