Grey's Anatomy (2005– ) User Reviews

It's time to say goodbye - just go into the light already

[thekarmicnomad · 6/10 · 6 July 2021]

I agreed to watch these from the start with my girlfriend.

I resisted at first but quickly got into it - the show is (was) full of drama, comedy, sadness, the whole Variety pack.

I had to stop watching the last season 17.

Although the show always tackled difficult social issues it did it as part of a story line, not always well, but it was always a situation that affected a character and you would see it play out.

This started to become less nuance as time went on until you get to season 17 where the characters all but look down the lens and say "these are the top ten reasons why America is racist" There is no story line or investigation into motivations or character just some glib -"yeah I am going to try harder not to murder my patients with racism"

Also Grey herself - how many times is this woman going to die?

The Terminator would have called it a day by now!

I swear she has her own parking space in Purgatory

The security guards see her coming and just wave her through.

"Hey, Meredith, what got you this time? Oh, a dolphin fell out of a hot-air balloon and crushed the ambulance that was carrying you away from that train wreck? What are the chances, eh?"

All things have to come to and end.

This must surely be the end.

At what point do we say we have had enough Grey's Anatomy?

[marwillreview · 8/10 · 7 May 2021]

Don't get me wrong. I still watch grey's anatomy till this day, but one thing I can't get over is how much this show has changed since Shonda Rhimes left as show runner and Krista Vernoff took the reins. Some of the story lines are simply repetitive. In my opinion Jackson Avery has no story left telling after April was written off the show. Owen is one of the worst characters to ever exist. I truly hate his hypocritical views. Arizona and April leaving was a HUGE mistake in my opinion. They both had interesting stories worth telling. The way Alex Karev went back to his toxic ex wife as a way to explain Justin Chambers leaving the show was insane. Was there no other way of ending his story in a better situation??? Meredith is like a cat. She's like on her 6th life. Can't tell if she's actually going to make it out of this COVID19 story line. Joe is just a good character that no longer has a meaning after Alex was written off the show. Miranda is there because she has to. She's the chief. Great. Dr. Webber aswell, he's just around. There is not much a personal story to follow from his perspective. Jackson's mom is around because she owns the hospital. Idk. I just think it's time for this show that has given us so much good tv to come to an end. And I give it a 8 because even though I don't like some aspects about this show it still enjoy watching it!!

A soap opera for the ages

[Calicodreamin · 3/10 · 7 September 2020]

I admittedly stopped watching this show in season 10, but feel I invested enough time to still leave a review. This show started out so good, well developed characters, heart wrenching storylines... but once the main characters started to leave, the show was over. But Ellen Pompeo continues to drag this show through the battlefield of fallen characters, every natural disaster you can think of, and every hairbrained medical mishaps on this planet and the next.

Going going gone

[eoinpgeary · 7/10 · 21 March 2022]

I usually wait to post an overall review until a show is fully done, but now I am fully done with the show.

I originally had it at a 9 then 8 and now 7 and I'm doing this review now before it keeps going down.

I have amazing memories of the show, season 1-11 are absolutely amazing, all of it, it had a fantastic balance between medical mysteries and difficulties in the OR, with a good mix of home drama and relationship issues, season 12-14 were decent with some good episodes but 15 up to now which is 18 are just some of the most horrendous seasons of tv.

There is no more shocking patients, even the family drama is just plain ridiculous, I get after 18 seasons ( renewed for a 19th) it's hard to come up with ideas, SO STOP, go out with a bang!!!

I have watched a handful of s18 and it's useless, the show now focuses on whole topics, forcing certain agendas at you, for example I think S17 Maggie thought her boyfriend was going to be killed by the police because he was pulled over, what a load of rubbish, this was in the height of police protests but my god, yes there are bad people out there but your painting an entire police force as animals, I really didn't like that. Greys was a place you would go to escape reality, now it's even worse.

My greys days are behind me unfortunately, I'd recommend s1-11 they are superb but just stop after that.

