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Everyone's favorite bitter, neurotic doctors are back, and even though there were some just downright silly notes in tonight's Grey's Anatomy, one thing was absolutely obvious: Shonda Rhimes was having an absolute blast with this episode. It played with a lot of the rumors and assumptions resulting from last season's finale, tweaking expectations with a big fat "nyah nyah."
Spoilers ahead, but no happily ever after…
We begin back in the field where we ended last season, with Meredith waiting for Derek to return from breaking up with Rose. Hysterical, she finds him at the hospital -- he's been in a horrible car accident, and he doesn't make it. Psych -- it's a dream. That's rumor/theory number one tossed by the wayside.
Then there's the business about the rankings. Now I think I know what it's like to work in a college admissions office when the U.S. News college rankings come out. Everyone's gathered around a computer, anxiously awaiting the rankings of teaching hospitals -- and no one seems to think that Bailey can hit the refresh button properly. Seattle Grace ends up dropping -- from the top to…. number 12. Ouch. And it sends this crowd of competitive whackjobs spinning. A near-constant indignant mutter of "Number 12! Huh!" issues from practically all of them. Hahn's overwhelmed with insecurity about her bad teaching style and sets out to pretty much badger everyone about how she can become a better teacher. Remember that episode a couple of seasons back, when Callie was living in the hospital basement, and she gave George a speech about how she was the weird kid at the back of the class who eats her hair? Hahn is so clearly the other weird kid who eats her hair. It's borderline offputting, but oddly endearing. Speaking of the weird kids, Hahn and Callie run into one another, and awkwardness immediately ensues.
We also learn, through meaningful, soulful, longing looks when George isn't looking that Lexie is in love with him. It leads to some outstanding teasing from Sloan, who challenges Lexie to tell George how she feels after she pleads with Sloan to be nicer to him because he's on edge getting ready to retake the intern test. Before this, however, Lexie inadvertently hears Meredith, in mid-babble about how she wants to ask Derek to move in with her but doesn't know if she should yet is leaning into the wind and feeling the fear (oh boy) say that she slept with George. Which sends the wide-eyed Grey into mild shock.
Determined to get a random trauma that didn't go to Mercy West (the 12 ranking has stripped Seattle Grace's status as a number-one trauma center), Bailey, Izzie, Meredith and Alex wait in vain in the ambulance bay. And then a smashed-up limousine careens in at top speed, containing three women of a certain age in ballgowns, cradling the very badly injured limo driver. Sarah Beth (Bernadette Peters -- looking absolutely gorgeous, by the way), Anna (Kathy Baker, also fabulous) and Betty (Mariette Hartley, equally terrific) were traveling separately from their husbands on their way to a ball -- it's snowing outside -- when the accident occurred. Betty's dazed and disoriented -- she asks every 30 seconds what's going on, unable to recall what happened.
As the story of the women and their husbands unfolds -- all happily married, all together for many years, Meredith takes inspiration. "They've been with the same men for years, and they're happy," she tells Cristina. "They did it, and I can do it." And heavens, you want to believe her. Then they find out that the men were also in an accident, and that they're all seriously injured -- and Bailey and Cristina convince them to insist that they be brought to Seattle Grace, effectively poaching the trauma cases. The ambulance arrives, and Sarah Beth's husband has been treated at the scene by an army trauma surgeon who performed a tracheotomy using a pen. Now, it seems to me I've seen that on other shows (at least once on M*A*S*H), but all of the docs seem so awed by it that I realize it really does kick ass. The surgeon, Maj. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) was in the car behind the limo, and even though he hurt his leg getting to them, he got it done. This of course immediately turns our girl Cristina on, even though she semi-fights admitting it. Sandra Oh plays it terrifically well, flustered but having a great time in spite of herself. And you can practically smell the phermones.
