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[natalexx]

I am posting from my awesome new laptop. And! I'm not plugged in! I am all wireless and stuff! Dude, happy birthday to me!

I'm also watching this week's 2 hour Grey's Anatomy. I have a serious problem with the way they're handling Cristina's wedding phobia. What the hell's supposed to be wrong with a woman who is willing to commit because she

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[pataka02]

Yay for a new laptop! I got mine in Feb. and it's still tremendously exciting... and his name is Fred.

Jury's still out on the whole concept of a spin-off, though I love almost the entire cast (especially Amy Brenneman and Tim Daly). In fact, the cast seems so carefully tailored to appeal to a variety of TV fans, it all almost feels a bit too constructed. I agree... I love almost everyone in the cast but they just seemed so... artificial, in a way. I guess it's a matter of waiting and seeing how the show progresses, but I don't find myself very interested in watching a group of late 30/early 40 year old people being as wholly dysfunctional as the Grey's interns. I just don't have the patience for it. And the Piz lusting scene made me feel gross because... it's Piz. Make Sark the receptionist

[natalexx]

I don't find myself very interested in watching a group of late 30/early 40 year old people being as wholly dysfunctional as the Grey's interns.

For serious. I guess I'm more willing to give the younger interns a pass for their behavior, even though they're certainly old enough to know better.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to react that way to Piz. I kind of went "I'm supposed to get off on this? ewwwwwww"

See, I completely relate to Cristina in many ways and until recently I felt like Burke respected her as she was, but lately he's just been a mess. And considering all the behind-the-scenes rumors about Isaiah Washington maybe leaving the show, it feels a little artificial that suddenly all the drama in their relationship is coming from him.

[pataka02]

See, I completely relate to Cristina in many ways and until recently I felt like Burke respected her as she was, but lately he's just been a mess.I love Christina as well, and relate most to her and Meredith, probably. Their friendship is my favorite part of the show

[natalexx]

Heh, there are certain characters who get me just as riled up--Burke just isn't usually one of them. However, I think I've watched his relationship with Cristina differently than you. Maybe because I relate more to Cristina-post-Softening--and yeah I agree, Meredith has had a lot to do with that organic "softening" or whatever you want to call it, but mostly it was about Cristina allowing herself to soften, and Burke was certainly a motivating factor there. But to me, for instance, Burke's "I'm Preston Burke" speech was Burke asserting himself in exactly the same way Cristina always had, making it clear who he was and who he was gonna be but leaving it her choice whether she was going to choose *him* like he chose her. Their relationship has been a delight to watch because it was all about choices, really--mutual choices, not just one setting out a demand and the other agreeing repeatedly--it was each of them making it clear where they wouldn't compromise, where the lines were drawn and where they might be able to give a little bit.

[pataka02]

Cristina agreed to marry Burke and meant it, but she made it very clear she didn't want to be steamrolled by the whole wedding process and he just keeps pushing her further and further into it. It's like he's actually trying to break her. Kinda freaks me out to watch, dude, to be honest, because wedding planning makes me tense up like whoa.

Makes me scared, too, because if he's pushing her this much during the wedding, what's their marriage gonna be like? Have they even talked about ever having children, post-Christina's miscarriage?

It's all so rushed. And I think that's one of my biggest problems with Grey's this season. The clinic? Built in a week. Ridiculous. George and Callie? So quick it's ridiculous. George's mom never being seen after his dad dying? Susan? Ellis? Everything??? It's stretching almost as badly as 24. It's like there's no continuity; one week Derek says he'll always come back to Meredith, the next he's walking away. It's all uneven and very moment to moment.

you find the men of Grey's to be sorely lacking