5.17 I Will Follow You Into The Dark

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5.17 I Will Follow You Into The Dark; March 12, 2009
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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:07 AM Post #1
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	Every surgeon I know has a shadow. A dark cloud of fear and doubt that follows even the best of us into the O.R.. We pretend the shadow isn’t there, hoping that if we save more lives, master harder techniques, run faster and farther it’ll get tired and give up the chase. But like they say ..... you can’t outrun your shadow. Every surgeon has a shadow.....and the only way to get rid of a shadow is to turn off the lights, to stop running from the darkness and face what you fear. Head on. 5.17 – I Will Follow You Into The Dark ABC PRESS RELEASE THE MYSTERY OF IZZIE'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR IS UNWITTINGLY SOLVED BY HER INTERNS, AS DEREK FALLS INTO A DARK DEPRESSION AND QUITS Loretta Devine ("Eli Stone" and "Boston Public") Returns as Adele Webber. "I Will Follow You into the Dark" - After learning at a deposition that more of his patients have died than survived, Derek decides to quit, even as Meredith refuses to give up on him. Meanwhile Bailey and the Chief continue to bicker over her peds fellowship -- until Adele steps in to mediate -- and Izzie's interns discover something unsettling on a "patient x," unaware that the charts they're looking at are actually Izzie's, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 12 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) "Grey's Anatomy" stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O'Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey and Kevin McKidd as Owen Hunt. Guest stars Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins Michael Rady as Mike Shelley Wendy Hoopes as Tricia Erin Cahill as Meg Susane E. Lee as Beth Brandon Scott as Intern Ryan Loretta Devine as Adele Webber. Edited by oncetherewasaway, Mar 18 2009, 08:57 AM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:07 AM Post #2
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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:08 AM Post #3
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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:09 AM Post #4
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	SPOILERFIX SPOILAGE Updated on February 12, 2009 Episodes 5.17: I Will Follow You Into the Dark Airdate: February 26, 2009 02/08 - A doctor treats Beth, a member of a high school marching band. Beth has been suffering from seizures and is embarrassed about having them in front of the rest of the marching band. The other members are upset and give her a hard time about disrupting their performances. Look for one of the doctors to stand up for Beth. A female doctor treats Tricia, Meg and Matt Shelley, siblings whom all carry the CDHI gene for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Tricia has been pressuring Meg and Matt to get gastrectomies for precautional reasons. Meg and Matt are hesitant on having the procedure so Tricia goes first. Tricia's results show that she does have cancer. Luckily it was caught in the early stages. This opts Meg to have the procedure done as well. Source: SpoilerFix.com * new 01/25 - Tricia Shelley: All Ethnicities, mid 30's, grown-up, strong older sister. Meg Shelley: All Ethnicities, late 20's, middle sister. Meek and wishy-washy. Matt Shelley: All Ethnicities, 20-23 year old college boy, baby brother. Beth: Asian, 18 to play high school. Member of high school band, in hospital with a serious condition. Boy Band Geek: All Ethnicities, 18 to play high school. Girl Band Geek: All Ethnicities, 18 to play high school. Dr. Nelson: All Ethnicities, 50's nebbish character type. Doctor at the hospital. Source: SpoilerTV Grey's Anatomy Spoilers - Updated on March 6, 2009 Episodes 5.17: I Will Follow You Into the Dark Airdate: March 12, 2009 * new 03/06 - Mer not only learns about the engagement ring in next week's episode, but she sees it, too. Unfortunately, the circumstances are less than ideal in both cases. Source: The Ausiello Files Episodes 5.18: Stand By Me Airdate: March 19, 2009 * new 03/06 - After his fellow surgeons try and fail to bring Derek back to work, Meredith must summon the strength to convince him. Meanwhile the hospital is abuzz as Mark attempts a rare face transplant surgery, Cristina, at last awarded her first solo surgery, is more focused on the needs of her friends, and Izzie does her best to keep her medical condition a secret. Guest starring Larry Sullivan as Dave, Emily Kuroda as Kendall and Brandon Scott as Intern Ryan. Source: ABC General Spoilers: * new 03/06 - Owen's post-traumatic stress disorder will take a turn for the worse when he ends up physically hurting Cristina, albeit unintentionally. Source: The Ausiello Files ----------------------------------------------------------------------- General Spoilers: ~~new~~ 02/12 - According to inside sources who work on Grey's, it is likely that Heigl and Knight will make an exit at the end of the current season. Both have asked to leave the show. However, ABC needs to sign off on letting them out of their contracts, which has not been done. Source: Kristin on E!Online * new 02/02 - [Bailey] receives some potentially career-altering news. [...] Lots of cheesy, slow-mo, piano-scored interludes will give way to an emotional collapse [between Cristina and Owen] that is either extremely moving or ridiculously over the top. Source: The Ausiello Files * 01/25 - [Denny]'ll be around at least through March, since that's when Izzie's aneurysm-esque medical condition finally gets diagnosed. [...] Sources confirm [that Faye Dunaway] has signed on for at least one episode of Grey's Anatomy to air in February. She'll play a renowned doc at the hospital who crosses paths with the Chief, Cristina and Owen. Source: The Ausiello Files * 12/12/2008 - New details are emerging about Jennifer Westfeldt's forthcoming arc as a patient on Grey's Anatomy. Or, I should say, new detail : She's married to Angels in America's Ben Shenkman. [...] He's not dropping by Seattle Grace to keep vigil at his ailing wife's bedside. According to a Grey's insider, he's a patient, too -- and a critical one at that. Like Westfeldt, Shenkman is signed on for multiple episodes. [...] [Eric Stoltz's serial killer character] is there to receive medical attention after he suffers a major beat down in prison. [T.R. Knight, who plays George, is in talks to be released from the show.] Source: The Ausiello Files * 12/04/2008 - Izzie's hallucinations are health-related -- and brain-related. And although the specific name of the ailment is being kept in the safe underneath Rhimes' desk, I'm told it's similar to an aneurysm. And every time it flares up, she sees Denny. Source: The Ausiello Files * 12/04/2008 - A source close to the show tells me, "The reason [the actor] has not been on is because [he or she] has been a pain in the ass lately, trying to change scenes and dialogue, being hard to work with and putting up an attitude. The higher-ups were getting tired of it, so they tweaked [him or her] out of some episodes. That's why you haven't really seen [him or her] lately." A second source seconds that emotion: "[He or she] is not really getting along too well with producers right now." Source: Kristin on E!Online * 11/26/2008 - Jennifer Westfeldt is joining Grey's Anatomy for a multi-episode arc. [... She] is coming on as a patient. [... The crossover will] take place over the course of three episodes (Feb. 5, 12, and 19) and the only confirmed participant as of now is Kate Walsh. [...] Denny will be haunting Izzie at least through February. Source: The Ausiello Files * 11/20/2008 - "I think the love triangle with Denny, Izzie, and Alex is among the most interesting we've ever done. Watching the chemistry between Jeffrey and Katherine again has been really touching. I can't wait for our viewers to see where we're taking it. But what it won't involve is Izzie having a brain tumor," [Shonda Rhimes revealed... Denny will] be in at least five episodes. Source: The Ausiello Files * 11/08/2008 - Sources tell TVGuide.com exclusively that ABC powerhouse Grey's Anatomy and its spin-off, Private Practice, will be embarking on a multi-episode crossover story come February sweeps. Though at this very early stage the number of episodes and the sum total of actors involved has yet to be nailed down, it can at least be confirmed that Kate Walsh's Dr. Addison Montgomery will again be walking the halls of Seattle Grace, as she did for one episode last spring (several months after Private Practice made its debut). Source: TV Guide Online * 11/06/2008 - A female patient named Natalie wants to leave the hospital because she'll get fired from her job at a bar if she misses any more shifts. As the doctor taking care of her fixes a bandage before she goes, he notices that Natalie has many scars. Natalie also tells the male doctor that she's been flirting with him all day and that he should have reciprocated. Source: SpoilerFix.com [Note: This was set to occur around episode 9. It's unknown if it's been pushed to another episode or dropped.] * 11/04 /2008- [The show] is now casting "star names only" for a "former military nurse who is maternal." Cristina most definitely has a "Major" romance coming on! Source: Kristin on E!Online * 11/02/2008 - Jessica Capshaw (The L Word, The Practice) will play Dr. Arizona Robbins, a pediatrician who's called in to consult on a case and winds up butting heads with Bailey. I hear that Capshaw has signed on for at least three episodes, though that could lead to more, and that she will make her first appearance midway through the season. Source: LA Times * 08/28/2008 - [Dr. Addison Montgomery] may take another trip back to Seattle Grace sometime in the middle of the season, hints executive producer Shonda Rhimes. "I don't know if it's going to work with the story, and we don't want her to come back for a visit if it doesn't feel important, something only Addison can do," says Rhimes. "But the idea is on the table." Source: Entertainment Weekly # new 02/27 - E! News has confirmed that Jessica Capshaw, who showed up at Seattle Grace last month as hottie-blond pediatrician Arizona Robbins, has inked a contract to remain on Grey's Anatomy for the near future. [...] Our pals over at EW.com report that she'll be sticking around for the rest of this season, with an option to return as a regular come fall. Source: Kristin on E!Online # new 02/27 - The show may be giving Meredith another long-lost sibling -- this one a byproduct of her mother's affair with the Chief. Source: The Ausiello Files Edited by jenlou1986, Mar 10 2009, 09:35 PM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:09 AM Post #5
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	SCOOP-AGE & OTHER TRICKSTERS The Ausiello Files Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Grey's Anatomy' - Mar 11, 2009, 11:18 PM Question: Got any clues as to what's ailing Izzie on Grey's Anatomy? --George Ausiello: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Izzie will learn in this week's episode that she has ***** * ******** **** that has spread to her * and *. Question: I need some Mer-Der proposal scoop, please! --Dee Ausiello: Der's second attempt goes haywire, but the third time's the charm -- Patrick Dempsey (sort of) said so himself on The View yesterday! Casting scoops: 'ER', 'Grey's,' 'Medium,' and more 'Grey's'! - Mar 11, 2009 Amy Madigan is reprising her role as Seattle Grace's on-call shrink next month on Grey's Anatomy, only this time it's not Meredith she’ll be psychoanalyzing, it's Owen (Kevin McKidd). As I teased in last week's Ask Ausiello, the ex-military doc's post-traumatic stress disorder will flare up, causing him to physically hurt Cristina. Also returning to Grey's is Callie's dad, played by Hector Elizondo. Pops, er, pops up in April and is shocked to discover that his daughter is now into girls. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/03/casting-scoop-1.html --------------------------- Random scooplets: 'Grey's' planning surprise twist for Mer-Der? - Feb 20, 2009, • The latest Grey's Anatomy rumor making the rounds has Shonda Rhimes mulling a bait and switch that would find terminally ill Izzie living and George dying. Oh, wait, I forgot -- neither of them is leaving (wink, wink). In other Seattle Grace happenings, Grey's scribe Pete Nowalk sprinkled some cryptic teases into his lengthy postmortem on last night's episode. The big takeaway: Mer-Der "is not going where you think." http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/02/scooplets-greys.html --------------------------- 'Grey's' exclusive: Does Mer have another MIA sibling? - Feb 24, 2009, Is Grey's Anatomy giving Meredith another long-lost sibling -- this one a byproduct of her mother's affair with the Chief?! Check out the latest installment of Ausiello TV for an answer to that question “ http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/02/greys-exclusive.html --------------------------- 'Grey's' exclusive: Jessica Capshaw inks contract! - Feb 26, 2009 Looks like Callie's new girlfriend is a keeper! Grey's Anatomy has signed Sara Ramirez's latest lesbian crush, Jessica Capshaw, to a contract, sources confirm to me exclusively. The deal calls for the actress to appear in all remaining episodes this season with an option to return as a series regular next fall. The ex-Practice star joined Grey's last month as Seattle Grace pediatrician Arizona Robbins. Although she was initially signed for only three episodes, the possibility existed that it could turn into something more permanent. News of Capshaw's promotion should silence critics who sounded the anti-gay alarm after ABC kindly asked Grey's creator Shonda Rhimes to banish Callie's first girlfriend, the brusque and ballsy Dr. Hahn (played by Brooke Smith), to the hospital's parking lot. "The character was not working for us and the relationship was not working for us," Alphabet prez Steve McPherson acknowledged last month at press tour. Still, though McPherson seems to be having no such reservations about Hahn's kinder, perkier successor, Arizona may want to go with valet over self-parking for the time being. You know, just to be safe. What do you think? Is Capshaw clicking? You a fan of Callie and Arizona (Callizona?)? Or are you still carrying a torch for Callica? Sound off below! http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/02/greys-exclusi-1.html ---------------------------------------------- Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'NCIS,' 'Big Love,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'The Office,' 'House,' 'Smallville,' 'Brothers & Sisters,' and More! - Nov 18, 2008, Question: What the hell is going on with Grey's Anatomy's Denny and Izzie? -- Jackie Ausiello: Don't be so quick to judge. Who among us hasn't gone to first base with a dead ex at least once in our lives? Exactly. Question: Okay, I'm officially worried that Izzie really does have a brain tumor and Shonda Rhimes is paving the way for Katherine Heigl's departure at the end of the season. Reassure me, Mike! -- Alex Ausiello: Hold on, Alex, I've got Shonda Rhimes on the line….She says she heard through the grapevine that I've been flooded with hundreds of e-mails from mostly irate and confused Grey's fans wondering WTF is going on with this bizarre love story between a dead Denny and an alive Izzie….She says she'd like to address Ask Ausiello readers directly via this exclusive statement.... "I think the love triangle with Denny, Izzie, and Alex is among the most interesting we've ever done. Watching the chemistry between Jeffrey and Katherine again has been really touching. I can't wait for our viewers to see where we're taking it. But what it won't involve is Izzie having a brain tumor." Alright, so the brain tumor theory is out the window. What does that leave in the way of logical explanations? Scroll down to the comments section and start brainstorming. You never know, I may run your idea in next week's Ask Ausiello and pass it off as my own! Question: What's next for Callie on Grey's Anatomy now that Hahn's gone? -- Amy Ausiello: The official ABC logline for the Dec. 4 episode includes this little morsel: "Callie can't figure out if Sadie is just friendly or flirtatious." Translation: Sadie's next for Callie. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/11/ask-ausiello--2.html The Ausiello Files: March 6, 2008 Q: Can you help me out with some Grey's Anatomy scoop — specifically about Meredith and Derek? —Sarah A: Well, this would no doubt have an impact on those two: I hear Grey's creator Shonda Rhimes may introduce another half sibling for Mer, this one a by-product of her mother's years-long affair with the Chief. An ABC rep had no comment, but this plot would explain a recent casting call the show put out looking for — smoking-gun alert! — biracial actors in their 20s. Posted Feb 27, 2009 \| Published in issue #1037 Mar 06, 2009 Question: You got anything on the Mer-Der proposal on Grey's Anatomy? --Cas Ausiello: Mer not only learns about the engagement ring in next week's episode, but she sees it, too. Unfortunately, the circumstances are less than ideal in both cases. Question: Please, give me some spoilers regarding Cristina and Owen on Grey's Anatomy. I'll settle for anything! --Kelly Ausiello: Even if it's a little icky? Okay, you asked for it: Owen's post-traumatic stress disorder will take a turn for the worse when he ends up physically hurting Cristina, albeit unintentionally. To find out what happens next, pick up the Spring TV Preview-themed issue of EW (on sale Friday) and turn to page 35. Question: Put my mind at ease and tell me we won't be seeing dead Denny again on Grey's Anatomy. --Jenny Ausiello: I bring you good news from Jeffrey Dean Morgan. "If they are planning on having me back this season, they’d have to do it awfully fast because I am about to have a major scheduling conflict," Morgan told us at Monday's Watchmen premiere. "I'm going to shoot a movie called The Resident with Hilary Swank. It is pretty much Psycho meets Fatal Attraction. I am a guy who becomes obsessed with Hilary’s character. So I don’t see how Denny could make a comeback this season. There's always next season. You know, I trust Shonda [Rhimes], so if she wanted me back, I would do everything possible to get it done. But I think dead Denny played his part. He gave Izzie the warning. In a way, the whole Denny ghost-reaper-angel thing was similar to my experience with fans of Watchmen. People were merciless about both projects on the Internet, and eventually you just have to stop reading and trust your boss and do your best." http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask or Watch with Kristen Grey's Anatomy Sneaks: Can Patient X Be Saved? - Mar 10, 2009 What is killing patient X? Will the other doctors be able to save their sick friend Izzie? Who is Bailey's awesome new hairdresser, and how can I get an appointment with her? These are the questions we'll be asking after Thursday's all-new installment of Grey's Anatomy, wherein Izzie's health problems are finally faced head-on. The smart money (or at least a self-proclaimed doc in our comments) says Izzie's diagnosis is probably skin cancer that's taken up residence in her brain, causing the Dennyvision episodes from earlier this season. Whatever the specific condition, ABC just released a logline for the March 26 episode, and apparently in that ep, "[Izzie's] medical condition requires her to undergo a difficult surgery." Awww, poor Iz. In the meantime, check out the two additional sneak peeks below, where Callie and Sloan discuss Arizona's attractions, and where Owen Hunt continues to be a badass to a nearly absurd degree. 3 Sneak Peeks #1 http://vids.eonline.com/services/link/bcpid1396519019/bctid15257996001 #2 http://vids.eonline.com/services/link/bcpid1396519019/bctid15257997001 #3 http://vids.eonline.com/services/link/bcpid1396519019/bctid15251331001 http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b103735_greys_anatomy_sneaks_can_patient_x_be.html Who's More Doomed on Grey's: MerDer or Izzie? - Mar. 12, 2009 Whoa. Mucho story progress on tonight's installment of Grey's Anatomy. Check out a sneak peek above of next week's episode (wherein Izzie and the robot fight for the future...), and then read on for a breakdown of what went down with Alex & Izzie, Sloan & Lexipedia, Callie & Arizona, Owen & Cristina, and, of course, Mer & Der... Alex & Izzie: Aw, as the interns said, "The girl is toast." As correctly predicted by our commenter MDs, Izzie has "metastatic melanoma with mets (metastases) to liver, skin and brain"—and her prognosis, even with chemo and radiation, is supposed to be no more than a few months. Meanwhile, she's preternaturally calm and happy, enjoying her silly bickering friends and her boyfriend with a bright future, and doing an amazing job teaching her students. And Izzie's diagnosis and terminal illness is not just going to kill her—the consequences are going to be devastating to George and Alex, too. How are you handling it? Post in the comments. Sloan & Lexipedia: As Marc put it, "You think you broke me, Little Grey? You're the one who put me back together!" They are ridic. Love them. Love. Also, Chyler Leigh does not look pregnant! Callie & Arizona: Two words for you on this situation: Arizona = Yay! They have megachemistry, Callie is so darn winsome, and Arizona is the cutest little trick in shoe leather. More, please. Owen & Cristina: It's awful that these two have to suffer, but if they didn't, they would be the odd men out in this world. Looking forward to Owen getting his head on straight, because Dr. and Mrs. Dr. McBadass have a lot to offer the world, not to mention this show. P.S.: Was Izzie's statement to Cristina before she revealed her cancer ("You're a robot. You can take it") overly harsh, or was it pitch-perfect for the characters and their relationship? Mer & Der: Wow. Just wow. For an episode that started with Owen slamming Cristina into a wall, it was the end of the episode that was disturbingly violent. One of the creepiest things to appear on Grey's Anatomy since Rebecca/Ava's (Elizabeth Reaser) psychotic break was the moment when Derek swatted Mer's engagement ring across the meadow and then tossed the baseball bat at her. How are you feeling about their relationship right now? Mer is terribly believable when she says she's sticking with him, but how much can she (and we) be expected to take?! Long story short: This episode was crazysauce with a side of nuts. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b104241_whos_more_doomed_on_greys_merder_izzie.html Grey's Anatomy Sneaks: Can Patient X Be Saved? - Mar 10, 2009 What is killing patient X? Will the other doctors be able to save their sick friend Izzie? Who is Bailey's awesome new hairdresser, and how can I get an appointment with her? These are the questions we'll be asking after Thursday's all-new installment of Grey's Anatomy, wherein Izzie's health problems are finally faced head-on. The smart money (or at least a self-proclaimed doc in our comments) says Izzie's diagnosis is probably skin cancer that's taken up residence in her brain, causing the Dennyvision episodes from earlier this season. Whatever the specific condition, ABC just released a logline for the March 26 episode, and apparently in that ep, "[Izzie's] medical condition requires her to undergo a difficult surgery." Awww, poor Iz. In the meantime, check out the two additional sneak peeks below, where Callie and Sloan discuss Arizona's attractions, and where Owen Hunt continues to be a badass to a nearly absurd degree. 3 Sneak Peeks Clip #1: “Izzie's not the new O'Malley” This clip perfectly represents how passive-aggressively bitchy all of the characters on Grey's Anatomy truly are. Cristina (Sandra Oh), who needs minions to do her crap work, muses that Izzie is becoming the "new O'Malley" (as in, falling behind the rest), while Richard (James Pickens Jr.) gets snippy with Bailey (Chandra Wilson), whose hairdo is just fabulous, about her decision to do a peds fellowship. Professional, much? #1 http://vids.eonline.com/services/link/bcpid1396519019/bctid15257996001 Clip #2: “No judging” By far, my favorite male-female friendship on Grey's Anatomy, Callie and Mark (Sara Ramirez and Eric Dane) have loads of on-screen chemistry together. In this clip, Mark is still recovering from his fistfight with Derek at the end of the last episode. Callie does her best to avoid contact with Arizona Robbins, after her indiscretion at Joe's bar. #2 http://vids.eonline.com/services/link/bcpid1396519019/bctid15257997001 Clip #3: “Shock her and save her or shock her and kill her?” The cowboy studs of medicine, Alex (Justin Chambers) and Major McHottie (Kevin McKidd) have a trauma patient today who is suffering from a grand mal seizure. She is not responding to the meds they gave her and going into defib. Using the paddles could save her, or it could kill her. As Major McHottie has demonstrated time and time again, he jumps right into action in order to save lives, not wasting a moment to think things through. I'm sure this is what he was accustomed to doing in Iraq; I wonder how it will work out for him this time. #3 http://vids.eonline.com/services/link/bcpid1396519019/bctid15251331001 http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b103735_greys_anatomy_sneaks_can_patient_x_be.html --------------------------- Sam in Sauvie Island, Ore.: Enough about stupid Izzie already! Any dish on Meredith and Derek who are the whole point of Grey's Anatomy in the first place!? Good news Mer-Der fans: There's an upcoming ep called "Elevator Love Letter," and you know all of Meredith and Derek's best scenes happen in the elevator! That said, Derek is going to need Mer in the weeks to come—in the next new episode he decides to quit his job after learning exactly how many patients have died under his care. And if you aren't an Izzie fan, you should definitely watch the next episode—the interns diagnose her with something "unsettling." (Maybe she just needs a little Pepto-Bismol?) Student Doc: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but every med student taking neuro right now is going nu.ts on how textbook Izzie's brain tumor is. Which, while sad, will give us back a little of that beloved Grey's Anatomy drama we all love. I'm certainly not one to argue with med students! But I'm also not one to argue with Shonda Rhimes, and she specifically told us "no" when asked if the rumors of Izzie getting a brain tumor were true. See for yourself here. She couldn't have been lying, could she? If you are a Grey's Anatomy viewer who happens to be a med student, doctor and/or brain surgeon (paging McDreamy!), please comment below and give us the skinny. Is Izzie's tumor really a lock? http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b101254_spoiler_chat_does_izzie_have_textbook.html --------------------------- Fantasy Casting: If Meredith Grey Had a Half-Brother... - Feb 26, 2009 http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b101854_fantasy_casting_meredith_grey_had.html --------------------------- Spoiler Chat: Is Katherine Heigl Dying to Become George Clooney? - Mar 9, 2009 Finally. After months of speculation, this Thursday we'll learn exactly what is wrong with Grey's Anatomy's Dr. Isobel Stevens, aka Katherine Heigl, aka..."George Clooney." Yes, you heard that right. George Clooney! According to Grey's star Justin Chambers, that's the fun little nickname he and his costars have given Heigl, since she is "the movie star." Does that mean she's also becoming an ex-TV star? Is someone finally spilling the beans that Katherine is leaving for good? Read on for what Justin has to say, what our medical experts (yes, we're fancy!) insist will be Heigl's diagnosis this Thursday and a whole heap of exclusive scoop on favorites like Gossip Girl (Chuck and Blair!), Lost (Sawyer and Kate!), Desperate Housewives (girl on girl!) and more... Marlene in London: Is Izzie going to die on Grey's Anatomy? Justin Chambers (Alex) tells us the Grey's cast has four more episodes left to shoot of the current season but insists that he and his costars are still in the dark as to whether Katherine and T.R. Knight will leave the show. "I really don't know," he tells us. "I don't think so, but that's kind of between their managers and them, the writers and producers. But we sure love having them on the set. They're great to work with. It's a huge, successful show, and they're a big part of the success. Hopefully they'll stay." Marco in Orlando, Fla.: What does Izzie's illness mean for Alex? Um, Emmy? Could be. From what I hear, Justin/Alex has some pretty gripping material up ahead. (And of course, if it's anything like Heigl's storyline with Denny, you will need a Costco-size crate of Kleenex!) "I know that Izzy's not doing well, and so I'm there to support her and hopefully it will all work out," Justin says. "There are trials and tribulations for all of the characters. It's good television." Nelson22 in Irvine, Calif.: Does Izzie really have cancer? Spoiler Alert! This Thursday, the interns discover what's wrong with "Patient X," unbeknownst to them that it's actually Izzie, and according to Chambers, yes, it's the big dreaded C-word. I've also heard from some of you fans who happen to be members of the medical community, and Izzie's diagnosis doesn't sound pretty. Med student Tamara says: "It's not really a 'textbook tumor.' The Denny hallucinations are way too complex because they involve all five senses. If the disease has anything to do with that mole, then she has a malignant melanoma with brain metastasis, and that's bye-bye Izzie." A second fan who asked to be called simply "MD," agreed: "Izzie appears to have a malignant melanoma with metastasis to the brain." Breaking it down for you, that little mole is cancerous, and it's spread to her brain, and that is most likely lethal. We'll also possibly be meeting Izzie's mother (check spoiler section below) Lolla Rosa in Oklahoma City: Any new Grey's Anatomy news? In the second-to-last ep of the season, we'll meet Ronnie, a "heartwarming" trailer-trash woman in her mid-to-late 40s, and the producers only want star names to play the part. Izzie famously grew up in a trailer park. Could this be her mother, come to Seattle to take her ailing daughter home? If so, whom do we want to play Izzie's mom? Name your favorite qualified actresses in the comments http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b103517_spoiler_chat_katherine_heigl_dying.html Grey's Anatomy: Izzie Has Cancer for Sure - Mar 6, 2009 Let the record show that when cornered, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice boss Shonda Rhimes will outwit you, even if she has to stretch the truth a little. Last summer, after tabloid reports surfaced that Izzie Stevens would have a brain tumor this season on Grey's Anatomy, we asked Shonda about the stories and she told us, point-blank "no"—there was no truth the stories. Nine months later, after viewers rejected the season's major dead Denny plotline as patent nonsense—a situation that might have redeemed itself if those viewers had confirmation that he was a tumor-induced hallucination—Justin Chambers has confirmed that, duh, Izzie has a cancer. What exactly did he say and when will we see the news onscreen? According to TV Guide Canada, Justin Chambers (who plays Izzie's boyfriend and fellow doctor Alex Karev) said, "Izzie has cancer, so I'm there to support her...I would expect Alex to shut down a little bit if something awful happens to Izzie, but these are opportunities to see his chivalrous side and his true love for her, so there should be some interesting stuff coming up." (Whoo, Izzie-Alex romance!) And yes, in next Thursday's all-new episodes of the ABC drama, Izzie's flock of interns will finally nail down her illness, although as far as they know, they're only diagnosing "patient X." Also in Thursday's ep, Derek fuh-reaks out about his surgical record and Mer seems unable to help, and over on Private Practice, Addy continues her long search for true love. Check out the sneak peek videos below to see for yourself. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b103134_greys_anatomy_izzie_has_cancer_sure.html ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ET ---- E!Online --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- Edited by jenlou1986**, Mar 16 2009, 04:03 AM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:10 AM Post #6