As the team begins to work on the men, we learn that Betty's husband has a skull fracture, a possible aortic tear and a host of other very serious injuries, and Anna's husband has injured his spine and can't feel his legs. We also learn that Anna has been sleeping with Sarah Beth's husband. There goes the idea of happily ever after. But as Meredith reminds us at the beginning, that phrase is bogus and fairy tales don't come true.
Kathy Baker, however, infuses her character with a lot of sympathy, and when she explains to Meredith how it is she ended up in this mess, sleeping with her best friend's husband, it's with a sad, almost astonished quality."You think it'll always be amazing, you think you'll always feel this kind of love," she says. "And I do love Phil -- but I just… little pieces of you get chipped away by another person, and you shave little pieces of yourself away so you fit together. And one day you look up and you don't even know who you are."
My question is, why do people keep saying things like this to poor Meredith? Can't she just get a break, find a head space she can live in, and be allowed to stay there for 15 freakin' minutes? Yeah, she's twitchy and neurotic (that word again) and she has no concept of how to relate to others in a healthy way. But as self-involved as she is now, she's loads better than she was early on. Can we start a Leave Meredith Alone club?
The number 12 ranking makes the Chief doubly determined to go the extra mile and save these patients, no matter how long the shot is. Which keeps Derek in surgery for hours with multiple patients, assisted by an openly hostile Rose. Sloan explains it to him as her delayed rage after he broke up with her, and urges him to break up with her professionally as well. The fact that delayed rage seems like an unheard-of concept to Derek is just not plausible; this is the guy who kept punishing Addison for months. He gets rage. But my larger problem with this part is Rose. I realize emotions get the better of people, but she seems almost delighted at sticking it to Derek at work. Case in point: the conversation in the hallway when she tells him, "I'm carrying your child. (pause) Gotcha!" (That's rumor/theory number two by the wayside.) Props to Lauren Stamile for playing Rose with spunk -- her scoffing at his suggestion that she should get control of herself or find another service almost pulses with a kind of light menace. But she's at work, and her work reputation is so important. Why would she jeopardize that? It doesn't make sense. They weren't together that long. Ultimately, she ends up accidentally slicing his hand with a scalpel in surgery (I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt), and, embarrassed, ends up transferring to a different service in the end.
Anna's husband, Phil, and his spinal injury provide another nugget of conflict. Maj. Hunt suggests that therapeutic hypothermia might be effective in preserving his ability to walk. Derek rules it out, but the suggestion captivates Callie. Hunt is kind of amazing on this front -- the only one not afflicted with crippling insecurity, he seems to practically mesmerize everyone around him. I mean, he's sexy too, but it's clear that that's not the primary attraction. There's also Hunt's tough-guy side -- he staples his own wound together, unnumbed, which practically drives Cristina out of her mind.
That damn ranking comes into play again during surgery on Betty's critically wounded husband. Hahn's still exploring teaching methods, and the Chief asks Cristina to stitch the guy's renal artery. She makes a mess of it, even though she's done the stitch lots of times before in cardio surgery, leading Hahn to make the excellent observation that part of the problem with the ranking could be that interns are allowed to log too much specialty surgery time at the expense of general-surgery knowledge.
Separately, Alex is on the case trying to solve the problem of medical insurance for Sarah Beth and her husband. It's due to run out at midnight, and when she calls the insurance and credit card companies, they tell her everything's been cancelled. At first I took this to be a sign that her husband was leaving her and taking everything with him, but the truth was that he lost his job and was too ashamed to tell her. She ultimately finds out about his affair with Anna, and has some incredibly affecting scenes as a woman trying to cope with all of the shocks she's being dealt in a day. Her anger and hurt ends up turning to resolve, and Bernadette Peters plays it exceptionally well.
