A Second Death to Come Thursday?
After last week's shocking ending, Grey's Anatomy fans are understandably desperate to learn the fate of Meredith Grey.
Will she be revived despite her dangerously low body temperatures, or will she, Denny and Dylan have an eternity to get better acquainted? Will the Seattle Grace world return to normal next Thursday night, or will the show have to be renamed Yang's Anatomy?
Meredith is dead. Shonda Rhimes says she doesn't play by the rules, and backed up that statement by killing the show's title character. However, the door was clearly left open for Dr. Grey to be revived, and many of us remain optimistic that it will happen.
In fact, it's practically spelled out for us in the title of the February 22 episode, "Some Kind of Miracle." At the same time, ABC and a number of other sources have tried to play down this angle by pointing out that at the end of "Some Kind of Miracle," somebody is going to be dead.
But will it be Meredith Grey?
Inside sources such as Kristin Veitch at E! Online (who accurately outlined the return of Denny Duquette) and Michael Ausiello at TV Guide believe it won't be. The death that sticks will probably be that of another character.
Mer's mother, Dr. Ellis Grey, who we listed at the top of our official Grey's Anatomy Death Watch odds from last week, seems like a strong candidate, with major surgery on the horizon especially.
Still, there's plenty of speculation that it's one of the principal cast members who passes on. Spoilers only tell you so much, and after last week's "Drowning On Dry Land," we wouldn't put anything past the producers. We'll have to wait and see what happens Thursday to know for sure.
February 19th, 2007 10:08 AM
WOW! I hope she comes back to us! I think that Ellis will be the one to die....
February 19th, 2007 11:05 AM
Patrick you were absolutly amazing in this episode!! When they were in the ambulence is when I started to cry..and lost it when Bailey gets in and sees that its Meredith and the way she says Derek's name..ugh...Beautiful acting, I really felt I was there...now i have to wait 81 more hours?!?!??!!
February 19th, 2007 12:57 PM
I can't shaket this feeling that Burke's a goner. Ellis is just too easy and if Shonda & Co are going for a major punch to the gut, I don't think that Ellis' death will have that big of an emotional impact.
I still contend it would be enormously bold of GA to kill Meredith. She's one of my favorite characters, so I'm not being a hater, I just think it would be unthinkable and shocking.
My prediction is probably unrealistic, but I'm going with Meredith is revived, everyone is breathing a sigh of relief and something untimely and horrible happens to Burke and while everyone's celebrating Meredith's impending recovery, Burke dies somewhere alone.....calling out for Christina.
But more realistically, GA will more than likely make this whole week a huge buildup, get our panties in a bunch, and go easy on us with a Meredith save and an Ellis death.
Who knows....but this show is genius; the throes of websites, chat rooms and boards that are humming along with "what if's" and episode speculation is proof of that.
February 19th, 2007 1:40 PM
how could yall trying to kill off the main character.
February 19th, 2007 1:44 PM
if meredith dies yall will lose a viewer of the show and maybe the show will go down because there is no way the producer or whoever would do this. i hope meredith is saved for everbody's sake because show isn't going to be as good if she dies
February 19th, 2007 1:46 PM
i hope meredith gets saved and her mom dies or someone else but her friends and her boyfriend.
February 19th, 2007 2:04 PM
First of all. I totally agree with Pink Mist. Touching episode. I'd stop crying only so i could start again the next scene.
Also I think Mer is going to pull though. In the preview ..Cristina says "try one more time". She probably says this when they're ready to give up. But they listen to Cristina...and that will be when mer is revived. :D. Mainly..you know she is going to survive. Like iheartizzie says..the episode title "Some Kind of Miracle"= dead giveaway.
But there is still 1 more death we have to get through. Ellis is a huge possibility, but that is expected. Shondra Rhimes is clearly doing the unexpected these days...
Also regarding last weeks captain contest...
I LOVE IT! Serioulsy you can just here Cristina Yang saying that.
February 19th, 2007 4:02 PM
i agree with everyone who thinks the show will suck w/o meredith.... it wouldnt be right at all.... but i think if they keep her alive there will be a catch (amnesia?? kinda like her mom?...i dont know just something a few of my friends and i thought of) Im really hoping for the best..
February 19th, 2007 5:22 PM
IT WOULD BE A GIANT MISTAKE TO KILL MEREDITH... NO ONE WOULD WATCH THE SHOW... ive already talked to a number of poeple who said they wouldnt keep watching it would make them soo mad. I agree. AS for killing off another main character i really hope its not any of the interns or main doctors... you can kill mcsteamy whatever he doesnt do it for me BUT YOU WILL RUIN THE SHOW IF YOU KILL OFF SOMEONE we are all so attached too... you cant do that to your audience im still mad about Denny so cut the crap! :)
February 19th, 2007 8:18 PM
I think Meredith will live because of Christina..and I think The Chief will die of a Heart Attack..
