{"id":1854,"date":"2011-09-24T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2011-09-25T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T22:32:31","slug":"experiencing-greys-premiere-through-the-twitterscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quackingalone.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/24\/experiencing-greys-premiere-through-the-twitterscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Grey’s Premiere Through The Twitterscope"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Grey's Anatomy\u00a0<\/a>ended last season I was still\u00a0new to Twitter.\u00a0 I hadn't yet picked up on the magic of hashtags (#). And I surely didn't know that by choosing the right hashtags, I could converse with other Grey's fans about the show while I watched it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This premiere was different.\u00a0 This time, I had people in my twitterfeed who were Grey's fans and I used a couple of different hashtags.\u00a0 There are probably a bunch for the show, but the 2 I used were #Greys and #GreysAnatomy.<\/p>\n

Through the\u00a0vast twittersphere, narrowed to focus on one little segment - Grey's fans - I was\u00a0able to experience\u00a0the show in the virtual company of\u00a0tweeps who\u00a0love and understand the show.\u00a0 Since my household is all male,\u00a0 I've never had the chance to get insights from interested, knowledgeable peeps while I watched before.\u00a0 It\u00a0makes Grey's an interactive event.<\/p>\n

One of the folks I follow is\u00a0bestselling romance author\u00a0Carly Phillips<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0And when Owen and Cristina were separated, while Owen blustered\u00a0because Cristina didn't want to have the baby she was carrying, Carly\u00a0tweeted this:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0#Greys Go Meredith! It's like Brenda and Sonny #GH<\/strong><\/a>she knew who she\u00a0 married! So did Owen.\u00a0 (@CarlyPhillips)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0Well, that jumpstarted the little hamster that (sometimes, when I'm lucky) runs the wheel that passes for my brain. Of course,\u00a0I'd been thinking about Mer and Der. \u00a0\u00a0They were separated too. Derek's been off pouting and whining since Mer rearranged his clinical trial so that the Chief's wife, Adele, would get the real Alzheimer's drug instead of the placebo. Mer and Cristina have been\u00a0taking care of baby Zola.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yes, Zola.\u00a0 You know, the same baby that Derek suggested he and Mer adopt.\u00a0 The same baby that prompted the \"post it\" couple to make it legal - because that would be better for the adoption. \u00a0Yet\u00a0Der walked out on his wife because she switched drugs to help the wife of the closest thing to a father Mer's ever had.\u00a0 He'd paint it noble, of course.\u00a0 She deceived him. She damaged the trust at the core of their relationship.\u00a0 Balogna.\u00a0 Big, stinky balogna - with cheese.\u00a0 What Mer did that Der can't forgive is - outprotect him.\u00a0\u00a0Der was playing knight by trying to slay the dragon Alzheimer's before it fells Mer like it felled her mother.\u00a0 Instead of standing by like a simpering maiden, Mer reached out to help the Chief, protect Adele and hid her deed from Derek.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 To lie to him? To destroy their union? No, to protect him. And that's what he can't forgive.<\/p>\n

Even if he couldn't forget or forgive, Der owed it to Zola to keep his McDreamy\u00a0hiney right in the marital home.\u00a0 But that's Der's biggest flaw.\u00a0 When the going gets tough, Der gets going.\u00a0 He didn't stick around to try to work past Addison's infidelity and he doesn't stick around now to work through his issues with Mer.\u00a0 He doesn't even stick around now to be a father to the baby he supposedly wanted so badly.\u00a0 Being a father isn't as important to Derek as being right.\u00a0\u00a0And he is right.\u00a0 He must be right. Just look at what Mer did.<\/p>\n

But you know what I tweeted back to @CarlyPhillips?\u00a0Remember - she tweeted that Cristina knew who she married and so did Owen.\u00a0 I tweeted this:<\/p>\n

\u00a0And So did Derek, right?\u00a0(@quackingalone)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because that's when I got it.\u00a0 That's when\u00a0I got the whole theme of the premiere.\u00a0 It was all about loving a leopard, spots and all.\u00a0 Mer helped Owen figure it out, but Der\u00a0couldn't see the truth even after Mer hid Zola away rather than let the social workers remove her from their home.\u00a0 Der wouldn't fix his need to be right even when it cost him Zola.\u00a0 At the end of the episode, all Der could still see were the spots.<\/p>\n

Derek knew\u00a0Meredith was a rebel who\u00a0made her own rules. He knew she was loyal to a fault and\u00a0would never let a rule keep her from trying to help a friend. He knew that before Addison left.\u00a0 He knew it before the post it wedding. He knew it before he urged Mer to adopt Zola.\u00a0 And he sure knew it before their \"legal\" wedding.\u00a0 So he's punishing Mer for being who she is.\u00a0 Based on the previews for the next episode, it looks like Der will still be running away from his commitments instead of honoring them.\u00a0 And that's too bad. Really, too bad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are some other thoughts of viewers about\u00a0the Grey's Anatomy Season 8 Premiere:<\/p>\n

@putasinghonit - So #greys is starting the season with a finale style episode? Amaze.<\/p>\n

@Clairetastic - Seriously #Greys is like #Oprah.\u00a0 Makes me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME.<\/p>\n

@miekhead - Okay... I was never a Cristina\/Meredith shipper.. okay, maybe a little one but my heart\u00a0 just went boom then #greys<\/p>\n

@shay_eh - Don't have much sympathy for Meredith. Still don't get why it wasn't a double blind study.<\/p>\n

@cyn_kat - #nowwatching #greysanatomy season premiere: O first 5 min and I'm already... O...MY...Gahh!!<\/p>\n

@PRHOPE- Wow poor Meredith. And she finally got her hair color and cut under control.<\/p>\n

@obyntusA- McDreamy is a prick. Forgive Meredith already.<\/p>\n

@HolMad826- I love Bailey and Webber's rship. Truth be told though, Bailey is the backbone of that hospital.<\/p>\n

@decafavailable - Seriously, Mer, who hides in the same place they kidnapped someone from? You're supposed to be a genius.<\/p>\n

@LeQueTeEncanta - McDreamy is being a McAss to Meredith.<\/p>\n

@nityawitiasmoro- the season premiere of #greys= WAY TO KICK OFF THE NEW SEASON. intense, hilarious & made me cry a bucket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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