Bailey is divorcing her husband against her father's strident objections because she wouldn't give up her career to do exactly what hubby wanted. Yeah, she's entering a new relationship, but on her own (characteristically noisy) terms, and her career continues apace. I don't know if I see Cristina and Owen's relationship as "horribly unhealthy" -- he's got issues she doesn't know how to deal with, but they both (finally) seem aware of that, and they've got Teddy looking in to intervene on occasion. Cristina has told Owen in no uncertain terms he won't "change" her like Burke did and in the last episode, asked if she wanted kids, retorted, "Have you met me? No." So, she's clearly still Cristina.
Callie and Arizona are having real, grown-up relationship problems that are (gasp!) not related to them being a same-sex couple -- the problem is one of them wants kids and the other doesn't! And Callie has stuck up for her new relationship to her father (threatening her with hellfire and priests) with the awesome line, "Jesus is my saviour, Daddy! Not you!"
Who are the two white characters replacing Burke? Confused about that -- there's been a lot of characters in and out since he left, especially in light of the Mercy West influx (ulp -- all white, aren't they?!).
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I agree with you about the Chief thing. It was cool, a few seasons ago, when the Chief was actually thinking of a choosing a new Chief and they were all duking it out, Burke and Addison among the rest. But yeah, they've gone for the white guy. And the black male authority figure is an alcoholic (although, to be fair, so is Meredith's white father). So that particular coup is a step downwards racially.
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Bailey is divorcing her husband against her father's strident objections because she wouldn't give up her career to do exactly what hubby wanted. Yeah, she's entering a new relationship, but on her own (characteristically noisy) terms, and her career continues apace. I don't know if I see Cristina and Owen's relationship as "horribly unhealthy" -- he's got issues she doesn't know how to deal with, but they both (finally) seem aware of that, and they've got Teddy looking in to intervene on occasion. Cristina has told Owen in no uncertain terms he won't "change" her like Burke did and in the last episode, asked if she wanted kids, retorted, "Have you met me? No." So, she's clearly still Cristina.
Callie and Arizona are having real, grown-up relationship problems that are (gasp!) not related to them being a same-sex couple -- the problem is one of them wants kids and the other doesn't! And Callie has stuck up for her new relationship to her father (threatening her with hellfire and priests) with the awesome line, "Jesus is my saviour, Daddy! Not you!"
Who are the two white characters replacing Burke? Confused about that -- there's been a lot of characters in and out since he left, especially in light of the Mercy West influx (ulp -- all white, aren't they?!).
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I agree with you about the Chief thing. It was cool, a few seasons ago, when the Chief was actually thinking of a choosing a new Chief and they were all duking it out, Burke and Addison among the rest. But yeah, they've gone for the white guy. And the black male authority figure is an alcoholic (although, to be fair, so is Meredith's white father). So that particular coup is a step downwards racially.
But on the whole, I think it's pretty good.