Meanwhile, the move-in-or-not-move-in question is driving Meredith nuts, and she returns to it incessantly, like a scab she's unable to leave alone to heal. I wish I could say I didn't understand that kind of obsessiveness. "He's got fishing gear. And boots. And hair products. And I don't have room for any of that stuff. And he talks. He's chatty," she says to Cristina. "We'll build a house on his land which will be our land. Dr. Mrs. Shepherd. And you know what comes after that don't you? Babies. His babies. And they'll have perfect hair. And they'll be chatty. I'll have five. Chatty. Children. And have a chatty husband. In our house in the wilderness. And then I'll start sleeping with your husband."
Finally, Cristina turns on her as any good friend or just plain sane person would, and tells her to shut up. She's heard enough, and she can't take it any more. Moving in would be a huge mistake, and as a couple they will not work. She stalks away, and promptly slips and falls on the ice. Before Meredith can help her up, a giant icicle breaks free from the roof and impales her. Perfect. Then she has a hallucination/flash of her and Meredith as old ladies, bickering together. It's gratuitous and silly. But Old Lady Cristina eating cereal out of a box is admittedly pretty funny. Then, like an angel in camouflage, Maj. Hunt shows up, scoops Cristina up and takes her inside. And proceeds to argue with her about how to treat the injury.
Meredith, of course, uses this time when Cristina is immobile to bug her about whether or not she meant it when she said Meredith and Derek won't work. Cristina pretends to be flummoxed as to why Meredith cares what she thinks. (As if she doesn't know. She's her person.) Later, after a chest X-ray shows she's fine, Hunt yanks out the icicle, stitches the wound, and (of course) makes out with Cristina. Their chemistry is nice -- lots of energy, and he seems to be the kind of guy who can challenge her properly. So suck on that, Preston Burke.
Trying to do something about the health insurance, Alex talks to Bailey about getting Sarah Beth's husband into surgery before the insurance expires. But no dice -- for now. Meredith makes the mistake of teasing Alex about his softer side, which Izzie had earlier attested to -- remarking that he's grown into a good guy who's opening up. But he's still sensitive about the Rebecca incident, and defensive. Which makes him mean -- unnecessarily so -- to Izzie. "I'm hoping that I wait long enough you'll become as annoyed with the sound of your voice as I am and just shut up," he snaps at her. Now, I'm no Izzie fan, but that's a little extreme.
Callie, having talked the Chief and the paralyzed patient into the hypothermia procedure, against Derek's advice (which makes for a great squinty-eyed-glare exchange between Derek and the Chief), totally freezes up (pardon the pun) when things start to go wrong. Not knowing what to do seems very un-Callie-like, and Hahn, bless her, is able to get her to calm down and focus and get through it. Which in turn makes Hahn psyched that she was actually able to be a teacher.
So. A tally of the damages: Betty's memory doesn't get better, even after surgery. Her husband dies. Sarah Beth forgives her husband, whose vocal chords were slashed during the accident and won't speak again. Anna's husband, Phil, ends up able to wiggle his toes. Lexie can't quite get up the nerve to tell George how she feels, but they talk about his episode with Meredith -- and George proves to be clear-eyed and properly self-aware about it. Meredith and Derek start packing him up to move in with her. Callie confesses to Hahn that she's not an experimenter, but their kiss was an experiment that seemed to work. Hahn confesses that Callie's the only woman she's ever kissed, and it's freaking her out too. That's rumor/theory number three out the window.
The Chief does a little checking on Hunt, finds out he's got a great reputation, and offers him a job. Now, does it seem a little inconsistent for the Chief, who's been thrown into a tailspin about the number 12 ranking, to (a) essentially give privileges to a stranger to practice in his hospital, and (b) offer him a job? I hope we see more of Hunt, but that was weird.
And in the midst of Meredith and Cristina wrapping up their "you're my person, of course what you think matters" conversation, we're thrown an interesting curve. From the hallway, Izzie spots Alex making out with some random girl in his room, and flashes on a vision of Denny -- getting to actually see and talk to him on Prom Night. It's well done, and is all the more satisfying because it wasn't explained to death. Katherine Heigl plays it very nicely -- quiet and with soul, rather than over-emoting, and I hope it portends of things to come. I'd like to see an Izzie storyline that doesn't have her shrieking or being overbearing, but dealing with something of her own.
