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What did everyone think of the finale?
I’ll reserve my thoughts for the comments and for a recap tomorrow – don’t want to ruin it for those who haven’t seen it yet.
Let’s hear your thoughts!
Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 7:27 pm ET
Grey's Anatomy Season 3 Finale
Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 7:27 pm ET
hated it! worst of the entire series in my opinion!
I don’t know why all the drama with Meredith and Derek… can’t they just BE?
Yeah it was pretty disappointing as far as finales are concerned. I really hope Shonda and Co. get their act together for next season and start developing some decent storylines.
@Jenn – this is sort of reminds me of Ross and Rachel on Friends or Luke and Lorelai on Gilmore Girls. They’ll be together and apart all the way til the end of the show most likely.
I liked it.
Did anyone really expect everything to be all happy? This is Grey’s Anatomy. It’s all dark and twisty this season, and the finale was no different.
Though I am dying a little bit. I can’t wait for the fall. I loved Derek and Alex in this episode and I loved Burke almost the whole time.
I thought it was way too dramatic. So much negativity..
Meredith and Dreamy…the wedding diaster..poor george failing..poor lizzie…kallie and george’s doomed marriage…miscarriages…alex misses ava leaving..
A bit too over-played…turn it down a notch next season
Uhhhhh yeahhhh I’m pee-ised~ I can’t believe they did this! Are George and Burke not going to be on the show now? I just don’t see how they’re going to tie all of this up for next season… but they had better!!! I am very upset..
Ok, first off….who wants to step up with the list of cast members who are leaving the show? Obviously, #1 Addison, #2 Burke?, #3 George? (b/c of their “behind the scenes turmoil”)…
Theories on storylines for next season?
Here’s one! McDreamy and Merideth’s little sis? Wow.
Here’s to finding something else to do with my Thursday nights for awhile…
I loved the finale. I think it was a perfect example of art imitating life. From what I have heard the set of Grey’s has been tense for awhile. In this episode through the characters actions all of that negativity was shed. I mean they are no longer interns they are doctors, they can breath (ie. Christina saying, “I’m Free” and ripping at her necklace).! We had to have a finale the would echo that life changing transformation. Next season will be a whole new show. The characters like, the cast and crew, have stepped beyond themselves and will be moving into new territory.
I really wanted to like the season finale but there was almost no redeemable moments in the whole thing. I mean Derek and Meredith, Burke and Christiana, Alex and Ava, George/Kallie/Izzy…Everything just ended in such misery, except for maybe Richard and his wife getting a second chance.
Who is leaving the show? I have heard all sorts of different things?
Will there even be a show? With half the cast gone and no more Merideth and Derick, what’s the point? They should have just had George come out of the closet on the show. I would like to have seen Burke and Christine get married and fight over who’d take care of their kid.
I’m so upset!! The entire episode was a depressing mess. Could they not have given us at least one or two uplifting events? Nothing was really tied up at all, just complete loose ends and new plot lines to develop next season. Rip off. And can’t they just leave Meredith and Derrick alone for a while??
Hated it, and COME ON I am SO over the whole “Grey” thing…If Derick and that Lexie Grey intern get together I’m gonna be pissed because that story has already been written between he and Meridith- and they are so overdone. And if they bring on an entire new cast next season I’m gonna be really disappointed – it won’t be the same and I may stop watching my favorite show. I want George and Burke both to return. I was highly let down with this finale.
i thought it was put together very well (the back and forth between chief and the doctors). the best scene was richard and adell when she told him that the baby was his. other than that i thought it was very upsetting and left there to be too many fresh starts for next season. not much left to hang on too. george won’t be gone, he’s still married to callie. i would say that’s the last time we see burke, that way it’s a clean break. and mere and derek are going to always be on or off. oh yea. and i don’t like callie AT ALL. i can’t believe she beat out miranda.
