Conversations with Marva

I love good television. Whether it is funny or sad, a drama or reality, good television allows me to escape my world and enter another. For six seasons now, Grey’s Anatomy has been my escape. On Thursday nights, I usually order up some kind of dinner for me and my son (to avoid cooking) and hunker down in front of the television. Grey’s has not failed me yet.

This season finale, season 6, may be the end all to be all of all season finales. From the very first 9 minutes, I was hooked. The tension, the happy, the sad, and the mad…all of those emotions I have felt while sitting in my chair. That is what good television should do for you.

Even though I was mad as hell about the whole Isaiah Washington-Katherine Heigl-T.R. Knight thing, I still watched. A weird way to express my anger, I know…but addictions cannot be cured overnight. And I have never been one to quit on something midway through. Even when it was almost insufferable and the story seemed to drag on without any heartbeat, I watched. And now that the season is ending, I will miss it.

Shows like this make me appreciate good television. But you can’t have good television without good writing. Shonda Rhimes and her writing team are phenomenal. I cannot even begin to express it any more clearly than that. And even with that good writing, it would be nothing without the talented actors and actresses. Sandra Oh simply shows her ass in this episode, as does Chandra Wilson. I could go on, but then I would just be giving it all away.

And I am not going to give away any of the details of this show. If you haven’t seen it, please pray that your DVR recorded it or that you can catch the ep online over at Hulu. Because this is one episode that you can’t miss.

Tags: Grey's Anatomy, television