grey's: "you came back for me..."

[waltzmatildah]

It is highly likely that this post will make very little coherent sense. I only finished watching a few minutes ago.

I think I am in shock. Actual, clinical shock.

Did you know it is possible to develop PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) from watching televised tragedies? True Fact. This may be important to remember in about a months time when we all wind up in therapy.

Alex and Lexie? Alex and Lexie.

Mark? Promising to eat more bacon. Mark, I take back every last nasty thing I've ever said about you. Every last goddamn syllable.

Alex and Izzie? SHIT man. Way to punch me in the gut just when I thought I was over you...

Meredith and Cristina? You girls are fucking rockstars. Don't ever let anyone tell you differently.

April? You, you made me BAWL. I was fine 'til you started up with your personal facts!!! I was a snivelling wreck from that point onwards.

Bailey and Percy and Mary? I sobbed. Noisy, snotty, ugly sobbed. Had to press stop for a while to regain my composure. Bailey telling him that yes, he's gonna die now? Oh Bailey. Usually I am not a fan of you when you're all angsty and crying. Not tonight. No siree. Tonight, the way you composed yourself before going back to Charles to tell him? That was you being awesome.

Percy and Reed? Percy, I was ambivalent about you until tonight. I didn't think I cared if you lived or died. You were brave. Reed did indeed miss out (too bad she copped one between the eyes and will never know... shame). RIP.

Derek? You were good tonight. And trust me, that is a compliment.

Richard? That was actually a pretty great ending. The booze and the bullets. I liked it. It was kinda obvious and I knew you weren't gonna die, but the writers gave you some good stuff. Say thank you to them.

Teddy? I respect you and your diversonary tactics. You were the bigger person in that situation. Go make babies with Mark Sloan so he stays away from Lexie.

Owen? Blah. Whatever.

Arizona and Callie? Blah. Whatever.

And last but not least?
Mr. Clark? Thank you. Thank you and thank your superstore purchased handgun and box of 'ammo'. Thank you for creating carnage that tore people apart and superglued them back together in the span of two hours. It made for fucking awesome television so... thank you.

Comments

[badnews-blair.livejournal.com]

I've slept on it and I'm STILL in shock ... in shock and in SERIOUS love with this show once again.

I was a sniveling crying mess through pretty much the whole thing, it was fucking brilliant and that's as about as coherent as I get about it for now. <3

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

ME TOOO!! and now we have to wait 'til effing September!

[miss-blanche.livejournal.com]

Mr. Clark? Thank you. Thank you and thank your superstore purchased handgun and box of 'ammo'. Thank you for creating carnage that tore people apart and superglued them back together in the span of two hours. It made for fucking awesome television so... thank you

This. EXCEPT FOR WHEN HE SHOT PERCY AND REED. BECAUSE GODDAM I'M DRAINED FROM THAT SHIT

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

HEEEEEE!

Thank you crazy mass murderer!!

(Also, check out my reply to the comment below yours... do you think I was outta line?)

[irisheyes-77.livejournal.com]

I actually was not surprised by anything that happened last night. Once you knew who the shooter was (and I was spoiled on that) it was easy to put the pieces together as to what was going to happen. That said, I was kind of sad for Mer having a miscarriage-but even that was pretty much a given b/c of Shonda's 'no bebeh' policy.

I was really and truly disappointed. I felt that it was predictable and contrived. Sandra Oh deserves an Emmy, but I felt everything else was crap. I actually was rooting for the shooter to kill Lexie! I'm like...you shoot Owen, but you can't spare a bullet for the girl who unplugged your wife? WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES!!!!

I love Alex, but I think he can do so much better than Little Lexie Sunshine. I hear Cristina is single...;)

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I wasn't surprised either... I knew everything that was coming (except for the miscarriage, but yeah... predictable). Still loved it though.

I don't think it was predictable that Bailey would hold Charles' head while he died and tell him that he's brave and that Reed missed out on him...

I dont think it was predictable that April would reel off personal facts about herself, including the heartbreaking fact that she believes she's never been loved, to stop the guy from shooting her...

I don't think it was predictable that Meredith would stoically announce that she's having a miscarriage while she tends to Owen...

I don't think it was predictable that Alex would ask Mark not to kill him and to advise him to eat more bacon and have more sex...

I don't think it was predictable that Meredith and Derek would finally and completely 'click' as a functional couple that truly do love each other...

I don't think it was predictable that April would say to Meredith that Reed was her best friend and therefore she does get to cry today...

And I think it is all those unpredictable moments that totally and utterly sold the episode to me. I knew who was getting shot, I knew who the shooter was, I knew who would live and who would die. For me that wasn't what this was about... it was about all the little moments in between that I didn't know...

Like that April has three sisters...
And Bailey can compose herself under the most shocking of circumstances to tell a colleage the truth.
And Teddy can be the bigger woman...

As for the shooter not shooting Lexie. I think he had every intention of shooting her. He didn't let her get away. He was shot by the SWAT guy and she escaped while he was on the ground...

You're entitled to your opinion of course... but I, for one, loved the whole damn thing.

[irisheyes-77.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying there weren't small moments that were good (specifically, Alex and Mark. Bacon! Everyone needs more bacon in their life.) My problem was that a lot of the small parts that you really enjoyed just didn't speak to me. Like April. I don't care about her life, so all I heard was 'blah blah' and I was like 'OMFG SHUT UP AND DIE ALREADY.' The scene with Bailey was nice, but I always knew she had it in her.

I will give props to Mer for being so composed. I know when I had bleeding during my pregnancy, I was a mess. She showed a lot of strength in that moment.

I was expecting more, which really? I really need to stop having expectations.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

See, that's probably where we differ.

