Tonight's episode was incredible. I won't be sure until I watch it
again, but I'm thinking it was probably the season's best so far. The
balance between all of the characters continues to be vastly improved
from the previous two seasons and the episodes...they're just amazing.
Seriously.
The ending was so sweet. Incredibly sweet. Actually, I think this is
the first time we've seen MerDer kiss since the season finale, so the
episode wins points just for that right there. It's also great to see
Meredith finally really, truly growing. In the past, she would have
pushed Derek away because of the diary and he probably would have wound
up back in the trailer, but instead she actually told him that she
wanted him to stay. And then he gave her the trailer! Perfect, I tell
you! Perfect!
Alex was, well, more Alex than he's been in a long, long time and so
Alex and Izzie's relationship really seemed genuine Season1/Season2,
but I was glad to see them take another step in it (whatever their
relationship may be).
Having Callie and Erica go out on a date was great, they needed to
finally take some steps. But, speaking of Erica, the most annoying
thing about her character is that she is incredibly two-faced. She's
likeable one minute (basically when she's just around Callie) and then
detestable the next. I'd like if I could have one or the other,
preferably likeable. =P
Bailey was great tonight, ordering everybody around. The dermatology
storyline was incredibly hilarious and totally genius I thought. I
think it kind of gave the characters a refresher course of sorts as to
why they are surgical doctors. And George was so great tonight. I'm so
glad to see him pass the intern test - he's going to be a real resident
next week! This is very exciting news.
It was also awesome, however brief, to see Joe back in Joe's Bar again.
That's something we haven't seen in a long time, and it was one of the
staples of the show.
In my eyes, even though Krista's episode last week was utterly amazing,
tonight's episode did everything Krista's didn't, which is what made it
so perfect. It gave us a lot of the things the fans have been waiting
for to see all summer.
The fan reaction on the boards is very similar to last week. Very, VERY
positive. People are positively glowing about the episode for the most
part. All in all, fans are really thinking Grey's is getting back to
its roots. Shonda was right when she said the bar had been raised. Oh
man, she was right. The only complaint I'm seeing across the board is
that every episode this season so far has had too little MerDer. They
are, no matter how you look at it, the focus relationship of the show,
and right now, many fans feel like their relationship is being used as
bookends for the episodes. They're incredibly good bookends, but not
much happens with the two (together) in the actual meat of the episodes.
Well, I just wanted to congratulate you on another astounding episode.
Grey's really is back. Really and truly. I've never been more proud to
be so dedicated to this show.
