while you were sleeping

Since I know that there are exactly two people who are anxiously awaiting my review of Grey's Anatomy (hi Stacy! hi Lori!)...and an undetermined number of people who simply clicked over to see if I'd updated...here ya go:

I was a little disoriented when I watched Grey's on Thursday. At first, I chalked it up to just being overly tired from another chaotic day in the land of lipgloss. In the middle, I blamed it on the cheap wine with the pretty label that gave me a headache after one glass (but the label IS really pretty). Toward the end, I wondered if the veggie dog that I had for lunch was making me woozy. Afterward, I thought that it was just alright...but that I'd watch it again to see if it was better the second time around.

So. I watched it again today. And still felt a little disoriented. How in the world did Derek & Rose become a couple when they've only kissed in one episode? Why can't I remember Lexie & George deciding to live together? Did McSteamy start shaving, or did he lose weight? So confused. When grappling with such profound questions, I find it helpful to turn to holy writings to find answers...and by holy, I mean the writer's blog.

Then, it all made sense. The character's lives didn't stop with the writer's strike. We just couldn't see what they were doing. Life at Seattle Grace was still happening. We didn't rewind...it's sort of like we just returned to regularly scheduled programming. A little awkward, but whatever.

Derek & Rose...seriously? I'll tolerate this little fling for a few episodes, but then I want Mer/Der back. George & Lexie...pleeeaaaassseeee don't make them a couple. Izzie...WHY is she talking like that overly-happy Sydney person? Yuck. Intestines in the hands....double yuck. Callie & Hahn....having them together actually makes me like them both more. Who knew?

Comments

[patty craft]

I knew that the show would run "as if" there'd be no break, but it WAS disorienting.
a) I much prefer Derek and Rose (gasp). And I was thrilled to see Meredith behaving like the intelligent doctor that she is there at the end. I'm so sick of all these smart women being portrayed as lovestruck gooses.
b) I can't stand George ... what a whiner. And I can hardly see him and Lexie as a couple. I like Lexie.
c) Izzie ... since the episode she laid on the bathroom floor I try to ignore her as much as possible. She irritates me.
d) There was a great deal of YUCK throughout. That piece of scalp hanging off the woman's head ... YUCK!
e) Callie and Hahn ... I'm neutral. But I love how Christina is becoming more vulnerable. It's a nice addition to her character.
f) I LOVE Bailey!
g) What IS different about McSteamy? I couldn't figure it out either but he definitely looks different.
h) And forgive me for even saying this, but Amy Madigan who plays Mer's therapist is not aging well. Remember her in Field of Dreams?

In the previews for next week, who said, "I'm pregnant."??

[gloria]

okay wait. did you catch the previews for next week?
it seems like hahn is gay.
i think it was because someone asked callie if they were a couple.
now i could be reading into that statement...
but then when hahn tells cristina that's why she can't mentor her...
maybe hahn likes cristina?
you know.
*like* likes her??

idk.
maybe it's the lack of coffee in my veins.

xoxo

[Barb N.]

I was waiting for this post, too!

While admire the idea that life at Seattle Grace didn't stop b/c of the strike, I could not stand the first episode back.

It was way too much medicine and way too little personal lives of my favorite interns.

[shannon]

I have mixed feelings about the episode. I'm getting really tired of the following:

Mer/Der. Either be or don't. This break up and sleep with others and get back together is bothersome and getting old.

George....I agree with Patty. He's a whiner. and he's annoying.

I don't like Lexie. Just don't give a crap.

McSteamy...thank God. I thought it was me. There is something different.

Izzie is my least favorite character. She's obsequious and also a whiner. Probably why she and George didn't work out.

I liked this episode overall.

[Lori]

Okay, veggie dog, seriously???? What's up with that? I think that might be what did it. I am not sure I am following that recap but thanks. I always look forward to it and I am so glad the show is back. I think it will take me a couple of Thursday to get in touch with what is going on again. Why do I need to watch the show when I have you? You rock the reviews and I didn't have to see intestines.

[patty craft]

I'm GLAD we're back to how these intelligent (or not so) folks are dealing with their jobs. I can only stand so much personal life stuff.

Hahn gay. That would indeed be an interesting story line.

Someone told me that the preview for next week was of Ava/Rebecca saying she's pregnant. PLEASE don't let it be Alex's. I'm so over that story line.

[stacy]

It took me awhile but I enjoyed this episode. At the beginning it was a little jarring but by the end you could kinda feel the rhythm coming back. I liked the balance of medical and personal. I think everyone is kinda finding there own groove. Funny about McSteamy, totally didn't recognize him at first. I actually like the stuff with Izzie. She was trying to be like the cool kids - all competitive - but thats not who Izzie is and she needs to figure out what kind of Doctor she is . I think we have lots of good stuff coming...