The only other thing that bothers me about this wedding was that I am not totally convinced of Izzie’s love for Alex. I can understand Alex’s for Izzie. But this girl has been a collosal pain in the butt since the very beginning of this series. Most of the drama seems to center around here which is puzzling considering the name of the show and I just can’t get past how she moves on from Denny, jumps to George and then ends up with Alex. Does that happen??? Denny was supposed to be this great love of her life and she explains tonight that when you’re supposed to be with someone there is a certain funny feeling you get in your stomach and it’s all exciting and stuff. She says that Denny didn’t make her feel that way but Alex does. He does? Since when? Very weird for me. I suppose people do move on from the whole death thing. I admit that there are times that I wonder myself what the future holds in the whole romance department. I seriously doubt there is a future there. That part makes me pretty sad because I’m not what you call old. And this single life is certainly one that I have against my will. Grrrr…  So, I dunno…she moved on pretty fast, in my book. And Ijust don’t see that relationship she’s got with Alex as being all that believable. Of course, it’s just a TV show… so whatever.

As for the rest of the show…Um…I dunno. I thought Meredith was typcial annoying Meredith. Bailey was kind of a weird desperate Bailey and I wasn’t liking that. Karev was Karev and that was kinda boring. I’m not digging the whole lesbian story with Callie and Dr. Hahn. I’m just not sensing the connection there. Kinda weird. McSteamy is wandering around with no purpose so they better find a way for him to really make some waves because, really..what a waste. Richard was yelling at everyone. What is THAT about? I guess I have mixed feelings about this episode. For a premiere it lacked excitement. It just droned on and on. I hope it gets better but we have to wait TWO WEEKS for another episode. GRR! Now THAT’s annoying.

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!

I think that if they keep up with the new residents acting badass around the new interns, it could be fun. The fact that Cristina is calling the interns she is responsible for by numbers instead of names is classic Cristina. I liked the fact that George will be worshipped by the new interns – at least for a little while. He’s just been a whipped puppy for the past couple of seasons. I liked that Alex admitted to Cristina, of all people, that he missed Ava/Rebecca and she, in turn confessed to missing Burke (who I actually don’t miss as much as I thought I would). I liked how McSteamy needs his friend more than he needs women. But, I’m still annoyed with the show’s protagonist, Meredith. Will she ever get over her father’s abandonment?

Episode 2 was even better. My favorite part was the exchange between Bailey and Alex. She needed to chew him out and needed her to do it. Bailey is my favorite character on this show. And it’d be a shame to have her wilt under her envy of Callie getting the Chief Resident position. Ugh. Callie. She’s not very likable. I don’t even LIKE to hate her. 

So, after 2 episodes, I’m not too disappointed although I still miss Denny and am not sure what to think about Izzies sudden love for George. Unlike other fans, I don’t have a problem with her being in love with George – eventually but Denny isn’t even cold yet. So, it almost seems forced. What if George leaves Callie and then she realizes that all she wanted was his friendship and attention – not necessarily a romantic relationship? That’ll turn George gay really fast – maybe that’s the intent?

Let’s see..we have a new group of interns and George has made the decision to give it another go although I don’t think it was explained why. Last season ended with him cleaning out his locker and meeting Meredith’s half sister, Lexie. Is Lexie the reason? I dunno. Is it Izzie? It can’t be Callie who is just more annoying than ever.

The rest…. Meredith, Cristina, Izzie and Alex return from what I guess is like a month’s long vacation? They let them all take that much time off at the same time? Weird…We find out that Meredith and Cristina went to Hawaii together on what was to be Cristina’s honeymoon with Burke. Alex pined for Ava/Rebecca and got some sort of weird lounge singer hairdo and goatee. And Izzie spent the time alone trying to figure out why George was ignoring her after her declaration of love. Bailey is back and pissed because the Chief gave her job to Callie who as zero respect from the other residents and sucks at her job. It’s obvious that the Chief has a soft spot for Bailey and maybe perhaps is planning to groom her for some other more important position later in her career? Maybe? I dunno. I just hope that Bailey doesn’t spend all season eating sour grapes about this stupid thing and we can see her making other people miserable besides Callie. She’s miserable enough on her own.

I guess the most enjoyable part of this season opener was getting to see how the interns of yesterday had turned into badass residents and are doing all they can to make the lives of the new interns miserable. Cristina is on her way to being Cristina again. She spent some time pining for Burke which is understandable and next week she gets to have a confrontation with her ex-future monster-in-law and hopefully this will close the door on the Burke thing. I thought that Burke’s character was good and the whole thing about Isaiah Washington was dumb and unfortunate but it’s time to get over it.

I am a little concerned about being overrun by too many characters. We have all these new interns and will they be just background filler – people for the residents to pick on? Or will they matter? Is Lexie the only one we’re supposed to care about?

Finally, Derek and Meredith decide to break up but not before they can have break up sex. WHO does that?! And then we’re supposed to get excited about the “sex scene” but then it was a let down. Just a moment of breathlessness and then it goes all slow-mo and shadowy as they kiss and then it’s over. Mmm-k.

So, I guess based on what I can recollect of this season opener, I was a tad let down. I hope next week is better. I will rewatch the episode sometime this weekend…maybe my opinion will change.

