Sunday March 27, 2005
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Meet Meredith Grey. Daughter of famous surgeon Ellis Grey and currently recovering from a one-night stand. She shoos away her evening's companion, saying she'll be late for her first day of work. She is a first year intern at Seattle Grace Hospital and is working alongside some colorful characters. Cristina Yang is a highly competitive Stanford graduate who befriends Meredith. George O'Malley is a quirky warm hearted man who learns a lesson or two on his first day. Izzie Stevens is a former model who doesn't get any special treatment on her first day. And Alex Karev is an arrogant jerk who misdiagnoses a patient on his first shift. Overseeing them is Miranda Bailey, (not-so-) affectionately dubbed 'The Nazi'. Meredith also gets a surprise when she realizes that her friend from the night before is a co-worker, and even worse, her boss.
Read Full Recap » (warning: possible spoilers!)This episode really shows how an serie should start - they really quickly give us the setting and all those chars and let it all to us to make sense of it - but there is some logic, a very smooth bringing chars in and it has intriquing storylines - something always happening..
The whole mysterious girl case, the achievements and the failures of the other interns, the whole way the show those hours - how they are so eager at the start and how the light and hope just fades after some time.. but they keep up the hope..
And the ending - something promising for the future storylines too.
I have always asked myself why people like this show so much. So I gave it a try one time, one episode, but not the first one.. I think it was from season 3.. and I really didn't liked what I have seen. Then.. someday, when I didn't had anything to do I stumbled upon the pilot and I said to myself, why not? Everything deserves a second chance! And I am so glad I did it, because now I can't stop watching! I really love it. So.. I retract every little nasty thing I have ever said about Grey's anatomy! Grey's anatomy rocks!
I wasn't expecting much, surprised me! hide show
I've just watched this episode but right now people are waiting for season 5. I had a little prejudice against this show because I often saw sneak peeks of the show out of context and everything sounded so silly for me. As all my shows are in a break, I didn't have anything to watch so I started downloading some pilots. I have watched Fear Itself, Psych and Grey's. I'm surprised. The only I liked is Grey's, it's the kind of show you watch and can't stop thinking about. Luck for me I have four season waiting for me to watch!
About the episode:
Well, i have heard about most of the characters, no surprises when Meredith discovered Derek is her chief.
I like George, I hope he keeps the same line, the one that does everything wrong and we cheer for him.
I didn't like Cristina, she's too ambicious and nerd, although that I'm-mean-when-I'm-tired it's a thing that I have! lol
Loved the nazi! She's a weak version of Robert Romano (RIP) from ER, maybe in a few seasons she may reach his level!
Dr. Burke reminds me Dr. Benton and George, Carter (again, from ER). I couldn't help to compare this show with ER. Usually when I can compare one show to another everything sounds like a copy to me and I don't like it, but this one is still a copy, the only diference is that I liked! Did that make any sense? I don't think so!
From the very beginning, you just knew it was going to be a huge landmark in contemporary television. hide show
If you know anybody who is an avid "Grey's Anatomy" fan, most of them will tell you that all it takes is one episode, and you're completely hooked. Having never seen it before, but hearing absolute raves about its addictive quality, I finally decided to rent Seasons 1-3 about a month ago, just to see what all the hype was about (plus, I am amenable to watching anything that has Patrick Dempsey in it).
As it turns out, they were right; all you need to do is watch one episode, and you're reeled in forever. As another reviewer has said, this is one of the finest and most satisfying pilot episodes you can possibly ask for. The characters are real, their individual issues are relatable, and the writing is so amazing, you know that it must take absolute geniuses to come up with deep, rich material like this every week. I don't know how they do it, but the situations in each episode are so gripping, you'll want to make sure you have access to the next episode, and the one after that, once you get started with it. Once you start watching one, you won't be able to stop, and if you don't believe me, pop in an episode and try to stop after just one :) Odds are you won't be able to do it!
This pilot basically begins the story of five naive surgical interns at Seattle Grace Hospital, eager to save the world and be the best they can be. There's sweet and timid George, with parents who tell everyone they meet that their son is a surgeon; beautiful blonde-haired Izzie, a former trailer park resident who made it through med school by modeling; ultra-determined Cristina, who is competitive and ready to be the best; and arrogant jerk Alex, who would have plenty of potential in his favor if he would just get his attitude in check. Then, of course, there's Meredith Grey, the show's namesake, the one intern who has perhaps the biggest advantage because her mother is a renowned surgeon (with a dark secret that Meredith is not ready to reveal just yet).
We've also got the current residents and surgeons on staff, including Miranda "Nazi" Bailey (one of the most dynamic, well-rounded, and likable TV characters I've seen in a long time), lady's man Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd, and Chief of Surgery Richard Weber, among others. Each character has issues and connections to one another that envelope you into the episodes, but the diverse patients who come in and out of the hospital are equally interesting to watch. Again, it's that writing that makes you wonder how any human being is able to pull it off.
If you're like me and are considering giving the show a try after hearing all the great things about it, it doesn't get any better than this pilot episode, where all the characters are introduced for the very first time. From the very beginning, you just look at it and know it's going to be great--the kind of show you want to tune in for week after week. Right now, the series just wrapped up a rough fourth season and is prepping for a fifth, and it seems to be going downhill quickly, but with the talent of the writers, I think they have the potential to get it back to where it was in Seasons 1 and 2. This is, after all, one of those shows that has every bit of potential to have a decade's worth of seasons. Note that I said "potential." Some things with the plots and the characters may need to change, but I think they can pull it off. At this point, at the beginning of the series, the heart of it all is the interns, who are just starting out and have to go through all the pain, the guts, and the humiliation before they can prove that they have what it takes. Of course, they will become friends, but there is also a huge amount of competition among them, and once they all get to know each other on a more personal level, it just gets that much messier--and more compelling to watch it unfold. The storylines get increasingly complicated, and mark my words, you'll be shocked and furious at some of the decisions they make with the individual plots, but you keep wanting to come back for more, and that's the magic of it. This is where you get to see where it all began, and you can practically smell a contemporary classic in the making!
meredith starts her first shift as an intern with several other interns at seattle grace and must deal with patients as well as her own personal problems (relationships) hide show
this was a really good ep..if i had gotten into the show way back when it started this would have been the ep that got me sucked in to the phenomenon..it was awesome..everyone seemed nice at first but then it became the competition..spoiler..everyone tried to do the best job and many did come up short..like one of the residents method of humiliate one and the rest fall into line when george failed in a surgery..meredith had to deal with a horrible pt and didnt really treat the case with the respect it reserved..everything worked out..then she had to deal w/ her personal problems when she slept with an attendant lol..good romantics starting tho..this was a really good ep with all the cases and funny in how the interns were all lost with what to do..well most of the time
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