Is it just me or does it feel like this latest episode was a cheap shot from the writers to try to get the kind of viewers they had for the original shooting episode? I felt like it was forced and pretty weakly played. It felt like the characters didn’t like it much either. I felt like they were all thinking, “This has been done already, let’s move on.”

The good points: Yang comes back and arrives in style-inside the ambulance with her hand in a guy’s chest, keeping his heart beating.

Meredith opens up to Derek about how truly scared she was when he was the one who was shot.

The bad points: The whole Callie/Arizona story. I’m with Callie-I don’t feel sorry for Arizona one bit. She walked out on their relationship. She’s a horrible woman. Good for Callie for standing up for herself.

Once again Parenthood captivated me. I absolutely love this show. Adam’s family goes trick or treating with Max. He actually has a great time even with his asberger’s.
Amber is starting to be the good kid and I love seeing it. Sarah’s boss ignores her, but then it turns out he actually does like her and want to be her boyfriend. I love how he takes care of her drunk daughter’s friend at after they go to a party. I’ve mentioned before that I think Sarah must use the best wrinkle cream on the planet because she looks great for her age.
The best part was when Crosby proposed to Jasmine. I totally cried. Of course they left her answer as a cliffhanger. The previews for next week ruined the surprise I’m so stoked to say that she said yes!

Best Episode in YEARS! My palms were sweaty, my heart was racing. A shooter, loose in Seattle Grace. Shooting surgeons cold blooded. One of the Mercy West doctors died in the first scene. Alex, my beloved Alex, gets shot and manages to drag himself to the elevator.

The shooter was out for revenge against the doctors who unplugged his brain dead and comatose wife. He wanted Shepard, Weber, and Lexie Grey dead because they did what they were supposed to do.

When Derek gets shot, watching Meredith’s face I couldn’t help but bawl. Cristina tries to protect Mer from going out there to help him, but she shoves her out of the way and runs to his side. She tells him that she can’t live without him, that if he dies, she will die. Poor Meredith-finally happy, finds out she’s pregnant and is actually happy about it, and now her husband is shot. The whole time I’m watching I’m thinking, if they kill off Derek I will never watch this show again.

Then my badass Cristina steps up. She says she’s going to perform surgery on Derek. She really is going to be a cardio god.

Meanwhile Alex is dying, while Sloan and Little Grey try to save him. As Little Grey tells Alex she loves him, my heart broke as Alex said, “Izzie? You came back?” Ahhhhh! I felt so bad for him. Stupid Katherine too big for her britches Heigl. She sucks! I really hope the writers don’t kill off Alex. At the same time, it’s hard for me to see him with anyone but Izzie Stevens. The writers should have killed her off so all of us fans would stop wishing she’d come back.

Being one of my favorite episodes, I love that one of the guest stars is Mandy Moore, one of my favorite actresses. She’s a strong character and is there for Bailey when they realize they can’t help the other Mercy West doctor who gets shot.

While Cristina starts surgery, she tells Meredith she has to stay out of the room on the ground. Owen comes in, searching for Cristina and not only finds her, but finds her with a gun pointed at her head. The shooter in his deranged state is screaming at her to stop trying to save Sheppard. This was by far the most intense scene on the show. Avery does some quick thinking and takes the sensors off of Sheppard to show that he’s flatlining. Mer doesn’t know the sensors are off and thinks he died. The poor thing collapses in shock. Meanwhile Owen had tried to jump the shooter and gets shot in the shoulder.

Meredith runs off to help him, while Cristina works to save Sheppard. As Meredith is helping Owen, she realizes she’s having a miscarriage. It was so sad because she was overjoyed when she first found out. Even though it was a sad moment, it was completely understandable. That level of stress on a new fetus. How could it possibly survive?

As this is all happening, Weber finds a way into the hospital, to try to save his people. He has a standoff with the shooter, and he confronts him. He tells him he has lived, that he is ready to die. He says, the question is, are you? a gunshot goes off, but we don’t see who was killed.

