If Meredith and Derrick are not together the show has officially reached a low point. A show can only be so depressing. I appreciate trying to get the point that we can't really "have it ALL" across but it almost seems like Shonda has been burned or something a few too many times. I like to watch shows for entertainment and when I feel depressed week after week, what is the point! You need to have something that's happy to look forward to, and something people can watch to cheer up or be distracted from their stressful lives. Seriously Shonda - what happened to you? I know you don't want to be too predictable and need to keep us guessing, but guessing and just down are two very different things. I don't know how many people will be able to handle Meredith and Christina as emotional wrecks next year. I think you can have it "ALL" as long as your realistic about your "ALL" Don't be such a downer! Let someone be happy â€" Meredith has gone through enough. How much more can you do to her!! Drowning â€" her mother â€" her second mother â€" her Dad. Honestly â€" that is not possible. It is too unrealistic at this point â€" it's just pushing everything way too far! Give some hope to people who are "damaged" â€" the message is too negative for anyone these days!
hafsa Says:
May 19th, 2007 2:19 PM
Just listened to the podcasts and to tell you the truth i am more annoyed than relieved. The way those two women were talking is well.....
Kathy Says:
May 19th, 2007 2:22 PM
I am trying to believe that maybe we have seen the worst that can happen to these guys. Serioulsy, like everyone has siad, how much more sadness can Mer or anyone have. We know naturally there will still continue to be ups and downs with all of them but hopefully not so much of the heart wretching sadness we have experienced this last half of the season. As much as I love this show and the characters, the last half of the season honestly was too painful to rewatch like I've done time and time again with season 1 and 2. I tivo all the epsiodes and only watched the happy times with Mer and Der. There really were not many of them either. But those made me happy. I love the end of the finale when Derek pours his heart out to Meredith until she doesn't respond the way we all wanted her to and then my heart ached with sadness. Der looked so sad as we felt his pain. Great acting on his part! I love Patrick Dempsey. I do hope he gets an award this season for best actor. I think he has truly done so well with all that he has gone through with Mer this season. He is an actor that shows his feelings in his face and eyes and we all remember when Mer drowned how he broke our hearts with those tearful scenes. Anyway, he has my vote!
Kathy Says:
May 19th, 2007 2:32 PM
Another little bit of hope I found about Mer/Der!Yeah! ............He hasn't given up on Mer!!!
Thank goodness!!!!!!!
Shonda soooo need to get rid of Lexie Grey
That woman is only trouble for Mer
I Hate her already!!
CM Says:
May 19th, 2007 3:28 PM
HA! so in an effort to save the ratings for next season shonda is finally trying to explain all the horrible events of the finale...not that she needed to anyway since EVERYONE'S going to be watching the first epidsode come fall...
rayofsunshine Says:
May 19th, 2007 3:47 PM
What does she mean, everone is single again! Does that mean that Derek and Meredith are through? Personly iI don't mind cause they are soo wrong for each other, and it might be better this way, if everyone, except/Izzie/Geroge/Callie that is, has a clean slate.... We all need a clean slate from time to time....
Marissa Says:
May 19th, 2007 5:58 PM
IT SUCKS__GET BETTER WRITERS!
Get some literature grads, students--this is PFFT. I am not watching anymore--After all, I just want to see Patrick.
LD Says:
May 19th, 2007 6:04 PM
I'm not sure I'll be watching the first episode next season.
The characters are getting so far away from who they seemed to be; every week they say things contradictory to the week before.
This Alex & Rebecca crap - if he turns around and she's still at the hospital that's it for me. And Addison telling him to go for her? Wrong - Addison's always been the consummate professional with her patients and professional in her mentoring of Alex.
Also wrong - Meredith not giving Derek anything to go on when for the past few weeks she's been trying to make their relationship good.
Totally inconsistent.
It sucks, cause I totally love the production, editing, music, and performances. The storylines suck, though. The writers need to think about continuity of both plot and character.
Also timeline... one minute they are in the bar after work, then taking pregnant girl to emerg, then everyone in surgery and it's daytime... and exam results in less than 24 hours... stupid!
Tuning out...
Kay Says:
May 19th, 2007 6:11 PM
I hope Burke comes back for Cristina next season.
Tina Says:
May 19th, 2007 9:31 PM
THE most interesting relationship on Grey's Anatomy is between Burke and Christie. Besides the fact that these two are most excellent in these roles; this story line is one of the most positive relationships (between the African American male and Asian female) on television. We are learning so much about love and human relationships from them and it says so much about how love with commitment can overcome differences in anything from personal character poles apart to societal predispositions. This story line is the most intriguing and challenging to the mind....please don't let it end.....I've seen all of the other relationships in other works but this one was truly unique!
Kay Says:
May 19th, 2007 9:56 PM
I totally agree with Tina (above).
What Burke & Cristina have is very special. Please, please don't let it end. I watch the show for them, because they have a true relationship. Despite all of their differences, they still love each other. They're the best characters on the show, don't let their relationship end!!!
Says:
May 19th, 2007 10:49 PM
just when I thought it will be a happy ending for Christina and Burke, it has to end that way...on their wedding day. After Burke said his vows during the surgery thing. It's sad to see that maybe they're not really meant to be together. After a whole season of sticking up for each others, it ends up sad. MerDer just wont reach happpiness in their relationship. One is more into it... like it's his life, while the other one is acting like it's just a part of hers. They want to be together, but her issues were too much for her to handle. But oh well, waiting for season 4....
christian Says:
May 19th, 2007 11:06 PM
I REALLY LIKED SEASON FINALE, I THINK THAT EVEN IT WAS A LITTLE DEPRESSING AND SAD FINALE IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP US WATCHING THE SHOW, I LOVED THIS SEASON!! IT WAS SOO GREAT AND I THINK THAT GREYS ANATOMY REALLY SHOWS HOW HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS ARE, WE ALL KNOW A COUPLE LIKE BURKE AND CRISTINA OR MEREDITH AND DEREK.. I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON SEASON 4. I LOVE GREYS ANATOMY
jennifer Says:
May 19th, 2007 11:16 PM
Ummm, yeah that sucked! I was totally bummed by every aspect of the finale. There was not a glimmer of happiness or even hope anywhere. At least last year's finale was just one tragedy that brought everyone together. This year it was multiple upsets that fractured everyone. Not happy at all about the Liza Grey thing either - so not necessary. Seriously. We watch this show to be entertained not to get depressed - so let me help you out: put Meredith and Derick back together! and do what you may with the others - just throw up something stable and good - like how they used to be. We watched her evolve over these years and really do great work on herself just to have her crash and blow it all in one episode. It makes the viewer feel very slighted and betrayed - as if their prior investment in the characters didn't matter at all because one poorly written show could blow it all to shit anyways. I'm seriously considering not even bothering next season - you've done your viewers wrong! Darn you! Okay, I feel a little better...
Burke Better Be Back! Says:
May 20th, 2007 12:34 AM
Agreeing with Jennifer right now!! But I think Burke & Cristina should get back together as well. MerDer - make up your mind! Either be happy, or don't be together. Anyone else agree?
leigh Says:
May 20th, 2007 1:29 AM
I agree with Sue up there. Yeah, where did all the fun and humor go from GA? It has nothing but gloom n doom in the season 3. Why break up a great couple after all that they went thru together?
I m talking about Burktina. Cristina changed because she loved Burk, what was so terrible about that? She didn't become less of a surgeon, just softer n more caring? This show has become way too seriouse n unrealistic for me.
freaky Says:
May 20th, 2007 2:30 AM
the country i'm in has not shown the season finale but based on wat ive read from u guys comments, it sounds bad....everything seems to be tumbling down....on burktina sudden breakup..well, i guess that is to add spice to the show....but i really hope that they will get back together...where....burke will still hv feelings for yang and get back together somewhere in season 4....and the most impt thing is....NONE of the casts leaving the show..its bad enough that addison in leaving....hopefully...none others will...esp burke or george...coz it sounds soooo likely that either one of these 2 will leave...bad bad...
Debs Says:
May 20th, 2007 6:36 AM
I some of you think that Mer/Der are bad for each other. But i think bad dosen´t always mean bad. Bad somtimes mean GOOD. So with that in mind i really really hope their together in season 4. If not i´ll be heart broken.
hafsa Says:
May 20th, 2007 6:46 AM
MSN article on Greys-Could not have said it better!
"The Grey's we've known is over. So over"
The fourth season of "Grey's Anatomy" will probably begin with an ambiguously single, non-chief of surgery Derek Shepherd finding himself working in a hospital along with an attractive female intern named Grey who he met at a bar the previous evening.
Although the first season also began that way, this new Grey is not Meredith.
