To an outsider, Grey’s Anatomy is simply an ensemble medical drama about the lives and loves of (good-looking) doctors and surgeons at a prominent Seattle hospital told through the lens of surgeon Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) as she rises the ranks from intern to resident to attending.
Real fans, however, know that Grey’s Anatomy is actually an emotional torture device overseen by , an agonizing exercise in grief and loss delivered in weekly installments.Grey’s Anatomy is about what makes us human: our blood, tissue, and bone, as well as our hearts, souls, and minds.
It’s about creating characters that feel so real you can’t help but come to care about them, and then either killing them, everything they love, or both.
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