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| Grey's Anatomy Season Eight Discussion Thread | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 23 2011, 09:23 PM (5,479 Views) | |
| jocelynel3 | May 16 2012, 04:15 PM Post #81 |
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I know right??? It was like the Shooter Episode as far as intensity goes... I can't wait for Thursday either.... Especially since Private Practice Finale was on last night. Don't know if I can get used to it being moved to Tuesdays, instead of after Grey's on Thursday. |
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| King | May 16 2012, 11:58 PM Post #82 |
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I would really like for Mark to die. I have hated his character since day one.
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| Snowing Fan | May 17 2012, 08:30 PM Post #83 |
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Grey's how dare u,how dare u kill off one of my favorite characters. : :shame: Only Christina could survive an airplane crash and be concerned about her shoe and stab a guy in the leg with a pen to prove he is paralyzed,lol. Edited by Snowing Fan, May 17 2012, 08:32 PM.
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| Rick | May 17 2012, 08:37 PM Post #84 |
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Oh Hell No! Damn you Grey's! You go and kill off my favorite character! :angry: |
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| Snowing Fan | May 17 2012, 09:01 PM Post #85 |
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Christina:I'm Hungry. Meredith:Think of something else. Christina:I'm Hungry. LOL. Still though Grey's,how dare u. Edited by Snowing Fan, May 17 2012, 09:01 PM.
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| Rick | May 17 2012, 09:53 PM Post #86 |
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I'm hoping it was the makeup, because Eric Dane looked like a coke head |
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| Kevc1980 | May 18 2012, 12:31 AM Post #87 |
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I'm seriously emotionally spent from the finale. Lexie dying was absolutely devastating. I knew it would be either Mark, Lexie, or Arizona. But I didn't want any of them to die. I'm just shocked Grey's killed such a beloved character. That said, Lexie's death was gut-wrenching and I was balling when Mark was telling her how much he loved her. Incredible work by both of them. And I loved Christina during this episode. She had some great lines. And I enjoyed her taking control. Arizona willing Mark to stay alive also made me cry. Damm this show gets me like no other. Also, really enjoyed the Teddy and Owen scenes. I'm guessing Teddy will be gone next season also. I absolutely loved this episode and have loved the last 5 or 6 episodes. It's amazing how after all these years, Grey's is still one of the best shows on television. This episode rivaled great finales from the past (George dying and the shooting). I commend Shonda on writing a phenomenal season finale without knowing which cast members would be returning next season. |
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| LPS | May 18 2012, 06:52 AM Post #88 |
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I kind of wish Merdith would have crocked. She has to be the most whiny and annoying lead characters. Her husband can get the boot too. Both so damn whiny. Lexi was one of the few likable characters left. I would say it is safe bet this show will get canned iin the near future. |
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| elizhope | May 18 2012, 07:14 AM Post #89 |
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It was because he was dying. He was pale, they wanted him to look like that |
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| elizhope | May 18 2012, 07:15 AM Post #90 |
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I wish they hadnt killed her off in the first 15 minutes. I think it would have had more suspense later on in the episode. Ill miss Lexie, she was one of my favorites. #Slexie |
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| bstreis | May 18 2012, 11:10 AM Post #91 |
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I knew it would be either Lexie, Mark or Arizona but I didn't expect the person to die within the first 15 mins. That was heartbreaking and wonderfully done. I know lots of people are sad about Lexie's death but I really hate that Teddy's leaving. Makes sense, what do they need 2 thoracic surgeons for if Yang ends up staying at Seattle Grace, esp with Christina being such a great surgeon but ugh, I really liked Teddy and I think Kim Raver is awesome. I still have a bad feeling about Arizona, if they end up having to kill off another character for the season premiere I'd rather it be Mark. I'll miss his sexy self but I'd hate for Arizona to be killed off. I still hate Owen and it sucks he wasn't at the site so he could be the one to die. Derek's a little more tolerable when he's in a lot of pain, haha, must be the sadistic side of me. I hate finales like these because there's a whole summer to wait and see what happens next. I loved last season's uneventful finale, no stress, no fuss. |
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| Kevc1980 | May 18 2012, 11:24 AM Post #92 |
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I couldn't stand Teddy when she first started, but the Scott Foley romance/marriage/death was all so well done and I grew to like her. I'll miss her as well. But I think the timing is right for Teddy to leave. |
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| bstreis | May 18 2012, 12:15 PM Post #93 |
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I agree the timing was right for Teddy to leave. Her character did what she had to do and she left the way she came, tied into Owen. But I still hate it, haha. Here's hoping Kim Raver resurfaces on prime time again. She seems to do that every couple of years. It's a good thing I might still get that Kepner/Avery story, I need something to look forward to next season. And Arizona better get back to Seattle alive! |
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| King | May 18 2012, 03:39 PM Post #94 |
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I loved Lil Grey SOOOO MUCH. I am so bummed. I also don't really think it was written that well. She was like dead in in ten minutes! Lame. I guess Kim Raver is gone too. I'll miss her, as well. Edited by King, May 18 2012, 03:40 PM.
