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January 17th, 2008 6:53 AM
I think the petition would have been better if the 'starter' would just have said 'bring merder back', instead of attacking Derek and attacking Shonda about the show.
Btw I don't know anymore who wrote it here, but it's no new spoiler that Cristina will hook up with Joshua Jackson.
January 17th, 2008 6:18 AM
People are relentlessly stupid sometimes. Is life pink?!Or the fans are looking for a pop sensation, dettached from reality?! Meredith, Izzie, Alex, Cristina and George are leaving college, getting into the real world. The real world means good and bad, not perfect! And as far as Derek is concerned...i'm so sick of the mr. perfect kind of thing. has anyone even considered the reason why derek got so attached to dark and twisted meredith?!
January 17th, 2008 6:01 AM
meredith is the best and i will 4 one always be on her side even though i love merder derek is more to blame than derek
January 17th, 2008 4:59 AM
Season 4 was much better than season 3. It is impossible for the writers to please everybody and I hate those shows where they do try that. (then you'll get something like season 3, with all the unfinished storylines)
So I just hope the writers do what they think is good. I have faith in them.
And I don't hate Rose. It's not her fault Derek is attracted to her and it's even less her fault HE kissed her.
January 17th, 2008 1:34 AM
See, here's the thing. I'm just as big of a Grey's fan as the rest of you but demanding that the show go your way is rediculous! Life isn't perfect, and would it be interesting to watch if there wasnt the dark conflict? NO then there would be no point in watching. I mean do we really watch it for the medicine? I think not. WE watch it for the relationship drama. Just let the writers do their work. Change happens. Life kinda sucks that way but really if you hate change so much I suggest going back to the dark ages where there would have been no Grey's Anatomy. Bubonic plague...but no Grey's
PS I know I'm one of few to say this and I'll most likely get shot down...But after that last episode I dont think that Mer and McDreamy belong together *winces for forthcomming torches and pitchforks* I really rather like Rose and I think a fresh face and a new perspective will be good for the show and for Derek.
January 17th, 2008 12:32 AM
Jessica- Not a blind MER fan. Seriously, MER has done plenty of damage with her mistakes. I just get tired of everyone always blaming her. LIKE DER IS PERFECT! She is slightly more damaged than DER! Still love them together better than apart!
There is one of thing that I liked with FINN- he seemed to know how to handle MER better than DER. When to push and when to pull back and she seemed to respond better to him. The only problem is she loved DER her soul mate. I just hope Shondra realizes we will love the show more if they just let MERDER get together and no more break-ups. Just fight and the MAKE-UP! It is not like there will be no more problems for them once they are together.
January 17th, 2008 12:31 AM
Bright&Shiny I agree with you about the petition thing.
January 17th, 2008 12:27 AM
I signed. I think it is a great idea. Grey's is STILL off track and the writers and ABC need to wake up.
January 17th, 2008 12:16 AM
Now that I have vented about MER.
I agree with season one and two. I loved every show! Season 3 -I loved a few shows and few scenes in a few shows. Season 4- loved the show with Lexie holding the guy's artery and MER telling DER not to date and HAhn to shut-up! MER's character is finally growing! I was pumped that this is the show that I fell in love with. I was so pumped for the last show and it left me empty too. There were a few great lines but the overall excitement was not there for me. I didn't even cry over the baby which was really sad! I just did not have the connection. This is what I am left with until the end of the strike? I was not happy! Some of my friends said that they were not going to watch any more. They were done! I am trying to keep them hooked for a little while by reading the blogs so they can vent. I don't know if the petition will work but it can't hurt! I am busy so the only show I watch is this one. I guess I can go back to CSI if they can't get i
January 17th, 2008 12:12 AM
merder fan, Meredith's not prefect either. She's made just as many mistakes as Derek.
January 16th, 2008 11:16 PM
FOR ALL YOU MER BASHERS- TRY AND DEFEND DER'S ACTIONS AS THE GOOD GUY!
First I love DER and I really love MER too (loved her on morphine) but please MER has told him time and time again that she has ABANDOMENT issues. (and rightly so-which he is aware of ALL the reasons!)
Let's count how many times HE has abandoned her. (the ones that I remember)
1. Picked ex-wife over her when she sticks her neck out first and tells him she loves him and "pick me, choose me" so cute! Doesn't even go to the bar to explain-just leaves her there drinking all night! MER forgives him!
2. She decides to be "friends with him & share the dog" so that she can hang on to the relationship and has to be friends with ADDI too. Meets someone- He is so jealous that he implies she is a whore and ends the friendship. MER forgives him.
3. Tells her "SHE has a choice to make because when he had a choice to make I chose wrong-I LOVE YOU"- TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED! Then HE decides for HER that Fin
January 16th, 2008 10:56 PM
Congrats and good for you. I guess it's really easy for some fans to take the roll of apathetic bystander. To tell you, if you don't like what you are watching, don't watch. Well, we've all seen where the apathy gets us all in life. You show that you DO CARE about this show from the heartfelt petition you wrote and the fact that you care this much shows what a fan you are. EW weekly did a mid season report and where the shows stood overall in ratings a cople of weeks ago. Grey's was 5th in ratings based on the whole season so far. Last year at this time, it was first. Fans and critics have been lukewarm at best on this season. Sure, we can all take the stand of "if you don't like it , leave.." and then watch as this once beautiful show becomes one of those crap night time teenage dramas (and folks, it's heading there) So while I don't agree with the whole statement (especially on Meredith, she is not hated, it's just that many have chosen NOT to know the character and just jum
January 16th, 2008 9:09 PM
Well if Meredith doesn't want McDreamy, she can send him over HERE, where I would be happy to marry him/have his kids/have him build a house for us/grow old together/etc etc etc. Even though it's a TV show, you would think any "normal" woman would realize what a hell of a man Derek is and would grab onto him and not let go,and not give him a reason to go!
