Where are we going now?
8.0
"Great"
This episode is really something to wonder about... First things first: the show's named "Grey's Anatomy", so, in the end, we have to see things about Grey, right? It's to be expected, sure, and, personally, I really like Meredith - crazy, smart mouth, depressed Meredith. Yeah, that's my favorite Meredith. Still, I also don't want writers putting too much problem where, frankly, we don't have. I mean, in the last episode the girl almost died, lost her mom, and she now has to deal with her "father issues" so soon? Now, the reason why Tatcher Grey is around does make sense. He worries for his daughter that just lost her mom; okay, okay, but it is a little weird that no one seems to worry, or even mentions the fact that Meredith almost just died... Her father doesn't seem to know, fine, but what about Derek? I was wating to see what would be the outcome of Derek's conclusion in the last episodes - the one that Meredith's drawning wasn't just an accident. Now, that is something I want to see, that is, in my opinion, something I believe Derek would eventually like to discuss. It's true that this may be brought up again (or so I hope), but I still find pretty awkward that no mention was made in this episode. So, considering all this, I think that, if Meredith still have issues we would like to see her dealing with, the father thing isn't, right now, one of them. It's kind of forced upon us viewers right now. On the bright side, it has been fun to see the big shot doctors fighting for the Chief position. On the down side, the thing between George and Izzie is a little too much. I mean, the show has been doing this kind of stuff in an annoying frequency: they don't give viewers time to groom things. It's shocking, really, because the whole Meredith and Derek thing, for example, was dragged for almost three seasons, and, may I say, in a very interesting way. For almost three seasons we wondered about this couple, and this was fun! I'm not comparing the couples, I'm just saying that George and Izzie didn't have to go to bed at the same night Callie suggested Izzie had a thing for George... I do like the couple, but, truth to be told, I did always see them as friends. For me looked like a sudden thing, but... well, I don't want to run into conclusions about this until the next episode. However, it does pisses me off the fact that George and Callie can't get along for more than a few minutes. Really, they are so nice individually, but, as a couple, they are loud and annoying. Sad. Just sad. Now, characters like Karev, Sloan, Addison... They are doing fine. Here's an interesting love triangle, and one that I honestly can't tell how it will end. And, in fact, I don't even know how I want it to end (if ever ends). I'm liking Karev a lot these days, he's growing in an unexpected way, turning into a very realistic character, that fits well in the comedy as well into the drama. Same goes to Mark Sloan (although he is clearly hopeless in so many of his flaws), who's a total bastard, but a smart guy, good doctor, and trully in love with Addison, which is kind of cute anyway. And no need to mention Addison, one of the most solid, coherent, well played characters of the show, responsible for so many good moments in this season, both funny and sad, and by far the doctor in Seattle Grace that gets the most touching cases in the show.
All and all, this episode wasn't great, but I still think "Grey's Anatomy" is great if you see the big picture. Problem with this episode in particular might be what I've been noticing for a while: there are too many characters. Most of them great, yeah, but you'll get a poor development if you try to squeeze all of them in every episode, adding to that special guest actors playing patients and their stories. The old formula of every intern having a case is not working anymore, especially considering we all want to see interaction between characters, sometimes even out of the hospital. In the end, either the show will cut a few characters (Webber, Callie, Sloan, even Addison, might try a life some place else), or they will change a bit their formula. I'm all for the second option, because, in my humble opinion, the best thing in "Grey's Anatomy" are the crazy, smart mouth, depressed doctors - and I would hate to lose any of them anytime soon.