Greys Anatomy

This is a show that I began to watch like 8 years ago and have actually managed to keep up with! Its really entertaining with just the right amount of cheesiness. While it might seem like your typical medical drama sometimes it takes a turn and really surprises you. It can be really heartwarming and touching.

Grey’s Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on ABC as a mid-season replacement on March 27, 2005. The series has aired ten seasons, and focuses on the fictional lives of surgical interns andresidents as they gradually evolve into seasoned doctors, while trying to maintain personal lives and relationships. The title is a play on the name Gray’s Anatomy, an English-language human anatomy textbook originally written by Henry Gray. While the show is set in Seattle, it is primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California.

Grey’s Anatomy follows the lives of surgical interns and residents at the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital (formerly Seattle Grace Hospital, Season 1-6, Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, Season 6-9, and then Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Season 9-present), as they gradually evolve into seasoned doctors, with the help of their wise mentors. Every installment, typically, commences with a voice-over narrative from Meredith Grey or a season regular, foreshadowing the theme of the episode. Each season tends to represent the physicians’ academic year, with each completed year qualifying the residents at a level higher in the surgical field. The season will always end with a finale, typically involving a tragic event such as a death or character departure. Most episodes revolve around the doctors’ everyday lives as surgeons, but the show puts an emphasis on their personal, rather than professional, lives. The series sets aside medical ethics  to focus on character development and relationships. Although the physicians treat the illnesses of their patients, often through complex surgeries, their primary motivation is customarily praise and competition.

The residents initially arrive at the hospital each morning and dispute with one another over who will care for a certain patient. A hospital superior is in charge of assigning cases, often causing tense feelings between the residents and superiors. Episodes focus on the doctors interacting with their patients, and with their co-workers. Once assigned a case, each doctor diagnoses the patient, with the help of his or her attending physician, which usually leads to surgery. The surgeons tend to form personal connections with their patients, with a patient often conveying a message to his or her doctor, which unintentionally relates to the doctor’s private life. The show displays the growth of relationships between the doctors, often stemming to a clash between their personal and professional lives. At the conclusion of each episode, Meredith delivers another voice-over, typically contrasting or following up on her initial one.

This is a show that I really recommend to watch if you have a lot of time. At this point 218 episodes have aired so it can become quite time consuming. However, I feel like everyone at some point should watch this.