January 16th, 2008 8:59 PM
I totally and completely agree with the petition and signed it the day it was put online. Because although the show is still amazing, it's not what it was in seasons 1&2. It's just not. 4.11 didn't make me cry. At all. I was...bored. =/ Was the Bailey and her son storyline heartbreaking? Absolutely. Was the Mer/Der break-up hard to watch? Definitely. But none of the sad, depressing storylines got to me like others have in seasons 1&2. They've just been sort of....flat lining lately.
Also, everyone needs to stop putting all the blame on Meredith or all the blame on Derek. Because they both screwed up a few times. They are both at fault! They've both hurt each other and it's not right to only blame one of them for their problems.
Derek's dating again. It's not like he just walked out on Mer and decided to flirt with a nurse. It's not like that. They both did things and said things and made their relationship the mess that it is. It took both of them to screw up the relati
January 16th, 2008 8:49 PM
I think the petition is a good idea if it works or not we have to speak up. The show has gotten way off base. I respect what Katie and Alicia are trying to do. Instead of just sitting back and complaining they are trying to do something constuctive. Right now it's considered the show with the worst writers block. The ratings have been going down pretty steady. If something doesn't happen in season 5 I feel like we might as well say goodbye to our favorite show. Attacking each other with words isn't doing anybody any good. Even some of the fun we use to have on sites like this is slowly disappearing. I think that is really sad.
January 16th, 2008 8:39 PM
I think that there are some serious problems with the show, and it goes beyond anything specific. I think Katherine Heigl said it best when she admitted Gizzie was a ratings ploy. Well, most ratings ploys don't garner LOWER ratings than the show previous. I understand that Grey's is in its fourth season, but CSI which is currently in its EIGHTH season doesn't pull things like that and they are currently beating Grey's in the overall ratings. Don't try to shock me all the time. If I wanted to be shocked and wanted my sensibilities challenged I would watch Criminal Minds (good show by the way).
January 16th, 2008 7:25 PM
When will the petition be sent to ABC / Shonda ? How many signatures before sending it to Shonda?
I heard the Ausiello's rerport today with some new spoilers about the show. Seems as if they were writing the next episode when the strike occurred. Cristina will start a relationship with JJ and Cristina will help Mer get over her split with Derek. Seems the split will last a while or until the conclusion of the Rose arc. Lets hope it ends SOON! We need to get rid of Rose and get Mer/Der back together!
January 16th, 2008 5:38 PM
Claire
Thank you! you took the words straight out of my mouth. Exactly what i have been trying to say.
January 16th, 2008 5:31 PM
no, it is not all derek's fault. but it definitely is partly his fault. "i want to be chief, and meredith complicates that" then he starts avioding her. so i agree that we shouldn tonly blame derek, but it is partly hjis fault.
January 16th, 2008 4:26 PM
the petition is incredibly stupid. first of all in the beginning of that episode derek wanted to build a house with meredith, live with her, love her, and build a life with her. if anyone needs to change it's meredith, she's not growing. or maybe she is and her growing is moving so slowly that we hardly notice it. anyway she wouldn't be meredith if she weren't that dark. i agree some things need to change, but only with meredith, she can still be dark, but she just needs to grow a little bit.
the show is doing fine, the only thing that's really pissing me off is the writers strike, we can't even watch the show anymore due to the early season finale. so maybe we need to worry about that more.
either way my point is that the people signing the petition need to just let it go, the show is amazing, i love the way bailey's character and story line has developed. george has changed so much and he's learning more, i love hahn added to the mix. christina needs more of a story line but
January 16th, 2008 4:23 PM
I just signed the petition. Not because I don't like Grey's but because of the direction it's heading in. Shonda keeps giving us hope that the show will get better; characters will grow, well I havn't really seen much of it. Little by little each week I lose interest with the characters, and I'm probably the one of the biggest Grey's fans out there. What really made me realize how disappointed I'm getting with the show, was last episode 4.11 when Mer and Der broke up I didn't shed a tear. Was I upset? Heck yes, but I'm so tired of going back and forth and back and forth and frankly Im used to it so I didn't need to cry anymore.
The petition isn't to yell or give any disrespect towards the writers of the show, frankly just this petition shows how many people care about the show, but it's simply a way to get the writers to hear our voices, because they've yet to be heard. Hopefully this petition will wake them up.
January 16th, 2008 4:15 PM
greyslover is right. Mer can't seem to grow up. As I said in other comments, Mer doesn't want anything to do with a long term relationship. She knows that they don't work, and she wants Derek so bad that she doesn't want to lose him.
Mer is becoming really annoying, too.
(I want to see Rose hook up with Finn, and Mer hook up with Mark to show Derek that all his loves have ended up with him. That would make things interesting.)
January 16th, 2008 4:11 PM
i dont think its fair for ppl to say just "turn off the show"
we live in a place where freedom of speech is encouraged and enforced.
if the writer's decide not to acknowledge the petition, thats their choice.
no one is forcing anyone to sign it.
January 16th, 2008 4:07 PM
i just signed the petiition.
January 16th, 2008 3:58 PM
Well as I said before, the thing I don't get is
WHY IS EVERYONE BLAMING DEREK?
He couldn't wait forever, MEREDITH is the one who has issues and has to grow up! Life goes on for Derek. So it's Mer who has become kinda annoying character.
(yesss i was a big merder fan, but latest time, the whole merder thing was becoming so frustrating)