In the end, it all comes back to the ranking. The Chief calls a meeting of the troops, chastising them for sloppiness, for resting on their laurels, for failing to take risks and use their skills. Shoddy teaching makes for shoddy surgeons, he says, and they've failed. And now, things are going to change. The bar's been raised. Consider yourself on notice. Hearing that, it's almost impossible to avoid a little shiver of anticipation for what this season will bring.
What did you think? Did it feel like two hours to you? Did you hate Lexie's "But what if he doesn't like me back?" whine? Are you looking forward to seeing what "raising the bar" means this season?
They do need to leave Meredith alone! She's trying to fix herself and everyone around her is basically taking her 5 steps back. Just because Burke walked out on Cristina does not mean Derek and Meredith won't work. She was being selfish with that "dream" too.
Also, MORE OWEN. It's fantastic to see that Grey's has snagged this actor up for some episodes. I hope he becomes a regular.
The Izzie/Denny moment was beautiful but again, WHY DID THE KILL HIM?! :(
I can't wait to see more of this season!1
Sarah | Sep 25, 2008 10:55:01 PM | #Overall I thought this was a good episode. There were some parts I thought weren't that great, but all in all I really enjoyed it.
However there is one thing that is driving me crazy and I need to get it off my chest. I don't remember the exact quote, but the Chief said to Derek that the reason the hospital slipped in ranking was b/c the Chief went soft b/c of Meredith Gray. And then proceeded to yell at her for no good reason at all (thank goodness Derek stood up for her and stopped him). At this point, I'm ready for someone to blame her for the bad economy, Katrina and the rising gas price. Seriously, is everything her fault? The fact that the Chief's wife left him has nothing to do with it. Or the months where he tried to retire and attendings were distracted and no longer focusing on their work - I'm sure that didn't effect anything. No the hospital went from top to 12th b/c of Meredith. She's a curse, she's the problem. *deep breath* All right, my rant is over.
Lindlee | Sep 25, 2008 11:01:55 PM | #So nice to see Journeyman (Kevin McKidd) back on the small screen. I never thought of him as super sexy masculine but he sure was tonight on this show. Yeah "suck on that, Preston Burke."
Lexie is whiny and generally hair-brained. I hope they keep her character in the range of semi-normal and not just some caricature.
And I wish they would just stop it with the whole "you're my person" thing, enough already it's starting to get stupid, jeesh. I thought the show dragged and the second hour alone felt like 2 hours.
*LOL* "Delayed rage" is such a great term. And the, "She's a dead mouse on the kitchen floor..." comment. =) Mark had some good moments tonight.
As did pretty much everyone. Good way to start the season.
How great was it to hear Cristina tell Merideth to just SHUT UP!? (Even if she did get karmically (sp?) impaled for it.)
Loved the chief's speech at the end and the way it was dripping with double meanings. I could just see Shonda delivering that one to her own troops.
quisquilian | Sep 26, 2008 1:51:41 AM | #Sorry, but it felt like three hours to me. With this premiere episode, Shonda Rhimes seemed to be sending a metaphorical message that, "yeah, in the last couple of years, the producers, writers and actors of Grey's Anatomy got soft, lazy, sloppy and we failed to produce a quality television show."
Don't get me wrong. During the first two seasons, I would watch this show and after it was over, I'd say, "Wow, that was some great stuff. Terrific writing, interesting characters, compelling storylines, good balance of drama and humor, etc." It really was must watch TV every week.
I used to like 'interns' Meredith, Izzy, George, Cristina and Alex. I admired Derek and Burke as residents. And I was in awe over the acting skills of Chandra Wilson (Bailey) and James Pickens Jr. (Chief Webber). I even thought Addison and Sloan were great additions to the show.
