Hook, line and lifejacket

I'm hooked. It didn't take long this time, actually whenever I've gottten hooked on anything or anyone for that matter it didn't take long.

It started with a willingness to be open and continued because of meaningful dialog and excellent background music. There has also been enough humor and sex tossed in to keep me and the rest of the world fully engaged instead of wanting to flee the scene for fear they may slip into that black hole of 'emotion' and never find their way out. It's the way little meaningless words are put together to form huge powerful statements- simple sentences people long to hear, is what amazes me; not because of what the words mean but more so because it's so simple and organic. The general viewing public seems to be captivated by it and that's what I find shocking. I wonder what kept people away from Party of Five, Felicity, and Relativity if they love this one so much. Maybe it's just because this one deals with mostly relationships, having 'feelings' for someone you can't necessarily have or struggling with the ones you do have and eveyone's an adult this time- people can relate and the fact that it's played out in a very real way makes it easier to watch- I guess. Like I said, it's simple but it amazes me. I always assumed quality shows like this and films like Titanic or Brokeback Mountain were just too much for people. Nobody likes to watch anything that may hit upon some of their issues, make them wonder about themselves, or feel anything- god forbid. Personally it's all I look for and live with day to day whether it's in real life, in the music I listen to, or the movies and television I watch. It's human connection at it's best and it's life- turned up, stripped down, stretched out and expressed. It's not because of the life threatening surgical procedures or because of the way anyone looks; nobody is real or even extremely good-looking for that matter- decent at best. Nobody's screaming, there's no rage on the street, no hatred or abuse. If anyone's yelling it's out of fear, lonliness or because of love and they just don't know what the hell else to do. It's the reading between the lines, leading with the heart instead of the head, thinking before speaking and listening instead of talking. I'm talking about Grey's Anatomy. (I realize I'm a little late with this one)

I had never seen even one episode of the show up until two weeks ago but from within the first 15 minutes I was hooked. I had never really wanted to watch Grey's Atatomy because of it's hype and overexposed hospital theme. General Hospital, ER, House, Scrubs, Doogie, Chicago Hope- it's been done before and ER got way too medical and depressing for me so I stopped watching. I listened to everyone talk about it but for some reason just never turned it on- never. I wasn't so excited to jump on the McDreamy bandwagon or watch any more people suffer in a hospital but from what I've seen so far, none of that is even remotely important with this show. Sure it takes place in a hospital but it's not about watching the open heart surgery procedure, it's about how the dude on the table or woman in the bed is dealing with their issue at hand. It's all about all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes of the surgury or diagnosis, or accident.

I don't typically enjoy being one of the crowd or part of the masses but this time it feels good. I'm glad people enjoy this show because it makes me think that maybe people aren't so bad afterall. Maybe, just maybe the world is starting to soften up. One can only hope- and watch the interns in Seattle deal-