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	SIDES & SUMMARIES Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Casting Call Posted by DarkUFO at Friday, January 16, 2009 This episode was written by Jenna Bans and will be directed by Rob Corn. Filming for this episode is from the 27th January through to 6th February 2009 [TRICIA SHELLEY] All Ethnicities, mid 30's, grown-up, strong older sister. Guest Star [MEG SHELLEY] All Ethnicities, late 20's, middle sister. Meek and wishy-washy. Guest Star [MATT SHELLEY] All Ethnicities, 20-23 year old college boy, baby brother. Guest Star [BETH] Asian, 18 to play high school. Member of high school band, in hospital with a serious condition. Guest Star [BOY BAND GEEK] All Ethnicities, 18 to play high school. Co Star [GIRL BAND GEEK] All Ethnicities, 18 to play high school. Co Star [DR. NELSON] All Ethnicities, 50's,sptv050769 nebbish character type. Doctor at the hospital. Co Star ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Casting Sides January 17, 2009 Meg - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - THE SHELLEY’S ROOM – MORNING Dr. Walters sits with Matt and Meg Shelley as they finish reading their consent forms. Matt: (starting to panic) I can’t do this surgery with these possible side effects! Meg: But you know how important this is to Trish. Matt: She’s run our lives since we were little kids Meg: Matt ... They turn to find Tricia in a wheelchair. Tricia: Don’t be stupid. You are doing this. Right, Meg? Trish turns to Meg, who won’t meet her eyes Tricia: Meg? Meg: I didn’t know it was such a big deal. I just .... I need a little time to think about it, okay? Tricia shakes her head, feeling so betrayed. End Scene 1 ______________________________ Meg - Scene 2 INT. HOSPITAL - THE SHELLEY’S ROOM – DAY Meg: She has it? Trish has cancer? Dr. Walters: But we were able to excise it completely. It hasn’t spread yet. Meg: But she had her endoscopy last month. Dr. Walters: The cancer cells we found during surgery were early stage, too small to see on a scan. The surgery saved her life. There’s a long beat as Matt and Meg digest this. Then Meg turns to Matt, tears in her eyes. Meg: The reason Trish decides everything – – Thanksgiving, family dinners, vacations ... She’s the only one left who can cook a turkey, Matt. She’s the only one left who likes to plan vacations and she’s the only one left who ever remember to make restaurant reservation. She’s the boss of us because everyone else is dead. Meg turns to our doctors, wiping the tears from her eyes. Meg: I want it. Now. I want the surgery right now. End Scene 2 ______________________________ Beth - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - ER – MORNING Beth Dearborn stirs , opens her eyes, takes in her surroundings, immediately knows what happened. Her face falls. Beth: Oh, no ... it happened again? Dr. Smith: Beth, I’m Dr. Smith, I’m a specialist with seizures. You had a pretty bad fall while you were marching. Beth: (horrified) I seized during the performance!? Dr. Smith: Relax. It’s not like you crapped you pants or anything. Beth: It IS like I crapped my pants. I had a seizure in front of the entire school. I FROTHED AT THE MOUTH IN FRONT OF TH ENTIRE SCHOOL. IT IS EXACTLY LIKE I CRAPPED MY PANTS. THEY’RE GOING TO KILL ME. Dr. Smith: Who? Beth: (miserable) The seizure patrol. Beth closes her eyes, miserable. Dr. Smith turns to find ANOTHER GIRL AND BOY IN BAND UNIFORMS pass by the doorway, shaking their heads, glaring at Beth. Dr. Smith: Those are your friends? Beth: They’re not my friends. (then quietly) Once you spazz out in front of the whole school, friends are sort of hard to come by. Dr. Smith: No one made you join the marching band. It’s like spreading nerd on nerd. Beth: I’m sure you were super cool in high school. What’d you do? Dr. Smith: (shrugs) I wrestled. Beth: You wearing tights under that lab coat? End Scene 1 ______________________________ Beth - Scene 2 INT. HOSPITAL - BETH’S ROOM – DAY Dr. Smith holds up a mirror to the back of Beth’s head, showing her a bandage Beth: It’s so small. You can barely see it. Dr. Smith: Yep. And no more seizures. Beth: So I’m not sick anymore. A wrestler fixed me. Dr. Smith: Well, not exactly. But it will be controlled with regular appointments — Beth: But no one has to know. I won’t be frothing at the mouth, I don’t have to wear a bracelet to school ... Dr. Smith: Yeah. That’s something, huh? Beth: It’s everything. Once people see you as sick, they don’t see anything else. End Scene 2 ______________________________ Boy Band Geek - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - ER – MORNING Dr. Smith turns to find a BOY IN A BAND UNIFORM appear in the doorway, shaking his head, glaring at Beth. Dr. Smith: You’re in the band with Beth? Boy Band Geek: I’m drum major, she’s first chair clarinet. Whenever Beth has a seizure, I have to drop my instrument, go roll her on her side, and shove a drumstick in her mouth so she doesn’t choke on her tongue. Beth: I didn’t mean to .... Boy Band Geek: (bitter) We’re in the middle of Grand National Championships! We were favored to win ... Until Beth wigged out during “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Dr. Smith: Yeah, okay. Why don’t you just go call her parents. End Scene 1 ______________________________ Boy Band Geek - Scene 2 INT. HOSPITAL - BETH’S ROOM – DAY Beth rests in her hospital bed, as Dr. Smith check her chart. Boy Band Geek enters, depressed. Boy Band Geek: Mr. Bimm just called. We didn’t get a trophy. We didn’t even get a ribbon. Beth: There’s always next season, right? Boy Band Geek: Yeah ... I talked to the others. We were thinking, maybe you should try out for choir or debate. We’re just worried. Beth face falls. Then, suddenly — Dr. Smith: You don’t have to be. We fixed her, Boy Band Geek: You can’t fix epilepsy. Dr. Smith: Some doctors can’t, but I can. Boy Band Geek: So she’s like .... totally normal now? Dr. Smith: Good as new. End Scene 2 End ______________________________ Girl Band Geek - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - ER – MORNING Dr. Smith turns to find a another GIRL IN A BAND UNIFORM appear in the doorway, shaking his head, glaring at Beth. Dr. Smith: You’re in the band with Beth? Boy Band Geek: I’m drum major, she’s first chair clarinet. Whenever Beth has a seizure, I have to drop my instrument, go roll her on her side, and shove a drumstick in her mouth so she doesn’t choke on her tongue. Beth: I didn’t mean to .... Boy Band Geek: (bitter) We’re in the middle of Grand National Championships! We were favored to win ... Until Beth wigged out during “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Dr. Smith: Yeah, okay. Why don’t you just go call her parents. End Scene 1 ______________________________ Girl Band Geek - Scene 2 INT. HOSPITAL - BETH’S ROOM – DAY Beth rests in her hospital bed, as Dr. Smith check her chart. Girl Band Geek enters, depressed. Girl Band Geek: Mr. Bimm just called. We didn’t get a trophy. We didn’t even get a ribbon. Beth: There’s always next season, right? Girl Band Geek: Yeah ... I talked to the others. We were thinking, maybe you should try out for choir or debate. We’re just worried. Beth face falls. Then, suddenly — Dr. Smith: You don’t have to be. We fixed her, Girl Band Geek: You can’t fix epilepsy. Dr. Smith: Some doctors can’t, but I can. Girl Band Geek: So she’s like .... totally normal now? Dr. Smith: Good as new. End Scene 2 End ______________________________ Dr. Nelson - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - SURGICAL BOARD – DAY A cranky Dr. Swanson tries to rearrange the surgical board as Dr. Smith watches. Dr. Swanson: No, no, no, put Callahan on the bypass, Levinson on the craniotomy ...damp lap chole. Who’s going to do that? A NEBBISHY MIDDLE AGED SURGEON, who’s standing there, quietly fading into the hospital back drop, pipes up. Dr. Nelson: I could do that lap chole, Dr. Swanson. Dr. Swanson stares at him blankly for a moment, then recovers. Dr. Swanson: Let’s put Dr. Nelson on the lap chole. Appreciate it, Jim. Dr. Nelson: (under his breath) John. Dr. Smith: You must be new. Welcome Dr. Nelson: I’ve been here for ten years. I headed up General before Brown in his red cape swooped in from Oregon Dr. Smith: Linda Smith. Nice to meet you. Dr. Nelson: We’ve met. Three times. Off Dr. Smith, watching Dr. Nelson shuffle off sadly .... End Scene 1 ______________________________ Tricia - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - THE SHELLEY’S ROOM – MORNING Dr. Walters and Dr. Smith present the Shelley siblings — domineering older sister TRICIA, 33, meek middle sister MEG,28, and baby brother MATT, 22. Dr. Walters: So, your genetic tests reveal you all carry the CDMI gene for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Tricia: Dr. Smith’s taken tumors out of pretty much everyone on our mother’s side. Dr. Walters: Unfortunately, it’s a highly aggressive cancer. Tricia: Our family’s tree’s down to a branch. Dr. Walters: (concerned) How’s you Uncle Bud doing? Tricia: Dead. Dr. Walters: Aunt Helen? Tricia: Dead. Dr. Walters: What about the Minnesota cousin.... Meg: (triumphant) Not dead! Tricia: She’s ninety pounds and in a hospice, Meg. Meg: Still. Not dead yet. Dr. Walters: It says you’re all up to dat on your endoscopics, so that’s great — Tricia: So was Uncle Bud. A lot of good it did him. Dr. Walters: So you’ve decided you’re ready to take the next step. Tricia: We want to go to each other’s weddings, not funerals. We made a pact, we’re in this together Tricia takes Meg and Matt by the hands, nods, determined, almost excited by the prospect. Tricia: Take our stomachs out, Dr. Walters. Cut ‘em the hell out!! End Scene 1 ______________________________ Tricia - Scene 2 INT. HOSPITAL - HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE SHELLEY’S ROOM – NIGHT Dr. Walters finds Tricia Shelley sitting in a wheelchair, watching Matt and Meg Shelley through the window eat dinner. Meg eats jello, Matt chows down on some fast food. Tricia: He loves a good cheeseburger, my brother. Always has. And when you get your stomach out, you can’t eat red meat anymore She shakes her head, angry and worried. Tricia: If he’s doing this because he doesn’t want to give up cheeseburgers .... Dr. Walters: I think it’s more than that. Tricia: Or football or girls or snowboarding, whatever the hell it is, it doesn’t matter. Not compared to the alternative. Dr. Walters: We’ll be as vigilant as we can. We’ll use every screening tool available. Tricia: That won’ be necessary. Matty’s gonna have the surgery. Dr. Walters: But I thought --- Tricia: Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but I will be on him like glue, to my dying breath, until he does. Dr. Walters: What if he just wants to be left alone. Tricia: You don’t leave the people you love alone, Dr. Walters. Tricia turns back to Matt, singularly focused, determined. Tricia: That idiot may not know it yet, but my fear is what’s going to save his life. End Scene 2 _____________________________ Matt - Scene 1 INT. HOSPITAL - THE SHELLEY’S ROOM – MORNING Dr. Walters does pre-op on MEG (28) and MATT (22) Shelley. She also hands them consent form. As they start to glance at them, eyes widening..... Matt: What is this? Dr. Walters: The possible complications and side effects of the surgery. So you’ll know what to expect. Matt: Malnourishment, weakness, fatigue .... dumping syndrome? Meg: Oh, that doesn’t sound good. Matt: Possible anal leakage?! Dr. Walters: It’s not like getting your appendix out. A gastrectomy is a serious life change. Matt: (starting to panic) But ... I’m president of my frat. I have a girlfriend, I snowboard, I ... I have an awesome life ... how am I supposed to live it, when I’m suddenly a weak old man with anal leakage. Meg: You know how important this is to Trish... Matt: She’s run our lives since we were little kids, she decides where we go to dinner, where we go on vacation, where we do Thanksgiving .... I’m twenty-two years old, if I don’t want to butcher myself, she can’t make me --- Tricia: So you’d rather die like Mom? They turn to find Tricia in a wheelchair. Matt: We have a one in four shot we won’t get it, that’s ..... something. Tricia: Don’t be stupid. You are doing this and — Matt: YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME ANYMORE! Tricia and Matt glare at each other, it’s a stand off. Finally Trish turns to Meg, who won’t meet her eyes. End Scene 1 __________________________ Matt - Scene 2 INT. HOSPITAL - THE SHELLEY’S ROOM – DAY Tricia recovers in bed, as Matt sits silently in corner. Tricia: See. Nothing to it, Matty. Matt doesn’t answer. Tricia sighs. Tricia: Don’t you remember how much pain Mom was in, at the end? Matt: No. Tears fill Tricia’s eyes. Tricia: You used to help me wet her lips with an ice cube, and you --- Matt: I don’t remember! I was two years old when Mom died. And I only know it was sad and horrible because you tell me all the time. And I don’t have nightmares about funerals and I don’t freak out and think it’s cancer every time I have indigestion...... you do. Tricia: Matt..... Matt: This curse, this disease .... it’s your fear. It’s not mine. Maybe one day it will be but .... let me decide when I’m scared, okay? As Tricia considers this ..... End Scene 2 __________________________ Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Casting Sides - January 17, 2009 credit to crys @ Twop Beth - Dr. Smith sounds like Alex because of the wrestling and saying stuff like, "Relax. It's not like you crapped your pants or anything" but I don't believe he'd introduce himself to a patient as a seizure specialist. Sometimes they combine the lines of a few doctors into one in the sides and I think this may be the case. Dr. Smith is probably Alex and since this is a neuro case Derek. Although, if this is a crossover episode and Addison's brother is coming, isn't he some kind of specialist in that area too? Beth not wanting the other kids to know she isn't completely cured and saying that once people see you sick they don't see anything else sounds like it could parallel the situation with Izzie. Perhaps Izzie is denying or trying to hide the fact that she's sick and Alex may be upset that she's doing this and through Beth he'll understand why Izzie is behaving like that. Tricia/Matt/Meg - they all carry the gene for hereditary gastric cancer and have agreed to get a gastrectomy. This is for General so Bailey and/or Richard will be performing the surgery. In the Tricia sides, there's a scene where Tricia is watching Matt and Meg eating and Matt is refusing the surgery. Tricia is angry and worried that he's refusing the surgery because he doesn't want to give up certain things in his life even though the alternative (possible gastric cancer one day) is worse. Tricia is insistent that he'll get the surgery because she'll be on him until he does. Dr. Walters says maybe he just wants to be left alone and Tricia says you don't leave the people you love alone. I got the impression that Dr. Walters may be Izzie. Izzie may be refusing to get checked out to see what's wrong with her but Alex/Fab Five may be pressuring her. Ugh. I hope Izzie doesn't refuse getting some tests done or surgery. Although if she has been diagnosed already, Bailey/Chief probably wouldn't let her work. Or maybe this could be related to Owen/Cristina. He has a problem and maybe doesn't want to get help, wants to be left alone. Cristina loves him so she won't be able to leave him alone. Edited by oncetherewasaway, Jan 29 2009, 04:49 PM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:10 AM Post #7