Typical Grey fashion, the happy come with the sad. Sheppard’s heart starts beating, Callie and Arizona get back together, and we see Weber standing on the catwalk. Alex is hooked up to the monitors and it looks like he’s going to pull through. Besides the two Mercy West doctors, the only other loss it seems, is at the end of the episode, when Meredith looks sadly at the pregnancy test and throws it away.

BEST EPISODE since the bomb threat!

I liked the storyline between the burn victims. When the best friend says, “Just be real with me!” it was such a good moment. They laughed about people that complain about wanting acne scar removals when they have horrible scars all over their faces. “I can’t watch romantic comedies anymore. Try having half your face burned off, see what a pretty woman you’ll be then!” I loved that they could laugh about their situation.

As far as the storyline between Meredith and Cristina, I liked that the two didn’t just get mad and stop talking to each other. It showed some real growth on both their parts.

There are so many love triangles happening in this hospital it’s hard to keep them all straight. Lexie is dating Alex, but she’s still in love with Mark. Mark is sleeping with anything that breathes, but still loves Lexie. Owen is dating Cristina but is in love with Teddy. It took the adorable reunited elderly couple for Cristina to realize how Owen felt. It’s sad to see what is happening with them, because I really liked their relationship.

I adore the sensitive side of Mark, but I’m mad at him for taking so long to tell Lexie. I don’t want to see Alex get his heart broken yet again. I keep hoping by the end of this series Izzie will get off her high horse and come back to the show so they can end up together. I seriously loved the two of them. Oh, and poor Callie. She loves Arizona so much. Why can’t Arizona just want kids?

Ironically, the only happy couple in the whole hospital are Derek and Meredith. I’m glad the writers have finally stopped those two from fighting, because it was getting old.

The storyline between Rebecca and Justin really resonated with me this week. Justin is struggling with figuring out what kind of career he wants and he keeps thinking about going back into the army. What gets me about it is that D sometimes talks about joining the military when he’s struggling with his career ideas. He’s never had a true dream and all he wants is a solid career where he feels he’s contributing and a part of something. I can completely understand his frustration. My heart went out to Rebecca as Justin told her how he was feeling. She had that same look I must get when D talks to me. Even her words, “don’t you dare” are what I’ve said to D many times regarding military. I respect so much of what the men and women soldiers do out there, but I don’t want that life for my family. Hopefully the writers find something for Justin. Maybe he should be a nurse instead of a doctor. As for D, I hope he finds the career for him, and soon. I hate that helpless feeling.

There’s just something about this show that draws me in. The Walker Family has all of these ridiculous problems and every week there is a new drama. Yet I can’t stop watching. Even when I get so fed up with the characters. Take Robert and Kitty. I can’t stand their stupid political agendas. Just focus on your adorable baby! Why do you need to be a Senator Kitty? You almost DIED. UGH. If I watched her while being hooked up to a finger pulse oximeter I’m pretty sure my blood pressure would be sky high. But then there is Sarah and Luc who I love. I was so glad she wasn’t pregnant in last night’s episode because that would have been absurd. But I love how Luc responded. “I was excited. It was the first time I’ve been excited about the possiblity that someone was pregnant with my baby.” Well put Frenchie!
Oh and Justin? Get over your dumb call to serve urges and go hang out with your hot wife! She wants to make a home with you and all you can do is talk about leaving her for war? Selfish much?? I am so annoyed but you know I will tune in next week. Maybe the Walkers just make me feel better about my own family. At least we don’t have their issues!

While cleaning the house today I tuned into an old rerun of Scrubs. In this one Dr. Kelso finally got back into treating patients. He got this snotty 20 something girl who chose to have bariatric surgery instead of changing her diet and lifestyle. I love Scrubs and I’m sad to say that in general, they just don’t make shows like this anymore. Also, like most shows, the early episodes of Scrubs was so much better than the later seasons. I loved that the show had that perfect blend of comedy and serious situations. My favorite episode has to be Overkill, where JD has the guy with the guitar following him around while he works out his problems with his coworkers and friends. The new version of Scrubs is ok, but a far cry from my original beloved show.

