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merdermaid	Apr 29 2007, 06:36 PM
Posts: 157 Group: Grey Girls Member #254 Joined: April 24, 2007	[size=7]More on 3.01 "Time Has Come Today" Shonda Rhimes [/size] A lot of you wrote to protest that I didn’t talk about McVet’s statement to Mer or about McDreamy’s “I love you.” So, here goes… Oooh, wait!! Can I just tell you that, last night, McDreamy told me he loved ME? Okay, not so much McDreamy as Patrick Dempsey and not so much “me” as “working on the show” but still…my heart skipped a little beat just the same to have him utter the words in that voice of his. That man says “I love you” better than anyone on the planet. But he’s married. In real life. And on the show. As much as we like to fantasize, we all have to remember that… Anyway, I was proud of Finn. I was proud of the fact that he comes over to say that he and Meredith aren’t exclusive. He’s pissed but they’re not exclusive. Because, honestly, he doesn’t know what happened in that exam room. He doesn’t even know there WAS an exam room. And he really is a good guy, a strong guy, a guy who feels something for a woman for the first time since his wife’s death. I like that he’s not petty or easily made jealous. I like that he’s confident enough to stick. And I LOVE that he says that Derek is bad for her and he (Finn) is a good thing. There is some truth to it. Given the history of Mer/Der. And Finn is a rescuer-guy. You know, rescuer-guys, right? They’re the ones who are determined to break through the scary/damaged barrier we dark and twisty girls put up. They’re the real thing, rescuer-guys are the guys you marry. The guys you should marry. But then there are the Dereks of the world… Let me say a little something about McDreamy men. They are scary and damaged themselves. They carry a little bit of tortured soul in them. But they mean well. And they’re honest. And they’re so, so, so darn tempting. Especially when they stand in your kitchen say “I just…I love you. I have loved you…forever.” How in the world are we supposed to say no to that? We should. We should send them packing. But…SERIOUSLY? And so Meredith is left with this choice. Between what her brain knows she should do and what her heart wants her to do. And while it seems obvious and easy, it’s absolutely not. Finn has plans. And Derek’s got a wife. And there’s the choice to be healthy and mature and whole and the choice to jump off the cliff. And no one jumps off a cliff without a parachute if they know what is good for them. Plus, it’s not like she doesn’t have feelings for Finn. She definitely has feelings for Finn. And I know Derek says that he loves her but he says it about twenty episodes too late. She stood there and said “pick me, choose me, love me.” She begged him. BEGGED him in the most humble, humiliating, soul-baring way possible. And he chose Addison. He walked away and chose Addison. That would give any girl pause. Major, major pause. Meredith’s pausing. She’s hit the pause button. But, don’t worry, I’m not dragging this out all season. I’m not gonna drag it out very long at all. I like to move things forward. I like to take my finger off the pause button and see what happens next. Okay, that’s all for now. Because I have get back to writing episodes… -Shonda September 23, 2006 in Shonda Rhimes -------------------------------


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