Hated it, and COME ON I am SO over the whole “Grey” thing…If Derick and that Lexie Grey intern get together I’m gonna be pissed because that story has already been written between he and Meridith- and they are so overdone. And if they bring on an entire new cast next season I’m gonna be really disappointed – it won’t be the same and I may stop watching my favorite show. I want George and Burke both to return.
Don’t be surprised if BURKE DOESN’T RETURN!!!!!!! I HEARD THAT HE WOULDN’T BE GETTING MARRIED BEACUSE HE GOT FIRED FROM THE SHOW!!!!!!!! Also what is George going to do????????? You know how Derek was telling the chief that he needed to start over and do things differently well thats what Derek will be doing with bar girl (AKA MERDITHS SIS)
DEREK AND MERDITH ARE OVER FOR NOW! I REALLY DIDN’T WANT BURKE TO GET FIRED FROM THE SHOW BUT I THINK THAT HE DID!!!!
NOTHING GOOD HAPPENED THAT EPISODE!!!!!!!
(ALSO BAR GIRL WILL BE IN 13 EPISODES NEXT SEASON)……..DID ANY OF YOU HERE THAT CALLIE WOULD NOT BE RETURNING AS A REGULAR CAST MEMBER?????……………ALMOST EVERYONE IS LEAVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALSO IF BURKE DOES NOT RETURN (BECAUSE HE GOT FIRED) I WILL STOP WATCHING THE SHOW!
I will NEVER watch this show again if the writers don’t stop this ridiculous thing with meredith and derek…not to mention everyone else. Instead of being excited about the show like I use to be I am completely depressed after every episode and all of my friends agree. I can’t watch yet another break up…get creative please..Ive had enough ..and the finale?! Wow, could it have been more depressing?? Good job if thats what you guys are going for because I might not even watch season 4 after that!
I thought the episode was very well put together, but it will indeed be a whole new show next year. Personally I don’t want George to leave, even if it means repeating his intern year I want him to stay. Poor Christina, she really did love Burke, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he is gone for good. And if Derek does hook up with Lexie I will NOT be happy. That would just make for a HUGE mess, but who knows, maybe Meredeth doesn’t care…
I was also disappointed with this season finally. All season finale’s are supposed to be big BANGS! This seemed like a regular episode to me. And can they PLEASE PLEASE just let Mer and Derek be happy together!! I am also irritated with the whole Iz and George thing. She was SOOOOO in love with dead guy, and now George! Come on! Makes good story, but just leave Meridith and Derek alone for a long while!
What’s with the new Grey character? If they plan to have her take over the show, I know for a fact that I won’t be watching it.
I HATED when they had a two hour ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ special and it turned out to be a spin-off. Why can’t they stick to the original story, the characters we love? I don’t want to see these other people. I came to watch the show I’ve fallen in love with.
Diana you said it best…
” I came to watch the show I’ve fallen in love with.”
i seriously hated it. to the point where i cried in the bathroom afterwards (hey, i just had a baby & i’m hormonal). but really, what the hell? the whole meredith & derek thing… after her whole “i love you” speech in the 2nd season and choosing him in the third and all of that, why would she just let the whole thing go? if he goes for her sister (which i’m sure he will) i am going to spend next season throwing random shit at my television set. i don’t know if i can even like the show anymore if it really changes the way i think it will.
i hate callie.
i never really liked burke, but i really didn’t think he would just leave christina like that.
and george? please don’t go!
what just happened?! did everything just crash down? that episode definitely surprised me in more ways than one. i really hope this isn’t the end of christina and burke. they were my favorite. and i agree with the person above who said why can’t meredith and derek just be…!
one thing that left me confused:
christina yelled “i’m free” at the very end. was this an “i always wanted to be free and all of sudden, i am now and i lonely” or what?
