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ABC to focus group: you cool with Izzie and Denny falling in love?

by Jonathan Toomey, posted Nov 27th 2008 12:03PM

Katherine Heigl and Jeffrey Dean MorganApparently ABC is weirded out by Izzie having sex with a ghost too. At the very least, they certainly are curious.

According to EW, the alphabet network has started testing audiences with a potential Grey's Anatomy love story between Izzie and the very, very, very not alive Denny Duquette.

Now I know focus groups aren't cheap and since it's Thanksgiving Day, I'm in a very giving mood. So if anyone from ABC is reading this - let me save you some money:

This story BLOWS.

I mean, honestly - what is Shonda Rhimes thinking? This isn't Ghost Whisperer. This isn't The X-Files. And last I checked, Grey's Anatomy doesn't feature any characters who are werewolves, goblins, fairies, or vampires. Denny Duquette is dead and the only way that Izzie is going to have any sort of sex with him is if she goes and digs up his rotten, stinky, decayed body.

Even worse, now that Shonda Rhimes has come out and said that Izzie doesn't have a brain tumor, I can't think of any outcome to this story that will justify it and be satisfying.

However, in a season where ratings have been tumbling and fans were already upset about Brooke Smith's firing, I'm sure network execs are probably willing to consider just about anything to boost viewership... including sex/love/relationships with ghosts or whatever the hell Denny is.

Hopefully this doesn't go on much longer. You just watch though - that randomly selected focus group probably has an 85% saturation of necrophiliacs. Granted, Denny isn't a corpse (well... he is I guess), but I imagine that if knocking boots with an actual dead guy does the trick for you, then fooling around with his spirit works too.

Currently, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is contracted to appear in episodes through February and assuming the focus groups give favorable reviews, that stint could presumably be extended.

You know what can't be extended? Denny's man bits - because he's dead.

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bruce

No, look into it, they killed off Hahn because the Christian group "Parents Television Council" (or whatever those religious nuts call it, and yes it is a religious group, not a secular one) letter-bombed ABC demanding, on behalf of offended Christians, that the GAY storyline stop immediately or they'll boycott ABC, because children could catch gayness from watching Grey's Anatomy as long as Hahn and Callie were lesbos. Not only was the storyline ended, but Hahn had to go because she was a lesbian and thus would always be a lesbian. Callie Torres was saved because she's bisexual and will only have sex with men from this point on. You watch, GA will never again mention her bisexuality, and she'll NEVER have another relationship with anyone who does not have a penis.

November 29 2008 at 9:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lois

You know what, JDM is dead on Weeds, too. Why don't they give the guy a job where he's alive?
The storyline doesn't make sense unless Izzie is either mentally ill or dying of something other than and brain tumor and Denny is there to help her make the transition.
Having sex with a ghost is pretty ridiculous, but we've seen a lot of bizarre stuff on GA. Mostly, though it is at least in the realm of possibility.
Brooke Smith's departure was done poorly. I didn't love the character, but Callie could just have changed her mind and everyone move on. People break up on GA all the time.
With so many gay characters on TV now I don't think letters from the Christian Right is what got her character canned. GA isn't for Christians for lots of other reasons.
So let's get back to Christina and the army guy and let's see some Bailey stuff and how is the Chief's marriage going and what is Sloan going to do next and how about starting the house that Derrick is building.

November 28 2008 at 1:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jessica

John Heltsley said is right ...
"It's not that this story blows... it's that it's creepy and impossible. And impossibly creepy... And the real shame is, up until Denny re-surfaced, I thought GA was finally getting back on track. "

Denny & Izzie need to be put to rest. How can anyone get into them touching, when you know Denny is dead? This isn't daytime Soaps, Buffy, Supernatural or even Fringe (all of which I love btw). Its Grey's, and on Grey's you can not touch dead ghost people!

Just when Izzie and Karev are starting to sizzle, ABC goes and puts a wet blanket on it.

Everyone I know personally and at work is completely turned off by this storyline. I would rather see recycled Mere/Derek storylines or the return of the Ava/Rebecca train wreck than this...and that is saying a lot. Ok, maybe not the Ava/Rebecca storyline, but you know what I mean.

