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Post by ~M on May 22, 2009 17:59:14 GMT -5
With all the talk about Izzie, George, Meredith and Derek in the Grey's Anatomy season finale, Mark and Lexie flew under the radar. What's their status heading into next season?
A Grey's Anatomy fan wondered just that and wrote to TV Guide's weekly spoiler Q&A seeking clarification. Here's the Lark inquiry and the magazine editors' response ...
Q: How did the Grey's finale end on a "high note" for Mark and Lexie (as teased in Chyler Leigh's Q&A)? There was no moving in together or saying "I love you."
They are in limbo, just like George and Izzie.
A: I think / happen to know that you interpreted their final moment incorrectly.
Mark and Lexie are on the same page - they both want to be together - they are just mired in a miscommunication about the ideal timetable. Mark's declaration that's he's buying a house wasn't him waving off his lady; he was just taking Arizona's advice and moving forward.
Hopefully Lexie will continue to be in it.
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Post by ~M on May 22, 2009 17:59:32 GMT -5
The fate of George and Izzie remains very much up in the air. That much we all know, while no one knows how it will be resolved. Here's what Michael Ausiello of EW theorizes ...
Q: OMG. Grey's finale. George or Izzie? What's the deal?
A: My guess? One will live, another will die.
That's an interesting theory in and of itself. But even more intriguing is the theory the columnist posits next - we repeat, it is a theory, and nothing more than that. No one has indicated or suggested that this is going to actually happen, it is merely one fan's idea:
"T.R. Knight is leaving the show, but George is staying. What with being grossly disfigured in the finale, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to let George live and then, a few weeks later, Mark Sloan works his plastic surgery magic and, voila, a new George!"
Sounds a little like something you might see on Days of Our Lives, but not Grey's Anatomy. Then again, Shonda had Izzie making love to a ghost for much of this past season.
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Post by ~M on Jun 3, 2009 17:19:15 GMT -5
Citing multiple sources, E! Online reports that T.R. Knight, whose future has been the subject of great debate, will not be returning to Grey's Anatomy next season.
Knight's departure shouldn't come as too much of a shock.
Not only was George flatlining at the end of the season finale earlier this month, but the 36-year-old actor has reportedly wanted off the hit ABC series for some time.
According to reports, tension between T.R. Knight and Grey's Anatomy creator and executive producer Shonda Rhimes became unbearable for both in recent months.
Knight, an original member of the Grey's Anatomy cast, was said to have become increasingly frustrated by his character's lack of storyline and camera face time.
In December, he asked to be let out of his contract.
Grey's Anatomy insiders say Knight made no secret that he wanted off the show. No word on any future projects for Knight, but he will be free to pursue other things.
Reps for Knight and ABC declined to comment.
Knight's best friend, co-star Katherine Heigl, whose character was also in limbo as the season ended, is supposedly still waiting to learn her fate with Seattle Grace.
Rhimes suppposedly began contemplating an early death for Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens in July after Heigl took herself out of the running for last year's Emmy Awards.
Her reasoning was that the writers failed to give her good enough material to work with, igniting a storm of criticism and speculation that she wanted off the show.
For what it's worth, Entertainment Weekly recently reported that Heigl will submit her name for Emmy consideration this year for her work as cancer-stricken Izzie
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Post by ~M on Jun 3, 2009 17:19:32 GMT -5
Reports of George O'Malley's demise have circulated since the season finale of Grey's Anatomy May 14, and seemed all but official after a report that circulated last week. However, nothing is official just yet ... we think. This from E!'s spoiler Q&A today ...
Q: What will happen on Grey's Anatomy next season? Are George and Izzie goners?
A: E! Online's Marc Malkin has an inside source who says that T.R. Knight will not be returning to Grey's Anatomy due to issues with executive producer Shonda Rhimes. Sources tell TVGuide.com, "That story is utterly false. Nothing at all has changed in T.R.'s status."
Shonda Rhimes has also gone on record debunking new rumors that an entirely different actor would play George thanks to plastic surgery. However, we all know how Shonda toed the lines of truth last season and stops at nothing to keep the audience guessing.
Guess we'll have to keep on ... guessing.
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Post by ~M on Jun 3, 2009 17:19:50 GMT -5
Ellen Pompeo makes an adorable pregnant person. But will Meredith Grey be expecting as well, come fall? Here's what TV Guide's Matt Webb Mitovich says there ...