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| Alin89 | May 18 2012, 09:24 PM Post #95 |
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wat a nasty season finale. it had to be the grossest one yet. I so didn't want lexie to die. I liked her. I think they should have also killed off mark because then he would be with lexie. ill miss teddy too. I think it will end next season though i just have that feeling. |
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| Alin89 | May 18 2012, 10:41 PM Post #96 |
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ppl r so pissed off with lexie dying. the actress wanted to leave the show. i dont get y they keep blaming shonda. |
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| Snowing Fan | May 18 2012, 11:00 PM Post #97 |
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Several seasons of waiting for Slexie and she DIES,sniff sniff, apart of me wanted Mark to die too so they would be together at least in death.Lucky I LOVE Callie and Arizona too or I'd walk. |
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| Rick | May 19 2012, 12:05 AM Post #98 |
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It sounds like Kim and Chyler both quitting the show really messed up the finale. She seems very disappointed. Hope there's nothing physically wrong with Chyler. Shonda Rimes interview. What kind of reaction have you seen today about the finale, and is it what you were expecting? I haven't really seen anything. I knew that I had really strong feelings about the finale, and I knew people would too. I decided I was just going to be off of Twitter. I know that there was a large reaction. The one thing that I wanted to know is if everybody got the point of the episode. Everyone is still so immersed in ‘Who died?' and no one is talking about the thing that I actually think is important and was the point of the episode. Which is? Which is they are still out there. They're still out there in the forest, and we don't know if they are going to be OK. We left it open for a reason because…I hate to say this, but just because you saw people alive at the end of the finale doesn't mean they're going to be alive when the season starts up. We are completely jumping off into the unknown next season. Did you know who was going to be back next season when you wrote the finale? I had another cliffhanger planned and written, two actually, that reflected me not knowing what was going to happen next season. And literally up until the day before the table read, I was taking this whole thing apart and putting it back together. But by the time we got to the day before the table read, I then knew what was going to be happening with the contract negotiations, which turned the tables. I know you put the statement out on Twitter, but is there anything more you can say about why Chyler is leaving the show? I think that's…Stuff that happens inside our family is stuff that happens inside our family. I have so much respect for Chyler, and the decision was really, it was very hard for everybody involved and I want to respect her privacy on that. When did you know for sure Chyler was going to leave? The only thing I knew when I started writing the finale was that Chyler was leaving the finale. That was the only information I knew. How did the cast find out Chyler was getting killed off? At the table read. It was really, really emotional. Chyler Leigh and I were the only people who knew what was coming for her character. Kim Raver and I were the only ones who knew what was coming for that character. Chyler and I had been discussing it for months. Fans have been asking this morning if there's any way Lexie (Chyler) could still come back. They don't even care if it's totally implausible. "Can't she come back as a ghost? Or it was a dream?" We saw Denny as a ghost, and people didn't really like that, did they? It was a really hard decision to let that character die versus send her off into the sunset somewhere. It was really difficult. It was not made lightly. I don't think we're going to see Lexie Grey ever again. That's not the intention, to see her again. It's a big loss. It's a big loss for the characters and it's a big loss for the show. We're busy feeling that loss. Did you have other plans for Mark and Lexie? Is that why their final words to each other were "meant to be?" Yes. Honestly, I always felt like Mark and Lexie were meant to be together. If things had not turned out the way they had this season, I had a completely different thing planned for them. I was one of the people who loved Mark and Lexie together; I had a completely different thing planned for them. The introduction of Julie was part of planning a completely different storyline for them. So for me, there was a lot of heartbreak in that. There were so many moments and so many things that I had wanted to happen with those characters that we're never going to