Grey's Anatomy

[fashionista16]

NOOO they cant take away patrick dempsey!! hes mcdreamy, u cant replace mcdreamy!

 

[kissmesweet]

All three CSI shows were ratings winners last week. On Monday, CSI:Miami scored the biggest audience of the night with an 11.4/18. Remarkably, its rating beat the combined total of NBC’s Studio 60, 5.1/8, and ABC’s What About Brian, 4.4/7. Wednesday night CSI:NY was similarly unmatched with a 10.9/18, against Dateline, 6.0/10, and The Nine, 5.2/8. On Thursday night, a CSI rerun beat a Gray’s Anatomy rerun by a considerable margin -- 10.8/16 to 8.4/13. For more ratings info, visit Zap 2 It.

Ratings ^^. Hmmmm. A "rerun' beat Grey's? That's... strange.

 

[kissmesweet]

^^ and fashionista . They were thinking of replacing Isiah who plays Burke actually... Not McDreamy.

But no, Burke's staying too.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

I downloaded all the episodes off the internet and I love the new ones. It's a bit different but it still has the ol' Grey's humor

 

[smartarse]

ok, i'm a bit confused. tonight's episode... McDreamy's sister, Nancy is in town. bytheway, a perfect cast for the sister .

...Is she a surgeon too? she was in the O.R. with Addison but in the background.

Woo hooo.... Dr.McHottie/McSteamy is making his rounds with the ladies! Next week he might just persuade Meredith to " bait for other fish in the sea" and we all know who he's referring as the fish.

 

[julesrules815]

^i'm guessing nancy is an ob/gyn like Addison is. b/c she seemed really interested in Addison's patients

 

[daddyslittlegrl8]

^i'm guessing nancy is an ob/gyn like Addison is. b/c she seemed really interested in Addison's patients

um, isn't like a huge HIPAA violation?

dlg

 

[julesrules815]

yeah probably but its greys anatomy so they don't count! lol

 

[xtine888]

I really liked "Nancy-Pants"!! She was so funny and charming - a welcome relief for the boring drear that is Meh/McDouche.

I don't like that the writers are making Mark into a man-sl*t. What happened to the nice guy from "Yesterday"? I don't like when writers make one person look really, really bad, so the other guy looks really, really good. I don't buy it, writers: Mark could sleep with the entire hospital and I would still think Derek is a huge douche.

The best line all night was Cristina's "It's not always all about you" to Meredith. I have been waiting for anyone to say that to that whiny twerp since pretty much the beginning of this series. YAY!!

Alex was great, as usual.

 

[shelbyo]

Ah i love this show...All the guys, it's like heaven. Mark is the best by far and Alex has been lookin' pretty good. I really hope that Meredith doesn't hook up with Mark. But I don't want her to be with Derek.

 

[kissmesweet]

um, isn't like a huge HIPAA violation?

That's what was going on my mind too... but then Grey's has always been a little out there and a little unrealistic, yet it works because the audience likes something different.

I was so glad someone finally told Meredith that it's not always about her. Just how she strolled down to tell Cristina about her problems that seemed so wrong. It was as if she takes her for granted.

But at the end, I was still glad that Meredith told Cristina that she'd be there for her. Sweet ending.

Honestly... I thought that Derek really did love Addison and maybe still does, as he seemed so hurt when he told Nancy that Addison had a relationship with Mark. Even in the season 3 premiere, Derek seemed so broken and lost when he found out about Addison sleeping with Mark. It seemed as if his whole world was falling apart. I wouldn't know how Derek even feels though... but I can imagine how hard it is.

Don't strangle me, but I like the chemistry between Derek and Addison and they made a great couple.

 

[fashionista16]

oooooh ok

^^ and fashionista . They were thinking of replacing Isiah who plays Burke actually... Not McDreamy.

But no, Burke's staying too.

oooh ok great lol that was scary. thanks for clearing that up kissmesweet
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[kissmesweet]

thanks for clearing that up kissmesweet

No problem, sweetie.

 

[astatine]

I don't like the way they're going with the Burke/Cristina storyline...feels like it's all going to blow up in their faces

Although I think we'll soon start seeing Bailey becoming suspicious...

 

[sanrio]

didn't impress me at all...very cheap i would say... the female doctors are the worst... sooo cheesy... that perfect lip gloss on their lips bugs me... they are "working"..."sweating".."stressed'...but that annoying lips gloss is still on...and still so perfect...

 

[daddyslittlegrl8]

^ that's the wonderful world of tv land.

dlg

 

[LoveLetter]

Prescriptions for an ailing 'Anatomy'

By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff | November 8, 2006

"Grey's Anatomy" is exhibiting signs of a debilitating illness known as Shark-jump-itis Waterski-us, more commonly referred to as self-parody. And now that November sweeps are heating up, and networks and writers are itchy-scratchy for more viewers, the symptoms are bound to worsen. However, with early detection and behavior modification, the top-rated ABC series could go on to live a healthy, happy, and, of course, humorously narcissistic life.

It's almost a cliche by now. America falls for a show like "Grey's Anatomy," the ratings soar, the media buzz grows deafening, and finally the product becomes infected and compromised by its own fame. "Desperate Housewives" succumbed in record time, as creator Marc Cherry lost his original vision amid the hype of his first season.

