So that's a McDreamy and a McSteamy

I don’t watch that much mainstream television. I have never seen an episode of Gossip Girl or Beverly Hills 90210 redux. Ask me to name one character on Friday Night Lights and I’d say, Jack, because isn’t there always a Jack or a Tom. Perhaps with these shows it’s more likely to be Grady and Callum.

And when I have caught on to the latest and greatest in TV land, it’s usually in the show’s 4th season. I feel like such a late bloomer that way. I think that’s when I started watching The West Wing, in its 4th season and of course had to promptly start from the beginning once I recognized its brilliance. When Hal and I were first dating, I would watch Lost with him but I believe it was already in its 5th season and I really never knew what was going on (I think even die hard fans were in a similar state of being). Trust me when I say he never appreciated my ceaseless line of questioning during the broadcast. I don’t know why. I was merely showing interest in smoke monsters and oversized time capsules.

Most recently, I caught an episode of a Grey’s Anatomy rerun. I attempted to watch the show once years ago when it was the talk at the water cooler but I thought the main character, Meredith Grey, always looked and sounded teary-eyed (like Neve Campbell on Party of Five) and I found that intolerable. I didn’t understand its huge following but having suddenly been bitten by the GA bug, I’m more willing to keep an open mind. I still can’t keep all the characters straight and it doesn’t help that the episode that hooked me was the season 6 finale, but with Netflix Instant Play I’m working on a Grey’s Anatomy retrospective. I didn’t feel the need to start from the beginning so I started from season 5. Random, I know. I don’t much care for Katherine Heigl so bypassing the previous 80+ episodes in which she appears is fine with me. And the show definitely has its share of annoying, over achieving and over acting characters. I think I’m starting to realize why I never got into this.

But there are some pretty well-written moments and it is nice to see just how much McDreamy has grown out of his awkward years, although he looks like he’s going to cry most of the time too. Is being a surgeon in Seattle really that emotionally burdening? As I get caught up, it’s like watching a prime time soap opera that helps pass the time while I’m on my elliptical. And while I’m curious to know what’s going on right now in season 7 with these characters, I have absolutely no idea what day and what time Grey’s Anatomy is on. I’m okay with that. I just wish there was a way to attach my iPhone to the Bowflex so it acts like a mini TV and then I wouldn't have to miss a minute of "my stories".