I keep watching Grey’s Anatomy, but the whole show has lost so much of its luster. It doesn’t help that on the weekends I’ve been watching the second season of Grey’s, when it was still great.  When Meredith and Derek had a ton of spicy chemistry, when George was alive and not some sniveling Chief’s Intern, and when Izzie was whiney, but she was with Alex, and they had that chemistry. Oh and Burke, my beloved Burke was there.

These days on Grey’s, MerDer have zero chemistry. Like me, Meredith looks like she could use a good eye cream for dark circles. Maybe it’s all the stress of her job. Or maybe it’s the lack of a good storyline for her and McDreamy. When did he stop being McDreamy and start being McBoring?

I haven’t recapped episodes because frankly I feel there’s not much to recap. I hate the whole storyline of Little Grey and Alex. I just don’t have any sympathy for her when she realizes that McSteamy is really moving on. Well guess what? You lost your chance at being with him. Here was Mr. Amazing and you BROKE UP WITH HIM. Lexie, you are the world’s biggest idiot. And that hair? No. Just…no.

The only storylines I care about are Bailey and her sexy stud, and the Callie/Arizona issue. Bailey, you go girl! You looked all adorable all dressed up, and I love how your man told you what was up. I’m sad that Arizona dropped the bomb on Callie that she doesn’t want kids. I was as surprised as Callie to learn that one, give Arizona’s pediatric specialty.

But those two storylines are not going to carry the show. I did like the line that Meredith gives to Owen when she notices he’s jealous of Teddy and Sloan. “You were jealous. It took a long time to make Cristina happy and if you mess with that, I will turn on you.” I love that they always have each other’s backs. I need a best gal pal like that.

Why do I keep watching this show? It makes me mad every single time! Finally Addison makes some good choices, she chooses Pete (yay!) and she and Sam agree they should just be friends finally. Then Naomi walks in on Addison leaning on Sam and holding his hands. She assumes the worst, and storms out saying, “Shame on you!”. I agree, shame on Addison for ever attempting a relationship, but damnit Nay, she didn’t do it! She wasn’t the whore we all think she’s become. Grrr…This show. I still watch it though-it hooks me and sucks me in no matter how much of a soap opera it becomes. Anyone else find it nasty that they pass each other around like sexual partner hot potato? First Pete and Violet, then Pete and Addison. Then Sheldon and Violet, now Sheldon and Charlotte. Ew. Ew. Ew.

Hmmm…it was a decent episode I suppose. I really liked the Bailey and Richard stories, but I wasn’t a huge fan of Callie’s. I mean, it was amazing what she did for that poor patient with the messed up legs. Just looking at how they were twisted caused me some joint pain. But Callie and Alex? Seriously? These flash back episodes cause nothing but loop holes. Oh, and would she really tell that part to the audience during her speech? I also didn’t like the forced stage fright. She’s not that awkward.

I do like Derek as Chief-he’s making a lot of positive changes at Seattle Grace. Hopefully Richard takes Derek’s offer to go back to being a general surgeon. Didn’t he like that job better anyways? Oh, and whatever happened to his wife Adel? I’m so confused by that. Did they end things? I feel like it was never mentioned.
And will someone please tell me if Izzie is coming back or not? Her just running away was kind of weak. Though I did read an old interview with her and David Letterman. Katherine Heigl is a bit of an ungrateful brat if you ask me. This show MADE her. She should be honored to be part of it. Even if it’s not nearly as great a show as it used to be. I miss Burke…
I’ll still be watching the show til the end though, because despite its flaws, it’s still entertaining. Hopefully the show won’t go the way of Friends. The first five seasons being awesome, and then it just tanked. I’m still waiting for a resurrection of Grey’s back to its original glory.