I agree w/ the majority of the folks on here. UGH!!! Season 3 esp. the finale didn’t meet the high expectations of all its faithful Grey’s Anatomy fans. The story plots didn’t make sense at all. First, I thought Izzie was so in love w/ Denny??? And if so, how can you forget about that special kind of love & fall in love (SO HARD) so easily w/ your so-called friend you treat like your brother over 1 drunken love-making night. I thought that whole thing was gross! Second, Callie’s been there for George through his whole emotional downfall of losing his dad…did the writers forget that? How could he easily turn the other cheek, forget his feelings, & realize he has deeper feelings for Izzie? Third, I couldn’t accept the fact that Burke left Christina. Yes, they went through many trying times, and yes, they were both overly-strong individuals, but it was that special one-of-a-kind love that kept them together through it all – as a team. Last, but not least…the whole MerDer thing is painfully getting tiring to watch. One minute they love each other, then Meredith’s wants him, but Derek doesn’t want her – vice versa. And, why did the writers make her respond the way she did when Derek asked her about their relationship/future? And, why did he ever forget his love for her by being so distracted w/ the Chief position or the “girl in the bar?” What ever happened about Meredith being brought back to life b/c she was reminded how she could not bear to not have one more minute w/ the special man “who believes in love.” Come on! The writers – in my opinion are getting lazy. Please, please, please let’s have a better season for the next round. If they need to be reminded of how a show really makes it & leaves it mark, I hope they go to the video store & rent all 6 seasons of “Sex & the City.”
Am I supposed to CARE what happens now? This show used to be fresh, funny, lively. Now it’s just one frustration after another.
Predictions for next season:
1. George & Callie have an open marriage and invite Izzie to be their third partner;
2. Meredith goes on heavy meds to treat her mood swing disorder, loses interest in sex and becomes obsessed with work, throwing away all relationships but that with Christina;
3. Addison takes off to LA to go into “Private Practice” but her 1960’s cherry-red Porsche rear-ends a truck full of watermelons and she’s decapitated;
4. McSteamy marries Lexie Grey and love blooms;
5. Derrick drives to Mexico to bring Burke back and together they decide to start a “private practice” but are killed in a bizarre grapefruit accident;
6. Christina falls in love with a new resident who turns out to be Burke’s second cousin;
7. Bailey… aw, forget it.
Questions to clear up:
Is Lexie aka Bar girl also Meredith’s sister?
Will Burke be coming back next season? (On http://www.buddytv.com it was noted that Washington’s contract was renewed for another season.)
Will George be coming back?
Was Meredith’s comment at the wedding, “It’s over. It’s so over…over, over, over.” towards Derek or just re: Christina’s & Burke’s relationship?
Please clarify!
What a disappointing show. There was no hope at all. And the whole mc dreamy and mers sister thing… how much can the over play it? The depression is getting old. I guess all good shows have to go downhill at sometime…
I was soooo Dissappointed..i think everyone here is. Ive been in a relationship for almost three years and never had so much drama in my relationship like the way der and mers have! It’s seems so fiction now..it’s beginning to be like a soap opera. I loved Grey’s cause it seemed so real and now..it’s just too much drama ! And Burke..all three season he has pushed christina to take steps in the relationship..and he just leaves her like that?? i dont want them to break up! I dont want nobody to break up..Why does George have to leave! He made the show sooo funny! They need to tone down the drama and stick with the original cast but it is true what a lot of people are saying..good shows do go downhill.
Very disappointing show, especially for Burke and Cristina fans. I don’t plan on watching anymore. I’m done!
I have to agree with most of the assessments so far. I was disappointed and don’t anticipate tuning in next year. I hope the producers/writers read these blogs for feedback because they need to change what they are doing or risk losing a large percentage of their target audience. Let Mer and Der be happy for more than 2 episodes at a time. Wasn’t the near death experience supposed to change all of their angst for the better? Breaking up Burke and Cristina and Der and Mer and failing George and making a triangle out of Izzie and Callie is too much for one season finale. I like George and Callie. The writers left me little hope, anticipation or excitement for next season. I don’t really care. And isn’t a season finale supposed to leave you wanting more and anxious for the next season? I give them an “F” for this season.
