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This article is about the television series. For the anatomy textbook, see Gray's Anatomy.
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy title screen.
Created byShonda Rhimes
StarringEllen Pompeo
Sandra Oh
Patrick Dempsey
Katherine Heigl
James Pickens, Jr.
Kate Walsh
Isaiah Washington
Chandra Wilson
Justin Chambers
T.R. Knight
Country of originUSA
No. of episodes35 (ordered)
Production
Running timeapprox. 0:42
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMarch 27, 2005 –
present

Grey's Anatomy is an American primetime television medical drama. The pilot episode aired March 27, 2005. The show stars Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey, a surgical intern at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington. The plot concerns her and her fellow interns, their love lives, and the struggles to handle their workloads. The title is a pun on Gray's Anatomy, a famous anatomy textbook.

Cast and characters

Criticism and praise

Grey's Anatomy, despite its popularity, has not been without its share of detractors. The show has been widely criticized by various groups, many of them medical, for inaccurately presenting medical situations and greatly exaggerating the degree to which doctors and medical professionals fraternize with one another. However, supporters of the show have defended its lack of realism, claiming that a more realistic show would lack the charms that make Grey's Anatomy so popular with its wide audience. Supporters likewise claim that the purpose of the hospital setting is to provide a dramatic backdrop that allows for the characters to be put into emotionally and physically intense situations that would rarely occur in other circumstances and settings. In this sense, Grey's Anatomy is similar to such other popular shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which used the larger-than-life scenarios (magic realism) of each episode to metaphorically express emotions that every person, no matter how mundane or fantastic his or her life may be, goes through. Grey's Anatomy is different than shows like Buffy, however, as it does not have as deep an ongoing narrative as many shows are beginning to have, and which was pioneered by shows such as Buffy.

In 2005, ABC gave the hit show a vote of confidence by announcing that Grey's Anatomy would receive the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot which aired on February 5, 2006[1].

Season synopsis

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Season 1

The first season of Grey's Anatomy was broadcast from March 2005 until May 2005. Although it only contained nine episodes, many significant events took place. Various situations included:

  • Meredith sleeps with Derek, not knowing at the time that he is one of the surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital.
  • Cristina and Preston start sleeping with each other, putting a strain on both of their personal and professional lives.
  • Meredith places her mother, once an excellent surgeon but now suffering from Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home. Izzie and George move in with Meredith.
  • Alex discovers a magazine with provocative pictures of Izzie posing for a lingerie advertisement. He posts copies of the pictures all over the doctors' locker room, infuriating her.
  • Preston and Derek both learn that Dr. Webber promised them his position (chief surgeon) upon his retirement.
  • Izzie throws a party for her visiting boyfriend, only to have everything blow up in her face, including the breakup of the couple.
  • Miranda happens upon Meredith and Derek making out at the aforementioned party. She later explains to Derek that he will not play favorites to Meredith over the other interns. Meredith, caught in the middle, feels an overwhelming amount of pressure and abuse.
  • After a gay male patient hits on him, George has to convince the others that he is not a homosexual as many of his coworkers originally thought.
  • Meredith comes to terms with her mother's illness after she confides in a former nurse who worked with her mother at Seattle Grace.
  • Dr. Webber asks Derek to remove a tumor that was pressing on his optic nerve. However, he emphasizes that the surgery remain low-key, so that his position as chief surgeon will not be placed in jeopardy.
  • George has a date with a nurse, Olivia, and ends up sleeping with her. The next day, he realizes that he has contracted syphilis from her. After other various hospital staff contract syphilis, George learns that Olivia contracted the disease from Alex.
  • Cristina finds out that Preston Burke has gotten her pregnant. She contacts a doctor about having an abortion, but has second thoughts after encountering a pregnant patient. She does not tell Preston about the pregnancy. Later in season two, she collapses from an ectopic pregnancy during a surgery with Burke, and loses the baby.
  • Meredith and Derek's romantic relationship begins to grow stronger. In the season finale, however, Meredith learns that Derek is actually married. The details of Derek and his wife's marriage were left open, but were answered in the first few episodes of season two. Derek's wife, Addison, cheated on Derek with his best friend Mark, driving Derek to leave her, take his current job in Seattle, and eventually pursue a romance with Meredith.

Episodes

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The cast of Grey's Anatomy.
Further information: List of Grey's Anatomy episodes
Season 1: 2005
No. Title Airdate
1 A Hard Day's Night March 27
2 The First Cut Is the Deepest April 3
3 Winning a Battle, Losing the War April 10
4 No Man's Land April 17
5 Shake Your Groove Thing April 24
6 If Tomorrow Never Comes May 1
7 The Self-Destruct Button May 8
8 Save Me May 15
9 Who's Zoomin' Who? May 22
Season 2: 2005 - 2006
No. Title Airdate
1 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head September 25
2 Enough Is Enough (No More Tears) October 2
3 Make Me Lose Control October 9
4 Deny, Deny, Deny October 16
5 Bring The Pain October 23
6 Into You Like A Train October 30
7 Something to Talk About November 6
8 Let It Be November 13
9 Thanks for the Memories November 20
10 Much too Much November 27
11 Owner of a Lonely Heart December 4
12 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer December 11
S-1 Special: Straight to the Heart January 8
13 Begin the Begin January 15
14 Tell Me Sweet Little Lies January 22
15 Break on Through January 29
16 It's the End of the World, Part 1 February 5
17 (As We Know It), Part 2 February 12
18 Yesterday February 19
19 What Have I Done to Deserve This? February 26
20 Little Creatures TBA
21 Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole TBA
22 Superstition TBA

Season one technically contained 13 episodes, however, four of them weren't aired and are instead being added to season two. ABC has announced that season two will have 22 episodes in addition to the four being carried over; bringing the total number of episodes for season two to 26. Whether this count includes the "recap" special "Straight From The Heart" is unclear.

Apart from "The Self Destruct Button", the episode titles are taken from the names of popular songs.

Awards & nominations

Awards won

Golden Globes:

Screen Actors Guild:

  • Best Female Actor in a Drama Series: Sandra Oh (2006)

Awards nominated

Emmy Awards:

  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Sandra Oh (2005)

Golden Globes:

  • Best Television Series - Drama
  • Best Actor in a Drama Series: Patrick Dempsey (2006)

Screen Actors Guild:

  • Ensemble in a Drama Series (2006)
  • Best Male Actor in a Drama Series: Patrick Dempsey(2006)

DVDs

The first season of Grey's Anatomy was released on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 (in the United States: Region 1), containing all 9 episodes from Season 1 (the other original 4 will be included in the Season 2 set). Bonus features include an alternate title sequence, audio commentaries, the extended pilot episode and a making-of featurette. The set will contain 2 discs.

Music

The show's main title theme is a snippet of "Cosy in the Rocket", by British artists Psapp. It is featured in the recently released music soundtrack. A list of all the songs aired for each episode can be found on the official website.

Broadcasting

Grey's Anatomy is broadcast on the following channels around the world:

References

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