Now that bug is threatening "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, and what was once fresh is starting to feel like a factory-made version of itself. Rhimes's whimsy is at risk of becoming formulaic, her romantic circles are spiraling out of control, and her self-interested characters are taking over. She may be listening more to the celebratory hype around "Grey's Anatomy" than her own muse.

My first healing suggestion: Free Bailey!
Dr. Miranda Bailey should be ruling the roost, barking and biting, and not wallowing like so many of her young doctors. The newbies on "Grey's Anatomy" are all about Seattle Grace gossip and their own sex lives, and that self-absorption is entertaining, particularly since it counteracts the heroic approach to doctoring on the likes of "ER."

But we could always count on Dr. Bailey to burst the others' self-centered bubbles. This season, however, she has succumbed to the vacuum. My theory is that Rhimes is trying to help actress Chandra Wilson win an Emmy, letting her feverishly emote outside the locked room of a "plague" victim in one episode. Bailey has gone from telling George to stop looking at her "va-jay-jay" to moping guiltily with Izzie.

Recommendation #2: Give us George back, too.
McSweetie has gone from the only selfless and lovable character to just another me-me-me-aholic. Like Bailey, he has fallen into the show's maw of codependent self-absorption, as his on-offs with Callie lack the backbone he once had. Rhimes has wisely kept Meredith dislikable and yet McDreamy's object of desire, which is a critical part of what makes this show crisp; but she has futzed with George to no good end.

A third note: Incest is not best.
One irritating side effect of most ensemble series is insularity -- in this case, only a handful of doctors seem to run the entire hospital. But the romantic interconnectedness within the "Grey's Anatomy" gang is growing particularly busy, with Meredith, Derek, Addison, Mark, Callie, and George forming a chain of fools that loops all the way back around. Seattle Grace's interlocking ménage has gone from kooky and soapy to just plain ridiculous.

Also romantically ridiculous: That Finn and Derek would be so smitten with Meredith they'd agree to co-date her. That plot pushed the show's female point-of-view to the limits. Rhimes needs to be very careful about her approach to Derek and Meredith. Ross and Rachel of "Friends" are the great cautionary tale of on-again, off-again romance on TV. By the time they finally got together for good, they seemed more like brother and sister than lovers.

A fourth prescription: Break up the meter.
The "Grey's Anatomy" dialogue that was stylish at first, with its repeating sentence structures and phrases, has started to sound robotic and precious. Aaron Sorkin of "The West Wing" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" also has this tic. "This is not dating," Meredith said when Finn accosted her during a date with Derek. "I want moonlight, and flowers, and candy, and people trying to feel me up. Nobody is trying to feel me up. Nobody is even looking at me." The rhythm is the same for all the characters, something that happens in a Woody Allen movie when everyone starts to sound like Allen himself. Even Callie, the un-Meredith in many ways, is starting to speak like the rest.

Meredith's voiceovers, in which she waxes poetic about "pain" and "guilt" while trying to make each episode seem like it was so well-written that it has a single theme, are also getting monotonous. It may be time for them to go.

Fifth and finally: Keep both eyes on your prize.
Creator-writer-producer David E. Kelley may be the poster child for TV auteurs whose work has succumbed to self-parody. Instead of pushing forward with his vision on "Ally McBeal," he took what was exciting about it and put that on a sample loop. Meanwhile, he moved his interest and inspiration into other projects, letting others re-create his magic.

Rhimes is now at a similar crossroads, as she creates a new pilot about broadcast journalism (starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Denny on "Grey's") and has to start splitting her time between two series.

"Grey's Anatomy" isn't built to run on automatic pilot like the "CSI" or "Law & Order" shows. That's what makes it special -- the excitement of a particular writer discovering new territory. Like "Ally McBeal," Rhimes's creation is of a more fragile constitution than most dramas, and it requires care to stay fit.

 

[daddyslittlegrl8]

^ good article and has many valid points. I'm so done with the mcdreamy/meredith romance.

dlg

 

[xtine888]

^ I'm so done with the mcdreamy/meredith romance.

dlg

Me too. I was pretty much done with it since their first stupid elevator scene together. I HATE their elevator scenes. McDouche always looks like a lecherous creep and Meh makes so many flitty and annoying eyes that I just want to punch her out in the elevator. I also wonder why anyone bothers with Meh anyway, cause she really is an unlikable twit.

For some reason, "Grey's" does not feel fresh anymore. I loved the first and second season....but it is really chugging slowly along this third season. McSteamy has turned out to be a pretty unlikable character. Meredith has gotten even more annoying, if this is possible. And almost everyone else is whiny/pissed off/annoying or some combination of the three.

And in defense of Marc Cherry, ok yeah the second season of DH was awful, but after the last episode, I'd say he is back on track with season 3.

 

[kissmesweet]

^ good article and has many valid points. I'm so done with the mcdreamy/meredith romance.

dlg

Merci beacoup... I feel the same. They're so on-and-off that it's actually boring. Rachel and Ross on Friends managed to make it exciting and anticipating, while on GA-- it's getting a little old.