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A couple of weeks ago on "Grey's Anatomy" Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Dr. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), were asleep in her bedroom* when Yang was jolted awake by Hunt trying to strangle the life out of her. That pivotal moment and several others like it are why "Grey's Anatomy" has become appointment TV viewing again. Of course it hasn't been a perfect season, like say, "Lost" or "24"--Izzie's affair with her dead lover Denny pretty much took that mantle off their shoulders--but overall, it's been a redeeming season for "Grey's."
Now remember, this is the same show that a couple of months ago I was calling "Grey's Lobotomy." And honestly, who could blame me with some of the stuff going on around that hospital?
"Grey's" is a lot like a boyfriend you aren't sure if you really like. You hate his friends, he forgets to call you when he's going to be late, and sex with him is like sleeping with warm pudding. On the other hand, he has a steady job, rubs your feet when you get home from work, and listens attentively when you talk.
This season "Grey's" listened attentively to all the complaints about last season. And as the show approaches its 100th episode, in which it's rumored Mer/Der will get married, now is as good a time as any to recap.
Whiny, angst ridden, Meredith who I could barely stomach a couple of seasons ago has finally grown up. Derek was the one with a major crisis of confidence and Meredith was the one who propped him up for a change. Then when he finally asked Meredith to marry him, he did it with an "Elevator Love Letter" and she said yes.
Miranda Bailey is still marvelous. She bucked the Chief's plans for her to succeed him by deciding to specialize in pediatrics. Watching Miranda deal with letting him down was like watching a daughter break away from a doting father and push out on her own. It was sweet and sad at the same time.
How cool is Alex Karev this season? I always knew he had the makings of a good surgeon and a good man and damned if he didn't prove me right. Though he's back with Izzie--a downside if you ask me--he's re-dedicated himself to medicine and excelled.
Mark Sloan developed real feelings for Meredith's little sister, Lexie, or Little Grey as she's called, and tried to prove he was capable of satisfying a woman out of bed as well as in. For his trouble, Little Grey broke his penis during sex--yeah, you heard me--and Derek nearly broke the rest of him when he found out about the two of them.
The best cast addition was Kevin McKidd as Dr. Owen Hunt, an Iraqi war veteran who's attracted to Cristina but also suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. He attacked Cristina in his sleep and had no idea what he was doing until he'd nearly choked her to death.
Cristina, in a rare show of compassion, understood what happened and chose to support Hunt. In a lovely scene at the end of the episode, the two make love for the first time, but things are spoiled when Cristina reluctantly admits she's afraid to fall asleep if Hunt stays with her. That forces him to finally seek help for his condition.
Hunt is a great character and I'm loving the dose of realism he brings to the hospital that can get a little too goofy at times. And Kevin McKidd is a welcome addition for his acting skills and his luscious good looks.
As far as Cristina, she's still an icy, robot of a woman who would have trouble expressing an emotion if her hair follicles were being pulled out one by one.
A perfect example was when, Cristina was supposed to be prepping a woman (Mrs. Kim from "Gilmore Girls") for surgery. The woman is scared out of her mind and fumbles with a list of questions. Cristina brushes her off like a spec of lint from her lab coat and it's only later when the woman is on the operating table and begs Cristina for some reassurance, that Dr. Yang deigns to give her the smallest crumb.
Yeah, not in any way a Cristina fan.
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