Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy 2/15/07

I know I'm really late for this blog, but as always, life gets in the way. :)

I'll start with Ugly Betty. First of all, how cute was Justin reenacting Hairspray to Santos on the subway when it broke down? I loved that so much, not only because I love Hairspray (the musical), but because it was just incredibly cute. I like how Santos is sort of turning around about Justin's tendencies, for lack of a better word. I would have loved to see Santos beat up that guy on the subway who critcized Justin. But that's just me.

You know, I want to hate Charlie because she's getting between Henry and Betty, but she's just so sweet and nice. The actress that played her reminded me of someone. And no, it's not because she was on Heroes (which I haven't gotten into). I'm not sure where else I've seen her before, though.

I also liked Amanda showing up in Betty's thoughts encouraging her to get rid of Charlie. Becki Newton needs to get more props.

I felt really bad for Christina. I didn't quite think that Willie was going to be that vindictive, even though I had no reason not to think that she wouldn't be. I do like, though, that Marc is sympathizing with Christina. That could be a very interesting friendship.

I also felt bad for Alexis. Here she thought that she was making headway in people believing that she's a woman and she gets her hopes crushed. Although I do think that she's pretty naive to think that people wouldn't have heard about her gender switch. But still, I felt bad for her. I did enjoy Willie punching that guy out to help Alexis. I guess Willie does have some loyalty to some people.

I also loved seeing Lucy Liu on TV. She was great as The Chin. She reminded me a bit of Ling on Ally McBeal, except a bit softer. Very enjoyable guest stint.

As a side note, I kind of liked that Daniel was playing The Chin by calling Becks all the time pretending to apologize these various women he's hurt. It seems very Daniel to do that.

OK, I've rambled on about Betty for long enough. So, on to Grey's Anatomy.

Three words for this episode: Oh my gawd! I'm having a hard time believing that they will actually kill off Meredith, although that would be quite a surprising ending to this arc.

I admit that I had read some other blogs saying that Dylan and Denny would show up in this episode, but I wasn't expecting it like that, at the very end. I got a little glee, even though Meredith was dead, to see both of them. I loved Denny, and have a thing for Kyle Chandler. (I know I should be watching FNL, but I already have way too many shows I watch.) So, it was great to see Dylan the bomb squad guy again. (As a side note, I was thrilled to see that ABC replayed the Super Bowl episode of Grey's on Friday.)

There was so much other stuff going on on this show that I don't know what to discuss, because the Meredith being nearly dead (where's Miracle Max when you need him? ;)) overwhelmed the rest of the show. Plus, apparently some interstates were closed in PA on Thursday night, so they had to interrupt several times during the 9pm hour to say either to find more details on a different channel, or have a ticker and a voice talking about the road closures. That's so useful because people watching TV at that time of night are clearly going to be driving around as well. ?:|

Of the parts that I did see, I liked Alex again in this episode. I hope Shonda and the rest of the writers continue to develop his character more.

I also enjoyed that Mark came and comforted Derek when he found out about Meredith. I know they weren't on the best of terms, but real friends do the comforting thing, even if they practically hate each other. It was just incredibly nice to see that the bond between them hasn't been completely severed.

I like that George found the kid he was looking for. I giggled when he was going on about how he was going to "thank" Callie, and she had to take control of the OR.

I loved Izzie bragging to Cristina about being a "rock star." That was hilarious.

I also completely understood what Cristina was trying to tell Burke about Meredith being "her person." Cristina has a lot of trouble expressing her feelings, which Burke should know already, especially if he wants to marry her, so it makes complete sense that she'd explain what she's trying to say using a dead guy as an analogy. So, I didn't understand why Burke was getting all huffy.

The one part I didn't really like was Izzie telling George that she thinks he made a mistake in marrying Callie so quickly. And that's more because of the timing of her statement than anything else. Izzie just isn't the type of person to say something like that during a critical time for a friend.

Anyway, great episode, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the resolution play out next week.