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Grey's Anatomy Season 8 Episode 24

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AIRED: May 17, 2012

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Faced with a life threatening situation, the doctors must fight to stay alive while trying to save the lives of their peers; Bailey and Ben make a decision regarding their relationship; and Teddy is presented with a tempting offer. Meanwhile, Richard plans a special dinner for the residents.

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This made me roll my eyes

7.0

By Jenn84x, Nov 21, 2012

Maybe I'm missing something, but...

You have five matches in the middle of a forest, and you can't get a decent fire going?
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The writing was poor

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By sonicphoto, Oct 29, 2012

First of all, I don't mind that characters get killed, as long as they are killed in a good written way! Unfortunately this was not the case. The crash just suddenly happens, and all the episode goes into all this many emotions and drama, sadness, and so dark. But it felt out of place, like it wasn't like the end of the season of the shooting. The shooting had a scale of how it got a little tense until it got really intense. Here it was all climatic from the beginning, and the audience feels disconnected with whatever is happening here.

Lexi suddenly dies, without enough story to back it up, she was kill just to finish her role. I think Lexi was an excellent character, yes I know this is what the actress wanted, to leave. But I don't think that story wise, Lexi should have died. She could have just left, the same way Izzie did back then. And at the very least, they should have make her die at the end of the episode not so soon, it felt anticlimactic. And it's really sad because Shonda before this episode, has always written good episodes. George's death was a surprise because it was written well in a way you couldn't see it coming. But really a plane crashing? Lost has used this, Ghost Whisperer used this on a season finale as well.

It's a shame because the scenes that were taking place in the hospital with April, Hunt and the others were beautifully written. That you wonder how can those scenes match with the out of context airplane. I am not sure if I am going to continue watching, I mean all episodes before this well so perfectly written, in all seasons, and this episode felt like it was rushed out, like they had to record it really fast or something. So long for an amazing show!moreless
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Great finale

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By GuilhermeSpil, Oct 17, 2012

Before the complains about the plane crash and "Shonda sucks cuz' she killed Lexie", it should be known that: Chyler Leigh was asking to leave the show since the season started. This is a DRAMA series, so it's kind of obvious that some really tragic stuff was going to happen. I find this season finale very dramatic, yes, and it should be dramatic, the tragedies change the course of the show, and the show really needed a change of course, all the characters were affected by the crash, physically and mostly, psychologically, and I can't wait to see how every character's going to deal with the consequences of the accident. I think we're up to an amazing season.moreless
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Great Season. Great finale.

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By JeremyJoyner, Oct 05, 2012

I thought this episode was amazing, it might have been full of drama, but lets be honest that's why we tune into the show.
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Terrible season finale...

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By anile84, Oct 02, 2012

Gunshootings, Bus accidents, bombs, earthquakes, car accidents, etc... and now a plane crush! Really???
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Kim Raver	Dr. Teddy Altman
Sarah Drew	Dr. April Kepner (season 7+, recurring previously)
Jesse Williams (II)	Dr. Jackson Avery (season 7+, recurring previously)
Kevin McKidd	Dr. Owen Hunt
Jessica Capshaw	Dr. Arizona Robbins
Eric Dane	Dr. Mark Sloan

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- Meredith: (crying) Cristina, you're still my person, even if I'm not yours.
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- Meredith: (crying) Do you think Derek is dead?
  Cristina: (frantically) I don't know! Maybe but I've got PTSD so you know, I'm not reliable!
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- Featured Music:
  "Featherstone" by The Paper Kites (Owen talks to Teddy. Bailey and Ben talk. Owen listens to voicemails. Callie lays in bed. Richard, April, Jackson, and Alex wait for the residents.)
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: May 17, 2012 on CTV
  Norway: October 9, 2012 on TV2
  Germany: January 2, 2013 on ProSieben
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