Not only does it look more and more as if the Hollywood writers' strike may cap Season Four of Grey's Anatomy at only 11 episodes, but leading man Patrick Dempsey now says the relationship that has kept viewers on the edge of their seats for three years may have finally reached its expiration date.
Patrick Dempsey tells TV Guide:
"The next couple of episodes are going to be completely different with what happens with Meredith and Derek... I'm looking forward to that change and that movement."
Dempsey, who was interviewed by TV Guide exclusively while he promoted his new movie, Enchanted, in Los Angeles November 4, says he is ready for his character, Dr. Derek Shepherd, to move on â" potentially to the new character (reportedly to be played by Lauren Stamile) set to be brought in as his love interest.
"I just want the characters to continue to grow, and to work things out realistically," Patrick Dempsey said. "Derek and Meredith's relationship has gone as far as it can go. I don't think it's going to go unless she commits to marrying him or goes into therapy and starts working on herself. We'll have a cliffhanger with this last show and there will be a resolve that seems to be permanent."
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November 6th, 2007 10:36 AM
This is terrible...I am making a petition to keep them together! Please sign
http://www.petitionspot.com/signature/merderforever
It may not help but it can't hurt!
November 6th, 2007 10:37 AM
This doesn't even make me angry anymore. I'm ready to move on too...from this show.
November 6th, 2007 10:49 AM
May i ask something? What exactly will be the effects of the writers' strike? For example there will be broadcasted only 11 episodes from season 4? Like having a mini-season? What will be the long term consequences for the show? Is there any chance to compromise? I'm from Greece and i can't be fully informed, so please tell me!
Now, as far as Mer/Der is concered, i believe that we're gonna see them together again and happy in the last season of the show! The "Ross/Rachel form" has already worked once. This is the worst possible scenario for these two but i think that we should have faith and be patient! But the writers should also be careful because the continuous love triangles and complexions gonna ruin the whole show...
Thank you in advance!
November 6th, 2007 10:51 AM
oh my god could he have said it any plainer? It's dead. Even he is sick of it. Well that's it for me aswell. Bye bye Grey's. They were the only reason i watched. After the drivel that was last season i honestly thought that this would be better. I'm gone now. Bye bye
November 6th, 2007 10:58 AM
There is really no point in saying anything anymore... so i am not going to even waste my time.
November 6th, 2007 11:11 AM
Well, what more can I say than: I hook up with you. sad, but, I'm not willing to watch such rubbish anymore... that's a real waste of time
November 6th, 2007 11:31 AM
ok everybody, lets really think about this...I'm still trying soooooo hard to be optimistic here!
Now, Patrick didn't say they were going to split up, he just said that he wanted to see them work through things realistically and for their characters to grow and the only way that would happen was if Meredith went to a therapist for her issues or told Derek she would marry him.
He just thinks (as we all do) that something needs to happen with the growth of these characters. They are at a stand still and there is nowhere else for them to go together if Meredith don't commit to marry him or at least get the help she needs.
So, I guess he was just telling us that it comes down to either she commits or she doesn't and that will be how the 11th episode will leave us until next season!
So basically, we the viewers (diehard Mer/Der fans) will be on the edge of our seats through the next few episodes to see what Shonda has decided to do with this couple! I truly can't believe she would break them up after ALL that they have been through together! If she does, I'll never understand why she couldn't have at least one stable couple on this show.
As optimistic as I have tried so hard to be, I thought to myself, why would Patrick even make those comments unless either they are breaking up or was it just to make us viewers that much more intrigued to what happens to this couple. I don't know..... but, I really don't think I can watch either one of these characters with someone else after all the HOPE we have put into them! And Shonda in her podcasts has been so positive about them as a couple...I just don't understand where she is going with this. SO, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. What do you guys think? Do you see where I'm coming from?
November 6th, 2007 11:37 AM
I don't know what the strike will do on the long term to this show, and I don't want to wait. I want MerDer together right now!!!
November 6th, 2007 11:47 AM
Patrick said in an interview weeks ago he wants Derek and Meredith together. Now he said he is ready to move on ............
I agree with kathy - I think they did not splitt!
So many fans are in love with them, I don't think Shonda will ruin her show!
November 6th, 2007 11:53 AM
Optimistic?Optimistic? how in god's name can we be optimistic? For three years we've been waitin for this couple to get together fully. Damn them and their chemistry. They're the only believable couple on TV ever. For writers to mess with that sheer beauty is a disgrace to both Dempsey and Pompeo and their ability. If one more goddamn person compares them to ross and rachel from friends i'll go crazy. They have so much more depth than that. This is unreal. At this stage i think that the writers of this show actually WANT it to go down drain.