Today and G's A

So my mom decided to take off this weekend to go to North Carolina and see an old friend (Andrea: Hugh's wife Dot.  good times, eh?) and she gave me a whole 6 days warning.  So I had the day off work and basically spent it hanging out with Jake, running errands, and doing housework.  A day off in my world is anything but restful or productive.  But we did get to sleep in.  And we got a few things done.  And that's why I've not posted an entry yet, raving about how awesome the G's A premiere was.

I knew that because of Jake I wasn't going to be able to watch it closely, so I taped it while I watched it (yes, I'm the only loser without a TiVo.  Life's hard, I know.)  Then after it was over, I watched it again, and I watched it again this morning.  And I will probably watch it again tonight.

So the flashbacks.  I LOVED the flashbacks.  Getting to see the backstory on the characters was like getting to see an old episode I never knew I'd missed.  The night Mer and Der met?  Awesome.  The night Der found Addie cheating?  Heart-breaking.  I literally could only watch it the first time, and every time since I've fast-forwarded it.  Too emotional, and I'm too wrapped up in the characters; it's painful to watch.  I had to fast-forward the scene where Dr. Bailey was talking through the door to the husband guy after his wife died; she is feeling so much guilt about Denny dying, and again, talk about raw emotion!  I can't deal with that right now.

At first I was annoyed because the episode was so slow and the plot didn't really move forward much at all.  But dude.  SO MUCH happened in the finale, we needed to deal with those emotions before moving on with the season.  You don't just jump back into life after a night like that, and I like that the writers made an effort at some closure.  I have no doubts that starting next week the episodes will be fast-paced and crazy again.  And I really like that they start the day after it happened -- as Shonda (the creator) said on the writer's blog, "The first episode is going to take place pretty much where the end of Season Two left off.  Because I don’t believe in jumping ahead three months and leaving people scratching their heads and muttering, “Dude…what happened while we were away?” "  EXACTLY.

My favorite line of the night?  Callie telling Finn about how really, they're all 17.  "This is high school with scalpels."  hee hee.  I also loved when Der was giving George a hard time because he said he didn't love her, but he could, soonish.  "Soonish?  I will love you SOONISH?"  ha ha ha.  And I also loved that it was because of George that Der realized he needed to tell Mer he loved her.  And yes, oh my word, the smile on his face when he said it . . . MCDREAMY.  And MCYUMMY.  It kills me that they have intense scenes like that and then he walks away and they don't touch.  Come on, people!  That was as bad as the night of the bomb episode when he came to her house and they talked and never touched.  HUG HER OR SOMETHING.

I can't take the suspense.  Thursdays can not come fast enough for me.  And I'm SO taping every episode this year, AND buying the DVD when it comes out.

P.S. was anyone disappointed at how anti-climatic The Office was?  I had my mom tape it for me, and watched it today.  Don't get me wrong, it was heck-a-hilarious once they got going, but the Pam and Jim thing, to leave it hanging ALL SUMMER and then barely focus on it?  Give us SOMETHING!

Comments

[Sue]

Glad you enjoyed G's A! I can't wait for Monday nites here. I'm a loser too - we don't even HAVE Tivo here in Oz, sounds like the kind of technology we can look forward to in the next 10 years LOL ;)

I have to ask - does Jake like TMX Elmo?? Ryan thinks it's hilarious and has already put his order in for Xmas....

[Kelly]

Oh you are good! I think you just changed my mind about the GA premiere! :) It might have helped if we didnt have two boys yelling and playing rough through the whole darn thing lol. I wish we had taped it. SHOOT!

GREAT entry! You ought to post this link on the GA writers blog under comments for those who didn't like it, you will change their mind :) You did change mine!