Grey's Anatomy Insider is happy to announce the return of the Round Table!
While fans gather in our forum to discuss each character and story line, our staff members will come together each Friday to analyze key moments, developments and thoughts from each Grey's Anatomy episode.
Topics for "A Change is Gonna Come" range from Ms. Lexie Grey to Alex's new look, to some of the night's dramatic rescues and what we felt was missing ...
1. Should Derek be Mark's friend?
McCritic: Yes. Mark knows how to reattach body parts. Maybe he could show Derek how to grow some ... you know.
iheartizzie: Hells no. Homeboy slept with Addison and tried to get Meredith in the sack. Don't buy the "it's just Mark" defense. Guy is bad news. Sexy, though.
AndYouveGotTheHair: Ideally, no, but with Burke and Addison gone and Meredith a little spacey at times, he's gotta hang with someone. I really miss Burke.
2. He said "I love you, too," but do George and Izzie stand a chance?
iheartizzie: Regardless of how you feel about O'Mizzie as a couple, their cover hasn't been blown yet. The surely negative backlash they face is going to put an entirely different spin on things, I believe.
AndYouveGotTheHair: I know I'm in the minority, but I don't despise these two as a couple. There is good chemistry there, great acting on behalf of both Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight. Sure, George is married and Callie hasn't done anything to deserve this, but you can't control who you fall for. George clearly wants to do the right thing... he just doesn't know what that is, it seems.
McCritic: Not if there's a God in heaven. Or a writer with a quarter of a brain.
3. Save of the Day: Derek / Cristina with the spinal cord patient, Izzie with the deer, or Lexie with George's psyche?
AndYouveGotTheHair: You have to hand it to the new Ms. Grey on this one. Without going over the line with someone she doesn't even know, she got George to stop whining in a way that really was kind of awesome.
McCritic: Lexie. It's nice to see one Grey sister can worry about more than just herself. (Note to Meredith lovers: BRING IT!)
iheartizzie: Gotta go with Isobel. While it was the least remarkable in terms of skill (how much research does it take to deliver a massive electric shock), that deer was the cutest of the creatures needing saving. George has nothing on a real-life Bambi. Also, how great was Izzie's reaction when it worked?
4. Alex's facial hair: Yay or Nay?
McCritic: A stronger "Nay" than the answer a horse gives when asked if he wants to visit the glue factory.
iheartizzie: Eh?
AndYouveGotTheHair: Yay!
5. What was your least favorite part of the premiere?
AndYouveGotTheHair: The way Lexie chose to drop the latest bomb on Mer. In the middle of a medical crisis! As if anyone would be so self-absorbed as to do that. Then again, her surname is Grey ...
McCritic: The status of the Chief and his relationship with Adele. Didn't he realize last season he needed to dedicate himself to his marriage? Didn't these two make up during the best moment of the season finale? Wasn't there a drawn-out story line focused on his replacement?
iheartizzie: The episode's title. Instead of "A Change is Gonna Come," they missed a great opportunity to go with "Change is Gonna Come... Out of That Dude's Abdomen!" Come on, Shonda. There was, what, $2.35 in there?
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September 28th, 2007 11:30 AM
I am totally stumped on the status of Chief's marriage too!
And can I say congratulations and thank you to whoever writes the episode guides, they ate OUTSTANDING--much better than the ones on the ABC site!
September 28th, 2007 11:44 AM
Shonda, you rock. I am just in awe of your creativity. I liked the season premier; the writing is still outstanding..excellent work, you rock, girl, you rock!!
September 28th, 2007 12:11 PM
Reading all the comments on different boards, I definitely don't think the Gizzie fans are in the minority anymore. There is a little poll asking people which couple they want to make it and Gizzie is coming second with a lot of votes, and you can only vote once.
There is also a lot of sites dedicated to them now.
The Gizzie fanbase is on the rise and not stopping soon.
I think things will be very rough for them, but that is what will detrmine how solid their love is, and I think in the end, they will survive.
It depends on whether Shonda lets herself influenced by the haters, which would be a shame because first of all, it is her show, and second many people are rooting for Gizzie, but if she doesn't, I believe we will see them emerge together, but it might take all season for that.
This triangle is not going anywhere.
September 28th, 2007 12:17 PM
Not sure Gizzie fans are such the minority, everyone I know offline is crazy about these two together and I am seeing more and mroe fans on the Net every day.
The haters are just more vocal that is all.
September 28th, 2007 12:20 PM
I liked the episode, loved the deer thing, so Izzie, I loved her for saving bambi. And that deer living was like a symbol of george and Izzie surviving. That gave me so much hope.
The i love you moment was the best moment of the night for me.
I agree there are not more haters than fans and that they just scream louder.
On another board, I saw someone say she had been a Gizzie fan since day 1 but she was scared of being insulted by the haters and had not admitted her love for them before, but now she wanted to.
I wonder how many people are really fans but not speaking up because of this, because most people that I know who watch the show don't post on the Internet and they love George and Izzie very much.
So I have difficulty believing the Internet and the offline fans would feel so differently about this couple.
September 28th, 2007 12:26 PM
I post on a site called fanforum and the george and Izzie fan thread there is the biggest in terms of post and the second biggest in terms of fans (behind Meredith and Derek). There are about 230 George and Izzie fans posting there and we have almost finished 51 threads on them.
I also post on the George O'Malley and Izzie Stevens's Livejournal community and there are 424 George and Izzie fans on there. It is the biggest couple community for Grey on that site.
There are also sites dedicated to them.
I think the misconception about the george and Izzie fans being the minority comes from the fact we usually are not that vocal (well, or we weren't, until lies came up about us not existing) and because we stayed mostly in places dedicated to George and Izzie. That is because some of the haters can be quite scary. I had some threatening physical violence on me and other Gizzie fans, which is just plain nuts!
The haters are always the loudest, that doesn't mean they are the majority.
September 28th, 2007 12:39 PM
I love george and Izzie, they are the best thing on the show for me, so I truly hope Shonda gives them a chance. Becaue without them, I don't see myself watching thta much.
September 28th, 2007 1:19 PM
Damn Derek just loves her so much :) I loved the end of the episode! MerDer, Gizzie and such a lovely music!
September 28th, 2007 1:54 PM
My favorite couple is still Derek and Meredith; they obviously still have feelings for each other. And I know Meredith has had a lot on her plate but I hope the "old Meredith" comes back.. I did not like who she turned into last season.
George and Izzy are okay together.. better than George and Callie.. but I really feel bad for Callie. She also shouldn't have gotten the Chief Resident job, Bailey should have! Even if he did it for her in the long-run!
And gosh I hope Derek and Sloan become friends again!!!
September 28th, 2007 1:57 PM
P.S. I forgot about Christina! I LOVE the fact that she has a heart so far this season. Last night she was a mix of cold to the interns and hot about her patient living for his family... I feel badly for her.