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Post by betinad on Jul 10, 2012 13:16:59 GMT -5
as we are starting to see spoilers about S9 , I am opening the thread for discussion and Speculation.... fire away!!!
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Post by mesilla on Jul 10, 2012 21:52:49 GMT -5
Flight attendants...hopefully they are not on Cristina's flight to Minnesota!
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Post by llindssey_CO on Jul 10, 2012 22:45:41 GMT -5
Can i just say..How crazy it is to even see a season 9 thread!!! season 9! This hiatus has like gone by fast!.. I just want to know where the SP will pick up.. I really want to see how they were found...i feel they will time jump..
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Post by browncoatwhit on Jul 11, 2012 15:27:19 GMT -5
Clipping this from the WetPaint gossip site:
I can't believe they're casting MORE new doctors. Bwah??? I'd rather Shonda trimmed the fat some more in terms of storylines, and gave us MORE of the existing characters.
(I'm so transparent... you totally know I'm really just saying "MORE Cristina & Owen! MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE!"
Any insights on what storyline roles these new positions might play?
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Post by browncoatwhit on Jul 23, 2012 12:19:34 GMT -5
Okay-- I'm sure this has been pointed out by someone else here somewhere else on the boards, but I rewatched "Sanctuary" last night, the first parter of the Season 6 finale/shooter ep. And in the discussion between Meredith and Cristina where Meredith promises Cristina that she'll be the baby's godmother, she states that should she and Dereck die in a planecrash, the baby will be Cristina's. And Cristina teases back that she's almost hoping that now that they DO die so she can get her hands on the kid...
... Huh. Just huh. Not that I think gurking Meredith off was ever really on the table, but we know someone would LOVE to get paid for minimal hours on the set and spent lots of hours out on the race track instead... Is anyone keeping odds on the chances of Dereck's death early next season?
(I **easily** see the storyline that Cristinas leave Seattle Grace to pursue her career elsewhere, only get guilt-tripped back by Meredith to help raise Zola...)
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Post by mesilla on Jul 23, 2012 17:00:35 GMT -5
Okay-- I'm sure this has been pointed out by someone else here somewhere else on the boards, but I rewatched "Sanctuary" last night, the first parter of the Season 6 finale/shooter ep. And in the discussion between Meredith and Cristina where Meredith promises Cristina that she'll be the baby's godmother, she states that should she and Dereck die in a planecrash, the baby will be Cristina's. And Cristina teases back that she's almost hoping that now that they DO die so she can get her hands on the kid... ... Huh. Just huh. Not that I think gurking Meredith off was ever really on the table, but we know someone would LOVE to get paid for minimal hours on the set and spent lots of hours out on the race track instead... Is anyone keeping odds on the chances of Dereck's death early next season? (I **easily** see the storyline that Cristinas leave Seattle Grace to pursue her career elsewhere, only get guilt-tripped back by Meredith to help raise Zola...) I don't necessarily see Derek dying, but I do think that he will require a lot of trips to specialists, surgeries, etc... This will leave the door open for Meredith to leave Zola with Cristina often enough. I think that CO will be together...but I think they will D-R-AW -- I-T -- O-U-T . I am hoping for a holiday reunion.
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Post by hopew on Jul 24, 2012 10:54:11 GMT -5
I'm beginning the usual seasonal obsessive searching for early spoilers - - even occasionally checking out the dreaded discussion boards on TWOP to see if anyone is posting information about casting sides or location shooting. But there is very little to go on so far - - we have Shonda's "their journey isn't over" statement from the end of last season, and her statement last year that she "wants" Cristina and Owen to be together, although she stopped short of saying that they therefore would be. (I find Shonda's pretense that somehow she is powerless in this situation to be particularly annoying, as if what happens on the screen isn't completely determined by her story choices!) We also have Shonda's very recent "Season 9 will be the season of romance" tweet. And we know Owen and Cristina will both survive into Season 9. Beyond that, we really don't have anything to go on.
So I'd like to make a request that we try to avoid too much "doom and gloom" speculation on this thread, unless and until (of course) we really do hear something affirmatively bad. For now, we have (to the extent that it is possible to believe anything Shonda says) a few assurances from Shonda at least she still sees Cristina and Owen as a couple, and that she wants Season 9 to have romance in it. In a very, very limited way, that is at least a LITTLE encouraging!
In the realm of pure speculation, I would not be at all surprised to see a time jump. Unless we hear that they are doing location shooting again where they shot the plane crash site, it seems unlikely (but not impossible) that we'll see an actual rescue scene (although there could be a brief flashback, maybe done with some green screen technology). We know from past disaster events that Shonda doesn't like to take up screen time with protracted recuperations, and she always said she would never do a funeral although she did finally give in and do one for George. If you think about it, the season premieres following the "disaster" finales (George and Izzie's death/near-death; the hospital shooter finale) all either incorporated time jumps (the SP in Season 6 covered more than a month) or began after a time jump (the SP for Season 7 began at least a month after the shooting).
