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Post by Leanne on Oct 31, 2008 6:17:17 GMT -5
www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b66562_greys_dissection_major_hottieor_nottie.html?sid=rss_tvnews&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_tvnewsGrey's Dissection: Major Hottie...Or Nottie? He's a babe. And he, um, stabbed a Babe. And a Wilber. And a few other questionably adorable but fully innocent pigs. So what the bejeezus are we to think now of Grey's Anatomy's latest addition, Kevin McKidd, after tonight's controversial episode? Is he really sticking around? And what's this about McSteamy's (Eric Dane) hooking up with another doctor? Here's the inside scoop you need to know… CURRENT SYMPTOMS Crazy or Crazy Hot? That is the question when for Kevin McKidd's character Owen Hunt, who is back at Seattle Grace in a seemingly permanent capacity. He went all Dexter Morgan on a handful of defenseless, live pigs (strapping them down and stabbing them with cutlery), so clearly he won't be PETA's poster child of the year (nor Izzie's new bestie). Still, he did it all with what he believed to be noble intentions: To teach his interns and residents to save human lives. Not to mention, he's still reeling from a harrowing experience in Iraq where his entire unit was killed. So confession time: Are you smitten or sickened by Major Owen Hunt? Do you want him with Cristina or think she'd have been better suited with Wilber? We welcome, no, crave your opinions below. Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, Grey's Anatomy ABC Alex and Izzie Are "Going Steady!" And after only a week of sleeping together! Izzie must not be lying when she said she's "stunningly good" in the sack. This is good news…no? Hahn and Torres Are On. Tonight's episode paved the way for what I hear will be a "deepening" of their relationship, even though Hahn is the only one seeing just "leaves." (I don't need glasses but I do need Excedrin after that never-ending metaphor…Shonda, we get it!) What remains to be seen is if and how Melissa George, who is playing a bisexual blast from Meredith's past, will come in to mess things up. PROGNOSIS Kevin McKidd Is Staying. Inside sources tell me the fiery new trauma doc is on the fast-track to become a series regular. (I've heard from one source he already is technically a series regular, but he's being called "guest star" in the credits so as not to give too much away.) When we chatted with K McK on the Grey's set, he said this of the casting process: "They talked to me and said that they were really thinking of adding somebody else into the mix as a longer term venture." Note those last three words. Cristina and Owen Will Be a Slow Build. I hear their relationship will happen, but it will take some time. Kevin explains: "Owen is pretty damaged so he wants to keep a distance from people, I think." Grey's Anatomy ABC/RON TOM McSteamy Won't Mourn Torres Too Long. Oh, who are we kidding? He was already over his latest conquest by the time they hit the bar. But Eric Dane himself gives this tease as to what's ahead: "Toward the end of the season I end up developing a relationship with one of the other doctors. I'm not going to tell you which one. I'm going to tell you that it's not Dr. Owen Hunt." Looks like McSteamy doesn't need glasses! Next Week: Denny is back! Sorta. It's all just a flashback of what happened three years ago but I'll take my Jeffrey Dean Morgan any way I can get it.
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Post by Leanne on Oct 31, 2008 6:22:14 GMT -5
this is just a snip from this article if you want to read the rest blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2008/10/greys-anatomy-1.html'Grey's Anatomy': First do no harm Hunt's practical learning method of teaching rubs Derek and Sloan the wrong way as well, particularly when he encourages Alex to handle a scalp laceration with skin glue instead of calling them in for help, and the patient's wound ends up screwed up. But here's the thing: just as Hunt seems a little too swaggery and a little too set in his ways, he totally disarms a confrontational Derek and Sloan by telling them he wants to know what they'd have done different medically, so he can do better next time. He understands there are different ways of doing things, so if you think there's a better way to do something, tell him and he'll listen. Awesome. Suck on that, pretty boys.
Cristina (who by the way, heroically kept all the pigs alive all day and is horrified at Hunt's order to put them down now), of course, is just self-involved enough not to be able to restrain herself from asking Hunt if he really doesn't remember her. That was before, he says, telling her a story about how his 20-person unit got trapped in an RPG ambush and he was the only one who survived. McKidd is fantastic at showing the coiled-and-disciplined soldier fighting it out with the sadness and shock (and probably PTSD) accompanying his experience. There's a whole lot to this guy, and it's going to be great to watch it come out.
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Post by Leanne on Oct 31, 2008 6:26:19 GMT -5
New doctor shakes up ‘Grey's Anatomy’ COMMENTARY By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper msnbc.com contributor updated 10:36 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2008 When pigs fly: Major Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) joined the staff of Seattle Grace as the new head of trauma for the hospital. He immediately shook up Cristina, whom he'd kissed in an earlier episode, by not remembering her name. He angered Derek and Mark by having Alex apply the equivalent of a field dressing (skin glue) rather than call them in to help with a head injury. He outraged Izzie by stabbing four enormous (sedated) pigs in order to teach the hospital's docs how to respond to trauma as he'd had to in Iraq. (ABC flashed repeated warnings that no animals were harmed, but we're still wondering what PETA will have to say about this.)