Q: Any scoop to get us Mer-Der fans through the dog days of summer? Perhaps some "baby talk" about Grey's Anatomy writing in Ellen Pompeo's pregnancy?
A: Both Chyler Leigh (Lexie) and I are of the mind that Grey's Anatomy would be hard-pressed to accommodate Pompeo's pregnancy, if only because of the timing.
"As far as I know they are not [writing it in]," Leigh said, pointing out that by the time the ABC serial resumes production, "Ellen will be, like, seven months [along]."
The only way I see it happening - and at least one source allows, "It could go either way" - is if Season Six picks up five or six months after the recent finale.
Such a jump would also allow poor George time to heal and look like recast Eddie Cibrian. Just kidding. Though a rumor of a new actor playing George did surface.
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Post by ~M on Jun 21, 2009 9:12:19 GMT -5
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Post by ~M on Jun 25, 2009 6:32:53 GMT -5
The sixth season premiere is still months away, but one of last season's bigger Grey's Anatomy cliffhangers has already been resolved. Sources have confirmed to Entertainment Weekly the following: T.R. Knight's wish to be released from his contract has been granted.
He will not return to the show.
The official decision, according to Michael Ausiello, came down in the past few days, just as many of his castmates began receiving their formal pickup letters from ABC.
The actor's exit closes yet another rocky chapter for the embattled show, one that opened with Isaiah Washington-gate and worsened when, amid rumors that Knight was clashing with series creator Shonda Rhimes, George O'Malley was back-burnered.
Finally, Knight grew so fed up with his character's lack of storyline that he asked if he could check out three years before his deal expired. After that, indications were that he would be let go, although Rhimes didn't make a final decision until recently.
Contractually speaking, she had until June 30 to make up her mind.
Last month, Rhimes said George's relatively light storyline this year was the result of the normal "ebbs and flows" of ensemble television. But Shonda did acknowledge that he was intentionally written lighter during the last half of the season.
That way, viewers wouldn't think it odd that he was absent from the season finale - something that was necessary to preserve the episode's biggest twist: that George O'Malley was actually the disfigured John Doe who had been hit by a bus (above).
"I really wanted you to not notice that he wasn't there for most of this episode," she said. "I don't think anybody noticed because of the way we laid it out this season."
TR Knight's departure would seem to indicate George's demise as a character, however, some fans have wondered if Rhimes is planning to pull an Elizabeth Reaser (Jane Doe/Rebecca from Season Three) and have him live, only to be replaced by another actor.
That's "hilarious, ridiculous," the boss has said.
However, rumor has it that Rhimes was indeed interested in having Knight appear in next season's first three episodes, but a short-term deal could not be brokered.
Reps for Knight and ABC declined to comment.
Now that the question of George O'Malley's future seems to have been answered, albeit sadly, another puzzler moves to the forefront: What's going to happen to Katherine Heigl and Izzie, whose life also hung in the balance in last May's capper?
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Post by ~M on Jun 25, 2009 6:34:25 GMT -5
The Season Six cast of Grey's Anatomy is becoming clearer by the day.
Following reports that original cast member T.R. Knight is leaving the series for good, a fact that has been long-rumored but finally confirmed this week, comes an inside source confirming to E! Online that Katherine Heigl "will be back" next season.
Heigl had been said to want off the show for an entire season.
Official comments from the show bosses or Katherine Heigl has not been issued, however, E! is one of the more reputable celebrity news sources around, so if we were forced to take a guess as to this story's legitimacy, we would believe it.
Season Five ended on a double-death cliffhanger, as T.R. Knight's character, Dr. George O'Malley, struggled to survive massive trauma inflicted by a bus accident, and Heigl's Dr. Izzie Stevens was enduring life-threatening complications of her cancer treatment.
One could say that the split decision - T.R. Knight goes and Katherine Heigl stays - was sort of telegraphed in the fifth season finale's episode-ending dream sequence.
In that scene, Izzie seemed drawn back to the voices of friends trying to save her life, while George seemed serenely ready to move into the new phase of existence
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Post by ~M on Jun 25, 2009 6:35:34 GMT -5
Maybe it was the year's worth of rumors surrounding her leaving the show. Or a year's worth of ghost sex and battles with cancer, culminating in an afterlife scene.