So my theory is that Season 9 will begin some time after the rescue - - maybe a month; maybe even a year. My guess is that we won't see the crash victims at all for a while, so she can play with the question of who survived. My guess is that we'll see Owen, Callie and April early in the episode, but it will only slowly be revealed whether Arizona or Mark died, and whether Jackson, Alex and Mer stayed at SGMW. My other theory is that Derek's injury will turn out to be permanent enough to keep him out of surgery for at least a big part of the season, which is a good way to give Patrick Dempsey time off to race and do movies (which I bet was part of his contract negotiation).
I honestly don't have a sense yet of what Shonda will do with Cristina. I would not be surprised at all if, as the season opens, she is at the Mayo Clinic doing her cardio fellowship and some event brings her back to SGMW. But I believe she will be back, and that most of her absence (and Shonda's political point that Cristina wouldn't "compromise" her career for her marriage) will have been accounted for by the time jump. Whether that means a quick reunion or a gradual one between Cristina and Owen, who knows? My guess is a gradual one, but then I never expected Shonda to give us a wedding in the Season 7 SP, so sometimes I've been wrong and surprised in a good way! But those are my current thoughts/guesses.
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Post by oystersandco on Jul 24, 2012 13:50:16 GMT -5
I'm so happy to see this new topic of spoilers!!
I don't see anyone else dying. With Lexie's death and the plane crash SR has a ready storyline for each character.
Derek will not be able to operate (tremorgate 2.0), and can be addict to pain killers why not? Meredith will have to take care of Derek and his depression (season 5 remake). Mark will have to deal with the loss of lexie.
I also think Owen will have serious problems as a chief to find surgeons to replace Teddy, Derek, Mark and Arizona (while they are resting).
As you Hopew I have no idea of her plans for Cristina and as you I think she will be at Mayo doing her fellowship for a time.
Anyway I don't know what to think about Cristina and Owen, I want to be optimistic about S9 but I am in a place where I seriously believe SR doesn't know what to do with them. She knows the importance of this relationship for the show and the audience, that's why she'll keep them together, but she has annoyed everyone with the way she handled their storyline, not only CO fans, and she doesn't seem to be aware of that. I'm afraid she contents herself creating a storyline for a couple of episodes and has not a longterm vision whatever she says.
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Post by MarryMeOwen on Jul 24, 2012 14:47:36 GMT -5
In all honesty I would prefer a reasonable time jump. Not saying I want everyone to come back pretending like nothing happened, but enough so that the aftermath is referenced, without the feeling of it being dragged out as long as possible. I am trying not to get optomistic about OC which is hard bc I feel so burned by last season, but I'll take anything that is a sliver of positive at this point.
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Post by justine on Jul 25, 2012 4:43:48 GMT -5
Speculations about time jump and CO being apart for a while, Cristina being at Mayo for fellowship seem to be integrated among CO fans.
We will have to wait and see how Shonda and co will play out their CHEAP feminism agenda as far as Cristina is concerned and its impacts on CO relationship.
Well, SP, will start with an already destroyed marriage... Sounds hopefull for the season, yes ?
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Post by thedoc617 on Jul 25, 2012 15:03:05 GMT -5
I'd be ok with CO spending time apart with Cristina doing her fellowship and Owen at SGMW; but them still married and not "broken up" and doing a long distance thing. For a little while. As long as both of them are still commited to each other and making their marriage work. I'm not saying I'd like the idea; but CO together emotionally; but not together physically is better than them being apart emotionally and physically. You get me?
Ready for Ring Watch Season 9 !
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Post by justine on Jul 25, 2012 15:06:32 GMT -5
I'd be ok with CO spending time apart with Cristina doing her fellowship and Owen at SGMW; but them still married and not "broken up" and doing a long distance thing. For a little while. As long as both of them are still commited to each other and making their marriage work. I'm not saying I'd like the idea; but CO together emotionally; but not together physically is better than them being apart emotionally and physically. You get me? Ready for Ring Watch Season 9 ! In this case 200 % in and ready for season 9 !
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Post by hopew on Jul 25, 2012 15:30:05 GMT -5
Arriane Alexander whose character is supposed to play the flight attendant is really excited after working with Kevin. She must have enjoyed it a lot and she informed on Facebook she took some photos with him and she will post them when the SP is nearer not to give away any spoilers. I am curious if her role is just for one episode because in one of her comments she said she looked forward to more time on set which seems puzzling. Why would she come back? The big question is why Owen is on the plane, probably with this flight attendant. It could actually be the rescue or he is flying to meet Cristina and the others at the hospital where they are treated after the crash. But if he were flying to meet them, wouldn´t he be accompanied by Callie at least, though the actress tweeted Sara was not on the set that day and she is only in the scene with Kevin. They haven't finished shooting episode 1, have they? She could be referring to spending more time on set for this episode rather then a future episode, couldn't she?