By episode's end, though, Hunt had charmed everyone. He contritely told Derek and Mark he'd listen to and learn from them. He'd listened to Izzie's spiel about how modern doctors can use technology instead of animals to learn new procedures. And he'd confessed to Cristina that he was the lone survivor of his Iraq unit. "Before ... I knew your name," he said in a touching speech. "And now I'm living in the after."
for the rest of this article www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27426976/
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Post by ruralstar on Oct 31, 2008 7:23:04 GMT -5
Thanks for these various reviews. I knew Owen's actions would stir controversy. I think the writers at GA did a good job of explaining both sides of the animal testing argument and Owen's motivations. Others will never agree.
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Post by Leanne on Oct 31, 2008 11:29:24 GMT -5
Ok there a million of these reviews Im just posting a few ...... www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20237121,00.html By Jennifer Armstrong I will say this: I can't wait to hear what you all thought about tonight's episode of Grey's Anatomy after the passionate message-board debating last week over Callie and Erica and George and Izzie. Because this was pretty much more of the same — plus pigs. Yes, we knew this episode would be special from the first second when the no-animals-were-harmed disclaimer flashed on the screen. But first: At the Meredith homestead, Derek was learning about Anatomy Jane, a budding little doctor's version of a Barbie doll — with accurate little plastic organs that fit together inside — that Meredith used to take everywhere when she was a kid. And Alex was learning that the correct way to ask a lady if she'd like to be his girlfriend is not "I just wanna know if you're gonna go off and screw O'Malley or some other loser. 'Cause then I don't have to cancel my plans with the chick from peds." Put a guy line like that next to Hahn's giddy, tearful morning-after speech to Callie, and, well, I'm once again thinking about taking up women. Though, of course, I understand that lesbians have problems just like the rest of us — and, in fact, that was pretty clear by the time Erica was declaring, "I'm extremely gay!" and Callie was looking as stricken and terrified as she did, well, last week when contemplating oral sex with her. And look how far she came. Oops, a joke. Sorry. Later at the hospital, Doctor Major Hunt returned from battle in Iraq to join the Seattle Grace staff. And once again, Grey's proved stunningly adept at integrating new characters. (Or am I just mesmerized by his stubble and dimples?) It didn't seem the least bit forced or intrusive, and better yet, he clearly brought a new dynamic with him. He sent Cristina running (hilariously) scared at the sight of him (remember, he laid a serious kiss on her before he left) and injected a much-needed quiet, muscular energy into our endearingly spazzy staff. You know a character's good when one of his opening acts is to stab a bunch of pigs lying on operating tables — and then demand the interns and residents save them. But the big surgery of the day came in the form of a helicoptered-in 10-year-old with an "inoperable" tumor. Karev, once again showing his deft skill for breaking things down, asked, "How can you operate on an inoperable tumor?" No matter, Meredith got the assignment, thanks to Bailey's mutual affection for Anatomy Jane. And the girl's parents clearly meant business; they instantly demanded Hahn join her surgery team because they'd heard how good she was and wanted only the best. They even threatened to airlift the patient elsewhere (then offered the docs some homemade fudge). Seattle Grace, of course, had to oblige — now that it's constantly chasing a higher ranking — so Bailey was forced to beg a very cranky Erica. When Bailey told her she had some ideas about how to possibly help the girl, Erica snapped, "Good for you. Try them on somebody who might actually live." Though she eventually relented and agreed to the surgery, Erica had plenty to be cranky about — even more than she knew — since Callie was once again hopping onto an on-call cot with Sloan to "test a theory." (Does anybody have any feelings on this little arrangement they've had going? Because it makes me squirm a little, and I'm pretty liberal on such things.) One potential couple I do love unequivocally: Doctor Major and Cristina. Except for the little matter that he didn't seem to even remember her name. There wasn't much time for romance, anyway, since an accident victim was being wheeled in. (By an EMT who cracked, "Forehead vs. the window and the window won," to explain the injury. Are the random emergency workers always this clever, and have I just started to notice?) Doctor Major got Alex on the case right away and told Derek and Mark to step off when they showed up to help, too. (Ooh, manly tension. Love that. We need some. These dudes are all world-class surgeons, right? Shouldn't there be more testosteroney ego clashing happening?) But between all the bickering and the long meetings about how to treat the little girl, I was very much hoping I'm never hospitalized for anything that causes someone to utter the phrase "throw some stuff up on the board" during discussions about my care. Nor for anything that requires the taking out of all my organs. I think I need those. I've also about had it with all the whining — which I guess has been the chief's point lately. It seems like all that ever happens in this hospital is that some resident is told to do something, and then said resident goes to another authority figure and tells said authority figure how much he or she does not wish to perform what they were asked. Of course, I understand why Cristina was complaining to Bailey about the pig situation, but still. Just shut up and do it. You know that by the end it's going to be emotional and redemptive and educational. You'll