“Grey’s Anatomy” dissected

Everyone seems to be talking about “Grey’s Anatomy” lately, but what is the big fuss about? Before two weeks ago, I had merely seen bits and pieces of a couple of episodes. With the third season premiere coming up in an hour, I sat down with my roommates to watch a compilation of season two. I was not immune and found myself immediately pulled in by a combination of medical emergencies and juicy love affairs.

The show’s main character, Meredith Grey, is a surgical intern at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, supposedly one of the toughest surgical residency programs in the nation. The show follows Meredith and her fellow interns as they struggle through love, life, and death at the hospital.

The show is generally running several interconnecting story lines. Two of the prominent current story lines include two of the interns, Meredith and Izzie. Meredith has a decision to make. The brilliant, yet married, neurosurgeon she has been smitten with in the last two seasons has revealed that his marriage is over and he is hers if she will take him. However, she has been seeing a local veterinarian who is a truly nice guy. She decides to date them both before deciding.

Another intern, Izzie, fell in love with one of her patients, Denny. She pulls strings at the end of season two to insure that Denny receives the heart he desperately needs. However, he dies in the season finale and Izzie is crushed. She admits to breaking rules to make sure Denny gets the heart and is banished from the hospital. She is severely depressed during the first two episodes of season three.

“Grey’s Anatomy” has been hugely successful, winning seven major awards in its first season and a half run. You can watch “Grey’s Anatomy” on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC.