Is it me, or is Shonda is using COVID to put Meredith off the show, along with a couple characters who only revolve around her like DeLuca? If she’s about to see former characters in her “limbo” state, I’m looking forward to her seeing Derek again, holding his hand and judging the mess that is this hospital from up above. A bit like Gossip Girl meets Drop Dead Diva.
This is, without any doubt, one of the best episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in years, if not the best. I will seriously miss this show, and I'm starting to wonder if we couldn't get a spin-off on Disney+, or even better, have a Daisy/Quake appearance in a MCU movie. Can't believe there is only four episodes left.
I am conflicted. This finale reminded me of Scandal. Both shows should have ended a couple seasons before, because absolutely no twist was surpising anymore. So goes life in Shondaland, I assume.
The first season of the show, and even the second one, were amazing. It's sad to see how a show with such a great potential became so disappointing. On the other end, I must say that Connor and Oliver might be one of the rare interesting LGBTQ couples on TV, evolving from being a basic stereotype to something meaninful and even inspiring. That is the key element of a Shonda show: secondary characters can be hidden treasures and steal the show. Maybe we could expect a spin-off in a few years? I'd be totally on board.
Also. For all TV show producers out there: please, please trop the "19 years later" scenes. It worked brilliantly in Six Feet Under. It stopped working since then. By the way, for everyone saying that HTGAWM has the best series finale in History, I kindly invite you to (re)watch this gem.
Hands down the best surprise I’ve got in TV in years. This final episode was extremely emotional... much more than I expected. We really need more shows like this one. Fingers crossed for a season 2.
Apparently, the writers of the show decided that this week, HTGAWM should be a telenovela. What will be the next “jaw-dropping” revelation? Maybe Oliver is actually a time traveller from a parallel universe where Annalise is actually a good person. Or maybe Asher was actually a woman stuck in a man’s body? We all knew that the title of this episode was a joke and that Shonda would never allow Sam to be a good guy. So these are 42 wasted minutes.
Ironic how everyone at the hospital suggest that Webber has Alzheimer’s when Katherine forgot that she still hated Richard a few episodes ago, and Amelia completely forgot she already went through a pregnancy while she was on Private Practice. At least we’re finally done for now... until next season.
Still amazed by the choices for the songs. They absolutely nailed it with The Sound of Silence. I hope they will release a soundtrack at the end of the season. As for this ASL performance... Geez. Two of the most emotional TV moments of 2020 in less than thirty minutes. Absolutely stunning.
Only part of the episode I didn’t like was that tiny but still annoying reference about white privilege. Come on, you’re one of the best shows out there, don’t act like you’re being controlled by Shonda Rhimes.
This episode brought the show to a new level of epicness, as comparable as the TV show Popular (Ryan Murphy’s best show, by a very long shot). It would be a crime not to renew it for a second season.
Another bad episode. I am now sure that GA’s writers hate their characters and make turn them as bland and predictable as possible.
Maeve is awesome. Vincent Cassel, much less. I completely forgot he got a role in the third season. Well, he can only play manipulative assholes so we already know where his story’s going. (Sigh)
Still trying to figure out how an Italian village occupied by Nazis would make sense. France, sure. The Netherlands or Poland, hell yes. But Italy? Really?
Geez. When I thought that Leif’s storylines couldn’t get worse. Remove every single scene involving him and you have one of the best episodes of this season.
After treating Karev like crap, now it’s the turn of DeLuca who’s getting completely destroyed. I can’t believe that Schmitt became the only somewhat interesting character in this show - despite the fact that all his “gay” storylines are stereotypical.
Can Grey’s Anatomy hires writers who do not despise male characters?
One more detail that I’ve just learned. Years ago, when Heigl said she was sorry for her behavior and that she would open to the idea of coming back anytime, Shonda said “I’m done with that plot”. Looks like she completely lied and did her best to find the worst exit possible for Alex Karev. Between him, Arizona, April and of course Derek... When Shonda isn’t happy, she just sends off tte character without any concern for the fans. I hope Meredith leaves soon, so I can stop watching that horrible show without any regret.
Another superb episode with amazing song choices. However, Leif is by far the most annoying character of the show - even Zoey’s neighbor is a little more interesting. He perfectly represents an entire generation of know-it-all and self-centered millennials - especially those I met during my IT days - and I just don’t care about him. Plus he “stole” one of my favorite songs... So apart from Leif, that episode was great.
So... Now we know why Justin Chambers quit the show. Shonda was out of interesting storylines for him and decided to send him off through a clip show. Huge wasted opportunity here: if Justin wanted to go, he could have been fed up with the way he’s treated in Seattle, find an opportunity in a great hospital and take Jo with him. This would have been one less annoying character on the show.
Alex Karev’s journey should have ended years ago - just like the show. No wonder he wanted to leave. And Shonda treated him just like all the actors she’s tired of working with: an expedited send-off who might look sweet but is unfair to the character. Alex did deserve a happy ending. Just not this way.
Still wondering why I’m watching that show. It’s not even a guilty pleasure at this stage. Just a perfect way to learn how not to develop storylines and characters. Sure, it’s a “drama” but some of these doctors should have been fired many times. It’s amazing how Bailey still has a position when you know she’s having mental breakdowns at least twice a year. And everytime a hospital closes down or gets bought by Catherine Fox, a new competition suddenly appears in town. And let’s not talk about the discrimination doctors (and even patients) face every episode now.