know that's happening by the dramatic alternative rock song that starts playing. To Cristina's credit, she got back to work and was all business, chastising her interns to stop giving the pigs cute names: "If you want to call them something, call them sausage. Or prosciutto." And, natch, they did save the pigs. And it was awesome. However, it turned out Doctor Major wasn't always right, even if Cristina was learning from pigs. He'd forced Alex to work too fast on the car accident victim, and his messy work screwed up the surgery Derek and Mark had to do on him. "What qualifies us as a war zone?" Sloan complained. "Our undermanned gift shop?" Though the major, when confronted by the boys, did something no one at Seattle Grace has ever done — and no one seemed to understand it once he did it. Yes, he asked them what he should do differently next time. He admitted he'd just come from a very different environment, he didn't know everything, and he'd like to — gasp! — learn. Weird. Of course we learned he was pretty damaged a few moments later, when he was talking about the war to Cristina. (He knew her name, after all, but that was before watching his entire unit get killed.) One plea, though, while we're on the subject of the boys. Please, please, please, can we get Mark Sloan an actual story line soon? I love his quips (see above). I love the recent dramatic increase in shirtless time. And I really loved that oddly tender post-coital moment with Callie when he gave her good, solid advice about trying again with Callie — and being honest with her, and not cheating on her with him. Even better? At the end of the night, when he looked so shocked that Callie wanted to get a drink with him minus the hooking up. "You're good for more than sex, Mark," she told him, and he looked so touchingly touched. Speaking of touching, I admit I melted a little when Alex came home and told Izzie, "I'm not good at relationships or talking about stupid feelings," and only then did it finally dawn on her that in the morning, he'd been trying to say he wanted to be exclusive. Such a great relationship lesson: Guys often mean, painfully literally, exactly what they say. So when he asked if he should keep his plans with the "chick from peds," she should've just said, "Um, no." That's not to excuse the emotional retardation, but I think he's coming around. In no time at all, he and Izzie should be acting out the greatest female fantasy of all: The loving, in-touch-with-her-feelings princess fixes the messed-up, repressed prince. Aww, sweet. What do you guys think? How satisfying will an Izzie-Alex relationship be? Did Lexie's apology to George work for you? And where else can they realistically go with all of those diaries from the senior Dr. Grey?
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Post by Leanne on Nov 1, 2008 16:35:06 GMT -5
Reviewing the two Thursday medical shows together seems to be working, so spoilers for "Grey's Anatomy" and then "ER" coming up just as soon as I find some unkosher animals to stab... You know "Grey's Anatomy" is getting it right right these days where they feature an episode where Izzie is freaking out about the health of animals and it doesn't bother me. Of course, Kevin McKidd getting all stabby with the pigs fit better in a medical context than Izzie playing amateur veterinarian with that deer last season. But beyond that, I think the show's achieving a very nice balance of comedy and pathos, of having characters do and say wacky things without undermining them. I'm glad to have McKidd back, and to see his conflict with McDreamy and McSteamy get resolved in a shockingly adult manner, not only for this show, but for any medical show. On "ER" (which I'll get to in a minute), it usually takes the hot-headed newbie at least a half a season, if not several seasons, before he starts seeing eye to eye with the longtime regulars; here they came to an understanding by the end of the hour. And I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying Callie and Erica's girl-on-girl angst. Though it was obviously conceived in order to give those two actresses something to do, it turned out to be something good to do. Everytime I think that story's in danger of taking a stupid turn, we get a moment like Erica's speech about getting glasses (very fine work by Brooke Smith), or McSteamy turning out to be useful for something other than sex, or Erica not flipping out at learning that Callie had been sleeping with McSteamy to calm herself. And, of course, any episode that gives Chandra Wilson and James Pickens a lot of meaty material, both together and apart, is okay in my book. As for "ER," not one of the better ones this season in my book. Since I watched very little of the Shane West era, the return of Ray didn't mean a whole lot for me. (Also, I could have done without the constant full-body camera pans down to show his various artificial legs. We get it: modern special effects are really awesome!) I'm also getting impatient waiting for Dr. Banfield to reveal her deep dark secret and then have her predestined mellowing out. Since she's only going to be on the show for one season (and a slightly abbreviated one, at that), they can't play out her character arc at the same pace they did with, say, Pratt or Dr. Aussie. (Who I totally don't buy as a good guy, all of a sudden. They should have let him stay a bastard, Romano-style.) Sam becoming the latest "ER" nurse (or hospital show nurse in general) to get frustrated at being treated like a second-class citizen when she knows more than half the doctors was also not very inspired. Ah, well. I assume a lot of my Banfield problems will be resolved in the much-hyped Dr. Greene flashback episode we're getting in a couple of weeks. But if they decide to kill Mark again in that episode, I am going to lodge a formal complaint. www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/10/er_greys_anatomy_gi_joe_anatom.html
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