Grey's Anatomy Review

The most agonizing aspect of Grey's Anatomy is the way that the characters speak with each other.  While many TV shows such as Gilmore Girls and Friends may thrive on such witty banter, Grey's fails miserably.  Instead of being witty and endearing, the dialogue in Grey's is just plain annoying.  The characters are not modeled after normal people.  They speak in sound bites.  Nobody ever listens to anyone else.  Whenever a character speaks it is always and only about themselves regardless of how severe the other person's problem may be in comparison.  The dialogue fails to make connections and the characters may as well be speaking to themselves because they certainly aren't listening to anyone else.  I find this type of interaction to be very unsympathetic and downright rude.  For that reason, I believe that all the characters selfish egomaniacs that lack the compassion necessary for real relationships.  In my opinion, the shallowness of the character's of Grey's Anatomy make the hour long program a very un-enjoyable experience (not to mention the brutally long commercial breaks).

One of the most irritating characters is Izzie, played by Katherine Heigl.  Izzie is a tall, blonde, beautiful, self-absorbed doctor who can only cry for her own problems and copes with her stress and depression by baking.  In one episode, cookies, brownies, muffins, any baked good imaginable are spread all over the kitchen while Izzie babbles "woe is me" in a flourless apron.  Of course I can't help but wonder, for a woman who deals with emotions by baking, shouldn't she have put on a little weight by now?  Also, Izzie has clearly lost her mind in this season, as well as the attention of the viewers.  The writers may have exhausted all ridiculous ideas and now Izzie's dead boyfriend Denny is following her around the OR.  Joking with dead Denny would be fine if it didn't compromise the quality of her work and she didn't neglect her patients.

The best part of Grey's Anatomy, and probably one of its few redeeming characteristics, is the soundtrack.  The music selection for each episode is always perfectly fitting.  It is the thoughtful and beautiful music that essentially creates the moment.  Even during the most ridiculous scenes the songs always manage to trigger so many deep emotions that I always find myself crying no matter how absurd the plot may be. 

Yet, no matter how much I love good music and a good cry, I still don't understand how Grey's Anatomy has become such a big hit.  Who wants to watch a bunch of immature 30-something doctors throwing hissy fits and tantrums about their breakups? In the real world that sort of selfishness and immaturity would only earn you a slap in the face.  These doctors need a reality check.  Newsflash Grey's Anatomy doctors: everyone has problems, so shut up already.