I can't believe I did that

[grand_delusions]

Well... I watched Grey's Anatomy.

Still glad I watched The Office last night, because even if I spent 43 minutes on this today... there's a lot more day left to make up for it.

Bailey said it best "I'm speechless."  (and not in a good way.)

On the sliding scale it was better than the season finale, exceeded my ridiculously low expectations, but still

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[stardiver]

i was wholly and completely unsatisfied with the way Addison left the show.. they had a bit with her and the Chief on Private Practice, but really? That's all? That really bugged me...

do you think you are going to keep watching GA this season?

[grand_delusions]

There are three more weeks of hour-long The Office episodes... after that, if I can't find a reason to watch Grey's, I will probably be done.

Last night was the first night I didn't either watch the new episode live or rush home as soon as I could and watch it asap. That tells me a lot about my feelings on the matter.

[stardiver]

yeah, i got like that at the end with The X-Files, it was my favorite but all those eps with the new agents and Scully just kept dragging on and on, and it became harder and harder to watch. it's sad because you love the show, you just can't handle what the peoples with power are doing to it!

[hockeysaurus]

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THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT WAS THE MEDUSA EPISODE. Because hi, Boston. Made of win.

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[kaylie_2]

I had very high expectations for a show which showed such promise. Unfortunately, there is much immaturity in the writers' room and no apparent authority able to refocus them. The blogs are an excercise in frustration, as tptb neither accept nor respond to constructive criticism. The show is now a bad soap opera and they evidently intend to continue in that direction. Too bad.

[grand_delusions]

I think one of the biggest problems is that they insulate themselves from criticism and are then defensive about it. I'm so disappointed that the overwhelmingly unified voice that spoke out this summer on the Touchstone ABC Studios panel seems to have been disregarded.

[kaylie_2]

My expectation in a good drama is that there will be character development and there have been many opportunities for that. The plotlines should be headed somewhere, instead the same plotlines are rehashed with different characters and when the writers are unable to figure out what to do with the characters, they "burn the house down". Not good enough, IMO.

[apartment_pants]

it's not a dime-store trashy novel that you can pick up in the check-out line at the grocery store - It's so turning into that.

I just watched, and will be posting my thoughts shortly. But I pretty much agree with everything you've said.

[grand_delusions]

I wait with baited breath.

(I've got 6 more Bones season 2 episodes left and then I'm all caught up... although I think I've already seen 3 of them, but whatever.)

[apartment_pants]

I had this detailed post worked out earlier, and my damn foot hit the power cord and shut the computer down. And for once, LJ didn't automatically save a draft. So it will come later.

I was going to buy Bones s2, b/c I haven't seen all of them either, but I'm too poor. Maybe it'll be on sale around Christmas or I can ask for it as a present.

[ladydothprotest]

Thank you for every word of this post. It needs to be said, and I agree completely.

I'd have to say, the stagnancy of their immaturity is what bothers me the most. They act like my friends and I--when we were in high school. Seriously. These people are supposed to be in their late 20s, 30s, and in some cases 40s, and I don't buy Callie's season 3 assertion that they're "slow" because they "spent all that time in medical school." That's just lame.

I also realize if they were completely well-adjusted, it would E.R. and a certain amount of growth and drama is necessary, but if Shonda could tone down the latter and add more--or any--of the former, then maybe I could tolerate it.

Whoa, novel. Sorry.

In short? Word.

[grand_delusions]

You know I love novels from you. :)

I'm okay with acting irrationally if it's rationally explained. But there's a line of believability that's been forgotten. But I'm convinced that your characters act your demo... There was some article a while back about in the 2 years since Grey's aired, their average age of viewer has gotten two years older (I think it was in the 40's). I didn't think this was bad... I thought it was good because it showed the audience was staying put... but where the target demo is the younger audience, the characters seem to be reduced to the maturity of the demo. And honestly? Sometimes I feel like I'm watching an overbudgeted teendrama on the WB.

Basically? I agree with you.

[sparklepop777]

Is it bad to admit that I took a kind of joy in Izzie's interns and the way they reacted towards her at the first part of the episode?

Who's DMD?

[grand_delusions]

I don't think it's bad... because I did enjoy that... I will admit she did have a nice little "horrah" moment towards the end when she called them duds... however it's not enough to erase all of her other atrocious behavior.

Who's DMD? Omg... I'm going to pretend I didn't see that and just urge you to go here

[sparklepop777]

Thanks.