February 19th, 2007 8:22 PM
Oh, Shell. I so hope that your feeling is wrong. What a horrible thing to happen to this character that we love, at least many of us do. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, dying alone. I want him to get married this season, not die. I sure hope it is Ellis. I don't think I could bear to part with anyone else. In a way Chief said his goodbyes to Ellis in her last moments of awareness. It would be okay for her to die.
February 20th, 2007 8:43 AM
i don't think they would kill her because actually they didin't call it, usually they say the time of death and they move on but at the end they don't say anything even if the unthinkable is about to happen.. i think there's still hope maybe i want to believe there is.
i agree with pink mist, mcdreamy knows how to act, it was sooooo sweet...
February 20th, 2007 9:41 AM
BB - I don't want Burke to die - AT ALL. This might make any sense, but I'm not a fan of Isiaah Washington, but I adore Preston Burke. I would hate to think that Preston has to pay the price of IW's crude, thoughtless and homophobic remarks he's made on more than one occasion. I'm just very, very concerned that ABC leaned heavily on Shonda & Co to "get rid of the problem" and she negotiated a major, shocking twist to make them happy and to create inexplicable drama for her show. I hope, hope, hope I'm wrong.
The issue I have with Ellis dying is that it seems too predictable. Why all this hoopla (for lack of a better term) leading up to Thursday's show for a death that, while sad, won't have an enormous emotional impact on anyone (I'm talking about viewers here - I know Meredith will be devastated, despite the dysfunction of their relationship). I don't understand why Shonda would promise us that we'll be in for a rollercoaster of a ride only to fizzle out with a simple and obvious death. I honestly think she's going for the jugular and taking out a critical character. I don't think it will be Meredith, though I think our hearts will race until the last ticking seconds of the show. And, IW's future is tenuous at best considering his bitter mistakes of late.
Shonda blogs that she's worried about our girl, Meredith. Well, I'm worried about our boy, Preston.
February 20th, 2007 12:55 PM
mer makes it.....but develops ptsd amnesia.....
cristina goes beserk about the loss of recognition by
her best friend.....preston goes after her....something happens to preston in the process...who knows?..AM ON PINS AND NEEDLES
February 20th, 2007 4:25 PM
OMG! i absolutely FLIPPED when i saw meredith basically dead. i bet that she's going to be flatlined for a while and then magically (the miracle) come back to life after one last attempt. at least i hope...
i think that ellis is very likely to die. She's been going through many problems with her health, and it just seems like the logical answer.
February 20th, 2007 10:50 PM
Does anyone think it's kind of ironic about Meredith drowning? In the second season where she asks Derek what she was to him, if she was just the girl he screwed to get over being screwed, and he said she was like a breath of fresh air. It was like he was drowning and she saved him. I thought it was pretty ironic that now she is drowning and he saved her
February 21st, 2007 12:27 AM
I do think Meredith will make it- that would be a death wish for the show to kill off the main character of a hit drama. It would lose half its audience. I am thinking maybe it will be Callie/ George/ Izzie that bites the bullet. I think with them showing Izzie trashing Callie it will cause a huge fight, and then one of them dies leaving the others to feel horrible. I hope not though, George cant take much more. But then again, maybe thats it. Maybe Meredith being dead for the time being is too much and he kills himself. Or Denny is back to be reunited with Izzie..... I cant wait to see!
February 21st, 2007 12:00 PM
umm i def dont want meredith to die
acutally i dont want anyone to die
and i know it makes sense that Burke dies cause of everything going on but that would be very disapointing because his character is AMAZING.
February 21st, 2007 9:11 PM
There are so many rumors going around the internet it's enough to make your head spin. First of all Meredith is'nt going to die I have to much faith she will not. But I want Derek to be there when she comes to and I do'nt want her in a coma or suffer memory loss. Her and Derek have been through enough already let's leave them alone for a while a long while. Also why is people thinking Burke is going anywhere even though he had some issues and made some bad choices he is an equal asset to the show and Burktina is my second most favorite couple and I hope they work through their problems. As much as I would love for Kate's spin off to be a success I hate to lose any of this great cast. Im even coming around to liking Callie and Mark ever so slowly. But it took most of season 2 for me to like Addison because she caused problems for my beloved MerDer my #1 couple. What I would like to see a little ways down the road is a double wedding with MerDer & Burktina I think that would be to awesome right now both couples have alot to work out before anyone get's married. But that is just me and now that I've had my chances to vent we will just have to wait and see what the rest of the season has to bring.
February 22nd, 2007 12:10 AM
This week has been H_ _ _ for me. I 'm up all hours of the nite, and some part of everyday my mind goes into Grey's World. I cannot wait for tomorrow nite. I have to have Mer back. And I need Der to be there with her also. I really believe Cristina will save the day. I just Love their friendship/sisterly bonding SOoo Much. I do not believe Cristina will not fight to bring Mer back. Tonite I here about a spin off show from Grey's. I have mixed feeling about that. My feeling right now are, if it aint broke, don't fix it. A spin off of WHO? Everyone has an important roll to play right now. and I would like to see where some of the relationships are going. ( Do the words follow thru mean anything) I have said before this show is awesome and I expect it to go on for at least 10 yrs. I really want to see Mer and Der get married in a few yrs and have a baby. And I would love to see Cristina and burke Married and Cristina become the high profile Surgeon, that I know she can become. I would like to see Addison and Mark try and make a go of it, even for a short time.