But not everyone is convinced Katherine Heigl is really returning for Season Six of Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Izzie Stevens, who was left in limbo in the season finale.
On that topic, TV Guide says the following in its weekly spoiler Q&A:
Q: Color me shocked that Katherine Heigl isn't leaving Grey's Anatomy. Is it possible we're being duped in some way?
A: I must say that the lack of fanfare surrounding ABC's confirmation of Heigl's status - especially when juxtaposed with the flurry of official statements regarding T.R. Knight's departure - made me raise one of my overgrown eyebrows.
"Sure, she's staying... for just one more episode," I cynically hypothesized.
But one of my best Grey's Anatomy sources insists that this is not a case of clever semantics, and that Heigl's Izzie will have a significant presence in the fall.
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Post by ~M on Jul 21, 2009 7:28:08 GMT -5
When Grey's Anatomy returns for its new season, will a matter of weeks or even months have passed since we last saw Izzie and George clinging to life?
That's been the rumor, although TV Guide debunks it in its spoiler Q&A today. Here's what the magazine has to say about the Grey's Anatomy timeline ...
Q: Is there anything to report about the new season of Grey's Anatomy?
A: I know there's been talk that Season Six might pick up a few months after the nail-biting May finale, but sources are now saying that's not the case.
In fact, the September 24 opener will find both Izzie and disfigured George still coding, and as we all know, T.R. Knight will not be returning to the cast.
Over the two-hour season premiere, watch for the outcome of this traumatic scenario to weigh heavily on a lot of people - including at least one doctor whose reaction you may have taken for granted. Now who do you think that might be?
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Post by ~M on Jul 21, 2009 7:28:53 GMT -5
In reference to yesterday's rumor on E! Online that a priest is being cast and a wedding may take place on Grey's Anatomy, a reader asked EW's Michael Ausiello about it.
Here's what the writer had to say in his Q&A today ...
Q: Your frenemy reported that there will be a priest in the Grey's Anatomy premiere and that someone may be getting married. Care to comment?
A: Yes, there will be a priest cast on the show, but no, he won't be marrying anyone off. His presence is needed for something far less celebratory.
No further explanation should be necessary.
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Post by ~M on Jul 21, 2009 7:29:27 GMT -5
The Season Six premiere of Grey's Anatomy begins shooting on July 15.
According to inside sources, casting directors are currently looking for actors to play the guest roles in this episode (the medical drama's 102nd overall).
One role in particular listed in the Greys' Anatomy premiere casting call caught our eyes: Producers are looking for someone to play a Catholic priest in his 60s.
Could this possibly mean that Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Derek (Patrick Dempsey) are finally getting married? Like for real married, like in a church?
Or on the flip side, could someone be receiving their last rites, like perhaps Dr. George O'Malley, since actor T.R. Knight is not returning for Season Six?
What other characters can we expect in the sixth season premiere?
The producers are also looking for an 18-year-old male patient, Andy Smith, and his mother, Pam, for a two-episode arc, in addition to what appears to be a few foreign ladies backpacking across the United States who end up in the hospital. Sounds like it'll be good.
This episode of Grey's Anatomy will be written by executive producer Krista Vernoff, one of the show's top writers over the years, and directed by Ed Ornelas.
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Post by ~M on Aug 13, 2009 11:07:11 GMT -5
As we know, actor T.R. Knight doesn’t return for the September 24 Grey’s Anatomy season six premiere, but it appears his character, Dr. George O’Malley, will.
“Transplant doctors descend on Seattle Grace because it's revealed that George was a registered organ donor," according to a source on the Grey’s Anatomy set.
“His colleagues are still reeling from George's death and are fighting with transplant doctors to stop them from taking his lungs, liver, corneas and bone marrow."
"It's only when everyone hears what lives will be saved that George's friends start to get some perspective on his death,” says the source to Life & Style Weekly.
George's funeral scene is also said to take place early this season.
Who knows how reliable any of this actually is, but according to the source, all of the scenes with George O'Malley were shot using special effects and makeup.
"It's one of the goriest scenes they've ever done because you literally see each of these organs get pulled out of his body," says the supposed on-set insider.
