Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Grace’
Friday, October 26th, 2007
I knew it was wrong of me to get my hopes up. The season finale of Grey’s Anatomy was, like the second half of the series, a complete mess. It made a half-assed attempt to resolve some of the long-running plots but essentially provided no closure, little suspense and lots of groans. The combination of hospital action and personal sagas, which has been so deftly handled in previous outings, was pretty shambolic and all-in-all it was very depressing. Urgh.
So here’s what happened – the good, the bad and the very bad. And unfortunately for us fans, there was a lot of the latter two, and very little of the former. Again.
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
After last week’s less than subtle introduction to Private Practice, the upcoming Addison-based spin-off show, it was back to Seattle Grace for the penultimate episode in this faltering season of surgical shenanigans. The interns were busy preparing to take their intern exams, Burke was fretting over his upcoming nuptials to Cristina and Meredith had just lost her step-mother. It’s all in a days work for this lot.
The Alex/Jane Doe plot dragged its heels for another week, with the amnesiac revealing that she had regained her memory. She was called Rebecca Pope, had left her dull husband when injured in the ferry crash and had no intention of reclaiming a life she was happy to have left behind. Alex was stunned by the news, clearly hurt that she had concealed the information from him, as their patient/doctor relationship grew ever more complicated.
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Tags: American, doctors, Drama, Grey's Anatomy, hospital, import, interns, Living, medical, Meredith, Seattle Grace, surgeons, television, TV
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
If I was in a generous mood I might claim that last night’s Grey’s Anatomy was an improvement on recent episodes. Sadly, I’m not and it wasn’t. Thankfully there was slightly less of the George/Callie/Izzie love triangle and a bit more of the neglected characters – Bailey, Sloan and Addison, but such slight changes are not enough to save a show dangerously on the slide.
Obviously I still watch it and will continue to do so. I understand that even at its worst it is still superior to the soaps, reality shows and makeover drivel that dominate the airwaves. When I berate GA for being poor and disappointing, I’m not comparing to this ropey fare but against the high standards it has set itself. This is the show that introduced the prefixing of ‘Mc’ into our language with McDreamy and McSteamy, established Katherine Heigl as Hollywood’s new golden girl and caused a colossal row over the other ‘f’ word. It has shown us bombs in bodies, ferry crashes at harbours and countless illicit romances. Come on Grey’s – give us what we want!
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Tags: Drama, Grey's Anatomy, hospital, interns, Living, medical, Seattle Grace, surgeons, television, TV
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
And the slump continues in an episode appropriately titled ‘Time After Time’. Sure there are the odd moments that restore your faith, such as Sloan offering to be the Chief’s ‘wing-man’ as he re-enters the dating game – but these are sadly few and far between. Grey’s Anatomy has clearly hit a wall in its third season and so we are being treated to slow-moving stories, uninspired repetition and Meredith whining at her well-meaning stepmother – lucky us.
The Karev/ Jane Doe plot and the George/ Callie/ Izzie love triangle are the main offenders. They drag on predictably. What have we done to deserve such tedious story-lines? Once upon a time I looked forward to my weekly dose of action from Seattle Grace, now it really is like a trip to the doctors – lots of waiting around for something to happen until the inevitably vague verdict and the feeling of ‘why did I bother?’ Why has the pace slowed to that of a snail’s? And why are the more interesting characters (Addison, Bailey, Sloan) constantly being side-lined to make room for the hysterical playground antics of the others? If there is a tonic to cure the malaise that has enveloped GA it better arrive soon – as there are only five episodes left of the season and I don’t know that I can make it until the end.
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
Last week’s ending to Grey’s Anatomy was just great. If I was a cartoon character (which I’m not altogether sure that I’m not on some days), my jaw would have hit the floor and my eyes poked out on stalks as Meredith was told by Denny Duquette and bomb disposal expert Dylan that she, like them, was dead. The revelation was an incredible finale and I then spent the next seven days in eager anticipation of when GA would be back on my telly.
Picking up where the second part finished, we rejoined Meredith and some other notable dead folk (Liz, her mother’s former nurse, Bonnie one of her most notable patients and her dog, Doc) as she struggled to come to terms with what was happening. True to his training, Dylan was all for explaining things to Meredith in a forceful, direct fashion but Denny intervened, believing a more compassionate, understanding route was possible. Dylan raged that they were running out of time and couldn’t waste a moment, while Meredith looked on confused. What were they talking about and why was time of the essence?
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Tags: afterlife, death, Denny Duquette, doctors, Dr. Addison Montgomery, Dr. Alex Karev, Dr. Callie Torres, Dr. Cristina Yang, Dr. Derek Shepherd, Dr. George O' Malley, Dr. Izzie Stevens, Dr. Mark Sloan, Dr. Meredith Grey, Dr. Preston Burke, Drama, Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy, hospial, interns, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Living TV, medical drama, programme, Seattle, Seattle Grace, show, surgeons, telly, TV
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
I was not aware, until I snuggled on my sofa at 10pm last night and flicked over to Living TV, that Grey’s Anatomy was to be a double-billed affair. Night-time me rejoiced at an extra hour of Seattle Grace hospital, while morning me groaned at the later-than-planned bedtime and inevitable sleepiness the next day. Well, happily night-time me won out – and I’m pleased she did, as the two episodes were pretty non-stop.
With so many characters and so many long-established storylines, GA has been sagging under its own weight in recent weeks. Thankfully, those that had been neglected for too long were finally given their chance to flex their acting chops. Most notably, McSteamy. Since his arrival in Seattle, the plastic surgeon has whined about coffee, been rude to his interns and slept with both Addison and Callie – and that’s about it. All until yesterday. For a hefty chunk, he remained unchanged – in the background and repeating old behaviours. I was once again lamenting the waste of an intriguing character, until the bombshell: he was angry with Addison for having aborted their baby.
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Tags: Addison, Burke, Callie, Cristina, Derek, doctors, Drama, George, Grey's Anatomy, hospital, interns, Izzie, Karev, Living TV, McDreamy, McSteamy, medical, Meredith, Miranda, Mr. O'Malley, Seattle, Seattle Grace, Sloan, surgeons, the Chief
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From:Set The Video: NASA: Triumph and Tragedy, BBC Two, Wednesday, 24 June, 9pm