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	SNEAK PEEKS & PROMOS & PHOTOS & VIDEOS SNEAK PEEKS Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Sneak Peek1 - Mar 5, 2009 http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/episode-517-i-will-follow-you-into-dark.html Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Sneak Peek 2 - Mar 5, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E78kyCxK8GM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PROMOS 517 Promo in slow motion - Mar 5, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd4C9mH6qKc Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Promo - March 06, 2009 In one moment a life can change – Derek walks out of OR “Where’s my wife....you killed her” Jen’s husband says to a devastated Derek Owen trashes around in bed and pushes Cris away and into wall There’s the moment you face your greatest fear – Izzie rushes to Alex – Izzie sitting on bench telling Cris she needs to tell her something..... And the moment you realize you’ve reached your limit – Derek “These are the people I’ve killed” Chief “ I know you lost a patient” Derek says he’s not operating..... Chief threatens http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/episode-517-i-will-follow-you-into-dark_06.html Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Promo 2 - March 09, 2009 http://abc.go.com/primetime/greysanatomy/index?pn=index http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/episode-517-i-will-follow-you-into-dark_4185.html Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - CTV Promo - March 11, 2009 http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/episode-517-i-will-follow-you-into-dark_11.html Grey's Anatomy CTV promo 5-17 - Mar 10, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpEHakpKQI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOS Episode 5.17 -" I Will Follow You Into The Dark "- Promotional Photos GREY'S ANATOMY - "I Will Follow You into the Dark" - After learning at a deposition that more of his patients have died than survived, Derek decides to quit, even as Meredith refuses to give up on him. Meanwhile Bailey and the Chief continue to bicker over her peds fellowship -- until Adele steps in to mediate -- and Izzie's interns discover something unsettling on a "patient x," unaware that the charts they're looking at are actually Izzie's, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, MARCH 12 http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?global_id=001799&type=asset&typecode=ph http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/episode-517-i-will-follow-you-into-dark_20.html Season 5 Promotional Photos - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://spoilertv-greysanatomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/season-5-promotional-photos.html http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?global_id=001799&type=asset&typecode=ph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTUBE VIDEOS Spoiler alert! Wow PD/Derek is a bit stubbly here. EP said when she was on Letterman they had filmed up to Ep 5.18 so I take it they are filming 5.18 “Stand By Me” (title unverifed).... or maybe 5.19 “Elevator Love Letter” (title unverifed) here. (As per Ellen on 2/16 “ we’re jus twrapping up the fifth season. We’re on episode 5.18 and we’re filming 24.... so we have 6 more to go.”) Exclusive! Patrick Dempsey on the set of Grey's Anatomy (02/20/09) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPfc8NolLI&feature=subscription HQ Photos Stubbly Derek at Trailer http://www.greysanatomydreamersonline.com/thumbnails.php?album=1670 Edited by jenlou1986, Mar 16 2009, 04:11 AM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:11 AM Post #8
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	SONG TITLE REFERENCE & LYRICS ~ EPISODE PLAYLIST Song Title Episode 5.17 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" Love of mine some day you will die But I'll be close behind I'll follow you into the dark No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white Just our hands clasped so tight Waiting for the hint of a spark If Heaven and Hell decide That they both are satisfied Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you When your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me "Son fear is the heart of love" So I never went back If Heaven and Hell decide That they both are satisfied Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you When your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark You and me have seen everything to see From Bangkok to Calgary And the soles of your shoes are all worn down The time for sleep is now It's nothing to cry about 'cause we'll hold each other soon In the blackest of rooms If Heaven and Hell decide That they both are satisfied Illuminate the No's on their vacancy signs If there's no one beside you When your soul embarks Then I'll follow you into the dark Then I'll follow you into the dark ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Playlist 5.17 — I Will Follow You Into The Dark Title: Front Row Performer: Metric Meredith, Izzie, Lexie, and Alextry to get Derek off the couch. Cristina passes through the hospital looking for Owen. Title: Duet Performer: Rachael Yamagata Tricia tells Meredith that her fears will save her brother's life. Izzie asks Lexie how she would present the news to Patient X. Owen and Arizona tell Alex they will talk to the Chief. Adele talks to Richard and Bailey. Alex has exciting news for Izzie. Title: Treeology Performer: Shady Bard Cristina assigns herself to trauma with Owen. Richard tells Meredith something about Derek. Mark tells Lexie something nice. Arizona talks to Callie. Title: A Storm Is Going To Come Performer: Piers Faccini Izzie tells Cristina she has something big to tell her. Meredith confronts Derek. He is having batting practice with beer cans. Izzie talks to Cristina. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited by jenlou1986, Mar 16 2009, 04:14 AM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:11 AM Post #9
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	PODCAST Thanks to Windspirits @ TWoP Been awhile since there's been a podcast. How did the crossover first come up - no idea how they would do it, would writers from Prp write those characters, would we write ours? Shonda came into the writers room and said how cool would it be to do a crossover with Grey's and Private? So suddenly we had like 3 episodes, had to figure out logistically, blah, blah. Private way ahead. We felt we had an amazing opportunity to have all these people that Derek went to med school with that he hadn't seen in years to come back into his life, to reveal something new and fun about Derek. That's where we came up with the idea. Someone in the writers room said they had been to a wedding right out of college, the best wedding they had ever been too. The groom sung a song to the bride, a ballad about their relationship that was cheesey and yet romantic. Years after, everytime they saw this couple they would make him sing the song. We were like OMG we have to have Derek do that. Krista Vernoff wrote the song, it became a funny backbone throughout the episode. Sort of sweet and nostalgic. One of the favorite scenes is at the end, after we saw what Derek and Addison went through in season 2 and saw that they geniunely had love for each other and what's its become now. Completely leading different lives and they've totatlly moved on with different people - to hear the song is kind of a sobering moment. It was surprisingly sad. Sad for all, we all thought we were going to be together and stay go together and look what happened. None of them have talked to Derek in years, you realize they chose sides in the divorce, they remained friends with Addison. The scene between Sam and Derek - Patrick was awesome, Derek says he should have called more. You felt OMG these were 2 like fantastic college friends and they lost each other cause of the Derek/Addison thing. Its sort of like when you are looking through old pictures from college or something and these friends that you lived with and talked to every day and you get the feeling you need to call them right now. Loved the idea of the nostalgia and the bittersweetness of it all. Blah, blah about Taye and Audra singing. Last night's episode - its been 3 days since he killed Jen. The first image is his bare feet with a bizarely amount of takeout food, like all the guy has been doing is eating. So bizarre to see Derek Shepherd in his jammies on the couch eating out of a cereal box unshaven. Its so tragic. Blah, blah about cereal. Lucky Charms, etc. He's all dark and tortured, hasn't been into the hospital in 3 days. The scene with the folders, he's staring at the lives he's saved and those he didn't and its hitting him, he's just not going to go back in that OR. In that moment, Meredith says all of the right things. People come to you who would have died anyway, etc. Should make him feel better but he is in the darkest hole and can't hear it. He knows all that, he'd be the guy normally telling that to someone. In the writer's room they talked about it - he made a simple mistake, its a complication, something a patient is warned about. But its something he feels he shouldn't have done. Messes with his head for someone so professional and so together. Its heartbreaking to watch him unravel, his confidence and his faith in himself. You just get self loathing from his performance. He's angry at himself, he sort of takes it out on Meredith at the end, let's talk about the end. Shonda months and months, we talked about the engagement, about Ma..ma Shepherd and the ring and its all romantic. Then out of the blue Shonda says and then he'll throw it in her face and there was dead silence in the writers room. She's always thinking 10 steps ahead. At the table ring, when Derek says the things and throws the rings there was an audible gasp, tells you how good it was. Shonda was right it comes out of his anger, he's pushing away the last person which is what you do when you are tortured Meredith is the only person that gets it, she says that's as good as you got? Another girl may have fallen apart if a guy takes a bat and hits her ring into the woods. But for Meredith, she has been so much darker, so much worse, so much drunker then him, this is nothing. Kind of nice that Meredith can be there for him, he's always the strong one. We wanted to play with that, its interesting where it will go. They loved doing that scene. He was very good at hitting the beer cans with the bat, he even hit the ring in a couple of takes. He's very athletic. Blah, blah about hitting with a bat. Izzie - omg, sunscreen. Blah blah about how pale they are, they have freckles. Now they went to the dermatologist. Blah, blah, Jenna is wearing sunscreen. We got her diagnosis of patient X. In her brain, her liver, has been causing her hallucinations of Denny. Its just so sad. When she talked to Lexie, was so sad. Lexie is hopeful, about her mom dying of the hiccups. When you get a diagnosis like that you fight. It took Lexie to say that to jolt Izzie. Shonda came up with the idea early in the season that Izzie would tell Cristina. Cristina is the scientist, the robot. The love the moment when Iz says "you don't like me", that's why Izzie can tell her, someone that won't fall apart. She can't tell people that love her, she will have to comfort them. She needs strength and support and the only one that can really do that in this moment is Cristina. We will have to see now that Cristina knows, how does this unfold, how they deal with it, obviously its going to have reprecussions all over the place. Its one of their own, one of their main people to get this dire diagnosis is going to rock everybody's world. Its pretty awesome. Just at the time when she and Alex are happy. How great is Alex? He was Joan's favorite in the episode. Justin Chambers is so excited about every script, willing to jump into whatever you ask of him. The freak out scene - he was like OK, I don't know how I am going to do this, getting to that point. He's such a guy but he's so willing to go there, be vulnerable but in the Alex way. It was very dramatic. Talk about the paddles bouncing when they fell blah blah. We got her diagnosis of patient X. In her brain, her liver, has been causing her hallucinations of Denny. Its just so sad. When she talked to Lexie, was so sad. Lexie is hopeful, about her mom dying of the hiccups. When you get a diagnosis like that you fight. It took Lexie to say that to jolt Izzie. Shonda came up with the idea early in the season that Izzie would tell Cristina. Cristina is the scientist, the robot. The love the moment when Iz says "you don't like me", that's why Izzie can tell her, someone that won't fall apart. She can't tell people that love her, she will have to comfort them. She needs strength and support and the only one that can really do that in this moment is Cristina. We will have to see now that Cristina knows, how does this unfold, how they deal with it, obviously its going to have reprecussions all over the place. Its one of their own, one of their main people to get this dire diagnosis is going to rock everybody's world. Its pretty awesome. Just at the time when she and Alex are happy. How great is Alex? He was Joan's favorite in the episode. Justin Chambers is so excited about every script, willing to jump into whatever you ask of him. The freak out scene - he was like OK, I don't know how I am going to do this, getting to that point. He's such a guy but he's so willing to go there, be vulnerable but in the Alex way. It was very dramatic. Talk about the paddles bouncing when they fell blah blah. Back to other episode - Faye Dunaway! Blah, blah about getting Faye Dunaway, OMG! I might see Faye Dunaway in person. She was so amazing and so prepared. More Faye a..ss kissing. Shonda also had the great idea of Bailey calling in Adele and tattling on the Chief, OMG. The funniest thing is when Bailey is all smiling in the corner then Adele looks at her and is like "you too!". Shame on you. Bailey had no other choice. Richard had a temper tantrum in the OR, pretty much stomping his feet then ignored her after, refused to talk to her. Bailey had to call in the big guns and that was Adele. No one can talk to the Chief like that except for Adele. She called his hospital a jungle gym. Bailey and her decision to go into Peds, we're going to see that in the next couple of weeks as well as find out what happens with Izzie. And, how we deal with Derek, how do we get him back to the OR. Its not going to be easy. Its pretty awesome how it all unfolds. So you have to watch, its going to be good. Really good. Like REALLY good, let's be honest. This is Joan Rater. And Jenna Bans. Thanks Edited by oncetherewasaway, Mar 17 2009, 01:17 PM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:12 AM Post #10