In one of the season finale's final scenes, George, having learned that he failed his medical exam, emptied his locker as five new interns walked in, ready to begin the first year on the job. One of them was the same woman who flirted with Derek the previous evening, and she revealed herself to be a character previously mentioned by name but never seen: Lexie Grey, Meredith's half sister.
While echoing the start of its first season, "Grey's Anatomy" will not be returning to where it began after covering a single calendar year in three television seasons. Instead, the show's third-season finale wrapped up existing stories â€" but in mostly unsatisfying, occasionally depressing, and sometimes illogical ways that will leave the show decidedly changed.
Its major developments all involved the characters rejecting one another, and will alter their lives, giving the interns â€" and viewers â€" little to look forward to for their next year.
The first string of rejections came as the result of an attempt to answer one major question: Which of the attending physicians would Chief of Surgery Richard Webber appoint to take his place?
First to be removed from consideration was Mark Sloan, who insisted he really wanted the job despite acting like an all-around jackass most of the time.
Next up was Addison, who had to be rejected not because that's what fit with her character, but so she could move to Los Angeles and star in ABC's new series "Private Practice." Richard conveniently set up her spin-off by telling her, "If you need a job to get your life, you either need a new job, or a new life."
Addison's new life airs Wednesdays at 9 this fall on ABC.
Burke was also turned down because, as Webber told him, "You let me down this year, Preston. ... I want to give you the job â€" I want to, but I can't." That left Derek, who was actually offered the job that brought him to Seattle in the first place. But he rejected himself. While that may show growth on his part, he didn't really offer an explanation as to why he suddenly no longer desired the job he's been desperately wanting.
Derek's decision also leaves Richard in an awkward position.
Having reconciled with his wife after she nearly died miscarrying their baby, he now is stuck with the job that essentially destroyed their marriage. "You take care of other people's families, and you sacrifice your own," he said at one point.
Seattle Grace without Richard Webber would not be the same, but he was quitting because he devoted too much of his life to work.
Now, he either needs to reject his wife and life again, or leave the hospital, which seems like an even unlikelier option.
In other rejection-related developments, some of them incomprehensible or out-of-character, Bailey lost the chief resident position to Callie, perhaps because Webber wanted to save Bailey, but still making little sense.
Alex rebuffed Ava, whose husband's appearance prompted her to realize she was ready for a new beginning. Alex had apparently moved on â€" or calloused himself as a result of her earlier rejection â€" as just a day or so before, he'd clearly fallen for her.
George failed his intern exam, maybe because he spent too much time hooking up with and pining for his roommates this year, at least when they weren't pining for him. Meanwhile, his wife, Callie, suddenly and bizarrely declared to George that she was hormonal and wanted to have a baby.
Because smart people know that babies fix bad marriages, George immediately did his part to help conceive a child. That left Callie to coldly but finally dismiss Izzie with 12 words: "I was named chief resident; plus, we decided to have a baby." That will probably have little effect on Izzie, who earlier refused to give up and told George, "I'm in love with you, George, and I hope you're in love with me, too."
He didn't acknowledge any reciprocal feelings, having apparently been convinced by one of "Grey's Anatomy"'s convenient, always amusing, and flawlessly constructed metaphors for a character's personal life masquerading as a medical problem.
A mountain climber with an axe in his skull "panicked," George said, and tried to climb down despite being attached to his fellow climbers. "You have every right to turn back if you're scared," George declared. Without thinking, Derek replied "No, you don't. You choose to climb a mountain, you can't change your mind in the middle of a climb."
Preston Burke, however, did exactly that. In fact, he changed his mind in the middle of his wedding. After months of pressing Cristina to get married, he finally realized that he was asking her to do something she didn't want to do; while she insisted otherwise, the wedding was off. "I know you don't want to come (down the aisle) but you'll come anyway because you love me. And if I loved you ... if I did, I wouldn't be up there waiting for you. I would be letting you go," he said, and then disappeared.
Calling off the wedding might have made sense, but leaving her entirely? Minutes earlier he was practicing his truly touching vows, leaving every person in the operating room in tears.
Apparently, he had time after that procedure to surgically remove his feelings for Cristina and deposit them in a biohazard waste container.
His departure and rejection of Cristina led her to have an ambiguous breakdown in front of Meredith. "He's gone," Cristina said, fighting to get out of her wedding dress. "I'm free. Dammit."