Is was good in the beginning

[aelings7 · 1/10 · 11 January 2022]

Seriously, a nineteenth season?? This should have ended 4 or 5 years ago, it used to be good but it has turned into an awful show that i don't watch anymore and don't want to watch, they let it go on way too long.

Please End This Show!

[AngelHonesty · 7/10 · 6 January 2020]

The beginning season were amazing!! Great actors with interesting storylines, it had the perfect amount of humor and heart to go along with the brutal cases brought into the hospital. But then it started to lose it's heart, characters became extremely annoying, and the personal issues of the characters became exhausting as they never seemed to change. Grey's Anatomy had a great cast to start with, then they took those characters and slowly made them unbearable to stand. While eventually getting rid of some of the best actors on the show to replace them with people who you will not be able to tolerate for very long. I wish this show would focus more on the medicine aspect and less on the personal lives of the doctors. It would be nice if they would clean up the cast and get better actors with better storylines or just end the show! 15 seasons is a bit much.

Each season weaker than the last one. A shame...

[cjonesas · 3/10 · 20 December 2019]

It seems that an eternity has passed , especially after the departure of Derek and Mark from the series. It's not even a medical soap opera anymore, it has basically become a medical circus where actors and actresses get paid for doing nothing, dreaming, kissing and performing stupid and unbelievable medical stuff.

It pains me to write these, cause I was once a true fan of the series. The producers stretched it thin so much that it snapped a few seasons back without them noticing it. Cancel it already and if you have so much money to waste, at least think of a new worthy series, whatever it might be, with fresh and new ideas.

Viewers scores (true or not) and fake popularity after two digits seasons are not everything. Respect yourself and your true viewers and admirers. They are the ones who count the most...

Last season was so aggravating

[kdupes-1 · 7/10 · 26 December 2021]

The COVID episodes went on way too long.

> The non-Covid storylines involved: politics racism racist attacks racial profiling women's rights LGBTQ people marching people fighting Unprovoked attacks horrible dirty cops... ..jeezus ENOUGH ALREADY > I couldn't take any more. It's the first time since the show started- forever ago- that I didn't like it.

> People watch tv and movies to relax and escape from the daily b.s. Of the world.

>Give me back my O. G. Grey's, or end it, that's the only two options.

These are supposed to be doctors?

[yastepanov · 1/10 · 22 May 2022]

The enormous flaws in the show are immensely obvious. Surgeons are seen doing everything in patient care from diagnosis to running tests, MRIs and followup care.

Surgeons don't do this! Diagnosis is done by a physician who refers someone for surgery. The Chief of surgery doesn't run the hosiutal, an administrator does. Technical professionals run tests. Most patient care is done by nurses.

The doctors carpool as if they don't make $500,000+ per year.

Worse, the female doctors seem to be unaware of this thing called "birth control" because they are sexually active and getting "surprise" pregnancies.

It's crap.

It's boring!

[provita-11142 · 1/10 · 16 April 2021]

A lot of writers today have lost their creativity. I don't blame the actors, they are doing their job, but unfortunately it's so boring.

First mid-season show EVER that I actually liked

[critical-escapist · 12 July 2005]

If you think ABC can't get any better - you're wrong. With the great success over smash-hits, "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" they also picked up a few shows over mid-season hoping for more success. They got "Jake in Progress," "Eyes" and "Grey's Anatomy" - but "Grey's Anatomy" is definitely considered the best out of those three.

Grey's Anatomy stars Ellen Pompeo (who has starred in a few movies but was never really noticeable) as the narrator - Meredith Grey. Her mother is the famous surgeon and she is trying to follow in her mother's footsteps. The story revolves around her time as an intern and the people she meets and sort of is portrayed as "survival camp for medical students." The minute she arrives at work, she meets Christina Yang (Sandra Oh - flawless in her bitchy supporting role), George O'Malley (T.R. Knight - one word: breakthrough performer), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heighl - very, very believable as a model who is more like the girl-next-door), and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers - plays sort of a not-so-likable person). Most of all, there is Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey - very attractive), the man that Meredith had a one-night stand with - he just happens to be her boss.

