Grey's Anato-glee

Grey's Anatomy.  Hmm.  Where to begin with this week's Grey's...?  First off, I felt that the episode missed the mark a bit.  The singing didn't bother me that much - I mean, House did a similar thing with an episode a few weeks back and I really liked it (they also put the characters into basically every sitcom ever which was brilliant).  But I think the reason I liked the episode of House was that they went somewhere daring with it.  With Grey's it all felt very safe.  Like they wanted to do this sort of strange funky episode but couldn't go far enough or dark enough with it.  Which is kinda weird - especially for a show that specializes in the "dark and twisty."

Furthermore, I thought that it was an odd choice for a show that usually uses music so well.  Grey's is almost famous for its soundtrack - - for introducing no songs to us week after week - - and using them extremely effectively.  That was a bit lacking from this episode.  Also, it was blatantly clear that the only cast members truly ok with singing were: Callie, Bailey, Owen Hunt, and Little Grey - everyone else stayed more or less silent  (and some, like Christina stayed completely silent).  It kept me wondering when their breakout solos would be, and also disappointed me that it was that obvious that they can't sing.

However, I love Sara Ramirez's voice.  A graduate of the Juilliard School, many people only know her as Callie - but she was also an original cast member in Spamalot on Broadway.  The lady can sing, and she showed this...especially at the end of the episode when she was singing "The Story" by Brandie Carlile.  She let it rip and it was pretty brilliant.  My favorite part of the episode by far...and really the only committed singing I felt the entire time.

When it was all said and done, I was sort of underwhelmed by the episode.  If you want to do something like this, you have to commit.  You have to be willing to go all the way to weird.  Sure, you might alienate some people, but the ones who get it will be absolutely hooked.  "Sometimes for an artist, the only difference between insanity and genius is success,"  In this instance, Grey's was not willing to risk insanity...so they didn't make it to genius.

Until the next episode...
Chris