In short, I used to actually CARE about these characters and their actions (despite the occasional and unbelievably juvenile sexual behavior that permeated the early seasons).
Now, I just don't. I don’t care. I have little to no interest in most of the main cast. Their characters have become shallow and marginal representations of their former selves. The Chief and Bailey still impress the hell out of me, but the rest of the characters on Grey’s have become annoying, irritating, distracting or just plain apathetic in their own unique way.
Everything began to change somewhere towards the end of season two and the beginning of season three. I sensed the show was a little ‘off’ beginning with the Izzy-Denny Duquette storyline. Then Meredith’s drowning and near death episodes had me wondering what was the hell was going on. Lastly, with the departure of Addison, the botched wedding of Cristina and Burke and firing of actor Isaiah Washington, I had confirmation that this show had completely lost its way.
Whether Grey’s Anatomy can return to the level of greatness of the first and second seasons remains to be seen. However, given the path that all these characters have embarked upon, I highly doubt it. It’s still slightly above the level of many of the other adult soap opera-type series on the air, but unfortunately, it’s no longer the influential, mesmerizing, trendsetting, must watch television show it once was.
I have to say I enjoy the music on the show a lot more than the show itself. The opening track (Black Tables), and the ending track (Another Door Closes) were both great finds. Kevin McKidd- I wish I could see him on Journeyman, but I'll take this form if that's what's on offer. Am I the only one who thought the memory loss woman was a tranny?
| Sep 26, 2008 2:41:38 AM | #The show DID seem three hours long and most of it was highly irritating, but NOTHING was more irritating than Lexie reading the letter and interjecting "that was him, not me; that was me, not him" every two seconds.
I was SO prepared not to like her when she first came on. Then she was NOT like Meredith but seemed to be intelligent and really sharp, but that silliness just led us all right down the path to put her hand in hand with Meredith.
THAT had me screaming at the TV.
Jan | Sep 26, 2008 6:11:32 AM | #I cannot say how much I loved Kathy Baker and Bernadette Peters last night. They were both giving master classes in understated acting. That was a real relief after Meredith's "chattiness" and Hahn's whining about not being a good teacher.
I was also pleasantly surprised by Kevin McKidd. He and Sandra Oh definitely had some fun chemistry. It was great seeing her get all wiggly and charged up over his kick*** techniques.
rockstarmom | Sep 26, 2008 6:28:26 AM | #I watched The Office first, started watching Grey's, got thru about the first 30 minutes, turned the TV off and went to bed. I'll probably watch the rest tonight, but after reading the recap, it doesn't sound like I missed much. I still enjoy Grey's, but it's not a must watch show for me anymore. A couple of things I liked, though-totally non-storyline related-are Hahn & Izzie's new hairstyles. Love it!!
D | Sep 26, 2008 6:56:51 AM | #Jan, I totally agree about Lexie reading the letter!! I was screaming at her, "Just shut up with comments and read!" Ditto with Mer talking about Der being "chatty" as she obsessively ran off at the mount -- So glad Cristina told her to shut up!
I thought the whole dropping to #12 was annoying -- and made me wonder about their "competition." Last year, they saved a guy who was buried in concrete, Mer and Der finally had a sucess with their clinical trial, etc. Maybe I don't understand the criteria for a teaching hospital/Level I trauma center.
And have the drs. never seen a tv show?? They were in awe over the pen trach, but Heck, Peter Burns did that on Melrose Place eons ago. And Izzie operated on some guy at ferry crash with a drill, so they know about making do with what you have. They could've at least made some joke about only seeing a pen used to trach someone on tv.
Now that all my nitpicks are over, I can say that I enjoyed the episode as a whole. Would like to see Mer and Der happy for while -- not competely conflict free, but not Mer constantly freaking out. I love Alex and Izzie together, so I hope he doesn't revert to his old self forever. Not sure yet about a George-Lexie pairing, but Cristina and army doc? Bring It On!
