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Post by Leanne on Oct 25, 2008 9:19:40 GMT -5
a snip from the writers blog ....there no I in team You know who’s not getting down? (segue…) Cristina Yang. And Cristina Yang…I gotta be honest with you, Cristina’s feeling it these days. She’s lonely. Really lonely. And can you blame her? Meredith’s all happy and relationshippy with Derek, her roommate Callie’s hanging out with Erica Hahn 24/7…I have a feeling that for Cristina, there’s been a lot of drinking alone at Joe’s lately. And that’s okay. Somehow it makes me feel better as a human to know that even someone as strong and steely as Yang isn’t above throwing a little pity party for herself sometimes. There’s no shame in it. And then just as she’s about to throw a Molotov cocktail at Joe’s and take out all the “lame interns and weird lab techs” in a fell swoop …Kevin Mckidd as Major Owen Hunt walks in! Blink and you’ll miss him – it was practically a cameo. But I love that look on her face at the end – it’s like a combo platter of yay/oh, crap, I’m in trouble now. Which she totally is, by the way. In trouble. Oh, it gets good… www.greyswriters.com/
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Post by Leanne on Oct 26, 2008 16:29:48 GMT -5
Major Owen Hunt Reporting for Duty Well, well, well… Looks like Seattle Grace will have its very own – and very first – badass, camo-wearing, army-trauma-surgeon walking its halls very, very soon… His name is Owen Hunt, and, let me just say, the doctor is in, ladies… I met Dr. Hunt (who insisted I call him Owen) a few hours ago. I heard about this dude a few weeks ago – back when he allegedly trached a patient with a ballpoint pen. I don’t really know what that means, but, it’s apparently some crazy-but-awesome MacGyver surgery that ended up saving a guy’s life. Okay – seriously – how much man-candy can one hospital take?? No doubt, Owen is sure to shake things up at SGH. I mean, the dude’s clearly as hardcore as they come. He doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. He challenges authority. He drinks whiskey (but not tonight, because he starts work tomorrow). And he makes Cristina weak in the knees. Literally… Oh, you should’ve seen this one, folks. Cristina was just about to leave tonight, when she took one look at Owen and stopped DEAD in her tracks. Right in the middle of the bar. Going all psycho-stalker-staring crazy. I witnessed the whole thing! She froze. Stunned. Bewildered. Unable to move. I had to walk up to Cristina and ask if everything was okay… That’s when she shook her head, “no” and proceeded to slowly back out of the bar. Surprisingly (thankfully), I don’t think Owen saw her. But, folks… It. Was. Weird. Although, not quite as weird as a diseased kidney in a jar. Yes. A diseased kidney. In a jar. Derek came in tonight carrying one and then gave the d**n thing to Meredith. As a “present.” As an, “I’m sorry I took all of the credit for the clinical trial that YOU developed now please take this diseased kidney in a jar and let’s get out of here and go home and have make-up sex.” Well, I guess McDreamy’s plan worked because Meredith was elated with this very special – and very non-FDA approved – form of organ donation. I didn’t get it. It looked like that thing that jumped out of that dude’s stomach in Aliens. What’s so special about a diseased kidney in a jar? What, does the thing glow or something? Now that would be cool… Alright, it’s about closing time, and I’ve got to get some sleep because I know – I just know – tomorrow night’s gonna be a long one. Okay, so I can admit, I’m kinda looking forward to it. Dr. Owen Hunt turns SGH upside down tomorrow, and I’ve got a drink with Cristina’s name on it, ready and waiting… - Joe the Bartender www.emeraldcitybar.com/
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Post by ruralstar on Oct 26, 2008 17:25:31 GMT -5
LMAO!
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Post by marcy on Oct 26, 2008 20:44:12 GMT -5
"man candy" and "hard core"? Yep that about does it. Yeah!!
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Post by Leanne on Oct 27, 2008 15:11:11 GMT -5
Official press release 5.08 "These Ties That Bind"
ONE OF MEREDITH'S OLDEST FRIENDS BECOMES AN INTERN AT SEATTLE GRACE, CAUSING TURMOIL AT THE HOSPITAL AND IN MER'S PERSONAL LIFE, ON ABC'S "GREY'S ANATOMY"
Guest Starring Kevin McKidd ("Rome") as Owen Hunt and Melissa George ("Alias," "In Treatment") as Sadie
Also Guest Starring Academy Award (r)-nominated Actress Mary McDonnell ("Passion Fish," "Battlestar Gallactica")
"These Ties That Bind" - One of Meredith's oldest friends, Sadie, becomes an intern at Seattle Grace, but Mer's friends are less-than-welcoming to her; Lexie leads her fellow interns in secretive, unorthodox surgical training sessions; and a new surgeon, Virginia Dixon, brings rules and order to the OR, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network
"Grey's Anatomy" stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T.R. Knight as George O'Malley, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James Pickens, Jr. as Richard Webber, Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres, Eric Dane as Mark Sloan, Chyler Leigh as Lexie Grey and Brooke Smith as Erica Hahn.
