27 episodes. 50 minutes each. 1 staggering layered story. Grey's Anatomy Season 2 does it all, without doubt. I'm done with Season 1 and now Season 2 was equally competitive as well, equally compelling and every minute really counts. Grey's Anatomy has become a television event and it's very difficult indeed to miss just one show.
The story picked up from where the first season just left us flabbergasted, and now, every single character started to battle their own inner little devils. When the first season was somewhat an overture to the whole Seattle Grace atmosphere and the lives of these interns, Season 2 delves deeper into the personal lives of the characters. Meredith Grey had sworn herself that she's over with his McDreamy aka Derek Shepherd aka Patrick Dempsey, but as the episodes went on, we are told that being friends was a difficult thing to pin down because both Grey and Shepherd were more than friends. Complications started to arise when Mrs. Shepherd arrived, played amazingly by Kate Walsh; "she's intelligent, kind, beautiful and so difficult to hate" said Grey herself. Cristina Yang played by Sandra Oh deserved critical appraise to this as she massively captures the character by heart, bringing on the hardest of stones to the Korean lass. As we know that she could be really rude and very starightforward to patients and doctors alike, but here as she tries to battle her own inner fears, we are presented with a very human Cristina Yang, who loves Dr Burke so much, more in action than words. Dr Burke meanwhile, played by Isaiah Washington, has a professional life being muddled by his love life. Dr Derek Shepherd aka McDreamy goes on with tremendous doubt on how to save his marriage while still obsessing with Grey. It all seems like a common scenario, love triangles to another love triangle, but what made Grey's Anatomy great was it's very, very good writing. In fact, one critic praised it as "the best written TV show running now."
Grey's pulls me as if it has a gravitatin force, pulling me episodes after episodes. You just can't stop watching it. As being called as another medical drama, it conincides to the fact that it focuses more on the lives of the characters than the medical surgeries. That's why people are engrossed and seemed to be emotionally pulled and follow them out throughout the show. But the very best thing in Grey's Season 2 was it's 3-part finale. Damn, it's one of the best TV finales I've ever encountered in my whole life, one that really pulls you, one that really grips and one that will surely draw some heartstrings on you (yes, even though how hard-hearted you are like Yang). Katherine Heigl as Dr Isobel Stevens was at her top form here. I just went down on my knees and praise this golden girl for giving such a magnificent performance as Izzie. Having a career that is threatened by her own personal life and her own personal connection, she's a major character that will reflect on you. And the finale? It's all about Izzie for me, and Meredith having to choose between two roads.
The soundtrack was a blast, especially "How To Save A Life" by The Fray and "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, aired at the very last episode, which was downrightly brilliant.
Grey's Anatomy will be with us for a while and if this will continue to be a greatly written show, then it will with us for We are being told that although we could become professionals, when it comes to love, no one and nobody is professional. We have lessons to learn and lives to live. Now, I can't wait to watch Season 3.

Rating: A