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GREY'S ANAMTOMY is "a winner," raves the New York Daily News.
Both a critical hit and fan favorite, season one burst onto the
television landscape with gripping plot lines, a sensational
soundtrack, and hot stars, including Ellen Pompeo, Patrick
Dempsey, and Sandra Oh. Now you can experience all the drama,
romance, and excitement of GREY'S ANATOMY from the very
beginning. Meet Meredith Grey, a brilliant first-year surgical
intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. Together with her fellow
residents in training, Meredith navigates her way through the
daily traumas and social landmines of life inside the hospital
and out in the real world. GREY'S ANATOMY is a smart and witty
look at young people struggling to be doctors and doctors
struggling to stay human.
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Just when you wanted to say "Oh no, not another hospital drama,"
Grey's Anatomy turns into one of the most addicting series on
television. With no big stars and no hype, the ABC series debuted
last spring as a mid-season replacement and became a bonafide
smash in its nine-episode season.
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The series, a hybrid of House's medical detectives and Dawson's
Creek's hormones and catchy pop-rock soundtrack, follows five
competitive surgical interns at the fictional Seattle Grace
Hospital. There's optimistic ex-model Izzie (Katherine Heigl),
bumbling do-gooder George (T.R. Knight), competitive glacier
Cristina (Sandra Oh), cocky womanizer Alex (Justin Chambers), and
the show's namesake, Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), whose medical
career is complicated by her famous surgeon mother who now lives
with Alzheimer's, and her frowned-upon relationship with another
surgeon, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey, enjoying the best
career revival since Rob Lowe). The doctors juggle romance and
foster friendships while trying not to stab each other in the
back over surgeries.
Grey's Anatomy's first season, while entertaining, went a little
far trying to find its groove, overdosing on Meredith's overly
simplistic voice-overs ("At the end of the day
faith is a funny
thing"), and musical montages. It has the usual trappings of a
hospital drama (unusual cases, such as the patient with the
70-pound tumor, and trysts in the on-call room), but with more
warm fuzzies and light touches. (Sometimes, a little too
light--the opening credits sequence features an eyelash curler
next to medical instruments and red-painted toes savorting with a
male patient under a sheet)
Pompeo, who can sound just like Renee Zellweger if you close
your eyes, is likeable but not strong enough of a presence
compared to her co-stars. Luckily the quirky dialogue and stellar
acting by the ethnically diverse cast, particularly by Chandra
Wilson (Dr. Bailey, aka "the Nazi") and Oh, who won a Golden
Globe for best supporting actress, more than make up for it. The
DVD covers the first season's nine episodes, plus commentary on
the pilot and a behind-the-scenes feature. --Ellen A. Kim
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