Derek, meanwhile, didn't want to be free of Meredith, but she seemed willing to reject him by not explicitly rejecting him. He told her, "I do love you, don't you see? ... You're the love of my life. I can't leave you. But you're constantly leaving me." He begged her, "If you're not in this, please, just end it. ... Put me out of my misery." Meredith responded in the moment by simply avoiding the topic, saying only that she had to go to the wedding.
Once there, after Burke changed his mind and called off the wedding, Meredith was left to deliver the news to the assembled guests. "It's over. You can all go home," she said. At once she was talking to the assembled guests and to Derek. "It's over. So over," she said.
So, she also seemed to be saying, is the "Grey's Anatomy" that we've known.
What I can't figure out is why Shonda thinks ruining all the relationships is a good idea. If she thinks she can erase the past 3 years and start fresh she is fooling herself. SHe can't do that. What does she think breaking up Mer/Der again will accomplish? Especially after she said she would not do that? ANd what happened to letting them grow as a couple? That lasted 9 episodes? How the heck do you explain that? She has gone nuts. SHe thinks she can justify anything and fans will go for it but it won't work for too many. She is going to be regretting it when the fans leave. And from what I can see, it is not going to be pretty!
I HOPE SHONDA WILL SEE THIS ARTICLE AND WAKES UP PRETTY FAST BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!! SOMEONE PLS SEND THIS ARTICLE TO SHONDA AND TEAM!
Kathy Says:
May 20th, 2007 8:26 AM
Here is the article from Televisionista on Grey's Finale.............
Saturday, May 19, 2007
"Grey's Anatomy" #3.25 "Didn't We Almost Have It All": Wedding Disaster
A fabulous 75-minute finale leaves happy-ending-hungry viewers foaming at their mouth, cursing Shonda Rhimes and declaring threats of abandoning the superior medical drama. "Grey's Anatomy" however dared to burn it all down to the ground, as it prepares to rebuild from scratch next year.
Over the course of the season, Christina (the impressive Sandra Oh) had morphed into a Burke woman, losing her own identity, trying to accommodate Preston. In the finale, as she stood eyebrowless, begging Bailey to let her cut, Christina was suffocating in her future self.
Ultimately, a romantic Preston who made Addison and other women at Seattle Grace swoon over his vows ("Dump Yang and marry me!) realizes the all dolled up Christina who had overcome her struggle within and was ready to walk down the aisle was not the Christina he had fallen in love with and he lets her go.
As Christina realizes Preston is gone, in a powerful moment of hysterical relief, fear and sadness she breaks down. Meredith helps Christina get out of her wedding gown, as she had helped Izzy remove her prom dress.
As for Meredith herself, she appears to be devastated by Christina's wedding disaster. A woman with poor family role models, she looks up to her best friend, but once the wedding is off, she believes "it's all over." Contrary to what some may think though, Derek has not given up on the love of his life.
George is taken aback by Izzy's profession of love and his own failure at exams. He also appears more vulnerable then ever before as he tells Bailey he can't repeat his internship and he has almost no word of advice for Derek's bar girl, who as we had anticipated, is indeed Lexie Grey.
Alex obviously has issues with his self-confidence as he gives a begging Ava no reason to stay. Thank heavens for the sharp Addison who opens his eyes (and tells him he sucks in the process). But will it be too late for him and the woman he shoved back into her old life?
Finally, we learned Derek was the chosen one, but he handed the Chief his job back. Will the Chief look for somebody else or will he remain in his position? If so, how will that bode with his new-found spark with wife Adele?
The season finale of "Grey's Anatomy" may have been a depressing affair, but it was also a powerful one, an episode that set the stage for an entirely different season four that may or may not include Preston and George.
This is TELEVISIONISTA
HoldTheElevator Says:
May 20th, 2007 8:27 AM
As long as the new interns are not the center of everything, I will be somewhat okay. And I will be even more somewhat okay if Derek and Meredith get back together!
Kathy Says:
May 20th, 2007 8:29 AM
I saw the clip from Regis & Kelly where "Mark Sloan" was on last Thursday. He implied in season 4 that Mark and Derek would be working out their differences with each other. I'm glad of that.
Kathy Says:
May 20th, 2007 8:31 AM
The comment from the "Televisionista" has restored some faith that Mer and Der will eventually be ok....what does everyone else think?
Andrea Says:
May 20th, 2007 9:45 AM
I did not like season 3. I just wanted Meredith and Derek to be functional, at least. And I don't want it to be such a soap opera that they have to pull in Lexie in order to make a bigger fiasco. I realize that maybe they were running out of relationship combinations...but that is when you end the TV series on a good note, not ruin everything and start a fourth season of an entirely different show that has the same name.