This is a show that wants to be liked. It just sort of screams in your face "Love me!" with all its interesting characters who are very different from each other and a nice plot that you just have to be addicted to. The supporting work is clearly a winner. It has a very lovable supporting cast with T.R. Knight as the sweet and sort of the "average guy" as George O'Malley and Katherine Heigl who is very likable in her role - even Sandra Oh is a clear winner on top. And my personal favorite is "the Nazi" - Dr. Miranda Bailey who is played by Chandra Wilson. Very, very well done.

This is sort of a soapy spin on "Scrubs" and "ER" but with light comedy/romance and serious and intense drama where character build up the plot. Some of the characters may get a bit annoying for your taste (ex. Meredith Grey) but the acting is just superb and you can't help liking it. It has a guilty-pleasure feel to it and you just can't help but stay up late for this show. This show is definitely not about "medicine" - when it has to deal with medicine, it has a clear soft side to it. The doctors play heroes (pretty clichéd, but yeah - this IS a hospital show) and save lives or care or has to live up to certain defeat. Just to be aware: This is a show about relationships-within-a-hospital and the life of each person that works there.

The show breaks all the "bad" mid-season shows record. It is just extremely enjoyable. Go check it out - you'll definitely like it if not love it.

Do yourself a favour...

[babydollfaff · 4/10 · 6 March 2020]

And stop watching after Sandra Oh leaves. It becomes mediocre at best.

AFTER 16 GREAT SEASONS, I'M DONE!! POLITICS, POLITIC, POLITICS!

[brennansmomma · 2/10 · 7 December 2021]

Great series shows are my entertainment. When the show tries to ram politics down my throat, I can move on to something entertaining. In the past several years, I've watched show after show fail, once they start trying to make a political statement....just look at the awards' shows! Grey's Anatomy has had a great run but they should have left the news to the news shows.

Bye-bye gang. I'll miss you.

Please end this show

[angelaw-69401 · 4/10 · 17 March 2023]

I've been with this show since the beginning; it was the best show I'd ever seen up until about season twelvish. Now, all these years later, they're just reusing old storylines on a new cast. Like it's some nighttime soap opera. And the way they had Meredith exit? THE SHOW HAS THE CHARACTER'S NAME IN IT. What a horrible send-off to the character the show's named after. Unfortunately I feel compelled to continue watching since I've been with the show for all this time, but it serves more as background noise than anything else. Do yourself a favor and carefully consider how much time you'll devote to binging this show if you've never seen it before, because it gets worse as the years go on. Maybe stop halfway through?

Disaster in the late seasons

[chadmabe · 1/10 · 3 January 2022]

They took a show about doctors who are learning and having love interests and turned it into a political arena for left-wing extremism. Wasted potential in the later seasons. What a shame.

Not worth investing time in cause it gets so bad

[aprilsfriendorin · 1/10 · 11 March 2022]

The beginning of this show is good, then it gets okay, and then it gets so, so, bad. Like, painful to watch bad. But when you've invested like 15 seasons into it, you don't just wanna quit. So best not to start at all.

Overdue

[jaabs · 3/10 · 11 March 2022]

It is time to put this to rest. You need a score card to keep track of who is in bed with who. Having patients give love advice to the doctors is too much.

With "Anatomy," ABC Scores A Triple!

[cchase · 1 November 2005]

The Network From Nowhere really knocked me for a loop by smacking the viewing audience upside its collective head with THREE strong series that came out winners: "Desperate Housewives" and "LOST" being the first two.

Now that we are well into the second season for both of those, and their story arcs are looking a little 'iffy', it's the third and most surprising contender, "Grey's Anatomy", that looks to be the strongest of the bunch. As the follow-up riding on "Housewives'" coattails, I was ready to dismiss it outright as "Ally McBeal in hospital scrubs." But not having much else to watch in that time slot, I decided to give it a try, and was I pleasantly shocked! Though there ARE some moments where the principal characters come off as self-centered, neurotic and at times downright eccentric, it never reached the level of absurdity that "Ally" often did, and thank God for that! Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey comes off as likable and probably more self-aware and introspective than self-absorbed and scatterbrained, though there are moments you do want to reach into the screen and give her a good shaking.