A spin off in the middle of everything going great, I don't know about that. I just love the show SOoo much , that it is a little hard for me to except any kind of change that would effect the chemisrtry of the couples. Plus on top of everything else, for ALL of us Mer and Der fans we have been waiting patiently for pure romance,love,SEX and PASSION between these two. And not just one episode,but for quite a few. Well I going now, it's after 1:00am in the morning ,here in Phila. Those of you that are still up Have a good nite.
February 22nd, 2007 9:08 AM
This is my theory:
1.Meredith is revived (by Derek) after a final plea from Christina to "try one more time".
2.The pregnant woman will be the one to die, but then again it could be Ellis. Neither would make a huge impact. Maybe the little boy, Chris, who George found last week in surgery with Callie? George did promise the boy's mother that her son was ok just before she headed into surgery. I am pretty hopeful that all the main characters will be safe. Meredith could be in a coma which is a story line from my other favorite show, Desperate Housewives, so I hope they don't go with that one. Boring. And I hope she doesn't have amnesia, again, boring. I guess we'll all see, but not soon enough. Only 10 hrs and 52 mins!!
February 22nd, 2007 9:34 AM
Hi Shell, I'm glad that you are able to separate your feelings about Isaiah from your feelings about Burke. I wish more people could do that. I am on pins and needles worrying about this. I just wish that someone from Grey's would let us know if he is going to stay or go so all of this awful speculation would stop. Although people kind of blew the entire thing out of proportion, the bottom line would probably be if ABC really did have grounds for dismissing him and I don't believe they do.
I actually like Isaiah very much. I don't think he has any history of making homophobic comments or of being disrespectful to gay people. I really don't. Nothing came out from his past that would lead us to think this even after the incident in October and you can bet that the media was trying its best to find something. He made one comment spoken in anger, not to TR, and then used the word again trying to dispell the media attention by saying he wasn't calling TR that word back in October. I honestly don't understand why people would think by saying I didn't call a castmate that word, that it is the same thing as calling someone that word. It doesn't make sense to me. It was not the appropriate time to address it and clearly TR heard the original incident differently back in October, but there really is only one incident where Isaiah may have used that word in a derrogatory way. The other time he was defending himself.
Although I know we have been over this ground so many times in the past, in my honest opinion TR was as much at fault for the media circus as Isaiah. Actually more at fault. I will never know why he didn't just consider the circumstances when the word was used, if it was used, and address it right then and there rather than going to the media to make an example of his castmate.
I have nothing but respect for Isaiah and his attempts to make amends for this whole thing. So, I am worried for the actor as well as for the character. But, we can agree to disagree about the actor. Regardless, we are both in agreement that we should not lose the character of Burke because of this, provided the cast can make make up and continue to work together and it appears that they have and can from everything we have heard over the last couple of weeks. So, I am still hopeful that this will pass and that fans of the show will again be able to embrace the character of Burke because he really is a beautifully created and acted character regardless of how people feel about the actor personally. Thank you for that.
February 22nd, 2007 10:34 AM
hello, I just gotta say this is the best show EVER! I am from Norway so here on television they have'nt even started on season 3!!!! but I have seen the whole season 3 to now anyway because I found it on the internett. I have gone this whole week now worrying if Mer is going to die or not! I cried so much in that last episode, and I just really think that it would be so sad if she died. Now that finally she and Der have come back togeheter it would just be stupid to kill her.... And if she dies I would defently be so diapointet and sad, she and Der is my favorite couple and I love them so much! unfortunetly I know that the episode is shown in the U.S tonight, but I want get to see it before tomorow. :(
And that just makes me really upset, so I was wondering if anyone of you could write just what happens and if she dies or not! I'm sorry if you does'nt quite understand all that I have been writing, I'm only 14 and I'm not so good in english soo...
But G.A 4 ever (L) And Mer/Der (L)
February 22nd, 2007 11:38 AM
I think that Meredith will be ok. Hypothermia is sort of like a "refridgerator: for the body. I also think that although Shonda goes out on a limb with alot of her storylines, she is not a dumb woman. I think she knows that killing off Meredith would be "suicide" for the show.
I don't think Burke will bite the dust either. I agree with most people put there, I don't have much respect for Issiah Washington I do like Burke alot. He has shown Christina what it is like to be loved. I love those two together. I don't tink Christina fits with anyone else. He will allow her to become the great surgeon that she wants to be and "hire a wife" too!!!! (love that line she used).
I am pulling for Meredith. I love MerDer together. If this didn't work out, lots and lots of viewers would be disappointed enough to move on. I was one of those people who stopped watching ER when George Clooney and Julianna Margiolis left the show..........
Until tonight......
February 22nd, 2007 12:50 PM
I agree that killing off Meredith would be suicide for the show. One of the most interesting aspects of the show is the whole Meredith and Derek relationship.