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The possible spin-off looks to be boring. Nothing about those characters made me want to see more. George and Izzie are just awful, the whole storyline makes me want to gag. Actually, the whole show is getting old, or maybe it's just me.

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you know what would make even more sense than pete being a widow? pete being a widowER.

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I adored this episode. I think the spin off will be fantastic. Great cast. Great characters. Interesting setting that will provide interesting storylines.
Great writing.

And sorry, but those were two HOT kissing scenes tonight.

If y'all are hatin, you're just McJudgey ;-) and expect too much from your nightly tv escapism.

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I'm looking forward to the spin-off and will likely enjoy it much more than "Grey's" itself. It seems a little (okay, a lot) less overly-emotional than "Grey's". And it's the humour that I like most from the show, not the melodrama. Plus, I'm a fan of Taye Diggs and Tim Daly, and I enjoyed the other characters, too.

Meanwhile, on the mothership, why the hell does EVERYTHING possible go wrong with Meredith. It's ridiculous!

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Well I loved the spin-off. The cast worked and Addison fit right in. I do want to get to know them, but maybe that's just me. I'm a psych major so I like that there's a show that has a psychiatrist as a regular cast member. Plus Addison can do no wrong. I'd follow her anywhere. Plus even though I still like GA, this whole Gizzie thing and marriage thing is too blah for me to care about. So... greener and sunnier pastures!

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I can't believe that they all just stood there and watched Mere get slapped and no one said anything. I don't care that his wife died, if that was another doctor he would never have done that. He slapped Meredith, because it was Meredith. And Derek, Bailey and the Chief all stood there and watched him and said diddly.

Funny how The Chief is all up in Derek's business claiming he's trying to protect Meredith, but he didn't seem to consider protecting her from the one man that keeps hurting her and has been hurting her since she was a child.

I'm sick of watching Meredith be everyone's punching bag for when they feel bad. Let's take it out on Meredith, she's already screwed up.

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I wouldn't call this an episode of Grey's Anatomy because I felt a lot of the time was spend on addison story. I just felt like it was the fusion of two show (Grey's/ "Private Practice"). I just didn't like the concept of the L.A. thing

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Boy, this came off as a real non-event. The spinoff actors are all charsimatic and likeable, but most of the tone of LA seemed really forced to me with a serious dose of fast-forward 2-dimensional, cliched character development. If you ripped out all the spinoff scenes and made it a standalone pilot, I have a hunch the show would die quickly like that fertility show NBC had earlier this season. Of course, ABC will pick it up and either follow Grey's with it or continually cross-promote it and it will be a reasonable success.

It was nice to see Diahann Carroll looking good at 70+.

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Still loving Grey's and the spin off seems pretty good, although they really have to change the name. Private Practice just doesn't sound right.

The parallels between the two shows are pretty obvious though. Tim Daly seems like a cross between Alex and Sloan, we get all the same kind of situations, the elevator, the stairwell...but frankly, I love Grey's, its one of my favs, and if this is nothing more than a carbon copy, then sign me up. 2x the sex and scalpels sounds good to me...

...Maybe that should be the show title, Sex and Scalpels...lol

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More than "Grey's" itself, the new show is made for middle-aged women. All the talk about dried-up eggs, and how the men are babies for not dating women their own age -- and, worst of all, making a sex object out of "Veronica Mars"' nerdboy Piz -- was just annoying for anyone not in that demographic. (P.S. to the producers: Santa Monica is a separate city from L.A., and it's nowhere near the Hollywood sign.)

Meanwhile, when Meredith's stepmother came into the office with something ridiculously minor at the start of the episode, I think we all knew how it would end. But it's too bad they decided to get rid of a great actress like Mare Winningham.

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I loved this episode. I thought the cast for the spinoff was great, and really worked well together.I've missed Amy Brenneman (loved her on Judging Amy, yes I always liked that show). Merrin Dungey, Taye Diggs are so great and I can't wait to see where their story takes them. Tim Daly- great, and he hopefully has a show that sticks.
I know from the ABC board I saw, that many didn't like it but I don't know why. Maybe they don't like the thought of Addison leaving Grey's. But here's a thought-- I really liked with Kate Walsh in the mix with the new cast, but I also think that they could make the new show work with out her. I hope the pick up the new show. I'd love to see it Sunday before Brother's and Sister's.

hey and any show that can bring Evil Francie and Sark back to TV together is fantastic.


On the Grey's portion I loved how Cristina was with Callie tonight. From how she asked her to be a bridesmaid to her telling her about the dress she found. I wish they shared more scenes together cause I really enjoy both actresses. And Nola I agree with you, her father would've never slapped another doctor. He has sh-t on her so much and the there is Derek. So what she walked by him, she was in shock. Then he gets moody when he sees her drinking with her friends and leaves (just like he always does) I'm sure if he came in she'sd of shared her feelings but he never gave her the chance


anyways I enjoyed all two hours and can't believe only two episodes til the end of the season.

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I laughed more at this episode of Grey's than I have in a while. I actually yelled things at my tv and I hadn't done that in ages with Grey's before.

