Well, I’ve been behind on my Grey’s Anatomy by about 5 or so episodes and I spent my lazy Sunday catching up on the show…and I have to comment again on how impressed and pleased I am with the development of this show over the past two seasons. The first two episodes of the first season were pretty atrocious, but by the third or fourth episode, the show and characters consistently outdid themselves and really set the bar for a show with humor, drama, dialogue, and humanity.
All of the actors play their characters realistically, emotionally and allow us to empathize with all of them—even those that we strongly dislike.

The Great Patrick Dempsey and Sandra Oh are, hands down, my two favorite actors on the show. Sandra Oh is able to do more with her facial expressions and her gorgeous brown eyes than other actors can do with their entire bodies. I was inclined to dislike Patrick Dempsey from the get-go based on his “eh” acting on previous movies and shows, but not only does he live up to the “McDreamy” standard, but he’s able to effectively play the role of a surgeon who controls all that happens in his O.R., but finds his life outside of the hospital changing too quickly to cope with.

The rest of the characters are equally deserving of praise and recognition, especially T.R. Knight’s George O’Malley. He, out of all the other characters, I have hated and disliked from the beginning…but throughout the past two seasons, we’ve seen him grow, mature and develop into a more complete individual. I have to point out that this is one of the few in which the characters actually gasp GROW and mature! They learn from the past and are changing and evolving and becoming better people!

I digress, I’ve been watching the latest two episodes—the two from the Super bowl. I must say that I’m thrilled to see Christina Ricci on the screen once again. She’s an extremely talented actress and her role as the 22 year-old paramedic was incredible. The music, as always, is spot-on with the emotion and the message it is meant to convey. Ending the chaos of the O.R., Ricci’s despair, and the confusion and mess of emotions…all the while playing Michael Stipe and Chris Martin’s gorgeous rendition of Joseph Arthur’s “In the Sun” (one of my favorite songs, by the way).

Grey’s Anatomy is also able to do that which a lot of shows have forgotten how to do…they are able to present the life of the characters as a metaphor for problems and issues that you and I face daily. Truth and Lies, fear to do that which is difficult, being emotionally vulnerable, learning to cope with loss, learning to cope with gain…and remembering the importance of those who have grown with you in the difficult and easy times.

If you haven’t been watching, I urge you to go buy the DVD set and go—download, steal, tape, TiVo, whatever—but watch the show and catch up with it. It’s great and worth the time.