get to see. When Mark and Lexie say "meant to be," it wasn't about servicing the fans. That's how I felt. That's what was supposed to happen, and that's what I wanted to see. It was heartbreaking. So when Mark tells Lexie as she's dying that they are supposed to get married and have kids and be happy together, were those your thoughts, too? Those absolutely were my thoughts. I loved the idea of them together. They played really well together. They were very charming and funny and great. We did the scene where Lexie confesses to Mark that she's still in love with him. That was bittersweet to me because it was like, "Look, they're so close, so close! And yet so far." Any chance Kim Raver will be back at some point? I don't think that's a possibility that has been ruled out. At least not by me. I love Kim. I say to my partner Betsy [Beers] every once in a while, "We could do a series that's just Med Com." It could just be a Med Com series. I love Kim; she's amazing. I don't know. I think maybe it'd be cool one day if she could come back. We'll see. Is this episode the hardest thing you've ever written? Yes, in a weird way, because of several things. One, I didn't like it, in the sense that right up until the last minute I kept saying, "Maybe they shouldn't get in a plane." I kept trying to come up with something different. My writers were so great, and they were like, "We're all 100 percent behind the idea!" They will tell you I say that every year at finale time. I turn around and say we should do something different. And then I write it and it's fine. Usually I question it right up to the table read, but then I'm fine. This one, I questioned it while we were shooting it and I questioned it once I saw the edit for it. And then once we got to the soundstage, literally Tuesday, I'm watching the show and I'm changing music at the last minute. Why? Because it's so unsettling at the end. I think there's something very unsatisfying about the way that it ends for everyone. I like the ride. Doing the shooting episode was really great because while it was gut-wrenching and hard to do, I knew who was OK. And in this, we don't know who's OK. We still don't totally know who's OK. There's still choices to be made. It is very unsettling for me, and the idea of leaving my Meredith and my Cristina in the wilderness without a match, chewing half a stick of gum each, having each other, while beautiful, was really painful. Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh did incredible work in this episode. The things that those two women did were amazing. I would like to point out that Ellen Pompeo had like three broken toes while running through that forest! Some silly home accident and she broke her foot like two days before we started shooting that finale. She had three broken toes, and Sandra Oh had to run around in really cold weather with one shoe. And Jessica Capshaw is nine months pregnant. It was not an easy shoot. I thought that Sandra and Ellen were amazing. I mean, I thought they all were, but they did great work. Do you know where the show will pick up next season? I do know where we are going to pick up next season. But I'm not going to talk about it. Any final words to the fans before you go on radio silence again? I don't know. I feel like everyone has the right to have the reaction that they want to have. I think part of the reason why I am staying away from the reaction is I fully get that this is an unsatisfying finale. And it was unsatisfying for me, too. I enjoyed the boldness of it. I enjoyed saying yeah, we are going to put our doctors on a plane, and yeah, we're going to crash the plane. Which is insane and makes no sense. And yeah, we're going to have them in the forest, and we're going to kill Lexie in act two because that's not what you do in a finale. I enjoyed subverting expectation. Everyone was watching to see where everyone ended up, and we're not going to tell you where everyone ends up. I really thought that that was great. I have to focus on what happens next, and paying attention to fan reaction or going online to see what everyone has to say about it is pretty much paying attention to what happened before, and that does not actually help me at this point. |
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| Kevc1980 | May 19 2012, 02:23 AM Post #99 |
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I commend her. I thought it was a fantastic finale. And for a show ending season 8, I'm so impressed with the quality. The same can't be said for Desperate Housewives and House, which both went on past their prime. |
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| Rick | May 19 2012, 02:53 AM Post #100 |
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Not many shows can still pull a 4.1 demo in it's 8th season. IMO, this was one of the best written seasons in a long time. |
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