ABC/Vivian Zink!!!
Seriously!?
After all that—after the past year of offscreen and onscreen drama regarding the future of Katherine Heigl/Izzie Stevens and T.R. Knight/George O'Malley, two actors and characters in which we all are deeply invested one way or another—the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy ends on a note of ambiguity and helpless uncertainty? Really? Seriously?
To recap the key points:
- Izzie was getting better. George had a purpose. Yay!
- And then there were some setbacks: Izzie is failing, George is John Doe. OK, that's par for the course. That's TV drama. We're cool.
- And then it's time to save the day or say goodbye. But wait...what? Elevator? Prom dress? Army dress uniform? Why are they just standing there blinking at each other? WHAT!?!
There should just be two choices at the end there: Life or death. Stay or go. On or off. Standby mode is not acceptable!
In other news, Cristina loves Owen (yay!), Lexie and Marc have cute commitment issues, Bailey has a broken heart, and oh yeah, Mer and Der were adorably married by Post-It note. That wedding scene was the rare and precious joy we were reminded to cherish by tonight's thoughtful Grey's Anatomy voiceover. Nicely played. Happy Mer is a very likable centerpiece for the show and it's a pleasure to meet her.
Is anyone just exhausted by all this, or did you find the Grey's Anatomy season finale exhilarating?