Greys tries to get back to the good ol’ days

Nicole Homewood from the New York Post has written an article about Grey’s Anatomy and how the show has become more depressing as of late, but is trying is get back to the good ol’ days, where the story lines were focused on the characters and their personal lives, rather than the patients and their illnesses.

I have to admit the recent episodes have been quite depressing and has focused a lot on the patients, there’s been very little comedy, but I am glad the show is finally going somewhere now.

With Denny out of the picture (finally!), we now know what the whole point of him was, to tell Izzie she is sick.

Hopefully soon something will happen with Derek and Meredith and the pending proposal *fingers crossed.* Read the article after the jump!

‘Grey’s Anatomy” is barely hanging on, struggling to keep viewers from pronouncing the show dead.

“Grey’s” started out as a fresh and quirky hospital drama that focused on the personal lives of the doctors rather than bizarre medical anomalies, but in recent seasons has distracted viewers with disturbing patient cases and depressing plotlines.

This year, love is back on the fever charts.

Desperate for a ratings boost, ABC has paired “Grey’s” with its spinoff, “Private Practice,” in a two-hour crossover event this Thursday, which will feature the return of Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh) to Seattle Grace Hospital.

The timing couldn’t be worse for the show’s main character, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo).

Despite having its ups and downs, the only remnant of the good old days on “Grey’s” is the romantic relationship between Chief of Neurosurgery Derek “McDreamy” Shepard (Patrick Dempsey) and resident Meredith.

Last week’s episode was supposed to end with Derek’s marriage proposal to Meredith, which would have been a landmark event for fans rooting for MerDer to find their version of happily ever after.

“Supposed to” because, alas, McDreamy’s plan went awry when he received an urgent call from his ex-wife Addison, begging for his help saving her brother’s life and setting up this week’s crossover special.

Fans seem to cling to Derek and Meredith because the rest of the “Grey’s” world has fallen to pieces around them.

Several original characters on the show have found their lines drastically reduced or rendered irrelevant.

George OMalley, played by T.R. Knight, had the misfortune of being paired in one of the worst on-screen relationships ever with Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), and now it takes 30 minutes for him to even make an appearance in an episode.

Reformed jerk/lothario Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), who’s sup posed to be in a relation ship with Izzie now, also finds himself without a solid storyline.

Connecting the dots here is Izzie, who’s gone from being one of the most emotionally riveting cast members to a sigh-inducing spaz.

It seems as though “Grey’s” writers, led by creator Shonda Rimes, are exacting revenge on Heigl by giving her the worst storyline to date: a fling (yes, sex included) with her dead former patient and soulmate, Denny Duquette.

Heigl made waves when she withdrew her name from Emmy contention last year saying that her character wasn’t worthy of nomination, a slap in the face to “Grey’s” writers, including Rimes.

She was rumored to have demanded more money and was really more interested in furthering her movie career than in developing Izzie’s character.

It seems that Denny is finally out of the picture, but it’s possible that we’re seeing the beginning of the end of Izzie Stevens.

In last weeks episode, Izzie, convinced she was ailing, duped her interns into running a battery of tests.

Her results indicated anemia, but they are delivered at the same time as a patient who gets a surprise cancer diagnosis. Old-fashioned TV savvy suggests that the test results might have been switched and that Izzie is headed for the Big Pink Slip.

Reportedly, Melissa George, who plays Meredith’s resurfaced friend Sadie Harris, said of Rimes, “She’s really lovely, until she wants to punish you.”

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