The Friday McEmail About the Thursday McLetdown
I stood in my kitchen last night scraping wasabi off my Gail Pittman and questioning my loyal devotion to television shows. The Girls were gone, the wine was gone and I was alone thinking about the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy. All the waiting, all the hype, and last night's episode was nothing but a big McLetdown.
The show took a big risk with its switch to Thursday night to begin with. So why not start off the new season and new night with an explosion? Instead, we get the humdrum drama of another car wreck and another death of a character we were unfamiliar with.
Now, I am an intelligent person…I realize that this death wasn't the point. I realize that the death served as a platform to springboard the flashbacks and personify the emotions of Dr. Bailey. I get that. Still, there wasn't enough follow through on the storyline to make it interesting or believable.
We learned nothing of significance about McDreamy and Meredith until there were 15 minutes left in the show. Then, it was just enough info to let us know we'd have to wait some more.
Now, I don't mean to waste your time with my opinion of last night's show. Actually, the show is just the backdrop for my thoughts, a stage-setter, if you will – kind of like the four girls who wouldn't confess to having a baby (WHAT?). Addison needed the situation surrounding those four girls so she could give that speech about acting like nothing was wrong.
Anyway. My point today is that I spent all summer waiting to see last night's show. All summer. The build-up, the hype, the waiting. So much time spent waiting.
Why did I do that? Why do I wait with such anticipation on anything? Waiting on the next birthday...waiting on Christmas…waiting on the promotion…waiting on Mr. Right. We spend so much time waiting. Hurry up and wait. And more often than not, the thing we’re waiting on ends up being a big McLetdown.
I am going to spend this weekend with a Girlfriend – the one with The Pregs – in which case we're all in a hurry to wait on a baby. This is one case where I am sure the final product will not disappoint. Hurry up, Baby Parker!!!
The show took a big risk with its switch to Thursday night to begin with. So why not start off the new season and new night with an explosion? Instead, we get the humdrum drama of another car wreck and another death of a character we were unfamiliar with.
Now, I am an intelligent person…I realize that this death wasn't the point. I realize that the death served as a platform to springboard the flashbacks and personify the emotions of Dr. Bailey. I get that. Still, there wasn't enough follow through on the storyline to make it interesting or believable.
We learned nothing of significance about McDreamy and Meredith until there were 15 minutes left in the show. Then, it was just enough info to let us know we'd have to wait some more.
Now, I don't mean to waste your time with my opinion of last night's show. Actually, the show is just the backdrop for my thoughts, a stage-setter, if you will – kind of like the four girls who wouldn't confess to having a baby (WHAT?). Addison needed the situation surrounding those four girls so she could give that speech about acting like nothing was wrong.
Anyway. My point today is that I spent all summer waiting to see last night's show. All summer. The build-up, the hype, the waiting. So much time spent waiting.
Why did I do that? Why do I wait with such anticipation on anything? Waiting on the next birthday...waiting on Christmas…waiting on the promotion…waiting on Mr. Right. We spend so much time waiting. Hurry up and wait. And more often than not, the thing we’re waiting on ends up being a big McLetdown.
I am going to spend this weekend with a Girlfriend – the one with The Pregs – in which case we're all in a hurry to wait on a baby. This is one case where I am sure the final product will not disappoint. Hurry up, Baby Parker!!!
posted by kassi at 7:59 AM
2 Comments:
You absolutely read my mind. I've been thinking about waiting a lot lately.
Can't wait to see you!
B
I had Mcblast with The Girls last night! I guess now we must learn to not get so excited about things, that way we won't ever get McLetdown! I am also looking forward to Desperate Housewives, because I have not hyped myself up, so I am hoping that the premier blows me away!
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