I really liked it. I liked the Addison in CA thing, and I liked the interaction between Callie and Christina. That mouthing the "I'm going to kill you" sent me into a gaggle of giggles.

The ONLY problem I had with it, was that Mer told her dad. I mean.... EVERYONE knows that history... and they let her tell him?

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BORING!! I am definitely not interested in the "silly" spinoff. I just wished that Grey's Anatomy would stick to the medical story line and not get so involved with daytime soap opera like stories. Such a shame, it was a great show when it started out--but definitely going downhill. Especially with the "drowning" episode.

Please bring back the original Grey's!!

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I was so upset with this episode(s) the spin off looks like, as my hubby puts it, the oprah crowd plus addison. I cant stand any one of the new manufactered characters. I kept thinking to myself "when is greys coming on" than realizing I was watching it, and than getting angry that i was forced to watch the spin off against my will. I hope it fails and Addison comes back to where she belongs. Without the Greys cast her character loses its brilliance in my opinion. I took a poll this morning at my work, and out of the 10 people that watch greys, none of them would watch the spin off.

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My diagnosis is that I liked the "new" show and think it has potential. The way they introduced the characters was well written, and we found out some small information about each of them. Also there seems to be some "name" actors on the new show instead of a lot on newbies that are on new shows nowadays, which could help the appeal. Overall it was a good "first" introduction episode for Private Practice, and I will at least watch the first few shows when it actually begins, just to see how it develops!

I would recommend ABC come up with a more appealing name than "Private Practice", maybe since they work at Oceanside Wellness Group (which is another dumb name) they could call it Oceanside Medical or even LA Medical ?????


But did anyone besides me think that is was irronic that both Tim Daly and Taye Diggs are on another highly promoted "new" ABC show? They were the stars of the very, very highly promoted, but then cancelled, The Nine and Day Break, earlier in the season. I am sure ABC will put a lot into this show, but putting those two on it seems risky since both the other shows they starred in were both cancelled.

What day/time will the new show air? If its Thursday's after Grey's Anatomy that seems like that would be a risky move also since everything they put there seems to fail.


As for Grey's Anatomy --- they jumped the shark with the Meredith drowning and I think the show is on a respirator....and if it don't get better soon I will be pulling the plug on it!


BC

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The episode was seriously disjointed. It was hard for the regular Grey's stuff to gain momentum with all the interruptions. And the spin-off stuff was just really forced and kind of boring. It's like they thought if they mentioned the word "sex" 100 times it somehow would make the show McSexy. It didn't.

I love Addison (I actually hope she stays in Seattle and hooks up with the Chief). I don't want her to become "Meredith" in a new location -- just another neurotic, single, childless career-woman whining about her inability to have a stable love life.

On a positive note, I have to say that Kate Walsh and Timothy Daly do have great chemistry together. Their scenes together on the short-lived "Eyes" was part of the reason I wished that show lasted longer.

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Ugh, I can't take this Gizzie garbage anymore. Callie deserves better than this. Her scenes with Christina were great though.

I have seriously been waiting 3 years for someone to do that Meredith, but damn...

I liked the spin-off part. Much more interesting than what was happening at Seattle. Wasn't wild on the whole "having a baby" reason, but when we found out she couldn't, that was really sad. The cast was interesting (Paul Adelstein!!)... Dell has freakishly large nipples... but I'll be tuning in to see how it goes.

"hey and any show that can bring Evil Francie and Sark back to TV together is fantastic." Haha, I completely agree.

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Wow, to have such a great cast (and Kate Walsh), the spin-off plot was pretty stilted and clunky. Let's hope it gets better in time. But yeah...Francie and Sark!

At the very least, perhaps there'll be far fewer 'Mc-whatever' dialogue tics.

In the Seattle plot, some riduculous stuff there. No way the Chief, who has pledged to take care of Meredith, lets her be the one to break the bad news to her father. And as much as I like Cristina, the wedding plot is a bore.

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Loved the spin-off - it's great to see Amy Brenneman back on TV....I think I like watching the grownups more than the angst driven 20 somethings.....I agree with those that say the GA's story lines are getting tired - better shake them up!

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I agree - I was forced to watch the spinoff by a promotion of a long two-hour Grey's; it was two different shows spliced together with not much flow. It was too disjointed. I'd rather have watched Grey's, with Addison taking off on her leave from Seattle, then the pilot. It would have made more sense. However, since Addison has never been one of my favorites, the ploy probably worked; I may not have made time for the spinoff if left to find it in a different time spot.

I liked the characters. It was lit a little weird. They should drop the choppy California cutaways like the "Hollywood" sign, which is nowhere near where the hospital is supposed to be located.

As far as the Grey's portion, I love Callie - leave her alone. I can't stand Izzie. Love Christina; hate the wedding thing.

Love Mare Winningham; maybe she wants to do a movie or something. She is so good. But her hovering was getting old too, and really, what else could she do? It was time. They didn't have to kill her off though. Weird.

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