I am soooo disappointed in the finale – I agree with Mer. I’m done!
i’m so sad… do you know the feeling after you watch a movie that is so heart breaking like titanic or a walk to remember? that’s what i’m feeling right now… I can’t believe that meredith would be that confused? I mean why can’t she just kiss derek and say I love you too!!! My goodness! and i can’t handle the thing that happened with burke and christina. I’m so depress and helpless! I know i’m over reacting but i’m so attached with the show. I want to cry…!!!! For the writers of Grey’s, dont even dare to develop an affair between the bar girl and derek. We’re going to hate you BIG TIME!!!! I mean its not ethical to date your girlfriend’s sister and i think derek won’t do that because he was certain that he loves meredith after all she was the love of his life…. Shonda Rhimes please make it work! okay? we are all tired or heart aches! ok? if derek and meredith are supposed to be together so be it! don’t let them fall apart…please?!? i know that maybe it’s part of you marketing strategy or whatever but I want them all to be happy even us, the viewers.
Very disappointed.
Season 3 started well and then turned into a Soap Opera. What happened to those fresh, smart and funny Interns of season 1 and 2? We fans deserve better than this!
“Friends” could keep up 10 years of real entertainment, “Grey” has fallen from the top to lower than mediocrity. I can’t even keep watching it has become so boring and predictable. Plus if it wasn’t for Christina or Bailey the rest of the characters are a shame to womanhood, all sex driven and needy.
*So disappointed, very very bad finale. Love the show but this season was just not good at all…
Extremely depressing, and predictible for next season…. You can guarantee that Derek will have a love thing with Lexi…. He’s got issues.. Mer, needs therapy and med’s for her depression..
I did think it was sad that Burke and Christina ended that way— as for George… My gut tells me he might be moving on…….. For Addision, no wonder she’s leaving for her own show—- the old Grey’s is gone.. Very sad…
All that, and not giving Dr Bailey the chief resident job? Now, instead of a leader called a nazi who makes everyone jump, the boss of everyone is Mrs Insecurities. Callie’s okay, but part of the fun of Greys is the relationship the interns had with Dr Bailey. Now they’ve moved on but she’s been left behind. She thinks she’s all career and has to be crushed. There’d better be a big redemption for Miranda next season or I’m outta here, too!
if meredith and derek’s over then my interest for the show is so damn over!i’m pissed!for me it’s the worst episode ever!!!!!i really cried when i knew that derek and meredith broke up. i can’t imagine derek hooking up with lexie, she’s meredith’s sister!merder should be together again. i pity derek.
Too much contrived drama – everyone having or trying to have a baby (what, is the entire writing staff going through pregnancies?).
The George/Kallie/Izzy thing is unrealistic and George failing his test and leavng – no, he’ll be back.
Burke letting Christiana go was so predictable, and he’ll be back too, with a new GF within 2 episodes.
Alex and Ava was the only touching part.
A new interrn that’s possibly Meredith’s sister (a love child no one knew about?).
Meredith & McDreamy are turning into Carrie and Mr. Big – boring. She can’t get out of her own way.
Addison leaving for a spin off? There’s the one that should stay.
Bailey was the only one without any major drama.
I felt the final episode was a product of “poor actor management” meeting “weak writing ability”. The real-life fights on the set are well known… and it seems that either a couple of actors got fired or have decided to move on… So, the writers just change the whole burke/christina dynamic in a fairly unbelievable fashion, toss more sturm und drang into the izzy/george/callie triangle, and completely negate a new chief’s appointment?
