Sunday, December 03, 2006

I have always wanted to do this but was in hold because of exams. As you guys already known, I have been watching Grey's Anatomy and House and today I would like to talk about this Season 3 for both shows. No major spoilers ahead so fans of these two shows can continue reading. Both shows are into their season 3 now after a hugely successful season 1 and 2. I think Grey is doing slightly better than House in terms of rating and I personally think it is because of Derek's hair (ha!).

Alright so now Grey's is into its 11th episode already. This season saw more characters developing and more relationships blossoming. It is interesting because it is no longer just about Meredith and Derek then a bit on George or Izzie or Christina. I think one of the episodes actually has more coverage on Christina and Burke relative to Meredith. Past few episodes have been a little intense. Christina and Burke's secret is going way out of control, George has way too many issues to deal with, the chief wants to step down and Izzie is... well nothing much about her. The only people who seem to be doing really well are surprisingly Derek and Meredith! Somebody applaud to that please. Season 2 is like how tragic for these two. I am glad that the producers are humane enough to make them reconcile in Season 3, if not I think all of us will die watching the both of them.

My interest is definitely on George now. T.R Knight’s performances in these past episodes have been outstanding to say the least; I can see where the most supporting actor came about. George’s issues seem to get bigger and heavier, he really looks as if he is suffocating already. First Callie has been an absolute meanie to him, refusing to talk to him and George found out that she has been sleeping with Sloan. First blow. Then George found out about Burke’s trembling hand, he got worried about his friend who refuses to talk to him about it. Lastly, George’s dad got admitted into the hospital and they found he had stage 3 cancer (forgot where). Double blow. Then Christina found out that the elder O’Mailey’s heart valves needs a replacement while doing an echo. So now he has got a heart condition. Triple blow.

So things are tough for George. And it got tougher when they overlapped. Burke was scheduled to operate on his dad and this drove George crazy. George knew something wrong is with Burke’s hand but Burke is keeping mum about it, and this is his father we are talking about. Their relationship deteriorates and everything just weighs down on him. T.R Knight has been doing a good job portraying a going-to-burst George. You should have seen the sheer intensity in those kind eyes, something you hardly get from George. It’s like he wants so much for Christina to tell the truth yet he imposes it ever so gently on her. No shouting no demanding, just pleading nicely on his part. No prize for guessing why Christina calls him bambi.

The spotlight is on George now, with Christina and Burke following close. The Chief wants Burke to replace him, Burke knew he couldn’t and to his horror, Christina spills out on him before he had a chance to confess to the chief. Things are escalating; with the arrow being pointed at Christina. Izzie haven’t been doing much, literally. She is banned from interacting with patients but she does spend some time with Alex, and I kind of like this friendship that is ongoing. Talk about ongoing, speculations are high about Alex and Addison, who knows, we might see something. The only really ‘normal’ people have got to be Derek and Meredith. Nice to see them chirpy for a change, progressing well and lots of giggles around. Alright stop shuddering. I guess the next few episodes are going take us more into the George’s issues and Christina-Burke’s problem.

House on the other hand has been intense too! What is with all these intensity, the writers just love having the audience burning out right? It’s a little less topsy-turvy in House and I think things should start to get better already. Tritter the irritating cop has been increasing the heat on the people around House, Wilson is already defeated, and House’s staff is the next. That insane cop did everything within his ability, freezing bank accounts, carrying out interrogations and searching House’s home (ha!). This brings Wilson just a little over the edge where he is ready, to sell House out.

So everyone around him is feeling the heat but the one who feels the weight most has got to be House himself, although he might not have shown it. He doesn’t have enough Vicodin and this alone is driving him crazy. It got so bad that he actually, for the first time in these 3 seasons, failed to make a correct diagnosis about a patient. I guess he is going to break soon if this goes on. We have seen how he is when he undergoes detox – nasty. Hugh Laurie is on familiar ground again I think, he has done ‘House-going-through-detox’ before. Only this time House suffers more, with Tritter busting him and his pain increasing. His bestest buddy (in his words) is just getting ready to betray him and his staff is nowhere near sympathetic because of their frozen bank accounts.

Ohhh intensity, I like. Just hope things will clear up soon for both Grey’s and House. I mean don’t go into Christmas with such heavy and sad storylines would you? It dampens the spirit! Haha.