when “Grey’s Anatomy” first aired a couple of years ago, i didn’t have a TV. i would download the episodes on my computer and (apart from that ridiculous initial opening sequence with the red shoes) loved it for what it was: a soap opera that happened to revolve around quirky surgical interns with quirky problems.
this season, “love to hate” is a more appropriate reflection of my feelings. i find the show overtly melodramatic (“i have more to say, but i’ve disappeared” – oh come ON) with repetitive character flaws and flimsy inter-intern relationships. i could go into how annoying it is that izzy disapproves of george marrying kali. or how cristina just needs to get over herself already. or how meredith’s lame opening monologue should be cut ASAP. i think the budding relationship between karev and addison is the only thing i like right now and i definitely i never thought i’d ever say/think that!
further to my personal pet peeve list, i have been mentally rolling my eyes at the medical treatment delivered. but as Kevin, M.D. mentioned, “we’re talking Grey’s Anatomy here.” how does anyone with a medical degree even sit through this show without squirming?
graham at over my med body! has an even more detailed peeve than my own: incorrect delivery of CPR.
Normally it’s fun to get mad at the medical dramas for their medical inaccuracy, because we medical folks know better, but I honestly think the producers and medical consultants for the show really did viewers (and the public at large) a disservice, as CPR is one of the areas of medicine that the public may be called upon to perform.
his post goes on to include helpful references for correct CPR technique and resources to help you find a CPR course in your area. as much as well all love mcdreamy, 2 breaths for every 5 compressions is not proper technique.
sigh. i had such high hopes several (?) seasons ago when meredith had her hand in the body with the live ammunition. of course there was no chance that they were ever going to let meredith die (oh please) but one can’t help but dream.
before i felt like my sanity was going to slip away forever, i used to watch GA with my doctor friend (in our scrubs, of course) and she would just blast the show to pieces. but that was part of the fun.
after a couple seasons of exactly the same show and exactly the same characters and exactly the same meredith whining i just couldn’t do it anymore.
yeah, i’m sure more than a few people would love to see meredith killed off. :))
I have tried watching GA, and other than the clever word play in the title I can’t say I like it much. Scrubs was a little more entertaining, but in the end I went back to other addictions :) So, now that that’s out of the way – the real reason for the comment:
Didja see the CPR glove some students at McMaster came up with? Sounds like this show could’ve used them, and what an excellent idea they are!