Creative Conundrum--very nice post!
Angie--I was wondering the same thing about why they didn't page or call each other on their cells--obviously it wouldn't have had the romantic impact! I have always loved Alex & Izzie together too and will be happy to see them as a real couple if it goes that way. JC was just incredible with Alex's scenes last night.
I think we all knew we would get this kind of MerDer reunion by series' end, but getting it this season was a stroke of luck thanks to the writers' strike. I am really disappointed with Shonda's writers' blog (part one). I wish she could just be honest with her fans--saying she planned out this finale right down to the candles in the field, immediately following the season 3 finale, is such a crock. As we all read in the well-known interview posted here on Insider, Shonda was quoted as saying she did not originally plan to get MerDer together this season, but after watching all three seasons during the writers' strike she "realized" they needed to be together. Well, as Ellen Pompeo said in her recent interview, "this is Hollywood and people don't admit to making mistakes in Hollywood."
