Ok, the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy. One more chapter in the life of Seattle Grace closed til fall.
As I sat and watched it tonight I realized that the show has lost its luster for me. I’m tired of trying to figure out the connections, the bigger picture, how it all fits together. I am really sick of Meredith and Derek and all of their drama. McSteamy is tired and cliched. Erica and Callie are predictable and so politically correct. The really, big traumas are just lackluster and uninteresting. I’m just over it. I’m done caring. Who cares if Meredith “got whole?”
You know that Derek probably won’t make it back to her. Meredith is going to be stuck there, waiting for him, still. Something will happen on the way back – he’ll get hit by a car, Rose will turn out to be the dark and twisty one and will kill him – SOMETHING will happen. This is how the evil Shonda works.
I also blame the writer’s strike. Who cares about scripted tv? I must say I’ve lost a little love for tv through this strike. The networks didn’t do enough to woo me back. They should have made the season longer or something. All it did was make me realize there are more interesting things on tv to watch. Who knew I’d be fine with less of it and just HGTV, E, Bravo and TLC.
So goodbye Grey’s, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, and Men in Trees. I have officially deleted you from my series manager.
5 Comments
May 23, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Personally… I think it is your company. You do not have as cool of people to watch it with… so it looses it’s luster. Sorry I did not fly out to Ohio every Thursday night to watch Greys with you.
May 23, 2008 at 6:52 pm
LOL – oh is that it?!
May 28, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Yeah, the writer’s strike frustrated me too… “The Office” only had seemingly 3 episodes before the finale. Whatever. I’m pretty strict about what I allow myself to get truly addicted to and the only big one out there right now for me is LOST which wasn’t too badly impacted by the strike (compared to some). Like you, I found myself gravitating towards reality TV – The Biggest Loser, Designed to Sell, and House Hunters to name a few. And then there’s always reruns of my favorite all-time shows like “Frasier” and “Gilmore Girls” to keep me busy. All-in-all, don’t feel like I really missed much. My Tivo has slimmed down.
June 5, 2008 at 8:42 am
Marti – You certainly are not alone with your opinion of scripted television. I had read a while ago that ratings were much lower after the strike. The author of the article suggested that it may have had a lot to do with the fact that the major networks did relatively nothing to promote the shows return and thought nothing of extending the season.
I’m also with you about the Meredith/Derek thing. I’m tired of them…just let them be together and move on with the show.
June 8, 2008 at 6:29 pm
It’s not surprising ratings have gone down. THey forgot the most important element in all of their negotiations – the fans. Maybe we should strike, that would cost more than the 2.1 bn the writer’s strike would cause.