So, I have had a good 12 hours at this point to collect my thoughts on last nights episode, and try, my best, to boil down McBitchy, and how she behaved last night.
I can honestly understand how she would be confused at the beginning of this episode. She grew up with no relationship with her father, and he has this whole other family, and she never knew them, and they never knew her, and all she had was her mom. Her mom suffers from a terrible illness, and she was there to care for her, when no one else was. That is hard. Then, upbeat, and adorable, Lexie shows up, and McDreamy does clearly make eyes at Lexie in an effort to at least make Meredith a bit jealous. I get that, I get all of that, but, it still doesn't justify Meredith going all silent on her.
I was also willing to admit that after the scene with George and Lexie, that Meredith's look could be read two ways, but, there is absolutely no excuse for whiny comment number 1 "I'm the girl from the bar." and the silent walk away in the end.
Lexie, twice, twice tried to reach out to her at the hospital. The first time, was a clear emergency situation, so I cannot fault Meredith for focusing on her work, but the second time, Meredith did not just walk away without saying a word, instead, she walked away, with McDreamy, to be both territorial, needlessly cold. Why not say "Lexie, I know you wan to talk, and I want to as well, but I just can't yet." Or "Lexie, I have McDreamy issues to deal with." Instead, she walks off and says nothing, to go and have breakup sex with McDreamy.
Side note, do all hospitals seemingly have this much sex in the workplace? I mean for reals, I have a sister who is an ER nurse, and I don't think she has experienced anything like the constant hook ups that are this show. Like, WHOA.
So, I will write what I believe about Meredith Grey, when given two choices, one, being the hard but right one, and the other, being the easy, instantly gratifying one, she always takes choice B.
Always.
Thank god Dr. Who is on tonight, we get to see more of The Master.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Grey's Anatomy Premiere - Meredith, actually kind of nice, I am worried.
Well, the first episode is upon us, and, well, Meredith is already in McBitchy mode.
Her first comment about her sister, who, by the way, has a mom who died because of recommendations Meredith made, anyway her first comment about her sister was "The Doey Eyed One". She then proceeded to get all snippy with George who should have told her immediately about her sister being there. Lexie, played by Chyler Leigh, is very pleasant, if not a little over excited.
Anyway, back to McBitchy, who, upon finding out that Derek and Lexie have met, says, and I am not kidding "I'm the girl from the Bar" and then storms off.
Meredith is not totally terrible this episode, she does attempt to comfort a possible amputee in this thing, and really does a good job cleaning up her unattached arm, and being very compassionate to the woman who is getting her arm back.
So, score for the episode is two McBitchy moments, and one extended compassionate exchange with a potential amputee.
In other news this episode, Izzie decides to try to save a deer, which, honestly, what? What is this show? Is Izzie going to get a spinoff? Will she become a vet? (because really, she shouldn't be a doctor anymore after killing Denny) Will Finn be in it? Who knows!
Yang also seems to be doing well. I actually like her character quite a bit, she has gone through real growth, and, really, she is pretty great. She also seemed very crushed that Burke quit without telling her. Great scene, shot well.
But, overall, I am really upset that there is not more to hate in this episode. Izzie is good, and George is fairly great. He delivers a baby, during a surgery, and has some good talking with Lexie, it was unreal.
George had it best at the end, in regards to Lexie Grey, he said "You, are kind of awesome." In true Han Solo fashion, she said "I know."
Meredith looked on, with a mean face. It could have been a "searching to find common ground with a sister I don't know face". But, I am biased, and prefer to think it was mean.
Oh, one more thing, at the very end, Lexie was trying to be nice, and wanted to talk to Meredith, and, without saying a word, Meredith walked off with McDreamy, to dump him, then, they had break up sex. And George showed up on Izzie's door, and told her he loved her too.
Bad George, Bad.
I now have to watch the Office on DVR, I hope its better than this.
Her first comment about her sister, who, by the way, has a mom who died because of recommendations Meredith made, anyway her first comment about her sister was "The Doey Eyed One". She then proceeded to get all snippy with George who should have told her immediately about her sister being there. Lexie, played by Chyler Leigh, is very pleasant, if not a little over excited.
Anyway, back to McBitchy, who, upon finding out that Derek and Lexie have met, says, and I am not kidding "I'm the girl from the Bar" and then storms off.
Meredith is not totally terrible this episode, she does attempt to comfort a possible amputee in this thing, and really does a good job cleaning up her unattached arm, and being very compassionate to the woman who is getting her arm back.
So, score for the episode is two McBitchy moments, and one extended compassionate exchange with a potential amputee.