Promo pix release but no mix on Kevin
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Post by ruralstar on Oct 27, 2008 16:17:04 GMT -5
I used to watch Battlestar Galactica and I really enjoyed Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin. I think her character along with Kevin's will bring some much needed maturity to GA.
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Post by Leanne on Oct 29, 2008 9:01:46 GMT -5
source : blog.Zapit.com What can I look forward to on Grey's Anatomy this week? -Gina Cristina will freak out over the return of Owen Hunt (aka Kevin McKidd), and though producers are keeping mum on whether or not KM's sticking around, I'm told his presence is a done deal. We should get to know the military doc pretty well this season.
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Post by ruralstar on Oct 29, 2008 10:42:07 GMT -5
Well let's hope these rumors aren't just a whole lot of hot air floatiing around the net. Thanks Leanne
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Post by Leanne on Oct 29, 2008 13:35:55 GMT -5
Rural I am try to get confirmation and if I do you guys will obviously be the first to know Episode 5.09 GREY'S ANATOMY - "In The Midnight Hour" - Meredith, Cristina and Bailey come to Lexie and Sadie's rescue when a routine surgery goes horribly wrong, as Owen and Derek treat a man seriously injured while sleepwalking and Mark comforts the sleepwalker's distraught daughter, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/RON TOM) CHANDRA WILSON, SANDRA OH no Pix of Kevin in the release Promo Photos' Source Spoiler TV
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Post by ruralstar on Oct 29, 2008 13:41:31 GMT -5
Considering what has been hinted about the Derek/Owen dynamic being extremely volatile that should be an interesting collaboration to say the least.
Thanks for your efforts Leanne. Always appreciated.
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Post by marcy on Oct 29, 2008 15:10:59 GMT -5
This is sounding pretty good. I can hardly wait. Thanks for keeping us posted, Leanne!
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Post by Valérie on Oct 29, 2008 17:18:03 GMT -5
If I understood well, Owen and Derek will work together?
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Post by marcy on Oct 29, 2008 17:49:05 GMT -5
Oui, vous avez bien compris, Valerie.
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Post by Valérie on Oct 29, 2008 17:54:21 GMT -5
Okay thank you Marcy, your french is very good ;-)
Will he plays in the seventh episode? ("Rise up" Nov 6) Because I can't see Kevin on the photos =(
I don't think so..
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Post by marcy on Oct 29, 2008 18:05:05 GMT -5
Je ne suis pas sur, desole.
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Post by kaz on Oct 29, 2008 18:51:27 GMT -5
Will he plays in the seventh episode? ("Rise up" Nov 6) Because I can't see Kevin on the photos =(
He's listed as a guest star in the ABC official press release for that episode so it looks like he will be in the episode at least to some extent. Hopefully they're just not showing all the good stuff in the promo photos
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Post by Valérie on Oct 30, 2008 8:50:58 GMT -5
Oh really? Great! =) I asked for that because I have never read that he was a guest star for the episode 7. Thank you!
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Post by Leanne on Oct 30, 2008 10:38:11 GMT -5
Little clip from Canadian Press as to what to watch on TV tonight www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?main=broadcast&bcid=9479&cpvid=1From the national newsroom of The Canadian Press, Here's what's hot on TV tonight... Fresh off her sensational Sarah Palin imitations on "Saturday Night Live," Tina Fey launches a new season of her Emmy-winning comedy series "30 Rock" on Citytv. In this Season 3 premiere, Fey's character, Liz, wants to adopt a child but must first go through an adoption official, played by Megan Mullally of "Will & Grace" fame. On C-T-V, Kevin McKidd guests on "Grey's Anatomy" as the tough new trauma chief who had Christina swooning a couple of episodes back. McKidd is already well known to "Grey's" cast member Patrick Dempsey, having starred with him in the romantic comedy film "Made of Honour." Pam of "The Office" on Global is embarrassed when she's the only one wearing a Halloween costume at corporate. And if you're looking for full-on Halloween horror, consider "The Hills Have Eyes" on E. The freaky 2006 take on Wes Craven's 1977 film of the same name will have you squirming in your seat as a family, stranded in a government atomic test zone, is terrorized by a mutant family. From The Canadian Press, I'm Victoria Ahearn
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Post by Leanne on Oct 31, 2008 1:56:48 GMT -5
Grey's Anatomy Grey Matter writers blog.......Life During Wartime Mark Wilding on "Life During Wartime"...