May 19th, 2007 2:05 PM
If Meredith and Derrick are not together the show has officially reached a low point. A show can only be so depressing. I appreciate trying to get the point that we can't really "have it ALL" across but it almost seems like Shonda has been burned or something a few too many times. I like to watch shows for entertainment and when I feel depressed week after week, what is the point! You need to have something that's happy to look forward to, and something people can watch to cheer up or be distracted from their stressful lives. Seriously Shonda - what happened to you? I know you don't want to be too predictable and need to keep us guessing, but guessing and just down are two very different things. I don't know how many people will be able to handle Meredith and Christina as emotional wrecks next year. I think you can have it "ALL" as long as your realistic about your "ALL" Don't be such a downer! Let someone be happy â€" Meredith has gone through enough. How much more can you do to her!! Drowning â€" her mother â€" her second mother â€" her Dad. Honestly â€" that is not possible. It is too unrealistic at this point â€" it's just pushing everything way too far! Give some hope to people who are "damaged" â€" the message is too negative for anyone these days!
May 19th, 2007 2:19 PM
Just listened to the podcasts and to tell you the truth i am more annoyed than relieved. The way those two women were talking is well.....
May 19th, 2007 2:22 PM
I am trying to believe that maybe we have seen the worst that can happen to these guys. Serioulsy, like everyone has siad, how much more sadness can Mer or anyone have. We know naturally there will still continue to be ups and downs with all of them but hopefully not so much of the heart wretching sadness we have experienced this last half of the season. As much as I love this show and the characters, the last half of the season honestly was too painful to rewatch like I've done time and time again with season 1 and 2. I tivo all the epsiodes and only watched the happy times with Mer and Der. There really were not many of them either. But those made me happy. I love the end of the finale when Derek pours his heart out to Meredith until she doesn't respond the way we all wanted her to and then my heart ached with sadness. Der looked so sad as we felt his pain. Great acting on his part! I love Patrick Dempsey. I do hope he gets an award this season for best actor. I think he has truly done so well with all that he has gone through with Mer this season. He is an actor that shows his feelings in his face and eyes and we all remember when Mer drowned how he broke our hearts with those tearful scenes. Anyway, he has my vote!
May 19th, 2007 2:32 PM
Another little bit of hope I found about Mer/Der!Yeah! ............He hasn't given up on Mer!!!
Thank goodness!!!!!!!
I'm feeling better about this situation!!!!
http://televisionista.blogspot.com/2007/05/greys-anatomy-325-didnt-we-almost-have.html
May 19th, 2007 3:11 PM
Shonda soooo need to get rid of Lexie Grey
That woman is only trouble for Mer
I Hate her already!!
May 19th, 2007 3:28 PM
HA! so in an effort to save the ratings for next season shonda is finally trying to explain all the horrible events of the finale...not that she needed to anyway since EVERYONE'S going to be watching the first epidsode come fall...
May 19th, 2007 3:47 PM
What does she mean, everone is single again! Does that mean that Derek and Meredith are through? Personly iI don't mind cause they are soo wrong for each other, and it might be better this way, if everyone, except/Izzie/Geroge/Callie that is, has a clean slate.... We all need a clean slate from time to time....
May 19th, 2007 5:58 PM
IT SUCKS__GET BETTER WRITERS!
Get some literature grads, students--this is PFFT. I am not watching anymore--After all, I just want to see Patrick.
May 19th, 2007 6:04 PM
I'm not sure I'll be watching the first episode next season.
The characters are getting so far away from who they seemed to be; every week they say things contradictory to the week before.
This Alex & Rebecca crap - if he turns around and she's still at the hospital that's it for me. And Addison telling him to go for her? Wrong - Addison's always been the consummate professional with her patients and professional in her mentoring of Alex.
Also wrong - Meredith not giving Derek anything to go on when for the past few weeks she's been trying to make their relationship good.
Totally inconsistent.
It sucks, cause I totally love the production, editing, music, and performances. The storylines suck, though. The writers need to think about continuity of both plot and character.
Also timeline... one minute they are in the bar after work, then taking pregnant girl to emerg, then everyone in surgery and it's daytime... and exam results in less than 24 hours... stupid!
Tuning out...
May 19th, 2007 6:11 PM
I hope Burke comes back for Cristina next season.
