forty-six: grey's anatomy

grey's anatomy reminds me of a reality tv series. the way the plot unfolds, it's a story about the lives of house officers in a seemingly competitive scenario. it starts with a senior doctor dishing out the "hard facts" about the number of people dropping out, getting sacked almost survivor jeff probst style; you can almost hear him say sole survivor at the end of his discourse.

the show is entertainment at it's latest heights. it is the next in a chain of other products - lost, desperate housewives, the OC. as with the other shows, it involves characters resolving their struggles and inner demons within an idyllic environment, preferably someplace distant and confined to our best imaginations. this time, the place is a hospital and its inner skeleton, the drama is the relationships between what seems to be the lives of doctors.

grey's anatomy fails to bring anything new to the posse of medical dramas. with such a wide selection these days, grey's anatomy doesn't live up to the complete manic presentation of scrubs, neither does it equate to the sombreness and smartness of house, even though it tries to achieve both aspects. rather than seek out a new aspect of the medical profession to highlight, it survives and subsists using the many cliches and common beliefs people already know about the medical profession, like the long hours doctors have to work, the crazy feeling of having to make snap, yet good, decisions.

and i really don't like the part where they milk the whole "i don't want to be a doctor, i can think of so many reasons not to be one but heck, i still am, i must be insane!" act. it just reeks of spoiltness and immaturity.

it may simply be a case of being too early to judge the show, since it's only in it's first episode. still, it seems to have gotten too dramatic and too unbelievable too fast.