Grey's Anatomy: Let the Truth Sting

I'm so very glad to know that other contributors - Jigme Chhimi, Nancy, Merle, Scott, Barbara and Glenda - see just how much substance Grey's has lost, depleted as it is by the loss of Mr. Isaiah Washington as Dr. Preston Burke.

The fascinating thing for me is, that so many people are starting to recognise exactly what this actor/character brought to the show. Dr. Burke, with his effortless grace, intelligence, arrogance, humanity, self-assuredness, manliness, seriousness, kindness and gravitas was a core part of what gave Grey's in its early days its credibility and "believability".

His very absence is stronger than the presence of some of the newer characters in the show which speaks volumes all by itself!

With the rapidly tanking ratings, I don't know how Grey's is going to turn itself around, or whether that's even possible, now...

The show needs a serious injection of someone: paging Dr. Burke.....!

@clgbutterfly: As to your comments about character/personal growth; have you met any surgeons, namely specialty surgeons? They're immature scalpel jockeys with God complexes, especially the younger ones. Not to mention the ego that comes with the job. You're also talking about Meredith who is emotionally crippled due to her mother's nastiness and her father's lack of spine.

I agree that everyone needs to grow, but you have to put that into context. It'll take a lot more to make these people grow. It's arguable that some of them (Meredith, Christina) are so self involved that they haven't let half of what has happened to them fully sink in. It takes a lot to chip away at the ego of a Christina Yang.

For all of Callie's strength and bravado, she comes off as needy and desperate when it comes to George. For how much she claims she loves George, she does nothing to stop him from making a bad decision after the death of his father because she's desperate to have him in her life. That's just sick. Callie needs to be held responsible for her actions while George was dealing with his father's illness and death just as much as George needs to be held responsible for cheating on her, and Izzie for letting that happen. Callie has every right to be mad at Izzie, but when is she going to apologize to George for trapping him when he needed time to grieve? I'm tired of people condoning her acting like she's a victim in the whole thing. If you want to discuss growth, Callie needs to step up and accept some blame herself.

OK, we have our Mac steamy and our MAC dreamy, Does that make Justin Chambers MAC Sleezy?

Ladies and Gentlemen your answers lie in simple fact that everyone needs to grow. They have made no bones about the fact that these characters are not growing as people. They are still sex obessed, whiny, selfish. The allure of this show for me was the possibility that they would learn from their mistakes and the tramuas they see. Do they? NOPE!
What's the point of Izzie losing the heart guy or Merideth nearly dying. They are strong people and capable of learning, so let them!
Currently the show is in a downward sprial and unless they figure it out they will plummet and crash. So much for the show that was nominated a future classic by TVLAND awards.

I happen to love it, I love the fact that the show has more than just "action" it is a drama, you know a night time soap opera and this is a very good one with wonderful actors and actresses. This show has everything such as, comedy, action, and sex. I like the fact that it is hard to pick a favorite, because they are all good! Every season has started out slow, but I have faith that it is about to get real crazy. I am so looking foward to Thursday.

I miss the old "Grey's". This is not the show it started out as. I think something needs to be done with the relationship with Meridth and McDreamy! This has gotten old to me. I like Izzy, the old Izzy. Callie, I like, George, I don't. His caracter needs some improvement, to me, he went downhill when he slept with Meridth. The show is just not as good as it was at first. I don't want it to end, it just needs work.

Okay, maybe I just need a life, but I just can't wait to see next week's episode. Granted, this is only the 3rd season I've seen, but I still love it. Although, I do miss Addison.

I am so totally disappointed with the new season. I have only watched twice and each time, I thought the show had lost it's appeal. It ended badly last season and when the season opened, no mention was made of Burke walking out. Give the viewers a break. Secondly, the show is blah without Burke and Addison. Even though she was not my favorite, she added something to the show. Too bad it was not Izzy/Catherine Heigle who left the show. She is so smug and self righteous. I absolutely do not like her or her character. One would have thought Isiah Washington pulled out a gun and killed someone the way she went on every talk show and talked about his homophobia. Give us a break. People are entitled to think what they want to think and even say what they think according to the first amendment. This show will not last long if the storylines continue as they are now. It was a hot show, now it sucks and last week, I did not look. My daughter and I looked forward to talking about what was going on last season during commercial breaks. Now she does not even watch.

I am not sure getting rid of Isiah Washington was the right move but I think his departure and Addison's certainly hurt the ratings. I would not care if they cancelled it for next season. I just know that I am not watching anymore. Boring.

No matter what is wrong with these first two shows, Grey's Anatomy is always better than most. Shondra, get with it.

Too bad they wrote Preston Burke out of the story. Now George and Izzie will fall flat on their faces where they belong. The only thing they will be remembered for is this running him out of the show for personal reasons. Show will probably fail all because of their personal need to put personal issues into the day to day interactions of the cast. Too bad.