GREYS ANATOMY - Superstition

Meredith: I got hot chocolated. The She-Shepherd hot-chocolated me. It's her juju.
Cristina: I don't like people who say juju.

We're looking up a little...maybe? Did I convince you? If I did, that's impressive because I didn't convince myself. I always start with the bad first, why? Because well, I don't really care about being positive with Grey's anymore. The only thing I save on my TiVo is Grey's and Veronica and Alias, and since Alias is coming back, the reality is, a whole bunch of Grey's is about to get erased. My main issue with this episode is the complete lack of realism. I know that realism and ratings don't go hand in hand and that getting it right isn't what its all about, but that isn't exactly what I'm talking about in this case. Grey's week to week format pretty much goes like this: Theme of the week based on what the characters are going through/dealing with, and the medical cases are selected to mirror the "lesson" or "moral" that week. Its an interesting way to do it, and its working, so great, and most times its subtle enough where you have to think about it to get how they're all related, but the whole Superstition thing was out of control. The medical cases were fine, but every single person in the hosiptal all of a sudden being superstitious is ridiculous. I mean come on. It was just all crammed together and I felt like it was an episode on steroids. Anyway, it was really the first episode that I had a problem with the self contained episode and not the major plot line. I just didn't appreciate it. Now, for the serial plot.
Things were looking up I thought. Okay, I'm going to do the same thing I've done with my comment to Grey Matter and then comment on that, which I think is fairly effective.


Ok, I have character beef, which is good, it means it was a GOOD episode. Scratch that, GREAT episode...yay! Definitely a look up from recent weeks. My only complaint on the episode is the same one I've had throughout the entire storyline...Izzy/Denny, and I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one, but I'm sorry to say, this cannot be saved. No amount of Izzy learning her lesson for getting too close will make the atrocious lack of ethics here okay. Its so inappropriate its disgusting. On to the actual character observations. Mer/Der/Add - I could pretend I care that Derek's still chosing, but it would be a lie. The truth is, people can say as much as they want that it was childish for Mer to throw her "juju" away, but it was HILARIOUS and really felt like some of that spark and kick from last season that posters have been begging for the past few weeks. I for one, loved it.
George - Oh man...you have successfully made me hate him. Not like an, 'I love to hate him' sort of character... like 'I'm vicariously embarrassed by his actions so much that I have to hide my head in a pillow and I just want him off the show so I can stop missing scenes' hate him. He deserved every word he got from Alex, Alex's intention's notwithstanding. He didn't deserve Meredith, and he doesn't deserve the bone doc. But I'm inclined to think thats about to be her own fault. Exhibit a) he called and hung up...b) he was throwing a tantrum and in a catfight in the girls bathroom. If she doesn't know she's getting a two year old then tough luck. This 'friendship' with Burke obviously means more to him than to Burke and is obviously another way from him to grasp at anything or anyone that show's him the slightest bit of attention. PATHETIC.
Izzy - As hard as it is for me to believe, I think I hate her more than I hate George. Self righteous bitch trumps pathetic needy two year old. I could not be more sick of her thinking she is better than everyone while she's the one breaking the rules. She's kissing Denny now? What's next? Sex in the hospital bed? You've got to be kidding me!! There is NO redemption for this character...please get rid of her. She deserved to be pushed out a window for what she said to Alex...She was using him for SEX. HE is too good for her. All this feeling this episode brought out in me can only lead me to one conclusion...Shonda, GREAT job! You are brilliant and even though there has been some minor disappointment recently, this episode proved that you never lost that brilliance that got you to my TV so you could entertain me every week. You make me laugh, you make me sad, you make me angry, all in an hour, and thats talent...and you deserve ALL of your props by the way. Keep up the good work. We love you!

Wow, reading that back I'm thinking I was in a major ass-kissing mood that day and I can't really figure out why. I just watched the episode again and I wasn't nearly as impressed with it as I protrayed in that comment. I think it might have had something to do with the fact that Shonda wrote the comment that week and man, she makes me laugh. Still, I was way to forgiving. It was much better than previous weeks, but that isn't saying a lot. The Izzy thing really did have me at a boiling point in this episode, which I did say to a certain extent, that there is no coming back from that. I have a feeling now, that Izzy is about to get what's coming to her, but it won't be enough. Time after time she gets to close and its only going to make her a bad doctor. I understand that in TV drama there is a need to sacrifice realism for entertainment value, I gripe about that all the time on my soap boards, but there is a line that you don't cross. There are people watching this show that don't have a clue about medical ethics, which is a seriously uninformed issue, and portraying it in this way is irresponsible. The fact is, even if there is eventually a lesson in here somewhere, in real life, Izzy would have been kicked out of the program a long time ago. Not pulled off the case, not suspended, FIRED. Its as simple as that. And giving viewers a skewed perception of what actually goes on in a hospital is dangerous. Its just plain irresponsible to promote that kind of work ethic to an ignorant demographic. Oh, and I wanted Denny to be the 7th death. As one commenter put it, "I realize I have no soul." Whatever. Okay, I'm done with that.
I hate George. There isn't much else to say that I haven't already said, except I actually feel like they are trying to make me hate this character by turning him into this pathetic, needy disgusting person. The thing is, I know they don't want me to hate him. And that's just confusing and sad. So I don't know what to do.
I know this goes against a growing number of Grey's viewers, but I love Meredith. I love her more every week. I'm sorry, but how can you expect her to just warm up to the woman who she has to see everyday with the man she loves? That's just unreasonable. Anyway, my comment was too forgiving...whatever. The next new episode has Chris O'Donnell in it. See ya then.