May 19th, 2007 9:31 PM
THE most interesting relationship on Grey's Anatomy is between Burke and Christie. Besides the fact that these two are most excellent in these roles; this story line is one of the most positive relationships (between the African American male and Asian female) on television. We are learning so much about love and human relationships from them and it says so much about how love with commitment can overcome differences in anything from personal character poles apart to societal predispositions. This story line is the most intriguing and challenging to the mind....please don't let it end.....I've seen all of the other relationships in other works but this one was truly unique!
May 19th, 2007 9:56 PM
I totally agree with Tina (above).
What Burke & Cristina have is very special. Please, please don't let it end. I watch the show for them, because they have a true relationship. Despite all of their differences, they still love each other. They're the best characters on the show, don't let their relationship end!!!
May 19th, 2007 10:49 PM
just when I thought it will be a happy ending for Christina and Burke, it has to end that way...on their wedding day. After Burke said his vows during the surgery thing. It's sad to see that maybe they're not really meant to be together. After a whole season of sticking up for each others, it ends up sad. MerDer just wont reach happpiness in their relationship. One is more into it... like it's his life, while the other one is acting like it's just a part of hers. They want to be together, but her issues were too much for her to handle. But oh well, waiting for season 4....
May 19th, 2007 11:06 PM
I REALLY LIKED SEASON FINALE, I THINK THAT EVEN IT WAS A LITTLE DEPRESSING AND SAD FINALE IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP US WATCHING THE SHOW, I LOVED THIS SEASON!! IT WAS SOO GREAT AND I THINK THAT GREYS ANATOMY REALLY SHOWS HOW HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS ARE, WE ALL KNOW A COUPLE LIKE BURKE AND CRISTINA OR MEREDITH AND DEREK.. I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON SEASON 4. I LOVE GREYS ANATOMY
May 19th, 2007 11:16 PM
Ummm, yeah that sucked! I was totally bummed by every aspect of the finale. There was not a glimmer of happiness or even hope anywhere. At least last year's finale was just one tragedy that brought everyone together. This year it was multiple upsets that fractured everyone. Not happy at all about the Liza Grey thing either - so not necessary. Seriously. We watch this show to be entertained not to get depressed - so let me help you out: put Meredith and Derick back together! and do what you may with the others - just throw up something stable and good - like how they used to be. We watched her evolve over these years and really do great work on herself just to have her crash and blow it all in one episode. It makes the viewer feel very slighted and betrayed - as if their prior investment in the characters didn't matter at all because one poorly written show could blow it all to shit anyways. I'm seriously considering not even bothering next season - you've done your viewers wrong! Darn you! Okay, I feel a little better...
May 20th, 2007 12:34 AM
Agreeing with Jennifer right now!! But I think Burke & Cristina should get back together as well. MerDer - make up your mind! Either be happy, or don't be together. Anyone else agree?
May 20th, 2007 1:29 AM
I agree with Sue up there. Yeah, where did all the fun and humor go from GA? It has nothing but gloom n doom in the season 3. Why break up a great couple after all that they went thru together?
I m talking about Burktina. Cristina changed because she loved Burk, what was so terrible about that? She didn't become less of a surgeon, just softer n more caring? This show has become way too seriouse n unrealistic for me.
May 20th, 2007 2:30 AM
the country i'm in has not shown the season finale but based on wat ive read from u guys comments, it sounds bad....everything seems to be tumbling down....on burktina sudden breakup..well, i guess that is to add spice to the show....but i really hope that they will get back together...where....burke will still hv feelings for yang and get back together somewhere in season 4....and the most impt thing is....NONE of the casts leaving the show..its bad enough that addison in leaving....hopefully...none others will...esp burke or george...coz it sounds soooo likely that either one of these 2 will leave...bad bad...
May 20th, 2007 6:36 AM
I some of you think that Mer/Der are bad for each other. But i think bad dosen´t always mean bad. Bad somtimes mean GOOD. So with that in mind i really really hope their together in season 4. If not i´ll be heart broken.
May 20th, 2007 6:46 AM
MSN article on Greys-Could not have said it better!
"The Grey's we've known is over. So over"
The fourth season of "Grey's Anatomy" will probably begin with an ambiguously single, non-chief of surgery Derek Shepherd finding himself working in a hospital along with an attractive female intern named Grey who he met at a bar the previous evening.
Although the first season also began that way, this new Grey is not Meredith.
