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Grey's Anatomy Forgets Itself

Posted Friday, May 15, 2009 10:30 AM | By Willa Paskin
There's a sort of covenant, an unspoken contract, entered into when a person commits to a television series. Something like, "I, the viewer, agree to watch this program, to care about these characters, to invest in this world week after week, because you, the TV creator, agree to make it fun." Last night, Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes broke this "we watch, she entertains" contract by engaging in reckless character assassination—by which I mean... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website at DoubleX.com!)

Filed under: television, Grey's Anatomy, Season Finale, Grey's Anatomy season finale

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