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Post by ~M on Aug 13, 2009 11:07:33 GMT -5
What's going on with the frequently embattled Chief this season on Grey's Anatomy? Here's an excerpt from E! Online's spoiler Q&A today about that very subject ...
Q: Any Grey's Anatomy scoop?
A: James Pickens Jr. says, "The Chief has some really interesting stuff coming up this season."
"There's a part of his personal life that viewers haven't seen yet, and it's going to be very intriguing, but I think they're going to really like what's going to happen."
What do you suppose that could mean?
As far as how George's death is going to affect everyone, Pickens says, "Each person is touched in a different way. Everyone is affected. [T.R. Knight] was an integral part of the cast, and one of the more talented guys I've worked with, so I wish him well."
And in case you're wondering, sources tell us that Chandra Wilson is already in "prep" for her directorial debut, which is set for either episode six or seven.
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Post by ~M on Aug 13, 2009 11:07:55 GMT -5
Since George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) is a goner, that means Season 6 of Grey's Anatomy starts off on a bit of a low note. What could possibly lift the spirits of Seattle Grace? Romance!
It looks like Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) and Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) are getting even closer this year, according to the former, although something arises from his past that may throw a wrench in the matter. Certainly feels like we've heard that before ...
In a new interview, McKidd reveals how George's death will affect everyone in the hospital, especially Hunt, who was instrumental in helping O'Malley become the hero.
Here are Kevin McKidd's answer to some burning Grey's Anatomy questions ...
Q: How does it feel coming into Season Six of Grey's Anatomy?
A: Kevin McKidd: It's nice to be full-time right from the start.
Q: How is George's death going to affect everyone?
A: I think it affected Owen Hunt a lot because he kind of mentored him and got him up on his feet as a trauma surgeon. He really felt that George O'Malley was going to become the next star head of trauma at the hospital. He didn't encourage George to join the army, but he certainly thought it was an honorable and great thing to do, so I think it's really hit Owen Hunt a lot.
In the same token, Owen is used to losing colleagues, and that's part of coming from Iraq and working as a surgeon in a war zone. He's become very assimilated to that, so he's got a better [grieving] mechanism than others in the show. I think he actually becomes a rock for people because he's so used to dealing with loss and grief of war colleagues.
Q: Do the producers have plans to replace George? Is someone new going to step in?
A: I don't know the answer to that one. They haven't said. But I know there are a couple of new interns coming in. It'll be exciting to see who shows up.
Q: How is Cristina and Owen's relationship going to develop this year?
A: It's going to get quite complicated in the sense that I think they have gotten over the whole trauma of his past, but then his past comes back again at some point to haunt him.
Someone comes to the hospital that he was connected to in his past, not his ex-fiancée, but it's somebody we didn't expect. I think it could get a little tricky, but still exciting and interesting. Hopefully it will bring them closer together in the long run.
Q: Bottom line: We should be rooting for Cristina and Owen this year, right?
A: Absolutely. They had a rough time last year, and they deserve some happiness this year. Whether they get it, I don't know
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Post by ~M on Aug 13, 2009 11:08:13 GMT -5
Here's a brief Grey's Anatomy note from TV Guide's spoiler Q&A today. It looks like things are coming full circle for the former group of Seattle Grace interns we love ...
Q: On Grey's Anatomy, who will the interns be this season?
A: This year's class will include, among others, a bleeding-heart caregiver, an exacting perfectionist and a scheming underminer. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? In other words, the staff of Seattle Grace will meet their mini-mes, and much irony will ensue!
Makes us look forward to Season 6, and long for the old days ...
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Post by ~M on Sept 10, 2009 16:28:30 GMT -5
Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly has some good quotes from Grey's Anatomy executive producer Krista Vernoff in his spoiler Q&A this morning, shedding some light on what's to come from the show's signature couple since day one, Meredith and Derek.
Here's what Michael and Krista have to say in response to a fan inquiry ...
Q: Grey’s Anatomy fans are buzzing about a possible Derek and Meredith break-up this season. Please tell me it isn’t true.
A: It isn’t true. Here’s what is true: The Mer-Der relationship, as we could have expected, will be written a little lighter during the first half of the season as a result of Ellen Pompeo’s pregnancy and subsequent maternity leave in real life, which will limit her work.