In other news this episode, Izzie decides to try to save a deer, which, honestly, what? What is this show? Is Izzie going to get a spinoff? Will she become a vet? (because really, she shouldn't be a doctor anymore after killing Denny) Will Finn be in it? Who knows!
Yang also seems to be doing well. I actually like her character quite a bit, she has gone through real growth, and, really, she is pretty great. She also seemed very crushed that Burke quit without telling her. Great scene, shot well.
But, overall, I am really upset that there is not more to hate in this episode. Izzie is good, and George is fairly great. He delivers a baby, during a surgery, and has some good talking with Lexie, it was unreal.
George had it best at the end, in regards to Lexie Grey, he said "You, are kind of awesome." In true Han Solo fashion, she said "I know."
Meredith looked on, with a mean face. It could have been a "searching to find common ground with a sister I don't know face". But, I am biased, and prefer to think it was mean.
Oh, one more thing, at the very end, Lexie was trying to be nice, and wanted to talk to Meredith, and, without saying a word, Meredith walked off with McDreamy, to dump him, then, they had break up sex. And George showed up on Izzie's door, and told her he loved her too.
Bad George, Bad.
I now have to watch the Office on DVR, I hope its better than this.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Private Practice - The First Episode - Live Blogging
Well, for the first "real" blog of this fun little hobby we will be live blogging.
I am watching the premiere of Private Practive with my McFiance.
8:01 - Open, shot of Seattle Grace, we get to see the Old Chief! That is nice to see. He is talking about his Addison, and, as "his Addison" explains her reasons for leaving, we get a brief intro to all the new characters, in which is sure to be a crappy spinoff. She talks about dancing naked, that makes it a tad more interesting.
Why does she need his blessing? And why would he keep her job opening, OH, I KNOW WHY, because this show is going to suck, and will get cancelled, and Kate Walsh is going to want to keep cashing her fat ABC pay checks.
8:03 - Addison is dancing naked in her apartment, and guess who sees her? Taye Diggs, and, since he is married to Idina Menzel in real life, we know he is into white women, so, Addison better watch out.
8:04 - PIZ! Or, rather Chris Lowell, formerly of Veronica Mars shows up, don't know his deal, apparently, hot male receptionist. I hope Taye kicks his ass.
8:05 - Judging Amy is on this show too? Shit, it has a good cast, at least, but honestly, I don't know what they will all do. Tim Daly, also known as Superman (from the Animated series) is on this show too.
8:06 - I think Naomi has been recast since the backdoor pilot last season. McFiance insists that I am wrong. Wikipedia insists that I am correct, and that Merrin Dungey, formerly of Alias fame has been recast by a 4 time tony award winner. Good for stage actors.
8:09 - Old man having a a stroke in the lobby, and, oddly enough, they take him to an ER. I mean for real? A place full of Doctors, and they take him to an ER? And he dies! Backup story here, apparently, he and his wife wanted to have a baby, and he was coming to see Addison et al to make a "delivery" in their sperm bank. Right after death, his wife demands his sperm, and Taye freaks out.
Commercial Break - During the Break McFiance informed that I missed the key plot point of Piz wanting to become a midwife. Wouldn't that be a midhusband? or his midwife a gender neutral term like Flight Attendant or Dental Hygenist?
8:15 - Commerical over, we get the cast list, Kate walsh has top billing, Tim Daly second, then bunch of people I don't know, "with" Taye Diggs, "and" Judging Amy. A whole conversation about use of the term "mamma" is going on. I mean, is AC Slater on this show? What the hell?
8:16 - Apparently Piz has a name on this show, it is Dell. Hmmmm, don't know that I like it. Taye is back at the hospital! Apparently, the dead guy wasn't married to the woman who wants his sperm, and Taye is gonna fight the female ER doc for them.
8:18 - Tim Daly is now talking to Addison and thinks she moved there because he kissed her. Honestly, this is bad writing, no person would really think that. Seriously, who thinks like that? And Addison is honestly giving him a response, like, kind of flirting with him, just encouraging his delusion. Real adults do not interact like this.
8:19 - Naomi is now at the hospital, trying to get dead guys sperm, ER doc, again, doing the right thing, and not letting him.
8:20 - Piz or Dell refers to his midwifery skills, and whether or not it is an actual word is questioned by Addison and McFiance, having said that, Blogger spell check didn't say I misspelled it, so it must be a word.
8:21 - Judge Amy walks in on an odd woman taping her ears and counting tiles. Ok, way too much is going on in this first episode, in order to give each star their own little plot, it will get tiring.
Commercial again, Silver Surfer is coming out on DVD soon, sweet.