IMO, I thought it was inspired and funny that the writer's addressed the rampant rumors. 1) Derek in a car accident 2) Rose is pregnant
Hot kiss between Hunt and Yang!
alia | Sep 26, 2008 8:31:05 AM | #I absolutely LOVED Lexie and loved how she read that letter - she is adorable. I think I am SO SICK of Meredith that I love anything she doesn't! Christina is uber annoying - in real life I would HATE a personality like hers and would always be rooting for her to screw up someting major - I feel sorry for the patient, but I loved that she "killed somebody" for once! I love Izzy and hope more storylines surround her this year - I'm so sick of Derrick and Meredith that I could just change the channel when they are on the screen. Actually I do change the channel - I watch with "picture in picture" and when she is on screen I switch to another show for awhile. I love George, Izzy, the chief, Bailey, Alex and Lexie - the rest can take a vacation for all I care. The Hahn/Callie story line is really creaping me out....
Grey's lover | Sep 26, 2008 9:56:34 AM | #I'm tired of Meredith whining and worrying about what ifs. She needs to grow up and if things work out with Derek, great. If not, it's not the end of the world. Her constant neurotic behavior about her relationship with Derek is extremely annoying. Also, how old is her character supposed to be? It's disturbing to see a 40-yr-old woman still whining and chattering away like a 14-yr-old.
I like Kevin McKidd's character, the army doc, but I wish they hadn't had him kiss Cristina in the first episode. It was too sudden and I would've preferred to have seen that take a few episodes to develop. That said, he seems to be an adult and a real man's man, so it will be nice to see him bump heads with that wimp Derek, who is softer than a pack of feta cheese left out in the sun.
Sorry but I think the show still misses the maturity level brought to the whole proceedings by Addison and Burke. Still a big gaping hole in the show with those two characters gone.
Regarding Alex, they need to stop repeating his cycle of angry rants. Either have him become a drug addict or alcoholic but this whole temper tantrum thing that he pulls, every time he thinks someone has seen him in a vulnerable situation, needs to stop. It's repetitive and boring how quickly he has a temper tantrum that it's no longer shocking when he says mean things to the women he supposedly cares for. Enough already. If they want Alex to continue being this tortured personality, have him develop a secret drug addiction or alcohol addiction or something. But the angry rants he goes on have totally lost their effectiveness.
IggyPop | Sep 26, 2008 10:19:01 AM | #IggyPop - what do you mean "a 40-ish woman"..?? Meredith just graduated from being an intern - that means she's in her late 20s - since it takes about 7yrs to graduate med school, and high school grads would normally be around 17 or 18 at the most.
And what happened to that totally over-the-top spoiler of the uber-suggestive scene of Yang emerging from underneath Army Doc Hunt..?? It was dangled about SOOO Much, I'd looked forward to actually seeing it. So, was thoroughly disappointed when they cut it out. Real Bummer, that.
But I agree with most of the views, that Grey's is no longer an A-1 show - and like the hospital's ranking, has dropped down to Mediocre - and THAT is a downright Shame...!!
Although, it gives me a reason to watch SUPERNATURAL instead - which has become Better and grown with more substance than previously. So, ABC - don't whine when you start losing viewers - upgrade your Show..!!
Shanae | Sep 26, 2008 11:34:38 AM | #The writing on this show has become an abomination -- weird, repetitive, circular monologues with sub-par acting. I was able to get through the 2 hours of unbearable tedium only because of brilliant Sandra Oh (she's the only one worth watching!!) and the excellent guest actors (McKidd, Peters, Baker, etc.)
There's better writing & acting on daytime soap operas, for god's sake.
I wish they would create a new show called Yang's Anatomy and just get rid of everyone.
dotorious | Sep 26, 2008 11:44:21 AM | #LOVED Peters and Baker! [Who was it who thought Mariette Hartley was a tranny? OUCH!Not that there's anything wrong ... etc, etc]
I liked the way all the rumors were handled, too. Also liked the Callie/Erica relationship, both in and out of the OR.
