Five Unanswered Grey's Anatomy Questions
Five burning questions we've been pondering regarding Grey's Anatomy, which despite of its ups and downs, will start its fifth season in this fall:
1. Will Izzie leave Seattle Grace? Some have speculated that Katherine Heigl's recent comments about Grey's Anatomy were an effort to get out of her contract, which is said to extend through 2009-10. See broader examination of this topic here.
2. Meredith and Derek: What next? Amazingly, Shonda Rhimes was saying well in advance how she wanted to get Meredith and Derek together for good by the Season 4 finale. And she did, with a terrific season ender. But if they really are together for good, and everything's blissful where's the drama? The tension? The entertainment? Can this normal, happy couple really sustain itself on TV, or are we really addicted to watching our two favorite lovers be torn apart by one issue after another?
Will Grey's Anatomy as we know it cease to exist with these two actually together?
3. Will ratings rebound? Grey's Anatomy started its fourth season battling for the best ratings of any scripted show on TV, but after the writers' strike, the show took a hit. Granted, the strike hurt everyone, but Grey's Anatomy seemed to lose its buzz along with the ratings. Was it just a blip, or is this a sign that interest is waning?
4. What's with Erica and Callie? With a passionate kiss in the season four finale, Erica and Callie seemed destined to be the first same-sex pairing on the Grey's Anatomy scene and perhaps the most famous lesbian couple on TV. While some were surprised when Callie went in that direction, it will certainly be interesting to see where a relationship between these two previously underutilized characters may lead.
5. Will Season Five of Grey's Anatomy be it? We know you don't want to even think about it, but it's worth asking - in fact, these days, a show that runs more than five seasons â" much less six or seven â" is a rarity on network television. And in the case of Grey's Anatomy, the story has a natural end: when the core group of doctors wraps up the residency program. Will the fifth season be it, or will it just set in motion plot lines and relationships that will shape the show for years still to come?
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.
More Grey's Anatomy News
Grey's Anatomy Season Finale Round Table: "Flight"
Grey's Anatomy Season 9: Will Anyone Else Die?!
Grey's Anatomy Caption Contest 314
Shonda Rhimes Speaks on Shocking Grey's Anatomy Death
Lexie: Mark, I'm dying. Please tell Meredith I love her and that she is a good sister.
November 13th, 2008 7:52 PM
please look in mer and der s eyes when they look at each other...please...its heart breaking even when they r together and when they leave.look at the way he runs after her or how he watches her sleep or cry or drink or smile...she is his princess and her protector.
November 13th, 2008 7:47 PM
as for Izzie...i really think that she played a big role in the series,and actually i couldnt hate her or think that she is a fake or needs to quit from the show...just imagine the group of friends as a whole...i cannot imagine them seperated .they compliment each other.when george failed the intern exam...and when alex started having problems with the silly eva(rebecca..i dont know where she came from),the group seemed to fall apart and they were no longer the group we were used to seeing hanging around together.on the contrary,izzie gave great lessons when...she didnt know that Denny was rich and she fell in love with him...then to find out that he made her a millionaire!and she refused to do anything with the money from her lover unless it was something "good".she also sufferred to get him the heart and risked her life and carreer for him...thats pure devotion,not stupidity...i would do the same...she has a soft heart...for example when she cured the deer.she is a frustrated woman..
November 13th, 2008 7:01 PM
hello.
i used to watch the show for a minute or 2 and i really never paid attention to it.but then, (this year,2008)while it was put on show series and starworld..i decided i want to understand the series...
instantly, i fell in love with it...i neglected my baby girl
(metaphorically),i sat alone all the time and all i did was ted cry and cry .even the previews on tv used to take me to a different world.i refused to talk or do anything while it was on.then i started to search the net for a website that would allow me to see the series from season 1 till the end .i used to stay all night from 11 pm till 4 or 5 am just searching...i went to dvd stores in my neighborhood,yet there were some who never heard of G.A.my brother got me seasons 1,2,3...and i directly finished them..and then a friend of mine told me about a free site for tv shows..
the point is that G.A became a very important part of my life.i started telling everyone about it,and sometimes people were annoyed of how attach
June 30th, 2008 10:42 PM
I can't wait to see the 5th Season!!! I just hope that it would not turn out to be like all other soaps where the guy (derek) gets an amnesia or something and nobody else knows that he was already trying to get back with Meredith and that nurse will think that he was on his way to celebrate with her when the truth is he's actually breaking up with her. That's already been used a lot! .... or that nurse got pregnant after just doing it once with mcdreamy and you would have him stay with her because of the baby!! that will be absurd because the show is liberal enough to show same sex relationships and patients trying to get legal abortion ... i wouldn't think that making derek stick with the nurse would be smart...
June 27th, 2008 11:04 PM
oh and also, i read some of the comments and Izzy can't leave the show. Derek, Meridith, George, Alex, Christina, Bailey, and Izzy are what makes the show what it is. Especially Meridith, George, Alex, Izzy, and Christina they are the 5 friends. They've been together since day one, it wouldn't be the same if one of them leaves. They should definitely keep them together till the end, if at all possible!!! and i hope Grey's Anatomy goes beyond just 7 seasons, it's so good i don't think i could ever get enough of it...lol :D
June 27th, 2008 10:50 PM
Ok i quite watching grey's anatomy in the middle of the 4th season cause Derek and Meridith weren't together plus some other things but i'm regretting it now. But Grey's Anatomy isn't the same with Derek and Meridith not together. Their relationship is what got me so hooked on the show! And the show doesn't have to end just because they are together. No marriage or relationship is easy. Your gonna fight and your not gonna be happy with each other all the time. But in my opinion if they don't bring Derek and Meridith back together it's gonna ruin the show. But what do i know, i know nothing about writing shows but that's my opinion. All i know is in the show Meridith's and Derek's relationship seems so real. And their characters being together gives people who's lives are complicated hope. WHY TAKE THAT HOPE AWAY? I know TV isn't real life but their characters do reflect on some people why take that away?????
June 25th, 2008 7:29 AM
I'm glad that Meredith and Derek are together for good to be honest it was kinda getting old with them breaking up and getting back together and for Katherine i say go girl she's right you can't be in a program for so long unless it's Friends or something else. I mean look at Er it sucks now that its been going for 13 seasons cancel it already. I guess saying this is not good with being related to one of them opps. Grey's is a great show just hope they don't start to run on fuims I say better to end on a high than a low.
June 25th, 2008 2:46 AM
Clearly Grey's Anatomy storylines have come to a pause. Evidently Rhymes has run out of plotlines, witty rebuttals and snappy comebacks. Katherine Heigl was wasted in Season 4, with the whole George-romance (which didn't work for me, seeing as there was no chemistry whatsoever), Meredith killed us with the Derek break-up sex, and Rose, well she was just so out of place. However, there were some pretty good points in the season, such as Meredith's therapy sessions, and Christina's sarcasm and anti-intern attitudes. The problem with the show is that it has become pretty repetitive with MerDer. They have broken up several times, and I really couldn't stand the Meredith drowning episodes. Finally, where was Derek's devotion to Meredith when he almost dumped her when he found out she was "complicating his chances of being chief"?
Grey's Anatomy has been my favourite show for the last 3 years. I have never missed an episode and I don't plan to do so in the future.
however, it's high time S
June 24th, 2008 8:28 AM
I Loove Alex, He´s brilliant:D Addicted to him!
June 24th, 2008 7:24 AM
I think we will see Finn in S 5!!