8:26 - Some store manager of the place that tile counting girl is at says "my sister has mental problems" which is why he didn't call the cops. Really sensitive there Paul, thank god Amy is there, and she has all the experience with troubled kids as a Juvenile Judge.
8:27 - Apparent teenage girl is giving birth to a baby, and Addison is telling here that despite screwing up, she gets a free pass in the birthing suite. My thoughts are her dad's insurance will not get a free pass, and that they will be paying for the costs of labor.
8:28 - Taye is getting his Sperm, but he and his ex have to perform the procedure, but then, dead guys WIFE shows up, and she says "no touchy" on his privates, or his seed. Switch back to Amy, who is down, on her knees, with odd tile counting woman.
8:30 - Piz wants to help give birth, but Addison hates male midwifes, so, he holds her hand, to help her along. Lucy, the pregnant teen, passes out, apparently congestive heart failure, and her dad says, as his daughter is dying "Her mom died in child birth". WOW, these people are idiots, not painting a good picture of California.
Commercial - Ok, I can already tell you there are WAY too many commercials, and EVERY TIME someone has a crisis at the clinic they just send them to the ER. Good to know good clinic care, is there for all of us, especially in our most populous state.
8:32 - Tim Daly states the obvious, girl and baby are gonna die before the ambulance gets there, and then, we see Amy back in the store, and, apparently this is somehow relevant. I like Amy quite a bit, but this seems pointless. Cooper, another doctor at the co op clinic is there to help her, and I cannot figure out what Cooper does.
8:35 - Dead guy/Sperm donor wife, really does not want to let her husband's lover get the sperm, the wife wants it for herself, and wants to leave Leslie out in the cold.
8:36 - In the birthing suite, Addison is going to perform a C Section, with no pain killers, and she is having a scene that no doubt will be submitted for her emmy nomination. Tim Daly, must be some sort of acupuncture person, because he says he can treat her without feeling any pain. She starts cutting, and then....commercial!
During the break McFiance informed me that 1) there has not yet been a cut, and 2) during the backdoor pilot last year, all of these people had their specialities talked about. Screw me for not remembering. She is also predicting that Amy and Cooper will hook up.
8:41 - The cut happens, no pain is felt! And then, Taye and his ex wife, the Tony Award Winner are trying to figure out who gets the sperm. Really? Shouldn't someone be harvesting it? I mean really? They are outside, and they are having a conversation about sperm that is really a talk about their marriage, and why it broke up.
8:43 - Amy is trying to figure out something in an ad that triggered tile counting woman to freak out. No clue, but it is a boy running through a field. Amy figures she had a son, who she lost somehow.
8:44 - Still sperm talk, and wife is willing to wait for a Judge and risk all sperm dying, rather than let the lover get it. There is way to much talking going on, and not near enough prostate milking going on. They should at least be harvesting and freezing you know?
8:45 - Baby born, mom in defib, and Addison is taking over, then Commercial!
McFiance asks the question "are we watching a premiere, or, a bunch of commercials?"
8:50 - Homestretch, Addison saved her, without us seeing any of it. I blame bad edits, and can't wait to see this on the 13 episode "complete series" because, let's be honest, this crap is NOT getting a full season. Dell/Piz is congratulated on good work, and Addison again brings up her kissing Tim Daly, and he gloats about it. Good for him, she has guy problems.
8:51 - Taye looks good, lover got the sperm, Taye is happy. Back in the store, Amy is trying to help the tile counter, and Cooper is a pediatrician! Finally! We found out! As it turns out, tile counting mom lost her son to cancer, in the brain, and mom chose to stop treatment. So, son died, mom blamed herself, and went nuts. Awwwwww, good to see everyone be happy in the end, and figure out all the problems as they cry about this poor kid dying from cancer. Mom stops being crazy, and is cured. Amy rocks.
8:55 - The harvest is going to take place for the sperm! Which is kind of gross, because this guy has been dead for like 50 minutes of show time, so, my guess is it is like at least a few hours of real time. Taye was going to watch the ex do the "procedure". Weird.
8:56 - Amy and Cooper are talking about stuff, and she stalks him in some weird way. I don't have that figured out.
8:57 - Addison and Taye's ex are having a heart to heart about her needing Addison there, to be her someone. Although, I could have sworn that she had a daughter in the backdoor pilot, but, so far, no mention of that kid. No doubt, she got written out like Laura's little sister on Family Matters, ouch. Kate Walsh, demands that she be allowed to stay, and looks really odd doing it, I mean, in real life, if that happened, everyone in the room would cringe, and not in an "Office cast cringing at Dwight" sort of way, but in a real sort of way. Kate Walsh is staying, she pulls the blinds at home, and dances, and Taye watches her.
