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Summary: Long Since Jumped The Shark
Comment: This season was absolutely brutal, as the show continues to sail headlong over the shark. It's become so utterly predictable and just plain bad, without even getting in to the whole "Gizzy" thing. No intent to flame the other reviewers here, but I'll just say that TV audiences (through the continuing ratings decline) and Katherine Heigl (comments re: not submitting her name for Emmy consideration) are both with me on this...
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Summary: The first half is rough going but it picks up after the strike!
Comment: Season 4 suffered because of the strike, like many shows. Although, in Grey's the first episodes of the year were just...blah, a bit of a let down after the previous 3 entertaining and exciting seasons. But not to worry, it picks up in a BIG way once the writers ended the strike and the season ends solidly and you'll be thankful you hung in there with all the ups and downs.
I, like many fans, was getting sick of Meredith and her whining. Just when you thought she was going to grow up and stop sabatoging her life...she keeps it up. But stay tuned till the end of this season! Same for George and Izzy & Alex & Ava...it was a mess, but by the end things are figured out. I think part of the reason the first episodes were rough going, was the introduction of several new characters. By the end of the season we got to know them better and I enjoyed watching them on screen more. Overall this season started a bit sour, but ended on a high note.
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Summary: The season improved after the strike
Comment: Grey's is great...but the season premiere was pretty silly with that whole Izzie-deer thing, I mean, c'mon, I know it's TV and all, but let's have a little realism. I, too, felt she was pretty flat this whole season, but didn't we just learn that was because she is persuing more film roles (the reason she withdrew her name from the Emmy's).
Meredith and her progression with therapy was pretty cool; even with all her whininess (and her high pitched laughter), her future with Derek looks pretty promising. And who cares about Derek so long as he looks good!!
Callie and Hahn--I agree that's an interesting dynamic, but Grey's has been viewed as the multi-racial TV drama, so why not incorporate the whole lesbian thing too? It's not my cup of tea, but after what Callie's gone through (and Hahn never gave into Sloan's pursuit), that too was a natural progression.
Christina and the aftermath of Burke...you know, at the 3rd season finale, I thought the whole, "I'm free" thing was pretty powerful, but we haven't seen really anything more from Christina and how she wasn't herself when she was with Burke--but what HE made her. I think she will have some growth in the 5th season.
George is a bit of a geek--but whatever. Who didn't see him and Lexie getting together at some point?? Hasn't this show made sex with pretty much everyone standard??
Chief and Sloan--supporting characters with little weight this season (I think), but I do believe we will see Sloan's role grow more in the coming season. He doesn't do much but sleep with everyone, but that has to change at some point...?
Alex--I have yet to figure that one out, but Ava/Rebecca has to go away once and for all.
Bailey--our precious Bailey--who I think holds the show together--that was a big bummer about her and her husband, but she is trying to put her family first.
Overall, I believe the season was better after the strike was over and the writers and producers found once again what made Grey's so special in the first place. I believe they set up the end of season 4 for a great season 5....should be great to watch come the fall!!!
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Summary: The Life Show on Its Fourth Season Does Not Disappoint
Comment: Portraying the twists and turns, fates and fortunes of life is what "Grey's Anatomy" all about, and with this fourth season this was no different. Some highlights:
- Christina still hasn't coped with the loss of Burke. Her obssession with perfectionism at work is a clear sign of that. Additionally, she has to deal with the tough temperament of Dr. Hahn, Burke's substitute, who just neglects Christina's existence.
- Derek develops a romantic relationship with one of the nurses at the hospital, but he clearly is still in love with Meredith, to the point they seem to get back together in the season finale after a very tough surgery that unites them under the same cause.
- The marriage between George and Callie turns out to be a failure, as well as the relationship between George and Izzie, who both initially thought they had real feelings for each other.
- Miranda's also with emotional issues regarding her marriage, once her devotion to work seems to be bigger than her family life.
- Meredith starts therapy in order to work out her insecurities toward things, especially her shaky relationship with Derek.
These were just a few of them. There's also the relationship between Alex and Rebecca, Lexie and Meredith, Callie and Hahn and Richard and Adelle that would take lines and lines to describe. Once again, this season was just about relationships. Medical cases, as always, are just in the background.
Some people complain they don't know where this show is going to. In fact, it is hard to predict with so many things happening in so different ways. What makes a TV show great is the unpredictability factor. Life is just that way: unpredictable. Things don't work out as planned, sometimes we make choices just to regret later, we do strange things and decisions in moments of weakness. When it comes to emotional issues, there is no logic involved, and expecting this show to be predictable would just ruin the magic it creates. This season is a good addition to fans who already own the previous seasons.
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Summary: Have to disagree
Comment: .... with the rest of the fine folks here. What in the world happened to my Grey's? Seriously. What story line? This season was just tragic. Meredith and Derrick, Derrick and Meredith BLAH!!!!!! I wanted to slit MY wrists! Derrick and Rose, Meredith and Derrick kill people, Ava, Rebecca, Ava CYBILL whoever she is. What's with that??!?! Izzie...... I mean really - what story line??? The best she had all year was the pregnant AIDS lady. ONE and I mean 1 marriage seemed to be going okay - Tuck and Bailey and now they can't keep it together.
This was a season full of smut and sleeping around - worse than any season has been. We watched Christina get totally screwed over all season. Addison came in as a breath of fresh air only to leave again. Izzie and George??? Really? Callie and Hahn - forget about it. Just smut..... ridiculous smut. It's as though the writers never planned for the show to succeed and therefore used all their story lines in the first couple of seasons - so now we have Melrose Place in a hospital. It's just disappointing.
Bailey and Christina were about the only reason I stuck around and now that's not even cutting it. LOVE I mean LOVE this show but this season was about as confusing and nonsensicle as this review. So where are we now? George is the Chief's little #$%@&. Hahn and Callie.... huh??? Christina has been pansey-fied and been used to mop up the floor. Izzie - well.... did nothing all season but save a deer and take over the free clinic. The Chief - whined all year and finally got back with his wife. Meredith sought counseling and is now "fixed" and ready to be with Derrick......... again. McSteamy - still a horny #$$ but woth morals now?? I just didn't get it. It was once a great show with a terrific cast and an excellent plot line. Now it's nearly R rated fluff with a story thrown in to pass the time in between sheet scenes. It's turned into a really really bad B-rated Porno written by a college freshman for film class. Sorry but it's an opinion. I want my Grey's back.
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