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	EP RECAP 03/12/2009 - "I Will Follow You into the Dark" Season 5, Episode 517 Derek is in a serious depression and refuses to go to work after losing his pregnant patient and being hit by a lawsuit. Mark hasn't operated in days, because his hand is still swollen after the fistfight with Derek. Lexie urges him to talk Derek out of his funk and Mark points out he's hardly the right person to do that. Cristina wakes Owen, who's napping on a cot at the hospital. Coming out of a nightmare, he shoves her violently, resulting in a cut to her arm. He bandages the cut and tells her to rest her arm and not do any work for the day. Richard is cranky because he's now lost the services of Derek, Mark and Cristina. He's also mad at Miranda for having chosen pediatrics over general surgery. Derek's depression deepens after he meets with his lawyers and they tell him he's lost more patients than he's saved. "Most of those were terminal patients," Meredith reminds him. "You were their last chance," she says, and urges him to look at the big picture. "This is the big picture," he insists, staring at the far-larger pile of his patients who died. Izzie gathers the interns to diagnose the case of a "Patient X," that they don't know is really her. The interns can't find anything wrong. "She's fine," they all agree, and Izzie shouts, "No, she's not fine!" She orders them to look over the case again. Lexie thinks that there's something in Patient X's brain that they've missed and Izzie tells her she's on the right track. Miranda suggests closing a patient with staples, not stitches, and Richard snaps that since it's his hospital, they're going to do it his way. "I want all of you people to do what I say," he shouts. "We have a diagnosis," Lexie announces to Izzie. "Metastatic melanoma." Izzie asks for their prognosis and the interns predict the patient will only live a few months. "The girl's pretty much toast," says one. "Survival rate is five percent," says another. Izzie doesn't let on, but she just says "good job." They want a prize, like last time and she tells them, "The prize is, you didn't screw it up this time. You were doctors today. That's the prize." Lexie thanks Izzie for the diagnostic exercise. "How would you break the news to Patient X?" Izzie asks. "Screw the odds. My mother died of the hiccups," Lexie says. She decides she'd urge the patient to face the illness and fight. Adele summons Richard and Miranda to the conference room. "Are you running a hospital here or a playground?" she yells at Richard, and demands he apologize to Miranda. She tells a smug Miranda she's no better, since she called Adele to "tattle on a grown man." They each apologize for the way they've been acting. Alex makes a diagnosis that could potentially save or kill a high school student suffering from seizures when he decides it's her heart that's the problem. Despite Dr. Robbin's reservations, Alex is proven right. Arizona congratulates Alex on his success and says, "You fix that attitude of yours, you could be the future of this hospital." Alex runs to tell Izzie about the unexpected praise. He advises her to stop "wasting her time with this Patient X crap," and that she could be a great surgeon. "I don't want to be the future of this hospital if you're not there with me," he says. She answers "Okay," and gives him a big kiss but her smile fades as he walks away. Derek returns to the hospital, but only to tell Richard that he's not operating. Richard orders him back to work, but Derek just walks away. After three days with no Derek, his patients begin to switch to other hospitals, so when Miranda tells Richard that the way he yelled at her in the OR is "not okay at all," he walks away without saying a word. Richard asks for Meredith's help in bringing Derek back. "He's been planning to propose. That's not a man who's planning on being alone." Lexie announces to Mark that the survival rate for their relationship is probably about "three percent," but that she thinks they shouldn't give up. Cristina assigns herself back to trauama cases, although Owen wants to let her rest her arm. "I'm a big girl. I can decide when I've had enough trauma," she tells him. "It's going to take more than a bad dream to scare me off." "It's more than a bad dream," he says and she answers, "I know." Callie has been avoiding Arizona but ends up stuck in the elevator with her. Arizona tells her, "Sometimes I panic and I misjudge a situation. So, if you're up for it, I'd like to take you to dinner." "Maybe," says Callie as she walks away. But then she stops the elevator and says, "How's tomorrow?" Mereidth finds a drunken Derek playing golf at the site of the home he plans to build. He tells her, "I'm not hiding, I'm done. I'm done operating." When she calls it "quitting," he says, "You wrote the book on quitting." She insists she's here for him now and he replies, "You wanted me out ever since the day I moved in." He tells her she lied to him when she said she was fine. "There's no fixing you. You're a lemon," he says bitterly. She reveals she knows about the ring and he bats it into the distance and yells at her, "Go home." Izzie picks Cristina of all people, to confide in because she knows Cristina can handle the bad news. On the air vent, Izzie tells Cristina that she has cancer. Edited by oncetherewasaway, Mar 14 2009, 07:53 PM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:12 AM Post #11
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	COMPANY BLOGS Grey Matter Jenna Bans on "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"... Original Airdate: 3-12-09 Okay, people…step away from the comment section…step away from the phone (no one at ABC’s gonna answer at this hour anyway, trust me)…and hear a writer out. I know what you’re all thinking – HOW COULD THEY HUMILIATE SHADOW SHEPHERD LIKE THAT!? Just kidding. We’ll talk Mer/Der and the bat and the ring, we will, but first I would actually like to start with Shadow Shepherd, ‘cause he’s part of the bigger issue here which is… Derek Shepherd is not in a good place right now. In fact, dude’s pretty much at his worst. Remember when our friendly neighborhood serial killer Eric Stolz told him they had a lot in common? Derek’s started to believe him. What I love about this storyline, besides that it gives the talented Patrick Dempsey a chance to show us just how big his acting range is, is that you’d never think it would happen to Shepherd. Shepherd knows brains like I know…well, nothing. Maybe chocolate. But the point is, he’s not just a star in his field, he runs his field. It’s like the Pope having a crisis of faith. And everyone’s feeling it – Mark, literally with his maimed hand, Richard, who can’t possibly run his surgical floor without his star neurosurgeon…and sad little Shadow Shepherd, who finally gets his shot to impress his colleagues, and not one of them can even remember his name. (Even writing the script, I couldn’t keep it straight. When Darren, our script coordinator, was clearing the names, he’d call me and be like – so, it’s John, but everyone keeps calling him Jim, right? And I’d be all, yes. Wait, no. Wait, yes.) And it’s not because he’s not a good surgeon, it’s just with Shepherd around, who pays attention to the bald dude in glasses? In the end, Derek’s legendary status ends up hurting Derek the most. Because when people expect greatness out of you 24/7, it’s damn near impossible to live up to. You’re bound to take a big fall. Like the interns do, I’d like you to ask yourselves – if you were handed a death sentence today, couple of months to live, what’s the first thing you’d do? Personally, I wouldn’t waste any time. I’d immediately re-introduce trans fats into my diet and then hop a plane to one of those huts over the ocean in Bali where the floor is glass so you can experience all the marine life without actually having to get wet. But that’s me. Izzie’s clearly a better person. Just when she’s found her niche at SGH, teaching the interns, she gets slapped with cancer. Wear sunscreen. But instead of hightailing it to a Balinese paradise (seriously, those huts look COOL) she takes her devastating diagnosis and channels it into an educational - albeit macabre - game for her interns, who are sorely in need of some attention. Shonda’s had this Patient X thing in her head for a long, long time – and when she first pitched it out, I immediately loved it. And hated it. I still love and hate it. Because it’s so totally messed up and unfair. What Izzie’s doing, teaching the interns, is a selfless, meaningful endeavor that no one else, even Alex, will ever give her credit for. Everyone’s been busy clamoring for surgeries while Izzie’s quietly achieved the impossible – she’s turned the gaggle of morons we met in season 4 into doctors. And now she’s DYING. And no one gets her, and no one knows it, and it’s seriously UNFAIR. Wear sunscreen. Except Cristina. Now A LOT of thought and discussion went into the decision that the person Izzie goes to first should be Cristina. And some of you were probably thinking, why not Alex? Why not George? Hell, why not Mer? And that’s what Izzie was thinking too, in the end when she’s standing in the resident lounge, eyeing all of her friends, wondering whose evening to ruin. And she decides on Cristina. Because at the end of the day, even though they’ve never gotten along that well, Izzie knows Cristina’s strong enough to take news like that. She’s not gonna crumple, she’s gonna take the news like a hard, cold scientist and that’s what Izzie wants right now. It’s what she needs. ‘Cause she’s got a hell of a fight on her hands and the odds are stacked. I’d want Cristina Yang on my case too. So my Mom – she really loves Grey’s Anatomy. In fact, she calls me after every episode, thrilled and excited to tell me what scenes she loved, what lines made her laugh, whose performance made her cry…Tonight I asked her what she thought and there was a long silence. And then: HE HIT THE RING WITH THE BAT!? I know many of you are equally as shocked, maybe a little horrified, and I’m with you. It was brutal to watch. But here’s what I really want you to take from it – Meredith’s reaction to it all was infused with a maturity and strength that was five seasons in the making. She didn’t crumple to the ground sobbing, she told him to do his worst, because she’s not going anywhere. She knows he’s drunk and angry, she knows he’s lashing out at her because that’s what you do when you’re drunk and angry and filled with self-loathing, you lash out at the last people in the world you should be lashing out at, the people you love and most importantly, she knows Derek doesn’t mean it. She knows he’s at his lowest, professionally, personally…so she’s not gonna bail on him. She’s gonna let him have his little “the world is a better place without me operating in it” tantrum and when the dust settles, Mer’s still gonna be standing there, supporting him. Because that’s what you do in a relationship. That’s what you do in a marriage. For better or for worse, right? So you can choose to see the end of this episode as a MerDer nuclear holocaust, but I really hope you don’t. I hope you can see it as I do – as progress. Twisted progress, yes, but hopeful all the same. For better or for worse, people. And with that…let the discussion begin! March 12, 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Emerald City Bar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nurse’s Station ... Debbie Does Seattle Grace ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Intern Formerly Known as Steve The Girl Who Lived It’s been quite a ride. How are you holding up? Tired? Disoriented? Pupils dilated? Seeing purple? Does pizza taste to you like cotton candy smells? Time travel does that to people. Or so I’ve heard. Or read. In various science fiction comic books. Okay, Okay. I’ll admit it. I sent you on a journey through time when I myself have never actually time traveled. Minor detail I neglected to include on the invitation. But, hey, it was cool, right? You got to be a fly on the wall for the greatest cafeteria fight that never happened. You got to experience the wrath of Dr. Yang when woken by an intern with a medical question. You got to fill your nostrils with that beautiful hospital smell. You got to learn all about the Seriouslys, and catch a minor case of them yourself. Plus you got to be there for the forming of the greatest surgical intern band ever. Pretty rad. And you are still alive, right? Well, there is someone else who is still alive. Only she didn’t do any time traveling. And she wasn’t exactly supposed to live. Kind of like my good friend, Harry Potter. Except He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named didn’t cast the Avada Kedavra curse on her. The thing that was supposed to kill her didn’t come from an external force. It grew inside her. It made her lose control of her arm and her leg, and then the whole right side of her body. This thing inside of her was about to take her life when… Oh, have I not mentioned Dr. Derek Shepherd yet? Do you remember him? Or is your memory just a bit foggy from all that time traveling? Well, let me refresh your memory. Dr. Derek Shepherd: Neurosurgeon. Miracle Worker. Savior of humanity. You see Dr. Shepherd created this clinical trial. I might have mentioned it before. Okay, so I was OBSESSED with it. I followed it like Bostonians follow the Red Sox, like Trekies follow William Shatner, like that little boy in the French movie followed that red balloon. And following it, well, kind of changed my life. If I hadn’t followed it so closely, then in the epic battle between fear and curiosity that would take place in my head moments after encountering Dr. Shepherd in the hall, Captain Fear might have won out. If I hadn’t followed it so closely, I would never have mustered up the courage to stay and ask Dr. Shepherd if he had collected the correct combinations of X, Y, and Z for the viral cocktail. If I hadn’t followed it SO closely, Dr. Shepherd wouldn’t have been impressed by my knowledge of the viral cocktail and might never have popped…The Question. “Steve, why don’t you scrub in with me on the clinical trial tonight?” If someone gave me a time machine, like I generously gave you, and told me I could travel ANYWHERE, back to ANY time in my ENTIRE LIFE, I would choose THIS moment. I would freeze it, and live in it and in the events that followed. Over and over again. Because beginning in that moment, I got to live out every kid’s dream. And by every kid’s dream, I don’t mean that every kid dreams of brains. Some dream of space or chocolate factories. But when I was in Kindergarten and Mrs. Evans asked us where in the universe we wanted to go, I raised my hand and exclaimed “TO THE BRAIN!” You see, the brain is my outerspace; it is my chocolate factory. Only there are no Oompa Loompas and gravity sickness isn’t an issue. Today I got to hang with my Willie Wonka/Neil Armstrong, Dr. Derek Shepherd. I got to scrub in with him on perhaps the most groundbreaking clinical trial of all time. And that alone sent me flying through space. But when Beth Monroe, the girl who wasn’t supposed to live, opened her eyes and used the hand she’d lost control of to give me a thumbs up…Well, then I was walking on the moon. I helped save a life today. And maybe I wasn’t the one who came up with the viral cocktail combination or injected it into her brain, but I was there. I was asked to observe and to be a part of it all. And I will forever be grateful, and remember that moment. When I’m stuck doing SCUT. When I’m giving rectal exams. When I’m on my feet for twenty hours straight in a place with patients that complain and don’t always smell so good (as you now know). When I’ve gone three days without sleeping and I’m deep in the SGH slumps. When even a round of the game, Ya Coded, won’t cheer me up, I’ll remember this, and I’ll push forward. Because I helped save a life today. And maybe someday in the far off future, that someone—who creates groundbreaking clinical trials that save lives and allow the Beth Monroes of this world to see their grandkids graduate from college—will be me. Until then, I’m hijacking your time machine so I can relish in the moment. It’s 88 miles per/hour, right? Tuesday, 07 October 2008 Edited by oncetherewasaway, Mar 13 2009, 02:47 PM.