Yuck.
Sadly, no one was anywhere near McBitchy tonight, which, is sad. However, in the previews for Grey's Anatomy tomorrow night, it seems as if Meredith is a bit jealous of her sister, and her sister is much nicer than she is.
I am watching the premiere of Private Practive with my McFiance.
8:01 - Open, shot of Seattle Grace, we get to see the Old Chief! That is nice to see. He is talking about his Addison, and, as "his Addison" explains her reasons for leaving, we get a brief intro to all the new characters, in which is sure to be a crappy spinoff. She talks about dancing naked, that makes it a tad more interesting.
Why does she need his blessing? And why would he keep her job opening, OH, I KNOW WHY, because this show is going to suck, and will get cancelled, and Kate Walsh is going to want to keep cashing her fat ABC pay checks.
8:03 - Addison is dancing naked in her apartment, and guess who sees her? Taye Diggs, and, since he is married to Idina Menzel in real life, we know he is into white women, so, Addison better watch out.
8:04 - PIZ! Or, rather Chris Lowell, formerly of Veronica Mars shows up, don't know his deal, apparently, hot male receptionist. I hope Taye kicks his ass.
8:05 - Judging Amy is on this show too? Shit, it has a good cast, at least, but honestly, I don't know what they will all do. Tim Daly, also known as Superman (from the Animated series) is on this show too.
8:06 - I think Naomi has been recast since the backdoor pilot last season. McFiance insists that I am wrong. Wikipedia insists that I am correct, and that Merrin Dungey, formerly of Alias fame has been recast by a 4 time tony award winner. Good for stage actors.
8:09 - Old man having a a stroke in the lobby, and, oddly enough, they take him to an ER. I mean for real? A place full of Doctors, and they take him to an ER? And he dies! Backup story here, apparently, he and his wife wanted to have a baby, and he was coming to see Addison et al to make a "delivery" in their sperm bank. Right after death, his wife demands his sperm, and Taye freaks out.
Commercial Break - During the Break McFiance informed that I missed the key plot point of Piz wanting to become a midwife. Wouldn't that be a midhusband? or his midwife a gender neutral term like Flight Attendant or Dental Hygenist?
8:15 - Commerical over, we get the cast list, Kate walsh has top billing, Tim Daly second, then bunch of people I don't know, "with" Taye Diggs, "and" Judging Amy. A whole conversation about use of the term "mamma" is going on. I mean, is AC Slater on this show? What the hell?
8:16 - Apparently Piz has a name on this show, it is Dell. Hmmmm, don't know that I like it. Taye is back at the hospital! Apparently, the dead guy wasn't married to the woman who wants his sperm, and Taye is gonna fight the female ER doc for them.
8:18 - Tim Daly is now talking to Addison and thinks she moved there because he kissed her. Honestly, this is bad writing, no person would really think that. Seriously, who thinks like that? And Addison is honestly giving him a response, like, kind of flirting with him, just encouraging his delusion. Real adults do not interact like this.
8:19 - Naomi is now at the hospital, trying to get dead guys sperm, ER doc, again, doing the right thing, and not letting him.
8:20 - Piz or Dell refers to his midwifery skills, and whether or not it is an actual word is questioned by Addison and McFiance, having said that, Blogger spell check didn't say I misspelled it, so it must be a word.
8:21 - Judge Amy walks in on an odd woman taping her ears and counting tiles. Ok, way too much is going on in this first episode, in order to give each star their own little plot, it will get tiring.
Commercial again, Silver Surfer is coming out on DVD soon, sweet.
8:26 - Some store manager of the place that tile counting girl is at says "my sister has mental problems" which is why he didn't call the cops. Really sensitive there Paul, thank god Amy is there, and she has all the experience with troubled kids as a Juvenile Judge.
8:27 - Apparent teenage girl is giving birth to a baby, and Addison is telling here that despite screwing up, she gets a free pass in the birthing suite. My thoughts are her dad's insurance will not get a free pass, and that they will be paying for the costs of labor.
8:28 - Taye is getting his Sperm, but he and his ex have to perform the procedure, but then, dead guys WIFE shows up, and she says "no touchy" on his privates, or his seed. Switch back to Amy, who is down, on her knees, with odd tile counting woman.
8:30 - Piz wants to help give birth, but Addison hates male midwifes, so, he holds her hand, to help her along. Lucy, the pregnant teen, passes out, apparently congestive heart failure, and her dad says, as his daughter is dying "Her mom died in child birth". WOW, these people are idiots, not painting a good picture of California.