I, too, hope Alex shapes up. I loved his concern over getting the procedure done before midnight. [BTW, there was more "borrowing" here from M*A*S*H, as the doctors changed the clock so a soldier wouldn't die on Christmas day.]
I still love Chandra (Bailey) and probably always will. She deserved that Emmy!
Took me awhile to realize that "GI JOE" was Journeyman. His chemistry with Cristina was great.
I'd put Meredith in her late 20s/early 30s. During one of the episodes with Ellis, there was a reference to a year (or two?) that Meredith spent in Europe.
And clearly, Cristina is in her 30s, since she's got a Ph.D. in biochemistry. She's probably one of those people who skipped a few grades, but even so.
Lisa | Sep 26, 2008 11:51:29 AM | #i agree this is no longer a tier 1 show.
with college, med school, internship, residency, a year or 2 in europe, etc etc, meredith grey is easily a character in her early 30's.
however, the actress who plays her (ellen pompeo) is closing in on 40. i think she is gonna be 39 within a couple of months. thus giving the feeling meredith is more an almost-40-ish character than a 30-ish. if they wanted her to feel younger then they should have cast a younger actress. like katherine heigl who plays izzy seems more a 30-ish character (and i believe she is quite a bit younger than ellen pompeo in real life).
I really enjoyed Bernadette Peters and Kathy Baker on the premiere. Mariette Hartley was kind of stuck with a go nowhere role. It was poignant for the character and for her friends' reactions, but it didn't give her a lot to do.
I tried to get into "Journeyman" because of Kevin McKidd but never quite did. He was also excellent here, and I hope the "several" episodes he's signed on for get extended.
As for the regulars, think the Chief has lost it a little. Hope he gets over that 12 ranking soon. Glad Callie and Hahn talked; was afraid they'd drag out the awkwardness forever. Wish someone, anyone, would tell Meredith that nothing is guaranteed, but if she expects something to fail it probably will. (So happy when Christine told her to shut up.) That vision of Denny near the end near broke my heart (and went a long way toward washing the bad taste of Gizzie out of my mouth).
Overall, I was close to ditching this show, but I'm hopeful again. We'll see how it plays.
meggins | Sep 26, 2008 1:34:08 PM | #Regarding age: How could the character of Meredith be late 20's? The actress who plays her in real life (Ellen Pompeo) is 39. PS Sandra Oh, who plays Christina, is 37.
lis | Sep 26, 2008 1:38:07 PM | #Half the people on Beverly Hills 90210 (OK, two) were in their 30s when they were supposed to be in high school. A character's age and the age of the actor who plays him/her isn't always a direct corollary.
Lisa Todorovich | Sep 26, 2008 2:12:11 PM | #You know whats funny?? Denny the actor who plays him has been brought back on this show more than on his other show he was killed off on 'Supernatural' which is all about demons, ghost and spirits.
Also did Ellen put on weight over the summer? Don't get me wrong she's not fat, not close. In fact last year she was scarily thin; but it appears she's put on a few pounds and doesn't look like a rail.
| Sep 26, 2008 2:23:09 PM | #Little surprised that the story line with derek and rose was ended (at least appears). Figured we would end up with Derek trying to get rid of Rose and her filing a lawsuit.
Also I thought the Chief was going to calm down. I think Mr. "We are better than 12" is going to have marriage problems again.
| Sep 26, 2008 2:25:27 PM | #"A character's age and the age of the actor who plays him/her isn't always a direct corollary."
yeah we know that but the point is then the character is not as convincing as the age they are supposed to be playing!
my biggest complaint was that I had the hardest time keeping track of who was married to who (with the 3 couples that were on their way to the ball). I felt like I needed a chart.
The next episode (2 weeks away? Why?) looks good though.
Ashley | Sep 26, 2008 2:49:15 PM | #
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