Come on guys – this is not strong writing. If the writers suddenly pull meredith’s little sister out of a hat (hey presto, lets add MORE complexity rather than depth of writing) it will demonstrate a paucity of talent that is unforgivable.
they sooo could have done a better job, i mean the whole der mer thing is getting old. Just keep them together and concentrate on getting the other story lines better. bec as far as im concerned the whole private practice show is the worst idea and could possibly ruin greys
Ok, EVERY SINGLE person in this forum are the BIGGEST idiots I have ever seen. I thought this finale was AWESOME, very well written and thought out. What the hell did you think would happen, happy endings?? The writers and Shonda thought this out very well, AND YOU KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL WATCH IT NEXT SEASON SO STOP SAYING “IF THIS HAPPENS, I AM SO NOT WATCHING THE SHOW,” because that’s bullshit. Their job is to leave you frustrated and thinking so you will watch next season.
1.) Burke and Christina: he let her go because he loved her so much and knew she didn’t really want to get married. Hello! She said in the last scene with him: “I THINK I want to do this.” That’s not reassuring to Burke. He loved her so much that he let her go.
2.) Mer and Der, I agree, they have given them too much drama, but I’m not a fan anyways, they can’t be happy or THERE WOULD BE NO SHOW! God, you people are so stupid. And I love the sister coming in, that is brilliant!! He won’t get together with her, but it will cause problems…AKA a hit show!
3.) George/Izzie/Callie: It is true, Izzie got over Denny and moved fast, but I like her and George together. George will be back next season and start his internship again, and Callie will realize George doesn’t love her and I think she will leave the show, then Bailey will be Chief Resident. Don’t you think they have this figured out? And you all keep saying everyone’s leaving, they so are not! It is the number one show on TV, they make 4 million a year, they WON’T leave.
4.) Alex and Ava, was ok, but they are DONE.
Of course the show was depressing! It’s called a DRAMA people…good god. It left you hanging with so many open ends, AKA a GOOD SEASON finale! I am going to leave you all with one question: could any of you IDIOTS write one millionth as good as these writers?
Answer to anonymous:
1) Don’t call others idiots to feel smart, this is not about guessing who and why this is about mediocrity of the writers.
2) No one has to “write” an episode just cut and paste line from ER , Desperate housewives, …. you will get a full episode. That’s why the characters are not believable anymore.
If it doesn’t change the ratings are going down because the tv viewers are not so “stupid”!!!
What a mess! Why not have Meredith go up to Derek and say something reassuring instead of “it’s over, it’s so over.” There is absolutely no reasonable or rather unreasonable person (which Meredith is) who would have acted that way. What is her problem with Derek? That speech he gave in the locker room (love of my life) should have ended with them “getting it on” — not leaving more separated than before. I mean, women live for that stuff.
Just crap all the way around. I think all may be lost. I am so mad. Last season I was mad, but mad because I had to wait so long before the show came back. NOT THE SAME THING!!
Hideous!
I find it almost insulting for the writers to think that they have to make everything absolutely abysmal in order to hold our attention. Of course it’s a drama — of course there has to be conflict – but not one redeemimg moment to capture our hearts and our minds and bring us back next season with something to hope for — C’MON Shonda! Hope and interest and getting people to invest emotionally — that’s entertainment and human nature 101!
It was absolutely one of THE worst season finales EVER. Many co-workers are talking about bailing altogether because of the Meredith and Derek storyline — even in ER they would let the characters in the featured love relationship have a couple of happy episodes before they broke it down to build it up again – the “dance” is only good when viewers eventually get their happy moment – even if it’s temporary.
Who’s doing the market research here? If you are giving us nothing to invest in and nothing to hope for — then you’re losing our interest.
(and I’m your money-spending target demo)
This was a VERY DISAPPOINTING episode – how sad to take such a great series and drive it off a cliff. (or more to the point – over the shark)
I’ll watch the first few episodes of next season – but if I am going to need an anti-depressant drip to get through an episode — I’m DONE!
Please do better next season – this was awful.
Reality is great and drama built the show but this is over the top and I hope Meredith’s last comment wasn’t metaphorical — I fear that if the writing doesn’t get better – Grey’s too will be “so over.”