Original Airdate: 10-30-08
First things first. No animals were harmed in the filming of my episode. None. I know ABC ran that thing before the show started that told you that, but I figured you should hear it from me too. Those four pigs were entirely and utterly fake. Fake, fake, fake. From their little piggy tails to their glistening piggy snouts, they were nothing but plastic and fiberglass and possibly straw for the whiskers. Even their breathing was fake. It came courtesy of some guy who stood just off camera and pumped an air hose (or something similarly technical that I couldn’t explain in a million years). What WAS real is the issue of using animals to teach and perfect surgical technique. Like Derek says in the episode, it’s not ideal, but a lot of hospitals in this country use live animals for procedures where surgical mannequins have yet to successfully replicate trauma to humans. Things like blood volume loss – something else I probably couldn’t explain in a million years. Anyhow, I thought we were pretty evenhanded in dealing with the issue of animal testing. I heard from both sides as we were shooting the episode (boy, did I hear). Compelling arguments were made on BOTH sides -- including one surgeon who told me that a day after learning to do open heart surgery on a pig, she used the same technique on a human being THE NEXT DAY. She told me point blank, without a doubt in her mind, that if she hadn’t learned that procedure there’s no way she would have saved that person’s life.
At any rate, I thought it was a cool way to bring back Major Owen Hunt. Even if people were appalled by what he did, his goal in the wet lab was to teach people. And to teach them the best way he knows how. Teaching, incidentally, is one of our major themes this year. See one, do one, teach one. You want to move up from being the number 12 hospital in the country, you’ve gotta fight that fight on all fronts. Be it operating on pigs, hiring better doctors or doing a better job with the doctors who are already here. Anyway, I think we came to understand Owen’s attitude toward the pigs at the end of the episode when he tells Cristina about losing all his army buddies in the RPG attack. If you’ve seen 19 of your friends die in one day, it tends to make other things in your life not seem quite as important or dramatic. My wife really doesn’t care what Owen (Kevin McKidd) does or doesn’t do to pigs. She’s just glad to see him back at Seattle Grace. REALLY, REALLY GLAD. Much like Cristina, she just thinks he’s cool and sexy as hell (I’m not either of those things so I just make up lame excuses why she can’t visit the set and meet him -- he’s a leper, he’s got TB, he’s allergic to blondes – whatever will keep her at bay). At any rate, he and Cristina make for a really interesting couple – even if he didn’t remember her name!
Speaking of names, I loved Meredith remembering the silly names she gave Anatomy Jane’s organs. But if unearthing Anatomy Jane brings out Meredith’s playful side, it does just the opposite for the Chief. He, like Owen, is fighting his own set of demons. Always lurking somewhere in the back of his mind is the fact that his behavior as a young man somehow destroyed Meredith’s life. She never had the army Tori Begler has. She never had people looking out for her. People who could protect her from life’s vicissitudes. So when that doll suddenly re-appears, so does the Chief’s guilt. I don’t know if that’s something he’ll ever be able to resolve because I don’t think those kinds of things are easily resolved, even in real life. There are some things you just can’t forgive yourself for. In my wife’s case, it’s her attraction to Kevin McKidd. I’m sure, at some point in her life, she’ll feel very, very guilty about that.
As for some of our other couples…I can never get enough of Izzie and Alex. He’s trying to be a good boyfriend and going about it in a typical Alex way. So that when Owen tells Derek and Mark that he wants to know what he did wrong with the scalp patient, Alex is all ears. As well as he knows Izzie, in many ways she’s still a foreign country to him. She has different customs and ways. You can either dismiss those customs and ways or try to learn to do things differently. In much the same way, Callie and Erica have yet to…calibrate. If that’s the word. They’re moving at different speeds into their relationship. Callie’s more hesitant, maybe not sure she wants to throw herself one hundred percent into this thing. While Erica sees the leaves on the trees for God’s sake! Meanwhile George and Lexie have reached a truce of sorts. I have to say, I loved that last scene where she made him a dinner of macaroni and cheese.