The show I used to like to watch has been gone for long... probably since Denny’s last appearance. Or maybe that big shooting episode. Once again, no wonder Justin wanted to leave. He deserves better than this. I’m not not optimistic about seeing him somewhere else anytime soon. When you play the same character for fifteen years, having a real career afterwards is not easy. Especially when you played a character that had a lot of potential but has been poorly written and developed for years.
Next steps: making DeLuca despicable for no reason; giving Bailey a mental breakdown four of five times every season; making Catherine Fox buying all the hospitals in the West Coast so she’ll have a franchise even more developed than In-and-Out burgers, and then having a spin-off on Maggie (wait, that would actually be a good thing, especially if she quit the show with Jackson).
Shonda. Once again, thank you for showing us how not to develop characters for the TV. Truly appreciate it.
The weakest episode of the season so far is still much better than the best episode of most of current TV shows.
So McWidow is the “new” Karev for good? Wow. Shonda never ceases to disappoint me. Wait, that’s not news. Now that Karev is gone for good (apparently) and that they’re completely destroying DeLuca’s, the only watchable character is Meredith herself. Maybe they should have stopped this show, like, nine or ten years ago.
We definitely need more feel-good TV shows like this one. The opening number was outstanding, and one again the entire episode went by far too quickly.
My only concern is that my TV episode tracker helped me remembering that the second episode was on. I am really afraid that the network will just get rid of that show for a very obscure reason. :-/
Been watching TV shows for a really long time. For the first time ever, I was amazed by how original that show was. And then, I realized that instead of watching the pilot... I watched the season finale. So yup, this episode would be a truly amazing pilot. :) Now I’m not sure I’ll watch the “real” pilot, but as a standalone, without knowing anything about the show, I thought this was groundbreaking - despite the obvious Me Too plot.
Been watching TV shows for a really long time. For the first time ever, I was amazed by how original that show was. And then, I realized that instead of watching the pilot... I watched the season finale. So yup, this episode would be a truly amazing pilot. :) Now I’m not sure I’ll watch the “real” pilot, but as a standalone, without knowing anything about the show, I thought this was groundbreaking - despite the obvious Me Too plot.
The best 1-hour pilot I’ve seen in almost 10 years.
Except a few stereotyped characters (which reminded me of Glee, and not in a good way), everything was brilliant. Amazing actors. Amazing music. Predictable plot but Jane Levy is so perfect in that role that I completely forgot What/If (and that’s a good thing).
What concerns me is that one month gap between the pilot and the second episode. That is how you kill a show. This time gap and complete lack of promotion is how we lost gems like Firefly in the past.
I do not want this show to end. Television needs this. For once we don’t have a procedural, a reboot/remake or a SJW superhero show (looking at you, the CW). NBC has just lost The Good Place. They shouldn’t lose this show as well.
Oh. And best moment of the show: True Colors. Hands down.
This show becomes more and more disgusting. Now that Donovan’s out of the picture, the show lost its only positive role model character.
It became worse than just a guilty pleasure to watch to pass the time. Tired of stereotypical one-dimensional characters and predictable scenes/plots.
I’m done. I guess I won’t see Roxie ending up starting a relationship with her soulmate: Kevin from This is Us.
Never seen so many stereotypes in a TV show. To the point of predicting entire conversations by the word. I feel bad for Brittany Snow. She didn’t deserve to end up in such a show...
I found the show extremely interesting... until this episode. The guy who’s complaining about giving up theatre after high school and ended up owning a barber shop... has been actually in local theatre productions for at least five years, if not more. That puts the integrity of the entire show in jeopardy. Too bad.
It’s a shorter season, we definitely didn’t need filler episodes. The only interesting bit were the scenes with Deke (minus the annoying damsel in distress).
Watch out Seattle! Rain and fog are coming, so time to panic! Because of course, Seattle is not used to that kind of weather at all. I’m only watching the show to see when Meredith will realize that the hospital is built on a Hellmouth and she’s better run away. I’m surprised that only Jo turned crazy in 15 years...
What the hell have they done to that show?
Still looking for the “shocking revelation”. The actress playing Jo is great, but the “revelation” was anything but surprising. It was a good episode, it was just the least surprising revelation in GA’s history.
So it looks like everyone is blaming DeLuca. Well, I’m gonna blame Meredith. She really played both guys and in my opinion she doesn’t deserve any of them. But at least we got more Andrew time, which was perfect.
Also, Shonda, if you read this, stop doing those “fast-forward” episodes. I had no time to build any connection with the patient of the week/winter. So I didn’t had any empathy for what happened. I guess we won’t have a Denny-like patient anytime soon...
Wow. Bailey is definitely one of the worst characters of the show. She’s only beaten by Jackson and Maggie, which must be the couple with the least chemistry in TV history. I mean, even Rachel and Joey on Friends made more sense (...yeah. maybe not.)
The “god” just seems a rip-off from that dude in Supernatural, I guess we’ll see him out pretty soon. As for the other new guy, well it “only” took 15 seasons to introduce an openly gay male regular character (not counting the bartender, who happened to be gay just for the purpose of a storyline).
Still don’t understand why I’m watching that show. Oh yeah. To hopefully see a happy ending for Meredith. Might not happen anytime soon...