“I had a person in human resources tell me after this thing played out that ’some people’ were afraid of me around the studio. I asked her why, because I’m a 6-foot-1, black man with dark skin and who doesn’t go around saying ‘Yessah, massa sir’ and ‘No sir, massa’ to everyone?”- Isaiah Washington

This guy just doesn’t know when to shut up about it, does he? Had he held his head up high and left with a little dignity, then maybe some of us would revolt enough to perhaps get ABC to reconsider their decision to let him go. I was pretty irked that he was gone. It left the whole storyline with Burke and Cristina up in the air and for a viewer that is really annoying! Now, I am starting to see why he was let go. He’s a loose cannon and really in love with himself, isn’t he? I have decided that those who cry out racism are the most racist/biggoted themselves. People can be intimidating, not because of their skin color but because of the way they carry themselves and behave. It’s obvious now that he was a liability which is sad because his character was enjoyable and added a dimension to the show that will be sorely lacking this fall.

I installed the same statistics program on Nana’s blog and she loves to look at who is visiting and from where. I have had to explain a few times the difference between a hit and a visit. A visit is most important. A visit is counted each time an individual IP (or person) comes to your site. A hit is any piece of information that is downloaded from your site (i.e. a page, a photo, etc). So you can technically have 1 visit but have 10 hits at the same time. Well, I noticed 1 IP address had ONE visit and SEVENTY hits! I was like, “What the??” I checked it out and this IP address comes from an ISP in Washington D.C. So…what does that mean? Frankly, I don’t know… it could be a search engine but I don’t think it is because search engines like Google, Yahoo have their own set of IP addresses. Or it could be a really bored politician because in one visit, they pretty much visited every single page on the Blogosphere. They read the whole thing. Maybe it was the secret service! Ooh! Intrigue! Maybe it was Hillary! Boo! Hiss! You suck, “lady”…. Well, whomever you are, I am glad you stopped by and took the time to read everything. Maybe you can come back and actually leave a comment or two.

Stockholm, Sweden has been back a few times this month! Thanks for the read! Leave a comment next time. I don’t care if it’s not in english!  Rochester, NY was interested in my trip to Nauvoo – TWICE. So, welcome back! Richland, WA…I think I know who you are! Why don’t you write??

Well, anyway…it’s fun to see where all the traffic comes from. It seems that lots of folks are interested in Grey’s Anatomy and that’s cool. So am I. Let’s get a dialogue going, shall we? Because Isaiah Washington is off the show and has not been quiet about why he thinks he was let go. And TR Knight appears to be a catalyst which is interesting because his character of George, although one I like very much, he’s NOT the show. I mean…um, HELLO! It’s not George’s Anatomy. Sheesh.

This is a bunch of crap. Where’s the forgiveness? What Isaiah said (he called co-star TR Knight a f*gg*t) was bad, yes. But he owned up to it, apologized, sought counseling and met with gay groups. What else was he to do? So is he to be villified for the rest of his career for saying something stupid and cruel? I just love the double standard out there…Rosie O’Donnell can call our military terrorists and she escapes without a scratch but Isaiah Washington can’t make a vocal mistake of his own, apologize and seek help and still get fired? ARGH! Isaiah says he’s mad as hell and he should be. What’s happened to him is wrong. What this does to the show is wrong. His character was a very important one not only because it was important role for an African American but because his character impacts others. Cristina just lost her dynamic equal. This sucks!

I love this show….

Meanwhile, the Chief’s estranged wife Edelle has come into the ER due to a car accident and confesses to Addison that she is PREGNANT! She’s 52 and pregnant. It’s assumed that it’s another man’s child and she is adament that Richard not know. The Chief is clueless about his soon to be Ex but is eager to make sure that Meredith takes her test. He has her brought to a private room and tells her that she has 2 hours to take her test. She again proclaims him to NOT be her father and the proceeds to break down in his loving fatherly arms. Awww.

It’s the day before Burke and Christina get married. Christina is obsessed with her test and has no interest in writing her vows. Burke is all about the traditions but is aghast when he finds out that he is without a Best Man. Enter Derek who’s being a huge jerk lately and looking for reasons to dump Meredith. UGH! All he wants is to be Chief and he’ll not only lose that chance but lose her as well and he’ll deserve it.

Callie wows the other doctors by operating on 3 formerly stranded hikers with frost bite and body parts falling off pretty much at the same time. McSteamy thinks she’s giving Bailey a run for her money as chief resident which gives Miranda (Bailey) a huge wake up call – Hey! She’s not the chosen one! Uh.. RIGHT. As if. Callie vs. Miranda? That’s a no brainer. Meanwhile, Callie announces to Addison who is bemoaning the fact that she is baren, that she wants to have a baby. Blech. But then while the bridesmaids  are chilling with Christina during her last night as a free woman, Callie has an epiphony when Izzie chides them for taking for granted their true loves and how she would love to be like them. Uh oh, Lizzie loves George! Callie better get knocked up and quick!

Finally, the chief spots Edelle run into the ladies room and is totally freaking out when he finds her passed out on the bathroom floor bleeding out her well….you know.

Then the previews show for next week’s seaons finale… Callie announces her intention to George to be with child, Izzie confesses to George that she is head over heels in love with him – oh what is a gay man to do? Christina’s new mom-in-law decides that she needs to wax her eyebrows and she ends up without any on the day of her wedding! Very frightening. Of course there is bound to be lots of 2nd, 3rd and 4th thoughts about whether or not to take the plunge. The question is will the wedding happen and can they resolve that in an hour or do we have to wait until September?

 I love this show….