05.18.07

Shades of Grey

Posted in Television, JD at 11:46 am by jd

I tried.

I mean, I gave a full tilt, concentrate on the task at hand, listen to biased opinions, go with the hometown crowd, become emotionally attached, man-sized effort. I really attempted to enjoy myself. I just can’t. I can’t get into Grey’s Anatomy. Not even the “powerful” season finale could shake me. I’m going to try and diagnose why.

First things first, I can’t watch Meredith Grey (the title character) and be suspended in the disbelief that she’s some kind of prize to be fought over by several dudes. With respect to Ellen Pompeo, shouldn’t Katherine Heigl be the sexual protagonist? The one who the other female doctors want to strangle (because she is such a hottie) and the male doctors want to wrap themselves around? I guess my point here is this: Shouldn’t the main character of a show be the former model as opposed to the former “Strangers With Candy” co-star? Maybe I’m wrong here, but make no mistake, if this show was called “Izzy’s Anatomy,” the male viewership would increase ten fold.

Which leads me to my next problem, Izzy is in love with George? Come on now, the dude is the “nice guy” nerdy looking intern. AND George can pick between Callie and Izzy and he doesn’t pick the more attractive girl who he’s been friends with forever? Give me a break. That’s a no brainer. Happiness is, supposedly, marrying your best friend, and this guy goes with the not as hot bitchy girl instead. This guy is either a moron (which is extremely possible since he failed his internship) or the writers and casting people for the show don’t know what the other hand is doing. The Latino lovin’ would have to be a 15 on the Richter Scale to make this storyline feasible.

Sandra Oh is a good actress. I’m so glad she didn’t get married though, because the storyline featuring her and her fiancee was painful to watch. No chemistry between the actors and it was just plain bad. Sorry. I wanted to fast forward the TiVo through all wedding related scenes, but didn’t for research sake. My only saving grace was Izzy in a bridesmaid’s dress.

And what about Izzy’s ex-boyfriend? Alex I think is his name. Is he really chasing a girl that can’t even remember her life prior to entering the hospital? Or the one who is choosing to forget that life; however it played out, I don’t know. He seems a decent fellow, I bet his frat misses him. I’m not sure what his character’s purpose is in the show, though. Then again, the whole show is a muddled, confusing mess, so I’m not surprised.

Alex is looking for booty from the red-headed doctor. Allison maybe? Alex and Allison, how alliterate, how cute. They had an episode where they tried to spin Allison off to her own show giving her all sorts of inner conflicts and twisted feelings. It didn’t work. She comes off as way too stable in the midst of crisis. Plus I think she’s overly mature for a 39 year old. Two to one that show gets canceled faster than “Joey.”

I’m not going into the other couple doctors because I liked the one who is constantly yelling at people and the Chief until the other day, when the show decided to make them vulnerable. It was stupid. Leave them in control of their emotions and stick with the Gene Hackman from Hoosiers attitude, “My way or the highway.” That didn’t work for me. Especially when the plot twist with the Chief’s Ex-wife was easy to see from a mile away, even I called it.

And finally we come to McWhat’sTheirNames. One looks like a porn star and the other one looks like a 50 year old man. Now I realize that the 50 year old can’t be chasing a girl as attractive as Heigl, because that would seem odd if she returned affection; so in that sense, Pompeo works as Grey. However, the porn star looking dude would never go for Meredith in real life, and would be much more prone to a chick like Izzy. So either cast it differently next time around, or write it differently where McTheSecondOne goes after Izzy instead of Meredith. Much like Callie and George, Meredith must be great behind closed doors in order to validate all this attention.

In summation: Guys don’t buy that these doctors are competing over a 37 year old actress who looks like Calista Flockhart in her 40’s and after talking to a nutritionist. The fact is, I don’t know what would help this show be entertaining, at least not for me. I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid, so to speak. Just know that I tried, and for those of you who like watching Ally McBeal, MD, I’m sorry for the honesty. But you know there’s a problem when I had to fight off falling asleep during Grey’s between 10 and 11 (when I watched on the TiVo) and then was wide awake lying in bed watching “Scrubs.”

I had more issues to talk about, but I don’t feel like typing anymore, plus no one will read this anyway.

Be Well.

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