Ellen Pompeo 'ships M/L! And more!!
I know, I know. I post too much. But I'm just not over "Tainted Obligation" yet! (And likely never will be, lol.)
So I regularly listen to the official Grey's Anatomy podcast, as well as read the writers' blog. This week they happened to be filled with buckets of M/L gems, such as the following:
Ellen Pompeo came to me on the first day of shooting and wanting to change that speech she gives to Thatcher. She wanted to add a simple line, to have Mer say “I want you to do this for her.” Because for Ellen, this story wasn’t a Mer/Thatcher reconciliation story - it was a Mer/Lexie story.
Of course I am yearning for some Ellen/Chyler now... *g*
Here is the whole gigantic paragraph about Meredith/Lexie, written by Jenna Bans:
What’s interesting about this storyline was that I thought I wrote a reconciliation story - between Mer and her father. I thought I wrote the episode that was going to put all the bad blood behind them for good. And it did, in a way - Mer tells Thatcher the door is open, which is pretty huge. And though it was incredibly hard for her to work up the courage to say that to him, she knew it was the only thing that would let him - or alleviate his guilt enough - to allow her to save his life. But something happened in this story during the shooting process. It changed - subtly, but substantially. Here’s how it started -- Ellen Pompeo came to me on the first day of shooting and wanting to change that speech she gives to Thatcher. She wanted to add a simple line, to have Mer say “I want you to do this for her.” Because for Ellen, this story wasn’t a Mer/Thatcher reconciliation story - it was a Mer/Lexie story. It was a story about these two women, who have done this awkward dance around each other for two seasons now, finally becoming sisters. Ellen insisted that her main reason for doing what she does, for being completely vulnerable in front of the man who has hurt her in more ways than we can count at this point, was Lexie. She was doing it for Lexie. And the more I thought about that, the more I became convinced she was absolutely right. And when that became clear to me, everything sort of fell into place. That last scene when Derek’s watching Mer wake up, Lexie at her side, having slept with her all night, was even more emotional. It wasn’t just about Lexie being grateful - that was there for sure - but now it was about Lexie unconditionally loving her sister. And Mer actually loving her back. Now I don’t think they’ll be having slumber parties and pillow fights with each other any time soon, but still. From strangers two seasons ago to actual sisters is pretty amazing progress - especially for someone who’s ambivalent to the very idea of family ala Meredith Grey.
Yes, emphasis mine. ;)
The whole blog post can be found here, and the equally juicy podcast can be found on iTunes.
So I regularly listen to the official Grey's Anatomy podcast, as well as read the writers' blog. This week they happened to be filled with buckets of M/L gems, such as the following:
Ellen Pompeo came to me on the first day of shooting and wanting to change that speech she gives to Thatcher. She wanted to add a simple line, to have Mer say “I want you to do this for her.” Because for Ellen, this story wasn’t a Mer/Thatcher reconciliation story - it was a Mer/Lexie story.
Of course I am yearning for some Ellen/Chyler now... *g*
Here is the whole gigantic paragraph about Meredith/Lexie, written by Jenna Bans:
What’s interesting about this storyline was that I thought I wrote a reconciliation story - between Mer and her father. I thought I wrote the episode that was going to put all the bad blood behind them for good. And it did, in a way - Mer tells Thatcher the door is open, which is pretty huge. And though it was incredibly hard for her to work up the courage to say that to him, she knew it was the only thing that would let him - or alleviate his guilt enough - to allow her to save his life. But something happened in this story during the shooting process. It changed - subtly, but substantially. Here’s how it started -- Ellen Pompeo came to me on the first day of shooting and wanting to change that speech she gives to Thatcher. She wanted to add a simple line, to have Mer say “I want you to do this for her.” Because for Ellen, this story wasn’t a Mer/Thatcher reconciliation story - it was a Mer/Lexie story. It was a story about these two women, who have done this awkward dance around each other for two seasons now, finally becoming sisters. Ellen insisted that her main reason for doing what she does, for being completely vulnerable in front of the man who has hurt her in more ways than we can count at this point, was Lexie. She was doing it for Lexie. And the more I thought about that, the more I became convinced she was absolutely right. And when that became clear to me, everything sort of fell into place. That last scene when Derek’s watching Mer wake up, Lexie at her side, having slept with her all night, was even more emotional. It wasn’t just about Lexie being grateful - that was there for sure - but now it was about Lexie unconditionally loving her sister. And Mer actually loving her back. Now I don’t think they’ll be having slumber parties and pillow fights with each other any time soon, but still. From strangers two seasons ago to actual sisters is pretty amazing progress - especially for someone who’s ambivalent to the very idea of family ala Meredith Grey.
Yes, emphasis mine. ;)
The whole blog post can be found here, and the equally juicy podcast can be found on iTunes.