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I’ll be the first to admit that season 4 started off more with a whimper than a bang. I have read with interest the different bulletin boards out there and people are just so up in arms about this season. Frankly, I am enjoying it as much as I have in the past. I will say that season 2 was my favorite thus far but our characters are still great fun and it’s an added twist that they’ve introduced the new interns and have given all of our protagonists extra material to fuel their extraordinary lives. At first I wasn’t too excited about this because there’d just be too many people but really, let’s face it Meredith, Alex, Cristina, Izzy and George can’t be interns forever….well, maybe George can! The biggest complaint I have read about is the relationship between George and Izzy and although her relationship with Denny was truely a good love story, how long should she brood and mourne? Frankly, I would have liked it better to have Denny haunt her but how realistic is that? That being said, why can’t her relationship with George turn from friendship to love? It’s not unreasonable. What was rushed and forced before was his relationship with Callie and subsequent marriage which was, let’s face it a rebound from him being rejected by Meredith. I am so not on the Callie bandwagon. I’d rather see her suffer for a while longer. She seems to do that well. I didn’t care much about her before and I don’t care much for her now.Alex is the quinessential schauvanistic jerk. Then he met his Jane Doe and it soon became his turn to fall for a patient. Much to his chagrin Izzie fell for Denny but here he’s done the same and has been brooding for Ava for the first 3 episodes until this past week when miraculously Ava showed up and they managed to get it on undetected in some sort of doctor’s sleep room. Their reunion was somewhat unexpected unless you saw the previews but nevertheless, worth the wait. I liked seeing Alex this vulnerable. Ava again begged for Alex to not chicken out on her and the episode ended with her again leaving him, with hopes the he’d chase after her. Alas, it’s not going to happen, I think. Poor Ava. Alex is, after all, a jerk.Cristina is back. She is finally being who she needs to be – a cut throat resident who’d do whatever to get what she wants. Although I enjoyed Burke and their relationship, I realized I liked her better being like this. I’d like to see her go after Burke’s replacement – ol’ what’s her name. She’s a b with capital B if you know what I mean. Blech. What I like about Cristina is that despite her harshness, she has these rare moments of humanity and that makes for some entertaining TV.Bailey….ah, Bailey. Poor Bailey. I loved her as the nazi. I want more of that. She’s gone a little soft this year so hopefully, it won’t be a permanent condition. She’s still my favorite, though. I hope she kicks Callie’s butt.McDreamy vs. McSteamy…at this point who cares? Let them have screen time so we can stare! As for Meredith, I hope that with her finally pouring her mother down the drain, she can move on. Of course she can’t. She’s got little half-sis Lexie to contend with who is a constant reminder of her father who will undoubtedly return to provide more angst and bitterness. It’ll probably happen just as she’s this close to making something of her relationship with Derek and then bam! She’s back on the pity train and deciding that no relationship with any man is worth the heartache. Whatever. I mean, SERIOUSLY can we move on?So, no. I am not as anti-season 4 as other folks. I am not that disappointed. I was a little bored with episode 1, that is true but this show is still a guilty pleasure – far better than many other shows out there now a days. So therefore, I’ll watch so long as the dialogue is pithy and clever and we get an occasional peek at McSteamy without a shirt. That wouldn’t be too shabby either. The rest of ya, quit whining! On with the show!