And good call on the ensemble casting! You really have to give props to any show that FINALLY figures out how to effectively showcase the sweet-and-sour charms of Sandra Oh, who was good enough to elevate a sow's ear of a show like "Arli$$," if not to save it. And not to mention give assorted actors who have all been great in projects not up to their talents, the chance to really shine in some very well-written roles, and I want to single out Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson and especially T.R. Knight as George, who is really coming into his own as this season progresses.

Not to snub Isaiah Washington, James Pickens, Jr., Kate Walsh or the so-hot-it's-criminal Patrick Dempsey. Seasoned vets all, it's just good to see them all land in a nice place where they can do great work with some sense of job security. (WE HOPE.)

Realistic enough to be accessible but not a turn-off, and whimsically light enough at other times without straying into "Stefan-the-Frog" territory, (are you listening, David Kelley?), "Grey's" should remain as a dependable Sunday night staple as long as creator/producer Shonda Rhimes and her crew are able to continue to strike that balance, and keep its newfound audience interested and entertained with the trials, tribulations and trysts of the staff at Seattle Grace Hospital.

Initially seasons are good but ridiculous now

[maniwood · 6/10 · 30 January 2019]

First few seasons were good, but slowly all good and interesting characters were killed off, now show is not bearable.

Lost a lot of steam over the years

[tainemil-88-677115 · 8/10 · 3 November 2018]

This show was a lot of fun to watch when the original cast were there, but as the seasons went on, and character after character were killed off, it lost its charm. Few of the newer cast are interesting to watch, with the exception of Amelia, whose neurotic behavior is just hilarious when you consider she's a neurosurgeon... When they killed off everyone in Meredith's family, there just wasn't enough to keep me watching. Lexie was the last straw!

Terrible

[drdriggers · 1/10 · 6 January 2021]

Lost everything that made it special. I wish that they would cancel it and stop dragging it out.

USED to love

[CourtneyBW · 4/10 · 23 December 2021]

**SPOILERS**

This used to be my absolute favorite series. I would literally re-watch it once a year. At this point, I can barely even make it through an episode. It is SOOOO political and only talks about racism and LGTBQ and other crap nobody watches a fictional show to hear about, not to mention the ENTIRE season on COVID. They have killed off nearly all of the original characters and the new ones all suck! I ONLY watch the new episodes because I have since the begining and I have to see it through... but please Shonda Rhimes, just end it at this point. Ugh.

No longer a medical show

[mbrinkley · 3/10 · 27 March 2020]

I seem to remember this being a medical show with medical procedures/situations. Now just a cheesy soap opera.

Downhill fast

[cstruvemd · 5/10 · 10 July 2023]

I started watching this show when I was in Medical school. As a 40+ yo (went late in life) I loved this and House. Watched until last season as it just became unbearably preachy. If you want to watch the show then start with Season 1 and be prepared for it to be great through about season 5 or 6. When some of the originals start to leave it starts to be less interesting. Sad thing is I have liked alot of the characters over the years but Shonda has started to get too preachy (in her other shows as well). At this point I pretty much cant watch anything she makes which is sad because I liked her earlier work....

So far, so good

[NoRealityShows4Me · 10/10 · 11 April 2005]

So far, I'm enjoying this show. I consider it a more serious "Scrubs".

To be honest, I started watching it because of the beautiful vistas of Seattle that they show at the beginning of the first episode. I love this city and most of the city views they showed so far would be very hard (or impossible) for me to get otherwise. Seattle is breathtaking on a sunny day.

But this was just what caught my attention initially. I fell in love with the cast and up to this point I enjoyed every minute of "Grey's Anatomy". Some people think it's not realistic and I agree with them, but what TV show is? And if it WAS realistic, I don't think I would watch it. Have you ever been to a hospital? Was it interesting? I didn't think so.

I hope the show stays interesting and funny and if you're looking for reality, don't watch TV.