Last night was Season Finale Thursday, my friends!
The Office
I cheered when Jim came back to Scranton and asked Pam if she was available for dinner (”Great…then it’s a date.”) and then I squealed when Corporate offered the Job Formerly Known As Jan’s to…Ryan. Did you stick around to the very end? If you didn’t, you missed the big call and Kelly’s subsequent out-of-body experience.
Everything will shift around next season, but I do wonder if they’ll bring Karen back at least to clean out her desk, since she has a new show on Fox this Fall and all.
Jan and her new boobs will be moving in with Michael after her erratic freak-out and subsequent firing (”Is it because of these????“), provided Michael can back out of the premature eBay sale of his condo (”It’ll probably affect my negative feedback.”). And, like Mike and Susan on Desperate Housewives, it looks like after three seasons, we’ll be able to watch Jim and Pam actually give their relationship a shot.
My favorite scene though, was when Michael came back from New York and told Ryan to get him a cup of coffee. Ryan’s response? “I don’t do that anymore.” Hee.
If anyone can find a Schrute Buck on the internets, let me know. There a few people I’d like to give them to. Special shout-out to Jenna Fischer (because she reads my blog, not)…get well soon!
Grey’s Anatomy
While I love hearing Jim and Pam talk about how they’re best friends and the fun they have, whenever I hear Izzie Stevens tell George he’s her best friend, a chill runs up my spine. Izzie has turned into this weird friendship stalker with crazy eyes who, a mere season ago (which was like, three months in GA time) was getting ready to marry Denny Duquette. Man, that girl sure does fall in and out of love easily…and quickly…and inappropriately.
The only thing I didn’t care for in last night’s finale was how they put everything, literally, into the last fifteen minutes. I’d read (and heard) from Shonda Rimes that this was going to have some big events but…Callie wants a baby? Really? If George actually thought that was a good idea, then I’m not surprised he failed his intern exam, because boyfriend’s common sense is sorely lacking.
I half-expected The Chief to have Bailey skip all tasks and go directly to the Chief of Surgery Pit Stop, but even the writers thought that was too incredulous an idea…so they gave the Chief Resident slot to Calliope Torres, who follows in the footsteps of the fine Drs. Mark Greene and Archie Morris.
The most surprising thing for me last night, was the discovery that Cristina’s been desperately unhappy and trapped during her entire relationship with Burke. At least, that was my interpretation. I’ve read in a couple other places she was flipping out because he was gone, but when I see someone yell “I’M FREE!” complete with Meredith cutting away the wedding gown, that just didn’t seem like remorse…it felt like relief. Thoughts? The worst part is still yet to come, however…when she wakes up the next day and realizes she may be free, but she still doesn’t have any real eyebrows. Now that’s a tragedy a girl just can’t get over in quick fashion.
Biggest non-surprise? Meredith’s half-sister showing up for her first day as an intern at Seattle Grace, all full of smiles and promise…what, two days after her mom’s funeral? Huh? With all the family bonding, Susan and Papa Grey never thought to mention their other daughter would be showing up in a week? Seriously? Nice touch in retrospect though, having Derek flirt with another Grey Girl at Joe’s the night before she began her intern year. Oh no…won’t be much drama between the intern, the resident and the neurosurgeon next season.
And…Shonda…yeah you…can you quit with everyone wearing black in the season finales? Oh, and for those of you keeping score at home, Season One finale…Derek & Meredith break up. Season Two finale, they get back togehter. Season Three finale, they sorta break up.
ER
The only parts of last night’s finale I actually watched (the rest is recorded) were the scenes between Neela and Ray. Oh, how my heart broke when the orderlies turned his wheelchair around and he’d lost both his legs. Because he’d been hit. By a truck. Listening to a voice mail from Neela. After kicking Gates’s ass. Because, Gates is an ass. And now, Ray’s on his way back to Baton Rouge with his mom. Please ER producers…give the guy new legs and bring him back to County one of these days.
And, I’m sorry, but was Neela getting trampled to death at the end?
May 18th, 2007 at 7:14 am
I’ve been disappointed in Grey’s all season, but last night’s finale pushed all the emotional buttons that made me watch the show intially. I especially liked when Bailey reached out to hold George’s hand - but then, I’m an emotional sap!
May 18th, 2007 at 11:14 am
it was…erm…unsatisfying.
too many loose ends.
re: cristina. i think it’s both. she realized that she didn’t have to feel the pressure to get married - from her mother and burke’s mother and burke…but at the same time…she realizes that she’s lost him and she does love him.
May 18th, 2007 at 11:16 am
I have yet to catch up on ER (I’m three episodes behind!) but I read that Shane West was leaving the cast.
Grey’s…I’m still deciding how I feel…it was all a bunch of way loose ends…and okay it is supposed to be so we can’t wait until the fall, but still.
May 18th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Ok, so, my two cents…Cristina is both sad and happy. Socially, she can’t stand stress. In work, she loves it. So she was relieved, but in reality, she loved him.
ER…OMG. THAT was the best season finale they have had in years! That show just keeps on chuggin’.
May 19th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
I was so happy when Jim came back and asked Pam for a date! Her smile said it all!
Yay!!!!
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 am
I thought it was pretty incredulous that Bailey didn’t get the Chief spot, esp. given her work with the clinic. It almost seemed like the writers were trying to find “something” that might actually be a surprise in the episode and that’s what they chose.
All of the relationships have turned from being sweet in Season 2 to downright annoying in Season 3. I honestly don’t give a crap about any of them and whether they stay together. I think that Derek is being a crybaby, given what Meredith has had to go through this year (not to mention that he’s the one that initially lied to her and went back to Addison).
As far as Christina goes, I thought it was a sense of relief that he was gone and she was “free,” though I hope they explain why someone like her would even allow herself to get caught up in something like that in the first place.
July 10th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
I was totally heartbroken about Ray and Neela too, but Shane said he might come back for guest appearances. There’s now a campaign actually to save Ray and Neela located at http://www.myspace.com/savereela