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:13 AM Post #12
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	RECAPS & REVIEWS & RATINGS BUDDYTV 'Grey's Anatomy' Aftergasm: Dr. Who? - Friday, March 13, 2009 Grey's AnatomyLast night's episode of Grey's Anatomy, I thought, was the best one in a long while that we've gotten from Shonda and Co. So much plot development happened, instead of a rehashing of the same old stuff. Izzie's (Katherine Heigl) Crazy Cancer finally has a diagnosis, giving her a five percent chance of survival after chemo. And Derek. Oh boy. If anyone ever had doubts about his mental health, I think last night's episode proved that he is most certainly NOT OK. But I'll get to that in a bit. My favorite part of the episode was probably the least consequential part. It was the introduction of Dr. Jim Nelson, the poor, mousy man who might be a solid surgeon, but just isn't sexy or flashy enough to get noticed by anyone. The fact that nobody even knows that Dr. Nelson exists is just another way in which Seattle Grace is exactly like high school. I didn't really get what the point was to introduce him. Was it to show how self-involved the main characters are? Yeah, I think we all know that. Mark (Eric Dane) seemed to be making progress in becoming more inclusive – he mused to Callie (Sara Ramirez) that just because the man doesn't have creepy, perfect hair like Derek's, doesn't mean that he's any less of a man – but the lesson didn't stick because by the end of the episode, Mark didn't even remember his name anymore. (The funniest part about Dr. Nelson is that the actor who played him wasn't even listed in the official ABC press release for this episode. It's kind of like, the creators of the show forgot about him too.) It bugged me a little bit that Callie found it amusing that Dr. Nelson is so invisible, always playing second fiddle to the Shepherd the Great. I seem to remember that she didn't like being excluded from Izzie and Meredith's cool clique during her unfortunate relationship with George (T.R. Knight). Maybe she was ostracized because of the bad karma she accrued from not noticing other pariah-types. In a way, however, I am glad that the episode didn't turn into an after-school special, kumbaya moment in which the doctors learned to appreciate all of God's creatures, big and small, without regard to their social status. It would have felt forced and clichéd and it would have given the main characters way too much credit. None of them is capable of seeing past their own specific melodrama of the moment to even notice anyone else around. Some people's melodramas are, of course, very serious. Like, Izzie's cancer, Meredith's verbally abusive relationship with Derek, and Cristina's relationship with a mentally unstable war veteran. Although it was disconcerting to me that Cristina (Sandra Oh) lied about how she cut her arm to hide the fact that Owen (Kevin McKidd) was responsible, I don't think that he is abusive. That said, however, if unintentionally hurting her like this isn't a wake-up call that he needs to get treatment for his PTSD, like, yesterday, then we might have a problem. As for MerDer, it was very difficult to watch Derek being verbally and emotionally abusive to Meredith (Ellen Pompeo). We've seen time and time again on Grey's Anatomy that when his life goes to pot, he lashes out at Meredith for no reason. He had no right to call her a whore when she slept with George, he had no right to bitch her out when the clinical trial wasn't going well, and he certainly had no right to call her a lemon in last night's episode. She has come a long way toward becoming whole and healed, and while she is not there completely, at least she has admitted to herself, at Dr. Wyatt's urging, that she needs help. Admitting so was the first healthy thing she did, and it's something that Derek needs to do about himself as well. I'm guessing that we'll never see Dr. Nelson again, but given all the multitude of ways in which the cool doctors at the hospital are broken and unhealthy, maybe Richard (James Pickens Jr.) should consider hiring more people like him. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-aftergasm-dr-who-26965.aspx Grey's Anatomy: Owen-Cristina News - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Grey's Anatomy fans may have been caught up with the whole proposal that Derek (Patrick Shepherd) had been so slow in cooking up for his Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and the similarly slow unfolding of Izzie's (Katherine Heigl) true condition. As all these are happening, however, Owen (Kevin McKidd) and Cristina (Sandra Oh) have been cozy, starting with the overt flirting and the slight brushing of hands in the hospital halls. An episode featuring someone from Owen's past, however, showed that Owen has some baggage of his own. A disturbance was seen in the so-far smooth Owen-Cristina waters. Bolstering this claim is a report by Entertainment Weekly that Owen's post-traumatic stress disorder courtesy of his old job will take a turn for the worse as Owen will end up physically hurting Cristina. Don't fret, however, as it is reportedly an unintentional hit. Regardless, though, Cristina just doesn't seem like the type to let any guy hurt her physically http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-owencristina-new-26898.aspx?pollid=2001598&answer=2005450#poll2001598 Grey's Anatomy: Episode 5.17 "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" Recap - March 12, 2009 Tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy episode begins with Derek (Patrick Dempsey) wallowing in his own misery in the middle of Meredith's filthy living room, take-out cartons strewn everywhere around him. He has been avoiding going to work and instead eating all of Alex's marshmallow cereal out of the box. He is taking the aneurysm patient's death from last episode very hard, especially since her husband is suing him for malpractice. (Remember how he called Derek a murderer?) Meaning, it's raining and thundering outside, but if Grey's Anatomy were really trying to go for realism, it should be snowing. (We've gotten a really unusual amount of snow in Seattle this year.) Cristina (Sandra Oh) is at the hospital and sees Major McHottie (Kevin McKidd) taking a nap on a gurney in the hallway. She walks up to surprise him, but he wakes up with a start and throws her across the hallway into the shelves of supplies, resulting in a gash on her elbow. She doesn't take the accidental attack personally, aware of his PTSD. Instead, she reminisces to him about how once had a bad dream once and woke up pulling Meredith's hair. However, Major McHottie is spooked and spends the rest of the episode avoiding her, so as to protect her from his uncontrollable, war-learned violence..............there’s more http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-episode-517-i-wi-26930.aspx Grey's Anatomy: How Good Exactly is Seattle Grace Again? - Thursday, March 05, 2009 It isn't actually a new concern on Grey's Anatomy how Seattle Grace had fallen from, well, grace this season. Previously hailed as one of the best teaching hospitals in the country, Seattle Grace has dropped to number 12. If you'll remember, the slip in the rankings was a very serious concern for the Chief (James Pickens Jr.) since it meant the hospital became merely an inferior alternative to higher ranked hospitals when it came to emergencies (and that's not good for these trauma-thirsty surgeons). As we go deeper and deeper into this season, however, we start to notice that the fall in the rankings is not completely without basis. Just recently, we got to know Dr. Campbell, played masterfully by the incomparable Faye Dunaway (“No wire hangers!”). Dr. Campbell was one of the first female surgeons in Seattle Grace, a “dinosaur” to use Cristina's (Sandra Oh) choice words, who refuses to retire. She botched an otherwise routine surgery and it was made crystal clear in the last episode that her prime years are way behind her. Don't Miss .......cont’d http://www.buddytv.com/articles/greys-anatomy/greys-anatomy-how-good-exactly-26772.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CINEMA BLEND Recap: Grey's Anatomy - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - 2009-03-13 TV Recap: Grey's Anatomy - I Will Follow You Into The Dark Wow... a really dramatic episode this week! The Chief's issues with Bailey finally come to a head. Derek is not dealing well with the loss of another patient and may be leaving the scalpel game. Izzy finally gets a diagnosis for "Patient X" and it's not good. Alex makes a controversial diagnosis that could kill his patient if he's wrong. Oh yeah, and Mer/Der may be off again, but I doubt it. The Chief spends the day pining for Shepherd, being bitchy to to Bailey for specializinging in pediatrics instead of general surgery, and staring at the surgery board fretting over who will perform the surgeries since he's chased away all of his surgeons. Shepherd, for his part, has been sitting on Meredith's couch eating all of Alex's cereal and moping about getting sued for killing the pregnant lady who ran over her husband. He finally drags himself into the hospital to talk to the lawyers about the lawsuit and, when Meredith tracks him down to check on him, shows her the stack of charts for patients that he saved and the one for patients that he saved. The stack of people who died in Shepherd's surgeries is significantly larger, which I guess he never really realized. The Chief tries to get him to pick up some surgeries, but Shepherd just tells him that he's not operating and leaves the hospital. A running background joke is the neurosurgeon who was the acting head of neuro before Shepherd came along. Nobody can quite remember his name, not even me. Instead, he is continuously referred to as "Shadow Shepherd". Sloane has met him several times, but doesn't seem to remember him at all. I suspect he'll be featured more prominently in the next few weeks, though........there’s more http://www.cinemablend.com/television/TV-Recap-Grey-s-Anatomy-I-Will-Follow-You-Into-The-Dark-16132.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EW.COM EW - Commit to It - Mar 13, 2009 Derek's funk over losing a patient and being sued tests Meredith's staying power, while Izzie has to face the reality of her medical situation I cried tonight, and that is how I like it. Grey's Anatomy was back in full, moody force — I'd even go so far as to say the best it's been this season. Every show's got to have highs and lows and middles, of course, but there's been an abnormal amount of dipping below the axis this season. But this great wallow of an episode hit its emotional highs — that's when Grey's is at its best, when its wonderfully sad — with no trick guest stars, no random new docs (except Jim! but I love Jim!)...just our trusty core cast (which is big enough, thanks) and some decent, but not-too-distracting, patient stories. Let us count the downers that elevated tonight's installment: Depressed Derek What do we think about this, Grey's fans? I went into this episode dreading Derek's descent after watching him talk on The View about how awesome it was that he was getting to actually act within actual story lines that did not strictly involve him wooing a crazy commitmentphobe. I thought I liked my McDreamy McSane and McTogether. But I started to turn around on that from the very first scene, when he was moping on the sofa eating cereal out of the box — though, admittedly, my positive feelings sprouted mainly from his wild depression hair. And his casual depression sweater. What I'm saying is Depressed Derek is hot. In fact, he seemed to be taking style cues from a fair number of men I've dated, which helped explain some things. Sick Izzie I felt totally opposite about knowing we were likely to finally diagnose Izzie's terminal whatever this week: Psyched. And in this case, the story line delivered. I'll even go one step farther: It exceeded my expectations. I liked Dying Izzie. Way more than.......cont’d http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20265477,00.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LA TIMES 'Grey's Anatomy': Shadows and light - Mar 13 2009 Well, after many long months and one ill-conceived detour into Denny-ville, we finally found out what’s really ailing Izzie on last night’s “Grey’s Anatomy”: The girl’s got cancer -- in her skin, brain, liver, the works. The kind with a measly 5% survival rate. In other words, get thee to that movie career, Katherine Heigl! But if, after all the headline-grabbing buildup, the official diagnosis wound up feeling more than a little anti-climactic, I could still appreciate the way it unfolded. Izzie did her best Dr. House, challenging her unwitting interns to solve Patient X’s medical mystery, and then chose to share the bad news with Cristina, that most unsentimental of “Grey’s” characters, in a dialogue-stripped scene that nonetheless packed a potent emotional wallop. It’s a beautiful thing when Shonda Rhimes decides to dial it down a bit, isn’t it? The normally steady Derek would not be dialing anything down last night. Still reeling from the death of his pregnant patient and the blistering words of her grieving husband, Shepherd was as bruised on the inside as his Sloan-battered exterior suggested. Much of the hype for this episode revolved around Derek’s decision to quit Seattle Grace, but that development was just a warm-up to the drunken devastation he unleashed on Meredith. “You should understand better than anybody else,” he hissed at her about opting to leave. “You wrote the book on quitting, running, hiding!” The guy gave pushing her away every ounce of cruel energy he could muster. Surely, that crack we heard wasn’t just the bat making contact with the diamond ring Derek’s been carrying around in his pocket for weeks; it was poor Mer’s heart shattering. Still, there was no quitting, running or hiding on her part, which just goes to illustrate one of the crazy little ironies of relationships: Just when one of you finally manages to get it together, the other one has to up and fall apart. Meredith’s come a long way, but she could still learn a thing or two from the Chief’s wife about whipping a man out of his funk and back into shape. Nobody messes with Adele Webber. Not even Bailey. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MSNBC McDreamy turns McUgly on ‘Grey's’ - March. 12, 2009 Derek is sick of surgery, while Izzie is just plain sick The meanest mope: When last we saw Derek, his pregnant patient had died. He fell into a deep depression, camping on the couch without benefit of razor or shower. Meredith’s friends eyeballed him suspiciously as he morphed into a mountain man, but things got even worse when he learned at a deposition that more of his patients die than live. Choosing to see himself as an accomplished serial killer, McDreamy refused to do any more operating and walked out of the hospital. After the Chief spilled the beans to Meredith that Derek had been planning to propose, she discovered he’d moved out and went and found him at his trailer. She tried to talk him into going back to work and revealed that she knew about the ring. He responded by hatefully snubbing her, dumping her, and throwing away the ring right in her face. They are totally going to be together forever! You knew it was coming: Izzie took the interns through the process of diagnosing “Patient X,”...... cont’d http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29664898/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TV GUIDE ‘Grey’s’ back to its old self - 2009-03-13 Heavy drama hits Seattle Grace Like Lost this week, Grey’s Anatomy also had a two-week break, so I was happy to see its return. And boy, did it come back, hard-hitting as ever. Even though we knew Izzie had cancer and Derek was going to quit Seattle Grace, it was still shocking to actually watch. The episode was reminiscent of its first season, with no big guest stars; the focus was mostly on the characters we’ve grown to love. The Meredith/Cristina friendship, now back in full force, is as awesome as ever, the Chief’s resentment of Bailey choosing pediatrics over general surgery hit a low point (in a good way), and Alex becoming a nice guy — while maintaining some bad-boy qualities — just shows how much he’s grown. The injury Cristina sustains thanks to Owen and Cristina wasn’t as awful as the previews wanted us to believe, but it’s clear his post-traumatic stress issues aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Apparently, this isn’t the last violent scene between the two, but right now, it’s another sign that Cristina has grown up since she didn’t bail on him, something she may have done in the past. As Meredith tried to give an increasingly angry and depressed Derek his space, but when she learned that he was planning on proposing (I’m still not sure if I think Chief did the right thing by telling her), she vowed to never give up on him. Even though he went all Derek Jeter on what would’ve been her engagement ring. Finally, as the moronic interns (with the exception of Lexie) finally figured out what Patient X is suffering from: cancer. In the brain, liver and skin. The prognosis is five months, at best, with chemo, and with a five per cent survival rate, is pretty much toast. O’Malley has been a glorified extra this season, so it was a shame that the writers only managed to summon up a few lines for him. George clearly knows something’s up with Izzie, and in another exhibition of growth, he didn’t push her, but quietly informed his former BFF that she could come to him anytime with anything. Instead, Izzie, who clearly didn’t want it to get too real, went to Cristina. As the typical angsty Grey’s music played, Stevens ‘fessed up to Yang about the cancer. While Heigl’s departure rumours are still just rumours, can Izzie beat the odds? Time will tell. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Greys+back+to+its+old+self/Watercooler/ReviewsandPreviews/Articles/090313_greys_izzie_cancer_DW.htm?isfa=1 Izzie’s Only Got a Few Episodes to Live. Tops. - March 12, 2009 Poor Izzie! Once again Dead Denny’s Girl bogarted the entire class of interns, forcing them to diagnose the mystery illness of Patient X. It took them forever, but they finally figured it out: She’s got what sounds like stage 40 cancer—with a tumor in her brain and spots on her skin and liver. “The girl’s toast,” one of them giddily told the doomed Dr. Stevens. Another added that she’s got a five percent survival rate. A third suggested the patient take one last butt-kicking vacation. None realized they were talking to the patient herself. Oh, trauma! Meanwhile the men of Seattle Grace continued to fall apart. Sloan couldn’t do surgery because of his battered hand. George barely existed. And The Chief had issues with change. Unwilling to accept that Bailey would dare leave him to specialize in pediatric surgery, Dr. Webber disrespected and mistreated Bailey for almost the entire episode. After he had a full-on hissy fit of the my-hospital-my-patient-you-do-it-my-way variety during surgery, Bailey pulled out the big guns and told his Mommy. (Translation: His wife Adele.) Distraught over the pregnant lady's death, Dr. Shepherd spent three funky days eating and drinking himself into a stupor on the Kappa Kappa Grey frat house couch. Later, after learning his “death rate” (more of his patients have died than survived), he stormed out of the hospital and moved out of Meredith’s house. “I quit,” he told Meredith when she finally trekked up to his trailer to bring him home. “I know there’s a ring,” she replied. Then in an oh-no-he-didn’t moment Shepherd took out the 100-karat ring, tossed it up and batted it out onto the lawn. And with that, drunken McDreamy turned into Dr. McNightmare. Alex Karev was the only guy to have a good night. At the beginning of the episode Izzie told him he would be a rock star MD. By the end of the episode, after he’d saved the life of a band geek and won the respect of the two new surgeons, he’d started to believe it, too. He shared his revelation with Izzie then lectured her about getting back into the swing of things. Instead of telling him, “I can’t because I’m like really, really, dying. Really.” Izzy smiled and smooched. Then dragged “robot” Cristina Yang down into Callie’s old basement apartment and broke the news, “I’ve only got a few episodes to live.” http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/greys-anatomy/izzies-only-got-a-few-episodes-to-live-tops-257.html Recap: "I Will Follow You into the Dark" - Mar 13, 2009 After weeks of debate, Izzie's illness is finally revealed, Meredith catches her first glimpse of the diamond Derek's secretly been toting around for so long and Karev finally rises to the top. While it came as no surprise that Izzie's diagnosis would be grim, it was still a gripping moment when Lexie revealed the news: Patient X has metastatic melanoma and even with chemo and radiation, she likely only has a few months left to live. While the interns were understandably pleased with themselves for having solved the case, Izzie was quick to dampen their spirits, reminding them that today they got to be doctors and that's the only prize they get. My question is: How did the interns (especially Lexie) not catch on to the fact that Patient X was actually Izzie in disguise all this time? Even after Izzie emotionally revealed to the interns that the patient was having inexplicable hallucinations involving her dead ex-fiancé, how did the bells not go off in someone's head? While Izzie was hitting rock bottom, Alex was off rising to the top .....cont’d http://www.tvguide.com/Episode-Recaps/greys-anatomy/Greys-Anatomy-Episode-1003988.aspx Tonight's TV Hot List for Thursday, March 12, 2009 Grey's Anatomy -9 pm/ET ABC What with Derek's meltdown, Bailey's war with the chief and Izzie's very disturbing symptoms, the hot docs seem worse off than the economy. Don't expect smiley faces on Derek or Izzie tonight. (Too bad they never got together: We could have dubbed them "Dizzie.") However, there is hope for Bailey. Paging Adele Webber, stat! On the love front, there's hope for Owen-Cristina and Mark-Lexie. Maybe Callie-Arizona, too. True, Arizona rejected Callie, but she does call her "Calliope." —Paul Droesch http://www.tvguide.com/News/Tonights-TV-Hot-1003926.aspx This from the jungle.....credit to merderfan77 ASK Keck (TV Guide Print) Q: Does TR Knight want Grey's Anatomy because he feels dwarfed by Patrick Dempsey? A: Knight's staying mum, but who wouldn't feel that way? Dempsey's got his own cologne, for goodness sake. But there's another doctor at Seattle Grace who feels so overshadowed by Derek that he is not so affectionately known as "Shadow Sheperd". We'll meet the hospital's No. 2 neurosurgeon , Dr Nelson (played by 49 year old Phil Abrams), on March 12th. ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ spoilers, Part 1 - 2009-03-02 Izzie’s illness revealed! If you’re not a fan of spoilery stuff, especially if your favourite show is Grey’s Anatomy, then avert your eyes. But if you’re down with knowing the details and truth directly from the actors’ mouths, then read on! Izzie’s (Katherine Heigl) strange behaviour is solved by the interns in the March 12 episode, but Justin Chambers, who plays Alex Karev, dropped a serious spoilery bomb on TVGuide.ca. “Izzie has cancer, so I’m there to support her.” Holy. Crap. With all the trials and tribulations that have befallen Izzie lately — the return of Denny Duquette, sex with Denny’s ghost, making crafts for her interns — this probably doesn’t come as a surprise, but to actually hear the word “cancer” from Chambers just confirms what viewers have probably been assuming all along. That means Alex and the gang are going to have their hands full as they help their pal Izzie deal with her upcoming battle. “I would expect Alex to shut down a little bit if something awful happens to Izzie but these are opportunities to see his chivalrous side and his true love for her, so there should be some interesting stuff coming up,” reveals Chambers. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090302_greys_spoiler_DW ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ spoilers, Part 2 - 2009-03-03 Heigl and Knight departure rumours put to rest If you’re not a fan of spoilery stuff, especially if your favourite show is Grey’s Anatomy, then avert your eyes. But if you’re down with knowing the details and truth directly from the actors’ mouths, then read on! As reported yesterday, Justin Chambers (Alex Karev) let it slip that his co-star Katherine Heigl’s character, Izzie Stevens, has cancer. So if Heigl intends to leave Grey’s, along with co-star T.R. Knight, then the cancer story seems like the perfect out, right? Well, that isn’t the case. “I haven’t heard that from anybody except the people who are asking me the question,” says Eric Dane (Mark Sloan). “[Creator] Shonda Rhimes never came to us and said that we’d be two light next season, so until that happens, they’re still here.” Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd) looked at it from two points of view, the emotional and the business sides. “It was hard to see the spinoff happen, to lose Kate [Walsh, Addison]; I think she was a great thing for our show,” laments Dempsey. “And it was really sad to lose Isaiah [Washington, Burke]; he was a tremendous character for our show, so you hate to see these characters leave. But on the flip side: “We’re all here for seven years. They’ve got us pretty much locked in, which is a good thing; it’s nice to have job security,” says Dempsey. “Everybody has contracts, so I don’t know how they’re going to get out of it.” “Everybody’s still gonna be here,” confirms James Pickens Jr. (Chief Webber). http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Greys+Anatomy+spoilers+Part+2/TVNews/Articles/090303_greys_spoilers_heigl_knight_DW.htm?isfa=1 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ spoilers, Part 3 --2009-03-04 Truth behind Dempsey leaving the show If you’re not a fan of spoilery stuff, especially if your favourite show is Grey’s Anatomy, then avert your eyes. But if you’re down with knowing the details and truth directly from the actors’ mouths, then read on! Soon after the rumours surfaced about Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight leaving the show, which TVGuide.ca refuted yesterday, word spread that Patrick Dempsey was the next in line for the exit train. As if. But, after Derek had to deal with the devastating loss of patient Jen [played to heartbreaking perfection by Jennifer Westfeldt], the final straw comes when McDreamy learns at a deposition that more of his patients have died than survived. That sends the depressed surgeon over the edge, and Derek decides to quit Seattle Grace. While some headlines would have you believe that Dempsey was leaving his plum gig as Derek Shepherd, the actor laughs it off. “Derek goes off on a little bit of a soul-searching bender, and then comes out the other side with the help of his fellow surgeons,” reveals Dempsey. “My character does leave, but I’m not leaving. I’d be stupid to leave.” Yeah, no kidding. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Greys+Anatomy+spoilers+Part+3/TVNews/Articles/090304_dempsey_leaving_DW.htm?isfa=1 Fifth time lucky? - TV2 Sunday- Mar 10, 2009 Sitting in a Seattle Grace hospital waiting room, which is actually on a studio lot in Los Angeles, Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey) takes a break from filming to talk to TV Guide’s Stephanie Holmes about the latest season of TV2's Grey’s Anatomy. As the credits rolled on the final episode of season four, Meredith Grey was standing in a candlelit field waiting for Derek Shepherd (McDreamy) to return to her after both deciding they were going to give their relationship a go. And fans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief, in the hope that this would put an end to the will they/won’t they, do they/don’t they saga that the couple – and viewers – had been through for the previous four years. Also breathing a sigh of relief was Ellen Pompeo, who finally got her way after continually urging producers and writers to forget about the on/off heartache and drama storylines and to simply let the couple be together. “Derek and I are just co-habiting and I think Derek is sort of learning how to deal with Meredith’s relationship with Cristina (Meredith’s friend played by Sandra Oh).” Ellen explains, dressed in her Seattle Grace scrubs and sipping on a giant soda which dwarfs her tiny frame. “He’s figuring out how to fit into her life. Meredith and Derek being separated has caused her to be much closer to Cristina. She agrees to accept Derek and now it’s like Derek has to come into a relationship that has developed while he was off dong whatever.” But while Derek and Meredith enter a new , exciting phase in their relationship, Ellen enters her fifth year of playing the character that sometime frustrates her. “I’m really, really thing to stay as engaged as I can and keep the performances fresh and interesting,” she says. “Because five years for an actor to play the same character, you feel like you’ve forgotten hoe to act , you don’t know what you’re doing any more, you’re just sort of punching a clock, you know?” Did you know? Ellen spent a lot time last year traveling around the United States campaigning for Barack Obama. Another side-effect of five years on television is the publicity and controversy that can sometimes surround a show, its cast and crew. Grey’s Anatomy has had more than its fair share of off-screen drama, including Isaiah Washington’s homophobic comments and subsequent firing, Katherine Heigl declining to be part of the Emmy, and the writing out of Dr. Erica Hahn (Brooke Smith) who was ensconce in the show’s first lesbian love affair storyline. Ellen says that while she and the other cast members try to ignore the controversies as much as possible, they can’t help but take notice and be affected by them. “We spend at lot of time together her so when people’s lives are affected, you feel bad and you wonder why and you thing that things should be handled differently,” she says. “Artists will never understand executive suit decisions. You see things building so you think, ‘Clearly they saw things coming, clearly they read the scripts and they see the episodes’. “You would think that there doesn’t need to be an abrupt end to things because there’s not an abrupt start to things. Things start and build very gradually. Yeah, listen, it’s challenging.” But controversies and frustrations arise, Ellen is still very aware of just how lucky they are to be making a fifth season of the show. “I for one don’t think we can complain, especially at this particular point in the economy,” she explains. “They’re not making as many movies and not as many TV shows. They pull the TV shows of f the air, they don’t give them a chance at all. “So we’re really lucky right now that we’re still going strong and our fans have stuck with us, regardless of what we do. As crazy as we get or as nonsensical as we get, the fans are still there, so that’s amazing. Not a lot of shows can say they have those kind of fans.” http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/merderfan2008/PDm81.jpg http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/merderfan2008/PDm82.jpg March spoilers - 2009-03-09 'Grey's Anatomy' Owen copes with post-traumatic stress disorder, which goes from bad to worse when he strikes out a Cristina – physically. Why, oh why does every man she dates have major anger issues? Oh, and Meredith will see that engagement ring, but it will come at a bad time, as things always do for poor old MerDer. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/March+spoilers/TVNews/Articles/090309_march_spoilers_AD.htm?isfa=1 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ spoilers, Part 5 - 2009-03-06 Dissecting the love lives of Callie, Sloan and Lexie If you’re not a fan of spoilery stuff, especially if your favourite show is Grey’s Anatomy, then avert your eyes. But if you’re down with knowing the details and truth directly from the actors’ mouths, then read on! You either love or hate the storyline regarding Callie’s love life. Falling in love, marrying, then eventually divorcing George. Hot sex with Sloan. Falling for, then getting dumped by, Erica Hahn. And now, the kiss between Arizona and Callie. Forced, or harmless experimentation? “[Callie’s story is] continuing this journey of self-exploration — men or women, and finding love again, somewhere. I don’t know if it’ll be at the end of this season,” reveals Sara Ramirez (Callie). “[Callie and Mark are] best buds, I like our friendship, but I’m curious to see how much more we’ll be there for each other, through all this. I like what’s coming up next.” And whether you like it or not, the love story between Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie (Chyler Leigh) is going to continue to be explored. “Our relationship is explored further, [but] as far as my pregnancy, it’s not being written in, so at this point, we’re just creatively blocking the obvious bump,” says Leigh, who is due with her third child in May. And to this very second, I still don’t know if Dane was telling the truth or joking about Sloan’s living arrangements: “I live in [Meredith’s] house now, which is cool because I spent the last two years in a hotel room.” Yeah, he was probably joking, but we’ll find out for sure soon enough, I suppose. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Greys+Anatomy+spoilers+Part+5/TVNews/Articles/090306_callie_sloan_lexie_love_DW.htm?isfa=1 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ spoilers, Part 4 - 2009-03-05 Another long-lost sibling for Meredith? If you’re not a fan of spoilery stuff, especially if your favourite show is Grey’s Anatomy, then avert your eyes. But if you’re down with knowing the details and truth directly from the actors’ mouths, then read on! Recently, EW.com uncovered a storyline planned for Meredith that would have yet another MIA half-sibling running around. Sources told the magazine that the kid will be the spawn of Meredith’s mom and the Chief, and rumours of casting a bi-racial actor in his 20s have been reportedly pushed to next season. But Ellen Pompeo (Meredith) and James Pickens Jr. (Chief Webber) don’t know if it’s such a good idea. “We haven’t heard anything about that,” said Pompeo with a laugh. “This is the thing with series television that’s so difficult.” “If there were a brother, and you never know, that may be a Season 6 thing, but how would I not remember my mother being pregnant?” Good point, Ellen, but Shonda Rhimes is a master at making the unbelievable happen. Well, except for Denny ghost sex. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Greys+Anatomy+spoilers+Part+4/TVNews/Articles/090305_meredith_sibling_DW.htm?isfa=1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Grey's Anatomy: I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Mar 13th 2009 (S05E17) "There's no fixing you. You're a lemon." - Derek It's official: I'm an emotional loser. After two weeks without my weekly Medical/High School drama, Grey's is back and even more dramatic than I remember. Has Grey's Anatomy been this good in a while? I always thought that with such a big ensemble cast, the show was bound to have loose ends. With this episode, it seems as though each character is what I remember from the first two seasons. With no big guest stars this week, the characters developed amongst themselves. I appreciate the return of the Meredith/Christina friendship, now back at full strength, but why does it seem like when Meredith solves one thing, another falls apart? She suffers from the Chaos theory. I've never been that keen on either Lexie or Arizona. Somehow, both characters in this episode miraculously become genuine individuals. Arizona just needed to be knocked down a peg and she became human all of the sudden. Her whisper to Alex -- "You Go, Karev" -- maintains that chipper attitude, but it's not as in your face. Lexie, although really a Little Meredith with parallel problems as her older sister, has benefited from not having Sadie around. She is a smart girl who can diagnose problems, unlike all those really idiotic interns. Speaking of Arizona, Callie tends to get these horrible storylines. I don't get why her character gets so messed up. She's a great surgeon and a good person. After the whole George and Hahn situation, she is definitely rebounding and happily not too fast. I still appreciate the time she has with Mark, because it helps focus both characters. I'm still not sure how I feel about Owen's situation. The whole post traumatic stress syndrome is definitely going to get worse before it gets fixed. If anyone watches this season of The Real World, Ryan has had the same PTSS problems and it doesn't go away. I applaud Christina for trying her best to deal with the situation, but she's going to go through a lot. http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/03/13/greys-anatomy-i-will-follow-you-into-the-dark/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USA TODAY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ZAP2IT 'Grey's Anatomy': Derek in a tailspin, and Izzie's diagnosis - March 12 These days, the docs of "Grey's Anatomy" are all kinds of broken and messy and troubled. So it's pretty much like any other day at Seattle Grace. Except that with Derek's wallow through his surgical past and Izzie's focus on getting the interns to diagnose "Patient X," coupled with some diagnostic surprises and a real jerk turn by the chief, it turned out to be a pretty good hour of TV. Despite all the ad teasers about Derek hanging up his scrub cap because he's beaten and disillusioned by his surgical career, the star of the episode was Izzie -- i.e., "Patient X." And if Katherine Heigl racks up too many more performances like tonight, I'm going to have to rethink my feelings about her. She starts off walking around being understanding about Derek, who's a disheveled mess sitting on the couch eating the marshmallows out of Derek's cereal, and flashing a beatific smile while openly appreciating her friends. She tells Alex he'll be a rock star surgeon in 10 years. She's amused by Meredith and Cristina's bickering. And she devotes her time to mushing the interns along in trying to diagnose her case. When they do their typical intern shoddy job, she's annoyed and hammers them to go back and find what they missed. And she gives George pretty much his only actual interaction during the entire episode. (George's word count tonight, by the way: 68.) Finally they come up with an answer. Patient X has a metastatic melanoma that has spread to the liver, skin and brain. Her prognosis with chemo and radiation: a few months -- a 5 percent chance of survival. It's affecting watching her hold it together as the diagnosis sinks in, but the best scene is Izzie's conversation with Lexie, as they discuss how to break the news to the patient. Between them, they manage to come up with choosing to face the diagnosis head on and fight. Izzie finds herself on the verge of telling Alex when he comes to her excited about his great day (more on that in a minute), but in the end turns to Cristina -- who not only doesn't like her much but is a robot. We close on the two of them in the boiler room where Hunt took Cristina, and Izzie finally letting it all out. So now the fight -- and judging from the preview of next week, it'll be over whether she fights at all -- is on. Welcome to sweeps. Justinchambers_greysanatomy_s3_240 Meanwhile, we're seeing unexpected growth all over the place -- and not because Cristina showed some compassion. Working on a trauma case with Arizona and Hunt, Alex ends up saving the day -- and the life of a teenage "band nerd" who has epileptic seizures. She keeps crashing in the midst of the seizures, making it doubly dangerous to shock her heart because it could kill her. Alex figures out that the problem is the girl's heart, insisting over Arizona's protests against a cardiac procedure that could kill her if Alex is wrong. But he turns out to be right, and reaps all kinds of impressed praise from both Hunt and Arizona. And it's remarkably sweet, if you can call Alex that, to see him excitedly react to people actually believing in him. But am I really buying him as the future of Seattle Grace? Not yet. ...... there’s more http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2009/03/greys-anatomy-derek-in-a-tailspin-and-izzies-diagnosis.html Still watching 'Grey's Anatomy'? If so, here's a clip from Thursday's episode - March 11, 2009 A "Grey's Anatomy" viewer named Kathy e-mailed me a while back to ask if I might be writing about the show any time soon. I do feel vaguely as if I should check in on "Grey's," but other shows have distracted me with their goodness. And around the time I checked out of "Grey's" -- which is when Mary McDonnell began her guest stint -- the increasingly frantic show just didn't seem worth the effort any more. But you never know, I may have to start checking it out again. There's clearly a big Izzie arc coming up (Kristen at Eonline has the full scoop here and here). And Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) is in a big snit about something or other, as you can see in the clip below. I'd like to thank Kathy for writing a recap of the season so far and getting me up to speed on various developments (my favorite line from our e-mail exchange: "I have to say that if there was any evidence of shark-jumping, it was when Derek announced, 'I'm going to have to remove her frontal lobe.' If 'Grey's' can survive that, it can survive anything, even if the patient didn't."). Reading her recap and analysis was entertaining, which is not a claim I've often made for "Grey's" in recent seasons. But you never know. It could get... less annoying. Then again, apparently there is now a character named Arizona. Sigh. What are your thoughts regarding "Grey's Anatomy"? Have you checked out of Seattle Grace Hospital or are you sticking with the backstage-drama-ridden drama? If you quit watching, what prompted that? If you're still watching it, share with the class, if you care to. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/03/greys-anatomy-derek-izzie-.html -----------------------------------------------------------------------



oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 02:14 AM Post #13
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	DATES TO REMEMBER & OTHER STUFF Jeffrey Dean Morgan: The WATCHMEN Interview -Thursday, March 5, 2009 Did you deliberately seek out material during the past few years that was very different from your role on “Grey's Anatomy?” Absolutely. Sure. But I didn't know if somebody was going to give me the chance. Certainly, you know, I remember when I read Watchmen, I was like, “You know, they're never gonna fucking hire me for this.” And I think that's kind of the part of Zack that is so brilliant. He was like, “Fuck, you can do it, man.” He trusted me. Most directors would be like, “Are you kidding me? That's about as far away from a guy that can play this character as anyone I've ever heard of.” You know, wiping Denny out of people's minds is a hard thing to do. He made such an impact on so many people, but I think if anybody could do it, it's the Comedian, you know? Will you do any more appearances on “Grey’s?” No, as far as I know, I am dead. And I'm busy doing other things. But I owe that show everything. Shonda Rhimes is a brilliant writer and a good friend, and I wake up every morning and I thank her for giving me that opportunity. I owe everything to her, I really do, and I know it. You know, between that and “Supernatural,” it was a really great way to kind of kick-start a twenty-year career. Yeah, and I loved the opportunity, and I had so much fun working with the people over there, especially Katie [Heigel]. The chemistry we had was completely unique and special, and it was worth every second of it. http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2009/03/jeffrey-dean-morgan-watchmen-interview.html This episode was written by Jenna Bans and will be directed by Rob Corn. Filming for this episode is from the 27th January through to 6th February 2009 This date was sited with the sides for this episode at SpoilerTV SAG board turns down studio offer - Feb 21 2009 The board of the Screen Actors Guild, as expected, rejected the "final offer" by the Hollywood studios for a new contract covering the union's 120,000 members, creating fresh uncertainty about whether and when the seven-month labor dispute will end. The rejection was widely anticipated because the studios' proposal contained a provision that SAG negotiators viewed as a non-starter. Nonetheless, the move is likely to deepen anxiety in the movie industry, where production activity has already slowed. The studios and SAG appeared close to striking a deal earlier this week after the union's negotiators made what they said were key concessions, including accepting a framework for how actors will be paid for their work in content distributed on the Internet. That framework is modeled upon terms agreed to by three other Hollywood talent guilds. But SAG negotiators balked at the studios' demand that the union's contract expire in three years, rather than two years. Studio executives insist that a three-year contract is necessary to ensure stability. A three-year deal, however, would mean SAG's contract would expire a year later than the labor contracts of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the writers and directors guilds. SAG leaders believe that would weaken their bargaining clout by preventing them from joining forces with the other unions in the next round of contract negotiations. In a statement, SAG accused the studios of inserting a "last-minute and surprise demand" that was not brought up in earlier negotiations, including during federal mediation talks in November. "By attempting to extend our contract expiration one year beyond the other entertainment unions, the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) intends to de-leverage our bargaining position from this point forward. ... The AMPTP has clearly stated their need and desire for financial certainty and industry peace. This new proposal does the exact opposite, and will only result in constant negotiating cycles and continued labor unrest." The AMPTP responded that its offer was “strong and fair” and that it had always sought a three year deal with SAG. "We have kept our offer on the table -- and even enhanced it -- despite the historically unprecedented economic crisis that has clobbered our nation and our industry." SAG's board stopped short of asking union members to approve a strike, fearing that the deep recession makes this the wrong time for such action. People close to the union, who did not want to be identified because they were not authorized to speak on the record, say the next logical step for SAG representatives is to initiate back-channel contacts with some senior studio executives to see if a showdown can be averted (typically, negotiations are conducted through the studios' negotiating arm, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers). Meanwhile, SAG is preparing to begin negotiations Monday with producers of commercials, which are covered under a separate contract. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/02/sag-1.html SAG talks break down - Feb 20, 2009 Majors make guild final offer Confounding expectations that SAG was nearing a deal, the majors and the Screen Actors Guild broke off three days of talks late Thursday with the congloms issuing a take-it-or-leave-it "last, best and final" offer. The talks fell apart over SAG's insistence that a new feature-primetime deal had to expire on June 30, 2011 - meaning that the deal would last only two years and three months. For its part, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers insisted that the new deal has to last a full three years. And the congloms also announced their new offer could be withdrawn in 60 days. "The terms in the offer are the best we can offer or will offer in light of the other five major labor industry deals negotiated over the past year and the extraordinary economic crisis gripping the world economy," the AMPTP said. The harball moves by both sides throw even more uncertainty into Hollywood's outlook, which has been muddied since SAG's master contract expired eight months ago on June 30. SAG had no immediate response but the key issue separating the two sides - with the companies' demanding a three-year deal from the date of ratification, rather three years from the expiration date of the last contract -- turned out to be insurmountable. The companies have insisted that they need the full three years to provide stability amid a volatile outlook for the industry. But such a term would push SAG's expiration to at least March 2012 and de-couple the end of the SAG contract faw away from the WGA's in May 2011 and the DGA's and AFTRA's in June 2011 - thus diminishing SAG's bargaining clout since there would be much smaller chance of SAG being on strike at the same time as another Hollywood union. The AMPTP also said it would be willing to start negotiations on the successor contract no later than November, 2010, which would allow SAG to get back into synch with the other unions in 2014 - as long as SAG and AFTRA ratified the successor agreements by June 30, 2011. That proposal wasn't enough to persuade SAG's leaders to accept the "last, best and final" offer, which included half a dozen "concessions" by the AMPTP: Withdrawal of the proposal on "French Hours," which covers meal penalties Modification the "union security" clause for new media productions Withdrawal of its proposal to eliminate force majeure protection and present a revised clause for series contract performers impacted by an unforseen event such as the WGA strike Increased covered background performers in features from two to five. S Recognition that dancing on hard and slippery surfaces may qualify as hazardous activity Agreement with SAG's proposal to allow TV stunt coordinators to participate in revenue-based residual payments The congloms made the "last, best and final offer" eight months after issuing a "final" offer to SAG on June 30 as the guild's feature-primetime contract expired. The three days of talks represented only the second round of talks for SAG and the AMPTP since last July. Two days of talks in November, supervised by a federal mediator, also cratered when SAG demanded increases in DVD residuals, product placement protections and retroactivity. The failure of former national exec director Doug Allen to close the deal was the major factor in SAG's national board ousting him last month. That panel, which also replaced the feature-primetime negotiating commitee last month with a task force, will meet Saturday to discuss the failed talks. Moderates had wrested control of the SAG board from Membership First hardliners last fall and grew increasingly frustrated with Allen's insistence that a strike authorization was necessary. They chose to install senior adviser John McGuire to replace Allen as chief negotiator - over the strident objections of SAG president Alan Rosenberg and the Membership First faction, which conducted a 28-hour filibuster to prevent Allen's firing and the abolition of the negotiating committee. Rosenberg and board members Anne-Marie Johnson, Diane Ladd and Kent McCord then sued SAG and the moderates to overturn their actions but failed in his efforts to obtain a court order. Despite the suit, Rosenberg and Johnson are part of the 10-member task force that met with the AMPTP. Seven of the 10 slots on the task force are occupied by the moderates. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000382.html?categoryid=18&cs=1&nid=2854 Edited by oncetherewasaway, Mar 11 2009, 12:57 AM.



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