Gosh, there was hardly any character who didn't get a kick in the family jewels in the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy." Except for a couple who could have used it.
Cristina? She feels like she's losing herself in this wedding. And Mama takes her eyebrows. And she scrubs in for surgery but washed her self-written wedding vows off her hands. (Symbolism and foreshadowing much?) And indeed, Burke leaves her at the altar, telling her (in so many words) that he didn't really ever love her, only the woman he thought he could make her become. And he appears to have taken his most precious possessions and left their apartment too. And she has a breakdown designed to get Sandra Oh into Emmy contention again.
Meredith? She gets told by her lover that the highlight of his week was flirting with a stranger. She had her best friend's wedding fall apart and had to be the one to everyone. And although she's unaware, her half-sister is about to start as an intern (and is the woman who flirted with McDreamy.
The Chief? His wife has a miscarriage. She says it was his baby. And although it seems like his caring for her will lead to them getting back together, I'm not sure that's so much of a prize. Especially since I'm suspecting that Adele is totally lying about the kid being his. I mean, how many months have they been separated for? Plus, given the result of the chief race, they are right back to square one if they do get back together. He still will have the issue of making time for her, given the demands of the job he loves.
George? He has Callie go baby-crazy, has Izzie say that she'll support his marriage but is in love with him (nice support, bizatch!) and oh, yeah...fails the intern test. Even though he had access to Callie of the magical flash cards. So it looks like he's quitting.
Alex? He is too dense to give Ava/Rebecca the reason to stick around that she wants. And by the time Addy makes him realize he does want to stick around, she's gone and he's missed out.
Bailey? She has to deal with George failing and how it reflects on her, and she gets passed over for chief resident, a job she thought was in the bag.
Addison, McSteamy and Burke? They all get passed over for the chief of surgery position.
Burke has a sappy set of wedding vows that it turns out he totally didn't mean. "I am sure. I am steady." Indeed. Seriously, I don't really get the reasons for his sudden reversal. I'm thinking there must be something more below the surface. Was it just that he managed to wow a group of women with the proposal? Did Mama's constant work trying to break up the marriage have the desired effect? Is it that he blames Cristina for his not getting the chief of surgery job?
Izzie doesn't really suffer all that much, other than a minor amount of humiliation in professing her love and not having George drop everything for her. And y'all know I want her to suffer. I'd consider this episode a disappointment on the grounds that Callie only uses her words to hurt Izzie, not her fists. (And even then, I don't think it was intentional.)
Callie did have some good luck. But I'm afraid for her when she finds out about the adultery and about George's jobless self.
And then there's McDreamy, who's largely immune. He is, however, trying to compete with Izzie for the character I most despise. First he unnecessarily and maliciously tells Meredith about his flirtation. Then he gets the chief of surgery job but turns it down...because he's so noble. Then he turns the cops onto a possible murder...because he's so great. Yuck.
My wishlist for next season:
Burke gets written out. Because frankly, although I liked the character, I don't want to see him come back after what he did to Cristina. And I'm sure that the actor wore his welcome out with Slurgate.
Meredith turns more fun.
George's test results came back wrong and he really passed.
Cristina bounces back. Callie gets her vengeance (of course). McDreamy genuinely changes to be worthy of his nickname.
Rebecca/Ava makes a return. If Alex can't be with Addy, he deserves someone who wants to be with him.
- posted by Raoul
Cristina? She feels like she's losing herself in this wedding. And Mama takes her eyebrows. And she scrubs in for surgery but washed her self-written wedding vows off her hands. (Symbolism and foreshadowing much?) And indeed, Burke leaves her at the altar, telling her (in so many words) that he didn't really ever love her, only the woman he thought he could make her become. And he appears to have taken his most precious possessions and left their apartment too. And she has a breakdown designed to get Sandra Oh into Emmy contention again.
Meredith? She gets told by her lover that the highlight of his week was flirting with a stranger. She had her best friend's wedding fall apart and had to be the one to everyone. And although she's unaware, her half-sister is about to start as an intern (and is the woman who flirted with McDreamy.
The Chief? His wife has a miscarriage. She says it was his baby. And although it seems like his caring for her will lead to them getting back together, I'm not sure that's so much of a prize. Especially since I'm suspecting that Adele is totally lying about the kid being his. I mean, how many months have they been separated for? Plus, given the result of the chief race, they are right back to square one if they do get back together. He still will have the issue of making time for her, given the demands of the job he loves.
George? He has Callie go baby-crazy, has Izzie say that she'll support his marriage but is in love with him (nice support, bizatch!) and oh, yeah...fails the intern test. Even though he had access to Callie of the magical flash cards. So it looks like he's quitting.
Alex? He is too dense to give Ava/Rebecca the reason to stick around that she wants. And by the time Addy makes him realize he does want to stick around, she's gone and he's missed out.
Bailey? She has to deal with George failing and how it reflects on her, and she gets passed over for chief resident, a job she thought was in the bag.
Addison, McSteamy and Burke? They all get passed over for the chief of surgery position.
Burke has a sappy set of wedding vows that it turns out he totally didn't mean. "I am sure. I am steady." Indeed. Seriously, I don't really get the reasons for his sudden reversal. I'm thinking there must be something more below the surface. Was it just that he managed to wow a group of women with the proposal? Did Mama's constant work trying to break up the marriage have the desired effect? Is it that he blames Cristina for his not getting the chief of surgery job?
Izzie doesn't really suffer all that much, other than a minor amount of humiliation in professing her love and not having George drop everything for her. And y'all know I want her to suffer. I'd consider this episode a disappointment on the grounds that Callie only uses her words to hurt Izzie, not her fists. (And even then, I don't think it was intentional.)
Callie did have some good luck. But I'm afraid for her when she finds out about the adultery and about George's jobless self.
And then there's McDreamy, who's largely immune. He is, however, trying to compete with Izzie for the character I most despise. First he unnecessarily and maliciously tells Meredith about his flirtation. Then he gets the chief of surgery job but turns it down...because he's so noble. Then he turns the cops onto a possible murder...because he's so great. Yuck.
My wishlist for next season:
Burke gets written out. Because frankly, although I liked the character, I don't want to see him come back after what he did to Cristina. And I'm sure that the actor wore his welcome out with Slurgate.
Meredith turns more fun.
George's test results came back wrong and he really passed.
Cristina bounces back. Callie gets her vengeance (of course). McDreamy genuinely changes to be worthy of his nickname.
Rebecca/Ava makes a return. If Alex can't be with Addy, he deserves someone who wants to be with him.
- posted by Raoul
1 comment:
Interesting perspective...except McDreamy for us women, totally redeemed himself with his " you're the love of my life, put me out of my misery" speech.
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