Bailey, of course, is pretty much trying to drive up Seattle Grace’s ranking by herself. From her domino surgery to removing six organs at one go, she’s on fire. She’s not letting anything or anyone (namely Erica Hahn) get in her way. When Tori’s father talks about hospitals and how doctors ignore you or don’t talk to each other or somehow lose sight of what they’re here for – to do the best they can for the patient – it’s hard for me to clump Bailey in that group. But even she can occasionally get sidetracked (only to be set back on course by the Chief). Still, at the end, when the Chief is looking in at the Beglers all crowding around Bailey, we get the impression (or at least I hope you got it) that she’s well on her way to succeeding him as the best general surgeon at Seattle Grace.
As for getting back to being one of the top hospitals in the country? Our doctors have a ways to go and lot of battles to fight. Like my wife’s latest Seattle Grace crush, Mr. Owen Hunt tells Derek and Mark, this is still pretty much Day One for them…
if you want to let them know how you felt about this episode please leave a comment at this link www.greyswriters.com/2008/10/mark-wilding-on.html
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Post by Leanne on Nov 3, 2008 13:49:35 GMT -5
TV Guide's Senior Critic Matt Roush takes your TV questions. Have a rant, rave or burning question about your favorite show you'd like addressed? E-mail him here! Question: I am confused why some critics have stated that Joshua Jackson was miscast in the role of Peter on Fringe. I couldn't disagree more. Joshua is a good actor and Peter has good chemistry with Olivia. If anything they need to give him more to do than just be a babysitter all the time. They are wasting his fine talents, which is hardly his fault. (However, I must say he would have been miscast in the army doctor role over on Grey's Anatomy! He was too young for that role.) And regarding Desperate Housewives, you recently stated that you find Gale Harold's performance "surprisingly charming." What drives me crazy about his addition to the show is that he is totally wasted. Again, another great actor given very little to do except take off his shirt and beg for attention. It's also more than a bit odd watching the former "Brian Kinney" being the whipping boy for Teri Hatcher. As if... And just for the record, I agree with you about Heroes this year. All this time traveling is confusing, especially with regards to Peter. I can't figure out which one he is supposed to be half the time, and I've been a fan since the first episode. However, I like watching Sylar play the good guy — it's amusing. And I must admit to liking My Own Worst Enemy. Perhaps it is because I thought the show would be just plain terrible and surprisingly it isn't. My husband and I enjoy it for what it is. (Plus it is great to get to see Christian Slater on TV every Monday night!) — CB Matt Roush: I'm not sure who you're reading, but I've got no beef with Joshua Jackson on Fringe. His snarky take on the crisis of the week and John Noble as his cracked dad are the high points of just about every episode. It's Anna Torv's Olivia who, after my strong first impression, I've had trouble warming up to. I'm still trusting the show will work out its kinks and figure out the appropriate mix where all of its primary characters are concerned. (And I have to think that where Grey's Anatomy is concerned, his role would have been conceived way differently from where they've taken it with the terrific Kevin McKidd.) As for Gale Harold: I like the change of pace in making him so sympathetic and vulnerable. He's a supporting player in this ensemble and that's as it should be. We'll be tackling Heroes at length as this week's column continues, but I will say I've had people write in to say I should lighten up where My Own Worst Enemy is concerned. After pre-screening last week's episode, I think I have a better solution. How about I start ignoring it like most of the rest of the world? Question: I had to agree a bit with Sarah's recent comments, in that I've found myself blah over many of my returning favorites, and I have to wonder if terrific summer shows like The Closer, Eureka, Saving Grace and Mad Men have really upped my expectations. My fall bright spots are quirky shows like Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Chuck. One exception, though: I'm pleasantly surprised by how much Grey's Anatomy seems to have regained its stride this year. It's one of the few traditional dramas that I'm eager to see each week. I was wondering if you'd managed to keep up with the season so far, and if you felt it had regained some of its past luster? — TaMara Matt Roush: I actually felt Grey's was getting back on track in the episodes after the strike hiatus last season, so haven't had to be won over that much this year. I'm enjoying it quite a bit, Bailey in particular — some things never change — although I grew weary very quickly of Callie's sex obsession/phobia in her new relationship with Erica (the resolution of which, courtesy of McSteamy, was maybe the filthiest bit of sex comedy I've seen this side of Californication this season). Glad that's behind us. And I am very encouraged by the addition of Kevin McKidd, both for romantic (go, Cristina!) and dramatic reasons. So all in all: I'm still a fan. Tv guide ask matt www.tvguide.com/Roush/Roush-Fringe-Heroes-35141.aspx?rss=breakingnews
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