I was SOOOO disappointed! Absolutely nothing was resolved: chief, Meredith & Derek, Crisitina & Burke, George & Callie, George & Izzie, George and his test scores…what the hell? Last season we saw Denny die and Derek and Meredith have sex, we just had to wait until next season to see what would happen as the result of those things happening. This season we have nothing to really go on. And I’m hoping Shonda doesn’t have us get to know the new interns…I don’t want to know them, I want to know what’s going on with OUR interns! I’m really afraid that this is going to happen next season and I really don’t want to not watch Grey’s anymore!
Anybody know whether that is Meridiths mothers child or her fathers? Cuz if its the mothers could she also be bi-racial and the daughter of the chief who never had kids with his wife
I don’t want them to leave..
OMG! and Seriously… This was indeed a dramatic episode(and YES I have a MBA and I am a smart person.. I know its a “DRAMA”) , but I agree with all the people above about them playing out Mer and Der, and it being like a Sex and the City episode with Mr. Big and Carrie.. It makes for too much depression and why would we watch it if the final show we know that the writers will do what OTHERS have done with the same type of successful show..the FINAL show ever will get Mer and Der back to gether .. Why watch the show.. They need to develop more of a positive relationship with them.. and make us happy to watch the show.. I cant believe all the cast members are leaving.. and MOST DEF will not watch the show if most of the characters are gone .. Its like a bad 90210.. when they kept replacing the cast.. It was annoying. Viewers watch a show for a certain reason and when that is taken away .. they will lose their viewers.. Is that what they are trying to do.??. Is next season the last season and they are going to focus on the spin off.. Which in my opinion, is not that great of a character base.. There is not ANY chemistry between the characters like the one that you find in Grey’s Anatomy. Lastly, the whole Lexi thing will PISS ME off and as soon as it happens I will seriously STOP watching.. its SO freaking predictible .. Even if Derek is so inlove with Mer.. he will let go..he wont put himself through that rejection.. and you can only let him make those speeches so many times without her saying anything back.. sure she has gone through a lot this season.. A LITTLE TOO MUCH.. seriously.. but thats when there should have been some light at the end of the tunnel. She should have had the happy ending.. I feel sorry for Cristina and Burke, but SOMEONE.. should have had a happy ending.. instead of complete saddness at the end.. No one is happy .. and that leaves a sour tast in my mouth.. not even wanting to watch next season.
Nay:
Lexi is Thatcher and Susan’s other daughter, along with Molly. I knew it was Lexi when she went up to Derek in the bar and he told her she was forward, and she said: “I’ve had a bad day, I can be forward today.” That day was her mother’s funeral. Ok, have you seen Lexi? How on earth could she be bi-racial? And Meredith would know her if it was her mother’s child!
In response to Belgianfan:
I don’t need to call others idiots to feel smart, I am smart, I know this show, and you all do that on your own. Again, the writers are doing this ON PURPOSE TO KEEP YOU WATCHING. EVERYONE WHO SAYS THEY WILL NOT WATCH THE SHOW…WILL. YOU ALL ARE BEING IMMATURE AND JUST VENTING, YOU ARE ADDICTED TO THE SHOW AND WILL NEVER STOP WATCHING IT.
And yeah, YOU’RE RIGHT: they just paste lines from ER (sarcastic). Again, I would like to see you write a hit show and win a golden globe and THEN WE’LL TALK. You’re being angry about the plot means they are doing their job. I’ll see you when you watch the Season Premiere next season, or are you going to boycott Grey’s?
So I agree with you, that the final episode was a bit too much drama.
But before you all say you´re done with GA you should read Shonda´s comments to the final episode on http://www.greyswriters.com.
There she explains a lot of things and after reading her post I wasn´t so sad about the final anymore and now I´m even looking forward to the next season!
And as a real GA-Fan I think it´s my duty to wait for the next episodes before I say I´m done with GA!!!
(Sorry for my bad english – I´m from Austria)