While the medical technology is outdated (flip phones! huge CT machines!), the human drama is timeless. Season 1 of Grey’s Anatomy is a tight, 9-episode punch to the gut. It’s about the terror of being new, the addiction of saving lives, and the danger of sleeping with your boss.
Before there were ferryboat scrub caps, before “McDreamy” became a household word, and before we all needed a box of tissues for every season finale, there was just five interns, a lot of beeping monitors, and a pilot so sharp it drew blood.
Welcome to my rewatch of . It is short, it is chaotic, and it is arguably the most perfect 9 episodes of network television ever written.
🩺🩺🩺🩺🩺 (5/5 Scrubs)
Okay, she doesn’t physically drown until Season 3. But in Episode 7 ( The Self-Destruct Button ), Meredith has an ectopic pregnancy. She loses her fallopian tube while her mother (who doesn’t recognize her) yells from a hospital bed. It is devastating. It sets the tone that this show will hurt you.