In one of the season finale's final scenes, George, having learned that he failed his medical exam, emptied his locker as five new interns walked in, ready to begin the first year on the job. One of them was the same woman who flirted with Derek the previous evening, and she revealed herself to be a character previously mentioned by name but never seen: Lexie Grey, Meredith's half sister.
While echoing the start of its first season, "Grey's Anatomy" will not be returning to where it began after covering a single calendar year in three television seasons. Instead, the show's third-season finale wrapped up existing stories â€" but in mostly unsatisfying, occasionally depressing, and sometimes illogical ways that will leave the show decidedly changed.
Its major developments all involved the characters rejecting one another, and will alter their lives, giving the interns â€" and viewers â€" little to look forward to for their next year.
The first string of rejections came as the result of an attempt to answer one major question: Which of the attending physicians would Chief of Surgery Richard Webber appoint to take his place?
First to be removed from consideration was Mark Sloan, who insisted he really wanted the job despite acting like an all-around jackass most of the time.
Next up was Addison, who had to be rejected not because that's what fit with her character, but so she could move to Los Angeles and star in ABC's new series "Private Practice." Richard conveniently set up her spin-off by telling her, "If you need a job to get your life, you either need a new job, or a new life."
Addison's new life airs Wednesdays at 9 this fall on ABC.
Burke was also turned down because, as Webber told him, "You let me down this year, Preston. ... I want to give you the job â€" I want to, but I can't." That left Derek, who was actually offered the job that brought him to Seattle in the first place. But he rejected himself. While that may show growth on his part, he didn't really offer an explanation as to why he suddenly no longer desired the job he's been desperately wanting.
Derek's decision also leaves Richard in an awkward position.
Having reconciled with his wife after she nearly died miscarrying their baby, he now is stuck with the job that essentially destroyed their marriage. "You take care of other people's families, and you sacrifice your own," he said at one point.
Seattle Grace without Richard Webber would not be the same, but he was quitting because he devoted too much of his life to work.
Now, he either needs to reject his wife and life again, or leave the hospital, which seems like an even unlikelier option.
In other rejection-related developments, some of them incomprehensible or out-of-character, Bailey lost the chief resident position to Callie, perhaps because Webber wanted to save Bailey, but still making little sense.
Alex rebuffed Ava, whose husband's appearance prompted her to realize she was ready for a new beginning. Alex had apparently moved on â€" or calloused himself as a result of her earlier rejection â€" as just a day or so before, he'd clearly fallen for her.
George failed his intern exam, maybe because he spent too much time hooking up with and pining for his roommates this year, at least when they weren't pining for him. Meanwhile, his wife, Callie, suddenly and bizarrely declared to George that she was hormonal and wanted to have a baby.
Because smart people know that babies fix bad marriages, George immediately did his part to help conceive a child. That left Callie to coldly but finally dismiss Izzie with 12 words: "I was named chief resident; plus, we decided to have a baby." That will probably have little effect on Izzie, who earlier refused to give up and told George, "I'm in love with you, George, and I hope you're in love with me, too."
He didn't acknowledge any reciprocal feelings, having apparently been convinced by one of "Grey's Anatomy"'s convenient, always amusing, and flawlessly constructed metaphors for a character's personal life masquerading as a medical problem.
A mountain climber with an axe in his skull "panicked," George said, and tried to climb down despite being attached to his fellow climbers. "You have every right to turn back if you're scared," George declared. Without thinking, Derek replied "No, you don't. You choose to climb a mountain, you can't change your mind in the middle of a climb."
Preston Burke, however, did exactly that. In fact, he changed his mind in the middle of his wedding. After months of pressing Cristina to get married, he finally realized that he was asking her to do something she didn't want to do; while she insisted otherwise, the wedding was off. "I know you don't want to come (down the aisle) but you'll come anyway because you love me. And if I loved you ... if I did, I wouldn't be up there waiting for you. I would be letting you go," he said, and then disappeared.
Calling off the wedding might have made sense, but leaving her entirely? Minutes earlier he was practicing his truly touching vows, leaving every person in the operating room in tears.
Apparently, he had time after that procedure to surgically remove his feelings for Cristina and deposit them in a biohazard waste container.
His departure and rejection of Cristina led her to have an ambiguous breakdown in front of Meredith. "He's gone," Cristina said, fighting to get out of her wedding dress. "I'm free. Dammit."
