Did you see it???

'Grey's Anatomy' ends season with a bang (SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't watched yet, read no further.) Well, that was shocking. We've been through a lot of crises on ABC'sGrey's Anatomy — many of them exaggerated to TV supersize — but we've never been through anything quite as nerve-racking or draining as the show's two-hour season finale. A crazed, grief-deranged widower, Mr. Clark, who blamed Derek for the death of his wife, stalked the halls, shooting surgeons while he hunted — and then shot — Derek. It was melodrama to be sure, but it was very well-done melodrama: a stalker movie where you actually cared about the victims. Written by creator Shonda Rhimes, the episode did an excellent job of building and sustaining tension, from the first unexpectedly sudden murder (a fast bullet in the head of a rude doctor) to the confrontations with Alex (shot) and Bailey (spared), to the shooting of Derek and Owen. And all this on the day Meredith discovered she was pregnant. And suffered a miscarriage. OK, the shooter might have been on the loose a little longer than made sense, and once he was shot, it might have been nice if he just died. But his Jason-like resilience did lead to a few cool second-half surprises: the cops shooting Clark before he could shoot Lexie, Clark showing up to terrorize Arizona and Callie, and best of all, popping up in the operating room with a gun to Cristina's head, threatening Meredith and shooting Owen. It was a tough hour, by the way, for lead characters. Over on CBS' CSI, Langston was stabbed by the Dick and Jane killer and left for dead. Unfortunately for Langston, he doesn't have Cristina Yang to come to his rescue, as she did on Grey's by operating on Derek. The finale boasted fine work from all of the show's regulars, including from the always wonderful Chandra Wilson and the sometimes unfairly undervalued Ellen Pompeo. But it was a particularly good episode for Sandra Oh, capping what has been a very good season. Was it done in big strokes and with bold, bright red emotional colors? Sure; that's the show. Grey's has always loved grand gestures. You like them or you don't; the only real question is whether the show pulls them off or it doesn't. This year, it did.

Well, that was shocking.

We've been through a lot of crises on ABC'sGrey's Anatomy — many of them exaggerated to TV supersize — but we've never been through anything quite as nerve-racking or draining as the show's two-hour season finale. A crazed, grief-deranged widower, Mr. Clark, who blamed Derek for the death of his wife, stalked the halls, shooting surgeons while he hunted — and then shot — Derek.

It was melodrama to be sure, but it was very well-done melodrama: a stalker movie where you actually cared about the victims. Written by creator Shonda Rhimes, the episode did an excellent job of building and sustaining tension, from the first unexpectedly sudden murder (a fast bullet in the head of a rude doctor) to the confrontations with Alex (shot) and Bailey (spared), to the shooting of Derek and Owen.

And all this on the day Meredith discovered she was pregnant. And suffered a miscarriage.

OK, the shooter might have been on the loose a little longer than made sense, and once he was shot, it might have been nice if he just died. But his Jason-like resilience did lead to a few cool second-half surprises: the cops shooting Clark before he could shoot Lexie, Clark showing up to terrorize Arizona and Callie, and best of all, popping up in the operating room with a gun to Cristina's head, threatening Meredith and shooting Owen.

It was a tough hour, by the way, for lead characters. Over on CBS' CSI, Langston was stabbed by the Dick and Jane killer and left for dead.

Unfortunately for Langston, he doesn't have Cristina Yang to come to his rescue, as she did on Grey's by operating on Derek. The finale boasted fine work from all of the show's regulars, including from the always wonderful Chandra Wilson and the sometimes unfairly undervalued Ellen Pompeo. But it was a particularly good episode for Sandra Oh, capping what has been a very good season.

Was it done in big strokes and with bold, bright red emotional colors? Sure; that's the show. Grey's has always loved grand gestures. You like them or you don't; the only real question is whether the show pulls them off or it doesn't.

This year, it did.




WHat an episode huh?? I thought it was great, how about you?