“I think we would be irresponsible writers if we didn’t give a woman who’s seven-months pregnant a little less time on her feet,” says exec producer Krista Vernoff.
“She’s waddling around seven-months pregnant about to push a baby out of herself. We have a responsibility to alleviate [Ellen Pompeo's] screen time a little bit.”
That said, Vernoff insists Mer-Der are at no risk of losing their title as Seattle Grace’s reigning super couple, promising fans that: “It would be false to say that Mer and Der are no longer the focus of the series. Derek and Mer will always be a focus of the series.”
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Post by ~M on Sept 10, 2009 16:29:10 GMT -5
As we know, following a tragic bus accident, one of Seattle Grace's own has passed away. The emotional impact will be wide-ranging, and the aftershocks not likely to fade quickly.
George O’Malley’s funeral on the heartbreaking Grey’s Anatomy season opener on September 24 (a two-hour affair) will reverberate through the halls of Seattle Grace long after the dead surgeon's casket has been closed, according to TV Guide.
Nearly everyone will be present - including a frail Izzie in a headscarf - to mourn George’s passing at a graveside service attended by George’s mom (but not by his ex, Callie). A show source tells me that Meredith will deal with the death in a “very Meredith-like” way.
“The doctors are processing this huge moment of grief,” Jessica Capshaw, whose Dr. Arizona Robbins will be holding down the fort and attending to patients, says.
“My character previously lost her brother, so I’ll be helping Callie process this horrible loss.”
Likewise, Dr. Owen Hunt will be assisting Cristina through her mourning.
Owen is so used to losing colleagues that he’ll become a rock for others to help them deal with it,” says Kevin McKidd about his Iraq-vet character. “Cristina is in denial about it, and he’s there for her at that moment when she actually realizes what has happened.”
Cristina is also expected to finally open up to Owen about her baggage with her ex, Dr. Preston Burke, who left her at the altar in 2007. And later on in the upcoming season, a hospital vacancy will be filled by someone who shares a past with Owen.
That, Kevin promises, will “shake things up.”
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Post by ~M on Sept 10, 2009 16:30:32 GMT -5
Things are getting hairy on Grey's Anatomy. Literally.
Check out this excerpt from E! Online's spoiler Q&A today ...
Q: Any news on Grey's Anatomy? I can't wait for the new episodes.
A: Sources say Grey's Anatomy has cast two hairy new guest stars: a monkey and a bear.
Yes, in an upcoming episode, the Grey's Anatomy cast members work with a monkey and a bear for some reason, and no, those aren't euphemisms for anything.
Will the monkey and the bear fare better than Meredith's dog Doc or that deer Izzie did surgery on? We can only hope, Grey's Anatomy fans. We can only hope.
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Post by ~M on Sept 10, 2009 16:32:16 GMT -5
After revelations about Katherine Heigl's leave of absence and Izzie getting fired from Seattle Grace (at least for five episodes), Michael Ausiello of EW has more spoilers and gossip for us to marinate on today. Let's get right down to it ...
Q: Grey’s Anatomy scoop on Owen and Cristina, please!
A: They’re headed for a dry spell. In the season premiere, Amy Madigan’s shrink advises Dr. Owen Hunt against making further sexy time with Cristina until he can get the voices in his head to shut the hell up. They’re not breaking up. Just taking things slooooow.
Q: Mark-Lexie scoop please!
A: “They’ve got a lot of challenges coming down the pike,” concedes a Grey's Anatomy insider and writer for the show. “The most consistent challenge is the one that’s built into the fabric of their relationship: He’s pushing 40, she’s in her early 20s.”
Q: What will happen to Patrick Dempsey's character, Derek Shepherd, on Grey’s Anatomy when Ellen Pompeo (Meredith) heads off on maternity leave?
A: He will get some much-needed alone time. As Grey’s executive producer Krista Vernoff explains, Dempsey has been “patiently” waiting to get a story that wasn’t directly tied to the Der-Mer love story. And this season he will finally get his wish.
“Derek hasn’t been a fully explored character separate from Meredith,” Vernoff adds, noting that “the fact that by necessity Ellen Pompeo is going to need a little less screen time gives us more encouragement to explore Derek as a doctor.”
This includes what Vernoff calls an “extraordinary medical story” involving McDreamy and a patient in the sixth episode, directed by co-star Chandra Wilson.
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