Apparently no one noticed the 2 Mers thing until Shonda, the producer who also is one of the writers, mentioned it on GA podcast. She also said that shot is significant. Friends of mine are guessing maybe that little girl is Mer's inner child or that she is the dead girl who came to help Mer deal with things. (I know, I know, we should all get a life.
) This is not just a simple ER episode.
Excerpt from the writers' blog:
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But please remember that next week, things get even more interesting and then the week after that, they get REALLY interesting.
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Ferry boats are a metaphor for Meredith, you know.
What I was interested in was Meredith and how she was doing after being hurt by her mother. And the devastation of the ferry boat was the best way to physicalize Meredith’s pain.
The little girl? She’s also a metaphor for Mer. A motherless lost girl who can’t speak for herself and disappears? Okay, that’s too obvious. But you all know Meredith’s been doing a dance with death for some time. Y’all know that if you’ve been watching. She’s dark, our girl. She’s dark and twisty. And I worry about her.
Now, I’m really worried about her because she’s in the water and I want to be clear with you: I don’t put people in the water for no reason. Meredith’s got issues, she’s got serious Mommy issues and she’s broken and she’s in the water.
I killed Denny. I blew up Dylan.
I’m not entirely playing by the rules of TV here.
There’s a point. And it’s coming. Shoots With A Script and I have our fingers and toes crossed that it works.
Because what happens next…well, just wait and see…
But after that, I get used to it.