Commercial - Ok, I can already tell you there are WAY too many commercials, and EVERY TIME someone has a crisis at the clinic they just send them to the ER. Good to know good clinic care, is there for all of us, especially in our most populous state.
8:32 - Tim Daly states the obvious, girl and baby are gonna die before the ambulance gets there, and then, we see Amy back in the store, and, apparently this is somehow relevant. I like Amy quite a bit, but this seems pointless. Cooper, another doctor at the co op clinic is there to help her, and I cannot figure out what Cooper does.
8:35 - Dead guy/Sperm donor wife, really does not want to let her husband's lover get the sperm, the wife wants it for herself, and wants to leave Leslie out in the cold.
8:36 - In the birthing suite, Addison is going to perform a C Section, with no pain killers, and she is having a scene that no doubt will be submitted for her emmy nomination. Tim Daly, must be some sort of acupuncture person, because he says he can treat her without feeling any pain. She starts cutting, and then....commercial!
During the break McFiance informed me that 1) there has not yet been a cut, and 2) during the backdoor pilot last year, all of these people had their specialities talked about. Screw me for not remembering. She is also predicting that Amy and Cooper will hook up.
8:41 - The cut happens, no pain is felt! And then, Taye and his ex wife, the Tony Award Winner are trying to figure out who gets the sperm. Really? Shouldn't someone be harvesting it? I mean really? They are outside, and they are having a conversation about sperm that is really a talk about their marriage, and why it broke up.
8:43 - Amy is trying to figure out something in an ad that triggered tile counting woman to freak out. No clue, but it is a boy running through a field. Amy figures she had a son, who she lost somehow.
8:44 - Still sperm talk, and wife is willing to wait for a Judge and risk all sperm dying, rather than let the lover get it. There is way to much talking going on, and not near enough prostate milking going on. They should at least be harvesting and freezing you know?
8:45 - Baby born, mom in defib, and Addison is taking over, then Commercial!
McFiance asks the question "are we watching a premiere, or, a bunch of commercials?"
8:50 - Homestretch, Addison saved her, without us seeing any of it. I blame bad edits, and can't wait to see this on the 13 episode "complete series" because, let's be honest, this crap is NOT getting a full season. Dell/Piz is congratulated on good work, and Addison again brings up her kissing Tim Daly, and he gloats about it. Good for him, she has guy problems.
8:51 - Taye looks good, lover got the sperm, Taye is happy. Back in the store, Amy is trying to help the tile counter, and Cooper is a pediatrician! Finally! We found out! As it turns out, tile counting mom lost her son to cancer, in the brain, and mom chose to stop treatment. So, son died, mom blamed herself, and went nuts. Awwwwww, good to see everyone be happy in the end, and figure out all the problems as they cry about this poor kid dying from cancer. Mom stops being crazy, and is cured. Amy rocks.
8:55 - The harvest is going to take place for the sperm! Which is kind of gross, because this guy has been dead for like 50 minutes of show time, so, my guess is it is like at least a few hours of real time. Taye was going to watch the ex do the "procedure". Weird.
8:56 - Amy and Cooper are talking about stuff, and she stalks him in some weird way. I don't have that figured out.
8:57 - Addison and Taye's ex are having a heart to heart about her needing Addison there, to be her someone. Although, I could have sworn that she had a daughter in the backdoor pilot, but, so far, no mention of that kid. No doubt, she got written out like Laura's little sister on Family Matters, ouch. Kate Walsh, demands that she be allowed to stay, and looks really odd doing it, I mean, in real life, if that happened, everyone in the room would cringe, and not in an "Office cast cringing at Dwight" sort of way, but in a real sort of way. Kate Walsh is staying, she pulls the blinds at home, and dances, and Taye watches her.
Yuck.
Sadly, no one was anywhere near McBitchy tonight, which, is sad. However, in the previews for Grey's Anatomy tomorrow night, it seems as if Meredith is a bit jealous of her sister, and her sister is much nicer than she is.
Seriously
From sleeping with George, to picking McDreamy over Finn, from yelling at McDreamy for him trying to work it out with his wife, I find Meredith Grey to be a very flawed television character, and, well, kind of a bitch.
This blog, starting with the season premiere this year, will try to catalog her total bitchiness.
I will also try to talk about some other shows that I frequent, I envision 50/50 Grey's vs. Other Shows.
I am also hoping that in the Private Practice premiere tonight, we get references to Meredith's McBitchiness.
This blog, starting with the season premiere this year, will try to catalog her total bitchiness.
I will also try to talk about some other shows that I frequent, I envision 50/50 Grey's vs. Other Shows.
I am also hoping that in the Private Practice premiere tonight, we get references to Meredith's McBitchiness.
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