I have to say, I got worried when I saw that this episode would involve Meredith interacting with characters who are dead. First of all, it's not believable, and second of all, it's cliché. Though this is Grey's Anatomy.
I wondered what direction the show was going when I watched the first episode of this 3-episode special. It seemed too over-dramatic, and desperate to put on a good show. Last week came, and Meredith dies, and OMG.
GA is one of the shows that do the unthinkable, take huge risks, and take classic plot lines and recreate them with a twist. This was definitely a huge risk, killing Meredith (the main character). Though after the final fifteen minutes or so, it really pulled together themes from all three episodes: death, miracles, the question of if you died would people notice, suicide. Meredith's "death" incorporated all of those themes.
I also thought that when Meredith came back from the dead, it was totally unbelievable. Well, that was the point of the episode! Miracles happen, "against all logic," as Meredith said, and sometimes they just can't be explained. "Some Kind of Miracle." I can't get the scene where Cristina cried out of my head. It was so vivid, as Cristina doesn't do that. I love how Cristina has gone from this hard-as-steel surgeon, to one that does have a heart.
If you still wonder whether this episode was good: what other show could leave you honestly wondering if the main character would end up dying? Seriously?! Logic told me that Meredith would end up surviving, but another part of my believed that she just couldn't live through all of this trauma. Also, what other show could tie up everything so nicely, and so creatively? The one scene that sticks out to me so vividly, that really convinces me that the show is incredible, is one of the last ones: the one where Izzie brushes against Denny. If anything brought these shows together, it was that. One of the most memorable Grey's Anatomy moments EVER. This is show is not going anywhere.
I wondered what direction the show was going when I watched the first episode of this 3-episode special. It seemed too over-dramatic, and desperate to put on a good show. Last week came, and Meredith dies, and OMG.
GA is one of the shows that do the unthinkable, take huge risks, and take classic plot lines and recreate them with a twist. This was definitely a huge risk, killing Meredith (the main character). Though after the final fifteen minutes or so, it really pulled together themes from all three episodes: death, miracles, the question of if you died would people notice, suicide. Meredith's "death" incorporated all of those themes.
I also thought that when Meredith came back from the dead, it was totally unbelievable. Well, that was the point of the episode! Miracles happen, "against all logic," as Meredith said, and sometimes they just can't be explained. "Some Kind of Miracle." I can't get the scene where Cristina cried out of my head. It was so vivid, as Cristina doesn't do that. I love how Cristina has gone from this hard-as-steel surgeon, to one that does have a heart.
If you still wonder whether this episode was good: what other show could leave you honestly wondering if the main character would end up dying? Seriously?! Logic told me that Meredith would end up surviving, but another part of my believed that she just couldn't live through all of this trauma. Also, what other show could tie up everything so nicely, and so creatively? The one scene that sticks out to me so vividly, that really convinces me that the show is incredible, is one of the last ones: the one where Izzie brushes against Denny. If anything brought these shows together, it was that. One of the most memorable Grey's Anatomy moments EVER. This is show is not going anywhere.