Derek, meanwhile, didn't want to be free of Meredith, but she seemed willing to reject him by not explicitly rejecting him. He told her, "I do love you, don't you see? ... You're the love of my life. I can't leave you. But you're constantly leaving me." He begged her, "If you're not in this, please, just end it. ... Put me out of my misery." Meredith responded in the moment by simply avoiding the topic, saying only that she had to go to the wedding.
Once there, after Burke changed his mind and called off the wedding, Meredith was left to deliver the news to the assembled guests. "It's over. You can all go home," she said. At once she was talking to the assembled guests and to Derek. "It's over. So over," she said.
So, she also seemed to be saying, is the "Grey's Anatomy" that we've known.
What I can't figure out is why Shonda thinks ruining all the relationships is a good idea. If she thinks she can erase the past 3 years and start fresh she is fooling herself. SHe can't do that. What does she think breaking up Mer/Der again will accomplish? Especially after she said she would not do that? ANd what happened to letting them grow as a couple? That lasted 9 episodes? How the heck do you explain that? She has gone nuts. SHe thinks she can justify anything and fans will go for it but it won't work for too many. She is going to be regretting it when the fans leave. And from what I can see, it is not going to be pretty!
I HOPE SHONDA WILL SEE THIS ARTICLE AND WAKES UP PRETTY FAST BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!! SOMEONE PLS SEND THIS ARTICLE TO SHONDA AND TEAM!
May 20th, 2007 8:26 AM
Here is the article from Televisionista on Grey's Finale.............
Saturday, May 19, 2007
"Grey's Anatomy" #3.25 "Didn't We Almost Have It All": Wedding Disaster
A fabulous 75-minute finale leaves happy-ending-hungry viewers foaming at their mouth, cursing Shonda Rhimes and declaring threats of abandoning the superior medical drama. "Grey's Anatomy" however dared to burn it all down to the ground, as it prepares to rebuild from scratch next year.
Over the course of the season, Christina (the impressive Sandra Oh) had morphed into a Burke woman, losing her own identity, trying to accommodate Preston. In the finale, as she stood eyebrowless, begging Bailey to let her cut, Christina was suffocating in her future self.
Ultimately, a romantic Preston who made Addison and other women at Seattle Grace swoon over his vows ("Dump Yang and marry me!) realizes the all dolled up Christina who had overcome her struggle within and was ready to walk down the aisle was not the Christina he had fallen in love with and he lets her go.
As Christina realizes Preston is gone, in a powerful moment of hysterical relief, fear and sadness she breaks down. Meredith helps Christina get out of her wedding gown, as she had helped Izzy remove her prom dress.
As for Meredith herself, she appears to be devastated by Christina's wedding disaster. A woman with poor family role models, she looks up to her best friend, but once the wedding is off, she believes "it's all over." Contrary to what some may think though, Derek has not given up on the love of his life.
George is taken aback by Izzy's profession of love and his own failure at exams. He also appears more vulnerable then ever before as he tells Bailey he can't repeat his internship and he has almost no word of advice for Derek's bar girl, who as we had anticipated, is indeed Lexie Grey.
Alex obviously has issues with his self-confidence as he gives a begging Ava no reason to stay. Thank heavens for the sharp Addison who opens his eyes (and tells him he sucks in the process). But will it be too late for him and the woman he shoved back into her old life?
Finally, we learned Derek was the chosen one, but he handed the Chief his job back. Will the Chief look for somebody else or will he remain in his position? If so, how will that bode with his new-found spark with wife Adele?
The season finale of "Grey's Anatomy" may have been a depressing affair, but it was also a powerful one, an episode that set the stage for an entirely different season four that may or may not include Preston and George.
This is TELEVISIONISTA
May 20th, 2007 8:27 AM
As long as the new interns are not the center of everything, I will be somewhat okay. And I will be even more somewhat okay if Derek and Meredith get back together!
May 20th, 2007 8:29 AM
I saw the clip from Regis & Kelly where "Mark Sloan" was on last Thursday. He implied in season 4 that Mark and Derek would be working out their differences with each other. I'm glad of that.
May 20th, 2007 8:31 AM
The comment from the "Televisionista" has restored some faith that Mer and Der will eventually be ok....what does everyone else think?
May 20th, 2007 9:45 AM
I did not like season 3. I just wanted Meredith and Derek to be functional, at least. And I don't want it to be such a soap opera that they have to pull in Lexie in order to make a bigger fiasco. I realize that maybe they were running out of relationship combinations...but that is when you end the TV series on a good note, not ruin everything and start a fourth season of an entirely different show that has the same name.