Myisha Nawar
Oh, Grey’s Anatomy, you had me hooked at hello… and you lost me at Bailey’s OCD. I’ve stuck through Izzie’s ghost sex, the Alex/Ava saga, Intern fight club and even that god-awful, cringing musical episode. When people ask me why I’m still watching Grey’s, currently limping past its 10th season, my response has always been along the lines of “Let me be. I’m going down with that ship.” I’ve had enough though. Season 10 has me on the verge of jumping overboard.
Let’s begin with the plot lines which feel completely inconsistent to the established character histories. The ridiculous emergence of Bailey’s OCD is just another unforeseen crisis pop up, only to be quashed a couple of episodes later via *drum roll* A HALF-HEARTED RESOLUTION. Paired with Alex’s daddy issues and Calzona’s attempt at therapy, Shondaland is playing narrative Whac-a-Mole, and guess what? IT IS NOT WORKING! Would it kill them to come up with a long-form narrative and stick to it for God’s sake! Oh, did I mention that Bailey has OCD? BAILEY HAS OCD. WHAT?
Those once delighting flashbacks are now cheap, lazy storytelling. Think of the episode “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”. It is fitting that it was a flashback, because such a strong hour clearly shakes you up and makes you feel out of place. But wait a second. Does the Grey’s writing staff really expect viewers to buy that Callie and Arizona decided to have another baby, managed to get pregnant AND went through a miscarriage and none of this was shown when it was actually happening? I’m just going to pull a page out of pre-children Meredith and say, SERIOUSLY? That’s just lazy writing and it’s almost as if Shonda discovered a forgotten Post-It under her desk that read “A+C MISCARRIAGE” and said, “Shoot. Eh, let’s just jam it in anyway.”
Even the medical stories are off point now. Forget all the personal drama, the medical stories which have constantly been the star of the show, are lackluster this season. Remember the “zombie bite”.
I never thought I would long for the days the couples brought together by sex in the on-call room. Perhaps the best solution, as is often the case with a terminally ill patient, is to JUST PULL THE PLUG!