Listen ABC, you may have blew it when you killed off Denny, but suck it up already! Quit taking us for fools and seal the tomb shut!

November 28 2008 at 12:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
taragrace

I'm fine with this story!!!! its a freakin tv show......and we all know from time to time it gets a little 'crazy'.....Meredeth died in season 3.....we all got over that!! and the ratings wouldnt lag if crazy fans wouldnt stop watching just because they dont like a story.....you dont like denny? fine. Christina always rocks it out....mcsteamy is always fun to watch....there is other reasons to tune in but refusing to watch like a bunch of 3 year olds is just.......kinda sad!!

November 28 2008 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ian

She should introduce Batman's dead parents next!

November 27 2008 at 8:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lighten Up

I love Denny and Izzie, keep it coming Grey's! They have always been the best couple on that show and it was a HUGE mistake to kill that relationship to begin with.

November 27 2008 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
litehousebeacon

Hell. He's even dead in Watchmen.

November 27 2008 at 7:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Becky

I find the storyline of the interns hacking each other up down in the basement more bizarre than anything else going on on Grey's. Ghost sex...bring it on! Ha!

November 27 2008 at 6:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bruce

There's a simple way to solve this "bad plot" problem. Just write a few letters to ABC saying you're a Christian and you're pissed off that they're offending your religion by showing a dead character resurrected, as only Jesus can do that.

The "pissed off Christian" letters worked so well at ending the lame lesbian storyline between Callie and Hahn that it caused them to fire Brooke Smith and kick her off the show completely (which really bothers me).

Nothing freaks the networks out more than pissed off religious people who say they're offended at something the network is showing on its airwaves.

I hate religious people and I wish they'd keep their opinions to themselves. But in the meantime, we may as well use them, and the networks' fear of them, in a positive way and end this lame dead denny storyline real quick.

So, start writing the letters, fellow pissed off Christians. ABC is, in effect, saying Denny Duquette = Jesus Christ. How else can he be resurrected? Blasphemy! Blaslphemy I say!

November 27 2008 at 6:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Joe stalin

Amusing but it wouldn't work. Pissed off Christians didn't end the worst lesbian coupling in tv history. The utter lack of chemistry and the terrible character of Hahn did. Face it if they wanted to avoid offending Christians then they never would have gone with the gay storyline to begin with. Hell half their storylines would never occur. Not that that would be a bad thing cause clearly no one with any common sense is in charge here.

November 28 2008 at 7:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Luz

Lool, i think that they got the gay story out... well that gay couple anyway... because the chemistry wasnt good... i really didnt see it...
i dont think ABC would change their show because of some religious letters...



Now about Izzie and Denny, i must say that Katie and JDM do have chemistry, but i think that this story is too crazy... i mean... This is not "Ghost anatomy" ¬¬'... I used to love that couple, and i was sooo sad when he died... but when we finally see Izzie and Alex back together... HAPPY!... bam... Denny is back ¬¬'... so they are making me hate him... i mean, Alex is finally a fine man, and they do that?!!!... Izzie said she wasnt going to go crazy, and i think she did!!!
i think Denny's storyline should be written off... because if Izzie doesnt have a tumor... i dont see how this can be happening... and if she is going to go mad... i hope it will be agood story... cuz GA is getting ridiculous, not only with Denny's story line, but with the interns too!... oh, and they better not get Katie out of the show... or anybody else... cuz thats not ok!

November 29 2008 at 9:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
shadowracer

This show has strayed so far from what it started out as, and the story lines have become so absurd(I still watch for some reason though); why not just have Izzie ask Grey for help resurrecting Denny.
Then Grey could find a secret journal from her mother with directions on how to do it somewhere in the house. But Grey is afraid to try, but Christina finds out and while the two argue George stumbles in.
Izzie cries, and the 3 agree to help.

They find a secret area of the hospital and proceed with the resurrection. Denny is back, and the show is now sci-fi/soap and everyone is happy. Now that the most absurd is out of the way, the writers can continue doing what they've been doing and no one will even bat an eye.

November 27 2008 at 3:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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