Grey's Anatomy Round Table: "Freedom"
While fans gather in our Freedom" include memorable Grey's Anatomy quotes and kisses, Emmy winning performances, unanswered questions and predictions ...
1. What was your favorite Grey's Anatomy quote from the finale?
McCritic: I can't recall the exact wording - and, no, it's not because I was crying so hard that my nose blowing drowned out the precise quote... I swear - but when Dr. Webber romantically told Adele that he was her husband and he was coming home, it almost made the confusing back and forth between these characters for the last two years worthwhile.
missingBurke: Have to go with this Meredith Grey quote (that it was interrupted by the kiss helps): "Now I'm here feeling like a lame ass loser. I got all whole and healed and you don't show up. And now it's all ruined because you took so long to come home! And I couldn't even find that bottle of champagne..."
iheartizzie: So many possibilities here, but when the "new" Mark told Callie how he wished he was all someone thought about and encouraged her to follow her heart with Erica, that was particularly awesome. I love Mark.
2. Which of the many kisses in this episode was your favorite?
iheartizzie: They were all great, but in an outside-the-box pick, I'm going with the love-struck teen clinical trial patients, Beth and Jeremy. Most of the time the medical cases exist solely as devices through which our favorite characters interact, but these two were really terrific and helped make the episode great.
McCritic: Alex and Izzie. Not because I wanna see these two get back together, but because it was a vulnerable moment, played to perfection by Justin Chambers, that actually did not result in misguided sex for a change.
missingBurke: That montage was amazing, but nothing compares to Meredith and Derek. That kiss was an entire year in the making, and worth the wait.
3. Season Four was full of great performances by the Grey's Anatomy cast. Which cast member(s) do you think deserves an Emmy nomination?
missingBurke: Grey's Anatomy would win Best Drama every year if it weren't for some uneven story lines - the acting is superb from every cast member. It wouldn't be Grey's Anatomy, however, without the glue: Patrick Dempsey.
McCritic: Chandra Wilson. No actress on television fights back tears in a more forceful, emotional way (watch the scene where she hands Izzie the keys to the clinic again for proof) than the woman who plays Dr. Miranda Bailey.
iheartizzie: Justin Chambers was absolutely stunning at the end. To sell such an epic breakdown of macho Alex Karev, whose emotions and turmoil had been internalized for so long, is no easy task, but it was so believable. Chambers is terrific week in and week out, and with this, his talents should finally be recognized.
4. Bigger plot hole: George realizing he can ask for a second chance at the test a year later, or Richard coming home to Adele when he already did that once?
McCritic: George's realization. Instead of cheating on his wife with his best friend, perhaps George should have been reading the testing rules.
iheartizzie: In Season Two, Adele tells Richard that he doesn't put his family first. He throws a prom for niece Camille, but Adele leaves him anyway. Then, near the end of Season Three, Richard returns to Adele, only to have a door shut in his face. He thinks there is another man inside; this is never clarified. In the Season Three finale, Richard and Adele reunite when she is rushed to the hospital - yet they're mysteriously apart again as Season Four opens. Come on, writers. Even a man as funny as Chief can't rescue himself from these plot holes. He deserves better.
missingBurke: Richard let Meredith re-take the intern exam after she flaked. George never thought to ask if he could give it another shot?
5. After their romantic reunion, Derek told Meredith to wait for him and left to end things with Rose. What will happen next?
iheartizzie: For this answer I must quote a reader who submitted her own theory via our Contact Us form. I'm curious to know what others think of this potential outcome: "It's so obvious that as Derek tells Meredith to "wait" for him ... that we will find out next season he has been killed in some car accident going off to tell Rose that they are through. THIS COULD NOT BE MORE OBVIOUS."
missingBurke: After quickly dispatching of Rose, Derek returns to Meredith in the house of candles, as promised - with an engagement ring in hand.
McCritic: Derek will die... of embarrassment because his car is out of gas!
What's next for Derek and Meredith after the emotional season finale?
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October 13th, 2008 3:52 AM
hi everybody,
seasonfinale was the best ever seen ;-)) I really loved the moment just before Callie kissed Erica ... can´t wait for season 5 - and the story between CALLIE/ERICA - what will happen to Mark - also one of my favourite characters - especially since he told Callie to open her heart to ERICA ... don´t let us wait tooo long
best wishes cw.
September 14th, 2008 12:43 PM
OMGGG i adored the season finale! i live in russia so like i only JUST saw it.
i loved it sooooooo much and i cried sooo hard for the last 25 mins or so. especially when alex cried. it must've been so hard for him cause like he loved rebecca and like now shes admitted in a psych hospital and he was reminded of his mother and i wouldnt've survived.
anways i think that justin chambers should get the award because of all his passion and yelling and crying and all that crap.
i cant wait to see season 5!!!!
June 7th, 2008 9:02 PM
I loved the season finale.
Best Kiss: MerDer, no contest. It's been building up for so long that the intensity of it had to be released somehow.
2nd Best Kiss: Lexie and George. It may have been short, but it was sweet. Almost like a "honey I'm home" kind of kiss. Like they had been doing that their whole lives. It was so cute. When I saw that, something in my head went: "DING! Cute couple alert!" I can't wait to see how possibly the cutest relationship (next to MerDer) in the show develops.
Best Quote: Well, this was tough.
I did love Meredith's ranting of "Stupid...corny...idiotic...I cannot believe I did this. Stupid...loser... son of a... I could be at home instead of...uhhh... stupid brainman." That was truly amazing.
I also had to love Cristina's "That's not sanitary...."
I'm excited to see what season 5 has in store. Especially with my favorite couples. (MERDER)
While I did think the Erica/Callie kiss was cute, it was somewhat predictable in the se
June 5th, 2008 9:35 PM
Grey's anatomy is just the best! I just can't get enough of it! huge fan from Colombia South America...every time Derek kisses Mer is like i am being kissed by the true love of my life...thanks for letting me go thru that!
June 4th, 2008 6:11 PM
hmm.. idk.. after reading all these comments (and i dont want to jinx anything) but i think its safe to say Grey's has a good chance winning best drama at the emmys after these last 5 episodes!
May 31st, 2008 1:21 PM
Something has to go wrong with Meredith and Derek, not because they are not meant to be but because its a T.V. show and the main couple always have to have something wrong. Though, I would love it if this time they dealt with their problems(Mer's trust issues and Derek's not good with confrontation issues) while staying as a couple. Did anyone else find it ironic that the one thing Meredith had to do was "trust" Derek when he returned and the one thing Derek had to do was "confront" Rose and tell her the relationship was over? As far we have seen, both these issues have been their achilles heel.
The chances of either women getting pregnant with Derek's baby are slim. Meredith cannot get pregnant because it would cheat the viewers out of the Mere/Der love scenes and it will be unrealistic, keeping both their demanding jobs in mind. If Rose gets pregnant, that it would be just another version of "the ex-wife returns" storyline. They are over and done with Derek choosing someone else o
May 31st, 2008 12:51 AM
That would be funny if on his way to tell Rose that it's over his car dies. But he'll most likely come back with a ring for Meredith. I'd rather not think of the possibility of Derek getting hurt on his way to Rose's or from Rose's to Meredith. I want this relationship to end up with them getting married and popping out their first of three kids.
As for the emmy, I would love to see Justin Chambers grab a nom just cause I believe he is the most underrated actor on the show(So is James Pickard Jr).
The biggest plot hole belongs to George. If Meredith could get a second chance to take the test then why didn't it accure to him that he could re-take it?
May 29th, 2008 12:28 PM
Do we know a start date for season 5??????
May 28th, 2008 9:01 PM
I think the writers did a wonderful job at drawing us back in for the last few episodes. I think the finale brought up some interesting developments in each character and leads to some great storyline possibilities! So here's what I think….
1. ALEX. I think we are overlooking what Alex has going on in his head. I think Lexie finding out that he lied in his application essay to SGH is a way of telling us something that we've been overlooking â€" that Meredith's not the only one with a dark and twisty past. We already know that Alex's dad used to beat his mom, that he practically grew up in a bar, and that he ultimately ran his dad out of the house and never heard from him again. There are a lot of deep-seeded issues there, and it's unfair to assume that Meredith's the only one who has a right to be messed up. Now that we know Alex lied on his entrance essay, what else has he lied about? I mean, someone who would lie about having TESTICULAR CANCER to get a job obviously has
May 28th, 2008 7:02 PM
Give them all an award such a brilliant cast, that final scene, breathe taking, so so so beautiful and they totally pulled it off, with absolute conviction