“Pick me, choose me, love me,” the words Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) shouted at Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) in season 2 episode 5 of GREY’S ANATOMY, and that is exactly what I did! I picked GREY’S because I heard nothing but good things, I chose GREY’S because I wanted to know what all the fuss was about, and I love GREY’S because it’s brilliant, character driven, and on point week after week!
I started watching GREY’S ANATOMY during the 5th season; the finale was the first episode I watched. It was the episode where Meredith identifies George O’Malley (T.R. Knight) as the John Doe, and Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) almost dies. The day after I watched the finale I ran to the nearest Blockbuster (I understand how ancient that makes me sound) and I rented the first season. To say I binge watched it is an understatement, I watched the entire season in a day, and the next morning I was back at blockbuster bright and early to get season two. Out of all the shows I have seen in my life I have never felt so connected to characters before like I did to the characters on this show. I wanted to know what happened to them, what made them the way they are, who influenced them, what they’re thinking; I wanted to know it all. [Read more…]