Friday, May 11, 2007

Is Redeption Possible?

It might have been the good company I watched it with and the amazing dinner my roommate C made for dinner that we gobbled down as we started watching it, but, last night, Grey's Anatomy somehow managed to redeem itself. I was so close to not watching ever again. There was no way things could get better.

The previous week's two-hour mess was painful, to say the least. It focused primarily on a new setting and characters as testing grounds for Addison's L.A./private practice spin-off. And all that was merely the tip of a ridiculously large iceberg. The last few weeks on Grey's Anatomy, ever since the ferry accident and Meredith almost dying, have been a hell of painfully contrived pot twists. Like: Meredith and Derek--finally together and boring as ever. When McDreamy stopped being an asshole, he lost his McD-ness. (Maybe it's just me; maybe I have personal issues.) And now all of a sudden they are on the rocks and I have no idea why (again, maybe me). And...George and Izzy insanely in love? Puh-lease...! Those two look like Bert and Ernie when they kiss. Anyway, George is gay! And: Addison and Kurev finally hooked up after teasing us and each other for most of the season, but it was such a freakin' let down. All we saw was rumpled clothes, mussed hair and the pair of them entering and then leaving a closet in Seattle Grace. And in the end, he comes up to her and tells her he's not looking for a girlfriend, a conclusion he came to after hearing the nurse-station gossip from Ava, his up-until-that-point faceless and memory-less patient. And Addison walks away sad. A battered yet beautiful Ally McBeal-like vision in the Seattle night. It made me stop liking her.

Are Ava and Kurev gonna get together, or what? Why is she still hanging around? I'm convinced they will. C (who has a lot more faith in Grey's Anatomy than I do) says it's not going to happen, that it would be too much like what happened last season with Denny. If it does, I hope the writers do a good job with it.

Ava brings me back to the redeption that was this week's episode. They finally fixed her teeth! First she had a mask of scars for a face, and then Sloan made her a new face but her teeth were these black-ish, uneven nubs, but as of yesterday, the woman had full-on pearly whites. Man, was I relieved! Maybe more satisfied by that even than the revelation of her true identity.

Other good things about last night: Miranda was feisty-vicious like we like her. Callie had a bad-ass surgery-room-bone-setting monologue about glacier-climbing. Burke had some interesting realizations about marrying Cristina. (Will it all be worth it when he walks her down the aisle?) McDreamy put on his McD-ness to flirt with a woman at Joe's. The chief's ex-wife showed up at the hospital and nearly got out with out him seeing her until he found her in a pool of her own blood at the end.

I'm not saying last night was perfect. The worst line had to be: "I am a married man!" which George said very seriously to Izzy during their first conversation where she was trying to convince him to stay at Seattle Grace instead of transferring to that other hospital so that he wouldn't have to deal with his love for her, since he is a married man now and all. And the lamest plot point (brought to my attention by my fellow Grey's lover/hater, Lizzy) was the whole thing with Meredith's father, who came to the hospital in a rage and told her not to come to his wife's funeral, that she killed her, etc etc. It was more fun to watch him slap her last week after she gave him the news. Poor Meredith. I miss her. Ever since she drowned, things haven't been the same...

The show last night ended in a series of incredibly jaw-dropping cliff-hangers. At each one, I turned towards my fellow-viewers to see their tv-lit faces with eyes wide in astonishment. Can't hardly wait until next Thursday. (It's the only tv show I watch, OK? It's all I have...)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

i haven't seen grey's anatomy since i moved to japan - what the hell, george and izzy in love? i agree: "puh-leeeeeze"!!!!

Lizzy Acker said...

i think that the season finale is going to end with izzy and george having sex again and and with mcdreamy leaving meredith. the cristina and burke thing is completely up in the air but i wouldn't be too surprised if they don't go through with the wedding. this show always ends seasons with intense drama. the real question is who will die now that they have killed off basically everyone's parents? maybe mt. ranier will erupt during burk and cristina's wedding! that's what i'm pushing for anyway.

Anonymous said...

So my character/story analysis is this: Grey's started off wonderfully this season... The Cristina/Burke debacle, Meredith having to choose McDreamy over McVet, George's dad dying and Izzie coping with getting back in the program. Meredith's confronation with her lucid mother etc.
During the whole ferry accident things went a little awry.
It was pretty obvious that Meredith wasn't going to die, but the story served to bring out sides and emotions of the other characters that we hadn't seen. Cristina's love and faithfulness for her friend, McDreamy breaking down with desperation, the anguish somehow bringing him and Mark closer again, etc. So I feel the it wasn't so much about the possibility of Meredith dying but how that affected everyone else. Although I do agree they could've done it in a less ERish way.
For all that have said that Meredith and McDreamy have been boring this season i beg to differ. They simply were happy and content. They learned how to sleep together, despite Meredith's snoring, took hot baths together, were able to put off sex for a more meaningful start and were basically there for each other throughout the whole season.
So yeah thats pretty boring if you were hoping they would be having issues, fighting and breaking up every other episode.
Now it seems Meredith is trying to figure things out on her own, be less codependant not realizing McDreamy is feeling neglected and this just distanced McDreamy more.
I have to say I like Callie and the whole George/Izzie thing is weird. I don't like the decisions Izzie has been making and I have a hard time seeing the both of them in love.
As for Addison...well she's hot and a great character that deserves to be explored but hopefully not in the way we saw 2 weeks ago. The cast for the possible spinoff is good, now the writing has to be better so it doesn't seem so forced and ridiculous.
We'll see how the finale goes...
One thing I have to protest (this is about most TV show's and most western culture) this belief that marriage is the pinnacle of one's relationship with someone else and all the fantasy bullcrap that comes with it. So I will be a little let down by Cristina if she actually does marry..
anyway...yes the company was great and I hope we can all enjoy the finale together next week....glad everyone enjoyed the food...
After reading this before posting it must seem that I watch alot of TV. I don't but am very into the few shows that I do...

lara.zain said...

TWO women in love with George? seriously? that was actually the first episode i've watched all season. i await the DVDs on pins and needles!

Unknown said...

Amoura i beg to differ. while the 2 hour LA-episode was quite terrible, the final two of the season have done little to redeem the show in my opinion.
my main gripes:
* Webber's wife's pregnancy story line seemed too full of holes. there is no way she is only 52! also when did they separate for it to be his baby? all too neat and tidy i think.
* i agree, the Izzy and George story is stupid. the fact that George is getting more sex than any other character is unfathomable to me; he has the sexy appeal of 10 year old. And one facial expression.
* Meredith has become quite intolerable and I find myself wanting Derek to dump her. The story with her father is crazy but her way of dealing with it seems crazier. Why not let your boyfriend come to the funeral? Why not postpone the exam until the day after the funeral? Why go out of your way to make things harder? So you can be more mopey of course.

AWP said...

dina i certainly agree. well, last week was cool and had all these promises and then the season finale was a huge let down...realistic? maybe...more like melodramatic. all of us watching it were sad when it was over and not the good kind of sad that makes you want to go and make art but the bad kind of sad that makes you want to forget you ever liked that goddamn tv show.