It's scripted television.

I have no expectations.

[irisheyes-77.livejournal.com]

I know, right? You'd think I would have learned by now, especially with Shonda.

*sigh*

Well, that will learn me!

[rorylie.livejournal.com]

I will preface this by saying I was fully prepared to hate this episode, and wasn't even going to watch at first, because I was so convinced I was going to hate it.

I'm not sure I've ever been so happy to be wrong in my life, about anything. Because that was brilliant.

I cared about the deaths of people I didn't care about as characters at all. Like, really cared.

I cared about Bailey again for the first time in forever.

Sandra Oh crying always kills me, but her like, sobbing in the OR and still holding it together-I really, really need her to have an Emmy post haste.

I'm a total sucker for the Meredith/Cristina friendship anyway, so everything involving the two of them was brill to me.

Justin Chambers is pretty freaking ridiculously talented. And I loved the eat more bacon part, and also him asking Mark to try not to kill him. Oh, Alex.

And oh, Alex and Lexie. My beautiful, beautiful, completely beloved Alex and Lexie, I was not expecting any of that, and it brought me such joy, it's ridiculous. Oh, show.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I've never hated a Grey's episode. Never.

Also,

Oh, Alex.

THIS!

[rorylie.livejournal.com]

Actually now that you mention I don't think I have either-there are storylines and characters I don't like, but (and I say this having just rewatched the whole show in the last couple of months) I don't think there's ever been a whole episode I hated either.

Oh, Alex. I just think Chambers doesn't really get enough credit-he's really, really good.

I keep thinking of so many more things, like I could talk about this episode forever (and probably will)-how great Sarah Drew was throughout (I've always loved her and kept wishing the show would do more with her) and just...a million things.

I need there to be fic post haste, so much fic.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

It's 1.24am here. I'm writing fic.

(haha! I am so sad.)

I could also talk about it for days (only breaking to read and write about it!) so feel free to keep mentioning stuff...

I agree with your comments about Sarah Drew. She really had me tonight. I've not really been invested one way or the other with her until now. NOw I'm all in! I'm also all in Percy/Reed! Never thought I'd say that!

Justin Chambers is a genius. I've loved Alex to bits since day one.

[rorylie.livejournal.com]

I was writing fic based on the first ten minutes days ago, and not sleeping well last night because I kept thinking about how good it was, so all of that seems perfectly reasonable to me...

I actually think the fact that some the actiony parts were kind of predictable made the episode work for me-it felt like there was less focus on the actual action and more on the emotional fallout of all of it, and that's the part I care about anyway.

My only investment comes from the fact that I've loved her in a lot of stuff before (Everwood, and then Mad Men) and she likes to go around breaking my heart. That first scene in Derek's office when she's babbling and covered in blood just killed me, and I knew what she was doing with the personal details thing, but the moment she broke over the no one's ever loved me line killed me.

I've loved Alex from day 1 too, and I think that if it wasn't Chambers-he kind of does the same thing Sandra Oh does for me, takes a character that on paper could come off pretty unlikable and somehow manages to make even the unlikable things they can do come off if not exactly likable at least sympathetic (to me, anyway). Like, if Alex wasn't him, I'm not sure the character would work, but Alex is him, so it does, and it's entirely because of how good he is.

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

For a show that's been having more downs than ups as of late, IMO, they really knocked it out of the fucking park last night.

I have things to say but I'm still seriously reeling from last night, despite having been to bed and back already.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm just about to go to bed.

No doubt there will be more comment and the start of the flow of bad!fic I have pounding around in my head tomorrow!

[nursebadass.livejournal.com]

Why didn't Owen stay dead?

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Shit. I know right?! Bugger.

[mammothluv.livejournal.com]

I still don't feel like I can fully process it. Mostly right now I'm just stuck in sadness for Meredith. Her ending killed me.

But, I totally agree on Meredith + Cristina = rockstars. Their scenes together were amazing. Bailey? Total rockstar too.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me either. It's 1am here and I'm wide awake. I have to be at work in a handful of hours. I really can't see me getting to sleep before then!

That makes me feel more than a little silly!

Um... there is a very real chance it's going to suck because I'm a weird combo. of emotionally drained and super hyped but... I'm writing fic. Izzie fic.

You're probably the only person who will care!

[ice-whisper.livejournal.com]

How can you "blah" Arizona and Callie! Those two are made of win!!!

Seriously. Someone needs to post the bacon scene on YouTube NOW.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Nah, I am soooo over Arizona...

And yeah! They sure do! Someone else needs to write fic about it. Actually, fic about anything will do really!

[ice-whisper.livejournal.com]

Craziness! She's adorable!

We need insane amounts of Alex!fic. There will never be enough shot!Alex.

[sprinklerized.livejournal.com]

Since there is no Grey's until September now, does this mean you're going to start posting more about your real life or posting more fic to make up for the lack of TV? Haha. Come on Skyyyppe!

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna spew fic for at least another week or so! Sorry!!!

After that? Who knows...

Though Skype is a better bet... as much as I fail at it! I have exams this week... then six weeks off...

[sprinklerized.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty busy this week too, so let's hope for sometime in that six weeks! :) Good luck on your exams!

[ovariesofsteel.livejournal.com]

THIS!

That is all.

/super late

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Trust me, super late is fine! I still wanna obsessively talk about what happened to anyone and everyone who even so much as mentions Grey's!

Glad you agreed with me/my interpretations!

[ovariesofsteel.livejournal.com]

As much as I want to go about my Tudors marathoning, I'm so rewatching Grey's and LOST instead.

I need to. Only did one of the alphabet prompts! lol

The only thing I disagreed with in your post was I hate Reed and always love Bailey, even when she's snarfling.