My reaction was pretty similar, G4G. Besides the sheer and utter hotness of the kiss, I also loved Meredith's nonchalant reaction to it. You know the "get used to it" chant you always hear at Pride marches? If TV's top-rated show can show a scorching gay kiss (how far we've come since the "30 Something" furor over just showing two men together in bed), then it looks like most of America has indeed gotten used to it. I really liked the two actors who played the soldiers, especially David Giuntoli, who played Todd, the one who visited Darren (Benny Ciaramello, who's also great as Santiago in "Friday Night Lights") in the hospital. The pain in Todd's eyes when Darren couldn't get himself to speak to him before going into surgery was just amazing. An extended youtube vid of the whole plotline can be found here:
GA's gay soldiers