OMG! I just wrote this totally detailed reply (in which I probably made little to no sense but... not the point!) and LJ ATE IT!!!
Gah. It went a little something like this...
I agree with everything you said in paragraph one.
I don't know that I'd place quite as much emphasis as you seem to be on the five interns as a 'relationship'. As a group yes, definitely. But I think it was circimstance more than anything that threw them together and they fought it a lot of the time. Alex and George barely tolerated each other. Cristina barely tolerated anyone but Meredith for most of the previous seasons. Even Izzie and Alex had their moments. I always got the impression that they were more together out of circumstance than any form of desire or mutual respect or like or any of those things... Cris and Mer were BFFs and George, Izzie and Mer all lived together and Izzie and Alex were on again off again lovers. Therefore they all ended up interacting with each other.
Paragraph three? Umm... I think Mere was in contact with Izzie. She knew where she was and when she was coming back etc. Also, I really liked Reed so I liked that arc a lot and actually hoped they'd hook up. And Cristina was off dealing with all her boyfriend drama. And I never got the impression that Alex was 'falling apart'. Resigned to his 'here we go again' fate yes, but not 'falling apart'.
And I have no idea if there was anything else! Or if this is even what I said the first time around! I'm gonna save this before I hit send!!
Mostly though, thanks for the discussion! I really like having the opportunity to examine things a little more fully so that was pretty awesome. And if you have more to say, then please feel free!
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Date: 2010-06-29 10:38 am (UTC)Gah. It went a little something like this...
I agree with everything you said in paragraph one.
I don't know that I'd place quite as much emphasis as you seem to be on the five interns as a 'relationship'. As a group yes, definitely. But I think it was circimstance more than anything that threw them together and they fought it a lot of the time. Alex and George barely tolerated each other. Cristina barely tolerated anyone but Meredith for most of the previous seasons. Even Izzie and Alex had their moments. I always got the impression that they were more together out of circumstance than any form of desire or mutual respect or like or any of those things... Cris and Mer were BFFs and George, Izzie and Mer all lived together and Izzie and Alex were on again off again lovers. Therefore they all ended up interacting with each other.
Paragraph three? Umm... I think Mere was in contact with Izzie. She knew where she was and when she was coming back etc. Also, I really liked Reed so I liked that arc a lot and actually hoped they'd hook up. And Cristina was off dealing with all her boyfriend drama. And I never got the impression that Alex was 'falling apart'. Resigned to his 'here we go again' fate yes, but not 'falling apart'.
And I have no idea if there was anything else! Or if this is even what I said the first time around! I'm gonna save this before I hit send!!
Mostly though, thanks for the discussion! I really like having the opportunity to examine things a little more fully so that was pretty awesome. And if you have more to say, then please feel free!