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Post by hopew on Jul 25, 2012 15:33:07 GMT -5
I'd be ok with CO spending time apart with Cristina doing her fellowship and Owen at SGMW; but them still married and not "broken up" and doing a long distance thing. For a little while. As long as both of them are still commited to each other and making their marriage work. I'm not saying I'd like the idea; but CO together emotionally; but not together physically is better than them being apart emotionally and physically. You get me? Ready for Ring Watch Season 9 ! ITA with this. They spent most of Season 8 physically together and emotionally apart and that was no fun to watch IMO.
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Post by trinity on Jul 25, 2012 16:02:13 GMT -5
but CO together emotionally; but not together physically is better than them being apart emotionally and physically. You get me? This is an interesting viewpoint. I have never looked at it this way. You´ve got a point there because Owen said it didn´t fix anything, them being together physically in 823. On the other hand, how can they keep a long distance marriage work?They can communicate on the phone, send emails and things like that. But is it enough to keep a marriage work without this face to face personal contact/communication?But, as you said for a little while it could work. And romance? How can they be romantic with each other? Owen could send her flowers though, but the options are quite limited. But this is my idea of romance. I am sure Shonda will give me a very quick wake-up. Cristina is not a flower girl and "sending flowers" is not the only romantic thing Owen could do long distance. C/O are an unusual couple and they'll always do things out of standards and usual way.
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Post by oystersandco on Jul 25, 2012 17:08:13 GMT -5
If Cristina is doing her fellowship in Mayo, I don't think they can go very long with a long distance relationship on this show. Not specifically talking about the relationship, I'm really curious in how they will manage to keep the interaction between the residents outside SGMW and the rest of the cast (this is more interesting to me than surgical cases which are now rarely captivating). IMO they can go for 3 or 4 episodes like this but not a half season.
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Post by mesilla on Jul 25, 2012 18:39:34 GMT -5
I think that Cristina starting at mayo is a possibility, I even wonder if at this point a divorce will be in the works. I do think that a good way to express Cristina's commitment to the marriage would be for her to return for Owen as a decision that she made, no one else.
I am starting to really wonder what we will see of the aftermath. Very curious.
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Post by mesilla on Jul 26, 2012 7:30:11 GMT -5
I am afraid Shonda will make it about Meredith and Zola though if Cristina decides to return. Me too, but I do have some hope, if for no other reason than the bit about who "her person" is. Also, one thing I would LOVE to see is a good friendship for Owen. My vote is for Callie because I love their scenes together...but anyone would do. I want to see him have a buddy, ya know? Express himself (if only a little) to someone. I know I was in the minority, but I liked Teddy for that reason. I hope the writers create some sort of friendship for him so that we don't lose the insights that we were allowed to see in the last few episodes of season 8.
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Post by browncoatwhit on Jul 26, 2012 19:57:36 GMT -5
Seattle does not *normally* get snow. Like most of the rest of the West Coast -- an inch of snow and everyone panics and the city virtually shuts down. As a former Seattle resident, that whole icicle scene had me hooting in derision. Seattle almost *never* sees the northern lights and there's no romantic lighthouse in a park to view the non-visible northern lights from, as referenced in Owen's romantic plans for their first date back in Season 5... ::grin:: And there certainly isn't geology that would allow for a sinkhole under downtown Seattle! (Or at least there wasn't back in my time there... I lived in Seattle back when Pearl Jam and Soundgarten were neighborhood bands, so maybe today you can handwave the sinkhole as being due to some construction issues from a new mass transit system... ) However... this is Shondaworld GA lives in! In Shondaworld, amazing and crazy-making things happen!
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Post by browncoatwhit on Jul 26, 2012 20:01:42 GMT -5
I'll be very interested to see how the new replacement docs cycle into the show. I wouldn't be surprised to see Owen give up his position as Chief somewhere during Season 9 in order to hire Cristina as Teddy's final replacement, after an interim Head Cardo God falls to her death down the elevator shaft (or some such big-drama bow-out...)
I'm also floored by the news that Eric Dane will be leaving the series. I'll honestly miss Mark Sloan (whereas I would have almost cheered if it were Derek Shepherd). Still, having Owen pushed into more of a bromance with Derek would be great! We've had bits and dabs of that since Season 5, but it'll be nice to see Owen with more screen time for issues OTHER than Cristina and Teddy...
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